Add taskRef remote resolution support

docs/taskruns.md

@@ -167,8 +167,6 @@ cli *(coming soon)*.
 
 **([alpha only](https://github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/blob/main/docs/install.md#alpha-features))**
 
-**Warning: This feature is still in very early stage of development and is not yet functional. Do not use it.**
-
 A `taskRef` field may specify a Task in a remote location such as git.
 Support for specific types of remote will depend on the Resolvers your
 cluster's operator has installed. The below example demonstrates
@@ -179,7 +177,7 @@ spec:
   taskRef:
     resolver: git
     resource:
-    - name: repo
+    - name: url
       value: https://github.com/tektoncd/catalog.git
     - name: commit
       value: abc123

pkg/apis/pipeline/v1beta1/pipeline_types.go

@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ func (pt PipelineTask) validateBundle() (errs *apis.FieldError) {
 
 // validateTask validates a pipeline task or a final task for taskRef and taskSpec
 func (pt PipelineTask) validateTask(ctx context.Context) (errs *apis.FieldError) {
+	cfg := config.FromContextOrDefaults(ctx)
 	// Validate TaskSpec if it's present
 	if pt.TaskSpec != nil {
 		errs = errs.Also(pt.TaskSpec.Validate(ctx).ViaField("taskSpec"))
@@ -287,21 +288,21 @@ func (pt PipelineTask) validateTask(ctx context.Context) (errs *apis.FieldError)
 			if errSlice := validation.IsQualifiedName(pt.TaskRef.Name); len(errSlice) != 0 {
 				errs = errs.Also(apis.ErrInvalidValue(strings.Join(errSlice, ","), "name"))
 			}
-		} else {
+		} else if pt.TaskRef.Resolver == "" {
 			errs = errs.Also(apis.ErrInvalidValue("taskRef must specify name", "taskRef.name"))
 		}
 		// fail if bundle is present when EnableTektonOCIBundles feature flag is off (as it won't be allowed nor used)
-		if pt.TaskRef.Bundle != "" {
+		if !cfg.FeatureFlags.EnableTektonOCIBundles && pt.TaskRef.Bundle != "" {
 			errs = errs.Also(apis.ErrDisallowedFields("taskref.bundle"))
 		}
-		// fail if resolver or resource are present regardless
-		// of enabled api fields because remote resolution is
-		// not implemented yet for PipelineTasks.
-		if pt.TaskRef.Resolver != "" {
-			errs = errs.Also(apis.ErrDisallowedFields("taskref.resolver"))
-		}
-		if len(pt.TaskRef.Resource) > 0 {
-			errs = errs.Also(apis.ErrDisallowedFields("taskref.resource"))
+		if cfg.FeatureFlags.EnableAPIFields != config.AlphaAPIFields {
+			// fail if resolver or resource are present when enable-api-fields is false.
+			if pt.TaskRef.Resolver != "" {
+				errs = errs.Also(apis.ErrDisallowedFields("taskref.resolver"))
+			}
+			if len(pt.TaskRef.Resource) > 0 {
+				errs = errs.Also(apis.ErrDisallowedFields("taskref.resource"))
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return errs

pkg/apis/pipeline/v1beta1/pipeline_types_test.go

@@ -243,8 +243,10 @@ func TestPipelineTask_ValidateBundle_Failure(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestPipelineTask_ValidateRegularTask_Success(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
-		name  string
-		tasks PipelineTask
+		name            string
+		tasks           PipelineTask
+		enableAPIFields bool
+		enableBundles   bool
 	}{{
 		name: "pipeline task - valid taskRef name",
 		tasks: PipelineTask{
@@ -257,10 +259,40 @@ func TestPipelineTask_ValidateRegularTask_Success(t *testing.T) {
 			Name:     "foo",
 			TaskSpec: &EmbeddedTask{TaskSpec: getTaskSpec()},
 		},
+	}, {
+		name: "pipeline task - use of resolver with the feature flag set",
+		tasks: PipelineTask{
+			TaskRef: &TaskRef{Name: "boo", ResolverRef: ResolverRef{Resolver: "bar"}},
+		},
+		enableAPIFields: true,
+	}, {
+		name: "pipeline task - use of resource with the feature flag set",
+		tasks: PipelineTask{
+			TaskRef: &TaskRef{Name: "boo", ResolverRef: ResolverRef{Resource: []ResolverParam{{}}}},
+		},
+		enableAPIFields: true,
+	}, {
+		name: "pipeline task - use of bundle with the feature flag set",
+		tasks: PipelineTask{
+			Name:    "foo",
+			TaskRef: &TaskRef{Name: "bar", Bundle: "docker.io/foo"},
+		},
+		enableBundles: true,
 	}}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			err := tt.tasks.validateTask(context.Background())
+			ctx := context.Background()
+			cfg := &config.Config{
+				FeatureFlags: &config.FeatureFlags{},
+			}
+			if tt.enableAPIFields {
+				cfg.FeatureFlags.EnableAPIFields = config.AlphaAPIFields
+			}
+			if tt.enableBundles {
+				cfg.FeatureFlags.EnableTektonOCIBundles = true
+			}
+			ctx = config.ToContext(ctx, cfg)
+			err := tt.tasks.validateTask(ctx)
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Errorf("PipelineTask.validateTask() returned error for valid pipeline task: %v", err)
 			}
@@ -311,16 +343,14 @@ func TestPipelineTask_ValidateRegularTask_Failure(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		expectedError: *apis.ErrDisallowedFields("taskref.bundle"),
 	}, {
-		name: "pipeline task - use of resolver",
+		name: "pipeline task - use of resolver without the feature flag set",
 		task: PipelineTask{
-			Name:    "foo",
 			TaskRef: &TaskRef{Name: "boo", ResolverRef: ResolverRef{Resolver: "bar"}},
 		},
 		expectedError: *apis.ErrDisallowedFields("taskref.resolver"),
 	}, {
-		name: "pipeline task - use of resource",
+		name: "pipeline task - use of resource without the feature flag set",
 		task: PipelineTask{
-			Name:    "foo",
 			TaskRef: &TaskRef{Name: "boo", ResolverRef: ResolverRef{Resource: []ResolverParam{{}}}},
 		},
 		expectedError: *apis.ErrDisallowedFields("taskref.resource"),

pkg/apis/pipeline/v1beta1/taskrun_types.go

@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ const (
 	TaskRunReasonCancelled TaskRunReason = "TaskRunCancelled"
 	// TaskRunReasonTimedOut is the reason set when the Taskrun has timed out
 	TaskRunReasonTimedOut TaskRunReason = "TaskRunTimeout"
+	// TaskRunReasonResolvingTaskRef indicates that the TaskRun is waiting for
+	// its taskRef to be asynchronously resolved.
+	TaskRunReasonResolvingTaskRef = "ResolvingTaskRef"
 )
 
 func (t TaskRunReason) String() string {

pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/pipelinerun.go

@@ -277,7 +277,10 @@ func (c *Reconciler) resolvePipelineState(
 	pst := resources.PipelineRunState{}
 	// Resolve each task individually because they each could have a different reference context (remote or local).
 	for _, task := range tasks {
-		fn, err := tresources.GetTaskFunc(ctx, c.KubeClientSet, c.PipelineClientSet, task.TaskRef, pr.Namespace, pr.Spec.ServiceAccountName)
+		// We need the TaskRun name to ensure that we don't perform an additional remote resolution request for a PipelineTask
+		// in the TaskRun reconciler.
+		trName := resources.GetTaskRunName(pr.Status.TaskRuns, pr.Status.ChildReferences, task.Name, pr.Name)
+		fn, err := tresources.GetTaskFunc(ctx, c.KubeClientSet, c.PipelineClientSet, c.resolutionRequester, pr, task.TaskRef, trName, pr.Namespace, pr.Spec.ServiceAccountName)
 		if err != nil {
 			// This Run has failed, so we need to mark it as failed and stop reconciling it
 			pr.Status.MarkFailed(ReasonCouldntGetTask, "Pipeline %s/%s can't be Run; task %s could not be fetched: %s",
@@ -303,6 +306,9 @@ func (c *Reconciler) resolvePipelineState(
 			if tresources.IsGetTaskErrTransient(err) {
 				return nil, err
 			}
+			if errors.Is(err, remote.ErrorRequestInProgress) {
+				return nil, err
+			}
 			switch err := err.(type) {
 			case *resources.TaskNotFoundError:
 				pr.Status.MarkFailed(ReasonCouldntGetTask,
@@ -467,8 +473,14 @@ func (c *Reconciler) reconcile(ctx context.Context, pr *v1beta1.PipelineRun, get
 		tasks = append(tasks, pipelineSpec.Finally...)
 	}
 	pipelineRunState, err := c.resolvePipelineState(ctx, tasks, pipelineMeta, pr, providedResources)
-	if err != nil {
+	switch {
+	case errors.Is(err, remote.ErrorRequestInProgress):
+		message := fmt.Sprintf("PipelineRun %s/%s awaiting remote resource", pr.Namespace, pr.Name)
+		pr.Status.MarkRunning(v1beta1.TaskRunReasonResolvingTaskRef, message)
+		return nil
+	case err != nil:
 		return err
+	default:
 	}
 
 	// Build PipelineRunFacts with a list of resolved pipeline tasks,

pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/pipelinerun_test.go

@@ -7178,6 +7178,84 @@ spec:
 	checkPipelineRunConditionStatusAndReason(t, updatedPipelineRun, corev1.ConditionUnknown, v1beta1.PipelineRunReasonRunning.String())
 }
 
+// TestReconcileWithTaskResolver checks that a PipelineRun with a populated Resolver
+// field for a Task creates a ResolutionRequest object for that Resolver's type, and
+// that when the request is successfully resolved the PipelineRun begins running.
+func TestReconcileWithTaskResolver(t *testing.T) {
+	resolverName := "foobar"
+	pr := parse.MustParsePipelineRun(t, `
+metadata:
+  name: pr
+  namespace: default
+spec:
+  pipelineSpec:
+    tasks:
+    - name: some-task
+      taskRef:
+        resolver: foobar
+  serviceAccountName: default
+`)
+
+	cms := []*corev1.ConfigMap{withEnabledAlphaAPIFields(newFeatureFlagsConfigMap())}
+
+	d := test.Data{
+		ConfigMaps:   cms,
+		PipelineRuns: []*v1beta1.PipelineRun{pr},
+		ServiceAccounts: []*corev1.ServiceAccount{{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: pr.Spec.ServiceAccountName, Namespace: "foo"},
+		}},
+	}
+
+	prt := newPipelineRunTest(d, t)
+	defer prt.Cancel()
+
+	wantEvents := []string(nil)
+	pipelinerun, _ := prt.reconcileRun(pr.Namespace, pr.Name, wantEvents, false)
+	checkPipelineRunConditionStatusAndReason(t, pipelinerun, corev1.ConditionUnknown, v1beta1.TaskRunReasonResolvingTaskRef)
+
+	client := prt.TestAssets.Clients.ResolutionRequests.ResolutionV1alpha1().ResolutionRequests("default")
+	resolutionrequests, err := client.List(prt.TestAssets.Ctx, metav1.ListOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error listing resource requests: %v", err)
+	}
+	numResolutionRequests := len(resolutionrequests.Items)
+	if numResolutionRequests != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected exactly 1 resource request but found %d", numResolutionRequests)
+	}
+
+	resreq := &resolutionrequests.Items[0]
+	resolutionRequestType := resreq.ObjectMeta.Labels["resolution.tekton.dev/type"]
+	if resolutionRequestType != resolverName {
+		t.Fatalf("expected resource request type %q but saw %q", resolutionRequestType, resolverName)
+	}
+
+	taskBytes := []byte(`
+kind: Task
+apiVersion: tekton.dev/v1beta1
+metadata:
+  name: foo
+spec:
+  steps:
+  - name: step1
+    image: ubuntu
+    script: |
+      echo "hello world!"
+`)
+
+	resreq.Status.ResolutionRequestStatusFields.Data = base64.StdEncoding.Strict().EncodeToString(taskBytes)
+	resreq.Status.MarkSucceeded()
+	resreq, err = client.UpdateStatus(prt.TestAssets.Ctx, resreq, metav1.UpdateOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error updating resource request with resolved pipeline data: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Check that the resolved pipeline was recognized by the
+	// PipelineRun reconciler and that the PipelineRun has now
+	// started executing.
+	updatedPipelineRun, _ := prt.reconcileRun("default", "pr", nil, false)
+	checkPipelineRunConditionStatusAndReason(t, updatedPipelineRun, corev1.ConditionUnknown, v1beta1.PipelineRunReasonRunning.String())
+}
+
 func getTaskRunWithTaskSpec(tr, pr, p, t string, labels, annotations map[string]string) *v1beta1.TaskRun {
 	om := taskRunObjectMeta(tr, "foo", pr, p, t, false)
 	for k, v := range labels {

pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/resources/pipelineref.go

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func GetPipelineFunc(ctx context.Context, k8s kubernetes.Interface, tekton clien
 			for _, p := range pr.Resource {
 				params[p.Name] = p.Value
 			}
-			resolver := resolution.NewResolver(requester, pipelineRun, string(pr.Resolver), params)
+			resolver := resolution.NewResolver(requester, pipelineRun, string(pr.Resolver), "", "", params)
 			return resolvePipeline(ctx, resolver, name)
 		}, nil
 	default:

pkg/reconciler/pipelinerun/resources/pipelinerunresolution.go

@@ -18,19 +18,20 @@ package resources
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 
-	"knative.dev/pkg/kmeta"
-
 	"github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/pkg/apis/config"
 	"github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/pkg/apis/pipeline/v1beta1"
 	resourcev1alpha1 "github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/pkg/apis/resource/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/pkg/list"
 	"github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/pkg/reconciler/taskrun/resources"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	"github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/pkg/remote"
+	kerrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"knative.dev/pkg/apis"
+	"knative.dev/pkg/kmeta"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -482,7 +483,7 @@ func ResolvePipelineRunTask(
 	if rprt.IsCustomTask() {
 		rprt.RunName = getRunName(pipelineRun.Status.Runs, pipelineRun.Status.ChildReferences, task.Name, pipelineRun.Name)
 		run, err := getRun(rprt.RunName)
-		if err != nil && !errors.IsNotFound(err) {
+		if err != nil && !kerrors.IsNotFound(err) {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error retrieving Run %s: %w", rprt.RunName, err)
 		}
 		rprt.Run = run
@@ -500,7 +501,7 @@ func ResolvePipelineRunTask(
 
 		taskRun, err := getTaskRun(rprt.TaskRunName)
 		if err != nil {
-			if !errors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			if !kerrors.IsNotFound(err) {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("error retrieving TaskRun %s: %w", rprt.TaskRunName, err)
 			}
 		}
@@ -515,14 +516,18 @@ func ResolvePipelineRunTask(
 				taskName = task.TaskRef.Name
 			} else {
 				t, err = getTask(ctx, task.TaskRef.Name)
-				if err != nil {
+				switch {
+				case errors.Is(err, remote.ErrorRequestInProgress):
+					return nil, err
+				case err != nil:
 					return nil, &TaskNotFoundError{
 						Name: task.TaskRef.Name,
 						Msg:  err.Error(),
 					}
+				default:
+					spec = t.TaskSpec()
+					taskName = t.TaskMetadata().Name
 				}
-				spec = t.TaskSpec()
-				taskName = t.TaskMetadata().Name
 			}
 			kind = task.TaskRef.Kind
 		} else {
@@ -623,7 +628,7 @@ func resolveConditionChecks(pt *v1beta1.PipelineTask, taskRunStatus map[string]*
 		// TODO(#3133): Also handle Custom Task Runs (getRun here)
 		cctr, err := getTaskRun(conditionCheckName)
 		if err != nil {
-			if !errors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			if !kerrors.IsNotFound(err) {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("error retrieving ConditionCheck %s for taskRun name %s : %w", conditionCheckName, taskRunName, err)
 			}
 		}

pkg/reconciler/taskrun/controller.go

@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ import (
 	cloudeventclient "github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/pkg/reconciler/events/cloudevent"
 	"github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/pkg/reconciler/volumeclaim"
 	"github.com/tektoncd/pipeline/pkg/taskrunmetrics"
+	resolutionclient "github.com/tektoncd/resolution/pkg/client/injection/client"
+	resolutioninformer "github.com/tektoncd/resolution/pkg/client/injection/informers/resolution/v1alpha1/resolutionrequest"
+	resolution "github.com/tektoncd/resolution/pkg/resource"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/clock"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
 	kubeclient "knative.dev/pkg/client/injection/kube/client"
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ func NewController(opts *pipeline.Options, clock clock.PassiveClock) func(contex
 		podInformer := filteredpodinformer.Get(ctx, v1beta1.ManagedByLabelKey)
 		resourceInformer := resourceinformer.Get(ctx)
 		limitrangeInformer := limitrangeinformer.Get(ctx)
+		resolutionInformer := resolutioninformer.Get(ctx)
 		configStore := config.NewStore(logger.Named("config-store"), taskrunmetrics.MetricsOnStore(logger))
 		configStore.WatchConfigs(cmw)
 
@@ -59,17 +63,18 @@ func NewController(opts *pipeline.Options, clock clock.PassiveClock) func(contex
 		}
 
 		c := &Reconciler{
-			KubeClientSet:     kubeclientset,
-			PipelineClientSet: pipelineclientset,
-			Images:            opts.Images,
-			Clock:             clock,
-			taskRunLister:     taskRunInformer.Lister(),
-			resourceLister:    resourceInformer.Lister(),
-			limitrangeLister:  limitrangeInformer.Lister(),
-			cloudEventClient:  cloudeventclient.Get(ctx),
-			metrics:           taskrunmetrics.Get(ctx),
-			entrypointCache:   entrypointCache,
-			pvcHandler:        volumeclaim.NewPVCHandler(kubeclientset, logger),
+			KubeClientSet:       kubeclientset,
+			PipelineClientSet:   pipelineclientset,
+			Images:              opts.Images,
+			Clock:               clock,
+			taskRunLister:       taskRunInformer.Lister(),
+			resourceLister:      resourceInformer.Lister(),
+			limitrangeLister:    limitrangeInformer.Lister(),
+			cloudEventClient:    cloudeventclient.Get(ctx),
+			metrics:             taskrunmetrics.Get(ctx),
+			entrypointCache:     entrypointCache,
+			pvcHandler:          volumeclaim.NewPVCHandler(kubeclientset, logger),
+			resolutionRequester: resolution.NewCRDRequester(resolutionclient.Get(ctx), resolutionInformer.Lister()),
 		}
 		impl := taskrunreconciler.NewImpl(ctx, c, func(impl *controller.Impl) controller.Options {
 			return controller.Options{