setup assisted-installer version v2.55

[danmanor]

Summary by CodeRabbit

This PR updates v2.55 CI configurations for the Assisted Image Service, Assisted Installer Agent, and Assisted Installer repositories.

• Upgrades assisted-test-infra and assisted-test-infra-internal images from backplane-5.0 to backplane-5.1.
• Adjusts end-to-end test scheduling with explicit always_run: false settings and pipeline-level change filters.

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Walkthrough

The CI configurations now use backplane-5.1 assisted test infrastructure images. Selected subsystem and metal-assisted tests now use explicit pipeline-level skip filters and disable always-run behavior.

Changes

Assisted CI updates

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Backplane image updates ci-operator/config/openshift/assisted-*/openshift-*-v2.55.yaml	The assisted test infrastructure images now use the backplane-5.1 tag.
Pipeline test filters ci-operator/config/openshift/assisted-installer-agent/openshift-assisted-installer-agent-v2.55.yaml, ci-operator/config/openshift/assisted-installer/openshift-assisted-installer-v2.55.yaml	The affected tests now set always_run: false and use pipeline_skip_if_only_changed filters.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to a1566

This updates Assisted CI image tags and test scheduling filters. No current merge-blocking risk is identified.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 15

✅ Passed checks (15 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the main change: setting up the assisted-installer components for version v2.55.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Stable And Deterministic Test Names	✅ Passed	The PR changes only static CI configuration. The diff updates image tags and adds always_run, pipeline_skip_if_only_changed, and static test labels such as subsystem-test and `e2e-metal-assisted…
Test Structure And Quality	✅ Passed	PASS: The pull request changes only CI YAML configuration and generated presubmit YAML. The diff contains no Ginkgo test source and no changes to It blocks, setup or cleanup, cluster waits, Eventually…
Microshift Test Compatibility	✅ Passed	The check does not apply. The PR diff changes only CI YAML files: base image tags, test scheduling fields, and generated presubmit annotations. It adds no Ginkgo tests or test source containing It, De…
Single Node Openshift (Sno) Test Compatibility	✅ Passed	PASS: The committed diff changes only five CI YAML files. It updates base image tags and changes existing subsystem-test and e2e-metal-assisted pipeline skip settings. It adds no Ginkgo tests or t…
Topology-Aware Scheduling Compatibility	✅ Passed	PASS. The pull request changes only CI configuration: base image tags, test skip filters, and always_run settings. The commit adds no deployment manifests, operator code, controllers, replicas, affi…
Ote Binary Stdout Contract	✅ Passed	PASS: The pull request changes only five YAML configuration files. The diff updates base-image tags, test skip settings, and generated Prow annotations. It changes no Go source, main or suite setup co…
Ipv6 And Disconnected Network Test Compatibility	✅ Passed	PASS. The pull request changes only CI YAML: base image tags, always_run, and pipeline skip filters. The exact commit diff contains no new Ginkgo tests, Go files, IP parsing, IPv4 addresses, URL con…
No-Weak-Crypto	✅ Passed	The pull request changes only YAML image tags and CI test skip settings. The exact diff adds backplane-5.1, always_run: false, and pipeline_skip_if_only_changed. It adds no MD5, SHA1, DES, 3DES,…
Container-Privileges	✅ Passed	The pull-request diff changes base image tags and test skip annotations only. No changed file or changed line introduces privileged: true, hostPID, hostNetwork, hostIPC, SYS_ADMIN, `allowPri…
No-Sensitive-Data-In-Logs	✅ Passed	No sensitive-data logging was introduced. The diff only changes base image tags and test skip metadata (always_run and pipeline_skip_if_only_changed). It adds no logging, output, credentials, PII,…

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[REHEARSALNOTIFIER]
@danmanor: the pj-rehearse plugin accommodates running rehearsal tests for the changes in this PR. Expand 'Interacting with pj-rehearse' for usage details. The following rehearsable tests have been affected by this change:

Test name	Repo	Type	Reason
pull-ci-openshift-assisted-installer-v2.55-e2e-metal-assisted	openshift/assisted-installer	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed
pull-ci-openshift-assisted-installer-v2.55-e2e-metal-assisted-cnv	openshift/assisted-installer	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed
pull-ci-openshift-assisted-installer-v2.55-e2e-metal-assisted-external	openshift/assisted-installer	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed
pull-ci-openshift-assisted-installer-v2.55-e2e-metal-assisted-ipv6	openshift/assisted-installer	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed
pull-ci-openshift-assisted-installer-v2.55-e2e-metal-assisted-lvm	openshift/assisted-installer	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed
pull-ci-openshift-assisted-installer-v2.55-e2e-metal-assisted-odf	openshift/assisted-installer	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed
pull-ci-openshift-assisted-installer-v2.55-e2e-metal-assisted-single-node	openshift/assisted-installer	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed
pull-ci-openshift-assisted-installer-v2.55-e2e-oci-assisted	openshift/assisted-installer	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed
pull-ci-openshift-assisted-installer-v2.55-e2e-vsphere-assisted	openshift/assisted-installer	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed
pull-ci-openshift-assisted-installer-v2.55-format-check	openshift/assisted-installer	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed
pull-ci-openshift-assisted-installer-v2.55-images	openshift/assisted-installer	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed
pull-ci-openshift-assisted-installer-v2.55-lint	openshift/assisted-installer	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed
pull-ci-openshift-assisted-installer-v2.55-unit-test	openshift/assisted-installer	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed
pull-ci-openshift-assisted-image-service-v2.55-e2e-metal-assisted	openshift/assisted-image-service	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed
pull-ci-openshift-assisted-image-service-v2.55-e2e-metal-assisted-day2-arm-workers	openshift/assisted-image-service	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed
pull-ci-openshift-assisted-image-service-v2.55-e2e-metal-assisted-deploy-nodes	openshift/assisted-image-service	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed
pull-ci-openshift-assisted-image-service-v2.55-e2e-metal-assisted-external	openshift/assisted-image-service	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed
pull-ci-openshift-assisted-image-service-v2.55-e2e-oci-assisted	openshift/assisted-image-service	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed
pull-ci-openshift-assisted-image-service-v2.55-images	openshift/assisted-image-service	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed
pull-ci-openshift-assisted-image-service-v2.55-lint	openshift/assisted-image-service	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed
pull-ci-openshift-assisted-image-service-v2.55-test	openshift/assisted-image-service	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed
pull-ci-openshift-assisted-installer-agent-v2.55-e2e-metal-assisted	openshift/assisted-installer-agent	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed
pull-ci-openshift-assisted-installer-agent-v2.55-e2e-metal-assisted-cnv	openshift/assisted-installer-agent	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed
pull-ci-openshift-assisted-installer-agent-v2.55-e2e-metal-assisted-day2	openshift/assisted-installer-agent	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed
pull-ci-openshift-assisted-installer-agent-v2.55-e2e-metal-assisted-external	openshift/assisted-installer-agent	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed

A total of 35 jobs have been affected by this change. The above listing is non-exhaustive and limited to 25 jobs.

A full list of affected jobs can be found here
Prior to this PR being merged, you will need to either run and acknowledge or opt to skip these rehearsals.

Interacting with pj-rehearse

Comment: /pj-rehearse to run up to 5 rehearsals
Comment: /pj-rehearse skip to opt-out of rehearsals
Comment: /pj-rehearse {test-name}, with each test separated by a space, to run one or more specific rehearsals
Comment: /pj-rehearse more to run up to 10 rehearsals
Comment: /pj-rehearse max to run up to 25 rehearsals
Comment: /pj-rehearse auto-ack to run up to 5 rehearsals, and add the rehearsals-ack label on success
Comment: /pj-rehearse list to get an up-to-date list of affected jobs
Comment: /pj-rehearse abort to abort all active rehearsals
Comment: /pj-rehearse network-access-allowed to allow rehearsals of tests that have the restrict_network_access field set to false. This must be executed by an openshift org member who is not the PR author

Once you are satisfied with the results of the rehearsals, comment: /pj-rehearse ack to unblock merge. When the rehearsals-ack label is present on your PR, merge will no longer be blocked by rehearsals.
If you would like the rehearsals-ack label removed, comment: /pj-rehearse reject to re-block merging.

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[danmanor]

Closing as duplicate of #84756