Khaled Emara

### Problem Statement Kyverno stands to gain from some performance optimizations. Currently when applying 2 mutate policies using Strategic Merge Patch we get the following performance: > avg=1.25s min=98.68ms med=996.53ms...

## Explanation This PR uses a state machine instead of the regexp package because it's slow. After profiling Validate performance it has been found that regexp takes the most time....

fix(anchor): skip anchors don't have priority

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## Explanation When a SKIP anchor fails its result is aggregated but not returned. When another non-SKIP anchor fails its result is returned. This shouldn't happen the SKIP anchor result...

chore(json): replace std lib with jsoniter

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## Explanation This PR replaces all uses of the standard JSON library with https://github.com/json-iterator/go. This has been done before in the Kyverno codebase to improve performance. It has been demonstrated...

[Feature] Add Playground support for GlobalContext

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### Problem Statement Right now it's not clear how we can use the GlobalContext in the Playground. ### Solution Description Add support for GLobalContext in the Playground. ### Alternatives _No...

feat(json): normalize json processing

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## Explanation ## Related issue ## Milestone of this PR ## Documentation (required for features) My PR contains new or altered behavior to Kyverno. - [ ] I have sent...

fix(helm): label k8s version with app version

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## Explanation Label `app.kubernetes.io/version` with AppVersion instead if Chart Version. ## Related issue Closes #10535 ## Milestone of this PR ## Documentation (required for features) My PR contains new or...

feat(engine): check policy readiness in rules

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## Explanation NotReady Policies are always ignored which could pose as a possible attack point. This PR respects the `failurePolicy` of a Policy by assuming an implicit `ready` Rule is...

feat(engine): add an implicit ready rule to check for policy readiness

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## Explanation NotReady Policies are always ignored which could pose as a possible attack point. This PR respects the `failurePolicy` of a Policy by assuming an implicit `ready` Rule is...

### Description To improve the usability and clarity of the Kyverno documentation, we should add an overview or summary for each of the four major rule types. This will help...