st2actionrunner reloads on adding a new pack

[kritikash18]

Currently, I have tried installing some custom st2packs by baking them in a docker image following https://github.com/StackStorm/st2packs-dockerfiles and it worked well. But everytime I add a new pack by updating the image, the st2actionrunner pod reloads. So if I want to be able to add packs on a regular basis, it will certainly affect the execution of the actions and workflows running at that moment. Is there another way to add packs without affecting the execution?

[arm4b]

Originally reported in https://forum.stackstorm.com/t/stackstorm-ha-st2actionrunner-k8s-rescheduling-death-consequences/910/.

The mechanism of re-starting st2acrionrunner to pick up new packs is how the stackstorm-ha Helm chart deployment was designed and works via helm upgrades. The packs filesystem should be copied/shared via st2actionrunner container which happens on pre-init stage via sidecar containers.

There is however another edge case here which coming from the st2 core:

Yes indeed, sudden re-schedule or death of st2actionrunner leads to broken workflow execution, according to: https://github.com/StackStorm/st2/issues/4716 Ideally if st2 core could tolerate such failures with action re-schedules.

[arm4b]

I believe there are 2 possible ways to improve this story: handle properly st2actionrunner failures/re-schedules in st2 core or re-architect stackstorm-ha.

This could be a future enhancement.

[manisha-tanwar]

Hi @kritikash18 , Did you find any alternative for this. I tried installing new pack/modifying existing packs and everything actually impact running action/workflow and it is marked as 'Abandoned'.