filter_kubernetes: implement namespace exclude

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Summary

This PR adds namespace-level log exclusion to the Kubernetes filter and makes it usable as an overridable default.

• Added the Namespace_Exclude Boolean option, defaulting to Off.

• Enabled namespace API and cache lookup when namespace exclusion is enabled.

• Stored namespace exclusion properties alongside cached namespace metadata.

• Limited namespace matching to the exact fluentbit.io/exclude annotation.

• Ignored namespace-level stream, parser, container-qualified, and other fluentbit.io/* annotations.

• Kept namespace labels and annotations controlled independently by their existing metadata options.

• Preserved existing pod-level stream-specific and container-specific behavior.

• Represented pod exclusion properties as tri-state values: true, false, or unspecified.

• Applied exclusion independently per stream using this precedence:

  explicit pod value > namespace value > include
  

• Allowed an explicit pod false value to override namespace exclusion when Namespace_Exclude is enabled.

• Kept pod true exclusions gated by K8s-Logging.Exclude.

• Combined stdout and stderr decisions for records whose stream is missing or unknown.

• Added namespace-property cleanup across the tail and journal processing paths.

• Added runtime coverage for enabled, disabled, false, metadata-only, exact-key matching, existing pod behavior, whole-pod overrides, and per-stream overrides.

The branch contains four commits and changes 23 tracked files, with 354 insertions and 42 deletions.

Verification

Build configuration passed:

cmake -S . -B build \
  -DFLB_TESTS_RUNTIME=On \
  -DFLB_TESTS_INTERNAL=On

The focused Kubernetes runtime target built successfully:

cmake --build build --target flb-rt-filter_kubernetes -j8

The complete Kubernetes filter runtime suite passed after the final changes:

ctest --test-dir build \
  -R flb-rt-filter_kubernetes \
  --output-on-failure

Result: 1/1 CTest target passed in 133.46 seconds. The runtime binary executed all 105 registered cases, including the new namespace and pod-override cases.

Branch formatting validation passed:

git diff --check upstream/master..HEAD

The focused Python integration scenario passed before the final property-gating refinement:

cd tests/integration
$env:FLUENT_BIT_BINARY="C:\Users\cosmo\Documents\GitHub\fluent-bit\build\bin\fluent-bit.exe"
.venv\Scripts\python.exe -m pytest \
  scenarios\filter_kubernetes\tests\test_filter_kubernetes_001.py -q

Result: 1 passed and 2 Linux-only tests skipped.

The same integration command was rerun after the final refinement, but the harness could not execute the configured Fluent Bit binary while reading its version. Result: 1 infrastructure failure and 2 skips. The final runtime suite still passed after that refinement.

Closes #1140

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added optional namespace-level log exclusion for Kubernetes records through namespace annotations.
  • Supports stdout- and stderr-specific exclusions, with pod-level settings taking precedence.
  • Added configuration to enable namespace exclusion processing.
  • Supports explicit include overrides and inherited exclusion behavior.

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved handling of undefined, invalid, and non-boolean exclusion values.

• Tests

  • Added coverage for namespace exclusions, overrides, stream-specific behavior, disabled mode, and metadata-only processing.

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The Kubernetes filter now supports namespace-level fluentbit.io/exclude annotations. Namespace properties flow through metadata lookup and override undefined pod properties. Runtime tests cover exclusion and override cases.

Changes

Kubernetes namespace exclusion

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Namespace property contract plugins/filter_kubernetes/kube_conf.h, plugins/filter_kubernetes/kube_property.*, plugins/filter_kubernetes/kube_props.h	Adds namespace exclusion configuration and property handling. Exclusion values preserve inherit, include, and exclude states.
Namespace metadata property flow plugins/filter_kubernetes/kube_meta.*	Extracts namespace exclusion annotations, serializes namespace properties, and exposes them through metadata retrieval APIs.
Namespace-aware filter decisions plugins/filter_kubernetes/kubernetes.c	Retrieves namespace properties across filter paths and applies pod-level precedence with namespace fallback for stdout, stderr, and unknown streams.
Runtime exclusion coverage tests/runtime/filter_kubernetes.c, tests/runtime/data/kubernetes/meta/*	Adds fixtures and tests for enabled and disabled exclusion, stream overrides, pod overrides, invalid values, and metadata-only processing.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 912dc

The PR adds namespace-based log exclusion and new precedence rules. It is otherwise ready to merge, but the required documentation should be added so users can discover the option, annotation semantics, and override behavior.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Filter
  participant Metadata
  participant NamespaceProperties
  participant ExclusionDecision
  Filter->>Metadata: Request pod and namespace metadata
  Metadata->>NamespaceProperties: Parse namespace annotations
  NamespaceProperties-->>Metadata: Return namespace exclusion properties
  Metadata-->>Filter: Return pod and namespace properties
  Filter->>ExclusionDecision: Evaluate stream exclusions
  ExclusionDecision-->>Filter: Exclude or process record

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 7.69% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: namespace-level exclusion in the Kubernetes filter.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes implement namespace support for fluentbit.io/exclude, including configuration, metadata handling, precedence, validation, cleanup, and runtime tests [#1140].
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The code and test changes directly support namespace-level exclusion and its required metadata, override, validation, and cleanup behavior.

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plugins/filter_kubernetes/kube_property.c (1)

51-55: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Move function opening braces to the next line.

Lines 55, 270, 280, and 2570 put the function opening brace on the declaration line.

• plugins/filter_kubernetes/kube_property.c#L51-L55: move the prop_set_parser opening brace to the next line.
• plugins/filter_kubernetes/kube_property.c#L266-L270: move the flb_kube_prop_set opening brace to the next line.
• plugins/filter_kubernetes/kube_property.c#L275-L280: move the flb_kube_namespace_prop_set opening brace to the next line.
• plugins/filter_kubernetes/kube_meta.c#L2566-L2570: move the lookup_namespace_meta opening brace to the next line.

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In `@plugins/filter_kubernetes/kube_property.c` around lines 51 - 55, Move each
function opening brace to its own following line for prop_set_parser and
flb_kube_prop_set in plugins/filter_kubernetes/kube_property.c at lines 51-55
and 266-270, flb_kube_namespace_prop_set in the same file at lines 275-280, and
lookup_namespace_meta in plugins/filter_kubernetes/kube_meta.c at lines
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Inline comments:
In `@plugins/filter_kubernetes/kubernetes.c`:
- Line 763: Update the journal-processing loop around
flb_log_event_encoder_begin_record() and flb_log_event_encoder_commit_record()
so every error exit releases namespace_meta and namespace_props before breaking.
Route both failures through a shared cleanup path, while preserving the existing
cleanup for successful commits and non-journal input.

In `@tests/runtime/filter_kubernetes.c`:
- Around line 611-676: Update the zero-output handling in the
namespace-exclusion test harness used by flb_test_namespace_exclude and related
tests: when nExpected is zero, wait for KUBE_TEST_TIMEOUT_MS before asserting,
then verify nMatched remains zero. Preserve the existing immediate wait behavior
for tests expecting one or more matches.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@plugins/filter_kubernetes/kube_property.c`:
- Around line 51-55: Move each function opening brace to its own following line
for prop_set_parser and flb_kube_prop_set in
plugins/filter_kubernetes/kube_property.c at lines 51-55 and 266-270,
flb_kube_namespace_prop_set in the same file at lines 275-280, and
lookup_namespace_meta in plugins/filter_kubernetes/kube_meta.c at lines
2566-2570. No other changes are needed.

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• plugins/filter_kubernetes/kube_conf.h
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• plugins/filter_kubernetes/kube_property.h
• plugins/filter_kubernetes/kube_props.h
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plugins/filter_kubernetes/kubernetes.c (1)

1103-1109: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Document Namespace_Exclude in the Kubernetes filter documentation.

Include the default Off, the exact fluentbit.io/exclude namespace annotation, pod-over-namespace precedence, and the K8S-Logging.Exclude requirement for pod exclusions.

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In `@plugins/filter_kubernetes/kubernetes.c` around lines 1103 - 1109, Update the
Kubernetes filter documentation to describe the namespace_exclude configuration
option, including its default of Off, the exact fluentbit.io/exclude namespace
annotation, pod-over-namespace precedence, and the requirement that
K8S-Logging.Exclude be enabled for pod exclusions.

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In `@plugins/filter_kubernetes/kubernetes.c`:
- Around line 1103-1109: Update the Kubernetes filter documentation to describe
the namespace_exclude configuration option, including its default of Off, the
exact fluentbit.io/exclude namespace annotation, pod-over-namespace precedence,
and the requirement that K8S-Logging.Exclude be enabled for pod exclusions.

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