fix: allow manual monitoring resources in restricted namespaces, do not block removing the finalizer

[basti1302]

Do not reject deploying a manually managed monitoring resource to one of the restricted namespaces (kube-system, kube-node-lease, and kube-public), or the operator namespace, even if automatic namespace monitoring is enabled.

Also, do not block removing the monitoring resource finalizer.

[basti1302]

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🔍 Observations & Minor Suggestions

1. Finalizer Removal Logic (monitoring_validation_webhook.go:99-106)

The logic to allow finalizer removal is sound, but consider adding a comment explaining why this is important:

// Always allow requests that remove the finalizer. Otherwise, we might accidentally block removing a manually
// managed monitoring resource from a namespace that is enabled for auto-namespace monitoring.

This is already there, which is good! However, the logic could be slightly more explicit about what happens when request.OldObject.Raw is nil:

Current code:

if request.Operation == admissionv1.Update && request.OldObject.Raw != nil {
    newHasFinalizer := slices.Contains(monitoringResource.Finalizers, dash0common.MonitoringFinalizerId)
    if !newHasFinalizer {
        return admission.Allowed("")
    }
}

Suggestion: Consider checking both old and new finalizer status for clarity:

if request.Operation == admissionv1.Update && request.OldObject.Raw != nil {
    oldMonitoringResource := &dash0v1beta1.Dash0Monitoring{}
    if _, _, err := decoder.Decode(request.OldObject.Raw, nil, oldMonitoringResource); err == nil {
        oldHasFinalizer := slices.Contains(oldMonitoringResource.Finalizers, dash0common.MonitoringFinalizerId)
        newHasFinalizer := slices.Contains(monitoringResource.Finalizers, dash0common.MonitoringFinalizerId)
        if oldHasFinalizer && !newHasFinalizer {
            // Finalizer is being removed, allow the request
            return admission.Allowed("")
        }
    }
}

This would make it explicit that we're specifically allowing the transition from "has finalizer" to "no finalizer", rather than allowing any update where the new object doesn't have a finalizer. However, the current implementation is simpler and likely sufficient.

BK: checking whether the old object actually has a finalizer does not provide any benefit. Removing the finalizer is the last thing before deleting the resource, if the object has no finalizer it is meant to be removed.

2. Test Cleanup (test/util/monitoring_resource.go)

The removal of the removeFinalizerFromMonitoringResource function call (lines deleted) appears intentional based on the PR description about not blocking finalizer removal. However, I don't see where this function is being called from in the deleted lines. Could you verify this change is complete?

Looking at line 400-404 in the current file, removeFinalizerFromMonitoringResource is still defined and used. The deletion seems to be from test helper code, which is fine.

BK: Hallucination - DefaultMonitoringResourceWithoutExport was removed (was unused), removeFinalizerFromMonitoringResource has not been removed.

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[basti1302]

✅ e2e test run: https://github.com/dash0hq/dash0-operator/actions/runs/23001591734