For InformerEventSources, fabric8's default "namespace" index is unused: InformerWrapper.list(namespace) filters the item store directly, and byIndex only serves the JOSDK-qualified custom indexes. The index still costs one entry per object in the watched scope, and when an event source uses a filtering ItemStore to bound its cache, this unused index becomes the dominant retained memory (compounded by the fabric8 cleanup gap reported in fabric8io/kubernetes-client#8103).
fabric8 already exposes SharedIndexInformer.removeIndexer(String), but the SDK offers no path to the informer (it sits behind ManagedInformerEventSource's InformerManager and InformerWrapper, all inaccessible), so today the only way is reflection over three private fields (see the edit below, the experimental informer pool provides a path).
Suggestion: an InformerConfiguration flag (e.g. withoutNamespaceIndex()) applied when the wrapper starts the informer, or an extension point that hands advanced users the SharedIndexInformer for tuning.
Would you be open to a PR for this, and which of the two shapes would you prefer?
EDIT: found out that overriding AbstractInformerPool.start (via ConfigurationServiceOverrider.withInformerPool) allows calling SharedIndexInformer.removeNamespaceIndex() before the informer starts, so reflection is not required after all. The API is marked experimental though, and subclassing the pool for a per-informer concern is indirect, so we think a first-class InformerConfiguration option is still worth it. Happy to include that context in the PR.
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InformerEventSources, fabric8's default"namespace"index is unused:InformerWrapper.list(namespace)filters the item store directly, andbyIndexonly serves the JOSDK-qualified custom indexes. The index still costs one entry per object in the watched scope, and when an event source uses a filteringItemStoreto bound its cache, this unused index becomes the dominant retained memory (compounded by the fabric8 cleanup gap reported in fabric8io/kubernetes-client#8103).fabric8 already exposes
SharedIndexInformer.removeIndexer(String), but the SDK offers no path to the informer (it sits behind(see the edit below, the experimental informer pool provides a path).ManagedInformerEventSource'sInformerManagerandInformerWrapper, all inaccessible), so today the only way is reflection over three private fieldsSuggestion: an
InformerConfigurationflag (e.g.withoutNamespaceIndex()) applied when the wrapper starts the informer, or an extension point that hands advanced users theSharedIndexInformerfor tuning.Would you be open to a PR for this, and which of the two shapes would you prefer?
EDIT: found out that overriding
AbstractInformerPool.start(viaConfigurationServiceOverrider.withInformerPool) allows callingSharedIndexInformer.removeNamespaceIndex()before the informer starts, so reflection is not required after all. The API is marked experimental though, and subclassing the pool for a per-informer concern is indirect, so we think a first-classInformerConfigurationoption is still worth it. Happy to include that context in the PR.