feat(helm): make extra ingress paths configurable in the componentized chart

The componentized chart's Ingress renders a fixed path set: the UI paths, a
hardcoded gateway prefix list mirroring gateway/routes/allowlist.py, and a `/`
Prefix catch-all to the backend. values.yaml exposes no path knob, so an
operator who needs a route the chart does not know about has to fork the
template.

That prefix list is a snapshot of the data plane at release time and drifts
from it. `/watsonx` is in GATEWAY_PATH_PREFIXES with no ingress rule and no
backend prefix, so `/watsonx/*` falls into the catch-all, reaches the backend,
and 404s. A provider passthrough prefix added upstream after the chart version
an operator runs has the same shape, and a custom
general_settings.pass_through_endpoints route has a path only the operator
knows, so the chart can never ship a rule for it at all.

ingress.extraPaths takes a list of {path, service, pathType} entries rendered
in addition to the built-in paths, never in place of them. They render after
every built-in path and before the backend catch-all, and an entry repeating a
path the chart already routes is rejected: duplicates within one rule are
resolved by position or by controller-specific tie breaking, so an entry at
`/` Prefix would swallow the whole backend management API rather than add to
it. `service` picks the component Service — gateway by default, or backend or
ui — so an operator does not have to reconstruct release-templated Service
names, and `pathType` defaults to Prefix. A non-mapping entry, an entry with
no path, an unknown service, an unknown pathType, and a duplicate each abort
the render naming the offending index rather than emitting an Ingress that
misroutes traffic.

The duplicate check needs the built-in paths as data, so the UI paths move
from six literal YAML blocks into a $uiPaths list rendered by one range, and
their explanatory comments move from the rendered manifest into template
comments. The Ingress object this produces is unchanged: the same 92 paths in
the same order with the same backends, verified by parsing both renders.

The target component still answers only the paths its own route allowlist
keeps, so this makes a route routable, not servable.
This commit is contained in:
Yassin Kortam 2026-08-03 13:39:49 -07:00
parent b7843193a0
commit fe451d70aa
3 changed files with 432 additions and 54 deletions

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@ -5,6 +5,41 @@
{{- $gatewayPort := .Values.gateway.service.port -}}
{{- $backendPort := .Values.backend.service.port -}}
{{- $uiPort := .Values.ui.service.port -}}
{{/*
Backends addressable from ingress.extraPaths, keyed by the `service` field.
*/}}
{{- $extraPathBackends := dict
"gateway" (dict "name" $gatewayName "port" $gatewayPort)
"backend" (dict "name" $backendName "port" $backendPort)
"ui" (dict "name" $uiName "port" $uiPort)
-}}
{{/*
UI paths (Next.js static export).
/ui/* is where the SPA serves its login + dashboard routes (e.g. /ui/login).
Without it, /ui/* falls into the catch-all → backend → 404.
The App Router (output: "export", basePath: "") emits the RSC/flight payload
for every route as a ROOT-level <route>.txt (/index.txt, /teams.txt,
/__next._tree.txt, ...). The client router fetches these on every soft
navigation / prefetch as <route>.txt?_rsc=<hash> (the query string is
irrelevant to path matching). They are not under /ui, /_next, or
/litellm-asset-prefix, so without /*.txt they fall to the backend catch-all
→ 404 → client-side navigation never settles and the login flow spins in an
infinite redirect loop (/ ⇄ /ui/login). ui/nginx.conf already serves *.txt
from the export; the rule only routes the request to it. Needs an ingress
controller whose ImplementationSpecific path is a wildcard pattern
(AWS ALB: `*` = 0+ chars); this chart targets the AWS Load Balancer
Controller.
*/}}
{{- $uiPaths := list
(dict "path" "/" "pathType" "Exact")
(dict "path" "/favicon.ico" "pathType" "Exact")
(dict "path" "/litellm-asset-prefix" "pathType" "Prefix")
(dict "path" "/_next" "pathType" "Prefix")
(dict "path" "/ui" "pathType" "Prefix")
(dict "path" "/*.txt" "pathType" "ImplementationSpecific")
-}}
{{/*
Gateway data-plane prefixes — must mirror gateway/routes/allowlist.py.
Versioned paths are listed explicitly to avoid routing management routes
@ -39,6 +74,21 @@
routes at startup -> 404. So /test is rendered as a standalone Exact path
and /test/* falls through to the backend catch-all.
*/}}
{{/*
Every "<path>|<pathType>" this template renders on its own. An
ingress.extraPaths entry that repeats one of these is rejected: duplicates
in a single rule are resolved by position or by controller-specific tie
breaking, so the operator entry could take over a built-in route (an entry
at "/" Prefix would swallow the whole backend management API) instead of
adding to it.
*/}}
{{- $builtinPathKeys := list "/test|Exact" "/|Prefix" -}}
{{- range $uiPaths }}
{{- $builtinPathKeys = append $builtinPathKeys (printf "%s|%s" .path .pathType) }}
{{- end }}
{{- range $gatewayPrefixes }}
{{- $builtinPathKeys = append $builtinPathKeys (printf "%s|Prefix" .) }}
{{- end }}
apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
@ -64,65 +114,15 @@ spec:
http:
paths:
# --- UI (Next.js static export) ---
- path: /
pathType: Exact
backend:
service:
name: {{ $uiName }}
port:
number: {{ $uiPort }}
- path: /favicon.ico
pathType: Exact
backend:
service:
name: {{ $uiName }}
port:
number: {{ $uiPort }}
- path: /litellm-asset-prefix
pathType: Prefix
backend:
service:
name: {{ $uiName }}
port:
number: {{ $uiPort }}
- path: /_next
pathType: Prefix
backend:
service:
name: {{ $uiName }}
port:
number: {{ $uiPort }}
# /ui/* is where the Next.js SPA serves its login + dashboard
# routes (e.g. /ui/login). Without this, /ui/* falls into the
# catch-all → backend → 404.
- path: /ui
pathType: Prefix
backend:
service:
name: {{ $uiName }}
port:
number: {{ $uiPort }}
# Next.js App Router (output: "export", basePath: "") emits the
# RSC/flight payload for every route as a ROOT-level <route>.txt
# (/index.txt, /teams.txt, /__next._tree.txt, ...). The client
# router fetches these on every soft navigation / prefetch as
# <route>.txt?_rsc=<hash> (the query string is irrelevant to path
# matching). They are not under /ui, /_next, or
# /litellm-asset-prefix, so without this rule they fall to the
# backend catch-all → 404 → client-side navigation never settles
# and the login flow spins in an infinite redirect loop
# (/ ⇄ /ui/login). ui/nginx.conf already serves *.txt from the
# export; this rule only routes the request to it. Needs an
# ingress controller whose ImplementationSpecific path is a
# wildcard pattern (AWS ALB: `*` = 0+ chars); this chart targets
# the AWS Load Balancer Controller.
- path: /*.txt
pathType: ImplementationSpecific
{{- range $uiPaths }}
- path: {{ .path }}
pathType: {{ .pathType }}
backend:
service:
name: {{ $uiName }}
port:
number: {{ $uiPort }}
{{- end }}
# --- Gateway data plane ---
# Exact /test only (see the $gatewayPrefixes comment above);
# /test/* MCP management endpoints fall to the backend catch-all.
@ -142,6 +142,46 @@ spec:
port:
number: {{ $gatewayPort }}
{{- end }}
{{- /*
--- Operator-supplied extra paths (ingress.extraPaths) ---
Rendered after every built-in path so an entry can never take
precedence over a default, and before the backend catch-all.
Position only decides the match on controllers that honour manifest
order: the AWS Load Balancer Controller this chart targets sorts
Exact paths first and Prefix paths longest-first, but keeps
ImplementationSpecific paths in manifest order, which is what the
/*.txt rule above already depends on.
*/}}
{{- range $idx, $extra := .Values.ingress.extraPaths }}
{{- if not (kindIs "map" $extra) }}
{{- fail (printf "ingress.extraPaths[%d]: each entry must be a mapping with a 'path' key" $idx) }}
{{- end }}
{{- if not $extra.path }}
{{- fail (printf "ingress.extraPaths[%d]: 'path' is required" $idx) }}
{{- end }}
{{- $service := $extra.service | default "gateway" }}
{{- $target := get $extraPathBackends $service }}
{{- if not $target }}
{{- fail (printf "ingress.extraPaths[%d] (path %s): unknown service %q, expected one of backend, gateway, ui" $idx $extra.path $service) }}
{{- end }}
{{- $pathType := $extra.pathType | default "Prefix" }}
{{- if not (has $pathType (list "Prefix" "Exact" "ImplementationSpecific")) }}
{{- fail (printf "ingress.extraPaths[%d] (path %s): unknown pathType %q, expected one of Exact, ImplementationSpecific, Prefix" $idx $extra.path $pathType) }}
{{- end }}
{{- if eq $extra.path "/" }}
{{- fail (printf "ingress.extraPaths[%d]: path / is already routed in both directions, Exact to ui and Prefix to backend, so no pathType leaves a request for an entry here to capture" $idx) }}
{{- end }}
{{- if has (printf "%s|%s" $extra.path $pathType) $builtinPathKeys }}
{{- fail (printf "ingress.extraPaths[%d]: path %s with pathType %s is already routed by this chart, and a duplicate would take it over rather than add to it" $idx $extra.path $pathType) }}
{{- end }}
- path: {{ $extra.path | quote }}
pathType: {{ $pathType }}
backend:
service:
name: {{ $target.name }}
port:
number: {{ $target.port }}
{{- end }}
# --- Catch-all → backend (management API: /key/*, /user/*, /team/*, ...) ---
- path: /
pathType: Prefix

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@ -0,0 +1,317 @@
suite: test ingress.extraPaths
templates:
- ingress.yaml
values:
- ./values/required.yaml
tests:
- it: renders nothing extra between the built-in gateway prefixes and the backend catch-all when unset
set:
ingress.enabled: true
asserts:
- equal:
path: spec.rules[0].http.paths[-1]
value:
path: /
pathType: Prefix
backend:
service:
name: RELEASE-NAME-litellm-backend
port:
number: 4001
- equal:
path: spec.rules[0].http.paths[-2]
value:
path: /metrics
pathType: Prefix
backend:
service:
name: RELEASE-NAME-litellm-gateway
port:
number: 4000
- it: routes an extra path to the gateway by default, immediately before the backend catch-all
set:
ingress.enabled: true
ingress.extraPaths:
- path: /watsonx
asserts:
- equal:
path: spec.rules[0].http.paths[-2]
value:
path: /watsonx
pathType: Prefix
backend:
service:
name: RELEASE-NAME-litellm-gateway
port:
number: 4000
- equal:
path: spec.rules[0].http.paths[-1]
value:
path: /
pathType: Prefix
backend:
service:
name: RELEASE-NAME-litellm-backend
port:
number: 4001
- it: keeps every built-in path when extra paths are supplied
set:
ingress.enabled: true
ingress.extraPaths:
- path: /watsonx
asserts:
- contains:
path: spec.rules[0].http.paths
content:
path: /
pathType: Exact
backend:
service:
name: RELEASE-NAME-litellm-ui
port:
number: 3000
- contains:
path: spec.rules[0].http.paths
content:
path: /ui
pathType: Prefix
backend:
service:
name: RELEASE-NAME-litellm-ui
port:
number: 3000
- contains:
path: spec.rules[0].http.paths
content:
path: /test
pathType: Exact
backend:
service:
name: RELEASE-NAME-litellm-gateway
port:
number: 4000
- contains:
path: spec.rules[0].http.paths
content:
path: /v1/chat
pathType: Prefix
backend:
service:
name: RELEASE-NAME-litellm-gateway
port:
number: 4000
- contains:
path: spec.rules[0].http.paths
content:
path: /vertex_ai
pathType: Prefix
backend:
service:
name: RELEASE-NAME-litellm-gateway
port:
number: 4000
- it: renders every entry in order and honours the service and pathType selectors
set:
ingress.enabled: true
ingress.extraPaths:
- path: /watsonx
service: gateway
- path: /my-passthrough
pathType: Exact
service: backend
- path: /brand.txt
pathType: ImplementationSpecific
service: ui
asserts:
- equal:
path: spec.rules[0].http.paths[-4]
value:
path: /watsonx
pathType: Prefix
backend:
service:
name: RELEASE-NAME-litellm-gateway
port:
number: 4000
- equal:
path: spec.rules[0].http.paths[-3]
value:
path: /my-passthrough
pathType: Exact
backend:
service:
name: RELEASE-NAME-litellm-backend
port:
number: 4001
- equal:
path: spec.rules[0].http.paths[-2]
value:
path: /brand.txt
pathType: ImplementationSpecific
backend:
service:
name: RELEASE-NAME-litellm-ui
port:
number: 3000
- it: addresses the component services by their configured ports
set:
ingress.enabled: true
gateway.service.port: 8000
backend.service.port: 8001
ui.service.port: 8080
ingress.extraPaths:
- path: /watsonx
- path: /my-passthrough
service: backend
- path: /brand.txt
service: ui
asserts:
- equal:
path: spec.rules[0].http.paths[-4].backend.service.port.number
value: 8000
- equal:
path: spec.rules[0].http.paths[-3].backend.service.port.number
value: 8001
- equal:
path: spec.rules[0].http.paths[-2].backend.service.port.number
value: 8080
- it: rejects an entry naming a service the chart does not deploy
set:
ingress.enabled: true
ingress.extraPaths:
- path: /watsonx
service: proxy
asserts:
- failedTemplate:
errorMessage: 'ingress.extraPaths[0] (path /watsonx): unknown service "proxy", expected one of backend, gateway, ui'
- it: rejects an entry whose pathType is not a kubernetes pathType
set:
ingress.enabled: true
ingress.extraPaths:
- path: /watsonx
pathType: prefix
asserts:
- failedTemplate:
errorMessage: 'ingress.extraPaths[0] (path /watsonx): unknown pathType "prefix", expected one of Exact, ImplementationSpecific, Prefix'
- it: rejects an entry with no path
set:
ingress.enabled: true
ingress.extraPaths:
- service: gateway
asserts:
- failedTemplate:
errorMessage: "ingress.extraPaths[0]: 'path' is required"
- it: rejects a root entry that would take over the backend catch-all
set:
ingress.enabled: true
ingress.extraPaths:
- path: /
service: gateway
asserts:
- failedTemplate:
errorMessage: "ingress.extraPaths[0]: path / is already routed in both directions, Exact to ui and Prefix to backend, so no pathType leaves a request for an entry here to capture"
- it: rejects a root entry that would take over the UI root
set:
ingress.enabled: true
ingress.extraPaths:
- path: /
pathType: Exact
service: gateway
asserts:
- failedTemplate:
errorMessage: "ingress.extraPaths[0]: path / is already routed in both directions, Exact to ui and Prefix to backend, so no pathType leaves a request for an entry here to capture"
# A root ImplementationSpecific entry duplicates no built-in pair, so the
# duplicate check alone would admit it. It is still dead: the built-in
# Exact / sorts ahead of it on the AWS Load Balancer Controller and claims
# the only request its pattern matches, so it renders and never routes.
- it: rejects a root entry that would render but never match
set:
ingress.enabled: true
ingress.extraPaths:
- path: /
pathType: ImplementationSpecific
service: gateway
asserts:
- failedTemplate:
errorMessage: "ingress.extraPaths[0]: path / is already routed in both directions, Exact to ui and Prefix to backend, so no pathType leaves a request for an entry here to capture"
- it: rejects an entry that would take over a UI prefix
set:
ingress.enabled: true
ingress.extraPaths:
- path: /ui
service: gateway
asserts:
- failedTemplate:
errorMessage: "ingress.extraPaths[0]: path /ui with pathType Prefix is already routed by this chart, and a duplicate would take it over rather than add to it"
- it: rejects an entry that would take over the UI RSC payload rule
set:
ingress.enabled: true
ingress.extraPaths:
- path: /*.txt
pathType: ImplementationSpecific
service: backend
asserts:
- failedTemplate:
errorMessage: "ingress.extraPaths[0]: path /*.txt with pathType ImplementationSpecific is already routed by this chart, and a duplicate would take it over rather than add to it"
- it: rejects an entry that would take over a gateway data-plane prefix
set:
ingress.enabled: true
ingress.extraPaths:
- path: /v1/chat
service: backend
asserts:
- failedTemplate:
errorMessage: "ingress.extraPaths[0]: path /v1/chat with pathType Prefix is already routed by this chart, and a duplicate would take it over rather than add to it"
- it: rejects an entry that would take over the exact /test route
set:
ingress.enabled: true
ingress.extraPaths:
- path: /test
pathType: Exact
service: backend
asserts:
- failedTemplate:
errorMessage: "ingress.extraPaths[0]: path /test with pathType Exact is already routed by this chart, and a duplicate would take it over rather than add to it"
- it: allows a built-in path under a different pathType, which is a distinct rule
set:
ingress.enabled: true
ingress.extraPaths:
- path: /ui
pathType: Exact
service: ui
asserts:
- equal:
path: spec.rules[0].http.paths[-2]
value:
path: /ui
pathType: Exact
backend:
service:
name: RELEASE-NAME-litellm-ui
port:
number: 3000
- it: rejects a bare string entry instead of failing on template internals
set:
ingress.enabled: true
ingress.extraPaths:
- /watsonx
asserts:
- failedTemplate:
errorMessage: "ingress.extraPaths[0]: each entry must be a mapping with a 'path' key"

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@ -13,6 +13,27 @@ ingress:
annotations: {}
host: "" # optional; if set, becomes the rule's host
tls: []
# Extra HTTP paths appended to the ingress rule. Additive: every built-in
# UI / gateway / backend path is still rendered, these entries are placed
# after them and before the backend catch-all, and an entry that repeats a
# path the chart already routes is rejected at render time rather than
# silently taking it over.
#
# The chart's built-in gateway prefix list is a snapshot of the data-plane
# surface at release time. Use extraPaths for passthrough routes it does not
# cover: a provider prefix added upstream after this chart version, or a
# custom general_settings.pass_through_endpoints route.
#
# path required; the HTTP path to route
# service which component serves it: gateway (default), backend, or ui
# pathType Prefix (default), Exact, or ImplementationSpecific
#
# The target component only answers paths its own route allowlist keeps, so
# a path here still has to be one that component serves.
extraPaths: []
# - path: /watsonx
# pathType: Prefix
# service: gateway
# Per-component ServiceAccounts for gateway, backend, and ui.
#