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  1. Default aggregation key: new EventKeyStrategy and a DefaultEventRecorder.builder(sink) with a keyStrategy(...) option. With byReason() the message drops out of the event identity, so status-style events aggregate onto one event (count grows, message gets replaced) without key() boilerplate at every call site. A per-record key() still wins, and none() is today's behavior.
  2. Owner references: ownerReference(true) on the builder, with a per-record override via EventRecord.Builder.ownedByRegarding(boolean). Only set when the object already has a uid.
  3. Naming: EventRecord.Builder.name(String) and a recorder-level EventNamingStrategy. Precedence: record name, then strategy, then the identity hash. The name is the aggregation identity and must be a valid RFC 1123 DNS subdomain (the javadoc has the details), long names get truncated at 253 chars, and blank means unset.

Fixes #3601

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  • New Features
    • Event recording can now be customized with naming and aggregation strategies.
    • Events support explicit names, validation, length limits, and safe fallback naming.
    • Events can aggregate by reason, combining repeated occurrences while tracking counts.
    • Recorded events can optionally include an owner reference to the related resource.
    • Event records support custom names and owner-reference preferences.
    • Added a builder for configuring event recorder behavior.
  • Tests
    • Added coverage for custom naming, aggregation, name validation, strategy failures, and owner references.

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DefaultEventRecorder now supports configurable event names, aggregation keys, and owner references. EventRecord exposes per-record overrides. Unit and integration tests validate naming, aggregation, ownership, truncation, and strategy failures.

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Configurable event recording

Layer / File(s) Summary
Event identity and ownership contracts
operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/event/EventRecord.java, operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/event/EventNamingStrategy.java, operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/event/EventKeyStrategy.java
Adds optional event names, ownership flags, naming strategies, and aggregation-key strategies.
Recorder configuration and event assembly
operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/event/DefaultEventRecorder.java
Adds builder configuration, strategy-based naming and aggregation, name truncation, owner references, and failure logging.
Unit and integration validation
operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/event/DefaultEventRecorderTest.java, operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/baseapi/eventrecorderconfigured/*
Tests deterministic naming, aggregation, owner references, validation, strategy failures, and configured reconciliation behavior.

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Configurable event naming, aggregation, and ownership are covered, but the new default-name test hard-codes an implementation digest. Future intentional identity-format changes may fail CI without clearly identifying the stability behavior being protected.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant ConfiguredEventRecorderReconciler
  participant DefaultEventRecorder
  participant EventSink
  ConfiguredEventRecorderReconciler->>DefaultEventRecorder: record EventRecord
  DefaultEventRecorder->>DefaultEventRecorder: resolve name and aggregation key
  DefaultEventRecorder->>DefaultEventRecorder: add owner reference when configured
  DefaultEventRecorder->>EventSink: emit assembled event
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The current name truncation path can yield a blank event name after stripping separators, which can make recording fail instead of safely falling back to the default identity-hash name.

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Pull request overview

Adds configurability to the DefaultEventRecorder to better control event aggregation identity, ownership metadata, and naming, addressing the limitations described in #3601 and providing an end-to-end integration test demonstrating the configuration.

Changes:

  • Introduces recorder-level strategies for default aggregation keys (EventKeyStrategy) and event naming (EventNamingStrategy), plus per-record overrides via EventRecord.
  • Adds optional owner reference support (recorder default with per-record tri-state override) to relate events to their “regarding” object when UID is available.
  • Expands unit/integration tests to cover deterministic naming, aggregation behavior, naming strategy behavior, and owner reference behavior.
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File Description
operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/event/DefaultEventRecorder.java Adds builder-based configuration for naming/key strategies and owner references; updates naming/aggregation behavior accordingly.
operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/event/EventRecord.java Adds per-record name and ownedByRegarding overrides and updates aggregation identity semantics documentation.
operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/event/EventNamingStrategy.java New functional interface to derive stable event names (aggregation identity) with documented RFC1123 constraints.
operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/event/EventKeyStrategy.java New functional interface for default aggregation keys, including a byReason() implementation.
operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/event/DefaultEventRecorderTest.java Adds unit coverage for deterministic naming, key strategy behavior, owner references, and naming strategy precedence/fallbacks.
operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/baseapi/eventrecorderconfigured/ConfiguredEventRecorderIT.java End-to-end IT demonstrating configured aggregation, naming, and owner reference behavior.
operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/baseapi/eventrecorderconfigured/ConfiguredEventRecorderReconciler.java Test reconciler emitting events with changing messages to exercise aggregation/naming.
operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/baseapi/eventrecorderconfigured/ConfiguredEventRecorderCustomResource.java Test CR type used by the configured recorder integration test.
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operator-framework/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/baseapi/eventrecorderconfigured/ConfiguredEventRecorderIT.java (1)

80-80: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Remove the explanatory comment. The repository-wide Java convention permits comments only for very long or complex logic. This comment only explains the next test steps.

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- Around line 94-95: Update the event assertion in the ConfiguredEventRecorderIT
test to validate the latest aggregated message using the current event count,
rather than accepting any message with the expected prefix via startsWith.
Account for one aggregated event per reconciliation and lifecycle runs beyond
two reconciliations.

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- Line 80: Remove the explanatory comment in ConfiguredEventRecorderIT near the
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- Line 275: Update event-name resolution around
DefaultEventRecorder::truncateToMaxNameLength to validate the truncated name
from both the record name and naming-strategy result against Kubernetes RFC 1123
DNS-subdomain rules. Use the identity-hash fallback whenever the result is blank
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operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/event/DefaultEventRecorderTest.java (1)

229-235: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Assert name stability instead of the exact digest.

This test pins the literal digest test1.3c699548f37ff9cd6d2a786f64a27228. The value depends on the whole identity string layout: kind, uid, type, reason, reporting component, message, the NUL separator, and SHA-256. Any intended change to that layout fails this test with no useful diagnostic. The name shape is already covered by namesEventsWithADnsSafeHashSuffix at Line 238.

The stated intent is stability for the same event. Record the same event twice and compare the two names.

♻️ Proposed refactor
   `@Test`
   void alwaysDerivesTheSameDefaultNameForTheSameEvent() {
-    recorder.record(EventRecord.normal("Created", "created"), context(configMap()));
-
-    assertThat(emitted.get(0).getMetadata().getName())
-        .isEqualTo("test1.3c699548f37ff9cd6d2a786f64a27228");
+    recorder.record(EventRecord.normal("Created", "created"), context(configMap()));
+    recorder.record(EventRecord.normal("Created", "created"), context(configMap()));
+
+    assertThat(emitted.get(0).getMetadata().getName())
+        .isEqualTo(emitted.get(1).getMetadata().getName());
   }
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LGTM, thank you @afalhambra-hivemq

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@afalhambra-hivemq just one more details, could you target pls next branch with the PR, that contains the work for next minor version, and since this is not a bug fix, it fits rather there.

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afalhambra-hivemq changed the base branch from main to next September 9, 2026 10:33
Signed-off-by: Antonio Fernandez Alhambra <antonio.alhambra@hivemq.com>
Signed-off-by: Antonio Fernandez Alhambra <antonio.alhambra@hivemq.com>
Signed-off-by: Antonio Fernandez Alhambra <antonio.alhambra@hivemq.com>
Signed-off-by: Antonio Fernandez Alhambra <antonio.alhambra@hivemq.com>
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thank you @afalhambra-hivemq !

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EventRecorder: default aggregation key, ownerReference support, and naming control

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