Update Prow as needed

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us-docker.pkg.dev/k8s-infra-prow/images/ changes: kubernetes-sigs/prow@77c4e05...f65e1b3 (2026‑05‑08 → 2026‑05‑12)

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Prow Infrastructure Update

This PR updates the OpenShift CI infrastructure to use a newer build of Prow components. All container image tags for Prow services are bumped from v20260508-77c4e0541 to v20260512-f65e1b3c3, corresponding to upstream Prow changes from May 8–12, 2026.

Scope of Changes

Production and Staging Deployments: Updates image tags across both production (clusters/app.ci/prow/03_deployment/) and staging (clusters/app.ci/prow/staging/) deployment manifests for 16+ Prow components, including:

• Core services: cherrypick, crier, deck, ghproxy, hook, sinker, tide, tot
• Job management: horologium, prow-controller-manager, needs-rebase, refresh, statusreconciler
• Utility components: exporter, gangway, qe-private-deck

Utility Images: Updates references to shared Prow utility images (clonerefs, entrypoint, initupload, sidecar) in:

• Production Prow configuration (core-services/prow/02_config/_config.yaml)
• Staging Prow configuration (clusters/app.ci/prow/staging/prow-config.yaml)

Build Tooling: Updates image variables in hack/images.sh for the mkpj and mkpod image builders.

Image Mirroring: Updates the image mirroring configuration to reference the newer clonerefs build tag.

Makefile: Updates the checkconfig target to use the newer image tag for configuration validation.

Impact

This is a routine maintenance update that keeps OpenShift's Prow infrastructure in sync with upstream Prow development. All updates are consistent image tag changes with no modifications to deployment configuration, resource specifications, or operational behavior.

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• Makefile
• clusters/app.ci/prow/03_deployment/cherrypick.yaml
• clusters/app.ci/prow/03_deployment/crier.yaml
• clusters/app.ci/prow/03_deployment/deck.yaml
• clusters/app.ci/prow/03_deployment/exporter.yaml
• clusters/app.ci/prow/03_deployment/gangway.yaml
• clusters/app.ci/prow/03_deployment/ghproxy.yaml
• clusters/app.ci/prow/03_deployment/hook.yaml
• clusters/app.ci/prow/03_deployment/horologium.yaml
• clusters/app.ci/prow/03_deployment/needs_rebase.yaml
• clusters/app.ci/prow/03_deployment/prow-controller-manager.yaml
• clusters/app.ci/prow/03_deployment/qe_private_deck.yaml
• clusters/app.ci/prow/03_deployment/refresh.yaml
• clusters/app.ci/prow/03_deployment/sinker.yaml
• clusters/app.ci/prow/03_deployment/statusreconciler.yaml
• clusters/app.ci/prow/03_deployment/tide.yaml
• clusters/app.ci/prow/03_deployment/tot.yaml
• clusters/app.ci/prow/staging/crier.yaml
• clusters/app.ci/prow/staging/deck.yaml
• clusters/app.ci/prow/staging/ghproxy.yaml
• clusters/app.ci/prow/staging/prow-config.yaml
• clusters/app.ci/prow/staging/sinker.yaml
• core-services/image-mirroring/_config.yaml
• core-services/prow/02_config/_config.yaml
• hack/images.sh

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Walkthrough

Container image tags are updated from v20260508-77c4e0541 to v20260512-f65e1b3c3 across build tools, Kubernetes deployment manifests, and Prow configuration files. No functionality or logic is modified.

Changes

Container Image Tag Updates

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Build tooling image tags Makefile, hack/images.sh	Build tool references for checkconfig, mkpj, and mkpod images are updated to the new tag version.
Production deployment manifests clusters/app.ci/prow/03_deployment/cherrypick.yaml, crier.yaml, deck.yaml, exporter.yaml, gangway.yaml, ghproxy.yaml, hook.yaml, horologium.yaml, needs_rebase.yaml, prow-controller-manager.yaml, qe_private_deck.yaml, refresh.yaml, sinker.yaml, statusreconciler.yaml, tide.yaml, tot.yaml	Container image tags across 16 production Prow service deployments are updated to the newer version.
Staging deployment manifests and utilities clusters/app.ci/prow/staging/crier.yaml, deck.yaml, ghproxy.yaml, prow-config.yaml, sinker.yaml	Staging Prow service deployments and their utility image references in the Prow configuration are updated to match the new tag.
Core services configuration core-services/image-mirroring/_config.yaml, core-services/prow/02_config/_config.yaml	Image mirroring configuration and default Prow decoration utility image references are updated to the new tag version.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 2 (Simple) | ⏱️ ~10 minutes

Suggested labels

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Suggested reviewers

• mmazur
• geoberle
• raelga

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 11 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 inconclusive)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Title check	❓ Inconclusive	The title 'Update Prow as needed' is vague and generic, using non-descriptive language that doesn't convey meaningful information about the specific changes in the changeset.	Consider a more specific title like 'Bump Prow images to v20260512-f65e1b3c3' that clearly describes what is being updated and to which version.

✅ Passed checks (11 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Stable And Deterministic Test Names	✅ Passed	PR contains no Ginkgo test files or test code. All changes are infrastructure configuration updates (container image tags, manifests). Check not applicable.
Test Structure And Quality	✅ Passed	Custom check for Ginkgo test structure is not applicable. PR contains only infrastructure configuration changes (YAML manifests, Makefile, shell scripts) with no test files.
Microshift Test Compatibility	✅ Passed	No new Ginkgo e2e tests are added in this PR. Only container image versions are updated in Kubernetes manifests and configuration files. The MicroShift compatibility check is not applicable.
Single Node Openshift (Sno) Test Compatibility	✅ Passed	No new Ginkgo e2e tests are added in this PR. Changes are limited to container image tag updates in deployment manifests and configuration files. SNO compatibility check not applicable.
Topology-Aware Scheduling Compatibility	✅ Passed	PR only updates Prow container image tags from v20260508 to v20260512. No scheduling constraints, affinity rules, replica counts, or topology-related configurations were changed.
Ote Binary Stdout Contract	✅ Passed	Check not applicable. PR modifies only configuration files (YAML, Makefile, shell script) to update container image tags. No source code changes. Repository contains no OTE binary code.
Ipv6 And Disconnected Network Test Compatibility	✅ Passed	PR updates container image tags only. No new Ginkgo e2e tests added. IPv6/disconnected network compatibility check not applicable.

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