OCP4: Quay Container Security Operator impacts etcd storage due to high rate of imagemanifestvulns on large clusters

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • OpenShift etcd database is constantly exceeding threshold in size for defragmentation.
  • Thousands of objects are created of type:
    /kubernetes.io/secscan.quay.redhat.com/imagemanifestvulns//sha256.
  • Observe constant defrag being issued on etcd database
  • Observe that a significant portion of etcd storage is consumed by imagemanifestvulns objects that may appear as duplicates.
  • Etcd performance may be degraded

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform (RHOCP 4.x)
  • Quay Container Security Operator

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