test(auto-instrumentation): add E2E and unit tests for spec.env propagation fix

Signed-off-by: Praful Khanduri <99384392+Horiodino@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: Horiodino

.chloggen/fix-cr spec.env-defaults.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: bug_fix
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern
+component: auto-instrumentation
+
+# A brief description of the change
+note: Fixes the precedence of `spec.env` in Instrumentation CR so global env vars correctly override defaults.
+
+# One or more tracking issues related to the change
+issues: [4068]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note
+subtext: |
+  Previously, environment variables set under `spec.env` were ignored in favor of default instrumentation config, 
+  unless duplicated in each language block. This change ensures the correct order of precedence is applied:
+  language-specific env vars > spec.env > defaults.

bundle/community/manifests/opentelemetry-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ metadata:
     categories: Logging & Tracing,Monitoring
     certified: "false"
     containerImage: ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/opentelemetry-operator
-    createdAt: "2025-08-28T15:18:33Z"
+    createdAt: "2025-09-01T15:37:48Z"
     description: Provides the OpenTelemetry components, including the Collector
     operators.operatorframework.io/builder: operator-sdk-v1.29.0
     operators.operatorframework.io/project_layout: go.kubebuilder.io/v3
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ spec:
                   valueFrom:
                     fieldRef:
                       fieldPath: metadata.namespace
-                image: ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/opentelemetry-operator:0.131.0
+                image: ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/opentelemetry-operator:0.131.0-43-g5880a9eb
                 livenessProbe:
                   httpGet:
                     path: /healthz

bundle/community/manifests/opentelemetry.io_instrumentations.yaml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.19.0
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.18.0
   creationTimestamp: null
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: opentelemetry-operator

bundle/community/manifests/opentelemetry.io_opampbridges.yaml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.19.0
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.18.0
   creationTimestamp: null
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: opentelemetry-operator

bundle/community/manifests/opentelemetry.io_opentelemetrycollectors.yaml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
     cert-manager.io/inject-ca-from: opentelemetry-operator-system/opentelemetry-operator-serving-cert
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.19.0
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.18.0
   creationTimestamp: null
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: opentelemetry-operator

bundle/community/manifests/opentelemetry.io_targetallocators.yaml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.19.0
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.18.0
   creationTimestamp: null
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: opentelemetry-operator

bundle/openshift/manifests/opentelemetry-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ metadata:
     categories: Logging & Tracing,Monitoring
     certified: "false"
     containerImage: ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/opentelemetry-operator
-    createdAt: "2025-08-28T15:18:33Z"
+    createdAt: "2025-09-01T15:37:53Z"
     description: Provides the OpenTelemetry components, including the Collector
     operators.operatorframework.io/builder: operator-sdk-v1.29.0
     operators.operatorframework.io/project_layout: go.kubebuilder.io/v3
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ spec:
                   valueFrom:
                     fieldRef:
                       fieldPath: metadata.namespace
-                image: ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/opentelemetry-operator:0.131.0
+                image: ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/opentelemetry-operator:0.131.0-43-g5880a9eb
                 livenessProbe:
                   httpGet:
                     path: /healthz

bundle/openshift/manifests/opentelemetry.io_instrumentations.yaml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.19.0
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.18.0
   creationTimestamp: null
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: opentelemetry-operator

bundle/openshift/manifests/opentelemetry.io_opampbridges.yaml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.19.0
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.18.0
   creationTimestamp: null
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: opentelemetry-operator

bundle/openshift/manifests/opentelemetry.io_opentelemetrycollectors.yaml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.19.0
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.18.0
   creationTimestamp: null
   labels:
     app.kubernetes.io/name: opentelemetry-operator