From b666125a3f4341be6bff66d8f8c5a1557da3074f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Bernauer <sebastian.bernauer@stackable.tech>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2026 09:39:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/7] feat: Improve startup times by setting
 flow.election.max.candidates

---
 CHANGELOG.md                                  |  3 +++
 .../nifi/assets/attachments/entraid-nifi.yaml |  1 -
 .../nifi/pages/usage_guide/overrides.adoc     |  2 --
 rust/operator-binary/src/config/mod.rs        | 23 +++++++++++++------
 rust/operator-binary/src/controller.rs        |  2 +-
 rust/operator-binary/src/crd/mod.rs           | 15 ++++++++++++
 .../20-install-nifi.yaml.j2                   |  2 --
 .../cluster_operation/20-install-nifi.yaml.j2 |  4 ----
 .../30_install-nifi.yaml.j2                   |  4 ----
 .../kuttl/external-access/30_nifi.yaml.j2     |  4 ----
 .../kuttl/iceberg-hive/34_trino.yaml.j2       |  1 -
 .../kuttl/iceberg-hive/50_nifi.yaml.j2        |  3 ---
 .../kuttl/iceberg-rest/50_nifi.yaml.j2        |  4 ----
 .../kuttl/ldap/12-install-nifi.yaml.j2        |  5 ----
 .../kuttl/logging/04-install-nifi.yaml.j2     |  4 ----
 .../templates/kuttl/oidc-opa/30_nifi.yaml.j2  |  5 ----
 .../02-install-nifi.yaml.j2                   |  6 -----
 .../kuttl/resources/02-install-nifi.yaml.j2   |  4 ----
 .../kuttl/smoke/30-install-nifi.yaml.j2       |  2 --
 .../kuttl/upgrade/02-install-nifi.yaml.j2     |  5 ----
 20 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 64 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 595701b9..1fc7eb24 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 - Bump `stackable-operator` to 0.110.1 and `kube` to 3.1.0 ([#921]).
 - Internal operator refactoring: introduce dereference() and validate() steps in the reconciler ([#935]).
 - Default `nifi.cluster.flow.election.max.wait.time` to NiFi's upstream value (`5 mins`) instead of the operator's previous `1 mins`. The operator no longer sets this property explicitly; the previous shorter value was left over from a TODO marked as "for testing" and may have caused flow election to settle on incomplete vote sets in cold-start scenarios ([#936]).
+- In case the user specifies a fixed number of NiFi nodes (i.e. no auto-scaling), set `nifi.cluster.flow.election.max.candidates` to that number.
+  This results in much faster NiFi startups, as it doesn't need to wait for the 5 minutes of `nifi.cluster.flow.election.max.wait.time` ([#XXX]).
 - Set `nifi.content.repository.archive.max.retention.period` to `3 days` (previously empty, which NiFi interprets as `Long.MAX_VALUE` and effectively disables time-based archive purge). Without a time-based ceiling, the content archive can grow to half the content PVC and accumulate millions of files, which makes the synchronous startup directory scan in `FileSystemRepository.initializeRepository` very slow. Users requiring a longer content-replay window can extend via `configOverrides`. The provenance audit trail is independent of this setting and unaffected ([#936]).
 - test: Bump vector-aggregator to 0.55.0, replace /graphql call with gRPC call ([#940]).
 
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 [#935]: https://github.com/stackabletech/nifi-operator/pull/935
 [#936]: https://github.com/stackabletech/nifi-operator/pull/936
 [#940]: https://github.com/stackabletech/nifi-operator/pull/940
+[#XXX]: https://github.com/stackabletech/nifi-operator/pull/XXX
 
 ## [26.3.0] - 2026-03-16
 
diff --git a/docs/modules/nifi/assets/attachments/entraid-nifi.yaml b/docs/modules/nifi/assets/attachments/entraid-nifi.yaml
index a457cbe2..3a09d390 100644
--- a/docs/modules/nifi/assets/attachments/entraid-nifi.yaml
+++ b/docs/modules/nifi/assets/attachments/entraid-nifi.yaml
@@ -204,7 +204,6 @@ spec:
         nifi.security.user.oidc.additional.scopes: "profile"
         nifi.security.user.oidc.claim.identifying.user: "upn"
         nifi.process.group.root.placeholder: "root"
-        nifi.cluster.flow.election.max.wait.time: "10 secs"
     podOverrides:
       spec:
         initContainers:
diff --git a/docs/modules/nifi/pages/usage_guide/overrides.adoc b/docs/modules/nifi/pages/usage_guide/overrides.adoc
index 32c0857b..8c862aea 100644
--- a/docs/modules/nifi/pages/usage_guide/overrides.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/nifi/pages/usage_guide/overrides.adoc
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ For example per role group:
 nodes:
   roleGroups:
     default:
-      config: {}
       replicas: 1
       envOverrides:
         MY_ENV_VAR: "MY_VALUE"
@@ -86,7 +85,6 @@ nodes:
     MY_ENV_VAR: "MY_VALUE"
   roleGroups:
     default:
-      config: {}
       replicas: 1
 ----
 
diff --git a/rust/operator-binary/src/config/mod.rs b/rust/operator-binary/src/config/mod.rs
index 5e4d1945..fb7352b3 100644
--- a/rust/operator-binary/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/rust/operator-binary/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ pub fn build_bootstrap_conf(
 
 /// Create the NiFi nifi.properties
 pub fn build_nifi_properties(
-    spec: &v1alpha1::NifiClusterSpec,
+    nifi: &v1alpha1::NifiCluster,
     resource_config: &Resources<NifiStorageConfig>,
     proxy_hosts: &str,
     auth_config: &NifiAuthenticationConfig,
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ pub fn build_nifi_properties(
     product_version: &str,
     git_sync_resources: &git_sync::v1alpha2::GitSyncResources,
 ) -> Result<String, Error> {
+    let cluster_config = &nifi.spec.cluster_config;
     // TODO: Remove once we dropped support for all NiFi 1.x versions
     let is_nifi_1 = product_version.starts_with("1.");
 
@@ -278,7 +279,7 @@ pub fn build_nifi_properties(
     // The ID of the cluster-wide state provider. This will be ignored if NiFi is not clustered but must be populated if running in a cluster.
     properties.insert(
         "nifi.state.management.provider.cluster".to_string(),
-        match spec.cluster_config.clustering_backend {
+        match cluster_config.clustering_backend {
             v1alpha1::NifiClusteringBackend::ZooKeeper { .. } => "zk-provider".to_string(),
             v1alpha1::NifiClusteringBackend::Kubernetes { .. } => "kubernetes-provider".to_string(),
         },
@@ -528,15 +529,14 @@ pub fn build_nifi_properties(
         "".to_string(),
     );
 
-    let sensitive_properties_algorithm = &spec
-        .cluster_config
+    let sensitive_properties_algorithm = cluster_config
         .sensitive_properties
         .algorithm
         .clone()
         .unwrap_or_default();
 
     sensitive_properties_algorithm
-        .check_for_nifi_version(spec.image.product_version())
+        .check_for_nifi_version(nifi.spec.image.product_version())
         .context(ConfigureSensitivePropertiesSnafu)?;
 
     properties.insert(
@@ -609,12 +609,21 @@ pub fn build_nifi_properties(
         "nifi.cluster.node.protocol.port".to_string(),
         PROTOCOL_PORT.to_string(),
     );
+
+    // In case the number of NiFi nodes is hard-coded to a fixed (no auto-scaling), we can tell
+    // this NiFi, so that startup is much quicker.
+    // Note: In case we don't know the replica count, we set it to "" as that's what we always did
+    // before.
+    let max_candidates = nifi
+        .maybe_fixed_node_count()
+        .map(|count| count.to_string())
+        .unwrap_or_default();
     properties.insert(
         "nifi.cluster.flow.election.max.candidates".to_string(),
-        "".to_string(),
+        max_candidates,
     );
 
-    match spec.cluster_config.clustering_backend {
+    match cluster_config.clustering_backend {
         v1alpha1::NifiClusteringBackend::ZooKeeper { .. } => {
             properties.insert(
                 "nifi.cluster.leader.election.implementation".to_string(),
diff --git a/rust/operator-binary/src/controller.rs b/rust/operator-binary/src/controller.rs
index a2b0cd52..c1ee3164 100644
--- a/rust/operator-binary/src/controller.rs
+++ b/rust/operator-binary/src/controller.rs
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ async fn build_node_rolegroup_config_map(
         .add_data(
             NIFI_PROPERTIES,
             build_nifi_properties(
-                &nifi.spec,
+                nifi,
                 &merged_config.resources,
                 proxy_hosts,
                 authentication_config,
diff --git a/rust/operator-binary/src/crd/mod.rs b/rust/operator-binary/src/crd/mod.rs
index b84b5da7..690640cb 100644
--- a/rust/operator-binary/src/crd/mod.rs
+++ b/rust/operator-binary/src/crd/mod.rs
@@ -289,6 +289,21 @@ impl v1alpha1::NifiCluster {
         tracing::debug!("Merged config: {:?}", conf_rolegroup);
         fragment::validate(conf_rolegroup).context(FragmentValidationFailureSnafu)
     }
+
+    /// Returns [`Some<u32>`] in case the number of nodes is hard-coded to a certain value.
+    ///
+    /// This is the case when all `replicas` are set to [`Some<u16>`], in which case they are simply
+    /// summed.
+    pub fn maybe_fixed_node_count(&self) -> Option<u32> {
+        self.spec
+            .nodes
+            .as_ref()?
+            .role_groups
+            .values()
+            .map(|rg| rg.replicas.map(u32::from))
+            // As the individual replicas are [`u16`]s, this has plenty space
+            .sum()
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, JsonSchema, PartialEq, Serialize)]
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/cluster-sync-cs-bug/20-install-nifi.yaml.j2 b/tests/templates/kuttl/cluster-sync-cs-bug/20-install-nifi.yaml.j2
index 61f43bcd..38828442 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/cluster-sync-cs-bug/20-install-nifi.yaml.j2
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/cluster-sync-cs-bug/20-install-nifi.yaml.j2
@@ -186,8 +186,6 @@ spec:
       nifi.properties:
         nifi.web.https.sni.required: "false"
         nifi.web.https.sni.host.check: "false"
-        # Quicker startup, and we only have a single node
-        nifi.cluster.flow.election.max.wait.time: "10 secs"
     podOverrides:
       spec:
         initContainers:
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/cluster_operation/20-install-nifi.yaml.j2 b/tests/templates/kuttl/cluster_operation/20-install-nifi.yaml.j2
index 217158e9..ecbfcd55 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/cluster_operation/20-install-nifi.yaml.j2
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/cluster_operation/20-install-nifi.yaml.j2
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ spec:
       gracefulShutdownTimeout: 1m
       logging:
         enableVectorAgent: {{ lookup('env', 'VECTOR_AGGREGATOR') | length > 0 }}
-    configOverrides:
-      "nifi.properties":
-        # Quicker startup, and we only have a single node
-        "nifi.cluster.flow.election.max.wait.time": "10 secs"
     roleGroups:
       default:
         replicas: 2
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/custom-components-git-sync/30_install-nifi.yaml.j2 b/tests/templates/kuttl/custom-components-git-sync/30_install-nifi.yaml.j2
index b1f43454..50c25f40 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/custom-components-git-sync/30_install-nifi.yaml.j2
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/custom-components-git-sync/30_install-nifi.yaml.j2
@@ -67,10 +67,6 @@ spec:
     config:
       logging:
         enableVectorAgent: {{ lookup('env', 'VECTOR_AGGREGATOR') | length > 0 }}
-    configOverrides:
-      "nifi.properties":
-        # Quicker startup, and we only have a single node
-        "nifi.cluster.flow.election.max.wait.time": "10 secs"
     roleConfig:
       listenerClass: external-unstable
     podOverrides:
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/external-access/30_nifi.yaml.j2 b/tests/templates/kuttl/external-access/30_nifi.yaml.j2
index b99e815f..dd621497 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/external-access/30_nifi.yaml.j2
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/external-access/30_nifi.yaml.j2
@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@ spec:
     config:
       logging:
         enableVectorAgent: {{ lookup('env', 'VECTOR_AGGREGATOR') | length > 0 }}
-    configOverrides:
-      "nifi.properties":
-        # Quicker startup, and we only have a single node
-        "nifi.cluster.flow.election.max.wait.time": "10 secs"
     roleConfig:
       listenerClass: test-external-unstable-$NAMESPACE
     roleGroups:
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/iceberg-hive/34_trino.yaml.j2 b/tests/templates/kuttl/iceberg-hive/34_trino.yaml.j2
index 41348b54..949d9d4c 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/iceberg-hive/34_trino.yaml.j2
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/iceberg-hive/34_trino.yaml.j2
@@ -104,4 +104,3 @@ spec:
     roleGroups:
       default:
         replicas: 1
-        config: {}
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/iceberg-hive/50_nifi.yaml.j2 b/tests/templates/kuttl/iceberg-hive/50_nifi.yaml.j2
index 00bc2cbc..6eb1ec70 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/iceberg-hive/50_nifi.yaml.j2
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/iceberg-hive/50_nifi.yaml.j2
@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@ spec:
 {% if test_scenario['values']['iceberg-use-kerberos'] == 'true' %}
         nifi.kerberos.krb5.file: /stackable/userdata/kerberos/krb5.conf
 {% endif %}
-
-        # Quicker startup, and we only have a single node
-        nifi.cluster.flow.election.max.wait.time: 5 secs
     jvmArgumentOverrides:
       add:
         # Needed for NiFi to trust the minio cert
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/iceberg-rest/50_nifi.yaml.j2 b/tests/templates/kuttl/iceberg-rest/50_nifi.yaml.j2
index eca9c899..0b37cb02 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/iceberg-rest/50_nifi.yaml.j2
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/iceberg-rest/50_nifi.yaml.j2
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ spec:
         enableVectorAgent: {{ lookup('env', 'VECTOR_AGGREGATOR') | length > 0 }}
     roleConfig:
       listenerClass: external-unstable
-    configOverrides:
-      nifi.properties:
-        # Quicker startup, and we only have a single node
-        nifi.cluster.flow.election.max.wait.time: 5 secs
     jvmArgumentOverrides:
       add:
         # Needed for NiFi to trust the minio cert
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/ldap/12-install-nifi.yaml.j2 b/tests/templates/kuttl/ldap/12-install-nifi.yaml.j2
index 72c671b9..43eccec9 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/ldap/12-install-nifi.yaml.j2
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/ldap/12-install-nifi.yaml.j2
@@ -54,13 +54,8 @@ spec:
       gracefulShutdownTimeout: 1m
       logging:
         enableVectorAgent: {{ lookup('env', 'VECTOR_AGGREGATOR') | length > 0 }}
-    configOverrides:
-      "nifi.properties":
-        # Quicker startup, and we only have a single node
-        "nifi.cluster.flow.election.max.wait.time": "10 secs"
     roleConfig:
       listenerClass: external-unstable
     roleGroups:
       default:
-        config: {}
         replicas: 2
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/logging/04-install-nifi.yaml.j2 b/tests/templates/kuttl/logging/04-install-nifi.yaml.j2
index 3bdb0ab4..a04ef2a4 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/logging/04-install-nifi.yaml.j2
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/logging/04-install-nifi.yaml.j2
@@ -105,10 +105,6 @@ spec:
   nodes:
     config:
       gracefulShutdownTimeout: 1m
-    configOverrides:
-      "nifi.properties":
-        # Quicker startup, and we only have a single node
-        "nifi.cluster.flow.election.max.wait.time": "10 secs"
     roleGroups:
       automatic-log-config:
         replicas: 1
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/oidc-opa/30_nifi.yaml.j2 b/tests/templates/kuttl/oidc-opa/30_nifi.yaml.j2
index a087d135..5f576f1a 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/oidc-opa/30_nifi.yaml.j2
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/oidc-opa/30_nifi.yaml.j2
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@ spec:
       gracefulShutdownTimeout: 1s # let the tests run faster
     roleConfig:
       listenerClass: external-unstable
-    configOverrides:
-      nifi.properties:
-        # speed up tests
-        nifi.cluster.flow.election.max.wait.time: 10 secs
     podOverrides:
       spec:
         initContainers:
@@ -71,5 +67,4 @@ spec:
           name: nifi-flow-json
     roleGroups:
       default:
-        config: {}
         replicas: 1
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/orphaned_resources/02-install-nifi.yaml.j2 b/tests/templates/kuttl/orphaned_resources/02-install-nifi.yaml.j2
index bf068386..11137134 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/orphaned_resources/02-install-nifi.yaml.j2
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/orphaned_resources/02-install-nifi.yaml.j2
@@ -51,14 +51,8 @@ spec:
       gracefulShutdownTimeout: 1m
       logging:
         enableVectorAgent: {{ lookup('env', 'VECTOR_AGGREGATOR') | length > 0 }}
-    configOverrides:
-      "nifi.properties":
-        # Quicker startup, and we only have a single node
-        "nifi.cluster.flow.election.max.wait.time": "10 secs"
     roleGroups:
       default:
-        config: {}
         replicas: 2
       throwaway:
-        config: {}
         replicas: 1
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/resources/02-install-nifi.yaml.j2 b/tests/templates/kuttl/resources/02-install-nifi.yaml.j2
index 0ed1cc0e..d6aeee86 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/resources/02-install-nifi.yaml.j2
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/resources/02-install-nifi.yaml.j2
@@ -68,10 +68,6 @@ spec:
             capacity: 2Gi
           stateRepo:
             capacity: 2Gi
-    configOverrides:
-      "nifi.properties":
-        # Quicker startup, and we only have a single node
-        "nifi.cluster.flow.election.max.wait.time": "10 secs"
     roleGroups:
       resources-from-role:
         replicas: 1
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/30-install-nifi.yaml.j2 b/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/30-install-nifi.yaml.j2
index b55c8c63..89035723 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/30-install-nifi.yaml.j2
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/30-install-nifi.yaml.j2
@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@ spec:
       "nifi.properties":
         "nifi.diagnostics.on.shutdown.enabled": "true"
         "nifi.diagnostics.on.shutdown.verbose": "false"
-        # Quicker startup, and we only have a single node
-        "nifi.cluster.flow.election.max.wait.time": "10 secs"
     config:
       logging:
         enableVectorAgent: {{ lookup('env', 'VECTOR_AGGREGATOR') | length > 0 }}
diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/upgrade/02-install-nifi.yaml.j2 b/tests/templates/kuttl/upgrade/02-install-nifi.yaml.j2
index 634e8fc7..a5d3f48e 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/upgrade/02-install-nifi.yaml.j2
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/upgrade/02-install-nifi.yaml.j2
@@ -51,11 +51,6 @@ spec:
       gracefulShutdownTimeout: 1m
       logging:
         enableVectorAgent: {{ lookup('env', 'VECTOR_AGGREGATOR') | length > 0 }}
-    configOverrides:
-      "nifi.properties":
-        # Quicker startup, and we only have a single node
-        "nifi.cluster.flow.election.max.wait.time": "10 secs"
     roleGroups:
       default:
-        config: {}
         replicas: 3

From 1eb352ac2d6de236a986f1061ce2a14f4861ecb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Bernauer <sebastian.bernauer@stackable.tech>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2026 14:03:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/7] changelog

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1fc7eb24..6b30ba5f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 - Internal operator refactoring: introduce dereference() and validate() steps in the reconciler ([#935]).
 - Default `nifi.cluster.flow.election.max.wait.time` to NiFi's upstream value (`5 mins`) instead of the operator's previous `1 mins`. The operator no longer sets this property explicitly; the previous shorter value was left over from a TODO marked as "for testing" and may have caused flow election to settle on incomplete vote sets in cold-start scenarios ([#936]).
 - In case the user specifies a fixed number of NiFi nodes (i.e. no auto-scaling), set `nifi.cluster.flow.election.max.candidates` to that number.
-  This results in much faster NiFi startups, as it doesn't need to wait for the 5 minutes of `nifi.cluster.flow.election.max.wait.time` ([#XXX]).
+  This results in much faster NiFi startups, as it doesn't need to wait for the 5 minutes of `nifi.cluster.flow.election.max.wait.time` ([#953]).
 - Set `nifi.content.repository.archive.max.retention.period` to `3 days` (previously empty, which NiFi interprets as `Long.MAX_VALUE` and effectively disables time-based archive purge). Without a time-based ceiling, the content archive can grow to half the content PVC and accumulate millions of files, which makes the synchronous startup directory scan in `FileSystemRepository.initializeRepository` very slow. Users requiring a longer content-replay window can extend via `configOverrides`. The provenance audit trail is independent of this setting and unaffected ([#936]).
 - test: Bump vector-aggregator to 0.55.0, replace /graphql call with gRPC call ([#940]).
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 [#935]: https://github.com/stackabletech/nifi-operator/pull/935
 [#936]: https://github.com/stackabletech/nifi-operator/pull/936
 [#940]: https://github.com/stackabletech/nifi-operator/pull/940
-[#XXX]: https://github.com/stackabletech/nifi-operator/pull/XXX
+[#953]: https://github.com/stackabletech/nifi-operator/pull/953
 
 ## [26.3.0] - 2026-03-16
 

From a5703a35bdf45bfb983d2797f4e3f8d062df658d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Bernauer <sebastian.bernauer@stackable.tech>
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2026 16:03:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/7] fix smoke test

---
 tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/35-assert.yaml.j2 | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/35-assert.yaml.j2 b/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/35-assert.yaml.j2
index 88d3b24b..90824409 100644
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/35-assert.yaml.j2
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/35-assert.yaml.j2
@@ -122,8 +122,7 @@ commands:
       nifi.properties: |
         nifi.administrative.yield.duration=30 sec
         nifi.authorizer.configuration.file=/stackable/nifi/conf/authorizers.xml
-        nifi.cluster.flow.election.max.candidates=
-        nifi.cluster.flow.election.max.wait.time=10 secs
+        nifi.cluster.flow.election.max.candidates=2
         nifi.cluster.is.node=true
 {% if test_scenario['values']['use-zookeeper-manager'] == 'true' %}
         nifi.cluster.leader.election.implementation=CuratorLeaderElectionManager

From cfcbba47b1765e4e664144a2bdc8b6c42d1dff35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Bernauer <sebastian.bernauer@stackable.tech>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 09:43:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 4/7] test: Increase assertion timeout

---
 tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/test_nifi.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/test_nifi.py b/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/test_nifi.py
index 5c72c1a6..f07cb96e 100755
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/test_nifi.py
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/test_nifi.py
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ def get_token(nifi_host, username, password):
     node_count = int(args["count"])
 
     x = 0
-    while x < 15:
+    while x < 30:
         url = host + "/nifi-api/controller/cluster"
         cluster = requests.get(
             url, headers=headers, verify=False
         )  # , cert='/tmp/cacert.pem')
         if cluster.status_code != 200:
-            print("Waiting for cluster...")
+            print(f"Waiting for cluster (HTTP status code was {cluster.status_code})...")
         else:
             cluster_data = json.loads(cluster.content.decode("utf-8"))
             nodes = cluster_data["cluster"]["nodes"]

From 1bd2043a02d4a57050ced790dcdb4e4d685f0ff6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Bernauer <sebastian.bernauer@stackable.de>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 09:46:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 5/7] Update rust/operator-binary/src/config/mod.rs

Co-authored-by: Lars Francke <lars.francke@stackable.tech>
---
 rust/operator-binary/src/config/mod.rs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/rust/operator-binary/src/config/mod.rs b/rust/operator-binary/src/config/mod.rs
index fb7352b3..407eb2cb 100644
--- a/rust/operator-binary/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/rust/operator-binary/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ pub fn build_nifi_properties(
         PROTOCOL_PORT.to_string(),
     );
 
-    // In case the number of NiFi nodes is hard-coded to a fixed (no auto-scaling), we can tell
+    // In case the number of NiFi nodes is hard-coded to a fixed number (no auto-scaling), we can tell
     // this NiFi, so that startup is much quicker.
     // Note: In case we don't know the replica count, we set it to "" as that's what we always did
     // before.

From a9001c7b191615759024a3a327a2be96aab5b21c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Bernauer <sebastian.bernauer@stackable.tech>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 13:06:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 6/7] Use op-rs branch

---
 Cargo.lock                             | 920 +++++++++++++------------
 Cargo.toml                             |   4 +-
 rust/operator-binary/src/config/mod.rs |  14 +-
 rust/operator-binary/src/crd/mod.rs    |  16 +-
 4 files changed, 479 insertions(+), 475 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 25ac572e..56cb7f51 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -45,6 +45,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "annotate-snippets"
+version = "0.12.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f211a51805bc641f3ad5b7664c77d2547af685cc33b4cd8d31964027a46f13f1"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "memchr",
+ "unicode-width",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anstream"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -97,19 +108,25 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
-version = "1.0.102"
+version = "1.0.103"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7f202df86484c868dbad7eaa557ef785d5c66295e41b460ef922eca0723b842c"
+checksum = "2a4385e2e34eb35d6b3efe798b9eb88096925d87726c0798709bf56d9ed84af3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "arc-swap"
-version = "1.9.1"
+version = "1.9.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6a3a1fd6f75306b68087b831f025c712524bcb19aad54e557b1129cfa0a2b207"
+checksum = "c049c0be4daef0b145cb3555416b3b8ef5b7888a38aea1a3a155801fe7b0810b"
 dependencies = [
  "rustversion",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "arraydeque"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7d902e3d592a523def97af8f317b08ce16b7ab854c1985a0c671e6f15cebc236"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "async-broadcast"
 version = "0.7.2"
@@ -141,7 +158,7 @@ checksum = "c7c24de15d275a1ecfd47a380fb4d5ec9bfe0933f309ed5e705b775596a3574d"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.117",
+ "syn 2.0.118",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -152,7 +169,7 @@ checksum = "9035ad2d096bed7955a320ee7e2230574d28fd3c3a0f186cbea1ff3c7eed5dbb"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.117",
+ "syn 2.0.118",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -163,9 +180,9 @@ checksum = "1505bd5d3d116872e7271a6d4e16d81d0c8570876c8de68093a09ac269d8aac0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
-version = "1.5.0"
+version = "1.5.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c08606f8c3cbf4ce6ec8e28fb0014a2c086708fe954eaa885384a6165172e7e8"
+checksum = "f2032f911046de80f0a198e0901378627c33f59ea0ac00e363d481118bd70a53"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "axum"
@@ -265,9 +282,15 @@ checksum = "5e764a1d40d510daf35e07be9eb06e75770908c27d411ee6c92109c9840eaaf7"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
-version = "2.11.1"
+version = "1.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "bitflags"
+version = "2.13.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c4512299f36f043ab09a583e57bceb5a5aab7a73db1805848e8fef3c9e8c78b3"
+checksum = "b4388bee8683e3d04af747c73422af53102d2bd24d9eadb6cbc100baef4b43f8"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "block-buffer"
@@ -280,9 +303,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "built"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f4ad8f11f288f48ca24471bbd51ac257aaeaaa07adae295591266b792902ae64"
+checksum = "5c0e531d93d39c34eef561e929e8a7f86d77a5af08aac4f6d6e39976c51858e9"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "git2",
@@ -290,21 +313,21 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
-version = "3.20.2"
+version = "3.20.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5d20789868f4b01b2f2caec9f5c4e0213b41e3e5702a50157d699ae31ced2fcb"
+checksum = "72f5acc6cb2ba439de613abc23857ec3d78374d8ed5ac84e9d11336e87da8649"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
-version = "1.11.1"
+version = "1.12.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1e748733b7cbc798e1434b6ac524f0c1ff2ab456fe201501e6497c8417a4fc33"
+checksum = "8ae3f5d315924270530207e2a68396c3cc547f6dca3fbdca317cfb1a51edb593"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.2.60"
+version = "1.2.65"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "43c5703da9466b66a946814e1adf53ea2c90f10063b86290cc9eb67ce3478a20"
+checksum = "e228eec9be7c17ccb640b59b36a5cd805ea2a564a4c5e162c2f659fea30d3b96"
 dependencies = [
  "find-msvc-tools",
  "jobserver",
@@ -320,9 +343,9 @@ checksum = "9330f8b2ff13f34540b44e946ef35111825727b38d33286ef986142615121801"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "chacha20"
-version = "0.10.0"
+version = "0.10.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6f8d983286843e49675a4b7a2d174efe136dc93a18d69130dd18198a6c167601"
+checksum = "d524456ba66e72eb8b115ff89e01e497f8e6d11d78b70b1aa13c0fbd97540a81"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "cpufeatures 0.3.0",
@@ -331,9 +354,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "chrono"
-version = "0.4.44"
+version = "0.4.45"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c673075a2e0e5f4a1dde27ce9dee1ea4558c7ffe648f576438a20ca1d2acc4b0"
+checksum = "1aa79e62e7697b8e29b513a68abacf485adcd1fe8284a4316c5ae868e6633327"
 dependencies = [
  "iana-time-zone",
  "num-traits",
@@ -371,7 +394,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "heck",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.117",
+ "syn 2.0.118",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -540,7 +563,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "strsim",
- "syn 2.0.117",
+ "syn 2.0.118",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -551,7 +574,39 @@ checksum = "ac3984ec7bd6cfa798e62b4a642426a5be0e68f9401cfc2a01e3fa9ea2fcdb8d"
 dependencies = [
  "darling_core",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.117",
+ "syn 2.0.118",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "defmt"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a6e524506490a1953d237cb87b1cfc1e46f88c18f10a22dfe0f507dc6bfc7f7f"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "defmt-macros",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "defmt-macros"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f0a27770e9c8f719a79d8b638281f4d828f77d8fd61e0bd94451b9b85e576a0b"
+dependencies = [
+ "defmt-parser",
+ "proc-macro-error2",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.118",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "defmt-parser"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "10d60334b3b2e7c9d91ef8150abfb6fa4c1c39ebbcf4a81c2e346aad939fee3e"
+dependencies = [
+ "thiserror 2.0.18",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -562,7 +617,7 @@ checksum = "780eb241654bf097afb00fc5f054a09b687dad862e485fdcf8399bb056565370"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.117",
+ "syn 2.0.118",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -586,7 +641,7 @@ checksum = "8034092389675178f570469e6c3b0465d3d30b4505c294a6550db47f3c17ad18"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.117",
+ "syn 2.0.118",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -594,9 +649,6 @@ name = "deranged"
 version = "0.5.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7cd812cc2bc1d69d4764bd80df88b4317eaef9e773c75226407d9bc0876b211c"
-dependencies = [
- "powerfmt",
-]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "derive_more"
@@ -616,7 +668,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "rustc_version",
- "syn 2.0.117",
+ "syn 2.0.118",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -633,13 +685,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "displaydoc"
-version = "0.2.5"
+version = "0.2.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "97369cbbc041bc366949bc74d34658d6cda5621039731c6310521892a3a20ae0"
+checksum = "1ac70aa55017e108007fbaf5aa0f54b021c98f92ff8af59d42eda9da96e3dd4f"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.117",
+ "syn 2.0.118",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -691,14 +743,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "enum-ordinalize",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.117",
+ "syn 2.0.118",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "either"
-version = "1.15.0"
+version = "1.16.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "48c757948c5ede0e46177b7add2e67155f70e33c07fea8284df6576da70b3719"
+checksum = "91622ff5e7162018101f2fea40d6ebf4a78bbe5a49736a2020649edf9693679e"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "elliptic-curve"
@@ -729,6 +781,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "encoding_rs_io"
+version = "0.1.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1cc3c5651fb62ab8aa3103998dade57efdd028544bd300516baa31840c252a83"
+dependencies = [
+ "encoding_rs",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "enquote"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -740,22 +801,22 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "enum-ordinalize"
-version = "4.3.2"
+version = "4.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4a1091a7bb1f8f2c4b28f1fe2cef4980ca2d410a3d727d67ecc3178c9b0800f0"
+checksum = "07f808d588c10e464ea6f7d3eaed500049eff30aaac103460f61828c2d65b3eb"
 dependencies = [
  "enum-ordinalize-derive",
 ]
 
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-version = "4.3.2"
+version = "4.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8ca9601fb2d62598ee17836250842873a413586e5d7ed88b356e38ddbb0ec631"
+checksum = "42e528e2d34ba8a67a1a650b86beae8ef69fc5fdb638016f386b973226590432"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.117",
+ "syn 2.0.118",
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@@ -850,12 +911,6 @@ version = "1.0.7"
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-version = "0.1.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d9c4f5dac5e15c24eb999c26181a6ca40b39fe946cbe4c263c7209467bc83af2"
-
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 dependencies = [
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  "quote",
- "syn 2.0.117",
+ "syn 2.0.118",
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 [[package]]
@@ -950,9 +1005,9 @@ checksum = "037711b3d59c33004d3856fbdc83b99d4ff37a24768fa1be9ce3538a1cde4393"
 
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-version = "3.0.3"
+version = "3.0.4"
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-checksum = "f288b0a4f20f9a56b5d1da57e2227c661b7b16168e2f72365f57b63326e29b24"
+checksum = "af43fadb8a98512d547e37b4e92e0ced13e205c061b87b4623eff01d918d6968"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-util"
@@ -1002,36 +1057,35 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "899def5c37c4fd7b2664648c28120ecec138e4d395b459e5ca34f9cce2dd77fd"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
+ "js-sys",
  "libc",
  "r-efi 5.3.0",
  "wasip2",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
-version = "0.4.2"
+version = "0.4.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0de51e6874e94e7bf76d726fc5d13ba782deca734ff60d5bb2fb2607c7406555"
+checksum = "300e883d756b2e4ec94e02791f39b04b522276138852cfc41d9fb7e904106099"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
  "r-efi 6.0.0",
  "rand_core 0.10.1",
- "wasip2",
- "wasip3",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "git2"
-version = "0.20.4"
+version = "0.21.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7b88256088d75a56f8ecfa070513a775dd9107f6530ef14919dac831af9cfe2b"
+checksum = "ddddbf932745a6be37109b6112d3ee09696106f848449069d3a57bba937ab82e"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 2.13.0",
  "libc",
  "libgit2-sys",
  "log",
- "url",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1052,6 +1106,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "granit-parser"
+version = "0.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f50ba32164f9e098d5da618776a32afbb32270adcbe3d3d006107dae11e37c91"
+dependencies = [
+ "arraydeque",
+ "smallvec",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "group"
 version = "0.13.0"
@@ -1065,9 +1129,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "h2"
-version = "0.4.13"
+version = "0.4.15"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2f44da3a8150a6703ed5d34e164b875fd14c2cdab9af1252a9a1020bde2bdc54"
+checksum = "6cb093c84e8bd9b188d4c4a8cb6579fc016968d14c99882163cd3ff402a4f155"
 dependencies = [
  "atomic-waker",
  "bytes",
@@ -1082,15 +1146,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hashbrown"
-version = "0.15.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9229cfe53dfd69f0609a49f65461bd93001ea1ef889cd5529dd176593f5338a1"
-dependencies = [
- "foldhash 0.1.5",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.16.1"
@@ -1099,14 +1154,14 @@ checksum = "841d1cc9bed7f9236f321df977030373f4a4163ae1a7dbfe1a51a2c1a51d9100"
 dependencies = [
  "allocator-api2",
  "equivalent",
- "foldhash 0.2.0",
+ "foldhash",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.17.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4f467dd6dccf739c208452f8014c75c18bb8301b050ad1cfb27153803edb0f51"
+checksum = "ed5909b6e89a2db4456e54cd5f673791d7eca6732202bbf2a9cc504fe2f9b84a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
@@ -1136,9 +1191,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "http"
-version = "1.4.0"
+version = "1.4.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e3ba2a386d7f85a81f119ad7498ebe444d2e22c2af0b86b069416ace48b3311a"
+checksum = "6970f50e31d6fc17d3fa27329444bfa74e196cf62e95052a3f6fee181dba6425"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "itoa",
@@ -1187,9 +1242,9 @@ checksum = "135b12329e5e3ce057a9f972339ea52bc954fe1e9358ef27f95e89716fbc5424"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper"
-version = "1.9.0"
+version = "1.10.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6299f016b246a94207e63da54dbe807655bf9e00044f73ded42c3ac5305fbcca"
+checksum = "55281c53a1894c864990125767da440a4e630446785086f52523b20033b74498"
 dependencies = [
  "atomic-waker",
  "bytes",
@@ -1366,12 +1421,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "zerovec",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "id-arena"
-version = "2.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3d3067d79b975e8844ca9eb072e16b31c3c1c36928edf9c6789548c524d0d954"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ident_case"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -1391,9 +1440,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
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+ "serde",
+ "smallvec",
+ "zmij",
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+ "syn 2.0.118",
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+ "xml",
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- "wit-bindgen-rust",
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-
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- "serde_derive",
- "serde_json",
- "wasm-encoder",
- "wasm-metadata",
- "wasmparser",
- "wit-parser",
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-
-[[package]]
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- "id-arena",
- "indexmap",
- "log",
- "semver",
- "serde",
- "serde_derive",
- "serde_json",
- "unicode-xid",
- "wasmparser",
-]
+checksum = "1ebf944e87a7c253233ad6766e082e3cd714b5d03812acc24c318f549614536e"
 
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-checksum = "b8aa498d22c9bbaf482329839bc5620c46be275a19a812e9a22a2b07529a642a"
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-checksum = "70e3cd084b1788766f53af483dd21f93881ff30d7320490ec3ef7526d203bad4"
+checksum = "1ae7f38b72ec2a254e2b87ef277cf2cd4fb97cbebf944faa6f33354da0867930"
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+ "syn 2.0.118",
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+checksum = "0ec05a11813ea801ff6d75110ad09cd0824ddba17dfe17128ea0d5f68e6c5272"
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@@ -4227,28 +4241,28 @@ checksum = "11532158c46691caf0f2593ea8358fed6bbf68a0315e80aae9bd41fbade684a1"
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+ "syn 2.0.118",
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+version = "1.9.0"
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-checksum = "b97154e67e32c85465826e8bcc1c59429aaaf107c1e4a9e53c8d8ccd5eff88d0"
+checksum = "e13c156562582aa81c60cb29407084cdb54c4164760106ab78e6c5b0858cf64e"
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- "syn 2.0.117",
+ "syn 2.0.118",
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+ "syn 2.0.118",
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diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7ad6543a..6e55c181 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@ tracing = "0.1"
 url = { version = "2.5.7" }
 xml-rs = "1.0"
 
-# [patch."https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git"]
-# stackable-operator = { git = "https://github.com/stackabletech//operator-rs.git", branch = "main" }
+[patch."https://github.com/stackabletech/operator-rs.git"]
+stackable-operator = { git = "https://github.com/stackabletech//operator-rs.git", branch = "feat/replica-count-calculation" }
 # stackable-operator = { path = "../operator-rs/crates/stackable-operator" }
diff --git a/rust/operator-binary/src/config/mod.rs b/rust/operator-binary/src/config/mod.rs
index 407eb2cb..dab9f2fa 100644
--- a/rust/operator-binary/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/rust/operator-binary/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use stackable_operator::{
         ValidatedRoleConfigByPropertyKind, transform_all_roles_to_config,
         validate_all_roles_and_groups_config,
     },
+    role_utils::ZeroReplicasCounting,
 };
 use strum::{Display, EnumIter};
 
@@ -610,13 +611,16 @@ pub fn build_nifi_properties(
         PROTOCOL_PORT.to_string(),
     );
 
-    // In case the number of NiFi nodes is hard-coded to a fixed number (no auto-scaling), we can tell
-    // this NiFi, so that startup is much quicker.
-    // Note: In case we don't know the replica count, we set it to "" as that's what we always did
-    // before.
+    // In case the number of NiFi nodes is hard-coded to a fixed number (no auto-scaling), we can
+    // tell this NiFi, so that startup is much quicker.
     let max_candidates = nifi
-        .maybe_fixed_node_count()
+        .spec
+        .nodes
+        .as_ref()
+        // We rather treat explicit 0 values as [`None`], so that we don't end up with too few nodes
+        .and_then(|nodes| nodes.fixed_replica_count(ZeroReplicasCounting::TreatAsZero))
         .map(|count| count.to_string())
+        // In case we don't know the replica count, we set it to "" as that's what we always did
         .unwrap_or_default();
     properties.insert(
         "nifi.cluster.flow.election.max.candidates".to_string(),
diff --git a/rust/operator-binary/src/crd/mod.rs b/rust/operator-binary/src/crd/mod.rs
index 690640cb..36211a6b 100644
--- a/rust/operator-binary/src/crd/mod.rs
+++ b/rust/operator-binary/src/crd/mod.rs
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ pub mod versioned {
         shortname = "nifi",
         status = "NifiStatus",
         namespaced,
+        doc = "A NiFi cluster stacklet. This resource is managed by the Stackable operator for Apache NiFi.",
     ))]
     #[derive(Clone, CustomResource, Debug, Deserialize, JsonSchema, PartialEq, Serialize)]
     #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
@@ -289,21 +290,6 @@ impl v1alpha1::NifiCluster {
         tracing::debug!("Merged config: {:?}", conf_rolegroup);
         fragment::validate(conf_rolegroup).context(FragmentValidationFailureSnafu)
     }
-
-    /// Returns [`Some<u32>`] in case the number of nodes is hard-coded to a certain value.
-    ///
-    /// This is the case when all `replicas` are set to [`Some<u16>`], in which case they are simply
-    /// summed.
-    pub fn maybe_fixed_node_count(&self) -> Option<u32> {
-        self.spec
-            .nodes
-            .as_ref()?
-            .role_groups
-            .values()
-            .map(|rg| rg.replicas.map(u32::from))
-            // As the individual replicas are [`u16`]s, this has plenty space
-            .sum()
-    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize, JsonSchema, PartialEq, Serialize)]

From d0ded16f2fd891246f644543e77adc58135235bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Bernauer <sebastian.bernauer@stackable.tech>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 13:08:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 7/7] Python linter

---
 tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/test_nifi.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/test_nifi.py b/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/test_nifi.py
index f07cb96e..c0ab1d45 100755
--- a/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/test_nifi.py
+++ b/tests/templates/kuttl/smoke/test_nifi.py
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ def get_token(nifi_host, username, password):
             url, headers=headers, verify=False
         )  # , cert='/tmp/cacert.pem')
         if cluster.status_code != 200:
-            print(f"Waiting for cluster (HTTP status code was {cluster.status_code})...")
+            print(
+                f"Waiting for cluster (HTTP status code was {cluster.status_code})..."
+            )
         else:
             cluster_data = json.loads(cluster.content.decode("utf-8"))
             nodes = cluster_data["cluster"]["nodes"]