ai-dynamo · kangclzjc · Nov 28, 2025 · Nov 28, 2025 · Nov 28, 2025 · Nov 28, 2025
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ const (
 	LabelPodCliqueScalingGroupReplicaIndex = "grove.io/podcliquescalinggroup-replica-index"
 	// LabelPodTemplateHash is a key for a label that sets the hash of the PodSpec. This label will be set on a PodClique and will be shared by all pods in the PodClique.
 	LabelPodTemplateHash = "grove.io/pod-template-hash"
+	// LabelSchedulerBackend is a key for a label that specifies which scheduler backend should handle the PodGang.
+	// Values: "workload" (for default-scheduler), "kai" (for KAI scheduler), etc.
+	LabelSchedulerBackend = "grove.io/scheduler-backend"
 )
 
 // Labels for setting component names for all managed resources whose lifecycle

@@ -18,6 +18,19 @@ rules:
   - deletecollection
   - patch
   - update
+- apiGroups:
+  - scheduling.k8s.io
+  resources:
+  - workloads
+  verbs:
+  - create
+  - get
+  - list
+  - watch
+  - delete
+  - deletecollection
+  - patch
+  - update
 - apiGroups:
   - grove.io
   resources:

@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ require (
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.38.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.47.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.27.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.31.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/term v0.30.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.23.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/term v0.37.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.31.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.9.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.5 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.12.0 // indirect

@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200226121028-0de0cce0169b/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLL
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201021035429-f5854403a974/go.mod h1:sp8m0HH+o8qH0wwXwYZr8TS3Oi6o0r6Gce1SSxlDquU=
 golang.org/x/net v0.38.0 h1:vRMAPTMaeGqVhG5QyLJHqNDwecKTomGeqbnfZyKlBI8=
 golang.org/x/net v0.38.0/go.mod h1:ivrbrMbzFq5J41QOQh0siUuly180yBYtLp+CKbEaFx8=
+golang.org/x/net v0.47.0/go.mod h1:/jNxtkgq5yWUGYkaZGqo27cfGZ1c5Nen03aYrrKpVRU=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.27.0 h1:da9Vo7/tDv5RH/7nZDz1eMGS/q1Vv1N/7FCrBhI9I3M=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.27.0/go.mod h1:onh5ek6nERTohokkhCD/y2cV4Do3fxFHFuAejCkRWT8=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
@@ -108,12 +109,15 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200930185726-fdedc70b468f/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.31.0 h1:ioabZlmFYtWhL+TRYpcnNlLwhyxaM9kWTDEmfnprqik=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.31.0/go.mod h1:BJP2sWEmIv4KK5OTEluFJCKSidICx8ciO85XgH3Ak8k=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0/go.mod h1:OgkHotnGiDImocRcuBABYBEXf8A9a87e/uXjp9XT3ks=
 golang.org/x/term v0.30.0 h1:PQ39fJZ+mfadBm0y5WlL4vlM7Sx1Hgf13sMIY2+QS9Y=
 golang.org/x/term v0.30.0/go.mod h1:NYYFdzHoI5wRh/h5tDMdMqCqPJZEuNqVR5xJLd/n67g=
+golang.org/x/term v0.37.0/go.mod h1:5pB4lxRNYYVZuTLmy8oR2BH8dflOR+IbTYFD8fi3254=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.23.0 h1:D71I7dUrlY+VX0gQShAThNGHFxZ13dGLBHQLVl1mJlY=
 golang.org/x/text v0.23.0/go.mod h1:/BLNzu4aZCJ1+kcD0DNRotWKage4q2rGVAg4o22unh4=
+golang.org/x/text v0.31.0/go.mod h1:tKRAlv61yKIjGGHX/4tP1LTbc13YSec1pxVEWXzfoeM=
 golang.org/x/time v0.9.0 h1:EsRrnYcQiGH+5FfbgvV4AP7qEZstoyrHB0DzarOQ4ZY=
 golang.org/x/time v0.9.0/go.mod h1:3BpzKBy/shNhVucY/MWOyx10tF3SFh9QdLuxbVysPQM=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/ai-dynamo/grove/operator
 
-go 1.24.0
+go 1.25.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/ai-dynamo/grove/operator/api v0.0.0
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 	helm.sh/helm/v3 v3.19.2
-	k8s.io/api v0.34.2
+	k8s.io/api v0.35.0-beta.0
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.34.2
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.34.2
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.35.0-beta.0
 	k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.34.2
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.34.2
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.35.0-beta.0
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/monochromegane/go-gitignore v0.0.0-20200626010858-205db1a8cc00 // indirect
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
 	github.com/mxk/go-flowrate v0.0.0-20140419014527-cca7078d478f // indirect
-	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.23.4 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.3 // indirect
@@ -173,7 +172,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.5.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.11.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
-	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.2 // indirect
+	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.3 // indirect
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 // indirect
 	go4.org/netipx v0.0.0-20231129151722-fdeea329fbba // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.45.0 // indirect
@@ -189,15 +188,15 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20250303144028-a0af3efb3deb // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250303144028-a0af3efb3deb // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.72.1 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.7 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.8 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.13.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/apiserver v0.34.2 // indirect
 	k8s.io/component-base v0.34.2 // indirect
-	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250814151709-d7b6acb124c3 // indirect
+	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250910181357-589584f1c912 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kubectl v0.34.0 // indirect
 	oras.land/oras-go/v2 v2.6.0 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 // indirect

@@ -356,13 +356,14 @@ github.com/mxk/go-flowrate v0.0.0-20140419014527-cca7078d478f h1:y5//uYreIhSUg3J
 github.com/mxk/go-flowrate v0.0.0-20140419014527-cca7078d478f/go.mod h1:ZdcZmHo+o7JKHSa8/e818NopupXU1YMK5fe1lsApnBw=
 github.com/niemeyer/pretty v0.0.0-20200227124842-a10e7caefd8e/go.mod h1:zD1mROLANZcx1PVRCS0qkT7pwLkGfwJo4zjcN/Tysno=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.6.0/go.mod h1:lLunBs/Ym6LB5Z9jYTR76FiuTmxDTDusOGeTQH+WWjE=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.12.0 h1:Iw5WCbBcaAAd0fpRb1c9r5YCylv4XDoCSigm1zLevwU=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.12.0/go.mod h1:oUhWkIvk5aDxtKvDDuw8gItl8pKl42LzjC9KZE0HfGg=
-github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.23.4 h1:ktYTpKJAVZnDT4VjxSbiBenUjmlL/5QkBEocaWXiQus=
-github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.23.4/go.mod h1:Bt66ApGPBFzHyR+JO10Zbt0Gsp4uWxu5mIOTusL46e8=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.27.2 h1:LzwLj0b89qtIy6SSASkzlNvX6WktqurSHwkk2ipF/Ns=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.27.2/go.mod h1:ArE1D/XhNXBXCBkKOLkbsb2c81dQHCRcF5zwn/ykDRo=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.7.1/go.mod h1:XdKZgCCFLUoM/7CFJVPcG8C1xQ1AJ0vpAezJrB7JYyY=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.9.0/go.mod h1:Ho0h+IUsWyvy1OpqCwxlQ/21gkhVunqlU8fDGcoTdcA=
-github.com/onsi/gomega v1.38.0 h1:c/WX+w8SLAinvuKKQFh77WEucCnPk4j2OTUr7lt7BeY=
-github.com/onsi/gomega v1.38.0/go.mod h1:OcXcwId0b9QsE7Y49u+BTrL4IdKOBOKnD6VQNTJEB6o=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.38.2 h1:eZCjf2xjZAqe+LeWvKb5weQ+NcPwX84kqJ0cZNxok2A=
+github.com/onsi/gomega v1.38.2/go.mod h1:W2MJcYxRGV63b418Ai34Ud0hEdTVXq9NW9+Sx6uXf3k=
 github.com/open-policy-agent/cert-controller v0.14.0 h1:TPc19BOHOs4tARruTT5o4bzir7Ed6FF+j3EXP/nmZBs=
 github.com/open-policy-agent/cert-controller v0.14.0/go.mod h1:UhE/FU54DnKo+Rt0Yf3r+oKjgy6kqSH8Vsjo+5bGrSo=
 github.com/open-policy-agent/frameworks/constraint v0.0.0-20241101234656-e78c8abd754a h1:gQtOJ50XFyL2Xh3lDD9zP4KQ2PY4mZKQ9hDcWc81Sp8=
@@ -422,8 +423,8 @@ github.com/redis/go-redis/extra/redisotel/v9 v9.0.5 h1:EfpWLLCyXw8PSM2/XNJLjI3Pb
 github.com/redis/go-redis/extra/redisotel/v9 v9.0.5/go.mod h1:WZjPDy7VNzn77AAfnAfVjZNvfJTYfPetfZk5yoSTLaQ=
 github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.7.3 h1:YpPyAayJV+XErNsatSElgRZZVCwXX9QzkKYNvO7x0wM=
 github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.7.3/go.mod h1:bGUrSggJ9X9GUmZpZNEOQKaANxSGgOEBRltRTZHSvrA=
-github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.13.1 h1:KvO1DLK/DRN07sQ1LQKScxyZJuNnedQ5/wKSR38lUII=
-github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.13.1/go.mod h1:uMEvuHeurkdAXX61udpOXGD/AzZDWNMNyH2VO9fmH0o=
+github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.14.1 h1:UQB4HGPB6osV0SQTLymcB4TgvyWu6ZyliaW0tI/otEQ=
+github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.14.1/go.mod h1:MaRKkUm5W0goXpeCfT7UZI6fk/L7L7so1lCWt35ZSgc=
 github.com/rubenv/sql-migrate v1.8.0 h1:dXnYiJk9k3wetp7GfQbKJcPHjVJL6YK19tKj8t2Ns0o=
 github.com/rubenv/sql-migrate v1.8.0/go.mod h1:F2bGFBwCU+pnmbtNYDeKvSuvL6lBVtXDXUUv5t+u1qw=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0 h1:JIOH55/0cWyOuilr9/qlrm0BSXldqnqwMsf35Ld67mk=
@@ -550,16 +551,14 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.5.0 h1:xJvq7gMzB31/d406fB8U5CBdyQGw4P399D1aQWU
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.5.0/go.mod h1:keN8WnHxOy8PG0rQZjJJ5A2ebUoafqWp0eVQ4yIXvJ4=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.11.0 h1:ZvwS0R+56ePWxUNi+Atn9dWONBPp/AUETXlHW0DxSjE=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.11.0/go.mod h1:LUxbIzbOniOlMKjJjyPfpl4v+PKK2cNJn91OQbhoJI0=
-go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.6.0 h1:O3y2/QNTOdbF+e/dpXNNW7Rx2hZ4sTIPyybbxyNqTUs=
-go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.6.0/go.mod h1:ifeIMSnPZuznNm6jmdzmU3/bfk01Fe2fotchwEFJ8r8=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0 h1:2K3zAYmnTNqV73imy9J1T3WC+gmCePx2hEGkimedGto=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0/go.mod h1:CoHD4mav9JJNrW/WLlf7HGZPjdw8EucARQHekz1X6bE=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 h1:blXXJkSxSSfBVBlC76pxqeO+LN3aDfLQo+309xJstO0=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0/go.mod h1:20+QtiLqy0Nd6FdQB9TLXag12DsQkrbs3htMFfDN80Y=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0 h1:aJMhYGrd5QSmlpLMr2MftRKl7t8J8PTZPA732ud/XR8=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0/go.mod h1:GB2qFLM7cTU87MWRP2mPIjqfIDnGu+VIO4V/SdhGo2E=
-go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.2 h1:DzmwEr2rDGHl7lsFgAHxmNz/1NlQ7xLIrlN2h5d1eGI=
-go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.2/go.mod h1:081UH+NErpNdqlCXm3TtEran0rJZGxAYx9hb/ELlsPU=
+go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.3 h1:6gvOSjQoTB3vt1l+CU+tSyi/HOjfOjRLJ4YwYZGwRO0=
+go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.3/go.mod h1:zSxWcmIDjOzPXpjlTTbAsKokqkDNAVtZO0WOMiT90s8=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 h1:tfq32ie2Jv2UxXFdLJdh3jXuOzWiL1fo0bu/FbuKpbc=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4/go.mod h1:DhzuOOF2ATzADvBadXxruRBLzYTpT36CKvDb3+aBEFg=
 go4.org/netipx v0.0.0-20231129151722-fdeea329fbba h1:0b9z3AuHCjxk0x/opv64kcgZLBseWJUpBw5I82+2U4M=
@@ -642,8 +641,8 @@ google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250303144028-a0af3efb3deb/go.
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.0.5/go.mod h1:yo6s7OP7yaDglbqo1J04qKzAhqBH6lvTonzMVmEdcZw=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.72.1 h1:HR03wO6eyZ7lknl75XlxABNVLLFc2PAb6mHlYh756mA=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.72.1/go.mod h1:wH5Aktxcg25y1I3w7H69nHfXdOG3UiadoBtjh3izSDM=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.7 h1:IgrO7UwFQGJdRNXH/sQux4R1Dj1WAKcLElzeeRaXV2A=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.7/go.mod h1:jduwjTPXsFjZGTmRluh+L6NjiWu7pchiJ2/5YcXBHnY=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.8 h1:xHScyCOEuuwZEc6UtSOvPbAT4zRh0xcNRYekJwfqyMc=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.8/go.mod h1:fuxRtAxBytpl4zzqUh6/eyUujkJdNiuEkXntxiD/uRU=
 gopkg.in/airbrake/gobrake.v2 v2.0.9/go.mod h1:/h5ZAUhDkGaJfjzjKLSjv6zCL6O0LLBxU4K+aSYdM/U=
 gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6/go.mod h1:FMv+mEhP44yOT+4EoQTLFTRgOQ1FBLkstjWtayDeSgw=
 gopkg.in/cenkalti/backoff.v2 v2.2.1 h1:eJ9UAg01/HIHG987TwxvnzK2MgxXq97YY6rYDpY9aII=
@@ -678,26 +677,26 @@ gotest.tools/v3 v3.5.2 h1:7koQfIKdy+I8UTetycgUqXWSDwpgv193Ka+qRsmBY8Q=
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-k8s.io/api v0.34.2 h1:fsSUNZhV+bnL6Aqrp6O7lMTy6o5x2C4XLjnh//8SLYY=
-k8s.io/api v0.34.2/go.mod h1:MMBPaWlED2a8w4RSeanD76f7opUoypY8TFYkSM+3XHw=
+k8s.io/api v0.35.0-beta.0 h1:eqAAVeSatXNnsPjaeFrFGqSl5ihtPY4e8Txy2nYPOnw=
+k8s.io/api v0.35.0-beta.0/go.mod h1:UXuvkssy8lHPSP381eqqBOW4BvRTicVpRjv7k2sjo4Y=
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-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.34.2 h1:zQ12Uk3eMHPxrsbUJgNF8bTauTVR2WgqJsTmwTE/NW4=
-k8s.io/apimachinery v0.34.2/go.mod h1:/GwIlEcWuTX9zKIg2mbw0LRFIsXwrfoVxn+ef0X13lw=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.35.0-beta.0 h1:vVoDiASLwUEv5yZceZCBRPXBc1f9wUOZs7ZbEbGr5sY=
+k8s.io/apimachinery v0.35.0-beta.0/go.mod h1:dR9KPaf5L0t2p9jZg/wCGB4b3ma2sXZ2zdNqILs+Sak=
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-k8s.io/client-go v0.34.2 h1:Co6XiknN+uUZqiddlfAjT68184/37PS4QAzYvQvDR8M=
-k8s.io/client-go v0.34.2/go.mod h1:2VYDl1XXJsdcAxw7BenFslRQX28Dxz91U9MWKjX97fE=
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@@ -75,8 +75,10 @@ const (
 	KindPod Kind = "Pod"
 	// KindPodCliqueScalingGroup indicates that the resource is a PodCliqueScalingGroup.
 	KindPodCliqueScalingGroup Kind = "PodCliqueScalingGroup"
-	// KindPodGang indicates that the resource is a PodGang.
+	// KindPodGang indicates that the resource is a PodGang (Grove custom scheduler API).
 	KindPodGang Kind = "PodGang"
+	// KindWorkload indicates that the resource is a Workload (Kubernetes 1.35+ gang scheduling API).
+	KindWorkload Kind = "Workload"
 	// KindPodCliqueSetReplica indicates that the resource is a PodCliqueSet replica.
 	KindPodCliqueSetReplica Kind = "PodCliqueSetReplica"
 )

@@ -43,12 +43,6 @@ const (
 	pprofBindAddress = "127.0.0.1:2753"
 )
 
-var (
-	waitTillWebhookCertsReady  = cert.WaitTillWebhookCertsReady
-	registerControllersWithMgr = RegisterControllers
-	registerWebhooksWithMgr    = webhook.RegisterWebhooks
-)
-
 // CreateManager creates the manager.
 func CreateManager(operatorCfg *configv1alpha1.OperatorConfiguration) (ctrl.Manager, error) {
 	return ctrl.NewManager(getRestConfig(operatorCfg), createManagerOptions(operatorCfg))
@@ -58,11 +52,11 @@ func CreateManager(operatorCfg *configv1alpha1.OperatorConfiguration) (ctrl.Mana
 func RegisterControllersAndWebhooks(mgr ctrl.Manager, logger logr.Logger, operatorCfg *configv1alpha1.OperatorConfiguration, certsReady chan struct{}) error {
 	// Controllers will not work unless the webhoooks are fully configured and operational.
 	// For webhooks to work cert-controller should finish its work of generating and injecting certificates.
-	waitTillWebhookCertsReady(logger, certsReady)
-	if err := registerControllersWithMgr(mgr, operatorCfg.Controllers); err != nil {
+	cert.WaitTillWebhookCertsReady(logger, certsReady)
+	if err := RegisterControllers(mgr, logger, operatorCfg.Controllers); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := registerWebhooksWithMgr(mgr, operatorCfg.Authorizer); err != nil {
+	if err := webhook.RegisterWebhooks(mgr, operatorCfg.Authorizer); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	return nil