K8s hook should still work with missing default conn

airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -39,6 +39,14 @@ Features
    * ``Deprecate 'skip_exit_code' in 'DockerOperator' and 'KubernetesPodOperator' (#30733)``
   * ``Remove skip_exit_code from KubernetesPodOperator (#30788)``
 
+6.1.0
+.....
+
+Features
+~~~~~~~~
+
+If ``kubernetes_default`` connection is not defined, then KubernetesHook / KubernetesPodOperator will behave as though given ``conn_id=None``.
+
 6.0.0
 .....
 

airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/hooks/kubernetes.py

@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@
 from urllib3.exceptions import HTTPError
 
 from airflow.compat.functools import cached_property
-from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException, AirflowProviderDeprecationWarning
+from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException, AirflowNotFoundException, AirflowProviderDeprecationWarning
 from airflow.hooks.base import BaseHook
 from airflow.kubernetes.kube_client import _disable_verify_ssl, _enable_tcp_keepalive
+from airflow.models import Connection
 from airflow.utils import yaml
 
 LOADING_KUBE_CONFIG_FILE_RESOURCE = "Loading Kubernetes configuration file kube_config from {}..."
@@ -141,6 +142,22 @@ def _coalesce_param(*params):
             if param is not None:
                 return param
 
+    @classmethod
+    def get_connection(cls, conn_id: str) -> Connection:
+        """
+        Return requested connection.
+
+        If missing and conn_id is "kubernetes_default", will return empty connection so that hook will
+        default to cluster-derived credentials.
+        """
+        try:
+            return super().get_connection(conn_id)
+        except AirflowNotFoundException:
+            if conn_id == cls.default_conn_name:
+                return Connection(conn_id=cls.default_conn_name)
+            else:
+                raise
+
     @cached_property
     def conn_extras(self):
         if self.conn_id:

tests/providers/cncf/kubernetes/hooks/test_kubernetes_pod.py → tests/providers/cncf/kubernetes/hooks/test_kubernetes.py

@@ -27,8 +27,11 @@
 import kubernetes
 import pytest
 from kubernetes.config import ConfigException
+from sqlalchemy.orm import make_transient
 
 from airflow import AirflowException
+from airflow.exceptions import AirflowNotFoundException
+from airflow.hooks.base import BaseHook
 from airflow.models import Connection
 from airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.hooks.kubernetes import AsyncKubernetesHook, KubernetesHook
 from airflow.utils import db
@@ -54,6 +57,22 @@ class DeprecationRemovalRequired(AirflowException):
     ...
 
 
+DEFAULT_CONN_ID = "kubernetes_default"
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def remove_default_conn(session):
+    before_conn = session.query(Connection).filter(Connection.conn_id == DEFAULT_CONN_ID).one_or_none()
+    if before_conn:
+        session.delete(before_conn)
+        session.commit()
+    yield
+    if before_conn:
+        make_transient(before_conn)
+        session.add(before_conn)
+        session.commit()
+
+
 class TestKubernetesHook:
     @classmethod
     def setup_class(cls) -> None:
@@ -391,6 +410,20 @@ def test_prefixed_names_still_work(self, mock_get_client):
             mock_get_client.assert_called_with(cluster_context="test")
             assert kubernetes_hook.get_namespace() == "test"
 
+    def test_missing_default_connection_is_ok(self, remove_default_conn):
+        # prove to ourselves that the default conn doesn't exist
+        with pytest.raises(AirflowNotFoundException):
+            BaseHook.get_connection(DEFAULT_CONN_ID)
+
+        # verify K8sHook still works
+        hook = KubernetesHook()
+        assert hook.conn_extras == {}
+
+        # meanwhile, asking for non-default should still fail if it doesn't exist
+        hook = KubernetesHook("some_conn")
+        with pytest.raises(AirflowNotFoundException, match="The conn_id `some_conn` isn't defined"):
+            hook.conn_extras
+
     @patch("kubernetes.config.kube_config.KubeConfigLoader")
     @patch("kubernetes.config.kube_config.KubeConfigMerger")
     @patch(f"{HOOK_MODULE}.client.CustomObjectsApi")