feat: ensure Copy collector run last

pkg/collect/collector.go

@@ -286,3 +286,20 @@ func DedupCollectors(allCollectors []*troubleshootv1beta2.Collect) []*troublesho
 	}
 	return finalCollectors
 }
+
+// Ensure Copy collectors are last in the list
+// This is because copy collectors are expected to copy files from other collectors such as Exec, RunPod, RunDaemonSet
+func EnsureCopyLast(allCollectors []Collector) []Collector {
+	otherCollectors := make([]Collector, 0)
+	copyCollectors := make([]Collector, 0)
+
+	for _, collector := range allCollectors {
+		if _, ok := collector.(*CollectCopy); ok {
+			copyCollectors = append(copyCollectors, collector)
+		} else {
+			otherCollectors = append(otherCollectors, collector)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return append(otherCollectors, copyCollectors...)
+}

pkg/collect/collector_test.go

@@ -445,3 +445,84 @@ func TestCollector_DedupCollectors(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+func TestEnsureCopyLast(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name          string
+		allCollectors []Collector
+		want          []Collector
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "no copy collectors",
+			allCollectors: []Collector{
+				&CollectClusterInfo{},
+				&CollectClusterResources{},
+			},
+			want: []Collector{
+				&CollectClusterInfo{},
+				&CollectClusterResources{},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "only copy collectors",
+			allCollectors: []Collector{
+				&CollectCopy{},
+				&CollectCopy{},
+			},
+			want: []Collector{
+				&CollectCopy{},
+				&CollectCopy{},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "mixed collectors",
+			allCollectors: []Collector{
+				&CollectClusterInfo{},
+				&CollectCopy{},
+				&CollectClusterResources{},
+				&CollectCopy{},
+			},
+			want: []Collector{
+				&CollectClusterInfo{},
+				&CollectClusterResources{},
+				&CollectCopy{},
+				&CollectCopy{},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "copy collectors at the beginning",
+			allCollectors: []Collector{
+				&CollectCopy{},
+				&CollectCopy{},
+				&CollectClusterInfo{},
+				&CollectClusterResources{},
+			},
+			want: []Collector{
+				&CollectClusterInfo{},
+				&CollectClusterResources{},
+				&CollectCopy{},
+				&CollectCopy{},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "copy collectors at the end",
+			allCollectors: []Collector{
+				&CollectClusterInfo{},
+				&CollectClusterResources{},
+				&CollectCopy{},
+				&CollectCopy{},
+			},
+			want: []Collector{
+				&CollectClusterInfo{},
+				&CollectClusterResources{},
+				&CollectCopy{},
+				&CollectCopy{},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := EnsureCopyLast(tt.allCollectors)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, got)
+		})
+	}
+}

pkg/preflight/collect.go

@@ -234,6 +234,9 @@ func CollectWithContext(ctx context.Context, opts CollectOpts, p *troubleshootv1
 		return collectResult, collect.ErrInsufficientPermissionsToRun
 	}
 
+	// move Copy Collectors if any to the end of the execution list
+	allCollectors = collect.EnsureCopyLast(allCollectors)
+
 	for i, collector := range allCollectors {
 		_, span := otel.Tracer(constants.LIB_TRACER_NAME).Start(ctx, collector.Title())
 		span.SetAttributes(attribute.String("type", reflect.TypeOf(collector).String()))

pkg/supportbundle/collect.go

@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ func runCollectors(ctx context.Context, collectors []*troubleshootv1beta2.Collec
 		return nil, collect.ErrInsufficientPermissionsToRun
 	}
 
+	// move Copy Collectors if any to the end of the execution list
+	allCollectors = collect.EnsureCopyLast(allCollectors)
+
 	for _, collector := range allCollectors {
 		_, span := otel.Tracer(constants.LIB_TRACER_NAME).Start(ctx, collector.Title())
 		span.SetAttributes(attribute.String("type", reflect.TypeOf(collector).String()))