3373: ADD --checksum

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Closes GoogleContainerTools/kaniko#3373

ADD --checksum=sha256:<hex> <url> <dst> is a supply-chain control. The user has stated an integrity requirement, and we parsed the flag and never checked it, so a substituted download passed and the build succeeded.

The download is now hashed while it is written and the build fails on a mismatch. The comparison is always against a sha256 because buildkit's http source hardcodes that, so a correct sha512 has to fail the build the same way docker fails it.

Summary by CodeRabbit

New Features

• Added optional checksum verification for remote files downloaded with ADD --checksum.
• Builds now fail when downloaded content does not match the specified digest.
• Supports checksums provided as literal values, environment variables, or build arguments.
• Added platform-aware cache keys to prevent multi-architecture cache collisions.

Documentation

• Documented checksum verification, cache key behavior, and upcoming default changes.

Tests

• Added coverage for SHA-256 and SHA-512 verification scenarios, including expected failure cases.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Kaniko adds optional ADD --checksum support for HTTP(S) sources. A feature flag controls the behavior. Downloads are hashed and rejected when their digest differs from the requested checksum. Integration Dockerfiles and README documentation cover the feature.

Changes

ADD checksum verification

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Checksum flag and ADD contract pkg/config/featureflags.go, pkg/commands/add.go, go.mod	Adds FF_KANIKO_ADD_CHECKSUM, validates resolved checksum values, and passes valid digests to remote downloads.
Digest-aware download pkg/util/fs_util.go	Hashes downloaded content while writing it, returns an error on digest mismatch, and records filesystem cleaning time.
Integration coverage and documentation integration/dockerfiles/*3373*, integration/images.go, README.md	Adds checksum success and failure cases, enables the feature flag in integration tests, configures expected results, and documents checksum behavior and platform cache-key behavior.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 0ed7f

The PR adds checksum verification, but the README still contains a contradictory statement about when verification occurs, which could briefly confuse users configuring the feature. This is a localized documentation follow-up; no merge-blocking risk remains.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Dockerfile
  participant ADD
  participant DownloadFileToDest
  participant RemoteSource
  Dockerfile->>ADD: parse ADD --checksum
  ADD->>ADD: resolve and validate digest
  ADD->>DownloadFileToDest: pass checksum
  DownloadFileToDest->>RemoteSource: download HTTP(S) content
  DownloadFileToDest->>DownloadFileToDest: hash downloaded content
  DownloadFileToDest-->>ADD: return success or mismatch error

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🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3 | ❌ 2

❌ Failed checks (2 warnings)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Out of Scope Changes check	⚠️ Warning	The PR includes unrelated changes: FS Cleaning timing instrumentation in DeleteFilesystem and adding Dockerfile_test_issue_2567 to the Kaniko-only test set. The checksum implementation, dependency, do…	Remove the unrelated timing and test-set changes, or provide a clear requirement that links them to issue #3373. Move unrelated work to a separate pull request if needed.
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 50.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 2 functions across 4 files. (2 skipped: 2…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (3 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the primary change: support for ADD --checksum related to issue 3373.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description identifies issue #3373 and explains checksum verification, download hashing, mismatch failures, and SHA-256 behavior. It omits the template checklists and release-notes section, but th…
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes satisfy [#3373] by adding checksum support for HTTP(S) ADD sources, validating checksum input, hashing downloaded content, failing on mismatches, and adding integration coverage.

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Explanation

The description identifies issue #3373 and explains checksum verification, download hashing, mismatch failures, and SHA-256 behavior. It omits the template checklists and release-notes section, but the core description is complete.

Full details: Out of Scope Changes check

Explanation

The PR includes unrelated changes: FS Cleaning timing instrumentation in DeleteFilesystem and adding Dockerfile_test_issue_2567 to the Kaniko-only test set. The checksum implementation, dependency, documentation, and issue 3373 tests are in scope.

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Docstring coverage is 50.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 2 functions across 4 files. (2 skipped: 2 unsupported.)

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❌ Patch coverage is 80.76923% with 5 lines in your changes missing coverage. Please review.

Files with missing lines	Patch %	Lines
pkg/commands/add.go	71.42%	2 Missing and 2 partials ⚠️
pkg/util/fs_util.go	90.90%	0 Missing and 1 partial ⚠️

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Inline comments:
In `@README.md`:
- Around line 1471-1472: Update the README text describing ADD --checksum to
state that verification is skipped when FF_KANIKO_ADD_CHECKSUM is disabled,
while noting that enabling it verifies the digest and fails the build on
mismatch.

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