Collapse REBOOT_SKIP_TESTS into GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS, and remove GCE_SOAK_CONTINUOUS_SKIP_TESTS as redundant (see notes)

hack/jenkins/e2e.sh

@@ -265,20 +265,14 @@ fi
 # When 1.2.0-beta.0 comes out, e.g., this will become "ci/latest-1.2"
 CURRENT_RELEASE_PUBLISHED_VERSION="ci/latest-1.1"
 
-# Specialized to skip when running reboot tests.
-REBOOT_SKIP_TESTS=(
-    "Restart\sshould\srestart\sall\snodes"
-    "\[Example\]"
-    )
-
 # Specialized tests which should be skipped by default for projects.
 GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS=(
-    "${REBOOT_SKIP_TESTS[@]}"
+    "\[Example\]" # previously in REBOOT_SKIP_TESTS..., dates back before version control (#10078)
     "\[Skipped\]"
-    "Reboot"
-    "ServiceLoadBalancer"
     )
 
+# PROVIDER SKIPS --------------------------------------
+
 # Tests which cannot be run on GKE, e.g. because they require
 # master ssh access.
 GKE_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS=(
@@ -307,6 +301,7 @@ AWS_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS=(
     "GCE\sL7\sLoadBalancer\sController" # GCE L7 loadbalancing
 )
 
+# END PROVIDER SKIPS --------------------------------------
 
 # Tests which kills or restarts components and/or nodes.
 DISRUPTIVE_TESTS=(
@@ -326,10 +321,6 @@ GCE_FLAKY_TESTS=(
 # comments below, and for poorly implemented tests, please quote the
 # issue number tracking speed improvements.
 GCE_SLOW_TESTS=(
-    # Before enabling this loadbalancer test in any other test list you must
-    # make sure the associated project has enough quota. At the time of this
-    # writing a GCE project is allowed 3 backend services by default. This
-    # test requires at least 5.
     "\[Slow\]"
     )
 
@@ -341,21 +332,6 @@ GCE_PARALLEL_SKIP_TESTS=(
     "\[Disruptive\]"
 )
 
-# Tests that should not run on soak cluster.
-GCE_SOAK_CONTINUOUS_SKIP_TESTS=(
-    "GCE\sL7\sLoadBalancer\sController" # issue: #17119
-    "Density.*30\spods"
-    "Elasticsearch"
-    "external\sload\sbalancer"
-    "identically\snamed\sservices"
-    "network\spartition"
-    "Services.*Type\sgoes\sfrom"
-    "${DISRUPTIVE_TESTS[@]}"       # avoid component restarts.
-    )
-
-GCE_RELEASE_SKIP_TESTS=(
-    )
-
 # Define environment variables based on the Jenkins project name.
 # NOTE: Not all jobs are defined here. The hack/jenkins/e2e.sh in master and
 # release branches defines relevant jobs for that particular version of
@@ -616,10 +592,13 @@ case ${JOB_NAME} in
     : ${E2E_UP:="false"}
     # Clear out any orphaned namespaces in case previous run was interrupted.
     : ${E2E_CLEAN_START:="true"}
+    # We should be testing the reliability of a long-running cluster. The
+    # DISRUPTIVE_TESTS kill/restart components or nodes in the cluster,
+    # defeating the purpose of a soak cluster. (#15722)
     : ${GINKGO_TEST_ARGS:="--ginkgo.skip=$(join_regex_allow_empty \
           ${GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]}} \
-          ${GCE_SOAK_CONTINUOUS_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_SOAK_CONTINUOUS_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
+          ${DISRUPTIVE_TESTS[@]:+${DISRUPTIVE_TESTS[@]}} \
           )"}
     : ${KUBE_GCE_INSTANCE_PREFIX:="gce-soak-weekly"}
     : ${PROJECT:="kubernetes-jenkins"}
@@ -647,7 +626,6 @@ case ${JOB_NAME} in
     : ${GINKGO_TEST_ARGS:="--ginkgo.skip=$(join_regex_allow_empty \
           "\[Skipped\]" \
           ${GKE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GKE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
-          ${REBOOT_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${REBOOT_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_SLOW_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_SLOW_TESTS[@]}} \
           )"}
@@ -690,11 +668,14 @@ case ${JOB_NAME} in
     : ${E2E_CLEAN_START:="true"}
     : ${PROJECT:="kubernetes-jenkins"}
     : ${E2E_OPT:="--check_version_skew=false"}
+    # We should be testing the reliability of a long-running cluster. The
+    # DISRUPTIVE_TESTS kill/restart components or nodes in the cluster,
+    # defeating the purpose of a soak cluster. (#15722)
     : ${GINKGO_TEST_ARGS:="--ginkgo.skip=$(join_regex_allow_empty \
           ${GKE_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GKE_REQUIRED_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
           ${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_FLAKY_TESTS[@]}} \
-          ${GCE_SOAK_CONTINUOUS_SKIP_TESTS[@]:+${GCE_SOAK_CONTINUOUS_SKIP_TESTS[@]}} \
+          ${DISRUPTIVE_TESTS[@]:+${DISRUPTIVE_TESTS[@]}} \
           )"}
     ;;
 

test/e2e/ingress.go

@@ -390,6 +390,11 @@ func (cont *IngressController) Cleanup(del bool) error {
 	return fmt.Errorf(errMsg)
 }
 
+// Before enabling this loadbalancer test in any other test list you must
+// make sure the associated project has enough quota. At the time of this
+// writing a GCE project is allowed 3 backend services by default. This
+// test requires at least 5.
+//
 // Slow by design (10 min)
 // Flaky issue #17518
 var _ = Describe("GCE L7 LoadBalancer Controller [Serial] [Slow] [Flaky]", func() {

test/e2e/restart.go

@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ const (
 	restartPodReadyAgainTimeout = 5 * time.Minute
 )
 
-var _ = Describe("Restart", func() {
+// TODO(ihmccreery): This is skipped because it was previously in
+// REBOOT_SKIP_TESTS, dates back before version control (#10078)
+var _ = Describe("Restart [Skipped]", func() {
 	var c *client.Client
 	var ps *podStore
 	var skipped bool

test/e2e/serviceloadbalancers.go

@@ -203,7 +203,9 @@ func (s *ingManager) test(path string) error {
 	})
 }
 
-var _ = Describe("ServiceLoadBalancer", func() {
+// TODO(ihmccreery) Skipped originally in #14988, never sent follow-up PR, as
+// far as I can tell.
+var _ = Describe("ServiceLoadBalancer [Skipped]", func() {
 	// These variables are initialized after framework's beforeEach.
 	var ns string
 	var repoRoot string