Hive: Bump to golang 1.26

[2uasimojo]

Needed for openshift/hive#2925

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Updates Hive’s CI build root images to use Go 1.26, enabling builds with the rhel-9-release-golang-1.26-openshift-4.23 release image for both master and periodic workflows.

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Configuration used: Repository YAML (base), Central YAML (inherited)

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📒 Files selected for processing (2)

• ci-operator/config/openshift/hive/openshift-hive-master.yaml
• ci-operator/config/openshift/hive/openshift-hive-master__periodic.yaml

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Walkthrough

Updates the Hive master and periodic CI build root configurations to reference the rhel-9-release-golang-1.26-openshift-4.23 image stream tag.

Changes

Hive build root configuration

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Update release image stream tags ci-operator/config/openshift/hive/*	Both master and periodic Hive configurations now use the Go 1.26, OpenShift 4.23 release image stream tag for builds.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~5 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• openshift/release#81551: Updates related ci-operator release-golang image stream references.

Suggested labels: lgtm, approved

Suggested reviewers: kaovilai, shubham-pampattiwar, Joeavaikath

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 15

✅ Passed checks (15 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly matches the main change: Hive is bumped to Go 1.26.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Stable And Deterministic Test Names	✅ Passed	Only CI config YAML image tags changed; no Ginkgo test titles were added or modified, so the naming rule is not applicable.
Test Structure And Quality	✅ Passed	PR only updates ci-operator YAML build-root tags; no Ginkgo test code or It blocks were changed, so the test-structure check is not applicable.
Microshift Test Compatibility	✅ Passed	PASS: PR only updates ci-operator YAML build_root image tags; no new Go/Ginkgo tests or MicroShift-relevant APIs were added.
Single Node Openshift (Sno) Test Compatibility	✅ Passed	Only ci-operator image tags changed; no Ginkgo tests were added or modified, so the SNO check is not applicable.
Topology-Aware Scheduling Compatibility	✅ Passed	PR only updates ci-operator build_root image stream tags; no scheduling manifests, affinity, nodeSelector, tolerations, or replica logic changed.
Ote Binary Stdout Contract	✅ Passed	Only ci-operator build-root image tags changed; no main/init/suite code or stdout writes were introduced.
Ipv6 And Disconnected Network Test Compatibility	✅ Passed	Only CI config build_root image tags changed; no new Ginkgo tests, networking code, or external connectivity added.
No-Weak-Crypto	✅ Passed	Only CI image tag values changed in YAML; no weak ciphers, custom crypto, or secret-comparison code appears in the touched files.
Container-Privileges	✅ Passed	Only build_root release tags changed in the two YAML files; no privileged, hostPID/Network/IPC, allowPrivilegeEscalation, or root-security settings were added.
No-Sensitive-Data-In-Logs	✅ Passed	Only CI build_root image tags changed; no logging, secrets, or PII were added in the diff.

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[REHEARSALNOTIFIER]
@2uasimojo: the pj-rehearse plugin accommodates running rehearsal tests for the changes in this PR. Expand 'Interacting with pj-rehearse' for usage details. The following rehearsable tests have been affected by this change:

Test name	Repo	Type	Reason
pull-ci-openshift-hive-master-coverage	openshift/hive	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed
pull-ci-openshift-hive-master-e2e	openshift/hive	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed
pull-ci-openshift-hive-master-e2e-azure	openshift/hive	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed
pull-ci-openshift-hive-master-e2e-gcp	openshift/hive	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed
pull-ci-openshift-hive-master-e2e-openstack	openshift/hive	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed
pull-ci-openshift-hive-master-e2e-pool	openshift/hive	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed
pull-ci-openshift-hive-master-e2e-vsphere	openshift/hive	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed
pull-ci-openshift-hive-master-images	openshift/hive	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed
pull-ci-openshift-hive-master-periodic-images	openshift/hive	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed
pull-ci-openshift-hive-master-security	openshift/hive	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed
pull-ci-openshift-hive-master-unit	openshift/hive	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed
pull-ci-openshift-hive-master-verify	openshift/hive	presubmit	Ci-operator config changed
periodic-ci-openshift-hive-master-periodic-e2e-pool-weekly	N/A	periodic	Ci-operator config changed
periodic-ci-openshift-hive-master-periodic-e2e-vsphere-weekly	N/A	periodic	Ci-operator config changed
periodic-ci-openshift-hive-master-periodic-e2e-weekly	N/A	periodic	Ci-operator config changed
periodic-ci-openshift-hive-master-periodic-e2e-azure-weekly	N/A	periodic	Ci-operator config changed
periodic-ci-openshift-hive-master-periodic-e2e-gcp-weekly	N/A	periodic	Ci-operator config changed
periodic-ci-openshift-hive-master-periodic-e2e-openstack-weekly	N/A	periodic	Ci-operator config changed
periodic-ci-openshift-hive-master-periodic-e2e-ote-sd-rosa	N/A	periodic	Ci-operator config changed

Prior to this PR being merged, you will need to either run and acknowledge or opt to skip these rehearsals.

Interacting with pj-rehearse

Comment: /pj-rehearse to run up to 5 rehearsals
Comment: /pj-rehearse skip to opt-out of rehearsals
Comment: /pj-rehearse {test-name}, with each test separated by a space, to run one or more specific rehearsals
Comment: /pj-rehearse more to run up to 10 rehearsals
Comment: /pj-rehearse max to run up to 25 rehearsals
Comment: /pj-rehearse auto-ack to run up to 5 rehearsals, and add the rehearsals-ack label on success
Comment: /pj-rehearse list to get an up-to-date list of affected jobs
Comment: /pj-rehearse abort to abort all active rehearsals
Comment: /pj-rehearse network-access-allowed to allow rehearsals of tests that have the restrict_network_access field set to false. This must be executed by an openshift org member who is not the PR author

Once you are satisfied with the results of the rehearsals, comment: /pj-rehearse ack to unblock merge. When the rehearsals-ack label is present on your PR, merge will no longer be blocked by rehearsals.
If you would like the rehearsals-ack label removed, comment: /pj-rehearse reject to re-block merging.

[2uasimojo]

/pj-rehearse pull-ci-openshift-hive-master-images

...should be sufficient to determine that this works.

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@2uasimojo: now processing your pj-rehearse request. Please allow up to 10 minutes for jobs to trigger or cancel.

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