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  • New Features

    • Added Neo4j compute and storage autoscaling examples and end-to-end workflows.
    • Added guidance for configuring resources, thresholds, recommendations, retries, storage expansion, and troubleshooting.
    • Added comprehensive KubeStash examples for backing up and restoring Neo4j composite databases, aliases, credentials, retention, and remote storage.
  • Documentation

    • Added Neo4j autoscaler concepts, prerequisites, navigation pages, and practical guides.
    • Documented backup and restore verification, dependency handling, limitations, and cleanup procedures.

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Added Neo4j compute and storage autoscaling guides and example resources. Added documentation and manifests for KubeStash backup and restore of Neo4j composite databases and aliases.

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Neo4j autoscaling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Autoscaler resource contract
docs/guides/neo4j/concepts/autoscaler.md
Documents Neo4jAutoscaler configuration, compute and storage fields, OpsRequest options, status fields, and scaling rules.
Autoscaler example resources
docs/examples/neo4j/autoscaler/...
Adds Neo4j, compute autoscaler, and storage autoscaler manifests for the demo namespace.
Compute autoscaling guides
docs/guides/neo4j/autoscaler/compute/...
Adds compute autoscaling navigation, workflow documentation, cluster setup, resource bounds, idempotent graph loading, retry handling, and troubleshooting guidance.
Storage autoscaling guides
docs/guides/neo4j/autoscaler/storage/...
Adds storage autoscaling navigation, workflow documentation, volume expansion examples, idempotent data insertion, capacity checks, and troubleshooting guidance.

Neo4j KubeStash backup and restore

Layer / File(s) Summary
Backup and restore architecture
docs/guides/neo4j/backup/kubestash/logical/composite-database/index.md
Documents composite databases, aliases, deployment relationships, encryption, dependency ordering, and conflict behavior.
Source, remote, and backup resources
docs/guides/neo4j/backup/kubestash/logical/composite-database/examples/*, docs/guides/neo4j/backup/kubestash/logical/composite-database/index.md, docs/guides/neo4j/backup/kubestash/logical/_index.md
Adds Neo4j source and remote resources, credentials, S3 storage, retention, backup scheduling, and guide navigation.
Restore workflow and verification
docs/guides/neo4j/backup/kubestash/logical/composite-database/examples/restored-neo4j.yaml, docs/guides/neo4j/backup/kubestash/logical/composite-database/examples/restoresession.yaml, docs/guides/neo4j/backup/kubestash/logical/composite-database/index.md
Adds the restore target and RestoreSession examples, restore checks, troubleshooting guidance, and cleanup commands.

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 1f91f

The new documentation includes a lint violation, an example that can hide command failures, and backup configuration behavior that conflicts with the documented cleanup outcome. Merge should wait for these bounded issues to be corrected or explicitly accepted by the owner.

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In `@docs/guides/neo4j/autoscaler/compute/autoscale.md`:
- Around line 202-204: Update the cleanup command block in the autoscaler guide
to remove the `$` shell prompts from all commands, preserving the existing
kubectl commands and their order so the block complies with MD014.

In `@docs/guides/neo4j/autoscaler/storage/autoscale.md`:
- Line 181: Remove the leading shell prompt markers from the df command and the
cleanup commands in the autoscaling guide that do not include displayed output,
while leaving commands with shown output unchanged.
- Line 26: Update the autoscaler storage guide’s Tools prerequisite and
insertion loop so they are consistent: either declare seq as a required local
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docs/guides/neo4j/autoscaler/compute/autoscale.md (1)

193-201: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Do not hide permanent workload failures.

>/dev/null 2>&1 || true treats authentication errors, missing databases, invalid Cypher, and temporary connection failures as success. The loop can finish without sending successful queries, while the next step only reports that no recommendation exists. Replace this with bounded retry logic that reports a final failure after the retry limit.

Proposed fix
-      "MATCH (u:User)-[:FOLLOWS*1..3]->(v:User)
-       RETURN count(v)" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+      "MATCH (u:User)-[:FOLLOWS*1..3]->(v:User)
+       RETURN count(v)" >/dev/null || {
+        echo "workload query failed on iteration ${i}" >&2
+        exit 1
+      }
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In `@docs/guides/neo4j/autoscaler/compute/autoscale.md` around lines 193 - 201,
Replace the unconditional `|| true` in the workload-generation loop with bounded
retries and backoff for temporary `kubectl exec` or connection failures, while
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In `@docs/guides/neo4j/autoscaler/compute/autoscale.md`:
- Around line 193-201: Replace the unconditional `|| true` in the
workload-generation loop with bounded retries and backoff for temporary `kubectl
exec` or connection failures, while preserving permanent errors such as
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- Line 19: Update the deletionPolicy in the backup storage example to WipeOut so
disposable tutorial cleanup removes both Kubernetes resources and retained S3
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allowedNamespaces:
from: All
default: false
deletionPolicy: Delete

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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KubeStash BackupStorage spec.deletionPolicy Delete WipeOut official documentation

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In KubeStash, the spec.deletionPolicy field in the BackupStorage custom resource defines how the KubeStash operator handles backed-up data when a BackupStorage object is deleted [1]. The two valid values for this field are: Delete (Default) When set to Delete, the KubeStash operator removes the respective Repository and Snapshot custom resources from the Kubernetes cluster but retains the actual backed-up data in the storage backend [1]. This is the default behavior and is typically recommended to prevent accidental data loss [1][2]. WipeOut When set to WipeOut, the KubeStash operator removes the respective Repository and Snapshot custom resources from the cluster and also permanently deletes the associated backed-up data from the storage backend [1]. When this policy is used, the operator creates a cleanup job to perform the deletion [1]. Important Considerations Because the WipeOut policy results in permanent data loss, it is not recommended for production environments and is intended primarily for testing purposes [1]. When using WipeOut, you can verify that the data has been removed by browsing your storage bucket [1]. If a BackupStorage object is currently set to Delete and you wish to remove the data, you can update the policy to WipeOut using a command such as: kubectl patch backupstorage --type="merge" --patch='{"spec": {"deletionPolicy": "WipeOut"}}' [1]

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Align deletionPolicy with the cleanup instructions.

Delete removes the Kubernetes resources but retains the backup data in S3. Set it to WipeOut for disposable tutorial data, or update the cleanup instructions to state that the S3 data remains.

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In
`@docs/guides/neo4j/backup/kubestash/logical/composite-database/examples/backupstorage.yaml`
at line 19, Update the deletionPolicy in the backup storage example to WipeOut
so disposable tutorial cleanup removes both Kubernetes resources and retained S3
backup data.

Signed-off-by: Fazle Rabbi Sarker <fazlerabbi@appscode.com>
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Signed-off-by: Fazle Rabbi Sarker <fazlerabbi@appscode.com>
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