From f6f02f76984704c09d3637dc9a86d7c4c0bceb1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Olson <tim@dexorder.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 20:01:45 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] removed storageclass specs

---
 deploy/k8s/prod/configs/gateway-config.yaml |  1 -
 gateway/src/k8s/client.ts                   | 10 ++++++++--
 gateway/src/main.ts                         |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/deploy/k8s/prod/configs/gateway-config.yaml b/deploy/k8s/prod/configs/gateway-config.yaml
index 5c7212f3..1aacba21 100644
--- a/deploy/k8s/prod/configs/gateway-config.yaml
+++ b/deploy/k8s/prod/configs/gateway-config.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ data:
       in_cluster: true
       sandbox_image: git.dxod.org/dexorder/dexorder/ai-sandbox:latest
       sidecar_image: git.dxod.org/dexorder/dexorder/ai-lifecycle-sidecar:latest
-      storage_class: standard
       image_pull_policy: Always
 
     # DragonflyDB (Redis-compatible, for hot storage and session management)
diff --git a/gateway/src/k8s/client.ts b/gateway/src/k8s/client.ts
index d1e7c7f8..275dd2ae 100644
--- a/gateway/src/k8s/client.ts
+++ b/gateway/src/k8s/client.ts
@@ -123,14 +123,13 @@ export class KubernetesClient {
     const templateContent = await fs.readFile(templatePath, 'utf-8');
 
     const r = spec.k8sResources;
-    const rendered = templateContent
+    let rendered = templateContent
       .replace(/\{\{userId\}\}/g, spec.userId)
       .replace(/\{\{deploymentName\}\}/g, deploymentName)
       .replace(/\{\{serviceName\}\}/g, serviceName)
       .replace(/\{\{pvcName\}\}/g, pvcName)
       .replace(/\{\{sandboxImage\}\}/g, spec.sandboxImage)
       .replace(/\{\{sidecarImage\}\}/g, spec.sidecarImage)
-      .replace(/\{\{storageClass\}\}/g, spec.storageClass)
       .replace(/\{\{imagePullPolicy\}\}/g, spec.imagePullPolicy || 'Always')
       .replace(/\{\{licenseType\}\}/g, spec.licenseType)
       .replace(/\{\{memoryRequest\}\}/g, r.memoryRequest)
@@ -143,6 +142,13 @@ export class KubernetesClient {
       .replace(/\{\{idleTimeoutMinutes\}\}/g, String(r.idleTimeoutMinutes))
       .replace(/\{\{serviceNamespace\}\}/g, spec.serviceNamespace);
 
+    // Omit storageClassName entirely when unset so the PVC uses the cluster default
+    if (spec.storageClass) {
+      rendered = rendered.replace(/\{\{storageClass\}\}/g, spec.storageClass);
+    } else {
+      rendered = rendered.replace(/[ \t]*storageClassName: \{\{storageClass\}\}\n/g, '');
+    }
+
     // Parse YAML documents (deployment, pvc, service)
     const documents = yaml.loadAll(rendered) as any[];
 
diff --git a/gateway/src/main.ts b/gateway/src/main.ts
index b0371731..a09715ec 100644
--- a/gateway/src/main.ts
+++ b/gateway/src/main.ts
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ function loadConfig() {
       context: configData.kubernetes?.context || process.env.KUBERNETES_CONTEXT,
       sandboxImage: configData.kubernetes?.sandbox_image || process.env.SANDBOX_IMAGE || 'ghcr.io/dexorder/sandbox:latest',
       sidecarImage: configData.kubernetes?.sidecar_image || process.env.SIDECAR_IMAGE || 'ghcr.io/dexorder/lifecycle-sidecar:latest',
-      storageClass: configData.kubernetes?.storage_class || process.env.SANDBOX_STORAGE_CLASS || 'standard',
+      storageClass: configData.kubernetes?.storage_class || process.env.SANDBOX_STORAGE_CLASS || '',
       imagePullPolicy: configData.kubernetes?.image_pull_policy || process.env.IMAGE_PULL_POLICY || 'Always',
     },
   };