new(ci,tools): added a small prow jobs checker and validator plus a CI job

.github/workflows/job-checker.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+name: Prow Jobs Checker
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [master]
+    paths: ['config/jobs/**']
+
+# Checks if any concurrent jobs under the same pull request or branch are being executed
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}-job-checker
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  jobs-checker:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout test-infra ⤵️
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          go-version-file: 'tools/prow-jobs-checker/go.mod'
+
+      - name: build prow jobs checker
+        working-directory: ./tools/prow-jobs-checker
+        run: |
+          go build
+
+      - name: prow jobs validation 🔍
+        run: |
+          ./tools/prow-jobs-checker/prow-jobs-checker --verbose
+
+

config/jobs/branchprotector/branchprotector.yaml

@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 # Run branchprotector on both post-submit events on test-infra AND as a cron job for health checks.
 
-postsubmit:
+postsubmits:
   falcosecurity/test-infra:
     - name: branchprotector-post-submit
       branches:
         - ^master$
       decorate: true
       max_concurrency: 1
-      skip_report: false
       run_if_changed: '^config/config.yaml$'
       spec:
         containers:
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ periodics:
         base_ref: master
     decorate: true
     max_concurrency: 1
-    skip_report: false
     spec:
       containers:
         - image: gcr.io/k8s-prow/branchprotector:v20230315-6d54c174f4

config/jobs/peribolos/peribolos.yaml

@@ -77,8 +77,6 @@ periodics:
     interval: 24h
     decorate: true
     max_concurrency: 1
-    skip_report: false
-    always_run: true
     extra_refs:
       - org: falcosecurity
         repo: test-infra

tools/prow-jobs-checker/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+prow-jobs-checker

tools/prow-jobs-checker/go.mod

@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+module prow-jobs-checker
+
+go 1.21
+
+require (
+	github.com/google/go-github/v61 v61.0.0
+	github.com/lmittmann/tint v1.0.4
+	sigs.k8s.io/prow v0.0.0-20240410004112-4be743f3ec63
+)
+
+require (
+	cloud.google.com/go v0.110.0 // indirect
+	cloud.google.com/go/compute v1.19.1 // indirect
+	cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.2.3 // indirect
+	cloud.google.com/go/iam v0.13.0 // indirect
+	cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.28.1 // indirect
+	contrib.go.opencensus.io/exporter/ocagent v0.7.1-0.20200907061046-05415f1de66d // indirect
+	contrib.go.opencensus.io/exporter/prometheus v0.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/Azure/go-autorest v14.2.0+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest v0.11.29 // indirect
+	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal v0.9.22 // indirect
+	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/date v0.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/logger v0.2.1 // indirect
+	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/tracing v0.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/testgrid v0.0.123 // indirect
+	github.com/andygrunwald/go-jira v1.14.0 // indirect
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.38.49 // indirect
+	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/blendle/zapdriver v1.3.1 // indirect
+	github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.4.1 // indirect
+	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/cjwagner/httpcache v0.0.0-20230907212505-d4841bbad466 // indirect
+	github.com/danwakefield/fnmatch v0.0.0-20160403171240-cbb64ac3d964 // indirect
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/denormal/go-gitignore v0.0.0-20180930084346-ae8ad1d07817 // indirect
+	github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go/v4 v4.0.0-preview1 // indirect
+	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.9.0 // indirect
+	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.12.0+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/fatih/structs v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/felixge/fgprof v0.9.1 // indirect
+	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.5.1 // indirect
+	github.com/fvbommel/sortorder v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/go-kit/log v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.5.1 // indirect
+	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.4 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.6 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.20.1 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.22.3 // indirect
+	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
+	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt v3.2.1+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 v4.5.0 // indirect
+	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da // indirect
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 // indirect
+	github.com/gomodule/redigo v1.8.5 // indirect
+	github.com/google/btree v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/google/gnostic v0.6.9 // indirect
+	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.15.2 // indirect
+	github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.1-0.20210504230335-f78f29fc09ea // indirect
+	github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20210720184732-4bb14d4b1be1 // indirect
+	github.com/google/s2a-go v0.1.3 // indirect
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/google/wire v0.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/googleapis/enterprise-certificate-proxy v0.2.3 // indirect
+	github.com/googleapis/gax-go v2.0.2+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.8.0 // indirect
+	github.com/gopherjs/gopherjs v1.17.2 // indirect
+	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.11.3 // indirect
+	github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp v0.5.2 // indirect
+	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.7.2 // indirect
+	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.4 // indirect
+	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.13 // indirect
+	github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
+	github.com/jtolds/gls v4.20.0+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-zglob v0.0.2 // indirect
+	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.4 // indirect
+	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
+	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
+	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
+	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/peterbourgon/diskv v2.0.1+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.13.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.37.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.8.0 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/statsd_exporter v0.21.0 // indirect
+	github.com/shurcooL/githubv4 v0.0.0-20210725200734-83ba7b4c9228 // indirect
+	github.com/shurcooL/graphql v0.0.0-20181231061246-d48a9a75455f // indirect
+	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.0 // indirect
+	github.com/smarty/assertions v1.15.1 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
+	github.com/tektoncd/pipeline v0.45.0 // indirect
+	github.com/trivago/tgo v1.0.7 // indirect
+	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/atomic v1.10.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/multierr v1.8.0 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.24.0 // indirect
+	go4.org v0.0.0-20201209231011-d4a079459e60 // indirect
+	gocloud.dev v0.19.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.9.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.10.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.8.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.2.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/term v0.8.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.9.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/time v0.3.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20220907171357-04be3eba64a2 // indirect
+	gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/api v0.121.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230410155749-daa745c078e1 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.55.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/fsnotify.v1 v1.4.7 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.62.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/robfig/cron.v2 v2.0.0-20150107220207-be2e0b0deed5 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
+	k8s.io/api v0.25.9 // indirect
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.26.5 // indirect
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.25.9 // indirect
+	k8s.io/component-base v0.25.4 // indirect
+	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.90.1 // indirect
+	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20230308215209-15aac26d736a // indirect
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230209194617-a36077c30491 // indirect
+	knative.dev/pkg v0.0.0-20230221145627-8efb3485adcf // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.12.3 // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.3 // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0 // indirect
+)