Configure release namespace in runner constructor

.github/workflows/e2e.yaml

@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ jobs:
             echo -e "$RESULT\n\ndoes not equal\n\n$EXPECTED"
             exit 1
           fi
+      - name: Run target namespace test
+        run: |
+          kubectl -n helm-system apply -f config/testdata/targetnamespace
+          kubectl -n helm-system wait helmreleases/targetnamespace --for=condition=ready --timeout=4m
+
+          # Confirm release in "default" namespace
+          kubectl -n default get deployment default-targetnamespace-podinfo
       - name: Run install fail test
         run: |
           test_name=install-fail

config/testdata/targetnamespace/helmrelease.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+apiVersion: helm.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v2beta1
+kind: HelmRelease
+metadata:
+  name: targetnamespace
+spec:
+  interval: 5m
+  chart:
+    spec:
+      chart: podinfo
+      version: '>=4.0.0 <5.0.0'
+      sourceRef:
+        kind: HelmRepository
+        name: podinfo
+      interval: 1m
+  targetNamespace: default

controllers/helmrelease_controller.go

@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ func (r *HelmReleaseReconciler) reconcileChart(ctx context.Context, hr *v2.HelmR
 func (r *HelmReleaseReconciler) reconcileRelease(ctx context.Context, log logr.Logger,
 	hr v2.HelmRelease, chart *chart.Chart, values chartutil.Values) (v2.HelmRelease, error) {
 	// Initialize Helm action runner
-	run, err := runner.NewRunner(r.Config, hr.Namespace, r.Log)
+	run, err := runner.NewRunner(r.Config, hr.GetReleaseNamespace(), hr.GetNamespace(), r.Log)
 	if err != nil {
 		return v2.HelmReleaseNotReady(hr, v2.InitFailedReason, "failed to initialize Helm action runner"), err
 	}
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ func (r *HelmReleaseReconciler) garbageCollectHelmChart(ctx context.Context, hr
 // garbageCollectHelmRelease uninstalls the deployed Helm release of
 // the given v2beta1.HelmRelease.
 func (r *HelmReleaseReconciler) garbageCollectHelmRelease(logger logr.Logger, hr v2.HelmRelease) error {
-	run, err := runner.NewRunner(r.Config, hr.Namespace, logger)
+	run, err := runner.NewRunner(r.Config, hr.GetReleaseNamespace(), hr.GetNamespace(), logger)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

internal/runner/runner.go

@@ -39,15 +39,16 @@ type Runner struct {
 }
 
 // NewRunner constructs a new Runner configured to run Helm actions with the
-// given rest.Config, and the storage namespace configured to the provided
-// namespace.
-func NewRunner(clusterCfg *rest.Config, namespace string, logger logr.Logger) (*Runner, error) {
+// given rest.Config, and the release and storage namespace configured to the
+// provided values.
+func NewRunner(clusterCfg *rest.Config, releaseNamespace, storageNamespace string, logger logr.Logger) (*Runner, error) {
 	cfg := new(action.Configuration)
 	if err := cfg.Init(&genericclioptions.ConfigFlags{
 		APIServer:   &clusterCfg.Host,
 		CAFile:      &clusterCfg.CAFile,
 		BearerToken: &clusterCfg.BearerToken,
-	}, namespace, "secret", debugLogger(logger)); err != nil {
+		Namespace:   &releaseNamespace,
+	}, storageNamespace, "secret", debugLogger(logger)); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return &Runner{config: cfg}, nil