fix(continuousscanning): fail startup on invalid matching rules config

[ANAMASGARD]

Harden parseMatchingRules and consolidate TargetLoader to a single Load() that fetches once. Propagate errors through listen/Launch when cs-matching-rules contains null, malformed, or empty JSON instead of panicking. Include the matching-rules filename in the setup error. Close the rules file after open and log success only after SetupContinuousScanning succeeds.

Fixes #399

Overview

This PR fixes #399.

Previously, if the cs-matching-rules ConfigMap contained null, malformed JSON, or empty content, LoadGVRs() discarded the fetch error and dereferenced a nil *MatchingRules, panicking in a background goroutine and taking down the whole operator.

Now bad matching-rules input returns a clear configuration error (including the filename) and fails continuous-scanning setup fatally, instead of panicking. Valid {"match":[]} still works as a legitimate "watch nothing" config. TargetLoader is consolidated to a single Load() so the one-shot file reader is only fetched once.

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How to Test

go test ./continuousscanning/... -count=1 -v
go test -race ./continuousscanning/... -count=1
go test ./... -count=1
go build ./...

Confirm these cases:

• "null", whitespace+null, malformed JSON, empty/whitespace-only → error, no panic
• {"match":[]} → success, 0 GVRs
• chart-default config → expected GVRs + namespaces
• fetcher (nil, nil) / fetch error → propagated error
• Load() fetches exactly once
• Launch() with invalid config → error, no panic (TestLaunch_InvalidMatchingRules)

Related issues/PRs

• Fixes Operator panics with a nil pointer dereference when cs-matching-rules contains null or malformed JSON #399

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## Summary by CodeRabbit

- **Bug Fixes**
  - Continuous scanning now reports setup and launch failures instead of silently continuing.
  - Invalid, empty, or null matching-rules files now produce clear errors rather than unexpected failures.
  - Configuration loading errors are propagated and associated with the relevant rules file.
  - Readiness is reported only after continuous scanning setup completes successfully.
  - Matching resources and namespaces are loaded consistently in a single operation.
  - Configuration data is fetched once per loading operation for more consistent results.
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Continuous scanning now returns matching-rules and watch-pool errors through the loader, service, and startup paths. Invalid rules prevent readiness, and the rules reader is closed after setup.

Changes

Continuous scanning error handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Loader contract and input validation continuousscanning/loader.go, continuousscanning/loader_test.go	TargetLoader.Load returns GVRs, namespaces, and errors. Matching-rules parsing rejects empty, null, and malformed input. Tests cover parsing, fetch failures, valid rules, and single-fetch behavior.
Service error propagation continuousscanning/service.go, continuousscanning/service_test.go	listen and Launch return setup errors. The service propagates loader and watch-pool errors. Tests assert successful launches and invalid matching-rules errors.
Startup error handling main.go, mainhandler/handlerequests.go	Startup checks setup errors before logging success. Readiness is delayed until continuous scanning setup succeeds. The rules reader is closed, and launch failures are wrapped with the rules filename.

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Invalid continuous-scanning matching-rules configuration now fails startup cleanly rather than panicking or publishing readiness prematurely. No current merge-blocking risk remains.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant main.go
  participant SetupContinuousScanning
  participant ContinuousScanningService
  participant TargetLoader
  main.go->>SetupContinuousScanning: start setup
  SetupContinuousScanning->>ContinuousScanningService: Launch(ctx)
  ContinuousScanningService->>TargetLoader: Load(ctx)
  TargetLoader-->>ContinuousScanningService: GVRs, namespaces, error
  ContinuousScanningService-->>SetupContinuousScanning: setup error or nil
  SetupContinuousScanning-->>main.go: error or success
  main.go->>main.go: publish readiness after success

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- Line 168: Move the isReadinessReady assignment so readiness is declared only
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preserve the existing failure path through logger.Fatal and ensure invalid
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[matthyx]

Blocking on the unresolved readiness-ordering issue in main.go. This change makes invalid continuous-scanning configuration a startup-fatal error, but isReadinessReady is still set before SetupContinuousScanning runs asynchronously. With continuous scanning enabled, complete that setup successfully before publishing readiness so a pod with invalid rules cannot become ready while it is terminating. A focused regression test would be helpful if practical.

The implementation otherwise looks sound, and go test ./... -count=1 passes locally.

[ANAMASGARD]

@matthyx I have moved isReadinessReady = true to after synchronous SetupContinuousScanning when continuous scanning is enabled. Invalid matching rules now fail before readiness is published. Non-CS behavior unchanged.

[matthyx]

Rechecked at 8d106e7. The readiness-ordering blocker is resolved: continuous-scanning setup now completes successfully before readiness is published. The full test suite passes locally with go test ./... -count=1.