Raise error when unknown key specified in template (#3480)

* Raise error when unknown key specified in template

Signed-off-by: shuheiktgw <s-kitagawa@mercari.com>

* Update the template docs to clarify the new behavior with non-existing keys

Signed-off-by: shuheiktgw <s-kitagawa@mercari.com>

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Signed-off-by: shuheiktgw <s-kitagawa@mercari.com>
Signed-off-by: Bill Hamilton <bill.hamilton@delinea.com>

docs/guides/templating-v1.md

@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
     Templating Engine v1 is **deprecated** and will be removed in the future. Please migrate to engine v2 and take a look at our [upgrade guide](templating.md#migrating-from-v1) for changes.
 
 
-With External Secrets Operator you can transform the data from the external secret provider before it is stored as `Kind=Secret`. You can do this with the `Spec.Target.Template`. Each data value is interpreted as a [golang template](https://golang.org/pkg/text/template/).
+With External Secrets Operator you can transform the data from the external secret provider before it is stored as `Kind=Secret`. You can do this with the `Spec.Target.Template`.
+
+Each data value is interpreted as a [Go template](https://golang.org/pkg/text/template/). Please note that referencing a non-existing key in the template will raise an error, instead of being suppressed.
 
 ## Examples
 

docs/guides/templating.md

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Advanced Templating v2
 
-With External Secrets Operator you can transform the data from the external secret provider before it is stored as `Kind=Secret`. You can do this with the `Spec.Target.Template`. Each data value is interpreted as a [golang template](https://golang.org/pkg/text/template/).
+With External Secrets Operator you can transform the data from the external secret provider before it is stored as `Kind=Secret`. You can do this with the `Spec.Target.Template`.
+
+Each data value is interpreted as a [Go template](https://golang.org/pkg/text/template/). Please note that referencing a non-existing key in the template will raise an error, instead of being suppressed.
 
 !!! note
 

pkg/template/v1/template.go

@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ func Execute(tpl, data map[string][]byte, _ esapi.TemplateScope, _ esapi.Templat
 
 func execute(k, val string, data map[string][]byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	t, err := tpl.New(k).
+		Option("missingkey=error").
 		Funcs(tplFuncs).
 		Parse(val)
 	if err != nil {

pkg/template/v1/template_test.go

@@ -293,6 +293,14 @@ func TestExecute(t *testing.T) {
 			data:   map[string][]byte{},
 			expErr: "unable to parse template",
 		},
+		{
+			name: "unknown key error",
+			tpl: map[string][]byte{
+				"key": []byte(`{{ .unknown }}`),
+			},
+			data:   map[string][]byte{},
+			expErr: "unable to execute template at key key",
+		},
 		{
 			name: "jwk rsa pub pem",
 			tpl: map[string][]byte{

pkg/template/v2/template.go

@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ func execute(k, val string, data map[string][]byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	}
 
 	t, err := tpl.New(k).
+		Option("missingkey=error").
 		Funcs(tplFuncs).
 		Parse(val)
 	if err != nil {

pkg/template/v2/template_test.go

@@ -369,6 +369,14 @@ func TestExecute(t *testing.T) {
 			data:   map[string][]byte{},
 			expErr: "unable to parse template",
 		},
+		{
+			name: "unknown key error",
+			tpl: map[string][]byte{
+				"key": []byte(`{{ .unknown }}`),
+			},
+			data:   map[string][]byte{},
+			expErr: "unable to execute template at key key",
+		},
 		{
 			name: "jwk rsa pub pem",
 			tpl: map[string][]byte{