Hi Dmitry, We have indeed been using "active introspection" in CERN's deployment to update the introspection data: - when there was a bug in python-hardware which led to incomplete inventory data (which we only noticed after the nodes were moved into production), and - to complete the inventory data of previously enrolled nodes where the list of data items to collect changed with time (to make sure all nodes have identically structured data in S3). Active introspection is not part of our regular workflows, but it has proven to be handy when needed. I guess without this project (and/or a stand-alone inspector in general?) the possibility to update the inventory data of active nodes will disappear? (Thanks for raising this!) Cheers, Arne ________________________________________ From: Dmitry Tantsur <dtantsur@protonmail.com> Sent: Thursday, 4 July 2024 16:43 To: openstack-discuss Cc: Arne Wiebalck Subject: [ironic] the fate of ironic-hardware-inventory-recorder-image Hi folks! The project in question (https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-hardware-inventory-recorder-image) was created as part of our effort to allow updating introspection data in ironic-inspector from inside of already running ("active" in the ironic terminology) instances. It is a container image that packages ironic-python-agent in a way that limits its activity to finding ironic-inspector and posting data to it. The initial plans did not happen, ironic-inspector is pending deprecation in favor of ironic's built-in inspection, and the project is unused by anyone in the Metal3 ecosystem. We want to archive and eventually remove it, but we've heard that some members of the ironic community (CERN? CC'ing Arne) are using it. If you do have an interest in this approach, please reach out to me to organize a take-over of the project. Dmitry