Lint Rules

The Kubernetes lexicon ships lint rules that run during chant lint and post-synth checks that validate the serialized YAML after chant build.

Lint rules

Lint rules analyze your TypeScript source code before build.

WK8001 — Hardcoded namespace

Severity: warning | Category: correctness

Flags hardcoded namespace strings in resource constructors. Namespaces should be parameterized or derived from configuration.

// Bad — hardcoded namespace
new Deployment({ metadata: { namespace: "production" } });

// Good — parameterized
new Deployment({ metadata: { namespace: config.namespace } });

Post-synth checks

Post-synth checks run against the serialized YAML after build.

Security

Rule	Description
WK8005	Hardcoded secrets in environment variables
WK8041	API keys detected in env values
WK8042	Private keys in ConfigMaps or Secrets
WK8202	Privileged container (privileged: true)
WK8203	Writable root filesystem (readOnlyRootFilesystem not set)
WK8204	Container running as root (runAsNonRoot not set)
WK8205	Capabilities not dropped (drop: ["ALL"] missing)
WK8207	Host network access (hostNetwork: true)
WK8208	Host PID namespace (hostPID: true)
WK8209	Host IPC namespace (hostIPC: true)

Best practices

Rule	Description
WK8006	Latest image tag or untagged image
WK8101	Deployment selector doesn’t match template labels
WK8102	Resource missing metadata.labels
WK8103	Container missing name
WK8104	Unnamed container ports
WK8105	Missing imagePullPolicy

Reliability

Rule	Description
WK8201	Container missing resource limits
WK8301	Container missing health probes (skips Jobs/CronJobs)
WK8302	Single replica Deployment
WK8303	HA Deployment without PodDisruptionBudget

Running lint

# Lint your chant project
chant lint

# Build (also runs post-synth checks)
chant build

To suppress a rule on a specific line:

// chant-disable-next-line WK8001
export const deploy = new Deployment({ metadata: { namespace: "prod" } });

To suppress globally in chant.config.ts:

export default {
  lint: {
    rules: {
      WK8001: "off",
    },
  },
};