BUG]: Duplicate NEMOTRON_PARSE_HTTP_ENDPOINT env var causes upgrade failure when enabling nemotron_parse

[dafinley]

Version

26.1.2

Installation method

Kubernetes/Helm (NIM Operator mode)

Describe the bug

When upgrading an nv-ingest deployment from nemotron_parse.enabled: false to nemotron_parse.enabled: true, the Helm upgrade fails with a "duplicate entries for key" error for the NEMOTRON_PARSE_HTTP_ENDPOINT environment variable.

This occurs because the env var is defined in two places:

1. Statically in values.yaml under the envVars: section (always rendered):

envVars:
  # ...
  NEMOTRON_PARSE_HTTP_ENDPOINT: http://nemotron-parse:8000/v1/chat/completions
  NEMOTRON_PARSE_INFER_PROTOCOL: http
  NEMOTRON_PARSE_MODEL_NAME: nvidia/nemotron-parse

2. Conditionally in deployment.yaml (rendered when nemotron_parse is enabled):

{{- if and (hasKey .Values "nimOperator") (hasKey .Values.nimOperator "nemotron_parse") (eq .Values.nimOperator.nemotron_parse.enabled true) }}
- name: NEMOTRON_PARSE_HTTP_ENDPOINT
  value: "http://nemotron-parse:8000/v1/chat/completions"
{{- end }}

When nemotron_parse.enabled: true, both definitions are rendered, causing the duplicate key error.

Error message

Error: UPGRADE FAILED: failed to create typed patch object (nim/nv-ingest; apps/v1, Kind=Deployment): .spec.template.spec.containers[name="nv-ingest"].env: duplicate entries for key [name="NEMOTRON_PARSE_HTTP_ENDPOINT"]

Steps to reproduce

1. Deploy nv-ingest 26.1.2 with nimOperator.nemotron_parse.enabled: false
2. Upgrade with nimOperator.nemotron_parse.enabled: true
3. Observe the duplicate key error

Expected behavior

The upgrade should succeed. The NEMOTRON_PARSE_* env vars should only be defined in one place - either:

• Remove them from the static envVars section in values.yaml, OR
• Remove the conditional block in deployment.yaml

The conditional approach in deployment.yaml seems more appropriate since these env vars are only needed when nemotron_parse is enabled.

Workaround

Manually edit the local chart's values.yaml to remove the three static NEMOTRON_PARSE_* entries before deploying:

sed -i '/NEMOTRON_PARSE_HTTP_ENDPOINT/d' nv-ingest/values.yaml
sed -i '/NEMOTRON_PARSE_INFER_PROTOCOL/d' nv-ingest/values.yaml
sed -i '/NEMOTRON_PARSE_MODEL_NAME/d' nv-ingest/values.yaml

Affected files

• values.yaml (lines containing NEMOTRON_PARSE_* under envVars)
• templates/deployment.yaml (conditional block adding NEMOTRON_PARSE_HTTP_ENDPOINT)

Suggested fix

Remove the three NEMOTRON_PARSE_* entries from the envVars: section in values.yaml, since they are already conditionally added by deployment.yaml when nemotron_parse is enabled.

[zeel2104]

I would like to work on it. Could you assign it to me?