From 527d05781e40ee808c099d96f638c7d7f8e7d010 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Doug Goldstein <cardoe@cardoe.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:41:47 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix(neutron): OVN fails to start by default

In Iffb1b6bb6724c5e9e3310338f88ce3624e32fe21 the ability was added to
specify a different OVN NB and SB connection string but if you wanted to
use the defaults the chart would fail without an ovn section in
ml2_conf.ini.

Change-Id: Icd463ed2898a12807480150bf6733f1662cb360d
Signed-off-by: Doug Goldstein <cardoe@cardoe.com>
---
 neutron/values.yaml                              | 1 +
 releasenotes/notes/neutron-fca28403d7a0be3a.yaml | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 releasenotes/notes/neutron-fca28403d7a0be3a.yaml

diff --git a/neutron/values.yaml b/neutron/values.yaml
index a80116e282..199e405ab8 100644
--- a/neutron/values.yaml
+++ b/neutron/values.yaml
@@ -2115,6 +2115,7 @@ conf:
         max_header_size: 38
       agent:
         extensions: ""
+      ovn: {}
     ml2_conf_sriov: null
     taas:
       taas:
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/neutron-fca28403d7a0be3a.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/neutron-fca28403d7a0be3a.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4283c7758a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/neutron-fca28403d7a0be3a.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+neutron:
+  - |
+    When enabling the OVN backend, don't fail to start with the default
+    connection setup to OVN NB and SB. A feature change was made allowing users
+    to override these connections but it did not preserve the default.
+...