Makefile: Reduce flake attempts when running the e2e suite in CI

Update the `e2e-local` Makefile target and reduce the number of flake
attempts that will be attempted to a single test failure. This should
help weed out any tests that are flake-prone and need to be updated in
order to increase signal during individual CI runs, along with any real
problematic tests that masking regressions due to re-running any failed
test multiple times.

Signed-off-by: timflannagan <[email protected]>

Author: timflannagan

Makefile

@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ setup-bare: clean e2e.namespace
 	. ./scripts/package_release.sh 1.0.0 test/e2e/resources test/e2e/e2e-bare-values.yaml
 	. ./scripts/install_bare.sh $(shell cat ./e2e.namespace) test/e2e/resources
 
-GINKGO_OPTS := -flakeAttempts 3 -randomizeAllSpecs -v --timeout 120m
+GINKGO_OPTS := -flakeAttempts 1 -randomizeAllSpecs -v --timeout 120m
 
 # TODO(tflannag): Remove this target entirely and move downstream
 e2e:
@@ -138,10 +138,13 @@ e2e:
 .PHONY: FORCE
 FORCE:
 
+# TODO(tflannag): Temporarily decrement flake attempts to 1 to weed out any flakes
+# or problematic tests that are masked by the flake attempts. Determine an appropriate
+# value long term that balances out flake tolerance with contributor experience.
 # main entry point for running end to end tests. used by .github/workflows/e2e-tests.yml See test/e2e/README.md for details
 .PHONY: e2e-local
 e2e-local: bin/e2e-local.test test/e2e-local.image.tar
-	$(GINKGO) -nodes $(or $(NODES),1) -flakeAttempts 3 -randomizeAllSpecs $(if $(TEST),-focus '$(TEST)') -v -timeout 90m $< -- -namespace=operators -olmNamespace=operator-lifecycle-manager -dummyImage=bitnami/nginx:latest -kind.images=../test/e2e-local.image.tar
+	$(GINKGO) -nodes $(or $(NODES),1) -flakeAttempts 1 -randomizeAllSpecs $(if $(TEST),-focus '$(TEST)') -v -timeout 90m $< -- -namespace=operators -olmNamespace=operator-lifecycle-manager -dummyImage=bitnami/nginx:latest -kind.images=../test/e2e-local.image.tar
 
 # this target updates the zz_chart.go file with files found in deploy/chart
 # this will always fire since it has been marked as phony