fix(continuousscanning): fail startup on invalid matching rules config

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Harden parseMatchingRules and consolidate TargetLoader to a single Load() that fetches once. Propagate errors through listen/Launch when cs-matching-rules contains null, malformed, or empty JSON instead of panicking. Include the matching-rules filename in the setup error. Close the rules file after open and log success only after SetupContinuousScanning succeeds.

Fixes #399

Overview

This PR fixes #399.

Previously, if the cs-matching-rules ConfigMap contained null, malformed JSON, or empty content, LoadGVRs() discarded the fetch error and dereferenced a nil *MatchingRules, panicking in a background goroutine and taking down the whole operator.

Now bad matching-rules input returns a clear configuration error (including the filename) and fails continuous-scanning setup fatally, instead of panicking. Valid {"match":[]} still works as a legitimate "watch nothing" config. TargetLoader is consolidated to a single Load() so the one-shot file reader is only fetched once.

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How to Test

go test ./continuousscanning/... -count=1 -v
go test -race ./continuousscanning/... -count=1
go test ./... -count=1
go build ./...

Confirm these cases:

• "null", whitespace+null, malformed JSON, empty/whitespace-only → error, no panic
• {"match":[]} → success, 0 GVRs
• chart-default config → expected GVRs + namespaces
• fetcher (nil, nil) / fetch error → propagated error
• Load() fetches exactly once
• Launch() with invalid config → error, no panic (TestLaunch_InvalidMatchingRules)

Related issues/PRs

• Fixes Operator panics with a nil pointer dereference when cs-matching-rules contains null or malformed JSON #399

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## Summary by CodeRabbit

- **Bug Fixes**
  - Continuous scanning now reports setup and launch failures instead of silently continuing.
  - Invalid, empty, or null matching-rules files now produce clear errors rather than causing unexpected failures.
  - Configuration loading errors are propagated and associated with the relevant rules file.
  - Success messages are logged only after continuous scanning setup completes successfully.
  - Matching resources and namespaces are loaded consistently in a single operation.

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Changes

Continuous scanning error handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Loader contract and input validation continuousscanning/loader.go, continuousscanning/loader_test.go	TargetLoader.Load returns GVRs, namespaces, and errors. Matching-rules parsing rejects empty, null, and malformed input. Tests cover parsing, fetch failures, valid rules, and single-fetch behavior.
Service error propagation continuousscanning/service.go, continuousscanning/service_test.go	listen and Launch return setup errors. The service propagates loader and watch-pool errors. Tests assert successful launches and invalid matching-rules errors.
Startup error handling main.go, mainhandler/handlerequests.go	Startup checks setup errors before logging success. The rules reader is closed, and launch failures are wrapped with the rules filename.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 46654

Invalid matching-rules configuration now fails startup cleanly, but the process can report ready before continuous scanning setup fails and exits, briefly routing traffic to an instance that is terminating. Resolve readiness ordering before merge.

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Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes satisfy issue #399. They reject null, malformed, empty, and whitespace-only matching-rules content; preserve valid empty matches; propagate loader and watch-pool errors through Launch and …
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Delay readiness until continuous scanning setup succeeds.

Line 161 sets isReadinessReady before this goroutine validates the matching-rules file. If the file is invalid, the process can report ready before SetupContinuousScanning reaches logger.Fatal. Set readiness only after successful setup, or synchronize this setup before declaring readiness.

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In `@main.go` at line 168, Move the isReadinessReady assignment so readiness is
declared only after the goroutine’s SetupContinuousScanning validation completes
successfully; preserve the existing failure path through logger.Fatal and ensure
invalid matching-rules files cannot report the process as ready.

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