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5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions deploy/operator/internal/dynamo/backend_vllm.go
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Expand Up @@ -476,14 +476,15 @@ func injectMpDistributedLaunchFlags(
func injectRayDistributedLaunchFlags(container *corev1.Container, role Role, serviceName string, multinodeDeployer MultinodeDeployer) {
switch role {
case RoleLeader:
// The leader runs through one sh -c layer, so quote for exactly that.
quotedCmd := make([]string, len(container.Command))
for i, tok := range container.Command {
quotedCmd[i] = shellQuoteForBashC(tok)
quotedCmd[i] = shellQuotePOSIX(tok)
}
fullCommand := strings.Join(quotedCmd, " ")
quotedArgs := make([]string, len(container.Args))
for i, arg := range container.Args {
quotedArgs[i] = shellQuoteForBashC(arg)
quotedArgs[i] = shellQuotePOSIX(arg)
}
originalArgs := strings.Join(quotedArgs, " ")
vllmMultinodeFlags := fmt.Sprintf("%s ray", distributedExecutorFlag)
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion deploy/operator/internal/dynamo/backend_vllm_test.go
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Expand Up @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ func TestVLLMBackend_UpdateContainer(t *testing.T) {
},
containerGPUs: 4,
expectedArgs: []string{fmt.Sprintf(
`ray start --head --port=%s && python3 -m dynamo.vllm --model test %s 8 --kv-transfer-config "{\"kv_connector\": \"NixlConnector\", \"kv_role\": \"kv_producer\"}" --distributed-executor-backend ray`,
`ray start --head --port=%s && python3 -m dynamo.vllm --model test %s 8 --kv-transfer-config '{"kv_connector": "NixlConnector", "kv_role": "kv_producer"}' --distributed-executor-backend ray`,
VLLMPort, tensorParallelSizeFlag,
)},
expectProbesRemoved: true,
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97 changes: 97 additions & 0 deletions deploy/operator/internal/dynamo/multinode_shell_argv_test.go
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/*
* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
* SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/

package dynamo

import (
"os"
"os/exec"
"path/filepath"
"strings"
"testing"

"github.com/ai-dynamo/dynamo/deploy/operator/api/v1alpha1"
commonconsts "github.com/ai-dynamo/dynamo/deploy/operator/internal/consts"
"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
)

// TestMultinodeShellWrappersPreserveArgv runs each single-layer `sh -c` wrapper

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// the operator renders for multinode vLLM and SGLang through a real shell and
// checks that the user's argv reaches the engine unchanged.
func TestMultinodeShellWrappersPreserveArgv(t *testing.T) {
t.Log("Stub python3 to print its argv NUL-delimited and ray to succeed, so the rendered wrapper can run locally")
binDir := t.TempDir()
require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(binDir, "python3"), []byte("#!/bin/sh\nprintf '%s\\000' \"$@\"\n"), 0o755))
require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(binDir, "ray"), []byte("#!/bin/sh\nexit 0\n"), 0o755))
t.Setenv("PATH", binDir+string(os.PathListSeparator)+os.Getenv("PATH"))
t.Setenv("GROVE_PCLQ_POD_INDEX", "0")

// Every value here is legal in a container args list and must survive the
// shell verbatim: a single quote, an empty string, whitespace, JSON, and
// characters the shell would otherwise expand.
userArgs := []string{
"--model", "models/it's a model", tensorParallelSizeFlag, "8",
"--served-model-name", "",
"--chat-template", `{{ 'hello' }}`,
"--kv-transfer-config", `{"kv_connector": "NixlConnector", "kv_role": "$ROLE"}`,
"--literal", `glob*?[x]`,
"--whitespace", "tab\tand\nnewline",
}

tests := []struct {
name string
backend Backend
module string
role Role
executor string
}{
{name: "vllm ray leader", backend: &VLLMBackend{}, module: "dynamo.vllm", role: RoleLeader, executor: "ray"},
{name: "vllm mp grove worker", backend: &VLLMBackend{}, module: "dynamo.vllm", role: RoleWorker, executor: "mp"},
{name: "sglang grove worker", backend: &SGLangBackend{}, module: "dynamo.sglang", role: RoleWorker},
}
for _, tt := range tests {
t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
t.Log("Render the multinode wrapper for an argv-form python command")
container := &corev1.Container{
Command: []string{"python3", "-m", tt.module},
Args: append([]string(nil), userArgs...),
}
spec := &v1alpha1.DynamoComponentDeploymentSharedSpec{}
if tt.executor != "" {
spec.Annotations = map[string]string{commonconsts.KubeAnnotationVLLMDistributedExecutorBackend: tt.executor}
}
require.NoError(t, tt.backend.UpdateContainer(container, 2, tt.role, betaComponent(t, spec), "worker", &GroveMultinodeDeployer{}, staticContainerGPUCount(4)))
require.Equal(t, "-c", container.Command[len(container.Command)-1], "expected a sh -c wrapper, got %v", container.Command)

t.Log("Stand in for kubelet $(VAR) expansion, then execute the wrapper through the shell it targets")
kubelet := strings.NewReplacer("$(GROVE_PCSG_NAME)", "pcs", "$(GROVE_PCSG_INDEX)", "0", "$(GROVE_HEADLESS_SERVICE)", "svc")
script := kubelet.Replace(container.Args[0])
out, err := exec.Command(container.Command[0], append(container.Command[1:], script)...).CombinedOutput()
require.NoError(t, err, "shell wrapper failed:\n%s\n%s", script, out)
got := strings.Split(strings.TrimSuffix(string(out), "\x00"), "\x00")

t.Log("The user's argv must lead the engine command unchanged, followed by the injected multinode flags")
want := append([]string{"-m", tt.module}, userArgs...)
require.GreaterOrEqual(t, len(got), len(want), "engine argv: %q", got)
require.Equal(t, want, got[:len(want)])
if tt.role == RoleWorker {
require.Contains(t, got[len(want):], "1", "injected node rank should evaluate to 1, got %q", got[len(want):])
}
})
}
}
17 changes: 10 additions & 7 deletions deploy/operator/internal/dynamo/utils.go
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Expand Up @@ -38,9 +38,12 @@ import (
* - Insert flags after the Python command but before any shell operators (|, &, ;)
*/

// shellQuoteForBashC quotes a string so it survives shell interpretation inside sh -c.
// Simple args (flags, paths) pass through unchanged; args containing special characters
// (JSON, env vars, spaces, quotes) are wrapped in double quotes with inner escaping.
// shellQuoteForBashC quotes a string for the nested `bash -c '...'` command the
// TensorRT-LLM mpirun launcher builds. Simple args (flags, paths) pass through
// unchanged; args containing special characters (JSON, env vars, spaces, quotes)
// are wrapped in double quotes with inner escaping, and single quotes are closed
// and reopened so they survive the outer single-quoted wrapper. It is not
// argv-preserving through a single sh -c layer: use shellQuotePOSIX there.
func shellQuoteForBashC(s string) string {
if strings.ContainsAny(s, " \t\n'\"\\{}[]$`!") {
escaped := s
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -123,16 +126,16 @@ func injectFlagsIntoContainerCommand(container *corev1.Container, flags string,
// Direct python command case
if needsShell {
// Transform to shell wrapper for env var interpretation.
// Quote each token individually so paths with spaces or special
// characters survive shell interpretation.
// Quote each token for a single sh -c layer so every argv value,
// including empty strings and embedded quotes, reaches the engine intact.
quotedCmd := make([]string, len(container.Command))
for i, tok := range container.Command {
quotedCmd[i] = shellQuoteForBashC(tok)
quotedCmd[i] = shellQuotePOSIX(tok)
}
fullCommand := strings.Join(quotedCmd, " ")
quotedArgs := make([]string, len(container.Args))
for i, arg := range container.Args {
quotedArgs[i] = shellQuoteForBashC(arg)
quotedArgs[i] = shellQuotePOSIX(arg)

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printf '%s\n' '--- relevant source references ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.go' -e 'injectFlagsIntoContainerCommand' -e 'needsShell' -e 'MODEL_PATH' -e '$((' -e '$(VAR' deploy/operator/internal/dynamo || test "$?" -eq 1

printf '%s\n' '--- Kubernetes dependency and local substitution references ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.go' -e 'Expand' -e 'EnvVar' -e 'Command:' -e 'Args:' deploy/operator/internal/dynamo | head -240

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set -e
printf '%s\n' '--- old and new quoting helpers ---'
git show 1ecc8702a413fb22b37079d6ff53bca677259464:deploy/operator/internal/dynamo/utils.go | sed -n '35,155p'
printf '%s\n' '--- reviewed shell-wrapper construction ---'
sed -n '115,175p' deploy/operator/internal/dynamo/utils.go
sed -n '450,575p' deploy/operator/internal/dynamo/backend_vllm.go
printf '%s\n' '--- rank and deployer bindings ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.go' -e 'func (.*GetNodeRank' -e 'GetNodeRank()' -e '$((' -e 'DynamoRankEnvVarReference' deploy/operator/internal/dynamo
printf '%s\n' '--- environment/value construction for command references ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.go' -e 'MODEL_PATH' -e 'GROVE_PCLQ_POD_INDEX' -e 'GROVE_PCSG_NAME' -e 'LWS_LEADER_ADDRESS' -e 'ValueFrom' deploy/operator/internal/dynamo | head -220
printf '%s\n' '--- old helper behavior probe ---'
python3 - <<'PY'
import subprocess
def old(s):
    if not any(c in s for c in " \t\n'\"\\{}[]$`!"):
        return s
    s=s.replace("\\", "\\\\").replace('"', '\\"').replace('$', '\\$').replace('`', '\\`').replace("'", '\'"\'"\'')
    return '"' + s + '"'
def run(token, helper):
    q=helper(token)
    script='set -- ' + q + '; printf "%s\\000" "$1"; printf "%s" "$#"'
    p=subprocess.run(['/bin/sh','-c',script],capture_output=True)
    return q,p.returncode,p.stdout,p.stderr
for token in ["$(MODEL_PATH)", "models/it's a model", "", "d$ollar$(whoami)", "{{ 'hello' }}"]:
    print(repr(token), 'old=', run(token,old), 'new=', run(token,lambda s: s if __import__('re').fullmatch(r'[A-Za-z0-9_@%+=:,./-]+',s or '') else "'" + s.replace("'", "'\\''") + "'"))
PY

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Kubernetes official documentation container command args $(VAR_NAME) environment variable substitution kubelet order before container starts

Result:

<source_evidence>
<source kind="search">
<title>Pod | Kubernetes</title>
<location>https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubernetes-api/core/pod-v1/</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search0 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: today; `args` ... Variable references $(VAR_NAME) are expanded using the container&#39;s environment.If a variable cannot be resolved, the reference in the input string will be unchanged. ... More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/inject-data-application/define-command-argument-container/#running-a-command-in-a-shell

## Container

A single application container that you want to run within a pod.

* * *

Field  | Description
--- | ---
`args`
string array  | Arguments to the entrypoint. The container image&#39;s CMD is used if this is not provided. Variable references $(VAR_NAME) are expanded using the container&#39;s environment. If a variable cannot be resolved, the reference in the input string will be unchanged. Double $$ are reduced to a single $, which allows for escaping the $(VAR_NAME) syntax: i.e. &quot;$$(VAR_NAME)&quot; will produce the string literal &quot;$(VAR_NAME)&quot;. Escaped references will never be expanded, regardless of whether the variable exists or not. Cannot be updated. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/inject-data-application/define-command-argument-container/#running-a-command-in-a-shell
`command`
string array  | Entrypoint array. Not executed within a shell. The container image&#39;s ENTRYPOINT is used if this is not provided. Variable references $(VAR_NAME) are expanded using the container&#39;s environment. If a variable cannot be resolved, the reference in the input string will be unchanged. </excerpt>
</source>
<source kind="search">
<title>Define a Command and Arguments for a Container | Kubernetes</title>
<location>https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/inject-data-application/define-command-argument-container/?source=post_page---------------------------</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search1 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: 3 days ago; If you do not already have a cluster, you can create one by using minikube or you can use one of these Kubernetes playgrounds: ... The `command` field corresponds to `ENTRYPOINT`, and the `args` field corresponds to `CMD` in some container runtimes. ...       - name: command-demo-container ...     `kubectl apply -f https://k8s.io/examples/pods/commands.yaml ... The output shows the values of the HOSTNAME and KUBERNETES_PORT environment variables: ... The environment variable appears in parentheses, `&quot;$(VAR)&quot;`.

## Use environment variables to define arguments

In the preceding example, you defined the arguments directly by providing strings. As an alternative to providing strings directly, you can define arguments by using environment variables:
    
    `env:
    - name: MESSAGE
      value: &quot;hello world&quot;
    command: [&quot;/bin/echo&quot;]
    args: [&quot;$(MESSAGE)&quot;]
    `

This means you can define an argument for a Pod using any of the techniques available for defining environment variables, including ConfigMaps and Secrets.

#### Note:

The environment variable appears in parentheses, `&quot;$(VAR)&quot;`. This is required for the variable to be expanded in the `command` or `args` field.

## Run a command in a shell

In some cases, you need your command to run in a shell. For example, your command might consist of several commands piped together, or it might be a shell script. To run your command in a shell, wrap it like this:
    
    `command: [&quot;/bin/sh&quot;]
    args: [&quot;-c&quot;, &quot;while true; do echo hello; sleep 10;done&quot;]
    `</excerpt>
</source>
<source kind="search">
<title>Define Dependent Environment Variables | Kubernetes</title>
<location>https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/inject-data-application/define-interdependent-environment-variables/</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search2 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: yesterday; This page shows how to define dependent environment variables for a container in a Kubernetes Pod. ... You need to have a Kubernetes cluster, and the kubectl command-line tool must be configured to communicate with your cluster. ... If you do not already have a cluster, you can create one by using minikube or you can use one of these Kubernetes playgrounds:## Define an environment dependent variable for a container ... To set dependent environment variables, you can use $(VAR_NAME) in the `value` of `env` in the configuration file. ...           args:
              value: &quot;$$(PROTOCOL)://$(SERVICE_IP):$(SERVICE_PORT)&quot;
    `

  1. Create a Pod based on that manifest:
    
    `kubectl apply -f https://k8s.io/examples/pods/inject/dependent-envars.yaml
    `
    
    `pod/dependent-envars-demo created
    `

  2. List the running Pods:
    
    `kubectl get pods dependent-envars-demo
    `
    
    `NAME                      READY     STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
    dependent-envars-demo     1/1       Running   0          9s
    `

  3. Check the logs for the container running in your Pod:
    
    `kubectl logs pod/dependent-envars-demo
    `
    
    `
    UNCHANGED_REFERENCE=$(PROTOCOL)://172.17.0.1:80
    SERVICE_ADDRESS=https://172.17.0.1:80
    ESCAPED_REFERENCE=$(PROTOCOL)://172.17.0.1:80
    `

As shown above, you have defined the correct dependency reference of `SERVICE_ADDRESS`, bad dependency reference of `UNCHANGED_REFERENCE` and skip dependent references of `ESCAPED_REFERENCE`.

When an environment variable is already defined when being referenced, the reference can be correctly resolved, such as in the `SERVICE_ADDRESS` case.

Note that order matters in the `env` list. An environment variable is not considered &quot;defined&quot; if it is specified further down the list. That is why `UNCHANGED_REFERENCE` fails to resolve `$(PROTOCOL)` in the example above.

When the environment variable is undefined or only includes some variables, the undefined environment variable is treated as a normal string, such as `UNCHANGED_REFERENCE`. Note that incorrectly parsed environment variables, in general, will not block the container from starting.

The `$(VAR_NAME)` syntax can be escaped with a double `$`, ie: `$$(VAR_NAME)`. Escaped references are never expanded, regardless of whether the referenced variable is defined or not. This can be seen from the `ESCAPED_REFERENCE` case above.

## What&#39;s next

  * Learn more about environment variables.
  * See EnvVarSource.</excerpt>
</source>
<source kind="search">
<title>Kubernetes API Reference Docs</title>
<location>https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.23/</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search3 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: yesterday; Variable references $(VAR_NAME) are expanded using the container&#39;s environment. ... More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/inject-data-application/define-command-argument-container/#running-a-command-in-a-shell ... More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/inject-data-application/define-command-argument-container/#running-a-command-in-a-shell

Appears In:

  * PodSpec [core/v1]

Field  | Description
--- | ---
`args`
string array  | Arguments to the entrypoint. The docker image&#39;s CMD is used if this is not provided. Variable references $(VAR_NAME) are expanded using the container&#39;s environment. If a variable cannot be resolved, the reference in the input string will be unchanged. Double $$ are reduced to a single $, which allows for escaping the $(VAR_NAME) syntax: i.e. &quot;$$(VAR_NAME)&quot; will produce the string literal &quot;$(VAR_NAME)&quot;. Escaped references will never be expanded, regardless of whether the variable exists or not. Cannot be updated. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/inject-data-application/define-command-argument-container/#running-a-command-in-a-shell
`command`
string array  | Entrypoint array. Not executed within a shell. The docker image&#39;s ENTRYPOINT is used if this is not provided. Variable references $(VAR_NAME) are expanded using the container&#39;s environment. If a variable cannot be resolved, the reference in the input string will be unchanged. </excerpt>
</source>
<source kind="search">
<title>Kubernetes API Reference Docs</title>
<location>https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.35/</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search4 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: yesterday; Variable references $(VAR_NAME) are expanded using the container&#39;s environment. ... More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/inject-data-application/define-command-argument-container/#running-a-command-in-a-shell

Appears In:

  * PodSpec [core/v1]

Field  | Description
--- | ---
`args`
string array  | Arguments to the entrypoint. The container image&#39;s CMD is used if this is not provided. Variable references $(VAR_NAME) are expanded using the container&#39;s environment. If a variable cannot be resolved, the reference in the input string will be unchanged. Double $$ are reduced to a single $, which allows for escaping the $(VAR_NAME) syntax: i.e. &quot;$$(VAR_NAME)&quot; will produce the string literal &quot;$(VAR_NAME)&quot;. Escaped references will never be expanded, regardless of whether the variable exists or not. Cannot be updated. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/inject-data-application/define-command-argument-container/#running-a-command-in-a-shell
`command`
string array  | Entrypoint array. Not executed within a shell. The container image&#39;s ENTRYPOINT is used if this is not provided. Variable references $(VAR_NAME) are expanded using the container&#39;s environment. If a variable cannot be resolved, the reference in the input string will be unchanged. Double $$ are reduced to a single $, which allows for escaping the $(VAR_NAME) syntax: i.e. &quot;$$(VAR_NAME)&quot; will produce the string literal &quot;$(VAR_NAME)&quot;. Escaped references will never be expanded, regardless of whether the variable exists or not. Cannot be updated. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/inject-data-application/define-command-argument-container/#running-a-command-in-a-shell
</excerpt>
</source>
<omitted_sources count="7">Additional source records were omitted from this bounded result.</omitted_sources>
</source_evidence>

Citations:

- 1: https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubernetes-api/core/pod-v1/?utm_source=openai
- 2: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/inject-data-application/define-command-argument-container/?source=post_page---------------------------&utm_source=openai

Script executed:

set -e
python3 - <<'PY'
import re, subprocess

def old(s):
    if not any(c in s for c in " \t\n'\"\\{}[]$`!"):
        return s
    s = s.replace("\\", "\\\\").replace('"', '\\"').replace("$", "\\$").replace("`", "\\`").replace("'", '\'"\'"\'')
    return '"' + s + '"'

def new(s):
    return s if re.fullmatch(r'[A-Za-z0-9_@%+=:,./-]+', s or '') else "'" + s.replace("'", "'\\''") + "'"

value = "models/it's a model"
for label, helper in (("old", old), ("new", new)):
    rendered = helper("$(MODEL_PATH)").replace("$(MODEL_PATH)", value)
    script = "set -- " + rendered + "; printf '%s\\000' \"$1\"; printf '%s' \"$#\""
    p = subprocess.run(["/bin/sh", "-c", script], capture_output=True)
    print(label, "rendered=", repr(rendered), "status=", p.returncode,
          "stdout=", repr(p.stdout), "stderr=", repr(p.stderr))

# Positional-argument form: the kubelet-expanded value is an argument to sh -c,
# not text in the script. The arithmetic expression remains script text.
script = 'set -- "$@"; printf "%s\\000" "$@"; printf "rank=%s\\000" "$((GROVE_PCLQ_POD_INDEX + 1))"'
p = subprocess.run(
    ["/bin/sh", "-c", script, "--", "python3", "-m", "dynamo.vllm",
     "--model", value],
    env={**__import__("os").environ, "GROVE_PCLQ_POD_INDEX": "0"},
    capture_output=True,
)
print("positional status=", p.returncode, "stdout=", repr(p.stdout), "stderr=", repr(p.stderr))
PY

printf '%s\n' '--- numbered source excerpts ---'
nl -ba deploy/operator/internal/dynamo/utils.go | sed -n '41,75p;121,153p'
nl -ba deploy/operator/internal/dynamo/backend_vllm.go | sed -n '455,495p'
nl -ba deploy/operator/internal/dynamo/grove.go | sed -n '68,88p'
nl -ba deploy/operator/internal/dynamo/multinode_shell_argv_test.go | sed -n '35,90p'

Repository: ai-dynamo/dynamo

Length of output: 10384

Keep kubelet-expanded arguments out of the shell script.

Kubelet expands $(VAR_NAME) before sh -c runs. For $(MODEL_PATH), shellQuotePOSIX produces a single-quoted script fragment. A value such as models/it's a model then produces an unmatched quote and prevents the engine from starting. The Ray leader has the same construction.

This is not a new root cause: the previous helper already corrupted this case by leaving a leading backslash in the substituted value. However, the new code still does not preserve kubelet-expanded arguments. Pass the original command and arguments as positional sh -c arguments, using a dummy $0 and "$@"; keep injected flags in the script so expressions such as $((GROVE_PCLQ_POD_INDEX + 1)) remain shell-evaluated. Add a test with an original $(MODEL_PATH) argument and a single quote in its environment value.

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Review comment at @deploy/operator/internal/dynamo/utils.go at line 138:
Update the command construction that fills quotedArgs with shellQuotePOSIX so
the original command and arguments, including kubelet-expanded values, are
passed to sh -c as positional arguments using a dummy $0 and "$@"; keep injected
flags in the script so shell arithmetic remains evaluated. Apply the same change
to the Ray leader construction and add a test where $(MODEL_PATH) expands to a
value containing a single quote.

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}
originalArgs := strings.Join(quotedArgs, " ")
var shellCommand string
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