Don't add nodepol label for empty nodepool (#183)

* Pre creating binding request, delete any pending status updates for the pod - cherrypick

Author: itsomri

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/).
 
-## [v0.4.9]
+## [v0.4.9] - 2025-05-27
 
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed pod status scheduled race condition between the scheduler and the pod binding
+- Scheduler now doesn't label pods' nodepool when nodepool label value is empty
 
 ## [v0.4.8]
 

pkg/scheduler/cache/cache.go

@@ -293,6 +293,9 @@ func (sc *SchedulerCache) nodePoolLabelsChange(currentLabels map[string]string)
 	if sc.schedulingNodePoolParams.NodePoolLabelKey == "" {
 		return labels
 	}
+	if sc.schedulingNodePoolParams.NodePoolLabelValue == "" {
+		return labels
+	}
 	if value, found := currentLabels[sc.schedulingNodePoolParams.NodePoolLabelKey]; found && value == sc.schedulingNodePoolParams.NodePoolLabelValue {
 		return labels
 	}