feature: Machine Validation - Machine Validation Operator Visibility and Control

[sunilkumar-nvidia]

Is this a new feature, an improvement, or a change to existing functionality?

Improvement to existing functionality, with new operator-control capabilities.

How would you describe the priority of this feature request

Medium to high priority. It should follow the reliability lifecycle work because it depends on durable run and attempt state.

Please provide a clear description of problem this feature solves

Operators currently cannot see live validation progress or logs while tests are running, and they cannot pause, resume, cancel, or retry validation work in a controlled way. Long-running tests are opaque, and recovery often requires manual investigation.

Feature Description

Add live validation visibility and operator controls. This includes streaming stdout/stderr logs, showing run progress/current test/attempt history in UI and CLI, and supporting pause, resume, cancel, and retry operations with RBAC and audit records.

Describe your ideal solution

Will produce a separate design doc with the proposed solution.

Describe any alternatives you have considered

No response

Additional context

No response

Code of Conduct

• I agree to follow NVIDIA Bare Metal Manager's Code of Conduct
• I have searched the open feature requests and have found no duplicates for this feature request

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