Description of problem:

Workaround

Prerequisites (if any, like setup, operators/versions): OCP 4.16.24

Steps to Reproduce

 # Install OpenShift Pipeline Operator 1.16.1

1. Install OpenShift Build Operator 1.2.0

Everything is working

1. Uninstall completely OpenShift Build:

• Delete the OpenShiftBuild CR
• Delete the namespace openshift-builds (which delete the Subscription at the same time)

1. Uninstall completely OpenShift Pipelines:

• Delete the openshift-pipelines namespace
• Delete the openshift-peipleines-operator-rh subscription on openshift-operators namespace

1. Reinstall OpenShift Pipelines Operator

The pipelines operator installation work

1. Reinstall OpenShift Builds Operator

The Operator deploy a new OpenShift Pipeline Operator instance on openshift-builds namespace which is clashing with the existing OpenShift Pipelines reinstallation

Actual results:

Expected results:  The Build Operator should not try to install OpenShift Pipelines if already existing

Reproducibility (Always/Intermittent/Only Once): Always

Acceptance criteria: 

Definition of Done:

Build Details:

Additional info (Such as Logs, Screenshots, etc):

Slack Conversation: https://redhat-internal.slack.com/archives/C014MHHKUSF/p1733402157090789

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