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Area

operator

Describe the bug

Relates to #38846 - Env values for the existing statefulset and the desired state may not be identical if the apiversion is missing on some transitive resources like field references.

Version

26.2

Regression

[ ] The issue is a regression

Expected behavior

Non-meaningful differences should not trigger upgrading behavior.

Actual behavior

A missing apiVersion in the unsupported pod template will cause AUTO upgrading logic to continually be engaged - which can result in the StatefulSet being kept at 0 replicas.

How to Reproduce?

Add an env entry to the unsupported pod template spec similar to:

• name: MY_NAME
  valueFrom:
  fieldRef:
  fieldPath: metadata.name

  Along with having the update strategy set to AUTO.

Anything else?

No response