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Area

operator

Describe the bug

As described in operator-framework/java-operator-sdk#2249 there's a weakness to the SSA change detection logic coupled with how the operator SDK tracks its own changes (that's my fault) which will keep an operator constantly reconciling a given resource.

In this case it's the problem of the SSA matching logic not understanding defaults - and there's no existing override handling the case of fieldRef apiVersions, which was introduced by #36383

Version

26.2

Regression

• The issue is a regression

Expected behavior

Not infinitely loop.

Actual behavior

Infinitely re-reconcile.

How to Reproduce?

Install the operator and deploy a keycloak.

Anything else?

No response