fix: status.sync.comparedTo should use replace patch strategy (cherry-pick #18061)

controller/appcontroller_test.go

@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ func TestNormalizeApplication(t *testing.T) {
 		normalized := false
 		fakeAppCs.AddReactor("patch", "*", func(action kubetesting.Action) (handled bool, ret runtime.Object, err error) {
 			if patchAction, ok := action.(kubetesting.PatchAction); ok {
-				if string(patchAction.GetPatch()) == `{"spec":{"project":"default"}}` {
+				if string(patchAction.GetPatch()) == `{"spec":{"project":"default"},"status":{"sync":{"comparedTo":{"destination":{},"source":{"repoURL":""}}}}}` {
 					normalized = true
 				}
 			}
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ func TestNormalizeApplication(t *testing.T) {
 		normalized := false
 		fakeAppCs.AddReactor("patch", "*", func(action kubetesting.Action) (handled bool, ret runtime.Object, err error) {
 			if patchAction, ok := action.(kubetesting.PatchAction); ok {
-				if string(patchAction.GetPatch()) == `{"spec":{"project":"default"}}` {
+				if string(patchAction.GetPatch()) == `{"spec":{"project":"default"},"status":{"sync":{"comparedTo":{"destination":{},"source":{"repoURL":""}}}}}` {
 					normalized = true
 				}
 			}

pkg/apis/application/v1alpha1/types.go

@@ -1509,7 +1509,8 @@ type SyncStatus struct {
 	// Status is the sync state of the comparison
 	Status SyncStatusCode `json:"status" protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=status,casttype=SyncStatusCode"`
 	// ComparedTo contains information about what has been compared
-	ComparedTo ComparedTo `json:"comparedTo,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=comparedTo"`
+	// +patchStrategy=replace
+	ComparedTo ComparedTo `json:"comparedTo,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=comparedTo" patchStrategy:"replace"`
 	// Revision contains information about the revision the comparison has been performed to
 	Revision string `json:"revision,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=revision"`
 	// Revisions contains information about the revisions of multiple sources the comparison has been performed to

pkg/apis/application/v1alpha1/types_test.go

@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine/pkg/diff"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
 
 	argocdcommon "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/common"
@@ -3667,3 +3670,35 @@ func TestApplicationSpec_GetSourcePtrByIndex(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestHelmValuesObjectHasReplaceStrategy(t *testing.T) {
+	app := Application{
+		Status: ApplicationStatus{Sync: SyncStatus{ComparedTo: ComparedTo{
+			Source: ApplicationSource{
+				Helm: &ApplicationSourceHelm{
+					ValuesObject: &runtime.RawExtension{
+						Object: &unstructured.Unstructured{Object: map[string]interface{}{"key": []string{"value"}}},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}}},
+	}
+
+	appModified := Application{
+		Status: ApplicationStatus{Sync: SyncStatus{ComparedTo: ComparedTo{
+			Source: ApplicationSource{
+				Helm: &ApplicationSourceHelm{
+					ValuesObject: &runtime.RawExtension{
+						Object: &unstructured.Unstructured{Object: map[string]interface{}{"key": []string{"value-modified1"}}},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}}},
+	}
+
+	patch, _, err := diff.CreateTwoWayMergePatch(
+		app,
+		appModified, Application{})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, `{"status":{"sync":{"comparedTo":{"destination":{},"source":{"helm":{"valuesObject":{"key":["value-modified1"]}},"repoURL":""}}}}}`, string(patch))
+}

test/e2e/app_management_test.go

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	rbacv1 "k8s.io/api/rbac/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
@@ -2846,3 +2847,44 @@ func TestAnnotationTrackingExtraResources(t *testing.T) {
 		Expect(HealthIs(health.HealthStatusHealthy))
 
 }
+
+// Test designed to cover #15126.
+// The issue occurs in the controller, when a valuesObject field that contains non-strings (eg, a nested map) gets
+// merged/patched.
+// Note: Failure is observed by the test timing out, because the controller cannot 'merge' the patch.
+func TestPatchValuesObject(t *testing.T) {
+
+	Given(t).
+		Timeout(30).
+		Path("helm").
+		When().
+		// app should be auto-synced once created
+		CreateFromFile(func(app *Application) {
+			app.Spec.Source.Helm = &ApplicationSourceHelm{
+				ValuesObject: &runtime.RawExtension{
+					// Setup by using nested YAML objects, which is what causes the patch error:
+					// "unable to find api field in struct RawExtension for the json field "some""
+					Raw: []byte(`{"some": {"foo": "bar"}}`),
+				},
+			}
+		}).
+		Then().
+		When().
+		PatchApp(`[{
+					"op": "add",
+					"path": "/spec/source/helm/valuesObject",
+					"value": {"some":{"foo":"bar","new":"field"}}
+					}]`).
+		Refresh(RefreshTypeNormal).
+		Sync().
+		Then().
+		Expect(Success("")).
+		Expect(OperationPhaseIs(OperationSucceeded)).
+		Expect(SyncStatusIs(SyncStatusCodeSynced)).
+		Expect(NoConditions()).
+		And(func(app *Application) {
+			// Check that the patch was a success.
+			assert.Equal(t, `{"some":{"foo":"bar","new":"field"}}`, string(app.Spec.Source.Helm.ValuesObject.Raw))
+		})
+
+}

test/e2e/applicationset_test.go

@@ -2676,3 +2676,88 @@ func TestGitGeneratorPrivateRepoGoTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 		When().
 		Delete().Then().Expect(ApplicationsDoNotExist(expectedAppsNewNamespace))
 }
+
+func TestUpdateHelmValuesObject(t *testing.T) {
+
+	expectedApp := argov1alpha1.Application{
+		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+			Kind:       application.ApplicationKind,
+			APIVersion: "argoproj.io/v1alpha1",
+		},
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:       "my-cluster-guestbook",
+			Namespace:  fixture.TestNamespace(),
+			Finalizers: []string{"resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io"},
+		},
+		Spec: argov1alpha1.ApplicationSpec{
+			Project: "default",
+			Source: &argov1alpha1.ApplicationSource{
+				RepoURL:        "https://github.com/argoproj/argocd-example-apps.git",
+				TargetRevision: "HEAD",
+				Path:           "helm-guestbook",
+				Helm: &argov1alpha1.ApplicationSourceHelm{
+					ValuesObject: &runtime.RawExtension{
+						// This will always be converted as yaml
+						Raw: []byte(`{"some":{"foo":"bar"}}`),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			Destination: argov1alpha1.ApplicationDestination{
+				Server:    "https://kubernetes.default.svc",
+				Namespace: "guestbook",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	Given(t).
+		// Create a ListGenerator-based ApplicationSet
+		When().Create(v1alpha1.ApplicationSet{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+		Name: "test-values-object-patch",
+	},
+		Spec: v1alpha1.ApplicationSetSpec{
+			GoTemplate: true,
+			Template: v1alpha1.ApplicationSetTemplate{
+				ApplicationSetTemplateMeta: v1alpha1.ApplicationSetTemplateMeta{Name: "{{.cluster}}-guestbook"},
+				Spec: argov1alpha1.ApplicationSpec{
+					Project: "default",
+					Source: &argov1alpha1.ApplicationSource{
+						RepoURL:        "https://github.com/argoproj/argocd-example-apps.git",
+						TargetRevision: "HEAD",
+						Path:           "helm-guestbook",
+						Helm: &argov1alpha1.ApplicationSourceHelm{
+							ValuesObject: &runtime.RawExtension{
+								Raw: []byte(`{"some":{"string":"{{.test}}"}}`),
+							},
+						},
+					},
+					Destination: argov1alpha1.ApplicationDestination{
+						Server:    "{{.url}}",
+						Namespace: "guestbook",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			Generators: []v1alpha1.ApplicationSetGenerator{
+				{
+					List: &v1alpha1.ListGenerator{
+						Elements: []apiextensionsv1.JSON{{
+							Raw: []byte(`{"cluster": "my-cluster","url": "https://kubernetes.default.svc", "test": "Hello world"}`),
+						}},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}).Then().
+		Expect(ApplicationSetHasConditions("test-values-object-patch", ExpectedConditions)).
+		When().
+		// Update the app spec with some knew ValuesObject to force a merge
+		Update(func(as *argov1alpha1.ApplicationSet) {
+			as.Spec.Template.Spec.Source.Helm.ValuesObject = &runtime.RawExtension{
+				Raw: []byte(`{"some":{"foo":"bar"}}`),
+			}
+		}).
+		Then().
+		Expect(ApplicationsExist([]argov1alpha1.Application{expectedApp})).
+		When().
+		// Delete the ApplicationSet, and verify it deletes the Applications
+		Delete().Then().Expect(ApplicationsDoNotExist([]argov1alpha1.Application{expectedApp}))
+}