controller: reset field managers for v2beta1

Signed-off-by: Hidde Beydals <[email protected]>

internal/controller/helmrelease_controller.go

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime/predicates"
 	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta2"
 
+	"github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api/v2beta1"
 	v2 "github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api/v2beta2"
 	intacl "github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/internal/acl"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/internal/action"
@@ -142,12 +143,17 @@ func (r *HelmReleaseReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request)
 	start := time.Now()
 	log := ctrl.LoggerFrom(ctx)
 
-	// Fetch the HelmRelease
+	// Fetch the HelmRelease.
 	obj := &v2.HelmRelease{}
 	if err := r.Get(ctx, req.NamespacedName, obj); err != nil {
 		return ctrl.Result{}, client.IgnoreNotFound(err)
 	}
 
+	// Conditionally reset the field managers for the object.
+	if err := r.resetFieldManagers(ctx, obj); err != nil {
+		return ctrl.Result{}, err
+	}
+
 	// Initialize the patch helper with the current version of the object.
 	patchHelper := patch.NewSerialPatcher(obj, r.Client)
 
@@ -663,6 +669,24 @@ func (r *HelmReleaseReconciler) waitForHistoryCacheSync(obj *v2.HelmRelease) wai
 	}
 }
 
+// resetFieldManagers resets the field managers for the given v2beta2.HelmRelease
+// when any of the fields are reported as v2beta1.HelmRelease fields.
+// This is required to prevent any conversion conflicts when newly added fields
+// are not present in the v2beta1.HelmRelease, or when the v2beta1.HelmRelease
+// is eventually removed.
+// xref: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/111937
+func (r *HelmReleaseReconciler) resetFieldManagers(ctx context.Context, obj *v2.HelmRelease) error {
+	for _, f := range obj.GetManagedFields() {
+		if f.APIVersion == v2beta1.GroupVersion.String() {
+			if err := r.Client.Patch(ctx, obj, client.RawPatch(types.MergePatchType, []byte(`{"metadata":{"managedFields": [{}]}}`))); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (r *HelmReleaseReconciler) requestsForHelmChartChange(ctx context.Context, o client.Object) []reconcile.Request {
 	hc, ok := o.(*sourcev1.HelmChart)
 	if !ok {