work around for owner reference

Author: csviri

operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/kubernetes/SSABasedGenericKubernetesResourceMatcher.java

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 
+// https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.27/#fieldsv1-v1-meta
+// https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/structured-merge-diff
 // todo add migration integration test
 public class SSABasedGenericKubernetesResourceMatcher<R extends HasMetadata> {
 
@@ -60,11 +62,27 @@ public boolean matches(R actual, R desired, Context<?> context) {
         managedFieldsEntry.getFieldsV1().getAdditionalProperties(), objectMapper);
     removeIrrelevantValues(desiredMap);
 
+    // todo, just copy all the fields?
+    // this is kind strange fix for:
+    // https://kubernetes.slack.com/archives/C0EG7JC6T/p1685706853248489
+    removeOwnerRefernces(desiredMap);
+    removeOwnerRefernces(prunedActual);
+
     log.trace("Pruned actual: \n {} \n desired: \n {} ", prunedActual, desiredMap);
 
     return prunedActual.equals(desiredMap);
   }
 
+  private void removeOwnerRefernces(HashMap<String, Object> resourceMap) {
+    var metadata = (Map<String, Object>) resourceMap.get(METADATA_KEY);
+    if (metadata != null) {
+      metadata.remove("ownerReferences");
+      if (metadata.isEmpty()) {
+        resourceMap.remove(METADATA_KEY);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   private void removeIrrelevantValues(HashMap<String, Object> desiredMap) {
     var metadata = (Map<String, Object>) desiredMap.get(METADATA_KEY);
     metadata.remove("name");
@@ -74,7 +92,6 @@ private void removeIrrelevantValues(HashMap<String, Object> desiredMap) {
     }
     desiredMap.remove("kind");
     desiredMap.remove("apiVersion");
-
   }
 
   private void pruneActualAccordingManagedFields(Map<String, Object> result,