chore: remove undeeded metadata when applying k8s objects (#9267)

### What does this PR do?

* Removes undeeded metadata objects which are not applicable / not
  needed when applying a patch. This includes resourceVersion, UID,
  selfLink and creationTimestamp. These are automatically created when
  applying a resource if undefined / blank.
* This change is needed as Kubernetes javascript client added
  serialization / checks with regards to creationTimestamps as well as
  other metadata objects from PR: kubernetes-client/javascript#1695

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### What issues does this PR fix or reference?

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Closes #9260
Closes #9262

### How to test this PR?

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- [X] Tests are covering the bug fix or the new feature

1. Edit any k8s yaml
2. Press apply
3. Success
4. Edit again
5. Press apply
6. Success

Signed-off-by: Charlie Drage <charlie@charliedrage.com>

packages/main/src/plugin/kubernetes/kubernetes-client.spec.ts

@@ -2407,3 +2407,103 @@ test('Should throw an error if unable to restart controlled pod', async () => {
 
   await expect(client.restartPod('test-pod')).rejects.toThrow('unable to restart controlled pod');
 });
+
+test('test sync resources was called', async () => {
+  const client = createTestClient('default');
+  const context = 'test-context';
+  const namespace = 'default';
+  const manifests: KubernetesObject[] = [
+    {
+      apiVersion: 'v1',
+      kind: 'Pod',
+      metadata: {
+        name: 'test-pod',
+      },
+    },
+  ];
+
+  const mockedPatch = vi.fn();
+
+  makeApiClientMock.mockReturnValue({
+    read: vi.fn(),
+    create: vi.fn(),
+    patch: mockedPatch,
+  });
+
+  // Call the syncResources method with 'create' action
+  await client.syncResources(context, manifests, 'apply', namespace);
+
+  // Expect patch method to have been called
+  expect(mockedPatch).toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+  // We expect it to have been called with the same object, but with a few "extra" fiels such as last-applied-configuration
+  expect(mockedPatch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+    {
+      apiVersion: 'v1',
+      kind: 'Pod',
+      metadata: {
+        annotations: {
+          // eslint-disable-next-line no-useless-escape
+          'kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration': `{\"apiVersion\":\"v1\",\"kind\":\"Pod\",\"metadata\":{\"name\":\"test-pod\",\"annotations\":{}}}`,
+        },
+        name: 'test-pod',
+        namespace: 'default',
+      },
+    },
+    undefined,
+    undefined,
+    'podman-desktop',
+  );
+});
+
+test('test sync resources was called with no resourceVersion, uid, selfLink, or creationTimestamp being passed through', async () => {
+  const client = createTestClient('default');
+  const context = 'test-context';
+  const namespace = 'default';
+  const manifests: KubernetesObject[] = [
+    {
+      apiVersion: 'v1',
+      kind: 'Pod',
+      metadata: {
+        name: 'test-pod',
+        resourceVersion: '123',
+        uid: 'uid123',
+        selfLink: '/api/v1/namespaces/default/pods/test-pod',
+        creationTimestamp: new Date(42),
+      },
+    },
+  ];
+
+  const mockedPatch = vi.fn();
+
+  makeApiClientMock.mockReturnValue({
+    read: vi.fn(),
+    create: vi.fn(),
+    patch: mockedPatch,
+  });
+
+  // Call the syncResources method with 'create' action
+  await client.syncResources(context, manifests, 'apply', namespace);
+
+  // Expect patch method to have been called
+  expect(mockedPatch).toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+  // Expect it to be called with NO resourceVersion, uid, selfLink, or creationTimestamp in the metadata, however, it is okay to have it in 'last-applied-configuration'
+  expect(mockedPatch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+    {
+      apiVersion: 'v1',
+      kind: 'Pod',
+      metadata: {
+        annotations: {
+          // eslint-disable-next-line no-useless-escape
+          'kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration': `{\"apiVersion\":\"v1\",\"kind\":\"Pod\",\"metadata\":{\"name\":\"test-pod\",\"resourceVersion\":\"123\",\"uid\":\"uid123\",\"selfLink\":\"/api/v1/namespaces/default/pods/test-pod\",\"creationTimestamp\":\"1970-01-01T00:00:00.042Z\",\"annotations\":{}}}`,
+        },
+        name: 'test-pod',
+        namespace: 'default',
+      },
+    },
+    undefined,
+    undefined,
+    'podman-desktop',
+  );
+});

packages/main/src/plugin/kubernetes/kubernetes-client.ts

@@ -1315,6 +1315,17 @@ export class KubernetesClient {
           //
           // See: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/97423
           if (action === 'apply') {
+            // When patching a resource, we do not need certain metadata fields to be present such as resourceVersion, uid, selfLink, and creationTimestamp
+            // these cause conflicts when patching a resource since client.patch will serialize these fields and the server will reject the request
+            // this change is due to changes on how client.patch / client.create works with the latest serialization changes in:
+            // https://github.com/kubernetes-client/javascript/pull/1695 with regards to date.
+            // we also remove resourceVersion so we may apply multiple edits to the same resource without having to entirely retrieve and reload the YAML
+            // from the server before applying.
+            delete spec.metadata?.resourceVersion;
+            delete spec.metadata?.uid;
+            delete spec.metadata?.selfLink;
+            delete spec.metadata?.creationTimestamp;
+
             const response = await client.patch(
               spec,
               undefined /* pretty */,