Respect a requeue after if it’s set in case the error wraps ErrQuiet

duck/client.go

@@ -312,6 +312,10 @@ func (w *duckAwareSubResourceWriterWrapper) Patch(ctx context.Context, obj clien
 	return Convert(u, obj)
 }
 
+func (w *duckAwareSubResourceWriterWrapper) Apply(ctx context.Context, obj runtime.ApplyConfiguration, opts ...client.SubResourceApplyOption) error {
+	return w.subResourceWriter.Apply(ctx, obj, opts...)
+}
+
 type duckAwareSubResourceClientWrapper struct {
 	subResourceClient client.SubResourceClient
 	scheme            SchemeAccessor
@@ -362,3 +366,7 @@ func (c *duckAwareSubResourceClientWrapper) Patch(ctx context.Context, obj clien
 	}
 	return Convert(u, obj)
 }
+
+func (w *duckAwareSubResourceClientWrapper) Apply(ctx context.Context, obj runtime.ApplyConfiguration, opts ...client.SubResourceApplyOption) error {
+	return w.subResourceClient.Apply(ctx, obj, opts...)
+}

go.mod

@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@ require (
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0
-	golang.org/x/net v0.48.0
+	golang.org/x/net v0.49.0
 	gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.5.0
 	gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v3 v3.0.1
 	k8s.io/api v0.35.0
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.35.0
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.35.0
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4
 	reconciler.io/dies v0.18.0
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.23.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0
 )
 
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ require (
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.30.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.19.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.39.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/term v0.38.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.32.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.40.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/term v0.39.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.33.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.9.0 // indirect
 	gomodules.xyz/orderedmap v0.1.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.8 // indirect
@@ -66,5 +66,5 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250910181357-589584f1c912 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0 // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.0 // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.2-0.20260122202528-d9cc6641c482 // indirect
 )

go.sum

@@ -112,26 +112,26 @@ go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.3 h1:6gvOSjQoTB3vt1l+CU+tSyi/HOjfOjRLJ4YwYZGwRO0=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.3/go.mod h1:zSxWcmIDjOzPXpjlTTbAsKokqkDNAVtZO0WOMiT90s8=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 h1:tfq32ie2Jv2UxXFdLJdh3jXuOzWiL1fo0bu/FbuKpbc=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4/go.mod h1:DhzuOOF2ATzADvBadXxruRBLzYTpT36CKvDb3+aBEFg=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.30.0 h1:fDEXFVZ/fmCKProc/yAXXUijritrDzahmwwefnjoPFk=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.30.0/go.mod h1:lAsf5O2EvJeSFMiBxXDki7sCgAxEUcZHXoXMKT4GJKc=
-golang.org/x/net v0.48.0 h1:zyQRTTrjc33Lhh0fBgT/H3oZq9WuvRR5gPC70xpDiQU=
-golang.org/x/net v0.48.0/go.mod h1:+ndRgGjkh8FGtu1w1FGbEC31if4VrNVMuKTgcAAnQRY=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.31.0 h1:HaW9xtz0+kOcWKwli0ZXy79Ix+UW/vOfmWI5QVd2tgI=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.31.0/go.mod h1:43JraMp9cGx1Rx3AqioxrbrhNsLl2l/iNAvuBkrezpg=
+golang.org/x/net v0.49.0 h1:eeHFmOGUTtaaPSGNmjBKpbng9MulQsJURQUAfUwY++o=
+golang.org/x/net v0.49.0/go.mod h1:/ysNB2EvaqvesRkuLAyjI1ycPZlQHM3q01F02UY/MV8=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.30.0 h1:dnDm7JmhM45NNpd8FDDeLhK6FwqbOf4MLCM9zb1BOHI=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.30.0/go.mod h1:B++QgG3ZKulg6sRPGD/mqlHQs5rB3Ml9erfeDY7xKlU=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.19.0 h1:vV+1eWNmZ5geRlYjzm2adRgW2/mcpevXNg50YZtPCE4=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.19.0/go.mod h1:9KTHXmSnoGruLpwFjVSX0lNNA75CykiMECbovNTZqGI=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.39.0 h1:CvCKL8MeisomCi6qNZ+wbb0DN9E5AATixKsvNtMoMFk=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.39.0/go.mod h1:OgkHotnGiDImocRcuBABYBEXf8A9a87e/uXjp9XT3ks=
-golang.org/x/term v0.38.0 h1:PQ5pkm/rLO6HnxFR7N2lJHOZX6Kez5Y1gDSJla6jo7Q=
-golang.org/x/term v0.38.0/go.mod h1:bSEAKrOT1W+VSu9TSCMtoGEOUcKxOKgl3LE5QEF/xVg=
-golang.org/x/text v0.32.0 h1:ZD01bjUt1FQ9WJ0ClOL5vxgxOI/sVCNgX1YtKwcY0mU=
-golang.org/x/text v0.32.0/go.mod h1:o/rUWzghvpD5TXrTIBuJU77MTaN0ljMWE47kxGJQ7jY=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.40.0 h1:DBZZqJ2Rkml6QMQsZywtnjnnGvHza6BTfYFWY9kjEWQ=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.40.0/go.mod h1:OgkHotnGiDImocRcuBABYBEXf8A9a87e/uXjp9XT3ks=
+golang.org/x/term v0.39.0 h1:RclSuaJf32jOqZz74CkPA9qFuVTX7vhLlpfj/IGWlqY=
+golang.org/x/term v0.39.0/go.mod h1:yxzUCTP/U+FzoxfdKmLaA0RV1WgE0VY7hXBwKtY/4ww=
+golang.org/x/text v0.33.0 h1:B3njUFyqtHDUI5jMn1YIr5B0IE2U0qck04r6d4KPAxE=
+golang.org/x/text v0.33.0/go.mod h1:LuMebE6+rBincTi9+xWTY8TztLzKHc/9C1uBCG27+q8=
 golang.org/x/time v0.9.0 h1:EsRrnYcQiGH+5FfbgvV4AP7qEZstoyrHB0DzarOQ4ZY=
 golang.org/x/time v0.9.0/go.mod h1:3BpzKBy/shNhVucY/MWOyx10tF3SFh9QdLuxbVysPQM=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.39.0 h1:ik4ho21kwuQln40uelmciQPp9SipgNDdrafrYA4TmQQ=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.39.0/go.mod h1:JnefbkDPyD8UU2kI5fuf8ZX4/yUeh9W877ZeBONxUqQ=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.40.0 h1:yLkxfA+Qnul4cs9QA3KnlFu0lVmd8JJfoq+E41uSutA=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.40.0/go.mod h1:Ik/tzLRlbscWpqqMRjyWYDisX8bG13FrdXp3o4Sr9lc=
 gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.5.0 h1:JELs8RLM12qJGXU4u/TO3V25KW8GreMKl9pdkk14RM0=
 gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.5.0/go.mod h1:AH3dM2RI6uoBZxn3LVrfvJ3E0/9dG4cSrbuBJT4moAY=
 gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v3 v3.0.1 h1:Te7hKxV52TKCbNYq3t84tzKav3xhThdvSsSp/W89IyI=
@@ -166,13 +166,13 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4 h1:SjGebBtkBqHFOli+05xYbK8YF1Dzk
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20251002143259-bc988d571ff4/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 reconciler.io/dies v0.18.0 h1:XY0knxZSjfbgXMOcCL39lqaOSj2tBg3jPwP/FeIoxpg=
 reconciler.io/dies v0.18.0/go.mod h1:nH3PU3+dJEJ7GBFzslUFKOVbq/Gc0SIGL0Ltlp22/Ks=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4 h1:GEjV7KV3TY8e+tJ2LCTxUTanW4z/FmNB7l327UfMq9A=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.4/go.mod h1:+QX1XUpTXN4mLoblf4tqr5CQcyHPAki2HLXqQMY6vh8=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.23.1 h1:TjJSM80Nf43Mg21+RCy3J70aj/W6KyvDtOlpKf+PupE=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.23.1/go.mod h1:B6COOxKptp+YaUT5q4l6LqUJTRpizbgf9KSRNdQGns0=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730 h1:IpInykpT6ceI+QxKBbEflcR5EXP7sU1kvOlxwZh5txg=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20250730193827-2d320260d730/go.mod h1:mdzfpAEoE6DHQEN0uh9ZbOCuHbLK5wOm7dK4ctXE9Tg=
 sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0 h1:JfjMILfT8A6RbawdsK2JXGBR5AQVfd+9TbzrlneTyrU=
 sigs.k8s.io/randfill v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XeLlZ/jmk4i1HRopwe7/aU3H5n1zNUcX6TM94b3QxOY=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.0 h1:jTijUJbW353oVOd9oTlifJqOGEkUw2jB/fXCbTiQEco=
-sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.0/go.mod h1:M3W8sfWvn2HhQDIbGWj3S099YozAsymCo/wrT5ohRUE=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.2-0.20260122202528-d9cc6641c482 h1:2WOzJpHUBVrrkDjU4KBT8n5LDcj824eX0I5UKcgeRUs=
+sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.2-0.20260122202528-d9cc6641c482/go.mod h1:M3W8sfWvn2HhQDIbGWj3S099YozAsymCo/wrT5ohRUE=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0 h1:G8fkbMSAFqgEFgh4b1wmtzDnioxFCUgTZhlbj5P9QYs=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.6.0/go.mod h1:796bPqUfzR/0jLAl6XjHl3Ck7MiyVv8dbTdyT3/pMf4=

reconcilers/resource.go

@@ -304,6 +304,9 @@ func (r *ResourceReconciler[T]) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req Request) (Res
 	result, err := r.AfterReconcile(ctx, req, AggregateResults(beforeResult, reconcileResult), err)
 	if errors.Is(err, ErrQuiet) {
 		// suppress error, while forcing a requeue
+		if result.RequeueAfter > 0 { // honor requeue after returned by reconciler
+			return result, nil
+		}
 		return Result{Requeue: true}, nil
 	}
 	return result, err

testing/actions.go

@@ -79,3 +79,11 @@ func NewApplyAction(ac runtime.ApplyConfiguration) ApplyAction {
 
 	return action
 }
+
+func NewApplySubresourceAction(ac runtime.ApplyConfiguration, subresource string) ApplyAction {
+	action := NewApplyAction(ac).(ApplyActionImpl)
+
+	action.Subresource = subresource
+
+	return action
+}

testing/client.go

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ type clientWrapper struct {
 	DeleteCollectionActions []DeleteCollectionAction
 	StatusUpdateActions     []objectAction
 	StatusPatchActions      []PatchAction
+	StatusApplyActions      []ApplyAction
 	genCount                int
 	reactionChain           []Reactor
 }
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ func NewFakeClientWrapper(client client.Client, tracker clientgotesting.ObjectTr
 		DeleteCollectionActions: []DeleteCollectionAction{},
 		StatusUpdateActions:     []objectAction{},
 		StatusPatchActions:      []PatchAction{},
+		StatusApplyActions:      []ApplyAction{},
 		genCount:                0,
 		reactionChain:           []Reactor{},
 	}
@@ -401,6 +403,18 @@ func (w *statusWriterWrapper) Patch(ctx context.Context, obj client.Object, patc
 	return w.statusWriter.Patch(ctx, obj, patch, opts...)
 }
 
+func (w *statusWriterWrapper) Apply(ctx context.Context, obj runtime.ApplyConfiguration, opts ...client.SubResourceApplyOption) error {
+	// capture action
+	w.clientWrapper.StatusApplyActions = append(w.clientWrapper.StatusApplyActions, NewApplySubresourceAction(obj, "status"))
+
+	// call reactor chain
+	if err := w.clientWrapper.react(NewApplySubresourceAction(obj, "status")); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return w.statusWriter.Apply(ctx, obj, opts...)
+}
+
 type subResourceClientWrapper struct {
 	subResource   string
 	clientWrapper *clientWrapper
@@ -464,6 +478,15 @@ func (w *subResourceClientWrapper) Patch(ctx context.Context, obj client.Object,
 	return w.clientWrapper.react(clientgotesting.NewPatchSubresourceAction(gvr, obj.GetNamespace(), obj.GetName(), patch.Type(), b, w.subResource))
 }
 
+func (w *subResourceClientWrapper) Apply(ctx context.Context, obj runtime.ApplyConfiguration, opts ...client.SubResourceApplyOption) error {
+	if w.subResource == "status" {
+		return w.clientWrapper.Status().Apply(ctx, obj, opts...)
+	}
+
+	// call reactor chain
+	return w.clientWrapper.react(NewApplySubresourceAction(obj, w.subResource))
+}
+
 // InduceFailure is used in conjunction with reconciler test's WithReactors field.
 // Tests that want to induce a failure in a testcase of a reconciler test would add:
 //

testing/config.go

@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ type ExpectConfig struct {
 	ExpectStatusUpdates []client.Object
 	// ExpectStatusPatches builds the ordered list of objects whose status is patched during reconciliation
 	ExpectStatusPatches []PatchRef
+	// ExpectStatusApplies builds the ordered list of objects whose status is applied during reconciliation
+	ExpectStatusApplies []ApplyRef
 
 	once           sync.Once
 	client         *clientWrapper
@@ -254,6 +256,7 @@ func (c *ExpectConfig) AssertClientExpectations(t *testing.T) {
 	c.AssertClientDeleteCollectionExpectations(t)
 	c.AssertClientStatusUpdateExpectations(t)
 	c.AssertClientStatusPatchExpectations(t)
+	c.AssertClientStatusApplyExpectations(t)
 }
 
 // AssertClientApplyExpectations asserts observed reconciler client create behavior matches the expected client create behavior
@@ -411,6 +414,31 @@ func (c *ExpectConfig) AssertClientStatusPatchExpectations(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// AssertClientStatusApplyExpectations asserts observed reconciler client status apply behavior matches the expected client status apply behavior
+func (c *ExpectConfig) AssertClientStatusApplyExpectations(t *testing.T) {
+	if t != nil {
+		t.Helper()
+	}
+	c.init()
+
+	for i, exp := range c.ExpectStatusApplies {
+		if i >= len(c.client.StatusApplyActions) {
+			c.errorf(t, "ExpectStatusApplies[%d] not observed%s: %#v", i, c.configNameMsg(), exp)
+			continue
+		}
+		actual := NewApplyRef(c.client.StatusApplyActions[i])
+
+		if diff := c.Differ.ApplyRef(exp, actual); diff != "" {
+			c.errorf(t, "ExpectStatusApplies[%d] differs%s (%s, %s):\n%s", i, c.configNameMsg(), DiffRemovedColor.Sprint("-expected"), DiffAddedColor.Sprint("+actual"), ColorizeDiff(diff))
+		}
+	}
+	if actual, expected := len(c.client.StatusApplyActions), len(c.ExpectStatusApplies); actual > expected {
+		for _, extra := range c.client.StatusApplyActions[expected:] {
+			c.errorf(t, "Unexpected StatusApply observed%s: %#v", c.configNameMsg(), extra)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // AssertRecorderExpectations asserts observed event recorder behavior matches the expected event recorder behavior
 func (c *ExpectConfig) AssertRecorderExpectations(t *testing.T) {
 	if t != nil {

testing/config_test.go

@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ func TestExpectConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		WithSpec(applyconfigurationsappsv1.DeploymentSpec().WithReplicas(1))
 	ac2 := applyconfigurationsappsv1.Deployment("resource", ns).
 		WithSpec(applyconfigurationsappsv1.DeploymentSpec().WithReplicas(2))
+	acs1 := applyconfigurationsappsv1.Deployment("resource", ns).
+		WithSpec(applyconfigurationsappsv1.DeploymentSpec().WithReplicas(1)).
+		WithStatus(applyconfigurationsappsv1.DeploymentStatus().WithReplicas(1))
+	acs2 := applyconfigurationsappsv1.Deployment("resource", ns).
+		WithSpec(applyconfigurationsappsv1.DeploymentSpec().WithReplicas(2)).
+		WithStatus(applyconfigurationsappsv1.DeploymentStatus().WithReplicas(2))
 
 	scheme := runtime.NewScheme()
 	_ = resources.AddToScheme(scheme)
@@ -798,6 +804,71 @@ func TestExpectConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 
+		"expected status apply": {
+			config: ExpectConfig{
+				ExpectStatusApplies: []ApplyRef{
+					{
+						Group:              "apps",
+						Kind:               "Deployment",
+						Namespace:          ns,
+						Name:               "resource",
+						ApplyConfiguration: acs1,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			operation: func(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, c reconcilers.Config) {
+				c.Status().Apply(ctx, acs1)
+			},
+			failedAssertions: []string{},
+		},
+		"unexpected status apply": {
+			config: ExpectConfig{
+				ExpectStatusApplies: []ApplyRef{
+					{
+						Group:              "apps",
+						Kind:               "Deployment",
+						Namespace:          ns,
+						Name:               "resource",
+						ApplyConfiguration: acs2,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			operation: func(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, c reconcilers.Config) {
+				c.Status().Apply(ctx, acs1)
+			},
+			failedAssertions: []string{
+				`ExpectStatusApplies[0] differs for config "test" (-expected, +actual):`,
+			},
+		},
+		"extra status apply": {
+			config: ExpectConfig{
+				ExpectStatusApplies: []ApplyRef{},
+			},
+			operation: func(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, c reconcilers.Config) {
+				c.Status().Apply(ctx, acs1)
+			},
+			failedAssertions: []string{
+				`Unexpected StatusApply observed for config "test": `,
+			},
+		},
+		"missing status apply": {
+			config: ExpectConfig{
+				ExpectStatusApplies: []ApplyRef{
+					{
+						Group:              "apps",
+						Kind:               "Deployment",
+						Namespace:          ns,
+						Name:               "resource",
+						ApplyConfiguration: acs1,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			operation: func(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, c reconcilers.Config) {},
+			failedAssertions: []string{
+				`ExpectStatusApplies[0] not observed for config "test": `,
+			},
+		},
+
 		"custom diff - always different": {
 			config: ExpectConfig{
 				Differ: &staticDiffer{
@@ -830,6 +901,9 @@ func TestExpectConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				ExpectStatusPatches: []PatchRef{
 					{Group: "testing.reconciler.runtime", Kind: "TestResource", Namespace: ns, Name: "resource-1", SubResource: "status", PatchType: types.MergePatchType, Patch: []byte(`{"status":{"fields":{"foo":"bar"}}}`)},
 				},
+				ExpectStatusApplies: []ApplyRef{
+					{Group: "apps", Kind: "Deployment", Namespace: ns, Name: "resource", ApplyConfiguration: acs1},
+				},
 			},
 			operation: func(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, c reconcilers.Config) {
 				c.Tracker.TrackObject(r2, r1)
@@ -841,6 +915,7 @@ func TestExpectConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				c.DeleteAllOf(ctx, &resources.TestResourceNoStatus{})
 				c.Status().Update(ctx, r1.DeepCopy())
 				c.Status().Patch(ctx, r1patch.DeepCopy(), client.MergeFrom(r1))
+				c.Status().Apply(ctx, acs1)
 			},
 			failedAssertions: []string{
 				"ExpectCreates[0] differs for config \"test\" (-expected, +actual):\nalways different\n",
@@ -850,6 +925,7 @@ func TestExpectConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				"ExpectDeleteCollections[0] differs for config \"test\" (-expected, +actual):\nalways different\n",
 				"ExpectStatusUpdates[0] differs for config \"test\" (-expected, +actual):\nalways different\n",
 				"ExpectStatusPatches[0] differs for config \"test\" (-expected, +actual):\nalways different\n",
+				"ExpectStatusApplies[0] differs for config \"test\" (-expected, +actual):\nalways different\n",
 				"ExpectEvents[0] differs for config \"test\" (-expected, +actual):\nalways different\n",
 				"ExpectTracks[0] differs for config \"test\" (-expected, +actual):\nalways different\n",
 			},
@@ -886,6 +962,9 @@ func TestExpectConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				ExpectStatusPatches: []PatchRef{
 					{Group: "testing.reconciler.runtime", Kind: "TestResource", Namespace: ns, Name: "resource-1", SubResource: "status", PatchType: types.MergePatchType, Patch: []byte(`{"status":{"fields":{"foo":"bar"}}}`)},
 				},
+				ExpectStatusApplies: []ApplyRef{
+					{Group: "apps", Kind: "Deployment", Namespace: ns, Name: "resource", ApplyConfiguration: acs1},
+				},
 			},
 			operation: func(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, c reconcilers.Config) {
 				c.Tracker.TrackObject(r2, r1)
@@ -897,6 +976,7 @@ func TestExpectConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				c.DeleteAllOf(ctx, &resources.TestResourceNoStatus{})
 				c.Status().Update(ctx, r1.DeepCopy())
 				c.Status().Patch(ctx, r1patch.DeepCopy(), client.MergeFrom(r1))
+				c.Status().Apply(ctx, acs1)
 			},
 			failedAssertions: []string{},
 		},

testing/reconciler.go

@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ type ReconcilerTestCase struct {
 	ExpectStatusUpdates []client.Object
 	// ExpectStatusPatches builds the ordered list of objects whose status is patched during reconciliation
 	ExpectStatusPatches []PatchRef
+	// ExpectStatusApplies builds the ordered list of objects whose status is applied during reconciliation
+	ExpectStatusApplies []ApplyRef
 
 	// AdditionalConfigs holds ExceptConfigs that are available to the test case and will have
 	// their expectations checked again the observed config interactions. The key in this map is
@@ -212,6 +214,7 @@ func (tc *ReconcilerTestCase) Run(t *testing.T, scheme *runtime.Scheme, factory
 		ExpectDeleteCollections: tc.ExpectDeleteCollections,
 		ExpectStatusUpdates:     tc.ExpectStatusUpdates,
 		ExpectStatusPatches:     tc.ExpectStatusPatches,
+		ExpectStatusApplies:     tc.ExpectStatusApplies,
 	}
 
 	configs := make(map[string]reconcilers.Config, len(tc.AdditionalConfigs))

testing/webhook.go

@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ type AdmissionWebhookTestCase struct {
 	ExpectStatusUpdates []client.Object
 	// ExpectStatusPatches builds the ordered list of objects whose status is patched during reconciliation
 	ExpectStatusPatches []PatchRef
+	// ExpectStatusApplies builds the ordered list of objects whose status is applied during reconciliation
+	ExpectStatusApplies []ApplyRef
 
 	// outputs
 
@@ -225,6 +227,7 @@ func (tc *AdmissionWebhookTestCase) RunWithContext(t *testing.T, scheme *runtime
 		ExpectDeleteCollections: tc.ExpectDeleteCollections,
 		ExpectStatusUpdates:     tc.ExpectStatusUpdates,
 		ExpectStatusPatches:     tc.ExpectStatusPatches,
+		ExpectStatusApplies:     tc.ExpectStatusApplies,
 	}
 
 	c := expectConfig.Config()