Annotation removal using locking

operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/config/ConfigurationService.java

@@ -447,19 +447,6 @@ default Set<Class<? extends HasMetadata>> defaultNonSSAResource() {
     return defaultNonSSAResources();
   }
 
-  /**
-   * If a javaoperatorsdk.io/previous annotation should be used so that the operator sdk can detect
-   * events from its own updates of dependent resources and then filter them.
-   *
-   * <p>Disable this if you want to react to your own dependent resource updates
-   *
-   * @return if special annotation should be used for dependent resource to filter events
-   * @since 4.5.0
-   */
-  default boolean previousAnnotationForDependentResourcesEventFiltering() {
-    return true;
-  }
-
   /**
    * For dependent resources, the framework can add an annotation to filter out events resulting
    * directly from the framework's operation. There are, however, some resources that do not follow
@@ -491,18 +478,16 @@ default Set<Class<? extends HasMetadata>> withPreviousAnnotationForDependentReso
 
   /**
    * If the event logic should parse the resourceVersion to determine the ordering of dependent
-   * resource events. This is typically not needed.
+   * resource events.
    *
-   * <p>Disabled by default as Kubernetes does not support, and discourages, this interpretation of
-   * resourceVersions. Enable only if your api server event processing seems to lag the operator
-   * logic, and you want to further minimize the amount of work done / updates issued by the
-   * operator.
+   * <p>Enabled by default as Kubernetes does support this interpretation of resourceVersions.
+   * Disable only if your api server provides non comparable resource versions..
    *
    * @return if resource version should be parsed (as integer)
    * @since 4.5.0
    */
   default boolean parseResourceVersionsForEventFilteringAndCaching() {
-    return false;
+    return true;
   }
 
   /**

operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/config/ConfigurationServiceOverrider.java

@@ -331,13 +331,6 @@ public Set<Class<? extends HasMetadata>> defaultNonSSAResources() {
             defaultNonSSAResource, ConfigurationService::defaultNonSSAResources);
       }
 
-      @Override
-      public boolean previousAnnotationForDependentResourcesEventFiltering() {
-        return overriddenValueOrDefault(
-            previousAnnotationForDependentResources,
-            ConfigurationService::previousAnnotationForDependentResourcesEventFiltering);
-      }
-
       @Override
       public boolean parseResourceVersionsForEventFilteringAndCaching() {
         return overriddenValueOrDefault(

operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/config/informer/InformerEventSourceConfiguration.java

@@ -96,18 +96,21 @@ class DefaultInformerEventSourceConfiguration<R extends HasMetadata>
     private final GroupVersionKind groupVersionKind;
     private final InformerConfiguration<R> informerConfig;
     private final KubernetesClient kubernetesClient;
+    private final boolean comparableResourceVersions;
 
     protected DefaultInformerEventSourceConfiguration(
         GroupVersionKind groupVersionKind,
         PrimaryToSecondaryMapper<?> primaryToSecondaryMapper,
         SecondaryToPrimaryMapper<R> secondaryToPrimaryMapper,
         InformerConfiguration<R> informerConfig,
-        KubernetesClient kubernetesClient) {
+        KubernetesClient kubernetesClient,
+        boolean comparableResourceVersions) {
       this.informerConfig = Objects.requireNonNull(informerConfig);
       this.groupVersionKind = groupVersionKind;
       this.primaryToSecondaryMapper = primaryToSecondaryMapper;
       this.secondaryToPrimaryMapper = secondaryToPrimaryMapper;
       this.kubernetesClient = kubernetesClient;
+      this.comparableResourceVersions = comparableResourceVersions;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -135,6 +138,11 @@ public Optional<GroupVersionKind> getGroupVersionKind() {
     public Optional<KubernetesClient> getKubernetesClient() {
       return Optional.ofNullable(kubernetesClient);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean parseResourceVersionsForEventFilteringAndCaching() {
+      return this.comparableResourceVersions;
+    }
   }
 
   @SuppressWarnings({"unused", "UnusedReturnValue"})
@@ -148,6 +156,7 @@ class Builder<R extends HasMetadata> {
     private PrimaryToSecondaryMapper<?> primaryToSecondaryMapper;
     private SecondaryToPrimaryMapper<R> secondaryToPrimaryMapper;
     private KubernetesClient kubernetesClient;
+    private boolean comparableResourceVersions = true;
 
     private Builder(Class<R> resourceClass, Class<? extends HasMetadata> primaryResourceClass) {
       this(resourceClass, primaryResourceClass, null);
@@ -285,6 +294,11 @@ public Builder<R> withFieldSelector(FieldSelector fieldSelector) {
       return this;
     }
 
+    public Builder<R> parseResourceVersionsForEventFilteringAndCaching(boolean parse) {
+      this.comparableResourceVersions = parse;
+      return this;
+    }
+
     public void updateFrom(InformerConfiguration<R> informerConfig) {
       if (informerConfig != null) {
         final var informerConfigName = informerConfig.getName();
@@ -324,7 +338,10 @@ public InformerEventSourceConfiguration<R> build() {
                   HasMetadata.getKind(primaryResourceClass),
                   false)),
           config.build(),
-          kubernetesClient);
+          kubernetesClient,
+          comparableResourceVersions);
     }
   }
+
+  boolean parseResourceVersionsForEventFilteringAndCaching();
 }

operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/reconciler/PrimaryUpdateAndCacheUtils.java

@@ -451,6 +451,11 @@ public static <P extends HasMetadata> P addFinalizerWithSSA(
     }
   }
 
+  public static int compareResourceVersions(HasMetadata h1, HasMetadata h2) {
+    return compareResourceVersions(
+        h1.getMetadata().getResourceVersion(), h2.getMetadata().getResourceVersion());
+  }
+
   public static int compareResourceVersions(String v1, String v2) {
     var v1Length = v1.length();
     if (v1Length == 0) {

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

@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ public abstract class KubernetesDependentResource<R extends HasMetadata, P exten
   private final boolean garbageCollected = this instanceof GarbageCollected;
   private KubernetesDependentResourceConfig<R> kubernetesDependentResourceConfig;
   private volatile Boolean useSSA;
-  private volatile Boolean usePreviousAnnotationForEventFiltering;
 
   public KubernetesDependentResource() {}
 
@@ -72,6 +71,27 @@ public void configureWith(KubernetesDependentResourceConfig<R> config) {
     this.kubernetesDependentResourceConfig = config;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  protected R handleCreate(R desired, P primary, Context<P> context) {
+    return eventSource()
+        .orElseThrow()
+        .updateAndCacheResource(
+            desired,
+            context,
+            toCreate -> KubernetesDependentResource.super.handleCreate(toCreate, primary, context));
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected R handleUpdate(R actual, R desired, P primary, Context<P> context) {
+    return eventSource()
+        .orElseThrow()
+        .updateAndCacheResource(
+            desired,
+            context,
+            toUpdate ->
+                KubernetesDependentResource.super.handleUpdate(actual, toUpdate, primary, context));
+  }
+
   @SuppressWarnings("unused")
   public R create(R desired, P primary, Context<P> context) {
     if (useSSA(context)) {
@@ -158,14 +178,6 @@ protected void addMetadata(
       } else {
         annotations.remove(InformerEventSource.PREVIOUS_ANNOTATION_KEY);
       }
-    } else if (usePreviousAnnotation(context)) { // set a new one
-      eventSource()
-          .orElseThrow()
-          .addPreviousAnnotation(
-              Optional.ofNullable(actualResource)
-                  .map(r -> r.getMetadata().getResourceVersion())
-                  .orElse(null),
-              target);
     }
     addReferenceHandlingMetadata(target, primary);
   }
@@ -181,22 +193,6 @@ protected boolean useSSA(Context<P> context) {
     return useSSA;
   }
 
-  private boolean usePreviousAnnotation(Context<P> context) {
-    if (usePreviousAnnotationForEventFiltering == null) {
-      usePreviousAnnotationForEventFiltering =
-          context
-                  .getControllerConfiguration()
-                  .getConfigurationService()
-                  .previousAnnotationForDependentResourcesEventFiltering()
-              && !context
-                  .getControllerConfiguration()
-                  .getConfigurationService()
-                  .withPreviousAnnotationForDependentResourcesBlocklist()
-                  .contains(this.resourceType());
-    }
-    return usePreviousAnnotationForEventFiltering;
-  }
-
   @Override
   protected void handleDelete(P primary, R secondary, Context<P> context) {
     if (secondary != null) {

operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/source/controller/ControllerEventSource.java

@@ -47,7 +47,14 @@ public class ControllerEventSource<T extends HasMetadata>
 
   @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "rawtypes"})
   public ControllerEventSource(Controller<T> controller) {
-    super(NAME, controller.getCRClient(), controller.getConfiguration(), false);
+    super(
+        NAME,
+        controller.getCRClient(),
+        controller.getConfiguration(),
+        controller
+            .getConfiguration()
+            .getConfigurationService()
+            .parseResourceVersionsForEventFilteringAndCaching());
     this.controller = controller;
 
     final var config = controller.getConfiguration();