pass in patchedResource inside the same mutation rule

pkg/engine/mutation.go

@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ var podTemplateRule = kyverno.Rule{
 				"template": map[string]interface{}{
 					"metadata": map[string]interface{}{
 						"annotations": map[string]interface{}{
-							"pod-policies.kyverno.io/autogen-applied": "true",
+							"+(pod-policies.kyverno.io/autogen-applied)": "true",
 						},
 					},
 				},

pkg/engine/utils/utils.go

@@ -25,11 +25,12 @@ func (ri RuleType) String() string {
 }
 
 // ApplyPatches patches given resource with given patches and returns patched document
+// return origin resource if any error occurs
 func ApplyPatches(resource []byte, patches [][]byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	joinedPatches := JoinPatches(patches)
 	patch, err := jsonpatch.DecodePatch(joinedPatches)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return resource, err
 	}
 
 	patchedDocument, err := patch.Apply(resource)

pkg/webhooks/mutation.go

@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ func (ws *WebhookServer) HandleMutation(request *v1beta1.AdmissionRequest, resou
 		// gather patches
 		patches = append(patches, engineResponse.GetPatches()...)
 		glog.V(4).Infof("Mutation from policy %s has applied succesfully to %s %s/%s", policy.Name, request.Kind.Kind, resource.GetNamespace(), resource.GetName())
+
+		policyContext.NewResource = engineResponse.PatchedResource
 	}
 
 	// generate annotations