From d07058e90f7a57261d177e4ad3f91004099a0035 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pooja Singh <36136335+NoSkillGirl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2020 01:34:46 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] skipping gr status update (#1364)

---
 pkg/generate/generate.go | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pkg/generate/generate.go b/pkg/generate/generate.go
index f8bef8842c..62d01a33d1 100644
--- a/pkg/generate/generate.go
+++ b/pkg/generate/generate.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
@@ -47,6 +48,12 @@ func (c *Controller) processGR(gr *kyverno.GenerateRequest) error {
 	events := failedEvents(err, *gr, *resource)
 	c.eventGen.Add(events...)
 
+	// Need not update the stauts when policy doesn't apply on resource, because all the generate requests are removed by the cleanup controller
+	if err != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error(), "does not apply to resource") {
+		logger.V(4).Info("skipping updating status of generate request")
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	// 4 - Update Status
 	return updateStatus(c.statusControl, *gr, err, genResources)
 }