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2026-02-23 11:08:47 +01:00 · 2024-05-21 15:44:25 +00:00
1054 changed files with 32208 additions and 113560 deletions
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@ hack/
 docs/
 examples/
 .github/
-!test/container
-!test/e2e/testdata
 !test/fixture
-!test/remote
+!test/container
 !hack/installers
 !hack/gpg-wrapper.sh
 !hack/git-verify-wrapper.sh
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/release.md
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ assignees: ''
 Target RC1 date: ___. __, ____
 Target GA date: ___. __, ____

+ - [ ] Create new section in the [Release Planning doc](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1trJIomcgXcfvLw0aYnERrFWfPjQOfYMDJOCh1S8nMBc/edit?usp=sharing)
+ - [ ] Schedule a Release Planning meeting roughly two weeks before the scheduled Release freeze date by adding it to the community calendar (or delegate this task to someone with write access to the community calendar)
+     - [ ] Include Zoom link in the invite
+ - [ ] Post in #argo-cd and #argo-contributors one week before the meeting
+ - [ ] Post again one hour before the meeting
+ - [ ] At the meeting, remove issues/PRs from the project's column for that release which have not been “claimed” by at least one Approver (add it to the next column if Approver requests that)
 - [ ] 1wk before feature freeze post in #argo-contributors that PRs must be merged by DD-MM-YYYY to be included in the release - ask approvers to drop items from milestone they can’t merge
 - [ ] At least two days before RC1 date, draft RC blog post and submit it for review (or delegate this task)
 - [ ] Cut RC1 (or delegate this task to an Approver and coordinate timing)
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@ updates:
    schedule:
      interval: "daily"

-  - package-ecosystem: "npm"
-    directory: "/ui-test/"
-    schedule:
-      interval: "daily"
-
  - package-ecosystem: "docker"
    directory: "/"
    schedule:
--- a/.github/pull_request_template.md
+++ b/.github/pull_request_template.md
@@ -13,12 +13,11 @@ Checklist:
 * [ ] I've updated both the CLI and UI to expose my feature, or I plan to submit a second PR with them.
 * [ ] Does this PR require documentation updates?
 * [ ] I've updated documentation as required by this PR.
+* [ ] Optional. My organization is added to USERS.md.
 * [ ] I have signed off all my commits as required by [DCO](https://github.com/argoproj/argoproj/blob/master/community/CONTRIBUTING.md#legal)
 * [ ] I have written unit and/or e2e tests for my change. PRs without these are unlikely to be merged.
 * [ ] My build is green ([troubleshooting builds](https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/en/latest/developer-guide/ci/)).
 * [ ] My new feature complies with the [feature status](https://github.com/argoproj/argoproj/blob/master/community/feature-status.md) guidelines.
 * [ ] I have added a brief description of why this PR is necessary and/or what this PR solves.
-* [ ] Optional. My organization is added to USERS.md.
-* [ ] Optional. For bug fixes, I've indicated what older releases this fix should be cherry-picked into (this may or may not happen depending on risk/complexity).

 <!-- Please see [Contribution FAQs](https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/en/latest/developer-guide/faq/) if you have questions about your pull-request. -->
--- a/.github/workflows/README.md
+++ b/.github/workflows/README.md
@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@
 | codeql.yaml        | CodeQL analysis                                                |
 | image-reuse.yaml   | Build, push, and Sign container images                         |
 | image.yaml         | Build container image for PR's & publish for push events       |
-| init-release.yaml  | Build manifests and version then create a PR for release branch|
 | pr-title-check.yaml| Lint PR for semantic information                               |
+| init-release.yaml  | Build manifests and version then create a PR for release branch|
 | release.yaml       | Build images, cli-binaries, provenances, and post actions      |
-| scorecard.yaml     | Generate scorecard for supply-chain security                   |
 | update-snyk.yaml   | Scheduled snyk reports                                         |

 # Reusable workflows
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-build.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: Integration tests
-on:
+on: 
  push:
    branches:
      - 'master'
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ on:

 env:
  # Golang version to use across CI steps
-  GOLANG_VERSION: '1.22'
+  GOLANG_VERSION: '1.21'

 concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
@@ -23,64 +23,36 @@ permissions:
  contents: read

 jobs:
-  changes:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      backend: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.backend_any_changed }}
-      frontend: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.frontend_any_changed }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8410ad0602e1e429cee44a835ae9f77f654a6694 # v4.0.0
-      - uses: tj-actions/changed-files@90a06d6ba9543371ab4df8eeca0be07ca6054959 # v42.0.2
-        id: filter
-        with:
-          # Any file which is not under docs/, ui/ or is not a markdown file is counted as a backend file
-          files_yaml: |
-            backend:
-              - '!ui/**'
-              - '!**.md'            
-              - '!**/*.md'
-              - '!docs/**'
-            frontend:
-              - 'ui/**'
-              - Dockerfile
-            docs:
-              - 'docs/**'
  check-go:
    name: Ensure Go modules synchronicity
-    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.backend == 'true' }}
    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    needs:
-      - changes
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@8410ad0602e1e429cee44a835ae9f77f654a6694 # v4.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac # v4.0.0
      - name: Setup Golang
-        uses: actions/setup-go@cdcb36043654635271a94b9a6d1392de5bb323a7 # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/setup-go@93397bea11091df50f3d7e59dc26a7711a8bcfbe # v4.0.0
        with:
          go-version: ${{ env.GOLANG_VERSION }}
      - name: Download all Go modules
        run: |
          go mod download
-      - name: Check for tidiness of go.mod and go.sum
+      - name: Check for tidyness of go.mod and go.sum
        run: |
          go mod tidy
          git diff --exit-code -- .

  build-go:
    name: Build & cache Go code
-    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.backend == 'true' }}
    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    needs:
-      - changes
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@8410ad0602e1e429cee44a835ae9f77f654a6694 # v4.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac # v4.0.0
      - name: Setup Golang
-        uses: actions/setup-go@cdcb36043654635271a94b9a6d1392de5bb323a7 # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/setup-go@93397bea11091df50f3d7e59dc26a7711a8bcfbe # v4.0.0
        with:
          go-version: ${{ env.GOLANG_VERSION }}
      - name: Restore go build cache
-        uses: actions/cache@0c45773b623bea8c8e75f6c82b208c3cf94ea4f9 # v4.0.2
+        uses: actions/cache@704facf57e6136b1bc63b828d79edcd491f0ee84 # v3.3.2
        with:
          path: ~/.cache/go-build
          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-build-v1-${{ github.run_id }}
@@ -95,15 +67,12 @@ jobs:
      contents: read  # for actions/checkout to fetch code
      pull-requests: read  # for golangci/golangci-lint-action to fetch pull requests
    name: Lint Go code
-    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.backend == 'true' }}
    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    needs:
-      - changes
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@8410ad0602e1e429cee44a835ae9f77f654a6694 # v4.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac # v4.0.0
      - name: Setup Golang
-        uses: actions/setup-go@cdcb36043654635271a94b9a6d1392de5bb323a7 # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/setup-go@93397bea11091df50f3d7e59dc26a7711a8bcfbe # v4.0.0
        with:
          go-version: ${{ env.GOLANG_VERSION }}
      - name: Run golangci-lint
@@ -114,23 +83,21 @@ jobs:

  test-go:
    name: Run unit tests for Go packages
-    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.backend == 'true' }}
    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
    needs:
      - build-go
-      - changes
    env:
      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.E2E_TEST_GITHUB_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      GITLAB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.E2E_TEST_GITLAB_TOKEN }}
+      GITLAB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.E2E_TEST_GITLAB_TOKEN }}      
    steps:
      - name: Create checkout directory
        run: mkdir -p ~/go/src/github.com/argoproj
      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@8410ad0602e1e429cee44a835ae9f77f654a6694 # v4.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac # v4.0.0
      - name: Create symlink in GOPATH
        run: ln -s $(pwd) ~/go/src/github.com/argoproj/argo-cd
      - name: Setup Golang
-        uses: actions/setup-go@cdcb36043654635271a94b9a6d1392de5bb323a7 # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/setup-go@93397bea11091df50f3d7e59dc26a7711a8bcfbe # v4.0.0
        with:
          go-version: ${{ env.GOLANG_VERSION }}
      - name: Install required packages
@@ -150,7 +117,7 @@ jobs:
        run: |
          echo "/usr/local/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
      - name: Restore go build cache
-        uses: actions/cache@0c45773b623bea8c8e75f6c82b208c3cf94ea4f9 # v4.0.2
+        uses: actions/cache@704facf57e6136b1bc63b828d79edcd491f0ee84 # v3.3.2
        with:
          path: ~/.cache/go-build
          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-build-v1-${{ github.run_id }}
@@ -171,35 +138,33 @@ jobs:
      - name: Run all unit tests
        run: make test-local
      - name: Generate code coverage artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@65462800fd760344b1a7b4382951275a0abb4808 # v4.3.3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@a8a3f3ad30e3422c9c7b888a15615d19a852ae32 # v3.1.3
        with:
          name: code-coverage
          path: coverage.out
      - name: Generate test results artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@65462800fd760344b1a7b4382951275a0abb4808 # v4.3.3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@a8a3f3ad30e3422c9c7b888a15615d19a852ae32 # v3.1.3
        with:
          name: test-results
          path: test-results/

  test-go-race:
    name: Run unit tests with -race for Go packages
-    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.backend == 'true' }}
    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
    needs:
      - build-go
-      - changes
    env:
      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.E2E_TEST_GITHUB_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      GITLAB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.E2E_TEST_GITLAB_TOKEN }}
+      GITLAB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.E2E_TEST_GITLAB_TOKEN }}  
    steps:
      - name: Create checkout directory
        run: mkdir -p ~/go/src/github.com/argoproj
      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@8410ad0602e1e429cee44a835ae9f77f654a6694 # v4.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac # v4.0.0
      - name: Create symlink in GOPATH
        run: ln -s $(pwd) ~/go/src/github.com/argoproj/argo-cd
      - name: Setup Golang
-        uses: actions/setup-go@cdcb36043654635271a94b9a6d1392de5bb323a7 # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/setup-go@93397bea11091df50f3d7e59dc26a7711a8bcfbe # v4.0.0
        with:
          go-version: ${{ env.GOLANG_VERSION }}
      - name: Install required packages
@@ -219,7 +184,7 @@ jobs:
        run: |
          echo "/usr/local/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
      - name: Restore go build cache
-        uses: actions/cache@0c45773b623bea8c8e75f6c82b208c3cf94ea4f9 # v4.0.2
+        uses: actions/cache@704facf57e6136b1bc63b828d79edcd491f0ee84 # v3.3.2
        with:
          path: ~/.cache/go-build
          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-build-v1-${{ github.run_id }}
@@ -240,22 +205,19 @@ jobs:
      - name: Run all unit tests
        run: make test-race-local
      - name: Generate test results artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@65462800fd760344b1a7b4382951275a0abb4808 # v4.3.3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@a8a3f3ad30e3422c9c7b888a15615d19a852ae32 # v3.1.3
        with:
          name: race-results
          path: test-results/

  codegen:
    name: Check changes to generated code
-    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.backend == 'true' || needs.changes.outputs.docs == 'true'}}
    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    needs:
-      - changes
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@8410ad0602e1e429cee44a835ae9f77f654a6694 # v4.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac # v4.0.0
      - name: Setup Golang
-        uses: actions/setup-go@cdcb36043654635271a94b9a6d1392de5bb323a7 # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/setup-go@93397bea11091df50f3d7e59dc26a7711a8bcfbe # v4.0.0
        with:
          go-version: ${{ env.GOLANG_VERSION }}
      - name: Create symlink in GOPATH
@@ -298,20 +260,17 @@ jobs:

  build-ui:
    name: Build, test & lint UI code
-    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.frontend == 'true' }}
    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    needs:
-      - changes
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@8410ad0602e1e429cee44a835ae9f77f654a6694 # v4.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac # v4.0.0
      - name: Setup NodeJS
        uses: actions/setup-node@5e21ff4d9bc1a8cf6de233a3057d20ec6b3fb69d # v3.8.1
        with:
-          node-version: '21.6.1'
+          node-version: '20.7.0'
      - name: Restore node dependency cache
        id: cache-dependencies
-        uses: actions/cache@0c45773b623bea8c8e75f6c82b208c3cf94ea4f9 # v4.0.2
+        uses: actions/cache@704facf57e6136b1bc63b828d79edcd491f0ee84 # v3.3.2
        with:
          path: ui/node_modules
          key: ${{ runner.os }}-node-dep-v2-${{ hashFiles('**/yarn.lock') }}
@@ -333,22 +292,20 @@ jobs:

  analyze:
    name: Process & analyze test artifacts
-    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.backend == 'true' || needs.changes.outputs.frontend == 'true' }}
    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
    needs:
      - test-go
      - build-ui
-      - changes
    env:
      sonar_secret: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@8410ad0602e1e429cee44a835ae9f77f654a6694 # v4.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac # v4.0.0
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
      - name: Restore node dependency cache
        id: cache-dependencies
-        uses: actions/cache@0c45773b623bea8c8e75f6c82b208c3cf94ea4f9 # v4.0.2
+        uses: actions/cache@704facf57e6136b1bc63b828d79edcd491f0ee84 # v3.3.2
        with:
          path: ui/node_modules
          key: ${{ runner.os }}-node-dep-v2-${{ hashFiles('**/yarn.lock') }}
@@ -358,12 +315,12 @@ jobs:
      - name: Create test-results directory
        run: |
          mkdir -p test-results
-      - name: Get code coverage artifact
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@65a9edc5881444af0b9093a5e628f2fe47ea3b2e # v4.1.7
+      - name: Get code coverage artifiact
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@9bc31d5ccc31df68ecc42ccf4149144866c47d8a # v3.0.2
        with:
          name: code-coverage
      - name: Get test result artifact
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@65a9edc5881444af0b9093a5e628f2fe47ea3b2e # v4.1.7
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@9bc31d5ccc31df68ecc42ccf4149144866c47d8a # v3.0.2
        with:
          name: test-results
          path: test-results
@@ -379,37 +336,34 @@ jobs:
          SCANNER_PATH: /tmp/cache/scanner
          OS: linux
        run: |
-          # We do not use the provided action, because it does contain an old
-          # version of the scanner, and also takes time to build.
-          set -e
-          mkdir -p ${SCANNER_PATH}
-          export SONAR_USER_HOME=${SCANNER_PATH}/.sonar
-          if [[ ! -x "${SCANNER_PATH}/sonar-scanner-${SCANNER_VERSION}-${OS}/bin/sonar-scanner" ]]; then
-            curl -Ol https://binaries.sonarsource.com/Distribution/sonar-scanner-cli/sonar-scanner-cli-${SCANNER_VERSION}-${OS}.zip
-            unzip -qq -o sonar-scanner-cli-${SCANNER_VERSION}-${OS}.zip -d ${SCANNER_PATH}
-          fi
-          
-          chmod +x ${SCANNER_PATH}/sonar-scanner-${SCANNER_VERSION}-${OS}/bin/sonar-scanner
-          chmod +x ${SCANNER_PATH}/sonar-scanner-${SCANNER_VERSION}-${OS}/jre/bin/java
-          
-          # Explicitly set NODE_MODULES
-          export NODE_MODULES=${PWD}/ui/node_modules
-          export NODE_PATH=${PWD}/ui/node_modules
-          
-          ${SCANNER_PATH}/sonar-scanner-${SCANNER_VERSION}-${OS}/bin/sonar-scanner
+            # We do not use the provided action, because it does contain an old
+            # version of the scanner, and also takes time to build.
+            set -e
+            mkdir -p ${SCANNER_PATH}
+            export SONAR_USER_HOME=${SCANNER_PATH}/.sonar
+            if [[ ! -x "${SCANNER_PATH}/sonar-scanner-${SCANNER_VERSION}-${OS}/bin/sonar-scanner" ]]; then
+              curl -Ol https://binaries.sonarsource.com/Distribution/sonar-scanner-cli/sonar-scanner-cli-${SCANNER_VERSION}-${OS}.zip
+              unzip -qq -o sonar-scanner-cli-${SCANNER_VERSION}-${OS}.zip -d ${SCANNER_PATH}
+            fi
+
+            chmod +x ${SCANNER_PATH}/sonar-scanner-${SCANNER_VERSION}-${OS}/bin/sonar-scanner
+            chmod +x ${SCANNER_PATH}/sonar-scanner-${SCANNER_VERSION}-${OS}/jre/bin/java
+
+            # Explicitly set NODE_MODULES
+            export NODE_MODULES=${PWD}/ui/node_modules
+            export NODE_PATH=${PWD}/ui/node_modules
+
+            ${SCANNER_PATH}/sonar-scanner-${SCANNER_VERSION}-${OS}/bin/sonar-scanner
        if: env.sonar_secret != ''

  test-e2e:
    name: Run end-to-end tests
-    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.backend == 'true' }}
    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
-        k3s-version: [v1.29.1, v1.28.6, v1.27.10, v1.26.13, v1.25.16]
-    needs:
+        k3s-version: [v1.28.2, v1.27.6, v1.26.9, v1.25.14]
+    needs: 
      - build-go
-      - changes
    env:
      GOPATH: /home/runner/go
      ARGOCD_FAKE_IN_CLUSTER: "true"
@@ -419,15 +373,15 @@ jobs:
      ARGOCD_E2E_K3S: "true"
      ARGOCD_IN_CI: "true"
      ARGOCD_E2E_APISERVER_PORT: "8088"
-      ARGOCD_APPLICATION_NAMESPACES: "argocd-e2e-external,argocd-e2e-external-2"
+      ARGOCD_APPLICATION_NAMESPACES: "argocd-e2e-external"
      ARGOCD_SERVER: "127.0.0.1:8088"
      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.E2E_TEST_GITHUB_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      GITLAB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.E2E_TEST_GITLAB_TOKEN }}
+      GITLAB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.E2E_TEST_GITLAB_TOKEN }}  
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@8410ad0602e1e429cee44a835ae9f77f654a6694 # v4.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac # v4.0.0
      - name: Setup Golang
-        uses: actions/setup-go@cdcb36043654635271a94b9a6d1392de5bb323a7 # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/setup-go@93397bea11091df50f3d7e59dc26a7711a8bcfbe # v4.0.0
        with:
          go-version: ${{ env.GOLANG_VERSION }}
      - name: GH actions workaround - Kill XSP4 process
@@ -446,7 +400,7 @@ jobs:
          sudo chmod go-r $HOME/.kube/config
          kubectl version
      - name: Restore go build cache
-        uses: actions/cache@0c45773b623bea8c8e75f6c82b208c3cf94ea4f9 # v4.0.2
+        uses: actions/cache@704facf57e6136b1bc63b828d79edcd491f0ee84 # v3.3.2
        with:
          path: ~/.cache/go-build
          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-build-v1-${{ github.run_id }}
@@ -472,7 +426,7 @@ jobs:
          git config --global user.email "john.doe@example.com"
      - name: Pull Docker image required for tests
        run: |
-          docker pull ghcr.io/dexidp/dex:v2.38.0
+          docker pull ghcr.io/dexidp/dex:v2.37.0
          docker pull argoproj/argo-cd-ci-builder:v1.0.0
          docker pull redis:7.0.15-alpine
      - name: Create target directory for binaries in the build-process
@@ -502,31 +456,8 @@ jobs:
          set -x
          make test-e2e-local
      - name: Upload e2e-server logs
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@65462800fd760344b1a7b4382951275a0abb4808 # v4.3.3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@a8a3f3ad30e3422c9c7b888a15615d19a852ae32 # v3.1.3
        with:
          name: e2e-server-k8s${{ matrix.k3s-version }}.log
          path: /tmp/e2e-server.log
        if: ${{ failure() }}
-
-  # workaround for status checks -- check this one job instead of each individual E2E job in the matrix
-  # this allows us to skip the entire matrix when it doesn't need to run while still having accurate status checks
-  # see:
-  # https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/12006
-  # https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/9141#discussioncomment-2296809
-  # https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/26822#discussioncomment-3305794
-  test-e2e-composite-result:
-    name: E2E Tests - Composite result
-    if: ${{ always() }}
-    needs:
-      - test-e2e
-      - changes
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    steps:
-      - run: |
-          result="${{ needs.test-e2e.result }}"
-          # mark as successful even if skipped
-          if [[ $result == "success" || $result == "skipped" ]]; then
-            exit 0
-          else
-            exit 1
-          fi
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -27,19 +27,14 @@ jobs:

    # CodeQL runs on ubuntu-latest and windows-latest
    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+
    steps:
    - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@8410ad0602e1e429cee44a835ae9f77f654a6694 # v4.0.0
-
-    # Use correct go version. https://github.com/github/codeql-action/issues/1842#issuecomment-1704398087
-    - name: Setup Golang
-      uses: actions/setup-go@cdcb36043654635271a94b9a6d1392de5bb323a7 # v5.0.1
-      with:
-        go-version-file: go.mod
+      uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac # v4.0.0
      
    # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
    - name: Initialize CodeQL
-      uses: github/codeql-action/init@8fcfedf57053e09257688fce7a0beeb18b1b9ae3 # v2.17.2
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@8aff97f12c99086bdb92ff62ae06dbbcdf07941b # v2.1.33
      # Override language selection by uncommenting this and choosing your languages
      # with:
      #   languages: go, javascript, csharp, python, cpp, java
@@ -47,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
    # Autobuild attempts to build any compiled languages  (C/C++, C#, or Java).
    # If this step fails, then you should remove it and run the build manually (see below)
    - name: Autobuild
-      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@8fcfedf57053e09257688fce7a0beeb18b1b9ae3 # v2.17.2
+      uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@8aff97f12c99086bdb92ff62ae06dbbcdf07941b # v2.1.33

    # ℹ️ Command-line programs to run using the OS shell.
    # 📚 https://git.io/JvXDl
@@ -61,4 +56,4 @@ jobs:
    #   make release

    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@8fcfedf57053e09257688fce7a0beeb18b1b9ae3 # v2.17.2
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@8aff97f12c99086bdb92ff62ae06dbbcdf07941b # v2.1.33
--- a/.github/workflows/image-reuse.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/image-reuse.yaml
@@ -58,25 +58,25 @@ jobs:
      image-digest: ${{ steps.image.outputs.digest }}
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@8410ad0602e1e429cee44a835ae9f77f654a6694 # v4.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac # v4.0.0
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        if: ${{ github.ref_type == 'tag'}}

      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@8410ad0602e1e429cee44a835ae9f77f654a6694 # v4.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac # v4.0.0
        if: ${{ github.ref_type != 'tag'}}

      - name: Setup Golang
-        uses: actions/setup-go@cdcb36043654635271a94b9a6d1392de5bb323a7 # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/setup-go@93397bea11091df50f3d7e59dc26a7711a8bcfbe # v4.1.0
        with:
          go-version: ${{ inputs.go-version }}

      - name: Install cosign
        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@e1523de7571e31dbe865fd2e80c5c7c23ae71eb4 # v3.4.0

-      - uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@68827325e0b33c7199eb31dd4e31fbe9023e06e3 # v3.0.0
+      - uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@2b82ce82d56a2a04d2637cd93a637ae1b359c0a7 # v2.2.0
      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@f95db51fddba0c2d1ec667646a06c2ce06100226 # v3.0.0

      - name: Setup tags for container image as a CSV type
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ jobs:
            echo 'EOF' >> $GITHUB_ENV

      - name: Login to Quay.io
-        uses: docker/login-action@e92390c5fb421da1463c202d546fed0ec5c39f20 # v3.1.0
+        uses: docker/login-action@465a07811f14bebb1938fbed4728c6a1ff8901fc # v2.2.0
        with:
          registry: quay.io
          username: ${{ secrets.quay_username }}
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ jobs:
        if: ${{ inputs.quay_image_name && inputs.push }}

      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@e92390c5fb421da1463c202d546fed0ec5c39f20 # v3.1.0
+        uses: docker/login-action@465a07811f14bebb1938fbed4728c6a1ff8901fc # v2.2.0
        with:
          registry: ghcr.io
          username: ${{ secrets.ghcr_username }}
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ jobs:
        if: ${{ inputs.ghcr_image_name && inputs.push }}

      - name: Login to dockerhub Container Registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@e92390c5fb421da1463c202d546fed0ec5c39f20 # v3.1.0
+        uses: docker/login-action@465a07811f14bebb1938fbed4728c6a1ff8901fc # v2.2.0
        with:
          username: ${{ secrets.docker_username }}
          password: ${{ secrets.docker_password }}
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ jobs:
            echo "GIT_TREE_STATE=$(if [ -z "`git status --porcelain`" ]; then echo "clean" ; else echo "dirty"; fi)" >> $GITHUB_ENV

      - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
-        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@54081f138730dfa15788a46383842cd2f914a1be
+        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@4d9e71b726748f254fe64fa44d273194bd18ec91
        with:
          large-packages: false
          docker-images: false
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ jobs:

      - name: Build and push container image
        id: image
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@2cdde995de11925a030ce8070c3d77a52ffcf1c0 #v5.3.0
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@2eb1c1961a95fc15694676618e422e8ba1d63825 #v4.1.1
        with:
          context: .
          platforms: ${{ inputs.platforms }}
--- a/.github/workflows/image.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/image.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
      image-tag: ${{ steps.image.outputs.tag}}
      platforms: ${{ steps.platforms.outputs.platforms }}
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8410ad0602e1e429cee44a835ae9f77f654a6694 # v4.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac # v4.0.0

      - name: Set image tag for ghcr
        run: echo "tag=$(cat ./VERSION)-${GITHUB_SHA::8}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
    uses: ./.github/workflows/image-reuse.yaml
    with:
      # Note: cannot use env variables to set go-version (https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/reusing-workflows#limitations)
-      go-version: 1.22
+      go-version: 1.21
      platforms: ${{ needs.set-vars.outputs.platforms }}
      push: false

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
      quay_image_name: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:latest
      ghcr_image_name: ghcr.io/argoproj/argo-cd/argocd:${{ needs.set-vars.outputs.image-tag }}
      # Note: cannot use env variables to set go-version (https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/reusing-workflows#limitations)
-      go-version: 1.22
+      go-version: 1.21
      platforms: ${{ needs.set-vars.outputs.platforms }}
      push: true
    secrets:
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ jobs:
      packages: write # for uploading attestations. (https://github.com/slsa-framework/slsa-github-generator/blob/main/internal/builders/container/README.md#known-issues)
    if: ${{ github.repository == 'argoproj/argo-cd' && github.event_name == 'push' }}
    # Must be refernced by a tag. https://github.com/slsa-framework/slsa-github-generator/blob/main/internal/builders/container/README.md#referencing-the-slsa-generator
-    uses: slsa-framework/slsa-github-generator/.github/workflows/generator_container_slsa3.yml@v2.0.0
+    uses: slsa-framework/slsa-github-generator/.github/workflows/generator_container_slsa3.yml@v1.10.0
    with:
      image: ghcr.io/argoproj/argo-cd/argocd
      digest: ${{ needs.build-and-publish.outputs.image-digest }}
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ jobs:
    if: ${{ github.repository == 'argoproj/argo-cd' && github.event_name == 'push' }}
    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8410ad0602e1e429cee44a835ae9f77f654a6694 # v4.0.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac # v4.0.0
      - run: git clone "https://$TOKEN@github.com/argoproj/argoproj-deployments"
        env:
          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TOKEN }}
--- a/.github/workflows/init-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/init-release.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@8410ad0602e1e429cee44a835ae9f77f654a6694  # v4.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac  # v4.0.0
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
          git stash pop

      - name: Create pull request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@9153d834b60caba6d51c9b9510b087acf9f33f83  # v6.0.4
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@153407881ec5c347639a548ade7d8ad1d6740e38  # v5.0.2
        with:
          commit-message: "Bump version to ${{ inputs.TARGET_VERSION }}"
          title: "Bump version to ${{ inputs.TARGET_VERSION }} on ${{ inputs.TARGET_BRANCH }} branch"
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-title-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-title-check.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
    name: Validate PR Title
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
-      - uses: thehanimo/pr-title-checker@1d8cd483a2b73118406a187f54dca8a9415f1375 # v1.4.2
+      - uses: thehanimo/pr-title-checker@0cf5902181e78341bb97bb06646396e5bd354b3f # v1.4.0
        with:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          configuration_path: ".github/pr-title-checker-config.json"
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
 permissions: {}

 env:
-  GOLANG_VERSION: '1.22' # Note: go-version must also be set in job argocd-image.with.go-version
+  GOLANG_VERSION: '1.21' # Note: go-version must also be set in job argocd-image.with.go-version

 jobs:
  argocd-image:
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
    with:
      quay_image_name: quay.io/argoproj/argocd:${{ github.ref_name }}
      # Note: cannot use env variables to set go-version (https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/reusing-workflows#limitations)
-      go-version: 1.22
+      go-version: 1.21
      platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/s390x,linux/ppc64le
      push: true
    secrets:
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
        packages: write # for uploading attestations. (https://github.com/slsa-framework/slsa-github-generator/blob/main/internal/builders/container/README.md#known-issues)
      # Must be refernced by a tag. https://github.com/slsa-framework/slsa-github-generator/blob/main/internal/builders/container/README.md#referencing-the-slsa-generator
      if: github.repository == 'argoproj/argo-cd'
-      uses: slsa-framework/slsa-github-generator/.github/workflows/generator_container_slsa3.yml@v2.0.0
+      uses: slsa-framework/slsa-github-generator/.github/workflows/generator_container_slsa3.yml@v1.10.0
      with:
        image: quay.io/argoproj/argocd
        digest: ${{ needs.argocd-image.outputs.image-digest }}
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:

    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@8410ad0602e1e429cee44a835ae9f77f654a6694 # v4.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac # v4.0.0
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
          fi

      - name: Setup Golang
-        uses: actions/setup-go@cdcb36043654635271a94b9a6d1392de5bb323a7 # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/setup-go@93397bea11091df50f3d7e59dc26a7711a8bcfbe # v4.0.0
        with:
          go-version: ${{ env.GOLANG_VERSION }}

@@ -87,14 +87,6 @@ jobs:
          echo "KUBECTL_VERSION=$(go list -m k8s.io/client-go | head -n 1 | rev | cut -d' ' -f1 | rev)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
          echo "GIT_TREE_STATE=$(if [ -z "`git status --porcelain`" ]; then echo "clean" ; else echo "dirty"; fi)" >> $GITHUB_ENV

-      - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
-        uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@54081f138730dfa15788a46383842cd2f914a1be
-        with:
-          large-packages: false
-          docker-images: false
-          swap-storage: false
-          tool-cache: false
-
      - name: Run GoReleaser
        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@7ec5c2b0c6cdda6e8bbb49444bc797dd33d74dd8 # v5.0.0
        id: run-goreleaser
@@ -128,7 +120,7 @@ jobs:
      contents: write #  Needed for release uploads
    if: github.repository == 'argoproj/argo-cd'
    # Must be refernced by a tag. https://github.com/slsa-framework/slsa-github-generator/blob/main/internal/builders/container/README.md#referencing-the-slsa-generator
-    uses: slsa-framework/slsa-github-generator/.github/workflows/generator_generic_slsa3.yml@v2.0.0
+    uses: slsa-framework/slsa-github-generator/.github/workflows/generator_generic_slsa3.yml@v1.10.0
    with:
      base64-subjects: "${{ needs.goreleaser.outputs.hashes }}"
      provenance-name: "argocd-cli.intoto.jsonl"
@@ -147,13 +139,13 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@8410ad0602e1e429cee44a835ae9f77f654a6694 # v4.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac # v4.0.0
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

      - name: Setup Golang
-        uses: actions/setup-go@cdcb36043654635271a94b9a6d1392de5bb323a7 # v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/setup-go@93397bea11091df50f3d7e59dc26a7711a8bcfbe # v4.1.0
        with:
          go-version: ${{ env.GOLANG_VERSION }}

@@ -197,7 +189,7 @@ jobs:
          echo "hashes=$(sha256sum /tmp/sbom.tar.gz | base64 -w0)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
      
      - name: Upload SBOM
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@69320dbe05506a9a39fc8ae11030b214ec2d1f87 # v2.0.5
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@de2c0eb89ae2a093876385947365aca7b0e5f844 # v0.1.15
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
@@ -212,7 +204,7 @@ jobs:
      contents: write #  Needed for release uploads
    if: github.repository == 'argoproj/argo-cd'
    # Must be refernced by a tag. https://github.com/slsa-framework/slsa-github-generator/blob/main/internal/builders/container/README.md#referencing-the-slsa-generator
-    uses: slsa-framework/slsa-github-generator/.github/workflows/generator_generic_slsa3.yml@v2.0.0
+    uses: slsa-framework/slsa-github-generator/.github/workflows/generator_generic_slsa3.yml@v1.10.0
    with:
      base64-subjects: "${{ needs.generate-sbom.outputs.hashes }}"
      provenance-name: "argocd-sbom.intoto.jsonl"
@@ -230,7 +222,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@8410ad0602e1e429cee44a835ae9f77f654a6694 # v4.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac # v4.0.0
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -273,13 +265,11 @@ jobs:
          set -xue
          SOURCE_TAG=${{ github.ref_name }}
          VERSION_REF="${SOURCE_TAG#*v}"
-          COMMIT_HASH=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
          if echo "$VERSION_REF" | grep -E -- '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.0-rc1';then
            VERSION=$(awk 'BEGIN {FS=OFS="."} {$2++; print}' <<< "${VERSION_REF%-rc1}")
            echo "Updating VERSION to: $VERSION"
            echo "UPDATE_VERSION=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
            echo "NEW_VERSION=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-            echo "COMMIT_HASH=$COMMIT_HASH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
          else
            echo "Not updating VERSION"
            echo "UPDATE_VERSION=false" >> $GITHUB_ENV
@@ -288,14 +278,10 @@ jobs:
      - name: Update VERSION on master branch
        run: |
          echo ${{ env.NEW_VERSION }} > VERSION
-          # Replace the 'project-release: vX.X.X-rcX' line in SECURITY-INSIGHTS.yml
-          sed -i "s/project-release: v.*$/project-release: v${{ env.NEW_VERSION }}/" SECURITY-INSIGHTS.yml
-          # Update the 'commit-hash: XXXXXXX' line in SECURITY-INSIGHTS.yml
-          sed -i "s/commit-hash: .*/commit-hash: ${{ env.NEW_VERSION }}/" SECURITY-INSIGHTS.yml
        if: ${{ env.UPDATE_VERSION == 'true' }}

      - name: Create PR to update VERSION on master branch
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@9153d834b60caba6d51c9b9510b087acf9f33f83 # v6.0.4
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@153407881ec5c347639a548ade7d8ad1d6740e38 # v5.0.2
        with:
          commit-message: Bump version in master
          title: "chore: Bump version in master"
--- a/.github/workflows/scorecard.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scorecard.yaml
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ jobs:

    steps:
      - name: "Checkout code"
-        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac # v4.0.0
        with:
          persist-credentials: false

      - name: "Run analysis"
-        uses: ossf/scorecard-action@dc50aa9510b46c811795eb24b2f1ba02a914e534 # v2.3.3
+        uses: ossf/scorecard-action@08b4669551908b1024bb425080c797723083c031 # v2.2.0
        with:
          results_file: results.sarif
          results_format: sarif
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
      # Upload the results as artifacts (optional). Commenting out will disable uploads of run results in SARIF
      # format to the repository Actions tab.
      - name: "Upload artifact"
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@65462800fd760344b1a7b4382951275a0abb4808 # v4.3.3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@a8a3f3ad30e3422c9c7b888a15615d19a852ae32 # v3.1.3
        with:
          name: SARIF file
          path: results.sarif
@@ -62,6 +62,6 @@ jobs:

      # Upload the results to GitHub's code scanning dashboard.
      - name: "Upload to code-scanning"
-        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@8fcfedf57053e09257688fce7a0beeb18b1b9ae3 # v2.17.2
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@3ebbd71c74ef574dbc558c82f70e52732c8b44fe # v2.2.1
        with:
          sarif_file: results.sarif
--- a/.github/workflows/update-snyk.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-snyk.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@8410ad0602e1e429cee44a835ae9f77f654a6694 # v4.0.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac # v4.0.0
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      - name: Build reports
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ node_modules/
 ./test/cmp/*.sock
 .envrc.remote
 .*.swp
-rerunreport.txt

 # ignore built binaries
 cmd/argocd/argocd
--- a/.goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ changelog:
    exclude:
      - '^test:'
      - '^.*?Bump(\([[:word:]]+\))?.+$'
-      - '^.*?\[Bot\](\([[:word:]]+\))?.+$'
+      - '^.*?[Bot](\([[:word:]]+\))?.+$'


 # yaml-language-server: $schema=https://goreleaser.com/static/schema.json
--- a/.readthedocs.yaml
+++ b/.readthedocs.yaml
--- a/5
+++ b/5
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@
 ** @argoproj/argocd-approvers

 # Docs
-/docs/**     @argoproj/argocd-approvers @argoproj/argocd-approvers-docs
-/USERS.md    @argoproj/argocd-approvers @argoproj/argocd-approvers-docs
-/README.md   @argoproj/argocd-approvers @argoproj/argocd-approvers-docs
-/mkdocs.yml  @argoproj/argocd-approvers @argoproj/argocd-approvers-docs
+/docs/** @argoproj/argocd-approvers @argoproj/argocd-approvers-docs

 # CI
 /.github/**       @argoproj/argocd-approvers @argoproj/argocd-approvers-ci
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Please refer to [the Contribution Guide](https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/en/latest/developer-guide/code-contributions/)
--- a/12
+++ b/12
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-ARG BASE_IMAGE=docker.io/library/ubuntu:24.04@sha256:3f85b7caad41a95462cf5b787d8a04604c8262cdcdf9a472b8c52ef83375fe15
+ARG BASE_IMAGE=docker.io/library/ubuntu:22.04@sha256:0bced47fffa3361afa981854fcabcd4577cd43cebbb808cea2b1f33a3dd7f508
 ####################################################################################################
 # Builder image
 # Initial stage which pulls prepares build dependencies and CLI tooling we need for our final image
 # Also used as the image in CI jobs so needs all dependencies
 ####################################################################################################
-FROM docker.io/library/golang:1.22.1@sha256:0b55ab82ac2a54a6f8f85ec8b943b9e470c39e32c109b766bbc1b801f3fa8d3b AS builder
+FROM docker.io/library/golang:1.21.3@sha256:02d7116222536a5cf0fcf631f90b507758b669648e0f20186d2dc94a9b419a9b AS builder

 RUN echo 'deb http://archive.debian.org/debian buster-backports main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ WORKDIR /tmp
 COPY hack/install.sh hack/tool-versions.sh ./
 COPY hack/installers installers

-RUN ./install.sh helm && \
+RUN ./install.sh helm-linux && \
    INSTALL_PATH=/usr/local/bin ./install.sh kustomize

 ####################################################################################################
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ RUN groupadd -g $ARGOCD_USER_ID argocd && \
    apt-get update && \
    apt-get dist-upgrade -y && \
    apt-get install -y \
-    git git-lfs tini gpg tzdata connect-proxy && \
+    git git-lfs tini gpg tzdata && \
    apt-get clean && \
    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ WORKDIR /home/argocd
 ####################################################################################################
 # Argo CD UI stage
 ####################################################################################################
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM docker.io/library/node:21.7.0@sha256:104b26b5d34f9907f1f1e5e51fd9e557845f1a354f07ee9f28814dd9574a6154 AS argocd-ui
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM docker.io/library/node:20.6.1@sha256:14bd39208dbc0eb171cbfb26ccb9ac09fa1b2eba04ccd528ab5d12983fd9ee24 AS argocd-ui

 WORKDIR /src
 COPY ["ui/package.json", "ui/yarn.lock", "./"]
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ RUN HOST_ARCH=$TARGETARCH NODE_ENV='production' NODE_ONLINE_ENV='online' NODE_OP
 ####################################################################################################
 # Argo CD Build stage which performs the actual build of Argo CD binaries
 ####################################################################################################
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM docker.io/library/golang:1.22.1@sha256:0b55ab82ac2a54a6f8f85ec8b943b9e470c39e32c109b766bbc1b801f3fa8d3b AS argocd-build
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM docker.io/library/golang:1.21.3@sha256:02d7116222536a5cf0fcf631f90b507758b669648e0f20186d2dc94a9b419a9b AS argocd-build

 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/argoproj/argo-cd

--- a/119
+++ b/119
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ CURRENT_DIR=$(shell pwd)
 DIST_DIR=${CURRENT_DIR}/dist
 CLI_NAME=argocd
 BIN_NAME=argocd
-CGO_FLAG=0

 GEN_RESOURCES_CLI_NAME=argocd-resources-gen

@@ -23,21 +22,14 @@ KUBECTL_VERSION=$(shell go list -m k8s.io/client-go | head -n 1 | rev | cut -d'
 GOPATH?=$(shell if test -x `which go`; then go env GOPATH; else echo "$(HOME)/go"; fi)
 GOCACHE?=$(HOME)/.cache/go-build

-# Docker command to use
-DOCKER?=docker
-ifeq ($(DOCKER),podman)
-PODMAN_ARGS=--userns keep-id
-else
-PODMAN_ARGS=
-endif
-
 DOCKER_SRCDIR?=$(GOPATH)/src
 DOCKER_WORKDIR?=/go/src/github.com/argoproj/argo-cd

 ARGOCD_PROCFILE?=Procfile

-# pointing to python 3.7 to match https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/blob/master/.readthedocs.yml
-MKDOCS_DOCKER_IMAGE?=python:3.7-alpine
+# Strict mode has been disabled in latest versions of mkdocs-material.
+# Thus pointing to the older image of mkdocs-material matching the version used by argo-cd.
+MKDOCS_DOCKER_IMAGE?=squidfunk/mkdocs-material:4.1.1
 MKDOCS_RUN_ARGS?=

 # Configuration for building argocd-test-tools image
@@ -57,7 +49,7 @@ ARGOCD_E2E_DEX_PORT?=5556
 ARGOCD_E2E_YARN_HOST?=localhost
 ARGOCD_E2E_DISABLE_AUTH?=

-ARGOCD_E2E_TEST_TIMEOUT?=90m
+ARGOCD_E2E_TEST_TIMEOUT?=45m

 ARGOCD_IN_CI?=false
 ARGOCD_TEST_E2E?=true
@@ -84,7 +76,7 @@ SUDO?=
 # Runs any command in the argocd-test-utils container in server mode
 # Server mode container will start with uid 0 and drop privileges during runtime
 define run-in-test-server
-	$(SUDO) $(DOCKER) run --rm -it \
+	$(SUDO) docker run --rm -it \
 		--name argocd-test-server \
 		-u $(CONTAINER_UID):$(CONTAINER_GID) \
 		-e USER_ID=$(CONTAINER_UID) \
@@ -109,14 +101,13 @@ define run-in-test-server
 		-p ${ARGOCD_E2E_APISERVER_PORT}:8080 \
 		-p 4000:4000 \
 		-p 5000:5000 \
-		$(PODMAN_ARGS) \
 		$(TEST_TOOLS_PREFIX)$(TEST_TOOLS_IMAGE):$(TEST_TOOLS_TAG) \
 		bash -c "$(1)"
 endef

 # Runs any command in the argocd-test-utils container in client mode
 define run-in-test-client
-	$(SUDO) $(DOCKER) run --rm -it \
+	$(SUDO) docker run --rm -it \
 	  --name argocd-test-client \
 		-u $(CONTAINER_UID):$(CONTAINER_GID) \
 		-e HOME=/home/user \
@@ -131,14 +122,13 @@ define run-in-test-client
 		-v ${HOME}/.kube:/home/user/.kube${VOLUME_MOUNT} \
 		-v /tmp:/tmp${VOLUME_MOUNT} \
 		-w ${DOCKER_WORKDIR} \
-		$(PODMAN_ARGS) \
 		$(TEST_TOOLS_PREFIX)$(TEST_TOOLS_IMAGE):$(TEST_TOOLS_TAG) \
 		bash -c "$(1)"
 endef

 #
 define exec-in-test-server
-	$(SUDO) $(DOCKER) exec -it -u $(CONTAINER_UID):$(CONTAINER_GID) -e ARGOCD_E2E_RECORD=$(ARGOCD_E2E_RECORD) -e ARGOCD_E2E_K3S=$(ARGOCD_E2E_K3S) argocd-test-server $(1)
+	$(SUDO) docker exec -it -u $(CONTAINER_UID):$(CONTAINER_GID) -e ARGOCD_E2E_RECORD=$(ARGOCD_E2E_RECORD) -e ARGOCD_E2E_K3S=$(ARGOCD_E2E_K3S) argocd-test-server $(1)
 endef

 PATH:=$(PATH):$(PWD)/hack
@@ -185,21 +175,29 @@ endif
 .PHONY: all
 all: cli image

+# We have some legacy requirements for being checked out within $GOPATH.
+# The ensure-gopath target can be used as dependency to ensure we are running
+# within these boundaries.
+.PHONY: ensure-gopath
+ensure-gopath:
+ifneq ("$(PWD)","$(LEGACY_PATH)")
+	@echo "Due to legacy requirements for codegen, repository needs to be checked out within \$$GOPATH"
+	@echo "Location of this repo should be '$(LEGACY_PATH)' but is '$(PWD)'"
+	@exit 1
+endif
+
 .PHONY: gogen
-gogen:
+gogen: ensure-gopath
 	export GO111MODULE=off
 	go generate ./util/argo/...

 .PHONY: protogen
-protogen: mod-vendor-local protogen-fast
-
-.PHONY: protogen-fast
-protogen-fast:
+protogen: ensure-gopath mod-vendor-local
 	export GO111MODULE=off
 	./hack/generate-proto.sh

 .PHONY: openapigen
-openapigen:
+openapigen: ensure-gopath
 	export GO111MODULE=off
 	./hack/update-openapi.sh

@@ -214,22 +212,19 @@ notification-docs:


 .PHONY: clientgen
-clientgen:
+clientgen: ensure-gopath
 	export GO111MODULE=off
 	./hack/update-codegen.sh

 .PHONY: clidocsgen
-clidocsgen:
+clidocsgen: ensure-gopath
 	go run tools/cmd-docs/main.go


 .PHONY: codegen-local
-codegen-local: mod-vendor-local gogen protogen clientgen openapigen clidocsgen manifests-local notification-docs notification-catalog
+codegen-local: ensure-gopath mod-vendor-local gogen protogen clientgen openapigen clidocsgen manifests-local notification-docs notification-catalog
 	rm -rf vendor/

-.PHONY: codegen-local-fast
-codegen-local-fast: gogen protogen-fast clientgen openapigen clidocsgen manifests-local notification-docs notification-catalog
-
 .PHONY: codegen
 codegen: test-tools-image
 	$(call run-in-test-client,make codegen-local)
@@ -240,11 +235,11 @@ cli: test-tools-image

 .PHONY: cli-local
 cli-local: clean-debug
-	CGO_ENABLED=${CGO_FLAG} GODEBUG="tarinsecurepath=0,zipinsecurepath=0" go build -v -ldflags '${LDFLAGS}' -o ${DIST_DIR}/${CLI_NAME} ./cmd
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 GODEBUG="tarinsecurepath=0,zipinsecurepath=0" go build -v -ldflags '${LDFLAGS}' -o ${DIST_DIR}/${CLI_NAME} ./cmd

 .PHONY: gen-resources-cli-local
 gen-resources-cli-local: clean-debug
-	CGO_ENABLED=${CGO_FLAG} GODEBUG="tarinsecurepath=0,zipinsecurepath=0" go build -v -ldflags '${LDFLAGS}' -o ${DIST_DIR}/${GEN_RESOURCES_CLI_NAME} ./hack/gen-resources/cmd
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 GODEBUG="tarinsecurepath=0,zipinsecurepath=0" go build -v -ldflags '${LDFLAGS}' -o ${DIST_DIR}/${GEN_RESOURCES_CLI_NAME} ./hack/gen-resources/cmd

 .PHONY: release-cli
 release-cli: clean-debug build-ui
@@ -259,8 +254,8 @@ release-cli: clean-debug build-ui
 .PHONY: test-tools-image
 test-tools-image:
 ifndef SKIP_TEST_TOOLS_IMAGE
-	$(SUDO) $(DOCKER) build --build-arg UID=$(CONTAINER_UID) -t $(TEST_TOOLS_PREFIX)$(TEST_TOOLS_IMAGE) -f test/container/Dockerfile .
-	$(SUDO) $(DOCKER) tag $(TEST_TOOLS_PREFIX)$(TEST_TOOLS_IMAGE) $(TEST_TOOLS_PREFIX)$(TEST_TOOLS_IMAGE):$(TEST_TOOLS_TAG)
+	$(SUDO) docker build --build-arg UID=$(CONTAINER_UID) -t $(TEST_TOOLS_PREFIX)$(TEST_TOOLS_IMAGE) -f test/container/Dockerfile .
+	$(SUDO) docker tag $(TEST_TOOLS_PREFIX)$(TEST_TOOLS_IMAGE) $(TEST_TOOLS_PREFIX)$(TEST_TOOLS_IMAGE):$(TEST_TOOLS_TAG)
 endif

 .PHONY: manifests-local
@@ -274,25 +269,25 @@ manifests: test-tools-image
 # consolidated binary for cli, util, server, repo-server, controller
 .PHONY: argocd-all
 argocd-all: clean-debug
-	CGO_ENABLED=${CGO_FLAG} GOOS=${GOOS} GOARCH=${GOARCH} GODEBUG="tarinsecurepath=0,zipinsecurepath=0" go build -v -ldflags '${LDFLAGS}' -o ${DIST_DIR}/${BIN_NAME} ./cmd
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=${GOOS} GOARCH=${GOARCH} GODEBUG="tarinsecurepath=0,zipinsecurepath=0" go build -v -ldflags '${LDFLAGS}' -o ${DIST_DIR}/${BIN_NAME} ./cmd

 .PHONY: server
 server: clean-debug
-	CGO_ENABLED=${CGO_FLAG} GODEBUG="tarinsecurepath=0,zipinsecurepath=0" go build -v -ldflags '${LDFLAGS}' -o ${DIST_DIR}/argocd-server ./cmd
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 GODEBUG="tarinsecurepath=0,zipinsecurepath=0" go build -v -ldflags '${LDFLAGS}' -o ${DIST_DIR}/argocd-server ./cmd

 .PHONY: repo-server
 repo-server:
-	CGO_ENABLED=${CGO_FLAG} GODEBUG="tarinsecurepath=0,zipinsecurepath=0" go build -v -ldflags '${LDFLAGS}' -o ${DIST_DIR}/argocd-repo-server ./cmd
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 GODEBUG="tarinsecurepath=0,zipinsecurepath=0" go build -v -ldflags '${LDFLAGS}' -o ${DIST_DIR}/argocd-repo-server ./cmd

 .PHONY: controller
 controller:
-	CGO_ENABLED=${CGO_FLAG} GODEBUG="tarinsecurepath=0,zipinsecurepath=0" go build -v -ldflags '${LDFLAGS}' -o ${DIST_DIR}/argocd-application-controller ./cmd
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 GODEBUG="tarinsecurepath=0,zipinsecurepath=0" go build -v -ldflags '${LDFLAGS}' -o ${DIST_DIR}/argocd-application-controller ./cmd

 .PHONY: build-ui
 build-ui:
-	DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 $(DOCKER) build -t argocd-ui --platform=$(TARGET_ARCH) --target argocd-ui .
+	DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build -t argocd-ui --platform=$(TARGET_ARCH) --target argocd-ui .
 	find ./ui/dist -type f -not -name gitkeep -delete
-	$(DOCKER) run -v ${CURRENT_DIR}/ui/dist/app:/tmp/app --rm -t argocd-ui sh -c 'cp -r ./dist/app/* /tmp/app/'
+	docker run -v ${CURRENT_DIR}/ui/dist/app:/tmp/app --rm -t argocd-ui sh -c 'cp -r ./dist/app/* /tmp/app/'

 .PHONY: image
 ifeq ($(DEV_IMAGE), true)
@@ -301,29 +296,29 @@ ifeq ($(DEV_IMAGE), true)
 # the dist directory is under .dockerignore.
 IMAGE_TAG="dev-$(shell git describe --always --dirty)"
 image: build-ui
-	DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 $(DOCKER) build --platform=$(TARGET_ARCH) -t argocd-base --target argocd-base .
-	CGO_ENABLED=${CGO_FLAG} GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 GODEBUG="tarinsecurepath=0,zipinsecurepath=0" go build -v -ldflags '${LDFLAGS}' -o ${DIST_DIR}/argocd ./cmd
+	DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --platform=$(TARGET_ARCH) -t argocd-base --target argocd-base .
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 GODEBUG="tarinsecurepath=0,zipinsecurepath=0" go build -v -ldflags '${LDFLAGS}' -o ${DIST_DIR}/argocd ./cmd
 	ln -sfn ${DIST_DIR}/argocd ${DIST_DIR}/argocd-server
 	ln -sfn ${DIST_DIR}/argocd ${DIST_DIR}/argocd-application-controller
 	ln -sfn ${DIST_DIR}/argocd ${DIST_DIR}/argocd-repo-server
 	ln -sfn ${DIST_DIR}/argocd ${DIST_DIR}/argocd-cmp-server
 	ln -sfn ${DIST_DIR}/argocd ${DIST_DIR}/argocd-dex
 	cp Dockerfile.dev dist
-	DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 $(DOCKER) build --platform=$(TARGET_ARCH) -t $(IMAGE_PREFIX)argocd:$(IMAGE_TAG) -f dist/Dockerfile.dev dist
+	DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build --platform=$(TARGET_ARCH) -t $(IMAGE_PREFIX)argocd:$(IMAGE_TAG) -f dist/Dockerfile.dev dist
 else
 image:
-	DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 $(DOCKER) build -t $(IMAGE_PREFIX)argocd:$(IMAGE_TAG) --platform=$(TARGET_ARCH) .
+	DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build -t $(IMAGE_PREFIX)argocd:$(IMAGE_TAG) --platform=$(TARGET_ARCH) .
 endif
-	@if [ "$(DOCKER_PUSH)" = "true" ] ; then $(DOCKER) push $(IMAGE_PREFIX)argocd:$(IMAGE_TAG) ; fi
+	@if [ "$(DOCKER_PUSH)" = "true" ] ; then docker push $(IMAGE_PREFIX)argocd:$(IMAGE_TAG) ; fi

 .PHONY: armimage
 armimage:
-	$(DOCKER) build -t $(IMAGE_PREFIX)argocd:$(IMAGE_TAG)-arm .
+	docker build -t $(IMAGE_PREFIX)argocd:$(IMAGE_TAG)-arm .

 .PHONY: builder-image
 builder-image:
-	$(DOCKER) build  -t $(IMAGE_PREFIX)argo-cd-ci-builder:$(IMAGE_TAG) --target builder .
-	@if [ "$(DOCKER_PUSH)" = "true" ] ; then $(DOCKER) push $(IMAGE_PREFIX)argo-cd-ci-builder:$(IMAGE_TAG) ; fi
+	docker build  -t $(IMAGE_PREFIX)argo-cd-ci-builder:$(IMAGE_TAG) --target builder .
+	@if [ "$(DOCKER_PUSH)" = "true" ] ; then docker push $(IMAGE_PREFIX)argo-cd-ci-builder:$(IMAGE_TAG) ; fi

 .PHONY: mod-download
 mod-download: test-tools-image
@@ -391,9 +386,9 @@ test: test-tools-image
 .PHONY: test-local
 test-local:
 	if test "$(TEST_MODULE)" = ""; then \
-		DIST_DIR=${DIST_DIR} RERUN_FAILS=0 PACKAGES=`go list ./... | grep -v 'test/e2e'` ./hack/test.sh -coverprofile=coverage.out; \
+		./hack/test.sh -coverprofile=coverage.out `go list ./... | grep -v 'test/e2e'`; \
 	else \
-		DIST_DIR=${DIST_DIR} RERUN_FAILS=0 PACKAGES="$(TEST_MODULE)" ./hack/test.sh -coverprofile=coverage.out "$(TEST_MODULE)"; \
+		./hack/test.sh -coverprofile=coverage.out "$(TEST_MODULE)"; \
 	fi

 .PHONY: test-race
@@ -405,9 +400,9 @@ test-race: test-tools-image
 .PHONY: test-race-local
 test-race-local:
 	if test "$(TEST_MODULE)" = ""; then \
-		DIST_DIR=${DIST_DIR} RERUN_FAILS=0 PACKAGES=`go list ./... | grep -v 'test/e2e'` ./hack/test.sh -race -coverprofile=coverage.out; \
+		./hack/test.sh -race -coverprofile=coverage.out `go list ./... | grep -v 'test/e2e'`; \
 	else \
-		DIST_DIR=${DIST_DIR} RERUN_FAILS=0 PACKAGES="$(TEST_MODULE)" ./hack/test.sh -race -coverprofile=coverage.out; \
+		./hack/test.sh -race -coverprofile=coverage.out "$(TEST_MODULE)"; \
 	fi

 # Run the E2E test suite. E2E test servers (see start-e2e target) must be
@@ -421,7 +416,7 @@ test-e2e:
 test-e2e-local: cli-local
 	# NO_PROXY ensures all tests don't go out through a proxy if one is configured on the test system
 	export GO111MODULE=off
-	DIST_DIR=${DIST_DIR} RERUN_FAILS=5 PACKAGES="./test/e2e" ARGOCD_E2E_RECORD=${ARGOCD_E2E_RECORD} ARGOCD_GPG_ENABLED=true NO_PROXY=* ./hack/test.sh -timeout $(ARGOCD_E2E_TEST_TIMEOUT) -v
+	ARGOCD_E2E_RECORD=${ARGOCD_E2E_RECORD} ARGOCD_GPG_ENABLED=true NO_PROXY=* ./hack/test.sh -timeout $(ARGOCD_E2E_TEST_TIMEOUT) -v ./test/e2e

 # Spawns a shell in the test server container for debugging purposes
 debug-test-server: test-tools-image
@@ -434,7 +429,7 @@ debug-test-client: test-tools-image
 # Starts e2e server in a container
 .PHONY: start-e2e
 start-e2e: test-tools-image
-	$(DOCKER) version
+	docker version
 	mkdir -p ${GOCACHE}
 	$(call run-in-test-server,make ARGOCD_PROCFILE=test/container/Procfile start-e2e-local)

@@ -443,7 +438,6 @@ start-e2e: test-tools-image
 start-e2e-local: mod-vendor-local dep-ui-local cli-local
 	kubectl create ns argocd-e2e || true
 	kubectl create ns argocd-e2e-external || true
-	kubectl create ns argocd-e2e-external-2 || true
 	kubectl config set-context --current --namespace=argocd-e2e
 	kustomize build test/manifests/base | kubectl apply -f -
 	kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-cluster-management/api/a6845f2ebcb186ec26b832f60c988537a58f3859/cluster/v1alpha1/0000_04_clusters.open-cluster-management.io_placementdecisions.crd.yaml
@@ -464,8 +458,8 @@ start-e2e-local: mod-vendor-local dep-ui-local cli-local
 	ARGOCD_ZJWT_FEATURE_FLAG=always \
 	ARGOCD_IN_CI=$(ARGOCD_IN_CI) \
 	BIN_MODE=$(ARGOCD_BIN_MODE) \
-	ARGOCD_APPLICATION_NAMESPACES=argocd-e2e-external,argocd-e2e-external-2 \
-	ARGOCD_APPLICATIONSET_CONTROLLER_NAMESPACES=argocd-e2e-external,argocd-e2e-external-2 \
+	ARGOCD_APPLICATION_NAMESPACES=argocd-e2e-external \
+	ARGOCD_APPLICATIONSET_CONTROLLER_NAMESPACES=argocd-e2e-external \
 	ARGOCD_APPLICATIONSET_CONTROLLER_ALLOWED_SCM_PROVIDERS=http://127.0.0.1:8341,http://127.0.0.1:8342,http://127.0.0.1:8343,http://127.0.0.1:8344 \
 	ARGOCD_E2E_TEST=true \
 		goreman -f $(ARGOCD_PROCFILE) start ${ARGOCD_START}
@@ -481,7 +475,7 @@ clean: clean-debug

 .PHONY: start
 start: test-tools-image
-	$(DOCKER) version
+	docker version
 	$(call run-in-test-server,make ARGOCD_PROCFILE=test/container/Procfile start-local ARGOCD_START=${ARGOCD_START})

 # Starts a local instance of ArgoCD
@@ -497,7 +491,6 @@ start-local: mod-vendor-local dep-ui-local cli-local
 	ARGOCD_ZJWT_FEATURE_FLAG=always \
 	ARGOCD_IN_CI=false \
 	ARGOCD_GPG_ENABLED=$(ARGOCD_GPG_ENABLED) \
-	BIN_MODE=$(ARGOCD_BIN_MODE) \
 	ARGOCD_E2E_TEST=false \
 	ARGOCD_APPLICATION_NAMESPACES=$(ARGOCD_APPLICATION_NAMESPACES) \
 		goreman -f $(ARGOCD_PROCFILE) start ${ARGOCD_START}
@@ -531,7 +524,7 @@ build-docs-local:

 .PHONY: build-docs
 build-docs:
-	$(DOCKER) run ${MKDOCS_RUN_ARGS} --rm -it -v ${CURRENT_DIR}:/docs -w /docs --entrypoint "" ${MKDOCS_DOCKER_IMAGE} sh -c 'pip install -r docs/requirements.txt; mkdocs build'
+	docker run ${MKDOCS_RUN_ARGS} --rm -it -v ${CURRENT_DIR}:/docs --entrypoint "" ${MKDOCS_DOCKER_IMAGE} sh -c 'pip install -r docs/requirements.txt; mkdocs build'

 .PHONY: serve-docs-local
 serve-docs-local:
@@ -539,7 +532,8 @@ serve-docs-local:

 .PHONY: serve-docs
 serve-docs:
-	$(DOCKER) run ${MKDOCS_RUN_ARGS} --rm -it -p 8000:8000 -v ${CURRENT_DIR}:/docs -w /docs --entrypoint "" ${MKDOCS_DOCKER_IMAGE} sh -c 'pip install -r docs/requirements.txt; mkdocs serve -a $$(ip route get 1 | awk '\''{print $$7}'\''):8000'
+	docker run ${MKDOCS_RUN_ARGS} --rm -it -p 8000:8000 -v ${CURRENT_DIR}/site:/site -w /site --entrypoint "" ${MKDOCS_DOCKER_IMAGE} python3 -m http.server --bind 0.0.0.0 8000
+

 # Verify that kubectl can connect to your K8s cluster from Docker
 .PHONY: verify-kube-connect
@@ -562,8 +556,7 @@ install-tools-local: install-test-tools-local install-codegen-tools-local instal
 .PHONY: install-test-tools-local
 install-test-tools-local:
 	./hack/install.sh kustomize
-	./hack/install.sh helm
-	./hack/install.sh gotestsum
+	./hack/install.sh helm-linux

 # Installs all tools required for running codegen (Linux packages)
 .PHONY: install-codegen-tools-local
@@ -591,7 +584,7 @@ list:

 .PHONY: applicationset-controller
 applicationset-controller:
-	GODEBUG="tarinsecurepath=0,zipinsecurepath=0" CGO_ENABLED=${CGO_FLAG} go build -v -ldflags '${LDFLAGS}' -o ${DIST_DIR}/argocd-applicationset-controller ./cmd
+	GODEBUG="tarinsecurepath=0,zipinsecurepath=0" CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -v -ldflags '${LDFLAGS}' -o ${DIST_DIR}/argocd-applicationset-controller ./cmd

 .PHONY: checksums
 checksums:
--- a/2
+++ b/2
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ owners:
 approvers:
 - alexec
 - alexmt
- gdsoumya
 - jannfis
 - jessesuen
 - jgwest
@@ -31,3 +30,4 @@ reviewers:
 - zachaller
 - 34fathombelow
 - alexef
+- gdsoumya
--- a/5
+++ b/5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-controller: [ "$BIN_MODE" = 'true' ] && COMMAND=./dist/argocd || COMMAND='go run ./cmd/main.go' && sh -c "HOSTNAME=testappcontroller-1  FORCE_LOG_COLORS=1 ARGOCD_FAKE_IN_CLUSTER=true ARGOCD_TLS_DATA_PATH=${ARGOCD_TLS_DATA_PATH:-/tmp/argocd-local/tls} ARGOCD_SSH_DATA_PATH=${ARGOCD_SSH_DATA_PATH:-/tmp/argocd-local/ssh} ARGOCD_BINARY_NAME=argocd-application-controller $COMMAND --loglevel debug --redis localhost:${ARGOCD_E2E_REDIS_PORT:-6379} --repo-server localhost:${ARGOCD_E2E_REPOSERVER_PORT:-8081} --otlp-address=${ARGOCD_OTLP_ADDRESS} --application-namespaces=${ARGOCD_APPLICATION_NAMESPACES:-''} --server-side-diff-enabled=${ARGOCD_APPLICATION_CONTROLLER_SERVER_SIDE_DIFF:-'false'}"
+controller: [ "$BIN_MODE" = 'true' ] && COMMAND=./dist/argocd || COMMAND='go run ./cmd/main.go' && sh -c "FORCE_LOG_COLORS=1 ARGOCD_FAKE_IN_CLUSTER=true ARGOCD_TLS_DATA_PATH=${ARGOCD_TLS_DATA_PATH:-/tmp/argocd-local/tls} ARGOCD_SSH_DATA_PATH=${ARGOCD_SSH_DATA_PATH:-/tmp/argocd-local/ssh} ARGOCD_BINARY_NAME=argocd-application-controller $COMMAND --loglevel debug --redis localhost:${ARGOCD_E2E_REDIS_PORT:-6379} --repo-server localhost:${ARGOCD_E2E_REPOSERVER_PORT:-8081} --otlp-address=${ARGOCD_OTLP_ADDRESS} --application-namespaces=${ARGOCD_APPLICATION_NAMESPACES:-''}"
 api-server: [ "$BIN_MODE" = 'true' ] && COMMAND=./dist/argocd || COMMAND='go run ./cmd/main.go' && sh -c "FORCE_LOG_COLORS=1 ARGOCD_FAKE_IN_CLUSTER=true ARGOCD_TLS_DATA_PATH=${ARGOCD_TLS_DATA_PATH:-/tmp/argocd-local/tls} ARGOCD_SSH_DATA_PATH=${ARGOCD_SSH_DATA_PATH:-/tmp/argocd-local/ssh} ARGOCD_BINARY_NAME=argocd-server $COMMAND --loglevel debug --redis localhost:${ARGOCD_E2E_REDIS_PORT:-6379} --disable-auth=${ARGOCD_E2E_DISABLE_AUTH:-'true'} --insecure --dex-server http://localhost:${ARGOCD_E2E_DEX_PORT:-5556} --repo-server localhost:${ARGOCD_E2E_REPOSERVER_PORT:-8081} --port ${ARGOCD_E2E_APISERVER_PORT:-8080} --otlp-address=${ARGOCD_OTLP_ADDRESS} --application-namespaces=${ARGOCD_APPLICATION_NAMESPACES:-''}"
 dex: sh -c "ARGOCD_BINARY_NAME=argocd-dex go run github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/cmd gendexcfg -o `pwd`/dist/dex.yaml && (test -f dist/dex.yaml || { echo 'Failed to generate dex configuration'; exit 1; }) && docker run --rm -p ${ARGOCD_E2E_DEX_PORT:-5556}:${ARGOCD_E2E_DEX_PORT:-5556} -v `pwd`/dist/dex.yaml:/dex.yaml ghcr.io/dexidp/dex:$(grep "image: ghcr.io/dexidp/dex" manifests/base/dex/argocd-dex-server-deployment.yaml | cut -d':' -f3) dex serve /dex.yaml"
 redis: bash -c "if [ \"$ARGOCD_REDIS_LOCAL\" = 'true' ]; then redis-server --save '' --appendonly no --port ${ARGOCD_E2E_REDIS_PORT:-6379}; else docker run --rm --name argocd-redis -i -p ${ARGOCD_E2E_REDIS_PORT:-6379}:${ARGOCD_E2E_REDIS_PORT:-6379} docker.io/library/redis:$(grep "image: redis" manifests/base/redis/argocd-redis-deployment.yaml | cut -d':' -f3) --save '' --appendonly no --port ${ARGOCD_E2E_REDIS_PORT:-6379}; fi"
@@ -9,5 +9,4 @@ git-server: test/fixture/testrepos/start-git.sh
 helm-registry: test/fixture/testrepos/start-helm-registry.sh
 dev-mounter: [[ "$ARGOCD_E2E_TEST" != "true" ]] && go run hack/dev-mounter/main.go --configmap argocd-ssh-known-hosts-cm=${ARGOCD_SSH_DATA_PATH:-/tmp/argocd-local/ssh} --configmap argocd-tls-certs-cm=${ARGOCD_TLS_DATA_PATH:-/tmp/argocd-local/tls} --configmap argocd-gpg-keys-cm=${ARGOCD_GPG_DATA_PATH:-/tmp/argocd-local/gpg/source}
 applicationset-controller: [ "$BIN_MODE" = 'true' ] && COMMAND=./dist/argocd || COMMAND='go run ./cmd/main.go' && sh -c "FORCE_LOG_COLORS=4 ARGOCD_FAKE_IN_CLUSTER=true ARGOCD_TLS_DATA_PATH=${ARGOCD_TLS_DATA_PATH:-/tmp/argocd-local/tls} ARGOCD_SSH_DATA_PATH=${ARGOCD_SSH_DATA_PATH:-/tmp/argocd-local/ssh} ARGOCD_BINARY_NAME=argocd-applicationset-controller $COMMAND --loglevel debug --metrics-addr localhost:12345 --probe-addr localhost:12346 --argocd-repo-server localhost:${ARGOCD_E2E_REPOSERVER_PORT:-8081}"
-notification: [ "$BIN_MODE" = 'true' ] && COMMAND=./dist/argocd || COMMAND='go run ./cmd/main.go' && sh -c "FORCE_LOG_COLORS=4 ARGOCD_FAKE_IN_CLUSTER=true ARGOCD_TLS_DATA_PATH=${ARGOCD_TLS_DATA_PATH:-/tmp/argocd-local/tls} ARGOCD_BINARY_NAME=argocd-notifications $COMMAND --loglevel debug --application-namespaces=${ARGOCD_APPLICATION_NAMESPACES:-''} --self-service-notification-enabled=${ARGOCD_NOTIFICATION_CONTROLLER_SELF_SERVICE_NOTIFICATION_ENABLED:-'false'}"
-
+notification: [ "$BIN_MODE" = 'true' ] && COMMAND=./dist/argocd || COMMAND='go run ./cmd/main.go' && sh -c "FORCE_LOG_COLORS=4 ARGOCD_FAKE_IN_CLUSTER=true ARGOCD_TLS_DATA_PATH=${ARGOCD_TLS_DATA_PATH:-/tmp/argocd-local/tls} ARGOCD_BINARY_NAME=argocd-notifications $COMMAND --loglevel debug"
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 **Social:**
 [![Twitter Follow](https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/argoproj?style=social)](https://twitter.com/argoproj)
 [![Slack](https://img.shields.io/badge/slack-argoproj-brightgreen.svg?logo=slack)](https://argoproj.github.io/community/join-slack)
-[![LinkedIn](https://img.shields.io/badge/LinkedIn-argoproj-blue.svg?logo=linkedin)](https://www.linkedin.com/company/argoproj/)

 # Argo CD - Declarative Continuous Delivery for Kubernetes

@@ -86,5 +85,4 @@ Participation in the Argo CD project is governed by the [CNCF Code of Conduct](h
 1. [Getting Started with ArgoCD for GitOps Deployments](https://youtu.be/AvLuplh1skA)
 1. [Using Argo CD & Datree for Stable Kubernetes CI/CD Deployments](https://youtu.be/17894DTru2Y)
 1. [How to create Argo CD Applications Automatically using ApplicationSet? "Automation of GitOps"](https://amralaayassen.medium.com/how-to-create-argocd-applications-automatically-using-applicationset-automation-of-the-gitops-59455eaf4f72)
-1. [Progressive Delivery with Service Mesh – Argo Rollouts with Istio](https://www.cncf.io/blog/2022/12/16/progressive-delivery-with-service-mesh-argo-rollouts-with-istio/)

--- a/SECURITY-INSIGHTS.yml
+++ b/SECURITY-INSIGHTS.yml
@@ -1,128 +0,0 @@
-header:
-  schema-version: 1.0.0
-  expiration-date: '2024-10-31T00:00:00.000Z' # One year from initial release.
-  last-updated: '2023-10-27'
-  last-reviewed: '2023-10-27'
-  commit-hash: b71277c6beb949d0199d647a582bc25822b88838
-  project-url: https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd
-  project-release: v2.9.0-rc3
-  changelog: https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/releases
-  license: https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/blob/master/LICENSE
-project-lifecycle:
-  status: active
-  roadmap: https://github.com/orgs/argoproj/projects/25
-  bug-fixes-only: false
-  core-maintainers:
-    - https://github.com/argoproj/argoproj/blob/master/MAINTAINERS.md
-  release-cycle: https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/developer-guide/release-process-and-cadence/
-  release-process: https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/developer-guide/release-process-and-cadence/#release-process
-contribution-policy:
-  accepts-pull-requests: true
-  accepts-automated-pull-requests: true
-  automated-tools-list:
-    - automated-tool: dependabot
-      action: allowed
-      path:
-        - /
-    - automated-tool: snyk-report
-      action: allowed
-      path:
-        - docs/snyk
-      comment: |
-        This tool runs Snyk and generates a report of vulnerabilities in the project's dependencies. The report is 
-        placed in the project's documentation. The workflow is defined here:
-        https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/blob/master/.github/workflows/update-snyk.yaml
-  contributing-policy: https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/developer-guide/code-contributions/
-  code-of-conduct: https://github.com/cncf/foundation/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md
-documentation:
-  - https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/
-distribution-points:
-  - https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/releases
-  - https://quay.io/repository/argoproj/argocd
-security-artifacts:
-  threat-model:
-    threat-model-created: true
-    evidence-url:
-      - https://github.com/argoproj/argoproj/blob/master/docs/argo_threat_model.pdf
-      - https://github.com/argoproj/argoproj/blob/master/docs/end_user_threat_model.pdf
-  self-assessment:
-    self-assessment-created: false
-    comment: |
-      An extensive self-assessment was performed for CNCF graduation. Because the self-assessment process was evolving
-      at the time, no standardized document has been published.
-security-testing:
-  - tool-type: sca
-    tool-name: Dependabot
-    tool-version: "2"
-    tool-url: https://github.com/dependabot
-    integration:
-      ad-hoc: false
-      ci: false
-      before-release: false
-    tool-rulesets:
-      - https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/blob/master/.github/dependabot.yml
-  - tool-type: sca
-    tool-name: Snyk
-    tool-version: latest
-    tool-url: https://snyk.io/
-    integration:
-      ad-hoc: true
-      ci: true
-      before-release: false
-  - tool-type: sast
-    tool-name: CodeQL
-    tool-version: latest
-    tool-url: https://codeql.github.com/
-    integration:
-      ad-hoc: false
-      ci: true
-      before-release: false
-    comment: |
-      We use the default configuration with the latest version.
-security-assessments:
-  - auditor-name: Trail of Bits
-    auditor-url: https://trailofbits.com
-    auditor-report: https://github.com/argoproj/argoproj/blob/master/docs/argo_security_final_report.pdf
-    report-year: 2021
-  - auditor-name: Ada Logics
-    auditor-url: https://adalogics.com
-    auditor-report: https://github.com/argoproj/argoproj/blob/master/docs/argo_security_audit_2022.pdf
-    report-year: 2022
-  - auditor-name: Ada Logics
-    auditor-url: https://adalogics.com
-    auditor-report: https://github.com/argoproj/argoproj/blob/master/docs/audit_fuzzer_adalogics_2022.pdf
-    report-year: 2022
-    comment: |
-      Part of the audit was performed by Ada Logics, focussed on fuzzing.
-  - auditor-name: Chainguard
-    auditor-url: https://chainguard.dev
-    auditor-report: https://github.com/argoproj/argoproj/blob/master/docs/software_supply_chain_slsa_assessment_chainguard_2023.pdf
-    report-year: 2023
-    comment: |
-      Confirmed the project's release process as achieving SLSA (v0.1) level 3.
-security-contacts:
-  - type: email
-    value: cncf-argo-security@lists.cncf.io
-    primary: true
-vulnerability-reporting:
-  accepts-vulnerability-reports: true
-  email-contact: cncf-argo-security@lists.cncf.io
-  security-policy: https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/security/policy
-  bug-bounty-available: true
-  bug-bounty-url: https://hackerone.com/ibb/policy_scopes
-  out-scope:
-    - vulnerable and outdated components # See https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/blob/master/SECURITY.md#a-word-about-security-scanners
-    - security logging and monitoring failures
-dependencies:
-  third-party-packages: true
-  dependencies-lists:
-    - https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/blob/master/go.mod
-    - https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/blob/master/Dockerfile
-    - https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/blob/master/ui/package.json
-  sbom:
-    - sbom-file: https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/releases # Every release's assets include SBOMs.
-      sbom-format: SPDX
-  dependencies-lifecycle:
-    policy-url: https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/developer-guide/release-process-and-cadence/#dependencies-lifecycle-policy
-  env-dependencies-policy:
-    policy-url: https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/developer-guide/release-process-and-cadence/#dependencies-lifecycle-policy
--- a/USERS.md
+++ b/USERS.md
@@ -18,51 +18,42 @@ Currently, the following organizations are **officially** using Argo CD:
 1. [Albert Heijn](https://ah.nl/)
 1. [Alibaba Group](https://www.alibabagroup.com/)
 1. [Allianz Direct](https://www.allianzdirect.de/)
-1. [AlphaSense](https://www.alpha-sense.com/)
 1. [Amadeus IT Group](https://amadeus.com/)
 1. [Ambassador Labs](https://www.getambassador.io/)
-1. [Ancestry](https://www.ancestry.com/)
-1. [Andgo Systems](https://www.andgosystems.com/)
 1. [ANSTO - Australian Synchrotron](https://www.synchrotron.org.au/)
 1. [Ant Group](https://www.antgroup.com/)
 1. [AppDirect](https://www.appdirect.com)
 1. [Arctiq Inc.](https://www.arctiq.ca)
-2. [Arturia](https://www.arturia.com)
 1. [ARZ Allgemeines Rechenzentrum GmbH](https://www.arz.at/)
-1. [Autodesk](https://www.autodesk.com)
-1. [Axians ACSP](https://www.axians.fr)
+2. [Autodesk](https://www.autodesk.com)
 1. [Axual B.V.](https://axual.com)
 1. [Back Market](https://www.backmarket.com)
 1. [Baloise](https://www.baloise.com)
 1. [BCDevExchange DevOps Platform](https://bcdevexchange.org/DevOpsPlatform)
 1. [Beat](https://thebeat.co/en/)
 1. [Beez Innovation Labs](https://www.beezlabs.com/)
-1. [Bedag Informatik AG](https://www.bedag.ch/)
 1. [Beleza Na Web](https://www.belezanaweb.com.br/)
 1. [BigPanda](https://bigpanda.io)
 1. [BioBox Analytics](https://biobox.io)
 1. [BMW Group](https://www.bmwgroup.com/)
 1. [Boozt](https://www.booztgroup.com/)
 1. [Boticario](https://www.boticario.com.br/)
-1. [Broker Consulting, a.s.](https://www.bcas.cz/en/)
 1. [Bulder Bank](https://bulderbank.no)
-1. [CAM](https://cam-inc.co.jp)
 1. [Camptocamp](https://camptocamp.com)
 1. [Candis](https://www.candis.io)
 1. [Capital One](https://www.capitalone.com)
-1. [CARFAX Europe](https://www.carfax.eu)
 1. [CARFAX](https://www.carfax.com)
+1. [CARFAX Europe](https://www.carfax.eu)
 1. [Carrefour Group](https://www.carrefour.com)
 1. [Casavo](https://casavo.com)
 1. [Celonis](https://www.celonis.com/)
 1. [CERN](https://home.cern/)
-1. [Chainnodes](https://chainnodes.org)
 1. [Chargetrip](https://chargetrip.com)
+1. [Chainnodes](https://chainnodes.org)
 1. [Chime](https://www.chime.com)
 1. [Cisco ET&I](https://eti.cisco.com/)
 1. [Cloud Posse](https://www.cloudposse.com/)
 1. [Cloud Scale](https://cloudscaleinc.com/)
-1. [CloudGeometry](https://www.cloudgeometry.io/)
 1. [Cloudmate](https://cloudmt.co.kr/)
 1. [Cloudogu](https://cloudogu.com/)
 1. [Cobalt](https://www.cobalt.io/)
@@ -101,9 +92,7 @@ Currently, the following organizations are **officially** using Argo CD:
 1. [Fave](https://myfave.com)
 1. [Flexport](https://www.flexport.com/)
 1. [Flip](https://flip.id)
-1. [Fly Security](https://www.flysecurity.com.br/)
 1. [Fonoa](https://www.fonoa.com/)
-1. [Fortra](https://www.fortra.com)
 1. [freee](https://corp.freee.co.jp/en/company/)
 1. [Freshop, Inc](https://www.freshop.com/)
 1. [Future PLC](https://www.futureplc.com/)
@@ -120,8 +109,8 @@ Currently, the following organizations are **officially** using Argo CD:
 1. [GlueOps](https://glueops.dev)
 1. [GMETRI](https://gmetri.com/)
 1. [Gojek](https://www.gojek.io/)
-1. [GoTo Financial](https://gotofinancial.com/)
 1. [GoTo](https://www.goto.com/)
+1. [GoTo Financial](https://gotofinancial.com/)
 1. [Greenpass](https://www.greenpass.com.br/)
 1. [Gridfuse](https://gridfuse.com/)
 1. [Groww](https://groww.in)
@@ -134,12 +123,9 @@ Currently, the following organizations are **officially** using Argo CD:
 1. [Hiya](https://hiya.com)
 1. [Honestbank](https://honestbank.com)
 1. [Hostinger](https://www.hostinger.com)
-1. [IABAI](https://www.iab.ai)
 1. [IBM](https://www.ibm.com/)
 1. [Ibotta](https://home.ibotta.com)
-1. [IFS](https://www.ifs.com)
 1. [IITS-Consulting](https://iits-consulting.de)
-1. [IllumiDesk](https://www.illumidesk.com)
 1. [imaware](https://imaware.health)
 1. [Indeed](https://indeed.com)
 1. [Index Exchange](https://www.indexexchange.com/)
@@ -160,7 +146,6 @@ Currently, the following organizations are **officially** using Argo CD:
 1. [Kinguin](https://www.kinguin.net/)
 1. [KintoHub](https://www.kintohub.com/)
 1. [KompiTech GmbH](https://www.kompitech.com/)
-1. [Kong Inc.](https://konghq.com/)
 1. [KPMG](https://kpmg.com/uk)
 1. [KubeSphere](https://github.com/kubesphere)
 1. [Kurly](https://www.kurly.com/)
@@ -184,8 +169,6 @@ Currently, the following organizations are **officially** using Argo CD:
 1. [Meican](https://meican.com/)
 1. [Meilleurs Agents](https://www.meilleursagents.com/)
 1. [Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovation](https://www.mercedes-benz-techinnovation.com/)
-1. [Mercedes-Benz.io](https://www.mercedes-benz.io/)
-1. [Metacore Games](https://metacoregames.com/)
 1. [Metanet](http://www.metanet.co.kr/en/)
 1. [MindSpore](https://mindspore.cn)
 1. [Mirantis](https://mirantis.com/)
@@ -198,7 +181,6 @@ Currently, the following organizations are **officially** using Argo CD:
 1. [Natura &Co](https://naturaeco.com/)
 1. [Nethopper](https://nethopper.io)
 1. [New Relic](https://newrelic.com/)
-1. [Nextbasket](https://nextbasket.com)
 1. [Nextdoor](https://nextdoor.com/)
 1. [Nikkei](https://www.nikkei.co.jp/nikkeiinfo/en/)
 1. [Nitro](https://gonitro.com)
@@ -206,11 +188,9 @@ Currently, the following organizations are **officially** using Argo CD:
 1. [Objective](https://www.objective.com.br/)
 1. [OCCMundial](https://occ.com.mx)
 1. [Octadesk](https://octadesk.com)
-1. [Octopus Deploy](https://octopus.com)
 1. [Olfeo](https://www.olfeo.com/)
 1. [omegaUp](https://omegaUp.com)
 1. [Omni](https://omni.se/)
-1. [Oncourse Home Solutions](https://oncoursehome.com/)
 1. [openEuler](https://openeuler.org)
 1. [openGauss](https://opengauss.org/)
 1. [OpenGov](https://opengov.com)
@@ -227,16 +207,12 @@ Currently, the following organizations are **officially** using Argo CD:
 1. [PagerDuty](https://www.pagerduty.com/)
 1. [Pandosearch](https://www.pandosearch.com/en/home)
 1. [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/)
-1. [PayIt](https://payitgov.com/)
 1. [PayPay](https://paypay.ne.jp/)
 1. [Peloton Interactive](https://www.onepeloton.com/)
-1. [Percona](https://percona.com/)
 1. [PGS](https://www.pgs.com)
 1. [Pigment](https://www.gopigment.com/)
-1. [Pipedrive](https://www.pipedrive.com/)
 1. [Pipefy](https://www.pipefy.com/)
 1. [Pismo](https://pismo.io/)
-1. [PITS Globale Datenrettungsdienste](https://www.pitsdatenrettung.de/)
 1. [Platform9 Systems](https://platform9.com/)
 1. [Polarpoint.io](https://polarpoint.io)
 1. [PostFinance](https://github.com/postfinance)
@@ -252,29 +228,22 @@ Currently, the following organizations are **officially** using Argo CD:
 1. [QuintoAndar](https://quintoandar.com.br)
 1. [Quipper](https://www.quipper.com/)
 1. [RapidAPI](https://www.rapidapi.com/)
-1. [rebuy](https://www.rebuy.de/)
+1. [Recreation.gov](https://www.recreation.gov/)
 1. [Red Hat](https://www.redhat.com/)
 1. [Redpill Linpro](https://www.redpill-linpro.com/)
 1. [Reenigne Cloud](https://reenigne.ca)
 1. [reev.com](https://www.reev.com/)
 1. [RightRev](https://rightrev.com/)
-1. [Rijkswaterstaat](https://www.rijkswaterstaat.nl/en)
 1. [Rise](https://www.risecard.eu/)
 1. [Riskified](https://www.riskified.com/)
 1. [Robotinfra](https://www.robotinfra.com)
-1. [Rocket.Chat](https://rocket.chat)
-1. [Rogo](https://rogodata.com)
 1. [Rubin Observatory](https://www.lsst.org)
 1. [Saildrone](https://www.saildrone.com/)
-1. [Salad Technologies](https://salad.com/)
 1. [Saloodo! GmbH](https://www.saloodo.com)
 1. [Sap Labs](http://sap.com)
 1. [Sauce Labs](https://saucelabs.com/)
 1. [Schwarz IT](https://jobs.schwarz/it-mission)
-1. [SCRM Lidl International Hub](https://scrm.lidl)
 1. [SEEK](https://seek.com.au)
-1. [Semgrep](https://semgrep.com)
-1. [Shield](https://shield.com)
 1. [SI Analytics](https://si-analytics.ai)
 1. [Skit](https://skit.ai/)
 1. [Skyscanner](https://www.skyscanner.net/)
@@ -289,8 +258,6 @@ Currently, the following organizations are **officially** using Argo CD:
 1. [Spendesk](https://spendesk.com/)
 1. [Splunk](https://splunk.com/)
 1. [Spores Labs](https://spores.app)
-1. [Statsig](https://statsig.com)
-1. [SternumIOT](https://sternumiot.com)
 1. [StreamNative](https://streamnative.io)
 1. [Stuart](https://stuart.com/)
 1. [Sumo Logic](https://sumologic.com/)
@@ -304,7 +271,6 @@ Currently, the following organizations are **officially** using Argo CD:
 1. [Tamkeen Technologies](https://tamkeentech.sa/)
 1. [Techcombank](https://www.techcombank.com.vn/trang-chu)
 1. [Technacy](https://www.technacy.it/)
-1. [Telavita](https://www.telavita.com.br/)
 1. [Tesla](https://tesla.com/)
 1. [The Scale Factory](https://www.scalefactory.com/)
 1. [ThousandEyes](https://www.thousandeyes.com/)
@@ -328,7 +294,6 @@ Currently, the following organizations are **officially** using Argo CD:
 1. [Urbantz](https://urbantz.com/)
 1. [Vectra](https://www.vectra.ai)
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--- a/2
+++ b/2
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.11.0
+2.9.15
--- a/applicationset/controllers/applicationset_controller.go
+++ b/applicationset/controllers/applicationset_controller.go
@@ -17,11 +17,9 @@ package controllers
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"strings"
+	"reflect"
 	"time"

-	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
-	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp/cmpopts"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	apierr "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
@@ -41,6 +39,7 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/event"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/handler"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/predicate"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/source"

 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/applicationset/generators"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/applicationset/utils"
@@ -110,40 +109,24 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Reque

 	// Do not attempt to further reconcile the ApplicationSet if it is being deleted.
 	if applicationSetInfo.ObjectMeta.DeletionTimestamp != nil {
-		appsetName := applicationSetInfo.ObjectMeta.Name
-		logCtx.Debugf("DeletionTimestamp is set on %s", appsetName)
-		deleteAllowed := utils.DefaultPolicy(applicationSetInfo.Spec.SyncPolicy, r.Policy, r.EnablePolicyOverride).AllowDelete()
-		if !deleteAllowed {
-			logCtx.Debugf("ApplicationSet policy does not allow to delete")
-			if err := r.removeOwnerReferencesOnDeleteAppSet(ctx, applicationSetInfo); err != nil {
-				return ctrl.Result{}, err
-			}
-			logCtx.Debugf("ownerReferences referring %s is deleted from generated applications", appsetName)
-		}
-		controllerutil.RemoveFinalizer(&applicationSetInfo, argov1alpha1.ResourcesFinalizerName)
-		if err := r.Update(ctx, &applicationSetInfo); err != nil {
-			return ctrl.Result{}, err
-		}
 		return ctrl.Result{}, nil
 	}

 	// Log a warning if there are unrecognized generators
 	_ = utils.CheckInvalidGenerators(&applicationSetInfo)
 	// desiredApplications is the main list of all expected Applications from all generators in this appset.
-	desiredApplications, applicationSetReason, generatorsErr := r.generateApplications(logCtx, applicationSetInfo)
-	if generatorsErr != nil {
+	desiredApplications, applicationSetReason, err := r.generateApplications(applicationSetInfo)
+	if err != nil {
 		_ = r.setApplicationSetStatusCondition(ctx,
 			&applicationSetInfo,
 			argov1alpha1.ApplicationSetCondition{
 				Type:    argov1alpha1.ApplicationSetConditionErrorOccurred,
-				Message: generatorsErr.Error(),
+				Message: err.Error(),
 				Reason:  string(applicationSetReason),
 				Status:  argov1alpha1.ApplicationSetConditionStatusTrue,
 			}, parametersGenerated,
 		)
-		if len(desiredApplications) < 1 {
-			return ctrl.Result{}, generatorsErr
-		}
+		return ctrl.Result{}, err
 	}

 	parametersGenerated = true
@@ -171,16 +154,6 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Reque
 		return ctrl.Result{RequeueAfter: ReconcileRequeueOnValidationError}, nil
 	}

-	currentApplications, err := r.getCurrentApplications(ctx, applicationSetInfo)
-	if err != nil {
-		return ctrl.Result{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to get current applications for application set: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	err = r.updateResourcesStatus(ctx, logCtx, &applicationSetInfo, currentApplications)
-	if err != nil {
-		return ctrl.Result{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to get update resources status for application set: %w", err)
-	}
-
 	// appMap is a name->app collection of Applications in this ApplicationSet.
 	appMap := map[string]argov1alpha1.Application{}
 	// appSyncMap tracks which apps will be synced during this reconciliation.
@@ -189,19 +162,24 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Reque
 	if r.EnableProgressiveSyncs {
 		if applicationSetInfo.Spec.Strategy == nil && len(applicationSetInfo.Status.ApplicationStatus) > 0 {
 			// If appset used progressive sync but stopped, clean up the progressive sync application statuses
-			logCtx.Infof("Removing %v unnecessary AppStatus entries from ApplicationSet %v", len(applicationSetInfo.Status.ApplicationStatus), applicationSetInfo.Name)
+			log.Infof("Removing %v unnecessary AppStatus entries from ApplicationSet %v", len(applicationSetInfo.Status.ApplicationStatus), applicationSetInfo.Name)

-			err := r.setAppSetApplicationStatus(ctx, logCtx, &applicationSetInfo, []argov1alpha1.ApplicationSetApplicationStatus{})
+			err := r.setAppSetApplicationStatus(ctx, &applicationSetInfo, []argov1alpha1.ApplicationSetApplicationStatus{})
 			if err != nil {
 				return ctrl.Result{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to clear previous AppSet application statuses for %v: %w", applicationSetInfo.Name, err)
 			}
 		} else if applicationSetInfo.Spec.Strategy != nil {
 			// appset uses progressive sync
-			for _, app := range currentApplications {
+			applications, err := r.getCurrentApplications(ctx, applicationSetInfo)
+			if err != nil {
+				return ctrl.Result{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to get current applications for application set: %w", err)
+			}
+
+			for _, app := range applications {
 				appMap[app.Name] = app
 			}

-			appSyncMap, err = r.performProgressiveSyncs(ctx, logCtx, applicationSetInfo, currentApplications, desiredApplications, appMap)
+			appSyncMap, err = r.performProgressiveSyncs(ctx, applicationSetInfo, applications, desiredApplications, appMap)
 			if err != nil {
 				return ctrl.Result{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to perform progressive sync reconciliation for application set: %w", err)
 			}
@@ -239,7 +217,7 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Reque
 	if r.EnableProgressiveSyncs {
 		// trigger appropriate application syncs if RollingSync strategy is enabled
 		if progressiveSyncsStrategyEnabled(&applicationSetInfo, "RollingSync") {
-			validApps, err = r.syncValidApplications(logCtx, &applicationSetInfo, appSyncMap, appMap, validApps)
+			validApps, err = r.syncValidApplications(ctx, &applicationSetInfo, appSyncMap, appMap, validApps)

 			if err != nil {
 				_ = r.setApplicationSetStatusCondition(ctx,
@@ -257,7 +235,7 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Reque
 	}

 	if utils.DefaultPolicy(applicationSetInfo.Spec.SyncPolicy, r.Policy, r.EnablePolicyOverride).AllowUpdate() {
-		err = r.createOrUpdateInCluster(ctx, logCtx, applicationSetInfo, validApps)
+		err = r.createOrUpdateInCluster(ctx, applicationSetInfo, validApps)
 		if err != nil {
 			_ = r.setApplicationSetStatusCondition(ctx,
 				&applicationSetInfo,
@@ -271,7 +249,7 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Reque
 			return ctrl.Result{}, err
 		}
 	} else {
-		err = r.createInCluster(ctx, logCtx, applicationSetInfo, validApps)
+		err = r.createInCluster(ctx, applicationSetInfo, validApps)
 		if err != nil {
 			_ = r.setApplicationSetStatusCondition(ctx,
 				&applicationSetInfo,
@@ -287,7 +265,7 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Reque
 	}

 	if utils.DefaultPolicy(applicationSetInfo.Spec.SyncPolicy, r.Policy, r.EnablePolicyOverride).AllowDelete() {
-		err = r.deleteInCluster(ctx, logCtx, applicationSetInfo, desiredApplications)
+		err = r.deleteInCluster(ctx, applicationSetInfo, desiredApplications)
 		if err != nil {
 			_ = r.setApplicationSetStatusCondition(ctx,
 				&applicationSetInfo,
@@ -322,7 +300,7 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Reque

 	requeueAfter := r.getMinRequeueAfter(&applicationSetInfo)

-	if len(validateErrors) == 0 && generatorsErr == nil {
+	if len(validateErrors) == 0 {
 		if err := r.setApplicationSetStatusCondition(ctx,
 			&applicationSetInfo,
 			argov1alpha1.ApplicationSetCondition{
@@ -512,7 +490,7 @@ func getTempApplication(applicationSetTemplate argov1alpha1.ApplicationSetTempla
 	return &tmplApplication
 }

-func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) generateApplications(logCtx *log.Entry, applicationSetInfo argov1alpha1.ApplicationSet) ([]argov1alpha1.Application, argov1alpha1.ApplicationSetReasonType, error) {
+func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) generateApplications(applicationSetInfo argov1alpha1.ApplicationSet) ([]argov1alpha1.Application, argov1alpha1.ApplicationSetReasonType, error) {
 	var res []argov1alpha1.Application

 	var firstError error
@@ -521,7 +499,7 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) generateApplications(logCtx *log.Entry, appli
 	for _, requestedGenerator := range applicationSetInfo.Spec.Generators {
 		t, err := generators.Transform(requestedGenerator, r.Generators, applicationSetInfo.Spec.Template, &applicationSetInfo, map[string]interface{}{})
 		if err != nil {
-			logCtx.WithError(err).WithField("generator", requestedGenerator).
+			log.WithError(err).WithField("generator", requestedGenerator).
 				Error("error generating application from params")
 			if firstError == nil {
 				firstError = err
@@ -535,9 +513,8 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) generateApplications(logCtx *log.Entry, appli

 			for _, p := range a.Params {
 				app, err := r.Renderer.RenderTemplateParams(tmplApplication, applicationSetInfo.Spec.SyncPolicy, p, applicationSetInfo.Spec.GoTemplate, applicationSetInfo.Spec.GoTemplateOptions)
-
 				if err != nil {
-					logCtx.WithError(err).WithField("params", a.Params).WithField("generator", requestedGenerator).
+					log.WithError(err).WithField("params", a.Params).WithField("generator", requestedGenerator).
 						Error("error generating application from params")

 					if firstError == nil {
@@ -546,45 +523,17 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) generateApplications(logCtx *log.Entry, appli
 					}
 					continue
 				}
-
-				if applicationSetInfo.Spec.TemplatePatch != nil {
-					patchedApplication, err := r.applyTemplatePatch(app, applicationSetInfo, p)
-
-					if err != nil {
-						log.WithError(err).WithField("params", a.Params).WithField("generator", requestedGenerator).
-							Error("error generating application from params")
-
-						if firstError == nil {
-							firstError = err
-							applicationSetReason = argov1alpha1.ApplicationSetReasonRenderTemplateParamsError
-						}
-						continue
-					}
-
-					app = patchedApplication
-				}
-
 				res = append(res, *app)
 			}
 		}

-		logCtx.WithField("generator", requestedGenerator).Infof("generated %d applications", len(res))
-		logCtx.WithField("generator", requestedGenerator).Debugf("apps from generator: %+v", res)
+		log.WithField("generator", requestedGenerator).Infof("generated %d applications", len(res))
+		log.WithField("generator", requestedGenerator).Debugf("apps from generator: %+v", res)
 	}

 	return res, applicationSetReason, firstError
 }

-func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) applyTemplatePatch(app *argov1alpha1.Application, applicationSetInfo argov1alpha1.ApplicationSet, params map[string]interface{}) (*argov1alpha1.Application, error) {
-	replacedTemplate, err := r.Renderer.Replace(*applicationSetInfo.Spec.TemplatePatch, params, applicationSetInfo.Spec.GoTemplate, applicationSetInfo.Spec.GoTemplateOptions)
-
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error replacing values in templatePatch: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	return applyTemplatePatch(app, replacedTemplate)
-}
-
 func ignoreNotAllowedNamespaces(namespaces []string) predicate.Predicate {
 	return predicate.Funcs{
 		CreateFunc: func(e event.CreateEvent) bool {
@@ -593,24 +542,22 @@ func ignoreNotAllowedNamespaces(namespaces []string) predicate.Predicate {
 	}
 }

-func appControllerIndexer(rawObj client.Object) []string {
-	// grab the job object, extract the owner...
-	app := rawObj.(*argov1alpha1.Application)
-	owner := metav1.GetControllerOf(app)
-	if owner == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	// ...make sure it's a application set...
-	if owner.APIVersion != argov1alpha1.SchemeGroupVersion.String() || owner.Kind != "ApplicationSet" {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	// ...and if so, return it
-	return []string{owner.Name}
-}
-
 func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) SetupWithManager(mgr ctrl.Manager, enableProgressiveSyncs bool, maxConcurrentReconciliations int) error {
-	if err := mgr.GetFieldIndexer().IndexField(context.TODO(), &argov1alpha1.Application{}, ".metadata.controller", appControllerIndexer); err != nil {
+	if err := mgr.GetFieldIndexer().IndexField(context.TODO(), &argov1alpha1.Application{}, ".metadata.controller", func(rawObj client.Object) []string {
+		// grab the job object, extract the owner...
+		app := rawObj.(*argov1alpha1.Application)
+		owner := metav1.GetControllerOf(app)
+		if owner == nil {
+			return nil
+		}
+		// ...make sure it's a application set...
+		if owner.APIVersion != argov1alpha1.SchemeGroupVersion.String() || owner.Kind != "ApplicationSet" {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		// ...and if so, return it
+		return []string{owner.Name}
+	}); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error setting up with manager: %w", err)
 	}

@@ -622,7 +569,7 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) SetupWithManager(mgr ctrl.Manager, enableProg
 		Owns(&argov1alpha1.Application{}, builder.WithPredicates(ownsHandler)).
 		WithEventFilter(ignoreNotAllowedNamespaces(r.ApplicationSetNamespaces)).
 		Watches(
-			&corev1.Secret{},
+			&source.Kind{Type: &corev1.Secret{}},
 			&clusterSecretEventHandler{
 				Client: mgr.GetClient(),
 				Log:    log.WithField("type", "createSecretEventHandler"),
@@ -654,16 +601,14 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) updateCache(ctx context.Context, obj client.O
 // - For new applications, it will call create
 // - For existing application, it will call update
 // The function also adds owner reference to all applications, and uses it to delete them.
-func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) createOrUpdateInCluster(ctx context.Context, logCtx *log.Entry, applicationSet argov1alpha1.ApplicationSet, desiredApplications []argov1alpha1.Application) error {
+func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) createOrUpdateInCluster(ctx context.Context, applicationSet argov1alpha1.ApplicationSet, desiredApplications []argov1alpha1.Application) error {

 	var firstError error
 	// Creates or updates the application in appList
 	for _, generatedApp := range desiredApplications {
-		// The app's namespace must be the same as the AppSet's namespace to preserve the appsets-in-any-namespace
-		// security boundary.
-		generatedApp.Namespace = applicationSet.Namespace

-		appLog := logCtx.WithFields(log.Fields{"app": generatedApp.QualifiedName()})
+		appLog := log.WithFields(log.Fields{"app": generatedApp.Name, "appSet": applicationSet.Name})
+		generatedApp.Namespace = applicationSet.Namespace

 		// Normalize to avoid fighting with the application controller.
 		generatedApp.Spec = *argoutil.NormalizeApplicationSpec(&generatedApp.Spec)
@@ -727,17 +672,6 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) createOrUpdateInCluster(ctx context.Context,
 				}
 			}

-			// Preserve post-delete finalizers:
-			//   https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/issues/17181
-			for _, finalizer := range found.ObjectMeta.Finalizers {
-				if strings.HasPrefix(finalizer, argov1alpha1.PostDeleteFinalizerName) {
-					if generatedApp.Finalizers == nil {
-						generatedApp.Finalizers = []string{}
-					}
-					generatedApp.Finalizers = append(generatedApp.Finalizers, finalizer)
-				}
-			}
-
 			found.ObjectMeta.Annotations = generatedApp.Annotations

 			found.ObjectMeta.Finalizers = generatedApp.Finalizers
@@ -770,7 +704,7 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) createOrUpdateInCluster(ctx context.Context,

 // createInCluster will filter from the desiredApplications only the application that needs to be created
 // Then it will call createOrUpdateInCluster to do the actual create
-func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) createInCluster(ctx context.Context, logCtx *log.Entry, applicationSet argov1alpha1.ApplicationSet, desiredApplications []argov1alpha1.Application) error {
+func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) createInCluster(ctx context.Context, applicationSet argov1alpha1.ApplicationSet, desiredApplications []argov1alpha1.Application) error {

 	var createApps []argov1alpha1.Application
 	current, err := r.getCurrentApplications(ctx, applicationSet)
@@ -793,12 +727,13 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) createInCluster(ctx context.Context, logCtx *
 		}
 	}

-	return r.createOrUpdateInCluster(ctx, logCtx, applicationSet, createApps)
+	return r.createOrUpdateInCluster(ctx, applicationSet, createApps)
 }

-func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) getCurrentApplications(ctx context.Context, applicationSet argov1alpha1.ApplicationSet) ([]argov1alpha1.Application, error) {
+func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) getCurrentApplications(_ context.Context, applicationSet argov1alpha1.ApplicationSet) ([]argov1alpha1.Application, error) {
+	// TODO: Should this use the context param?
 	var current argov1alpha1.ApplicationList
-	err := r.Client.List(ctx, &current, client.MatchingFields{".metadata.controller": applicationSet.Name}, client.InNamespace(applicationSet.Namespace))
+	err := r.Client.List(context.Background(), &current, client.MatchingFields{".metadata.controller": applicationSet.Name})

 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error retrieving applications: %w", err)
@@ -809,7 +744,7 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) getCurrentApplications(ctx context.Context, a

 // deleteInCluster will delete Applications that are currently on the cluster, but not in appList.
 // The function must be called after all generators had been called and generated applications
-func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) deleteInCluster(ctx context.Context, logCtx *log.Entry, applicationSet argov1alpha1.ApplicationSet, desiredApplications []argov1alpha1.Application) error {
+func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) deleteInCluster(ctx context.Context, applicationSet argov1alpha1.ApplicationSet, desiredApplications []argov1alpha1.Application) error {
 	// settingsMgr := settings.NewSettingsManager(context.TODO(), r.KubeClientset, applicationSet.Namespace)
 	// argoDB := db.NewDB(applicationSet.Namespace, settingsMgr, r.KubeClientset)
 	// clusterList, err := argoDB.ListClusters(ctx)
@@ -833,15 +768,15 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) deleteInCluster(ctx context.Context, logCtx *
 	// Delete apps that are not in m[string]bool
 	var firstError error
 	for _, app := range current {
-		logCtx = logCtx.WithField("app", app.QualifiedName())
+		appLog := log.WithFields(log.Fields{"app": app.Name, "appSet": applicationSet.Name})
 		_, exists := m[app.Name]

 		if !exists {

 			// Removes the Argo CD resources finalizer if the application contains an invalid target (eg missing cluster)
-			err := r.removeFinalizerOnInvalidDestination(ctx, applicationSet, &app, clusterList, logCtx)
+			err := r.removeFinalizerOnInvalidDestination(ctx, applicationSet, &app, clusterList, appLog)
 			if err != nil {
-				logCtx.WithError(err).Error("failed to update Application")
+				appLog.WithError(err).Error("failed to update Application")
 				if firstError != nil {
 					firstError = err
 				}
@@ -850,14 +785,14 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) deleteInCluster(ctx context.Context, logCtx *

 			err = r.Client.Delete(ctx, &app)
 			if err != nil {
-				logCtx.WithError(err).Error("failed to delete Application")
+				appLog.WithError(err).Error("failed to delete Application")
 				if firstError != nil {
 					firstError = err
 				}
 				continue
 			}
 			r.Recorder.Eventf(&applicationSet, corev1.EventTypeNormal, "Deleted", "Deleted Application %q", app.Name)
-			logCtx.Log(log.InfoLevel, "Deleted application")
+			appLog.Log(log.InfoLevel, "Deleted application")
 		}
 	}
 	return firstError
@@ -939,38 +874,21 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) removeFinalizerOnInvalidDestination(ctx conte
 	return nil
 }

-func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) removeOwnerReferencesOnDeleteAppSet(ctx context.Context, applicationSet argov1alpha1.ApplicationSet) error {
-	applications, err := r.getCurrentApplications(ctx, applicationSet)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) performProgressiveSyncs(ctx context.Context, appset argov1alpha1.ApplicationSet, applications []argov1alpha1.Application, desiredApplications []argov1alpha1.Application, appMap map[string]argov1alpha1.Application) (map[string]bool, error) {

-	for _, app := range applications {
-		app.SetOwnerReferences([]metav1.OwnerReference{})
-		err := r.Client.Update(ctx, &app)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) performProgressiveSyncs(ctx context.Context, logCtx *log.Entry, appset argov1alpha1.ApplicationSet, applications []argov1alpha1.Application, desiredApplications []argov1alpha1.Application, appMap map[string]argov1alpha1.Application) (map[string]bool, error) {
-
-	appDependencyList, appStepMap, err := r.buildAppDependencyList(logCtx, appset, desiredApplications)
+	appDependencyList, appStepMap, err := r.buildAppDependencyList(ctx, appset, desiredApplications)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to build app dependency list: %w", err)
 	}

-	_, err = r.updateApplicationSetApplicationStatus(ctx, logCtx, &appset, applications, appStepMap)
+	_, err = r.updateApplicationSetApplicationStatus(ctx, &appset, applications, appStepMap)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to update applicationset app status: %w", err)
 	}

-	logCtx.Infof("ApplicationSet %v step list:", appset.Name)
+	log.Infof("ApplicationSet %v step list:", appset.Name)
 	for i, step := range appDependencyList {
-		logCtx.Infof("step %v: %+v", i+1, step)
+		log.Infof("step %v: %+v", i+1, step)
 	}

 	appSyncMap, err := r.buildAppSyncMap(ctx, appset, appDependencyList, appMap)
@@ -978,9 +896,9 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) performProgressiveSyncs(ctx context.Context,
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to build app sync map: %w", err)
 	}

-	logCtx.Infof("Application allowed to sync before maxUpdate?: %+v", appSyncMap)
+	log.Infof("Application allowed to sync before maxUpdate?: %+v", appSyncMap)

-	_, err = r.updateApplicationSetApplicationStatusProgress(ctx, logCtx, &appset, appSyncMap, appStepMap, appMap)
+	_, err = r.updateApplicationSetApplicationStatusProgress(ctx, &appset, appSyncMap, appStepMap, appMap)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to update applicationset application status progress: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -994,7 +912,7 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) performProgressiveSyncs(ctx context.Context,
 }

 // this list tracks which Applications belong to each RollingUpdate step
-func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) buildAppDependencyList(logCtx *log.Entry, applicationSet argov1alpha1.ApplicationSet, applications []argov1alpha1.Application) ([][]string, map[string]int, error) {
+func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) buildAppDependencyList(ctx context.Context, applicationSet argov1alpha1.ApplicationSet, applications []argov1alpha1.Application) ([][]string, map[string]int, error) {

 	if applicationSet.Spec.Strategy == nil || applicationSet.Spec.Strategy.Type == "" || applicationSet.Spec.Strategy.Type == "AllAtOnce" {
 		return [][]string{}, map[string]int{}, nil
@@ -1021,9 +939,9 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) buildAppDependencyList(logCtx *log.Entry, app
 			for _, matchExpression := range step.MatchExpressions {

 				if val, ok := app.Labels[matchExpression.Key]; ok {
-					valueMatched := labelMatchedExpression(logCtx, val, matchExpression)
+					valueMatched := labelMatchedExpression(val, matchExpression)

-					if !valueMatched { // none of the matchExpression values was a match with the Application's labels
+					if !valueMatched { // none of the matchExpression values was a match with the Application'ss labels
 						selected = false
 						break
 					}
@@ -1036,7 +954,7 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) buildAppDependencyList(logCtx *log.Entry, app
 			if selected {
 				appDependencyList[i] = append(appDependencyList[i], app.Name)
 				if val, ok := appStepMap[app.Name]; ok {
-					logCtx.Warnf("AppSet '%v' has a invalid matchExpression that selects Application '%v' label twice, in steps %v and %v", applicationSet.Name, app.Name, val+1, i+1)
+					log.Warnf("AppSet '%v' has a invalid matchExpression that selects Application '%v' label twice, in steps %v and %v", applicationSet.Name, app.Name, val+1, i+1)
 				} else {
 					appStepMap[app.Name] = i
 				}
@@ -1047,9 +965,9 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) buildAppDependencyList(logCtx *log.Entry, app
 	return appDependencyList, appStepMap, nil
 }

-func labelMatchedExpression(logCtx *log.Entry, val string, matchExpression argov1alpha1.ApplicationMatchExpression) bool {
+func labelMatchedExpression(val string, matchExpression argov1alpha1.ApplicationMatchExpression) bool {
 	if matchExpression.Operator != "In" && matchExpression.Operator != "NotIn" {
-		logCtx.Errorf("skipping AppSet rollingUpdate step Application selection, invalid matchExpression operator provided: %q ", matchExpression.Operator)
+		log.Errorf("skipping AppSet rollingUpdate step Application selection, invalid matchExpression operator provided: %q ", matchExpression.Operator)
 		return false
 	}

@@ -1153,7 +1071,7 @@ func statusStrings(app argov1alpha1.Application) (string, string, string) {
 }

 // check the status of each Application's status and promote Applications to the next status if needed
-func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) updateApplicationSetApplicationStatus(ctx context.Context, logCtx *log.Entry, applicationSet *argov1alpha1.ApplicationSet, applications []argov1alpha1.Application, appStepMap map[string]int) ([]argov1alpha1.ApplicationSetApplicationStatus, error) {
+func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) updateApplicationSetApplicationStatus(ctx context.Context, applicationSet *argov1alpha1.ApplicationSet, applications []argov1alpha1.Application, appStepMap map[string]int) ([]argov1alpha1.ApplicationSetApplicationStatus, error) {

 	now := metav1.Now()
 	appStatuses := make([]argov1alpha1.ApplicationSetApplicationStatus, 0, len(applications))
@@ -1186,7 +1104,7 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) updateApplicationSetApplicationStatus(ctx con
 		}

 		if appOutdated && currentAppStatus.Status != "Waiting" && currentAppStatus.Status != "Pending" {
-			logCtx.Infof("Application %v is outdated, updating its ApplicationSet status to Waiting", app.Name)
+			log.Infof("Application %v is outdated, updating its ApplicationSet status to Waiting", app.Name)
 			currentAppStatus.LastTransitionTime = &now
 			currentAppStatus.Status = "Waiting"
 			currentAppStatus.Message = "Application has pending changes, setting status to Waiting."
@@ -1198,15 +1116,15 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) updateApplicationSetApplicationStatus(ctx con
 			// this covers race conditions where syncs initiated by RollingSync miraculously have a sync time before the transition to Pending state occurred (could be a few seconds)
 			if operationPhaseString == "Succeeded" && app.Status.OperationState.StartedAt.Add(time.Duration(10)*time.Second).After(currentAppStatus.LastTransitionTime.Time) {
 				if !app.Status.OperationState.StartedAt.After(currentAppStatus.LastTransitionTime.Time) {
-					logCtx.Warnf("Application %v was synced less than 10s prior to entering Pending status, we'll assume the AppSet controller triggered this sync and update its status to Progressing", app.Name)
+					log.Warnf("Application %v was synced less than 10s prior to entering Pending status, we'll assume the AppSet controller triggered this sync and update its status to Progressing", app.Name)
 				}
-				logCtx.Infof("Application %v has completed a sync successfully, updating its ApplicationSet status to Progressing", app.Name)
+				log.Infof("Application %v has completed a sync successfully, updating its ApplicationSet status to Progressing", app.Name)
 				currentAppStatus.LastTransitionTime = &now
 				currentAppStatus.Status = "Progressing"
 				currentAppStatus.Message = "Application resource completed a sync successfully, updating status from Pending to Progressing."
 				currentAppStatus.Step = fmt.Sprint(appStepMap[currentAppStatus.Application] + 1)
 			} else if operationPhaseString == "Running" || healthStatusString == "Progressing" {
-				logCtx.Infof("Application %v has entered Progressing status, updating its ApplicationSet status to Progressing", app.Name)
+				log.Infof("Application %v has entered Progressing status, updating its ApplicationSet status to Progressing", app.Name)
 				currentAppStatus.LastTransitionTime = &now
 				currentAppStatus.Status = "Progressing"
 				currentAppStatus.Message = "Application resource became Progressing, updating status from Pending to Progressing."
@@ -1215,7 +1133,7 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) updateApplicationSetApplicationStatus(ctx con
 		}

 		if currentAppStatus.Status == "Waiting" && isApplicationHealthy(app) {
-			logCtx.Infof("Application %v is already synced and healthy, updating its ApplicationSet status to Healthy", app.Name)
+			log.Infof("Application %v is already synced and healthy, updating its ApplicationSet status to Healthy", app.Name)
 			currentAppStatus.LastTransitionTime = &now
 			currentAppStatus.Status = healthStatusString
 			currentAppStatus.Message = "Application resource is already Healthy, updating status from Waiting to Healthy."
@@ -1223,7 +1141,7 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) updateApplicationSetApplicationStatus(ctx con
 		}

 		if currentAppStatus.Status == "Progressing" && isApplicationHealthy(app) {
-			logCtx.Infof("Application %v has completed Progressing status, updating its ApplicationSet status to Healthy", app.Name)
+			log.Infof("Application %v has completed Progressing status, updating its ApplicationSet status to Healthy", app.Name)
 			currentAppStatus.LastTransitionTime = &now
 			currentAppStatus.Status = healthStatusString
 			currentAppStatus.Message = "Application resource became Healthy, updating status from Progressing to Healthy."
@@ -1233,7 +1151,7 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) updateApplicationSetApplicationStatus(ctx con
 		appStatuses = append(appStatuses, currentAppStatus)
 	}

-	err := r.setAppSetApplicationStatus(ctx, logCtx, applicationSet, appStatuses)
+	err := r.setAppSetApplicationStatus(ctx, applicationSet, appStatuses)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to set AppSet application statuses: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -1242,7 +1160,7 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) updateApplicationSetApplicationStatus(ctx con
 }

 // check Applications that are in Waiting status and promote them to Pending if needed
-func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) updateApplicationSetApplicationStatusProgress(ctx context.Context, logCtx *log.Entry, applicationSet *argov1alpha1.ApplicationSet, appSyncMap map[string]bool, appStepMap map[string]int, appMap map[string]argov1alpha1.Application) ([]argov1alpha1.ApplicationSetApplicationStatus, error) {
+func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) updateApplicationSetApplicationStatusProgress(ctx context.Context, applicationSet *argov1alpha1.ApplicationSet, appSyncMap map[string]bool, appStepMap map[string]int, appMap map[string]argov1alpha1.Application) ([]argov1alpha1.ApplicationSetApplicationStatus, error) {
 	now := metav1.Now()

 	appStatuses := make([]argov1alpha1.ApplicationSetApplicationStatus, 0, len(applicationSet.Status.ApplicationStatus))
@@ -1284,7 +1202,7 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) updateApplicationSetApplicationStatusProgress
 			if maxUpdate != nil {
 				maxUpdateVal, err := intstr.GetScaledValueFromIntOrPercent(maxUpdate, totalCountMap[appStepMap[appStatus.Application]], false)
 				if err != nil {
-					logCtx.Warnf("AppSet '%v' has a invalid maxUpdate value '%+v', ignoring maxUpdate logic for this step: %v", applicationSet.Name, maxUpdate, err)
+					log.Warnf("AppSet '%v' has a invalid maxUpdate value '%+v', ignoring maxUpdate logic for this step: %v", applicationSet.Name, maxUpdate, err)
 				}

 				// ensure that percentage values greater than 0% always result in at least 1 Application being selected
@@ -1294,13 +1212,13 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) updateApplicationSetApplicationStatusProgress

 				if updateCountMap[appStepMap[appStatus.Application]] >= maxUpdateVal {
 					maxUpdateAllowed = false
-					logCtx.Infof("Application %v is not allowed to update yet, %v/%v Applications already updating in step %v in AppSet %v", appStatus.Application, updateCountMap[appStepMap[appStatus.Application]], maxUpdateVal, appStepMap[appStatus.Application]+1, applicationSet.Name)
+					log.Infof("Application %v is not allowed to update yet, %v/%v Applications already updating in step %v in AppSet %v", appStatus.Application, updateCountMap[appStepMap[appStatus.Application]], maxUpdateVal, appStepMap[appStatus.Application]+1, applicationSet.Name)
 				}

 			}

 			if appStatus.Status == "Waiting" && appSyncMap[appStatus.Application] && maxUpdateAllowed {
-				logCtx.Infof("Application %v moved to Pending status, watching for the Application to start Progressing", appStatus.Application)
+				log.Infof("Application %v moved to Pending status, watching for the Application to start Progressing", appStatus.Application)
 				appStatus.LastTransitionTime = &now
 				appStatus.Status = "Pending"
 				appStatus.Message = "Application moved to Pending status, watching for the Application resource to start Progressing."
@@ -1313,7 +1231,7 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) updateApplicationSetApplicationStatusProgress
 		}
 	}

-	err := r.setAppSetApplicationStatus(ctx, logCtx, applicationSet, appStatuses)
+	err := r.setAppSetApplicationStatus(ctx, applicationSet, appStatuses)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to set AppSet app status: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -1373,89 +1291,9 @@ func findApplicationStatusIndex(appStatuses []argov1alpha1.ApplicationSetApplica
 	return -1
 }

-func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) updateResourcesStatus(ctx context.Context, logCtx *log.Entry, appset *argov1alpha1.ApplicationSet, apps []argov1alpha1.Application) error {
-	statusMap := getResourceStatusMap(appset)
-	statusMap = buildResourceStatus(statusMap, apps)
-
-	statuses := []argov1alpha1.ResourceStatus{}
-	for _, status := range statusMap {
-		statuses = append(statuses, status)
-	}
-	appset.Status.Resources = statuses
-
-	namespacedName := types.NamespacedName{Namespace: appset.Namespace, Name: appset.Name}
-	err := r.Client.Status().Update(ctx, appset)
-	if err != nil {
-
-		logCtx.Errorf("unable to set application set status: %v", err)
-		return fmt.Errorf("unable to set application set status: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	if err := r.Get(ctx, namespacedName, appset); err != nil {
-		if client.IgnoreNotFound(err) != nil {
-			return nil
-		}
-		return fmt.Errorf("error fetching updated application set: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func buildResourceStatus(statusMap map[string]argov1alpha1.ResourceStatus, apps []argov1alpha1.Application) map[string]argov1alpha1.ResourceStatus {
-	appMap := map[string]argov1alpha1.Application{}
-	for _, app := range apps {
-		appCopy := app
-		appMap[app.Name] = app
-
-		gvk := app.GroupVersionKind()
-		// Create status if it does not exist
-		status, ok := statusMap[app.Name]
-		if !ok {
-			status = argov1alpha1.ResourceStatus{
-				Group:     gvk.Group,
-				Version:   gvk.Version,
-				Kind:      gvk.Kind,
-				Name:      app.Name,
-				Namespace: app.Namespace,
-				Status:    app.Status.Sync.Status,
-				Health:    &appCopy.Status.Health,
-			}
-		}
-
-		status.Group = gvk.Group
-		status.Version = gvk.Version
-		status.Kind = gvk.Kind
-		status.Name = app.Name
-		status.Namespace = app.Namespace
-		status.Status = app.Status.Sync.Status
-		status.Health = &appCopy.Status.Health
-
-		statusMap[app.Name] = status
-	}
-	cleanupDeletedApplicationStatuses(statusMap, appMap)
-
-	return statusMap
-}
-
-func getResourceStatusMap(appset *argov1alpha1.ApplicationSet) map[string]argov1alpha1.ResourceStatus {
-	statusMap := map[string]argov1alpha1.ResourceStatus{}
-	for _, status := range appset.Status.Resources {
-		statusMap[status.Name] = status
-	}
-	return statusMap
-}
-
-func cleanupDeletedApplicationStatuses(statusMap map[string]argov1alpha1.ResourceStatus, apps map[string]argov1alpha1.Application) {
-	for name := range statusMap {
-		if _, ok := apps[name]; !ok {
-			delete(statusMap, name)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 // setApplicationSetApplicationStatus updates the ApplicatonSet's status field
 // with any new/changed Application statuses.
-func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) setAppSetApplicationStatus(ctx context.Context, logCtx *log.Entry, applicationSet *argov1alpha1.ApplicationSet, applicationStatuses []argov1alpha1.ApplicationSetApplicationStatus) error {
+func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) setAppSetApplicationStatus(ctx context.Context, applicationSet *argov1alpha1.ApplicationSet, applicationStatuses []argov1alpha1.ApplicationSetApplicationStatus) error {
 	needToUpdateStatus := false

 	if len(applicationStatuses) != len(applicationSet.Status.ApplicationStatus) {
@@ -1489,7 +1327,7 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) setAppSetApplicationStatus(ctx context.Contex
 		err := r.Client.Status().Update(ctx, applicationSet)
 		if err != nil {

-			logCtx.Errorf("unable to set application set status: %v", err)
+			log.Errorf("unable to set application set status: %v", err)
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to set application set status: %v", err)
 		}

@@ -1504,7 +1342,7 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) setAppSetApplicationStatus(ctx context.Contex
 	return nil
 }

-func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) syncValidApplications(logCtx *log.Entry, applicationSet *argov1alpha1.ApplicationSet, appSyncMap map[string]bool, appMap map[string]argov1alpha1.Application, validApps []argov1alpha1.Application) ([]argov1alpha1.Application, error) {
+func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) syncValidApplications(ctx context.Context, applicationSet *argov1alpha1.ApplicationSet, appSyncMap map[string]bool, appMap map[string]argov1alpha1.Application, validApps []argov1alpha1.Application) ([]argov1alpha1.Application, error) {
 	rolloutApps := []argov1alpha1.Application{}
 	for i := range validApps {
 		pruneEnabled := false
@@ -1524,7 +1362,7 @@ func (r *ApplicationSetReconciler) syncValidApplications(logCtx *log.Entry, appl

 		// check appSyncMap to determine which Applications are ready to be updated and which should be skipped
 		if appSyncMap[validApps[i].Name] && appMap[validApps[i].Name].Status.Sync.Status == "OutOfSync" && appSetStatusPending {
-			logCtx.Infof("triggering sync for application: %v, prune enabled: %v", validApps[i].Name, pruneEnabled)
+			log.Infof("triggering sync for application: %v, prune enabled: %v", validApps[i].Name, pruneEnabled)
 			validApps[i], _ = syncApplication(validApps[i], pruneEnabled)
 		}
 		rolloutApps = append(rolloutApps, validApps[i])
@@ -1568,51 +1406,29 @@ func getOwnsHandlerPredicates(enableProgressiveSyncs bool) predicate.Funcs {
 		CreateFunc: func(e event.CreateEvent) bool {
 			// if we are the owner and there is a create event, we most likely created it and do not need to
 			// re-reconcile
-			if log.IsLevelEnabled(log.DebugLevel) {
-				var appName string
-				app, isApp := e.Object.(*argov1alpha1.Application)
-				if isApp {
-					appName = app.QualifiedName()
-				}
-				log.WithField("app", appName).Debugln("received create event from owning an application")
-			}
+			log.Debugln("received create event from owning an application")
 			return false
 		},
 		DeleteFunc: func(e event.DeleteEvent) bool {
-			if log.IsLevelEnabled(log.DebugLevel) {
-				var appName string
-				app, isApp := e.Object.(*argov1alpha1.Application)
-				if isApp {
-					appName = app.QualifiedName()
-				}
-				log.WithField("app", appName).Debugln("received delete event from owning an application")
-			}
+			log.Debugln("received delete event from owning an application")
 			return true
 		},
 		UpdateFunc: func(e event.UpdateEvent) bool {
+			log.Debugln("received update event from owning an application")
 			appOld, isApp := e.ObjectOld.(*argov1alpha1.Application)
 			if !isApp {
 				return false
 			}
-			logCtx := log.WithField("app", appOld.QualifiedName())
-			logCtx.Debugln("received update event from owning an application")
 			appNew, isApp := e.ObjectNew.(*argov1alpha1.Application)
 			if !isApp {
 				return false
 			}
 			requeue := shouldRequeueApplicationSet(appOld, appNew, enableProgressiveSyncs)
-			logCtx.WithField("requeue", requeue).Debugf("requeue: %t caused by application %s\n", requeue, appNew.Name)
+			log.Debugf("requeue: %t caused by application %s\n", requeue, appNew.Name)
 			return requeue
 		},
 		GenericFunc: func(e event.GenericEvent) bool {
-			if log.IsLevelEnabled(log.DebugLevel) {
-				var appName string
-				app, isApp := e.Object.(*argov1alpha1.Application)
-				if isApp {
-					appName = app.QualifiedName()
-				}
-				log.WithField("app", appName).Debugln("received generic event from owning an application")
-			}
+			log.Debugln("received generic event from owning an application")
 			return true
 		},
 	}
@@ -1630,14 +1446,10 @@ func shouldRequeueApplicationSet(appOld *argov1alpha1.Application, appNew *argov
 	}

 	// the applicationset controller owns the application spec, labels, annotations, and finalizers on the applications
-	// reflect.DeepEqual considers nil slices/maps not equal to empty slices/maps
-	// https://pkg.go.dev/reflect#DeepEqual
-	// ApplicationDestination has an unexported field so we can just use the == for comparsion
-	if !cmp.Equal(appOld.Spec, appNew.Spec, cmpopts.EquateEmpty(), cmpopts.EquateComparable(argov1alpha1.ApplicationDestination{})) ||
-		!cmp.Equal(appOld.ObjectMeta.GetAnnotations(), appNew.ObjectMeta.GetAnnotations(), cmpopts.EquateEmpty()) ||
-		!cmp.Equal(appOld.ObjectMeta.GetLabels(), appNew.ObjectMeta.GetLabels(), cmpopts.EquateEmpty()) ||
-		!cmp.Equal(appOld.ObjectMeta.GetFinalizers(), appNew.ObjectMeta.GetFinalizers(), cmpopts.EquateEmpty()) {
-
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(appOld.Spec, appNew.Spec) ||
+		!reflect.DeepEqual(appOld.ObjectMeta.GetAnnotations(), appNew.ObjectMeta.GetAnnotations()) ||
+		!reflect.DeepEqual(appOld.ObjectMeta.GetLabels(), appNew.ObjectMeta.GetLabels()) ||
+		!reflect.DeepEqual(appOld.ObjectMeta.GetFinalizers(), appNew.ObjectMeta.GetFinalizers()) {
 		return true
 	}

--- a/applicationset/controllers/applicationset_controller_test.go
+++ b/applicationset/controllers/applicationset_controller_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/record"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/cache"
-	crtcache "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/cache"
 	crtclient "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client/fake"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/controller/controllerutil"
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ type fakeCache struct {
 	cache.Cache
 }

-func (f *fakeCache) GetInformer(ctx context.Context, obj crtclient.Object, opt ...crtcache.InformerGetOption) (cache.Informer, error) {
+func (f *fakeCache) GetInformer(ctx context.Context, obj crtclient.Object) (cache.Informer, error) {
 	return &fakeInformer{}, nil
 }

@@ -87,12 +86,6 @@ func (g *generatorMock) GenerateParams(appSetGenerator *v1alpha1.ApplicationSetG
 	return args.Get(0).([]map[string]interface{}), args.Error(1)
 }

-func (g *generatorMock) Replace(tmpl string, replaceMap map[string]interface{}, useGoTemplate bool, goTemplateOptions []string) (string, error) {
-	args := g.Called(tmpl, replaceMap, useGoTemplate, goTemplateOptions)
-
-	return args.Get(0).(string), args.Error(1)
-}
-
 type rendererMock struct {
 	mock.Mock
 }
@@ -114,12 +107,6 @@ func (r *rendererMock) RenderTemplateParams(tmpl *v1alpha1.Application, syncPoli

 }

-func (r *rendererMock) Replace(tmpl string, replaceMap map[string]interface{}, useGoTemplate bool, goTemplateOptions []string) (string, error) {
-	args := r.Called(tmpl, replaceMap, useGoTemplate, goTemplateOptions)
-
-	return args.Get(0).(string), args.Error(1)
-}
-
 func TestExtractApplications(t *testing.T) {
 	scheme := runtime.NewScheme()
 	err := v1alpha1.AddToScheme(scheme)
@@ -231,7 +218,7 @@ func TestExtractApplications(t *testing.T) {
 				Cache:         &fakeCache{},
 			}

-			got, reason, err := r.generateApplications(log.NewEntry(log.StandardLogger()), v1alpha1.ApplicationSet{
+			got, reason, err := r.generateApplications(v1alpha1.ApplicationSet{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 					Name:      "name",
 					Namespace: "namespace",
@@ -344,7 +331,7 @@ func TestMergeTemplateApplications(t *testing.T) {
 				KubeClientset: kubefake.NewSimpleClientset(),
 			}

-			got, _, _ := r.generateApplications(log.NewEntry(log.StandardLogger()), v1alpha1.ApplicationSet{
+			got, _, _ := r.generateApplications(v1alpha1.ApplicationSet{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 					Name:      "name",
 					Namespace: "namespace",
@@ -1282,71 +1269,6 @@ func TestCreateOrUpdateInCluster(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			},
-		}, {
-			name: "Ensure that argocd post-delete finalizers are preserved from an existing app",
-			appSet: v1alpha1.ApplicationSet{
-				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-					Name:      "name",
-					Namespace: "namespace",
-				},
-				Spec: v1alpha1.ApplicationSetSpec{
-					Template: v1alpha1.ApplicationSetTemplate{
-						Spec: v1alpha1.ApplicationSpec{
-							Project: "project",
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			existingApps: []v1alpha1.Application{
-				{
-					TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
-						Kind:       application.ApplicationKind,
-						APIVersion: "argoproj.io/v1alpha1",
-					},
-					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-						Name:            "app1",
-						Namespace:       "namespace",
-						ResourceVersion: "2",
-						Finalizers: []string{
-							v1alpha1.PostDeleteFinalizerName,
-							v1alpha1.PostDeleteFinalizerName + "/mystage",
-						},
-					},
-					Spec: v1alpha1.ApplicationSpec{
-						Project: "project",
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			desiredApps: []v1alpha1.Application{
-				{
-					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-						Name: "app1",
-					},
-					Spec: v1alpha1.ApplicationSpec{
-						Project: "project",
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			expected: []v1alpha1.Application{
-				{
-					TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
-						Kind:       application.ApplicationKind,
-						APIVersion: "argoproj.io/v1alpha1",
-					},
-					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-						Name:            "app1",
-						Namespace:       "namespace",
-						ResourceVersion: "2",
-						Finalizers: []string{
-							v1alpha1.PostDeleteFinalizerName,
-							v1alpha1.PostDeleteFinalizerName + "/mystage",
-						},
-					},
-					Spec: v1alpha1.ApplicationSpec{
-						Project: "project",
-					},
-				},
-			},
 		},
 	} {

@@ -1360,7 +1282,7 @@ func TestCreateOrUpdateInCluster(t *testing.T) {
 				initObjs = append(initObjs, &a)
 			}

-			client := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(initObjs...).WithIndex(&v1alpha1.Application{}, ".metadata.controller", appControllerIndexer).Build()
+			client := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(initObjs...).Build()

 			r := ApplicationSetReconciler{
 				Client:   client,
@@ -1369,8 +1291,8 @@ func TestCreateOrUpdateInCluster(t *testing.T) {
 				Cache:    &fakeCache{},
 			}

-			err = r.createOrUpdateInCluster(context.TODO(), log.NewEntry(log.StandardLogger()), c.appSet, c.desiredApps)
-			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			err = r.createOrUpdateInCluster(context.TODO(), c.appSet, c.desiredApps)
+			assert.Nil(t, err)

 			for _, obj := range c.expected {
 				got := &v1alpha1.Application{}
@@ -1453,7 +1375,7 @@ func TestRemoveFinalizerOnInvalidDestination_FinalizerTypes(t *testing.T) {

 			initObjs := []crtclient.Object{&app, &appSet}

-			client := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(initObjs...).WithIndex(&v1alpha1.Application{}, ".metadata.controller", appControllerIndexer).Build()
+			client := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(initObjs...).Build()
 			secret := &corev1.Secret{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 					Name:      "my-secret",
@@ -1615,7 +1537,7 @@ func TestRemoveFinalizerOnInvalidDestination_DestinationTypes(t *testing.T) {

 			initObjs := []crtclient.Object{&app, &appSet}

-			client := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(initObjs...).WithIndex(&v1alpha1.Application{}, ".metadata.controller", appControllerIndexer).Build()
+			client := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(initObjs...).Build()
 			secret := &corev1.Secret{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 					Name:      "my-secret",
@@ -1671,81 +1593,6 @@ func TestRemoveFinalizerOnInvalidDestination_DestinationTypes(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

-func TestRemoveOwnerReferencesOnDeleteAppSet(t *testing.T) {
-	scheme := runtime.NewScheme()
-	err := v1alpha1.AddToScheme(scheme)
-	assert.Nil(t, err)
-
-	err = v1alpha1.AddToScheme(scheme)
-	assert.Nil(t, err)
-
-	for _, c := range []struct {
-		// name is human-readable test name
-		name string
-	}{
-		{
-			name: "ownerReferences cleared",
-		},
-	} {
-		t.Run(c.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			appSet := v1alpha1.ApplicationSet{
-				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-					Name:       "name",
-					Namespace:  "namespace",
-					Finalizers: []string{v1alpha1.ResourcesFinalizerName},
-				},
-				Spec: v1alpha1.ApplicationSetSpec{
-					Template: v1alpha1.ApplicationSetTemplate{
-						Spec: v1alpha1.ApplicationSpec{
-							Project: "project",
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			}
-
-			app := v1alpha1.Application{
-				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-					Name:      "app1",
-					Namespace: "namespace",
-				},
-				Spec: v1alpha1.ApplicationSpec{
-					Project: "project",
-					Source:  &v1alpha1.ApplicationSource{Path: "path", TargetRevision: "revision", RepoURL: "repoURL"},
-					Destination: v1alpha1.ApplicationDestination{
-						Namespace: "namespace",
-						Server:    "https://kubernetes.default.svc",
-					},
-				},
-			}
-
-			err := controllerutil.SetControllerReference(&appSet, &app, scheme)
-			assert.NoError(t, err, "Unexpected error")
-
-			initObjs := []crtclient.Object{&app, &appSet}
-
-			client := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(initObjs...).WithIndex(&v1alpha1.Application{}, ".metadata.controller", appControllerIndexer).Build()
-
-			r := ApplicationSetReconciler{
-				Client:        client,
-				Scheme:        scheme,
-				Recorder:      record.NewFakeRecorder(10),
-				KubeClientset: nil,
-				Cache:         &fakeCache{},
-			}
-
-			err = r.removeOwnerReferencesOnDeleteAppSet(context.Background(), appSet)
-			assert.NoError(t, err, "Unexpected error")
-
-			retrievedApp := v1alpha1.Application{}
-			err = client.Get(context.Background(), crtclient.ObjectKeyFromObject(&app), &retrievedApp)
-			assert.NoError(t, err, "Unexpected error")
-
-			ownerReferencesRemoved := len(retrievedApp.OwnerReferences) == 0
-			assert.True(t, ownerReferencesRemoved)
-		})
-	}
-}
-
 func TestCreateApplications(t *testing.T) {

 	scheme := runtime.NewScheme()
@@ -1922,7 +1769,7 @@ func TestCreateApplications(t *testing.T) {
 				initObjs = append(initObjs, &a)
 			}

-			client := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(initObjs...).WithIndex(&v1alpha1.Application{}, ".metadata.controller", appControllerIndexer).Build()
+			client := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(initObjs...).Build()

 			r := ApplicationSetReconciler{
 				Client:   client,
@@ -1931,7 +1778,7 @@ func TestCreateApplications(t *testing.T) {
 				Cache:    &fakeCache{},
 			}

-			err = r.createInCluster(context.TODO(), log.NewEntry(log.StandardLogger()), c.appSet, c.apps)
+			err = r.createInCluster(context.TODO(), c.appSet, c.apps)
 			assert.Nil(t, err)

 			for _, obj := range c.expected {
@@ -2066,7 +1913,7 @@ func TestDeleteInCluster(t *testing.T) {
 			initObjs = append(initObjs, &temp)
 		}

-		client := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(initObjs...).WithIndex(&v1alpha1.Application{}, ".metadata.controller", appControllerIndexer).Build()
+		client := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(initObjs...).Build()

 		r := ApplicationSetReconciler{
 			Client:        client,
@@ -2075,7 +1922,7 @@ func TestDeleteInCluster(t *testing.T) {
 			KubeClientset: kubefake.NewSimpleClientset(),
 		}

-		err = r.deleteInCluster(context.TODO(), log.NewEntry(log.StandardLogger()), c.appSet, c.desiredApps)
+		err = r.deleteInCluster(context.TODO(), c.appSet, c.desiredApps)
 		assert.Nil(t, err)

 		// For each of the expected objects, verify they exist on the cluster
@@ -2440,15 +2287,7 @@ func TestReconcilerValidationProjectErrorBehaviour(t *testing.T) {
 	argoDBMock := dbmocks.ArgoDB{}
 	argoObjs := []runtime.Object{&project}

-	client := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(&appSet).WithStatusSubresource(&appSet).WithIndex(&v1alpha1.Application{}, ".metadata.controller", appControllerIndexer).Build()
-	goodCluster := v1alpha1.Cluster{Server: "https://good-cluster", Name: "good-cluster"}
-	badCluster := v1alpha1.Cluster{Server: "https://bad-cluster", Name: "bad-cluster"}
-	argoDBMock.On("GetCluster", mock.Anything, "https://good-cluster").Return(&goodCluster, nil)
-	argoDBMock.On("GetCluster", mock.Anything, "https://bad-cluster").Return(&badCluster, nil)
-	argoDBMock.On("ListClusters", mock.Anything).Return(&v1alpha1.ClusterList{Items: []v1alpha1.Cluster{
-		goodCluster,
-	}}, nil)
-
+	client := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(&appSet).Build()
 	r := ApplicationSetReconciler{
 		Client:   client,
 		Scheme:   scheme,
@@ -2489,91 +2328,6 @@ func TestReconcilerValidationProjectErrorBehaviour(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Error(t, err)
 }

-func TestReconcilerCreateAppsRecoveringRenderError(t *testing.T) {
-
-	scheme := runtime.NewScheme()
-	err := v1alpha1.AddToScheme(scheme)
-	assert.Nil(t, err)
-	err = v1alpha1.AddToScheme(scheme)
-	assert.Nil(t, err)
-
-	project := v1alpha1.AppProject{
-		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "default", Namespace: "argocd"},
-	}
-	appSet := v1alpha1.ApplicationSet{
-		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name:      "name",
-			Namespace: "argocd",
-		},
-		Spec: v1alpha1.ApplicationSetSpec{
-			GoTemplate: true,
-			Generators: []v1alpha1.ApplicationSetGenerator{
-				{
-					List: &v1alpha1.ListGenerator{
-						Elements: []apiextensionsv1.JSON{{
-							Raw: []byte(`{"name": "very-good-app"}`),
-						}, {
-							Raw: []byte(`{"name": "bad-app"}`),
-						}},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			Template: v1alpha1.ApplicationSetTemplate{
-				ApplicationSetTemplateMeta: v1alpha1.ApplicationSetTemplateMeta{
-					Name:      "{{ index (splitList \"-\" .name ) 2 }}",
-					Namespace: "argocd",
-				},
-				Spec: v1alpha1.ApplicationSpec{
-					Source:      &v1alpha1.ApplicationSource{RepoURL: "https://github.com/argoproj/argocd-example-apps", Path: "guestbook"},
-					Project:     "default",
-					Destination: v1alpha1.ApplicationDestination{Server: "https://kubernetes.default.svc"},
-				},
-			},
-		},
-	}
-
-	kubeclientset := kubefake.NewSimpleClientset()
-	argoDBMock := dbmocks.ArgoDB{}
-	argoObjs := []runtime.Object{&project}
-
-	client := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(&appSet).WithStatusSubresource(&appSet).WithIndex(&v1alpha1.Application{}, ".metadata.controller", appControllerIndexer).Build()
-
-	r := ApplicationSetReconciler{
-		Client:   client,
-		Scheme:   scheme,
-		Renderer: &utils.Render{},
-		Recorder: record.NewFakeRecorder(1),
-		Cache:    &fakeCache{},
-		Generators: map[string]generators.Generator{
-			"List": generators.NewListGenerator(),
-		},
-		ArgoDB:           &argoDBMock,
-		ArgoAppClientset: appclientset.NewSimpleClientset(argoObjs...),
-		KubeClientset:    kubeclientset,
-		Policy:           v1alpha1.ApplicationsSyncPolicySync,
-		ArgoCDNamespace:  "argocd",
-	}
-
-	req := ctrl.Request{
-		NamespacedName: types.NamespacedName{
-			Namespace: "argocd",
-			Name:      "name",
-		},
-	}
-
-	// Verify that on generatorsError, no error is returned, but the object is requeued
-	res, err := r.Reconcile(context.Background(), req)
-	assert.Nil(t, err)
-	assert.True(t, res.RequeueAfter == ReconcileRequeueOnValidationError)
-
-	var app v1alpha1.Application
-
-	// make sure good app got created
-	err = r.Client.Get(context.TODO(), crtclient.ObjectKey{Namespace: "argocd", Name: "app"}, &app)
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, app.Name, "app")
-}
-
 func TestSetApplicationSetStatusCondition(t *testing.T) {
 	scheme := runtime.NewScheme()
 	err := v1alpha1.AddToScheme(scheme)
@@ -2609,7 +2363,7 @@ func TestSetApplicationSetStatusCondition(t *testing.T) {
 	argoDBMock := dbmocks.ArgoDB{}
 	argoObjs := []runtime.Object{}

-	client := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(&appSet).WithIndex(&v1alpha1.Application{}, ".metadata.controller", appControllerIndexer).Build()
+	client := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(&appSet).Build()

 	r := ApplicationSetReconciler{
 		Client:   client,
@@ -2679,7 +2433,7 @@ func applicationsUpdateSyncPolicyTest(t *testing.T, applicationsSyncPolicy v1alp
 	argoDBMock := dbmocks.ArgoDB{}
 	argoObjs := []runtime.Object{&defaultProject}

-	client := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(&appSet).WithStatusSubresource(&appSet).WithIndex(&v1alpha1.Application{}, ".metadata.controller", appControllerIndexer).Build()
+	client := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(&appSet).Build()
 	goodCluster := v1alpha1.Cluster{Server: "https://good-cluster", Name: "good-cluster"}
 	argoDBMock.On("GetCluster", mock.Anything, "https://good-cluster").Return(&goodCluster, nil)
 	argoDBMock.On("ListClusters", mock.Anything).Return(&v1alpha1.ClusterList{Items: []v1alpha1.Cluster{
@@ -2849,7 +2603,7 @@ func applicationsDeleteSyncPolicyTest(t *testing.T, applicationsSyncPolicy v1alp
 	argoDBMock := dbmocks.ArgoDB{}
 	argoObjs := []runtime.Object{&defaultProject}

-	client := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(&appSet).WithStatusSubresource(&appSet).WithIndex(&v1alpha1.Application{}, ".metadata.controller", appControllerIndexer).Build()
+	client := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(&appSet).Build()
 	goodCluster := v1alpha1.Cluster{Server: "https://good-cluster", Name: "good-cluster"}
 	argoDBMock.On("GetCluster", mock.Anything, "https://good-cluster").Return(&goodCluster, nil)
 	argoDBMock.On("ListClusters", mock.Anything).Return(&v1alpha1.ClusterList{Items: []v1alpha1.Cluster{
@@ -2978,24 +2732,17 @@ func TestGenerateAppsUsingPullRequestGenerator(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "Generate an application from a go template application set manifest using a pull request generator",
 			params: []map[string]interface{}{{
-				"number":                                "1",
-				"branch":                                "branch1",
-				"branch_slug":                           "branchSlug1",
-				"head_sha":                              "089d92cbf9ff857a39e6feccd32798ca700fb958",
-				"head_short_sha":                        "089d92cb",
-				"branch_slugify_default":                "feat/a_really+long_pull_request_name_to_test_argo_slugification_and_branch_name_shortening_feature",
-				"branch_slugify_smarttruncate_disabled": "feat/areallylongpullrequestnametotestargoslugificationandbranchnameshorteningfeature",
-				"branch_slugify_smarttruncate_enabled":  "feat/testwithsmarttruncateenabledramdomlonglistofcharacters",
-				"labels":                                []string{"label1"}},
-			},
+				"number":         "1",
+				"branch":         "branch1",
+				"branch_slug":    "branchSlug1",
+				"head_sha":       "089d92cbf9ff857a39e6feccd32798ca700fb958",
+				"head_short_sha": "089d92cb",
+				"labels":         []string{"label1"}}},
 			template: v1alpha1.ApplicationSetTemplate{
 				ApplicationSetTemplateMeta: v1alpha1.ApplicationSetTemplateMeta{
 					Name: "AppSet-{{.branch}}-{{.number}}",
 					Labels: map[string]string{
-						"app1":         "{{index .labels 0}}",
-						"branch-test1": "AppSet-{{.branch_slugify_default | slugify }}",
-						"branch-test2": "AppSet-{{.branch_slugify_smarttruncate_disabled | slugify 49 false }}",
-						"branch-test3": "AppSet-{{.branch_slugify_smarttruncate_enabled | slugify 50 true }}",
+						"app1": "{{index .labels 0}}",
 					},
 				},
 				Spec: v1alpha1.ApplicationSpec{
@@ -3014,10 +2761,7 @@ func TestGenerateAppsUsingPullRequestGenerator(t *testing.T) {
 					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 						Name: "AppSet-branch1-1",
 						Labels: map[string]string{
-							"app1":         "label1",
-							"branch-test1": "AppSet-feat-a-really-long-pull-request-name-to-test-argo",
-							"branch-test2": "AppSet-feat-areallylongpullrequestnametotestargoslugific",
-							"branch-test3": "AppSet-feat",
+							"app1": "label1",
 						},
 					},
 					Spec: v1alpha1.ApplicationSpec{
@@ -3060,7 +2804,7 @@ func TestGenerateAppsUsingPullRequestGenerator(t *testing.T) {
 				KubeClientset: kubefake.NewSimpleClientset(),
 			}

-			gotApp, _, _ := appSetReconciler.generateApplications(log.NewEntry(log.StandardLogger()), v1alpha1.ApplicationSet{
+			gotApp, _, _ := appSetReconciler.generateApplications(v1alpha1.ApplicationSet{
 				Spec: v1alpha1.ApplicationSetSpec{
 					GoTemplate: true,
 					Generators: []v1alpha1.ApplicationSetGenerator{{
@@ -3170,7 +2914,7 @@ func TestPolicies(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			}

-			client := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(&appSet).WithStatusSubresource(&appSet).WithIndex(&v1alpha1.Application{}, ".metadata.controller", appControllerIndexer).Build()
+			client := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(&appSet).Build()

 			r := ApplicationSetReconciler{
 				Client:   client,
@@ -3333,7 +3077,7 @@ func TestSetApplicationSetApplicationStatus(t *testing.T) {

 		t.Run(cc.name, func(t *testing.T) {

-			client := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(&cc.appSet).WithStatusSubresource(&cc.appSet).Build()
+			client := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(&cc.appSet).Build()

 			r := ApplicationSetReconciler{
 				Client:   client,
@@ -3349,7 +3093,7 @@ func TestSetApplicationSetApplicationStatus(t *testing.T) {
 				KubeClientset:    kubeclientset,
 			}

-			err = r.setAppSetApplicationStatus(context.TODO(), log.NewEntry(log.StandardLogger()), &cc.appSet, cc.appStatuses)
+			err = r.setAppSetApplicationStatus(context.TODO(), &cc.appSet, cc.appStatuses)
 			assert.Nil(t, err)

 			assert.Equal(t, cc.expectedAppStatuses, cc.appSet.Status.ApplicationStatus)
@@ -4112,7 +3856,7 @@ func TestBuildAppDependencyList(t *testing.T) {
 				KubeClientset:    kubeclientset,
 			}

-			appDependencyList, appStepMap, err := r.buildAppDependencyList(log.NewEntry(log.StandardLogger()), cc.appSet, cc.apps)
+			appDependencyList, appStepMap, err := r.buildAppDependencyList(context.TODO(), cc.appSet, cc.apps)
 			assert.Equal(t, err, nil, "expected no errors, but errors occured")
 			assert.Equal(t, cc.expectedList, appDependencyList, "expected appDependencyList did not match actual")
 			assert.Equal(t, cc.expectedStepMap, appStepMap, "expected appStepMap did not match actual")
@@ -5353,7 +5097,7 @@ func TestUpdateApplicationSetApplicationStatus(t *testing.T) {
 			argoDBMock := dbmocks.ArgoDB{}
 			argoObjs := []runtime.Object{}

-			client := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(&cc.appSet).WithStatusSubresource(&cc.appSet).Build()
+			client := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(&cc.appSet).Build()

 			r := ApplicationSetReconciler{
 				Client:           client,
@@ -5366,7 +5110,7 @@ func TestUpdateApplicationSetApplicationStatus(t *testing.T) {
 				KubeClientset:    kubeclientset,
 			}

-			appStatuses, err := r.updateApplicationSetApplicationStatus(context.TODO(), log.NewEntry(log.StandardLogger()), &cc.appSet, cc.apps, cc.appStepMap)
+			appStatuses, err := r.updateApplicationSetApplicationStatus(context.TODO(), &cc.appSet, cc.apps, cc.appStepMap)

 			// opt out of testing the LastTransitionTime is accurate
 			for i := range appStatuses {
@@ -6107,7 +5851,7 @@ func TestUpdateApplicationSetApplicationStatusProgress(t *testing.T) {
 			argoDBMock := dbmocks.ArgoDB{}
 			argoObjs := []runtime.Object{}

-			client := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(&cc.appSet).WithStatusSubresource(&cc.appSet).Build()
+			client := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithObjects(&cc.appSet).Build()

 			r := ApplicationSetReconciler{
 				Client:           client,
@@ -6120,7 +5864,7 @@ func TestUpdateApplicationSetApplicationStatusProgress(t *testing.T) {
 				KubeClientset:    kubeclientset,
 			}

-			appStatuses, err := r.updateApplicationSetApplicationStatusProgress(context.TODO(), log.NewEntry(log.StandardLogger()), &cc.appSet, cc.appSyncMap, cc.appStepMap, cc.appMap)
+			appStatuses, err := r.updateApplicationSetApplicationStatusProgress(context.TODO(), &cc.appSet, cc.appSyncMap, cc.appStepMap, cc.appMap)

 			// opt out of testing the LastTransitionTime is accurate
 			for i := range appStatuses {
@@ -6133,219 +5877,6 @@ func TestUpdateApplicationSetApplicationStatusProgress(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

-func TestUpdateResourceStatus(t *testing.T) {
-
-	scheme := runtime.NewScheme()
-	err := v1alpha1.AddToScheme(scheme)
-	assert.Nil(t, err)
-
-	err = v1alpha1.AddToScheme(scheme)
-	assert.Nil(t, err)
-
-	for _, cc := range []struct {
-		name              string
-		appSet            v1alpha1.ApplicationSet
-		apps              []v1alpha1.Application
-		expectedResources []v1alpha1.ResourceStatus
-	}{
-		{
-			name: "handles an empty application list",
-			appSet: v1alpha1.ApplicationSet{
-				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-					Name:      "name",
-					Namespace: "argocd",
-				},
-				Status: v1alpha1.ApplicationSetStatus{
-					Resources: []v1alpha1.ResourceStatus{},
-				},
-			},
-			apps:              []v1alpha1.Application{},
-			expectedResources: nil,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "adds status if no existing statuses",
-			appSet: v1alpha1.ApplicationSet{
-				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-					Name:      "name",
-					Namespace: "argocd",
-				},
-				Status: v1alpha1.ApplicationSetStatus{
-					ApplicationStatus: []v1alpha1.ApplicationSetApplicationStatus{},
-				},
-			},
-			apps: []v1alpha1.Application{
-				{
-					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-						Name: "app1",
-					},
-					Status: v1alpha1.ApplicationStatus{
-						Sync: v1alpha1.SyncStatus{
-							Status: v1alpha1.SyncStatusCodeSynced,
-						},
-						Health: v1alpha1.HealthStatus{
-							Status:  health.HealthStatusHealthy,
-							Message: "OK",
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			expectedResources: []v1alpha1.ResourceStatus{
-				{
-					Name:   "app1",
-					Status: v1alpha1.SyncStatusCodeSynced,
-					Health: &v1alpha1.HealthStatus{
-						Status:  health.HealthStatusHealthy,
-						Message: "OK",
-					},
-				},
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			name: "handles an applicationset with existing and up-to-date status",
-			appSet: v1alpha1.ApplicationSet{
-				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-					Name:      "name",
-					Namespace: "argocd",
-				},
-				Status: v1alpha1.ApplicationSetStatus{
-					Resources: []v1alpha1.ResourceStatus{
-						{
-							Name:   "app1",
-							Status: v1alpha1.SyncStatusCodeSynced,
-							Health: &v1alpha1.HealthStatus{
-								Status:  health.HealthStatusHealthy,
-								Message: "OK",
-							},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			apps: []v1alpha1.Application{
-				{
-					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-						Name: "app1",
-					},
-					Status: v1alpha1.ApplicationStatus{
-						Sync: v1alpha1.SyncStatus{
-							Status: v1alpha1.SyncStatusCodeSynced,
-						},
-						Health: v1alpha1.HealthStatus{
-							Status:  health.HealthStatusHealthy,
-							Message: "OK",
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			expectedResources: []v1alpha1.ResourceStatus{
-				{
-					Name:   "app1",
-					Status: v1alpha1.SyncStatusCodeSynced,
-					Health: &v1alpha1.HealthStatus{
-						Status:  health.HealthStatusHealthy,
-						Message: "OK",
-					},
-				},
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			name: "updates an applicationset with existing and out of date status",
-			appSet: v1alpha1.ApplicationSet{
-				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-					Name:      "name",
-					Namespace: "argocd",
-				},
-				Status: v1alpha1.ApplicationSetStatus{
-					Resources: []v1alpha1.ResourceStatus{
-						{
-							Name:   "app1",
-							Status: v1alpha1.SyncStatusCodeOutOfSync,
-							Health: &v1alpha1.HealthStatus{
-								Status:  health.HealthStatusProgressing,
-								Message: "Progressing",
-							},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			apps: []v1alpha1.Application{
-				{
-					ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-						Name: "app1",
-					},
-					Status: v1alpha1.ApplicationStatus{
-						Sync: v1alpha1.SyncStatus{
-							Status: v1alpha1.SyncStatusCodeSynced,
-						},
-						Health: v1alpha1.HealthStatus{
-							Status:  health.HealthStatusHealthy,
-							Message: "OK",
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			expectedResources: []v1alpha1.ResourceStatus{
-				{
-					Name:   "app1",
-					Status: v1alpha1.SyncStatusCodeSynced,
-					Health: &v1alpha1.HealthStatus{
-						Status:  health.HealthStatusHealthy,
-						Message: "OK",
-					},
-				},
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			name: "deletes an applicationset status if the application no longer exists",
-			appSet: v1alpha1.ApplicationSet{
-				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-					Name:      "name",
-					Namespace: "argocd",
-				},
-				Status: v1alpha1.ApplicationSetStatus{
-					Resources: []v1alpha1.ResourceStatus{
-						{
-							Name:   "app1",
-							Status: v1alpha1.SyncStatusCodeSynced,
-							Health: &v1alpha1.HealthStatus{
-								Status:  health.HealthStatusHealthy,
-								Message: "OK",
-							},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			apps:              []v1alpha1.Application{},
-			expectedResources: nil,
-		},
-	} {
-
-		t.Run(cc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-
-			kubeclientset := kubefake.NewSimpleClientset([]runtime.Object{}...)
-			argoDBMock := dbmocks.ArgoDB{}
-			argoObjs := []runtime.Object{}
-
-			client := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(scheme).WithStatusSubresource(&cc.appSet).WithObjects(&cc.appSet).Build()
-
-			r := ApplicationSetReconciler{
-				Client:           client,
-				Scheme:           scheme,
-				Recorder:         record.NewFakeRecorder(1),
-				Cache:            &fakeCache{},
-				Generators:       map[string]generators.Generator{},
-				ArgoDB:           &argoDBMock,
-				ArgoAppClientset: appclientset.NewSimpleClientset(argoObjs...),
-				KubeClientset:    kubeclientset,
-			}
-
-			err := r.updateResourcesStatus(context.TODO(), log.NewEntry(log.StandardLogger()), &cc.appSet, cc.apps)
-
-			assert.Equal(t, err, nil, "expected no errors, but errors occured")
-			assert.Equal(t, cc.expectedResources, cc.appSet.Status.Resources, "expected resources did not match actual")
-		})
-	}
-}
-
 func TestOwnsHandler(t *testing.T) {
 	// progressive syncs do not affect create, delete, or generic
 	ownsHandler := getOwnsHandlerPredicates(true)
@@ -6451,70 +5982,14 @@ func TestOwnsHandler(t *testing.T) {
 			ObjectOld: &v1alpha1.Application{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Labels: map[string]string{"foo": "bar"}}},
 			ObjectNew: &v1alpha1.Application{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Labels: map[string]string{"bar": "foo"}}},
 		}}, want: true},
-		{name: "DifferentApplicationLabelsNil", args: args{e: event.UpdateEvent{
-			ObjectOld: &v1alpha1.Application{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Labels: map[string]string{}}},
-			ObjectNew: &v1alpha1.Application{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Labels: nil}},
-		}}, want: false},
 		{name: "DifferentApplicationAnnotations", args: args{e: event.UpdateEvent{
 			ObjectOld: &v1alpha1.Application{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Annotations: map[string]string{"foo": "bar"}}},
 			ObjectNew: &v1alpha1.Application{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Annotations: map[string]string{"bar": "foo"}}},
 		}}, want: true},
-		{name: "DifferentApplicationAnnotationsNil", args: args{e: event.UpdateEvent{
-			ObjectOld: &v1alpha1.Application{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Annotations: map[string]string{}}},
-			ObjectNew: &v1alpha1.Application{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Annotations: nil}},
-		}}, want: false},
 		{name: "DifferentApplicationFinalizers", args: args{e: event.UpdateEvent{
 			ObjectOld: &v1alpha1.Application{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Finalizers: []string{"argo"}}},
 			ObjectNew: &v1alpha1.Application{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Finalizers: []string{"none"}}},
 		}}, want: true},
-		{name: "DifferentApplicationFinalizersNil", args: args{e: event.UpdateEvent{
-			ObjectOld: &v1alpha1.Application{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Finalizers: []string{}}},
-			ObjectNew: &v1alpha1.Application{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Finalizers: nil}},
-		}}, want: false},
-		{name: "ApplicationDestinationSame", args: args{e: event.UpdateEvent{
-			ObjectOld: &v1alpha1.Application{
-				Spec: v1alpha1.ApplicationSpec{
-					Destination: v1alpha1.ApplicationDestination{
-						Server:    "server",
-						Namespace: "ns",
-						Name:      "name",
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			ObjectNew: &v1alpha1.Application{
-				Spec: v1alpha1.ApplicationSpec{
-					Destination: v1alpha1.ApplicationDestination{
-						Server:    "server",
-						Namespace: "ns",
-						Name:      "name",
-					},
-				},
-			},
-		},
-			enableProgressiveSyncs: true,
-		}, want: false},
-		{name: "ApplicationDestinationDiff", args: args{e: event.UpdateEvent{
-			ObjectOld: &v1alpha1.Application{
-				Spec: v1alpha1.ApplicationSpec{
-					Destination: v1alpha1.ApplicationDestination{
-						Server:    "server",
-						Namespace: "ns",
-						Name:      "name",
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			ObjectNew: &v1alpha1.Application{
-				Spec: v1alpha1.ApplicationSpec{
-					Destination: v1alpha1.ApplicationDestination{
-						Server:    "notSameServer",
-						Namespace: "ns",
-						Name:      "name",
-					},
-				},
-			},
-		},
-			enableProgressiveSyncs: true,
-		}, want: true},
 		{name: "NotAnAppOld", args: args{e: event.UpdateEvent{
 			ObjectOld: &v1alpha1.AppProject{},
 			ObjectNew: &v1alpha1.Application{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Labels: map[string]string{"bar": "foo"}}},
--- a/applicationset/controllers/clustereventhandler.go
+++ b/applicationset/controllers/clustereventhandler.go
@@ -24,20 +24,20 @@ type clusterSecretEventHandler struct {
 	Client client.Client
 }

-func (h *clusterSecretEventHandler) Create(ctx context.Context, e event.CreateEvent, q workqueue.RateLimitingInterface) {
-	h.queueRelatedAppGenerators(ctx, q, e.Object)
+func (h *clusterSecretEventHandler) Create(e event.CreateEvent, q workqueue.RateLimitingInterface) {
+	h.queueRelatedAppGenerators(q, e.Object)
 }

-func (h *clusterSecretEventHandler) Update(ctx context.Context, e event.UpdateEvent, q workqueue.RateLimitingInterface) {
-	h.queueRelatedAppGenerators(ctx, q, e.ObjectNew)
+func (h *clusterSecretEventHandler) Update(e event.UpdateEvent, q workqueue.RateLimitingInterface) {
+	h.queueRelatedAppGenerators(q, e.ObjectNew)
 }

-func (h *clusterSecretEventHandler) Delete(ctx context.Context, e event.DeleteEvent, q workqueue.RateLimitingInterface) {
-	h.queueRelatedAppGenerators(ctx, q, e.Object)
+func (h *clusterSecretEventHandler) Delete(e event.DeleteEvent, q workqueue.RateLimitingInterface) {
+	h.queueRelatedAppGenerators(q, e.Object)
 }

-func (h *clusterSecretEventHandler) Generic(ctx context.Context, e event.GenericEvent, q workqueue.RateLimitingInterface) {
-	h.queueRelatedAppGenerators(ctx, q, e.Object)
+func (h *clusterSecretEventHandler) Generic(e event.GenericEvent, q workqueue.RateLimitingInterface) {
+	h.queueRelatedAppGenerators(q, e.Object)
 }

 // addRateLimitingInterface defines the Add method of workqueue.RateLimitingInterface, allow us to easily mock
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ type addRateLimitingInterface interface {
 	Add(item interface{})
 }

-func (h *clusterSecretEventHandler) queueRelatedAppGenerators(ctx context.Context, q addRateLimitingInterface, object client.Object) {
+func (h *clusterSecretEventHandler) queueRelatedAppGenerators(q addRateLimitingInterface, object client.Object) {
 	// Check for label, lookup all ApplicationSets that might match the cluster, queue them all
 	if object.GetLabels()[generators.ArgoCDSecretTypeLabel] != generators.ArgoCDSecretTypeCluster {
 		return
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func (h *clusterSecretEventHandler) queueRelatedAppGenerators(ctx context.Contex
 	}).Info("processing event for cluster secret")

 	appSetList := &argoprojiov1alpha1.ApplicationSetList{}
-	err := h.Client.List(ctx, appSetList)
+	err := h.Client.List(context.Background(), appSetList)
 	if err != nil {
 		h.Log.WithError(err).Error("unable to list ApplicationSets")
 		return
--- a/applicationset/controllers/clustereventhandler_test.go
+++ b/applicationset/controllers/clustereventhandler_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package controllers

 import (
-	"context"
 	"testing"

 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -551,7 +550,7 @@ func TestClusterEventHandler(t *testing.T) {

 			mockAddRateLimitingInterface := mockAddRateLimitingInterface{}

-			handler.queueRelatedAppGenerators(context.Background(), &mockAddRateLimitingInterface, &test.secret)
+			handler.queueRelatedAppGenerators(&mockAddRateLimitingInterface, &test.secret)

 			assert.False(t, mockAddRateLimitingInterface.errorOccurred)
 			assert.ElementsMatch(t, mockAddRateLimitingInterface.addedItems, test.expectedRequests)
--- a/applicationset/controllers/requeue_after_test.go
+++ b/applicationset/controllers/requeue_after_test.go
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ func TestRequeueAfter(t *testing.T) {
 		"List":                    generators.NewListGenerator(),
 		"Clusters":                generators.NewClusterGenerator(k8sClient, ctx, appClientset, "argocd"),
 		"Git":                     generators.NewGitGenerator(mockServer),
-		"SCMProvider":             generators.NewSCMProviderGenerator(fake.NewClientBuilder().WithObjects(&corev1.Secret{}).Build(), generators.SCMAuthProviders{}, "", []string{""}, true),
+		"SCMProvider":             generators.NewSCMProviderGenerator(fake.NewClientBuilder().WithObjects(&corev1.Secret{}).Build(), generators.SCMAuthProviders{}, "", []string{""}),
 		"ClusterDecisionResource": generators.NewDuckTypeGenerator(ctx, fakeDynClient, appClientset, "argocd"),
-		"PullRequest":             generators.NewPullRequestGenerator(k8sClient, generators.SCMAuthProviders{}, "", []string{""}, true),
+		"PullRequest":             generators.NewPullRequestGenerator(k8sClient, generators.SCMAuthProviders{}, "", []string{""}),
 	}

 	nestedGenerators := map[string]generators.Generator{
--- a/applicationset/controllers/templatePatch.go
+++ b/applicationset/controllers/templatePatch.go
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-package controllers
-
-import (
-	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
-
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/strategicpatch"
-
-	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/applicationset/utils"
-	appv1 "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apis/application/v1alpha1"
-)
-
-func applyTemplatePatch(app *appv1.Application, templatePatch string) (*appv1.Application, error) {
-
-	appString, err := json.Marshal(app)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error while marhsalling Application %w", err)
-	}
-
-	convertedTemplatePatch, err := utils.ConvertYAMLToJSON(templatePatch)
-
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error while converting template to json %q: %w", convertedTemplatePatch, err)
-	}
-
-	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(convertedTemplatePatch), &appv1.Application{}); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid templatePatch %q: %w", convertedTemplatePatch, err)
-	}
-
-	data, err := strategicpatch.StrategicMergePatch(appString, []byte(convertedTemplatePatch), appv1.Application{})
-
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error while applying templatePatch template to json %q: %w", convertedTemplatePatch, err)
-	}
-
-	finalApp := appv1.Application{}
-	err = json.Unmarshal(data, &finalApp)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error while unmarhsalling patched application: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	// Prevent changes to the `project` field. This helps prevent malicious template patches
-	finalApp.Spec.Project = app.Spec.Project
-
-	return &finalApp, nil
-}
--- a/applicationset/controllers/templatePatch_test.go
+++ b/applicationset/controllers/templatePatch_test.go
@@ -1,249 +0,0 @@
-package controllers
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-
-	appv1 "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apis/application/v1alpha1"
-)
-
-func Test_ApplyTemplatePatch(t *testing.T) {
-	testCases := []struct {
-		name          string
-		appTemplate   *appv1.Application
-		templatePatch string
-		expectedApp   *appv1.Application
-	}{
-		{
-			name: "patch with JSON",
-			appTemplate: &appv1.Application{
-				TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
-					Kind:       "Application",
-					APIVersion: "argoproj.io/v1alpha1",
-				},
-				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-					Name:       "my-cluster-guestbook",
-					Namespace:  "namespace",
-					Finalizers: []string{"resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io"},
-				},
-				Spec: appv1.ApplicationSpec{
-					Project: "default",
-					Source: &appv1.ApplicationSource{
-						RepoURL:        "https://github.com/argoproj/argocd-example-apps.git",
-						TargetRevision: "HEAD",
-						Path:           "guestbook",
-					},
-					Destination: appv1.ApplicationDestination{
-						Server:    "https://kubernetes.default.svc",
-						Namespace: "guestbook",
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			templatePatch: `{
-				"metadata": {
-					"annotations": {
-						"annotation-some-key": "annotation-some-value"
-					}
-				},
-				"spec": {
-					"source": {
-						"helm": {
-							"valueFiles": [
-								"values.test.yaml",
-								"values.big.yaml"
-							]
-						}
-					},
-					"syncPolicy": {
-						"automated": {
-							"prune": true
-						}
-					}
-				}
-			}`,
-			expectedApp: &appv1.Application{
-				TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
-					Kind:       "Application",
-					APIVersion: "argoproj.io/v1alpha1",
-				},
-				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-					Name:       "my-cluster-guestbook",
-					Namespace:  "namespace",
-					Finalizers: []string{"resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io"},
-					Annotations: map[string]string{
-						"annotation-some-key": "annotation-some-value",
-					},
-				},
-				Spec: appv1.ApplicationSpec{
-					Project: "default",
-					Source: &appv1.ApplicationSource{
-						RepoURL:        "https://github.com/argoproj/argocd-example-apps.git",
-						TargetRevision: "HEAD",
-						Path:           "guestbook",
-						Helm: &appv1.ApplicationSourceHelm{
-							ValueFiles: []string{
-								"values.test.yaml",
-								"values.big.yaml",
-							},
-						},
-					},
-					Destination: appv1.ApplicationDestination{
-						Server:    "https://kubernetes.default.svc",
-						Namespace: "guestbook",
-					},
-					SyncPolicy: &appv1.SyncPolicy{
-						Automated: &appv1.SyncPolicyAutomated{
-							Prune: true,
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			name: "patch with YAML",
-			appTemplate: &appv1.Application{
-				TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
-					Kind:       "Application",
-					APIVersion: "argoproj.io/v1alpha1",
-				},
-				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-					Name:       "my-cluster-guestbook",
-					Namespace:  "namespace",
-					Finalizers: []string{"resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io"},
-				},
-				Spec: appv1.ApplicationSpec{
-					Project: "default",
-					Source: &appv1.ApplicationSource{
-						RepoURL:        "https://github.com/argoproj/argocd-example-apps.git",
-						TargetRevision: "HEAD",
-						Path:           "guestbook",
-					},
-					Destination: appv1.ApplicationDestination{
-						Server:    "https://kubernetes.default.svc",
-						Namespace: "guestbook",
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			templatePatch: `
-metadata:
-  annotations:
-    annotation-some-key: annotation-some-value
-spec:
-  source:
-    helm:
-      valueFiles:
-        - values.test.yaml
-        - values.big.yaml
-  syncPolicy:
-    automated:
-      prune: true`,
-			expectedApp: &appv1.Application{
-				TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
-					Kind:       "Application",
-					APIVersion: "argoproj.io/v1alpha1",
-				},
-				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-					Name:       "my-cluster-guestbook",
-					Namespace:  "namespace",
-					Finalizers: []string{"resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io"},
-					Annotations: map[string]string{
-						"annotation-some-key": "annotation-some-value",
-					},
-				},
-				Spec: appv1.ApplicationSpec{
-					Project: "default",
-					Source: &appv1.ApplicationSource{
-						RepoURL:        "https://github.com/argoproj/argocd-example-apps.git",
-						TargetRevision: "HEAD",
-						Path:           "guestbook",
-						Helm: &appv1.ApplicationSourceHelm{
-							ValueFiles: []string{
-								"values.test.yaml",
-								"values.big.yaml",
-							},
-						},
-					},
-					Destination: appv1.ApplicationDestination{
-						Server:    "https://kubernetes.default.svc",
-						Namespace: "guestbook",
-					},
-					SyncPolicy: &appv1.SyncPolicy{
-						Automated: &appv1.SyncPolicyAutomated{
-							Prune: true,
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			name: "project field isn't overwritten",
-			appTemplate: &appv1.Application{
-				TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
-					Kind:       "Application",
-					APIVersion: "argoproj.io/v1alpha1",
-				},
-				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-					Name:      "my-cluster-guestbook",
-					Namespace: "namespace",
-				},
-				Spec: appv1.ApplicationSpec{
-					Project: "default",
-					Source: &appv1.ApplicationSource{
-						RepoURL:        "https://github.com/argoproj/argocd-example-apps.git",
-						TargetRevision: "HEAD",
-						Path:           "guestbook",
-					},
-					Destination: appv1.ApplicationDestination{
-						Server:    "https://kubernetes.default.svc",
-						Namespace: "guestbook",
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			templatePatch: `
-spec:
-  project: my-project`,
-			expectedApp: &appv1.Application{
-				TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
-					Kind:       "Application",
-					APIVersion: "argoproj.io/v1alpha1",
-				},
-				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-					Name:      "my-cluster-guestbook",
-					Namespace: "namespace",
-				},
-				Spec: appv1.ApplicationSpec{
-					Project: "default",
-					Source: &appv1.ApplicationSource{
-						RepoURL:        "https://github.com/argoproj/argocd-example-apps.git",
-						TargetRevision: "HEAD",
-						Path:           "guestbook",
-					},
-					Destination: appv1.ApplicationDestination{
-						Server:    "https://kubernetes.default.svc",
-						Namespace: "guestbook",
-					},
-				},
-			},
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		tcc := tc
-		t.Run(tcc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			result, err := applyTemplatePatch(tcc.appTemplate, tcc.templatePatch)
-			require.NoError(t, err)
-			assert.Equal(t, *tcc.expectedApp, *result)
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func TestError(t *testing.T) {
-	app := &appv1.Application{}
-
-	result, err := applyTemplatePatch(app, "hello world")
-	require.Error(t, err)
-	require.Nil(t, result)
-}
--- a/applicationset/generators/git.go
+++ b/applicationset/generators/git.go
@@ -150,9 +150,6 @@ func (g *GitGenerator) generateParamsFromGitFile(filePath string, fileContent []
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to parse file: %v", err)
 		}
 		objectsFound = append(objectsFound, singleObj)
-	} else if len(objectsFound) == 0 {
-		// If file is valid but empty, add a default empty item
-		objectsFound = append(objectsFound, map[string]interface{}{})
 	}

 	res := []map[string]interface{}{}
--- a/applicationset/generators/git_test.go
+++ b/applicationset/generators/git_test.go
@@ -4,173 +4,119 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"testing"

-	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/applicationset/services/mocks"
-	argoprojiov1alpha1 "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apis/application/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/mock"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+
+	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/applicationset/services/mocks"
+
+	argoprojiov1alpha1 "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apis/application/v1alpha1"
 )

 func Test_generateParamsFromGitFile(t *testing.T) {
-	defaultContent := []byte(`
+	values := map[string]string{}
+	params, err := (*GitGenerator)(nil).generateParamsFromGitFile("path/dir/file_name.yaml", []byte(`
 foo:
  bar: baz
-`)
-	type args struct {
-		filePath          string
-		fileContent       []byte
-		values            map[string]string
-		useGoTemplate     bool
-		goTemplateOptions []string
-		pathParamPrefix   string
+`), values, false, nil, "")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	tests := []struct {
-		name    string
-		args    args
-		want    []map[string]interface{}
-		wantErr bool
-	}{
+	assert.Equal(t, []map[string]interface{}{
 		{
-			name: "empty file returns path parameters",
-			args: args{
-				filePath:      "path/dir/file_name.yaml",
-				fileContent:   []byte(""),
-				values:        map[string]string{},
-				useGoTemplate: false,
-			},
-			want: []map[string]interface{}{
-				{
-					"path":                    "path/dir",
-					"path.basename":           "dir",
-					"path.filename":           "file_name.yaml",
-					"path.basenameNormalized": "dir",
-					"path.filenameNormalized": "file-name.yaml",
-					"path[0]":                 "path",
-					"path[1]":                 "dir",
-				},
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			name: "invalid json/yaml file returns error",
-			args: args{
-				filePath:      "path/dir/file_name.yaml",
-				fileContent:   []byte("this is not json or yaml"),
-				values:        map[string]string{},
-				useGoTemplate: false,
-			},
-			wantErr: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "file parameters are added to params",
-			args: args{
-				filePath:      "path/dir/file_name.yaml",
-				fileContent:   defaultContent,
-				values:        map[string]string{},
-				useGoTemplate: false,
-			},
-			want: []map[string]interface{}{
-				{
-					"foo.bar":                 "baz",
-					"path":                    "path/dir",
-					"path.basename":           "dir",
-					"path.filename":           "file_name.yaml",
-					"path.basenameNormalized": "dir",
-					"path.filenameNormalized": "file-name.yaml",
-					"path[0]":                 "path",
-					"path[1]":                 "dir",
-				},
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			name: "path parameter are prefixed",
-			args: args{
-				filePath:        "path/dir/file_name.yaml",
-				fileContent:     defaultContent,
-				values:          map[string]string{},
-				useGoTemplate:   false,
-				pathParamPrefix: "myRepo",
-			},
-			want: []map[string]interface{}{
-				{
-					"foo.bar":                        "baz",
-					"myRepo.path":                    "path/dir",
-					"myRepo.path.basename":           "dir",
-					"myRepo.path.filename":           "file_name.yaml",
-					"myRepo.path.basenameNormalized": "dir",
-					"myRepo.path.filenameNormalized": "file-name.yaml",
-					"myRepo.path[0]":                 "path",
-					"myRepo.path[1]":                 "dir",
-				},
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			name: "file parameters are added to params with go template",
-			args: args{
-				filePath:      "path/dir/file_name.yaml",
-				fileContent:   defaultContent,
-				values:        map[string]string{},
-				useGoTemplate: true,
-			},
-			want: []map[string]interface{}{
-				{
-					"foo": map[string]interface{}{
-						"bar": "baz",
-					},
-					"path": map[string]interface{}{
-						"path":               "path/dir",
-						"basename":           "dir",
-						"filename":           "file_name.yaml",
-						"basenameNormalized": "dir",
-						"filenameNormalized": "file-name.yaml",
-						"segments": []string{
-							"path",
-							"dir",
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			name: "path parameter are prefixed with go template",
-			args: args{
-				filePath:        "path/dir/file_name.yaml",
-				fileContent:     defaultContent,
-				values:          map[string]string{},
-				useGoTemplate:   true,
-				pathParamPrefix: "myRepo",
-			},
-			want: []map[string]interface{}{
-				{
-					"foo": map[string]interface{}{
-						"bar": "baz",
-					},
-					"myRepo": map[string]interface{}{
-						"path": map[string]interface{}{
-							"path":               "path/dir",
-							"basename":           "dir",
-							"filename":           "file_name.yaml",
-							"basenameNormalized": "dir",
-							"filenameNormalized": "file-name.yaml",
-							"segments": []string{
-								"path",
-								"dir",
-							},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
+			"foo.bar":                 "baz",
+			"path":                    "path/dir",
+			"path.basename":           "dir",
+			"path.filename":           "file_name.yaml",
+			"path.basenameNormalized": "dir",
+			"path.filenameNormalized": "file-name.yaml",
+			"path[0]":                 "path",
+			"path[1]":                 "dir",
 		},
+	}, params)
+}
+
+func Test_generatePrefixedParamsFromGitFile(t *testing.T) {
+	values := map[string]string{}
+	params, err := (*GitGenerator)(nil).generateParamsFromGitFile("path/dir/file_name.yaml", []byte(`
+foo:
+  bar: baz
+`), values, false, nil, "myRepo")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			params, err := (*GitGenerator)(nil).generateParamsFromGitFile(tt.args.filePath, tt.args.fileContent, tt.args.values, tt.args.useGoTemplate, tt.args.goTemplateOptions, tt.args.pathParamPrefix)
-			if (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
-				t.Errorf("GitGenerator.generateParamsFromGitFile() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
-				return
-			}
-			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, params)
-		})
+	assert.Equal(t, []map[string]interface{}{
+		{
+			"foo.bar":                        "baz",
+			"myRepo.path":                    "path/dir",
+			"myRepo.path.basename":           "dir",
+			"myRepo.path.filename":           "file_name.yaml",
+			"myRepo.path.basenameNormalized": "dir",
+			"myRepo.path.filenameNormalized": "file-name.yaml",
+			"myRepo.path[0]":                 "path",
+			"myRepo.path[1]":                 "dir",
+		},
+	}, params)
+}
+
+func Test_generateParamsFromGitFileGoTemplate(t *testing.T) {
+	values := map[string]string{}
+	params, err := (*GitGenerator)(nil).generateParamsFromGitFile("path/dir/file_name.yaml", []byte(`
+foo:
+  bar: baz
+`), values, true, nil, "")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
+	assert.Equal(t, []map[string]interface{}{
+		{
+			"foo": map[string]interface{}{
+				"bar": "baz",
+			},
+			"path": map[string]interface{}{
+				"path":               "path/dir",
+				"basename":           "dir",
+				"filename":           "file_name.yaml",
+				"basenameNormalized": "dir",
+				"filenameNormalized": "file-name.yaml",
+				"segments": []string{
+					"path",
+					"dir",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}, params)
+}
+
+func Test_generatePrefixedParamsFromGitFileGoTemplate(t *testing.T) {
+	values := map[string]string{}
+	params, err := (*GitGenerator)(nil).generateParamsFromGitFile("path/dir/file_name.yaml", []byte(`
+foo:
+  bar: baz
+`), values, true, nil, "myRepo")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	assert.Equal(t, []map[string]interface{}{
+		{
+			"foo": map[string]interface{}{
+				"bar": "baz",
+			},
+			"myRepo": map[string]interface{}{
+				"path": map[string]interface{}{
+					"path":               "path/dir",
+					"basename":           "dir",
+					"filename":           "file_name.yaml",
+					"basenameNormalized": "dir",
+					"filenameNormalized": "file-name.yaml",
+					"segments": []string{
+						"path",
+						"dir",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}, params)
 }

 func TestGitGenerateParamsFromDirectories(t *testing.T) {
--- a/applicationset/generators/pull_request.go
+++ b/applicationset/generators/pull_request.go
@@ -27,16 +27,14 @@ type PullRequestGenerator struct {
 	auth                      SCMAuthProviders
 	scmRootCAPath             string
 	allowedSCMProviders       []string
-	enableSCMProviders        bool
 }

-func NewPullRequestGenerator(client client.Client, auth SCMAuthProviders, scmRootCAPath string, allowedScmProviders []string, enableSCMProviders bool) Generator {
+func NewPullRequestGenerator(client client.Client, auth SCMAuthProviders, scmRootCAPath string, allowedScmProviders []string) Generator {
 	g := &PullRequestGenerator{
 		client:              client,
 		auth:                auth,
 		scmRootCAPath:       scmRootCAPath,
 		allowedSCMProviders: allowedScmProviders,
-		enableSCMProviders:  enableSCMProviders,
 	}
 	g.selectServiceProviderFunc = g.selectServiceProvider
 	return g
@@ -68,7 +66,7 @@ func (g *PullRequestGenerator) GenerateParams(appSetGenerator *argoprojiov1alpha
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	svc, err := g.selectServiceProviderFunc(ctx, appSetGenerator.PullRequest, applicationSetInfo)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to select pull request service provider: %w", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to select pull request service provider: %v", err)
 	}

 	pulls, err := pullrequest.ListPullRequests(ctx, svc, appSetGenerator.PullRequest.Filters)
@@ -123,18 +121,17 @@ func (g *PullRequestGenerator) GenerateParams(appSetGenerator *argoprojiov1alpha

 // selectServiceProvider selects the provider to get pull requests from the configuration
 func (g *PullRequestGenerator) selectServiceProvider(ctx context.Context, generatorConfig *argoprojiov1alpha1.PullRequestGenerator, applicationSetInfo *argoprojiov1alpha1.ApplicationSet) (pullrequest.PullRequestService, error) {
-	if !g.enableSCMProviders {
-		return nil, ErrSCMProvidersDisabled
-	}
-	if err := ScmProviderAllowed(applicationSetInfo, generatorConfig, g.allowedSCMProviders); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("scm provider not allowed: %w", err)
-	}
-
 	if generatorConfig.Github != nil {
+		if !ScmProviderAllowed(applicationSetInfo, generatorConfig.Github.API, g.allowedSCMProviders) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("scm provider not allowed: %s", generatorConfig.Github.API)
+		}
 		return g.github(ctx, generatorConfig.Github, applicationSetInfo)
 	}
 	if generatorConfig.GitLab != nil {
 		providerConfig := generatorConfig.GitLab
+		if !ScmProviderAllowed(applicationSetInfo, providerConfig.API, g.allowedSCMProviders) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("scm provider not allowed: %s", providerConfig.API)
+		}
 		token, err := g.getSecretRef(ctx, providerConfig.TokenRef, applicationSetInfo.Namespace)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error fetching Secret token: %v", err)
@@ -143,6 +140,9 @@ func (g *PullRequestGenerator) selectServiceProvider(ctx context.Context, genera
 	}
 	if generatorConfig.Gitea != nil {
 		providerConfig := generatorConfig.Gitea
+		if !ScmProviderAllowed(applicationSetInfo, providerConfig.API, g.allowedSCMProviders) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("scm provider not allowed: %s", generatorConfig.Gitea.API)
+		}
 		token, err := g.getSecretRef(ctx, providerConfig.TokenRef, applicationSetInfo.Namespace)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error fetching Secret token: %v", err)
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ func (g *PullRequestGenerator) selectServiceProvider(ctx context.Context, genera
 	}
 	if generatorConfig.BitbucketServer != nil {
 		providerConfig := generatorConfig.BitbucketServer
+		if !ScmProviderAllowed(applicationSetInfo, providerConfig.API, g.allowedSCMProviders) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("scm provider not allowed: %s", providerConfig.API)
+		}
 		if providerConfig.BasicAuth != nil {
 			password, err := g.getSecretRef(ctx, providerConfig.BasicAuth.PasswordRef, applicationSetInfo.Namespace)
 			if err != nil {
--- a/applicationset/generators/pull_request_test.go
+++ b/applicationset/generators/pull_request_test.go
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ func TestAllowedSCMProviderPullRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	cases := []struct {
 		name           string
 		providerConfig *argoprojiov1alpha1.PullRequestGenerator
-		expectedError  error
+		expectedError  string
 	}{
 		{
 			name: "Error Github",
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ func TestAllowedSCMProviderPullRequest(t *testing.T) {
 					API: "https://myservice.mynamespace.svc.cluster.local",
 				},
 			},
-			expectedError: &ErrDisallowedSCMProvider{},
+			expectedError: "failed to select pull request service provider: scm provider not allowed: https://myservice.mynamespace.svc.cluster.local",
 		},
 		{
 			name: "Error Gitlab",
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ func TestAllowedSCMProviderPullRequest(t *testing.T) {
 					API: "https://myservice.mynamespace.svc.cluster.local",
 				},
 			},
-			expectedError: &ErrDisallowedSCMProvider{},
+			expectedError: "failed to select pull request service provider: scm provider not allowed: https://myservice.mynamespace.svc.cluster.local",
 		},
 		{
 			name: "Error Gitea",
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ func TestAllowedSCMProviderPullRequest(t *testing.T) {
 					API: "https://myservice.mynamespace.svc.cluster.local",
 				},
 			},
-			expectedError: &ErrDisallowedSCMProvider{},
+			expectedError: "failed to select pull request service provider: scm provider not allowed: https://myservice.mynamespace.svc.cluster.local",
 		},
 		{
 			name: "Error Bitbucket",
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ func TestAllowedSCMProviderPullRequest(t *testing.T) {
 					API: "https://myservice.mynamespace.svc.cluster.local",
 				},
 			},
-			expectedError: &ErrDisallowedSCMProvider{},
+			expectedError: "failed to select pull request service provider: scm provider not allowed: https://myservice.mynamespace.svc.cluster.local",
 		},
 	}

@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ func TestAllowedSCMProviderPullRequest(t *testing.T) {
 				"gitea.myorg.com",
 				"bitbucket.myorg.com",
 				"azuredevops.myorg.com",
-			}, true)
+			})

 			applicationSetInfo := argoprojiov1alpha1.ApplicationSet{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
@@ -346,29 +346,7 @@ func TestAllowedSCMProviderPullRequest(t *testing.T) {
 			_, err := pullRequestGenerator.GenerateParams(&applicationSetInfo.Spec.Generators[0], &applicationSetInfo)

 			assert.Error(t, err, "Must return an error")
-			assert.ErrorAs(t, err, testCaseCopy.expectedError)
+			assert.Equal(t, testCaseCopy.expectedError, err.Error())
 		})
 	}
 }
-
-func TestSCMProviderDisabled_PRGenerator(t *testing.T) {
-	generator := NewPullRequestGenerator(nil, SCMAuthProviders{}, "", []string{}, false)
-
-	applicationSetInfo := argoprojiov1alpha1.ApplicationSet{
-		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name: "set",
-		},
-		Spec: argoprojiov1alpha1.ApplicationSetSpec{
-			Generators: []argoprojiov1alpha1.ApplicationSetGenerator{{
-				PullRequest: &argoprojiov1alpha1.PullRequestGenerator{
-					Github: &argoprojiov1alpha1.PullRequestGeneratorGithub{
-						API: "https://myservice.mynamespace.svc.cluster.local",
-					},
-				},
-			}},
-		},
-	}
-
-	_, err := generator.GenerateParams(&applicationSetInfo.Spec.Generators[0], &applicationSetInfo)
-	assert.ErrorIs(t, err, ErrSCMProvidersDisabled)
-}
--- a/applicationset/generators/scm_provider.go
+++ b/applicationset/generators/scm_provider.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package generators

 import (
 	"context"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -32,26 +31,24 @@ type SCMProviderGenerator struct {
 	SCMAuthProviders
 	scmRootCAPath       string
 	allowedSCMProviders []string
-	enableSCMProviders  bool
 }

 type SCMAuthProviders struct {
 	GitHubApps github_app_auth.Credentials
 }

-func NewSCMProviderGenerator(client client.Client, providers SCMAuthProviders, scmRootCAPath string, allowedSCMProviders []string, enableSCMProviders bool) Generator {
+func NewSCMProviderGenerator(client client.Client, providers SCMAuthProviders, scmRootCAPath string, allowedSCMProviders []string) Generator {
 	return &SCMProviderGenerator{
 		client:              client,
 		SCMAuthProviders:    providers,
 		scmRootCAPath:       scmRootCAPath,
 		allowedSCMProviders: allowedSCMProviders,
-		enableSCMProviders:  enableSCMProviders,
 	}
 }

 // Testing generator
 func NewTestSCMProviderGenerator(overrideProvider scm_provider.SCMProviderService) Generator {
-	return &SCMProviderGenerator{overrideProvider: overrideProvider, enableSCMProviders: true}
+	return &SCMProviderGenerator{overrideProvider: overrideProvider}
 }

 func (g *SCMProviderGenerator) GetRequeueAfter(appSetGenerator *argoprojiov1alpha1.ApplicationSetGenerator) time.Duration {
@@ -68,34 +65,14 @@ func (g *SCMProviderGenerator) GetTemplate(appSetGenerator *argoprojiov1alpha1.A
 	return &appSetGenerator.SCMProvider.Template
 }

-var ErrSCMProvidersDisabled = errors.New("scm providers are disabled")
-
-type ErrDisallowedSCMProvider struct {
-	Provider string
-	Allowed  []string
-}
-
-func NewErrDisallowedSCMProvider(provider string, allowed []string) ErrDisallowedSCMProvider {
-	return ErrDisallowedSCMProvider{
-		Provider: provider,
-		Allowed:  allowed,
-	}
-}
-
-func (e ErrDisallowedSCMProvider) Error() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("scm provider %q not allowed, must use one of the following: %s", e.Provider, strings.Join(e.Allowed, ", "))
-}
-
-func ScmProviderAllowed(applicationSetInfo *argoprojiov1alpha1.ApplicationSet, generator SCMGeneratorWithCustomApiUrl, allowedScmProviders []string) error {
-	url := generator.CustomApiUrl()
-
+func ScmProviderAllowed(applicationSetInfo *argoprojiov1alpha1.ApplicationSet, url string, allowedScmProviders []string) bool {
 	if url == "" || len(allowedScmProviders) == 0 {
-		return nil
+		return true
 	}

 	for _, allowedScmProvider := range allowedScmProviders {
 		if url == allowedScmProvider {
-			return nil
+			return true
 		}
 	}

@@ -103,9 +80,9 @@ func ScmProviderAllowed(applicationSetInfo *argoprojiov1alpha1.ApplicationSet, g
 		common.SecurityField: common.SecurityMedium,
 		"applicationset":     applicationSetInfo.Name,
 		"appSetNamespace":    applicationSetInfo.Namespace,
-	}).Debugf("attempted to use disallowed SCM %q, must use one of the following: %s", url, strings.Join(allowedScmProviders, ", "))
+	}).Debugf("attempted to use disallowed SCM %q", url)

-	return NewErrDisallowedSCMProvider(url, allowedScmProviders)
+	return false
 }

 func (g *SCMProviderGenerator) GenerateParams(appSetGenerator *argoprojiov1alpha1.ApplicationSetGenerator, applicationSetInfo *argoprojiov1alpha1.ApplicationSet) ([]map[string]interface{}, error) {
@@ -117,28 +94,26 @@ func (g *SCMProviderGenerator) GenerateParams(appSetGenerator *argoprojiov1alpha
 		return nil, EmptyAppSetGeneratorError
 	}

-	if !g.enableSCMProviders {
-		return nil, ErrSCMProvidersDisabled
-	}
+	ctx := context.Background()

 	// Create the SCM provider helper.
 	providerConfig := appSetGenerator.SCMProvider
-
-	if err := ScmProviderAllowed(applicationSetInfo, providerConfig, g.allowedSCMProviders); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("scm provider not allowed: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	ctx := context.Background()
 	var provider scm_provider.SCMProviderService
 	if g.overrideProvider != nil {
 		provider = g.overrideProvider
 	} else if providerConfig.Github != nil {
+		if !ScmProviderAllowed(applicationSetInfo, providerConfig.Github.API, g.allowedSCMProviders) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("scm provider not allowed: %s", providerConfig.Github.API)
+		}
 		var err error
 		provider, err = g.githubProvider(ctx, providerConfig.Github, applicationSetInfo)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("scm provider: %w", err)
 		}
 	} else if providerConfig.Gitlab != nil {
+		if !ScmProviderAllowed(applicationSetInfo, providerConfig.Gitlab.API, g.allowedSCMProviders) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("scm provider not allowed: %s", providerConfig.Gitlab.API)
+		}
 		token, err := g.getSecretRef(ctx, providerConfig.Gitlab.TokenRef, applicationSetInfo.Namespace)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error fetching Gitlab token: %v", err)
@@ -148,6 +123,9 @@ func (g *SCMProviderGenerator) GenerateParams(appSetGenerator *argoprojiov1alpha
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error initializing Gitlab service: %v", err)
 		}
 	} else if providerConfig.Gitea != nil {
+		if !ScmProviderAllowed(applicationSetInfo, providerConfig.Gitea.API, g.allowedSCMProviders) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("scm provider not allowed: %s", providerConfig.Gitea.API)
+		}
 		token, err := g.getSecretRef(ctx, providerConfig.Gitea.TokenRef, applicationSetInfo.Namespace)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error fetching Gitea token: %v", err)
@@ -158,6 +136,9 @@ func (g *SCMProviderGenerator) GenerateParams(appSetGenerator *argoprojiov1alpha
 		}
 	} else if providerConfig.BitbucketServer != nil {
 		providerConfig := providerConfig.BitbucketServer
+		if !ScmProviderAllowed(applicationSetInfo, providerConfig.API, g.allowedSCMProviders) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("scm provider not allowed: %s", providerConfig.API)
+		}
 		var scmError error
 		if providerConfig.BasicAuth != nil {
 			password, err := g.getSecretRef(ctx, providerConfig.BasicAuth.PasswordRef, applicationSetInfo.Namespace)
@@ -172,6 +153,9 @@ func (g *SCMProviderGenerator) GenerateParams(appSetGenerator *argoprojiov1alpha
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error initializing Bitbucket Server service: %v", scmError)
 		}
 	} else if providerConfig.AzureDevOps != nil {
+		if !ScmProviderAllowed(applicationSetInfo, providerConfig.AzureDevOps.API, g.allowedSCMProviders) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("scm provider not allowed: %s", providerConfig.AzureDevOps.API)
+		}
 		token, err := g.getSecretRef(ctx, providerConfig.AzureDevOps.AccessTokenRef, applicationSetInfo.Namespace)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error fetching Azure Devops access token: %v", err)
--- a/applicationset/generators/scm_provider_test.go
+++ b/applicationset/generators/scm_provider_test.go
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func TestSCMProviderGenerateParams(t *testing.T) {
 			mockProvider := &scm_provider.MockProvider{
 				Repos: testCaseCopy.repos,
 			}
-			scmGenerator := &SCMProviderGenerator{overrideProvider: mockProvider, enableSCMProviders: true}
+			scmGenerator := &SCMProviderGenerator{overrideProvider: mockProvider}
 			applicationSetInfo := argoprojiov1alpha1.ApplicationSet{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
 					Name: "set",
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ func TestAllowedSCMProvider(t *testing.T) {
 	cases := []struct {
 		name           string
 		providerConfig *argoprojiov1alpha1.SCMProviderGenerator
-		expectedError  error
+		expectedError  string
 	}{
 		{
 			name: "Error Github",
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ func TestAllowedSCMProvider(t *testing.T) {
 					API: "https://myservice.mynamespace.svc.cluster.local",
 				},
 			},
-			expectedError: &ErrDisallowedSCMProvider{},
+			expectedError: "scm provider not allowed: https://myservice.mynamespace.svc.cluster.local",
 		},
 		{
 			name: "Error Gitlab",
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ func TestAllowedSCMProvider(t *testing.T) {
 					API: "https://myservice.mynamespace.svc.cluster.local",
 				},
 			},
-			expectedError: &ErrDisallowedSCMProvider{},
+			expectedError: "scm provider not allowed: https://myservice.mynamespace.svc.cluster.local",
 		},
 		{
 			name: "Error Gitea",
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ func TestAllowedSCMProvider(t *testing.T) {
 					API: "https://myservice.mynamespace.svc.cluster.local",
 				},
 			},
-			expectedError: &ErrDisallowedSCMProvider{},
+			expectedError: "scm provider not allowed: https://myservice.mynamespace.svc.cluster.local",
 		},
 		{
 			name: "Error Bitbucket",
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ func TestAllowedSCMProvider(t *testing.T) {
 					API: "https://myservice.mynamespace.svc.cluster.local",
 				},
 			},
-			expectedError: &ErrDisallowedSCMProvider{},
+			expectedError: "scm provider not allowed: https://myservice.mynamespace.svc.cluster.local",
 		},
 		{
 			name: "Error AzureDevops",
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ func TestAllowedSCMProvider(t *testing.T) {
 					API: "https://myservice.mynamespace.svc.cluster.local",
 				},
 			},
-			expectedError: &ErrDisallowedSCMProvider{},
+			expectedError: "scm provider not allowed: https://myservice.mynamespace.svc.cluster.local",
 		},
 	}

@@ -260,16 +260,13 @@ func TestAllowedSCMProvider(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(testCaseCopy.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Parallel()

-			scmGenerator := &SCMProviderGenerator{
-				allowedSCMProviders: []string{
-					"github.myorg.com",
-					"gitlab.myorg.com",
-					"gitea.myorg.com",
-					"bitbucket.myorg.com",
-					"azuredevops.myorg.com",
-				},
-				enableSCMProviders: true,
-			}
+			scmGenerator := &SCMProviderGenerator{allowedSCMProviders: []string{
+				"github.myorg.com",
+				"gitlab.myorg.com",
+				"gitea.myorg.com",
+				"bitbucket.myorg.com",
+				"azuredevops.myorg.com",
+			}}

 			applicationSetInfo := argoprojiov1alpha1.ApplicationSet{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
@@ -285,29 +282,7 @@ func TestAllowedSCMProvider(t *testing.T) {
 			_, err := scmGenerator.GenerateParams(&applicationSetInfo.Spec.Generators[0], &applicationSetInfo)

 			assert.Error(t, err, "Must return an error")
-			assert.ErrorAs(t, err, testCaseCopy.expectedError)
+			assert.Equal(t, testCaseCopy.expectedError, err.Error())
 		})
 	}
 }
-
-func TestSCMProviderDisabled_SCMGenerator(t *testing.T) {
-	generator := &SCMProviderGenerator{enableSCMProviders: false}
-
-	applicationSetInfo := argoprojiov1alpha1.ApplicationSet{
-		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name: "set",
-		},
-		Spec: argoprojiov1alpha1.ApplicationSetSpec{
-			Generators: []argoprojiov1alpha1.ApplicationSetGenerator{{
-				SCMProvider: &argoprojiov1alpha1.SCMProviderGenerator{
-					Github: &argoprojiov1alpha1.SCMProviderGeneratorGithub{
-						API: "https://myservice.mynamespace.svc.cluster.local",
-					},
-				},
-			}},
-		},
-	}
-
-	_, err := generator.GenerateParams(&applicationSetInfo.Spec.Generators[0], &applicationSetInfo)
-	assert.ErrorIs(t, err, ErrSCMProvidersDisabled)
-}
--- a/applicationset/generators/scm_utils.go
+++ b/applicationset/generators/scm_utils.go
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-package generators
-
-type SCMGeneratorWithCustomApiUrl interface {
-	CustomApiUrl() string
-}
--- a/applicationset/services/pull_request/azure_devops_test.go
+++ b/applicationset/services/pull_request/azure_devops_test.go
@@ -206,9 +206,9 @@ func TestBuildURL(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name:         "Provided custom URL and organization",
-			url:          "https://azuredevops.example.com/",
+			url:          "https://azuredevops.mycompany.com/",
 			organization: "myorganization",
-			expected:     "https://azuredevops.example.com/myorganization",
+			expected:     "https://azuredevops.mycompany.com/myorganization",
 		},
 	}

--- a/applicationset/services/scm_provider/azure_devops_test.go
+++ b/applicationset/services/scm_provider/azure_devops_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/mock"
-	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
+	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"

 	azureMock "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/applicationset/services/scm_provider/azure_devops/git/mocks"
 	"github.com/microsoft/azure-devops-go-api/azuredevops"
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 )

 func s(input string) *string {
-	return ptr.To(input)
+	return pointer.String(input)
 }

 func TestAzureDevopsRepoHasPath(t *testing.T) {
--- a/applicationset/services/scm_provider/gitlab.go
+++ b/applicationset/services/scm_provider/gitlab.go
@@ -100,20 +100,12 @@ func (g *GitlabProvider) ListRepos(ctx context.Context, cloneProtocol string) ([
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown clone protocol for Gitlab %v", cloneProtocol)
 			}

-			var repoLabels []string
-			if len(gitlabRepo.Topics) == 0 {
-				// fallback to for gitlab prior to 14.5
-				repoLabels = gitlabRepo.TagList
-			} else {
-				repoLabels = gitlabRepo.Topics
-			}
-
 			repos = append(repos, &Repository{
 				Organization: gitlabRepo.Namespace.FullPath,
 				Repository:   gitlabRepo.Path,
 				URL:          url,
 				Branch:       gitlabRepo.DefaultBranch,
-				Labels:       repoLabels,
+				Labels:       gitlabRepo.TagList,
 				RepositoryId: gitlabRepo.ID,
 			})
 		}
--- a/applicationset/services/scm_provider/gitlab_test.go
+++ b/applicationset/services/scm_provider/gitlab_test.go
@@ -1063,16 +1063,6 @@ func TestGitlabListRepos(t *testing.T) {
 			proto: "ssh",
 			url:   "git@gitlab.com:test-argocd-proton/argocd.git",
 		},
-		{
-			name:  "labelmatch",
-			proto: "ssh",
-			url:   "git@gitlab.com:test-argocd-proton/argocd.git",
-			filters: []v1alpha1.SCMProviderGeneratorFilter{
-				{
-					LabelMatch: strp("test-topic"),
-				},
-			},
-		},
 		{
 			name:  "https protocol",
 			proto: "https",
--- a/applicationset/utils/clusterUtils.go
+++ b/applicationset/utils/clusterUtils.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 	appv1 "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apis/application/v1alpha1"

 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
-	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
+	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
 )

 // The contents of this file are from
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func secretToCluster(s *corev1.Secret) (*appv1.Cluster, error) {
 		if val, err := strconv.Atoi(string(shardStr)); err != nil {
 			log.Warnf("Error while parsing shard in cluster secret '%s': %v", s.Name, err)
 		} else {
-			shard = ptr.To(int64(val))
+			shard = pointer.Int64Ptr(int64(val))
 		}
 	}
 	cluster := appv1.Cluster{
--- a/applicationset/utils/utils.go
+++ b/applicationset/utils/utils.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import (
 	"unsafe"

 	"github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3"
-	"github.com/gosimple/slug"
 	"github.com/valyala/fasttemplate"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"

@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ func init() {
 	delete(sprigFuncMap, "expandenv")
 	delete(sprigFuncMap, "getHostByName")
 	sprigFuncMap["normalize"] = SanitizeName
-	sprigFuncMap["slugify"] = SlugifyName
 	sprigFuncMap["toYaml"] = toYAML
 	sprigFuncMap["fromYaml"] = fromYAML
 	sprigFuncMap["fromYamlArray"] = fromYAMLArray
@@ -41,7 +39,6 @@ func init() {

 type Renderer interface {
 	RenderTemplateParams(tmpl *argoappsv1.Application, syncPolicy *argoappsv1.ApplicationSetSyncPolicy, params map[string]interface{}, useGoTemplate bool, goTemplateOptions []string) (*argoappsv1.Application, error)
-	Replace(tmpl string, replaceMap map[string]interface{}, useGoTemplate bool, goTemplateOptions []string) (string, error)
 }

 type Render struct {
@@ -437,54 +434,6 @@ func NormalizeBitbucketBasePath(basePath string) string {
 	return basePath
 }

-// SlugifyName generates a URL-friendly slug from the provided name and additional options.
-// The slug is generated in accordance with the following rules:
-// 1. The generated slug will be URL-safe and suitable for use in URLs.
-// 2. The maximum length of the slug can be specified using the `maxSize` argument.
-// 3. Smart truncation can be enabled or disabled using the `EnableSmartTruncate` argument.
-// 4. The input name can be any string value that needs to be converted into a slug.
-//
-// Args:
-// - args: A variadic number of arguments where:
-//   - The first argument (if provided) is an integer specifying the maximum length of the slug.
-//   - The second argument (if provided) is a boolean indicating whether smart truncation is enabled.
-//   - The last argument (if provided) is the input name that needs to be slugified.
-//     If no name is provided, an empty string will be used.
-//
-// Returns:
-// - string: The generated URL-friendly slug based on the input name and options.
-func SlugifyName(args ...interface{}) string {
-	// Default values for arguments
-	maxSize := 50
-	EnableSmartTruncate := true
-	name := ""
-
-	// Process the arguments
-	for idx, arg := range args {
-		switch idx {
-		case len(args) - 1:
-			name = arg.(string)
-		case 0:
-			maxSize = arg.(int)
-		case 1:
-			EnableSmartTruncate = arg.(bool)
-		default:
-			log.Errorf("Bad 'slugify' arguments.")
-		}
-	}
-
-	sanitizedName := SanitizeName(name)
-
-	// Configure slug generation options
-	slug.EnableSmartTruncate = EnableSmartTruncate
-	slug.MaxLength = maxSize
-
-	// Generate the slug from the input name
-	urlSlug := slug.Make(sanitizedName)
-
-	return urlSlug
-}
-
 func getTlsConfigWithCACert(scmRootCAPath string) *tls.Config {

 	tlsConfig := &tls.Config{}
--- a/applicationset/utils/utils_test.go
+++ b/applicationset/utils/utils_test.go
@@ -1243,43 +1243,6 @@ func TestNormalizeBitbucketBasePath(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }

-func TestSlugify(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, c := range []struct {
-		branch           string
-		smartTruncate    bool
-		length           int
-		expectedBasePath string
-	}{
-		{
-			branch:           "feat/a_really+long_pull_request_name_to_test_argo_slugification_and_branch_name_shortening_feature",
-			smartTruncate:    false,
-			length:           50,
-			expectedBasePath: "feat-a-really-long-pull-request-name-to-test-argo",
-		},
-		{
-			branch:           "feat/a_really+long_pull_request_name_to_test_argo_slugification_and_branch_name_shortening_feature",
-			smartTruncate:    true,
-			length:           53,
-			expectedBasePath: "feat-a-really-long-pull-request-name-to-test-argo",
-		},
-		{
-			branch:           "feat/areallylongpullrequestnametotestargoslugificationandbranchnameshorteningfeature",
-			smartTruncate:    true,
-			length:           50,
-			expectedBasePath: "feat",
-		},
-		{
-			branch:           "feat/areallylongpullrequestnametotestargoslugificationandbranchnameshorteningfeature",
-			smartTruncate:    false,
-			length:           50,
-			expectedBasePath: "feat-areallylongpullrequestnametotestargoslugifica",
-		},
-	} {
-		result := SlugifyName(c.length, c.smartTruncate, c.branch)
-		assert.Equal(t, c.expectedBasePath, result, c.branch)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestGetTLSConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	// certParsed, err := tls.X509KeyPair(test.Cert, test.PrivateKey)
 	// require.NoError(t, err)
--- a/applicationset/webhook/testdata/github-pull-request-labeled-event.json
+++ b/applicationset/webhook/testdata/github-pull-request-labeled-event.json
@@ -1,473 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "action": "labeled",
-  "number": 2,
-  "label": {
-    "id": 6129306173,
-    "node_id": "LA_kwDOIqudU88AAAABbVXKPQ",
-    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/SG60/backstage/labels/deploy-preview",
-    "name": "deploy-preview",
-    "color": "bfd4f2",
-    "default": false,
-    "description": ""
-  },
-  "pull_request": {
-    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/pulls/2",
-    "id": 279147437,
-    "node_id": "MDExOlB1bGxSZXF1ZXN0Mjc5MTQ3NDM3",
-    "html_url": "https://github.com/Codertocat/Hello-World/pull/2",
-    "diff_url": "https://github.com/Codertocat/Hello-World/pull/2.diff",
-    "patch_url": "https://github.com/Codertocat/Hello-World/pull/2.patch",
-    "issue_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/issues/2",
-    "number": 2,
-    "state": "open",
-    "locked": false,
-    "title": "Update the README with new information.",
-    "user": {
-      "login": "Codertocat",
-      "id": 21031067,
-      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjIxMDMxMDY3",
-      "avatar_url": "https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/21031067?v=4",
-      "gravatar_id": "",
-      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/Codertocat",
-      "html_url": "https://github.com/Codertocat",
-      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/Codertocat/followers",
-      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/Codertocat/following{/other_user}",
-      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/Codertocat/gists{/gist_id}",
-      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/Codertocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
-      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/Codertocat/subscriptions",
-      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/Codertocat/orgs",
-      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/Codertocat/repos",
-      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/Codertocat/events{/privacy}",
-      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/Codertocat/received_events",
-      "type": "User",
-      "site_admin": false
-    },
-    "body": "This is a pretty simple change that we need to pull into master.",
-    "created_at": "2019-05-15T15:20:33Z",
-    "updated_at": "2019-05-15T15:20:33Z",
-    "closed_at": null,
-    "merged_at": null,
-    "merge_commit_sha": null,
-    "assignee": null,
-    "assignees": [],
-    "requested_reviewers": [],
-    "requested_teams": [],
-    "labels": [
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-        "id": 6129306173,
-        "node_id": "LA_kwDOIqudU88AAAABbVXKPQ",
-        "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/labels/deploy-preview",
-        "name": "deploy-preview",
-        "color": "bfd4f2",
-        "default": false,
-        "description": ""
-      }
-    ],
-    "milestone": null,
-    "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/pulls/2/commits",
-    "review_comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/pulls/2/comments",
-    "review_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/pulls/comments{/number}",
-    "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/issues/2/comments",
-    "statuses_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/statuses/ec26c3e57ca3a959ca5aad62de7213c562f8c821",
-    "head": {
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-      "ref": "changes",
-      "sha": "ec26c3e57ca3a959ca5aad62de7213c562f8c821",
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-        "url": "https://api.github.com/users/Codertocat",
-        "html_url": "https://github.com/Codertocat",
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-        "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/Codertocat/gists{/gist_id}",
-        "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/Codertocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
-        "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/Codertocat/subscriptions",
-        "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/Codertocat/orgs",
-        "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/Codertocat/repos",
-        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/Codertocat/events{/privacy}",
-        "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/Codertocat/received_events",
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-        "site_admin": false
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-        "node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxODY4NTMwMDI=",
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-        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/events",
-        "assignees_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/assignees{/user}",
-        "branches_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/branches{/branch}",
-        "tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/tags",
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-        "git_tags_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/git/tags{/sha}",
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-        "languages_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/languages",
-        "stargazers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/stargazers",
-        "contributors_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/contributors",
-        "subscribers_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/subscribers",
-        "subscription_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/subscription",
-        "commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/commits{/sha}",
-        "git_commits_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/git/commits{/sha}",
-        "comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/comments{/number}",
-        "issue_comment_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/issues/comments{/number}",
-        "contents_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/contents/{+path}",
-        "compare_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/compare/{base}...{head}",
-        "merges_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/merges",
-        "archive_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/{archive_format}{/ref}",
-        "downloads_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/downloads",
-        "issues_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/issues{/number}",
-        "pulls_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/pulls{/number}",
-        "milestones_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/milestones{/number}",
-        "notifications_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/notifications{?since,all,participating}",
-        "labels_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/labels{/name}",
-        "releases_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/releases{/id}",
-        "deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/Codertocat/Hello-World/deployments",
-        "created_at": "2019-05-15T15:19:25Z",
-        "updated_at": "2019-05-15T15:19:27Z",
-        "pushed_at": "2019-05-15T15:20:32Z",
-        "git_url": "git://github.com/Codertocat/Hello-World.git",
-        "ssh_url": "git@github.com:Codertocat/Hello-World.git",
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--- a/applicationset/webhook/webhook.go
+++ b/applicationset/webhook/webhook.go
@@ -412,12 +412,10 @@ func shouldRefreshPRGenerator(gen *v1alpha1.PullRequestGenerator, info *prGenera
 	}

 	if gen.Github != nil && info.Github != nil {
-		// repository owner and name are case-insensitive
-		// See https://docs.github.com/en/rest/pulls/pulls?apiVersion=2022-11-28#list-pull-requests
-		if !strings.EqualFold(gen.Github.Owner, info.Github.Owner) {
+		if gen.Github.Owner != info.Github.Owner {
 			return false
 		}
-		if !strings.EqualFold(gen.Github.Repo, info.Github.Repo) {
+		if gen.Github.Repo != info.Github.Repo {
 			return false
 		}
 		api := gen.Github.API
--- a/applicationset/webhook/webhook_test.go
+++ b/applicationset/webhook/webhook_test.go
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func TestWebhookHandler(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedRefresh:    false,
 		},
 		{
-			desc:               "WebHook from a GitHub repository via pull_request opened event",
+			desc:               "WebHook from a GitHub repository via pull_reqeuest opened event",
 			headerKey:          "X-GitHub-Event",
 			headerValue:        "pull_request",
 			payloadFile:        "github-pull-request-opened-event.json",
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func TestWebhookHandler(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedRefresh:    true,
 		},
 		{
-			desc:               "WebHook from a GitHub repository via pull_request assigned event",
+			desc:               "WebHook from a GitHub repository via pull_reqeuest assigned event",
 			headerKey:          "X-GitHub-Event",
 			headerValue:        "pull_request",
 			payloadFile:        "github-pull-request-assigned-event.json",
@@ -128,15 +128,6 @@ func TestWebhookHandler(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedStatusCode: http.StatusOK,
 			expectedRefresh:    false,
 		},
-		{
-			desc:               "WebHook from a GitHub repository via pull_request labeled event",
-			headerKey:          "X-GitHub-Event",
-			headerValue:        "pull_request",
-			payloadFile:        "github-pull-request-labeled-event.json",
-			effectedAppSets:    []string{"pull-request-github", "matrix-pull-request-github", "matrix-scm-pull-request-github", "merge-pull-request-github", "plugin", "matrix-pull-request-github-plugin"},
-			expectedStatusCode: http.StatusOK,
-			expectedRefresh:    true,
-		},
 		{
 			desc:               "WebHook from a GitLab repository via open merge request event",
 			headerKey:          "X-Gitlab-Event",
@@ -189,7 +180,7 @@ func TestWebhookHandler(t *testing.T) {
 				fakeAppWithGitGenerator("git-github", namespace, "https://github.com/org/repo"),
 				fakeAppWithGitGenerator("git-gitlab", namespace, "https://gitlab/group/name"),
 				fakeAppWithGitGenerator("git-azure-devops", namespace, "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam-fiber-inc/DefaultCollection/_git/Fabrikam-Fiber-Git"),
-				fakeAppWithGithubPullRequestGenerator("pull-request-github", namespace, "CodErTOcat", "Hello-World"),
+				fakeAppWithGithubPullRequestGenerator("pull-request-github", namespace, "Codertocat", "Hello-World"),
 				fakeAppWithGitlabPullRequestGenerator("pull-request-gitlab", namespace, "100500"),
 				fakeAppWithAzureDevOpsPullRequestGenerator("pull-request-azure-devops", namespace, "DefaultCollection", "Fabrikam"),
 				fakeAppWithPluginGenerator("plugin", namespace),
@@ -198,7 +189,7 @@ func TestWebhookHandler(t *testing.T) {
 				fakeAppWithMatrixAndScmWithGitGenerator("matrix-scm-git-github", namespace, "org"),
 				fakeAppWithMatrixAndScmWithPullRequestGenerator("matrix-scm-pull-request-github", namespace, "Codertocat"),
 				fakeAppWithMatrixAndNestedGitGenerator("matrix-nested-git-github", namespace, "https://github.com/org/repo"),
-				fakeAppWithMatrixAndPullRequestGeneratorWithPluginGenerator("matrix-pull-request-github-plugin", namespace, "coDErtoCat", "HeLLO-WorLD", "plugin-cm"),
+				fakeAppWithMatrixAndPullRequestGeneratorWithPluginGenerator("matrix-pull-request-github-plugin", namespace, "Codertocat", "Hello-World", "plugin-cm"),
 				fakeAppWithMergeAndGitGenerator("merge-git-github", namespace, "https://github.com/org/repo"),
 				fakeAppWithMergeAndPullRequestGenerator("merge-pull-request-github", namespace, "Codertocat", "Hello-World"),
 				fakeAppWithMergeAndNestedGitGenerator("merge-nested-git-github", namespace, "https://github.com/org/repo"),
--- a/assets/badge.svg
+++ b/assets/badge.svg
--- a/assets/swagger.json
+++ b/assets/swagger.json
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
          },
          {
            "type": "string",
-            "description": "forces application reconciliation if set to 'hard'.",
+            "description": "forces application reconciliation if set to true.",
            "name": "refresh",
            "in": "query"
          },
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@
        "parameters": [
          {
            "type": "string",
-            "description": "Name must be unique within a namespace. Is required when creating resources, although\nsome resources may allow a client to request the generation of an appropriate name\nautomatically. Name is primarily intended for creation idempotence and configuration\ndefinition.\nCannot be updated.\nMore info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names#names\n+optional",
+            "description": "Name must be unique within a namespace. Is required when creating resources, although\nsome resources may allow a client to request the generation of an appropriate name\nautomatically. Name is primarily intended for creation idempotence and configuration\ndefinition.\nCannot be updated.\nMore info: http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/identifiers#names\n+optional",
            "name": "application.metadata.name",
            "in": "path",
            "required": true
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@
          },
          {
            "type": "string",
-            "description": "forces application reconciliation if set to 'hard'.",
+            "description": "forces application reconciliation if set to true.",
            "name": "refresh",
            "in": "query"
          },
@@ -975,25 +975,6 @@
            "type": "string",
            "name": "project",
            "in": "query"
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "array",
-            "items": {
-              "type": "string",
-              "format": "int64"
-            },
-            "collectionFormat": "multi",
-            "name": "sourcePositions",
-            "in": "query"
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "array",
-            "items": {
-              "type": "string"
-            },
-            "collectionFormat": "multi",
-            "name": "revisions",
-            "in": "query"
          }
        ],
        "responses": {
@@ -2030,43 +2011,6 @@
        }
      }
    },
-    "/api/v1/applicationsets/{name}/resource-tree": {
-      "get": {
-        "tags": [
-          "ApplicationSetService"
-        ],
-        "summary": "ResourceTree returns resource tree",
-        "operationId": "ApplicationSetService_ResourceTree",
-        "parameters": [
-          {
-            "type": "string",
-            "name": "name",
-            "in": "path",
-            "required": true
-          },
-          {
-            "type": "string",
-            "description": "The application set namespace. Default empty is argocd control plane namespace.",
-            "name": "appsetNamespace",
-            "in": "query"
-          }
-        ],
-        "responses": {
-          "200": {
-            "description": "A successful response.",
-            "schema": {
-              "$ref": "#/definitions/v1alpha1ApplicationSetTree"
-            }
-          },
-          "default": {
-            "description": "An unexpected error response.",
-            "schema": {
-              "$ref": "#/definitions/runtimeError"
-            }
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    },
    "/api/v1/certificates": {
      "get": {
        "tags": [
@@ -2968,7 +2912,7 @@
        "parameters": [
          {
            "type": "string",
-            "description": "Name must be unique within a namespace. Is required when creating resources, although\nsome resources may allow a client to request the generation of an appropriate name\nautomatically. Name is primarily intended for creation idempotence and configuration\ndefinition.\nCannot be updated.\nMore info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names#names\n+optional",
+            "description": "Name must be unique within a namespace. Is required when creating resources, although\nsome resources may allow a client to request the generation of an appropriate name\nautomatically. Name is primarily intended for creation idempotence and configuration\ndefinition.\nCannot be updated.\nMore info: http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/identifiers#names\n+optional",
            "name": "project.metadata.name",
            "in": "path",
            "required": true
@@ -3872,7 +3816,7 @@
          },
          {
            "type": "string",
-            "description": "forces application reconciliation if set to 'hard'.",
+            "description": "forces application reconciliation if set to true.",
            "name": "refresh",
            "in": "query"
          },
@@ -4275,19 +4219,6 @@
        "revision": {
          "type": "string"
        },
-        "revisions": {
-          "type": "array",
-          "items": {
-            "type": "string"
-          }
-        },
-        "sourcePositions": {
-          "type": "array",
-          "items": {
-            "type": "string",
-            "format": "int64"
-          }
-        },
        "strategy": {
          "$ref": "#/definitions/v1alpha1SyncStrategy"
        },
@@ -4531,9 +4462,6 @@
        "clientID": {
          "type": "string"
        },
-        "enablePKCEAuthentication": {
-          "type": "boolean"
-        },
        "idTokenClaims": {
          "type": "object",
          "additionalProperties": {
@@ -5403,8 +5331,8 @@
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "key": {
-          "description": "key is the label key that the selector applies to.",
-          "type": "string"
+          "type": "string",
+          "title": "key is the label key that the selector applies to.\n+patchMergeKey=key\n+patchStrategy=merge"
        },
        "operator": {
          "description": "operator represents a key's relationship to a set of values.\nValid operators are In, NotIn, Exists and DoesNotExist.",
@@ -5454,10 +5382,6 @@
          "type": "string",
          "title": "IP is set for load-balancer ingress points that are IP based\n(typically GCE or OpenStack load-balancers)\n+optional"
        },
-        "ipMode": {
-          "type": "string",
-          "title": "IPMode specifies how the load-balancer IP behaves, and may only be specified when the ip field is specified.\nSetting this to \"VIP\" indicates that traffic is delivered to the node with\nthe destination set to the load-balancer's IP and port.\nSetting this to \"Proxy\" indicates that traffic is delivered to the node or pod with\nthe destination set to the node's IP and node port or the pod's IP and port.\nService implementations may use this information to adjust traffic routing.\n+optional"
-        },
        "ports": {
          "type": "array",
          "title": "Ports is a list of records of service ports\nIf used, every port defined in the service should have an entry in it\n+listType=atomic\n+optional",
@@ -5567,11 +5491,15 @@
      "properties": {
        "annotations": {
          "type": "object",
-          "title": "Annotations is an unstructured key value map stored with a resource that may be\nset by external tools to store and retrieve arbitrary metadata. They are not\nqueryable and should be preserved when modifying objects.\nMore info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/annotations\n+optional",
+          "title": "Annotations is an unstructured key value map stored with a resource that may be\nset by external tools to store and retrieve arbitrary metadata. They are not\nqueryable and should be preserved when modifying objects.\nMore info: http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/annotations\n+optional",
          "additionalProperties": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
+        "clusterName": {
+          "description": "Deprecated: ClusterName is a legacy field that was always cleared by\nthe system and never used; it will be removed completely in 1.25.\n\nThe name in the go struct is changed to help clients detect\naccidental use.\n\n+optional",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
        "creationTimestamp": {
          "$ref": "#/definitions/v1Time"
        },
@@ -5601,7 +5529,7 @@
        },
        "labels": {
          "type": "object",
-          "title": "Map of string keys and values that can be used to organize and categorize\n(scope and select) objects. May match selectors of replication controllers\nand services.\nMore info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/labels\n+optional",
+          "title": "Map of string keys and values that can be used to organize and categorize\n(scope and select) objects. May match selectors of replication controllers\nand services.\nMore info: http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/labels\n+optional",
          "additionalProperties": {
            "type": "string"
          }
@@ -5615,10 +5543,10 @@
        },
        "name": {
          "type": "string",
-          "title": "Name must be unique within a namespace. Is required when creating resources, although\nsome resources may allow a client to request the generation of an appropriate name\nautomatically. Name is primarily intended for creation idempotence and configuration\ndefinition.\nCannot be updated.\nMore info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names#names\n+optional"
+          "title": "Name must be unique within a namespace. Is required when creating resources, although\nsome resources may allow a client to request the generation of an appropriate name\nautomatically. Name is primarily intended for creation idempotence and configuration\ndefinition.\nCannot be updated.\nMore info: http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/identifiers#names\n+optional"
        },
        "namespace": {
-          "description": "Namespace defines the space within which each name must be unique. An empty namespace is\nequivalent to the \"default\" namespace, but \"default\" is the canonical representation.\nNot all objects are required to be scoped to a namespace - the value of this field for\nthose objects will be empty.\n\nMust be a DNS_LABEL.\nCannot be updated.\nMore info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/namespaces\n+optional",
+          "description": "Namespace defines the space within which each name must be unique. An empty namespace is\nequivalent to the \"default\" namespace, but \"default\" is the canonical representation.\nNot all objects are required to be scoped to a namespace - the value of this field for\nthose objects will be empty.\n\nMust be a DNS_LABEL.\nCannot be updated.\nMore info: http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/namespaces\n+optional",
          "type": "string"
        },
        "ownerReferences": {
@@ -5637,7 +5565,7 @@
          "title": "Deprecated: selfLink is a legacy read-only field that is no longer populated by the system.\n+optional"
        },
        "uid": {
-          "description": "UID is the unique in time and space value for this object. It is typically generated by\nthe server on successful creation of a resource and is not allowed to change on PUT\noperations.\n\nPopulated by the system.\nRead-only.\nMore info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names#uids\n+optional",
+          "description": "UID is the unique in time and space value for this object. It is typically generated by\nthe server on successful creation of a resource and is not allowed to change on PUT\noperations.\n\nPopulated by the system.\nRead-only.\nMore info: http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/identifiers#uids\n+optional",
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
@@ -5698,11 +5626,11 @@
        },
        "name": {
          "type": "string",
-          "title": "Name of the referent.\nMore info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names#names"
+          "title": "Name of the referent.\nMore info: http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/identifiers#names"
        },
        "uid": {
          "type": "string",
-          "title": "UID of the referent.\nMore info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/names#uids"
+          "title": "UID of the referent.\nMore info: http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/identifiers#uids"
        }
      }
    },
@@ -5737,10 +5665,6 @@
          "type": "string",
          "title": "ClusterName contains AWS cluster name"
        },
-        "profile": {
-          "description": "Profile contains optional role ARN. If set then AWS IAM Authenticator uses the profile to perform cluster operations instead of the default AWS credential provider chain.",
-          "type": "string"
-        },
        "roleARN": {
          "description": "RoleARN contains optional role ARN. If set then AWS IAM Authenticator assume a role to perform cluster operations instead of the default AWS credential provider chain.",
          "type": "string"
@@ -6220,9 +6144,6 @@
        },
        "template": {
          "$ref": "#/definitions/v1alpha1ApplicationSetTemplate"
-        },
-        "templatePatch": {
-          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
@@ -6242,13 +6163,6 @@
          "items": {
            "$ref": "#/definitions/v1alpha1ApplicationSetCondition"
          }
-        },
-        "resources": {
-          "description": "Resources is a list of Applications resources managed by this application set.",
-          "type": "array",
-          "items": {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/v1alpha1ResourceStatus"
-          }
        }
      }
    },
@@ -6320,19 +6234,6 @@
        }
      }
    },
-    "v1alpha1ApplicationSetTree": {
-      "type": "object",
-      "title": "ApplicationSetTree holds nodes which belongs to the application\nUsed to build a tree of an ApplicationSet and its children",
-      "properties": {
-        "nodes": {
-          "type": "array",
-          "title": "Nodes contains list of nodes which are directly managed by the applicationset",
-          "items": {
-            "$ref": "#/definitions/v1alpha1ResourceNode"
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    },
    "v1alpha1ApplicationSource": {
      "type": "object",
      "title": "ApplicationSource contains all required information about the source of an application",
@@ -6495,13 +6396,6 @@
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
-        "components": {
-          "type": "array",
-          "title": "Components specifies a list of kustomize components to add to the kustomization before building",
-          "items": {
-            "type": "string"
-          }
-        },
        "forceCommonAnnotations": {
          "type": "boolean",
          "title": "ForceCommonAnnotations specifies whether to force applying common annotations to resources for Kustomize apps"
@@ -6517,10 +6411,6 @@
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
-        "labelWithoutSelector": {
-          "type": "boolean",
-          "title": "LabelWithoutSelector specifies whether to apply common labels to resource selectors or not"
-        },
        "namePrefix": {
          "type": "string",
          "title": "NamePrefix is a prefix appended to resources for Kustomize apps"
@@ -8601,9 +8491,6 @@
          "format": "int64",
          "title": "ID is an auto incrementing identifier of the RevisionHistory"
        },
-        "initiatedBy": {
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/v1alpha1OperationInitiator"
-        },
        "revision": {
          "type": "string",
          "title": "Revision holds the revision the sync was performed against"
--- a/cmd/argocd-application-controller/commands/argocd_application_controller.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd-application-controller/commands/argocd_application_controller.go
@@ -19,18 +19,20 @@ import (
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/controller/sharding"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apis/application/v1alpha1"
 	appclientset "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/client/clientset/versioned"
-	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/ratelimiter"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/reposerver/apiclient"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/argo/normalizers"
 	cacheutil "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/cache"
 	appstatecache "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/cache/appstate"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/cli"
+	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/db"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/env"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/errors"
 	kubeutil "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/kube"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/settings"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/tls"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/trace"
+	kubeerrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )

 const (
@@ -44,12 +46,9 @@ const (

 func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	var (
-		workqueueRateLimit               ratelimiter.AppControllerRateLimiterConfig
 		clientConfig                     clientcmd.ClientConfig
 		appResyncPeriod                  int64
 		appHardResyncPeriod              int64
-		appResyncJitter                  int64
-		repoErrorGracePeriod             int64
 		repoServerAddress                string
 		repoServerTimeoutSeconds         int
 		selfHealTimeoutSeconds           int
@@ -65,14 +64,11 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 		repoServerPlaintext              bool
 		repoServerStrictTLS              bool
 		otlpAddress                      string
-		otlpInsecure                     bool
-		otlpHeaders                      map[string]string
 		otlpAttrs                        []string
 		applicationNamespaces            []string
 		persistResourceHealth            bool
 		shardingAlgorithm                string
 		enableDynamicClusterDistribution bool
-		serverSideDiff                   bool
 		ignoreNormalizerOpts             normalizers.IgnoreNormalizerOpts
 	)
 	var command = cobra.Command{
@@ -146,7 +142,7 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 				appController.InvalidateProjectsCache()
 			}))
 			kubectl := kubeutil.NewKubectl()
-			clusterSharding, err := sharding.GetClusterSharding(kubeClient, settingsMgr, shardingAlgorithm, enableDynamicClusterDistribution)
+			clusterFilter := getClusterFilter(kubeClient, settingsMgr, shardingAlgorithm, enableDynamicClusterDistribution)
 			errors.CheckError(err)
 			appController, err = controller.NewApplicationController(
 				namespace,
@@ -158,19 +154,14 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 				kubectl,
 				resyncDuration,
 				hardResyncDuration,
-				time.Duration(appResyncJitter)*time.Second,
 				time.Duration(selfHealTimeoutSeconds)*time.Second,
-				time.Duration(repoErrorGracePeriod)*time.Second,
 				metricsPort,
 				metricsCacheExpiration,
 				metricsAplicationLabels,
 				kubectlParallelismLimit,
 				persistResourceHealth,
-				clusterSharding,
+				clusterFilter,
 				applicationNamespaces,
-				&workqueueRateLimit,
-				serverSideDiff,
-				enableDynamicClusterDistribution,
 				ignoreNormalizerOpts,
 			)
 			errors.CheckError(err)
@@ -181,7 +172,7 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 			stats.RegisterHeapDumper("memprofile")

 			if otlpAddress != "" {
-				closeTracer, err := trace.InitTracer(ctx, "argocd-controller", otlpAddress, otlpInsecure, otlpHeaders, otlpAttrs)
+				closeTracer, err := trace.InitTracer(ctx, "argocd-controller", otlpAddress, otlpAttrs)
 				if err != nil {
 					log.Fatalf("failed to initialize tracing: %v", err)
 				}
@@ -198,8 +189,6 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	clientConfig = cli.AddKubectlFlagsToCmd(&command)
 	command.Flags().Int64Var(&appResyncPeriod, "app-resync", int64(env.ParseDurationFromEnv("ARGOCD_RECONCILIATION_TIMEOUT", defaultAppResyncPeriod*time.Second, 0, math.MaxInt64).Seconds()), "Time period in seconds for application resync.")
 	command.Flags().Int64Var(&appHardResyncPeriod, "app-hard-resync", int64(env.ParseDurationFromEnv("ARGOCD_HARD_RECONCILIATION_TIMEOUT", defaultAppHardResyncPeriod*time.Second, 0, math.MaxInt64).Seconds()), "Time period in seconds for application hard resync.")
-	command.Flags().Int64Var(&appResyncJitter, "app-resync-jitter", int64(env.ParseDurationFromEnv("ARGOCD_RECONCILIATION_JITTER", 0*time.Second, 0, math.MaxInt64).Seconds()), "Maximum time period in seconds to add as a delay jitter for application resync.")
-	command.Flags().Int64Var(&repoErrorGracePeriod, "repo-error-grace-period-seconds", int64(env.ParseDurationFromEnv("ARGOCD_REPO_ERROR_GRACE_PERIOD_SECONDS", defaultAppResyncPeriod*time.Second, 0, math.MaxInt64).Seconds()), "Grace period in seconds for ignoring consecutive errors while communicating with repo server.")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&repoServerAddress, "repo-server", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_APPLICATION_CONTROLLER_REPO_SERVER", common.DefaultRepoServerAddr), "Repo server address.")
 	command.Flags().IntVar(&repoServerTimeoutSeconds, "repo-server-timeout-seconds", env.ParseNumFromEnv("ARGOCD_APPLICATION_CONTROLLER_REPO_SERVER_TIMEOUT_SECONDS", 60, 0, math.MaxInt64), "Repo server RPC call timeout seconds.")
 	command.Flags().IntVar(&statusProcessors, "status-processors", env.ParseNumFromEnv("ARGOCD_APPLICATION_CONTROLLER_STATUS_PROCESSORS", 20, 0, math.MaxInt32), "Number of application status processors")
@@ -215,28 +204,69 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	command.Flags().BoolVar(&repoServerStrictTLS, "repo-server-strict-tls", env.ParseBoolFromEnv("ARGOCD_APPLICATION_CONTROLLER_REPO_SERVER_STRICT_TLS", false), "Whether to use strict validation of the TLS cert presented by the repo server")
 	command.Flags().StringSliceVar(&metricsAplicationLabels, "metrics-application-labels", []string{}, "List of Application labels that will be added to the argocd_application_labels metric")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&otlpAddress, "otlp-address", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_APPLICATION_CONTROLLER_OTLP_ADDRESS", ""), "OpenTelemetry collector address to send traces to")
-	command.Flags().BoolVar(&otlpInsecure, "otlp-insecure", env.ParseBoolFromEnv("ARGOCD_APPLICATION_CONTROLLER_OTLP_INSECURE", true), "OpenTelemetry collector insecure mode")
-	command.Flags().StringToStringVar(&otlpHeaders, "otlp-headers", env.ParseStringToStringFromEnv("ARGOCD_APPLICATION_CONTROLLER_OTLP_HEADERS", map[string]string{}, ","), "List of OpenTelemetry collector extra headers sent with traces, headers are comma-separated key-value pairs(e.g. key1=value1,key2=value2)")
 	command.Flags().StringSliceVar(&otlpAttrs, "otlp-attrs", env.StringsFromEnv("ARGOCD_APPLICATION_CONTROLLER_OTLP_ATTRS", []string{}, ","), "List of OpenTelemetry collector extra attrs when send traces, each attribute is separated by a colon(e.g. key:value)")
 	command.Flags().StringSliceVar(&applicationNamespaces, "application-namespaces", env.StringsFromEnv("ARGOCD_APPLICATION_NAMESPACES", []string{}, ","), "List of additional namespaces that applications are allowed to be reconciled from")
 	command.Flags().BoolVar(&persistResourceHealth, "persist-resource-health", env.ParseBoolFromEnv("ARGOCD_APPLICATION_CONTROLLER_PERSIST_RESOURCE_HEALTH", true), "Enables storing the managed resources health in the Application CRD")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&shardingAlgorithm, "sharding-method", env.StringFromEnv(common.EnvControllerShardingAlgorithm, common.DefaultShardingAlgorithm), "Enables choice of sharding method. Supported sharding methods are : [legacy, round-robin] ")
-	// global queue rate limit config
-	command.Flags().Int64Var(&workqueueRateLimit.BucketSize, "wq-bucket-size", env.ParseInt64FromEnv("WORKQUEUE_BUCKET_SIZE", 500, 1, math.MaxInt64), "Set Workqueue Rate Limiter Bucket Size, default 500")
-	command.Flags().Float64Var(&workqueueRateLimit.BucketQPS, "wq-bucket-qps", env.ParseFloat64FromEnv("WORKQUEUE_BUCKET_QPS", math.MaxFloat64, 1, math.MaxFloat64), "Set Workqueue Rate Limiter Bucket QPS, default set to MaxFloat64 which disables the bucket limiter")
-	// individual item rate limit config
-	// when WORKQUEUE_FAILURE_COOLDOWN is 0 per item rate limiting is disabled(default)
-	command.Flags().DurationVar(&workqueueRateLimit.FailureCoolDown, "wq-cooldown-ns", time.Duration(env.ParseInt64FromEnv("WORKQUEUE_FAILURE_COOLDOWN_NS", 0, 0, (24*time.Hour).Nanoseconds())), "Set Workqueue Per Item Rate Limiter Cooldown duration in ns, default 0(per item rate limiter disabled)")
-	command.Flags().DurationVar(&workqueueRateLimit.BaseDelay, "wq-basedelay-ns", time.Duration(env.ParseInt64FromEnv("WORKQUEUE_BASE_DELAY_NS", time.Millisecond.Nanoseconds(), time.Nanosecond.Nanoseconds(), (24*time.Hour).Nanoseconds())), "Set Workqueue Per Item Rate Limiter Base Delay duration in nanoseconds, default 1000000 (1ms)")
-	command.Flags().DurationVar(&workqueueRateLimit.MaxDelay, "wq-maxdelay-ns", time.Duration(env.ParseInt64FromEnv("WORKQUEUE_MAX_DELAY_NS", time.Second.Nanoseconds(), 1*time.Millisecond.Nanoseconds(), (24*time.Hour).Nanoseconds())), "Set Workqueue Per Item Rate Limiter Max Delay duration in nanoseconds, default 1000000000 (1s)")
-	command.Flags().Float64Var(&workqueueRateLimit.BackoffFactor, "wq-backoff-factor", env.ParseFloat64FromEnv("WORKQUEUE_BACKOFF_FACTOR", 1.5, 0, math.MaxFloat64), "Set Workqueue Per Item Rate Limiter Backoff Factor, default is 1.5")
 	command.Flags().BoolVar(&enableDynamicClusterDistribution, "dynamic-cluster-distribution-enabled", env.ParseBoolFromEnv(common.EnvEnableDynamicClusterDistribution, false), "Enables dynamic cluster distribution.")
-	command.Flags().BoolVar(&serverSideDiff, "server-side-diff-enabled", env.ParseBoolFromEnv(common.EnvServerSideDiff, false), "Feature flag to enable ServerSide diff. Default (\"false\")")
 	command.Flags().DurationVar(&ignoreNormalizerOpts.JQExecutionTimeout, "ignore-normalizer-jq-execution-timeout-seconds", env.ParseDurationFromEnv("ARGOCD_IGNORE_NORMALIZER_JQ_TIMEOUT", 0*time.Second, 0, math.MaxInt64), "Set ignore normalizer JQ execution timeout")
-	cacheSource = appstatecache.AddCacheFlagsToCmd(&command, cacheutil.Options{
-		OnClientCreated: func(client *redis.Client) {
-			redisClient = client
-		},
+	cacheSource = appstatecache.AddCacheFlagsToCmd(&command, func(client *redis.Client) {
+		redisClient = client
 	})
 	return &command
 }
+
+func getClusterFilter(kubeClient *kubernetes.Clientset, settingsMgr *settings.SettingsManager, shardingAlgorithm string, enableDynamicClusterDistribution bool) sharding.ClusterFilterFunction {
+
+	var replicas int
+	shard := env.ParseNumFromEnv(common.EnvControllerShard, -1, -math.MaxInt32, math.MaxInt32)
+
+	applicationControllerName := env.StringFromEnv(common.EnvAppControllerName, common.DefaultApplicationControllerName)
+	appControllerDeployment, err := kubeClient.AppsV1().Deployments(settingsMgr.GetNamespace()).Get(context.Background(), applicationControllerName, metav1.GetOptions{})
+
+	// if the application controller deployment was not found, the Get() call returns an empty Deployment object. So, set the variable to nil explicitly
+	if err != nil && kubeerrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+		appControllerDeployment = nil
+	}
+
+	if enableDynamicClusterDistribution && appControllerDeployment != nil && appControllerDeployment.Spec.Replicas != nil {
+		replicas = int(*appControllerDeployment.Spec.Replicas)
+	} else {
+		replicas = env.ParseNumFromEnv(common.EnvControllerReplicas, 0, 0, math.MaxInt32)
+	}
+
+	var clusterFilter func(cluster *v1alpha1.Cluster) bool
+	if replicas > 1 {
+		// check for shard mapping using configmap if application-controller is a deployment
+		// else use existing logic to infer shard from pod name if application-controller is a statefulset
+		if enableDynamicClusterDistribution && appControllerDeployment != nil {
+
+			var err error
+			// retry 3 times if we find a conflict while updating shard mapping configMap.
+			// If we still see conflicts after the retries, wait for next iteration of heartbeat process.
+			for i := 0; i <= common.AppControllerHeartbeatUpdateRetryCount; i++ {
+				shard, err = sharding.GetOrUpdateShardFromConfigMap(kubeClient, settingsMgr, replicas, shard)
+				if !kubeerrors.IsConflict(err) {
+					err = fmt.Errorf("unable to get shard due to error updating the sharding config map: %s", err)
+					break
+				}
+				log.Warnf("conflict when getting shard from shard mapping configMap. Retrying (%d/3)", i)
+			}
+			errors.CheckError(err)
+		} else {
+			if shard < 0 {
+				var err error
+				shard, err = sharding.InferShard()
+				errors.CheckError(err)
+			}
+		}
+		log.Infof("Processing clusters from shard %d", shard)
+		db := db.NewDB(settingsMgr.GetNamespace(), settingsMgr, kubeClient)
+		log.Infof("Using filter function:  %s", shardingAlgorithm)
+		distributionFunction := sharding.GetDistributionFunction(db, shardingAlgorithm)
+		clusterFilter = sharding.GetClusterFilter(db, distributionFunction, shard)
+	} else {
+		log.Info("Processing all cluster shards")
+	}
+	return clusterFilter
+}
--- a/cmd/argocd-applicationset-controller/commands/applicationset_controller.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd-applicationset-controller/commands/applicationset_controller.go
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ import (
 	clientgoscheme "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/gcp"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
-	ctrlcache "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/cache"
-	ctrlclient "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
-	metricsserver "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/metrics/server"

 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/applicationset/services"
 	appv1alpha1 "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apis/application/v1alpha1"
@@ -68,7 +65,6 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 		allowedScmProviders          []string
 		globalPreservedAnnotations   []string
 		globalPreservedLabels        []string
-		enableScmProviders           bool
 	)
 	scheme := runtime.NewScheme()
 	_ = clientgoscheme.AddToScheme(scheme)
@@ -111,33 +107,20 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 			// If the applicationset-namespaces contains only one namespace it corresponds to the current namespace
 			if len(applicationSetNamespaces) == 1 {
 				watchedNamespace = (applicationSetNamespaces)[0]
-			} else if enableScmProviders && len(allowedScmProviders) == 0 {
-				log.Error("When enabling applicationset in any namespace using applicationset-namespaces, you must either set --enable-scm-providers=false or specify --allowed-scm-providers")
+			} else if len(allowedScmProviders) == 0 {
+				log.Error("When enabling applicationset in any namespace using applicationset-namespaces, allowed-scm-providers is required")
 				os.Exit(1)
 			}

-			var cacheOpt ctrlcache.Options
-
-			if watchedNamespace != "" {
-				cacheOpt = ctrlcache.Options{
-					DefaultNamespaces: map[string]ctrlcache.Config{
-						watchedNamespace: {},
-					},
-				}
-			}
-
 			mgr, err := ctrl.NewManager(ctrl.GetConfigOrDie(), ctrl.Options{
-				Scheme: scheme,
-				Metrics: metricsserver.Options{
-					BindAddress: metricsAddr,
-				},
-				Cache:                  cacheOpt,
+				Scheme:                 scheme,
+				MetricsBindAddress:     metricsAddr,
+				Namespace:              watchedNamespace,
 				HealthProbeBindAddress: probeBindAddr,
+				Port:                   9443,
 				LeaderElection:         enableLeaderElection,
 				LeaderElectionID:       "58ac56fa.applicationsets.argoproj.io",
-				Client: ctrlclient.Options{
-					DryRun: &dryRun,
-				},
+				DryRunClient:           dryRun,
 			})

 			if err != nil {
@@ -179,9 +162,9 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 				"List":                    generators.NewListGenerator(),
 				"Clusters":                generators.NewClusterGenerator(mgr.GetClient(), ctx, k8sClient, namespace),
 				"Git":                     generators.NewGitGenerator(argoCDService),
-				"SCMProvider":             generators.NewSCMProviderGenerator(mgr.GetClient(), scmAuth, scmRootCAPath, allowedScmProviders, enableScmProviders),
+				"SCMProvider":             generators.NewSCMProviderGenerator(mgr.GetClient(), scmAuth, scmRootCAPath, allowedScmProviders),
 				"ClusterDecisionResource": generators.NewDuckTypeGenerator(ctx, dynamicClient, k8sClient, namespace),
-				"PullRequest":             generators.NewPullRequestGenerator(mgr.GetClient(), scmAuth, scmRootCAPath, allowedScmProviders, enableScmProviders),
+				"PullRequest":             generators.NewPullRequestGenerator(mgr.GetClient(), scmAuth, scmRootCAPath, allowedScmProviders),
 				"Plugin":                  generators.NewPluginGenerator(mgr.GetClient(), ctx, k8sClient, namespace),
 			}

@@ -264,8 +247,7 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	command.Flags().BoolVar(&debugLog, "debug", env.ParseBoolFromEnv("ARGOCD_APPLICATIONSET_CONTROLLER_DEBUG", false), "Print debug logs. Takes precedence over loglevel")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogFormat, "logformat", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_APPLICATIONSET_CONTROLLER_LOGFORMAT", "text"), "Set the logging format. One of: text|json")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogLevel, "loglevel", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_APPLICATIONSET_CONTROLLER_LOGLEVEL", "info"), "Set the logging level. One of: debug|info|warn|error")
-	command.Flags().StringSliceVar(&allowedScmProviders, "allowed-scm-providers", env.StringsFromEnv("ARGOCD_APPLICATIONSET_CONTROLLER_ALLOWED_SCM_PROVIDERS", []string{}, ","), "The list of allowed custom SCM provider API URLs. This restriction does not apply to SCM or PR generators which do not accept a custom API URL. (Default: Empty = all)")
-	command.Flags().BoolVar(&enableScmProviders, "enable-scm-providers", env.ParseBoolFromEnv("ARGOCD_APPLICATIONSET_CONTROLLER_ENABLE_SCM_PROVIDERS", true), "Enable retrieving information from SCM providers, used by the SCM and PR generators (Default: true)")
+	command.Flags().StringSliceVar(&allowedScmProviders, "allowed-scm-providers", env.StringsFromEnv("ARGOCD_APPLICATIONSET_CONTROLLER_ALLOWED_SCM_PROVIDERS", []string{}, ","), "The list of allowed scm providers. (Default: Empty = all)")
 	command.Flags().BoolVar(&dryRun, "dry-run", env.ParseBoolFromEnv("ARGOCD_APPLICATIONSET_CONTROLLER_DRY_RUN", false), "Enable dry run mode")
 	command.Flags().BoolVar(&enableProgressiveSyncs, "enable-progressive-syncs", env.ParseBoolFromEnv("ARGOCD_APPLICATIONSET_CONTROLLER_ENABLE_PROGRESSIVE_SYNCS", false), "Enable use of the experimental progressive syncs feature.")
 	command.Flags().BoolVar(&enableNewGitFileGlobbing, "enable-new-git-file-globbing", env.ParseBoolFromEnv("ARGOCD_APPLICATIONSET_CONTROLLER_ENABLE_NEW_GIT_FILE_GLOBBING", false), "Enable new globbing in Git files generator.")
--- a/cmd/argocd-cmp-server/commands/argocd_cmp_server.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd-cmp-server/commands/argocd_cmp_server.go
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	var (
 		configFilePath string
 		otlpAddress    string
-		otlpInsecure   bool
-		otlpHeaders    map[string]string
 		otlpAttrs      []string
 	)
 	var command = cobra.Command{
@@ -58,7 +56,7 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 			if otlpAddress != "" {
 				var closer func()
 				var err error
-				closer, err = traceutil.InitTracer(ctx, "argocd-cmp-server", otlpAddress, otlpInsecure, otlpHeaders, otlpAttrs)
+				closer, err = traceutil.InitTracer(ctx, "argocd-cmp-server", otlpAddress, otlpAttrs)
 				if err != nil {
 					log.Fatalf("failed to initialize tracing: %v", err)
 				}
@@ -85,8 +83,6 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogLevel, "loglevel", "info", "Set the logging level. One of: debug|info|warn|error")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&configFilePath, "config-dir-path", common.DefaultPluginConfigFilePath, "Config management plugin configuration file location, Default is '/home/argocd/cmp-server/config/'")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&otlpAddress, "otlp-address", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_CMP_SERVER_OTLP_ADDRESS", ""), "OpenTelemetry collector address to send traces to")
-	command.Flags().BoolVar(&otlpInsecure, "otlp-insecure", env.ParseBoolFromEnv("ARGOCD_CMP_SERVER_OTLP_INSECURE", true), "OpenTelemetry collector insecure mode")
-	command.Flags().StringToStringVar(&otlpHeaders, "otlp-headers", env.ParseStringToStringFromEnv("ARGOCD_CMP_SERVER_OTLP_HEADERS", map[string]string{}, ","), "List of OpenTelemetry collector extra headers sent with traces, headers are comma-separated key-value pairs(e.g. key1=value1,key2=value2)")
 	command.Flags().StringSliceVar(&otlpAttrs, "otlp-attrs", env.StringsFromEnv("ARGOCD_CMP_SERVER_OTLP_ATTRS", []string{}, ","), "List of OpenTelemetry collector extra attrs when send traces, each attribute is separated by a colon(e.g. key:value)")
 	return &command
 }
--- a/cmd/argocd-k8s-auth/commands/aws.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd-k8s-auth/commands/aws.go
@@ -37,14 +37,13 @@ func newAWSCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	var (
 		clusterName string
 		roleARN     string
-		profile     string
 	)
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use: "aws",
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

-			presignedURLString, err := getSignedRequestWithRetry(ctx, time.Minute, 5*time.Second, clusterName, roleARN, profile, getSignedRequest)
+			presignedURLString, err := getSignedRequestWithRetry(ctx, time.Minute, 5*time.Second, clusterName, roleARN, getSignedRequest)
 			errors.CheckError(err)
 			token := v1Prefix + base64.RawURLEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(presignedURLString))
 			// Set token expiration to 1 minute before the presigned URL expires for some cushion
@@ -54,17 +53,16 @@ func newAWSCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	}
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&clusterName, "cluster-name", "", "AWS Cluster name")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&roleARN, "role-arn", "", "AWS Role ARN")
-	command.Flags().StringVar(&profile, "profile", "", "AWS Profile")
 	return command
 }

-type getSignedRequestFunc func(clusterName, roleARN string, profile string) (string, error)
+type getSignedRequestFunc func(clusterName, roleARN string) (string, error)

-func getSignedRequestWithRetry(ctx context.Context, timeout, interval time.Duration, clusterName, roleARN string, profile string, fn getSignedRequestFunc) (string, error) {
+func getSignedRequestWithRetry(ctx context.Context, timeout, interval time.Duration, clusterName, roleARN string, fn getSignedRequestFunc) (string, error) {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, timeout)
 	defer cancel()
 	for {
-		signed, err := fn(clusterName, roleARN, profile)
+		signed, err := fn(clusterName, roleARN)
 		if err == nil {
 			return signed, nil
 		}
@@ -76,10 +74,8 @@ func getSignedRequestWithRetry(ctx context.Context, timeout, interval time.Durat
 	}
 }

-func getSignedRequest(clusterName, roleARN string, profile string) (string, error) {
-	sess, err := session.NewSessionWithOptions(session.Options{
-		Profile: profile,
-	})
+func getSignedRequest(clusterName, roleARN string) (string, error) {
+	sess, err := session.NewSession()
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("error creating new AWS session: %s", err)
 	}
--- a/cmd/argocd-k8s-auth/commands/aws_test.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd-k8s-auth/commands/aws_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func TestGetSignedRequestWithRetry(t *testing.T) {
 		}

 		// when
-		signed, err := getSignedRequestWithRetry(ctx, time.Second, time.Millisecond, "cluster-name", "", "", mock.getSignedRequestMock)
+		signed, err := getSignedRequestWithRetry(ctx, time.Second, time.Millisecond, "cluster-name", "", mock.getSignedRequestMock)

 		// then
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func TestGetSignedRequestWithRetry(t *testing.T) {
 		}

 		// when
-		signed, err := getSignedRequestWithRetry(ctx, time.Second, time.Millisecond, "cluster-name", "", "", mock.getSignedRequestMock)
+		signed, err := getSignedRequestWithRetry(ctx, time.Second, time.Millisecond, "cluster-name", "", mock.getSignedRequestMock)

 		// then
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func TestGetSignedRequestWithRetry(t *testing.T) {
 		}

 		// when
-		signed, err := getSignedRequestWithRetry(ctx, time.Second, time.Millisecond, "cluster-name", "", "", mock.getSignedRequestMock)
+		signed, err := getSignedRequestWithRetry(ctx, time.Second, time.Millisecond, "cluster-name", "", mock.getSignedRequestMock)

 		// then
 		assert.Error(t, err)
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ type signedRequestMock struct {
 	returnFunc            func(m *signedRequestMock) (string, error)
 }

-func (m *signedRequestMock) getSignedRequestMock(clusterName, roleARN string, profile string) (string, error) {
+func (m *signedRequestMock) getSignedRequestMock(clusterName, roleARN string) (string, error) {
 	m.getSignedRequestCalls++
 	return m.returnFunc(m)
 }
--- a/cmd/argocd-notification/commands/controller.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd-notification/commands/controller.go
@@ -43,20 +43,19 @@ func addK8SFlagsToCmd(cmd *cobra.Command) clientcmd.ClientConfig {

 func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	var (
-		clientConfig                   clientcmd.ClientConfig
-		processorsCount                int
-		namespace                      string
-		appLabelSelector               string
-		logLevel                       string
-		logFormat                      string
-		metricsPort                    int
-		argocdRepoServer               string
-		argocdRepoServerPlaintext      bool
-		argocdRepoServerStrictTLS      bool
-		configMapName                  string
-		secretName                     string
-		applicationNamespaces          []string
-		selfServiceNotificationEnabled bool
+		clientConfig              clientcmd.ClientConfig
+		processorsCount           int
+		namespace                 string
+		appLabelSelector          string
+		logLevel                  string
+		logFormat                 string
+		metricsPort               int
+		argocdRepoServer          string
+		argocdRepoServerPlaintext bool
+		argocdRepoServerStrictTLS bool
+		configMapName             string
+		secretName                string
+		applicationNamespaces     []string
 	)
 	var command = cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "controller",
@@ -140,7 +139,7 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 			log.Infof("serving metrics on port %d", metricsPort)
 			log.Infof("loading configuration %d", metricsPort)

-			ctrl := notificationscontroller.NewController(k8sClient, dynamicClient, argocdService, namespace, applicationNamespaces, appLabelSelector, registry, secretName, configMapName, selfServiceNotificationEnabled)
+			ctrl := notificationscontroller.NewController(k8sClient, dynamicClient, argocdService, namespace, applicationNamespaces, appLabelSelector, registry, secretName, configMapName)
 			err = ctrl.Init(ctx)
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize controller: %w", err)
@@ -164,6 +163,5 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&configMapName, "config-map-name", "argocd-notifications-cm", "Set notifications ConfigMap name")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&secretName, "secret-name", "argocd-notifications-secret", "Set notifications Secret name")
 	command.Flags().StringSliceVar(&applicationNamespaces, "application-namespaces", env.StringsFromEnv("ARGOCD_APPLICATION_NAMESPACES", []string{}, ","), "List of additional namespaces that this controller should send notifications for")
-	command.Flags().BoolVar(&selfServiceNotificationEnabled, "self-service-notification-enabled", env.ParseBoolFromEnv("ARGOCD_NOTIFICATION_CONTROLLER_SELF_SERVICE_NOTIFICATION_ENABLED", false), "Allows the Argo CD notification controller to pull notification config from the namespace that the resource is in. This is useful for self-service notification.")
 	return &command
 }
--- a/cmd/argocd-repo-server/commands/argocd_repo_server.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd-repo-server/commands/argocd_repo_server.go
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 		metricsPort                       int
 		metricsHost                       string
 		otlpAddress                       string
-		otlpInsecure                      bool
-		otlpHeaders                       map[string]string
 		otlpAttrs                         []string
 		cacheSrc                          func() (*reposervercache.Cache, error)
 		tlsConfigCustomizer               tls.ConfigCustomizer
@@ -136,7 +134,7 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 			if otlpAddress != "" {
 				var closer func()
 				var err error
-				closer, err = traceutil.InitTracer(ctx, "argocd-repo-server", otlpAddress, otlpInsecure, otlpHeaders, otlpAttrs)
+				closer, err = traceutil.InitTracer(ctx, "argocd-repo-server", otlpAddress, otlpAttrs)
 				if err != nil {
 					log.Fatalf("failed to initialize tracing: %v", err)
 				}
@@ -203,8 +201,6 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&metricsHost, "metrics-address", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_REPO_SERVER_METRICS_LISTEN_ADDRESS", common.DefaultAddressRepoServerMetrics), "Listen on given address for metrics")
 	command.Flags().IntVar(&metricsPort, "metrics-port", common.DefaultPortRepoServerMetrics, "Start metrics server on given port")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&otlpAddress, "otlp-address", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_REPO_SERVER_OTLP_ADDRESS", ""), "OpenTelemetry collector address to send traces to")
-	command.Flags().BoolVar(&otlpInsecure, "otlp-insecure", env.ParseBoolFromEnv("ARGOCD_REPO_SERVER_OTLP_INSECURE", true), "OpenTelemetry collector insecure mode")
-	command.Flags().StringToStringVar(&otlpHeaders, "otlp-headers", env.ParseStringToStringFromEnv("ARGOCD_REPO_OTLP_HEADERS", map[string]string{}, ","), "List of OpenTelemetry collector extra headers sent with traces, headers are comma-separated key-value pairs(e.g. key1=value1,key2=value2)")
 	command.Flags().StringSliceVar(&otlpAttrs, "otlp-attrs", env.StringsFromEnv("ARGOCD_REPO_SERVER_OTLP_ATTRS", []string{}, ","), "List of OpenTelemetry collector extra attrs when send traces, each attribute is separated by a colon(e.g. key:value)")
 	command.Flags().BoolVar(&disableTLS, "disable-tls", env.ParseBoolFromEnv("ARGOCD_REPO_SERVER_DISABLE_TLS", false), "Disable TLS on the gRPC endpoint")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&maxCombinedDirectoryManifestsSize, "max-combined-directory-manifests-size", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_REPO_SERVER_MAX_COMBINED_DIRECTORY_MANIFESTS_SIZE", "10M"), "Max combined size of manifest files in a directory-type Application")
@@ -216,10 +212,8 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&helmRegistryMaxIndexSize, "helm-registry-max-index-size", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_REPO_SERVER_HELM_MANIFEST_MAX_INDEX_SIZE", "1G"), "Maximum size of registry index file")
 	command.Flags().BoolVar(&disableManifestMaxExtractedSize, "disable-helm-manifest-max-extracted-size", env.ParseBoolFromEnv("ARGOCD_REPO_SERVER_DISABLE_HELM_MANIFEST_MAX_EXTRACTED_SIZE", false), "Disable maximum size of helm manifest archives when extracted")
 	tlsConfigCustomizerSrc = tls.AddTLSFlagsToCmd(&command)
-	cacheSrc = reposervercache.AddCacheFlagsToCmd(&command, cacheutil.Options{
-		OnClientCreated: func(client *redis.Client) {
-			redisClient = client
-		},
+	cacheSrc = reposervercache.AddCacheFlagsToCmd(&command, func(client *redis.Client) {
+		redisClient = client
 	})
 	return &command
 }
--- a/cmd/argocd-server/commands/argocd_server.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd-server/commands/argocd_server.go
@@ -19,16 +19,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apis/application/v1alpha1"
 	appclientset "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/client/clientset/versioned"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/reposerver/apiclient"
-	reposervercache "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/reposerver/cache"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/server"
 	servercache "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/server/cache"
-	cacheutil "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/cache"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/cli"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/dex"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/env"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/errors"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/kube"
-	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/templates"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/tls"
 	traceutil "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/trace"
 )
@@ -53,8 +50,6 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 		metricsHost              string
 		metricsPort              int
 		otlpAddress              string
-		otlpInsecure             bool
-		otlpHeaders              map[string]string
 		otlpAttrs                []string
 		glogLevel                int
 		clientConfig             clientcmd.ClientConfig
@@ -68,7 +63,6 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 		enableGZip               bool
 		tlsConfigCustomizerSrc   func() (tls.ConfigCustomizer, error)
 		cacheSrc                 func() (*servercache.Cache, error)
-		repoServerCacheSrc       func() (*reposervercache.Cache, error)
 		frameOptions             string
 		contentSecurityPolicy    string
 		repoServerPlaintext      bool
@@ -110,8 +104,6 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 			errors.CheckError(err)
 			cache, err := cacheSrc()
 			errors.CheckError(err)
-			repoServerCache, err := repoServerCacheSrc()
-			errors.CheckError(err)

 			kubeclientset := kubernetes.NewForConfigOrDie(config)

@@ -196,7 +188,6 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 				EnableGZip:            enableGZip,
 				TLSConfigCustomizer:   tlsConfigCustomizer,
 				Cache:                 cache,
-				RepoServerCache:       repoServerCache,
 				XFrameOptions:         frameOptions,
 				ContentSecurityPolicy: contentSecurityPolicy,
 				RedisClient:           redisClient,
@@ -216,7 +207,7 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 				var closer func()
 				ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
 				if otlpAddress != "" {
-					closer, err = traceutil.InitTracer(ctx, "argocd-server", otlpAddress, otlpInsecure, otlpHeaders, otlpAttrs)
+					closer, err = traceutil.InitTracer(ctx, "argocd-server", otlpAddress, otlpAttrs)
 					if err != nil {
 						log.Fatalf("failed to initialize tracing: %v", err)
 					}
@@ -228,13 +219,6 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 				}
 			}
 		},
-		Example: templates.Examples(`
-			# Start the Argo CD API server with default settings
-			$ argocd-server
-				
-			# Start the Argo CD API server on a custom port and enable tracing
-			$ argocd-server --port 8888 --otlp-address localhost:4317
-		`),
 	}

 	clientConfig = cli.AddKubectlFlagsToCmd(command)
@@ -256,8 +240,6 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&metricsHost, env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_SERVER_METRICS_LISTEN_ADDRESS", "metrics-address"), common.DefaultAddressAPIServerMetrics, "Listen for metrics on given address")
 	command.Flags().IntVar(&metricsPort, "metrics-port", common.DefaultPortArgoCDAPIServerMetrics, "Start metrics on given port")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&otlpAddress, "otlp-address", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_SERVER_OTLP_ADDRESS", ""), "OpenTelemetry collector address to send traces to")
-	command.Flags().BoolVar(&otlpInsecure, "otlp-insecure", env.ParseBoolFromEnv("ARGOCD_SERVER_OTLP_INSECURE", true), "OpenTelemetry collector insecure mode")
-	command.Flags().StringToStringVar(&otlpHeaders, "otlp-headers", env.ParseStringToStringFromEnv("ARGOCD_SERVER_OTLP_HEADERS", map[string]string{}, ","), "List of OpenTelemetry collector extra headers sent with traces, headers are comma-separated key-value pairs(e.g. key1=value1,key2=value2)")
 	command.Flags().StringSliceVar(&otlpAttrs, "otlp-attrs", env.StringsFromEnv("ARGOCD_SERVER_OTLP_ATTRS", []string{}, ","), "List of OpenTelemetry collector extra attrs when send traces, each attribute is separated by a colon(e.g. key:value)")
 	command.Flags().IntVar(&repoServerTimeoutSeconds, "repo-server-timeout-seconds", env.ParseNumFromEnv("ARGOCD_SERVER_REPO_SERVER_TIMEOUT_SECONDS", 60, 0, math.MaxInt64), "Repo server RPC call timeout seconds.")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&frameOptions, "x-frame-options", env.StringFromEnv("ARGOCD_SERVER_X_FRAME_OPTIONS", "sameorigin"), "Set X-Frame-Options header in HTTP responses to `value`. To disable, set to \"\".")
@@ -269,11 +251,8 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	command.Flags().StringSliceVar(&applicationNamespaces, "application-namespaces", env.StringsFromEnv("ARGOCD_APPLICATION_NAMESPACES", []string{}, ","), "List of additional namespaces where application resources can be managed in")
 	command.Flags().BoolVar(&enableProxyExtension, "enable-proxy-extension", env.ParseBoolFromEnv("ARGOCD_SERVER_ENABLE_PROXY_EXTENSION", false), "Enable Proxy Extension feature")
 	tlsConfigCustomizerSrc = tls.AddTLSFlagsToCmd(command)
-	cacheSrc = servercache.AddCacheFlagsToCmd(command, cacheutil.Options{
-		OnClientCreated: func(client *redis.Client) {
-			redisClient = client
-		},
+	cacheSrc = servercache.AddCacheFlagsToCmd(command, func(client *redis.Client) {
+		redisClient = client
 	})
-	repoServerCacheSrc = reposervercache.AddCacheFlagsToCmd(command, cacheutil.Options{FlagPrefix: "repo-server-"})
 	return command
 }
--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/account.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/account.go
@@ -26,26 +26,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/io"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/localconfig"
 	sessionutil "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/session"
-	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/templates"
 )

 func NewAccountCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Command {
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "account",
 		Short: "Manage account settings",
-		Example: templates.Examples(`
-			# List accounts
-			argocd account list
-
-			# Update the current user's password
-			argocd account update-password
-
-			# Can I sync any app?
-			argocd account can-i sync applications '*'
-
-			# Get User information
-			argocd account get-user-info
-		`),
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			c.HelpFunc()(c, args)
 			os.Exit(1)
@@ -157,13 +143,6 @@ func NewAccountGetUserInfoCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "get-user-info",
 		Short: "Get user info",
-		Example: templates.Examples(`
-			# Get User information for the currently logged-in user (see 'argocd login')
-			argocd account get-user-info
-
-			# Get User information in yaml format
-			argocd account get-user-info -o yaml
-		`),
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/admin/admin.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/admin/admin.go
@@ -48,12 +48,6 @@ func NewAdminCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Command {
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			c.HelpFunc()(c, args)
 		},
-		Example: `# Access the Argo CD web UI
-$ argocd admin dashboard
-
-# Reset the initial admin password
-$ argocd admin initial-password reset
-`,
 	}

 	command.AddCommand(NewClusterCommand(clientOpts, pathOpts))
@@ -66,6 +60,7 @@ $ argocd admin initial-password reset
 	command.AddCommand(NewDashboardCommand(clientOpts))
 	command.AddCommand(NewNotificationsCommand())
 	command.AddCommand(NewInitialPasswordCommand())
+	command.AddCommand(NewRedisInitialPasswordCommand())

 	command.Flags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogFormat, "logformat", "text", "Set the logging format. One of: text|json")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogLevel, "loglevel", "info", "Set the logging level. One of: debug|info|warn|error")
--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/admin/app.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/admin/app.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/controller"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/controller/cache"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/controller/metrics"
-	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/controller/sharding"
 	argocdclient "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apiclient"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apis/application/v1alpha1"
 	appclientset "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/client/clientset/versioned"
@@ -47,16 +46,6 @@ func NewAppCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Command {
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "app",
 		Short: "Manage applications configuration",
-		Example: `
-# Compare results of two reconciliations and print diff
-argocd admin app diff-reconcile-results APPNAME [flags]
-
-# Generate declarative config for an application
-argocd admin app generate-spec APPNAME
-
-# Reconcile all applications and store reconciliation summary in the specified file
-argocd admin app get-reconcile-results APPNAME
-`,
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			c.HelpFunc()(c, args)
 		},
@@ -245,7 +234,6 @@ func NewReconcileCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Command
 		repoServerAddress    string
 		outputFormat         string
 		refresh              bool
-		serverSideDiff       bool
 		ignoreNormalizerOpts normalizers.IgnoreNormalizerOpts
 	)

@@ -272,27 +260,19 @@ func NewReconcileCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Command

 			var result []appReconcileResult
 			if refresh {
-				appClientset := appclientset.NewForConfigOrDie(cfg)
-				kubeClientset := kubernetes.NewForConfigOrDie(cfg)
 				if repoServerAddress == "" {
 					printLine("Repo server is not provided, trying to port-forward to argocd-repo-server pod.")
 					overrides := clientcmd.ConfigOverrides{}
-					repoServerName := clientOpts.RepoServerName
-					repoServerServiceLabelSelector := common.LabelKeyComponentRepoServer + "=" + common.LabelValueComponentRepoServer
-					repoServerServices, err := kubeClientset.CoreV1().Services(namespace).List(context.Background(), v1.ListOptions{LabelSelector: repoServerServiceLabelSelector})
-					errors.CheckError(err)
-					if len(repoServerServices.Items) > 0 {
-						if repoServerServicelabel, ok := repoServerServices.Items[0].Labels[common.LabelKeyAppName]; ok && repoServerServicelabel != "" {
-							repoServerName = repoServerServicelabel
-						}
-					}
-					repoServerPodLabelSelector := common.LabelKeyAppName + "=" + repoServerName
+					repoServerPodLabelSelector := common.LabelKeyAppName + "=" + clientOpts.RepoServerName
 					repoServerPort, err := kubeutil.PortForward(8081, namespace, &overrides, repoServerPodLabelSelector)
 					errors.CheckError(err)
 					repoServerAddress = fmt.Sprintf("localhost:%d", repoServerPort)
 				}
 				repoServerClient := reposerverclient.NewRepoServerClientset(repoServerAddress, 60, reposerverclient.TLSConfiguration{DisableTLS: false, StrictValidation: false})
-				result, err = reconcileApplications(ctx, kubeClientset, appClientset, namespace, repoServerClient, selector, newLiveStateCache, serverSideDiff, ignoreNormalizerOpts)
+
+				appClientset := appclientset.NewForConfigOrDie(cfg)
+				kubeClientset := kubernetes.NewForConfigOrDie(cfg)
+				result, err = reconcileApplications(ctx, kubeClientset, appClientset, namespace, repoServerClient, selector, newLiveStateCache, ignoreNormalizerOpts)
 				errors.CheckError(err)
 			} else {
 				appClientset := appclientset.NewForConfigOrDie(cfg)
@@ -307,8 +287,8 @@ func NewReconcileCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Command
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&selector, "l", "", "Label selector")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&outputFormat, "o", "yaml", "Output format (yaml|json)")
 	command.Flags().BoolVar(&refresh, "refresh", false, "If set to true then recalculates apps reconciliation")
-	command.Flags().BoolVar(&serverSideDiff, "server-side-diff", false, "If set to \"true\" will use server-side diff while comparing resources. Default (\"false\")")
 	command.Flags().DurationVar(&ignoreNormalizerOpts.JQExecutionTimeout, "ignore-normalizer-jq-execution-timeout", normalizers.DefaultJQExecutionTimeout, "Set ignore normalizer JQ execution timeout")
+
 	return command
 }

@@ -357,7 +337,6 @@ func reconcileApplications(
 	repoServerClient reposerverclient.Clientset,
 	selector string,
 	createLiveStateCache func(argoDB db.ArgoDB, appInformer kubecache.SharedIndexInformer, settingsMgr *settings.SettingsManager, server *metrics.MetricsServer) cache.LiveStateCache,
-	serverSideDiff bool,
 	ignoreNormalizerOpts normalizers.IgnoreNormalizerOpts,
 ) ([]appReconcileResult, error) {
 	settingsMgr := settings.NewSettingsManager(ctx, kubeClientset, namespace)
@@ -399,7 +378,7 @@ func reconcileApplications(
 	)

 	appStateManager := controller.NewAppStateManager(
-		argoDB, appClientset, repoServerClient, namespace, kubeutil.NewKubectl(), settingsMgr, stateCache, projInformer, server, cache, time.Second, argo.NewResourceTracking(), false, 0, serverSideDiff, ignoreNormalizerOpts)
+		argoDB, appClientset, repoServerClient, namespace, kubeutil.NewKubectl(), settingsMgr, stateCache, projInformer, server, cache, time.Second, argo.NewResourceTracking(), false, ignoreNormalizerOpts)

 	appsList, err := appClientset.ArgoprojV1alpha1().Applications(namespace).List(ctx, v1.ListOptions{LabelSelector: selector})
 	if err != nil {
@@ -434,10 +413,7 @@ func reconcileApplications(
 		sources = append(sources, app.Spec.GetSource())
 		revisions = append(revisions, app.Spec.GetSource().TargetRevision)

-		res, err := appStateManager.CompareAppState(&app, proj, revisions, sources, false, false, nil, false)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
+		res := appStateManager.CompareAppState(&app, proj, revisions, sources, false, false, nil, false)
 		items = append(items, appReconcileResult{
 			Name:       app.Name,
 			Conditions: app.Status.Conditions,
@@ -449,5 +425,5 @@ func reconcileApplications(
 }

 func newLiveStateCache(argoDB db.ArgoDB, appInformer kubecache.SharedIndexInformer, settingsMgr *settings.SettingsManager, server *metrics.MetricsServer) cache.LiveStateCache {
-	return cache.NewLiveStateCache(argoDB, appInformer, settingsMgr, kubeutil.NewKubectl(), server, func(managedByApp map[string]bool, ref apiv1.ObjectReference) {}, &sharding.ClusterSharding{}, argo.NewResourceTracking())
+	return cache.NewLiveStateCache(argoDB, appInformer, settingsMgr, kubeutil.NewKubectl(), server, func(managedByApp map[string]bool, ref apiv1.ObjectReference) {}, nil, argo.NewResourceTracking())
 }
--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/admin/app_test.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/admin/app_test.go
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ func TestGetReconcileResults_Refresh(t *testing.T) {
 		func(argoDB db.ArgoDB, appInformer cache.SharedIndexInformer, settingsMgr *settings.SettingsManager, server *metrics.MetricsServer) statecache.LiveStateCache {
 			return &liveStateCache
 		},
-		false,
 		normalizers.IgnoreNormalizerOpts{},
 	)

--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/admin/cluster.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/admin/cluster.go
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
-	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
+	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"

 	cmdutil "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/cmd/util"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/common"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/controller/sharding"
 	argocdclient "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apiclient"
-	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apis/application/v1alpha1"
+	argoappv1 "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apis/application/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/client/clientset/versioned"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/argo"
 	cacheutil "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/cache"
@@ -44,15 +44,6 @@ func NewClusterCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions, pathOpts *clientc
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "cluster",
 		Short: "Manage clusters configuration",
-		Example: `
-#Generate declarative config for a cluster
-argocd admin cluster generate-spec my-cluster -o yaml
-
-#Generate a kubeconfig for a cluster named "my-cluster" and display it in the console
-argocd admin cluster kubeconfig my-cluster
-
-#Print information namespaces which Argo CD manages in each cluster
-argocd admin cluster namespaces my-cluster `,
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			c.HelpFunc()(c, args)
 		},
@@ -71,14 +62,14 @@ argocd admin cluster namespaces my-cluster `,
 }

 type ClusterWithInfo struct {
-	v1alpha1.Cluster
+	argoappv1.Cluster
 	// Shard holds controller shard number that handles the cluster
 	Shard int
 	// Namespaces holds list of namespaces managed by Argo CD in the cluster
 	Namespaces []string
 }

-func loadClusters(ctx context.Context, kubeClient *kubernetes.Clientset, appClient *versioned.Clientset, replicas int, shardingAlgorithm string, namespace string, portForwardRedis bool, cacheSrc func() (*appstatecache.Cache, error), shard int, redisName string, redisHaProxyName string, redisCompressionStr string) ([]ClusterWithInfo, error) {
+func loadClusters(ctx context.Context, kubeClient *kubernetes.Clientset, appClient *versioned.Clientset, replicas int, namespace string, portForwardRedis bool, cacheSrc func() (*appstatecache.Cache, error), shard int, redisName string, redisHaProxyName string) ([]ClusterWithInfo, error) {
 	settingsMgr := settings.NewSettingsManager(ctx, kubeClient, namespace)

 	argoDB := db.NewDB(namespace, settingsMgr, kubeClient)
@@ -86,14 +77,6 @@ func loadClusters(ctx context.Context, kubeClient *kubernetes.Clientset, appClie
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	appItems, err := appClient.ArgoprojV1alpha1().Applications(namespace).List(ctx, v1.ListOptions{})
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	clusterShardingCache := sharding.NewClusterSharding(argoDB, shard, replicas, shardingAlgorithm)
-	clusterShardingCache.Init(clustersList, appItems)
-	clusterShards := clusterShardingCache.GetDistribution()
-
 	var cache *appstatecache.Cache
 	if portForwardRedis {
 		overrides := clientcmd.ConfigOverrides{}
@@ -105,11 +88,7 @@ func loadClusters(ctx context.Context, kubeClient *kubernetes.Clientset, appClie
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		client := redis.NewClient(&redis.Options{Addr: fmt.Sprintf("localhost:%d", port)})
-		compressionType, err := cacheutil.CompressionTypeFromString(redisCompressionStr)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		cache = appstatecache.NewCache(cacheutil.NewCache(cacheutil.NewRedisCache(client, time.Hour, compressionType)), time.Hour)
+		cache = appstatecache.NewCache(cacheutil.NewCache(cacheutil.NewRedisCache(client, time.Hour, cacheutil.RedisCompressionNone)), time.Hour)
 	} else {
 		cache, err = cacheSrc()
 		if err != nil {
@@ -117,6 +96,10 @@ func loadClusters(ctx context.Context, kubeClient *kubernetes.Clientset, appClie
 		}
 	}

+	appItems, err := appClient.ArgoprojV1alpha1().Applications(namespace).List(ctx, v1.ListOptions{})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	apps := appItems.Items
 	for i, app := range apps {
 		err := argo.ValidateDestination(ctx, &app.Spec.Destination, argoDB)
@@ -126,7 +109,6 @@ func loadClusters(ctx context.Context, kubeClient *kubernetes.Clientset, appClie
 		apps[i] = app
 	}
 	clusters := make([]ClusterWithInfo, len(clustersList.Items))
-
 	batchSize := 10
 	batchesCount := int(math.Ceil(float64(len(clusters)) / float64(batchSize)))
 	for batchNum := 0; batchNum < batchesCount; batchNum++ {
@@ -140,10 +122,12 @@ func loadClusters(ctx context.Context, kubeClient *kubernetes.Clientset, appClie
 			clusterShard := 0
 			cluster := batch[i]
 			if replicas > 0 {
-				clusterShard = clusterShards[cluster.Server]
-				cluster.Shard = ptr.To(int64(clusterShard))
+				distributionFunction := sharding.GetDistributionFunction(argoDB, common.DefaultShardingAlgorithm)
+				distributionFunction(&cluster)
+				cluster.Shard = pointer.Int64Ptr(int64(clusterShard))
 				log.Infof("Cluster with uid: %s will be processed by shard %d", cluster.ID, clusterShard)
 			}
+
 			if shard != -1 && clusterShard != shard {
 				return nil
 			}
@@ -177,17 +161,15 @@ func getControllerReplicas(ctx context.Context, kubeClient *kubernetes.Clientset

 func NewClusterShardsCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Command {
 	var (
-		shard               int
-		replicas            int
-		shardingAlgorithm   string
-		clientConfig        clientcmd.ClientConfig
-		cacheSrc            func() (*appstatecache.Cache, error)
-		portForwardRedis    bool
-		redisCompressionStr string
+		shard            int
+		replicas         int
+		clientConfig     clientcmd.ClientConfig
+		cacheSrc         func() (*appstatecache.Cache, error)
+		portForwardRedis bool
 	)
 	var command = cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "shards",
-		Short: "Print information about each controller shard and the estimated portion of Kubernetes resources it is responsible for.",
+		Short: "Print information about each controller shard and portion of Kubernetes resources it is responsible for.",
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := cmd.Context()

@@ -207,7 +189,8 @@ func NewClusterShardsCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Comm
 			if replicas == 0 {
 				return
 			}
-			clusters, err := loadClusters(ctx, kubeClient, appClient, replicas, shardingAlgorithm, namespace, portForwardRedis, cacheSrc, shard, clientOpts.RedisName, clientOpts.RedisHaProxyName, redisCompressionStr)
+
+			clusters, err := loadClusters(ctx, kubeClient, appClient, replicas, namespace, portForwardRedis, cacheSrc, shard, clientOpts.RedisName, clientOpts.RedisHaProxyName)
 			errors.CheckError(err)
 			if len(clusters) == 0 {
 				return
@@ -219,16 +202,8 @@ func NewClusterShardsCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Comm
 	clientConfig = cli.AddKubectlFlagsToCmd(&command)
 	command.Flags().IntVar(&shard, "shard", -1, "Cluster shard filter")
 	command.Flags().IntVar(&replicas, "replicas", 0, "Application controller replicas count. Inferred from number of running controller pods if not specified")
-	command.Flags().StringVar(&shardingAlgorithm, "sharding-method", common.DefaultShardingAlgorithm, "Sharding method. Defaults: legacy. Supported sharding methods are : [legacy, round-robin] ")
 	command.Flags().BoolVar(&portForwardRedis, "port-forward-redis", true, "Automatically port-forward ha proxy redis from current namespace?")
-
 	cacheSrc = appstatecache.AddCacheFlagsToCmd(&command)
-
-	// parse all added flags so far to get the redis-compression flag that was added by AddCacheFlagsToCmd() above
-	// we can ignore unchecked error here as the command will be parsed again and checked when command.Execute() is run later
-	// nolint:errcheck
-	command.ParseFlags(os.Args[1:])
-	redisCompressionStr, _ = command.Flags().GetString(cacheutil.CLIFlagRedisCompress)
 	return &command
 }

@@ -464,26 +439,15 @@ func NewClusterDisableNamespacedMode() *cobra.Command {

 func NewClusterStatsCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Command {
 	var (
-		shard               int
-		replicas            int
-		shardingAlgorithm   string
-		clientConfig        clientcmd.ClientConfig
-		cacheSrc            func() (*appstatecache.Cache, error)
-		portForwardRedis    bool
-		redisCompressionStr string
+		shard            int
+		replicas         int
+		clientConfig     clientcmd.ClientConfig
+		cacheSrc         func() (*appstatecache.Cache, error)
+		portForwardRedis bool
 	)
 	var command = cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "stats",
 		Short: "Prints information cluster statistics and inferred shard number",
-		Example: `
-#Display stats and shards for clusters 
-argocd admin cluster stats
-
-#Display Cluster Statistics for a Specific Shard
-argocd admin cluster stats --shard=1
-
-#In a multi-cluster environment to print stats for a specific cluster say(target-cluster)
-argocd admin cluster stats target-cluster`,
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := cmd.Context()

@@ -500,7 +464,7 @@ argocd admin cluster stats target-cluster`,
 				replicas, err = getControllerReplicas(ctx, kubeClient, namespace, clientOpts.AppControllerName)
 				errors.CheckError(err)
 			}
-			clusters, err := loadClusters(ctx, kubeClient, appClient, replicas, shardingAlgorithm, namespace, portForwardRedis, cacheSrc, shard, clientOpts.RedisName, clientOpts.RedisHaProxyName, redisCompressionStr)
+			clusters, err := loadClusters(ctx, kubeClient, appClient, replicas, namespace, portForwardRedis, cacheSrc, shard, clientOpts.RedisName, clientOpts.RedisHaProxyName)
 			errors.CheckError(err)

 			w := tabwriter.NewWriter(os.Stdout, 0, 0, 2, ' ', 0)
@@ -514,15 +478,8 @@ argocd admin cluster stats target-cluster`,
 	clientConfig = cli.AddKubectlFlagsToCmd(&command)
 	command.Flags().IntVar(&shard, "shard", -1, "Cluster shard filter")
 	command.Flags().IntVar(&replicas, "replicas", 0, "Application controller replicas count. Inferred from number of running controller pods if not specified")
-	command.Flags().StringVar(&shardingAlgorithm, "sharding-method", common.DefaultShardingAlgorithm, "Sharding method. Defaults: legacy. Supported sharding methods are : [legacy, round-robin] ")
 	command.Flags().BoolVar(&portForwardRedis, "port-forward-redis", true, "Automatically port-forward ha proxy redis from current namespace?")
 	cacheSrc = appstatecache.AddCacheFlagsToCmd(&command)
-
-	// parse all added flags so far to get the redis-compression flag that was added by AddCacheFlagsToCmd() above
-	// we can ignore unchecked error here as the command will be parsed again and checked when command.Execute() is run later
-	// nolint:errcheck
-	command.ParseFlags(os.Args[1:])
-	redisCompressionStr, _ = command.Flags().GetString(cacheutil.CLIFlagRedisCompress)
 	return &command
 }

@@ -535,18 +492,6 @@ func NewClusterConfig() *cobra.Command {
 		Use:               "kubeconfig CLUSTER_URL OUTPUT_PATH",
 		Short:             "Generates kubeconfig for the specified cluster",
 		DisableAutoGenTag: true,
-		Example: `
-#Generate a kubeconfig for a cluster named "my-cluster" on console
-argocd admin cluster kubeconfig my-cluster
-
-#Listing available kubeconfigs for clusters managed by argocd
-argocd admin cluster kubeconfig
-
-#Removing a specific kubeconfig file 
-argocd admin cluster kubeconfig my-cluster --delete
-
-#Generate a Kubeconfig for a Cluster with TLS Verification Disabled
-argocd admin cluster kubeconfig https://cluster-api-url:6443 /path/to/output/kubeconfig.yaml --insecure-skip-tls-verify`,
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

@@ -617,16 +562,15 @@ func NewGenClusterConfigCommand(pathOpts *clientcmd.PathOptions) *cobra.Command
 			errors.CheckError(err)
 			kubeClientset := fake.NewSimpleClientset()

-			var awsAuthConf *v1alpha1.AWSAuthConfig
-			var execProviderConf *v1alpha1.ExecProviderConfig
+			var awsAuthConf *argoappv1.AWSAuthConfig
+			var execProviderConf *argoappv1.ExecProviderConfig
 			if clusterOpts.AwsClusterName != "" {
-				awsAuthConf = &v1alpha1.AWSAuthConfig{
+				awsAuthConf = &argoappv1.AWSAuthConfig{
 					ClusterName: clusterOpts.AwsClusterName,
 					RoleARN:     clusterOpts.AwsRoleArn,
-					Profile:     clusterOpts.AwsProfile,
 				}
 			} else if clusterOpts.ExecProviderCommand != "" {
-				execProviderConf = &v1alpha1.ExecProviderConfig{
+				execProviderConf = &argoappv1.ExecProviderConfig{
 					Command:     clusterOpts.ExecProviderCommand,
 					Args:        clusterOpts.ExecProviderArgs,
 					Env:         clusterOpts.ExecProviderEnv,
@@ -650,7 +594,7 @@ func NewGenClusterConfigCommand(pathOpts *clientcmd.PathOptions) *cobra.Command

 			clst := cmdutil.NewCluster(contextName, clusterOpts.Namespaces, clusterOpts.ClusterResources, conf, bearerToken, awsAuthConf, execProviderConf, labelsMap, annotationsMap)
 			if clusterOpts.InClusterEndpoint() {
-				clst.Server = v1alpha1.KubernetesInternalAPIServerAddr
+				clst.Server = argoappv1.KubernetesInternalAPIServerAddr
 			}
 			if clusterOpts.ClusterEndpoint == string(cmdutil.KubePublicEndpoint) {
 				// Ignore `kube-public` cluster endpoints, since this command is intended to run without invoking any network connections.
--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/admin/dashboard.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/admin/dashboard.go
@@ -36,15 +36,6 @@ func NewDashboardCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Command
 			println(fmt.Sprintf("Argo CD UI is available at http://%s:%d", address, port))
 			<-ctx.Done()
 		},
-		Example: `# Start the Argo CD Web UI locally on the default port and address
-$ argocd admin dashboard
-
-# Start the Argo CD Web UI locally on a custom port and address
-$ argocd admin dashboard --port 8080 --address 127.0.0.1
-
-# Start the Argo CD Web UI with GZip compression
-$ argocd admin dashboard --redis-compress gzip
-  `,
 	}
 	clientConfig = cli.AddKubectlFlagsToSet(cmd.Flags())
 	cmd.Flags().IntVar(&port, "port", common.DefaultPortAPIServer, "Listen on given port")
--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/admin/notifications.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/admin/notifications.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func NewNotificationsCommand() *cobra.Command {
 		"notifications",
 		"argocd admin notifications",
 		applications,
-		settings.GetFactorySettings(argocdService, "argocd-notifications-secret", "argocd-notifications-cm", false), func(clientConfig clientcmd.ClientConfig) {
+		settings.GetFactorySettings(argocdService, "argocd-notifications-secret", "argocd-notifications-cm"), func(clientConfig clientcmd.ClientConfig) {
 			k8sCfg, err := clientConfig.ClientConfig()
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Fatalf("Failed to parse k8s config: %v", err)
--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/admin/project.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/admin/project.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/cli"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/errors"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/io"
-	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/templates"

 	"github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine/pkg/utils/kube"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -48,17 +47,6 @@ func NewGenProjectSpecCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "generate-spec PROJECT",
 		Short: "Generate declarative config for a project",
-		Example: templates.Examples(`  
-  # Generate a YAML configuration for a project named "myproject"
-  argocd admin projects generate-spec myproject
-	  
-  # Generate a JSON configuration for a project named "anotherproject" and specify an output file
-  argocd admin projects generate-spec anotherproject --output json --file config.json
-	  
-  # Generate a YAML configuration for a project named "someproject" and write it back to the input file
-  argocd admin projects generate-spec someproject --inline  
-  		`),
-
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			proj, err := cmdutil.ConstructAppProj(fileURL, args, opts, c)
 			errors.CheckError(err)
--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/admin/project_allowlist.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/admin/project_allowlist.go
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ func NewProjectAllowListGenCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "generate-allow-list CLUSTERROLE_PATH PROJ_NAME",
 		Short: "Generates project allow list from the specified clusterRole file",
-		Example: `# Generates project allow list from the specified clusterRole file
-argocd admin proj generate-allow-list /path/to/clusterrole.yaml my-project`,
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			if len(args) != 2 {
 				c.HelpFunc()(c, args)
--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/admin/redis_initial_password.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/admin/redis_initial_password.go
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+package admin
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"fmt"
+	"math/big"
+
+	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apis/application/v1alpha1"
+	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/cli"
+	apierr "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+
+	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/errors"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+)
+
+const defaulRedisInitialPasswordSecretName = "argocd-redis"
+const defaultResisInitialPasswordKey = "auth"
+
+func generateRandomPassword() (string, error) {
+	const initialPasswordLength = 16
+	const letters = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz-"
+	randBytes := make([]byte, initialPasswordLength)
+	for i := 0; i < initialPasswordLength; i++ {
+		num, err := rand.Int(rand.Reader, big.NewInt(int64(len(letters))))
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		randBytes[i] = letters[num.Int64()]
+	}
+	initialPassword := string(randBytes)
+	return initialPassword, nil
+}
+
+// NewRedisInitialPasswordCommand defines a new command to ensure Argo CD Redis password secret exists.
+func NewRedisInitialPasswordCommand() *cobra.Command {
+	var (
+		clientConfig clientcmd.ClientConfig
+	)
+	var command = cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "redis-initial-password",
+		Short: "Ensure the Redis password exists, creating a new one if necessary.",
+		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+			namespace, _, err := clientConfig.Namespace()
+			errors.CheckError(err)
+
+			redisInitialPasswordSecretName := defaulRedisInitialPasswordSecretName
+			redisInitialPasswordKey := defaultResisInitialPasswordKey
+			fmt.Printf("Checking for initial Redis password in secret %s/%s at key %s. \n", namespace, redisInitialPasswordSecretName, redisInitialPasswordKey)
+
+			config, err := clientConfig.ClientConfig()
+			errors.CheckError(err)
+			errors.CheckError(v1alpha1.SetK8SConfigDefaults(config))
+
+			kubeClientset := kubernetes.NewForConfigOrDie(config)
+
+			randomPassword, err := generateRandomPassword()
+			errors.CheckError(err)
+
+			data := map[string][]byte{
+				redisInitialPasswordKey: []byte(randomPassword),
+			}
+			secret := &corev1.Secret{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      redisInitialPasswordSecretName,
+					Namespace: namespace,
+				},
+				Data: data,
+				Type: corev1.SecretTypeOpaque,
+			}
+			_, err = kubeClientset.CoreV1().Secrets(namespace).Create(context.Background(), secret, metav1.CreateOptions{})
+			if err != nil && !apierr.IsAlreadyExists(err) {
+				errors.CheckError(err)
+			}
+
+			fmt.Println("Argo CD Redis secret state confirmed: secret name argocd-redis.")
+			secret, err = kubeClientset.CoreV1().Secrets(namespace).Get(context.Background(), redisInitialPasswordSecretName, v1.GetOptions{})
+			errors.CheckError(err)
+
+			if _, ok := secret.Data[redisInitialPasswordKey]; ok {
+				fmt.Println("Password secret is configured properly.")
+			} else {
+				err := fmt.Errorf("key %s doesn't exist in secret %s. \n", redisInitialPasswordKey, redisInitialPasswordSecretName)
+				errors.CheckError(err)
+			}
+		},
+	}
+
+	clientConfig = cli.AddKubectlFlagsToCmd(&command)
+
+	return &command
+}
--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/admin/settings.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/admin/settings.go
@@ -373,7 +373,11 @@ func executeResourceOverrideCommand(ctx context.Context, cmdCtx commandContext,
 	if gvk.Group != "" {
 		key = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", gvk.Group, gvk.Kind)
 	}
-	override := overrides[key]
+	override, hasOverride := overrides[key]
+	if !hasOverride {
+		_, _ = fmt.Printf("No overrides configured for '%s/%s'\n", gvk.Group, gvk.Kind)
+		return
+	}
 	callback(res, override, overrides)
 }

@@ -519,16 +523,16 @@ argocd admin settings resource-overrides health ./deploy.yaml --argocd-cm-path .

 			executeResourceOverrideCommand(ctx, cmdCtx, args, func(res unstructured.Unstructured, override v1alpha1.ResourceOverride, overrides map[string]v1alpha1.ResourceOverride) {
 				gvk := res.GroupVersionKind()
-				resHealth, err := healthutil.GetResourceHealth(&res, lua.ResourceHealthOverrides(overrides))
-
-				if err != nil {
-					errors.CheckError(err)
-				} else if resHealth == nil {
-					fmt.Printf("Health script is not configured for '%s/%s'\n", gvk.Group, gvk.Kind)
-				} else {
-					_, _ = fmt.Printf("STATUS: %s\n", resHealth.Status)
-					_, _ = fmt.Printf("MESSAGE: %s\n", resHealth.Message)
+				if override.HealthLua == "" {
+					_, _ = fmt.Printf("Health script is not configured for '%s/%s'\n", gvk.Group, gvk.Kind)
+					return
 				}
+
+				resHealth, err := healthutil.GetResourceHealth(&res, lua.ResourceHealthOverrides(overrides))
+				errors.CheckError(err)
+
+				_, _ = fmt.Printf("STATUS: %s\n", resHealth.Status)
+				_, _ = fmt.Printf("MESSAGE: %s\n", resHealth.Message)
 			})
 		},
 	}
--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/admin/settings_rbac.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/admin/settings_rbac.go
@@ -21,12 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/rbac"
 )

-type actionTraitMap map[string]rbacTrait
-
-type rbacTrait struct {
-	allowPath bool
-}
-
 // Provide a mapping of short-hand resource names to their RBAC counterparts
 var resourceMap map[string]string = map[string]string{
 	"account":         rbacpolicy.ResourceAccounts,
@@ -38,7 +32,6 @@ var resourceMap map[string]string = map[string]string{
 	"certs":           rbacpolicy.ResourceCertificates,
 	"certificate":     rbacpolicy.ResourceCertificates,
 	"cluster":         rbacpolicy.ResourceClusters,
-	"extension":       rbacpolicy.ResourceExtensions,
 	"gpgkey":          rbacpolicy.ResourceGPGKeys,
 	"key":             rbacpolicy.ResourceGPGKeys,
 	"log":             rbacpolicy.ResourceLogs,
@@ -53,53 +46,28 @@ var resourceMap map[string]string = map[string]string{
 }

 // List of allowed RBAC resources
-var validRBACResourcesActions map[string]actionTraitMap = map[string]actionTraitMap{
-	rbacpolicy.ResourceAccounts:        accountsActions,
-	rbacpolicy.ResourceApplications:    applicationsActions,
-	rbacpolicy.ResourceApplicationSets: defaultCRUDActions,
-	rbacpolicy.ResourceCertificates:    defaultCRDActions,
-	rbacpolicy.ResourceClusters:        defaultCRUDActions,
-	rbacpolicy.ResourceExtensions:      extensionActions,
-	rbacpolicy.ResourceGPGKeys:         defaultCRDActions,
-	rbacpolicy.ResourceLogs:            logsActions,
-	rbacpolicy.ResourceExec:            execActions,
-	rbacpolicy.ResourceProjects:        defaultCRUDActions,
-	rbacpolicy.ResourceRepositories:    defaultCRUDActions,
+var validRBACResources map[string]bool = map[string]bool{
+	rbacpolicy.ResourceAccounts:        true,
+	rbacpolicy.ResourceApplications:    true,
+	rbacpolicy.ResourceApplicationSets: true,
+	rbacpolicy.ResourceCertificates:    true,
+	rbacpolicy.ResourceClusters:        true,
+	rbacpolicy.ResourceGPGKeys:         true,
+	rbacpolicy.ResourceLogs:            true,
+	rbacpolicy.ResourceExec:            true,
+	rbacpolicy.ResourceProjects:        true,
+	rbacpolicy.ResourceRepositories:    true,
 }

 // List of allowed RBAC actions
-var defaultCRUDActions = actionTraitMap{
-	rbacpolicy.ActionCreate: rbacTrait{},
-	rbacpolicy.ActionGet:    rbacTrait{},
-	rbacpolicy.ActionUpdate: rbacTrait{},
-	rbacpolicy.ActionDelete: rbacTrait{},
-}
-var defaultCRDActions = actionTraitMap{
-	rbacpolicy.ActionCreate: rbacTrait{},
-	rbacpolicy.ActionGet:    rbacTrait{},
-	rbacpolicy.ActionDelete: rbacTrait{},
-}
-var applicationsActions = actionTraitMap{
-	rbacpolicy.ActionCreate:   rbacTrait{},
-	rbacpolicy.ActionGet:      rbacTrait{},
-	rbacpolicy.ActionUpdate:   rbacTrait{allowPath: true},
-	rbacpolicy.ActionDelete:   rbacTrait{allowPath: true},
-	rbacpolicy.ActionAction:   rbacTrait{allowPath: true},
-	rbacpolicy.ActionOverride: rbacTrait{},
-	rbacpolicy.ActionSync:     rbacTrait{},
-}
-var accountsActions = actionTraitMap{
-	rbacpolicy.ActionCreate: rbacTrait{},
-	rbacpolicy.ActionUpdate: rbacTrait{},
-}
-var execActions = actionTraitMap{
-	rbacpolicy.ActionCreate: rbacTrait{},
-}
-var logsActions = actionTraitMap{
-	rbacpolicy.ActionGet: rbacTrait{},
-}
-var extensionActions = actionTraitMap{
-	rbacpolicy.ActionInvoke: rbacTrait{},
+var validRBACActions map[string]bool = map[string]bool{
+	rbacpolicy.ActionAction:   true,
+	rbacpolicy.ActionCreate:   true,
+	rbacpolicy.ActionDelete:   true,
+	rbacpolicy.ActionGet:      true,
+	rbacpolicy.ActionOverride: true,
+	rbacpolicy.ActionSync:     true,
+	rbacpolicy.ActionUpdate:   true,
 }

 // NewRBACCommand is the command for 'rbac'
@@ -221,6 +189,7 @@ argocd admin settings rbac can someuser create application 'default/app' --defau
 			}
 		},
 	}
+
 	clientConfig = cli.AddKubectlFlagsToCmd(command)
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&policyFile, "policy-file", "", "path to the policy file to use")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&defaultRole, "default-role", "", "name of the default role to use")
@@ -233,55 +202,24 @@ argocd admin settings rbac can someuser create application 'default/app' --defau
 // NewRBACValidateCommand returns a new rbac validate command
 func NewRBACValidateCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	var (
-		policyFile   string
-		namespace    string
-		clientConfig clientcmd.ClientConfig
+		policyFile string
 	)

 	var command = &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "validate [--policy-file POLICYFILE] [--namespace NAMESPACE]",
+		Use:   "validate --policy-file=POLICYFILE",
 		Short: "Validate RBAC policy",
 		Long: `
 Validates an RBAC policy for being syntactically correct. The policy must be
-a local file or a K8s ConfigMap in the provided namespace, and in either CSV or K8s ConfigMap format.
-`,
-		Example: `
-# Check whether a given policy file is valid using a local policy.csv file.
-argocd admin settings rbac validate --policy-file policy.csv
-
-# Policy file can also be K8s config map with data keys like argocd-rbac-cm,
-# i.e. 'policy.csv' and (optionally) 'policy.default'
-argocd admin settings rbac validate --policy-file argocd-rbac-cm.yaml
-
-# If --policy-file is not given, and instead --namespace is giventhe ConfigMap 'argocd-rbac-cm'
-# from K8s is used.
-argocd admin settings rbac validate --namespace argocd
-
-# Either --policy-file or --namespace must be given.
+a local file, and in either CSV or K8s ConfigMap format.
 `,
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

-			if len(args) > 0 {
+			if policyFile == "" {
 				c.HelpFunc()(c, args)
-				log.Fatalf("too many arguments")
+				log.Fatalf("Please specify policy to validate using --policy-file")
 			}
-
-			if (namespace == "" && policyFile == "") || (namespace != "" && policyFile != "") {
-				c.HelpFunc()(c, args)
-				log.Fatalf("please provide exactly one of --policy-file or --namespace")
-			}
-
-			restConfig, err := clientConfig.ClientConfig()
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Fatalf("could not get config to create k8s client: %v", err)
-			}
-			realClientset, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(restConfig)
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Fatalf("could not create k8s client: %v", err)
-			}
-
-			userPolicy, _, _ := getPolicy(ctx, policyFile, realClientset, namespace)
+			userPolicy, _, _ := getPolicy(ctx, policyFile, nil, "")
 			if userPolicy != "" {
 				if err := rbac.ValidatePolicy(userPolicy); err == nil {
 					fmt.Printf("Policy is valid.\n")
@@ -290,15 +228,11 @@ argocd admin settings rbac validate --namespace argocd
 					fmt.Printf("Policy is invalid: %v\n", err)
 					os.Exit(1)
 				}
-			} else {
-				log.Fatalf("Policy is empty or could not be loaded.")
 			}
 		},
 	}
-	clientConfig = cli.AddKubectlFlagsToCmd(command)
-	command.Flags().StringVar(&policyFile, "policy-file", "", "path to the policy file to use")
-	command.Flags().StringVar(&namespace, "namespace", "", "namespace to get argo rbac configmap from")

+	command.Flags().StringVar(&policyFile, "policy-file", "", "path to the policy file to use")
 	return command
 }

@@ -408,9 +342,11 @@ func checkPolicy(subject, action, resource, subResource, builtinPolicy, userPoli
 	// If in strict mode, validate that given RBAC resource and action are
 	// actually valid tokens.
 	if strict {
-		if err := validateRBACResourceAction(realResource, action); err != nil {
-			log.Fatalf("error in RBAC request: %v", err)
-			return false
+		if !isValidRBACResource(realResource) {
+			log.Fatalf("error in RBAC request: '%s' is not a valid resource name", realResource)
+		}
+		if !isValidRBACAction(action) {
+			log.Fatalf("error in RBAC request: '%s' is not a valid action name", action)
 		}
 	}

@@ -436,18 +372,17 @@ func resolveRBACResourceName(name string) string {
 	}
 }

-// validateRBACResourceAction checks whether a given resource is a valid RBAC resource.
-// If it is, it validates that the action is a valid RBAC action for this resource.
-func validateRBACResourceAction(resource, action string) error {
-	validActions, ok := validRBACResourcesActions[resource]
-	if !ok {
-		return fmt.Errorf("'%s' is not a valid resource name", resource)
+// isValidRBACAction checks whether a given action is a valid RBAC action
+func isValidRBACAction(action string) bool {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(action, rbacpolicy.ActionAction+"/") {
+		return true
 	}
-
-	realAction, _, hasPath := strings.Cut(action, "/")
-	actionTrait, ok := validActions[realAction]
-	if !ok || hasPath && !actionTrait.allowPath {
-		return fmt.Errorf("'%s' is not a valid action for %s", action, resource)
-	}
-	return nil
+	_, ok := validRBACActions[action]
+	return ok
+}
+
+// isValidRBACResource checks whether a given resource is a valid RBAC resource
+func isValidRBACResource(resource string) bool {
+	_, ok := validRBACResources[resource]
+	return ok
 }
--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/admin/settings_rbac_test.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/admin/settings_rbac_test.go
@@ -5,112 +5,44 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"testing"

-	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/server/rbacpolicy"
-	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/assets"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
-	restclient "k8s.io/client-go/rest"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
-	clientcmdapi "k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd/api"
+
+	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/assets"
 )

-type FakeClientConfig struct {
-	clientConfig clientcmd.ClientConfig
-}
-
-func NewFakeClientConfig(clientConfig clientcmd.ClientConfig) *FakeClientConfig {
-	return &FakeClientConfig{clientConfig: clientConfig}
-}
-
-func (f *FakeClientConfig) RawConfig() (clientcmdapi.Config, error) {
-	config, err := f.clientConfig.RawConfig()
-	return config, err
-}
-
-func (f *FakeClientConfig) ClientConfig() (*restclient.Config, error) {
-	return f.clientConfig.ClientConfig()
-}
-
-func (f *FakeClientConfig) Namespace() (string, bool, error) {
-	return f.clientConfig.Namespace()
-}
-
-func (f *FakeClientConfig) ConfigAccess() clientcmd.ConfigAccess {
-	return nil
-}
-
-func Test_validateRBACResourceAction(t *testing.T) {
-	type args struct {
-		resource string
-		action   string
-	}
-	tests := []struct {
-		name  string
-		args  args
-		valid bool
-	}{
-		{
-			name: "Test valid resource and action",
-			args: args{
-				resource: rbacpolicy.ResourceApplications,
-				action:   rbacpolicy.ActionCreate,
-			},
-			valid: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "Test invalid resource",
-			args: args{
-				resource: "invalid",
-			},
-			valid: false,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "Test invalid action",
-			args: args{
-				resource: rbacpolicy.ResourceApplications,
-				action:   "invalid",
-			},
-			valid: false,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "Test invalid action for resource",
-			args: args{
-				resource: rbacpolicy.ResourceLogs,
-				action:   rbacpolicy.ActionCreate,
-			},
-			valid: false,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "Test valid action with path",
-			args: args{
-				resource: rbacpolicy.ResourceApplications,
-				action:   rbacpolicy.ActionAction + "/apps/Deployment/restart",
-			},
-			valid: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name: "Test invalid action with path",
-			args: args{
-				resource: rbacpolicy.ResourceApplications,
-				action:   rbacpolicy.ActionGet + "/apps/Deployment/restart",
-			},
-			valid: false,
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			result := validateRBACResourceAction(tt.args.resource, tt.args.action)
-			if tt.valid {
-				assert.NoError(t, result)
-			} else {
-				assert.NotNil(t, result)
-			}
+func Test_isValidRBACAction(t *testing.T) {
+	for k := range validRBACActions {
+		t.Run(k, func(t *testing.T) {
+			ok := isValidRBACAction(k)
+			assert.True(t, ok)
 		})
 	}
+	t.Run("invalid", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ok := isValidRBACAction("invalid")
+		assert.False(t, ok)
+	})
+}
+
+func Test_isValidRBACAction_ActionAction(t *testing.T) {
+	ok := isValidRBACAction("action/apps/Deployment/restart")
+	assert.True(t, ok)
+}
+
+func Test_isValidRBACResource(t *testing.T) {
+	for k := range validRBACResources {
+		t.Run(k, func(t *testing.T) {
+			ok := isValidRBACResource(k)
+			assert.True(t, ok)
+		})
+	}
+	t.Run("invalid", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ok := isValidRBACResource("invalid")
+		assert.False(t, ok)
+	})
 }

 func Test_PolicyFromCSV(t *testing.T) {
@@ -268,19 +200,3 @@ p, role:, certificates, get, .*, allow`
 		require.True(t, ok)
 	})
 }
-
-func TestNewRBACCanCommand(t *testing.T) {
-	command := NewRBACCanCommand()
-
-	require.NotNil(t, command)
-	assert.Equal(t, "can", command.Name())
-	assert.Equal(t, "Check RBAC permissions for a role or subject", command.Short)
-}
-
-func TestNewRBACValidateCommand(t *testing.T) {
-	command := NewRBACValidateCommand()
-
-	require.NotNil(t, command)
-	assert.Equal(t, "validate", command.Name())
-	assert.Equal(t, "Validate RBAC policy", command.Short)
-}
--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/admin/settings_test.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/admin/settings_test.go
@@ -226,18 +226,6 @@ spec:
  replicas: 0`
 )

-const (
-	testCustomResourceYAML = `apiVersion: v1
-apiVersion: example.com/v1alpha1
-kind: ExampleResource
-metadata:
-  name: example-resource
-  labels:
-    app: example
-spec:
-  replicas: 0`
-)
-
 const (
 	testCronJobYAML = `apiVersion: batch/v1
 kind: CronJob
@@ -297,7 +285,7 @@ func TestResourceOverrideIgnoreDifferences(t *testing.T) {
 			assert.NoError(t, err)
 		})
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
-		assert.Contains(t, out, "Ignore differences are not configured for 'apps/Deployment'\n")
+		assert.Contains(t, out, "No overrides configured")
 	})

 	t.Run("DataIgnored", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -317,7 +305,7 @@ func TestResourceOverrideIgnoreDifferences(t *testing.T) {
 }

 func TestResourceOverrideHealth(t *testing.T) {
-	f, closer, err := tempFile(testCustomResourceYAML)
+	f, closer, err := tempFile(testDeploymentYAML)
 	if !assert.NoError(t, err) {
 		return
 	}
@@ -325,34 +313,19 @@ func TestResourceOverrideHealth(t *testing.T) {

 	t.Run("NoHealthAssessment", func(t *testing.T) {
 		cmd := NewResourceOverridesCommand(newCmdContext(map[string]string{
-			"resource.customizations": `example.com/ExampleResource: {}`}))
+			"resource.customizations": `apps/Deployment: {}`}))
 		out, err := captureStdout(func() {
 			cmd.SetArgs([]string{"health", f})
 			err := cmd.Execute()
 			assert.NoError(t, err)
 		})
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
-		assert.Contains(t, out, "Health script is not configured for 'example.com/ExampleResource'\n")
+		assert.Contains(t, out, "Health script is not configured")
 	})

 	t.Run("HealthAssessmentConfigured", func(t *testing.T) {
 		cmd := NewResourceOverridesCommand(newCmdContext(map[string]string{
-			"resource.customizations": `example.com/ExampleResource:
-  health.lua: |
-    return { status = "Progressing" }
-`}))
-		out, err := captureStdout(func() {
-			cmd.SetArgs([]string{"health", f})
-			err := cmd.Execute()
-			assert.NoError(t, err)
-		})
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
-		assert.Contains(t, out, "Progressing")
-	})
-
-	t.Run("HealthAssessmentConfiguredWildcard", func(t *testing.T) {
-		cmd := NewResourceOverridesCommand(newCmdContext(map[string]string{
-			"resource.customizations": `example.com/*:
+			"resource.customizations": `apps/Deployment:
  health.lua: |
    return { status = "Progressing" }
 `}))
@@ -439,7 +412,7 @@ resume   false
      action.lua: |
        job1 = {}
        job1.apiVersion = "batch/v1"
-        job1.kind = "Job"
+        job1.kind = "Job" 
        job1.metadata = {}
        job1.metadata.name = "hello-1"
        job1.metadata.namespace = "obj.metadata.namespace"
--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/app.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/app.go
--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/app_actions.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/app_actions.go
@@ -8,13 +8,11 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"text/tabwriter"

-	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/templates"
-
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/cmd/util"

 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
+	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"

 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/cmd/argocd/commands/headless"
@@ -35,22 +33,11 @@ type DisplayedAction struct {
 	Disabled bool
 }

-var (
-	appActionExample = templates.Examples(`
-	# List all the available actions for an application
-	argocd app actions list APPNAME
-
-	# Run an available action for an application
-	argocd app actions run APPNAME ACTION --kind KIND [--resource-name RESOURCE] [--namespace NAMESPACE] [--group GROUP]
-	`)
-)
-
 // NewApplicationResourceActionsCommand returns a new instance of an `argocd app actions` command
 func NewApplicationResourceActionsCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Command {
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
-		Use:     "actions",
-		Short:   "Manage Resource actions",
-		Example: appActionExample,
+		Use:   "actions",
+		Short: "Manage Resource actions",
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			c.HelpFunc()(c, args)
 			os.Exit(1)
@@ -71,10 +58,6 @@ func NewApplicationResourceActionsListCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOpt
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "list APPNAME",
 		Short: "Lists available actions on a resource",
-		Example: templates.Examples(`
-	# List all the available actions for an application
-	argocd app actions list APPNAME
-	`),
 	}
 	command.Run = func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		ctx := c.Context()
@@ -97,11 +80,11 @@ func NewApplicationResourceActionsListCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOpt
 			availActionsForResource, err := appIf.ListResourceActions(ctx, &applicationpkg.ApplicationResourceRequest{
 				Name:         &appName,
 				AppNamespace: &appNs,
-				Namespace:    ptr.To(obj.GetNamespace()),
-				ResourceName: ptr.To(obj.GetName()),
-				Group:        ptr.To(gvk.Group),
-				Kind:         ptr.To(gvk.Kind),
-				Version:      ptr.To(gvk.Version),
+				Namespace:    pointer.String(obj.GetNamespace()),
+				ResourceName: pointer.String(obj.GetName()),
+				Group:        pointer.String(gvk.Group),
+				Kind:         pointer.String(gvk.Kind),
+				Version:      pointer.String(gvk.Version),
 			})
 			errors.CheckError(err)
 			for _, action := range availActionsForResource.Actions {
@@ -153,10 +136,6 @@ func NewApplicationResourceActionsRunCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOpti
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "run APPNAME ACTION",
 		Short: "Runs an available action on resource(s)",
-		Example: templates.Examples(`
-	# Run an available action for an application
-	argocd app actions run APPNAME ACTION --kind KIND [--resource-name RESOURCE] [--namespace NAMESPACE] [--group GROUP]
-	`),
 	}

 	command.Flags().StringVar(&resourceName, "resource-name", "", "Name of resource")
@@ -196,12 +175,12 @@ func NewApplicationResourceActionsRunCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOpti
 			_, err := appIf.RunResourceAction(ctx, &applicationpkg.ResourceActionRunRequest{
 				Name:         &appName,
 				AppNamespace: &appNs,
-				Namespace:    ptr.To(obj.GetNamespace()),
-				ResourceName: ptr.To(objResourceName),
-				Group:        ptr.To(gvk.Group),
-				Kind:         ptr.To(gvk.Kind),
-				Version:      ptr.To(gvk.GroupVersion().Version),
-				Action:       ptr.To(actionName),
+				Namespace:    pointer.String(obj.GetNamespace()),
+				ResourceName: pointer.String(objResourceName),
+				Group:        pointer.String(gvk.Group),
+				Kind:         pointer.String(gvk.Kind),
+				Version:      pointer.String(gvk.GroupVersion().Version),
+				Action:       pointer.String(actionName),
 			})
 			errors.CheckError(err)
 		}
--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/app_resources.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/app_resources.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package commands
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"text/tabwriter"

 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/cmd/util"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apis/application/v1alpha1"
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
-	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
+	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"

 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/cmd/argocd/commands/headless"
 	argocdclient "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apiclient"
@@ -19,6 +18,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/argo"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/errors"
 	argoio "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/io"
+
+	"text/tabwriter"
 )

 func NewApplicationPatchResourceCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Command {
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@ func NewApplicationPatchResourceCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions)
 	var kind string
 	var group string
 	var all bool
-	var project string
 	command := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "patch-resource APPNAME",
 		Short: "Patch resource in an application",
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ func NewApplicationPatchResourceCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions)
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&group, "group", "", "Group")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&namespace, "namespace", "", "Namespace")
 	command.Flags().BoolVar(&all, "all", false, "Indicates whether to patch multiple matching of resources")
-	command.Flags().StringVar(&project, "project", "", `The name of the application's project - specifying this allows the command to report "not found" instead of "permission denied" if the app does not exist`)
 	command.Run = func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		ctx := c.Context()

@@ -71,14 +70,13 @@ func NewApplicationPatchResourceCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions)
 			_, err = appIf.PatchResource(ctx, &applicationpkg.ApplicationResourcePatchRequest{
 				Name:         &appName,
 				AppNamespace: &appNs,
-				Namespace:    ptr.To(obj.GetNamespace()),
-				ResourceName: ptr.To(obj.GetName()),
-				Version:      ptr.To(gvk.Version),
-				Group:        ptr.To(gvk.Group),
-				Kind:         ptr.To(gvk.Kind),
-				Patch:        ptr.To(patch),
-				PatchType:    ptr.To(patchType),
-				Project:      ptr.To(project),
+				Namespace:    pointer.String(obj.GetNamespace()),
+				ResourceName: pointer.String(obj.GetName()),
+				Version:      pointer.String(gvk.Version),
+				Group:        pointer.String(gvk.Group),
+				Kind:         pointer.String(gvk.Kind),
+				Patch:        pointer.String(patch),
+				PatchType:    pointer.String(patchType),
 			})
 			errors.CheckError(err)
 			log.Infof("Resource '%s' patched", obj.GetName())
@@ -96,7 +94,6 @@ func NewApplicationDeleteResourceCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions)
 	var force bool
 	var orphan bool
 	var all bool
-	var project string
 	command := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "delete-resource APPNAME",
 		Short: "Delete resource in an application",
@@ -108,10 +105,9 @@ func NewApplicationDeleteResourceCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions)
 	errors.CheckError(err)
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&group, "group", "", "Group")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&namespace, "namespace", "", "Namespace")
-	command.Flags().BoolVar(&force, "force", false, "Indicates whether to force delete the resource")
-	command.Flags().BoolVar(&orphan, "orphan", false, "Indicates whether to orphan the dependents of the deleted resource")
+	command.Flags().BoolVar(&force, "force", false, "Indicates whether to orphan the dependents of the deleted resource")
+	command.Flags().BoolVar(&orphan, "orphan", false, "Indicates whether to force delete the resource")
 	command.Flags().BoolVar(&all, "all", false, "Indicates whether to patch multiple matching of resources")
-	command.Flags().StringVar(&project, "project", "", `The name of the application's project - specifying this allows the command to report "not found" instead of "permission denied" if the app does not exist`)
 	command.Run = func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		ctx := c.Context()

@@ -136,14 +132,13 @@ func NewApplicationDeleteResourceCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions)
 			_, err = appIf.DeleteResource(ctx, &applicationpkg.ApplicationResourceDeleteRequest{
 				Name:         &appName,
 				AppNamespace: &appNs,
-				Namespace:    ptr.To(obj.GetNamespace()),
-				ResourceName: ptr.To(obj.GetName()),
-				Version:      ptr.To(gvk.Version),
-				Group:        ptr.To(gvk.Group),
-				Kind:         ptr.To(gvk.Kind),
+				Namespace:    pointer.String(obj.GetNamespace()),
+				ResourceName: pointer.String(obj.GetName()),
+				Version:      pointer.String(gvk.Version),
+				Group:        pointer.String(gvk.Group),
+				Kind:         pointer.String(gvk.Kind),
 				Force:        &force,
 				Orphan:       &orphan,
-				Project:      ptr.To(project),
 			})
 			errors.CheckError(err)
 			log.Infof("Resource '%s' deleted", obj.GetName())
@@ -255,7 +250,6 @@ func printResources(listAll bool, orphaned bool, appResourceTree *v1alpha1.Appli
 func NewApplicationListResourcesCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Command {
 	var orphaned bool
 	var output string
-	var project string
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "resources APPNAME",
 		Short: "List resource of application",
@@ -272,7 +266,6 @@ func NewApplicationListResourcesCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions)
 			appResourceTree, err := appIf.ResourceTree(ctx, &applicationpkg.ResourcesQuery{
 				ApplicationName: &appName,
 				AppNamespace:    &appNs,
-				Project:         &project,
 			})
 			errors.CheckError(err)
 			printResources(listAll, orphaned, appResourceTree, output)
@@ -280,6 +273,5 @@ func NewApplicationListResourcesCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions)
 	}
 	command.Flags().BoolVar(&orphaned, "orphaned", false, "Lists only orphaned resources")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&output, "output", "", "Provides the tree view of the resources")
-	command.Flags().StringVar(&project, "project", "", `The name of the application's project - specifying this allows the command to report "not found" instead of "permission denied" if the app does not exist`)
 	return command
 }
--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/app_test.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/app_test.go
@@ -1,43 +1,23 @@
 package commands

 import (
-	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
-	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
 	"time"

 	argocdclient "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apiclient"
-	accountpkg "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apiclient/account"
-	applicationpkg "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apiclient/application"
-	applicationsetpkg "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apiclient/applicationset"
-	certificatepkg "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apiclient/certificate"
-	clusterpkg "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apiclient/cluster"
-	gpgkeypkg "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apiclient/gpgkey"
-	notificationpkg "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apiclient/notification"
-	projectpkg "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apiclient/project"
-	repocredspkg "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apiclient/repocreds"
-	repositorypkg "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apiclient/repository"
-	sessionpkg "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apiclient/session"
-	settingspkg "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apiclient/settings"
-	versionpkg "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apiclient/version"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apis/application"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apis/application/v1alpha1"
-
 	"github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine/pkg/health"
 	"github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine/pkg/utils/kube"
-	"github.com/coreos/go-oidc/v3/oidc"
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp/cmpopts"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"golang.org/x/oauth2"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
-	k8swatch "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch"
 )

 func Test_getInfos(t *testing.T) {
@@ -422,8 +402,8 @@ func TestFormatSyncPolicy(t *testing.T) {

 		policy := formatSyncPolicy(app)

-		if policy != "Manual" {
-			t.Fatalf("Incorrect policy %q, should be Manual", policy)
+		if policy != "<none>" {
+			t.Fatalf("Incorrect policy %q, should be <none>", policy)
 		}
 	})

@@ -557,21 +537,18 @@ func TestPrintApplicationHistoryTable(t *testing.T) {
 			ID: 1,
 			Source: v1alpha1.ApplicationSource{
 				TargetRevision: "1",
-				RepoURL:        "test",
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			ID: 2,
 			Source: v1alpha1.ApplicationSource{
 				TargetRevision: "2",
-				RepoURL:        "test",
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			ID: 3,
 			Source: v1alpha1.ApplicationSource{
 				TargetRevision: "3",
-				RepoURL:        "test",
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -581,86 +558,7 @@ func TestPrintApplicationHistoryTable(t *testing.T) {
 		return nil
 	})

-	expectation := "SOURCE  test\nID      DATE                           REVISION\n1       0001-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC  1\n2       0001-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC  2\n3       0001-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC  3\n"
-
-	if output != expectation {
-		t.Fatalf("Incorrect print operation output %q, should be %q", output, expectation)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestPrintApplicationHistoryTableWithMultipleSources(t *testing.T) {
-	histories := []v1alpha1.RevisionHistory{
-		{
-			ID: 0,
-			Source: v1alpha1.ApplicationSource{
-				TargetRevision: "0",
-				RepoURL:        "test",
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			ID: 1,
-			Revisions: []string{
-				"1a",
-				"1b",
-			},
-			//added Source just for testing the fuction
-			Source: v1alpha1.ApplicationSource{
-				TargetRevision: "-1",
-				RepoURL:        "ignore",
-			},
-			Sources: v1alpha1.ApplicationSources{
-				v1alpha1.ApplicationSource{
-					RepoURL:        "test-1",
-					TargetRevision: "1a",
-				},
-				v1alpha1.ApplicationSource{
-					RepoURL:        "test-2",
-					TargetRevision: "1b",
-				},
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			ID: 2,
-			Revisions: []string{
-				"2a",
-				"2b",
-			},
-			Sources: v1alpha1.ApplicationSources{
-				v1alpha1.ApplicationSource{
-					RepoURL:        "test-1",
-					TargetRevision: "2a",
-				},
-				v1alpha1.ApplicationSource{
-					RepoURL:        "test-2",
-					TargetRevision: "2b",
-				},
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			ID: 3,
-			Revisions: []string{
-				"3a",
-				"3b",
-			},
-			Sources: v1alpha1.ApplicationSources{
-				v1alpha1.ApplicationSource{
-					RepoURL:        "test-1",
-					TargetRevision: "3a",
-				},
-				v1alpha1.ApplicationSource{
-					RepoURL:        "test-2",
-					TargetRevision: "3b",
-				},
-			},
-		},
-	}
-
-	output, _ := captureOutput(func() error {
-		printApplicationHistoryTable(histories)
-		return nil
-	})
-
-	expectation := "SOURCE  test\nID      DATE                           REVISION\n0       0001-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC  0\n\nSOURCE  test-1\nID      DATE                           REVISION\n1       0001-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC  1a\n2       0001-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC  2a\n3       0001-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC  3a\n\nSOURCE  test-2\nID      DATE                           REVISION\n1       0001-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC  1b\n2       0001-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC  2b\n3       0001-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC  3b\n"
+	expectation := "ID  DATE                           REVISION\n1   0001-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC  1\n2   0001-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC  2\n3   0001-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC  3\n"

 	if output != expectation {
 		t.Fatalf("Incorrect print operation output %q, should be %q", output, expectation)
@@ -741,110 +639,11 @@ Project:            default
 Server:             local
 Namespace:          argocd
 URL:                url
-Source:
- Repo:             test
-  Target:           master
-  Path:             /test
-  Helm Values:      path1,path2
-  Name Prefix:      prefix
-SyncWindow:         Sync Denied
-Assigned Windows:   allow:0 0 * * *:24h,deny:0 0 * * *:24h,allow:0 0 * * *:24h
-Sync Policy:        Automated (Prune)
-Sync Status:        OutOfSync from master
-Health Status:      Progressing (health-message)
-`
-	assert.Equalf(t, expectation, output, "Incorrect print app summary output %q, should be %q", output, expectation)
-}
-
-func TestPrintAppSummaryTable_MultipleSources(t *testing.T) {
-	output, _ := captureOutput(func() error {
-		app := &v1alpha1.Application{
-			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-				Name:      "test",
-				Namespace: "argocd",
-			},
-			Spec: v1alpha1.ApplicationSpec{
-				SyncPolicy: &v1alpha1.SyncPolicy{
-					Automated: &v1alpha1.SyncPolicyAutomated{
-						Prune: true,
-					},
-				},
-				Project:     "default",
-				Destination: v1alpha1.ApplicationDestination{Server: "local", Namespace: "argocd"},
-				Sources: v1alpha1.ApplicationSources{
-					{
-						RepoURL:        "test",
-						TargetRevision: "master",
-						Path:           "/test",
-						Helm: &v1alpha1.ApplicationSourceHelm{
-							ValueFiles: []string{"path1", "path2"},
-						},
-						Kustomize: &v1alpha1.ApplicationSourceKustomize{NamePrefix: "prefix"},
-					}, {
-						RepoURL:        "test2",
-						TargetRevision: "master2",
-						Path:           "/test2",
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			Status: v1alpha1.ApplicationStatus{
-				Sync: v1alpha1.SyncStatus{
-					Status: v1alpha1.SyncStatusCodeOutOfSync,
-				},
-				Health: v1alpha1.HealthStatus{
-					Status:  health.HealthStatusProgressing,
-					Message: "health-message",
-				},
-			},
-		}
-
-		windows := &v1alpha1.SyncWindows{
-			{
-				Kind:     "allow",
-				Schedule: "0 0 * * *",
-				Duration: "24h",
-				Applications: []string{
-					"*-prod",
-				},
-				ManualSync: true,
-			},
-			{
-				Kind:     "deny",
-				Schedule: "0 0 * * *",
-				Duration: "24h",
-				Namespaces: []string{
-					"default",
-				},
-			},
-			{
-				Kind:     "allow",
-				Schedule: "0 0 * * *",
-				Duration: "24h",
-				Clusters: []string{
-					"in-cluster",
-					"cluster1",
-				},
-			},
-		}
-
-		printAppSummaryTable(app, "url", windows)
-		return nil
-	})
-
-	expectation := `Name:               argocd/test
-Project:            default
-Server:             local
-Namespace:          argocd
-URL:                url
-Sources:
- Repo:             test
-  Target:           master
-  Path:             /test
-  Helm Values:      path1,path2
-  Name Prefix:      prefix
- Repo:             test2
-  Target:           master2
-  Path:             /test2
+Repo:               test
+Target:             master
+Path:               /test
+Helm Values:        path1,path2
+Name Prefix:        prefix
 SyncWindow:         Sync Denied
 Assigned Windows:   allow:0 0 * * *:24h,deny:0 0 * * *:24h,allow:0 0 * * *:24h
 Sync Policy:        Automated (Prune)
@@ -1007,14 +806,6 @@ func TestTargetObjects_invalid(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Error(t, err)
 }

-func TestCheckForDeleteEvent(t *testing.T) {
-
-	ctx := context.Background()
-	fakeClient := new(fakeAcdClient)
-
-	checkForDeleteEvent(ctx, fakeClient, "testApp")
-}
-
 func TestPrintApplicationNames(t *testing.T) {
 	output, _ := captureOutput(func() error {
 		app := &v1alpha1.Application{
@@ -1510,7 +1301,7 @@ func TestPrintApplicationTableNotWide(t *testing.T) {
 		return nil
 	})
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	expectation := "NAME      CLUSTER                NAMESPACE  PROJECT  STATUS     HEALTH   SYNCPOLICY  CONDITIONS\napp-name  http://localhost:8080  default    prj      OutOfSync  Healthy  Manual      <none>\napp-name  http://localhost:8080  default    prj      OutOfSync  Healthy  Manual      <none>\n"
+	expectation := "NAME      CLUSTER                NAMESPACE  PROJECT  STATUS     HEALTH   SYNCPOLICY  CONDITIONS\napp-name  http://localhost:8080  default    prj      OutOfSync  Healthy  <none>      <none>\napp-name  http://localhost:8080  default    prj      OutOfSync  Healthy  <none>      <none>\n"
 	assert.Equal(t, output, expectation)
 }

@@ -1546,7 +1337,7 @@ func TestPrintApplicationTableWide(t *testing.T) {
 		return nil
 	})
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	expectation := "NAME      CLUSTER                NAMESPACE  PROJECT  STATUS     HEALTH   SYNCPOLICY  CONDITIONS  REPO                                             PATH       TARGET\napp-name  http://localhost:8080  default    prj      OutOfSync  Healthy  Manual      <none>      https://github.com/argoproj/argocd-example-apps  guestbook  123\napp-name  http://localhost:8080  default    prj      OutOfSync  Healthy  Manual      <none>      https://github.com/argoproj/argocd-example-apps  guestbook  123\n"
+	expectation := "NAME      CLUSTER                NAMESPACE  PROJECT  STATUS     HEALTH   SYNCPOLICY  CONDITIONS  REPO                                             PATH       TARGET\napp-name  http://localhost:8080  default    prj      OutOfSync  Healthy  <none>      <none>      https://github.com/argoproj/argocd-example-apps  guestbook  123\napp-name  http://localhost:8080  default    prj      OutOfSync  Healthy  <none>      <none>      https://github.com/argoproj/argocd-example-apps  guestbook  123\n"
 	assert.Equal(t, output, expectation)
 }

@@ -1808,104 +1599,3 @@ func testApp(name, project string, labels map[string]string, annotations map[str
 		},
 	}
 }
-
-type fakeAcdClient struct{}
-
-func (c *fakeAcdClient) ClientOptions() argocdclient.ClientOptions {
-	return argocdclient.ClientOptions{}
-}
-func (c *fakeAcdClient) HTTPClient() (*http.Client, error) { return nil, nil }
-func (c *fakeAcdClient) OIDCConfig(context.Context, *settingspkg.Settings) (*oauth2.Config, *oidc.Provider, error) {
-	return nil, nil, nil
-}
-func (c *fakeAcdClient) NewRepoClient() (io.Closer, repositorypkg.RepositoryServiceClient, error) {
-	return nil, nil, nil
-}
-func (c *fakeAcdClient) NewRepoClientOrDie() (io.Closer, repositorypkg.RepositoryServiceClient) {
-	return nil, nil
-}
-func (c *fakeAcdClient) NewRepoCredsClient() (io.Closer, repocredspkg.RepoCredsServiceClient, error) {
-	return nil, nil, nil
-}
-func (c *fakeAcdClient) NewRepoCredsClientOrDie() (io.Closer, repocredspkg.RepoCredsServiceClient) {
-	return nil, nil
-}
-func (c *fakeAcdClient) NewCertClient() (io.Closer, certificatepkg.CertificateServiceClient, error) {
-	return nil, nil, nil
-}
-func (c *fakeAcdClient) NewCertClientOrDie() (io.Closer, certificatepkg.CertificateServiceClient) {
-	return nil, nil
-}
-func (c *fakeAcdClient) NewClusterClient() (io.Closer, clusterpkg.ClusterServiceClient, error) {
-	return nil, nil, nil
-}
-func (c *fakeAcdClient) NewClusterClientOrDie() (io.Closer, clusterpkg.ClusterServiceClient) {
-	return nil, nil
-}
-func (c *fakeAcdClient) NewGPGKeyClient() (io.Closer, gpgkeypkg.GPGKeyServiceClient, error) {
-	return nil, nil, nil
-}
-func (c *fakeAcdClient) NewGPGKeyClientOrDie() (io.Closer, gpgkeypkg.GPGKeyServiceClient) {
-	return nil, nil
-}
-func (c *fakeAcdClient) NewApplicationClient() (io.Closer, applicationpkg.ApplicationServiceClient, error) {
-	return nil, nil, nil
-}
-func (c *fakeAcdClient) NewApplicationSetClient() (io.Closer, applicationsetpkg.ApplicationSetServiceClient, error) {
-	return nil, nil, nil
-}
-func (c *fakeAcdClient) NewApplicationClientOrDie() (io.Closer, applicationpkg.ApplicationServiceClient) {
-	return nil, nil
-}
-func (c *fakeAcdClient) NewApplicationSetClientOrDie() (io.Closer, applicationsetpkg.ApplicationSetServiceClient) {
-	return nil, nil
-}
-func (c *fakeAcdClient) NewNotificationClient() (io.Closer, notificationpkg.NotificationServiceClient, error) {
-	return nil, nil, nil
-}
-func (c *fakeAcdClient) NewNotificationClientOrDie() (io.Closer, notificationpkg.NotificationServiceClient) {
-	return nil, nil
-}
-func (c *fakeAcdClient) NewSessionClient() (io.Closer, sessionpkg.SessionServiceClient, error) {
-	return nil, nil, nil
-}
-func (c *fakeAcdClient) NewSessionClientOrDie() (io.Closer, sessionpkg.SessionServiceClient) {
-	return nil, nil
-}
-func (c *fakeAcdClient) NewSettingsClient() (io.Closer, settingspkg.SettingsServiceClient, error) {
-	return nil, nil, nil
-}
-func (c *fakeAcdClient) NewSettingsClientOrDie() (io.Closer, settingspkg.SettingsServiceClient) {
-	return nil, nil
-}
-func (c *fakeAcdClient) NewVersionClient() (io.Closer, versionpkg.VersionServiceClient, error) {
-	return nil, nil, nil
-}
-func (c *fakeAcdClient) NewVersionClientOrDie() (io.Closer, versionpkg.VersionServiceClient) {
-	return nil, nil
-}
-func (c *fakeAcdClient) NewProjectClient() (io.Closer, projectpkg.ProjectServiceClient, error) {
-	return nil, nil, nil
-}
-func (c *fakeAcdClient) NewProjectClientOrDie() (io.Closer, projectpkg.ProjectServiceClient) {
-	return nil, nil
-}
-func (c *fakeAcdClient) NewAccountClient() (io.Closer, accountpkg.AccountServiceClient, error) {
-	return nil, nil, nil
-}
-func (c *fakeAcdClient) NewAccountClientOrDie() (io.Closer, accountpkg.AccountServiceClient) {
-	return nil, nil
-}
-func (c *fakeAcdClient) WatchApplicationWithRetry(ctx context.Context, appName string, revision string) chan *v1alpha1.ApplicationWatchEvent {
-	appEventsCh := make(chan *v1alpha1.ApplicationWatchEvent)
-
-	go func() {
-		modifiedEvent := new(v1alpha1.ApplicationWatchEvent)
-		modifiedEvent.Type = k8swatch.Modified
-		appEventsCh <- modifiedEvent
-		deletedEvent := new(v1alpha1.ApplicationWatchEvent)
-		deletedEvent.Type = k8swatch.Deleted
-		appEventsCh <- deletedEvent
-	}()
-	return appEventsCh
-}
--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/applicationset.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/applicationset.go
@@ -67,10 +67,6 @@ func NewApplicationSetGetCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "get APPSETNAME",
 		Short: "Get ApplicationSet details",
-		Example: templates.Examples(`
-	# Get ApplicationSets
-	argocd appset get APPSETNAME
-		`),
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

@@ -350,11 +346,9 @@ func printAppSetSummaryTable(appSet *arogappsetv1.ApplicationSet) {
 	fmt.Printf(printOpFmtStr, "Project:", appSet.Spec.Template.Spec.GetProject())
 	fmt.Printf(printOpFmtStr, "Server:", getServerForAppSet(appSet))
 	fmt.Printf(printOpFmtStr, "Namespace:", appSet.Spec.Template.Spec.Destination.Namespace)
-	if !appSet.Spec.Template.Spec.HasMultipleSources() {
-		fmt.Println("Source:")
-	} else {
-		fmt.Println("Sources:")
-	}
+	fmt.Printf(printOpFmtStr, "Repo:", source.RepoURL)
+	fmt.Printf(printOpFmtStr, "Target:", source.TargetRevision)
+	fmt.Printf(printOpFmtStr, "Path:", source.Path)
 	printAppSourceDetails(&source)

 	var (
--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/applicationset_test.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/applicationset_test.go
@@ -180,9 +180,9 @@ func TestPrintAppSetSummaryTable(t *testing.T) {
 Project:            default
 Server:             
 Namespace:          
-Source:
- Repo:             
-  Target:           
+Repo:               
+Target:             
+Path:               
 SyncPolicy:         <none>
 `,
 		},
@@ -193,9 +193,9 @@ SyncPolicy:         <none>
 Project:            default
 Server:             
 Namespace:          
-Source:
- Repo:             
-  Target:           
+Repo:               
+Target:             
+Path:               
 SyncPolicy:         Automated
 `,
 		},
@@ -206,9 +206,9 @@ SyncPolicy:         Automated
 Project:            default
 Server:             
 Namespace:          
-Source:
- Repo:             
-  Target:           
+Repo:               
+Target:             
+Path:               
 SyncPolicy:         Automated
 `,
 		},
--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/bcrypt.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/bcrypt.go
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@ func NewBcryptCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	)
 	var bcryptCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "bcrypt",
-		Short: "Generate bcrypt hash for any password",
-		Example: `# Generate bcrypt hash for any password 
-argocd account bcrypt --password YOUR_PASSWORD`,
+		Short: "Generate bcrypt hash for the admin password",
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			bytePassword := []byte(password)
 			// Hashing the password
--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/cluster.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/cluster.go
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ func NewClusterAddCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions, pathOpts *clie
 				awsAuthConf = &argoappv1.AWSAuthConfig{
 					ClusterName: clusterOpts.AwsClusterName,
 					RoleARN:     clusterOpts.AwsRoleArn,
-					Profile:     clusterOpts.AwsProfile,
 				}
 			} else if clusterOpts.ExecProviderCommand != "" {
 				execProviderConf = &argoappv1.ExecProviderConfig{
@@ -486,23 +485,6 @@ func NewClusterListCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Comman
 				errors.CheckError(fmt.Errorf("unknown output format: %s", output))
 			}
 		},
-		Example: `
-# List Clusters in Default "Wide" Format
-argocd cluster list
-
-# List Cluster via specifing the server
-argocd cluster list --server <ARGOCD_SERVER_ADDRESS>
-
-# List Clusters in JSON Format
-argocd cluster list -o json --server <ARGOCD_SERVER_ADDRESS>
-
-# List Clusters in YAML Format
-argocd cluster list -o yaml --server <ARGOCD_SERVER_ADDRESS>
-
-# List Clusters that have been added to your Argo CD 
-argocd cluster list -o server <ARGOCD_SERVER_ADDRESS>
-
-`,
 	}
 	command.Flags().StringVarP(&output, "output", "o", "wide", "Output format. One of: json|yaml|wide|server")
 	return command
--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/completion.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/completion.go
@@ -211,13 +211,6 @@ compdef _argocd argocd
 Optionally, also add the following, in case you are getting errors involving compdef & compinit such as command not found: compdef:
 autoload -Uz compinit
 compinit 
-`,
-		Example: `# For bash
-$ source <(argocd completion bash)
-
-# For zsh
-$ argocd completion zsh > _argocd
-$ source _argocd
 `,
 		Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			if len(args) != 1 {
--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/context.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/context.go
@@ -22,14 +22,6 @@ func NewContextCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Command {
 		Use:     "context [CONTEXT]",
 		Aliases: []string{"ctx"},
 		Short:   "Switch between contexts",
-		Example: `# List Argo CD Contexts
-argocd context
-
-# Switch Argo CD context
-argocd context cd.argoproj.io
-
-# Delete Argo CD context
-argocd context cd.argoproj.io --delete`,
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {

 			localCfg, err := localconfig.ReadLocalConfig(clientOpts.ConfigPath)
--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/gpg.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/gpg.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	appsv1 "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apis/application/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/errors"
 	argoio "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/io"
-	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/templates"
 )

 // NewGPGCommand returns a new instance of an `argocd repo` command
@@ -43,17 +42,6 @@ func NewGPGListCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Command {
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "list",
 		Short: "List configured GPG public keys",
-		Example: templates.Examples(`
-  # List all configured GPG public keys in wide format (default).
-  argocd gpg list
-		
-  # List all configured GPG public keys in JSON format.
-  argocd gpg list -o json
-		
-  # List all configured GPG public keys in YAML format.
-  argocd gpg list -o yaml
-  		`),
-
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

@@ -84,17 +72,6 @@ func NewGPGGetCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Command {
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "get KEYID",
 		Short: "Get the GPG public key with ID <KEYID> from the server",
-		Example: templates.Examples(`  
-  # Get a GPG public key with the specified KEYID in wide format (default).
-  argocd gpg get KEYID
-		
-  # Get a GPG public key with the specified KEYID in JSON format.
-  argocd gpg get KEYID -o json
-		
-  # Get a GPG public key with the specified KEYID in YAML format.
-  argocd gpg get KEYID -o yaml
-  		`),
-
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

@@ -132,11 +109,6 @@ func NewGPGAddCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Command {
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "add",
 		Short: "Adds a GPG public key to the server's keyring",
-		Example: templates.Examples(`
-  # Add a GPG public key to the server's keyring from a file.
-  argocd gpg add --from /path/to/keyfile
-  		`),
-
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/headless/headless.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/headless/headless.go
@@ -18,12 +18,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/redis/go-redis/v9"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
-	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	cache2 "k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
-	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
+	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"

 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apiclient"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apis/application/v1alpha1"
@@ -79,12 +78,6 @@ func (c *forwardCacheClient) Set(item *cache.Item) error {
 	})
 }

-func (c *forwardCacheClient) Rename(oldKey string, newKey string, expiration time.Duration) error {
-	return c.doLazy(func(client cache.CacheClient) error {
-		return client.Rename(oldKey, newKey, expiration)
-	})
-}
-
 func (c *forwardCacheClient) Get(key string, obj interface{}) error {
 	return c.doLazy(func(client cache.CacheClient) error {
 		return client.Get(key, obj)
@@ -116,7 +109,6 @@ type forwardRepoClientset struct {
 	repoClientset  repoapiclient.Clientset
 	err            error
 	repoServerName string
-	kubeClientset  kubernetes.Interface
 }

 func (c *forwardRepoClientset) NewRepoServerClient() (io.Closer, repoapiclient.RepoServerServiceClient, error) {
@@ -124,19 +116,7 @@ func (c *forwardRepoClientset) NewRepoServerClient() (io.Closer, repoapiclient.R
 		overrides := clientcmd.ConfigOverrides{
 			CurrentContext: c.context,
 		}
-		repoServerName := c.repoServerName
-		repoServererviceLabelSelector := common.LabelKeyComponentRepoServer + "=" + common.LabelValueComponentRepoServer
-		repoServerServices, err := c.kubeClientset.CoreV1().Services(c.namespace).List(context.Background(), v1.ListOptions{LabelSelector: repoServererviceLabelSelector})
-		if err != nil {
-			c.err = err
-			return
-		}
-		if len(repoServerServices.Items) > 0 {
-			if repoServerServicelabel, ok := repoServerServices.Items[0].Labels[common.LabelKeyAppName]; ok && repoServerServicelabel != "" {
-				repoServerName = repoServerServicelabel
-			}
-		}
-		repoServerPodLabelSelector := common.LabelKeyAppName + "=" + repoServerName
+		repoServerPodLabelSelector := common.LabelKeyAppName + "=" + c.repoServerName
 		repoServerPort, err := kubeutil.PortForward(8081, c.namespace, &overrides, repoServerPodLabelSelector)
 		if err != nil {
 			c.err = err
@@ -205,7 +185,7 @@ func MaybeStartLocalServer(ctx context.Context, clientOpts *apiclient.ClientOpti
 	log.SetLevel(log.ErrorLevel)
 	os.Setenv(v1alpha1.EnvVarFakeInClusterConfig, "true")
 	if address == nil {
-		address = ptr.To("localhost")
+		address = pointer.String("localhost")
 	}
 	if port == nil || *port == 0 {
 		addr := fmt.Sprintf("%s:0", *address)
@@ -251,7 +231,7 @@ func MaybeStartLocalServer(ctx context.Context, clientOpts *apiclient.ClientOpti
 		KubeClientset:        kubeClientset,
 		Insecure:             true,
 		ListenHost:           *address,
-		RepoClientset:        &forwardRepoClientset{namespace: namespace, context: ctxStr, repoServerName: clientOpts.RepoServerName, kubeClientset: kubeClientset},
+		RepoClientset:        &forwardRepoClientset{namespace: namespace, context: ctxStr, repoServerName: clientOpts.RepoServerName},
 		EnableProxyExtension: false,
 	})
 	srv.Init(ctx)
--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/login.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/login.go
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/localconfig"
 	oidcutil "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/oidc"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/rand"
-	oidcconfig "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/settings"
 )

 // NewLoginCommand returns a new instance of `argocd login` command
@@ -107,7 +106,6 @@ argocd login cd.argoproj.io --core`,
 				PortForwardNamespace: globalClientOpts.PortForwardNamespace,
 				Headers:              globalClientOpts.Headers,
 				KubeOverrides:        globalClientOpts.KubeOverrides,
-				ServerName:           globalClientOpts.ServerName,
 			}

 			if ctxName == "" {
@@ -307,7 +305,6 @@ func oauth2Login(
 	fmt.Printf("Opening browser for authentication\n")

 	var url string
-	var oidcconfig oidcconfig.OIDCConfig
 	grantType := oidcutil.InferGrantType(oidcConf)
 	opts := []oauth2.AuthCodeOption{oauth2.AccessTypeOffline}
 	if claimsRequested := oidcSettings.GetIDTokenClaims(); claimsRequested != nil {
@@ -318,9 +315,6 @@ func oauth2Login(
 	case oidcutil.GrantTypeAuthorizationCode:
 		opts = append(opts, oauth2.SetAuthURLParam("code_challenge", codeChallenge))
 		opts = append(opts, oauth2.SetAuthURLParam("code_challenge_method", "S256"))
-		if oidcconfig.DomainHint != "" {
-			opts = append(opts, oauth2.SetAuthURLParam("domain_hint", oidcconfig.DomainHint))
-		}
 		url = oauth2conf.AuthCodeURL(stateNonce, opts...)
 	case oidcutil.GrantTypeImplicit:
 		url, err = oidcutil.ImplicitFlowURL(oauth2conf, stateNonce, opts...)
--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/logout.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/logout.go
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@ func NewLogoutCommand(globalClientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Comma
 		Use:   "logout CONTEXT",
 		Short: "Log out from Argo CD",
 		Long:  "Log out from Argo CD",
-		Example: `# To log out of argocd
-$ argocd logout
-# This can be helpful for security reasons or when you want to switch between different Argo CD contexts or accounts.
-`,
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			if len(args) == 0 {
 				c.HelpFunc()(c, args)
--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/project.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/project.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/git"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/gpg"
 	argoio "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/io"
-	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/templates"
 )

 type policyOpts struct {
@@ -40,19 +39,6 @@ func NewProjectCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Command {
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "proj",
 		Short: "Manage projects",
-		Example: templates.Examples(`
-			# List all available projects
-			argocd proj list
-
-			# Create a new project with name PROJECT
-			argocd proj create PROJECT
-
-			# Delete the project with name PROJECT
-			argocd proj delete PROJECT
-
-			# Edit the information on project with name PROJECT
-			argocd proj edit PROJECT
-		`),
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			c.HelpFunc()(c, args)
 			os.Exit(1)
@@ -78,8 +64,6 @@ func NewProjectCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Command {
 	command.AddCommand(NewProjectWindowsCommand(clientOpts))
 	command.AddCommand(NewProjectAddOrphanedIgnoreCommand(clientOpts))
 	command.AddCommand(NewProjectRemoveOrphanedIgnoreCommand(clientOpts))
-	command.AddCommand(NewProjectAddSourceNamespace(clientOpts))
-	command.AddCommand(NewProjectRemoveSourceNamespace(clientOpts))
 	return command
 }

@@ -104,13 +88,6 @@ func NewProjectCreateCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Comm
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "create PROJECT",
 		Short: "Create a project",
-		Example: templates.Examples(`
-			# Create a new project with name PROJECT
-			argocd proj create PROJECT
-
-			# Create a new project with name PROJECT from a file or URL to a Kubernetes manifest
-			argocd proj create PROJECT -f FILE|URL
-		`),
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

@@ -141,13 +118,6 @@ func NewProjectSetCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Command
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "set PROJECT",
 		Short: "Set project parameters",
-		Example: templates.Examples(`
-			# Set project parameters with some allowed cluster resources [RES1,RES2,...] for project with name PROJECT
-			argocd proj set PROJECT --allow-cluster-resource [RES1,RES2,...]
-
-			# Set project parameters with some denied namespaced resources [RES1,RES2,...] for project with name PROJECT
-			argocd proj set PROJECT ---deny-namespaced-resource [RES1,RES2,...]
-		`),
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

@@ -181,10 +151,6 @@ func NewProjectAddSignatureKeyCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *c
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "add-signature-key PROJECT KEY-ID",
 		Short: "Add GnuPG signature key to project",
-		Example: templates.Examples(`
-			# Add GnuPG signature key KEY-ID to project PROJECT
-			argocd proj add-signature-key PROJECT KEY-ID
-		`),
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

@@ -223,10 +189,6 @@ func NewProjectRemoveSignatureKeyCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions)
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "remove-signature-key PROJECT KEY-ID",
 		Short: "Remove GnuPG signature key from project",
-		Example: templates.Examples(`
-			# Remove GnuPG signature key KEY-ID from project PROJECT
-			argocd proj remove-signature-key PROJECT KEY-ID
-		`),
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

@@ -277,13 +239,6 @@ func NewProjectAddDestinationCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *co
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "add-destination PROJECT SERVER/NAME NAMESPACE",
 		Short: "Add project destination",
-		Example: templates.Examples(`
-			# Add project destination using a server URL (SERVER) in the specified namespace (NAMESPACE) on the project with name PROJECT
-			argocd proj add-destination PROJECT SERVER NAMESPACE
-
-			# Add project destination using a server name (NAME) in the specified namespace (NAMESPACE) on the project with name PROJECT
-			argocd proj add-destination PROJECT NAME NAMESPACE --name
-		`),
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

@@ -321,10 +276,6 @@ func NewProjectRemoveDestinationCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions)
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "remove-destination PROJECT SERVER NAMESPACE",
 		Short: "Remove project destination",
-		Example: templates.Examples(`
-			# Remove the destination (SERVER) from the specified namespace (NAMESPACE) on the project with name PROJECT
-			argocd proj remove-destination PROJECT SERVER NAMESPACE
-		`),
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

@@ -369,13 +320,6 @@ func NewProjectAddOrphanedIgnoreCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions)
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "add-orphaned-ignore PROJECT GROUP KIND",
 		Short: "Add a resource to orphaned ignore list",
-		Example: templates.Examples(`
-		# Add a resource of the specified GROUP and KIND to orphaned ignore list on the project with name PROJECT
-		argocd proj add-orphaned-ignore PROJECT GROUP KIND
-
-		# Add resources of the specified GROUP and KIND using a NAME pattern to orphaned ignore list on the project with name PROJECT
-		argocd proj add-orphaned-ignore PROJECT GROUP KIND --name NAME
-		`),
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

@@ -419,15 +363,8 @@ func NewProjectRemoveOrphanedIgnoreCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOption
 		name string
 	)
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "remove-orphaned-ignore PROJECT GROUP KIND",
+		Use:   "remove-orphaned-ignore PROJECT GROUP KIND NAME",
 		Short: "Remove a resource from orphaned ignore list",
-		Example: templates.Examples(`
-		# Remove a resource of the specified GROUP and KIND from orphaned ignore list on the project with name PROJECT
-		argocd proj remove-orphaned-ignore PROJECT GROUP KIND
-
-		# Remove resources of the specified GROUP and KIND using a NAME pattern from orphaned ignore list on the project with name PROJECT
-		argocd proj remove-orphaned-ignore PROJECT GROUP KIND --name NAME
-		`),
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

@@ -474,10 +411,6 @@ func NewProjectAddSourceCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.C
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "add-source PROJECT URL",
 		Short: "Add project source repository",
-		Example: templates.Examples(`
-			# Add a source repository (URL) to the project with name PROJECT
-			argocd proj add-source PROJECT URL
-		`),
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

@@ -511,88 +444,6 @@ func NewProjectAddSourceCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.C
 	return command
 }

-// NewProjectAddSourceNamespace returns a new instance of an `argocd proj add-source-namespace` command
-func NewProjectAddSourceNamespace(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Command {
-	var command = &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "add-source-namespace PROJECT NAMESPACE",
-		Short: "Add source namespace to the AppProject",
-		Example: templates.Examples(`
-			# Add Kubernetes namespace as source namespace to the AppProject where application resources are allowed to be created in.
-			argocd proj add-source-namespace PROJECT NAMESPACE
-		`),
-		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			ctx := c.Context()
-
-			if len(args) != 2 {
-				c.HelpFunc()(c, args)
-				os.Exit(1)
-			}
-			projName := args[0]
-			srcNamespace := args[1]
-			conn, projIf := headless.NewClientOrDie(clientOpts, c).NewProjectClientOrDie()
-			defer argoio.Close(conn)
-
-			proj, err := projIf.Get(ctx, &projectpkg.ProjectQuery{Name: projName})
-			errors.CheckError(err)
-
-			for _, item := range proj.Spec.SourceNamespaces {
-				if item == "*" || item == srcNamespace {
-					fmt.Printf("Source namespace '*' already allowed in project\n")
-					return
-				}
-			}
-			proj.Spec.SourceNamespaces = append(proj.Spec.SourceNamespaces, srcNamespace)
-			_, err = projIf.Update(ctx, &projectpkg.ProjectUpdateRequest{Project: proj})
-			errors.CheckError(err)
-		},
-	}
-	return command
-}
-
-// NewProjectRemoveSourceNamespace returns a new instance of an `argocd proj remove-source-namespace` command
-func NewProjectRemoveSourceNamespace(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Command {
-	var command = &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "remove-source-namespace PROJECT NAMESPACE",
-		Short: "Removes the source namespace from the AppProject",
-		Example: templates.Examples(`
-			# Remove source NAMESPACE in PROJECT 
-			argocd proj remove-source-namespace PROJECT NAMESPACE
-		`),
-		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-			ctx := c.Context()
-
-			if len(args) != 2 {
-				c.HelpFunc()(c, args)
-				os.Exit(1)
-			}
-			projName := args[0]
-			srcNamespace := args[1]
-			conn, projIf := headless.NewClientOrDie(clientOpts, c).NewProjectClientOrDie()
-			defer argoio.Close(conn)
-
-			proj, err := projIf.Get(ctx, &projectpkg.ProjectQuery{Name: projName})
-			errors.CheckError(err)
-
-			index := -1
-			for i, item := range proj.Spec.SourceNamespaces {
-				if item == srcNamespace && item != "*" {
-					index = i
-					break
-				}
-			}
-			if index == -1 {
-				fmt.Printf("Source namespace '%s' does not exist in project or cannot be removed\n", srcNamespace)
-			} else {
-				proj.Spec.SourceNamespaces = append(proj.Spec.SourceNamespaces[:index], proj.Spec.SourceNamespaces[index+1:]...)
-				_, err = projIf.Update(ctx, &projectpkg.ProjectUpdateRequest{Project: proj})
-				errors.CheckError(err)
-			}
-		},
-	}
-
-	return command
-}
-
 func modifyResourcesList(list *[]metav1.GroupKind, add bool, listDesc string, group string, kind string) bool {
 	if add {
 		for _, item := range *list {
@@ -622,7 +473,7 @@ func modifyResourcesList(list *[]metav1.GroupKind, add bool, listDesc string, gr
 	}
 }

-func modifyResourceListCmd(cmdUse, cmdDesc, examples string, clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions, allow bool, namespacedList bool) *cobra.Command {
+func modifyResourceListCmd(cmdUse, cmdDesc string, clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions, allow bool, namespacedList bool) *cobra.Command {
 	var (
 		listType    string
 		defaultList string
@@ -633,9 +484,8 @@ func modifyResourceListCmd(cmdUse, cmdDesc, examples string, clientOpts *argocdc
 		defaultList = "allow"
 	}
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
-		Use:     cmdUse,
-		Short:   cmdDesc,
-		Example: templates.Examples(examples),
+		Use:   cmdUse,
+		Short: cmdDesc,
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

@@ -684,44 +534,28 @@ func modifyResourceListCmd(cmdUse, cmdDesc, examples string, clientOpts *argocdc
 func NewProjectAllowNamespaceResourceCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Command {
 	use := "allow-namespace-resource PROJECT GROUP KIND"
 	desc := "Removes a namespaced API resource from the deny list or add a namespaced API resource to the allow list"
-	examples := `
-	# Removes a namespaced API resource with specified GROUP and KIND from the deny list or add a namespaced API resource to the allow list for project PROJECT
-	argocd proj allow-namespace-resource PROJECT GROUP KIND
-	`
-	return modifyResourceListCmd(use, desc, examples, clientOpts, true, true)
+	return modifyResourceListCmd(use, desc, clientOpts, true, true)
 }

 // NewProjectDenyNamespaceResourceCommand returns a new instance of an `argocd proj deny-namespace-resource` command
 func NewProjectDenyNamespaceResourceCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Command {
 	use := "deny-namespace-resource PROJECT GROUP KIND"
 	desc := "Adds a namespaced API resource to the deny list or removes a namespaced API resource from the allow list"
-	examples := `
-	# Adds a namespaced API resource with specified GROUP and KIND from the deny list or removes a namespaced API resource from the allow list for project PROJECT
-	argocd proj deny-namespace-resource PROJECT GROUP KIND
-	`
-	return modifyResourceListCmd(use, desc, examples, clientOpts, false, true)
+	return modifyResourceListCmd(use, desc, clientOpts, false, true)
 }

 // NewProjectDenyClusterResourceCommand returns a new instance of an `deny-cluster-resource` command
 func NewProjectDenyClusterResourceCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Command {
 	use := "deny-cluster-resource PROJECT GROUP KIND"
 	desc := "Removes a cluster-scoped API resource from the allow list and adds it to deny list"
-	examples := `
-	# Removes a cluster-scoped API resource with specified GROUP and KIND from the allow list and adds it to deny list for project PROJECT
-	argocd proj deny-cluster-resource PROJECT GROUP KIND
-	`
-	return modifyResourceListCmd(use, desc, examples, clientOpts, false, false)
+	return modifyResourceListCmd(use, desc, clientOpts, false, false)
 }

 // NewProjectAllowClusterResourceCommand returns a new instance of an `argocd proj allow-cluster-resource` command
 func NewProjectAllowClusterResourceCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Command {
 	use := "allow-cluster-resource PROJECT GROUP KIND"
 	desc := "Adds a cluster-scoped API resource to the allow list and removes it from deny list"
-	examples := `
-	# Adds a cluster-scoped API resource with specified GROUP and KIND to the allow list and removes it from deny list for project PROJECT
-	argocd proj allow-cluster-resource PROJECT GROUP KIND
-	`
-	return modifyResourceListCmd(use, desc, examples, clientOpts, true, false)
+	return modifyResourceListCmd(use, desc, clientOpts, true, false)
 }

 // NewProjectRemoveSourceCommand returns a new instance of an `argocd proj remove-src` command
@@ -729,10 +563,6 @@ func NewProjectRemoveSourceCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobr
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "remove-source PROJECT URL",
 		Short: "Remove project source repository",
-		Example: templates.Examples(`
-			# Remove URL source repository to project PROJECT
-			argocd proj remove-source PROJECT URL
-		`),
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

@@ -773,10 +603,6 @@ func NewProjectDeleteCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Comm
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "delete PROJECT",
 		Short: "Delete project",
-		Example: templates.Examples(`
-			# Delete the project with name PROJECT
-			argocd proj delete PROJECT
-		`),
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

@@ -820,13 +646,6 @@ func NewProjectListCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Comman
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "list",
 		Short: "List projects",
-		Example: templates.Examples(`
-			# List all available projects
-			argocd proj list
-
-			# List all available projects in yaml format
-			argocd proj list -o yaml
-		`),
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

@@ -992,14 +811,6 @@ func NewProjectGetCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Command
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "get PROJECT",
 		Short: "Get project details",
-		Example: templates.Examples(`
-			# Get details from project PROJECT
-			argocd proj get PROJECT
-
-			# Get details from project PROJECT in yaml format
-			argocd proj get PROJECT -o yaml
-
-		`),
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

@@ -1037,10 +848,6 @@ func NewProjectEditCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Comman
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "edit PROJECT",
 		Short: "Edit project",
-		Example: templates.Examples(`
-			# Edit the information on project with name PROJECT
-			argocd proj edit PROJECT
-		`),
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/project_role.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/project_role.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/errors"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/io"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/jwt"
-	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/templates"
 )

 const (
@@ -57,30 +56,6 @@ func NewProjectRoleAddPolicyCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cob
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "add-policy PROJECT ROLE-NAME",
 		Short: "Add a policy to a project role",
-		Example: `# Before adding new policy
-$ argocd proj role get test-project test-role
-Role Name:     test-role
-Description:
-Policies:
-p, proj:test-project:test-role, projects, get, test-project, allow
-JWT Tokens:
-ID          ISSUED-AT                                EXPIRES-AT
-1696759698  2023-10-08T11:08:18+01:00 (3 hours ago)  <none>
-
-# Add a new policy to allow update to the project
-$ argocd proj role add-policy test-project test-role -a update -p allow -o project
-
-# Policy should be updated
-$  argocd proj role get test-project test-role
-Role Name:     test-role
-Description:
-Policies:
-p, proj:test-project:test-role, projects, get, test-project, allow
-p, proj:test-project:test-role, applications, update, test-project/project, allow
-JWT Tokens:
-ID          ISSUED-AT                                EXPIRES-AT
-1696759698  2023-10-08T11:08:18+01:00 (3 hours ago)  <none>
-`,
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

@@ -118,30 +93,6 @@ func NewProjectRoleRemovePolicyCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "remove-policy PROJECT ROLE-NAME",
 		Short: "Remove a policy from a role within a project",
-		Example: `List the policy of the test-role before removing a policy
-$ argocd proj role get test-project test-role
-Role Name:     test-role
-Description:
-Policies:
-p, proj:test-project:test-role, projects, get, test-project, allow
-p, proj:test-project:test-role, applications, update, test-project/project, allow
-JWT Tokens:
-ID          ISSUED-AT                                EXPIRES-AT
-1696759698  2023-10-08T11:08:18+01:00 (3 hours ago)  <none>
-
-# Remove the policy to allow update to objects
-$ argocd proj role remove-policy test-project test-role -a update -p allow -o project
-
-# The role should be removed now.
-$ argocd proj role get test-project test-role
-Role Name:     test-role
-Description:
-Policies:
-p, proj:test-project:test-role, projects, get, test-project, allow
-JWT Tokens:
-ID          ISSUED-AT                                EXPIRES-AT
-1696759698  2023-10-08T11:08:18+01:00 (4 hours ago)  <none>
-`,
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

@@ -189,11 +140,6 @@ func NewProjectRoleCreateCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "create PROJECT ROLE-NAME",
 		Short: "Create a project role",
-		Example: templates.Examples(`  
-  # Create a project role in the "my-project" project with the name "my-role".
-  argocd proj role create my-project my-role --description "My project role description"
-  		`),
-
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

@@ -228,9 +174,8 @@ func NewProjectRoleCreateCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.
 // NewProjectRoleDeleteCommand returns a new instance of an `argocd proj role delete` command
 func NewProjectRoleDeleteCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Command {
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
-		Use:     "delete PROJECT ROLE-NAME",
-		Short:   "Delete a project role",
-		Example: `$ argocd proj role delete test-project test-role`,
+		Use:   "delete PROJECT ROLE-NAME",
+		Short: "Delete a project role",
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

@@ -278,15 +223,8 @@ func NewProjectRoleCreateTokenCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *c
 		tokenID         string
 	)
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "create-token PROJECT ROLE-NAME",
-		Short: "Create a project token",
-		Example: `$ argocd proj role create-token test-project test-role
-Create token succeeded for proj:test-project:test-role.
-  ID: f316c466-40bd-4cfd-8a8c-1392e92255d4
-  Issued At: 2023-10-08T15:21:40+01:00
-  Expires At: Never
-  Token: xxx
-`,
+		Use:     "create-token PROJECT ROLE-NAME",
+		Short:   "Create a project token",
 		Aliases: []string{"token-create"},
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()
@@ -350,13 +288,8 @@ func NewProjectRoleListTokensCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *co
 		useUnixTime bool
 	)
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "list-tokens PROJECT ROLE-NAME",
-		Short: "List tokens for a given role.",
-		Example: `$ argocd proj role list-tokens test-project test-role
-ID                                      ISSUED AT                    EXPIRES AT
-f316c466-40bd-4cfd-8a8c-1392e92255d4    2023-10-08T15:21:40+01:00    Never
-fa9d3517-c52d-434c-9bff-215b38508842    2023-10-08T11:08:18+01:00    Never
-`,
+		Use:     "list-tokens PROJECT ROLE-NAME",
+		Short:   "List tokens for a given role.",
 		Aliases: []string{"list-token", "token-list"},
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()
@@ -406,35 +339,8 @@ fa9d3517-c52d-434c-9bff-215b38508842    2023-10-08T11:08:18+01:00    Never
 // NewProjectRoleDeleteTokenCommand returns a new instance of an `argocd proj role delete-token` command
 func NewProjectRoleDeleteTokenCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Command {
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
-		Use:   "delete-token PROJECT ROLE-NAME ISSUED-AT",
-		Short: "Delete a project token",
-		Example: `#Create project test-project
-$ argocd proj create test-project
-
-# Create a role associated with test-project
-$ argocd proj role create test-project test-role
-Role 'test-role' created
-
-# Create test-role associated with test-project
-$ argocd proj role create-token test-project test-role
-Create token succeeded for proj:test-project:test-role.
-  ID: c312450e-12e1-4e0d-9f65-fac9cb027b32
-  Issued At: 2023-10-08T13:58:57+01:00
-  Expires At: Never
-  Token: xxx
-
-# Get test-role id to input into the delete-token command below
-$ argocd proj role get test-project test-role
-Role Name:     test-role
-Description:
-Policies:
-p, proj:test-project:test-role, projects, get, test-project, allow
-JWT Tokens:
-ID          ISSUED-AT                                  EXPIRES-AT
-1696769937  2023-10-08T13:58:57+01:00 (6 minutes ago)  <none>
-
-$ argocd proj role delete-token test-project test-role 1696769937
-`,
+		Use:     "delete-token PROJECT ROLE-NAME ISSUED-AT",
+		Short:   "Delete a project token",
 		Aliases: []string{"token-delete", "remove-token"},
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()
@@ -483,15 +389,6 @@ func NewProjectRoleListCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Co
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "list PROJECT",
 		Short: "List all the roles in a project",
-		Example: templates.Examples(`  
-  # This command will list all the roles in argocd-project in a default table format.
-  argocd proj role list PROJECT
-
-  # List the roles in the project in formats like json, yaml, wide, or name.
-  argocd proj role list PROJECT --output json
-
-  		`),
-
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

@@ -527,16 +424,6 @@ func NewProjectRoleGetCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Com
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "get PROJECT ROLE-NAME",
 		Short: "Get the details of a specific role",
-		Example: `$ argocd proj role get test-project test-role
-Role Name:     test-role
-Description:
-Policies:
-p, proj:test-project:test-role, projects, get, test-project, allow
-JWT Tokens:
-ID          ISSUED-AT                                  EXPIRES-AT
-1696774900  2023-10-08T15:21:40+01:00 (4 minutes ago)  <none>
-1696759698  2023-10-08T11:08:18+01:00 (4 hours ago)    <none>
-`,
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/projectwindows.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/projectwindows.go
@@ -22,18 +22,6 @@ func NewProjectWindowsCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Com
 	roleCommand := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "windows",
 		Short: "Manage a project's sync windows",
-		Example: `
-#Add a sync window to a project
-argocd proj windows add my-project \
--schedule "0 0 * * 1-5" \
--duration 3600 \
--prune
-
-#Delete a sync window from a project 
-argocd proj windows delete <project-name> <window-id>
-
-#List project sync windows
-argocd proj windows list <project-name>`,
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			c.HelpFunc()(c, args)
 			os.Exit(1)
@@ -54,12 +42,6 @@ func NewProjectWindowsDisableManualSyncCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOp
 		Use:   "disable-manual-sync PROJECT ID",
 		Short: "Disable manual sync for a sync window",
 		Long:  "Disable manual sync for a sync window. Requires ID which can be found by running \"argocd proj windows list PROJECT\"",
-		Example: `
-#Disable manual sync for a sync window for the Project 
-argocd proj windows disable-manual-sync PROJECT ID 
-
-#Disbaling manual sync for a windows set on the default project with Id 0
-argocd proj windows disable-manual-sync default 0`,
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

@@ -97,15 +79,6 @@ func NewProjectWindowsEnableManualSyncCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOpt
 		Use:   "enable-manual-sync PROJECT ID",
 		Short: "Enable manual sync for a sync window",
 		Long:  "Enable manual sync for a sync window. Requires ID which can be found by running \"argocd proj windows list PROJECT\"",
-		Example: `
-#Enabling manual sync for a general case
-argocd proj windows enable-manual-sync PROJECT ID 
-
-#Enabling manual sync for a windows set on the default project with Id 2
-argocd proj windows enable-manual-sync default 2
-
-#Enabling manual sync with a custom message
-argocd proj windows enable-manual-sync my-app-project --message "Manual sync initiated by admin`,
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

@@ -152,24 +125,6 @@ func NewProjectWindowsAddWindowCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "add PROJECT",
 		Short: "Add a sync window to a project",
-		Example: `
-#Add a 1 hour allow sync window
-argocd proj windows add PROJECT \
-    --kind allow \
-    --schedule "0 22 * * *" \
-    --duration 1h \
-    --applications "*"
-
-#Add a deny sync window with the ability to manually sync.
-argocd proj windows add PROJECT \
-    --kind deny \
-    --schedule "30 10 * * *" \
-    --duration 30m \
-    --applications "prod-\\*,website" \
-    --namespaces "default,\\*-prod" \
-    --clusters "prod,staging" \
-    --manual-sync
-	`,
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

@@ -203,17 +158,11 @@ argocd proj windows add PROJECT \
 	return command
 }

-// NewProjectWindowsDeleteCommand returns a new instance of an `argocd proj windows delete` command
+// NewProjectWindowsAddWindowCommand returns a new instance of an `argocd proj windows delete` command
 func NewProjectWindowsDeleteCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Command {
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "delete PROJECT ID",
 		Short: "Delete a sync window from a project. Requires ID which can be found by running \"argocd proj windows list PROJECT\"",
-		Example: `
-#Delete a sync window from a project (default) with ID 0 
-argocd proj windows delete default 0
-
-#Delete a sync window from a project (new-project) with ID 1
-argocd proj windows delete new-project 1`,
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

@@ -256,10 +205,6 @@ func NewProjectWindowsUpdateCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cob
 		Use:   "update PROJECT ID",
 		Short: "Update a project sync window",
 		Long:  "Update a project sync window. Requires ID which can be found by running \"argocd proj windows list PROJECT\"",
-		Example: `# Change a sync window's schedule
-argocd proj windows update PROJECT ID \
-    --schedule "0 20 * * *"
-`,
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

@@ -308,15 +253,6 @@ func NewProjectWindowsListCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "list PROJECT",
 		Short: "List project sync windows",
-		Example: `
-#List project windows
-argocd proj windows list PROJECT
-
-#List project windows in yaml format
-argocd proj windows list PROJECT -o yaml
-
-#List project windows info for a project name (test-project)
-argocd proj windows list test-project`,
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

@@ -349,8 +285,8 @@ argocd proj windows list test-project`,
 func printSyncWindows(proj *v1alpha1.AppProject) {
 	w := tabwriter.NewWriter(os.Stdout, 0, 0, 2, ' ', 0)
 	var fmtStr string
-	headers := []interface{}{"ID", "STATUS", "KIND", "SCHEDULE", "DURATION", "APPLICATIONS", "NAMESPACES", "CLUSTERS", "MANUALSYNC", "TIMEZONE"}
-	fmtStr = strings.Repeat("%s\t", len(headers)) + "\n"
+	headers := []interface{}{"ID", "STATUS", "KIND", "SCHEDULE", "DURATION", "APPLICATIONS", "NAMESPACES", "CLUSTERS", "MANUALSYNC"}
+	fmtStr = "%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\n"
 	fmt.Fprintf(w, fmtStr, headers...)
 	if proj.Spec.SyncWindows.HasWindows() {
 		for i, window := range proj.Spec.SyncWindows {
@@ -364,7 +300,6 @@ func printSyncWindows(proj *v1alpha1.AppProject) {
 				formatListOutput(window.Namespaces),
 				formatListOutput(window.Clusters),
 				formatManualOutput(window.ManualSync),
-				window.TimeZone,
 			}
 			fmt.Fprintf(w, fmtStr, vals...)
 		}
--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/relogin.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/relogin.go
@@ -84,18 +84,6 @@ func NewReloginCommand(globalClientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Comm
 			errors.CheckError(err)
 			fmt.Printf("Context '%s' updated\n", localCfg.CurrentContext)
 		},
-		Example: `  
-# Reinitiates the login with previous contexts
-argocd relogin
-
-# Reinitiates the login with password
-argocd relogin --password YOUR_PASSWORD
-
-# Configure direct access using Kubernetes API server
-argocd login cd.argoproj.io --core
-
-# If user logged in with - "argocd login cd.argoproj.io" with sso login
-# The command - "argocd relogin" will Reinitiates SSO login and updates the server context`,
 	}
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&password, "password", "", "The password of an account to authenticate")
 	command.Flags().IntVar(&ssoPort, "sso-port", DefaultSSOLocalPort, "Port to run local OAuth2 login application")
--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/repo.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/repo.go
@@ -29,19 +29,6 @@ func NewRepoCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Command {
 			c.HelpFunc()(c, args)
 			os.Exit(1)
 		},
-		Example: `
-# Add git repository connection parameters
-argocd repo add git@git.example.com:repos/repo
-
-# Get a Configured Repository by URL
-argocd repo get https://github.com/yourusername/your-repo.git
-
-# List Configured Repositories
-argocd repo list
-
-# Remove Repository Credentials
-argocd repo rm https://github.com/yourusername/your-repo.git
-`,
 	}

 	command.AddCommand(NewRepoAddCommand(clientOpts))
@@ -64,12 +51,6 @@ func NewRepoAddCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Command {
  # Add a Git repository via SSH on a non-default port - need to use ssh:// style URLs here
  argocd repo add ssh://git@git.example.com:2222/repos/repo --ssh-private-key-path ~/id_rsa

-  # Add a Git repository via SSH using socks5 proxy with no proxy credentials
-  argocd repo add ssh://git@github.com/argoproj/argocd-example-apps --ssh-private-key-path ~/id_rsa --proxy socks5://your.proxy.server.ip:1080
-
-  # Add a Git repository via SSH using socks5 proxy with proxy credentials
-  argocd repo add ssh://git@github.com/argoproj/argocd-example-apps --ssh-private-key-path ~/id_rsa --proxy socks5://username:password@your.proxy.server.ip:1080
-
  # Add a private Git repository via HTTPS using username/password and TLS client certificates:
  argocd repo add https://git.example.com/repos/repo --username git --password secret --tls-client-cert-path ~/mycert.crt --tls-client-cert-key-path ~/mycert.key

--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/repocreds.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/repocreds.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/errors"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/git"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/io"
-	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/templates"
 )

 // NewRepoCredsCommand returns a new instance of an `argocd repocreds` command
@@ -25,16 +24,6 @@ func NewRepoCredsCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Command
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "repocreds",
 		Short: "Manage repository connection parameters",
-		Example: templates.Examples(`
-			# Add credentials with user/pass authentication to use for all repositories under the specified URL
-			argocd repocreds add URL --username USERNAME --password PASSWORD
-
-			# List all the configured repository credentials
-			argocd repocreds list
-
-			# Remove credentials for the repositories with speficied URL
-			argocd repocreds rm URL
-		`),
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			c.HelpFunc()(c, args)
 			os.Exit(1)
@@ -195,10 +184,6 @@ func NewRepoCredsRemoveCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Co
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "rm CREDSURL",
 		Short: "Remove repository credentials",
-		Example: templates.Examples(`
-			# Remove credentials for the repositories with URL https://git.example.com/repos
-			argocd repocreds rm https://git.example.com/repos/
-		`),
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

@@ -246,19 +231,6 @@ func NewRepoCredsListCommand(clientOpts *argocdclient.ClientOptions) *cobra.Comm
 	var command = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "list",
 		Short: "List configured repository credentials",
-		Example: templates.Examples(`
-			# List all repo urls 
-			argocd repocreds list
-
-			# List all repo urls in json format
-			argocd repocreds list -o json
-
-			# List all repo urls in yaml format
-			argocd repocreds list -o yaml
-
-			# List all repo urls in url format
-			argocd repocreds list -o url
-		`),
 		Run: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			ctx := c.Context()

--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/root.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/root.go
@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@ func NewCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	command.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&clientOpts.GRPCWebRootPath, "grpc-web-root-path", config.GetFlag("grpc-web-root-path", ""), "Enables gRPC-web protocol. Useful if Argo CD server is behind proxy which does not support HTTP2. Set web root.")
 	command.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogFormat, "logformat", config.GetFlag("logformat", "text"), "Set the logging format. One of: text|json")
 	command.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&cmdutil.LogLevel, "loglevel", config.GetFlag("loglevel", "info"), "Set the logging level. One of: debug|info|warn|error")
-	command.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVarP(&clientOpts.Headers, "header", "H", config.GetStringSliceFlag("header", []string{}), "Sets additional header to all requests made by Argo CD CLI. (Can be repeated multiple times to add multiple headers, also supports comma separated headers)")
+	command.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVarP(&clientOpts.Headers, "header", "H", []string{}, "Sets additional header to all requests made by Argo CD CLI. (Can be repeated multiple times to add multiple headers, also supports comma separated headers)")
 	command.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&clientOpts.PortForward, "port-forward", config.GetBoolFlag("port-forward"), "Connect to a random argocd-server port using port forwarding")
 	command.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&clientOpts.PortForwardNamespace, "port-forward-namespace", config.GetFlag("port-forward-namespace", ""), "Namespace name which should be used for port forwarding")
-	command.PersistentFlags().IntVar(&clientOpts.HttpRetryMax, "http-retry-max", config.GetIntFlag("http-retry-max", 0), "Maximum number of retries to establish http connection to Argo CD server")
-	command.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&clientOpts.Core, "core", config.GetBoolFlag("core"), "If set to true then CLI talks directly to Kubernetes instead of talking to Argo CD API server")
+	command.PersistentFlags().IntVar(&clientOpts.HttpRetryMax, "http-retry-max", 0, "Maximum number of retries to establish http connection to Argo CD server")
+	command.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&clientOpts.Core, "core", false, "If set to true then CLI talks directly to Kubernetes instead of talking to Argo CD API server")
 	command.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&clientOpts.ServerName, "server-name", env.StringFromEnv(common.EnvServerName, common.DefaultServerName), fmt.Sprintf("Name of the Argo CD API server; set this or the %s environment variable when the server's name label differs from the default, for example when installing via the Helm chart", common.EnvServerName))
 	command.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&clientOpts.AppControllerName, "controller-name", env.StringFromEnv(common.EnvAppControllerName, common.DefaultApplicationControllerName), fmt.Sprintf("Name of the Argo CD Application controller; set this or the %s environment variable when the controller's name label differs from the default, for example when installing via the Helm chart", common.EnvAppControllerName))
 	command.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&clientOpts.RedisHaProxyName, "redis-haproxy-name", env.StringFromEnv(common.EnvRedisHaProxyName, common.DefaultRedisHaProxyName), fmt.Sprintf("Name of the Redis HA Proxy; set this or the %s environment variable when the HA Proxy's name label differs from the default, for example when installing via the Helm chart", common.EnvRedisHaProxyName))
--- a/cmd/util/app.go
+++ b/cmd/util/app.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
+	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"

 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apis/application"
 	argoappv1 "github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apis/application/v1alpha1"
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ type AppOptions struct {
 	kustomizeVersion                string
 	kustomizeCommonLabels           []string
 	kustomizeCommonAnnotations      []string
-	kustomizeLabelWithoutSelector   bool
 	kustomizeForceCommonLabels      bool
 	kustomizeForceCommonAnnotations bool
 	kustomizeNamespace              string
@@ -80,7 +79,6 @@ type AppOptions struct {
 	retryBackoffDuration            time.Duration
 	retryBackoffMaxDuration         time.Duration
 	retryBackoffFactor              int64
-	ref                             string
 }

 func AddAppFlags(command *cobra.Command, opts *AppOptions) {
@@ -105,7 +103,7 @@ func AddAppFlags(command *cobra.Command, opts *AppOptions) {
 	command.Flags().StringArrayVar(&opts.helmSetFiles, "helm-set-file", []string{}, "Helm set values from respective files specified via the command line (can be repeated to set several values: --helm-set-file key1=path1 --helm-set-file key2=path2)")
 	command.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.helmSkipCrds, "helm-skip-crds", false, "Skip helm crd installation step")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&opts.project, "project", "", "Application project name")
-	command.Flags().StringVar(&opts.syncPolicy, "sync-policy", "", "Set the sync policy (one of: manual (aliases of manual: none), automated (aliases of automated: auto, automatic))")
+	command.Flags().StringVar(&opts.syncPolicy, "sync-policy", "", "Set the sync policy (one of: none, automated (aliases of automated: auto, automatic))")
 	command.Flags().StringArrayVar(&opts.syncOptions, "sync-option", []string{}, "Add or remove a sync option, e.g add `Prune=false`. Remove using `!` prefix, e.g. `!Prune=false`")
 	command.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.autoPrune, "auto-prune", false, "Set automatic pruning when sync is automated")
 	command.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.selfHeal, "self-heal", false, "Set self healing when sync is automated")
@@ -126,7 +124,6 @@ func AddAppFlags(command *cobra.Command, opts *AppOptions) {
 	command.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.Validate, "validate", true, "Validation of repo and cluster")
 	command.Flags().StringArrayVar(&opts.kustomizeCommonLabels, "kustomize-common-label", []string{}, "Set common labels in Kustomize")
 	command.Flags().StringArrayVar(&opts.kustomizeCommonAnnotations, "kustomize-common-annotation", []string{}, "Set common labels in Kustomize")
-	command.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.kustomizeLabelWithoutSelector, "kustomize-label-without-selector", false, "Do not apply common label to selectors or templates")
 	command.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.kustomizeForceCommonLabels, "kustomize-force-common-label", false, "Force common labels in Kustomize")
 	command.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.kustomizeForceCommonAnnotations, "kustomize-force-common-annotation", false, "Force common annotations in Kustomize")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&opts.kustomizeNamespace, "kustomize-namespace", "", "Kustomize namespace")
@@ -136,37 +133,81 @@ func AddAppFlags(command *cobra.Command, opts *AppOptions) {
 	command.Flags().DurationVar(&opts.retryBackoffDuration, "sync-retry-backoff-duration", argoappv1.DefaultSyncRetryDuration, "Sync retry backoff base duration. Input needs to be a duration (e.g. 2m, 1h)")
 	command.Flags().DurationVar(&opts.retryBackoffMaxDuration, "sync-retry-backoff-max-duration", argoappv1.DefaultSyncRetryMaxDuration, "Max sync retry backoff duration. Input needs to be a duration (e.g. 2m, 1h)")
 	command.Flags().Int64Var(&opts.retryBackoffFactor, "sync-retry-backoff-factor", argoappv1.DefaultSyncRetryFactor, "Factor multiplies the base duration after each failed sync retry")
-	command.Flags().StringVar(&opts.ref, "ref", "", "Ref is reference to another source within sources field")
 }

-func SetAppSpecOptions(flags *pflag.FlagSet, spec *argoappv1.ApplicationSpec, appOpts *AppOptions, sourcePosition int) int {
+func SetAppSpecOptions(flags *pflag.FlagSet, spec *argoappv1.ApplicationSpec, appOpts *AppOptions) int {
 	visited := 0
 	if flags == nil {
 		return visited
 	}
-	source := spec.GetSourcePtrByPosition(sourcePosition)
-	if source == nil {
-		source = &argoappv1.ApplicationSource{}
-	}
-	source, visited = ConstructSource(source, *appOpts, flags)
-	if spec.HasMultipleSources() {
-		if sourcePosition == 0 {
-			spec.Sources[sourcePosition] = *source
-		} else if sourcePosition > 0 {
-			spec.Sources[sourcePosition-1] = *source
-		} else {
-			spec.Sources = append(spec.Sources, *source)
-		}
-	} else {
-		spec.Source = source
-	}
 	flags.Visit(func(f *pflag.Flag) {
 		visited++
-
+		source := spec.GetSourcePtr()
+		if source == nil {
+			source = &argoappv1.ApplicationSource{}
+		}
 		switch f.Name {
+		case "repo":
+			source.RepoURL = appOpts.repoURL
+		case "path":
+			source.Path = appOpts.appPath
+		case "helm-chart":
+			source.Chart = appOpts.chart
+		case "revision":
+			source.TargetRevision = appOpts.revision
 		case "revision-history-limit":
 			i := int64(appOpts.revisionHistoryLimit)
 			spec.RevisionHistoryLimit = &i
+		case "values":
+			setHelmOpt(source, helmOpts{valueFiles: appOpts.valuesFiles})
+		case "ignore-missing-value-files":
+			setHelmOpt(source, helmOpts{ignoreMissingValueFiles: appOpts.ignoreMissingValueFiles})
+		case "values-literal-file":
+			var data []byte
+
+			// read uri
+			parsedURL, err := url.ParseRequestURI(appOpts.values)
+			if err != nil || !(parsedURL.Scheme == "http" || parsedURL.Scheme == "https") {
+				data, err = os.ReadFile(appOpts.values)
+			} else {
+				data, err = config.ReadRemoteFile(appOpts.values)
+			}
+			errors.CheckError(err)
+			setHelmOpt(source, helmOpts{values: string(data)})
+		case "release-name":
+			setHelmOpt(source, helmOpts{releaseName: appOpts.releaseName})
+		case "helm-version":
+			setHelmOpt(source, helmOpts{version: appOpts.helmVersion})
+		case "helm-pass-credentials":
+			setHelmOpt(source, helmOpts{passCredentials: appOpts.helmPassCredentials})
+		case "helm-set":
+			setHelmOpt(source, helmOpts{helmSets: appOpts.helmSets})
+		case "helm-set-string":
+			setHelmOpt(source, helmOpts{helmSetStrings: appOpts.helmSetStrings})
+		case "helm-set-file":
+			setHelmOpt(source, helmOpts{helmSetFiles: appOpts.helmSetFiles})
+		case "helm-skip-crds":
+			setHelmOpt(source, helmOpts{skipCrds: appOpts.helmSkipCrds})
+		case "directory-recurse":
+			if source.Directory != nil {
+				source.Directory.Recurse = appOpts.directoryRecurse
+			} else {
+				source.Directory = &argoappv1.ApplicationSourceDirectory{Recurse: appOpts.directoryRecurse}
+			}
+		case "directory-exclude":
+			if source.Directory != nil {
+				source.Directory.Exclude = appOpts.directoryExclude
+			} else {
+				source.Directory = &argoappv1.ApplicationSourceDirectory{Exclude: appOpts.directoryExclude}
+			}
+		case "directory-include":
+			if source.Directory != nil {
+				source.Directory.Include = appOpts.directoryInclude
+			} else {
+				source.Directory = &argoappv1.ApplicationSourceDirectory{Include: appOpts.directoryInclude}
+			}
+		case "config-management-plugin":
+			source.Plugin = &argoappv1.ApplicationSourcePlugin{Name: appOpts.configManagementPlugin}
 		case "dest-name":
 			spec.Destination.Name = appOpts.destName
 		case "dest-server":
@@ -175,9 +216,45 @@ func SetAppSpecOptions(flags *pflag.FlagSet, spec *argoappv1.ApplicationSpec, ap
 			spec.Destination.Namespace = appOpts.destNamespace
 		case "project":
 			spec.Project = appOpts.project
+		case "nameprefix":
+			setKustomizeOpt(source, kustomizeOpts{namePrefix: appOpts.namePrefix})
+		case "namesuffix":
+			setKustomizeOpt(source, kustomizeOpts{nameSuffix: appOpts.nameSuffix})
+		case "kustomize-image":
+			setKustomizeOpt(source, kustomizeOpts{images: appOpts.kustomizeImages})
+		case "kustomize-replica":
+			setKustomizeOpt(source, kustomizeOpts{replicas: appOpts.kustomizeReplicas})
+		case "kustomize-version":
+			setKustomizeOpt(source, kustomizeOpts{version: appOpts.kustomizeVersion})
+		case "kustomize-namespace":
+			setKustomizeOpt(source, kustomizeOpts{namespace: appOpts.kustomizeNamespace})
+		case "kustomize-common-label":
+			parsedLabels, err := label.Parse(appOpts.kustomizeCommonLabels)
+			errors.CheckError(err)
+			setKustomizeOpt(source, kustomizeOpts{commonLabels: parsedLabels})
+		case "kustomize-common-annotation":
+			parsedAnnotations, err := label.Parse(appOpts.kustomizeCommonAnnotations)
+			errors.CheckError(err)
+			setKustomizeOpt(source, kustomizeOpts{commonAnnotations: parsedAnnotations})
+		case "kustomize-force-common-label":
+			setKustomizeOpt(source, kustomizeOpts{forceCommonLabels: appOpts.kustomizeForceCommonLabels})
+		case "kustomize-force-common-annotation":
+			setKustomizeOpt(source, kustomizeOpts{forceCommonAnnotations: appOpts.kustomizeForceCommonAnnotations})
+		case "jsonnet-tla-str":
+			setJsonnetOpt(source, appOpts.jsonnetTlaStr, false)
+		case "jsonnet-tla-code":
+			setJsonnetOpt(source, appOpts.jsonnetTlaCode, true)
+		case "jsonnet-ext-var-str":
+			setJsonnetOptExtVar(source, appOpts.jsonnetExtVarStr, false)
+		case "jsonnet-ext-var-code":
+			setJsonnetOptExtVar(source, appOpts.jsonnetExtVarCode, true)
+		case "jsonnet-libs":
+			setJsonnetOptLibs(source, appOpts.jsonnetLibs)
+		case "plugin-env":
+			setPluginOptEnvs(source, appOpts.pluginEnvs)
 		case "sync-policy":
 			switch appOpts.syncPolicy {
-			case "none", "manual":
+			case "none":
 				if spec.SyncPolicy != nil {
 					spec.SyncPolicy.Automated = nil
 				}
@@ -218,7 +295,7 @@ func SetAppSpecOptions(flags *pflag.FlagSet, spec *argoappv1.ApplicationSpec, ap
 					Backoff: &argoappv1.Backoff{
 						Duration:    appOpts.retryBackoffDuration.String(),
 						MaxDuration: appOpts.retryBackoffMaxDuration.String(),
-						Factor:      ptr.To(appOpts.retryBackoffFactor),
+						Factor:      pointer.Int64Ptr(appOpts.retryBackoffFactor),
 					},
 				}
 			} else if appOpts.retryLimit == 0 {
@@ -231,6 +308,7 @@ func SetAppSpecOptions(flags *pflag.FlagSet, spec *argoappv1.ApplicationSpec, ap
 				log.Fatalf("Invalid sync-retry-limit [%d]", appOpts.retryLimit)
 			}
 		}
+		spec.Source = source
 	})
 	if flags.Changed("auto-prune") {
 		if spec.SyncPolicy == nil || spec.SyncPolicy.Automated == nil {
@@ -262,7 +340,6 @@ type kustomizeOpts struct {
 	version                string
 	commonLabels           map[string]string
 	commonAnnotations      map[string]string
-	labelWithoutSelector   bool
 	forceCommonLabels      bool
 	forceCommonAnnotations bool
 	namespace              string
@@ -290,9 +367,6 @@ func setKustomizeOpt(src *argoappv1.ApplicationSource, opts kustomizeOpts) {
 	if opts.commonAnnotations != nil {
 		src.Kustomize.CommonAnnotations = opts.commonAnnotations
 	}
-	if opts.labelWithoutSelector {
-		src.Kustomize.LabelWithoutSelector = opts.labelWithoutSelector
-	}
 	if opts.forceCommonLabels {
 		src.Kustomize.ForceCommonLabels = opts.forceCommonLabels
 	}
@@ -424,11 +498,11 @@ func setJsonnetOptLibs(src *argoappv1.ApplicationSource, libs []string) {
 // SetParameterOverrides updates an existing or appends a new parameter override in the application
 // The app is assumed to be a helm app and is expected to be in the form:
 // param=value
-func SetParameterOverrides(app *argoappv1.Application, parameters []string, index int) {
+func SetParameterOverrides(app *argoappv1.Application, parameters []string) {
 	if len(parameters) == 0 {
 		return
 	}
-	source := app.Spec.GetSourcePtrByIndex(index)
+	source := app.Spec.GetSource()
 	var sourceType argoappv1.ApplicationSourceType
 	if st, _ := source.ExplicitType(); st != nil {
 		sourceType = *st
@@ -540,8 +614,8 @@ func constructAppsBaseOnName(appName string, labels, annotations, args []string,
 			Source: &argoappv1.ApplicationSource{},
 		},
 	}
-	SetAppSpecOptions(flags, &app.Spec, &appOpts, 0)
-	SetParameterOverrides(app, appOpts.Parameters, 0)
+	SetAppSpecOptions(flags, &app.Spec, &appOpts)
+	SetParameterOverrides(app, appOpts.Parameters)
 	mergeLabels(app, labels)
 	setAnnotations(app, annotations)
 	return []*argoappv1.Application{
@@ -566,15 +640,10 @@ func constructAppsFromFileUrl(fileURL, appName string, labels, annotations, args
 		if app.Name == "" {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("app.Name is empty. --name argument can be used to provide app.Name")
 		}
-
+		SetAppSpecOptions(flags, &app.Spec, &appOpts)
+		SetParameterOverrides(app, appOpts.Parameters)
 		mergeLabels(app, labels)
 		setAnnotations(app, annotations)
-
-		// do not allow overrides for applications with multiple sources
-		if !app.Spec.HasMultipleSources() {
-			SetAppSpecOptions(flags, &app.Spec, &appOpts, 0)
-			SetParameterOverrides(app, appOpts.Parameters, 0)
-		}
 	}
 	return apps, nil
 }
@@ -585,117 +654,9 @@ func ConstructApps(fileURL, appName string, labels, annotations, args []string,
 	} else if fileURL != "" {
 		return constructAppsFromFileUrl(fileURL, appName, labels, annotations, args, appOpts, flags)
 	}
-
 	return constructAppsBaseOnName(appName, labels, annotations, args, appOpts, flags)
 }

-func ConstructSource(source *argoappv1.ApplicationSource, appOpts AppOptions, flags *pflag.FlagSet) (*argoappv1.ApplicationSource, int) {
-	visited := 0
-	flags.Visit(func(f *pflag.Flag) {
-		visited++
-		switch f.Name {
-		case "repo":
-			source.RepoURL = appOpts.repoURL
-		case "path":
-			source.Path = appOpts.appPath
-		case "helm-chart":
-			source.Chart = appOpts.chart
-		case "revision":
-			source.TargetRevision = appOpts.revision
-		case "values":
-			setHelmOpt(source, helmOpts{valueFiles: appOpts.valuesFiles})
-		case "ignore-missing-value-files":
-			setHelmOpt(source, helmOpts{ignoreMissingValueFiles: appOpts.ignoreMissingValueFiles})
-		case "values-literal-file":
-			var data []byte
-			// read uri
-			parsedURL, err := url.ParseRequestURI(appOpts.values)
-			if err != nil || !(parsedURL.Scheme == "http" || parsedURL.Scheme == "https") {
-				data, err = os.ReadFile(appOpts.values)
-			} else {
-				data, err = config.ReadRemoteFile(appOpts.values)
-			}
-			errors.CheckError(err)
-			setHelmOpt(source, helmOpts{values: string(data)})
-		case "release-name":
-			setHelmOpt(source, helmOpts{releaseName: appOpts.releaseName})
-		case "helm-version":
-			setHelmOpt(source, helmOpts{version: appOpts.helmVersion})
-		case "helm-pass-credentials":
-			setHelmOpt(source, helmOpts{passCredentials: appOpts.helmPassCredentials})
-		case "helm-set":
-			setHelmOpt(source, helmOpts{helmSets: appOpts.helmSets})
-		case "helm-set-string":
-			setHelmOpt(source, helmOpts{helmSetStrings: appOpts.helmSetStrings})
-		case "helm-set-file":
-			setHelmOpt(source, helmOpts{helmSetFiles: appOpts.helmSetFiles})
-		case "helm-skip-crds":
-			setHelmOpt(source, helmOpts{skipCrds: appOpts.helmSkipCrds})
-		case "directory-recurse":
-			if source.Directory != nil {
-				source.Directory.Recurse = appOpts.directoryRecurse
-			} else {
-				source.Directory = &argoappv1.ApplicationSourceDirectory{Recurse: appOpts.directoryRecurse}
-			}
-		case "directory-exclude":
-			if source.Directory != nil {
-				source.Directory.Exclude = appOpts.directoryExclude
-			} else {
-				source.Directory = &argoappv1.ApplicationSourceDirectory{Exclude: appOpts.directoryExclude}
-			}
-		case "directory-include":
-			if source.Directory != nil {
-				source.Directory.Include = appOpts.directoryInclude
-			} else {
-				source.Directory = &argoappv1.ApplicationSourceDirectory{Include: appOpts.directoryInclude}
-			}
-		case "config-management-plugin":
-			source.Plugin = &argoappv1.ApplicationSourcePlugin{Name: appOpts.configManagementPlugin}
-		case "nameprefix":
-			setKustomizeOpt(source, kustomizeOpts{namePrefix: appOpts.namePrefix})
-		case "namesuffix":
-			setKustomizeOpt(source, kustomizeOpts{nameSuffix: appOpts.nameSuffix})
-		case "kustomize-image":
-			setKustomizeOpt(source, kustomizeOpts{images: appOpts.kustomizeImages})
-		case "kustomize-replica":
-			setKustomizeOpt(source, kustomizeOpts{replicas: appOpts.kustomizeReplicas})
-		case "kustomize-version":
-			setKustomizeOpt(source, kustomizeOpts{version: appOpts.kustomizeVersion})
-		case "kustomize-namespace":
-			setKustomizeOpt(source, kustomizeOpts{namespace: appOpts.kustomizeNamespace})
-		case "kustomize-common-label":
-			parsedLabels, err := label.Parse(appOpts.kustomizeCommonLabels)
-			errors.CheckError(err)
-			setKustomizeOpt(source, kustomizeOpts{commonLabels: parsedLabels})
-		case "kustomize-common-annotation":
-			parsedAnnotations, err := label.Parse(appOpts.kustomizeCommonAnnotations)
-			errors.CheckError(err)
-			setKustomizeOpt(source, kustomizeOpts{commonAnnotations: parsedAnnotations})
-		case "kustomize-label-without-selector":
-			setKustomizeOpt(source, kustomizeOpts{labelWithoutSelector: appOpts.kustomizeLabelWithoutSelector})
-		case "kustomize-force-common-label":
-			setKustomizeOpt(source, kustomizeOpts{forceCommonLabels: appOpts.kustomizeForceCommonLabels})
-		case "kustomize-force-common-annotation":
-			setKustomizeOpt(source, kustomizeOpts{forceCommonAnnotations: appOpts.kustomizeForceCommonAnnotations})
-		case "jsonnet-tla-str":
-			setJsonnetOpt(source, appOpts.jsonnetTlaStr, false)
-		case "jsonnet-tla-code":
-			setJsonnetOpt(source, appOpts.jsonnetTlaCode, true)
-		case "jsonnet-ext-var-str":
-			setJsonnetOptExtVar(source, appOpts.jsonnetExtVarStr, false)
-		case "jsonnet-ext-var-code":
-			setJsonnetOptExtVar(source, appOpts.jsonnetExtVarCode, true)
-		case "jsonnet-libs":
-			setJsonnetOptLibs(source, appOpts.jsonnetLibs)
-		case "plugin-env":
-			setPluginOptEnvs(source, appOpts.pluginEnvs)
-		case "ref":
-			source.Ref = appOpts.ref
-		}
-	})
-	return source, visited
-}
-
 func mergeLabels(app *argoappv1.Application, labels []string) {
 	mapLabels, err := label.Parse(labels)
 	errors.CheckError(err)
--- a/cmd/util/app_test.go
+++ b/cmd/util/app_test.go
@@ -123,11 +123,6 @@ func Test_setKustomizeOpt(t *testing.T) {
 		setKustomizeOpt(&src, kustomizeOpts{commonAnnotations: map[string]string{"foo1": "bar1", "foo2": "bar2"}})
 		assert.Equal(t, &v1alpha1.ApplicationSourceKustomize{CommonAnnotations: map[string]string{"foo1": "bar1", "foo2": "bar2"}}, src.Kustomize)
 	})
-	t.Run("Label Without Selector", func(t *testing.T) {
-		src := v1alpha1.ApplicationSource{}
-		setKustomizeOpt(&src, kustomizeOpts{commonLabels: map[string]string{"foo1": "bar1", "foo2": "bar2"}, labelWithoutSelector: true})
-		assert.Equal(t, &v1alpha1.ApplicationSourceKustomize{CommonLabels: map[string]string{"foo1": "bar1", "foo2": "bar2"}, LabelWithoutSelector: true}, src.Kustomize)
-	})
 }

 func Test_setJsonnetOpt(t *testing.T) {
@@ -170,16 +165,7 @@ func (f *appOptionsFixture) SetFlag(key, value string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	_ = SetAppSpecOptions(f.command.Flags(), f.spec, f.options, 0)
-	return err
-}
-
-func (f *appOptionsFixture) SetFlagWithSourcePosition(key, value string, sourcePosition int) error {
-	err := f.command.Flags().Set(key, value)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	_ = SetAppSpecOptions(f.command.Flags(), f.spec, f.options, sourcePosition)
+	_ = SetAppSpecOptions(f.command.Flags(), f.spec, f.options)
 	return err
 }

@@ -234,54 +220,6 @@ func Test_setAppSpecOptions(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }

-func newMultiSourceAppOptionsFixture() *appOptionsFixture {
-	fixture := &appOptionsFixture{
-		spec: &v1alpha1.ApplicationSpec{
-			Sources: v1alpha1.ApplicationSources{
-				v1alpha1.ApplicationSource{},
-				v1alpha1.ApplicationSource{},
-			},
-		},
-		command: &cobra.Command{},
-		options: &AppOptions{},
-	}
-	AddAppFlags(fixture.command, fixture.options)
-	return fixture
-}
-
-func Test_setAppSpecOptionsMultiSourceApp(t *testing.T) {
-	f := newMultiSourceAppOptionsFixture()
-	sourcePosition := 0
-	sourcePosition1 := 1
-	sourcePosition2 := 2
-	t.Run("SyncPolicy", func(t *testing.T) {
-		assert.NoError(t, f.SetFlagWithSourcePosition("sync-policy", "automated", sourcePosition1))
-		assert.NotNil(t, f.spec.SyncPolicy.Automated)
-
-		f.spec.SyncPolicy = nil
-		assert.NoError(t, f.SetFlagWithSourcePosition("sync-policy", "automatic", sourcePosition1))
-		assert.NotNil(t, f.spec.SyncPolicy.Automated)
-	})
-	t.Run("Helm - SourcePosition 0", func(t *testing.T) {
-		assert.NoError(t, f.SetFlagWithSourcePosition("helm-version", "v2", sourcePosition))
-		assert.Equal(t, len(f.spec.GetSources()), 2)
-		assert.Equal(t, f.spec.GetSources()[sourcePosition].Helm.Version, "v2")
-	})
-	t.Run("Kustomize", func(t *testing.T) {
-		assert.NoError(t, f.SetFlagWithSourcePosition("kustomize-replica", "my-deployment=2", sourcePosition1))
-		assert.Equal(t, f.spec.Sources[sourcePosition1-1].Kustomize.Replicas, v1alpha1.KustomizeReplicas{{Name: "my-deployment", Count: intstr.FromInt(2)}})
-		assert.NoError(t, f.SetFlagWithSourcePosition("kustomize-replica", "my-deployment=4", sourcePosition2))
-		assert.Equal(t, f.spec.Sources[sourcePosition2-1].Kustomize.Replicas, v1alpha1.KustomizeReplicas{{Name: "my-deployment", Count: intstr.FromInt(4)}})
-	})
-	t.Run("Helm", func(t *testing.T) {
-		assert.NoError(t, f.SetFlagWithSourcePosition("helm-version", "v2", sourcePosition1))
-		assert.NoError(t, f.SetFlagWithSourcePosition("helm-version", "v3", sourcePosition2))
-		assert.Equal(t, len(f.spec.GetSources()), 2)
-		assert.Equal(t, f.spec.GetSources()[sourcePosition1-1].Helm.Version, "v2")
-		assert.Equal(t, f.spec.GetSources()[sourcePosition2-1].Helm.Version, "v3")
-	})
-}
-
 func Test_setAnnotations(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("Annotations", func(t *testing.T) {
 		app := v1alpha1.Application{}
--- a/cmd/util/cluster.go
+++ b/cmd/util/cluster.go
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ type ClusterOptions struct {
 	Upsert                  bool
 	ServiceAccount          string
 	AwsRoleArn              string
-	AwsProfile              string
 	AwsClusterName          string
 	SystemNamespace         string
 	Namespaces              []string
@@ -170,7 +169,6 @@ func AddClusterFlags(command *cobra.Command, opts *ClusterOptions) {
 	command.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.InCluster, "in-cluster", false, "Indicates Argo CD resides inside this cluster and should connect using the internal k8s hostname (kubernetes.default.svc)")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&opts.AwsClusterName, "aws-cluster-name", "", "AWS Cluster name if set then aws cli eks token command will be used to access cluster")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&opts.AwsRoleArn, "aws-role-arn", "", "Optional AWS role arn. If set then AWS IAM Authenticator assumes a role to perform cluster operations instead of the default AWS credential provider chain.")
-	command.Flags().StringVar(&opts.AwsProfile, "aws-profile", "", "Optional AWS profile. If set then AWS IAM Authenticator uses this profile to perform cluster operations instead of the default AWS credential provider chain.")
 	command.Flags().StringArrayVar(&opts.Namespaces, "namespace", nil, "List of namespaces which are allowed to manage")
 	command.Flags().BoolVar(&opts.ClusterResources, "cluster-resources", false, "Indicates if cluster level resources should be managed. The setting is used only if list of managed namespaces is not empty.")
 	command.Flags().StringVar(&opts.Name, "name", "", "Overwrite the cluster name")
--- a/cmd/util/project.go
+++ b/cmd/util/project.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
+	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"

 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apis/application"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apis/application/v1alpha1"
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func GetOrphanedResourcesSettings(flagSet *pflag.FlagSet, opts ProjectOpts) *v1a
 	if opts.orphanedResourcesEnabled || warnChanged {
 		settings := v1alpha1.OrphanedResourcesMonitorSettings{}
 		if warnChanged {
-			settings.Warn = ptr.To(opts.orphanedResourcesWarn)
+			settings.Warn = pointer.BoolPtr(opts.orphanedResourcesWarn)
 		}
 		return &settings
 	}
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More
				`@@ -1 +0,0 @@`
				`Please refer to [the Contribution Guide](https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/en/latest/developer-guide/code-contributions/)`
@@ -1 +1 @@
 .11.0
 .9.15