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Argo Cd V1Alpha1 Resource Diff Structure

ResourceDiff holds the diff between a live and target resource object in Argo CD. It is used to compare the desired state (from Git/Helm) with the actual state in the cluster.

Type: object Properties: 12
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v1alpha1ResourceDiff is a JSON Structure definition published by Argo CD, describing 12 properties. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Properties

diff group hook kind liveState modified name namespace normalizedLiveState predictedLiveState resourceVersion targetState

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#

JSON Structure

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{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/argo-cd/refs/heads/main/json-structure/argo-cd-v1alpha1-resource-diff-structure.json",
  "name": "v1alpha1ResourceDiff",
  "description": "ResourceDiff holds the diff between a live and target resource object in Argo CD.\nIt is used to compare the desired state (from Git/Helm) with the actual state in the cluster.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "diff": {
      "description": "Diff contains the JSON patch representing the difference between the live and target resource.\n\nDeprecated: Use NormalizedLiveState and PredictedLiveState instead to compute differences.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "group": {
      "description": "Group represents the API group of the resource (e.g., \"apps\" for Deployments).",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "hook": {
      "description": "Hook indicates whether this resource is a hook resource (e.g., pre-sync or post-sync hooks).",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "kind": {
      "description": "Kind represents the Kubernetes resource kind (e.g., \"Deployment\", \"Service\").",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "liveState": {
      "description": "LiveState contains the JSON-serialized resource manifest of the resource currently running in the cluster.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "modified": {
      "description": "Modified indicates whether the live resource has changes compared to the target resource.",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "name": {
      "description": "Name is the name of the resource.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "namespace": {
      "description": "Namespace specifies the namespace where the resource exists.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "normalizedLiveState": {
      "description": "NormalizedLiveState contains the JSON-serialized live resource state after applying normalizations.\nNormalizations may include ignoring irrelevant fields like timestamps or defaults applied by Kubernetes.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "predictedLiveState": {
      "description": "PredictedLiveState contains the JSON-serialized resource state that Argo CD predicts based on the\ncombination of the normalized live state and the desired target state.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "resourceVersion": {
      "description": "ResourceVersion is the Kubernetes resource version, which helps in tracking changes.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "targetState": {
      "description": "TargetState contains the JSON-serialized resource manifest as defined in the Git/Helm repository.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}