From c58472fe15556886736a531196a2c6edde216b8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steve Hawkins <shawkins@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2025 11:53:36 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: catch exceptions from updating the status

closes: #2751

Signed-off-by: Steve Hawkins <shawkins@redhat.com>
---
 .../event/ReconciliationDispatcher.java           | 15 ++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/ReconciliationDispatcher.java b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/ReconciliationDispatcher.java
index ee861982b1..8fb9a30ae9 100644
--- a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/ReconciliationDispatcher.java
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/ReconciliationDispatcher.java
@@ -212,9 +212,18 @@ public boolean isLastAttempt() {
 
     P updatedResource = null;
     if (errorStatusUpdateControl.getResource().isPresent()) {
-      updatedResource =
-          customResourceFacade.patchStatus(
-              errorStatusUpdateControl.getResource().orElseThrow(), originalResource);
+      try {
+        updatedResource =
+            customResourceFacade.patchStatus(
+                errorStatusUpdateControl.getResource().orElseThrow(), originalResource);
+      } catch (Exception ex) {
+        log.error(
+            "updateErrorStatus failed for resource: {} with version: {} for error {}",
+            getUID(resource),
+            getVersion(resource),
+            e.getMessage(),
+            ex);
+      }
     }
     if (errorStatusUpdateControl.isNoRetry()) {
       PostExecutionControl<P> postExecutionControl;