Update of Included Git Repository doesn't trigger Reconciliation

[jceb]

Version:

• flux: v0.24.0
• helm-controller: v0.14.0
• kustomize-controller: v0.18.1
• notification-controller: v0.19.0
• source-controller: v0.19.0

I noticed that an update of a Git Repository that's included in another one (https://fluxcd.io/docs/components/source/gitrepositories/#including-gitrepository) doesn't trigger an update of the including repository and subsequently also not the reconciliation of the kustomization.

I'd like to use a webhook to trigger a reconciliation chain for every change in a repository as described here. The following configuration is applied in the cluster:

Receiver:

apiVersion: notification.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1beta1
kind: Receiver
metadata:
  name: gitlab-receiver
  namespace: flux-system
spec:
  events:
  - Push Hook
  resources:
  - apiVersion: source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1beta1
    kind: GitRepository
    name: helm-charts
  - apiVersion: source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1beta1
    kind: GitRepository
    name: chart-values
  - apiVersion: source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1beta1
    kind: GitRepository
    name: flux-system
  secretRef:
    name: gitlab-webhook-token
  type: gitlab

3 repositories: the chart-values repository is included in the helm-charts repository and provides additional values to the helm charts in this particular cluster:

apiVersion: source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1beta1
kind: GitRepository
metadata:
  name: helm-charts
  namespace: flux-system
spec:
  include:
  - fromPath: /dev
    repository:
      name: chart-values
    toPath: /values
  interval: 10m
  ref:
    branch: main
  secretRef:
    name: credentials
  url: ssh://[email protected]/.../helm-charts.git

When a webhook is triggered for the chart-values repository, the following happens - no kustomization is triggered and therefore the changes aren't applied:

2021-12-13T14:41:24.281Z info  - handling request: 932e27392a7a9251055428ff63c02e08636ecc961048f9c22e95020b7d3ef51e
2021-12-13T14:41:24.281Z info Receiver/gitlab-receiver.flux-system - handling GitLab event: Push Hook
2021-12-13T14:41:24.314Z info Receiver/gitlab-receiver.flux-system - resource 'GitRepository/chart-values.' annotated
2021-12-13T14:41:24.336Z info GitRepository/helm-charts.flux-system - All dependencies area ready, proceeding with reconciliation
2021-12-13T14:41:24.338Z info Receiver/gitlab-receiver.flux-system - resource 'GitRepository/helm-charts.' annotated
2021-12-13T14:41:24.360Z info Receiver/gitlab-receiver.flux-system - resource 'GitRepository/flux-system.' annotated
2021-12-13T14:41:24.727Z info GitRepository/helm-charts.flux-system - Reconciliation finished in 390.975721ms, next run in 10m0s
2021-12-13T14:41:25.119Z info GitRepository/flux-system.flux-system - Reconciliation finished in 391.698925ms, next run in 3m0s
2021-12-13T14:41:25.142Z info GitRepository/chart-values.flux-system - Reconciliation finished in 828.708696ms, next run in 10m0s
2021-12-13T14:41:25.142Z info GitRepository/chart-values.flux-system - Dispatching event: Fetched revision: master/88c6f1508da72cb25388614dd647a105b4c1e66b

The desired behavior is shown when a webhook triggers a reconciliation for the not-included flux-system repository - the kustomization is properly triggered after the repository has been updated:

2021-12-13T14:40:08.163Z info  - handling request: 932e27392a7a9251055428ff63c02e08636ecc961048f9c22e95020b7d3ef51e
2021-12-13T14:40:08.163Z info Receiver/gitlab-receiver.flux-system - handling GitLab event: Push Hook
2021-12-13T14:40:08.194Z info Receiver/gitlab-receiver.flux-system - resource 'GitRepository/chart-values.' annotated
2021-12-13T14:40:08.224Z info Receiver/gitlab-receiver.flux-system - resource 'GitRepository/flux-system.' annotated
2021-12-13T14:40:08.247Z info Receiver/gitlab-receiver.flux-system - resource 'GitRepository/helm-charts.' annotated
2021-12-13T14:40:08.744Z info GitRepository/flux-system.flux-system - Reconciliation finished in 521.284147ms, next run in 3m0s
2021-12-13T14:40:08.744Z info GitRepository/helm-charts.flux-system - All dependencies area ready, proceeding with reconciliation
2021-12-13T14:40:08.745Z info GitRepository/flux-system.flux-system - Dispatching event: Fetched revision: master/461dcd92f98fdd11c9f05172b53047f2815c6243
2021-12-13T14:40:09.030Z info GitRepository/chart-values.flux-system - Reconciliation finished in 837.729476ms, next run in 10m0s
2021-12-13T14:40:09.438Z info Kustomization/flux-system.flux-system - server-side apply completed
2021-12-13T14:40:09.438Z info Receiver/gitlab-receiver.flux-system - Receiver initialized
2021-12-13T14:40:09.451Z info Kustomization/flux-system.flux-system - Dispatching event: Receiver/flux-system/gitlab-receiver configured
2021-12-13T14:40:09.452Z info Receiver/gitlab-receiver.flux-system - Receiver initialized
2021-12-13T14:40:09.465Z info Kustomization/flux-system.flux-system - Reconciliation finished in 732.82896ms, next run in 10m0s
2021-12-13T14:40:09.466Z info Kustomization/flux-system.flux-system - Dispatching event: Reconciliation finished in 732.82896ms, next run in 10m0s
2021-12-13T14:40:09.469Z info GitRepository/helm-charts.flux-system - Dispatching event: Fetched revision: master/461dcd92f98fdd11c9f05172b53047f2815c6243
2021-12-13T14:40:09.468Z info GitRepository/helm-charts.flux-system - Reconciliation finished in 723.408451ms, next run in 10m0s