Updates to controller-runtime and client-go for better performance, b…

…ug fixes, and memory optimization.

Stripped managed fields and last-applied-configuration from resources and cache:

Implemented object metadata transformation using `WithTransform` in `NewSharedInformerFactoryWithOptions` for shared informers. ref: informers package - k8s.io/client-go/informers - Go Packages

Updated the controller runtime manager cache to include `DefaultTransform`, leveraging `TransformStripManagedFields()` along with logic to remove the last-applied-configuration annotation for all cached objects. ref: cache package - sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/cache - Go Packages

These changes ensure that unwanted metadata is removed from objects before they are stored in the cache, optimizing memory usage and improving performance.

Disabled a test suite.

go.mod

@@ -13,68 +13,71 @@ require (
 	github.com/gorhill/cronexpr v0.0.0-20180427100037-88b0669f7d75
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.5.0
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.5
-	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.24.1
+	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.33.1
 	github.com/open-policy-agent/opa v0.68.0
 	github.com/openshift/api v0.0.0-20221013123533-341d389bd4a7
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	github.com/valyala/quicktemplate v1.7.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
-	k8s.io/api v0.26.10
-	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.26.10
-	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.26.10
-	k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.24.1
-	k8s.io/client-go v0.26.10
-	k8s.io/code-generator v0.26.10
-	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.90.1
-	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230220204549-a5ecb0141aa5
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.14.7
+	k8s.io/api v0.31.3
+	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.31.3
+	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.3
+	k8s.io/cli-runtime v0.31.2
+	k8s.io/client-go v0.31.3
+	k8s.io/code-generator v0.31.3
+	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
+	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20241104163129-6fe5fd82f078
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.19.3
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
 
 require (
-	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.10.1 // indirect
+	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.12.1 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/tchap/go-patricia/v2 v2.3.1 // indirect
 )
 
 require (
+	github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20230124172434-306776ec8161 // indirect
 	github.com/OneOfOne/xxhash v1.2.8 // indirect
 	github.com/agnivade/levenshtein v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/dgraph-io/ristretto v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.6.0+incompatible // indirect
-	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/evanphx/json-patch/v5 v5.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 // indirect
-	github.com/go-errors/errors v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.7.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-errors/errors v1.5.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-ini/ini v1.67.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
-	github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.2.3 // indirect
-	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.19.5 // indirect
-	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.20.0 // indirect
-	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.21.1 // indirect
+	github.com/go-logr/zapr v1.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer v0.21.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/jsonreference v0.21.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.23.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-task/slim-sprig v0.0.0-20210107165309-348f09dbbbc0 // indirect
 	github.com/gobwas/glob v0.2.3 // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
-	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da // indirect
+	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20241129210726-2c02b8208cf8 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4 // indirect
-	github.com/google/btree v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/google/btree v1.1.3 // indirect
 	github.com/google/flatbuffers v24.3.25+incompatible // indirect
-	github.com/google/gnostic v0.6.9 // indirect
+	github.com/google/gnostic-models v0.6.9 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510 // indirect
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1 // indirect
 	github.com/gregjones/httpcache v0.0.0-20190611155906-901d90724c79 // indirect
-	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.13 // indirect
+	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.16 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
-	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.9 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.11 // indirect
 	github.com/liggitt/tabwriter v0.0.0-20181228230101-89fcab3d43de // indirect
 	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7 // indirect
+	github.com/moby/term v0.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/monochromegane/go-gitignore v0.0.0-20200626010858-205db1a8cc00 // indirect
@@ -83,16 +86,17 @@ require (
 	github.com/peterbourgon/diskv v2.0.1+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.4 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.5 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.1 // indirect
-	github.com/prometheus/common v0.59.1 // indirect
+	github.com/prometheus/common v0.60.1 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.15.1 // indirect
 	github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics v0.0.0-20201227073835-cf1acfcdf475 // indirect
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3 // indirect
 	github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 // indirect
 	github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonpointer v0.0.0-20190905194746-02993c407bfb // indirect
 	github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonreference v0.0.0-20180127040603-bd5ef7bd5415 // indirect
-	github.com/xlab/treeprint v0.0.0-20181112141820-a009c3971eca // indirect
+	github.com/xlab/treeprint v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/yashtewari/glob-intersection v0.2.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.55.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.30.0 // indirect
@@ -101,33 +105,29 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.30.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.30.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.30.0 // indirect
-	go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20200306205701-8dd3e2ee1dd5 // indirect
-	go.uber.org/atomic v1.11.0 // indirect
-	go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
-	go.uber.org/zap v1.24.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/mod v0.21.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.29.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.22.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.25.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/term v0.24.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.18.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/time v0.6.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.25.0 // indirect
-	gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240903143218-8af14fe29dc1 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240903143218-8af14fe29dc1 // indirect
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20241108190413-2d47ceb2692f // indirect
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.22.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.31.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.24.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.9.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.27.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/term v0.26.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.20.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/time v0.8.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.27.0 // indirect
+	gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.66.2 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.12.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/tomb.v1 v1.0.0-20141024135613-dd632973f1e7 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
-	k8s.io/component-base v0.26.10 // indirect
-	k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20220902162205-c0856e24416d // indirect
-	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20221012153701-172d655c2280 // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20220713155537-f223a00ba0e2 // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.11.4 // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.13.6 // indirect
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.2.3 // indirect
+	k8s.io/gengo/v2 v2.0.0-20240826214909-a7b603a56eb7 // indirect
+	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20241127205056-99599406b04f // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20241014173422-cfa47c3a1cc8 // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api v0.18.0 // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kyaml v0.18.1 // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.3 // indirect
 )