Why ArgoCD does not kustomize resources?

Question

I want to add sync-wave annotations using Kustomize and then deploy resources using ArgoCD.

I expect that ArgoCD will kustomize resources first and then apply them to a cluster.

However ArgoCD try to create (apply) the Kustomize resource itself in a cluster instead of kustomization the other resources.

Here is the file structure

├── kustomization.yaml
└── ns.yaml

apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
  name: test

apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Kustomization
resources:
- ns.yaml
commonAnnotations:
  argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "-9999"

The namespace test is not being created. The sync-wave annotation is not added. Instead ArgoCD is waiting for a "resource" kind: Kustomization being created.

Why? How to fix this?

Answer 1

Do you have directory recursion enabled in your Application manifest? That's my guess what is causing the issue. Try disabling directory recursion and it should work.