[release-1.7] 🐛 When infrastructureRef is nil, set InfrastructureReadyCondition to true

internal/controllers/cluster/cluster_controller_phases.go

@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) reconcileInfrastructure(ctx context.Context, cluster *clust
 	if cluster.Spec.InfrastructureRef == nil {
 		// If the infrastructure ref is not set, marking the infrastructure as ready (no-op).
 		cluster.Status.InfrastructureReady = true
+		conditions.MarkTrue(cluster, clusterv1.InfrastructureReadyCondition)
 		return ctrl.Result{}, nil
 	}
 

internal/controllers/cluster/cluster_controller_phases_test.go

@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ func TestClusterReconcilePhases(t *testing.T) {
 				expectErr: false,
 				check: func(g *GomegaWithT, in *clusterv1.Cluster) {
 					g.Expect(in.Status.InfrastructureReady).To(BeTrue())
+					g.Expect(conditions.IsTrue(in, clusterv1.InfrastructureReadyCondition)).To(BeTrue())
 				},
 			},
 			{

internal/controllers/cluster/cluster_controller_test.go

@@ -172,6 +172,50 @@ func TestClusterReconciler(t *testing.T) {
 		}, timeout).Should(BeTrue())
 	})
 
+	t.Run("Should successfully patch a cluster object if the spec diff is empty but the status conditions diff is not", func(t *testing.T) {
+		g := NewWithT(t)
+
+		// Setup
+		cluster := &clusterv1.Cluster{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+				GenerateName: "test3-",
+				Namespace:    ns.Name,
+			},
+		}
+		g.Expect(env.Create(ctx, cluster)).To(Succeed())
+		key := client.ObjectKey{Name: cluster.Name, Namespace: cluster.Namespace}
+		defer func() {
+			err := env.Delete(ctx, cluster)
+			g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+		}()
+
+		// Wait for reconciliation to happen.
+		g.Eventually(func() bool {
+			if err := env.Get(ctx, key, cluster); err != nil {
+				return false
+			}
+			return len(cluster.Finalizers) > 0
+		}, timeout).Should(BeTrue())
+
+		// Patch
+		g.Eventually(func() bool {
+			ph, err := patch.NewHelper(cluster, env)
+			g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			conditions.MarkTrue(cluster, clusterv1.InfrastructureReadyCondition)
+			g.Expect(ph.Patch(ctx, cluster, patch.WithStatusObservedGeneration{})).To(Succeed())
+			return true
+		}, timeout).Should(BeTrue())
+
+		// Assertions
+		g.Eventually(func() bool {
+			instance := &clusterv1.Cluster{}
+			if err := env.Get(ctx, key, instance); err != nil {
+				return false
+			}
+			return conditions.IsTrue(cluster, clusterv1.InfrastructureReadyCondition)
+		}, timeout).Should(BeTrue())
+	})
+
 	t.Run("Should successfully patch a cluster object if both the spec diff and status diff are non empty", func(t *testing.T) {
 		g := NewWithT(t)