outputMediaType, _, err := negotiation.NegotiateOutputMediaType(req, scope.Serializer, scope)
		if err != nil {
			scope.err(err, w, req)
			return
		}

		patchBytes, err := limitedReadBodyWithRecordMetric(ctx, req, scope.MaxRequestBodyBytes, scope.Resource.GroupResource().String(), requestmetrics.Patch)
		if err != nil {

			defer legacyregistry.Reset()

			req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "/", tc.requestBody)
			if err != nil {
				t.Errorf("err not expected: got %v", err)
			}
			_, err = limitedReadBodyWithRecordMetric(context.Background(), req, tc.limit, "resource.group", metrics.Create)
			if tc.expectedErr {
				if err == nil {
					t.Errorf("err expected: got nil")
				}
				return
			}