if patch.Type() != types.ApplyPatchType {
		return clnt.Patch(ctx, obj, patch, opts...)
	}
	check, ok := obj.DeepCopyObject().(client.Object)
	if !ok {
		return errors.New("could not check for object in fake client")
	}
	if err := clnt.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKeyFromObject(obj), check); kerrors.IsNotFound(err) {
		if err := clnt.Create(ctx, check); err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("could not inject object creation for fake: %w", err)
		}

	compareConfResult(resultFile, expectedOutputFile, t)
	t.Log("PASS: Istio CNI configuration still valid after removal")

	// Shutdown the install-cni
	cancel()
	wg.Wait()

	t.Logf("Check the cleanup worked")
	if chainedCNIPlugin {
		if len(expectedPostCleanFile) == 0 {
			compareConfResult(resultFile, wd+cniConfSubDir+preConfFile, t)
		} else {
			compareConfResult(resultFile, expectedPostCleanFile, t)

	go handlers.Start()

	waitForMockCalls()
	// wait until pod add was called
	mt.Assert(EventTotals.Name(), map[string]string{"type": "add"}, monitortest.AtLeast(1))

	assertPodAnnotated(t, client, pod)

	// check expectations on mocked calls
	fs.AssertExpectations(t)
}

func assertPodAnnotated(t *testing.T, client kube.Client, pod *corev1.Pod) {
	for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {

	assert.NoError(t, err)
	fakeIPSetDeps.AssertExpectations(t)
}

// for tests that call `runtime.GC()` - we have no control over when the GC is actually scheduled,
// and it is flake-prone to check for closure after calling it, this retries for a bit to make
// sure the netns is closed eventually.
func assertNSClosed(t *testing.T, closed *atomic.Bool) {
	for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
		if closed.Load() {
			return

		"-j", ChainHostPostrouting,
	)

	// TODO BML I don't think we need UDP? TCP healthcheck redir should catch everything.

	// This is effectively an analog for Istio's old-style podSpec-based health check rewrites.
	// Before Istio would update the pod manifest to rewrite healthchecks to go to sidecar Envoy port 15021,
	// so that it could distinguish things that can be unauthenticated (healthchecks) from other kinds of node traffic

		for _, val := range icpTags {
			if val != "" {
				icpTag = val
			}
		}
		// when the revision is passed
		if icpTag != "" && tag != icpTag {
			check := "         Before upgrading, you may wish to use 'istioctl x precheck' to check for upgrade warnings.\n"
			revisionWarning := "         Running this command will overwrite it; use revisions to upgrade alongside the existing version.\n"

				return nil, err
			}
			// IstioOperator isn't part of pkg/config/schema/collections,
			// usual conversion not available.  Convert unstructured to string
			// and ask operator code to check.
			un.SetCreationTimestamp(metav1.Time{}) // UnmarshalIstioOperator chokes on these
			by := util.ToYAML(un)
			iop, err := operatoristio.UnmarshalIstioOperator(by, false)
			if err != nil {
				return nil, err
			}

		Short: "Compare ROOTCA values for the two given pods",
		Long:  `Compare ROOTCA values for given 2 pods to check the connectivity between them.`,
		Example: `  # Compare ROOTCA values for given 2 pods to check the connectivity between them.
  istioctl proxy-config rootca-compare <pod-name-1[.namespace]> <pod-name-2[.namespace]>`,
		Aliases: []string{"rc"},

				return err
			}
			if injector.client == nil && meshConfig == nil {
				return fmt.Errorf(
					"failed to get injection config from mutatingWebhookConfigurations and injection configmap - " +
						"check injection configmap or pass --revision flag",
				)
			}
			var warnings []string
			templs, err := inject.ParseTemplates(sidecarTemplate)
			if err != nil {
				return err
			}

		if state := container.State.Terminated; state != nil {
			if state.Reason == "Completed" || state.ExitCode == 0 {
				continue
			}
		}

		// Check the LastTerminationState struct for information about why the container
		// last exited. If a pod is using the CNI configuration check init container,
		// it will start crashlooping and populate this struct.
		if state := container.LastTerminationState.Terminated; state != nil {