}

	if h.opts.DryRun {
		scope.Infof("Not applying object %s because of dry run.", objectStr)
		return nil
	}

	return h.serverSideApply(obj)
}

// use server-side apply, require kubernetes 1.16+
func (h *HelmReconciler) serverSideApply(obj *unstructured.Unstructured) error {
	objectStr := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s", obj.GetKind(), obj.GetNamespace(), obj.GetName())

	// owner: @apelisse, @lavalamp
	// alpha: v1.14
	// beta: v1.16
	// stable: v1.22
	//
	// Server-side apply. Merging happens on the server.
	ServerSideApply featuregate.Feature = "ServerSideApply"

	// owner: @kevindelgado
	// kep: https://kep.k8s.io/2885
	// alpha: v1.23
	// beta: v1.24
	//
	// Enables server-side field validation.

		return nil
	}

	err = c.applyClusterRoles(ctx, sharedClusterRole.Name, newPolicyRules)
	if errors.IsUnsupportedMediaType(err) { // TODO: Remove this fallback at least one release after ServerSideApply GA
		// When Server Side Apply is not enabled, fallback to Update. This is required when running
		// 1.21 since api-server can be 1.20 during the upgrade/downgrade.

			return nil, false, err
		}
		p.mechanism = &smpPatcher{
			patcher:            p,
			schemaReferenceObj: schemaReferenceObj,
			fieldManager:       scope.FieldManager,
		}
	// this case is unreachable if ServerSideApply is not enabled because we will have already rejected the content type
	case types.ApplyPatchType:
		p.mechanism = &applyPatcher{
			fieldManager:        scope.FieldManager,
			patch:               p.patchBytes,

	genericfeatures.ResilientWatchCacheInitialization: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},

	genericfeatures.SeparateCacheWatchRPC: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.Beta},

	genericfeatures.ServerSideApply: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA, LockToDefault: true}, // remove in 1.29

	genericfeatures.ServerSideFieldValidation: {Default: true, PreRelease: featuregate.GA, LockToDefault: true}, // remove in 1.29

  * apiserver_request_duration_seconds  
New "APPLY" value for the "verb" metric label which indicates a PATCH with "Content-Type: apply-patch+yaml". This value is experimental and will only be present if the ServerSideApply alpha feature is enabled. ([#74997](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/74997), [@jennybuckley](https://github.com/jennybuckley))

- Locked `ServerSideApply` feature gate to true with the feature already being GA. ([#112748](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/112748), [@wojtek-t](https://github.com/wojtek-t))

#### Other API changes:
- The beta feature `ServerSideApply` enables tracking and managing changed fields for all new objects, which means there will be `managedFields` in `metadata` with the list of managers and their owned fields.

* Resolved regression serving custom resources with unhandled validation schemas with the ServerSideApply feature enabled ([#82438](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/82438), [@liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt))