patchBytes := fmt.Sprintf(`{"metadata":{"labels":{%q:%q}}}`, c.cfg.LabelKey, c.cfg.LabelValue)
	// Both "pods" and "pods/status" can mutate the metadata. However, pods/status is lower privilege, so we use that instead.
	_, err := c.client.Kube().CoreV1().Pods(pod.Namespace).Patch(context.Background(), pod.Name, types.MergePatchType,
		[]byte(patchBytes), metav1.PatchOptions{}, "status")
	if err != nil {