configs: []config.Config{
				setCreationTimestamp(newProxyConfig("workload-a", "test-ns",
					&v1beta1.ProxyConfig{
						Selector: selector(map[string]string{
							"test": "selector",
						}),
						EnvironmentVariables: map[string]string{
							"A": "1",
						},
					}), now),
				setCreationTimestamp(newProxyConfig("workload-b", "test-ns",
					&v1beta1.ProxyConfig{

	// set an initial creationTimestamp and ensure the field exists
	u.SetCreationTimestamp(now)
	metadata := u.Object["metadata"].(map[string]interface{})
	_, exists := metadata["creationTimestamp"]
	if !exists {
		t.Fatalf("unexpected missing creationTimestamp")
	}

	// set an empty timestamp and ensure the field no longer exists
	u.SetCreationTimestamp(metav1.Time{})
	metadata = u.Object["metadata"].(map[string]interface{})

func WipeObjectMetaSystemFields(meta metav1.Object) {
	meta.SetCreationTimestamp(metav1.Time{})
	meta.SetUID("")
	meta.SetDeletionTimestamp(nil)
	meta.SetDeletionGracePeriodSeconds(nil)
	meta.SetSelfLink("")
}

// FillObjectMetaSystemFields populates fields that are managed by the system on ObjectMeta.
func FillObjectMetaSystemFields(meta metav1.Object) {
	meta.SetCreationTimestamp(metav1.Now())
	meta.SetUID(uuid.NewUUID())
}

	u.SetName("")
	u.SetGenerateName("")
	u.SetNamespace("")
	u.SetSelfLink("")
	u.SetUID("")
	u.SetResourceVersion("")
	u.SetGeneration(0)
	u.SetCreationTimestamp(metav1.Time{})
	u.SetDeletionTimestamp(nil)
	u.SetDeletionGracePeriodSeconds(nil)
	u.SetLabels(nil)
	u.SetAnnotations(nil)
	u.SetOwnerReferences(nil)
	u.SetFinalizers(nil)
	u.SetManagedFields(nil)

	GetResourceVersion() string
	SetResourceVersion(version string)
	GetGeneration() int64
	SetGeneration(generation int64)
	GetSelfLink() string
	SetSelfLink(selfLink string)
	GetCreationTimestamp() Time
	SetCreationTimestamp(timestamp Time)
	GetDeletionTimestamp() *Time
	SetDeletionTimestamp(timestamp *Time)
	GetDeletionGracePeriodSeconds() *int64
	SetDeletionGracePeriodSeconds(*int64)
	GetLabels() map[string]string

	o.lock.RLock()
	defer o.lock.RUnlock()
	return o.object.GetCreationTimestamp()
}
func (o *cachingObject) SetCreationTimestamp(timestamp metav1.Time) {
	o.conditionalSet(
		func() bool { return o.object.GetCreationTimestamp() == timestamp },
		func() { o.object.SetCreationTimestamp(timestamp) },
	)
}
func (o *cachingObject) GetDeletionTimestamp() *metav1.Time {
	o.lock.RLock()
	defer o.lock.RUnlock()

	existingMeta.SetResourceVersion("")
	// fields made immutable in validation
	existingMeta.SetUID(types.UID(""))
	existingMeta.SetName("")
	existingMeta.SetNamespace("")
	existingMeta.SetCreationTimestamp(Time{})
	existingMeta.SetDeletionTimestamp(nil)
	existingMeta.SetDeletionGracePeriodSeconds(nil)
	existingMeta.SetManagedFields(nil)

	if !reflect.DeepEqual(meta, existingMeta) {

	}
	v.logger.LogAndPrintf("%s Istio is installed and verified successfully", v.successMarker)
	return nil
}

func fixTimestampRelatedUnmarshalIssues(un *unstructured.Unstructured) {
	un.SetCreationTimestamp(metav1.Time{}) // UnmarshalIstioOperator chokes on these

	// UnmarshalIstioOperator fails because managedFields could contain time
	// and gogo/protobuf/jsonpb(v1.3.1) tries to unmarshal it as struct (the type

	// This also preserves iopYAML if it is ""; we don't want iopYAML to be the string "null"
	if len(mapIOP) > 0 {
		un := &unstructured.Unstructured{Object: mapIOP}
		un.SetCreationTimestamp(metav1.Time{}) // UnmarshalIstioOperator chokes on these
		iopYAML = util.ToYAML(un)
	}
	iop := &v1alpha1.IstioOperator{}

	if err := yaml.UnmarshalStrict([]byte(iopYAML), iop); err != nil {

	if len(objectMeta.GetUID()) == 0 {
		objectMeta.SetUID(oldMeta.GetUID())
	}
	// ignore changes to timestamp
	if oldCreationTime := oldMeta.GetCreationTimestamp(); !oldCreationTime.IsZero() {
		objectMeta.SetCreationTimestamp(oldMeta.GetCreationTimestamp())
	}
	// an update can never remove/change a deletion timestamp
	if !oldMeta.GetDeletionTimestamp().IsZero() {
		objectMeta.SetDeletionTimestamp(oldMeta.GetDeletionTimestamp())
	}