gvk check before server-side apply

Author: Ankita Thomas

pkg/controller/registry/reconciler/grpc.go

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
@@ -209,6 +210,14 @@ func (c *GrpcRegistryReconciler) ensureUpdatePod(source grpcCatalogSourceDecorat
 			if err != nil {
 				return errors.Wrapf(err, "error serializing updated catalog source pod to bytes: %s", source.Pod().GetName())
 			}
+
+			if updatePod.GroupVersionKind().Empty() {
+				updatePod.SetGroupVersionKind(schema.GroupVersionKind{
+					Group:   "",
+					Version: "v1",
+					Kind:    "Pod",
+				})
+			}
 			_, err = c.OpClient.KubernetesInterface().CoreV1().Pods(source.GetNamespace()).Patch(context.TODO(), updatePod.Name, types.ApplyPatchType, updatePodBytes, opts)
 			if err != nil {
 				return errors.Wrapf(err, "error updating catalog source pod: %s", source.Pod().GetName())