Annotations and Labels used by Argo CD¶

Annotations¶

Annotation key	Target resource(es)	Possible values	Description
argocd.argoproj.io/application-set-refresh	ApplicationSet	`"true"`	Added when an ApplicationSet is requested to be refreshed by a webhook. The ApplicationSet controller will remove this annotation at the end of reconciliation.
argocd.argoproj.io/compare-options	any	see compare options docs	Configures how an app's current state is compared to its desired state.
argocd.argoproj.io/hook	any	see resource hooks docs	Used to configure resource hooks.
argocd.argoproj.io/hook-delete-policy	any	see resource hooks docs	Used to set a resource hook's deletion policy.
argocd.argoproj.io/manifest-generate-paths	Application	see scaling docs	Used to avoid unnecessary Application refreshes, especially in mono-repos.
argocd.argoproj.io/refresh	Application	`normal`, `hard`	Indicates that app needs to be refreshed. Removed by application controller after app is refreshed. Value `"hard"` means manifest cache and target cluster state cache should be invalidated before refresh.
argocd.argoproj.io/skip-reconcile	Application	`"true"`	Indicates to the Argo CD application controller that the Application should not be reconciled. See the skip reconcile documentation for use cases.
argocd.argoproj.io/sync-options	any	see sync options docs	Provides a variety of settings to determine how an Application's resources are synced.
argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave	any	see sync waves docs
argocd.argoproj.io/tracking-id	any	any	Used by Argo CD to track resources it manages. See resource tracking docs for details.
argocd.argoproj.io/ignore-resource-updates	any	`"true"`, `false`	Used by Argo CD to ignore resource updates. See reconcile docsreconcile_docs for details.
link.argocd.argoproj.io/{some link name}	any	An http(s) URL	Adds a link to the Argo CD UI for the resource. See external URL docs for details.
pref.argocd.argoproj.io/default-pod-sort	Application	see UI customization docs	Sets the Application's default grouping mechanism.
pref.argocd.argoproj.io/default-view	Application	see UI customization docs	Sets the Application's default view mode (e.g. "tree" or "list")

Labels¶

Label key	Target resource(es)	Possible values	Description
argocd.argoproj.io/instance	Application	any	Recommended tracking label to avoid conflicts with other tools which use `app.kubernetes.io/instance`.
argocd.argoproj.io/secret-type	Secret	`cluster`, `repository`, `repo-creds`, `scm-creds`	Identifies certain types of Secrets used by Argo CD. See the Declarative Setup docs for details about the first three, and AppSet-in-any-namespace docs for the last one.