fix: reducing log level of failure to patch in handleErrorStatusHandler

closes: #2981

Signed-off-by: Steve Hawkins <[email protected]>

Author: shawkins

operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/event/ReconciliationDispatcher.java

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.event;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.slf4j.event.Level;
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResourceList;
@@ -216,12 +218,19 @@ public boolean isLastAttempt() {
             customResourceFacade.patchStatus(
                 errorStatusUpdateControl.getResource().orElseThrow(), originalResource);
       } catch (Exception ex) {
-        log.error(
-            "updateErrorStatus failed for resource: {} with version: {} for error {}",
-            getUID(resource),
-            getVersion(resource),
-            e.getMessage(),
-            ex);
+        Level level = Level.ERROR;
+        if (context.isNextReconciliationImminent()
+            || ((ex instanceof KubernetesClientException kcex
+                && kcex.getCode() == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_CONFLICT))) {
+          level = Level.DEBUG; // we'll be reconciling again soon, so don't over log
+        }
+        log.atLevel(level)
+            .log(
+                "updateErrorStatus failed for resource: {} with version: {} for error {}",
+                getUID(resource),
+                getVersion(resource),
+                e.getMessage(),
+                ex);
       }
     }
     if (errorStatusUpdateControl.isNoRetry()) {