Root cause analysis: ArgoCD deployment failure for 2-broken-apps

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Summary

Investigated ArgoCD sync failure (OutOfSync, Degraded) for 2-broken-apps application deploying from dcasati/argocd-notification-examples. Error: "one or more synchronization tasks are not valid (retried 2 times)."

Root Causes Identified

Analyzed external repository manifests (apps/broken-aks-store-all-in-one.yaml) and found two critical issues:

1. Malformed apiVersion (line 178)

apiVersion: apps/v  # ❌ incomplete, should be apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: order-service

Kubernetes API validation fails immediately, preventing sync.

2. Image name typo (line 475)

image: ghcr.io/azure-samples/aks-store-demo/store-dmin:2.1.0
                                                     # ❌ should be store-admin

Non-existent image causes ImagePullBackOff, degrading health status.

Remediation Options

Documented three approaches in issue comment:

• Option 1: Fix source repo (requires write access to dcasati/argocd-notification-examples)
• Option 2: Fork repo, apply fixes, update ArgoCD app reference
• Option 3: Switch to known-good repository (e.g., Azure-Samples/aks-store-demo)

Notes

Repository name suggests intentional breakage for testing ArgoCD notification pipeline. If testing notifications, deployment failure is expected behavior. If production use intended, apply remediation.

Detailed analysis with commands and verification steps prepared for issue #12.

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Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>🚨 ArgoCD Deployment Failed: 2-broken-apps</issue_title>
<issue_description>## ArgoCD Deployment Failure

Application: 2-broken-apps
Timestamp: 2026-02-03T18:43:13Z

Cluster Information

Field	Value
Cluster Name	aks-eastus2
Namespace	default

Application Status

Field	Value
Health Status	Degraded
Sync Status	OutOfSync
Revision	8cd04df204028ff78613a69fdb630625864037c6
Repository	https://github.com/dcasati/argocd-notification-examples.git

Error Message

one or more synchronization tasks are not valid (retried 2 times).

Troubleshooting Commands

# Check application status in ArgoCD
argocd app get 2-broken-apps

# Check pods in namespace
kubectl get pods -n default

# Describe failed pods
kubectl describe pods -n default

# Get pod logs
kubectl logs -n default <pod-name>

# Check events
kubectl get events -n default --sort-by='.lastTimestamp'

Quick Links

• ArgoCD UI
• Source Repository

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Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

• Fixes 🚨 ArgoCD Deployment Failed: 2-broken-apps #12

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