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

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ArgoCD deployment 2-broken-apps failed with "synchronization tasks are not valid". Investigation required to identify root cause and provide remediation recommendations.

Root Cause

Invalid apiVersion in source repository manifest at apps/broken-aks-store-all-in-one.yaml:178:

# Current (invalid)
apiVersion: apps/v
kind: Deployment

# Expected
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment

Source: https://github.com/dcasati/argocd-notification-examples.git @ 8cd04df

Commit message confirms intentional breakage: "break apiVersion formatting in deployment YAML"

Conclusion: Test case validating ArgoCD notification system. Notification workflow functioning correctly.

Deliverables

Documentation (Act-3/)

• ROOT_CAUSE_ANALYSIS.md - Complete technical analysis with 4 remediation options (fix source, rollback revision, change repo, delete app)
• INVESTIGATION_SUMMARY.md - Executive summary
• HOW_TO_POST_RCA.md - Instructions for posting analysis to issue 🚨 ArgoCD Deployment Failed: 2-broken-apps #12
• README.md - Navigation and guide

Automation

• post-rca-to-issue.sh - Script to post analysis via GitHub API
• .github/workflows/post-rca-comment.yml - Workflow for UI-triggered posting

Remediation

If not a test: Fix source repository by completing apiVersion. If test complete: Delete application with argocd app delete 2-broken-apps.

Warning

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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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</issue_description>

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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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