CustomResourceDefinition too long error with latest Scylla Operator version

[susiesolis]

What happened?

While following the Scylla Operator guide to deploy Scylla on Kubernetes, I encountered an error when applying the latest version of the Scylla Operator CRD file. The error message was as follows:

The CustomResourceDefinition "[scylladbdatacenters.scylla.scylladb.com](http://scylladbdatacenters.scylla.scylladb.com)" is invalid: metadata.annotations: Too long: must have at most 262144 bytes

Switching to version 1.12.1 of the Scylla Operator resolved the issue. It seems like the CRD file in the latest version exceeds a size limitation.

What did you expect to happen?

The Scylla Operator should have been deployed without encountering any size-related errors when applying the CRD file.

How can we reproduce it (as minimally and precisely as possible)?

Follow the Scylla Operator deployment guide.
Use the latest version of the Scylla Operator.

Run the command:

kubectl apply -f deploy/operator.yaml

Observe the error related to the CRD size being too long.

Scylla Operator version

Latest 1.14.1

Kubernetes platform name and version

$ kubectl version
kubectl version --client
Client Version: v1.31.1
Kustomize Version: v5.4.2

Kubernetes platform info:
Used an AWS ec2 instance with minikube

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Anything else we need to know?

No response

[swasik]

I can confirm the issue - same problem in my case.