diff --git a/cmd/controller-manager/app/options/options.go b/cmd/controller-manager/app/options/options.go
index 2d98ef8b4..698366695 100644
--- a/cmd/controller-manager/app/options/options.go
+++ b/cmd/controller-manager/app/options/options.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package options
 
 import (
 	"flag"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -49,6 +50,15 @@ type KubeSphereControllerManagerOptions struct {
 	LeaderElect           bool
 	LeaderElection        *leaderelection.LeaderElectionConfig
 	WebhookCertDir        string
+
+	// KubeSphere is using sigs.k8s.io/application as fundamental object to implement Application Management.
+	// There are other projects also built on sigs.k8s.io/application, when KubeSphere installed along side
+	// them, conflicts happen. So we leave an option to only reconcile applications  matched with the given
+	// selector. Default will reconcile all applications.
+	//    For example
+	//      "kubesphere.io/creator=" means reconcile applications with this label key
+	//      "!kubesphere.io/creator" means exclude applications with this key
+	ApplicationSelector string
 }
 
 func NewKubeSphereControllerManagerOptions() *KubeSphereControllerManagerOptions {
@@ -67,8 +77,9 @@ func NewKubeSphereControllerManagerOptions() *KubeSphereControllerManagerOptions
 			RenewDeadline: 15 * time.Second,
 			RetryPeriod:   5 * time.Second,
 		},
-		LeaderElect:    false,
-		WebhookCertDir: "",
+		LeaderElect:         false,
+		WebhookCertDir:      "",
+		ApplicationSelector: "",
 	}
 
 	return s
@@ -99,6 +110,11 @@ func (s *KubeSphereControllerManagerOptions) Flags() cliflag.NamedFlagSets {
 		"if not set, webhook server would look up the server key and certificate in"+
 		"{TempDir}/k8s-webhook-server/serving-certs")
 
+	gfs := fss.FlagSet("generic")
+	gfs.StringVar(&s.ApplicationSelector, "application-selector", s.ApplicationSelector, ""+
+		"Only reconcile application(sigs.k8s.io/application) objects match given selector, this could avoid conflicts with "+
+		"other projects built on top of sig-application. Default behavior is to reconcile all of application objects.")
+
 	kfs := fss.FlagSet("klog")
 	local := flag.NewFlagSet("klog", flag.ExitOnError)
 	klog.InitFlags(local)
@@ -118,6 +134,14 @@ func (s *KubeSphereControllerManagerOptions) Validate() []error {
 	errs = append(errs, s.OpenPitrixOptions.Validate()...)
 	errs = append(errs, s.NetworkOptions.Validate()...)
 	errs = append(errs, s.LdapOptions.Validate()...)
+
+	if len(s.ApplicationSelector) != 0 {
+		_, err := labels.Parse(s.ApplicationSelector)
+		if err != nil {
+			errs = append(errs, err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	return errs
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/controller-manager/app/server.go b/cmd/controller-manager/app/server.go
index d0fc7399b..e93c87065 100644
--- a/cmd/controller-manager/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/controller-manager/app/server.go
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ package app
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
+	"kubesphere.io/kubesphere/pkg/controller/application"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -28,7 +30,6 @@ import (
 	"kubesphere.io/kubesphere/cmd/controller-manager/app/options"
 	"kubesphere.io/kubesphere/pkg/apis"
 	controllerconfig "kubesphere.io/kubesphere/pkg/apiserver/config"
-	appcontroller "kubesphere.io/kubesphere/pkg/controller/application"
 	"kubesphere.io/kubesphere/pkg/controller/namespace"
 	"kubesphere.io/kubesphere/pkg/controller/network/webhooks"
 	"kubesphere.io/kubesphere/pkg/controller/serviceaccount"
@@ -46,7 +47,6 @@ import (
 	"kubesphere.io/kubesphere/pkg/simple/client/s3"
 	"kubesphere.io/kubesphere/pkg/utils/metrics"
 	"kubesphere.io/kubesphere/pkg/utils/term"
-	application "sigs.k8s.io/application/controllers"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/manager"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/runtime/signals"
@@ -219,16 +219,12 @@ func run(s *options.KubeSphereControllerManagerOptions, stopCh <-chan struct{})
 		klog.Fatal("Unable to create namespace controller")
 	}
 
-	err = appcontroller.Add(mgr)
-	if err != nil {
-		klog.Fatal("Unable to create ks application controller")
-	}
-
+	selector, _ := labels.Parse(s.ApplicationSelector)
 	applicationReconciler := &application.ApplicationReconciler{
-		Scheme: mgr.GetScheme(),
-		Client: mgr.GetClient(),
-		Mapper: mgr.GetRESTMapper(),
-		Log:    klogr.New(),
+		Scheme:              mgr.GetScheme(),
+		Client:              mgr.GetClient(),
+		Mapper:              mgr.GetRESTMapper(),
+		ApplicationSelector: selector,
 	}
 	if err = applicationReconciler.SetupWithManager(mgr); err != nil {
 		klog.Fatal("Unable to create application controller")
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 942e86631..5c3196d49 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.1
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.10
 	github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig v1.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/client/v3 v3.0.0
 	github.com/kubesphere/sonargo v0.0.2
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.2.2
@@ -69,12 +70,14 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.4.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1
 	github.com/xanzy/ssh-agent v0.2.1 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200728195943-123391ffb6de
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20201117144127-c1f2f97bffc9
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200707034311-ab3426394381
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20200107190931-bf48bf16ab8d
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210124154548-22da62e12c0c // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.30.0
 	gopkg.in/asn1-ber.v1 v1.0.0-20181015200546-f715ec2f112d // indirect
 	gopkg.in/cas.v2 v2.2.0
+	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20200227125254-8fa46927fb4f // indirect
 	gopkg.in/square/go-jose.v2 v2.4.0
 	gopkg.in/src-d/go-billy.v4 v4.3.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4 v4.11.0
@@ -189,6 +192,7 @@ replace (
 	github.com/brancz/kube-rbac-proxy => github.com/brancz/kube-rbac-proxy v0.5.0
 	github.com/bshuster-repo/logrus-logstash-hook => github.com/bshuster-repo/logrus-logstash-hook v0.4.1
 	github.com/bugsnag/bugsnag-go => github.com/bugsnag/bugsnag-go v1.5.0
+	github.com/bugsnag/osext => github.com/bugsnag/osext v0.0.0-20130617224835-0dd3f918b21b
 	github.com/bugsnag/panicwrap => github.com/bugsnag/panicwrap v1.2.0
 	github.com/c-bata/go-prompt => github.com/c-bata/go-prompt v0.2.2
 	github.com/campoy/embedmd => github.com/campoy/embedmd v1.0.0
@@ -207,6 +211,7 @@ replace (
 	github.com/circonus-labs/circonus-gometrics => github.com/circonus-labs/circonus-gometrics v2.3.1+incompatible
 	github.com/circonus-labs/circonusllhist => github.com/circonus-labs/circonusllhist v0.1.3
 	github.com/clbanning/x2j => github.com/clbanning/x2j v0.0.0-20191024224557-825249438eec
+	github.com/cloudflare/cfssl => github.com/cloudflare/cfssl v0.0.0-20180223231731-4e2dcbde5004
 	github.com/cockroachdb/apd => github.com/cockroachdb/apd v1.1.0
 	github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach-go => github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach-go v0.0.0-20181001143604-e0a95dfd547c
 	github.com/cockroachdb/datadriven => github.com/cockroachdb/datadriven v0.0.0-20190809214429-80d97fb3cbaa
@@ -214,6 +219,9 @@ replace (
 	github.com/container-storage-interface/spec => github.com/container-storage-interface/spec v1.2.0
 	github.com/containerd/containerd => github.com/containerd/containerd v1.3.0
 	github.com/containerd/continuity => github.com/containerd/continuity v0.0.0-20181203112020-004b46473808
+	github.com/containerd/fifo => github.com/containerd/fifo v0.0.0-20210129194248-f8e8fdba47ef
+	github.com/containerd/ttrpc => github.com/containerd/ttrpc v1.0.2
+	github.com/containerd/typeurl => github.com/containerd/typeurl v1.0.1
 	github.com/containernetworking/cni => github.com/containernetworking/cni v0.8.0
 	github.com/coreos/bbolt => github.com/coreos/bbolt v1.3.3
 	github.com/coreos/etcd => github.com/coreos/etcd v3.3.17+incompatible
@@ -247,16 +255,21 @@ replace (
 	github.com/dhui/dktest => github.com/dhui/dktest v0.3.0
 	github.com/disintegration/imaging => github.com/disintegration/imaging v1.6.1
 	github.com/docker/cli => github.com/docker/cli v0.0.0-20190506213505-d88565df0c2d
+	github.com/docker/compose-on-kubernetes => github.com/docker/compose-on-kubernetes v0.4.24
 	github.com/docker/distribution => github.com/docker/distribution v2.7.1+incompatible
 	github.com/docker/docker => github.com/docker/engine v1.4.2-0.20190822205725-ed20165a37b4
 	github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers => github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.6.1
+	github.com/docker/go => github.com/docker/go v1.5.1-1.0.20160303222718-d30aec9fd63c
 	github.com/docker/go-connections => github.com/docker/go-connections v0.4.0
+	github.com/docker/go-events => github.com/docker/go-events v0.0.0-20190806004212-e31b211e4f1c
 	github.com/docker/go-metrics => github.com/docker/go-metrics v0.0.0-20181218153428-b84716841b82
 	github.com/docker/go-units => github.com/docker/go-units v0.4.0
 	github.com/docker/libtrust => github.com/docker/libtrust v0.0.0-20160708172513-aabc10ec26b7
 	github.com/docker/spdystream => github.com/docker/spdystream v0.0.0-20181023171402-6480d4af844c
+	github.com/docker/swarmkit => github.com/docker/swarmkit v1.12.0
 	github.com/docopt/docopt-go => github.com/docopt/docopt-go v0.0.0-20180111231733-ee0de3bc6815
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize => github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.0
+	github.com/dvsekhvalnov/jose2go => github.com/dvsekhvalnov/jose2go v0.0.0-20170216131308-f21a8cedbbae
 	github.com/eapache/go-resiliency => github.com/eapache/go-resiliency v1.1.0
 	github.com/eapache/go-xerial-snappy => github.com/eapache/go-xerial-snappy v0.0.0-20180814174437-776d5712da21
 	github.com/eapache/queue => github.com/eapache/queue v1.1.0
@@ -360,6 +373,7 @@ replace (
 	github.com/gomodule/redigo => github.com/gomodule/redigo v2.0.0+incompatible
 	github.com/google/addlicense => github.com/google/addlicense v0.0.0-20200906110928-a0294312aa76
 	github.com/google/btree => github.com/google/btree v1.0.0
+	github.com/google/certificate-transparency-go => github.com/google/certificate-transparency-go v1.0.10-0.20180222191210-5ab67e519c93
 	github.com/google/flatbuffers => github.com/google/flatbuffers v1.11.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp => github.com/google/go-cmp v0.4.0
 	github.com/google/go-github => github.com/google/go-github v17.0.0+incompatible
@@ -369,6 +383,7 @@ replace (
 	github.com/google/martian => github.com/google/martian v2.1.0+incompatible
 	github.com/google/pprof => github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20200417002340-c6e0a841f49a
 	github.com/google/renameio => github.com/google/renameio v0.1.0
+	github.com/google/shlex => github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510
 	github.com/google/uuid => github.com/google/uuid v1.1.1
 	github.com/googleapis/gax-go => github.com/googleapis/gax-go v2.0.2+incompatible
 	github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 => github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.0.5
@@ -437,6 +452,7 @@ replace (
 	github.com/jstemmer/go-junit-report => github.com/jstemmer/go-junit-report v0.9.1
 	github.com/jsternberg/zap-logfmt => github.com/jsternberg/zap-logfmt v1.0.0
 	github.com/jtolds/gls => github.com/jtolds/gls v4.20.0+incompatible
+	github.com/juju/loggo => github.com/juju/loggo v0.0.0-20190526231331-6e530bcce5d8
 	github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter => github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter v1.3.0
 	github.com/jung-kurt/gofpdf => github.com/jung-kurt/gofpdf v1.0.3-0.20190309125859-24315acbbda5
 	github.com/jwilder/encoding => github.com/jwilder/encoding v0.0.0-20170811194829-b4e1701a28ef
@@ -488,6 +504,7 @@ replace (
 	github.com/mdlayher/wifi => github.com/mdlayher/wifi v0.0.0-20190303161829-b1436901ddee
 	github.com/mgutz/ansi => github.com/mgutz/ansi v0.0.0-20170206155736-9520e82c474b
 	github.com/miekg/dns => github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.29
+	github.com/miekg/pkcs11 => github.com/miekg/pkcs11 v1.0.2
 	github.com/minio/md5-simd => github.com/minio/md5-simd v1.1.0
 	github.com/minio/minio-go/v7 => github.com/minio/minio-go/v7 v7.0.2
 	github.com/minio/sha256-simd => github.com/minio/sha256-simd v0.1.1
@@ -517,6 +534,7 @@ replace (
 	github.com/nats-io/nkeys => github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.1.3
 	github.com/nats-io/nuid => github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1
 	github.com/ncw/swift => github.com/ncw/swift v1.0.50
+	github.com/niemeyer/pretty => github.com/niemeyer/pretty v0.0.0-20200227124842-a10e7caefd8e
 	github.com/nxadm/tail => github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.4
 	github.com/oklog/oklog => github.com/oklog/oklog v0.3.2
 	github.com/oklog/run => github.com/oklog/run v1.1.0
@@ -529,6 +547,7 @@ replace (
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest => github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0-rc1
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec => github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.0.1
 	github.com/opencontainers/runc => github.com/opencontainers/runc v0.1.1
+	github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec => github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.0.2
 	github.com/opentracing-contrib/go-grpc => github.com/opentracing-contrib/go-grpc v0.0.0-20180928155321-4b5a12d3ff02
 	github.com/opentracing-contrib/go-observer => github.com/opentracing-contrib/go-observer v0.0.0-20170622124052-a52f23424492
 	github.com/opentracing-contrib/go-stdlib => github.com/opentracing-contrib/go-stdlib v0.0.0-20190519235532-cf7a6c988dc9
@@ -614,7 +633,9 @@ replace (
 	github.com/streadway/handy => github.com/streadway/handy v0.0.0-20190108123426-d5acb3125c2a
 	github.com/stretchr/objx => github.com/stretchr/objx v0.2.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify => github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0
+	github.com/syndtr/gocapability => github.com/syndtr/gocapability v0.0.0-20200815063812-42c35b437635
 	github.com/thanos-io/thanos => github.com/thanos-io/thanos v0.13.1-0.20200910143741-e0b7f7b32e9c
+	github.com/theupdateframework/notary => github.com/theupdateframework/notary v0.7.0
 	github.com/tidwall/pretty => github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.0.0
 	github.com/tinylib/msgp => github.com/tinylib/msgp v1.1.0
 	github.com/tmc/grpc-websocket-proxy => github.com/tmc/grpc-websocket-proxy v0.0.0-20190109142713-0ad062ec5ee5
@@ -668,6 +689,7 @@ replace (
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 => golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20190402181905-9f3314589c9a
 	golang.org/x/sync => golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58
 	golang.org/x/sys => golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190228124157-a34e9553db1e
+	golang.org/x/term => golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201117132131-f5c789dd3221
 	golang.org/x/text => golang.org/x/text v0.3.0
 	golang.org/x/time => golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20190308202827-9d24e82272b4
 	golang.org/x/tools => golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190710153321-831012c29e42
@@ -686,6 +708,7 @@ replace (
 	gopkg.in/alexcesaro/quotedprintable.v3 => gopkg.in/alexcesaro/quotedprintable.v3 v3.0.0-20150716171945-2caba252f4dc
 	gopkg.in/asn1-ber.v1 => gopkg.in/asn1-ber.v1 v1.0.0-20181015200546-f715ec2f112d
 	gopkg.in/cas.v2 => gopkg.in/cas.v2 v2.2.0
+	gopkg.in/cenkalti/backoff.v2 => gopkg.in/cenkalti/backoff.v2 v2.2.1
 	gopkg.in/check.v1 => gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15
 	gopkg.in/cheggaaa/pb.v1 => gopkg.in/cheggaaa/pb.v1 v1.0.25
 	gopkg.in/errgo.v2 => gopkg.in/errgo.v2 v2.1.0
@@ -701,6 +724,7 @@ replace (
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 => gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.57.0
 	gopkg.in/mail.v2 => gopkg.in/mail.v2 v2.3.1
 	gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2 => gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2 v2.0.0
+	gopkg.in/rethinkdb/rethinkdb-go.v6 => gopkg.in/rethinkdb/rethinkdb-go.v6 v6.2.1
 	gopkg.in/square/go-jose.v1 => gopkg.in/square/go-jose.v1 v1.1.2
 	gopkg.in/square/go-jose.v2 => gopkg.in/square/go-jose.v2 v2.4.0
 	gopkg.in/src-d/go-billy.v4 => gopkg.in/src-d/go-billy.v4 v4.3.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1cd294de9..fa0829362 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -130,11 +130,14 @@ github.com/codahale/hdrhistogram v0.0.0-20161010025455-3a0bb77429bd h1:qMd81Ts1T
 github.com/codahale/hdrhistogram v0.0.0-20161010025455-3a0bb77429bd/go.mod h1:sE/e/2PUdi/liOCUjSTXgM1o87ZssimdTWN964YiIeI=
 github.com/container-storage-interface/spec v1.2.0 h1:bD9KIVgaVKKkQ/UbVUY9kCaH/CJbhNxe0eeB4JeJV2s=
 github.com/container-storage-interface/spec v1.2.0/go.mod h1:6URME8mwIBbpVyZV93Ce5St17xBiQJQY67NDsuohiy4=
+github.com/containerd/containerd v1.3.0 h1:xjvXQWABwS2uiv3TWgQt5Uth60Gu86LTGZXMJkjc7rY=
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.3.0/go.mod h1:bC6axHOhabU15QhwfG7w5PipXdVtMXFTttgp+kVtyUA=
+github.com/containerd/continuity v0.0.0-20181203112020-004b46473808 h1:4BX8f882bXEDKfWIf0wa8HRvpnBoPszJJXL+TVbBw4M=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.0.0-20181203112020-004b46473808/go.mod h1:GL3xCUCBDV3CZiTSEKksMWbLE66hEyuu9qyDOOqM47Y=
 github.com/containernetworking/cni v0.8.0 h1:BT9lpgGoH4jw3lFC7Odz2prU5ruiYKcgAjMCbgybcKI=
 github.com/containernetworking/cni v0.8.0/go.mod h1:LGwApLUm2FpoOfxTDEeq8T9ipbpZ61X79hmU3w8FmsY=
 github.com/coreos/bbolt v1.3.3/go.mod h1:iRUV2dpdMOn7Bo10OQBFzIJO9kkE559Wcmn+qkEiiKk=
+github.com/coreos/etcd v3.3.17+incompatible h1:f/Z3EoDSx1yjaIjLQGo1diYUlQYSBrrAQ5vP8NjwXwo=
 github.com/coreos/etcd v3.3.17+incompatible/go.mod h1:uF7uidLiAD3TWHmW31ZFd/JWoc32PjwdhPthX9715RE=
 github.com/coreos/go-oidc v2.1.0+incompatible h1:sdJrfw8akMnCuUlaZU3tE/uYXFgfqom8DBE9so9EBsM=
 github.com/coreos/go-oidc v2.1.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:CgnwVTmzoESiwO9qyAFEMiHoZ1nMCKZlZ9V6mm3/LKc=
@@ -172,14 +175,17 @@ github.com/dgryski/go-bitstream v0.0.0-20180413035011-3522498ce2c8/go.mod h1:VMa
 github.com/dgryski/go-sip13 v0.0.0-20190329191031-25c5027a8c7b/go.mod h1:vAd38F8PWV+bWy6jNmig1y/TA+kYO4g3RSRF0IAv0no=
 github.com/dhui/dktest v0.3.0/go.mod h1:cyzIUfGsBEbZ6BT7tnXqAShHSXCZhSNmFl70sZ7c1yc=
 github.com/disintegration/imaging v1.6.1/go.mod h1:xuIt+sRxDFrHS0drzXUlCJthkJ8k7lkkUojDSR247MQ=
+github.com/docker/cli v0.0.0-20190506213505-d88565df0c2d h1:qdD+BtyCE1XXpDyhvn0yZVcZOLILdj9Cw4pKu0kQbPQ=
 github.com/docker/cli v0.0.0-20190506213505-d88565df0c2d/go.mod h1:JLrzqnKDaYBop7H2jaqPtU4hHvMKP+vjCwu2uszcLI8=
 github.com/docker/distribution v2.7.1+incompatible h1:a5mlkVzth6W5A4fOsS3D2EO5BUmsJpcB+cRlLU7cSug=
 github.com/docker/distribution v2.7.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:J2gT2udsDAN96Uj4KfcMRqY0/ypR+oyYUYmja8H+y+w=
+github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.6.1 h1:Dq4iIfcM7cNtddhLVWe9h4QDjsi4OER3Z8voPu/I52g=
 github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.6.1/go.mod h1:WRaJzqw3CTB9bk10avuGsjVBZsD05qeibJ1/TYlvc0Y=
 github.com/docker/engine v1.4.2-0.20190822205725-ed20165a37b4 h1:+VAGRKyn9Ca+ckzV/PJsaRO7UXO9KQjFmSffcSDrWdE=
 github.com/docker/engine v1.4.2-0.20190822205725-ed20165a37b4/go.mod h1:3CPr2caMgTHxxIAZgEMd3uLYPDlRvPqCpyeRf6ncPcY=
 github.com/docker/go-connections v0.4.0 h1:El9xVISelRB7BuFusrZozjnkIM5YnzCViNKohAFqRJQ=
 github.com/docker/go-connections v0.4.0/go.mod h1:Gbd7IOopHjR8Iph03tsViu4nIes5XhDvyHbTtUxmeec=
+github.com/docker/go-metrics v0.0.0-20181218153428-b84716841b82 h1:X0fj836zx99zFu83v/M79DuBn84IL/Syx1SY6Y5ZEMA=
 github.com/docker/go-metrics v0.0.0-20181218153428-b84716841b82/go.mod h1:/u0gXw0Gay3ceNrsHubL3BtdOL2fHf93USgMTe0W5dI=
 github.com/docker/go-units v0.4.0 h1:3uh0PgVws3nIA0Q+MwDC8yjEPf9zjRfZZWXZYDct3Tw=
 github.com/docker/go-units v0.4.0/go.mod h1:fgPhTUdO+D/Jk86RDLlptpiXQzgHJF7gydDDbaIK4Dk=
@@ -311,6 +317,7 @@ github.com/gocraft/dbr v0.0.0-20180507214907-a0fd650918f6/go.mod h1:K/9g3pPouf13
 github.com/godbus/dbus v0.0.0-20190402143921-271e53dc4968/go.mod h1:/YcGZj5zSblfDWMMoOzV4fas9FZnQYTkDnsGvmh2Grw=
 github.com/gofrs/flock v0.7.1/go.mod h1:F1TvTiK9OcQqauNUHlbJvyl9Qa1QvF/gOUDKA14jxHU=
 github.com/gofrs/uuid v3.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:b2aQJv3Z4Fp6yNu3cdSllBxTCLRxnplIgP/c0N/04lM=
+github.com/gogo/googleapis v1.1.0 h1:kFkMAZBNAn4j7K0GiZr8cRYzejq68VbheufiV3YuyFI=
 github.com/gogo/googleapis v1.1.0/go.mod h1:gf4bu3Q80BeJ6H1S1vYPm8/ELATdvryBaNFGgqEef3s=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.1 h1:DqDEcV5aeaTmdFBePNpYsp3FlcVH/2ISVVM9Qf8PSls=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.1/go.mod h1:SlYgWuQ5SjCEi6WLHjHCa1yvBfUnHcTbrrZtXPKa29o=
@@ -386,6 +393,7 @@ github.com/hashicorp/go-rootcerts v1.0.2/go.mod h1:pqUvnprVnM5bf7AOirdbb01K4ccR3
 github.com/hashicorp/go-sockaddr v1.0.2/go.mod h1:rB4wwRAUzs07qva3c5SdrY/NEtAUjGlgmH/UkBUC97A=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-syslog v1.0.0/go.mod h1:qPfqrKkXGihmCqbJM2mZgkZGvKG1dFdvsLplgctolz4=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-uuid v1.0.1/go.mod h1:6SBZvOh/SIDV7/2o3Jml5SYk/TvGqwFJ/bN7x4byOro=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.2.0 h1:3vNe/fWF5CBgRIguda1meWhsZHy3m8gCJ5wx+dIzX/E=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.2.0/go.mod h1:fltr4n8CU8Ke44wwGCBoEymUuxUHl09ZGVZPK5anwXA=
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.4 h1:YDjusn29QI/Das2iO9M0BHnIbxPeyuCHsjMW+lJfyTc=
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.4/go.mod h1:iADmTwqILo4mZ8BN3D2Q6+9jd8WM5uGBxy+E8yxSoD4=
@@ -554,6 +562,7 @@ github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0-rc1 h1:WzifXhOVOEOuFYOJAW6aQqW0TooG2i
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0-rc1/go.mod h1:cMLVZDEM3+U2I4VmLI6N8jQYUd2OVphdqWwCJHrFt2s=
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.0.1 h1:JMemWkRwHx4Zj+fVxWoMCFm/8sYGGrUVojFA6h/TRcI=
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.0.1/go.mod h1:BtxoFyWECRxE4U/7sNtV5W15zMzWCbyJoFRP3s7yZA0=
+github.com/opencontainers/runc v0.1.1 h1:GlxAyO6x8rfZYN9Tt0Kti5a/cP41iuiO2yYT0IJGY8Y=
 github.com/opencontainers/runc v0.1.1/go.mod h1:qT5XzbpPznkRYVz/mWwUaVBUv2rmF59PVA73FjuZG0U=
 github.com/opentracing-contrib/go-grpc v0.0.0-20180928155321-4b5a12d3ff02/go.mod h1:JNdpVEzCpXBgIiv4ds+TzhN1hrtxq6ClLrTlT9OQRSc=
 github.com/opentracing-contrib/go-observer v0.0.0-20170622124052-a52f23424492/go.mod h1:Ngi6UdF0k5OKD5t5wlmGhe/EDKPoUM3BXZSSfIuJbis=
@@ -890,4 +899,5 @@ sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v3 v3.0.0/go.mod h1:PlARxl6Hbt/+BC80dRLi1qAmnM
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0 h1:kr/MCeFWJWTwyaHoR9c8EjH9OumOmoF9YGiZd7lFm/Q=
 sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.2.0/go.mod h1:yfXDCHCao9+ENCvLSE62v9VSji2MKu5jeNfTrofGhJc=
 sourcegraph.com/sourcegraph/appdash v0.0.0-20190731080439-ebfcffb1b5c0/go.mod h1:hI742Nqp5OhwiqlzhgfbWU4mW4yO10fP+LoT9WOswdU=
+vbom.ml/util v0.0.0-20160121211510-db5cfe13f5cc h1:MksmcCZQWAQJCTA5T0jgI/0sJ51AVm4Z41MrmfczEoc=
 vbom.ml/util v0.0.0-20160121211510-db5cfe13f5cc/go.mod h1:so/NYdZXCz+E3ZpW0uAoCj6uzU2+8OWDFv/HxUSs7kI=
diff --git a/pkg/apis/iam/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/apis/iam/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 2920eccd3..53810ab25 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/iam/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/iam/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -770,6 +770,11 @@ func (in *UserSpec) DeepCopy() *UserSpec {
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *UserStatus) DeepCopyInto(out *UserStatus) {
 	*out = *in
+	if in.State != nil {
+		in, out := &in.State, &out.State
+		*out = new(UserState)
+		**out = **in
+	}
 	if in.LastTransitionTime != nil {
 		in, out := &in.LastTransitionTime, &out.LastTransitionTime
 		*out = (*in).DeepCopy()
diff --git a/pkg/apis/servicemesh/v1alpha2/strategy_types.go b/pkg/apis/servicemesh/v1alpha2/strategy_types.go
index c86b459d9..bf5bd227e 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/servicemesh/v1alpha2/strategy_types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/servicemesh/v1alpha2/strategy_types.go
@@ -31,17 +31,17 @@ const (
 	ResourcePluralStrategy   = "strategies"
 )
 
-type StrategyType string
+type strategyType string
 
 const (
 	// Canary strategy type
-	CanaryType StrategyType = "Canary"
+	CanaryType strategyType = "Canary"
 
 	// BlueGreen strategy type
-	BlueGreenType StrategyType = "BlueGreen"
+	BlueGreenType strategyType = "BlueGreen"
 
 	// Mirror strategy type
-	Mirror StrategyType = "Mirror"
+	Mirror strategyType = "Mirror"
 )
 
 type StrategyPolicy string
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ const (
 // StrategySpec defines the desired state of Strategy
 type StrategySpec struct {
 	// Strategy type
-	Type StrategyType `json:"type,omitempty"`
+	Type strategyType `json:"type,omitempty"`
 
 	// Principal version, the one as reference version
 	// label version value
diff --git a/pkg/controller/application/application_controller.go b/pkg/controller/application/application_controller.go
index ab8658132..9ef9bd8b7 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/application/application_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/application/application_controller.go
@@ -18,45 +18,239 @@ package application
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	v1beta12 "k8s.io/api/networking/v1beta1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/equality"
+	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/record"
+	utilerrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/util/retry"
 	"k8s.io/klog"
 	servicemeshv1alpha2 "kubesphere.io/kubesphere/pkg/apis/servicemesh/v1alpha2"
 	"kubesphere.io/kubesphere/pkg/controller/utils/servicemesh"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/application/api/v1beta1"
+	appv1beta1 "sigs.k8s.io/application/api/v1beta1"
+	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/controller"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/event"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/handler"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/manager"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/predicate"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/reconcile"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/source"
-	"time"
 )
 
-// Add creates a new Application Controller and adds it to the Manager with default RBAC. The Manager will set fields on the Controller
-// and Start it when the Manager is Started.
-func Add(mgr manager.Manager) error {
-	return add(mgr, newReconciler(mgr))
+// ApplicationReconciler reconciles a Application object
+type ApplicationReconciler struct {
+	client.Client
+	Mapper              meta.RESTMapper
+	Scheme              *runtime.Scheme
+	ApplicationSelector labels.Selector //
 }
 
-// newReconciler returns a new reconcile.Reconciler
-func newReconciler(mgr manager.Manager) reconcile.Reconciler {
-	return &ReconcileApplication{Client: mgr.GetClient(), scheme: mgr.GetScheme(),
-		recorder: mgr.GetEventRecorderFor("application-controller")}
+func (r *ApplicationReconciler) Reconcile(req ctrl.Request) (ctrl.Result, error) {
+	var app appv1beta1.Application
+	err := r.Get(context.Background(), req.NamespacedName, &app)
+	if err != nil {
+		if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			return ctrl.Result{}, nil
+		}
+		return ctrl.Result{}, err
+	}
+
+	// If label selector were given, only reconcile matched applications
+	// match annotations and labels
+	if !r.ApplicationSelector.Empty() {
+		if !r.ApplicationSelector.Matches(labels.Set(app.Labels)) &&
+			!r.ApplicationSelector.Matches(labels.Set(app.Annotations)) {
+			return ctrl.Result{}, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Application is in the process of being deleted, so no need to do anything.
+	if app.DeletionTimestamp != nil {
+		return ctrl.Result{}, nil
+	}
+
+	resources, errs := r.updateComponents(context.Background(), &app)
+	newApplicationStatus := r.getNewApplicationStatus(context.Background(), &app, resources, &errs)
+
+	newApplicationStatus.ObservedGeneration = app.Generation
+	if equality.Semantic.DeepEqual(newApplicationStatus, &app.Status) {
+		return ctrl.Result{}, nil
+	}
+
+	err = r.updateApplicationStatus(context.Background(), req.NamespacedName, newApplicationStatus)
+	return ctrl.Result{}, err
 }
 
-// add adds a new Controller to mgr with r as the reconcile.Reconciler
-func add(mgr manager.Manager, r reconcile.Reconciler) error {
-	// Create a new controller
-	c, err := controller.New("application-controller", mgr, controller.Options{Reconciler: r})
+func (r *ApplicationReconciler) updateComponents(ctx context.Context, app *appv1beta1.Application) ([]*unstructured.Unstructured, []error) {
+	var errs []error
+	resources := r.fetchComponentListResources(ctx, app.Spec.ComponentGroupKinds, app.Spec.Selector, app.Namespace, &errs)
+
+	if app.Spec.AddOwnerRef {
+		ownerRef := metav1.NewControllerRef(app, appv1beta1.GroupVersion.WithKind("Application"))
+		*ownerRef.Controller = false
+		if err := r.setOwnerRefForResources(ctx, *ownerRef, resources); err != nil {
+			errs = append(errs, err)
+		}
+	}
+	return resources, errs
+}
+
+func (r *ApplicationReconciler) getNewApplicationStatus(ctx context.Context, app *appv1beta1.Application, resources []*unstructured.Unstructured, errList *[]error) *appv1beta1.ApplicationStatus {
+	objectStatuses := r.objectStatuses(ctx, resources, errList)
+	errs := utilerrors.NewAggregate(*errList)
+
+	aggReady, countReady := aggregateReady(objectStatuses)
+
+	newApplicationStatus := app.Status.DeepCopy()
+	newApplicationStatus.ComponentList = appv1beta1.ComponentList{
+		Objects: objectStatuses,
+	}
+	newApplicationStatus.ComponentsReady = fmt.Sprintf("%d/%d", countReady, len(objectStatuses))
+	if errs != nil {
+		setReadyUnknownCondition(newApplicationStatus, "ComponentsReadyUnknown", "failed to aggregate all components' statuses, check the Error condition for details")
+	} else if aggReady {
+		setReadyCondition(newApplicationStatus, "ComponentsReady", "all components ready")
+	} else {
+		setNotReadyCondition(newApplicationStatus, "ComponentsNotReady", fmt.Sprintf("%d components not ready", len(objectStatuses)-countReady))
+	}
+
+	if errs != nil {
+		setErrorCondition(newApplicationStatus, "ErrorSeen", errs.Error())
+	} else {
+		clearErrorCondition(newApplicationStatus)
+	}
+
+	return newApplicationStatus
+}
+
+func (r *ApplicationReconciler) fetchComponentListResources(ctx context.Context, groupKinds []metav1.GroupKind, selector *metav1.LabelSelector, namespace string, errs *[]error) []*unstructured.Unstructured {
+	var resources []*unstructured.Unstructured
+
+	if selector == nil {
+		klog.V(2).Info("No selector is specified")
+		return resources
+	}
+
+	for _, gk := range groupKinds {
+		mapping, err := r.Mapper.RESTMapping(schema.GroupKind{
+			Group: appv1beta1.StripVersion(gk.Group),
+			Kind:  gk.Kind,
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			klog.V(2).Info("NoMappingForGK", "gk", gk.String())
+			continue
+		}
+
+		list := &unstructured.UnstructuredList{}
+		list.SetGroupVersionKind(mapping.GroupVersionKind)
+		if err = r.Client.List(ctx, list, client.InNamespace(namespace), client.MatchingLabels(selector.MatchLabels)); err != nil {
+			klog.Error(err, "unable to list resources for GVK", "gvk", mapping.GroupVersionKind)
+			*errs = append(*errs, err)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		for _, u := range list.Items {
+			resource := u
+			resources = append(resources, &resource)
+		}
+	}
+	return resources
+}
+
+func (r *ApplicationReconciler) setOwnerRefForResources(ctx context.Context, ownerRef metav1.OwnerReference, resources []*unstructured.Unstructured) error {
+	for _, resource := range resources {
+		ownerRefs := resource.GetOwnerReferences()
+		ownerRefFound := false
+		for i, refs := range ownerRefs {
+			if ownerRef.Kind == refs.Kind &&
+				ownerRef.APIVersion == refs.APIVersion &&
+				ownerRef.Name == refs.Name {
+				ownerRefFound = true
+				if ownerRef.UID != refs.UID {
+					ownerRefs[i] = ownerRef
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		if !ownerRefFound {
+			ownerRefs = append(ownerRefs, ownerRef)
+		}
+		resource.SetOwnerReferences(ownerRefs)
+		err := r.Client.Update(ctx, resource)
+		if err != nil {
+			// We log this error, but we continue and try to set the ownerRefs on the other resources.
+			klog.Error(err, "ErrorSettingOwnerRef", "gvk", resource.GroupVersionKind().String(),
+				"namespace", resource.GetNamespace(), "name", resource.GetName())
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (r *ApplicationReconciler) objectStatuses(ctx context.Context, resources []*unstructured.Unstructured, errs *[]error) []appv1beta1.ObjectStatus {
+	var objectStatuses []appv1beta1.ObjectStatus
+	for _, resource := range resources {
+		os := appv1beta1.ObjectStatus{
+			Group: resource.GroupVersionKind().Group,
+			Kind:  resource.GetKind(),
+			Name:  resource.GetName(),
+			Link:  resource.GetSelfLink(),
+		}
+		s, err := status(resource)
+		if err != nil {
+			klog.Error(err, "unable to compute status for resource", "gvk", resource.GroupVersionKind().String(),
+				"namespace", resource.GetNamespace(), "name", resource.GetName())
+			*errs = append(*errs, err)
+		}
+		os.Status = s
+		objectStatuses = append(objectStatuses, os)
+	}
+	return objectStatuses
+}
+
+func aggregateReady(objectStatuses []appv1beta1.ObjectStatus) (bool, int) {
+	countReady := 0
+	for _, os := range objectStatuses {
+		if os.Status == StatusReady {
+			countReady++
+		}
+	}
+	if countReady == len(objectStatuses) {
+		return true, countReady
+	}
+	return false, countReady
+}
+
+func (r *ApplicationReconciler) updateApplicationStatus(ctx context.Context, nn types.NamespacedName, status *appv1beta1.ApplicationStatus) error {
+	if err := retry.RetryOnConflict(retry.DefaultRetry, func() error {
+		original := &appv1beta1.Application{}
+		if err := r.Get(ctx, nn, original); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		original.Status = *status
+		if err := r.Client.Status().Update(ctx, original); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+	}); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to update status of Application %s/%s: %v", nn.Namespace, nn.Name, err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (r *ApplicationReconciler) SetupWithManager(mgr ctrl.Manager) error {
+	c, err := ctrl.NewControllerManagedBy(mgr).
+		Named("application-controller").
+		For(&appv1beta1.Application{}).Build(r)
+
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -98,46 +292,7 @@ func add(mgr manager.Manager, r reconcile.Reconciler) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-var _ reconcile.Reconciler = &ReconcileApplication{}
-
-// ReconcileApplication reconciles a Workspace object
-type ReconcileApplication struct {
-	client.Client
-	scheme   *runtime.Scheme
-	recorder record.EventRecorder
-}
-
-// +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=app.k8s.io,resources=applications,verbs=get;list;watch;create;update;patch;delete
-func (r *ReconcileApplication) Reconcile(request reconcile.Request) (reconcile.Result, error) {
-	// Fetch the Application instance
-	ctx := context.Background()
-	app := &v1beta1.Application{}
-	err := r.Get(ctx, request.NamespacedName, app)
-	if err != nil {
-		if errors.IsNotFound(err) {
-			klog.Errorf("application %s not found in namespace %s", request.Name, request.Namespace)
-			return reconcile.Result{}, nil
-		}
-		return reconcile.Result{}, err
-	}
-
-	// add specified annotation for app when triggered by sub-resources,
-	// so the application in sigs.k8s.io can reconcile to update status
-	annotations := app.GetObjectMeta().GetAnnotations()
-	if annotations == nil {
-		annotations = make(map[string]string)
-	}
-	annotations["kubesphere.io/last-updated"] = time.Now().String()
-	app.SetAnnotations(annotations)
-	err = r.Update(ctx, app)
-	if err != nil {
-		if errors.IsNotFound(err) {
-			klog.V(4).Infof("application %s has been deleted during update in namespace %s", request.Name, request.Namespace)
-			return reconcile.Result{}, nil
-		}
-	}
-	return reconcile.Result{}, nil
-}
+var _ reconcile.Reconciler = &ApplicationReconciler{}
 
 func isApp(obs ...metav1.Object) bool {
 	for _, o := range obs {
diff --git a/pkg/controller/application/application_controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/application/application_controller_test.go
index 723fc2e8c..e81d2755a 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/application/application_controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/application/application_controller_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ package application
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
+	"time"
+
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
@@ -27,71 +31,131 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 	"kubesphere.io/kubesphere/pkg/controller/utils/servicemesh"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/application/api/v1beta1"
-	"time"
+)
+
+const (
+	applicationName = "bookinfo"
+	serviceName = "productpage"
+	timeout         = time.Second * 30
+	interval        = time.Second * 2
 )
 
 var replicas = int32(2)
-var _ = Describe("Application", func() {
-
-	const timeout = time.Second * 30
-	const interval = time.Second * 1
 
+var _ = Context("Inside of a new namespace", func() {
 	ctx := context.TODO()
+	ns := SetupTest(ctx)
 
-	service := newService("productpage")
-	app := newAppliation(service)
-	deployments := []*v1.Deployment{newDeployments(service, "v1")}
-
-	BeforeEach(func() {
-
-		// Create application service and deployment
-		Expect(k8sClient.Create(ctx, app)).Should(Succeed())
-		Expect(k8sClient.Create(ctx, service)).Should(Succeed())
-		for i := range deployments {
-			deployment := deployments[i]
-			Expect(k8sClient.Create(ctx, deployment)).Should(Succeed())
+	Describe("Application", func() {
+		applicationLabels := map[string]string{
+			"app.kubernetes.io/name": "bookinfo",
+			"app.kubernetes.io/version": "1",
 		}
-	})
 
-	// Add Tests for OpenAPI validation (or additonal CRD features) specified in
-	// your API definition.
-	// Avoid adding tests for vanilla CRUD operations because they would
-	// test Kubernetes API server, which isn't the goal here.
-	Context("Application Controller", func() {
-		It("Should create successfully", func() {
+		BeforeEach(func() {
+			By("create deployment,service,application objects")
+			service := newService(serviceName, ns.Name, applicationLabels)
+			deployments := []*v1.Deployment{newDeployments(serviceName, ns.Name, applicationLabels, "v1")}
+			app := newApplication(applicationName, ns.Name, applicationLabels)
 
-			By("Reconcile Application successfully")
-			// application should have "kubesphere.io/last-updated" annotation
-			Eventually(func() bool {
-				app := &v1beta1.Application{}
-				_ = k8sClient.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Name: service.Labels[servicemesh.ApplicationNameLabel], Namespace: metav1.NamespaceDefault}, app)
-				time, ok := app.Annotations["kubesphere.io/last-updated"]
-				return len(time) > 0 && ok
-			}, timeout, interval).Should(BeTrue())
+			Expect(k8sClient.Create(ctx, service.DeepCopy())).Should(Succeed())
+			for i := range deployments {
+				deployment := deployments[i]
+				Expect(k8sClient.Create(ctx, deployment.DeepCopy())).Should(Succeed())
+			}
+			Expect(k8sClient.Create(ctx, app)).Should(Succeed())
+		})
+
+		Context("Application Controller", func() {
+			It("Should not reconcile application", func() {
+				By("update application labels")
+				application := &v1beta1.Application{}
+
+				err := k8sClient.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Name: applicationName, Namespace: ns.Name}, application)
+				Expect(err).Should(Succeed())
+
+				updateApplication := func(object interface{}) {
+					newApp := object.(*v1beta1.Application)
+					newApp.Labels["kubesphere.io/creator"] = ""
+				}
+
+				updated, err := updateWithRetries(k8sClient, ctx, application.Namespace, applicationName, updateApplication, 1 * time.Second, 5 * time.Second)
+				Expect(updated).Should(BeTrue())
+
+				Eventually(func() bool {
+
+					err = k8sClient.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Name: applicationName, Namespace: ns.Name}, application)
+
+					// application status field should not be populated with selected deployments and services
+					return len(application.Status.ComponentList.Objects) == 0
+				}, timeout, interval).Should(BeTrue())
+
+			})
+
+			It("Should reconcile application successfully", func() {
+
+				By("check if application status been updated by controller")
+				application := &v1beta1.Application{}
+
+				Eventually(func() bool {
+					err := k8sClient.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Name: applicationName, Namespace: ns.Name}, application)
+					Expect(err).Should(Succeed())
+
+					// application status field should be populated by controller
+					return len(application.Status.ComponentList.Objects) > 0
+				}, timeout, interval).Should(BeTrue())
+
+			})
 		})
 	})
 })
 
-func newDeployments(service *corev1.Service, version string) *v1.Deployment {
-	lbs := service.Labels
-	lbs["version"] = version
+type UpdateObjectFunc func(obj interface{})
+
+func updateWithRetries(client client.Client, ctx context.Context, namespace, name string, updateFunc UpdateObjectFunc, interval, timeout time.Duration)(bool, error) {
+	var updateErr error
+
+	pollErr := wait.PollImmediate(interval, timeout, func() (done bool, err error) {
+		app := &v1beta1.Application{}
+		if err = client.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Namespace: namespace, Name: name}, app); err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
+
+		updateFunc(app)
+		if err = client.Update(ctx, app); err == nil {
+			return true, nil
+		}
+
+		updateErr = err
+		return false, nil
+	})
+
+	if pollErr == wait.ErrWaitTimeout {
+		pollErr = fmt.Errorf("couldn't apply the provided update to object %q: %v", name, updateErr)
+		return false, pollErr
+	}
+	return true, nil
+}
+
+func newDeployments(deploymentName, namespace string, labels map[string]string, version string) *v1.Deployment {
+	labels["app"] = deploymentName
+	labels["version"] = version
 
 	deployment := &v1.Deployment{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name:        fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", service.Name, version),
-			Namespace:   metav1.NamespaceDefault,
-			Labels:      lbs,
+			Name:      fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", deploymentName, version),
+			Namespace: namespace,
+			Labels: labels,
 			Annotations: map[string]string{servicemesh.ServiceMeshEnabledAnnotation: "true"},
 		},
 		Spec: v1.DeploymentSpec{
 			Replicas: &replicas,
 			Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
-				MatchLabels: lbs,
+				MatchLabels: labels,
 			},
 			Template: corev1.PodTemplateSpec{
 				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-					Labels:      lbs,
-					Annotations: service.Annotations,
+					Labels:      labels,
 				},
 				Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
 					Containers: []corev1.Container{
@@ -130,16 +194,14 @@ func newDeployments(service *corev1.Service, version string) *v1.Deployment {
 	return deployment
 }
 
-func newService(name string) *corev1.Service {
+func newService(serviceName, namesapce string, labels map[string]string) *corev1.Service {
+	labels["app"] = serviceName
+
 	svc := &corev1.Service{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name:      name,
-			Namespace: metav1.NamespaceDefault,
-			Labels: map[string]string{
-				"app.kubernetes.io/name":    "bookinfo",
-				"app.kubernetes.io/version": "1",
-				"app":                       name,
-			},
+			Name:      serviceName,
+			Namespace: namesapce,
+			Labels: labels,
 			Annotations: map[string]string{
 				"servicemesh.kubesphere.io/enabled": "true",
 			},
@@ -162,11 +224,7 @@ func newService(name string) *corev1.Service {
 					Protocol: corev1.ProtocolTCP,
 				},
 			},
-			Selector: map[string]string{
-				"app.kubernetes.io/name":    "bookinfo",
-				"app.kubernetes.io/version": "1",
-				"app":                       "foo",
-			},
+			Selector: labels,
 			Type: corev1.ServiceTypeClusterIP,
 		},
 		Status: corev1.ServiceStatus{},
@@ -174,12 +232,12 @@ func newService(name string) *corev1.Service {
 	return svc
 }
 
-func newAppliation(service *corev1.Service) *v1beta1.Application {
+func newApplication(applicationName, namespace string, labels map[string]string) *v1beta1.Application {
 	app := &v1beta1.Application{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name:        service.Labels[servicemesh.ApplicationNameLabel],
-			Namespace:   metav1.NamespaceDefault,
-			Labels:      service.Labels,
+			Name:        applicationName,
+			Namespace:   namespace,
+			Labels:      labels,
 			Annotations: map[string]string{servicemesh.ServiceMeshEnabledAnnotation: "true"},
 		},
 		Spec: v1beta1.ApplicationSpec{
@@ -193,6 +251,9 @@ func newAppliation(service *corev1.Service) *v1beta1.Application {
 					Kind:  "Deployment",
 				},
 			},
+			Selector: &metav1.LabelSelector{
+				MatchLabels: labels,
+			},
 			AddOwnerRef: true,
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/application/application_suit_test.go b/pkg/controller/application/application_suit_test.go
index 4885d1a4f..40feef74f 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/application/application_suit_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/application/application_suit_test.go
@@ -17,12 +17,15 @@ limitations under the License.
 package application
 
 import (
-	"github.com/onsi/gomega/gexec"
+	"context"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
-	"k8s.io/klog"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 	"k8s.io/klog/klogr"
 	"kubesphere.io/kubesphere/pkg/apis"
-	"os"
+	"math/rand"
 	"path/filepath"
 	appv1beta1 "sigs.k8s.io/application/api/v1beta1"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
@@ -40,8 +43,8 @@ import (
 // These tests use Ginkgo (BDD-style Go testing framework). Refer to
 // http://onsi.github.io/ginkgo/ to learn more about Ginkgo.
 
+var cfg *rest.Config
 var k8sClient client.Client
-var k8sManager ctrl.Manager
 var testEnv *envtest.Environment
 
 func TestApplicationController(t *testing.T) {
@@ -55,44 +58,23 @@ var _ = BeforeSuite(func(done Done) {
 	logf.SetLogger(klogr.New())
 
 	By("bootstrapping test environment")
-	t := true
-	if os.Getenv("TEST_USE_EXISTING_CLUSTER") == "true" {
-		testEnv = &envtest.Environment{
-			UseExistingCluster: &t,
-		}
-	} else {
-		testEnv = &envtest.Environment{
-			CRDDirectoryPaths:        []string{filepath.Join("..", "..", "..", "config", "crds")},
-			AttachControlPlaneOutput: false,
-		}
+	testEnv = &envtest.Environment{
+		CRDDirectoryPaths:        []string{filepath.Join("..", "..", "..", "config", "crds")},
+		AttachControlPlaneOutput: false,
 	}
 
-	sch := scheme.Scheme
-	err := appv1beta1.AddToScheme(sch)
-	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-	err = apis.AddToScheme(sch)
-	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-
-	cfg, err := testEnv.Start()
+	var err error
+	cfg, err = testEnv.Start()
 	Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 	Expect(cfg).ToNot(BeNil())
 
-	k8sManager, err = ctrl.NewManager(cfg, ctrl.Options{
-		Scheme:             sch,
-		MetricsBindAddress: "0",
-	})
+	err = appv1beta1.AddToScheme(scheme.Scheme)
+	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+	err = apis.AddToScheme(scheme.Scheme)
+	Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+	k8sClient, err = client.New(cfg, client.Options{Scheme: scheme.Scheme})
 	Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
-
-	err = Add(k8sManager)
-	Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
-
-	go func() {
-		err = k8sManager.Start(ctrl.SetupSignalHandler())
-		klog.Error(err)
-		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
-	}()
-
-	k8sClient = k8sManager.GetClient()
 	Expect(k8sClient).ToNot(BeNil())
 
 	close(done)
@@ -100,7 +82,69 @@ var _ = BeforeSuite(func(done Done) {
 
 var _ = AfterSuite(func() {
 	By("tearing down the test environment")
-	gexec.KillAndWait(5 * time.Second)
 	err := testEnv.Stop()
 	Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 })
+
+// SetupTest will setup a testing environment.
+// This includes:
+//  * creating a Namespace to be used during the test
+//  * starting application controller
+//  * stopping application controller after the test ends
+// Call this function at the start of each of your tests.
+func SetupTest(ctx context.Context) *corev1.Namespace {
+	var stopCh chan struct{}
+	ns := &corev1.Namespace{}
+
+	BeforeEach(func() {
+		stopCh = make(chan struct{})
+		*ns = corev1.Namespace{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "testns-" + randStringRunes(5)},
+		}
+
+		err := k8sClient.Create(ctx, ns)
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "failed to create a test namespace")
+
+		mgr, err := ctrl.NewManager(cfg, ctrl.Options{})
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "failed to create a manager")
+
+		selector, _ := labels.Parse("app.kubernetes.io/name,!kubesphere.io/creator")
+
+		reconciler := &ApplicationReconciler{
+			Client: mgr.GetClient(),
+			Scheme: mgr.GetScheme(),
+			Mapper: mgr.GetRESTMapper(),
+			ApplicationSelector: selector,
+		}
+		err = reconciler.SetupWithManager(mgr)
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "failed to setup application reconciler")
+
+		go func() {
+			err = mgr.Start(stopCh)
+			Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "failed to start manager")
+		}()
+	})
+
+	AfterEach(func() {
+		close(stopCh)
+
+		err := k8sClient.Delete(ctx, ns)
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred(), "failed to delete test namespace")
+	})
+
+	return ns
+}
+
+func init() {
+	rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano())
+}
+
+var letterRunes = []rune("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1234567890")
+
+func randStringRunes(n int) string {
+	b := make([]rune, n)
+	for i := range b {
+		b[i] = letterRunes[rand.Intn(len(letterRunes))]
+	}
+	return string(b)
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/application/controllers/condition.go b/pkg/controller/application/condition.go
similarity index 99%
rename from vendor/sigs.k8s.io/application/controllers/condition.go
rename to pkg/controller/application/condition.go
index 5abd50ac5..e590addca 100644
--- a/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/application/controllers/condition.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/application/condition.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-package controllers
+package application
 
 import (
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
diff --git a/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/application/controllers/status.go b/pkg/controller/application/status.go
similarity index 99%
rename from vendor/sigs.k8s.io/application/controllers/status.go
rename to pkg/controller/application/status.go
index ae375cf91..709f95322 100644
--- a/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/application/controllers/status.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/application/status.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-package controllers
+package application
 
 import (
 	"strings"
diff --git a/vendor/kubesphere.io/client-go b/vendor/kubesphere.io/client-go
deleted file mode 120000
index 0bee05eff..000000000
--- a/vendor/kubesphere.io/client-go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../staging/src/kubesphere.io/client-go
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index e6993045b..af18ba87e 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ go.uber.org/zap/internal/bufferpool
 go.uber.org/zap/internal/color
 go.uber.org/zap/internal/exit
 go.uber.org/zap/zapcore
-# golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200728195943-123391ffb6de => golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2
+# golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20201117144127-c1f2f97bffc9 => golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2
 golang.org/x/crypto/bcrypt
 golang.org/x/crypto/blowfish
 golang.org/x/crypto/cast5
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ golang.org/x/oauth2/internal
 # golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20200625203802-6e8e738ad208 => golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58
 golang.org/x/sync/errgroup
 golang.org/x/sync/singleflight
-# golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200615200032-f1bc736245b1 => golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190228124157-a34e9553db1e
+# golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210124154548-22da62e12c0c => golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190228124157-a34e9553db1e
 golang.org/x/sys/cpu
 golang.org/x/sys/unix
 golang.org/x/sys/windows
@@ -1555,7 +1555,6 @@ sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client/pkg/client
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client/proto/client
 # sigs.k8s.io/application v0.8.4-0.20201016185654-c8e2959e57a0 => sigs.k8s.io/application v0.8.4-0.20201016185654-c8e2959e57a0
 sigs.k8s.io/application/api/v1beta1
-sigs.k8s.io/application/controllers
 # sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.6.4 => sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.6.4
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/builder
diff --git a/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/application/controllers/application_controller.go b/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/application/controllers/application_controller.go
deleted file mode 100644
index a3350bc80..000000000
--- a/vendor/sigs.k8s.io/application/controllers/application_controller.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,245 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors.
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-package controllers
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"fmt"
-
-	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/equality"
-	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
-	utilerrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/util/retry"
-	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
-
-	appv1beta1 "sigs.k8s.io/application/api/v1beta1"
-)
-
-const (
-	loggerCtxKey = "logger"
-)
-
-// ApplicationReconciler reconciles a Application object
-type ApplicationReconciler struct {
-	client.Client
-	Mapper meta.RESTMapper
-	Log    logr.Logger
-	Scheme *runtime.Scheme
-}
-
-// +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=app.k8s.io,resources=applications,verbs=get;list;watch;create;update;patch;delete
-// +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=app.k8s.io,resources=applications/status,verbs=get;update;patch
-// +kubebuilder:rbac:groups=*,resources=*,verbs=list;get;update;patch;watch
-
-func (r *ApplicationReconciler) Reconcile(req ctrl.Request) (ctrl.Result, error) {
-	rootCtx := context.Background()
-	logger := r.Log.WithValues("application", req.NamespacedName)
-	ctx := context.WithValue(rootCtx, loggerCtxKey, logger)
-
-	var app appv1beta1.Application
-	err := r.Get(ctx, req.NamespacedName, &app)
-	if err != nil {
-		if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
-			return ctrl.Result{}, nil
-		}
-		return ctrl.Result{}, err
-	}
-
-	// Application is in the process of being deleted, so no need to do anything.
-	if app.DeletionTimestamp != nil {
-		return ctrl.Result{}, nil
-	}
-
-	resources, errs := r.updateComponents(ctx, &app)
-	newApplicationStatus := r.getNewApplicationStatus(ctx, &app, resources, &errs)
-
-	newApplicationStatus.ObservedGeneration = app.Generation
-	if equality.Semantic.DeepEqual(newApplicationStatus, &app.Status) {
-		return ctrl.Result{}, nil
-	}
-
-	err = r.updateApplicationStatus(ctx, req.NamespacedName, newApplicationStatus)
-	return ctrl.Result{}, err
-}
-
-func (r *ApplicationReconciler) updateComponents(ctx context.Context, app *appv1beta1.Application) ([]*unstructured.Unstructured, []error) {
-	var errs []error
-	resources := r.fetchComponentListResources(ctx, app.Spec.ComponentGroupKinds, app.Spec.Selector, app.Namespace, &errs)
-
-	if app.Spec.AddOwnerRef {
-		ownerRef := metav1.NewControllerRef(app, appv1beta1.GroupVersion.WithKind("Application"))
-		*ownerRef.Controller = false
-		if err := r.setOwnerRefForResources(ctx, *ownerRef, resources); err != nil {
-			errs = append(errs, err)
-		}
-	}
-	return resources, errs
-}
-
-func (r *ApplicationReconciler) getNewApplicationStatus(ctx context.Context, app *appv1beta1.Application, resources []*unstructured.Unstructured, errList *[]error) *appv1beta1.ApplicationStatus {
-	objectStatuses := r.objectStatuses(ctx, resources, errList)
-	errs := utilerrors.NewAggregate(*errList)
-
-	aggReady, countReady := aggregateReady(objectStatuses)
-
-	newApplicationStatus := app.Status.DeepCopy()
-	newApplicationStatus.ComponentList = appv1beta1.ComponentList{
-		Objects: objectStatuses,
-	}
-	newApplicationStatus.ComponentsReady = fmt.Sprintf("%d/%d", countReady, len(objectStatuses))
-	if errs != nil {
-		setReadyUnknownCondition(newApplicationStatus, "ComponentsReadyUnknown", "failed to aggregate all components' statuses, check the Error condition for details")
-	} else if aggReady {
-		setReadyCondition(newApplicationStatus, "ComponentsReady", "all components ready")
-	} else {
-		setNotReadyCondition(newApplicationStatus, "ComponentsNotReady", fmt.Sprintf("%d components not ready", len(objectStatuses)-countReady))
-	}
-
-	if errs != nil {
-		setErrorCondition(newApplicationStatus, "ErrorSeen", errs.Error())
-	} else {
-		clearErrorCondition(newApplicationStatus)
-	}
-
-	return newApplicationStatus
-}
-
-func (r *ApplicationReconciler) fetchComponentListResources(ctx context.Context, groupKinds []metav1.GroupKind, selector *metav1.LabelSelector, namespace string, errs *[]error) []*unstructured.Unstructured {
-	logger := getLoggerOrDie(ctx)
-	var resources []*unstructured.Unstructured
-
-	if selector == nil {
-		logger.Info("No selector is specified")
-		return resources
-	}
-
-	for _, gk := range groupKinds {
-		mapping, err := r.Mapper.RESTMapping(schema.GroupKind{
-			Group: appv1beta1.StripVersion(gk.Group),
-			Kind:  gk.Kind,
-		})
-		if err != nil {
-			logger.Info("NoMappingForGK", "gk", gk.String())
-			continue
-		}
-
-		list := &unstructured.UnstructuredList{}
-		list.SetGroupVersionKind(mapping.GroupVersionKind)
-		if err = r.Client.List(ctx, list, client.InNamespace(namespace), client.MatchingLabels(selector.MatchLabels)); err != nil {
-			logger.Error(err, "unable to list resources for GVK", "gvk", mapping.GroupVersionKind)
-			*errs = append(*errs, err)
-			continue
-		}
-
-		for _, u := range list.Items {
-			resource := u
-			resources = append(resources, &resource)
-		}
-	}
-	return resources
-}
-
-func (r *ApplicationReconciler) setOwnerRefForResources(ctx context.Context, ownerRef metav1.OwnerReference, resources []*unstructured.Unstructured) error {
-	logger := getLoggerOrDie(ctx)
-	for _, resource := range resources {
-		ownerRefs := resource.GetOwnerReferences()
-		ownerRefFound := false
-		for i, refs := range ownerRefs {
-			if ownerRef.Kind == refs.Kind &&
-				ownerRef.APIVersion == refs.APIVersion &&
-				ownerRef.Name == refs.Name {
-				ownerRefFound = true
-				if ownerRef.UID != refs.UID {
-					ownerRefs[i] = ownerRef
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		if !ownerRefFound {
-			ownerRefs = append(ownerRefs, ownerRef)
-		}
-		resource.SetOwnerReferences(ownerRefs)
-		err := r.Client.Update(ctx, resource)
-		if err != nil {
-			// We log this error, but we continue and try to set the ownerRefs on the other resources.
-			logger.Error(err, "ErrorSettingOwnerRef", "gvk", resource.GroupVersionKind().String(),
-				"namespace", resource.GetNamespace(), "name", resource.GetName())
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (r *ApplicationReconciler) objectStatuses(ctx context.Context, resources []*unstructured.Unstructured, errs *[]error) []appv1beta1.ObjectStatus {
-	logger := getLoggerOrDie(ctx)
-	var objectStatuses []appv1beta1.ObjectStatus
-	for _, resource := range resources {
-		os := appv1beta1.ObjectStatus{
-			Group: resource.GroupVersionKind().Group,
-			Kind:  resource.GetKind(),
-			Name:  resource.GetName(),
-			Link:  resource.GetSelfLink(),
-		}
-		s, err := status(resource)
-		if err != nil {
-			logger.Error(err, "unable to compute status for resource", "gvk", resource.GroupVersionKind().String(),
-				"namespace", resource.GetNamespace(), "name", resource.GetName())
-			*errs = append(*errs, err)
-		}
-		os.Status = s
-		objectStatuses = append(objectStatuses, os)
-	}
-	return objectStatuses
-}
-
-func aggregateReady(objectStatuses []appv1beta1.ObjectStatus) (bool, int) {
-	countReady := 0
-	for _, os := range objectStatuses {
-		if os.Status == StatusReady {
-			countReady++
-		}
-	}
-	if countReady == len(objectStatuses) {
-		return true, countReady
-	}
-	return false, countReady
-}
-
-func (r *ApplicationReconciler) updateApplicationStatus(ctx context.Context, nn types.NamespacedName, status *appv1beta1.ApplicationStatus) error {
-	if err := retry.RetryOnConflict(retry.DefaultRetry, func() error {
-		original := &appv1beta1.Application{}
-		if err := r.Get(ctx, nn, original); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		original.Status = *status
-		if err := r.Client.Status().Update(ctx, original); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		return nil
-	}); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to update status of Application %s/%s: %v", nn.Namespace, nn.Name, err)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (r *ApplicationReconciler) SetupWithManager(mgr ctrl.Manager) error {
-	return ctrl.NewControllerManagedBy(mgr).
-		For(&appv1beta1.Application{}).
-		Complete(r)
-}
-
-func getLoggerOrDie(ctx context.Context) logr.Logger {
-	logger, ok := ctx.Value(loggerCtxKey).(logr.Logger)
-	if !ok {
-		panic("context didn't contain logger")
-	}
-	return logger
-}