diff --git a/pkg/controller/application/application_controller.go b/pkg/controller/application/application_controller.go
index 020102e1c..b4a9aa990 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/application/application_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/application/application_controller.go
@@ -205,6 +205,9 @@ func (v *ApplicationController) syncApplication(key string) error {
 	}
 
 	annotations := application.GetAnnotations()
+	if annotations == nil {
+		annotations = make(map[string]string)
+	}
 	annotations["kubesphere.io/last-updated"] = time.Now().String()
 	application.SetAnnotations(annotations)
 
diff --git a/pkg/controller/cluster/cluster_controller.go b/pkg/controller/cluster/cluster_controller.go
index ea3d021a4..8fccb8341 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/cluster/cluster_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/cluster/cluster_controller.go
@@ -518,7 +518,8 @@ func (c *clusterController) syncCluster(key string) error {
 		c.updateClusterCondition(cluster, clusterReadyCondition)
 	}
 
-	if !isConditionTrue(cluster, clusterv1alpha1.ClusterAgentAvailable) {
+	if cluster.Spec.Connection.Type == clusterv1alpha1.ConnectionTypeProxy &&
+		!isConditionTrue(cluster, clusterv1alpha1.ClusterAgentAvailable) {
 		clusterNotReadyCondition := clusterv1alpha1.ClusterCondition{
 			Type:               clusterv1alpha1.ClusterReady,
 			Status:             v1.ConditionFalse,