3446.yaml

# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
change_type: 'bug_fix'

# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. collector, target allocator, auto-instrumentation, opamp, github action)
component: operator

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note: Operator pod crashed if the Service Monitor for the operator metrics was created before by another operator pod.

# One or more tracking issues related to the change
issues: [3446]

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subtext: |
  Operator fails when the pod is restarted and the Service Monitor for operator metrics was already created by another operator pod.
  To fix this, the operator now sets the owner reference on the Service Monitor to itself and checks if the Service Monitor already exists.