External DNS controller does not sync records as expected

[nitinkeswani]

What happened:
We have setup the external dns controller in our aws eks cluster. We created a simple A record using dnsendpoint crd.
The A record did get created in the route 53 hosted zone along with some txt records. However if i delete just the A record(Keeping the associated txt records in place), the external dns controller does not re-create the A record to bring the records back to the desired state.
If i delete all the records (A and associated txt records), then it does recreate the entire set again

What you expected to happen:
I was hoping the external dns controller would always sync the records and keep them in the desired state irrespective of which records are deleted

Environment:

• External-DNS version (use external-dns --version): external-dns:0.13.2-debian-11-r0
• DNS provider: AWS Route 53
• Others:

[stanislavzaletskyi]

hey , try policy: sync

external-dns/charts/external-dns/values.yaml

Line 212 in fe2924b

policy: upsert-only

FYI: be carefull it will remove all records in zone , which are not detected in services/ingresses by external-dns