Make the feature gate PreAlpha

Signed-off-by: Brett Tofel <[email protected]>

internal/features/features.go

@@ -13,8 +13,13 @@ const (
 
 var operatorControllerFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureSpec{
 	// Add new feature gate definitions
+	// if you're adding a feature gate for fellow developers to use in ongoing development, use PreAlpha
 	// Ex: SomeFeature: {...}
-	PreflightPermissions: {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
+	PreflightPermissions: {
+		Default:       false,
+		PreRelease:    featuregate.PreAlpha, // keep this PreAlpha until done with feature development
+		LockToDefault: false,
+	},
 }
 
 var OperatorControllerFeatureGate featuregate.MutableFeatureGate = featuregate.NewFeatureGate()