fix: only check if condition contained in ensuring gateway associated of httproute

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ Adding a new version? You'll need three changes:
 
 - Disabled non-functioning mesh reporting when `--watch-namespaces` flag set.
   [#3336](https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/pull/3336)
+- Fixed the duplicate update of status of `HTTPRoute` caused by incorrect check
+  of whether status is changed.
+  [#3346](https://github.com/Kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller/pull/3346)
 
 ### Deprecated
 

internal/controllers/gateway/httproute_controller.go

@@ -435,13 +435,12 @@ func (r *HTTPRouteReconciler) ensureGatewayReferenceStatusAdded(ctx context.Cont
 		// if the reference already exists and doesn't require any changes
 		// then just leave it alone.
 		if existingGatewayParentStatus, exists := parentStatuses[key]; exists {
-			// fake the time of the existing status as this wont be equal
-			for i := range existingGatewayParentStatus.Conditions {
-				existingGatewayParentStatus.Conditions[i].LastTransitionTime = gatewayParentStatus.Conditions[0].LastTransitionTime
-			}
-
-			// other than the condition timestamps, check if the statuses are equal
-			if reflect.DeepEqual(existingGatewayParentStatus, gatewayParentStatus) {
+			//  check if the parentRef and controllerName are equal, and whether the new condition is present in existing conditions
+			if reflect.DeepEqual(existingGatewayParentStatus.ParentRef, gatewayParentStatus.ParentRef) &&
+				existingGatewayParentStatus.ControllerName == gatewayParentStatus.ControllerName &&
+				lo.ContainsBy(existingGatewayParentStatus.Conditions, func(condition metav1.Condition) bool {
+					return sameCondition(gatewayParentStatus.Conditions[0], condition)
+				}) {
 				continue
 			}
 		}

internal/controllers/gateway/route_utils.go

@@ -630,3 +630,11 @@ func isHTTPReferenceGranted(grantSpec gatewayv1alpha2.ReferenceGrantSpec, backen
 	}
 	return false
 }
+
+// sameCondition returns true if the conditions in parameter has the same type, status, reason and message.
+func sameCondition(a, b metav1.Condition) bool {
+	return a.Type == b.Type &&
+		a.Status == b.Status &&
+		a.Reason == b.Reason &&
+		a.Message == b.Message
+}