diff --git a/argocd-apps/gitea.yaml b/argocd-apps/gitea.yaml
index f12f88f..e92df12 100644
--- a/argocd-apps/gitea.yaml
+++ b/argocd-apps/gitea.yaml
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ metadata:
   namespace: argocd
   labels:
     env: dev-tools
+
 spec:
   project: dev-tools
+
   source:
     repoURL: 'ssh://git@gitea-ssh.dev-tools.svc.cluster.local:2222/dvirlabs/dev-tools.git'
     targetRevision: HEAD
@@ -14,9 +16,11 @@ spec:
     helm:
       valueFiles:
         - ../../manifests/gitea/values.yaml
+
   destination:
     server: https://kubernetes.default.svc
     namespace: dev-tools
+
   syncPolicy:
     automated:
       prune: true
@@ -24,39 +28,27 @@ spec:
     syncOptions:
       - CreateNamespace=true
       - PrunePropagationPolicy=foreground
-      - RespectIgnoreDifferences=true
+
   ignoreDifferences:
-    - group: apps
-      kind: Deployment
-      name: gitea
-      namespace: dev-tools
-      jqPathExpressions:
-        - .spec.template.metadata.annotations."kubectl.kubernetes.io/restartedAt"
+    # StatefulSet → PVC templates are immutable → must ignore
     - group: apps
       kind: StatefulSet
       namespace: dev-tools
       jsonPointers:
-        - /status
         - /spec/volumeClaimTemplates
+
+    # PVC → Kubernetes mutates these fields
     - group: ""
       kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
       namespace: dev-tools
       jsonPointers:
         - /status
         - /spec/volumeName
-        - /spec/storageClassName
-        - /metadata/labels
-        - /metadata/annotations
+
+    # Service → clusterIP is auto-assigned
     - group: ""
       kind: Service
       namespace: dev-tools
       jsonPointers:
         - /spec/clusterIP
-        - /spec/clusterIPs
-    - group: ""
-      kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
-      name: gitea-shared-storage
-      namespace: dev-tools
-      jsonPointers:
-        - /spec/volumeName
-        - /spec/storageClassName
+        - /spec/clusterIPs
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