Trying to recreate the record when external-dns.alpha.kubernetes.io/target: <somevalue> is used

[hussainbani]

When trying to create an ingress with external-dns.alpha.kubernetes.io/target: <somevalue> in azure private dns, it keep on updating the record.

Example Config:

apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
  annotations:
    kubernetes.io/ingress.class: nginx
    kubernetes.io/private-external-dns: "true"
    external-dns.alpha.kubernetes.io/target: <somevalue>`
  generation: 4
  name: nginx1
  namespace: default
spec:
  rules:
  - host: ingresstest.example.com
    http:
      paths:
      - backend:
          service:
            name: nginx-svc-1
            port:
              number: 80
        path: /
        pathType: Prefix
  tls:
  - hosts:
    - ingresstest.example.com
status:
  loadBalancer:
    ingress:
    - ip: 10.X.X.X

Logs:

time="2025-01-15T21:08:09Z" level=debug msg="Endpoints generated from ingress: default/nginx1: [ingresstest.example.com 300 IN CNAME  google.com []]"
time="2025-01-15T21:08:09Z" level=debug msg="Received 6 changes to process"
time="2025-01-15T21:08:09Z" level=debug msg="Retrieving Azure Private DNS zones for Resource Group 'rg-weu-poc-global-01'"
time="2025-01-15T21:08:09Z" level=debug msg="Validating Zone: example.com"
time="2025-01-15T21:08:09Z" level=debug msg="Found 1 Azure Private DNS zone(s). Updating zones cache"
time="2025-01-15T21:08:09Z" level=debug msg="Records to be deleted: 0"
time="2025-01-15T21:08:09Z" level=debug msg="Records to be updated: 1"
time="2025-01-15T21:08:09Z" level=info msg="Updating CNAME record named 'ingresstest' to 'google.com' for Azure Private DNS zone 'example.com'."
time="2025-01-15T21:08:10Z" level=info msg="Updating TXT record named 'ingresstest' to '\"heritage=external-dns,external-dns/owner=default,external-dns/resource=ingress/default/nginx1\"' for Azure Private DNS zone 'example.com'."
time="2025-01-15T21:08:10Z" level=error msg="Failed to update TXT record named 'ingresstest' to '\"heritage=external-dns,external-dns/owner=default,external-dns/resource=ingress/default/nginx1\"' for Azure Private DNS zone 'example.com': PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/6c69a917-9508-4ed9-b66c-552409d7c1c6/resourceGroups/rg-weu-poc-global-01/providers/Microsoft.Network/privateDnsZones/example.com/TXT/ingresstest\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nRESPONSE 409: 409 Conflict\nERROR CODE: Conflict\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n{\n  \"code\": \"Conflict\",\n  \"message\": \"The record could not be created because a CNAME record with the same name already exists in this zone.\",\n  \"details\": [\n    {\n      \"code\": \"CannotCreateRecordDueToCNameNamingRestriction\",\n      \"message\": \"The record could not be created because a CNAME record with the same name already exists in this zone.\"\n    }\n  ]\n}\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n"