diff --git a/frontend/providers/applaunchpad/__tests__/unit/pages/api/updateApp.test.ts b/frontend/providers/applaunchpad/__tests__/unit/pages/api/updateApp.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb4f28ebb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/providers/applaunchpad/__tests__/unit/pages/api/updateApp.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,340 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import handler from '@/pages/api/updateApp';
+
+const initK8sMock = vi.hoisted(() => vi.fn());
+
+vi.mock('sealos-desktop-sdk/service', () => ({
+  initK8s: initK8sMock
+}));
+
+vi.mock('sealos-desktop-sdk', () => ({
+  errLog: vi.fn(),
+  infoLog: vi.fn(),
+  warnLog: vi.fn()
+}));
+
+function notFound() {
+  return Promise.reject({
+    body: {
+      code: 404
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+const statefulSetYaml = `
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: StatefulSet
+metadata:
+  name: demo
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: demo
+  serviceName: demo-service
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: demo
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: demo
+          image: nginx
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: data
+              mountPath: /data
+  volumeClaimTemplates:
+    - metadata:
+        name: data
+        annotations:
+          path: /data
+          value: "1"
+      spec:
+        accessModes:
+          - ReadWriteOnce
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            storage: 1Gi
+`;
+
+function createRequest() {
+  return {
+    body: {
+      appName: 'demo',
+      stateFulSetYaml: statefulSetYaml,
+      patch: [
+        {
+          type: 'create',
+          kind: 'StatefulSet',
+          value: statefulSetYaml
+        },
+        {
+          type: 'delete',
+          kind: 'Deployment',
+          name: 'demo'
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  } as any;
+}
+
+function createResponse() {
+  return {
+    json: vi.fn((payload) => payload)
+  } as any;
+}
+
+function createK8sContext() {
+  return {
+    namespace: 'ns-demo',
+    applyYamlList: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve([{ kind: 'StatefulSet' }])),
+    k8sApp: {
+      readNamespacedDeployment: vi.fn(() =>
+        Promise.resolve({
+          body: {
+            metadata: {
+              uid: 'old-deployment-uid'
+            }
+          }
+        })
+      ),
+      readNamespacedStatefulSet: vi.fn(() =>
+        Promise.resolve({
+          body: {
+            metadata: {
+              uid: 'new-statefulset-uid'
+            }
+          }
+        })
+      ),
+      patchNamespacedDeployment: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve({})),
+      patchNamespacedStatefulSet: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve({})),
+      replaceNamespacedStatefulSet: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve({})),
+      createNamespacedStatefulSet: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve({})),
+      deleteNamespacedDeployment: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve({})),
+      deleteNamespacedStatefulSet: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve({}))
+    },
+    k8sCore: {
+      listNamespacedPersistentVolumeClaim: vi.fn(() =>
+        Promise.resolve({
+          body: {
+            items: [
+              {
+                metadata: {
+                  name: 'demo-data-0',
+                  annotations: {
+                    path: '/data',
+                    value: '1'
+                  }
+                },
+                spec: {
+                  resources: {
+                    requests: {
+                      storage: '1Gi'
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        })
+      ),
+      listNamespacedService: vi.fn(() =>
+        Promise.resolve({
+          body: {
+            items: [
+              {
+                metadata: {
+                  name: 'demo-service'
+                }
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        })
+      ),
+      patchNamespacedService: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve({})),
+      patchNamespacedPersistentVolumeClaim: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve({})),
+      patchNamespacedConfigMap: vi.fn(() => notFound()),
+      patchNamespacedSecret: vi.fn(() => notFound()),
+      replaceNamespacedService: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve({})),
+      deleteNamespacedService: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve({})),
+      replaceNamespacedConfigMap: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve({})),
+      deleteNamespacedConfigMap: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve({})),
+      deleteNamespacedSecret: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve({})),
+      deleteNamespacedPersistentVolumeClaim: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve({}))
+    },
+    k8sNetworkingApp: {
+      listNamespacedIngress: vi.fn(() =>
+        Promise.resolve({
+          body: {
+            items: [
+              {
+                metadata: {
+                  name: 'demo-ingress'
+                }
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        })
+      ),
+      patchNamespacedIngress: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve({})),
+      deleteNamespacedIngress: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve({}))
+    },
+    k8sAutoscaling: {
+      patchNamespacedHorizontalPodAutoscaler: vi.fn(() => notFound()),
+      deleteNamespacedHorizontalPodAutoscaler: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve({}))
+    },
+    k8sCustomObjects: {
+      listNamespacedCustomObject: vi.fn(() =>
+        Promise.resolve({
+          body: {
+            items: []
+          }
+        })
+      ),
+      patchNamespacedCustomObject: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve({})),
+      getNamespacedCustomObject: vi.fn(() =>
+        Promise.reject({
+          body: {
+            code: 404,
+            message: 'not found'
+          }
+        })
+      ),
+      deleteNamespacedCustomObject: vi.fn(() => Promise.resolve({}))
+    }
+  };
+}
+
+describe('/api/updateApp', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it('moves existing network resources to the new StatefulSet before deleting the old Deployment', async () => {
+    const k8s = createK8sContext();
+    initK8sMock.mockResolvedValue(k8s);
+    const res = createResponse();
+
+    await handler(createRequest(), res);
+
+    const ownerReferences = [
+      {
+        apiVersion: 'apps/v1',
+        kind: 'StatefulSet',
+        name: 'demo',
+        uid: 'new-statefulset-uid',
+        controller: true,
+        blockOwnerDeletion: true
+      }
+    ];
+    const ownerReferencePatch = {
+      metadata: {
+        ownerReferences
+      }
+    };
+
+    expect(k8s.k8sApp.readNamespacedStatefulSet).toHaveBeenCalledWith('demo', 'ns-demo');
+    expect(k8s.k8sCore.patchNamespacedService).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      'demo-service',
+      'ns-demo',
+      ownerReferencePatch,
+      undefined,
+      undefined,
+      undefined,
+      undefined,
+      undefined,
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        headers: {
+          'Content-type': 'application/merge-patch+json'
+        }
+      })
+    );
+    expect(k8s.k8sCore.patchNamespacedPersistentVolumeClaim).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      'demo-data-0',
+      'ns-demo',
+      ownerReferencePatch,
+      undefined,
+      undefined,
+      undefined,
+      undefined,
+      undefined,
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        headers: {
+          'Content-type': 'application/merge-patch+json'
+        }
+      })
+    );
+    expect(k8s.k8sNetworkingApp.patchNamespacedIngress).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      'demo-ingress',
+      'ns-demo',
+      ownerReferencePatch,
+      undefined,
+      undefined,
+      undefined,
+      undefined,
+      undefined,
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        headers: {
+          'Content-type': 'application/merge-patch+json'
+        }
+      })
+    );
+    expect(k8s.k8sCore.patchNamespacedService.mock.invocationCallOrder[0]).toBeLessThan(
+      k8s.k8sApp.deleteNamespacedDeployment.mock.invocationCallOrder[0]
+    );
+    expect(k8s.k8sNetworkingApp.patchNamespacedIngress.mock.invocationCallOrder[0]).toBeLessThan(
+      k8s.k8sApp.deleteNamespacedDeployment.mock.invocationCallOrder[0]
+    );
+    expect(k8s.k8sCore.patchNamespacedPersistentVolumeClaim.mock.invocationCallOrder[0]).toBeLessThan(
+      k8s.k8sApp.deleteNamespacedDeployment.mock.invocationCallOrder[0]
+    );
+    expect(res.json).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      code: 200,
+      message: 'Success',
+      data: undefined,
+      error: undefined
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('returns an error instead of deleting and recreating a StatefulSet when patching fails', async () => {
+    const k8s = createK8sContext();
+    k8s.k8sApp.patchNamespacedStatefulSet.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('patch failed'));
+    k8s.k8sApp.replaceNamespacedStatefulSet.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('replace failed'));
+    initK8sMock.mockResolvedValue(k8s);
+    const res = createResponse();
+
+    await handler(
+      {
+        body: {
+          appName: 'demo',
+          stateFulSetYaml: statefulSetYaml,
+          patch: [
+            {
+              type: 'patch',
+              kind: 'StatefulSet',
+              value: {
+                kind: 'StatefulSet',
+                metadata: {
+                  name: 'demo'
+                },
+                spec: {}
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      } as any,
+      res
+    );
+
+    expect(k8s.k8sApp.deleteNamespacedStatefulSet).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(k8s.k8sApp.createNamespacedStatefulSet).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(k8s.k8sCore.patchNamespacedPersistentVolumeClaim).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(res.json).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      code: 500,
+      message: 'replace failed',
+      data: undefined,
+      error: undefined
+    });
+  });
+
+});
diff --git a/frontend/providers/applaunchpad/src/pages/api/updateApp.ts b/frontend/providers/applaunchpad/src/pages/api/updateApp.ts
index 29f0a11cc..1484e5ba0 100644
--- a/frontend/providers/applaunchpad/src/pages/api/updateApp.ts
+++ b/frontend/providers/applaunchpad/src/pages/api/updateApp.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { initK8s } from 'sealos-desktop-sdk/service';
 import { errLog, infoLog, warnLog } from 'sealos-desktop-sdk';
 import type { V1Service } from '@kubernetes/client-node';
 import { generateOwnerReference, shouldHaveOwnerReference } from '@/utils/deployYaml2Json';
+import { appDeployKey } from '@/constants/app';
 import { buildExternalUrl } from '@/utils/network-url';
 import { ResponseCode } from '@/types/response';
 
@@ -62,6 +63,270 @@ const normalizeNetworkResource = <T extends Record<string, any>>(resource: T): T
 const isWorkloadKind = (kind?: string) =>
   kind === YamlKindEnum.Deployment || kind === YamlKindEnum.StatefulSet;
 
+type CreatePatchItem = Extract<AppPatchPropsType[number], { type: 'create' }>;
+type CreateResourceItem = {
+  item: CreatePatchItem;
+  resource: Record<string, any>;
+};
+
+const getK8sErrorCode = (error: any) =>
+  error?.body?.code || error?.response?.body?.code || error?.response?.statusCode;
+
+const ignoreNotFound = async <T>(promise: Promise<T>) => {
+  try {
+    return await promise;
+  } catch (error: any) {
+    if (Number(getK8sErrorCode(error)) === 404) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    throw error;
+  }
+};
+
+async function getWorkloadOwnerReferences({
+  k8sApp,
+  namespace,
+  appName,
+  kind
+}: {
+  k8sApp: {
+    readNamespacedDeployment: (name: string, namespace: string) => Promise<any>;
+    readNamespacedStatefulSet: (name: string, namespace: string) => Promise<any>;
+  };
+  namespace: string;
+  appName: string;
+  kind?: 'Deployment' | 'StatefulSet';
+}) {
+  const readWorkload = async (targetKind: 'Deployment' | 'StatefulSet') => {
+    const workload =
+      targetKind === 'Deployment'
+        ? await k8sApp.readNamespacedDeployment(appName, namespace)
+        : await k8sApp.readNamespacedStatefulSet(appName, namespace);
+    const uid = workload.body.metadata?.uid;
+    if (!uid) {
+      throw new Error(`${targetKind} UID is empty`);
+    }
+    return generateOwnerReference(appName, targetKind, uid);
+  };
+
+  if (kind) {
+    return readWorkload(kind);
+  }
+
+  try {
+    return await readWorkload('Deployment');
+  } catch (error: any) {
+    if (Number(getK8sErrorCode(error)) !== 404) {
+      throw error;
+    }
+    return readWorkload('StatefulSet');
+  }
+}
+
+const withOwnerReferences = (
+  yamlStr: string,
+  ownerReferences: ReturnType<typeof generateOwnerReference>
+) => {
+  const resource = normalizeNetworkResource(yaml.load(yamlStr) as any);
+  if (resource?.kind && shouldHaveOwnerReference(resource.kind)) {
+    resource.metadata = resource.metadata || {};
+    resource.metadata.ownerReferences = ownerReferences;
+    infoLog('Added ownerReferences to new resource', {
+      kind: resource.kind,
+      name: resource.metadata.name
+    });
+  }
+  return yaml.dump(resource);
+};
+
+async function patchExistingOwnerReferences({
+  k8sCore,
+  k8sNetworkingApp,
+  k8sAutoscaling,
+  k8sCustomObjects,
+  namespace,
+  appName,
+  ownerReferences
+}: {
+  k8sCore: any;
+  k8sNetworkingApp: any;
+  k8sAutoscaling: any;
+  k8sCustomObjects: CustomObjectsApi;
+  namespace: string;
+  appName: string;
+  ownerReferences: ReturnType<typeof generateOwnerReference>;
+}) {
+  const mergePatchOptions = {
+    headers: { 'Content-type': PatchUtils.PATCH_FORMAT_JSON_MERGE_PATCH }
+  };
+  const ownerReferencePatch = {
+    metadata: {
+      ownerReferences
+    }
+  };
+  const labelSelector = `${appDeployKey}=${appName}`;
+
+  const patchServices = k8sCore
+    .listNamespacedService(namespace, undefined, undefined, undefined, undefined, labelSelector)
+    .then((res: { body: { items: V1Service[] } }) =>
+      Promise.all(
+        res.body.items.map((service) =>
+          service.metadata?.name
+            ? k8sCore.patchNamespacedService(
+                service.metadata.name,
+                namespace,
+                ownerReferencePatch,
+                undefined,
+                undefined,
+                undefined,
+                undefined,
+                undefined,
+                mergePatchOptions
+              )
+            : undefined
+        )
+      )
+    );
+
+  const patchIngresses = k8sNetworkingApp
+    .listNamespacedIngress(namespace, undefined, undefined, undefined, undefined, labelSelector)
+    .then((res: { body: { items: Array<{ metadata?: { name?: string } }> } }) =>
+      Promise.all(
+        res.body.items.map((ingress) =>
+          ingress.metadata?.name
+            ? k8sNetworkingApp.patchNamespacedIngress(
+                ingress.metadata.name,
+                namespace,
+                ownerReferencePatch,
+                undefined,
+                undefined,
+                undefined,
+                undefined,
+                undefined,
+                mergePatchOptions
+              )
+            : undefined
+        )
+      )
+    );
+
+  const patchPvcs = k8sCore
+    .listNamespacedPersistentVolumeClaim(
+      namespace,
+      undefined,
+      undefined,
+      undefined,
+      undefined,
+      `app=${appName}`
+    )
+    .then((res: { body: { items: Array<{ metadata?: { name?: string } }> } }) =>
+      Promise.all(
+        res.body.items.map((pvc) =>
+          pvc.metadata?.name
+            ? k8sCore.patchNamespacedPersistentVolumeClaim(
+                pvc.metadata.name,
+                namespace,
+                ownerReferencePatch,
+                undefined,
+                undefined,
+                undefined,
+                undefined,
+                undefined,
+                mergePatchOptions
+              )
+            : undefined
+        )
+      )
+    );
+
+  const patchAppNamedResources = Promise.all([
+    ignoreNotFound(
+      k8sCore.patchNamespacedConfigMap(
+        appName,
+        namespace,
+        ownerReferencePatch,
+        undefined,
+        undefined,
+        undefined,
+        undefined,
+        undefined,
+        mergePatchOptions
+      )
+    ),
+    ignoreNotFound(
+      k8sCore.patchNamespacedSecret(
+        appName,
+        namespace,
+        ownerReferencePatch,
+        undefined,
+        undefined,
+        undefined,
+        undefined,
+        undefined,
+        mergePatchOptions
+      )
+    ),
+    ignoreNotFound(
+      k8sAutoscaling.patchNamespacedHorizontalPodAutoscaler(
+        appName,
+        namespace,
+        ownerReferencePatch,
+        undefined,
+        undefined,
+        undefined,
+        undefined,
+        undefined,
+        mergePatchOptions
+      )
+    )
+  ]);
+
+  const patchCustomObjects = async (plural: 'issuers' | 'certificates') => {
+    const response = await ignoreNotFound(
+      k8sCustomObjects.listNamespacedCustomObject(
+        'cert-manager.io',
+        'v1',
+        namespace,
+        plural,
+        undefined,
+        undefined,
+        undefined,
+        undefined,
+        labelSelector
+      )
+    );
+    const items = ((response as any)?.body?.items || []) as Array<{ metadata?: { name?: string } }>;
+
+    await Promise.all(
+      items.map((item) =>
+        item.metadata?.name
+          ? k8sCustomObjects.patchNamespacedCustomObject(
+              'cert-manager.io',
+              'v1',
+              namespace,
+              plural,
+              item.metadata.name,
+              ownerReferencePatch,
+              undefined,
+              undefined,
+              undefined,
+              mergePatchOptions
+            )
+          : undefined
+      )
+    );
+  };
+
+  await Promise.all([
+    patchServices,
+    patchIngresses,
+    patchPvcs,
+    patchAppNamedResources,
+    patchCustomObjects('issuers'),
+    patchCustomObjects('certificates')
+  ]);
+}
+
 async function updateAppCRUrl(
   k8sCustomObjects: CustomObjectsApi,
   namespace: string,
@@ -186,7 +451,7 @@ export default async function handler(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse<
       },
       [YamlKindEnum.StatefulSet]: {
         patch: async (jsonPatch: Object) => {
-          // patch -> replace -> delete and create
+          // patch -> replace; fail closed if both fail
           try {
             await k8sApp.patchNamespacedStatefulSet(
               appName,
@@ -199,13 +464,16 @@ export default async function handler(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse<
               undefined,
               { headers: { 'Content-type': PatchUtils.PATCH_FORMAT_JSON_MERGE_PATCH } }
             );
-          } catch (error) {
+            return { recreated: false, kind: YamlKindEnum.StatefulSet };
+          } catch (patchError) {
             try {
               await k8sApp.replaceNamespacedStatefulSet(appName, namespace, jsonPatch);
-            } catch (error) {
-              warnLog('delete and create statefulSet', { yaml: yaml.dump(jsonPatch) });
-              await k8sApp.deleteNamespacedStatefulSet(appName, namespace);
-              await k8sApp.createNamespacedStatefulSet(namespace, jsonPatch);
+              return { recreated: false, kind: YamlKindEnum.StatefulSet };
+            } catch (replaceError) {
+              warnLog('statefulSet patch/replace failed; not falling back to delete/create', {
+                yaml: yaml.dump(jsonPatch)
+              });
+              throw replaceError || patchError;
             }
           }
         },
@@ -420,70 +688,101 @@ export default async function handler(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse<
     await Promise.all(regularPatches.map(applyPatchItem));
 
     // create
-    const createYamlList = patch
+    const createItems = patch
       .map((item) => {
         const cr = crMap[item.kind];
         if (!cr || item.type !== 'create') {
           return;
         }
-        return item.value;
+        const resource = normalizeNetworkResource(yaml.load(item.value as string) as any);
+        return {
+          item,
+          resource
+        };
       })
-      .filter((item) => item);
+      .filter((item): item is CreateResourceItem => !!item?.resource);
 
-    // Add ownerReferences to newly created resources
-    if (createYamlList.length > 0) {
-      // Get workload UID
-      let workloadUid: string | undefined;
-      let workloadKind: 'Deployment' | 'StatefulSet' | undefined;
+    const workloadCreateItems = createItems.filter(
+      ({ resource }) => isWorkloadKind(resource.kind) && resource.metadata?.name === appName
+    );
+    const dependentCreateItems = createItems.filter(
+      ({ resource }) => !isWorkloadKind(resource.kind) || resource.metadata?.name !== appName
+    );
+    const replacingWorkload =
+      workloadCreateItems.length > 0 &&
+      patch.some(
+        (item) => item.type === 'delete' && isWorkloadKind(item.kind) && item.name === appName
+      );
+    let createdWorkloadOwnerReferences: ReturnType<typeof generateOwnerReference> | undefined;
 
-      try {
-        // Try to read Deployment first
-        const deployment = await k8sApp.readNamespacedDeployment(appName, namespace);
-        workloadUid = deployment.body.metadata?.uid;
-        workloadKind = 'Deployment';
-      } catch (err: any) {
-        if (err?.body?.code === 404) {
-          // Try StatefulSet
-          try {
-            const statefulSet = await k8sApp.readNamespacedStatefulSet(appName, namespace);
-            workloadUid = statefulSet.body.metadata?.uid;
-            workloadKind = 'StatefulSet';
-          } catch (err2) {
-            warnLog('Could not find workload for ownerReferences', { appName });
-          }
-        }
-      }
+    if (workloadCreateItems.length > 0) {
+      await applyYamlList(
+        workloadCreateItems.map(({ resource }) => yaml.dump(resource)),
+        'create'
+      );
 
-      // Add ownerReferences to new resources
-      if (workloadUid && workloadKind) {
-        const ownerReferences = generateOwnerReference(appName, workloadKind, workloadUid);
-        const updatedCreateYamlList = createYamlList.map((yamlStr) => {
-          const resource = yaml.load(yamlStr as string) as any;
-          normalizeNetworkResource(resource);
-          if (shouldHaveOwnerReference(resource.kind)) {
-            if (!resource.metadata) {
-              resource.metadata = {};
-            }
-            resource.metadata.ownerReferences = ownerReferences;
-            infoLog('Added ownerReferences to new resource', {
-              kind: resource.kind,
-              name: resource.metadata.name
-            });
-          }
-          return yaml.dump(resource);
-        });
-        await applyYamlList(updatedCreateYamlList, 'create');
-      } else {
+      const createdWorkloadKind = workloadCreateItems[0].resource.kind as
+        'Deployment' | 'StatefulSet';
+      createdWorkloadOwnerReferences = await getWorkloadOwnerReferences({
+        k8sApp,
+        namespace,
+        appName,
+        kind: createdWorkloadKind
+      });
+
+      if (dependentCreateItems.length > 0) {
         await applyYamlList(
-          createYamlList.map((yamlStr) =>
-            yaml.dump(normalizeNetworkResource(yaml.load(yamlStr as string) as any))
+          dependentCreateItems.map(({ resource }) =>
+            withOwnerReferences(yaml.dump(resource), createdWorkloadOwnerReferences!)
           ),
           'create'
         );
       }
+    } else if (dependentCreateItems.length > 0) {
+      try {
+        const ownerReferences = await getWorkloadOwnerReferences({
+          k8sApp,
+          namespace,
+          appName
+        });
+        await applyYamlList(
+          dependentCreateItems.map(({ resource }) =>
+            withOwnerReferences(yaml.dump(resource), ownerReferences)
+          ),
+          'create'
+        );
+      } catch (error) {
+        warnLog('Could not find workload for ownerReferences', { appName });
+        await applyYamlList(
+          dependentCreateItems.map(({ resource }) => yaml.dump(resource)),
+          'create'
+        );
+      }
     }
 
-    await Promise.all(workloadPatches.map(applyPatchItem));
+    const workloadPatchResults = await Promise.all(workloadPatches.map(applyPatchItem));
+    const recreatedWorkloadPatch = workloadPatchResults.find((result) => result?.recreated);
+
+    if (recreatedWorkloadPatch) {
+      createdWorkloadOwnerReferences = await getWorkloadOwnerReferences({
+        k8sApp,
+        namespace,
+        appName,
+        kind: recreatedWorkloadPatch.kind
+      });
+    }
+
+    if (createdWorkloadOwnerReferences && (replacingWorkload || recreatedWorkloadPatch)) {
+      await patchExistingOwnerReferences({
+        k8sCore,
+        k8sNetworkingApp,
+        k8sAutoscaling,
+        k8sCustomObjects,
+        namespace,
+        appName,
+        ownerReferences: createdWorkloadOwnerReferences
+      });
+    }
 
     // delete
     await Promise.all(