change update policy to manual sync

application.yaml

@@ -14,9 +14,14 @@ spec:
   destination:
     server: "https://138.199.131.114:6443"
     namespace: nextgen-be
-  syncPolicy:
-    automated:
-      prune: true       # deletes resources removed from git
-      selfHeal: true     # reverts manual kubectl changes back to match git
-    syncOptions:
-      - CreateNamespace=false
+  syncPolicy: {}
+    # Left empty = manual sync (you click Sync in the UI or run `argocd app sync`).
+    # Switch to automated once secrets.yaml/registry-credentials are confirmed
+    # working manually — auto-sync before that just means ArgoCD repeatedly
+    # tries to reconcile against a Deployment that can't pull its image or
+    # find its secrets yet. To enable later:
+    # automated:
+    #   prune: true
+    #   selfHeal: true
+    # syncOptions:
+    #   - CreateNamespace=false   # namespace.yaml in manifests/ already creates it