Update external-secrets-operator.md

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adding ignoreCache option

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• No real credentials, tokens, account identifiers, tenant IDs, project numbers, or email addresses were added.
• All cloud identities in examples use placeholders (for example, <service-account-name>@<project-id>.iam.gserviceaccount.com, arn:aws:iam::<aws-account-id>:root, <azure-tenant-id>, and <resource-ocid>).
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• Documentation
  • Updated the External Secrets Operator integration guide with the ignoreCache option.
  • Added configuration guidance for bypassing Gateway cache and retrieving secrets directly from SaaS.

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Walkthrough

The External Secrets Operator integration guide now documents the ignoreCache option in SecretStore and ExternalSecret examples, including Gateway cache bypass and direct SaaS retrieval.

Changes

ESO cache bypass documentation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Document ignoreCache usage docs/Integrations & Plugins/plugins-overview/kubernetes-plugins/external-secrets-operator.md	Adds a commented ignoreCache: true SecretStore example field and documents the ExternalSecret option for retrieving secrets directly from SaaS without cache involvement.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~2 minutes

Suggested reviewers: harrison-akeyless

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Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
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Inline comments:
In `@docs/Integrations` &
Plugins/plugins-overview/kubernetes-plugins/external-secrets-operator.md:
- Line 356: Remove the ignoreCache bullet from the ExternalSecret fields
documentation and retain its description under the SecretStore Akeyless provider
settings alongside the existing example. Ensure the documentation identifies it
as spec.provider.akeyless.ignoreCache rather than an ExternalSecret.spec field.

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• docs/Integrations & Plugins/plugins-overview/kubernetes-plugins/external-secrets-operator.md

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

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🏁 Script executed:

#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

# Locate all references to ignoreCache in the relevant docs
rg -n "ignoreCache|AkeylessProvider|SecretStore|ExternalSecret" "docs/Integrations & Plugins/plugins-overview/kubernetes-plugins/external-secrets-operator.md"

# Show the relevant surrounding lines around the reported location and the earlier example
sed -n '210,235p' "docs/Integrations & Plugins/plugins-overview/kubernetes-plugins/external-secrets-operator.md"
echo "-----"
sed -n '345,365p' "docs/Integrations & Plugins/plugins-overview/kubernetes-plugins/external-secrets-operator.md"

Repository: akeylesslabs/technical-documentation

Length of output: 5371

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Move ignoreCache to the SecretStore provider docs.

ignoreCache is an Akeyless provider setting under spec.provider.akeyless, not an ExternalSecret.spec field. The bullet at line 356 points to the wrong resource boundary; the example at line 221 is the correct placement.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents

Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@docs/Integrations` &
Plugins/plugins-overview/kubernetes-plugins/external-secrets-operator.md at line
356, Remove the ignoreCache bullet from the ExternalSecret fields documentation
and retain its description under the SecretStore Akeyless provider settings
alongside the existing example. Ensure the documentation identifies it as
spec.provider.akeyless.ignoreCache rather than an ExternalSecret.spec field.

[EldadH89]

closed from readme