diff --git a/operators/constellation-node-operator/config/crd/bases/update.edgeless.systems_pendingnodes.yaml b/operators/constellation-node-operator/config/crd/bases/update.edgeless.systems_pendingnodes.yaml
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+---
+apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
+kind: CustomResourceDefinition
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.9.0
+  creationTimestamp: null
+  name: pendingnodes.update.edgeless.systems
+spec:
+  group: update.edgeless.systems
+  names:
+    kind: PendingNode
+    listKind: PendingNodeList
+    plural: pendingnodes
+    singular: pendingnode
+  scope: Cluster
+  versions:
+  - name: v1alpha1
+    schema:
+      openAPIV3Schema:
+        description: PendingNode is the Schema for the pendingnodes API
+        properties:
+          apiVersion:
+            description: 'APIVersion defines the versioned schema of this representation
+              of an object. Servers should convert recognized schemas to the latest
+              internal value, and may reject unrecognized values. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#resources'
+            type: string
+          kind:
+            description: 'Kind is a string value representing the REST resource this
+              object represents. Servers may infer this from the endpoint the client
+              submits requests to. Cannot be updated. In CamelCase. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#types-kinds'
+            type: string
+          metadata:
+            type: object
+          spec:
+            description: PendingNodeSpec defines the desired state of PendingNode
+            properties:
+              foo:
+                description: Foo is an example field of PendingNode. Edit pendingnode_types.go
+                  to remove/update
+                type: string
+            type: object
+          status:
+            description: PendingNodeStatus defines the observed state of PendingNode
+            type: object
+        type: object
+    served: true
+    storage: true
+    subresources:
+      status: {}