diff --git a/servers/gcp/k8s/argocd-apps/gitea-gke.yaml b/servers/gcp/k8s/argocd-apps/gitea-gke.yaml
index b8df252..420fb8a 100644
--- a/servers/gcp/k8s/argocd-apps/gitea-gke.yaml
+++ b/servers/gcp/k8s/argocd-apps/gitea-gke.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ spec:
     #   terraform -chdir=servers/gcp output -raw gke_cluster_endpoint
     server: https://34.63.89.52
     namespace: gitea
+  # terminatingReplicas is a newer Deployment status field that Argo CD's
+  # bundled schema doesn't know about — causes ComparisonError during diff.
+  # Ignoring /status entirely is safe: Argo CD never manages status fields.
+  ignoreDifferences:
+    - group: apps
+      kind: Deployment
+      jsonPointers:
+        - /status
   syncPolicy:
     automated:
       prune: true