diff --git a/api/v1/runtimecomponent_types.go b/api/v1/runtimecomponent_types.go
index 2e694dfc..ae9e526f 100644
--- a/api/v1/runtimecomponent_types.go
+++ b/api/v1/runtimecomponent_types.go
@@ -450,6 +450,8 @@ type RuntimeComponentStatus struct {
 
 	// The reconciliation interval in seconds.
 	ReconcileInterval *int32 `json:"reconcileInterval,omitempty"`
+
+	TrackedAnnotations map[common.StatusTrackedAnnotationType][]string `json:"trackedAnnotations,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // Defines possible status conditions.
@@ -801,6 +803,28 @@ func (s *RuntimeComponentStatus) SetBinding(r *corev1.LocalObjectReference) {
 	s.Binding = r
 }
 
+func (s *RuntimeComponentStatus) GetTrackedAnnotations() common.StatusTrackedAnnotations {
+	return s.TrackedAnnotations
+}
+
+func (s *RuntimeComponentStatus) SetTrackedAnnotations(trackedAnnotations common.StatusTrackedAnnotations) {
+	s.TrackedAnnotations = trackedAnnotations
+}
+
+func (s *RuntimeComponentStatus) GetTrackedAnnotation(annotationType common.StatusTrackedAnnotationType) []string {
+	if s.TrackedAnnotations == nil {
+		s.TrackedAnnotations = make(common.StatusTrackedAnnotations)
+	}
+	return s.TrackedAnnotations[annotationType]
+}
+
+func (s *RuntimeComponentStatus) SetTrackedAnnotation(annotationType common.StatusTrackedAnnotationType, annotationKeys []string) {
+	if s.TrackedAnnotations == nil {
+		s.TrackedAnnotations = make(common.StatusTrackedAnnotations)
+	}
+	s.TrackedAnnotations[annotationType] = annotationKeys
+}
+
 // GetMinReplicas returns minimum replicas
 func (a *RuntimeComponentAutoScaling) GetMinReplicas() *int32 {
 	return a.MinReplicas
diff --git a/api/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/api/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 921a97e3..7e4ae2d5 100644
--- a/api/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/api/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -735,6 +735,22 @@ func (in *RuntimeComponentStatus) DeepCopyInto(out *RuntimeComponentStatus) {
 		*out = new(int32)
 		**out = **in
 	}
+	if in.TrackedAnnotations != nil {
+		in, out := &in.TrackedAnnotations, &out.TrackedAnnotations
+		*out = make(map[common.StatusTrackedAnnotationType][]string, len(*in))
+		for key, val := range *in {
+			var outVal []string
+			if val == nil {
+				(*out)[key] = nil
+			} else {
+				inVal := (*in)[key]
+				in, out := &inVal, &outVal
+				*out = make([]string, len(*in))
+				copy(*out, *in)
+			}
+			(*out)[key] = outVal
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 // DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new RuntimeComponentStatus.
diff --git a/api/v1beta2/runtimecomponent_types.go b/api/v1beta2/runtimecomponent_types.go
index 273532c2..1521a622 100644
--- a/api/v1beta2/runtimecomponent_types.go
+++ b/api/v1beta2/runtimecomponent_types.go
@@ -670,6 +670,20 @@ func (s *RuntimeComponentStatus) SetBinding(r *corev1.LocalObjectReference) {
 	s.Binding = r
 }
 
+func (s *RuntimeComponentStatus) GetTrackedAnnotations() common.StatusTrackedAnnotations {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *RuntimeComponentStatus) SetTrackedAnnotations(trackedAnnotations common.StatusTrackedAnnotations) {
+}
+
+func (s *RuntimeComponentStatus) GetTrackedAnnotation(annotationType common.StatusTrackedAnnotationType) []string {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *RuntimeComponentStatus) SetTrackedAnnotation(annotationType common.StatusTrackedAnnotationType, annotationKeys []string) {
+}
+
 // GetMinReplicas returns minimum replicas
 func (a *RuntimeComponentAutoScaling) GetMinReplicas() *int32 {
 	return a.MinReplicas
diff --git a/common/common.go b/common/common.go
index a8f750e3..e1dbdb6c 100644
--- a/common/common.go
+++ b/common/common.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package common
 
 import (
+	"slices"
+
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
 )
@@ -59,3 +61,96 @@ func GetDefaultMicroProfileLivenessProbe(ba BaseComponent) *corev1.Probe {
 func GetComponentNameLabel(ba BaseComponent) string {
 	return ba.GetGroupName() + "/name"
 }
+
+// GetComponentAnnotationsGetter returns the getter for annotationType annotations configured in the BaseComponent instance.
+func GetComponentAnnotationsGetter(ba BaseComponent, annotationType StatusTrackedAnnotationType) func() map[string]string {
+	var annotationGetter func() map[string]string
+	annotationGetter = nil
+	switch annotationType {
+	case StatusTrackedAnnotationTypeGlobal:
+		annotationGetter = ba.GetAnnotations
+	case StatusTrackedAnnotationTypeDeployment:
+		if ba.GetDeployment() != nil {
+			annotationGetter = ba.GetDeployment().GetAnnotations
+		}
+	case StatusTrackedAnnotationTypeStatefulSet:
+		if ba.GetStatefulSet() != nil {
+			annotationGetter = ba.GetStatefulSet().GetAnnotations
+		}
+	case StatusTrackedAnnotationTypeService:
+		if ba.GetService() != nil {
+			annotationGetter = ba.GetService().GetAnnotations
+		}
+	case StatusTrackedAnnotationTypeRoute:
+		if ba.GetRoute() != nil {
+			annotationGetter = ba.GetRoute().GetAnnotations
+		}
+	}
+	return annotationGetter
+}
+
+// SaveTrackedAnnotations stores current annotations configured in the BaseComponent into the BaseComponentStatus.
+func SaveTrackedAnnotations(ba BaseComponent, annotationTypes ...StatusTrackedAnnotationType) {
+	for _, annotationType := range annotationTypes {
+		if annotationGetter := GetComponentAnnotationsGetter(ba, annotationType); annotationGetter != nil {
+			currentAnnotationKeys := []string{}
+			for key := range annotationGetter() {
+				currentAnnotationKeys = append(currentAnnotationKeys, key)
+			}
+			if len(currentAnnotationKeys) > 0 {
+				slices.Sort(currentAnnotationKeys)
+				ba.GetStatus().SetTrackedAnnotation(annotationType, currentAnnotationKeys)
+			} else {
+				ba.GetStatus().SetTrackedAnnotation(annotationType, nil)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// DeleteMissingTrackedAnnotations returns the map of currentAnnotations after removing annotationType annotations
+// that are no longer configured in BaseComponent instance but still found within the tracked annotations in BaseComponentStatus.
+func DeleteMissingTrackedAnnotations(currentAnnotations map[string]string, ba BaseComponent, annotationTypes ...StatusTrackedAnnotationType) map[string]string {
+	missingTrackedAnnotations := FilterMissingTrackedAnnotations(ba, StatusTrackedAnnotationTypeGlobal, ba.GetAnnotations())
+	for _, missingTrackedAnnotation := range missingTrackedAnnotations {
+		delete(currentAnnotations, missingTrackedAnnotation)
+	}
+	for _, annotationType := range annotationTypes {
+		if annotationType != StatusTrackedAnnotationTypeGlobal {
+			if annotationGetter := GetComponentAnnotationsGetter(ba, annotationType); annotationGetter != nil {
+				missingTrackedAnnotations := FilterMissingTrackedAnnotations(ba, annotationType, annotationGetter())
+				for _, missingTrackedAnnotation := range missingTrackedAnnotations {
+					delete(currentAnnotations, missingTrackedAnnotation)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return currentAnnotations
+}
+
+// FilterMissingTrackedAnnotations returns an array of tracked annotations that are no longer configured in the BaseComponent instance
+// but still exist in the tracked annotations of BaseComponentStatus.
+func FilterMissingTrackedAnnotations(ba BaseComponent, annotationType StatusTrackedAnnotationType, annotations map[string]string) []string {
+	if ba.GetStatus() == nil {
+		return []string{}
+	}
+	trackedAnnotations := ba.GetStatus().GetTrackedAnnotation(annotationType)
+	if len(trackedAnnotations) == 0 || annotations == nil {
+		return []string{}
+	}
+	for annotationKey := range annotations {
+		if slices.Contains(trackedAnnotations, annotationKey) {
+			// remove annotationKey from trackedAnnotations
+			deleteIndex := -1
+			for i := range trackedAnnotations {
+				if trackedAnnotations[i] == annotationKey {
+					deleteIndex = i
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			if deleteIndex != -1 {
+				trackedAnnotations = append(trackedAnnotations[:deleteIndex], trackedAnnotations[deleteIndex+1:]...)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return trackedAnnotations
+}
diff --git a/common/types.go b/common/types.go
index 42c54ff2..d87e5951 100644
--- a/common/types.go
+++ b/common/types.go
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ type StatusEndpointScope string
 
 type StatusReferences map[string]string
 
+type StatusTrackedAnnotationType string
+
+type StatusTrackedAnnotations map[StatusTrackedAnnotationType][]string
+
 const (
 	StatusReferenceCertSecretName    = "svcCertSecretName"
 	StatusReferencePullSecretName    = "saPullSecretName"
@@ -90,6 +94,11 @@ type BaseComponentStatus interface {
 	UnsetReconcileInterval()
 
 	GetLatestTransitionTime() *metav1.Time
+
+	GetTrackedAnnotations() StatusTrackedAnnotations
+	SetTrackedAnnotations(StatusTrackedAnnotations)
+	GetTrackedAnnotation(StatusTrackedAnnotationType) []string
+	SetTrackedAnnotation(StatusTrackedAnnotationType, []string)
 }
 
 const (
@@ -105,6 +114,13 @@ const (
 	// Status Endpoint Scopes
 	StatusEndpointScopeExternal StatusEndpointScope = "External"
 	StatusEndpointScopeInternal StatusEndpointScope = "Internal"
+
+	// Status Tracked Annotation Types
+	StatusTrackedAnnotationTypeGlobal      StatusTrackedAnnotationType = "global"
+	StatusTrackedAnnotationTypeDeployment  StatusTrackedAnnotationType = "deployment"
+	StatusTrackedAnnotationTypeStatefulSet StatusTrackedAnnotationType = "statefulset"
+	StatusTrackedAnnotationTypeService     StatusTrackedAnnotationType = "service"
+	StatusTrackedAnnotationTypeRoute       StatusTrackedAnnotationType = "route"
 )
 
 // BaseComponentAutoscaling represents basic HPA configuration
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/rc.app.stacks_runtimecomponents.yaml b/config/crd/bases/rc.app.stacks_runtimecomponents.yaml
index 3eb6cf95..081c0c56 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/rc.app.stacks_runtimecomponents.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/rc.app.stacks_runtimecomponents.yaml
@@ -8865,6 +8865,12 @@ spec:
                 additionalProperties:
                   type: string
                 type: object
+              trackedAnnotations:
+                additionalProperties:
+                  items:
+                    type: string
+                  type: array
+                type: object
               versions:
                 properties:
                   reconciled:
diff --git a/internal/controller/runtimecomponent_controller.go b/internal/controller/runtimecomponent_controller.go
index 59c0546a..f979187f 100644
--- a/internal/controller/runtimecomponent_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/runtimecomponent_controller.go
@@ -592,7 +592,8 @@ func (r *RuntimeComponentReconciler) SetupWithManager(mgr ctrl.Manager) error {
 	pred := predicate.Funcs{
 		UpdateFunc: func(e event.UpdateEvent) bool {
 			// Ignore updates to CR status in which case metadata.Generation does not change
-			return e.ObjectOld.GetGeneration() != e.ObjectNew.GetGeneration() && (isClusterWide || watchNamespacesMap[e.ObjectNew.GetNamespace()])
+			return (e.ObjectOld.GetGeneration() != e.ObjectNew.GetGeneration() && (isClusterWide || watchNamespacesMap[e.ObjectNew.GetNamespace()])) ||
+				(e.ObjectOld.GetGeneration() == e.ObjectNew.GetGeneration() && !appstacksutils.AnnotationsEqual(e.ObjectOld.GetAnnotations(), e.ObjectNew.GetAnnotations()))
 		},
 		CreateFunc: func(e event.CreateEvent) bool {
 			return isClusterWide || watchNamespacesMap[e.Object.GetNamespace()]
diff --git a/utils/reconciler.go b/utils/reconciler.go
index 6cc11fdf..d8beb325 100644
--- a/utils/reconciler.go
+++ b/utils/reconciler.go
@@ -384,6 +384,14 @@ func (r *ReconcilerBase) ManageSuccess(conditionType common.StatusConditionType,
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Track annotations that were defined in the CR into status
+	common.SaveTrackedAnnotations(ba,
+		common.StatusTrackedAnnotationTypeGlobal,
+		common.StatusTrackedAnnotationTypeDeployment,
+		common.StatusTrackedAnnotationTypeStatefulSet,
+		common.StatusTrackedAnnotationTypeService,
+		common.StatusTrackedAnnotationTypeRoute)
+
 	err := r.UpdateStatus(ba.(client.Object))
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error(err, "Unable to update status")
diff --git a/utils/utils.go b/utils/utils.go
index 5005717e..66bb6879 100644
--- a/utils/utils.go
+++ b/utils/utils.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"slices"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -45,10 +46,41 @@ const RCOOperandVersion = "1.4.4"
 
 var APIVersionNotFoundError = errors.New("APIVersion is not available")
 
+func AnnotationsEqual(a1, a2 map[string]string) bool {
+	if a1 == nil && a2 == nil {
+		return true
+	}
+	if a1 == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	if a2 == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	if len(a1) != len(a2) {
+		return false
+	}
+	for k1, v1 := range a1 {
+		if a2[k1] != v1 {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+func FilterMapByKeys(values map[string]string, keys []string) map[string]string {
+	for k := range values {
+		if !slices.Contains(keys, k) {
+			delete(values, k)
+		}
+	}
+	return values
+}
+
 // CustomizeDeployment ...
 func CustomizeDeployment(deploy *appsv1.Deployment, ba common.BaseComponent) {
 	obj := ba.(metav1.Object)
 	deploy.Labels = ba.GetLabels()
+	deploy.Annotations = common.DeleteMissingTrackedAnnotations(deploy.Annotations, ba, common.StatusTrackedAnnotationTypeDeployment)
 	deploy.Annotations = MergeMaps(deploy.Annotations, ba.GetAnnotations())
 
 	if ba.GetAutoscaling() == nil {
@@ -79,6 +111,7 @@ func CustomizeDeployment(deploy *appsv1.Deployment, ba common.BaseComponent) {
 func CustomizeStatefulSet(statefulSet *appsv1.StatefulSet, ba common.BaseComponent) {
 	obj := ba.(metav1.Object)
 	statefulSet.Labels = ba.GetLabels()
+	statefulSet.Annotations = common.DeleteMissingTrackedAnnotations(statefulSet.Annotations, ba, common.StatusTrackedAnnotationTypeStatefulSet)
 	statefulSet.Annotations = MergeMaps(statefulSet.Annotations, ba.GetAnnotations())
 
 	if ba.GetAutoscaling() == nil {
@@ -110,6 +143,7 @@ func CustomizeStatefulSet(statefulSet *appsv1.StatefulSet, ba common.BaseCompone
 func CustomizeRoute(route *routev1.Route, ba common.BaseComponent, key string, crt string, ca string, destCACert string) {
 	obj := ba.(metav1.Object)
 	route.Labels = ba.GetLabels()
+	route.Annotations = common.DeleteMissingTrackedAnnotations(route.Annotations, ba, common.StatusTrackedAnnotationTypeRoute)
 	route.Annotations = MergeMaps(route.Annotations, ba.GetAnnotations())
 
 	if ba.GetRoute() != nil {
@@ -198,6 +232,7 @@ func ErrorIsNoMatchesForKind(err error, kind string, version string) bool {
 func CustomizeService(svc *corev1.Service, ba common.BaseComponent) {
 	obj := ba.(metav1.Object)
 	svc.Labels = ba.GetLabels()
+	svc.Annotations = common.DeleteMissingTrackedAnnotations(svc.Annotations, ba, common.StatusTrackedAnnotationTypeService)
 	CustomizeServiceAnnotations(svc)
 	svc.Annotations = MergeMaps(svc.Annotations, ba.GetAnnotations())
 
@@ -344,6 +379,7 @@ func customizeProbeDefaults(config *corev1.Probe, defaultProbe *corev1.Probe) *c
 func CustomizeNetworkPolicy(networkPolicy *networkingv1.NetworkPolicy, isOpenShift bool, ba common.BaseComponent) {
 	obj := ba.(metav1.Object)
 	networkPolicy.Labels = ba.GetLabels()
+	networkPolicy.Annotations = common.DeleteMissingTrackedAnnotations(networkPolicy.Annotations, ba, common.StatusTrackedAnnotationTypeGlobal)
 	networkPolicy.Annotations = MergeMaps(networkPolicy.Annotations, ba.GetAnnotations())
 
 	networkPolicy.Spec.PolicyTypes = []networkingv1.PolicyType{networkingv1.PolicyTypeIngress}
@@ -649,6 +685,7 @@ func customizeAffinityArchitectures(affinity *corev1.Affinity, affinityConfig co
 func CustomizePodSpec(pts *corev1.PodTemplateSpec, ba common.BaseComponent) {
 	obj := ba.(metav1.Object)
 	pts.Labels = ba.GetLabels()
+	pts.Annotations = common.DeleteMissingTrackedAnnotations(pts.Annotations, ba, common.StatusTrackedAnnotationTypeDeployment, common.StatusTrackedAnnotationTypeStatefulSet)
 	pts.Annotations = MergeMaps(pts.Annotations, ba.GetAnnotations())
 
 	// If they exist, add annotations from the StatefulSet or Deployment to the pods