always initialize API config observer

Author: tremes

pkg/controller/operator.go

@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ func (s *Operator) Run(ctx context.Context, controller *controllercmd.Controller
 	if envVersion, exists := os.LookupEnv("RELEASE_VERSION"); exists {
 		desiredVersion = envVersion
 	}
+	apiConfigObserver, err := configobserver.NewAPIConfigObserver(gatherKubeConfig, controller.EventRecorder, configInformers)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	// By default, this will exit(0) the process if the featuregates ever change to a different set of values.
 	featureGateAccessor := featuregates.NewFeatureGateAccess(
@@ -120,12 +124,7 @@ func (s *Operator) Run(ctx context.Context, controller *controllercmd.Controller
 			return fmt.Errorf("can't create --path: %v", err)
 		}
 	}
-	var apiConfigObserver configobserver.APIConfigObserver
 	if insightsConfigAPIEnabled {
-		apiConfigObserver, err = configobserver.NewAPIConfigObserver(gatherKubeConfig, controller.EventRecorder, configInformers)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
 		go apiConfigObserver.Run(ctx, 1)
 	}