only check existence for the possibly kept manifests

pkg/tiller/resource_policy.go

@@ -38,12 +38,6 @@ func filterManifestsToKeep(manifests []Manifest, kubeClient environment.KubeClie
 	keep := []Manifest{}
 
 	for _, m := range manifests {
-		// check if m is in fact present from k8s client's POV.
-		output, err := kubeClient.Get(namespace, bytes.NewBufferString(m.Content))
-		if err != nil || strings.Contains(output, kube.MissingGetHeader) {
-			continue
-		}
-
 		if m.Head.Metadata == nil || m.Head.Metadata.Annotations == nil || len(m.Head.Metadata.Annotations) == 0 {
 			remaining = append(remaining, m)
 			continue
@@ -67,6 +61,12 @@ func filterManifestsToKeep(manifests []Manifest, kubeClient environment.KubeClie
 func summarizeKeptManifests(manifests []Manifest) string {
 	message := "These resources were kept due to the resource policy:\n"
 	for _, m := range manifests {
+		// check if m is in fact present from k8s client's POV.
+		output, err := kubeClient.Get(namespace, bytes.NewBufferString(m.Content))
+		if err != nil || strings.Contains(output, kube.MissingGetHeader) {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		details := "[" + m.Head.Kind + "] " + m.Head.Metadata.Name + "\n"
 		message = message + details
 	}