From 5f4b9ca997210ae275514463f9fd8184c3f43ee2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: erabii <eugen.rabii@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2023 00:40:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Don't configure reload beans unless the properties are set
 (#1200)

---
 ...esClientConfigReloadAutoConfiguration.java |  16 +-
 ...ientEventBasedConfigMapChangeDetector.java |  49 ++-
 ...ClientEventBasedSecretsChangeDetector.java |  47 ++-
 ...ientConfigReloadAutoConfigurationTest.java | 321 +++++++++++++++--
 ...nfigReloadPropertiesAutoConfiguration.java |  30 ++
 .../ConditionalOnConfigMapsReloadEnabled.java |  42 +++
 .../ConditionalOnSecretsReloadEnabled.java    |  41 +++
 ...ot.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguration.imports |   1 +
 .../Fabric8ConfigReloadAutoConfiguration.java |  18 +-
 ...ric8EventBasedConfigMapChangeDetector.java |  35 +-
 ...abric8EventBasedSecretsChangeDetector.java |  35 +-
 .../config/KubernetesConfigTestBase.java      |   6 +-
 .../ConfigReloadAutoConfigurationTest.java    | 325 +++++++++++++++++-
 .../event/reload/ConfigMapEventReloadIT.java  |  26 +-
 .../src/test/resources/one/deployment.yaml    |   2 +
 .../src/test/resources/three/deployment.yaml  |   2 +
 .../src/test/resources/two/deployment.yaml    |   2 +
 .../src/main/resources/application.yaml       |   1 +
 .../event/reload/SecretsEventReloadIT.java    |  20 ++
 .../src/test/resources/deployment.yaml        |   3 +
 .../event/reload/ConfigMapEventReloadIT.java  |  24 ++
 .../src/test/resources/deployment.yaml        |   3 +
 .../src/main/resources/application.yaml       |   1 +
 .../event/reload/SecretsEventsReloadIT.java   |  23 ++
 .../src/test/resources/deployment.yaml        |   3 +
 25 files changed, 931 insertions(+), 145 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/reload/ConfigReloadPropertiesAutoConfiguration.java
 create mode 100644 spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/reload/condition/ConditionalOnConfigMapsReloadEnabled.java
 create mode 100644 spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/reload/condition/ConditionalOnSecretsReloadEnabled.java

diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/client/config/reload/KubernetesClientConfigReloadAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/client/config/reload/KubernetesClientConfigReloadAutoConfiguration.java
index 896defdc..3abf0843 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/client/config/reload/KubernetesClientConfigReloadAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/client/config/reload/KubernetesClientConfigReloadAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ import org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.info.InfoEndpointAutoConfi
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigureAfter;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnBean;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnClass;
-import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnCloudPlatform;
+import org.springframework.boot.cloud.CloudPlatform;
 import org.springframework.cloud.autoconfigure.RefreshAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.cloud.autoconfigure.RefreshEndpointAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.cloud.commons.util.TaskSchedulerWrapper;
@@ -34,14 +35,16 @@ import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.client.config.KubernetesClientConfig
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.client.config.KubernetesClientSecretsPropertySource;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.client.config.KubernetesClientSecretsPropertySourceLocator;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.KubernetesNamespaceProvider;
-import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.ConditionalOnKubernetesAndConfigEnabled;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.ConfigReloadAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.ConfigReloadProperties;
+import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.ConfigReloadPropertiesAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.ConfigurationChangeDetector;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.ConfigurationUpdateStrategy;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.PollingConfigMapChangeDetector;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.PollingSecretsChangeDetector;
+import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.condition.ConditionalOnConfigMapsReloadEnabled;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.condition.ConditionalOnKubernetesReloadEnabled;
+import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.condition.ConditionalOnSecretsReloadEnabled;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.condition.EventReloadDetectionMode;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.condition.PollingReloadDetectionMode;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
@@ -55,12 +58,11 @@ import org.springframework.scheduling.TaskScheduler;
  * @author Ryan Baxter
  */
 @Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
-@ConditionalOnKubernetesAndConfigEnabled
+@ConditionalOnCloudPlatform(CloudPlatform.KUBERNETES)
 @ConditionalOnKubernetesReloadEnabled
 @ConditionalOnClass({ EndpointAutoConfiguration.class, RestartEndpoint.class, ContextRefresher.class })
 @AutoConfigureAfter({ InfoEndpointAutoConfiguration.class, RefreshEndpointAutoConfiguration.class,
-		RefreshAutoConfiguration.class })
-@EnableConfigurationProperties(ConfigReloadProperties.class)
+		RefreshAutoConfiguration.class, ConfigReloadPropertiesAutoConfiguration.class })
 @Import(ConfigReloadAutoConfiguration.class)
 public class KubernetesClientConfigReloadAutoConfiguration {
 
@@ -72,6 +74,7 @@ public class KubernetesClientConfigReloadAutoConfiguration {
 	 * @return a bean that listen to configuration changes and fire a reload.
 	 */
 	@Bean
+	@ConditionalOnConfigMapsReloadEnabled
 	@ConditionalOnBean(KubernetesClientConfigMapPropertySourceLocator.class)
 	@Conditional(PollingReloadDetectionMode.class)
 	public ConfigurationChangeDetector configMapPropertyChangePollingWatcher(ConfigReloadProperties properties,
@@ -92,6 +95,7 @@ public class KubernetesClientConfigReloadAutoConfiguration {
 	 * @return a bean that listen to configuration changes and fire a reload.
 	 */
 	@Bean
+	@ConditionalOnSecretsReloadEnabled
 	@ConditionalOnBean(KubernetesClientSecretsPropertySourceLocator.class)
 	@Conditional(PollingReloadDetectionMode.class)
 	public ConfigurationChangeDetector secretsPropertyChangePollingWatcher(ConfigReloadProperties properties,
@@ -112,6 +116,7 @@ public class KubernetesClientConfigReloadAutoConfiguration {
 	 * @return a bean that listen to configMap change events and fire a reload.
 	 */
 	@Bean
+	@ConditionalOnConfigMapsReloadEnabled
 	@ConditionalOnBean(KubernetesClientConfigMapPropertySourceLocator.class)
 	@Conditional(EventReloadDetectionMode.class)
 	public ConfigurationChangeDetector configMapPropertyChangeEventWatcher(ConfigReloadProperties properties,
@@ -132,6 +137,7 @@ public class KubernetesClientConfigReloadAutoConfiguration {
 	 * @return a bean that listen to secrets change events and fire a reload.
 	 */
 	@Bean
+	@ConditionalOnSecretsReloadEnabled
 	@ConditionalOnBean(KubernetesClientSecretsPropertySourceLocator.class)
 	@Conditional(EventReloadDetectionMode.class)
 	public ConfigurationChangeDetector secretsPropertyChangeEventWatcher(ConfigReloadProperties properties,
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/client/config/reload/KubernetesClientEventBasedConfigMapChangeDetector.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/client/config/reload/KubernetesClientEventBasedConfigMapChangeDetector.java
index 1874efb8..9a7522ca 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/client/config/reload/KubernetesClientEventBasedConfigMapChangeDetector.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/client/config/reload/KubernetesClientEventBasedConfigMapChangeDetector.java
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ public class KubernetesClientEventBasedConfigMapChangeDetector extends Configura
 
 	private final KubernetesClientConfigMapPropertySourceLocator propertySourceLocator;
 
-	private final boolean monitorConfigMaps;
-
 	private final SharedInformerFactory factory;
 
 	private final List<SharedIndexInformer<V1ConfigMap>> informers = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -103,41 +101,38 @@ public class KubernetesClientEventBasedConfigMapChangeDetector extends Configura
 		// certificate authorities for the cluster. This results in SSL errors.
 		// See https://github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/issues/885
 		this.factory = new SharedInformerFactory(createApiClientForInformerClient());
-		this.monitorConfigMaps = properties.monitoringConfigMaps();
 		this.enableReloadFiltering = properties.enableReloadFiltering();
 		namespaces = namespaces(kubernetesNamespaceProvider, properties, "configmap");
 	}
 
 	@PostConstruct
 	void inform() {
-		if (monitorConfigMaps) {
-			LOG.info(() -> "Kubernetes event-based configMap change detector activated");
+		LOG.info(() -> "Kubernetes event-based configMap change detector activated");
 
-			namespaces.forEach(namespace -> {
-				SharedIndexInformer<V1ConfigMap> informer;
-				String filter = null;
+		namespaces.forEach(namespace -> {
+			SharedIndexInformer<V1ConfigMap> informer;
+			String filter = null;
 
-				if (enableReloadFiltering) {
-					filter = ConfigReloadProperties.RELOAD_LABEL_FILTER + "=true";
-					LOG.debug(() -> "added configmap informer for namespace : " + namespace + " with enabled filter");
-				}
-				else {
-					LOG.debug(() -> "added configmap informer for namespace : " + namespace);
-				}
+			if (enableReloadFiltering) {
+				filter = ConfigReloadProperties.RELOAD_LABEL_FILTER + "=true";
+				LOG.debug(() -> "added configmap informer for namespace : " + namespace + " with enabled filter");
+			}
+			else {
+				LOG.debug(() -> "added configmap informer for namespace : " + namespace);
+			}
 
-				String filterOnInformerLabel = filter;
-				informer = factory
-						.sharedIndexInformerFor(
-								(CallGeneratorParams params) -> coreV1Api.listNamespacedConfigMapCall(namespace, null,
-										null, null, null, filterOnInformerLabel, null, params.resourceVersion, null,
-										params.timeoutSeconds, params.watch, null),
-								V1ConfigMap.class, V1ConfigMapList.class);
-				informer.addEventHandler(handler);
-				informers.add(informer);
-			});
+			String filterOnInformerLabel = filter;
+			informer = factory
+					.sharedIndexInformerFor(
+							(CallGeneratorParams params) -> coreV1Api.listNamespacedConfigMapCall(namespace, null, null,
+									null, null, filterOnInformerLabel, null, params.resourceVersion, null,
+									params.timeoutSeconds, params.watch, null),
+							V1ConfigMap.class, V1ConfigMapList.class);
+			informer.addEventHandler(handler);
+			informers.add(informer);
+		});
 
-			factory.startAllRegisteredInformers();
-		}
+		factory.startAllRegisteredInformers();
 	}
 
 	@PreDestroy
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/client/config/reload/KubernetesClientEventBasedSecretsChangeDetector.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/client/config/reload/KubernetesClientEventBasedSecretsChangeDetector.java
index 18e029b2..c6a5dbf0 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/client/config/reload/KubernetesClientEventBasedSecretsChangeDetector.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/client/config/reload/KubernetesClientEventBasedSecretsChangeDetector.java
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ public class KubernetesClientEventBasedSecretsChangeDetector extends Configurati
 
 	private final KubernetesClientSecretsPropertySourceLocator propertySourceLocator;
 
-	private final boolean monitorSecrets;
-
 	private final SharedInformerFactory factory;
 
 	private final List<SharedIndexInformer<V1Secret>> informers = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -103,40 +101,37 @@ public class KubernetesClientEventBasedSecretsChangeDetector extends Configurati
 		// certificate authorities for the cluster. This results in SSL errors.
 		// See https://github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-kubernetes/issues/885
 		this.factory = new SharedInformerFactory(createApiClientForInformerClient());
-		this.monitorSecrets = properties.monitoringSecrets();
 		this.enableReloadFiltering = properties.enableReloadFiltering();
 		namespaces = namespaces(kubernetesNamespaceProvider, properties, "secret");
 	}
 
 	@PostConstruct
 	void inform() {
-		if (monitorSecrets) {
-			LOG.info(() -> "Kubernetes event-based secrets change detector activated");
+		LOG.info(() -> "Kubernetes event-based secrets change detector activated");
 
-			namespaces.forEach(namespace -> {
-				SharedIndexInformer<V1Secret> informer;
-				String filter = null;
+		namespaces.forEach(namespace -> {
+			SharedIndexInformer<V1Secret> informer;
+			String filter = null;
 
-				if (enableReloadFiltering) {
-					filter = ConfigReloadProperties.RELOAD_LABEL_FILTER + "=true";
-					LOG.debug(() -> "added secret informer for namespace : " + namespace + " with enabled filter");
-				}
-				else {
-					LOG.debug(() -> "added secret informer for namespace : " + namespace);
-				}
+			if (enableReloadFiltering) {
+				filter = ConfigReloadProperties.RELOAD_LABEL_FILTER + "=true";
+				LOG.debug(() -> "added secret informer for namespace : " + namespace + " with enabled filter");
+			}
+			else {
+				LOG.debug(() -> "added secret informer for namespace : " + namespace);
+			}
 
-				String filterOnInformerLabel = filter;
-				informer = factory.sharedIndexInformerFor(
-						(CallGeneratorParams params) -> coreV1Api.listNamespacedSecretCall(namespace, null, null, null,
-								null, filterOnInformerLabel, null, params.resourceVersion, null, params.timeoutSeconds,
-								params.watch, null),
-						V1Secret.class, V1SecretList.class);
-				informer.addEventHandler(handler);
-				informers.add(informer);
-			});
+			String filterOnInformerLabel = filter;
+			informer = factory.sharedIndexInformerFor(
+					(CallGeneratorParams params) -> coreV1Api.listNamespacedSecretCall(namespace, null, null, null,
+							null, filterOnInformerLabel, null, params.resourceVersion, null, params.timeoutSeconds,
+							params.watch, null),
+					V1Secret.class, V1SecretList.class);
+			informer.addEventHandler(handler);
+			informers.add(informer);
+		});
 
-			factory.startAllRegisteredInformers();
-		}
+		factory.startAllRegisteredInformers();
 	}
 
 	@PreDestroy
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-config/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/client/config/KubernetesClientConfigReloadAutoConfigurationTest.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-config/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/client/config/KubernetesClientConfigReloadAutoConfigurationTest.java
index f5ec8257..3e017b20 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-config/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/client/config/KubernetesClientConfigReloadAutoConfigurationTest.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-config/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/client/config/KubernetesClientConfigReloadAutoConfigurationTest.java
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ package org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.client.config;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.WireMockServer;
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock;
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.models.V1ConfigMapList;
 import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.models.V1ObjectMetaBuilder;
 import io.kubernetes.client.util.ClientBuilder;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -46,9 +49,15 @@ import org.springframework.cloud.autoconfigure.RefreshAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.cloud.autoconfigure.RefreshEndpointAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.client.KubernetesClientAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.client.config.reload.KubernetesClientConfigReloadAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.client.config.reload.KubernetesClientEventBasedConfigMapChangeDetector;
+import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.client.config.reload.KubernetesClientEventBasedSecretsChangeDetector;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.KubernetesClientProperties;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.KubernetesBootstrapConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.ConfigReloadAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.ConfigReloadPropertiesAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.ConfigurationChangeDetector;
+import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.PollingConfigMapChangeDetector;
+import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.PollingSecretsChangeDetector;
 import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
@@ -77,7 +86,7 @@ public class KubernetesClientConfigReloadAutoConfigurationTest {
 		context = new SpringApplicationBuilder(PropertyPlaceholderAutoConfiguration.class, LocalTestConfig.class,
 				ConfigReloadAutoConfiguration.class, RefreshAutoConfiguration.class, EndpointAutoConfiguration.class,
 				InfoEndpointAutoConfiguration.class, RefreshEndpointAutoConfiguration.class,
-				ConfigurationPropertiesBindingPostProcessor.class,
+				ConfigurationPropertiesBindingPostProcessor.class, ConfigReloadPropertiesAutoConfiguration.class,
 				ConfigurationPropertiesRebinderAutoConfiguration.class, KubernetesClientBootstrapConfiguration.class,
 				KubernetesBootstrapConfiguration.class, KubernetesClientConfigReloadAutoConfiguration.class)
 						.web(org.springframework.boot.WebApplicationType.NONE).properties(envArray).run();
@@ -111,7 +120,7 @@ public class KubernetesClientConfigReloadAutoConfigurationTest {
 	// 1. watchers
 
 	@Test
-	void kubernetesWatchersWhenKubernetesDisabled() throws Exception {
+	void kubernetesWatchersWhenKubernetesDisabled() {
 		setup();
 		assertThat(context.containsBean("configMapPropertySourceLocator")).isFalse();
 		assertThat(context.containsBean("secretsPropertySourceLocator")).isFalse();
@@ -122,7 +131,7 @@ public class KubernetesClientConfigReloadAutoConfigurationTest {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	void kubernetesWatchersWhenConfigDisabled() throws Exception {
+	void kubernetesWatchersWhenConfigDisabled() {
 		setup("spring.cloud.kubernetes.config.enabled=false");
 		assertThat(context.containsBean("configMapPropertyChangePollingWatcher")).isFalse();
 		assertThat(context.containsBean("secretsPropertyChangePollingWatcher")).isFalse();
@@ -131,7 +140,7 @@ public class KubernetesClientConfigReloadAutoConfigurationTest {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	void kubernetesWatchersWhenReloadDisabled() throws Exception {
+	void kubernetesWatchersWhenReloadDisabled() {
 		setup("spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.enabled=false");
 		assertThat(context.containsBean("configMapPropertyChangePollingWatcher")).isFalse();
 		assertThat(context.containsBean("secretsPropertyChangePollingWatcher")).isFalse();
@@ -140,7 +149,7 @@ public class KubernetesClientConfigReloadAutoConfigurationTest {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	void kubernetesReloadEnabledButSecretAndConfigDisabled() throws Exception {
+	void kubernetesReloadEnabledButSecretAndConfigDisabled() {
 		setup("spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.enabled=true", "spring.cloud.kubernetes.config.enabled=false",
 				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.secrets.enabled=false");
 		assertThat(context.containsBean("configMapPropertyChangePollingWatcher")).isFalse();
@@ -149,46 +158,314 @@ public class KubernetesClientConfigReloadAutoConfigurationTest {
 		assertThat(context.containsBean("secretsPropertyChangeEventWatcher")).isFalse();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * <pre>
+	 *     - reload mode is enabled (via event reload)
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps is true by default
+	 *
+	 *     - config map event watcher is picked up
+	 *     - config map polling watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets polling watcher is not picked up
+	 * </pre>
+	 */
 	@Test
-	void kubernetesReloadEnabledWithPolling() throws Exception {
-		setup("spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.enabled=true", "spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.mode=polling",
-				"spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES");
-		assertThat(context.containsBean("configMapPropertySourceLocator")).isTrue();
-		assertThat(context.containsBean("secretsPropertySourceLocator")).isTrue();
-		assertThat(context.containsBean("configMapPropertyChangePollingWatcher")).isTrue();
-		assertThat(context.containsBean("secretsPropertyChangePollingWatcher")).isTrue();
-		assertThat(context.containsBean("configMapPropertyChangeEventWatcher")).isFalse();
-		assertThat(context.containsBean("secretsPropertyChangeEventWatcher")).isFalse();
+	void reloadEventEnabledMonitoringConfigMapsEnabledByDefault() {
+		setup("spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.enabled=true", "spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES");
+		Map<String, ConfigurationChangeDetector> map = context.getBeansOfType(ConfigurationChangeDetector.class);
+		Assertions.assertEquals(map.size(), 1);
+		Assertions.assertTrue(map.values().iterator().next().getClass()
+				.isAssignableFrom(KubernetesClientEventBasedConfigMapChangeDetector.class));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * <pre>
+	 *     - reload mode is enabled (via event reload)
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps is true by default
+	 *
+	 *     - config map event watcher is picked up
+	 *     - config map polling watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets polling watcher is not picked up
+	 * </pre>
+	 */
 	@Test
-	void kubernetesReloadEnabledWithEvent() throws Exception {
+	void reloadEventEnabledMonitoringConfigMapsEnabled() {
 		setup("spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.enabled=true", "spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.mode=event",
 				"spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES");
-		assertThat(context.containsBean("configMapPropertyChangePollingWatcher")).isFalse();
-		assertThat(context.containsBean("secretsPropertyChangePollingWatcher")).isFalse();
-		assertThat(context.containsBean("configMapPropertyChangeEventWatcher")).isTrue();
-		assertThat(context.containsBean("secretsPropertyChangeEventWatcher")).isTrue();
+		Map<String, ConfigurationChangeDetector> map = context.getBeansOfType(ConfigurationChangeDetector.class);
+		Assertions.assertEquals(map.size(), 1);
+		Assertions.assertTrue(map.values().iterator().next().getClass()
+				.isAssignableFrom(KubernetesClientEventBasedConfigMapChangeDetector.class));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * <pre>
+	 *     - reload mode is enabled (via event reload)
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps is false
+	 *
+	 *     - config map event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - config map polling watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets polling watcher is not picked up
+	 * </pre>
+	 */
+	@Test
+	void reloadEventEnabledMonitoringConfigMapsDisabled() {
+		setup("spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.enabled=true", "spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.mode=event",
+				"spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES", "spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps=false");
+		Map<String, ConfigurationChangeDetector> map = context.getBeansOfType(ConfigurationChangeDetector.class);
+		Assertions.assertEquals(map.size(), 0);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * <pre>
+	 *     - reload mode is enabled (via poll reload)
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps is false
+	 *
+	 *     - config map event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - config map polling watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets polling watcher is not picked up
+	 * </pre>
+	 */
+	@Test
+	void reloadPollingEnabledMonitoringConfigMapsDisabledMonitoringSecretsDisabled() {
+		setup("spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.enabled=true", "spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.mode=polling",
+				"spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES", "spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps=false");
+		Map<String, ConfigurationChangeDetector> map = context.getBeansOfType(ConfigurationChangeDetector.class);
+		Assertions.assertEquals(map.size(), 0);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * <pre>
+	 *     - reload mode is enabled (via poll reload)
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps is true by default
+	 *
+	 *     - config map event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - config map polling watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - config map polling watcher is not picked up
+	 * </pre>
+	 */
+	@Test
+	void reloadPollingEnabledMonitoringConfigMapsEnabled() {
+		setup("spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.enabled=true", "spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.mode=polling",
+				"spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES");
+		Map<String, ConfigurationChangeDetector> map = context.getBeansOfType(ConfigurationChangeDetector.class);
+		Assertions.assertEquals(map.size(), 1);
+		Assertions.assertTrue(
+				map.values().iterator().next().getClass().isAssignableFrom(PollingConfigMapChangeDetector.class));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * <pre>
+	 *     - reload mode is enabled (via event reload)
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-secrets is true
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps is false
+	 *
+	 *     - config map event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - config map polling watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets event watcher is picked up
+	 *     - secrets polling watcher is not picked up
+	 * </pre>
+	 */
+	@Test
+	void reloadEventEnabledMonitoringConfigMapsDisabledMonitoringSecretsEnabled() {
+		setup("spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.enabled=true", "spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-secrets=true",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps=false",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.mode=event");
+		Map<String, ConfigurationChangeDetector> map = context.getBeansOfType(ConfigurationChangeDetector.class);
+		Assertions.assertEquals(map.size(), 1);
+		Assertions.assertTrue(map.values().iterator().next().getClass()
+				.isAssignableFrom(KubernetesClientEventBasedSecretsChangeDetector.class));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * <pre>
+	 *     - reload mode is enabled (via event reload)
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-secrets is true
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps is false
+	 *
+	 *     - config map event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - config map polling watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets polling watcher is picked up
+	 * </pre>
+	 */
+	@Test
+	void reloadPollingEnabledMonitoringConfigMapsDisabledMonitoringSecretsEnabled() {
+		setup("spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.enabled=true", "spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-secrets=true",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps=false",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.mode=polling");
+		Map<String, ConfigurationChangeDetector> map = context.getBeansOfType(ConfigurationChangeDetector.class);
+		Assertions.assertEquals(map.size(), 1);
+		Assertions.assertTrue(
+				map.values().iterator().next().getClass().isAssignableFrom(PollingSecretsChangeDetector.class));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * <pre>
+	 *     - reload mode is enabled (via event reload)
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-secrets is true
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps is true
+	 *
+	 *     - config map event watcher is picked up
+	 *     - config map polling watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets event watcher is picked up
+	 *     - secrets polling watcher is not picked up
+	 * </pre>
+	 */
+	@Test
+	void reloadEventEnabledMonitoringConfigMapsEnabledMonitoringSecretsEnabled() {
+		setup("spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.enabled=true", "spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-secrets=true",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps=true",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.mode=event");
+		Map<String, ConfigurationChangeDetector> map = context.getBeansOfType(ConfigurationChangeDetector.class);
+		Assertions.assertEquals(map.size(), 2);
+		List<ConfigurationChangeDetector> result = map.values().stream()
+				.sorted(Comparator.comparing(x -> x.getClass().getName())).toList();
+		Assertions.assertEquals(result.get(0).getClass(), KubernetesClientEventBasedConfigMapChangeDetector.class);
+		Assertions.assertEquals(result.get(1).getClass(), KubernetesClientEventBasedSecretsChangeDetector.class);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * <pre>
+	 *     - reload mode is enabled (via event reload)
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-secrets is true
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps is true
+	 *
+	 *     - config map event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - config map polling watcher is picked up
+	 *     - secrets event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets polling watcher is picked up
+	 * </pre>
+	 */
+	@Test
+	void reloadPollingEnabledMonitoringConfigMapsEnabledMonitoringSecretsEnabled() {
+		setup("spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.enabled=true", "spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-secrets=true",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps=true",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.mode=polling");
+		Map<String, ConfigurationChangeDetector> map = context.getBeansOfType(ConfigurationChangeDetector.class);
+		Assertions.assertEquals(map.size(), 2);
+		List<ConfigurationChangeDetector> result = map.values().stream()
+				.sorted(Comparator.comparing(x -> x.getClass().getName())).toList();
+		Assertions.assertEquals(result.get(0).getClass(), PollingConfigMapChangeDetector.class);
+		Assertions.assertEquals(result.get(1).getClass(), PollingSecretsChangeDetector.class);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * <pre>
+	 *     - reload mode is enabled (via event reload)
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps is false
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-secrets is false
+	 *
+	 *     - config map event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - config map polling watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets polling watcher is not picked up
+	 * </pre>
+	 */
+	@Test
+	void reloadEventEnabledMonitoringConfigMapsDisabledMonitoringSecretsDisabled() {
+		setup("spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.enabled=true", "spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.mode=event",
+				"spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES", "spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps=false",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-secrets=false");
+		Map<String, ConfigurationChangeDetector> map = context.getBeansOfType(ConfigurationChangeDetector.class);
+		Assertions.assertEquals(map.size(), 0);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * <pre>
+	 *     - reload mode is enabled (via poll reload)
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps is false
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-secrets is false
+	 *
+	 *     - config map event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - config map polling watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets polling watcher is not picked up
+	 * </pre>
+	 */
+	@Test
+	void reloadPollingEnabledMonitorConfigMapsDisabledMonitoringSecretsDisabled() {
+		setup("spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.enabled=true", "spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.mode=polling",
+				"spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES", "spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps=false",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-secrets=false");
+		Map<String, ConfigurationChangeDetector> map = context.getBeansOfType(ConfigurationChangeDetector.class);
+		Assertions.assertEquals(map.size(), 0);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * <pre>
+	 *     - reload mode is enabled (via event reload)
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps is true
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-secrets is false
+	 *
+	 *     - config map event watcher is picked up
+	 *     - config map polling watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets polling watcher is not picked up
+	 * </pre>
+	 */
+	@Test
+	void reloadEventEnabledMonitoringConfigMapsEnabledMonitoringSecretsDisabled() {
+		setup("spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.enabled=true", "spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.mode=event",
+				"spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES", "spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps=true",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-secrets=false");
+		Map<String, ConfigurationChangeDetector> map = context.getBeansOfType(ConfigurationChangeDetector.class);
+		Assertions.assertEquals(map.size(), 1);
+		List<ConfigurationChangeDetector> result = map.values().stream()
+				.sorted(Comparator.comparing(x -> x.getClass().getName())).toList();
+		Assertions.assertEquals(result.get(0).getClass(), KubernetesClientEventBasedConfigMapChangeDetector.class);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * <pre>
+	 *     - reload mode is enabled (via polling reload)
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps is true
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-secrets is false
+	 *
+	 *     - config map event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - config map polling watcher is picked up
+	 *     - secrets event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets polling watcher is not picked up
+	 * </pre>
+	 */
+	@Test
+	void reloadPollingEnabledMonitoringConfigMapsEnabledMonitoringSecretsDisabled() {
+		setup("spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.enabled=true", "spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.mode=polling",
+				"spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES", "spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps=true",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-secrets=false");
+		Map<String, ConfigurationChangeDetector> map = context.getBeansOfType(ConfigurationChangeDetector.class);
+		Assertions.assertEquals(map.size(), 1);
+		List<ConfigurationChangeDetector> result = map.values().stream()
+				.sorted(Comparator.comparing(x -> x.getClass().getName())).toList();
+		Assertions.assertEquals(result.get(0).getClass(), PollingConfigMapChangeDetector.class);
 	}
 
 	// 2. config and secrets property source locators
 
 	@Test
-	void kubernetesConfigAndSecretEnabledByDefault() throws Exception {
+	void kubernetesConfigAndSecretEnabledByDefault() {
 		setup("spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES");
 		assertThat(context.containsBean("configMapPropertySourceLocator")).isTrue();
 		assertThat(context.containsBean("secretsPropertySourceLocator")).isTrue();
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	void kubernetesConfigEnabledButSecretDisabled() throws Exception {
+	void kubernetesConfigEnabledButSecretDisabled() {
 		setup("spring.cloud.kubernetes.secrets.enabled=false", "spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES");
 		assertThat(context.containsBean("configMapPropertySourceLocator")).isTrue();
 		assertThat(context.containsBean("secretsPropertySourceLocator")).isFalse();
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	void kubernetesSecretsEnabledButConfigDisabled() throws Exception {
+	void kubernetesSecretsEnabledButConfigDisabled() {
 		setup("spring.cloud.kubernetes.config.enabled=false", "spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES");
 		assertThat(context.containsBean("configMapPropertySourceLocator")).isFalse();
 		assertThat(context.containsBean("secretsPropertySourceLocator")).isTrue();
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/reload/ConfigReloadPropertiesAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/reload/ConfigReloadPropertiesAutoConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5f51e15c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/reload/ConfigReloadPropertiesAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013-2023 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnCloudPlatform;
+import org.springframework.boot.cloud.CloudPlatform;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
+
+/**
+ * @author wind57
+ */
+@ConditionalOnCloudPlatform(CloudPlatform.KUBERNETES)
+@EnableConfigurationProperties(ConfigReloadProperties.class)
+public class ConfigReloadPropertiesAutoConfiguration {
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/reload/condition/ConditionalOnConfigMapsReloadEnabled.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/reload/condition/ConditionalOnConfigMapsReloadEnabled.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3eefcc82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/reload/condition/ConditionalOnConfigMapsReloadEnabled.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013-2023 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.condition;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
+
+/**
+ * Provides a more succinct conditional for:
+ * <code>spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps</code>.
+ *
+ * @author wind57
+ */
+@Target({ ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.METHOD })
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Documented
+@Inherited
+@ConditionalOnProperty(name = "spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps", havingValue = "true",
+		matchIfMissing = true)
+public @interface ConditionalOnConfigMapsReloadEnabled {
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/reload/condition/ConditionalOnSecretsReloadEnabled.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/reload/condition/ConditionalOnSecretsReloadEnabled.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f90bbefd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/reload/condition/ConditionalOnSecretsReloadEnabled.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013-2023 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.condition;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Inherited;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
+
+/**
+ * Provides a more succinct conditional for:
+ * <code>spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-secrets</code>.
+ *
+ * @author wind57
+ */
+@Target({ ElementType.TYPE, ElementType.METHOD })
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Documented
+@Inherited
+@ConditionalOnProperty(name = "spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-secrets", havingValue = "true")
+public @interface ConditionalOnSecretsReloadEnabled {
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguration.imports b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguration.imports
index 903e1a2c..142075c3 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguration.imports
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguration.imports
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.KubernetesCommonsAutoConfiguration
 org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.ConfigReloadAutoConfiguration
+org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.ConfigReloadPropertiesAutoConfiguration
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/config/reload/Fabric8ConfigReloadAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/config/reload/Fabric8ConfigReloadAutoConfiguration.java
index af97144f..7f95cc03 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/config/reload/Fabric8ConfigReloadAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/config/reload/Fabric8ConfigReloadAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2013-2022 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2013-2023 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -23,21 +23,24 @@ import org.springframework.boot.actuate.autoconfigure.info.InfoEndpointAutoConfi
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigureAfter;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnBean;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnClass;
-import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnCloudPlatform;
+import org.springframework.boot.cloud.CloudPlatform;
 import org.springframework.cloud.autoconfigure.RefreshAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.cloud.autoconfigure.RefreshEndpointAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.cloud.commons.util.TaskSchedulerWrapper;
 import org.springframework.cloud.context.refresh.ContextRefresher;
 import org.springframework.cloud.context.restart.RestartEndpoint;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.KubernetesNamespaceProvider;
-import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.ConditionalOnKubernetesAndConfigEnabled;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.ConfigReloadAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.ConfigReloadProperties;
+import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.ConfigReloadPropertiesAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.ConfigurationChangeDetector;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.ConfigurationUpdateStrategy;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.PollingConfigMapChangeDetector;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.PollingSecretsChangeDetector;
+import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.condition.ConditionalOnConfigMapsReloadEnabled;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.condition.ConditionalOnKubernetesReloadEnabled;
+import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.condition.ConditionalOnSecretsReloadEnabled;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.condition.EventReloadDetectionMode;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.condition.PollingReloadDetectionMode;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.fabric8.config.Fabric8ConfigMapPropertySource;
@@ -58,12 +61,11 @@ import org.springframework.scheduling.TaskScheduler;
  * @author Kris Iyer
  */
 @Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
-@ConditionalOnKubernetesAndConfigEnabled
+@ConditionalOnCloudPlatform(CloudPlatform.KUBERNETES)
 @ConditionalOnKubernetesReloadEnabled
 @ConditionalOnClass({ EndpointAutoConfiguration.class, RestartEndpoint.class, ContextRefresher.class })
 @AutoConfigureAfter({ InfoEndpointAutoConfiguration.class, RefreshEndpointAutoConfiguration.class,
-		RefreshAutoConfiguration.class })
-@EnableConfigurationProperties(ConfigReloadProperties.class)
+		RefreshAutoConfiguration.class, ConfigReloadPropertiesAutoConfiguration.class })
 @Import(ConfigReloadAutoConfiguration.class)
 public class Fabric8ConfigReloadAutoConfiguration {
 
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ public class Fabric8ConfigReloadAutoConfiguration {
 	 * @return a bean that listen to configuration changes and fire a reload.
 	 */
 	@Bean
+	@ConditionalOnConfigMapsReloadEnabled
 	@ConditionalOnBean(Fabric8ConfigMapPropertySourceLocator.class)
 	@Conditional(PollingReloadDetectionMode.class)
 	public ConfigurationChangeDetector configMapPropertyChangePollingWatcher(ConfigReloadProperties properties,
@@ -95,6 +98,7 @@ public class Fabric8ConfigReloadAutoConfiguration {
 	 * @return a bean that listen to configuration changes and fire a reload.
 	 */
 	@Bean
+	@ConditionalOnSecretsReloadEnabled
 	@ConditionalOnBean(Fabric8SecretsPropertySourceLocator.class)
 	@Conditional(PollingReloadDetectionMode.class)
 	public ConfigurationChangeDetector secretsPropertyChangePollingWatcher(ConfigReloadProperties properties,
@@ -114,6 +118,7 @@ public class Fabric8ConfigReloadAutoConfiguration {
 	 * @return a bean that listen to configMap change events and fire a reload.
 	 */
 	@Bean
+	@ConditionalOnConfigMapsReloadEnabled
 	@ConditionalOnBean(Fabric8ConfigMapPropertySourceLocator.class)
 	@Conditional(EventReloadDetectionMode.class)
 	public ConfigurationChangeDetector configMapPropertyChangeEventWatcher(ConfigReloadProperties properties,
@@ -133,6 +138,7 @@ public class Fabric8ConfigReloadAutoConfiguration {
 	 * @return a bean that listen to secrets change events and fire a reload.
 	 */
 	@Bean
+	@ConditionalOnSecretsReloadEnabled
 	@ConditionalOnBean(Fabric8SecretsPropertySourceLocator.class)
 	@Conditional(EventReloadDetectionMode.class)
 	public ConfigurationChangeDetector secretsPropertyChangeEventWatcher(ConfigReloadProperties properties,
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/config/reload/Fabric8EventBasedConfigMapChangeDetector.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/config/reload/Fabric8EventBasedConfigMapChangeDetector.java
index 0904ff4d..f8a98fdc 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/config/reload/Fabric8EventBasedConfigMapChangeDetector.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/config/reload/Fabric8EventBasedConfigMapChangeDetector.java
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ public class Fabric8EventBasedConfigMapChangeDetector extends ConfigurationChang
 
 	private final KubernetesClient kubernetesClient;
 
-	private final boolean monitoringConfigMaps;
-
 	private final List<SharedIndexInformer<ConfigMap>> informers = new ArrayList<>();
 
 	private final Set<String> namespaces;
@@ -74,31 +72,28 @@ public class Fabric8EventBasedConfigMapChangeDetector extends ConfigurationChang
 		this.kubernetesClient = kubernetesClient;
 		this.fabric8ConfigMapPropertySourceLocator = fabric8ConfigMapPropertySourceLocator;
 		this.enableReloadFiltering = properties.enableReloadFiltering();
-		monitoringConfigMaps = properties.monitoringConfigMaps();
 		namespaces = namespaces(kubernetesClient, namespaceProvider, properties, "configmap");
 	}
 
 	@PostConstruct
 	private void inform() {
-		if (monitoringConfigMaps) {
-			LOG.info("Kubernetes event-based configMap change detector activated");
+		LOG.info("Kubernetes event-based configMap change detector activated");
 
-			namespaces.forEach(namespace -> {
-				SharedIndexInformer<ConfigMap> informer;
-				if (enableReloadFiltering) {
-					informer = kubernetesClient.configMaps().inNamespace(namespace)
-							.withLabels(Map.of(ConfigReloadProperties.RELOAD_LABEL_FILTER, "true")).inform();
-					LOG.debug("added configmap informer for namespace : " + namespace + " with enabled filter");
-				}
-				else {
-					informer = kubernetesClient.configMaps().inNamespace(namespace).inform();
-					LOG.debug("added configmap informer for namespace : " + namespace);
-				}
+		namespaces.forEach(namespace -> {
+			SharedIndexInformer<ConfigMap> informer;
+			if (enableReloadFiltering) {
+				informer = kubernetesClient.configMaps().inNamespace(namespace)
+						.withLabels(Map.of(ConfigReloadProperties.RELOAD_LABEL_FILTER, "true")).inform();
+				LOG.debug("added configmap informer for namespace : " + namespace + " with enabled filter");
+			}
+			else {
+				informer = kubernetesClient.configMaps().inNamespace(namespace).inform();
+				LOG.debug("added configmap informer for namespace : " + namespace);
+			}
 
-				informer.addEventHandler(new ConfigMapInformerAwareEventHandler(informer));
-				informers.add(informer);
-			});
-		}
+			informer.addEventHandler(new ConfigMapInformerAwareEventHandler(informer));
+			informers.add(informer);
+		});
 	}
 
 	@PreDestroy
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/config/reload/Fabric8EventBasedSecretsChangeDetector.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/config/reload/Fabric8EventBasedSecretsChangeDetector.java
index 664cebfa..dca6e192 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/config/reload/Fabric8EventBasedSecretsChangeDetector.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/config/reload/Fabric8EventBasedSecretsChangeDetector.java
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ public class Fabric8EventBasedSecretsChangeDetector extends ConfigurationChangeD
 
 	private final KubernetesClient kubernetesClient;
 
-	private final boolean monitorSecrets;
-
 	private final List<SharedIndexInformer<Secret>> informers = new ArrayList<>();
 
 	private final Set<String> namespaces;
@@ -74,7 +72,6 @@ public class Fabric8EventBasedSecretsChangeDetector extends ConfigurationChangeD
 		this.kubernetesClient = kubernetesClient;
 		this.fabric8SecretsPropertySourceLocator = fabric8SecretsPropertySourceLocator;
 		this.enableReloadFiltering = properties.enableReloadFiltering();
-		monitorSecrets = properties.monitoringSecrets();
 		namespaces = namespaces(kubernetesClient, namespaceProvider, properties, "secrets");
 	}
 
@@ -88,25 +85,23 @@ public class Fabric8EventBasedSecretsChangeDetector extends ConfigurationChangeD
 
 	@PostConstruct
 	private void inform() {
-		if (monitorSecrets) {
-			LOG.info("Kubernetes event-based secrets change detector activated");
+		LOG.info("Kubernetes event-based secrets change detector activated");
 
-			namespaces.forEach(namespace -> {
-				SharedIndexInformer<Secret> informer;
-				if (enableReloadFiltering) {
-					informer = kubernetesClient.secrets().inNamespace(namespace)
-							.withLabels(Map.of(ConfigReloadProperties.RELOAD_LABEL_FILTER, "true")).inform();
-					LOG.debug("added secret informer for namespace : " + namespace + " with enabled filter");
-				}
-				else {
-					informer = kubernetesClient.secrets().inNamespace(namespace).inform();
-					LOG.debug("added secret informer for namespace : " + namespace);
-				}
+		namespaces.forEach(namespace -> {
+			SharedIndexInformer<Secret> informer;
+			if (enableReloadFiltering) {
+				informer = kubernetesClient.secrets().inNamespace(namespace)
+						.withLabels(Map.of(ConfigReloadProperties.RELOAD_LABEL_FILTER, "true")).inform();
+				LOG.debug("added secret informer for namespace : " + namespace + " with enabled filter");
+			}
+			else {
+				informer = kubernetesClient.secrets().inNamespace(namespace).inform();
+				LOG.debug("added secret informer for namespace : " + namespace);
+			}
 
-				informer.addEventHandler(new SecretInformerAwareEventHandler(informer));
-				informers.add(informer);
-			});
-		}
+			informer.addEventHandler(new SecretInformerAwareEventHandler(informer));
+			informers.add(informer);
+		});
 	}
 
 	protected void onEvent(Secret secret) {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-config/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/config/KubernetesConfigTestBase.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-config/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/config/KubernetesConfigTestBase.java
index 462d8b44..b92043a0 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-config/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/config/KubernetesConfigTestBase.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-config/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/config/KubernetesConfigTestBase.java
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@ import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
 
+import org.springframework.boot.WebApplicationType;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.context.PropertyPlaceholderAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder;
 import org.springframework.cloud.autoconfigure.RefreshAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.cloud.bootstrap.BootstrapConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.ConfigReloadPropertiesAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.fabric8.config.reload.Fabric8ConfigReloadAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
 
@@ -44,8 +46,8 @@ public class KubernetesConfigTestBase {
 	protected void setup(Class<?> mockClientConfiguration, String... env) {
 		String[] properties = Stream.concat(Arrays.stream(commonProperties), Arrays.stream(env)).toArray(String[]::new);
 		context = new SpringApplicationBuilder(PropertyPlaceholderAutoConfiguration.class, mockClientConfiguration,
-				BootstrapConfiguration.class, Fabric8ConfigReloadAutoConfiguration.class,
-				RefreshAutoConfiguration.class).web(org.springframework.boot.WebApplicationType.NONE)
+				BootstrapConfiguration.class, Fabric8ConfigReloadAutoConfiguration.class, ConfigReloadPropertiesAutoConfiguration.class,
+				RefreshAutoConfiguration.class).web(WebApplicationType.NONE)
 						.properties(properties).run();
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-config/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/config/reload/ConfigReloadAutoConfigurationTest.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-config/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/config/reload/ConfigReloadAutoConfigurationTest.java
index fc2c4bba..31b89817 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-config/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/config/reload/ConfigReloadAutoConfigurationTest.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-config/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/config/reload/ConfigReloadAutoConfigurationTest.java
@@ -16,18 +16,25 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.fabric8.config.reload;
 
+import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ConfigMap;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ConfigMapBuilder;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.Config;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.KubernetesClient;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.server.mock.EnableKubernetesMockClient;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingBean;
+import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.ConfigurationChangeDetector;
+import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.PollingConfigMapChangeDetector;
+import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.commons.config.reload.PollingSecretsChangeDetector;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.fabric8.config.KubernetesConfigTestBase;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
@@ -41,7 +48,7 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
  * detector and update strategy beans won't be available.
  **/
 @EnableKubernetesMockClient(crud = true, https = false)
-public class ConfigReloadAutoConfigurationTest extends KubernetesConfigTestBase {
+class ConfigReloadAutoConfigurationTest extends KubernetesConfigTestBase {
 
 	private static final String APPLICATION_NAME = "application";
 
@@ -53,7 +60,7 @@ public class ConfigReloadAutoConfigurationTest extends KubernetesConfigTestBase
 	private static KubernetesClient mockClient;
 
 	@BeforeAll
-	public static void setUpBeforeClass() {
+	static void setUpBeforeClass() {
 
 		// Configure the kubernetes master url to point to the mock server
 		System.setProperty(Config.KUBERNETES_MASTER_SYSTEM_PROPERTY, mockClient.getConfiguration().getMasterUrl());
@@ -76,44 +83,330 @@ public class ConfigReloadAutoConfigurationTest extends KubernetesConfigTestBase
 	}
 
 	@BeforeEach
-	public void beforeEach() {
+	void beforeEach() {
 		commonProperties = new String[] { "spring.cloud.bootstrap.enabled=true" };
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void kubernetesConfigReloadDisabled() {
+	void kubernetesConfigReloadDisabled() {
 		setup(KubernetesClientTestConfiguration.class, "spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.enabled=false");
 		assertThat(this.getContext().containsBean("configurationChangeDetector")).isFalse();
 		assertThat(this.getContext().containsBean("configurationUpdateStrategy")).isFalse();
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void kubernetesConfigReloadWhenKubernetesConfigDisabled() {
+	void kubernetesConfigReloadWhenKubernetesConfigDisabled() {
 		setup(KubernetesClientTestConfiguration.class, "spring.cloud.kubernetes.config.enabled=false");
 		assertThat(this.getContext().containsBean("configurationChangeDetector")).isFalse();
 		assertThat(this.getContext().containsBean("configurationUpdateStrategy")).isFalse();
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void kubernetesConfigReloadWhenKubernetesDisabled() {
+	void kubernetesConfigReloadWhenKubernetesDisabled() {
 		setup(KubernetesClientTestConfiguration.class);
 		assertThat(this.getContext().containsBean("configurationChangeDetector")).isFalse();
 		assertThat(this.getContext().containsBean("configurationUpdateStrategy")).isFalse();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * <pre>
+	 *     - reload mode is enabled (via event reload)
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps is true by default
+	 *
+	 *     - config map event watcher is picked up
+	 *     - config map polling watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets polling watcher is not picked up
+	 * </pre>
+	 */
 	@Test
-	public void kubernetesReloadEnabled() {
-		setup(KubernetesClientTestConfiguration.class, "spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES",
-				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.config.enabled=true", "spring.cloud.kubernetes.secrets.enabled=true",
-				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.enabled=true");
-		assertThat(this.getContext().containsBean("configMapPropertySourceLocator")).isTrue();
-		assertThat(this.getContext().containsBean("secretsPropertySourceLocator")).isTrue();
-		assertThat(this.getContext().containsBean("configMapPropertyChangeEventWatcher")).isTrue();
-		assertThat(this.getContext().containsBean("secretsPropertyChangeEventWatcher")).isTrue();
+	void reloadEventEnabledMonitoringConfigMapsEnabledByDefault() {
+		setup(KubernetesClientTestConfiguration.class, "spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.enabled=true",
+				"spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES");
+		Map<String, ConfigurationChangeDetector> map = getContext().getBeansOfType(ConfigurationChangeDetector.class);
+		Assertions.assertEquals(map.size(), 1);
+		Assertions.assertTrue(map.values().iterator().next().getClass()
+				.isAssignableFrom(Fabric8EventBasedConfigMapChangeDetector.class));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * <pre>
+	 *     - reload mode is enabled (via event reload)
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps is true by default
+	 *
+	 *     - config map event watcher is picked up
+	 *     - config map polling watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets polling watcher is not picked up
+	 * </pre>
+	 */
+	@Test
+	void reloadEventEnabledMonitoringConfigMapsEnabled() {
+		setup(KubernetesClientTestConfiguration.class, "spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.enabled=true",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.mode=event", "spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES");
+		Map<String, ConfigurationChangeDetector> map = getContext().getBeansOfType(ConfigurationChangeDetector.class);
+		Assertions.assertEquals(map.size(), 1);
+		Assertions.assertTrue(map.values().iterator().next().getClass()
+				.isAssignableFrom(Fabric8EventBasedConfigMapChangeDetector.class));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * <pre>
+	 *     - reload mode is enabled (via event reload)
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps is false
+	 *
+	 *     - config map event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - config map polling watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets polling watcher is not picked up
+	 * </pre>
+	 */
+	@Test
+	void reloadEventEnabledMonitoringConfigMapsDisabled() {
+		setup(KubernetesClientTestConfiguration.class, "spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.enabled=true",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.mode=event", "spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps=false");
+		Map<String, ConfigurationChangeDetector> map = getContext().getBeansOfType(ConfigurationChangeDetector.class);
+		Assertions.assertEquals(map.size(), 0);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * <pre>
+	 *     - reload mode is enabled (via poll reload)
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps is false
+	 *
+	 *     - config map event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - config map polling watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets polling watcher is not picked up
+	 * </pre>
+	 */
+	@Test
+	void reloadPollingEnabledMonitoringConfigMapsDisabledMonitoringSecretsDisabled() {
+		setup(KubernetesClientTestConfiguration.class, "spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.enabled=true",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.mode=polling", "spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps=false");
+		Map<String, ConfigurationChangeDetector> map = getContext().getBeansOfType(ConfigurationChangeDetector.class);
+		Assertions.assertEquals(map.size(), 0);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * <pre>
+	 *     - reload mode is enabled (via poll reload)
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps is true by default
+	 *
+	 *     - config map event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - config map polling watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - config map polling watcher is not picked up
+	 * </pre>
+	 */
+	@Test
+	void reloadPollingEnabledMonitoringConfigMapsEnabled() {
+		setup(KubernetesClientTestConfiguration.class, "spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.enabled=true",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.mode=polling", "spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES");
+		Map<String, ConfigurationChangeDetector> map = getContext().getBeansOfType(ConfigurationChangeDetector.class);
+		Assertions.assertEquals(map.size(), 1);
+		Assertions.assertTrue(
+				map.values().iterator().next().getClass().isAssignableFrom(PollingConfigMapChangeDetector.class));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * <pre>
+	 *     - reload mode is enabled (via event reload)
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-secrets is true
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps is false
+	 *
+	 *     - config map event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - config map polling watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets event watcher is picked up
+	 *     - secrets polling watcher is not picked up
+	 * </pre>
+	 */
+	@Test
+	void reloadEventEnabledMonitoringConfigMapsDisabledMonitoringSecretsEnabled() {
+		setup(KubernetesClientTestConfiguration.class, "spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.enabled=true",
+				"spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES", "spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-secrets=true",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps=false",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.mode=event");
+		Map<String, ConfigurationChangeDetector> map = getContext().getBeansOfType(ConfigurationChangeDetector.class);
+		Assertions.assertEquals(map.size(), 1);
+		Assertions.assertTrue(map.values().iterator().next().getClass()
+				.isAssignableFrom(Fabric8EventBasedSecretsChangeDetector.class));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * <pre>
+	 *     - reload mode is enabled (via event reload)
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-secrets is true
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps is false
+	 *
+	 *     - config map event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - config map polling watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets polling watcher is picked up
+	 * </pre>
+	 */
+	@Test
+	void reloadPollingEnabledMonitoringConfigMapsDisabledMonitoringSecretsEnabled() {
+		setup(KubernetesClientTestConfiguration.class, "spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.enabled=true",
+				"spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES", "spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-secrets=true",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps=false",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.mode=polling");
+		Map<String, ConfigurationChangeDetector> map = getContext().getBeansOfType(ConfigurationChangeDetector.class);
+		Assertions.assertEquals(map.size(), 1);
+		Assertions.assertTrue(
+				map.values().iterator().next().getClass().isAssignableFrom(PollingSecretsChangeDetector.class));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * <pre>
+	 *     - reload mode is enabled (via event reload)
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-secrets is true
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps is true
+	 *
+	 *     - config map event watcher is picked up
+	 *     - config map polling watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets event watcher is picked up
+	 *     - secrets polling watcher is not picked up
+	 * </pre>
+	 */
+	@Test
+	void reloadEventEnabledMonitoringConfigMapsEnabledMonitoringSecretsEnabled() {
+		setup(KubernetesClientTestConfiguration.class, "spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.enabled=true",
+				"spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES", "spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-secrets=true",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps=true",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.mode=event");
+		Map<String, ConfigurationChangeDetector> map = getContext().getBeansOfType(ConfigurationChangeDetector.class);
+		Assertions.assertEquals(map.size(), 2);
+		List<ConfigurationChangeDetector> result = map.values().stream()
+				.sorted(Comparator.comparing(x -> x.getClass().getName())).toList();
+		Assertions.assertEquals(result.get(0).getClass(), Fabric8EventBasedConfigMapChangeDetector.class);
+		Assertions.assertEquals(result.get(1).getClass(), Fabric8EventBasedSecretsChangeDetector.class);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * <pre>
+	 *     - reload mode is enabled (via event reload)
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-secrets is true
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps is true
+	 *
+	 *     - config map event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - config map polling watcher is picked up
+	 *     - secrets event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets polling watcher is picked up
+	 * </pre>
+	 */
+	@Test
+	void reloadPollingEnabledMonitoringConfigMapsEnabledMonitoringSecretsEnabled() {
+		setup(KubernetesClientTestConfiguration.class, "spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.enabled=true",
+				"spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES", "spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-secrets=true",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps=true",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.mode=polling");
+		Map<String, ConfigurationChangeDetector> map = getContext().getBeansOfType(ConfigurationChangeDetector.class);
+		Assertions.assertEquals(map.size(), 2);
+		List<ConfigurationChangeDetector> result = map.values().stream()
+				.sorted(Comparator.comparing(x -> x.getClass().getName())).toList();
+		Assertions.assertEquals(result.get(0).getClass(), PollingConfigMapChangeDetector.class);
+		Assertions.assertEquals(result.get(1).getClass(), PollingSecretsChangeDetector.class);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * <pre>
+	 *     - reload mode is enabled (via event reload)
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps is false
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-secrets is false
+	 *
+	 *     - config map event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - config map polling watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets polling watcher is not picked up
+	 * </pre>
+	 */
+	@Test
+	void reloadEventEnabledMonitoringConfigMapsDisabledMonitoringSecretsDisabled() {
+		setup(KubernetesClientTestConfiguration.class, "spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.enabled=true",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.mode=event", "spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps=false",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-secrets=false");
+		Map<String, ConfigurationChangeDetector> map = getContext().getBeansOfType(ConfigurationChangeDetector.class);
+		Assertions.assertEquals(map.size(), 0);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * <pre>
+	 *     - reload mode is enabled (via poll reload)
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps is false
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-secrets is false
+	 *
+	 *     - config map event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - config map polling watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets polling watcher is not picked up
+	 * </pre>
+	 */
+	@Test
+	void reloadPollingEnabledMonitorConfigMapsDisabledMonitoringSecretsDisabled() {
+		setup(KubernetesClientTestConfiguration.class, "spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.enabled=true",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.mode=polling", "spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps=false",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-secrets=false");
+		Map<String, ConfigurationChangeDetector> map = getContext().getBeansOfType(ConfigurationChangeDetector.class);
+		Assertions.assertEquals(map.size(), 0);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * <pre>
+	 *     - reload mode is enabled (via event reload)
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps is true
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-secrets is false
+	 *
+	 *     - config map event watcher is picked up
+	 *     - config map polling watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets polling watcher is not picked up
+	 * </pre>
+	 */
+	@Test
+	void reloadEventEnabledMonitoringConfigMapsEnabledMonitoringSecretsDisabled() {
+		setup(KubernetesClientTestConfiguration.class, "spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.enabled=true",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.mode=event", "spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps=true",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-secrets=false");
+		Map<String, ConfigurationChangeDetector> map = getContext().getBeansOfType(ConfigurationChangeDetector.class);
+		Assertions.assertEquals(map.size(), 1);
+		List<ConfigurationChangeDetector> result = map.values().stream()
+				.sorted(Comparator.comparing(x -> x.getClass().getName())).toList();
+		Assertions.assertEquals(result.get(0).getClass(), Fabric8EventBasedConfigMapChangeDetector.class);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * <pre>
+	 *     - reload mode is enabled (via polling reload)
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps is true
+	 *     - spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-secrets is false
+	 *
+	 *     - config map event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - config map polling watcher is picked up
+	 *     - secrets event watcher is not picked up
+	 *     - secrets polling watcher is not picked up
+	 * </pre>
+	 */
+	@Test
+	void reloadPollingEnabledMonitoringConfigMapsEnabledMonitoringSecretsDisabled() {
+		setup(KubernetesClientTestConfiguration.class, "spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.enabled=true",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.mode=polling", "spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-configMaps=true",
+				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.monitoring-secrets=false");
+		Map<String, ConfigurationChangeDetector> map = getContext().getBeansOfType(ConfigurationChangeDetector.class);
+		Assertions.assertEquals(map.size(), 1);
+		List<ConfigurationChangeDetector> result = map.values().stream()
+				.sorted(Comparator.comparing(x -> x.getClass().getName())).toList();
+		Assertions.assertEquals(result.get(0).getClass(), PollingConfigMapChangeDetector.class);
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void kubernetesReloadEnabledButSecretDisabled() {
+	void kubernetesReloadEnabledButSecretDisabled() {
 		setup(KubernetesClientTestConfiguration.class, "spring.main.cloud-platform=KUBERNETES",
 				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.config.enabled=true", "spring.cloud.kubernetes.secrets.enabled=false",
 				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.enabled=true");
@@ -124,7 +417,7 @@ public class ConfigReloadAutoConfigurationTest extends KubernetesConfigTestBase
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void kubernetesReloadEnabledButSecretAndConfigDisabled() {
+	void kubernetesReloadEnabledButSecretAndConfigDisabled() {
 		setup(KubernetesClientTestConfiguration.class, "spring.cloud.kubernetes.config.enabled=false",
 				"spring.cloud.kubernetes.secrets.enabled=false", "spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.enabled=true");
 		assertThat(this.getContext().containsBean("configMapPropertySourceLocator")).isFalse();
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-configmap-event-reload/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/client/configmap/event/reload/ConfigMapEventReloadIT.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-configmap-event-reload/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/client/configmap/event/reload/ConfigMapEventReloadIT.java
index 14dd80e2..ec30cb50 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-configmap-event-reload/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/client/configmap/event/reload/ConfigMapEventReloadIT.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-configmap-event-reload/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/client/configmap/event/reload/ConfigMapEventReloadIT.java
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ class ConfigMapEventReloadIT {
 	@Test
 	void testInformFromOneNamespaceEventNotTriggered() throws Exception {
 		manifests("one", Phase.CREATE);
+		assertLogStatement(true, "added configmap informer for namespace");
+		assertLogStatement(false, "added secret informer for namespace");
 
 		WebClient webClient = builder().baseUrl("localhost/left").build();
 		String result = webClient.method(HttpMethod.GET).retrieve().bodyToMono(String.class).retryWhen(retrySpec())
@@ -136,6 +138,8 @@ class ConfigMapEventReloadIT {
 	@Test
 	void testInformFromOneNamespaceEventTriggered() throws Exception {
 		manifests("two", Phase.CREATE);
+		assertLogStatement(true, "added configmap informer for namespace");
+		assertLogStatement(false, "added secret informer for namespace");
 
 		// read the value from the right-configmap
 		WebClient webClient = builder().baseUrl("localhost/right").build();
@@ -176,6 +180,10 @@ class ConfigMapEventReloadIT {
 	@Test
 	void testInform() throws Exception {
 		manifests("three", Phase.CREATE);
+		// wait a little for the logs to be available
+		LockSupport.parkNanos(TimeUnit.SECONDS.toNanos(10));
+		assertLogStatement(true, "added configmap informer for namespace");
+		assertLogStatement(false, "added secret informer for namespace");
 
 		// read the initial value from the right-configmap
 		WebClient rightWebClient = builder().baseUrl("localhost/right").build();
@@ -270,6 +278,23 @@ class ConfigMapEventReloadIT {
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * assert that only config map logs are present, not secrets.
+	 */
+	private void assertLogStatement(boolean contains, String log) throws Exception {
+		String appPodName = K3S
+				.execInContainer("kubectl", "get", "pods", "-l",
+						"app=spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-configmap-event-reload", "-o=name", "--no-headers")
+				.getStdout();
+		String allLogs = K3S.execInContainer("kubectl", "logs", appPodName.trim()).getStdout();
+		if (contains) {
+			Assertions.assertTrue(allLogs.contains(log));
+		}
+		else {
+			Assertions.assertFalse(allLogs.contains(log));
+		}
+	}
+
 	private WebClient.Builder builder() {
 		return WebClient.builder().clientConnector(new ReactorClientHttpConnector(HttpClient.create()));
 	}
@@ -278,7 +303,6 @@ class ConfigMapEventReloadIT {
 		return Retry.fixedDelay(120, Duration.ofSeconds(1)).filter(Objects::nonNull);
 	}
 
-	@SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "raw" })
 	private static void replaceConfigMap(V1ConfigMap configMap, String name) throws ApiException {
 		api.replaceNamespacedConfigMap(name, "right", configMap, null, null, null, null);
 	}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-configmap-event-reload/src/test/resources/one/deployment.yaml b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-configmap-event-reload/src/test/resources/one/deployment.yaml
index 7d6f8c11..81c754c2 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-configmap-event-reload/src/test/resources/one/deployment.yaml
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-configmap-event-reload/src/test/resources/one/deployment.yaml
@@ -29,3 +29,5 @@ spec:
           env:
             - name: SPRING_PROFILES_ACTIVE
               value: one
+            - name: LOGGING_LEVEL_ORG_SPRINGFRAMEWORK_CLOUD_KUBERNETES_CLIENT_CONFIG_RELOAD
+              value: DEBUG
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-configmap-event-reload/src/test/resources/three/deployment.yaml b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-configmap-event-reload/src/test/resources/three/deployment.yaml
index c3aaddb6..f2f45775 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-configmap-event-reload/src/test/resources/three/deployment.yaml
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-configmap-event-reload/src/test/resources/three/deployment.yaml
@@ -29,3 +29,5 @@ spec:
           env:
             - name: SPRING_PROFILES_ACTIVE
               value: three
+            - name: LOGGING_LEVEL_ORG_SPRINGFRAMEWORK_CLOUD_KUBERNETES_CLIENT_CONFIG_RELOAD
+              value: DEBUG
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-configmap-event-reload/src/test/resources/two/deployment.yaml b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-configmap-event-reload/src/test/resources/two/deployment.yaml
index feb16a2c..caa0d041 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-configmap-event-reload/src/test/resources/two/deployment.yaml
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-configmap-event-reload/src/test/resources/two/deployment.yaml
@@ -29,3 +29,5 @@ spec:
           env:
             - name: SPRING_PROFILES_ACTIVE
               value: two
+            - name: LOGGING_LEVEL_ORG_SPRINGFRAMEWORK_CLOUD_KUBERNETES_CLIENT_CONFIG_RELOAD
+              value: DEBUG
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-secrets-event-reload/src/main/resources/application.yaml b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-secrets-event-reload/src/main/resources/application.yaml
index 4356bd6a..ed832dbe 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-secrets-event-reload/src/main/resources/application.yaml
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-secrets-event-reload/src/main/resources/application.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ spring:
         strategy: shutdown
         mode: event
         monitoring-secrets: true
+        monitoring-configMaps: false
       secrets:
         enabled: true
         enable-api: true
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-secrets-event-reload/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/client/secrets/event/reload/SecretsEventReloadIT.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-secrets-event-reload/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/client/secrets/event/reload/SecretsEventReloadIT.java
index 8b9d67a7..b294fc3c 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-secrets-event-reload/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/client/secrets/event/reload/SecretsEventReloadIT.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-secrets-event-reload/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/client/secrets/event/reload/SecretsEventReloadIT.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.models.V1Secret;
 import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.models.V1Service;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.testcontainers.k3s.K3sContainer;
@@ -83,6 +84,8 @@ class SecretsEventReloadIT {
 	@Test
 	void testSecretReload() throws Exception {
 		configK8sClientIt(Phase.CREATE);
+		assertLogStatement(false, "added configmap informer for namespace");
+		assertLogStatement(true, "added secret informer for namespace");
 		testSecretEventReload();
 	}
 
@@ -122,6 +125,23 @@ class SecretsEventReloadIT {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * assert that only config map logs are present, not secrets.
+	 */
+	private void assertLogStatement(boolean contains, String log) throws Exception {
+		String appPodName = K3S
+				.execInContainer("kubectl", "get", "pods", "-l",
+						"app=spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-secrets-event-reload", "-o=name", "--no-headers")
+				.getStdout();
+		String allLogs = K3S.execInContainer("kubectl", "logs", appPodName.trim()).getStdout();
+		if (contains) {
+			Assertions.assertTrue(allLogs.contains(log));
+		}
+		else {
+			Assertions.assertFalse(allLogs.contains(log));
+		}
+	}
+
 	private WebClient.Builder builder() {
 		return WebClient.builder().clientConnector(new ReactorClientHttpConnector(HttpClient.create()));
 	}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-secrets-event-reload/src/test/resources/deployment.yaml b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-secrets-event-reload/src/test/resources/deployment.yaml
index 74cdd163..116475e4 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-secrets-event-reload/src/test/resources/deployment.yaml
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-client-secrets-event-reload/src/test/resources/deployment.yaml
@@ -26,3 +26,6 @@ spec:
               path: /actuator/health/liveness
           ports:
             - containerPort: 8080
+          env:
+            - name: LOGGING_LEVEL_ORG_SPRINGFRAMEWORK_CLOUD_KUBERNETES_CLIENT_CONFIG_RELOAD
+              value: DEBUG
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-client-configmap-event-reload/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/configmap/event/reload/ConfigMapEventReloadIT.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-client-configmap-event-reload/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/configmap/event/reload/ConfigMapEventReloadIT.java
index afc9b511..ec146a0d 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-client-configmap-event-reload/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/configmap/event/reload/ConfigMapEventReloadIT.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-client-configmap-event-reload/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/configmap/event/reload/ConfigMapEventReloadIT.java
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ class ConfigMapEventReloadIT {
 	@Test
 	void testInformFromOneNamespaceEventNotTriggered() {
 		manifests("one", Phase.CREATE);
+		assertLogStatement(true, "added configmap informer for namespace");
+		assertLogStatement(false, "added secret informer for namespace");
 
 		WebClient webClient = builder().baseUrl("localhost/left").build();
 		String result = webClient.method(HttpMethod.GET).retrieve().bodyToMono(String.class).retryWhen(retrySpec())
@@ -142,6 +144,8 @@ class ConfigMapEventReloadIT {
 	@Test
 	void testInformFromOneNamespaceEventTriggered() {
 		manifests("two", Phase.CREATE);
+		assertLogStatement(true, "added configmap informer for namespace");
+		assertLogStatement(false, "added secret informer for namespace");
 
 		// read the value from the right-configmap
 		WebClient webClient = builder().baseUrl("localhost/right").build();
@@ -181,6 +185,8 @@ class ConfigMapEventReloadIT {
 	@Test
 	void testInform() {
 		manifests("three", Phase.CREATE);
+		assertLogStatement(true, "added configmap informer for namespace");
+		assertLogStatement(false, "added secret informer for namespace");
 
 		// read the initial value from the right-configmap
 		WebClient rightWebClient = builder().baseUrl("localhost/right").build();
@@ -282,6 +288,24 @@ class ConfigMapEventReloadIT {
 
 	}
 
+	private void assertLogStatement(boolean contains, String log) {
+		try {
+			String appPodName = K3S.execInContainer("kubectl", "get", "pods", "-l",
+					"app=spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-client-configmap-event-reload", "-o=name", "--no-headers")
+					.getStdout();
+			String allLogs = K3S.execInContainer("kubectl", "logs", appPodName.trim()).getStdout();
+			if (contains) {
+				Assertions.assertTrue(allLogs.contains(log));
+			}
+			else {
+				Assertions.assertFalse(allLogs.contains(log));
+			}
+		}
+		catch (Exception e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException(e);
+		}
+	}
+
 	private WebClient.Builder builder() {
 		return WebClient.builder().clientConnector(new ReactorClientHttpConnector(HttpClient.create()));
 	}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-client-configmap-event-reload/src/test/resources/deployment.yaml b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-client-configmap-event-reload/src/test/resources/deployment.yaml
index 864f23d5..a7fe7eac 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-client-configmap-event-reload/src/test/resources/deployment.yaml
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-client-configmap-event-reload/src/test/resources/deployment.yaml
@@ -26,3 +26,6 @@ spec:
               path: /actuator/health/liveness
           ports:
             - containerPort: 8080
+          env:
+            - name: LOGGING_LEVEL_ORG_SPRINGFRAMEWORK_CLOUD_KUBERNETES_FABRIC8_CONFIG_RELOAD
+              value: DEBUG
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-client-secrets-event-reload/src/main/resources/application.yaml b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-client-secrets-event-reload/src/main/resources/application.yaml
index d4b67d9c..bd33ead1 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-client-secrets-event-reload/src/main/resources/application.yaml
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-client-secrets-event-reload/src/main/resources/application.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ spring:
         monitoring-secrets: true
         strategy: shutdown
         mode: event
+        monitoring-configMaps: false
       secrets:
         enabled: true
         enable-api: true
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-client-secrets-event-reload/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/secrets/event/reload/SecretsEventsReloadIT.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-client-secrets-event-reload/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/secrets/event/reload/SecretsEventsReloadIT.java
index e2dcaa38..96156479 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-client-secrets-event-reload/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/secrets/event/reload/SecretsEventsReloadIT.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-client-secrets-event-reload/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/secrets/event/reload/SecretsEventsReloadIT.java
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ class SecretsEventsReloadIT {
 
 	@Test
 	void test() {
+		assertLogStatement(false, "added configmap informer for namespace");
+		assertLogStatement(true, "added secret informer for namespace");
 		WebClient webClient = builder().baseUrl("localhost/key").build();
 		String result = webClient.method(HttpMethod.GET).retrieve().bodyToMono(String.class).retryWhen(retrySpec())
 				.block();
@@ -127,6 +129,27 @@ class SecretsEventsReloadIT {
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * assert that only config map logs are present, not secrets.
+	 */
+	private void assertLogStatement(boolean contains, String log) {
+		try {
+			String appPodName = K3S.execInContainer("kubectl", "get", "pods", "-l",
+					"app=spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-client-secrets-event-reload", "-o=name", "--no-headers")
+					.getStdout();
+			String allLogs = K3S.execInContainer("kubectl", "logs", appPodName.trim()).getStdout();
+			if (contains) {
+				Assertions.assertTrue(allLogs.contains(log));
+			}
+			else {
+				Assertions.assertFalse(allLogs.contains(log));
+			}
+		}
+		catch (Exception e) {
+			throw new RuntimeException(e);
+		}
+	}
+
 	private WebClient.Builder builder() {
 		return WebClient.builder().clientConnector(new ReactorClientHttpConnector(HttpClient.create()));
 	}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-client-secrets-event-reload/src/test/resources/deployment.yaml b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-client-secrets-event-reload/src/test/resources/deployment.yaml
index 91451229..ce326181 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-client-secrets-event-reload/src/test/resources/deployment.yaml
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-client-secrets-event-reload/src/test/resources/deployment.yaml
@@ -26,3 +26,6 @@ spec:
               path: /actuator/health/liveness
           ports:
             - containerPort: 8080
+          env:
+            - name: LOGGING_LEVEL_ORG_SPRINGFRAMEWORK_CLOUD_KUBERNETES_FABRIC8_CONFIG_RELOAD
+              value: DEBUG