Argo CD applications
View and manage Argo CD Applications from VS Code. Open an application from the cluster tree to inspect GitOps state, sync or refresh, review drift, and explore an interactive resource graph.
Open an application
- Open the Kube9 view in the Activity Bar.
- Expand a cluster where Argo CD is detected.
- Open Argo CD Applications and click an application, or right-click and choose View Details.
Requires Argo CD 2.5+, kubectl access, and RBAC to read/patch applications.argoproj.io. See the upstream integration guide for RBAC and operated vs basic detection.
Graph tab (default)
The application webview opens on the Graph tab by default.
- Layout — Left-to-right dagre layout of managed resources and their relationships
- Node tiles — Kind icon, name, sync status, and health badges on each resource
- Zoom toolbar — Zoom in, zoom out, and fit view
- Resource actions — Overflow menu on supported kinds (sync-related actions dispatch through the extension kind registry; navigate actions open matching tree resources where supported)
- Topology affordances — Banners when the graph is truncated by node limits or when parent/child relationships are incomplete (limited topology mode)
When the Argo CD resource-tree API is available, the extension maps parentRefs for fuller topology. Otherwise a limited graph may still render managed resources without every parent link.
Details tab
Switch to Details for a single scrollable view:
- Overview — Sync and health summary, repository and destination, and action buttons (Sync, Refresh, Hard Refresh)
- Drift details — Per-resource sync status; click a row to navigate when the host tree supports that kind
Sync and refresh operations show progress notifications and poll Argo CD operation state until complete.
Tree view actions
Right-click an application in the tree for:
- Sync Application
- Refresh Application
- Hard Refresh Application
- View Details
Privacy
Argo CD data is read through your kubeconfig and the Kubernetes/Argo CD APIs on your machine. Nothing is uploaded to Alto9 servers.
Related
- Kube9 VS Code Extension
- kube9-operator — optional operated-mode Argo CD detection
- Report an issue