⚡ Apply memory optimizations to catalogd

Apply the same memory optimization patterns used in operator-controller
to catalogd for consistent memory management across the codebase:

1. Add cache transform function to strip managed fields and annotations
   - Removes managed fields from all cached objects
   - Strips kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration annotations
   - Applied to all catalogd informer caches

2. Pre-allocate slices with correct capacity
   - localdir.go: Pre-allocate metaChans with len(storeMetaFuncs)
   - garbage_collector.go: Pre-allocate removed slice with len(cacheDirEntries)
   - Reduces allocations and GC pressure during catalog operations

These optimizations follow the same patterns that reduced operator-controller
memory usage by 38% and should provide similar benefits for catalogd.

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: tmshort

cmd/catalogd/main.go

@@ -254,6 +254,8 @@ func run(ctx context.Context) error {
 
 	cacheOptions := crcache.Options{
 		ByObject: map[client.Object]crcache.ByObject{},
+		// Memory optimization: strip managed fields and large annotations from cached objects
+		DefaultTransform: stripManagedFieldsAndAnnotations,
 	}
 
 	saKey, err := sautil.GetServiceAccount()
@@ -450,6 +452,28 @@ func run(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// stripManagedFieldsAndAnnotations is a cache transform function that removes
+// memory-heavy fields that aren't needed for controller operations.
+// This significantly reduces memory usage in informer caches.
+func stripManagedFieldsAndAnnotations(obj interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+	if metaObj, ok := obj.(client.Object); ok {
+		// Remove managed fields - these can be several KB per object
+		metaObj.SetManagedFields(nil)
+
+		// Remove the last-applied-configuration annotation which can be very large
+		annotations := metaObj.GetAnnotations()
+		if annotations != nil {
+			delete(annotations, "kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration")
+			if len(annotations) == 0 {
+				metaObj.SetAnnotations(nil)
+			} else {
+				metaObj.SetAnnotations(annotations)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return obj, nil
+}
+
 func podNamespace() string {
 	namespace, err := os.ReadFile("/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/namespace")
 	if err != nil {

internal/catalogd/garbagecollection/garbage_collector.go

@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ func runGarbageCollection(ctx context.Context, cachePath string, metaClient meta
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error reading cache directory: %w", err)
 	}
-	removed := []string{}
+	// Pre-allocate removed slice with estimated capacity to avoid reallocation
+	removed := make([]string, 0, len(cacheDirEntries))
 	for _, cacheDirEntry := range cacheDirEntries {
 		if cacheDirEntry.IsDir() && expectedCatalogs.Has(cacheDirEntry.Name()) {
 			continue

internal/catalogd/storage/localdir.go

@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ func (s *LocalDirV1) Store(ctx context.Context, catalog string, fsys fs.FS) erro
 	}
 
 	eg, egCtx := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
-	metaChans := []chan *declcfg.Meta{}
+	// Pre-allocate metaChans with correct capacity to avoid reallocation
+	metaChans := make([]chan *declcfg.Meta, 0, len(storeMetaFuncs))
 
 	for range storeMetaFuncs {
 		metaChans = append(metaChans, make(chan *declcfg.Meta, 1))