diff --git a/src/common/k8s-api/kube-object.store.ts b/src/common/k8s-api/kube-object.store.ts
index 3812ef450d..7c8118da1f 100644
--- a/src/common/k8s-api/kube-object.store.ts
+++ b/src/common/k8s-api/kube-object.store.ts
@@ -286,7 +286,13 @@ export abstract class KubeObjectStore<T extends KubeObject> extends ItemStore<T>
 
     ensureObjectSelfLink(this.api, newItem);
 
-    return this.items[index] = newItem;
+    if (index < 0) {
+      this.items.push(newItem);
+    } else {
+      this.items[index] = newItem;
+    }
+
+    return newItem;
   }
 
   async patch(item: T, patch: Patch): Promise<T> {
diff --git a/src/common/k8s-api/kube-object.ts b/src/common/k8s-api/kube-object.ts
index 3011406fa4..bcbe6bf05f 100644
--- a/src/common/k8s-api/kube-object.ts
+++ b/src/common/k8s-api/kube-object.ts
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ export class KubeObject<Metadata extends KubeObjectMetadata = KubeObjectMetadata
   }
 
   /**
-   * These must be RFC6902 complient paths
+   * These must be RFC6902 compliant paths
    */
   private static readonly nonEditiablePathPrefixes = [
     "/metadata/managedFields",
@@ -209,6 +209,10 @@ export class KubeObject<Metadata extends KubeObjectMetadata = KubeObjectMetadata
   ]);
 
   constructor(data: KubeJsonApiData) {
+    if (typeof data !== "object") {
+      throw new TypeError(`Cannot create a KubeObject from ${typeof data}`);
+    }
+
     Object.assign(this, data);
     autoBind(this);
   }
@@ -311,8 +315,9 @@ export class KubeObject<Metadata extends KubeObjectMetadata = KubeObjectMetadata
   /**
    * Perform a full update (or more specifically a replace)
    *
-   * Note: this is brittle if `data` is not a object spread with the current
-   * fields as the `resourceVersion` maybe out of date. This is a common race condition.
+   * Note: this is brittle if `data` is not actually partial (but instead whole).
+   * As fields such as `resourceVersion` will probably out of date. This is a 
+   * common race condition.
    */
   async update(data: Partial<this>): Promise<KubeJsonApiData | null> {
     // use unified resource-applier api for updating all k8s objects
diff --git a/src/main/resource-applier.ts b/src/main/resource-applier.ts
index 9e1a345e58..a305ff1091 100644
--- a/src/main/resource-applier.ts
+++ b/src/main/resource-applier.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export class ResourceApplier {
     args.push(
       "--type", "json",
       "--patch", JSON.stringify(patch),
-      "-o", "yaml"
+      "-o", "json"
     );
 
     try {
@@ -93,18 +93,17 @@ export class ResourceApplier {
       "-f", fileName,
     ];
 
-    await fs.writeFile(fileName, content);
-
-    logger.debug(`shooting manifests with with ${kubectlPath}`, { args });
+    logger.debug(`shooting manifests with ${kubectlPath}`, { args });
 
     const execEnv = { ...process.env };
     const httpsProxy = this.cluster.preferences?.httpsProxy;
 
     if (httpsProxy) {
-      execEnv["HTTPS_PROXY"] = httpsProxy;
+      execEnv.HTTPS_PROXY = httpsProxy;
     }
 
     try {
+      await fs.writeFile(fileName, content);
       const { stdout } = await promiseExecFile(kubectlPath, args);
 
       return stdout;
diff --git a/src/main/routes/resource-applier-route.ts b/src/main/routes/resource-applier-route.ts
index 03d2f1f4bf..0adf916188 100644
--- a/src/main/routes/resource-applier-route.ts
+++ b/src/main/routes/resource-applier-route.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export class ResourceApplierApiRoute {
     const { response, cluster, payload } = request;
 
     try {
-      const resource = await new ResourceApplier(cluster).patch(payload.name, payload.kind, payload.ns, payload.patch);
+      const resource = await new ResourceApplier(cluster).patch(payload.name, payload.kind, payload.patch, payload.ns);
 
       respondJson(response, resource, 200);
     } catch (error) {
diff --git a/src/main/utils/http-responses.ts b/src/main/utils/http-responses.ts
index 36287806f1..5d57b6dd76 100644
--- a/src/main/utils/http-responses.ts
+++ b/src/main/utils/http-responses.ts
@@ -21,14 +21,37 @@
 
 import type http from "http";
 
-export function respondJson(res: http.ServerResponse, content: any, status = 200) {
-  respond(res, JSON.stringify(content), "application/json", status);
+/**
+ * Respond to a HTTP request with a body of JSON data
+ * @param res The HTTP response to write data to
+ * @param content The data or its JSON stringified version of it
+ * @param status [200] The status code to respond with
+ */
+export function respondJson(res: http.ServerResponse, content: Object | string, status = 200) {
+  const normalizedContent = typeof content === "object" 
+    ? JSON.stringify(content) 
+    : content;
+
+  respond(res, normalizedContent, "application/json", status);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Respond to a HTTP request with a body of plain text data
+ * @param res The HTTP response to write data to
+ * @param content The string data to respond with
+ * @param status [200] The status code to respond with
+ */
 export function respondText(res: http.ServerResponse, content: string, status = 200) {
   respond(res, content, "text/plain", status);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Respond to a HTTP request with a body of plain text data
+ * @param res The HTTP response to write data to
+ * @param content The string data to respond with
+ * @param contentType The HTTP Content-Type header value
+ * @param status [200] The status code to respond with
+ */
 export function respond(res: http.ServerResponse, content: string, contentType: string, status = 200) {
   res.setHeader("Content-Type", contentType);
   res.statusCode = status;
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/+config-maps/config-map-details.tsx b/src/renderer/components/+config-maps/config-map-details.tsx
index abbd31c97a..6150aa1ad9 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/+config-maps/config-map-details.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/+config-maps/config-map-details.tsx
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ export class ConfigMapDetails extends React.Component<Props> {
           <>ConfigMap <b>{configMap.getName()}</b> successfully updated.</>
         </p>
       );
+    } catch (error) {
+      Notifications.error(`Failed to save config map: ${error}`);
     } finally {
       this.isSaving = false;
     }
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/dock/create-resource.tsx b/src/renderer/components/dock/create-resource.tsx
index fef151da7d..c7de411e3c 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/dock/create-resource.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/dock/create-resource.tsx
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ import type { DockTab } from "./dock.store";
 import { EditorPanel } from "./editor-panel";
 import { InfoPanel } from "./info-panel";
 import * as resourceApplierApi from "../../../common/k8s-api/endpoints/resource-applier.api";
-import type { JsonApiErrorParsed } from "../../../common/k8s-api/json-api";
 import { Notifications } from "../notifications";
 import { monacoModelsManager } from "./monaco-model-manager";
+import logger from "../../../common/logger";
 
 interface Props {
   className?: string;
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export class CreateResource extends React.Component<Props> {
     });
   };
 
-  create = async () => {
+  create = async (): Promise<undefined> => {
     if (this.error || !this.data.trim()) {
       // do not save when field is empty or there is an error
       return null;
@@ -103,31 +103,31 @@ export class CreateResource extends React.Component<Props> {
 
     // skip empty documents if "---" pasted at the beginning or end
     const resources = jsYaml.safeLoadAll(this.data).filter(Boolean);
-    const createdResources: string[] = [];
-    const errors: string[] = [];
 
-    await Promise.all(
-      resources.map(data => {
-        return resourceApplierApi.update(data)
-          .then(item => createdResources.push(item.metadata.name))
-          .catch((err: JsonApiErrorParsed) => errors.push(err.toString()));
-      })
-    );
-
-    if (errors.length) {
-      errors.forEach(error => Notifications.error(error));
-      if (!createdResources.length) throw errors[0];
+    if (resources.length === 0) {
+      return void logger.info("Nothing to create");
     }
-    const successMessage = (
-      <p>
-        {createdResources.length === 1 ? "Resource" : "Resources"}{" "}
-        <b>{createdResources.join(", ")}</b> successfully created
-      </p>
-    );
 
-    Notifications.ok(successMessage);
+    const createdResources: string[] = [];
 
-    return successMessage;
+    for (const result of await Promise.allSettled(resources.map(resourceApplierApi.update))) {
+      if (result.status === "fulfilled") {
+        createdResources.push(result.value.metadata.name);
+      } else {
+        Notifications.error(result.reason.toString());
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (createdResources.length > 0) {
+      Notifications.ok((
+        <p>
+          {createdResources.length === 1 ? "Resource" : "Resources"}{" "}
+          <b>{createdResources.join(", ")}</b> successfully created
+        </p>
+      ));
+    }
+
+    return undefined;
   };
 
   renderControls(){
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/dock/edit-resource.tsx b/src/renderer/components/dock/edit-resource.tsx
index dec46af3fe..6cd3a3afdc 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/dock/edit-resource.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/dock/edit-resource.tsx
@@ -98,9 +98,11 @@ export class EditResource extends React.Component<Props> {
       return null;
     }
     const store = editResourceStore.getStore(this.tabId);
-    const currentEdit = yaml.safeLoad(this.draft);
+    const currentVersion = yaml.safeLoad(this.draft);
     const firstVersion = yaml.safeLoad(editResourceStore.getData(this.tabId).firstDraft ?? this.draft);
-    const patches = createPatch(firstVersion, currentEdit);
+    const patches = createPatch(firstVersion, currentVersion);
+
+    console.log({ currentVersion, firstVersion, patches });
     const updatedResource = await store.patch(this.resource, patches);
 
     return (
@@ -127,9 +129,9 @@ export class EditResource extends React.Component<Props> {
           submittingMessage="Applying.."
           controls={(
             <div className="resource-info flex gaps align-center">
-              <span>Kind:</span> <Badge label={resource.kind}/>
+              <span>Kind:</span><Badge label={resource.kind}/>
               <span>Name:</span><Badge label={resource.getName()}/>
-              <span>Namespace:</span> <Badge label={resource.getNs() || "global"}/>
+              <span>Namespace:</span><Badge label={resource.getNs() || "global"}/>
             </div>
           )}
         />
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/dock/editor-panel.tsx b/src/renderer/components/dock/editor-panel.tsx
index 31ccc5b2e2..bbf0b96e53 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/dock/editor-panel.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/dock/editor-panel.tsx
@@ -91,10 +91,7 @@ export class EditorPanel extends React.Component<Props> {
 
   onChange = (value: string) => {
     this.validate(value);
-
-    if (this.props.onChange) {
-      this.props.onChange(value, this.yamlError);
-    }
+    this.props.onChange?.(value, this.yamlError);
   };
 
   render() {
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/kube-object-menu/kube-object-menu.tsx b/src/renderer/components/kube-object-menu/kube-object-menu.tsx
index 1848fa2906..ac2a99cc88 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/kube-object-menu/kube-object-menu.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/kube-object-menu/kube-object-menu.tsx
@@ -44,15 +44,11 @@ export class KubeObjectMenu<T extends KubeObject> extends React.Component<KubeOb
   }
 
   get isEditable() {
-    const { editable } = this.props;
-
-    return editable !== undefined ? editable : !!(this.store && this.store.update);
+    return this.props.editable ?? Boolean(this.store?.patch);
   }
 
   get isRemovable() {
-    const { removable } = this.props;
-
-    return removable !== undefined ? removable : !!(this.store && this.store.remove);
+    return this.props.removable ?? Boolean(this.store?.remove);
   }
 
   @boundMethod
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index a07f5bd779..a32c822514 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4622,7 +4622,7 @@ debug@^3.0.0, debug@^3.1.1, debug@^3.2.6:
   dependencies:
     ms "^2.1.1"
 
-debuglog@*, debuglog@^1.0.1:
+debuglog@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/debuglog/-/debuglog-1.0.1.tgz"
   integrity sha1-qiT/uaw9+aI1GDfPstJ5NgzXhJI=
@@ -6315,7 +6315,7 @@ fs-extra@^9.0.0, fs-extra@^9.0.1:
     jsonfile "^6.0.1"
     universalify "^2.0.0"
 
-fs-minipass@^1.2.7:
+fs-minipass@^1.2.5, fs-minipass@^1.2.7:
   version "1.2.7"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/fs-minipass/-/fs-minipass-1.2.7.tgz"
   integrity sha512-GWSSJGFy4e9GUeCcbIkED+bgAoFyj7XF1mV8rma3QW4NIqX9Kyx79N/PF61H5udOV3aY1IaMLs6pGbH71nlCTA==
@@ -7287,7 +7287,7 @@ import-local@^3.0.2:
     pkg-dir "^4.2.0"
     resolve-cwd "^3.0.0"
 
-imurmurhash@*, imurmurhash@^0.1.4:
+imurmurhash@^0.1.4:
   version "0.1.4"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/imurmurhash/-/imurmurhash-0.1.4.tgz"
   integrity sha1-khi5srkoojixPcT7a21XbyMUU+o=
@@ -9075,11 +9075,6 @@ lodash-es@^4.17.20:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash-es/-/lodash-es-4.17.21.tgz"
   integrity sha512-mKnC+QJ9pWVzv+C4/U3rRsHapFfHvQFoFB92e52xeyGMcX6/OlIl78je1u8vePzYZSkkogMPJ2yjxxsb89cxyw==
 
-lodash._baseindexof@*:
-  version "3.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash._baseindexof/-/lodash._baseindexof-3.1.0.tgz#fe52b53a1c6761e42618d654e4a25789ed61822c"
-  integrity sha1-/lK1OhxnYeQmGNZU5KJXie1hgiw=
-
 lodash._baseuniq@~4.6.0:
   version "4.6.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash._baseuniq/-/lodash._baseuniq-4.6.0.tgz"
@@ -9088,33 +9083,11 @@ lodash._baseuniq@~4.6.0:
     lodash._createset "~4.0.0"
     lodash._root "~3.0.0"
 
-lodash._bindcallback@*:
-  version "3.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash._bindcallback/-/lodash._bindcallback-3.0.1.tgz#e531c27644cf8b57a99e17ed95b35c748789392e"
-  integrity sha1-5THCdkTPi1epnhftlbNcdIeJOS4=
-
-lodash._cacheindexof@*:
-  version "3.0.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash._cacheindexof/-/lodash._cacheindexof-3.0.2.tgz#3dc69ac82498d2ee5e3ce56091bafd2adc7bde92"
-  integrity sha1-PcaayCSY0u5ePOVgkbr9Ktx73pI=
-
-lodash._createcache@*:
-  version "3.1.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash._createcache/-/lodash._createcache-3.1.2.tgz#56d6a064017625e79ebca6b8018e17440bdcf093"
-  integrity sha1-VtagZAF2JeeevKa4AY4XRAvc8JM=
-  dependencies:
-    lodash._getnative "^3.0.0"
-
 lodash._createset@~4.0.0:
   version "4.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash._createset/-/lodash._createset-4.0.3.tgz"
   integrity sha1-D0ZZ+7CddRlPqeK4imZE02PJ/iY=
 
-lodash._getnative@*, lodash._getnative@^3.0.0:
-  version "3.9.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash._getnative/-/lodash._getnative-3.9.1.tgz#570bc7dede46d61cdcde687d65d3eecbaa3aaff5"
-  integrity sha1-VwvH3t5G1hzc3mh9ZdPuy6o6r/U=
-
 lodash._root@~3.0.0:
   version "3.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash._root/-/lodash._root-3.0.1.tgz"
@@ -9140,11 +9113,6 @@ lodash.isequal@^4.5.0:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash.isequal/-/lodash.isequal-4.5.0.tgz"
   integrity sha1-QVxEePK8wwEgwizhDtMib30+GOA=
 
-lodash.restparam@*:
-  version "3.6.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.restparam/-/lodash.restparam-3.6.1.tgz#936a4e309ef330a7645ed4145986c85ae5b20805"
-  integrity sha1-k2pOMJ7zMKdkXtQUWYbIWuWyCAU=
-
 lodash.sortby@^4.7.0:
   version "4.7.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.sortby/-/lodash.sortby-4.7.0.tgz#edd14c824e2cc9c1e0b0a1b42bb5210516a42438"
@@ -9564,7 +9532,7 @@ minimist@^1.1.1, minimist@^1.2.0, minimist@^1.2.3, minimist@^1.2.5:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.5.tgz"
   integrity sha512-FM9nNUYrRBAELZQT3xeZQ7fmMOBg6nWNmJKTcgsJeaLstP/UODVpGsr5OhXhhXg6f+qtJ8uiZ+PUxkDWcgIXLw==
 
-minipass@^2.3.5, minipass@^2.6.0, minipass@^2.9.0:
+minipass@^2.3.5, minipass@^2.6.0, minipass@^2.8.6, minipass@^2.9.0:
   version "2.9.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/minipass/-/minipass-2.9.0.tgz"
   integrity sha512-wxfUjg9WebH+CUDX/CdbRlh5SmfZiy/hpkxaRI16Y9W56Pa75sWgd/rvFilSgrauD9NyFymP/+JFV3KwzIsJeg==
@@ -9579,7 +9547,7 @@ minipass@^3.0.0:
   dependencies:
     yallist "^4.0.0"
 
-minizlib@^1.3.3:
+minizlib@^1.2.1, minizlib@^1.3.3:
   version "1.3.3"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/minizlib/-/minizlib-1.3.3.tgz"
   integrity sha512-6ZYMOEnmVsdCeTJVE0W9ZD+pVnE8h9Hma/iOwwRDsdQoePpoX56/8B6z3P9VNwppJuBKNRuFDRNRqRWexT9G9Q==
@@ -9628,7 +9596,7 @@ mkdirp@1.x, mkdirp@^1.0.3, mkdirp@~1.0.4:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp/-/mkdirp-1.0.4.tgz"
   integrity sha512-vVqVZQyf3WLx2Shd0qJ9xuvqgAyKPLAiqITEtqW0oIUjzo3PePDd6fW9iFz30ef7Ysp/oiWqbhszeGWW2T6Gzw==
 
-mkdirp@^0.5.1, mkdirp@^0.5.3, mkdirp@^0.5.4, mkdirp@^0.5.5, mkdirp@~0.5.0:
+mkdirp@^0.5.0, mkdirp@^0.5.1, mkdirp@^0.5.3, mkdirp@^0.5.4, mkdirp@^0.5.5, mkdirp@~0.5.0:
   version "0.5.5"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp/-/mkdirp-0.5.5.tgz"
   integrity sha512-NKmAlESf6jMGym1++R0Ra7wvhV+wFW63FaSOFPwRahvea0gMUcGUhVeAg/0BC0wiv9ih5NYPB1Wn1UEI1/L+xQ==
@@ -14818,7 +14786,7 @@ yallist@^2.1.2:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/yallist/-/yallist-2.1.2.tgz"
   integrity sha1-HBH5IY8HYImkfdUS+TxmmaaoHVI=
 
-yallist@^3.0.0, yallist@^3.0.2, yallist@^3.1.1:
+yallist@^3.0.0, yallist@^3.0.2, yallist@^3.0.3, yallist@^3.1.1:
   version "3.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/yallist/-/yallist-3.1.1.tgz"
   integrity sha512-a4UGQaWPH59mOXUYnAG2ewncQS4i4F43Tv3JoAM+s2VDAmS9NsK8GpDMLrCHPksFT7h3K6TOoUNn2pb7RoXx4g==