diff --git a/src/renderer/api/api-manager.ts b/src/renderer/api/api-manager.ts
index 68d4773540..01e5ceb228 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/api-manager.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/api-manager.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ export class ApiManager {
     return Array.from(this.apis.values()).find(pathOrCallback ?? (() => true));
   }
 
+  getApiByKind(kind: string, apiVersion: string) {
+    return Array.from(this.apis.values()).find((api) => api.kind === kind && api.apiVersion === apiVersion);
+  }
+
   registerApi(apiBase: string, api: KubeApi) {
     if (!this.apis.has(apiBase)) {
       this.apis.set(apiBase, api);
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/kube-api.ts b/src/renderer/api/kube-api.ts
index e7934675c6..8a3a2517c2 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/kube-api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/kube-api.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,18 @@ export function forCluster<T extends KubeObject>(cluster: IKubeApiCluster, kubeC
   });
 }
 
+export function ensureObjectSelfLink(api: KubeApi, object: KubeJsonApiData) {
+  if (!object.metadata.selfLink) {
+    object.metadata.selfLink = createKubeApiURL({
+      apiPrefix: api.apiPrefix,
+      apiVersion: api.apiVersionWithGroup,
+      resource: api.apiResource,
+      namespace: api.isNamespaced ? object.metadata.namespace : undefined,
+      name: object.metadata.name,
+    });
+  }
+}
+
 export class KubeApi<T extends KubeObject = any> {
   static parseApi = parseKubeApi;
 
@@ -260,7 +272,11 @@ export class KubeApi<T extends KubeObject = any> {
     const KubeObjectConstructor = this.objectConstructor;
 
     if (KubeObject.isJsonApiData(data)) {
-      return new KubeObjectConstructor(data);
+      const object = new KubeObjectConstructor(data);
+
+      ensureObjectSelfLink(this, object);
+
+      return object;
     }
 
     // process items list response
@@ -270,11 +286,17 @@ export class KubeApi<T extends KubeObject = any> {
       this.setResourceVersion(namespace, metadata.resourceVersion);
       this.setResourceVersion("", metadata.resourceVersion);
 
-      return items.map(item => new KubeObjectConstructor({
-        kind: this.kind,
-        apiVersion,
-        ...item,
-      }));
+      return items.map((item) => {
+        const object = new KubeObjectConstructor({
+          kind: this.kind,
+          apiVersion,
+          ...item,
+        });
+
+        ensureObjectSelfLink(this, object);
+
+        return object;
+      });
     }
 
     // custom apis might return array for list response, e.g. users, groups, etc.
diff --git a/src/renderer/api/kube-watch-api.ts b/src/renderer/api/kube-watch-api.ts
index 58665a11a1..78ca25256e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/api/kube-watch-api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/api/kube-watch-api.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { stringify } from "querystring";
 import { autobind, EventEmitter } from "../utils";
 import { KubeJsonApiData } from "./kube-json-api";
 import type { KubeObjectStore } from "../kube-object.store";
-import { KubeApi } from "./kube-api";
+import { ensureObjectSelfLink, KubeApi } from "./kube-api";
 import { apiManager } from "./api-manager";
 import { apiPrefix, isDevelopment } from "../../common/vars";
 import { getHostedCluster } from "../../common/cluster-store";
@@ -158,12 +158,14 @@ export class KubeWatchApi {
 
   addListener(store: KubeObjectStore, callback: (evt: IKubeWatchEvent) => void) {
     const listener = (evt: IKubeWatchEvent<KubeJsonApiData>) => {
-      const { selfLink, namespace, resourceVersion } = evt.object.metadata;
-      const api = apiManager.getApi(selfLink);
+      const { namespace, resourceVersion } = evt.object.metadata;
+      const api = apiManager.getApiByKind(evt.object.kind, evt.object.apiVersion);
 
       api.setResourceVersion(namespace, resourceVersion);
       api.setResourceVersion("", resourceVersion);
 
+      ensureObjectSelfLink(api, evt.object);
+
       if (store == apiManager.getStore(api)) {
         callback(evt);
       }
diff --git a/src/renderer/kube-object.store.ts b/src/renderer/kube-object.store.ts
index e23adf3566..bb2fffd819 100644
--- a/src/renderer/kube-object.store.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/kube-object.store.ts
@@ -195,10 +195,9 @@ export abstract class KubeObjectStore<T extends KubeObject = any> extends ItemSt
     const items = this.items.toJS();
 
     for (const {type, object} of this.eventsBuffer.clear()) {
-      const { uid, selfLink } = object.metadata;
-      const index = items.findIndex(item => item.getId() === uid);
+      const index = items.findIndex(item => item.getId() === object.metadata?.uid);
       const item = items[index];
-      const api = apiManager.getApi(selfLink);
+      const api = apiManager.getApiByKind(object.kind, object.apiVersion);
 
       switch (type) {
         case "ADDED":