*** Bug 1982717 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Can't reproduce with latest payload:

[root@localhost roottest]# oc get clusterversion 
NAME      VERSION                             AVAILABLE   PROGRESSING   SINCE   STATUS
version   4.8.0-0.nightly-2021-07-31-065602   True        False         44m     Cluster version is 4.8.0-0.nightly-2021-07-31-065602

[root@localhost roottest]# oc create -f /tmp/depl.yaml 
deployment.apps/i-spawn-replicas created
[root@localhost roottest]# oc get deployment i-spawn-replicas -o json | jq '.spec'
{
  "progressDeadlineSeconds": 600,
  "replicas": 0,
  "revisionHistoryLimit": 10,
  "selector": {
    "matchLabels": {
      "app": "i-spawn-replicas"
    }
  },
  "strategy": {
    "rollingUpdate": {
      "maxSurge": "25%",
      "maxUnavailable": "25%"
    },
    "type": "RollingUpdate"
  },
  "template": {
    "metadata": {
      "creationTimestamp": null,
      "labels": {
        "app": "i-spawn-replicas"
      },
      "name": "i-spawn-replicas"
    },
    "spec": {
      "containers": [
        {
          "image": "imagestreamname",
          "imagePullPolicy": "Always",
          "name": "container1",
          "resources": {},
          "terminationMessagePath": "/dev/termination-log",
          "terminationMessagePolicy": "File"
        }
      ],
      "dnsPolicy": "ClusterFirst",
      "restartPolicy": "Always",
      "schedulerName": "default-scheduler",
      "securityContext": {},
      "terminationGracePeriodSeconds": 30
    }
  }
}
[root@localhost roottest]# oc get deploy
NAME               READY   UP-TO-DATE   AVAILABLE   AGE
i-spawn-replicas   0/0     0            0           7m3s
[root@localhost roottest]# oc get rs
NAME                          DESIRED   CURRENT   READY   AGE
i-spawn-replicas-84778cc586   0         0         0       7m9s
[root@localhost roottest]# oc get rs i-spawn-replicas-84778cc586 -o json | jq '.spec'
{
  "replicas": 0,
  "selector": {
    "matchLabels": {
      "app": "i-spawn-replicas",
      "pod-template-hash": "84778cc586"
    }
  },
  "template": {
    "metadata": {
      "creationTimestamp": null,
      "labels": {
        "app": "i-spawn-replicas",
        "pod-template-hash": "84778cc586"
      },
      "name": "i-spawn-replicas"
    },
    "spec": {
      "containers": [
        {
          "image": "imagestreamname",
          "imagePullPolicy": "Always",
          "name": "container1",
          "resources": {},
          "terminationMessagePath": "/dev/termination-log",
          "terminationMessagePolicy": "File"
        }
      ],
      "dnsPolicy": "ClusterFirst",
      "restartPolicy": "Always",
      "schedulerName": "default-scheduler",
      "securityContext": {},
      "terminationGracePeriodSeconds": 30
    }
  }
}
[root@localhost roottest]# vi /tmp/is.yaml
[root@localhost roottest]# oc create -f /tmp/is.yaml 
imagestream.image.openshift.io/imagestreamname created
[root@localhost roottest]# oc get is
NAME              IMAGE REPOSITORY                                                         TAGS   UPDATED
imagestreamname   image-registry.openshift-image-registry.svc:5000/zhouy/imagestreamname          
[root@localhost roottest]#  oc get imagestream.image.openshift.io/imagestreamname -o json | jq '.spec'
{
  "lookupPolicy": {
    "local": true
  }
}
[root@localhost roottest]# oc get rs
NAME                          DESIRED   CURRENT   READY   AGE
i-spawn-replicas-84778cc586   0         0         0       8m37s
[root@localhost roottest]# vi /tmp/patch.yaml
[root@localhost roottest]# oc patch deployment i-spawn-replicas --type merge --patch "$(cat /tmp/patch.yaml)"
deployment.apps/i-spawn-replicas patched
[root@localhost roottest]# oc get rs |wc -l
3
[root@localhost roottest]# oc get rs |wc -l
3
[root@localhost roottest]# oc get rs |wc -l
3
[root@localhost roottest]# oc get rs |wc -l
3

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (Moderate: OpenShift Container Platform 4.8.4 bug fix and security update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2983