diff --git a/apis/core.oam.dev/v1alpha1/applyonce_types.go b/apis/core.oam.dev/v1alpha1/applyonce_types.go
index d713c18dc..9493f1b96 100644
--- a/apis/core.oam.dev/v1alpha1/applyonce_types.go
+++ b/apis/core.oam.dev/v1alpha1/applyonce_types.go
@@ -23,8 +23,17 @@ import (
 const (
 	// ApplyOncePolicyType refers to the type of configuration drift policy
 	ApplyOncePolicyType = "apply-once"
+	// ApplyOnceStrategyOnAppUpdate policy takes effect on application updating
+	ApplyOnceStrategyOnAppUpdate ApplyOnceAffectStrategy = "onUpdate"
+	// ApplyOnceStrategyOnAppStateKeep policy takes effect on application state keep
+	ApplyOnceStrategyOnAppStateKeep ApplyOnceAffectStrategy = "onStateKeep"
+	// ApplyOnceStrategyAlways policy takes effect always
+	ApplyOnceStrategyAlways ApplyOnceAffectStrategy = "always"
 )
 
+// ApplyOnceAffectStrategy is a string that mark the policy effective stage
+type ApplyOnceAffectStrategy string
+
 // ApplyOncePolicySpec defines the spec of preventing configuration drift
 type ApplyOncePolicySpec struct {
 	Enable bool `json:"enable"`
@@ -45,6 +54,9 @@ type ApplyOnceStrategy struct {
 	// Path the specified path that allow configuration drift
 	// like 'spec.template.spec.containers[0].resources' and '*' means the whole target allow configuration drift
 	Path []string `json:"path"`
+	// ApplyOnceAffectStrategy Decide when the strategy will take effect
+	// like affect:onUpdate/onStateKeep/always
+	ApplyOnceAffectStrategy ApplyOnceAffectStrategy `json:"affect"`
 }
 
 // FindStrategy find apply-once strategy for target resource
diff --git a/charts/vela-core/templates/defwithtemplate/apply-once.yaml b/charts/vela-core/templates/defwithtemplate/apply-once.yaml
index 6a07df1b0..68563ff44 100644
--- a/charts/vela-core/templates/defwithtemplate/apply-once.yaml
+++ b/charts/vela-core/templates/defwithtemplate/apply-once.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ spec:
     cue:
       template: |
         #ApplyOnceStrategy: {
+        	// +usage=When the strategy takes effect,e.g. onUpdate、onStateKeep
+        	affect?: string
         	// +usage=Specify the path of the resource that allow configuration drift
         	path: [...string]
         }
diff --git a/charts/vela-minimal/templates/defwithtemplate/apply-once.yaml b/charts/vela-minimal/templates/defwithtemplate/apply-once.yaml
index 6a07df1b0..68563ff44 100644
--- a/charts/vela-minimal/templates/defwithtemplate/apply-once.yaml
+++ b/charts/vela-minimal/templates/defwithtemplate/apply-once.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ spec:
     cue:
       template: |
         #ApplyOnceStrategy: {
+        	// +usage=When the strategy takes effect,e.g. onUpdate、onStateKeep
+        	affect?: string
         	// +usage=Specify the path of the resource that allow configuration drift
         	path: [...string]
         }
diff --git a/docs/examples/app-with-policy/apply-once-policy/apply-once.md b/docs/examples/app-with-policy/apply-once-policy/apply-once.md
index 94755b5ff..f5f2ecb5d 100644
--- a/docs/examples/app-with-policy/apply-once-policy/apply-once.md
+++ b/docs/examples/app-with-policy/apply-once-policy/apply-once.md
@@ -120,4 +120,61 @@ EOF
 
 In the `apply-once-app-3` case, any changes of `hello-cosmos` deployment will not be brought back and any changes
 of `hello-cosmos` service will be brought back in the next reconcile loop. In the same time, any changes
-of `hello-world` component will be brought back in the next reconcile loop.
\ No newline at end of file
+of `hello-world` component will be brought back in the next reconcile loop.
+
+```shell
+$ cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
+apiVersion: core.oam.dev/v1beta1
+kind: Application
+metadata:
+  name: apply-once-app-4
+spec:
+  components:
+    - name: hello-world
+      type: webservice
+      properties:
+        image: crccheck/hello-world
+        port: 8080
+      traits:
+        - type: scaler
+          properties:
+            replicas: 1
+    - name: hello-cosmos
+      type: webservice
+      properties:
+        image: crccheck/hello-world
+        port: 8080
+      traits:
+        - type: scaler
+          properties:
+            replicas: 1
+  policies:
+    - name: apply-once
+      type: apply-once
+      properties:
+        enable: true
+        rules:
+          - selector:
+              componentNames: [ "hello-cosmos" ]
+              resourceTypes: [ "Deployment" ]
+            strategy:
+              affect: onStateKeep
+              path: [ "spec.replicas"]
+EOF
+```
+
+By default, KubeVela executes the apply-once policy in two phases: application update and cycle state maintenance,
+allowing configuration drift depending on the policy configuration.
+
+If you have special requirements, you can set the affect to determine the phase of policy execution . 
+affect supported configurations: onUpdate/onStateKeep/always (default)
+
+When affect=always, or not set, the policy is executed in two phase.
+
+When affect=onStateKeep, the policy is executed only during the stateKeep phase. In the case of `apply-once-app-4`, any
+changes to the deployed copy of `hello-cosmos` will not be brought back to the next state keeping loop, but will be
+brought back to the next application update.
+
+When affect=onUpdate, the policy is only executed when the application is updated. In the case of `
+apply-once-app-4`, if affect=onUpdate is set, any changes to the deployed copy of `hello-cosmos` will not be brought
+back in the next application update, but will be brought back in the next state keeping loop.
diff --git a/pkg/controller/core.oam.dev/v1alpha2/application/apply_once_policy_test.go b/pkg/controller/core.oam.dev/v1alpha2/application/apply_once_policy_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..802056e81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/controller/core.oam.dev/v1alpha2/application/apply_once_policy_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,281 @@
+/*
+ Copyright 2021. The KubeVela Authors.
+
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package application
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/reconcile"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
+
+	"github.com/oam-dev/kubevela/apis/core.oam.dev/v1alpha1"
+	"github.com/oam-dev/kubevela/pkg/resourcekeeper"
+
+	"github.com/oam-dev/kubevela/apis/core.oam.dev/common"
+	"github.com/oam-dev/kubevela/apis/core.oam.dev/v1beta1"
+	"github.com/oam-dev/kubevela/pkg/oam/testutil"
+	"github.com/oam-dev/kubevela/pkg/oam/util"
+)
+
+var _ = Describe("Test Application with apply-once policy", func() {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	initReplicas := int32(2)
+	targetReplicas := int32(5)
+
+	ns := &corev1.Namespace{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name: "apply-once-policy-test",
+		},
+	}
+
+	baseApp := &v1beta1.Application{
+		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
+			Kind:       "Application",
+			APIVersion: "core.oam.dev/v1beta1",
+		},
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      "baseApp",
+			Namespace: ns.Name,
+		},
+		Spec: v1beta1.ApplicationSpec{
+			Components: []common.ApplicationComponent{
+				{
+					Name:       "baseComp",
+					Type:       "worker",
+					Properties: &runtime.RawExtension{Raw: []byte(`{"cmd":["sleep","1000"],"image":"busybox"}`)},
+					Traits: []common.ApplicationTrait{{
+						Type:       "scale",
+						Properties: &runtime.RawExtension{Raw: []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{"replicas": %d}`, initReplicas))},
+					}},
+				},
+			},
+			Policies: []v1beta1.AppPolicy{{
+				Name:       "basePolicy",
+				Type:       "apply-once",
+				Properties: &runtime.RawExtension{Raw: []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{"enable": true,"rules": [{"selector": {  "resourceTypes": ["Deployment"] }, "strategy": {"affect":"%s", "path": ["spec.replicas"] }}]}`, ""))},
+			}},
+		},
+	}
+
+	worker := &v1beta1.ComponentDefinition{}
+	workerCdDefJson, _ := yaml.YAMLToJSON([]byte(componentDefYaml))
+
+	scaleTrait := &v1beta1.TraitDefinition{}
+	scaleTdDefJson, _ := yaml.YAMLToJSON([]byte(scaleTraitDefYaml))
+
+	BeforeEach(func() {
+		Expect(k8sClient.Create(ctx, ns.DeepCopy())).Should(SatisfyAny(BeNil(), &util.AlreadyExistMatcher{}))
+		Expect(json.Unmarshal(workerCdDefJson, worker)).Should(BeNil())
+		Expect(k8sClient.Create(ctx, worker.DeepCopy())).Should(SatisfyAny(BeNil(), &util.AlreadyExistMatcher{}))
+		Expect(json.Unmarshal(scaleTdDefJson, scaleTrait)).Should(BeNil())
+		Expect(k8sClient.Create(ctx, scaleTrait.DeepCopy())).Should(SatisfyAny(BeNil(), &util.AlreadyExistMatcher{}))
+	})
+
+	Context("Test Application with apply-once policy in different affect stage", func() {
+
+		It(" Affect not set or affect is empty , test effective globally", func() {
+			app := baseApp.DeepCopy()
+			app.SetName("apply-once-app-1")
+			app.Spec.Components[0].Name = "apply-once-comp-1"
+
+			By("step 1. Create app , replicas: 2")
+			Expect(k8sClient.Create(ctx, app)).Should(BeNil())
+			Eventually(waitAppRunning(ctx, app), 3*time.Second, 300*time.Second).Should(BeNil())
+
+			By("step 2. Update deployment to replicas: 5 ")
+			Eventually(updateDeployReplicas(ctx, app, targetReplicas), time.Second*3, time.Microsecond*300).Should(BeNil())
+
+			By("step 3. Check OnUpdate, e.g. update app's component with new properties, replicas should be 5 ")
+			for i := 0; i <= 3; i++ {
+				properties := &runtime.RawExtension{Raw: []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{"cmd":["sleep","%d"],"image":"busybox"}`, i*1000))}
+				Eventually(updateApp(ctx, app, properties), time.Second*3, time.Microsecond*300).Should(BeNil())
+				testutil.ReconcileRetry(reconciler, reconcile.Request{NamespacedName: client.ObjectKeyFromObject(app)})
+				Eventually(waitAppRunning(ctx, app), 3*time.Second, 300*time.Second).Should(BeNil())
+
+				deploy := new(v1.Deployment)
+				deployObjKey := client.ObjectKey{Name: app.Spec.Components[0].Name, Namespace: app.Namespace}
+				Expect(k8sClient.Get(ctx, deployObjKey, deploy)).Should(BeNil())
+				Expect(*deploy.Spec.Replicas).Should(Equal(targetReplicas))
+			}
+
+			By("step 4. Check OnStateKeep, replicas also should be 5 ")
+			rk, err := resourcekeeper.NewResourceKeeper(context.Background(), k8sClient, app)
+			Expect(err).Should(BeNil())
+			for i := 0; i <= 3; i++ {
+				// state keep :5
+				Expect(rk.StateKeep(context.Background())).Should(BeNil())
+				deploy := new(v1.Deployment)
+				deployObjKey := client.ObjectKey{Name: app.Spec.Components[0].Name, Namespace: app.Namespace}
+				Expect(k8sClient.Get(ctx, deployObjKey, deploy)).Should(BeNil())
+				Expect(*deploy.Spec.Replicas).Should(Equal(targetReplicas))
+			}
+
+		})
+
+		It("Affect: onStateKeep, test only effective when state keep", func() {
+
+			By("step 1. Create app , replicas: 2")
+			app := baseApp.DeepCopy()
+			app.SetName("apply-once-app-2")
+			app.Spec.Components[0].Name = "apply-once-comp-2"
+			app.Spec.Policies[0].Properties = &runtime.RawExtension{Raw: []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{"enable": true,"rules": [{"selector": {  "resourceTypes": ["Deployment"] }, "strategy": {"affect":"%s", "path": ["spec.replicas"] }}]}`, v1alpha1.ApplyOnceStrategyOnAppStateKeep))}
+			Expect(k8sClient.Create(ctx, app)).Should(BeNil())
+			Eventually(waitAppRunning(ctx, app), 3*time.Second, 300*time.Second).Should(BeNil())
+
+			By("step 2. Update deployment, replicas: 5 ")
+			Eventually(updateDeployReplicas(ctx, app, targetReplicas), time.Second*3, time.Microsecond*300).Should(BeNil())
+
+			By("step 3. Check OnStateKeep, replicas should be 5 ")
+			rk, err := resourcekeeper.NewResourceKeeper(context.Background(), k8sClient, app)
+			Expect(err).Should(BeNil())
+			for i := 0; i <= 3; i++ {
+				// state keep : use newest replicas
+				Expect(rk.StateKeep(context.Background())).Should(BeNil())
+				deploy := new(v1.Deployment)
+				deployObjKey := client.ObjectKey{Name: app.Spec.Components[0].Name, Namespace: app.Namespace}
+				Expect(k8sClient.Get(ctx, deployObjKey, deploy)).Should(BeNil())
+				Expect(*deploy.Spec.Replicas).Should(Equal(targetReplicas))
+			}
+			By("step 4. Check OnUpdate, e.g. update app's component with new properties, replicas should be 2 ")
+			for i := 0; i <= 3; i++ {
+				// onupdate: not use newest replicas
+				properties := &runtime.RawExtension{Raw: []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{"cmd":["sleep","%d"],"image":"busybox"}`, i*1000))}
+				Eventually(updateApp(ctx, app, properties), time.Second*3, time.Microsecond*300).Should(BeNil())
+				testutil.ReconcileRetry(reconciler, reconcile.Request{NamespacedName: client.ObjectKeyFromObject(app)})
+				Eventually(waitAppRunning(ctx, app), 3*time.Second, 300*time.Second).Should(BeNil())
+				deploy := new(v1.Deployment)
+				deployObjKey := client.ObjectKey{Name: app.Spec.Components[0].Name, Namespace: app.Namespace}
+				Expect(k8sClient.Get(ctx, deployObjKey, deploy)).Should(BeNil())
+				Expect(*deploy.Spec.Replicas).Should(Equal(initReplicas))
+			}
+		})
+
+		It("Affect: onUpdate , test only effective when updating the app", func() {
+
+			By("step 1. Create app , replicas: 2")
+			app := baseApp.DeepCopy()
+			app.SetName("apply-once-app-3")
+			app.Spec.Components[0].Name = "apply-once-comp-3"
+			app.Spec.Policies[0].Properties = &runtime.RawExtension{Raw: []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{"enable": true,"rules": [{"selector": {  "resourceTypes": ["Deployment"] }, "strategy": {"affect":"%s", "path": ["spec.replicas"] }}]}`, v1alpha1.ApplyOnceStrategyOnAppUpdate))}
+			Expect(k8sClient.Create(ctx, app)).Should(BeNil())
+			Eventually(waitAppRunning(ctx, app), 3*time.Second, 300*time.Second).Should(BeNil())
+
+			By("step 2. Update deployment, replicas: 5 ")
+			Eventually(updateDeployReplicas(ctx, app, targetReplicas), time.Second*3, time.Microsecond*300).Should(BeNil())
+
+			By("step 3. Check OnUpdate, e.g. update app's component with new properties, replicas should be 5 ")
+			for i := 0; i <= 3; i++ {
+				// onUpdate : use newest replicas
+				properties := &runtime.RawExtension{Raw: []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{"cmd":["sleep","%d"],"image":"busybox"}`, i*1000))}
+				Eventually(updateApp(ctx, app, properties), time.Second*3, time.Microsecond*300).Should(BeNil())
+				testutil.ReconcileRetry(reconciler, reconcile.Request{NamespacedName: client.ObjectKeyFromObject(app)})
+				Eventually(waitAppRunning(ctx, app), 3*time.Second, 300*time.Second).Should(BeNil())
+				deploy := new(v1.Deployment)
+				deployObjKey := client.ObjectKey{Name: app.Spec.Components[0].Name, Namespace: app.Namespace}
+				Expect(k8sClient.Get(ctx, deployObjKey, deploy)).Should(BeNil())
+				Expect(*deploy.Spec.Replicas).Should(Equal(initReplicas))
+			}
+
+			By("step 4. Check OnStateKeep, replicas should be 2 ")
+			rk, err := resourcekeeper.NewResourceKeeper(context.Background(), k8sClient, app)
+			Expect(err).Should(BeNil())
+			for i := 0; i <= 3; i++ {
+				// state keep : not use newest replicas
+				Expect(rk.StateKeep(context.Background())).Should(BeNil())
+				deploy := new(v1.Deployment)
+				deployObjKey := client.ObjectKey{Name: app.Spec.Components[0].Name, Namespace: app.Namespace}
+				Expect(k8sClient.Get(ctx, deployObjKey, deploy)).Should(BeNil())
+				Expect(*deploy.Spec.Replicas).Should(Equal(initReplicas))
+			}
+		})
+	})
+})
+
+func updateDeployReplicas(ctx context.Context, app *v1beta1.Application, targetReplicas int32) func() error {
+	return func() error {
+		deploy := new(v1.Deployment)
+		deployKey := client.ObjectKey{Name: app.Spec.Components[0].Name, Namespace: app.Namespace}
+		Expect(k8sClient.Get(ctx, deployKey, deploy)).Should(BeNil())
+		deploy.Spec.Replicas = &targetReplicas
+		return k8sClient.Update(ctx, deploy)
+	}
+}
+
+func waitAppRunning(ctx context.Context, app *v1beta1.Application) func() error {
+	return func() error {
+		appV1 := new(v1beta1.Application)
+		_, err := testutil.ReconcileOnceAfterFinalizer(reconciler, reconcile.Request{NamespacedName: client.ObjectKeyFromObject(app)})
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if err := k8sClient.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKeyFromObject(app), appV1); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if appV1.Status.Phase != common.ApplicationRunning {
+			return errors.New("app is not in running status")
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
+func updateApp(ctx context.Context, app *v1beta1.Application, properties *runtime.RawExtension) func() error {
+	return func() error {
+		oldApp := new(v1beta1.Application)
+		Expect(k8sClient.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKeyFromObject(app), oldApp)).Should(BeNil())
+		newApp := oldApp.DeepCopy()
+		newApp.Spec.Components[0].Properties = properties
+		return k8sClient.Update(ctx, newApp)
+	}
+}
+
+const (
+	scaleTraitDefYaml = `
+apiVersion: core.oam.dev/v1beta1
+kind: TraitDefinition
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    definition.oam.dev/description: Manually scale K8s pod for your workload which follows the pod spec in path 'spec.template'.
+  name: scale
+  namespace: vela-system
+spec:
+  appliesToWorkloads:
+    - deployments.apps
+    - statefulsets.apps
+  podDisruptive: false
+  schematic:
+    cue:
+      template: |
+        parameter: {
+        	// +usage=Specify the number of workload
+        	replicas: *1 | int
+        }
+        // +patchStrategy=retainKeys
+        patch: spec: replicas: parameter.replicas
+`
+)
diff --git a/pkg/resourcekeeper/dispatch.go b/pkg/resourcekeeper/dispatch.go
index 230f5c90a..e9e90af8c 100644
--- a/pkg/resourcekeeper/dispatch.go
+++ b/pkg/resourcekeeper/dispatch.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
 
+	"github.com/oam-dev/kubevela/apis/core.oam.dev/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/oam-dev/kubevela/pkg/auth"
 	"github.com/oam-dev/kubevela/pkg/features"
 	"github.com/oam-dev/kubevela/pkg/multicluster"
@@ -141,6 +142,10 @@ func (h *resourceKeeper) dispatch(ctx context.Context, manifests []*unstructured
 		if h.isShared(manifest) {
 			ao = append([]apply.ApplyOption{apply.SharedByApp(h.app)}, ao...)
 		}
+		manifest, err := ApplyStrategies(applyCtx, h, manifest, v1alpha1.ApplyOnceStrategyOnAppUpdate)
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to apply once policy for application %s,%s", h.app.Name, err.Error())
+		}
 		return h.applicator.Apply(applyCtx, manifest, ao...)
 	}, manifests, MaxDispatchConcurrent)
 	return velaerrors.AggregateErrors(errs.([]error))
diff --git a/pkg/resourcekeeper/statekeep.go b/pkg/resourcekeeper/statekeep.go
index 6c1defd16..6c7114db3 100644
--- a/pkg/resourcekeeper/statekeep.go
+++ b/pkg/resourcekeeper/statekeep.go
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
 
+	kerrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
+
+	"github.com/oam-dev/kubevela/apis/core.oam.dev/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/oam-dev/kubevela/apis/core.oam.dev/v1beta1"
 	"github.com/oam-dev/kubevela/pkg/auth"
 	"github.com/oam-dev/kubevela/pkg/multicluster"
@@ -60,7 +63,7 @@ func (h *resourceKeeper) StateKeep(ctx context.Context) error {
 						return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to decode resource %s from resourcetracker", mr.ResourceKey())
 					}
 					applyCtx := multicluster.ContextWithClusterName(ctx, mr.Cluster)
-					manifest, err = ApplyStrategies(applyCtx, h, manifest)
+					manifest, err = ApplyStrategies(applyCtx, h, manifest, v1alpha1.ApplyOnceStrategyOnAppStateKeep)
 					if err != nil {
 						return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to apply once resource %s from resourcetracker %s", mr.ResourceKey(), rt.Name)
 					}
@@ -79,34 +82,49 @@ func (h *resourceKeeper) StateKeep(ctx context.Context) error {
 }
 
 // ApplyStrategies will generate manifest with applyOnceStrategy
-func ApplyStrategies(ctx context.Context, h *resourceKeeper, manifest *unstructured.Unstructured) (*unstructured.Unstructured, error) {
+func ApplyStrategies(ctx context.Context, h *resourceKeeper, manifest *unstructured.Unstructured, matchedAffectStage v1alpha1.ApplyOnceAffectStrategy) (*unstructured.Unstructured, error) {
 	if h.applyOncePolicy == nil {
 		return manifest, nil
 	}
-	applyOncePath := h.applyOncePolicy.FindStrategy(manifest)
-	if applyOncePath != nil {
-		un := new(unstructured.Unstructured)
-		un.SetAPIVersion(manifest.GetAPIVersion())
-		un.SetKind(manifest.GetKind())
-		err := h.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Name: manifest.GetName(), Namespace: manifest.GetNamespace()}, un)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		for _, path := range applyOncePath.Path {
-			if path == "*" {
-				manifest = un.DeepCopy()
-				break
-			}
-			value, err := fieldpath.Pave(un.UnstructuredContent()).GetValue(path)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			err = fieldpath.Pave(manifest.UnstructuredContent()).SetValue(path, value)
+	strategy := h.applyOncePolicy.FindStrategy(manifest)
+	if strategy != nil {
+		affectStage := strategy.ApplyOnceAffectStrategy
+		if shouldMerge(affectStage, matchedAffectStage) {
+			un := new(unstructured.Unstructured)
+			un.SetAPIVersion(manifest.GetAPIVersion())
+			un.SetKind(manifest.GetKind())
+			err := h.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Name: manifest.GetName(), Namespace: manifest.GetNamespace()}, un)
 			if err != nil {
+				if kerrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+					return manifest, nil
+				}
 				return nil, err
 			}
+			return mergeValue(strategy.Path, manifest, un)
+		}
+
+	}
+	return manifest, nil
+}
+
+func shouldMerge(affectStage v1alpha1.ApplyOnceAffectStrategy, matchedAffectType v1alpha1.ApplyOnceAffectStrategy) bool {
+	return affectStage == "" || affectStage == v1alpha1.ApplyOnceStrategyAlways || affectStage == matchedAffectType
+}
+
+func mergeValue(paths []string, manifest *unstructured.Unstructured, un *unstructured.Unstructured) (*unstructured.Unstructured, error) {
+	for _, path := range paths {
+		if path == "*" {
+			manifest = un.DeepCopy()
+			break
+		}
+		value, err := fieldpath.Pave(un.UnstructuredContent()).GetValue(path)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		err = fieldpath.Pave(manifest.UnstructuredContent()).SetValue(path, value)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
 		}
-		return manifest, nil
 	}
 	return manifest, nil
 }
diff --git a/vela-templates/definitions/internal/policy/apply-once.cue b/vela-templates/definitions/internal/policy/apply-once.cue
index f0c8f48b5..31066dbcc 100644
--- a/vela-templates/definitions/internal/policy/apply-once.cue
+++ b/vela-templates/definitions/internal/policy/apply-once.cue
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 template: {
 	#ApplyOnceStrategy: {
+		// +usage=When the strategy takes effect,e.g. onUpdate、onStateKeep
+		affect?: string
 		// +usage=Specify the path of the resource that allow configuration drift
 		path: [...string]
 	}