diff --git a/pkg/controller/v1alpha2/applicationconfiguration/render.go b/pkg/controller/v1alpha2/applicationconfiguration/render.go
index 9de78df9..ec5489c4 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/v1alpha2/applicationconfiguration/render.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/v1alpha2/applicationconfiguration/render.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
+	"strconv"
 
 	runtimev1alpha1 "github.com/crossplane/crossplane-runtime/apis/core/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/crossplane/crossplane-runtime/pkg/fieldpath"
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ func (r *components) renderComponent(ctx context.Context, acc v1alpha2.Applicati
 		oam.LabelAppComponent:         acc.ComponentName,
 		oam.LabelAppComponentRevision: componentRevisionName,
 		oam.LabelOAMResourceType:      oam.ResourceTypeWorkload,
+		oam.LabelAppGeneration:        strconv.FormatInt(ac.Generation, 10),
 	}
 	util.AddLabels(w, compInfoLabels)
 
@@ -494,9 +496,14 @@ func (r *components) getDataInput(ctx context.Context, s *dagSource, ac *unstruc
 	u.SetGroupVersionKind(obj.GroupVersionKind())
 	err := r.client.Get(ctx, key, u)
 	if err != nil {
-		reason := fmt.Sprintf("failed to get object (%s)", key.String())
+		reason := fmt.Sprintf("failed to get object (%s): %v", key.String(), err)
 		return nil, false, reason, errors.Wrap(resource.IgnoreNotFound(err), reason)
 	}
+	//
+	if u.GetLabels()[oam.LabelAppGeneration] != strconv.FormatInt(ac.GetGeneration(), 10) {
+		return nil, false, "generation not match", nil
+	}
+
 	paved := fieldpath.Pave(u.UnstructuredContent())
 	pavedAC := fieldpath.Pave(ac.UnstructuredContent())
 
diff --git a/pkg/oam/labels.go b/pkg/oam/labels.go
index 97b72447..3377553b 100644
--- a/pkg/oam/labels.go
+++ b/pkg/oam/labels.go
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ const (
 	LabelAppComponent = "app.oam.dev/component"
 	// LabelAppComponentRevision records the revision name of Component
 	LabelAppComponentRevision = "app.oam.dev/revision"
+	// LabelAppGeneration records the generation of AppConfig
+	LabelAppGeneration = "app.oam.dev/generation"
 	// LabelOAMResourceType whether a CR is workload or trait
 	LabelOAMResourceType = "app.oam.dev/resourceType"
 )