diff --git a/api/src/main/java/run/halo/app/core/extension/content/Post.java b/api/src/main/java/run/halo/app/core/extension/content/Post.java
index ebe6b88603..430943a16a 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/run/halo/app/core/extension/content/Post.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/run/halo/app/core/extension/content/Post.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 import run.halo.app.extension.GVK;
 import run.halo.app.extension.GroupVersionKind;
 import run.halo.app.extension.MetadataOperator;
-import run.halo.app.extension.MetadataUtil;
 import run.halo.app.infra.ConditionList;
 
 /**
@@ -35,6 +34,8 @@ public class Post extends AbstractExtension {
 
     public static final String KIND = "Post";
 
+    public static final String REQUIRE_SYNC_ON_STARTUP_INDEX_NAME = "requireSyncOnStartup";
+
     public static final GroupVersionKind GVK = GroupVersionKind.fromExtension(Post.class);
 
     public static final String CATEGORIES_ANNO = "content.halo.run/categories";
@@ -158,6 +159,8 @@ public static class PostStatus {
 
         private Instant lastModifyTime;
 
+        private long observedVersion;
+
         @JsonIgnore
         public ConditionList getConditionsOrDefault() {
             if (this.conditions == null) {
@@ -268,9 +271,4 @@ public CompactPost build() {
             }
         }
     }
-
-    public static void changePublishedState(Post post, boolean value) {
-        Map<String, String> labels = MetadataUtil.nullSafeLabels(post);
-        labels.put(PUBLISHED_LABEL, String.valueOf(value));
-    }
 }
diff --git a/application/src/main/java/run/halo/app/core/extension/reconciler/PostReconciler.java b/application/src/main/java/run/halo/app/core/extension/reconciler/PostReconciler.java
index 8c9a950951..aeb56dc574 100644
--- a/application/src/main/java/run/halo/app/core/extension/reconciler/PostReconciler.java
+++ b/application/src/main/java/run/halo/app/core/extension/reconciler/PostReconciler.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import static org.apache.commons.lang3.ObjectUtils.defaultIfNull;
 import static run.halo.app.extension.ExtensionUtil.addFinalizers;
 import static run.halo.app.extension.ExtensionUtil.removeFinalizers;
+import static run.halo.app.extension.index.query.QueryFactory.equal;
 
 import com.google.common.hash.Hashing;
 import java.time.Instant;
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@
 import run.halo.app.event.post.PostUnpublishedEvent;
 import run.halo.app.event.post.PostUpdatedEvent;
 import run.halo.app.event.post.PostVisibleChangedEvent;
+import run.halo.app.extension.DefaultExtensionMatcher;
 import run.halo.app.extension.ExtensionClient;
 import run.halo.app.extension.ExtensionOperator;
 import run.halo.app.extension.ListOptions;
@@ -211,7 +213,11 @@ public Result reconcile(Request request) {
                 status.setInProgress(
                     !StringUtils.equals(headSnapshot, post.getSpec().getReleaseSnapshot()));
 
+                // version + 1 is required to truly equal version
+                // as a version will be incremented after the update
+                status.setObservedVersion(post.getMetadata().getVersion() + 1);
                 client.update(post);
+
                 // fire event after updating post
                 events.forEach(eventPublisher::publishEvent);
             });
@@ -222,8 +228,12 @@ public Result reconcile(Request request) {
     public Controller setupWith(ControllerBuilder builder) {
         return builder
             .extension(new Post())
-            // TODO Make it configurable
-            .workerCount(1)
+            .onAddMatcher(DefaultExtensionMatcher.builder(client, Post.GVK)
+                .fieldSelector(FieldSelector.of(
+                    equal(Post.REQUIRE_SYNC_ON_STARTUP_INDEX_NAME, BooleanUtils.TRUE))
+                )
+                .build()
+            )
             .build();
     }
 
diff --git a/application/src/main/java/run/halo/app/infra/SchemeInitializer.java b/application/src/main/java/run/halo/app/infra/SchemeInitializer.java
index 729d07f185..73c2d841a6 100644
--- a/application/src/main/java/run/halo/app/infra/SchemeInitializer.java
+++ b/application/src/main/java/run/halo/app/infra/SchemeInitializer.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import static run.halo.app.extension.index.IndexAttributeFactory.simpleAttribute;
 
 import java.util.Set;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.BooleanUtils;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.event.ApplicationContextInitializedEvent;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
 import org.springframework.lang.NonNull;
@@ -146,6 +147,15 @@ public void onApplicationEvent(@NonNull ApplicationContextInitializedEvent event
                 .setName("status.excerpt")
                 .setIndexFunc(
                     simpleAttribute(Post.class, post -> post.getStatusOrDefault().getExcerpt())));
+
+            indexSpecs.add(new IndexSpec()
+                .setName(Post.REQUIRE_SYNC_ON_STARTUP_INDEX_NAME)
+                .setIndexFunc(simpleAttribute(Post.class, post -> {
+                    var version = post.getMetadata().getVersion();
+                    var observedVersion = post.getStatusOrDefault().getObservedVersion();
+                    // do not care about the false case so return null to avoid indexing
+                    return observedVersion >= version ? BooleanUtils.TRUE : null;
+                })));
         });
         schemeManager.register(Category.class, indexSpecs -> {
             indexSpecs.add(new IndexSpec()
diff --git a/application/src/test/java/run/halo/app/content/TestPost.java b/application/src/test/java/run/halo/app/content/TestPost.java
index 806c7605f5..0dfeadc5b8 100644
--- a/application/src/test/java/run/halo/app/content/TestPost.java
+++ b/application/src/test/java/run/halo/app/content/TestPost.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ public static Post postV1() {
         post.setApiVersion(getApiVersion(Post.class));
         Metadata metadata = new Metadata();
         metadata.setName("post-A");
+        metadata.setVersion(1L);
         post.setMetadata(metadata);
 
         Post.PostSpec postSpec = new Post.PostSpec();
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ public static Snapshot snapshotV1() {
         snapshot.setApiVersion(getApiVersion(Snapshot.class));
         Metadata metadata = new Metadata();
         metadata.setName("snapshot-A");
+        metadata.setVersion(1L);
         metadata.setCreationTimestamp(Instant.now());
         snapshot.setMetadata(metadata);
         MetadataUtil.nullSafeAnnotations(snapshot).put(Snapshot.KEEP_RAW_ANNO, "true");