diff --git a/operator/src/main/java/oracle/kubernetes/operator/helpers/ConfigMapHelper.java b/operator/src/main/java/oracle/kubernetes/operator/helpers/ConfigMapHelper.java
index c48199b0d68..cfd84534285 100644
--- a/operator/src/main/java/oracle/kubernetes/operator/helpers/ConfigMapHelper.java
+++ b/operator/src/main/java/oracle/kubernetes/operator/helpers/ConfigMapHelper.java
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ void recordCurrentMap(Packet packet, V1ConfigMap configMap) {
 
   static synchronized Map<String, String> loadScriptsFromClasspath(String domainNamespace) {
     Map<String, String> scripts = scriptReader.loadFilesFromClasspath();
-    LOGGER.fine(MessageKeys.SCRIPT_LOADED, domainNamespace);
+    LOGGER.finer(MessageKeys.SCRIPT_LOADED, domainNamespace);
     return scripts;
   }
 
diff --git a/operator/src/main/java/oracle/kubernetes/operator/helpers/PodHelper.java b/operator/src/main/java/oracle/kubernetes/operator/helpers/PodHelper.java
index cef1e14a1eb..c293a130628 100644
--- a/operator/src/main/java/oracle/kubernetes/operator/helpers/PodHelper.java
+++ b/operator/src/main/java/oracle/kubernetes/operator/helpers/PodHelper.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.models.V1DeleteOptions;
 import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.models.V1EnvVar;
+import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.models.V1EnvVarBuilder;
 import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.models.V1ObjectMeta;
 import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.models.V1Pod;
 import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.models.V1PodCondition;
@@ -259,17 +260,20 @@ public static Step deletePodStep(String serverName, Step next) {
     return new DeletePodStep(serverName, next);
   }
 
-  static List<V1EnvVar> createCopy(List<V1EnvVar> envVars) {
+  /**
+   * Create a copy of the list of V1EnvVar environment variables.
+   *
+   * @param envVars list of environment variables to copy
+   * @return List containing a copy of the original list.
+   */
+  public static List<V1EnvVar> createCopy(List<V1EnvVar> envVars) {
     ArrayList<V1EnvVar> copy = new ArrayList<>();
     if (envVars != null) {
       for (V1EnvVar envVar : envVars) {
         // note that a deep copy of valueFrom is not needed here as, unlike with value, the
         // new V1EnvVarFrom objects would be created by the doDeepSubstitutions() method in
         // StepContextBase class.
-        copy.add(new V1EnvVar()
-            .name(envVar.getName())
-            .value(envVar.getValue())
-            .valueFrom(envVar.getValueFrom()));
+        copy.add(new V1EnvVarBuilder(envVar).build());
       }
     }
     return copy;
diff --git a/operator/src/main/java/oracle/kubernetes/operator/helpers/PodStepContext.java b/operator/src/main/java/oracle/kubernetes/operator/helpers/PodStepContext.java
index b0b7e1a73f9..753c9257ed4 100644
--- a/operator/src/main/java/oracle/kubernetes/operator/helpers/PodStepContext.java
+++ b/operator/src/main/java/oracle/kubernetes/operator/helpers/PodStepContext.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.models.V1SecretVolumeSource;
 import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.models.V1Volume;
 import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.models.V1VolumeMount;
+import io.kubernetes.client.util.Yaml;
 import jakarta.json.Json;
 import jakarta.json.JsonPatchBuilder;
 import oracle.kubernetes.operator.DomainSourceType;
@@ -545,11 +546,11 @@ private boolean canUseCurrentPod(V1Pod currentPod) {
 
     boolean useCurrent = hasCorrectPodHash(currentPod) && canUseNewDomainZip(currentPod);
 
-    if (!useCurrent && AnnotationHelper.getDebugString(currentPod).length() > 0) {
-      LOGGER.fine(
+    if (!useCurrent) {
+      LOGGER.finer(
           MessageKeys.POD_DUMP,
-          AnnotationHelper.getDebugString(currentPod),
-          AnnotationHelper.getDebugString(getPodModel()));
+          Yaml.dump(currentPod),
+          Yaml.dump(getPodModel()));
     }
 
     return useCurrent;
diff --git a/operator/src/main/java/oracle/kubernetes/weblogic/domain/model/ServerPod.java b/operator/src/main/java/oracle/kubernetes/weblogic/domain/model/ServerPod.java
index 0ac0e6af298..bff58b4d51c 100644
--- a/operator/src/main/java/oracle/kubernetes/weblogic/domain/model/ServerPod.java
+++ b/operator/src/main/java/oracle/kubernetes/weblogic/domain/model/ServerPod.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.models.V1Affinity;
 import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.models.V1Capabilities;
 import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.models.V1Container;
+import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.models.V1ContainerBuilder;
 import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.models.V1EnvVar;
 import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.models.V1HostPathVolumeSource;
 import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.models.V1NodeAffinity;
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.ToStringBuilder;
 
 import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
+import static oracle.kubernetes.operator.helpers.PodHelper.createCopy;
 
 class ServerPod extends KubernetesResource {
 
@@ -443,7 +445,7 @@ void fillInFrom(ServerPod serverPod1) {
       addIfMissing(var);
     }
     for (V1Container c : serverPod1.getInitContainers()) {
-      addInitContainerIfMissing(c);
+      addInitContainerIfMissing(createWithEnvCopy(c));
     }
     for (V1Container c : serverPod1.getContainers()) {
       addContainerIfMissing(c);
@@ -492,6 +494,10 @@ private void addAuxiliaryImage(ServerPod serverPod1) {
     }
   }
 
+  private V1Container createWithEnvCopy(V1Container c) {
+    return new V1ContainerBuilder(c).withEnv(createCopy(c.getEnv())).build();
+  }
+
   private void addIfMissing(V1Volume var) {
     if (!hasVolumeName(var.getName())) {
       addAdditionalVolume(var);