diff --git a/config/crds/v1/schemas.schemahero.io_tables.yaml b/config/crds/v1/schemas.schemahero.io_tables.yaml
index e90825fec..2ed692863 100644
--- a/config/crds/v1/schemas.schemahero.io_tables.yaml
+++ b/config/crds/v1/schemas.schemahero.io_tables.yaml
@@ -272,6 +272,14 @@ spec:
             type: object
           status:
             description: TableStatus defines the observed state of Table
+            properties:
+              lastPlannedTableSpecSHA:
+                description: We store the SHA of the table spec from the last time
+                  we executed a plan to make startup less noisy by skipping re-planning
+                  objects that have been planned we cannot use the resourceVersion
+                  or generation fields because updating them would cause the object
+                  to be modified again
+                type: string
             type: object
         type: object
     served: true
diff --git a/config/crds/v1beta1/schemas.schemahero.io_tables.yaml b/config/crds/v1beta1/schemas.schemahero.io_tables.yaml
index 248241907..b829e36de 100644
--- a/config/crds/v1beta1/schemas.schemahero.io_tables.yaml
+++ b/config/crds/v1beta1/schemas.schemahero.io_tables.yaml
@@ -270,6 +270,14 @@ spec:
           type: object
         status:
           description: TableStatus defines the observed state of Table
+          properties:
+            lastPlannedTableSpecSHA:
+              description: We store the SHA of the table spec from the last time we
+                executed a plan to make startup less noisy by skipping re-planning
+                objects that have been planned we cannot use the resourceVersion or
+                generation fields because updating them would cause the object to
+                be modified again
+              type: string
           type: object
       type: object
   version: v1alpha4
diff --git a/pkg/apis/schemas/v1alpha4/table_types.go b/pkg/apis/schemas/v1alpha4/table_types.go
index af4af8828..cd4c6a458 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/schemas/v1alpha4/table_types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/schemas/v1alpha4/table_types.go
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ type TableSpec struct {
 
 // TableStatus defines the observed state of Table
 type TableStatus struct {
+	// We store the SHA of the table spec from the last time we executed a plan to
+	// make startup less noisy by skipping re-planning objects that have been planned
+	// we cannot use the resourceVersion or generation fields because updating them
+	// would cause the object to be modified again
+	LastPlannedTableSpecSHA string `json:"lastPlannedTableSpecSHA,omitempty" yaml:"lastPlannedTableSpecSHA,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // +genclient
@@ -71,7 +76,7 @@ func (t Table) GetSHA() (string, error) {
 	}
 
 	sum := sha256.Sum256(b)
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%x", sum)[:7], nil
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%x", sum), nil
 }
 
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
diff --git a/pkg/controller/table/reconcile_pod.go b/pkg/controller/table/reconcile_pod.go
index cf95a19ad..96baefe46 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/table/reconcile_pod.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/table/reconcile_pod.go
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ func (r *ReconcileTable) reconcilePod(ctx context.Context, pod *corev1.Pod) (rec
 		return reconcile.Result{}, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to get sha of table")
 	}
 
+	tableSHA = tableSHA[:7]
+
 	desiredMigration := schemasv1alpha4.Migration{
 		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
 			APIVersion: "schemas.schemahero.io/v1alpha4",
diff --git a/pkg/controller/table/reconile_table.go b/pkg/controller/table/reconile_table.go
index c144b2567..7c281672e 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/table/reconile_table.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/table/reconile_table.go
@@ -23,7 +23,17 @@ func (r *ReconcileTable) reconcileTable(ctx context.Context, instance *schemasv1
 	logger.Debug("reconciling table",
 		zap.String("kind", instance.Kind),
 		zap.String("name", instance.Name),
-		zap.String("database", instance.Spec.Database))
+		zap.String("database", instance.Spec.Database),
+		zap.String("lastPlannedTableSpecSHA", instance.Status.LastPlannedTableSpecSHA))
+
+	// early exit if the sha of the spec hasn't changed
+	currentTableSpecSHA, err := instance.GetSHA()
+	if err != nil {
+		return reconcile.Result{}, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to get instance sha")
+	}
+	if instance.Status.LastPlannedTableSpecSHA == currentTableSpecSHA {
+		return reconcile.Result{}, nil
+	}
 
 	// get the full database spec from the api
 	database, err := r.getDatabaseSpec(ctx, instance.Namespace, instance.Spec.Database)
@@ -57,6 +67,8 @@ func (r *ReconcileTable) reconcileTable(ctx context.Context, instance *schemasv1
 		return reconcile.Result{}, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to get table sha")
 	}
 
+	tableSHA = tableSHA[:7]
+
 	migration, err := r.getMigrationSpec(instance.Namespace, tableSHA)
 	if err != nil {
 		return reconcile.Result{}, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to get migration spec")
@@ -254,5 +266,16 @@ func (r *ReconcileTable) deployMigrationPlanPhase(ctx context.Context, database
 		return reconcile.Result{}, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to check if pod exists")
 	}
 
+	// update the status with this plan so we don't reconcile it again
+	newTableSpecSHA, err := table.GetSHA()
+	if err != nil {
+		return reconcile.Result{}, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to get sha")
+	}
+	table.Status.LastPlannedTableSpecSHA = newTableSpecSHA
+
+	if err := r.Update(ctx, table); err != nil {
+		return reconcile.Result{}, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to update status")
+	}
+
 	return reconcile.Result{}, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/installer/table_objects.go b/pkg/installer/table_objects.go
index 0cfd8f21c..539047555 100644
--- a/pkg/installer/table_objects.go
+++ b/pkg/installer/table_objects.go
@@ -272,6 +272,14 @@ spec:
           type: object
         status:
           description: TableStatus defines the observed state of Table
+          properties:
+            lastPlannedTableSpecSHA:
+              description: We store the SHA of the table spec from the last time we
+                executed a plan to make startup less noisy by skipping re-planning
+                objects that have been planned we cannot use the resourceVersion or
+                generation fields because updating them would cause the object to
+                be modified again
+              type: string
           type: object
       type: object
   version: v1alpha4
@@ -560,6 +568,14 @@ spec:
             type: object
           status:
             description: TableStatus defines the observed state of Table
+            properties:
+              lastPlannedTableSpecSHA:
+                description: We store the SHA of the table spec from the last time
+                  we executed a plan to make startup less noisy by skipping re-planning
+                  objects that have been planned we cannot use the resourceVersion
+                  or generation fields because updating them would cause the object
+                  to be modified again
+                type: string
             type: object
         type: object
     served: true