diff --git a/real_cluster_script.go b/real_cluster_script.go
index 139f9146f2e..83dd3036a42 100644
--- a/real_cluster_script.go
+++ b/real_cluster_script.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
+	"time"
 
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	corev1ac "k8s.io/client-go/applyconfigurations/core/v1"
 	metav1ac "k8s.io/client-go/applyconfigurations/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/discovery"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/discovery/cached/disk"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/dynamic"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/gcp"
@@ -24,17 +25,12 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4/typed"
 )
 
-// This is a small hacky script that tests the extract config against a real cluster
-// to demonstrate a bug I'm seeing with the GVKParser where it claims there
-// are duplicate GVK entries
-// TODO: don't commit this, delete it before merging.
-// Any and all functionality from this script should be captured in the appropriate integration test.
 func main() {
+	fmt.Println("vim-go")
 	defaultNS := "default"
 	mydep := "mydep"
 	mgr := "mymanager"
-	// TODO: make this an arg
-	kubeconfig := os.Getenv("KUBECONFIG")
+	kubeconfig := "/usr/local/google/home/kevindelgado/.kube/config"
 
 	config, err := clientcmd.BuildConfigFromFlags("", kubeconfig)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -173,7 +169,10 @@ func main() {
 	fmt.Printf("appliedGuestbook = %+v\n", appliedGuestbook)
 	fmt.Println("---")
 
-	discoveryClient := discovery.NewDiscoveryClientForConfigOrDie(config)
+	discoveryClient, err := disk.NewCachedDiscoveryClientForConfig(config, ".", ".", time.Hour)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
 	//// OLD WAY
 	//extractedGuestbook, err := extractUnstructured(appliedGuestbook, guestbookGVR, discoveryClient, mgr)
 	//if err != nil {
@@ -187,6 +186,8 @@ func main() {
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
+	// do it again see if we get a 304
+	extractedGuestbook, err = extractor.ExtractUnstructured(appliedGuestbook, mgr)
 	fmt.Println("---")
 	fmt.Printf("extractedGuestbook = %+v\n", extractedGuestbook)
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/applyconfigurations/meta/v1/unstructured.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/applyconfigurations/meta/v1/unstructured.go
index 043276d142f..9764d83c288 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/applyconfigurations/meta/v1/unstructured.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/applyconfigurations/meta/v1/unstructured.go
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package v1
 
 import (
+	"crypto/sha512"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/managedfields"
@@ -26,7 +30,11 @@ type objectTypeCache interface {
 // (i.e. it downloads the OpenAPISchema every time)
 // Useful during the proof-of-concept stage until we agree on a caching solution.
 type nonCachingObjectTypeCache struct {
-	discoveryClient *discovery.DiscoveryClient
+	// TODO: lock this?
+	discoveryClient discovery.DiscoveryInterface
+	docHash         [sha512.Size]uint8
+	gvkParser       *fieldmanager.GvkParser
+	typeForGVK      map[schema.GroupVersionKind]*typed.ParseableType
 }
 
 // objectTypeForGVK retrieves the typed.ParseableType for a given gvk from the cache
@@ -36,17 +44,47 @@ func (c *nonCachingObjectTypeCache) objectTypeForGVK(gvk schema.GroupVersionKind
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	models, err := proto.NewOpenAPIData(doc)
+	docBytes, err := json.Marshal(doc)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	docHash := sha512.Sum512(docBytes)
 
-	gvkParser, err := fieldmanager.NewGVKParser(models, false)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+	// cache hit
+	if c.docHash == docHash {
+		fmt.Println("cache hit")
+		fmt.Printf("docHash = %+v\n", docHash)
+		objType, ok := c.typeForGVK[gvk]
+		if ok {
+			fmt.Println("gvk recognized")
+			fmt.Printf("gvk = %+v\n", gvk)
+			return objType, nil
+		}
+		objType = c.gvkParser.Type(gvk)
+		c.typeForGVK[gvk] = objType
+		return objType, nil
+	} else {
+		fmt.Println("cache miss")
+		// cache miss
+		models, err := proto.NewOpenAPIData(doc)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		gvkParser, err := fieldmanager.NewGVKParser(models, false)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		objType := gvkParser.Type(gvk)
+		c.docHash = docHash
+		c.gvkParser = gvkParser
+		c.typeForGVK = map[schema.GroupVersionKind]*typed.ParseableType{
+			gvk: objType,
+		}
+
+		return objType, nil
 	}
-
-	return gvkParser.Type(gvk), nil
 }
 
 type extractor struct {
@@ -55,9 +93,11 @@ type extractor struct {
 
 // NewUnstructuredExtractor creates the extractor with which you can extract the applied configuration
 // for a given manager from an unstructured object.
-func NewUnstructuredExtractor(dc *discovery.DiscoveryClient) UnstructuredExtractor {
+func NewUnstructuredExtractor(dc discovery.DiscoveryInterface) UnstructuredExtractor {
 	return &extractor{
-		cache: &nonCachingObjectTypeCache{dc},
+		cache: &nonCachingObjectTypeCache{
+			discoveryClient: dc,
+		},
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/test/integration/client/dynamic_client_test.go b/test/integration/client/dynamic_client_test.go
index 50e5969e291..193f0c345fd 100644
--- a/test/integration/client/dynamic_client_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/client/dynamic_client_test.go
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ func TestUnstructuredExtract(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to marshal pod into bytes: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	// apply the unstructured object to the cluster
 	actual, err := dynamicClient.Resource(resource).Namespace("default").Patch(
 		context.TODO(),
 		name,