@dlbewley are you sure that it is automatically enabled when not using the GUI?

In the doc you linked to in the issue it includes:

In case, this option was unchecked during OpenShift Data Foundation Operator installation

The "unchecked" to me implies that they are only talking about the GUI based install.

The doc I linked to was ODF 4.12 which is the first version to include this language.

"The Data Foundation console plugin is enabled by default."

I know that using the existing Kustomization leads my ArgoCD to fail to synchronize the ConsolePlugin resource.

I may rebuild my cluster very soon, but I'll seek independent confirmation in the meantime.

A colleague confirmed Storage -> Data Foundation console plugin automatically enabled when installing 4.18 today.

I'm sure how to prove it in the operator code, but I believe this is the case since 4.12.

When you install it via the UI the option to enable the console plugin is enabled by default which I think is what they are talking about:

I did a quick install of ODF from the gitops assets on a cluster to test with the console plugin pieces disabled and the console plugin is not enabled by default:

OH so the console Operator Hub install process has some secret sauce it performs beyond simply installing the operatorgroup and subscription. I didn't even know that was a thing. Not sure I care for that. I'll close the PR after I get a chance to redeploy and test.