Revert #2669 [ci skip] (#2693)

internal/ingress/status/status.go

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	extensions "k8s.io/api/extensions/v1beta1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/leaderelection"
@@ -182,6 +183,11 @@ func NewStatusSyncer(config Config) Sync {
 		OnStartedLeading: func(stop <-chan struct{}) {
 			glog.V(2).Infof("I am the new status update leader")
 			go st.syncQueue.Run(time.Second, stop)
+			wait.PollUntil(updateInterval, func() (bool, error) {
+				// send a dummy object to the queue to force a sync
+				st.syncQueue.EnqueueTask(task.GetDummyObject("sync status"))
+				return false, nil
+			}, stop)
 		},
 		OnStoppedLeading: func() {
 			glog.V(2).Infof("I am not status update leader anymore")