diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 24442bead..2b8fbb2d9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.1.3
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.1.2
+	gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.2.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.38.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.22.2
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.22.2
diff --git a/pkg/crdexplorer/crdexplorer.go b/pkg/crdexplorer/crdexplorer.go
index 82f24bc1a..0ff1c55ec 100644
--- a/pkg/crdexplorer/crdexplorer.go
+++ b/pkg/crdexplorer/crdexplorer.go
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ func (i *customResourceExplorerImpl) GetReplicas(object *unstructured.Unstructur
 }
 
 // Retain returns the objects that based on the "desired" object but with values retained from the "observed" object.
-func (i *customResourceExplorerImpl) Retain(desired *unstructured.Unstructured, cluster *unstructured.Unstructured) (retained *unstructured.Unstructured, err error) {
+func (i *customResourceExplorerImpl) Retain(desired *unstructured.Unstructured, observed *unstructured.Unstructured) (retained *unstructured.Unstructured, err error) {
 	// TODO(RainbowMango): consult to the dynamic webhooks first.
 
-	return i.defaultExplorer.Retain(desired, cluster)
+	return i.defaultExplorer.Retain(desired, observed)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/crdexplorer/customizedexplorer/webhook/attributes.go b/pkg/crdexplorer/customizedexplorer/webhook/attributes.go
index c766e2cda..2357083a8 100644
--- a/pkg/crdexplorer/customizedexplorer/webhook/attributes.go
+++ b/pkg/crdexplorer/customizedexplorer/webhook/attributes.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 type RequestAttributes struct {
 	Operation        configv1alpha1.OperationType
 	Object           *unstructured.Unstructured
+	ObservedObj      *unstructured.Unstructured
 	ReplicasSet      int32
 	AggregatedStatus []workv1alpha1.AggregatedStatusItem
 }
diff --git a/pkg/crdexplorer/customizedexplorer/webhook/explorereview.go b/pkg/crdexplorer/customizedexplorer/webhook/explorereview.go
index 7a10d455a..2c2d896e8 100644
--- a/pkg/crdexplorer/customizedexplorer/webhook/explorereview.go
+++ b/pkg/crdexplorer/customizedexplorer/webhook/explorereview.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func CreateExploreReview(versions []string, attributes *RequestAttributes) (uid
 
 // CreateV1alpha1ExploreReview creates an ExploreReview for the provided RequestAttributes.
 func CreateV1alpha1ExploreReview(uid types.UID, attributes *RequestAttributes) *configv1alpha1.ExploreReview {
-	return &configv1alpha1.ExploreReview{
+	review := &configv1alpha1.ExploreReview{
 		Request: &configv1alpha1.ExploreRequest{
 			UID: uid,
 			Kind: metav1.GroupVersionKind{
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ func CreateV1alpha1ExploreReview(uid types.UID, attributes *RequestAttributes) *
 			AggregatedStatus: attributes.AggregatedStatus,
 		},
 	}
+
+	if attributes.ObservedObj != nil {
+		review.Request.ObservedObject = &runtime.RawExtension{Object: attributes.ObservedObj.DeepCopyObject()}
+	}
+	return review
 }
 
 // VerifyExploreReview checks the validity of the provided explore review object, and returns ResponseAttributes,
diff --git a/pkg/webhook/explorer/decode.go b/pkg/webhook/explorer/decode.go
index 101968518..df69ade01 100644
--- a/pkg/webhook/explorer/decode.go
+++ b/pkg/webhook/explorer/decode.go
@@ -23,16 +23,26 @@ func NewDecoder(scheme *runtime.Scheme) *Decoder {
 }
 
 // Decode decodes the inlined object in the ExploreRequest into the passed-in runtime.Object.
+// If you want to decode the ObservedObject in the ExploreRequest, use DecodeRaw.
 // It errors out if req.Object.Raw is empty i.e. containing 0 raw bytes.
 func (d *Decoder) Decode(req Request, into runtime.Object) error {
 	if len(req.Object.Raw) == 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("there is no context to decode")
 	}
+	return d.DecodeRaw(req.Object, into)
+}
+
+// DecodeRaw decodes a RawExtension object into the passed-in runtime.Object.
+// It errors out if rawObj is empty i.e. containing 0 raw bytes.
+func (d *Decoder) DecodeRaw(rawObj runtime.RawExtension, into runtime.Object) error {
+	if len(rawObj.Raw) == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("there is no content to decode")
+	}
 	if unstructuredInto, isUnstructured := into.(*unstructured.Unstructured); isUnstructured {
 		// unmarshal into unstructured's underlying object to avoid calling the decoder
-		return json.Unmarshal(req.Object.Raw, &unstructuredInto.Object)
+		return json.Unmarshal(rawObj.Raw, &unstructuredInto.Object)
 	}
 
 	deserializer := d.codecs.UniversalDeserializer()
-	return runtime.DecodeInto(deserializer, req.Object.Raw, into)
+	return runtime.DecodeInto(deserializer, rawObj.Raw, into)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/webhook/explorer/response.go b/pkg/webhook/explorer/response.go
index 16043893a..bf67fa91b 100644
--- a/pkg/webhook/explorer/response.go
+++ b/pkg/webhook/explorer/response.go
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 package explorer
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"net/http"
 
+	"gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2"
+
 	configv1alpha1 "github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/apis/config/v1alpha1"
 )
 
@@ -40,3 +43,29 @@ func ValidationResponse(successful bool, msg string) Response {
 		},
 	}
 }
+
+// PatchResponseFromRaw takes 2 byte arrays and returns a new response with patch.
+func PatchResponseFromRaw(original, current []byte) Response {
+	patches, err := jsonpatch.CreatePatch(original, current)
+	if err != nil {
+		return Errored(http.StatusInternalServerError, err)
+	}
+
+	if len(patches) == 0 {
+		return Succeeded("")
+	}
+
+	patch, err := json.Marshal(patches)
+	if err != nil {
+		return Errored(http.StatusInternalServerError, err)
+	}
+
+	patchType := configv1alpha1.PatchTypeJSONPatch
+	return Response{
+		ExploreResponse: configv1alpha1.ExploreResponse{
+			Successful: true,
+			Patch:      patch,
+			PatchType:  &patchType,
+		},
+	}
+}
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 65276aff9..c14c1c961 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -429,6 +429,7 @@ golang.org/x/tools/internal/imports
 golang.org/x/xerrors
 golang.org/x/xerrors/internal
 # gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.2.0
+## explicit
 gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2
 # google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7
 google.golang.org/appengine/internal