Unexpected result when combining AnnotationsTransformer with ValueAddTransformer

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What happened?

I am trying to use a kustomize transformer to set a default severity for PrometheusRules and then override this default severity using additional transformers for specific alerts. However, when combining these transformers I get an unexpected result compared to when they are applied individually

What did you expect to happen?

I'd expect each transformer to apply independently so that they can be combined

How can we reproduce it (as minimally and precisely as possible)?

# kustomization.yaml
resources:
  - prometheus-rule.yaml

transformers:
  - transformer-severity-default.yaml
  - transformer-severity-example-bar.yaml

# prometheus-rule.yaml
apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
kind: PrometheusRule
metadata:
  name: example
spec:
  groups:
    - name: Example
      rules:
        - alert: ExampleFoo
        - alert: ExampleBar

# transformer-severity-default.yaml
apiVersion: builtin
kind: AnnotationsTransformer
metadata:
  name: severity-default
annotations:
  severity: MAJOR
fieldSpecs:
  - kind: PrometheusRule
    path: spec/groups/rules/annotations
    create: true

# transformer-severity-example-bar.yaml
apiVersion: builtin
kind: ValueAddTransformer
metadata:
  name: severity-example-bar
value: WARNING
targets:
  - selector:
      apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
      kind: PrometheusRule
      name: example
    fieldPath: spec/groups/[name=Example]/rules/[alert=ExampleBar]/annotations/severity

Expected output

apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
kind: PrometheusRule
metadata:
  name: example
spec:
  groups:
  - name: Example
    rules:
    - alert: ExampleFoo
      annotations:
        severity: MAJOR
    - alert: ExampleBar
      annotations:
        severity: WARNING

Actual output

apiVersion: monitoring.coreos.com/v1
kind: PrometheusRule
metadata:
  name: example
spec:
  groups:
  - name: Example
    rules:
    - alert: ExampleFoo
      annotations:
        severity: WARNING
    - alert: ExampleBar
      annotations:
        severity: WARNING

Confusingly, each transformer works as expected when applied individually (e.g. commenting them out in turn they work correctly)

Kustomize version

v5.5.0

Operating system

MacOS

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