diff --git a/api/krusty/repeatbase_test.go b/api/krusty/repeatbase_test.go
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+// Copyright 2021 The Kubernetes Authors.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package krusty_test
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	kusttest_test "sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/testutils/kusttest"
+)
+
+// This is broken since kustomize v3.9.3.
+// See https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/issues/3609 for details.
+
+// Here is a structure of a kustomization of one resource inheriting from
+// two bases. One of those bases is shared between the canary base and the
+// final resource. This is named canary as it is a simple pattern to
+// duplicate a resource that can be used with canary deployments.
+//
+// base
+// |    deployment.yaml
+// |    kustomization.yaml
+// canary
+// |    deployment-canary-patch.yaml
+// |    kustomization.yaml
+// mango
+// |    deployment-mango-patch.yaml
+// |    deployment-mango-canary-patch.yaml
+// |    kustomization.yaml
+func TestRepeatBase(t *testing.T) {
+	th := kusttest_test.MakeHarness(t)
+	th.WriteK("base", `
+resources:
+  - deployment.yaml
+`)
+	th.WriteF("base/deployment.yaml", `
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: banana
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      component: banana
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        component: banana
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: banana
+        image: image
+`)
+
+	th.WriteK("canary", `
+resources:
+  - ../base
+patches:
+- patch: |
+    - op: replace
+      path: /metadata/name
+      value: banana-canary
+  target: 
+    kind: Deployment
+- path: deployment-canary-patch.yaml
+`)
+	th.WriteF("canary/deployment-canary-patch.yaml", `
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: banana-canary
+  labels:
+    type: canary
+spec:
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      component: banana
+      type: canary
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        component: banana
+        type: canary
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: banana
+        image: image-canary
+`)
+
+	th.WriteK("mango", `
+nameSuffix: -mango
+resources:
+  - ../base
+  - ../canary
+patches:
+- path: deployment-mango-base-patch.yaml
+- path: deployment-mango-canary-patch.yaml
+`)
+	th.WriteF("mango/deployment-mango-base-patch.yaml", `
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: banana
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: banana
+        image: image-mango
+`)
+	th.WriteF("mango/deployment-mango-canary-patch.yaml", `
+---
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: banana-canary
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - name: banana
+        image: image-canary-mango
+`)
+
+	err := th.RunWithErr("mango", th.MakeDefaultOptions())
+	if !strings.Contains(
+		err.Error(), "multiple matches for Id apps_v1_Deployment|~X|banana; failed to find unique target for patch") {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected err: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Uncomenting the following makes it work with kustomize v3.9.2 and bellow.
+
+	//  m := th.Run("/app", th.MakeDefaultOptions())
+	//	th.AssertActualEqualsExpected(m, `
+	//apiVersion: apps/v1
+	//kind: Deployment
+	//metadata:
+	//  name: deployment-a
+	//spec:
+	//  selector:
+	//    matchLabels:
+	//      component: deployment
+	//  template:
+	//    metadata:
+	//      labels:
+	//        component: deployment
+	//    spec:
+	//      containers:
+	//      - image: image-a
+	//        name: container-a
+	//---
+	//apiVersion: apps/v1
+	//kind: Deployment
+	//metadata:
+	//  labels:
+	//    type: canary
+	//  name: deployment-canary-a
+	//spec:
+	//  selector:
+	//    matchLabels:
+	//      component: deployment
+	//      type: canary
+	//  template:
+	//    metadata:
+	//      labels:
+	//        component: deployment
+	//    spec:
+	//      containers:
+	//      - image: image-canary-a
+	//        name: container-a
+	//`)
+
+}