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+name: Chart
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: ['**'] # every branch: lint + template + package as a smoke test
+    tags: ['v*']     # tags: publish the signed OCI chart
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main, master]
+
+env:
+  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
+  # Charts go under a dedicated repo path so they don't collide with the
+  # container images already published at ghcr.io/<owner>/dploy(-operator).
+  CHART_NAMESPACE: charts
+  # Run JS-based actions on Node 24 now (silences the Node 20 deprecation warning)
+  FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24: true
+
+jobs:
+  validate:
+    name: Lint and Template
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Set up Helm
+        uses: azure/setup-helm@v4
+
+      - name: Lint chart
+        run: helm lint charts/dploy
+
+      - name: Render templates
+        run: helm template dploy charts/dploy > /dev/null
+
+      - name: Package chart (smoke)
+        run: helm package charts/dploy --destination "${RUNNER_TEMP}/chart"
+
+  publish:
+    name: Publish OCI Chart
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: validate
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+      id-token: write # keyless cosign signing
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Set up Helm
+        uses: azure/setup-helm@v4
+
+      - name: Install cosign
+        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@v3
+
+      - name: Resolve version and owner
+        id: meta
+        run: |
+          # ghcr requires a lowercase repository path.
+          echo "owner=${GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER,,}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "version=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/v}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Log in to Container Registry
+        run: |
+          echo "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" \
+            | helm registry login "${REGISTRY}" --username "${{ github.actor }}" --password-stdin
+
+      - name: Package chart
+        id: package
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.version }}
+        run: |
+          helm package charts/dploy \
+            --version "${VERSION}" \
+            --app-version "${VERSION}" \
+            --destination "${RUNNER_TEMP}/chart"
+          echo "file=${RUNNER_TEMP}/chart/dploy-${VERSION}.tgz" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Push and sign chart
+        env:
+          OCI_REPO: oci://${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ steps.meta.outputs.owner }}/${{ env.CHART_NAMESPACE }}
+        run: |
+          # helm push prints "Digest: sha256:..." on success — capture it so we
+          # sign the exact artifact by digest rather than a mutable tag.
+          helm push "${{ steps.package.outputs.file }}" "${OCI_REPO}" 2>&1 | tee push.log
+          DIGEST="$(grep -oE 'sha256:[0-9a-f]{64}' push.log | head -n1)"
+          if [ -z "${DIGEST}" ]; then
+            echo "::error::could not parse pushed chart digest from helm output"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          CHART_REF="${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ steps.meta.outputs.owner }}/${{ env.CHART_NAMESPACE }}/dploy@${DIGEST}"
+          echo "Signing ${CHART_REF}"
+          cosign sign --yes "${CHART_REF}"