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# Sim Helm Chart
Deploy [Sim](https://sim.ai) — the open-source AI workspace where teams build, deploy, and manage AI agents — on Kubernetes.
* **Chart version:** see `Chart.yaml`
* **App version:** tracks the upstream Sim release
* **Kubernetes:** 1.25+
* **License:** Apache-2.0
---
## TL;DR
```bash
# Generate required secrets
export BETTER_AUTH_SECRET=$(openssl rand -hex 32)
export ENCRYPTION_KEY=$(openssl rand -hex 32)
export INTERNAL_API_SECRET=$(openssl rand -hex 32)
export CRON_SECRET=$(openssl rand -hex 32)
export POSTGRES_PASSWORD=$(openssl rand -base64 24 | tr -d '/+=')
# Install from this repository
helm install sim ./helm/sim \
--namespace sim --create-namespace \
--set app.env.BETTER_AUTH_SECRET="$BETTER_AUTH_SECRET" \
--set app.env.ENCRYPTION_KEY="$ENCRYPTION_KEY" \
--set app.env.INTERNAL_API_SECRET="$INTERNAL_API_SECRET" \
--set app.env.CRON_SECRET="$CRON_SECRET" \
--set postgresql.auth.password="$POSTGRES_PASSWORD"
```
After install, follow the on-screen `NOTES.txt` to reach the app.
---
## Introduction
This chart deploys the Sim platform on a Kubernetes cluster using the Helm package manager. A default install includes:
* **`app`** — the Sim Next.js web application (Deployment).
* **`realtime`** — the WebSocket service for live workflow updates (Deployment).
* **`postgresql`** — an in-cluster `pgvector/pgvector` Postgres (StatefulSet, with a headless Service for stable per-pod DNS).
* **`migrations`** — an init container on the app Deployment that applies database migrations before each app pod starts.
* **`cronjobs`** — scheduled jobs for workflow schedule execution, inbox/calendar/drive polling (Gmail, Outlook, Calendar, Drive, Sheets, IMAP, RSS), workspace event and HubSpot webhook polling, outbox processing, subscription renewal, billing-seat and inbox-entitlement reconciliation, time-pause/resume polling, data drains, and connector syncs.
* **`serviceaccount`** — a dedicated ServiceAccount with `automountServiceAccountToken: false`.
Optional components (off by default):
* **`copilot`** — the Sim Copilot service plus its own Postgres StatefulSet.
* **`ollama`** — local LLM inference, with optional NVIDIA GPU support.
* **`pii`** — Presidio PII redaction service (analyzer + anonymizer) for the Guardrails PII block and log redaction. See [PII redaction](#pii-redaction).
* **`telemetry`** — OpenTelemetry Collector wired to Jaeger / Prometheus / OTLP backends.
* **`ingress`** — NGINX-style Ingress for the app and realtime services.
* **`networkPolicy`** — east-west and egress isolation (blocks cloud metadata endpoints by default).
* **`hpa`** — HorizontalPodAutoscaler for `app` and `realtime`.
* **`podDisruptionBudget`** — auto-activates when `replicaCount > 1`.
* **`servicemonitor`** — Prometheus Operator integration.
---
## Prerequisites
| Requirement | Version / Notes |
|---|---|
| Kubernetes | **1.25+** (`Chart.yaml` enforces `kubeVersion: ">=1.25.0-0"`) |
| Helm | **3.8+** |
| StorageClass | A default StorageClass that supports `ReadWriteOnce` PVCs (for Postgres, Ollama). Set `global.storageClass` to pick a non-default class. |
| Ingress controller | Only if `ingress.enabled=true`. The chart's defaults assume `nginx`. |
| cert-manager | Only if you want auto-issued TLS certificates. See [cert-manager docs](https://cert-manager.io/docs/). |
| metrics-server | Only if `autoscaling.enabled=true` (HPA needs metrics). |
| External Secrets Operator | Only if `externalSecrets.enabled=true`. See [ESO docs](https://external-secrets.io/). |
| Prometheus Operator | Only if `monitoring.serviceMonitor.enabled=true`. |
| Namespace PSS labels | Recommended: `pod-security.kubernetes.io/enforce=restricted`. The chart's pod and container security contexts are PSS-restricted by default. |
---
## Generate required secrets
Sim will not start without these. Generate them once and feed them via `--set`, an existing Kubernetes Secret, or External Secrets Operator.
```bash
# Application secrets (32 bytes hex each)
openssl rand -hex 32 # BETTER_AUTH_SECRET - signs auth JWTs
openssl rand -hex 32 # ENCRYPTION_KEY - encrypts sensitive env vars
openssl rand -hex 32 # INTERNAL_API_SECRET - service-to-service auth
openssl rand -hex 32 # CRON_SECRET - required if cronjobs.enabled (default true)
openssl rand -hex 32 # API_ENCRYPTION_KEY - optional; encrypts user API keys at rest
# Postgres password
openssl rand -base64 24 | tr -d '/+='
```
If you set `app.secrets.existingSecret.enabled=true` and point at a pre-created Secret, you do **not** also pass these via `--set` — pick one path.
---
## Installing the chart
### From this repository
```bash
helm install sim ./helm/sim \
--namespace sim --create-namespace \
--set app.env.BETTER_AUTH_SECRET="$BETTER_AUTH_SECRET" \
--set app.env.ENCRYPTION_KEY="$ENCRYPTION_KEY" \
--set app.env.INTERNAL_API_SECRET="$INTERNAL_API_SECRET" \
--set app.env.CRON_SECRET="$CRON_SECRET" \
--set postgresql.auth.password="$POSTGRES_PASSWORD"
```
### With a values file
```bash
helm install sim ./helm/sim \
--namespace sim --create-namespace \
--values my-values.yaml
```
Run `helm template ./helm/sim --values my-values.yaml | less` first to see what will be applied.
### Validate the install
```bash
helm install sim ./helm/sim --dry-run --debug \
--values my-values.yaml \
--set app.env.BETTER_AUTH_SECRET=$(openssl rand -hex 16) \
--set app.env.ENCRYPTION_KEY=$(openssl rand -hex 16) \
--set app.env.INTERNAL_API_SECRET=$(openssl rand -hex 16) \
--set app.env.CRON_SECRET=$(openssl rand -hex 16) \
--set postgresql.auth.password=$(openssl rand -base64 12 | tr -d '/+=')
```
---
## Upgrading
```bash
helm upgrade sim ./helm/sim --namespace sim --values my-values.yaml
```
---
## Uninstalling
```bash
helm uninstall sim --namespace sim
```
**PVCs are not deleted by `helm uninstall`.** If you want to wipe data too:
```bash
# WARNING: this destroys all Postgres, Ollama, and shared-storage data.
kubectl delete pvc --namespace sim \
-l app.kubernetes.io/instance=sim
# Or list and delete by name
kubectl get pvc --namespace sim
kubectl delete pvc <pvc-name> --namespace sim
# Then delete the namespace if you're done with it
kubectl delete namespace sim
```
---
## Examples
Pre-built values files for common scenarios live in `helm/sim/examples/`. Each file has a header explaining when to use it and any prerequisites.
| File | When to use |
|---|---|
| `values-development.yaml` | Local dev / `kind` / `minikube`. Minimal resources, no TLS. |
| `values-production.yaml` | Generic production: HA, network policy, autoscaling, monitoring. |
| `values-aws.yaml` | EKS — EBS GP3 storage, ALB ingress, IRSA-friendly. |
| `values-gcp.yaml` | GKE — Persistent Disk storage, GCP managed certs, Workload Identity. |
| `values-azure.yaml` | AKS — managed-csi storage, NGINX ingress, GPU node pools. |
| `values-external-db.yaml` | Production with a managed Postgres (RDS, Cloud SQL, Azure DB). |
| `values-external-secrets.yaml` | Sync secrets from Vault / AWS SM / Azure KV / GCP SM via External Secrets Operator. |
| `values-existing-secret.yaml` | GitOps / Sealed Secrets / SOPS — reference pre-created Kubernetes Secrets. |
| `values-copilot.yaml` | Enables the Copilot service + its Postgres StatefulSet. |
| `values-whitelabeled.yaml` | Custom branding (logo, name, support links). |
Use one with:
```bash
helm install sim ./helm/sim \
--namespace sim --create-namespace \
--values ./helm/sim/examples/values-production.yaml \
--set app.env.BETTER_AUTH_SECRET="$BETTER_AUTH_SECRET" \
--set app.env.ENCRYPTION_KEY="$ENCRYPTION_KEY" \
--set app.env.INTERNAL_API_SECRET="$INTERNAL_API_SECRET" \
--set postgresql.auth.password="$POSTGRES_PASSWORD"
```
---
## Parameters
This chart is intentionally configurable. Rather than maintain a hand-curated parameter table (which would drift), read the canonical sources:
```bash
# Print all values with comments and defaults
helm show values ./helm/sim
# Print the JSON Schema (used by `helm install` to validate your values)
cat ./helm/sim/values.schema.json
```
`values.yaml` is heavily commented; each top-level section explains what it controls and which sub-keys are required vs optional. For per-cloud examples and idiomatic overrides, see `examples/`.
---
## Production checklist
Before installing in production, confirm each of the following:
* **High availability** — scale `app.replicaCount > 1`. The chart auto-creates a `PodDisruptionBudget` with `maxUnavailable: "25%"`. Set `podDisruptionBudget.minAvailable` instead for a stricter policy.
* **Pinned images** — override `image.tag` (or `image.digest`) with an explicit version. Do not rely on the chart's default tag in production.
* **Secrets management** — provide secrets via External Secrets Operator (ESO) or pre-created Kubernetes Secrets. Never commit secrets to `values.yaml`.
* **TLS / Ingress** — set the `cert-manager.io/cluster-issuer` annotation on the ingress and tune `proxy-body-size` / `proxy-read-timeout` for your workload. See commented examples in `values.yaml`.
* **Network policy egress** — review `networkPolicy.egressExceptCidrs`. Defaults block cloud metadata endpoints (`169.254.169.254/32`, `169.254.170.2/32`); add your cluster's API server CIDR for stronger isolation. Custom egress rules go in `networkPolicy.egress` (a list).
**Every datastore you run outside the chart needs its own egress rule.** The default policy allows HTTPS (443) plus the bundled Postgres and Redis by pod selector — nothing else on a non-443 port. So a managed Postgres, a managed Redis, or any `REDIS_URL` you supply through a Secret is reachable only if you add a rule for it. This bites hardest when the URL comes from a Secret, because the chart cannot see the host and cannot generate the rule for you:
```yaml
networkPolicy:
enabled: true
egress:
- to:
- ipBlock:
cidr: 10.0.0.0/16 # your VPC / managed-service subnet
ports:
- protocol: TCP
port: 6379 # managed Redis
- protocol: TCP
port: 5432 # managed Postgres
```
If you would rather not maintain CIDR lists, `networkPolicy.allowExternalEgress: true` drops the port restriction entirely while still blocking the cloud metadata endpoints. It defaults to `false` — this chart is deliberately stricter than the common chart default of unrestricted egress.
* **Network policy ingress** — `networkPolicy.ingressFrom` defaults to `[{}]` (an empty peer selector), which allows ingress traffic from **any pod in the cluster**, not just your ingress controller. This is a deliberate simple default, not a locked-down one. On a shared or multi-tenant cluster, scope it down, e.g. to the ingress-nginx namespace:
```yaml
networkPolicy:
ingressFrom:
- namespaceSelector:
matchLabels:
kubernetes.io/metadata.name: ingress-nginx
```
* **Namespace hardening** — label the install namespace with Pod Security Standards `restricted` enforcement (`pod-security.kubernetes.io/enforce=restricted`). All workloads set `runAsNonRoot`, drop all Linux capabilities, disable privilege escalation, and set `seccompProfile: RuntimeDefault` — the four controls the Restricted profile requires. `readOnlyRootFilesystem` is intentionally **not** defaulted anywhere (Postgres/Ollama genuinely need a writable root; the stateless services — `realtime`, `pii`, `copilot` — could tolerate it but aren't pre-wired with a `/tmp` `emptyDir`). If your policy requires it, set `<component>.securityContext.readOnlyRootFilesystem: true` and mount an `emptyDir` at `/tmp` yourself via `extraVolumes`/`extraVolumeMounts`.
* **Env validation** — keys under `app.env`, `realtime.env`, and `copilot.env` are passed through to the application and validated at startup. The JSON Schema intentionally does not enforce `additionalProperties: false` (would break custom user envs), so typos like `OPENA_API_KEY` (instead of `OPENAI_API_KEY`) surface as missing-key errors at runtime, not at `helm install` time. Review your env block carefully.
* **Set public URLs** — `app.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_APP_URL` and `app.env.BETTER_AUTH_URL` must match your public origin (e.g. `https://sim.example.com`). Leaving them as `localhost` breaks sign-in.
---
## Secrets
The chart supports three ways to provide secrets, in increasing order of production-readiness:
### 1. Inline `--set` (dev / dry-run only)
```bash
helm install sim ./helm/sim --set app.env.BETTER_AUTH_SECRET=...
```
Discouraged for production — values land in `helm get values` output.
### 2. Pre-existing Kubernetes Secret
Create the Secret first, then reference it:
```bash
kubectl create secret generic sim-app-secrets --namespace sim \
--from-literal=BETTER_AUTH_SECRET=$(openssl rand -hex 32) \
--from-literal=ENCRYPTION_KEY=$(openssl rand -hex 32) \
--from-literal=INTERNAL_API_SECRET=$(openssl rand -hex 32) \
--from-literal=CRON_SECRET=$(openssl rand -hex 32)
kubectl create secret generic sim-postgres-secret --namespace sim \
--from-literal=POSTGRES_PASSWORD=$(openssl rand -base64 24 | tr -d '/+=')
```
```yaml
app:
secrets:
existingSecret:
enabled: true
name: sim-app-secrets
postgresql:
auth:
existingSecret:
enabled: true
name: sim-postgres-secret # must contain the password under the key POSTGRES_PASSWORD
```
See `examples/values-existing-secret.yaml`.
### 3. External Secrets Operator (recommended)
Sync from Azure Key Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vault, or GCP Secret Manager. Install ESO once, create a `ClusterSecretStore`, then:
```yaml
externalSecrets:
enabled: true
refreshInterval: 1h
secretStoreRef:
name: my-secret-store
kind: ClusterSecretStore
remoteRefs:
app:
BETTER_AUTH_SECRET: sim/app/better-auth-secret
ENCRYPTION_KEY: sim/app/encryption-key
INTERNAL_API_SECRET: sim/app/internal-api-secret
postgresql:
password: sim/postgresql/password
# Only needed when copilot.enabled=true and copilot.server.secret.create=true.
# Every non-empty copilot.server.env key must have a matching entry here —
# template rendering fails with a clear message naming the missing key otherwise.
copilot:
AGENT_API_DB_ENCRYPTION_KEY: sim/copilot/agent-api-db-encryption-key
INTERNAL_API_SECRET: sim/copilot/internal-api-secret
LICENSE_KEY: sim/copilot/license-key
SIM_BASE_URL: sim/copilot/sim-base-url
SIM_AGENT_API_KEY: sim/copilot/sim-agent-api-key
REDIS_URL: sim/copilot/redis-url
OPENAI_API_KEY_1: sim/copilot/openai-api-key
```
See `examples/values-external-secrets.yaml`.
---
## Persistence
Postgres, Ollama, and any configured `sharedStorage.volumes[]` use PersistentVolumeClaims. PVCs **survive `helm uninstall`** — see [Uninstalling](#uninstalling) for full cleanup.
| Component | Default size | Access mode | Storage class |
|---|---|---|---|
| `postgresql` | 10Gi | `ReadWriteOnce` | `global.storageClass` |
| `copilot.postgresql` | 10Gi | `ReadWriteOnce` | `global.storageClass` |
| `ollama` | 100Gi | `ReadWriteOnce` | `global.storageClass` |
| `sharedStorage.volumes[]` | user-defined | `ReadWriteMany` recommended | `sharedStorage.storageClass` |
For production, use a `StorageClass` with `reclaimPolicy: Retain` on database volumes.
---
## Security
The chart applies [Pod Security Standards `restricted`](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/security/pod-security-standards/) defaults to every workload:
* `runAsNonRoot: true`
* `allowPrivilegeEscalation: false`
* `capabilities.drop: [ALL]`
* `seccompProfile.type: RuntimeDefault`
User-supplied `securityContext` values are merged with the defaults — your values win, but you don't have to repeat the defaults.
Other security features:
* `automountServiceAccountToken: false` on the ServiceAccount **and** every pod.
* Every value in `app.env` and `realtime.env` is written to a chart-managed Secret and mounted via `envFrom: secretRef` — no values are inlined on the container spec. This eliminates a sensitivity classifier (no static list of "secret" keys to maintain) and ensures new provider keys can never accidentally leak into pod manifests. Two categories are inlined on the container instead: chart-computed values (`DATABASE_URL`, `SOCKET_SERVER_URL`, `OLLAMA_URL`, `PII_URL`) and operational defaults under `app.envDefaults` / `realtime.envDefaults` (rate limits, timeouts, IVM tunables, feature-flag defaults, branding defaults, `http://localhost:3000` URL fallbacks). Operational defaults are non-sensitive by design — moving them out of `app.env` keeps the Secret small and means External Secrets Operator users only have to map the keys they actually set, not every chart default. A value placed in `app.env` always wins over the same key in `app.envDefaults` (the template skips the inline default when an override exists).
* Optional `networkPolicy.enabled=true` enforces east-west isolation and blocks cloud metadata endpoints in egress.
---
## Autoscaling
```yaml
autoscaling:
enabled: true
minReplicas: 2
maxReplicas: 20
targetCPUUtilizationPercentage: 70
targetMemoryUtilizationPercentage: 80
```
When `autoscaling.enabled=true`, the chart omits `spec.replicas` from the Deployment so the HPA owns replica count. Requires `metrics-server` in the cluster. The realtime Deployment gets the same HPA unless `autoscaling.realtime.enabled=false` — scale realtime past one replica only with `REDIS_URL` set (Socket.IO Redis adapter), or cross-pod collaboration events are dropped.
---
## Monitoring
```yaml
monitoring:
serviceMonitor:
enabled: true
interval: 30s
```
Requires the Prometheus Operator CRDs. Scrapes `/metrics` on the app and realtime services — note the default images do not currently expose a `/metrics` endpoint, so enable this only with a build that does.
---
## PII redaction
Sim can redact personally identifiable information using a [Presidio](https://microsoft.github.io/presidio/) service (analyzer + anonymizer combined into one image listening on port 5001). Enable it with:
```yaml
pii:
enabled: true
```
When enabled, the chart deploys it as a standalone `<release>-pii` Deployment + Service and **auto-wires** `PII_URL` on the app to the in-cluster service. The service bundles five large spaCy models (en/es/it/pl/fi, ~2.2GB), so the first start takes ~3 minutes while models load — the `startupProbe` allows for this. Size the `pii.resources` for at least ~4Gi memory.
This alone powers the **Guardrails PII block** and on-demand masking. To additionally turn on **automatic log redaction** (the org/workspace data-retention scrub), you must:
```yaml
app:
env:
PII_REDACTION: "true"
# The log-redaction path calls the app's own /api/guardrails/mask-batch,
# which must be reachable from inside the cluster. Set this to the in-cluster
# app Service URL (NOT the public ingress, which usually isn't hairpin-reachable).
INTERNAL_API_BASE_URL: "http://<release>-app.<namespace>.svc.cluster.local:3000"
```
Without a cluster-reachable `INTERNAL_API_BASE_URL` (it falls back to `NEXT_PUBLIC_APP_URL`), the redaction path fails closed — it scrubs affected fields to `[REDACTION_FAILED]` rather than leaking, but redaction won't actually run.
> The PII image is published at `ghcr.io/simstudioai/pii` (multi-arch). If you mirror images into a private registry, retag it alongside the app/realtime/migrations images.
---
## Troubleshooting
### `Error: execution error at (sim/templates/...): app.env.BETTER_AUTH_SECRET is required for production deployment`
You ran `helm install` without setting required secrets. Generate them and pass with `--set`:
```bash
helm install sim ./helm/sim \
--set app.env.BETTER_AUTH_SECRET=$(openssl rand -hex 32) \
--set app.env.ENCRYPTION_KEY=$(openssl rand -hex 32) \
--set app.env.INTERNAL_API_SECRET=$(openssl rand -hex 32) \
--set postgresql.auth.password=$(openssl rand -base64 24 | tr -d '/+=')
```
### App pods stuck in `CrashLoopBackOff`
```bash
kubectl logs --namespace sim deploy/sim-app --tail 200
```
Common causes:
* `NEXT_PUBLIC_APP_URL` still set to `http://localhost:3000` in a clustered deploy → set it to your public origin.
* `DATABASE_URL` not reachable → check the Postgres pod is running and `postgresql.auth.password` matches.
* Missing migration → check `kubectl logs deploy/sim-app -c migrations` (migrations run as an init container on the app pod).
### Image pull errors (`ErrImagePull` / `ImagePullBackOff`)
* You pushed Sim to a private registry but haven't configured pull secrets. Set `global.imagePullSecrets` and `global.imageRegistry`.
* You overrode `image.tag` to a tag that doesn't exist in the registry. `helm get values sim` and verify.
### Postgres pod `Pending`
```bash
kubectl describe pvc --namespace sim
```
Almost always one of:
* No default `StorageClass` → set `global.storageClass`.
* No PV provisioner → install one (e.g. EBS CSI on EKS, `local-path-provisioner` for dev).
* StorageClass exists but doesn't support `ReadWriteOnce` → pick another class.
### Ingress not routing
```bash
kubectl get ingress --namespace sim
kubectl describe ingress --namespace sim
```
* Ingress controller not installed → install `ingress-nginx` or similar.
* `ingress.className` doesn't match your controller → set it to your installed class.
* DNS not pointed at the ingress's external IP / LoadBalancer.
### Get logs from each component
```bash
kubectl --namespace sim logs -f deployment/sim-app
kubectl --namespace sim logs -f deployment/sim-realtime
kubectl --namespace sim logs -f statefulset/sim-postgresql
kubectl --namespace sim logs deploy/sim-app -c migrations
```
---
## Upgrading to 1.5.0
Two changes alter behavior on an existing release. Neither requires action, but read both.
* **Free-tier plan limits are no longer preset.** `app.envDefaults` previously shipped `RATE_LIMIT_FREE_SYNC`, `RATE_LIMIT_FREE_ASYNC`, `EXECUTION_TIMEOUT_FREE`, `EXECUTION_TIMEOUT_ASYNC_FREE`, `FREE_TABLES_LIMIT: 3`, and `FREE_TABLE_ROWS_LIMIT: 1000`. With billing disabled the application treats these as **opt-in** — unset means unlimited — so presetting them imposed hosted-plan caps on self-hosted deployments and diverged from Docker Compose, which presets nothing. They are now commented out. **On upgrade, these limits stop being enforced.** To keep them, set the keys explicitly under `app.env`. An explicitly set value has always taken precedence and is unaffected.
* **Redis is now bundled** (`redis.enabled: true`), matching the Docker Compose stack. Redis backs pub/sub and the Socket.IO adapter, and multi-replica deployments silently drop cross-pod events without it.
**An existing `REDIS_URL` always wins, wherever it comes from — no action needed on upgrade.** The bundled URL ships as a ConfigMap listed *before* the app Secret in `envFrom`. Kubernetes resolves duplicate keys by letting the last source win, so a `REDIS_URL` in your chart-managed Secret, a pre-created `existingSecret`, or one synced by External Secrets overrides the bundled value — the chart never has to read it. The bundled Redis simply fills the gap when nothing else provides a URL.
Set `app.env.REDIS_URL` to skip the bundled Deployment entirely (no unused pod), or `redis.enabled: false` to opt out.
## Upgrading to 1.2.0
* `appVersion` (the default image tag when `image.tag` is unset) is now `v0.7.44` — the previous `0.6.73` referenced a tag that does not exist on GHCR, so an unpinned default install could not pull images. Production installs should still pin `image.tag` explicitly.
* `externalSecrets.apiVersion` now defaults to `"v1"` — current External Secrets Operator releases no longer serve `v1beta1` (removed upstream in 2026). Set `externalSecrets.apiVersion: "v1beta1"` only if you still run ESO < 0.17.
* `values.schema.json` now declares every top-level key and rejects unknown top-level keys, so a typo like `networkPolciy:` fails fast at install time instead of being silently ignored. If an upgrade suddenly fails schema validation, check your values file for stray top-level keys.
* The opt-in telemetry collector no longer ships a Prometheus scrape config for the app/realtime services (they expose no `/metrics` endpoint); OTLP ingestion is unchanged.
## Upgrading to 1.1.0
No action is required for working configurations. Notes:
* Pods for `app` and `realtime` roll once on upgrade (their rollout checksum now also covers the ExternalSecret manifest, fixing missed rollouts in ESO mode).
* Two values keys that were never consumed by any template were removed: `app.secrets.existingSecret.keys` and `*.existingSecret.passwordKey`. Existing secrets must use the standard key names (`BETTER_AUTH_SECRET`, ..., `POSTGRES_PASSWORD`, `EXTERNAL_DB_PASSWORD`); leftover keys in your values file are ignored, not rejected.
* `telemetry.jaeger` now exports over OTLP (`otlp/jaeger`) — point `telemetry.jaeger.endpoint` at Jaeger's OTLP gRPC port (4317). The previous `jaeger` exporter did not exist in the pinned collector image, so any prior jaeger-enabled config was already failing at collector startup.
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