NVIDIA · kristinapathak · Sep 18, 2026
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ global:
         # Self-hosted registries do not always mirror this optional image.
         # Enable it only after publishing the collector in global.image.
         enabled: false
-        imageTag: "0.157.0-nv-0.2.1"
+        imageTag: "0.160.0-nv-0.2.5"
       # ICMS (SIS) service URL: required; set per environment.
       icmsServiceURL: ""
       icmsServiceHostHeaderOverride: ""

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ spec:
         - name: OTEL_COLLECTOR_IMAGE_REPO
           value: "nvcr.io/0651155215864979/ncp-dev/nvcf-otel-collector"
         - name: OTEL_COLLECTOR_IMAGE_TAG
-          value: "0.157.0-nv-0.2.1"
+          value: "0.160.0-nv-0.2.5"
         - name: OTEL_COLLECTOR_RESOURCES_B64
           value: "eyJsaW1pdHMiOnsiY3B1IjoiMTAwMG0iLCJtZW1vcnkiOiIxR2kifSwicmVxdWVzdHMiOnsiY3B1IjoiMjAwbSIsIm1lbW9yeSI6IjI1Nk1pIn19"
         - name: OPERATOR_NAMESPACE

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ data:
       enabled: false
       imageConfig:
         repository: "nvcr.io/0651155215864979/ncp-dev/nvcf-otel-collector"
-        tag: "0.157.0-nv-0.2.1"
+        tag: "0.160.0-nv-0.2.5"
     agent:
       natsURL: "nats://nats.nats-system.svc.cluster.local:4222"
       helmReValStageOAuthTokenURL: ""

@@ -325,7 +325,12 @@ func Apply(root string, chart Entry, version string, p Plan) error {
 // those paths and appVersion is required and all of them move together.
 func PlanForValuesPaths(root string, chart Entry, version string, paths []string, files []ValuesFile, ownsAppVersion bool) (Plan, error) {
 	chartYAML, valuesYAML := ChartFiles(root, chart.Path)
-	if chartYAML == "" {
+	// Only the chart's own values.yaml and its appVersion need a Chart.yaml.
+	// A target that names its files explicitly does not: stacks pin the same
+	// images charts do, from helmfile trees that have no chart of their own.
+	// Skipping those outright is why a stack pin could sit still while the chart
+	// beside it auto-bumped every release.
+	if chartYAML == "" && (ownsAppVersion || len(paths) > 0) {
 		return Plan{Action: ActionSkip, Detail: fmt.Sprintf("no Chart.yaml under %s", chart.Path)}, nil
 	}
 	specs, err := declaredValuesSpecs(root, chart, valuesYAML, paths, files)

@@ -809,6 +809,58 @@ func TestValuesPathDistinguishesRepeatedLeafKeysByFullAncestry(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestValuesFilesBumpATargetThatHasNoChartYAML(t *testing.T) {
+	// Stacks pin the same images charts do, but they are helmfile trees with no
+	// Chart.yaml of their own. Requiring one skipped them without a word, which
+	// is how deploy/stacks/nvcf-compute-plane sat on a collector release the
+	// nvca-operator chart had auto-bumped away from months earlier.
+	f := newFixture(t, `{"services":[
+	 {"id":"sidecar","path":"src/sidecar"},
+	 {"id":"stack","path":"deploy/stacks/s","deploys":[{"service":"sidecar","values_files":[{"file":"environments/base.yaml","paths":["global.otelCollector.imageTag"]}]}]}
+	]}`)
+	f.source(t, "deploy/stacks/s/environments/base.yaml",
+		"global:\n  otelCollector:\n    enabled: false\n    imageTag: \"0.157.0-nv-0.2.1\"\n")
+
+	if code, _, errOut := f.run(t, "src/sidecar/v0.160.0-nv-0.2.5", true); code != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("want a clean bump, got %d\n%s", code, errOut)
+	}
+
+	b, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(f.root, "deploy/stacks/s/environments/base.yaml"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(string(b), `imageTag: "0.160.0-nv-0.2.5"`) {
+		t.Fatalf("the declared stack pin did not move:\n%s", b)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestChartlessTargetStillRefusesWhenItDeclaresAValuesPath(t *testing.T) {
+	// values_paths resolve against the chart's own values.yaml, so without a
+	// Chart.yaml there is nothing to resolve them against. That has to stay a
+	// skip rather than silently becoming a no-op success.
+	f := newFixture(t, `{"services":[
+	 {"id":"sidecar","path":"src/sidecar"},
+	 {"id":"stack","path":"deploy/stacks/s","deploys":[{"service":"sidecar","values_paths":["global.otelCollector.imageTag"]}]}
+	]}`)
+	f.source(t, "deploy/stacks/s/environments/base.yaml", "global:\n  otelCollector:\n    imageTag: \"0.157.0-nv-0.2.1\"\n")
+
+	code, out, errOut := f.run(t, "src/sidecar/v0.160.0-nv-0.2.5", true)
+	if code != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("a skip is not a failure, got %d\n%s", code, errOut)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(out+errOut, "nothing to do") {
+		t.Fatalf("want the run to report it did nothing:\n%s%s", out, errOut)
+	}
+
+	b, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(f.root, "deploy/stacks/s/environments/base.yaml"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(string(b), `imageTag: "0.157.0-nv-0.2.1"`) {
+		t.Fatalf("nothing was resolvable, so nothing may be rewritten:\n%s", b)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestValuesPathRerunIsANoOp(t *testing.T) {
 	f := newFixture(t, `{"services":[
 	 {"id":"sidecar","path":"src/sidecar"},

@@ -165,14 +165,22 @@ type ChartDeploy struct {
 func (m *Metadata) ChartsDeploying(serviceID string) []ChartDeploy {
 	var out []ChartDeploy
 	for _, e := range m.Services {
-		if !strings.HasPrefix(e.Path, ChartPrefix) {
-			continue
-		}
 		for _, d := range e.Deploys {
-			if d.Service == serviceID {
-				out = append(out, ChartDeploy{Entry: e, ValuesPaths: d.ValuesPaths, ValuesFiles: d.ValuesFiles, AppVersion: d.AppVersion})
+			if d.Service != serviceID {
+				continue
+			}
+			// Charts live under deploy/helm/, and everything outside it is a
+			// service whose own release moves its version. The exception is a
+			// target that names the files it pins: a stack is a helmfile tree
+			// with no chart of its own, so it can never be found by the chart
+			// lookup, yet it repeats the same image pins. Excluding those
+			// outright is what let a stack pin sit still for release after
+			// release while the chart beside it bumped itself.
+			if !strings.HasPrefix(e.Path, ChartPrefix) && len(d.ValuesFiles) == 0 {
 				break
 			}
+			out = append(out, ChartDeploy{Entry: e, ValuesPaths: d.ValuesPaths, ValuesFiles: d.ValuesFiles, AppVersion: d.AppVersion})
+			break
 		}
 	}
 	return out

@@ -37,7 +37,20 @@
       "tag_format": "deploy/stacks/nvcf-compute-plane/v${version}",
       "version_file": "VERSION",
       "release_branch_only": true,
-      "resolved_inventory_asset": "nvcf-compute-plane-stack-inventory.json"
+      "resolved_inventory_asset": "nvcf-compute-plane-stack-inventory.json",
+      "deploys": [
+        {
+          "service": "byoo-otel-collector",
+          "values_files": [
+            {
+              "file": "environments/base.yaml",
+              "paths": [
+                "global.nvcaOperator.selfManaged.otelCollector.imageTag"
+              ]
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
     },
     {
       "id": "nvcf-self-managed-stack",