diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
index 605de5d0..87681bc2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -191,7 +191,14 @@ jobs:
           /tmp/flux create kustomization flux-system \
           --source=flux-system \
           --path=./clusters/staging
+          kubectl -n flux-system wait kustomization/infrastructure --for=condition=ready --timeout=5m
           kubectl -n flux-system wait kustomization/apps --for=condition=ready --timeout=5m
+          kubectl -n nginx wait helmrelease/nginx --for=condition=ready --timeout=5m
+          kubectl -n redis wait helmrelease/redis --for=condition=ready --timeout=5m
+          kubectl -n podinfo wait helmrelease/podinfo --for=condition=ready --timeout=5m
+      - name: flux tree
+        run: |
+          /tmp/flux tree kustomization flux-system | grep Service/podinfo
       - name: flux check
         run: |
           /tmp/flux check
diff --git a/cmd/flux/testdata/tree/kustomizations.yaml b/cmd/flux/testdata/tree/kustomizations.yaml
index a5739d6f..45055da2 100644
--- a/cmd/flux/testdata/tree/kustomizations.yaml
+++ b/cmd/flux/testdata/tree/kustomizations.yaml
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ status:
         v: v1
       - id: cert-manager_cert-manager_source.toolkit.fluxcd.io_HelmRepository
         v: v1beta1
-      - id: cert-manager_cert-manager_helm.toolkit.fluxcd.io_HelmRelease
-        v: v2beta1
 ---
 apiVersion: kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1beta2
 kind: Kustomization
@@ -87,3 +85,4 @@ status:
       reason: ReconciliationSucceeded
       status: "True"
       type: Ready
+---
diff --git a/cmd/flux/testdata/tree/tree-compact.golden b/cmd/flux/testdata/tree/tree-compact.golden
index a635f6c8..d4e8a4f9 100644
--- a/cmd/flux/testdata/tree/tree-compact.golden
+++ b/cmd/flux/testdata/tree/tree-compact.golden
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 Kustomization/{{ .fluxns }}/flux-system
 ├── Kustomization/{{ .fluxns }}/infrastructure
-│   ├── HelmRepository/cert-manager/cert-manager
-│   └── HelmRelease/cert-manager/cert-manager
+│   └── HelmRepository/cert-manager/cert-manager
 └── GitRepository/{{ .fluxns }}/flux-system
 
diff --git a/cmd/flux/testdata/tree/tree.golden b/cmd/flux/testdata/tree/tree.golden
index e2af2008..c5863ed1 100644
--- a/cmd/flux/testdata/tree/tree.golden
+++ b/cmd/flux/testdata/tree/tree.golden
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ Kustomization/{{ .fluxns }}/flux-system
 ├── Deployment/{{ .fluxns }}/source-controller
 ├── Kustomization/{{ .fluxns }}/infrastructure
 │   ├── Namespace/cert-manager
-│   ├── HelmRepository/cert-manager/cert-manager
-│   └── HelmRelease/cert-manager/cert-manager
+│   └── HelmRepository/cert-manager/cert-manager
 └── GitRepository/{{ .fluxns }}/flux-system
 
diff --git a/cmd/flux/tree_kustomization.go b/cmd/flux/tree_kustomization.go
index 91c80873..d3d43ec6 100644
--- a/cmd/flux/tree_kustomization.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/tree_kustomization.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/ssa"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/cli-utils/pkg/object"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
@@ -126,13 +127,15 @@ func treeKustomization(ctx context.Context, tree tree.ObjMetadataTree, item *kus
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	compactGroup := "toolkit.fluxcd.io"
+
 	for _, entry := range item.Status.Inventory.Entries {
 		objMetadata, err := object.ParseObjMetadata(entry.ID)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		if compact && !strings.Contains(objMetadata.GroupKind.Group, "toolkit.fluxcd.io") {
+		if compact && !strings.Contains(objMetadata.GroupKind.Group, compactGroup) {
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -156,11 +159,11 @@ func treeKustomization(ctx context.Context, tree tree.ObjMetadataTree, item *kus
 				return err
 			}
 
-			for _, metadata := range objects {
-				if compact && !strings.Contains(objMetadata.GroupKind.Group, "toolkit.fluxcd.io") {
+			for _, obj := range objects {
+				if compact && !strings.Contains(obj.GroupKind.Group, compactGroup) {
 					continue
 				}
-				ks.Add(metadata)
+				ks.Add(obj)
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -179,7 +182,6 @@ func treeKustomization(ctx context.Context, tree tree.ObjMetadataTree, item *kus
 				return err
 			}
 		}
-
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -207,7 +209,12 @@ func getHelmReleaseInventory(ctx context.Context, objectKey client.ObjectKey, ku
 	} else if hr.Spec.TargetNamespace != "" {
 		storageName = strings.Join([]string{hr.Spec.TargetNamespace, hr.Name}, "-")
 	}
+
 	storageVersion := hr.Status.LastReleaseRevision
+	// skip release if it failed to install
+	if storageVersion < 1 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
 
 	storageKey := client.ObjectKey{
 		Namespace: storageNamespace,
@@ -216,6 +223,10 @@ func getHelmReleaseInventory(ctx context.Context, objectKey client.ObjectKey, ku
 
 	storageSecret := &corev1.Secret{}
 	if err := kubeClient.Get(ctx, storageKey, storageSecret); err != nil {
+		// skip release if it has no storage
+		if apierrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			return nil, nil
+		}
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to find the Helm storage object for HelmRelease '%s': %w", objectKey.String(), err)
 	}