Create CDEvents RFC

Signed-off-by: adamkenihan <adam.kenihan@est.tech>
2026-03-01 11:16:56 +00:00 · 2024-03-07 13:52:01 +02:00
446 changed files with 7194 additions and 13130 deletions
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ updates:
    labels: ["area/ci", "dependencies"]
    groups:
      # Group all updates together, so that they are all applied in a single PR.
+      # Grouped updates are currently in beta and is subject to change.
      # xref: https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/dependabot/dependabot-version-updates/configuration-options-for-the-dependabot.yml-file#groups
      ci:
        patterns:
          - "*"
    schedule:
-      interval: "monthly"
+      # By default, this will be on a monday.
+      interval: "weekly"
--- a/.github/kind/config.yaml
+++ b/.github/kind/config.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 kind: Cluster
 apiVersion: kind.x-k8s.io/v1alpha4
-nodes:
-  - role: control-plane
-  - role: worker
-  - role: worker
 networking:
  disableDefaultCNI: true   # disable kindnet
  podSubnet: 192.168.0.0/16 # set to Calico's default subnet
--- a/.github/labels.yaml
+++ b/.github/labels.yaml
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@
  description: Feature request proposals in the RFC format
  color: '#D621C3'
  aliases: ['area/RFC']
- name: backport:release/v2.6.x
-  description: To be backported to release/v2.6.x
+- name: backport:release/v2.0.x
+  description: To be backported to release/v2.0.x
  color: '#ffd700'
- name: backport:release/v2.7.x
-  description: To be backported to release/v2.7.x
+- name: backport:release/v2.1.x
+  description: To be backported to release/v2.1.x
  color: '#ffd700'
- name: backport:release/v2.8.x
-  description: To be backported to release/v2.8.x
+- name: backport:release/v2.2.x
+  description: To be backported to release/v2.2.x
  color: '#ffd700'
--- a/.github/workflows/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/action.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ jobs:
    name: action on ${{ matrix.version }}
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
      - name: Setup flux
        uses: ./action
--- a/.github/workflows/backport.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backport.yaml
@@ -1,13 +1,31 @@
 name: backport
+
 on:
  pull_request_target:
    types: [closed, labeled]
-permissions: read-all
+
 jobs:
-  backport:
+  pull-request:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
-      contents: write # for reading and creating branches.
-      pull-requests: write # for creating pull requests against release branches.
-    uses: fluxcd/gha-workflows/.github/workflows/backport.yaml@v0.9.0
-    secrets:
-      github-token: ${{ secrets.BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    if: github.event.pull_request.state == 'closed' && github.event.pull_request.merged && (github.event_name != 'labeled' || startsWith('backport:', github.event.label.name))
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+      - name: Create backport PRs
+        uses: korthout/backport-action@e8161d6a0dbfa2651b7daa76cbb75bc7c925bbf3 # v2.4.1
+        # xref: https://github.com/korthout/backport-action#inputs
+        with:
+          # Use token to allow workflows to be triggered for the created PR
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          # Match labels with a pattern `backport:<target-branch>`
+          label_pattern: '^backport:([^ ]+)$'
+          # A bit shorter pull-request title than the default
+          pull_title: '[${target_branch}] ${pull_title}'
+          # Simpler PR description than default
+          pull_description: |-
+            Automated backport to `${target_branch}`, triggered by a label in #${pull_number}.
--- a/.github/workflows/conformance.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conformance.yaml
@@ -1,254 +0,0 @@
-name: conformance
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  push:
-    branches: [ 'main', 'update-components', 'release/**', 'conform*' ]
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-env:
-  GO_VERSION: 1.26.x
-
-jobs:
-  conform-kubernetes:
-    runs-on:
-      group: "ARM64"
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        # Keep this list up-to-date with https://endoflife.date/kubernetes
-        # Build images with https://github.com/fluxcd/flux-benchmark/actions/workflows/build-kind.yaml
-        KUBERNETES_VERSION: [1.33.0, 1.34.1, 1.35.0]
-      fail-fast: false
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
-      - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
-        with:
-          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
-          cache-dependency-path: |
-            **/go.sum
-            **/go.mod
-      - name: Prepare
-        id: prep
-        run: |
-          ID=${GITHUB_SHA:0:7}-${{ matrix.KUBERNETES_VERSION }}-$(date +%s)
-          echo "CLUSTER=arm64-${ID}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-      - name: Build
-        run: |
-          make build
-      - name: Setup Kubernetes
-        uses: helm/kind-action@ef37e7f390d99f746eb8b610417061a60e82a6cc # v1.14.0
-        with:
-          version: v0.30.0
-          cluster_name: ${{ steps.prep.outputs.CLUSTER }}
-          node_image: ghcr.io/fluxcd/kindest/node:v${{ matrix.KUBERNETES_VERSION }}-arm64
-      - name: Run e2e tests
-        run: TEST_KUBECONFIG=$HOME/.kube/config make e2e
-      - name: Run multi-tenancy tests
-        run: |
-          ./bin/flux install
-          ./bin/flux create source git flux-system \
-          --interval=15m \
-          --url=https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2-multi-tenancy \
-          --branch=main \
-          --ignore-paths="./clusters/**/flux-system/"
-          ./bin/flux create kustomization flux-system \
-          --interval=15m \
-          --source=flux-system \
-          --path=./clusters/staging
-          kubectl -n flux-system wait kustomization/tenants --for=condition=ready --timeout=5m
-          kubectl -n apps wait kustomization/dev-team --for=condition=ready --timeout=1m
-          kubectl -n apps wait helmrelease/podinfo --for=condition=ready --timeout=1m
-      - name: Debug failure
-        if: failure()
-        run: |
-          kubectl -n flux-system get all
-          kubectl -n flux-system describe po 
-          kubectl -n flux-system logs deploy/source-controller
-          kubectl -n flux-system logs deploy/kustomize-controller
-
-  conform-k3s:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        # Keep this list up-to-date with https://endoflife.date/kubernetes
-        # Available versions can be found with "replicated cluster versions"
-        K3S_VERSION: [ 1.33.7, 1.34.3, 1.35.0 ]
-      fail-fast: false
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
-      - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
-        with:
-          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
-          cache-dependency-path: |
-            **/go.sum
-            **/go.mod
-      - name: Prepare
-        id: prep
-        run: |
-          ID=${GITHUB_SHA:0:7}-${{ matrix.K3S_VERSION }}-$(date +%s)
-          PSEUDO_RAND_SUFFIX=$(echo "${ID}" | shasum | awk '{print $1}')
-          echo "cluster=flux2-k3s-${PSEUDO_RAND_SUFFIX}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          KUBECONFIG_PATH="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/bin/kubeconfig.yaml"
-          echo "kubeconfig-path=${KUBECONFIG_PATH}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-      - name: Setup Kustomize
-        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/kustomize@9a8c0edd5da84dc51a585738c67e3a3950d7fbf0 # main
-      - name: Build
-        run: make build-dev
-      - name: Create repository
-        run: |
-          gh repo create --private --add-readme fluxcd-testing/${{ steps.prep.outputs.cluster }}
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITPROVIDER_BOT_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Create cluster
-        id: create-cluster
-        uses: replicatedhq/replicated-actions/create-cluster@49b440dabd7e0e868cbbabda5cfc0d8332a279fa # v1.19.0
-        with:
-          api-token: ${{ secrets.REPLICATED_API_TOKEN }}
-          kubernetes-distribution: "k3s"
-          kubernetes-version: ${{ matrix.K3S_VERSION }}
-          ttl: 20m
-          cluster-name: "${{ steps.prep.outputs.cluster }}"
-          kubeconfig-path: ${{ steps.prep.outputs.kubeconfig-path }}
-          export-kubeconfig: true
-      - name: Run e2e tests
-        run: TEST_KUBECONFIG=${{ steps.prep.outputs.kubeconfig-path }} make e2e
-      - name: Run flux bootstrap
-        run: |
-          ./bin/flux bootstrap git --manifests ./manifests/test/ \
-          --url=https://github.com/fluxcd-testing/${{ steps.prep.outputs.cluster }} \
-          --branch=main \
-          --path=clusters/k3s \
-          --token-auth
-        env:
-          GIT_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.GITPROVIDER_BOT_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Run flux check
-        run: |
-          ./bin/flux check
-      - name: Run flux reconcile
-        run: |
-          ./bin/flux reconcile ks flux-system --with-source
-          ./bin/flux get all
-          ./bin/flux events
-      - name: Collect reconcile logs
-        if: ${{ always() }}
-        continue-on-error: true
-        run: |
-          kubectl -n flux-system get all
-          kubectl -n flux-system describe pods
-          kubectl -n flux-system logs deploy/source-controller
-          kubectl -n flux-system logs deploy/kustomize-controller
-          kubectl -n flux-system logs deploy/notification-controller
-      - name: Delete flux
-        run: |
-          ./bin/flux uninstall -s --keep-namespace
-          kubectl delete ns flux-system --wait
-      - name: Delete cluster
-        if: ${{ always() }}
-        uses: replicatedhq/replicated-actions/remove-cluster@49b440dabd7e0e868cbbabda5cfc0d8332a279fa # v1.19.0
-        continue-on-error: true
-        with:
-          api-token: ${{ secrets.REPLICATED_API_TOKEN }}
-          cluster-id: ${{ steps.create-cluster.outputs.cluster-id }}
-      - name: Delete repository
-        if: ${{ always() }}
-        continue-on-error: true
-        run: |
-          gh repo delete fluxcd-testing/${{ steps.prep.outputs.cluster }} --yes
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITPROVIDER_BOT_TOKEN }}
-
-  conform-openshift:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        # Keep this list up-to-date with https://endoflife.date/red-hat-openshift
-        OPENSHIFT_VERSION: [ 4.20.0-okd ]
-      fail-fast: false
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
-      - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
-        with:
-          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
-          cache-dependency-path: |
-            **/go.sum
-            **/go.mod
-      - name: Prepare
-        id: prep
-        run: |
-          ID=${GITHUB_SHA:0:7}-${{ matrix.OPENSHIFT_VERSION }}-$(date +%s)
-          PSEUDO_RAND_SUFFIX=$(echo "${ID}" | shasum | awk '{print $1}')
-          echo "cluster=flux2-openshift-${PSEUDO_RAND_SUFFIX}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          KUBECONFIG_PATH="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/bin/kubeconfig.yaml"
-          echo "kubeconfig-path=${KUBECONFIG_PATH}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-      - name: Setup Kustomize
-        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/kustomize@9a8c0edd5da84dc51a585738c67e3a3950d7fbf0 # main
-      - name: Build
-        run: make build-dev
-      - name: Create repository
-        run: |
-          gh repo create --private --add-readme fluxcd-testing/${{ steps.prep.outputs.cluster }}
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITPROVIDER_BOT_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Create cluster
-        id: create-cluster
-        uses: replicatedhq/replicated-actions/create-cluster@49b440dabd7e0e868cbbabda5cfc0d8332a279fa # v1.19.0
-        with:
-          api-token: ${{ secrets.REPLICATED_API_TOKEN }}
-          kubernetes-distribution: "openshift"
-          kubernetes-version: ${{ matrix.OPENSHIFT_VERSION }}
-          ttl: 20m
-          cluster-name: "${{ steps.prep.outputs.cluster }}"
-          kubeconfig-path: ${{ steps.prep.outputs.kubeconfig-path }}
-          export-kubeconfig: true
-      - name: Run flux bootstrap
-        run: |
-          ./bin/flux bootstrap git --manifests ./manifests/openshift/ \
-          --url=https://github.com/fluxcd-testing/${{ steps.prep.outputs.cluster }} \
-          --branch=main \
-          --path=clusters/openshift \
-          --token-auth
-        env:
-          GIT_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.GITPROVIDER_BOT_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Run flux check
-        run: |
-          ./bin/flux check
-      - name: Run flux reconcile
-        run: |
-          ./bin/flux reconcile ks flux-system --with-source
-          ./bin/flux get all
-          ./bin/flux events
-      - name: Collect reconcile logs
-        if: ${{ always() }}
-        continue-on-error: true
-        run: |
-          kubectl -n flux-system get all
-          kubectl -n flux-system describe pods
-          kubectl -n flux-system logs deploy/source-controller
-          kubectl -n flux-system logs deploy/kustomize-controller
-          kubectl -n flux-system logs deploy/notification-controller
-      - name: Delete flux
-        run: |
-          ./bin/flux uninstall -s --keep-namespace
-          kubectl delete ns flux-system --wait
-      - name: Delete cluster
-        if: ${{ always() }}
-        uses: replicatedhq/replicated-actions/remove-cluster@49b440dabd7e0e868cbbabda5cfc0d8332a279fa # v1.19.0
-        continue-on-error: true
-        with:
-          api-token: ${{ secrets.REPLICATED_API_TOKEN }}
-          cluster-id: ${{ steps.create-cluster.outputs.cluster-id }}
-      - name: Delete repository
-        if: ${{ always() }}
-        continue-on-error: true
-        run: |
-          gh repo delete fluxcd-testing/${{ steps.prep.outputs.cluster }} --yes
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITPROVIDER_BOT_TOKEN }}
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-arm64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-arm64.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+name: e2e-arm64
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches: [ 'main', 'update-components', 'e2e-*', 'release/**' ]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  e2e-arm64-kubernetes:
+    # Hosted on Equinix
+    # Docs: https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2/tree/main/.github/runners
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, Linux, ARM64, equinix]
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        # Keep this list up-to-date with https://endoflife.date/kubernetes
+        # Check which versions are available on DockerHub with 'crane ls kindest/node'
+        KUBERNETES_VERSION: [ 1.26.6, 1.27.3, 1.28.0, 1.29.0 ]
+      fail-fast: false
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@0c52d547c9bc32b1aa3301fd7a9cb496313a4491 # v5.0.0
+        with:
+          go-version: 1.20.x
+          cache-dependency-path: |
+            **/go.sum
+            **/go.mod
+      - name: Prepare
+        id: prep
+        run: |
+          ID=${GITHUB_SHA:0:7}-${{ matrix.KUBERNETES_VERSION }}-$(date +%s)
+          echo "CLUSTER=arm64-${ID}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - name: Build
+        run: |
+          make build
+      - name: Setup Kubernetes Kind
+        run: |
+          kind create cluster \
+          --wait 5m \
+          --name ${{ steps.prep.outputs.CLUSTER }} \
+          --kubeconfig=/tmp/${{ steps.prep.outputs.CLUSTER }} \
+          --image=kindest/node:v${{ matrix.KUBERNETES_VERSION }}
+      - name: Run e2e tests
+        run: TEST_KUBECONFIG=/tmp/${{ steps.prep.outputs.CLUSTER }} make e2e
+      - name: Run multi-tenancy tests
+        env:
+          KUBECONFIG: /tmp/${{ steps.prep.outputs.CLUSTER }}
+        run: |
+          ./bin/flux install
+          ./bin/flux create source git flux-system \
+          --interval=15m \
+          --url=https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2-multi-tenancy \
+          --branch=main \
+          --ignore-paths="./clusters/**/flux-system/"
+          ./bin/flux create kustomization flux-system \
+          --interval=15m \
+          --source=flux-system \
+          --path=./clusters/staging
+          kubectl -n flux-system wait kustomization/tenants --for=condition=ready --timeout=5m
+          kubectl -n apps wait kustomization/dev-team --for=condition=ready --timeout=1m
+          kubectl -n apps wait helmrelease/podinfo --for=condition=ready --timeout=1m
+      - name: Debug failure
+        if: failure()
+        env:
+          KUBECONFIG: /tmp/${{ steps.prep.outputs.CLUSTER }}
+        run: |
+          kubectl -n flux-system get all
+          kubectl -n flux-system describe po 
+          kubectl -n flux-system logs deploy/source-controller
+          kubectl -n flux-system logs deploy/kustomize-controller
+      - name: Cleanup
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          kind delete cluster --name ${{ steps.prep.outputs.CLUSTER }}
+          rm /tmp/${{ steps.prep.outputs.CLUSTER }}
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-azure.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-azure.yaml
@@ -21,22 +21,66 @@ permissions:
  contents: read

 jobs:
-  e2e-aks:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  e2e-amd64-aks:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        working-directory: ./tests/azure
+    # This job is currently disabled. Remove the false check when Azure subscription is enabled.
+    if: false && (github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository) && github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]'
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@0c52d547c9bc32b1aa3301fd7a9cb496313a4491 # v5.0.0
+        with:
+          go-version: 1.20.x
+          cache-dependency-path: tests/azure/go.sum
+      - name: Setup Flux CLI
+        run: |
+          make build
+          mkdir -p $HOME/.local/bin
+          mv ./bin/flux $HOME/.local/bin
+        working-directory: ./
+      - name: Setup SOPS
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p $HOME/.local/bin
+          wget https://github.com/mozilla/sops/releases/download/v3.7.1/sops-v3.7.1.linux -O $HOME/.local/bin/sops
+          chmod +x $HOME/.local/bin/sops
+      - name: Setup Terraform
+        uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform@a1502cd9e758c50496cc9ac5308c4843bcd56d36 # v2
+        with:
+          terraform_version: 1.2.8
+          terraform_wrapper: false
+      - name: Setup Azure CLI
+        run: |
+          curl -sL https://aka.ms/InstallAzureCLIDeb | sudo bash
+      - name: Run Azure e2e tests
+        env:
+          ARM_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.ARM_CLIENT_ID }}
+          ARM_CLIENT_SECRET: ${{ secrets.ARM_CLIENT_SECRET }}
+          ARM_SUBSCRIPTION_ID: ${{ secrets.ARM_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
+          ARM_TENANT_ID: ${{ secrets.ARM_TENANT_ID }}
+        run: |
+          ls $HOME/.local/bin
+          az login --service-principal -u ${ARM_CLIENT_ID} -p ${ARM_CLIENT_SECRET} -t ${ARM_TENANT_ID}
+          go test -v -coverprofile cover.out -timeout 60m .
+
+  refactored-e2e-amd64-aks:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
    defaults:
      run:
        working-directory: ./tests/integration
-    if: (github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository) && github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]'
+    # This job is currently disabled. Remove the false check when Azure subscription is enabled.
+    if: false && (github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository) && github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]'
    steps:
      - name: CheckoutD
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
      - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@0c52d547c9bc32b1aa3301fd7a9cb496313a4491 # v5.0.0
        with:
-          go-version: 1.26.x
+          go-version: 1.20.x
          cache-dependency-path: tests/integration/go.sum
-      - name: Setup Terraform
-        uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform@b9cd54a3c349d3f38e8881555d616ced269862dd # v3.1.2
      - name: Setup Flux CLI
        run: make build
        working-directory: ./
@@ -48,9 +92,9 @@ jobs:
        env:
          SOPS_VER: 3.7.1
      - name: Authenticate to Azure
-        uses: Azure/login@a457da9ea143d694b1b9c7c869ebb04ebe844ef5 # v1.4.6
+        uses: Azure/login@cb79c773a3cfa27f31f25eb3f677781210c9ce3d # v1.4.6
        with:
-          creds: '{"clientId":"${{ secrets.ARM_CLIENT_ID }}","clientSecret":"${{ secrets.ARM_CLIENT_SECRET }}","subscriptionId":"${{ secrets.ARM_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}","tenantId":"${{ secrets.ARM_TENANT_ID }}"}'
+          creds: '{"clientId":"${{ secrets.AZ_ARM_CLIENT_ID }}","clientSecret":"${{ secrets.AZ_ARM_CLIENT_SECRET }}","subscriptionId":"${{ secrets.AZ_ARM_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}","tenantId":"${{ secrets.AZ_ARM_TENANT_ID }}"}'
      - name: Set dynamic variables in .env
        run: |
          cat > .env <<EOF
@@ -60,35 +104,33 @@ jobs:
        run: cat .env
      - name: Run Azure e2e tests
        env:
-          ARM_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.ARM_CLIENT_ID }}
-          ARM_CLIENT_SECRET: ${{ secrets.ARM_CLIENT_SECRET }}
-          ARM_SUBSCRIPTION_ID: ${{ secrets.ARM_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
-          ARM_TENANT_ID: ${{ secrets.ARM_TENANT_ID }}
+          ARM_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.AZ_ARM_CLIENT_ID }}
+          ARM_CLIENT_SECRET: ${{ secrets.AZ_ARM_CLIENT_SECRET }}
+          ARM_SUBSCRIPTION_ID: ${{ secrets.AZ_ARM_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
+          ARM_TENANT_ID: ${{ secrets.AZ_ARM_TENANT_ID }}
          TF_VAR_azuredevops_org: ${{ secrets.TF_VAR_azuredevops_org }}
          TF_VAR_azuredevops_pat: ${{ secrets.TF_VAR_azuredevops_pat }}
-          TF_VAR_azure_location: ${{ vars.TF_VAR_azure_location }}
-          GITREPO_SSH_CONTENTS: ${{ secrets.GIT_SSH_IDENTITY }}
-          GITREPO_SSH_PUB_CONTENTS: ${{ secrets.GIT_SSH_IDENTITY_PUB }}
+          TF_VAR_location: ${{ vars.TF_VAR_azure_location }}
+          GITREPO_SSH_CONTENTS: ${{ secrets.AZURE_GITREPO_SSH_CONTENTS }}
+          GITREPO_SSH_PUB_CONTENTS: ${{ secrets.AZURE_GITREPO_SSH_PUB_CONTENTS }}
        run: |
          source .env
          mkdir -p ./build/ssh
-          cat <<EOF > build/ssh/key
-          $GITREPO_SSH_CONTENTS
-          EOF
+          touch ./build/ssh/key
+          echo $GITREPO_SSH_CONTENTS | base64 -d > build/ssh/key
          export GITREPO_SSH_PATH=build/ssh/key
-          cat <<EOF > build/ssh/key.pub
-          $GITREPO_SSH_PUB_CONTENTS
-          EOF
+          touch ./build/ssh/key.pub
+          echo $GITREPO_SSH_PUB_CONTENTS | base64 -d > ./build/ssh/key.pub
          export GITREPO_SSH_PUB_PATH=build/ssh/key.pub
          make test-azure
      - name: Ensure resource cleanup
        if: ${{ always() }}
        env:
-          ARM_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.ARM_CLIENT_ID }}
-          ARM_CLIENT_SECRET: ${{ secrets.ARM_CLIENT_SECRET }}
-          ARM_SUBSCRIPTION_ID: ${{ secrets.ARM_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
-          ARM_TENANT_ID: ${{ secrets.ARM_TENANT_ID }}
+          ARM_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.AZ_ARM_CLIENT_ID }}
+          ARM_CLIENT_SECRET: ${{ secrets.AZ_ARM_CLIENT_SECRET }}
+          ARM_SUBSCRIPTION_ID: ${{ secrets.AZ_ARM_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
+          ARM_TENANT_ID: ${{ secrets.AZ_ARM_TENANT_ID }}
          TF_VAR_azuredevops_org: ${{ secrets.TF_VAR_azuredevops_org }}
          TF_VAR_azuredevops_pat: ${{ secrets.TF_VAR_azuredevops_pat }}
-          TF_VAR_azure_location: ${{ vars.TF_VAR_azure_location }}
+          TF_VAR_location: ${{ vars.TF_VAR_azure_location }}
        run: source .env && make destroy-azure
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-bootstrap.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-bootstrap.yaml
@@ -17,29 +17,29 @@ jobs:
    if: (github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository) && github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]'
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
      - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@0c52d547c9bc32b1aa3301fd7a9cb496313a4491 # v5.0.0
        with:
-          go-version: 1.26.x
+          go-version: 1.20.x
          cache-dependency-path: |
            **/go.sum
            **/go.mod
      - name: Setup Kubernetes
-        uses: helm/kind-action@ef37e7f390d99f746eb8b610417061a60e82a6cc # v1.14.0
+        uses: helm/kind-action@dda0770415bac9fc20092cacbc54aa298604d140 # v1.8.0
        with:
-          version: v0.30.0
+          version: v0.20.0
          cluster_name: kind
          # The versions below should target the newest Kubernetes version
          # Keep this up-to-date with https://endoflife.date/kubernetes
-          node_image: ghcr.io/fluxcd/kindest/node:v1.33.0-amd64
-          kubectl_version: v1.33.0
+          node_image: kindest/node:v1.28.0@sha256:9f3ff58f19dcf1a0611d11e8ac989fdb30a28f40f236f59f0bea31fb956ccf5c
+          kubectl_version: v1.28.0
      - name: Setup Kustomize
-        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/kustomize@9a8c0edd5da84dc51a585738c67e3a3950d7fbf0 # main
-      - name: Setup yq
-        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/yq@9a8c0edd5da84dc51a585738c67e3a3950d7fbf0 # main
+        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/kustomize@main
      - name: Build
-        run: make build-dev
+        run: |
+          make cmd/flux/.manifests.done
+          go build -o /tmp/flux ./cmd/flux
      - name: Set outputs
        id: vars
        run: |
@@ -51,24 +51,18 @@ jobs:
          echo "test_repo_name=$TEST_REPO_NAME" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
      - name: bootstrap init
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux bootstrap github --manifests ./manifests/test/ \
+          /tmp/flux bootstrap github --manifests ./manifests/install/ \
          --owner=fluxcd-testing \
-          --image-pull-secret=ghcr-auth \
-          --registry-creds=fluxcd:$GITHUB_TOKEN \
          --repository=${{ steps.vars.outputs.test_repo_name }} \
          --branch=main \
          --path=test-cluster \
          --team=team-z
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITPROVIDER_BOT_TOKEN }}
-      - name: verify image pull secret
-        run: |
-          kubectl -n flux-system get secret ghcr-auth | grep dockerconfigjson
      - name: bootstrap no-op
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux bootstrap github --manifests ./manifests/test/ \
+          /tmp/flux bootstrap github --manifests ./manifests/install/ \
          --owner=fluxcd-testing \
-          --image-pull-secret=ghcr-auth \
          --repository=${{ steps.vars.outputs.test_repo_name }} \
          --branch=main \
          --path=test-cluster \
@@ -78,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
      - name: bootstrap customize
        run: |
          make setup-bootstrap-patch
-          ./bin/flux bootstrap github --manifests ./manifests/test/ \
+          /tmp/flux bootstrap github --manifests ./manifests/install/ \
          --owner=fluxcd-testing \
          --repository=${{ steps.vars.outputs.test_repo_name }} \
          --branch=main \
@@ -93,34 +87,46 @@ jobs:
          GITHUB_ORG_NAME: fluxcd-testing
      - name: uninstall
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux uninstall -s --keep-namespace
+          /tmp/flux uninstall -s --keep-namespace
          kubectl delete ns flux-system --timeout=10m --wait=true
      - name: test image automation
        run: |
          make setup-image-automation
-          ./bin/flux bootstrap github --manifests ./manifests/test/ \
+          /tmp/flux bootstrap github --manifests ./manifests/install/ \
          --owner=fluxcd-testing \
          --repository=${{ steps.vars.outputs.test_repo_name }} \
          --branch=main \
          --path=test-cluster \
          --read-write-key
-          ./bin/flux reconcile image repository podinfo
-          ./bin/flux reconcile image policy podinfo
-          ./bin/flux reconcile image update flux-system
-          ./bin/flux get images all
-          ./bin/flux -n flux-system events --for ImageUpdateAutomation/flux-system
-          kubectl -n flux-system get -o yaml ImageUpdateAutomation flux-system
-          kubectl -n flux-system get -o yaml ImageUpdateAutomation flux-system | \
-           yq '.status.lastPushCommit | length > 1' | grep 'true'
+          /tmp/flux reconcile image repository podinfo
+          /tmp/flux get images all
+          
+          retries=10
+          count=0
+          ok=false
+          until ${ok}; do
+              /tmp/flux get image update flux-system | grep 'commit' && ok=true || ok=false
+              count=$(($count + 1))
+              if [[ ${count} -eq ${retries} ]]; then
+                  echo "No more retries left"
+                  exit 1
+              fi
+              sleep 6
+              /tmp/flux reconcile image update flux-system
+          done
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITPROVIDER_BOT_TOKEN }}
          GITHUB_REPO_NAME: ${{ steps.vars.outputs.test_repo_name }}
          GITHUB_ORG_NAME: fluxcd-testing
      - name: delete repository
        if: ${{ always() }}
-        continue-on-error: true
        run: |
-          gh repo delete fluxcd-testing/${{ steps.vars.outputs.test_repo_name }} --yes
+          curl \
+            -X DELETE \
+            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
+            -H "Authorization: token ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" \
+            --fail --silent \
+            https://api.github.com/repos/fluxcd-testing/${{ steps.vars.outputs.test_repo_name }}
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITPROVIDER_BOT_TOKEN }}
      - name: Debug failure
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-gcp.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-gcp.yaml
@@ -22,21 +22,19 @@ permissions:

 jobs:
  e2e-gcp:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
    defaults:
      run:
        working-directory: ./tests/integration
    if: (github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository) && github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]'
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
      - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@0c52d547c9bc32b1aa3301fd7a9cb496313a4491 # v5.0.0
        with:
-          go-version: 1.26.x
+          go-version: 1.20.x
          cache-dependency-path: tests/integration/go.sum
-      - name: Setup Terraform
-        uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform@b9cd54a3c349d3f38e8881555d616ced269862dd # v3.1.2
      - name: Setup Flux CLI
        run: make build
        working-directory: ./
@@ -48,19 +46,19 @@ jobs:
        env:
          SOPS_VER: 3.7.1
      - name: Authenticate to Google Cloud
-        uses: google-github-actions/auth@7c6bc770dae815cd3e89ee6cdf493a5fab2cc093 # v3.0.0
+        uses: google-github-actions/auth@5a50e581162a13f4baa8916d01180d2acbc04363 # v2.1.0
        id: 'auth'
        with:
          credentials_json: '${{ secrets.FLUX2_E2E_GOOGLE_CREDENTIALS }}'
          token_format: 'access_token'
      - name: Setup gcloud
-        uses: google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@aa5489c8933f4cc7a4f7d45035b3b1440c9c10db # v3.0.1
+        uses: google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@98ddc00a17442e89a24bbf282954a3b65ce6d200 # v2.1.0
      - name: Setup QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@c7c53464625b32c7a7e944ae62b3e17d2b600130 # v3.7.0
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@68827325e0b33c7199eb31dd4e31fbe9023e06e3 # v3.0.0
      - name: Setup Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@8d2750c68a42422c14e847fe6c8ac0403b4cbd6f # v3.12.0
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@f95db51fddba0c2d1ec667646a06c2ce06100226 # v3.0.0
      - name: Log into us-central1-docker.pkg.dev
-        uses: docker/login-action@c94ce9fb468520275223c153574b00df6fe4bcc9 # v3.7.0
+        uses: docker/login-action@343f7c4344506bcbf9b4de18042ae17996df046d # v3.0.0
        with:
          registry: us-central1-docker.pkg.dev
          username: oauth2accesstoken
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@ permissions:

 jobs:
  e2e-amd64-kubernetes:
-    runs-on:
-      group: "Default Larger Runners"
-      labels: ubuntu-latest-16-cores
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    services:
      registry:
        image: registry:2
@@ -23,30 +21,30 @@ jobs:
          - 5000:5000
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
      - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@0c52d547c9bc32b1aa3301fd7a9cb496313a4491 # v5.0.0
        with:
-          go-version: 1.26.x
+          go-version: 1.20.x
          cache-dependency-path: |
            **/go.sum
            **/go.mod
      - name: Setup Kubernetes
-        uses: helm/kind-action@ef37e7f390d99f746eb8b610417061a60e82a6cc # v1.14.0
+        uses: helm/kind-action@dda0770415bac9fc20092cacbc54aa298604d140 # v1.8.0
        with:
-          version: v0.30.0
+          version: v0.20.0
          cluster_name: kind
-          wait: 5s
          config: .github/kind/config.yaml # disable KIND-net
-          # The versions below should target the oldest supported Kubernetes version
+          # The versions below should target the newest Kubernetes version
          # Keep this up-to-date with https://endoflife.date/kubernetes
-          node_image: ghcr.io/fluxcd/kindest/node:v1.33.0-amd64
-          kubectl_version: v1.33.0
+          node_image: kindest/node:v1.28.0@sha256:9f3ff58f19dcf1a0611d11e8ac989fdb30a28f40f236f59f0bea31fb956ccf5c
+          kubectl_version: v1.28.0
      - name: Setup Calico for network policy
        run: |
-          kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/projectcalico/calico/v3.27.3/manifests/calico.yaml
+          kubectl apply -f https://docs.projectcalico.org/v3.25/manifests/calico.yaml
+          kubectl -n kube-system set env daemonset/calico-node FELIX_IGNORELOOSERPF=true
      - name: Setup Kustomize
-        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/kustomize@9a8c0edd5da84dc51a585738c67e3a3950d7fbf0 # main
+        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/kustomize@main
      - name: Run tests
        run: make test
      - name: Run e2e tests
@@ -59,43 +57,44 @@ jobs:
            exit 1
          fi
      - name: Build
-        run: make build-dev
+        run: |
+          go build -o /tmp/flux ./cmd/flux
      - name: flux check --pre
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux check --pre
+          /tmp/flux check --pre
      - name: flux install --manifests
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux install --manifests ./manifests/test/
+          /tmp/flux install --manifests ./manifests/install/
      - name: flux create secret
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux create secret git git-ssh-test \
+          /tmp/flux create secret git git-ssh-test \
            --url ssh://git@github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo
-          ./bin/flux create secret git git-https-test \
+          /tmp/flux create secret git git-https-test \
            --url https://github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo \
            --username=test --password=test
-          ./bin/flux create secret helm helm-test \
+          /tmp/flux create secret helm helm-test \
            --username=test --password=test
      - name: flux create source git
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux create source git podinfo \
+          /tmp/flux create source git podinfo \
            --url https://github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo  \
            --tag-semver=">=6.3.5"
      - name: flux create source git export apply
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux create source git podinfo-export \
+          /tmp/flux create source git podinfo-export \
            --url https://github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo  \
            --tag-semver=">=6.3.5" \
            --export | kubectl apply -f -
-          ./bin/flux delete source git podinfo-export --silent
+          /tmp/flux delete source git podinfo-export --silent
      - name: flux get sources git
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux get sources git
+          /tmp/flux get sources git
      - name: flux get sources git --all-namespaces
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux get sources git --all-namespaces
+          /tmp/flux get sources git --all-namespaces
      - name: flux create kustomization
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux create kustomization podinfo \
+          /tmp/flux create kustomization podinfo \
            --source=podinfo \
            --path="./deploy/overlays/dev" \
            --prune=true \
@@ -105,89 +104,89 @@ jobs:
            --health-check-timeout=3m
      - name: flux trace
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux trace frontend \
+          /tmp/flux trace frontend \
            --kind=deployment \
            --api-version=apps/v1 \
            --namespace=dev
      - name: flux reconcile kustomization --with-source
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux reconcile kustomization podinfo --with-source
+          /tmp/flux reconcile kustomization podinfo --with-source
      - name: flux get kustomizations
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux get kustomizations
+          /tmp/flux get kustomizations
      - name: flux get kustomizations --all-namespaces
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux get kustomizations --all-namespaces
+          /tmp/flux get kustomizations --all-namespaces
      - name: flux suspend kustomization
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux suspend kustomization podinfo
+          /tmp/flux suspend kustomization podinfo
      - name: flux resume kustomization
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux resume kustomization podinfo
+          /tmp/flux resume kustomization podinfo
      - name: flux export
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux export source git --all
-          ./bin/flux export kustomization --all
+          /tmp/flux export source git --all
+          /tmp/flux export kustomization --all
      - name: flux delete kustomization
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux delete kustomization podinfo --silent
+          /tmp/flux delete kustomization podinfo --silent
      - name: flux create source helm
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux create source helm podinfo \
+          /tmp/flux create source helm podinfo \
            --url https://stefanprodan.github.io/podinfo
      - name: flux create helmrelease --source=HelmRepository/podinfo
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux create hr podinfo-helm \
+          /tmp/flux create hr podinfo-helm \
            --target-namespace=default \
            --source=HelmRepository/podinfo.flux-system \
            --chart=podinfo \
            --chart-version=">6.0.0 <7.0.0"
      - name: flux create helmrelease --source=GitRepository/podinfo
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux create hr podinfo-git \
+          /tmp/flux create hr podinfo-git \
            --target-namespace=default \
            --source=GitRepository/podinfo \
            --chart=./charts/podinfo
      - name: flux reconcile helmrelease --with-source
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux reconcile helmrelease podinfo-git --with-source
+          /tmp/flux reconcile helmrelease podinfo-git --with-source
      - name: flux get helmreleases
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux get helmreleases
+          /tmp/flux get helmreleases
      - name: flux get helmreleases --all-namespaces
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux get helmreleases --all-namespaces
+          /tmp/flux get helmreleases --all-namespaces
      - name: flux export helmrelease
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux export hr --all
+          /tmp/flux export hr --all
      - name: flux delete helmrelease podinfo-helm
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux delete hr podinfo-helm --silent
+          /tmp/flux delete hr podinfo-helm --silent
      - name: flux delete helmrelease podinfo-git
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux delete hr podinfo-git --silent
+          /tmp/flux delete hr podinfo-git --silent
      - name: flux delete source helm
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux delete source helm podinfo --silent
+          /tmp/flux delete source helm podinfo --silent
      - name: flux delete source git
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux delete source git podinfo --silent
+          /tmp/flux delete source git podinfo --silent
      - name: flux oci artifacts
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux push artifact oci://localhost:5000/fluxcd/flux:${{ github.sha }} \
+          /tmp/flux push artifact oci://localhost:5000/fluxcd/flux:${{ github.sha }} \
            --path="./manifests" \
            --source="${{ github.repositoryUrl }}" \
            --revision="${{ github.ref }}@sha1:${{ github.sha }}"
-          ./bin/flux tag artifact oci://localhost:5000/fluxcd/flux:${{ github.sha }} \
+          /tmp/flux tag artifact oci://localhost:5000/fluxcd/flux:${{ github.sha }} \
            --tag latest
-          ./bin/flux list artifacts oci://localhost:5000/fluxcd/flux
+          /tmp/flux list artifacts oci://localhost:5000/fluxcd/flux
      - name: flux oci repositories
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux create source oci podinfo-oci \
+          /tmp/flux create source oci podinfo-oci \
            --url oci://ghcr.io/stefanprodan/manifests/podinfo \
            --tag-semver 6.3.x \
            --interval 10m
-          ./bin/flux create kustomization podinfo-oci \
+          /tmp/flux create kustomization podinfo-oci \
            --source=OCIRepository/podinfo-oci \
            --path="./" \
            --prune=true \
@@ -195,31 +194,31 @@ jobs:
            --target-namespace=default \
            --wait=true \
            --health-check-timeout=3m
-          ./bin/flux reconcile source oci podinfo-oci
-          ./bin/flux suspend source oci podinfo-oci
-          ./bin/flux get sources oci
-          ./bin/flux resume source oci podinfo-oci
-          ./bin/flux export source oci podinfo-oci
-          ./bin/flux delete ks podinfo-oci --silent
-          ./bin/flux delete source oci podinfo-oci --silent
+          /tmp/flux reconcile source oci podinfo-oci
+          /tmp/flux suspend source oci podinfo-oci
+          /tmp/flux get sources oci
+          /tmp/flux resume source oci podinfo-oci
+          /tmp/flux export source oci podinfo-oci
+          /tmp/flux delete ks podinfo-oci --silent
+          /tmp/flux delete source oci podinfo-oci --silent
      - name: flux create tenant
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux create tenant dev-team --with-namespace=apps
-          ./bin/flux -n apps create source helm podinfo \
+          /tmp/flux create tenant dev-team --with-namespace=apps
+          /tmp/flux -n apps create source helm podinfo \
            --url https://stefanprodan.github.io/podinfo
-          ./bin/flux -n apps create hr podinfo-helm \
+          /tmp/flux -n apps create hr podinfo-helm \
            --source=HelmRepository/podinfo \
            --chart=podinfo \
            --chart-version="6.3.x" \
            --service-account=dev-team
      - name: flux2-kustomize-helm-example
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux create source git flux-system \
+          /tmp/flux create source git flux-system \
          --url=https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2-kustomize-helm-example \
          --branch=main \
          --ignore-paths="./clusters/**/flux-system/" \
          --recurse-submodules
-          ./bin/flux create kustomization flux-system \
+          /tmp/flux create kustomization flux-system \
          --source=flux-system \
          --path=./clusters/staging
          kubectl -n flux-system wait kustomization/infra-controllers --for=condition=ready --timeout=5m
@@ -227,30 +226,17 @@ jobs:
          kubectl -n podinfo wait helmrelease/podinfo --for=condition=ready --timeout=5m
      - name: flux tree
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux tree kustomization flux-system | grep Service/podinfo
-      - name: flux events
-        run: |
-          ./bin/flux -n flux-system events --for Kustomization/apps | grep 'HelmRelease/podinfo'
-          ./bin/flux -n podinfo events --for HelmRelease/podinfo | grep 'podinfo.v1'
-      - name: flux stats
-        run: |
-          ./bin/flux stats -A
+          /tmp/flux tree kustomization flux-system | grep Service/podinfo
      - name: flux check
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux check
-      - name: flux migrate
-        run: |
-          ./bin/flux migrate
-      - name: flux version
-        run: |
-          ./bin/flux version
+          /tmp/flux check
      - name: flux uninstall
        run: |
-          ./bin/flux uninstall --silent
+          /tmp/flux uninstall --silent
      - name: Debug failure
        if: failure()
        run: |
-          kubectl version --client
+          kubectl version --client --short
          kubectl -n flux-system get all
          kubectl -n flux-system describe pods
          kubectl -n flux-system get kustomizations -oyaml
--- a/.github/workflows/ossf.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ossf.yaml
@@ -19,21 +19,21 @@ jobs:
      actions: read
      contents: read
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
      - name: Run analysis
-        uses: ossf/scorecard-action@4eaacf0543bb3f2c246792bd56e8cdeffafb205a # v2.4.3
+        uses: ossf/scorecard-action@0864cf19026789058feabb7e87baa5f140aac736 # v2.3.1
        with:
          results_file: results.sarif
          results_format: sarif
          repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          publish_results: true
      - name: Upload artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@26f96dfa697d77e81fd5907df203aa23a56210a8 # v4.3.0
        with:
          name: SARIF file
          path: results.sarif
          retention-days: 5
      - name: Upload SARIF results
-        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@89a39a4e59826350b863aa6b6252a07ad50cf83e # v4.32.4
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@cdcdbb579706841c47f7063dda365e292e5cad7a # v2.13.4
        with:
          sarif_file: results.sarif
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: release

 on:
  push:
-    tags: ["v*"]
+    tags: [ 'v*' ]

 permissions:
  contents: read
@@ -13,44 +13,40 @@ jobs:
      hashes: ${{ steps.slsa.outputs.hashes }}
      image_url: ${{ steps.slsa.outputs.image_url }}
      image_digest: ${{ steps.slsa.outputs.image_digest }}
-    runs-on:
-      group: "Default Larger Runners"
-      labels: ubuntu-latest-16-cores
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: write # needed to write releases
      id-token: write # needed for keyless signing
      packages: write # needed for ghcr access
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
      - name: Unshallow
        run: git fetch --prune --unshallow
      - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@0c52d547c9bc32b1aa3301fd7a9cb496313a4491 # v5.0.0
        with:
-          go-version: 1.26.x
+          go-version: 1.20.x
          cache: false
      - name: Setup QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@c7c53464625b32c7a7e944ae62b3e17d2b600130 # v3.7.0
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@68827325e0b33c7199eb31dd4e31fbe9023e06e3 # v3.0.0
      - name: Setup Docker Buildx
        id: buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@8d2750c68a42422c14e847fe6c8ac0403b4cbd6f # v3.12.0
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@f95db51fddba0c2d1ec667646a06c2ce06100226  # v3.0.0
      - name: Setup Syft
-        uses: anchore/sbom-action/download-syft@28d71544de8eaf1b958d335707167c5f783590ad # v0.22.2
+        uses: anchore/sbom-action/download-syft@b6a39da80722a2cb0ef5d197531764a89b5d48c3 # v0.15.8
      - name: Setup Cosign
-        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@faadad0cce49287aee09b3a48701e75088a2c6ad # v4.0.0
-        with:
-          cosign-release: v2.6.1 # TODO: remove after Flux 2.8 with support for cosign v3
+        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@e1523de7571e31dbe865fd2e80c5c7c23ae71eb4 # v3.4.0
      - name: Setup Kustomize
-        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/kustomize@9a8c0edd5da84dc51a585738c67e3a3950d7fbf0 # main
+        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/kustomize@main
      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@c94ce9fb468520275223c153574b00df6fe4bcc9 # v3.7.0
+        uses: docker/login-action@343f7c4344506bcbf9b4de18042ae17996df046d # v3.0.0
        with:
          registry: ghcr.io
          username: fluxcdbot
-          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GHCR_TOKEN }}
      - name: Login to Docker Hub
-        uses: docker/login-action@c94ce9fb468520275223c153574b00df6fe4bcc9 # v3.7.0
+        uses: docker/login-action@343f7c4344506bcbf9b4de18042ae17996df046d  # v3.0.0
        with:
          username: fluxcdbot
          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_FLUXCD_PASSWORD }}
@@ -63,19 +59,30 @@ jobs:
        run: |
          kustomize build manifests/crds > all-crds.yaml
      - name: Generate OpenAPI JSON schemas from CRDs
-        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/crdjsonschema@9a8c0edd5da84dc51a585738c67e3a3950d7fbf0 # main
+        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/crdjsonschema@main
        with:
          crd: all-crds.yaml
          output: schemas
      - name: Archive the OpenAPI JSON schemas
        run: |
          tar -czvf ./output/crd-schemas.tar.gz -C schemas .
+      - name: Download release notes utility
+        env:
+          GH_REL_URL: https://github.com/buchanae/github-release-notes/releases/download/0.2.0/github-release-notes-linux-amd64-0.2.0.tar.gz
+        run: cd /tmp && curl -sSL ${GH_REL_URL} | tar xz && sudo mv github-release-notes /usr/local/bin/
+      - name: Generate release notes
+        run: |
+          NOTES="./output/notes.md"
+          echo '## CLI Changelog' > ${NOTES}
+          github-release-notes -org fluxcd -repo flux2 -since-latest-release -include-author >> ${NOTES}
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      - name: Run GoReleaser
        id: run-goreleaser
-        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@e435ccd777264be153ace6237001ef4d979d3a7a # v6.4.0
+        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@7ec5c2b0c6cdda6e8bbb49444bc797dd33d74dd8 # v5.0.0
        with:
          version: latest
-          args: release --skip=validate
+          args: release --release-notes=output/notes.md --skip-validate
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          HOMEBREW_TAP_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -86,13 +93,13 @@ jobs:
          ARTIFACTS: "${{ steps.run-goreleaser.outputs.artifacts }}"
        run: |
          set -euo pipefail
-
+          
          hashes=$(echo -E $ARTIFACTS | jq --raw-output '.[] | {name, "digest": (.extra.Digest // .extra.Checksum)} | select(.digest) | {digest} + {name} | join("  ") | sub("^sha256:";"")' | base64 -w0)
          echo "hashes=$hashes" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
+          
          image_url=fluxcd/flux-cli:$GITHUB_REF_NAME
          echo "image_url=$image_url" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
+          
          image_digest=$(docker buildx imagetools inspect ${image_url}  --format '{{json .}}' | jq -r .manifest.digest)
          echo "image_digest=$image_digest" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

@@ -103,26 +110,24 @@ jobs:
      id-token: write
      packages: write
    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
      - name: Setup Kustomize
-        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/kustomize@9a8c0edd5da84dc51a585738c67e3a3950d7fbf0 # main
+        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/kustomize@main
      - name: Setup Flux CLI
        uses: ./action/
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      - name: Prepare
        id: prep
        run: |
          VERSION=$(flux version --client | awk '{ print $NF }')
          echo "version=${VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
      - name: Login to GHCR
-        uses: docker/login-action@c94ce9fb468520275223c153574b00df6fe4bcc9 # v3.7.0
+        uses: docker/login-action@343f7c4344506bcbf9b4de18042ae17996df046d # v3.0.0
        with:
          registry: ghcr.io
          username: fluxcdbot
-          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GHCR_TOKEN }}
      - name: Login to DockerHub
-        uses: docker/login-action@c94ce9fb468520275223c153574b00df6fe4bcc9 # v3.7.0
+        uses: docker/login-action@343f7c4344506bcbf9b4de18042ae17996df046d # v3.0.0
        with:
          username: fluxcdbot
          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_FLUXCD_PASSWORD }}
@@ -132,7 +137,7 @@ jobs:
          flux install --registry=ghcr.io/fluxcd \
          --components-extra=image-reflector-controller,image-automation-controller \
          --export > ./ghcr.io/flux-system/gotk-components.yaml
-
+          
          cd ./ghcr.io && flux push artifact \
          oci://ghcr.io/fluxcd/flux-manifests:${{ steps.prep.outputs.version }} \
          --path="./flux-system" \
@@ -144,15 +149,13 @@ jobs:
          flux install --registry=docker.io/fluxcd \
          --components-extra=image-reflector-controller,image-automation-controller \
          --export > ./docker.io/flux-system/gotk-components.yaml
-
+          
          cd ./docker.io && flux push artifact \
          oci://docker.io/fluxcd/flux-manifests:${{ steps.prep.outputs.version }} \
          --path="./flux-system" \
          --source=${{ github.repositoryUrl }} \
          --revision="${{ github.ref_name }}@sha1:${{ github.sha }}"
-      - uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@faadad0cce49287aee09b3a48701e75088a2c6ad # v4.0.0
-        with:
-          cosign-release: v2.6.1 # TODO: remove after Flux 2.8 with support for cosign v3
+      - uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@e1523de7571e31dbe865fd2e80c5c7c23ae71eb4 # v3.4.0
      - name: Sign manifests
        env:
          COSIGN_EXPERIMENTAL: 1
@@ -173,7 +176,7 @@ jobs:
      actions: read # for detecting the Github Actions environment.
      id-token: write # for creating OIDC tokens for signing.
      contents: write # for uploading attestations to GitHub releases.
-    uses: slsa-framework/slsa-github-generator/.github/workflows/generator_generic_slsa3.yml@v2.1.0
+    uses: slsa-framework/slsa-github-generator/.github/workflows/generator_generic_slsa3.yml@v1.9.0
    with:
      provenance-name: "provenance.intoto.jsonl"
      base64-subjects: "${{ needs.release-flux-cli.outputs.hashes }}"
@@ -185,7 +188,7 @@ jobs:
      actions: read # for detecting the Github Actions environment.
      id-token: write # for creating OIDC tokens for signing.
      packages: write # for uploading attestations.
-    uses: slsa-framework/slsa-github-generator/.github/workflows/generator_container_slsa3.yml@v2.1.0
+    uses: slsa-framework/slsa-github-generator/.github/workflows/generator_container_slsa3.yml@v1.9.0
    with:
      image: ${{ needs.release-flux-cli.outputs.image_url }}
      digest: ${{ needs.release-flux-cli.outputs.image_digest }}
@@ -199,10 +202,10 @@ jobs:
      actions: read # for detecting the Github Actions environment.
      id-token: write # for creating OIDC tokens for signing.
      packages: write # for uploading attestations.
-    uses: slsa-framework/slsa-github-generator/.github/workflows/generator_container_slsa3.yml@v2.1.0
+    uses: slsa-framework/slsa-github-generator/.github/workflows/generator_container_slsa3.yml@v1.9.0
    with:
      image: ghcr.io/${{ needs.release-flux-cli.outputs.image_url }}
      digest: ${{ needs.release-flux-cli.outputs.image_digest }}
      registry-username: fluxcdbot
    secrets:
-      registry-password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      registry-password: ${{ secrets.GHCR_TOKEN }}
--- a/.github/workflows/scan.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scan.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 name: scan
+
 on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  push:
@@ -7,13 +8,78 @@ on:
    branches: [ 'main', 'release/**' ]
  schedule:
    - cron: '18 10 * * 3'
-permissions: read-all
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
-  analyze:
+  scan-fossa:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]'
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+      - name: Run FOSSA scan and upload build data
+        uses: fossa-contrib/fossa-action@cdc5065bcdee31a32e47d4585df72d66e8e941c2 # v3.0.0
+        with:
+          # FOSSA Push-Only API Token
+          fossa-api-key: 5ee8bf422db1471e0bcf2bcb289185de
+          github-token: ${{ github.token }}
+
+  scan-snyk:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
-      contents: read # for reading the repository code.
-      security-events: write # for uploading the CodeQL analysis results.
-    uses: fluxcd/gha-workflows/.github/workflows/code-scan.yaml@v0.9.0
-    secrets:
-      github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      fossa-token: ${{ secrets.FOSSA_TOKEN }}
+      security-events: write
+    if: (github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository) && github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]'
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+      - name: Setup Kustomize
+        uses: fluxcd/pkg/actions/kustomize@main
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@0c52d547c9bc32b1aa3301fd7a9cb496313a4491 # v5.0.0
+        with:
+          go-version: 1.20.x
+          cache-dependency-path: |
+            **/go.sum
+            **/go.mod
+      - name: Download modules and build manifests
+        run: |
+          make tidy
+          make cmd/flux/.manifests.done
+      - uses: snyk/actions/setup@b98d498629f1c368650224d6d212bf7dfa89e4bf
+      - name:  Run Snyk to check for vulnerabilities
+        continue-on-error: true
+        run: |
+          snyk test --sarif-file-output=snyk.sarif
+        env:
+          SNYK_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SNYK_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Upload result to GitHub Code Scanning
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@cdcdbb579706841c47f7063dda365e292e5cad7a # v2.13.4
+        with:
+          sarif_file: snyk.sarif
+
+  scan-codeql:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      security-events: write
+    if: github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]'
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@0c52d547c9bc32b1aa3301fd7a9cb496313a4491 # v5.0.0
+        with:
+          go-version: 1.20.x
+          cache-dependency-path: |
+            **/go.sum
+            **/go.mod
+      - name: Initialize CodeQL
+        uses: github/codeql-action/init@cdcdbb579706841c47f7063dda365e292e5cad7a # v2.13.4
+        with:
+          languages: go
+          # xref: https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/code-scanning/automatically-scanning-your-code-for-vulnerabilities-and-errors/configuring-code-scanning#using-queries-in-ql-packs
+          # xref: https://codeql.github.com/codeql-query-help/go/
+          queries: security-and-quality
+      - name: Autobuild
+        uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@cdcdbb579706841c47f7063dda365e292e5cad7a # v2.13.4
+      - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@cdcdbb579706841c47f7063dda365e292e5cad7a # v2.13.4
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-labels.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-labels.yaml
@@ -6,12 +6,23 @@ on:
      - main
    paths:
      - .github/labels.yaml
-permissions: read-all
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
-  sync-labels:
+  labels:
+    name: Run sync
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
-      contents: read # for reading the labels file.
-      issues: write # for creating and updating labels.
-    uses: fluxcd/gha-workflows/.github/workflows/labels-sync.yaml@v0.9.0
-    secrets:
-      github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      issues: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+      - uses: EndBug/label-sync@da00f2c11fdb78e4fae44adac2fdd713778ea3e8 # v2.3.2
+        with:
+          # Configuration file
+          config-file: |
+            https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluxcd/community/main/.github/standard-labels.yaml
+            .github/labels.yaml
+          # Strictly declarative
+          delete-other-labels: true
--- a/.github/workflows/update.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ name: update

 on:
  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 * * * *"
  push:
    branches: [main]

@@ -16,37 +18,24 @@ jobs:
      pull-requests: write
    steps:
      - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
      - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@7a3fe6cf4cb3a834922a1244abfce67bcef6a0c5 # v6.2.0
+        uses: actions/setup-go@0c52d547c9bc32b1aa3301fd7a9cb496313a4491 # v5.0.0
        with:
-          go-version: 1.26.x
+          go-version: 1.20.x
          cache-dependency-path: |
            **/go.sum
            **/go.mod
      - name: Update component versions
        id: update
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        run: |
          PR_BODY=$(mktemp)

          bump_version() {
-            local LATEST_VERSION=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: token ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" https://api.github.com/repos/fluxcd/$1/releases | jq -r 'sort_by(.published_at) | .[-1] | .tag_name')
-
-            if [[ "$LATEST_VERSION" == *"-rc"* ]]; then
-              echo "Skipping release candidate version for $1: $LATEST_VERSION"
-              return
-            fi
-
+            local LATEST_VERSION=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/fluxcd/$1/releases | jq -r 'sort_by(.published_at) | .[-1] | .tag_name')
            local CTRL_VERSION=$(sed -n "s/.*$1\/releases\/download\/\(.*\)\/.*/\1/p;n" manifests/bases/$1/kustomization.yaml)
            local CRD_VERSION=$(sed -n "s/.*$1\/releases\/download\/\(.*\)\/.*/\1/p" manifests/crds/kustomization.yaml)
-          
-            local API_PKG="github.com/fluxcd/$1/api"
-            if [[ "$1" == "source-watcher" ]]; then
-              API_PKG="github.com/fluxcd/$1/api/v2"
-            fi
-            local MOD_VERSION=$(go list -m -f '{{ .Version }}' "$API_PKG")
+            local MOD_VERSION=$(go list -m -f '{{ .Version }}' "github.com/fluxcd/$1/api")

            local changed=false

@@ -61,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
            fi

            if [[ "${MOD_VERSION}" != "${LATEST_VERSION}" ]]; then
-              go mod edit -require="$API_PKG@${LATEST_VERSION}"
+              go mod edit -require="github.com/fluxcd/$1/api@${LATEST_VERSION}"
              make tidy
              changed=true
            fi
@@ -80,7 +69,6 @@ jobs:
            bump_version notification-controller
            bump_version image-reflector-controller
            bump_version image-automation-controller
-            bump_version source-watcher

            # diff change
            git diff
@@ -96,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:

      - name: Create Pull Request
        id: cpr
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@c0f553fe549906ede9cf27b5156039d195d2ece0 # v8.1.0
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@b1ddad2c994a25fbc81a28b3ec0e368bb2021c50 # v6.0.0
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          commit-message: |
--- a/.github/workflows/upgrade-fluxcd-pkg.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/upgrade-fluxcd-pkg.yaml
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-name: upgrade-fluxcd-pkg
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  upgrade-fluxcd-pkg:
-    uses: fluxcd/gha-workflows/.github/workflows/upgrade-fluxcd-pkg.yaml@v0.9.0
-    secrets:
-      github-token: ${{ secrets.BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 project_name: flux
-changelog:
-  use: github-native
 builds:
  - <<: &build_defaults
      binary: flux
@@ -17,7 +15,7 @@ builds:
      - arm64
      - arm
    goarm:
-      - "7"
+      - 7
  - <<: *build_defaults
    id: darwin
    goos:
@@ -75,11 +73,11 @@ signs:
    output: true
 brews:
  - name: flux
-    repository:
+    tap:
      owner: fluxcd
      name: homebrew-tap
      token: "{{ .Env.HOMEBREW_TAP_GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
-    directory: Formula
+    folder: Formula
    homepage: "https://fluxcd.io/"
    description: "Flux CLI"
    install: |
@@ -88,6 +86,22 @@ brews:
      generate_completions_from_executable(bin/"flux", "completion")
    test: |
      system "#{bin}/flux --version"
+publishers:
+  - name: aur-pkg-bin
+    env:
+      - AUR_BOT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY={{ .Env.AUR_BOT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+    cmd: |
+      .github/aur/flux-bin/publish.sh {{ .Version }}
+  - name: aur-pkg-scm
+    env:
+      - AUR_BOT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY={{ .Env.AUR_BOT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+    cmd: |
+      .github/aur/flux-scm/publish.sh {{ .Version }}
+  - name: aur-pkg-go
+    env:
+      - AUR_BOT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY={{ .Env.AUR_BOT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+    cmd: |
+      .github/aur/flux-go/publish.sh {{ .Version }}
 dockers:
 - image_templates:
    - 'fluxcd/flux-cli:{{ .Tag }}-amd64'
--- a/.scorecard.yml
+++ b/.scorecard.yml
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-annotations:
-  - checks:
-      - dangerous-workflow
-    reasons:
-      - reason: not-applicable # This workflow does not run untrusted code, the bot will only backport a code if the a PR was approved and merged into main.
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ you might want to take a look at the [introductory talk and demo](https://www.yo
 This project is composed of:

 - [flux2](https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2): The Flux CLI
- [source-controller](https://github.com/fluxcd/source-controller): Kubernetes operator for managing sources (Git, OCI and Helm repositories, S3-compatible Buckets)
- [source-watcher](https://github.com/fluxcd/source-watcher): Kubernetes operator for advanced source composition and decomposition patterns
+- [source-manager](https://github.com/fluxcd/source-controller): Kubernetes operator for managing sources (Git and Helm repositories, S3-compatible Buckets)
 - [kustomize-controller](https://github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller): Kubernetes operator for building GitOps pipelines with Kustomize
 - [helm-controller](https://github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller): Kubernetes operator for building GitOps pipelines with Helm
 - [notification-controller](https://github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller): Kubernetes operator for handling inbound and outbound events
@@ -68,9 +67,10 @@ for source changes.

 Prerequisites:

-* go >= 1.26
-* kubectl >= 1.33
+* go >= 1.20
+* kubectl >= 1.24
 * kustomize >= 5.0
+* coreutils (on Mac OS)

 Install the [controller-runtime/envtest](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime/tree/master/tools/setup-envtest) binaries with:

--- a/13
+++ b/13
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
-FROM alpine:3.23 AS builder
+FROM alpine:3.19 as builder

 RUN apk add --no-cache ca-certificates curl

 ARG ARCH=linux/amd64
-ARG KUBECTL_VER=1.35.0
+ARG KUBECTL_VER=1.28.6

-RUN curl -sL https://dl.k8s.io/release/v${KUBECTL_VER}/bin/${ARCH}/kubectl \
-    -o /usr/local/bin/kubectl && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/kubectl
+RUN curl -sL https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v${KUBECTL_VER}/bin/${ARCH}/kubectl \
+    -o /usr/local/bin/kubectl && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/kubectl && \
+    kubectl version --client=true

-RUN kubectl version --client=true
-
-FROM alpine:3.23 AS flux-cli
+FROM alpine:3.19 as flux-cli

 RUN apk add --no-cache ca-certificates

--- a/5
+++ b/5
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ rwildcard=$(foreach d,$(wildcard $(addsuffix *,$(1))),$(call rwildcard,$(d)/,$(2
 all: test build

 tidy:
-	go mod tidy -compat=1.26
-	cd tests/integration && go mod tidy -compat=1.26
+	go mod tidy -compat=1.20
+	cd tests/azure && go mod tidy -compat=1.20
+	cd tests/integration && go mod tidy -compat=1.20

 fmt:
 	go fmt ./...
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@

 [![release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/fluxcd/flux2/all.svg)](https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2/releases)
 [![CII Best Practices](https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/projects/4782/badge)](https://bestpractices.coreinfrastructure.org/projects/4782)
-[![OpenSSF Scorecard](https://api.securityscorecards.dev/projects/github.com/fluxcd/flux2/badge)](https://scorecard.dev/viewer/?uri=github.com/fluxcd/flux2)
+[![OpenSSF Scorecard](https://api.securityscorecards.dev/projects/github.com/fluxcd/flux2/badge)](https://api.securityscorecards.dev/projects/github.com/fluxcd/flux2)
 [![FOSSA Status](https://app.fossa.com/api/projects/custom%2B162%2Fgithub.com%2Ffluxcd%2Fflux2.svg?type=shield)](https://app.fossa.com/projects/custom%2B162%2Fgithub.com%2Ffluxcd%2Fflux2?ref=badge_shield)
 [![Artifact HUB](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://artifacthub.io/badge/repository/flux2)](https://artifacthub.io/packages/helm/fluxcd-community/flux2)
 [![SLSA 3](https://slsa.dev/images/gh-badge-level3.svg)](https://fluxcd.io/flux/security/slsa-assessment)
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Flux v2 is constructed with the [GitOps Toolkit](#gitops-toolkit), a
 set of composable APIs and specialized tools for building Continuous
 Delivery on top of Kubernetes.

-Flux is a Cloud Native Computing Foundation ([CNCF](https://www.cncf.io/)) graduated project, used in
+Flux is a Cloud Native Computing Foundation ([CNCF](https://www.cncf.io/)) project, used in
 production by various [organisations](https://fluxcd.io/adopters) and [cloud providers](https://fluxcd.io/ecosystem).

 ## Quickstart and documentation
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ runtime for Flux v2. The APIs comprise Kubernetes custom resources,
 which can be created and updated by a cluster user, or by other
 automation tooling.

-![overview](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluxcd/flux2/main/docs/diagrams/fluxcd-controllers.png)
+![overview](https://fluxcd.io/img/diagrams/gitops-toolkit.png)

 You can use the toolkit to extend Flux, or to build your own systems
 for continuous delivery -- see [the developer
@@ -52,14 +52,12 @@ guides](https://fluxcd.io/flux/gitops-toolkit/source-watcher/).

 ### Components

- [Source Controllers](https://fluxcd.io/flux/components/source/)
+- [Source Controller](https://fluxcd.io/flux/components/source/)
    - [GitRepository CRD](https://fluxcd.io/flux/components/source/gitrepositories/)
    - [OCIRepository CRD](https://fluxcd.io/flux/components/source/ocirepositories/)
    - [HelmRepository CRD](https://fluxcd.io/flux/components/source/helmrepositories/)
    - [HelmChart CRD](https://fluxcd.io/flux/components/source/helmcharts/)
    - [Bucket CRD](https://fluxcd.io/flux/components/source/buckets/)
-    - [ExternalArtifact CRD](https://fluxcd.io/flux/components/source/externalartifacts/)
-    - [ArtifactGenerator CRD](https://fluxcd.io/flux/components/source/artifactgenerators/)
 - [Kustomize Controller](https://fluxcd.io/flux/components/kustomize/)
    - [Kustomization CRD](https://fluxcd.io/flux/components/kustomize/kustomizations/)
 - [Helm Controller](https://fluxcd.io/flux/components/helm/)
--- a/action/action.yml
+++ b/action/action.yml
@@ -16,24 +16,23 @@ inputs:
    description: "Alternative location for the Flux binary, defaults to path relative to $RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE."
    required: false
  token:
-    description: "Token used to authenticate against the GitHub.com API."
+    description: "Token used to authentication against the GitHub.com API. Defaults to the token from the GitHub context of the workflow."
    required: false
 runs:
  using: composite
  steps:
    - name: "Download the binary to the runner's cache dir"
      shell: bash
-      env:
-        VERSION: "${{ inputs.version }}"
-        FLUX_TOOL_DIR: "${{ inputs.bindir }}"
-        TOKEN: "${{ inputs.token }}"
      run: |
+        VERSION=${{ inputs.version }}
+
+        TOKEN=${{ inputs.token }}
+        if [[ -z "$TOKEN" ]]; then
+          TOKEN=${{ github.token }}
+        fi
+
        if [[ -z "$VERSION" ]] || [[ "$VERSION" = "latest" ]]; then
-          if [[ "${TOKEN}" != '' ]]; then
-            VERSION=$(curl -fsSL -H "Authorization: token ${TOKEN}" https://api.github.com/repos/fluxcd/flux2/releases/latest | grep tag_name | cut -d '"' -f 4)
-          else
-            VERSION=$(curl -w "%{url_effective}\n" -IsSL https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2/releases/latest -o /dev/null | sed 's$^.*/$$')
-          fi
+          VERSION=$(curl -fsSL -H "Authorization: token ${TOKEN}" https://api.github.com/repos/fluxcd/flux2/releases/latest | grep tag_name | cut -d '"' -f 4)
        fi
        if [[ -z "$VERSION" ]]; then
          echo "Unable to determine Flux CLI version"
@@ -60,6 +59,7 @@ runs:
            FLUX_EXEC_FILE="${FLUX_EXEC_FILE}.exe"
        fi

+        FLUX_TOOL_DIR=${{ inputs.bindir }}
        if [[ -z "$FLUX_TOOL_DIR" ]]; then
          FLUX_TOOL_DIR="${RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE}/flux2/${VERSION}/${OS}/${ARCH}"
        fi
@@ -77,37 +77,9 @@ runs:

          FLUX_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2/releases/download/v${VERSION}/"

-          MAX_RETRIES=5
-          RETRY_DELAY=5
-          
-          for i in $(seq 1 $MAX_RETRIES); do
-            echo "Downloading flux binary (attempt $i/$MAX_RETRIES)"
-            if curl -fsSL -o "$DL_DIR/$FLUX_TARGET_FILE" "$FLUX_DOWNLOAD_URL/$FLUX_TARGET_FILE"; then
-              break
-            fi
-            if [ $i -lt $MAX_RETRIES ]; then
-              echo "Download failed, retrying in ${RETRY_DELAY} seconds..."
-              sleep $RETRY_DELAY
-            else
-              echo "Failed to download flux binary after $MAX_RETRIES attempts"
-              exit 1
-            fi
-          done
-          
-          for i in $(seq 1 $MAX_RETRIES); do
-            echo "Downloading checksums file (attempt $i/$MAX_RETRIES)"
-            if curl -fsSL -o "$DL_DIR/$FLUX_CHECKSUMS_FILE" "$FLUX_DOWNLOAD_URL/$FLUX_CHECKSUMS_FILE"; then
-              break
-            fi
-            if [ $i -lt $MAX_RETRIES ]; then
-              echo "Download failed, retrying in ${RETRY_DELAY} seconds..."
-              sleep $RETRY_DELAY
-            else
-              echo "Failed to download checksums file after $MAX_RETRIES attempts"
-              exit 1
-            fi
-          done
-        
+          curl -fsSL -o "$DL_DIR/$FLUX_TARGET_FILE" "$FLUX_DOWNLOAD_URL/$FLUX_TARGET_FILE"
+          curl -fsSL -o "$DL_DIR/$FLUX_CHECKSUMS_FILE" "$FLUX_DOWNLOAD_URL/$FLUX_CHECKSUMS_FILE"
+
          echo "Verifying checksum"
          sum=""
          if command -v openssl > /dev/null; then
--- a/cmd/flux/artifact.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/artifact.go
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2025 The Flux authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
-
-	swapi "github.com/fluxcd/source-watcher/api/v2/v1beta1"
-)
-
-// swapi.ArtifactGenerator
-
-var artifactGeneratorType = apiType{
-	kind:         swapi.ArtifactGeneratorKind,
-	humanKind:    "artifactgenerator",
-	groupVersion: swapi.GroupVersion,
-}
-
-type artifactGeneratorAdapter struct {
-	*swapi.ArtifactGenerator
-}
-
-func (h artifactGeneratorAdapter) asClientObject() client.Object {
-	return h.ArtifactGenerator
-}
-
-func (h artifactGeneratorAdapter) deepCopyClientObject() client.Object {
-	return h.ArtifactGenerator.DeepCopy()
-}
-
-// swapi.ArtifactGeneratorList
-
-type artifactGeneratorListAdapter struct {
-	*swapi.ArtifactGeneratorList
-}
-
-func (h artifactGeneratorListAdapter) asClientList() client.ObjectList {
-	return h.ArtifactGeneratorList
-}
-
-func (h artifactGeneratorListAdapter) len() int {
-	return len(h.ArtifactGeneratorList.Items)
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/bootstrap.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/bootstrap.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"

-	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/git"
 	"github.com/manifoldco/promptui"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
@@ -53,19 +52,17 @@ type bootstrapFlags struct {
 	extraComponents    []string
 	requiredComponents []string

-	registry           string
-	registryCredential string
-	imagePullSecret    string
+	registry        string
+	imagePullSecret string

-	secretName           string
-	tokenAuth            bool
-	keyAlgorithm         flags.PublicKeyAlgorithm
-	keyRSABits           flags.RSAKeyBits
-	keyECDSACurve        flags.ECDSACurve
-	sshHostname          string
-	caFile               string
-	privateKeyFile       string
-	sshHostKeyAlgorithms []string
+	secretName     string
+	tokenAuth      bool
+	keyAlgorithm   flags.PublicKeyAlgorithm
+	keyRSABits     flags.RSAKeyBits
+	keyECDSACurve  flags.ECDSACurve
+	sshHostname    string
+	caFile         string
+	privateKeyFile string

 	watchAllNamespaces bool
 	networkPolicy      bool
@@ -97,12 +94,10 @@ func init() {
 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVar(&bootstrapArgs.defaultComponents, "components", rootArgs.defaults.Components,
 		"list of components, accepts comma-separated values")
 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVar(&bootstrapArgs.extraComponents, "components-extra", nil,
-		"list of components in addition to those supplied or defaulted, accepts values such as 'image-reflector-controller,image-automation-controller,source-watcher'")
+		"list of components in addition to those supplied or defaulted, accepts values such as 'image-reflector-controller,image-automation-controller'")

 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&bootstrapArgs.registry, "registry", "ghcr.io/fluxcd",
 		"container registry where the Flux controller images are published")
-	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&bootstrapArgs.registryCredential, "registry-creds", "",
-		"container registry credentials in the format 'user:password', requires --image-pull-secret to be set")
 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&bootstrapArgs.imagePullSecret, "image-pull-secret", "",
 		"Kubernetes secret name used for pulling the controller images from a private registry")

@@ -126,7 +121,6 @@ func init() {
 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&bootstrapArgs.secretName, "secret-name", rootArgs.defaults.Namespace, "name of the secret the sync credentials can be found in or stored to")
 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().Var(&bootstrapArgs.keyAlgorithm, "ssh-key-algorithm", bootstrapArgs.keyAlgorithm.Description())
 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().Var(&bootstrapArgs.keyRSABits, "ssh-rsa-bits", bootstrapArgs.keyRSABits.Description())
-	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVar(&bootstrapArgs.sshHostKeyAlgorithms, "ssh-hostkey-algos", nil, "list of host key algorithms to be used by the CLI for SSH connections")
 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().Var(&bootstrapArgs.keyECDSACurve, "ssh-ecdsa-curve", bootstrapArgs.keyECDSACurve.Description())
 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&bootstrapArgs.sshHostname, "ssh-hostname", "", "SSH hostname, to be used when the SSH host differs from the HTTPS one")
 	bootstrapCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&bootstrapArgs.caFile, "ca-file", "", "path to TLS CA file used for validating self-signed certificates")
@@ -187,18 +181,6 @@ func bootstrapValidate() error {
 		return err
 	}

-	if bootstrapArgs.registryCredential != "" && bootstrapArgs.imagePullSecret == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("--registry-creds requires --image-pull-secret to be set")
-	}
-
-	if bootstrapArgs.registryCredential != "" && len(strings.Split(bootstrapArgs.registryCredential, ":")) != 2 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("invalid --registry-creds format, expected 'user:password'")
-	}
-
-	if len(bootstrapArgs.sshHostKeyAlgorithms) > 0 {
-		git.HostKeyAlgos = bootstrapArgs.sshHostKeyAlgorithms
-	}
-
 	return nil
 }

--- a/cmd/flux/bootstrap_bitbucket_server.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/bootstrap_bitbucket_server.go
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ func bootstrapBServerCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		Namespace:              *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
 		Components:             bootstrapComponents(),
 		Registry:               bootstrapArgs.registry,
-		RegistryCredential:     bootstrapArgs.registryCredential,
 		ImagePullSecret:        bootstrapArgs.imagePullSecret,
 		WatchAllNamespaces:     bootstrapArgs.watchAllNamespaces,
 		NetworkPolicy:          bootstrapArgs.networkPolicy,
@@ -226,7 +225,7 @@ func bootstrapBServerCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			secretOpts.Username = bServerArgs.username
 		}
 		secretOpts.Password = bitbucketToken
-		secretOpts.CACrt = caBundle
+		secretOpts.CAFile = caBundle
 	} else {
 		keypair, err := sourcesecret.LoadKeyPairFromPath(bootstrapArgs.privateKeyFile, gitArgs.password)
 		if err != nil {
--- a/cmd/flux/bootstrap_git.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/bootstrap_git.go
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"

-	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/git"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/git/gogit"
-
 	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/flags"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/bootstrap"
@@ -38,6 +35,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/manifestgen/install"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/manifestgen/sourcesecret"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/manifestgen/sync"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/git"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/git/gogit"
 )

 var bootstrapGitCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -66,10 +65,7 @@ command will perform an upgrade if needed.`,
  flux bootstrap git --url=ssh://<SSH-Key-ID>@git-codecommit.<region>.amazonaws.com/v1/repos/<repository> --private-key-file=<path/to/private.key> --password=<SSH-passphrase> --path=clusters/my-cluster

  # Run bootstrap for a Git repository on Azure Devops
-  flux bootstrap git --url=ssh://git@ssh.dev.azure.com/v3/<org>/<project>/<repository> --private-key-file=<path/to/rsa-sha2-private.key> --ssh-hostkey-algos=rsa-sha2-512,rsa-sha2-256 --path=clusters/my-cluster
-
-  # Run bootstrap for a Git repository on Oracle VBS
-  flux bootstrap git --url=https://repository_url.git --with-bearer-token=true --password=<PAT> --path=clusters/my-cluster
+  flux bootstrap git --url=ssh://git@ssh.dev.azure.com/v3/<org>/<project>/<repository> --ssh-key-algorithm=rsa --ssh-rsa-bits=4096 --path=clusters/my-cluster
 `,
 	RunE: bootstrapGitCmdRun,
 }
@@ -82,7 +78,6 @@ type gitFlags struct {
 	password            string
 	silent              bool
 	insecureHttpAllowed bool
-	withBearerToken     bool
 }

 const (
@@ -99,16 +94,11 @@ func init() {
 	bootstrapGitCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&gitArgs.password, "password", "p", "", "basic authentication password")
 	bootstrapGitCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&gitArgs.silent, "silent", "s", false, "assumes the deploy key is already setup, skips confirmation")
 	bootstrapGitCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&gitArgs.insecureHttpAllowed, "allow-insecure-http", false, "allows insecure HTTP connections")
-	bootstrapGitCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&gitArgs.withBearerToken, "with-bearer-token", false, "use password as bearer token for Authorization header")

 	bootstrapCmd.AddCommand(bootstrapGitCmd)
 }

 func bootstrapGitCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	if gitArgs.withBearerToken {
-		bootstrapArgs.tokenAuth = true
-	}
-
 	gitPassword := os.Getenv(gitPasswordEnvVar)
 	if gitPassword != "" && gitArgs.password == "" {
 		gitArgs.password = gitPassword
@@ -211,7 +201,6 @@ func bootstrapGitCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		Namespace:              *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
 		Components:             bootstrapComponents(),
 		Registry:               bootstrapArgs.registry,
-		RegistryCredential:     bootstrapArgs.registryCredential,
 		ImagePullSecret:        bootstrapArgs.imagePullSecret,
 		WatchAllNamespaces:     bootstrapArgs.watchAllNamespaces,
 		NetworkPolicy:          bootstrapArgs.networkPolicy,
@@ -234,16 +223,10 @@ func bootstrapGitCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		TargetPath:   gitArgs.path.String(),
 		ManifestFile: sourcesecret.MakeDefaultOptions().ManifestFile,
 	}
-
 	if bootstrapArgs.tokenAuth {
-		if gitArgs.withBearerToken {
-			secretOpts.BearerToken = gitArgs.password
-		} else {
-			secretOpts.Username = gitArgs.username
-			secretOpts.Password = gitArgs.password
-		}
-
-		secretOpts.CACrt = caBundle
+		secretOpts.Username = gitArgs.username
+		secretOpts.Password = gitArgs.password
+		secretOpts.CAFile = caBundle

 		// Remove port of the given host when not syncing over HTTP/S to not assume port for protocol
 		// This _might_ be overwritten later on by e.g. --ssh-hostname
@@ -335,28 +318,18 @@ func getAuthOpts(u *url.URL, caBundle []byte) (*git.AuthOptions, error) {
 		if !gitArgs.insecureHttpAllowed {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("scheme http is insecure, pass --allow-insecure-http=true to allow it")
 		}
-		httpAuth := git.AuthOptions{
+		return &git.AuthOptions{
 			Transport: git.HTTP,
-		}
-		if gitArgs.withBearerToken {
-			httpAuth.BearerToken = gitArgs.password
-		} else {
-			httpAuth.Username = gitArgs.username
-			httpAuth.Password = gitArgs.password
-		}
-		return &httpAuth, nil
+			Username:  gitArgs.username,
+			Password:  gitArgs.password,
+		}, nil
 	case "https":
-		httpsAuth := git.AuthOptions{
+		return &git.AuthOptions{
 			Transport: git.HTTPS,
+			Username:  gitArgs.username,
+			Password:  gitArgs.password,
 			CAFile:    caBundle,
-		}
-		if gitArgs.withBearerToken {
-			httpsAuth.BearerToken = gitArgs.password
-		} else {
-			httpsAuth.Username = gitArgs.username
-			httpsAuth.Password = gitArgs.password
-		}
-		return &httpsAuth, nil
+		}, nil
 	case "ssh":
 		authOpts := &git.AuthOptions{
 			Transport: git.SSH,
--- a/cmd/flux/bootstrap_gitea.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/bootstrap_gitea.go
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ func bootstrapGiteaCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		Namespace:              *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
 		Components:             bootstrapComponents(),
 		Registry:               bootstrapArgs.registry,
-		RegistryCredential:     bootstrapArgs.registryCredential,
 		ImagePullSecret:        bootstrapArgs.imagePullSecret,
 		WatchAllNamespaces:     bootstrapArgs.watchAllNamespaces,
 		NetworkPolicy:          bootstrapArgs.networkPolicy,
@@ -210,7 +209,7 @@ func bootstrapGiteaCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	if bootstrapArgs.tokenAuth {
 		secretOpts.Username = "git"
 		secretOpts.Password = gtToken
-		secretOpts.CACrt = caBundle
+		secretOpts.CAFile = caBundle
 	} else {
 		secretOpts.PrivateKeyAlgorithm = sourcesecret.PrivateKeyAlgorithm(bootstrapArgs.keyAlgorithm)
 		secretOpts.RSAKeyBits = int(bootstrapArgs.keyRSABits)
--- a/cmd/flux/bootstrap_github.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/bootstrap_github.go
@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ func bootstrapGitHubCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		Namespace:              *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
 		Components:             bootstrapComponents(),
 		Registry:               bootstrapArgs.registry,
-		RegistryCredential:     bootstrapArgs.registryCredential,
 		ImagePullSecret:        bootstrapArgs.imagePullSecret,
 		WatchAllNamespaces:     bootstrapArgs.watchAllNamespaces,
 		NetworkPolicy:          bootstrapArgs.networkPolicy,
@@ -217,7 +216,7 @@ func bootstrapGitHubCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	if bootstrapArgs.tokenAuth {
 		secretOpts.Username = "git"
 		secretOpts.Password = ghToken
-		secretOpts.CACrt = caBundle
+		secretOpts.CAFile = caBundle
 	} else {
 		secretOpts.PrivateKeyAlgorithm = sourcesecret.PrivateKeyAlgorithm(bootstrapArgs.keyAlgorithm)
 		secretOpts.RSAKeyBits = int(bootstrapArgs.keyRSABits)
--- a/cmd/flux/bootstrap_gitlab.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/bootstrap_gitlab.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"

-	"github.com/fluxcd/go-git-providers/gitprovider"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/git"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/git/gogit"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ import (
 var bootstrapGitLabCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "gitlab",
 	Short: "Deploy Flux on a cluster connected to a GitLab repository",
-	Long: `The bootstrap gitlab command creates the GitLab repository if it doesn't exist and
+	Long: `The bootstrap gitlab command creates the GitLab repository if it doesn't exists and
 commits the Flux manifests to the specified branch.
 Then it configures the target cluster to synchronize with that repository.
 If the Flux components are present on the cluster,
@@ -59,14 +58,14 @@ the bootstrap command will perform an upgrade if needed.`,
  # Run bootstrap for a repository path
  flux bootstrap gitlab --owner=<group> --repository=<repository name> --path=dev-cluster

-  # Run bootstrap for a public repository
-  flux bootstrap gitlab --owner=<group> --repository=<repository name> --visibility=public  --token-auth
+  # Run bootstrap for a public repository on a personal account
+  flux bootstrap gitlab --owner=<user> --repository=<repository name> --private=false --personal --token-auth

  # Run bootstrap for a private repository hosted on a GitLab server
-  flux bootstrap gitlab --owner=<group> --repository=<repository name> --hostname=<gitlab_url> --token-auth
+  flux bootstrap gitlab --owner=<group> --repository=<repository name> --hostname=<domain> --token-auth

  # Run bootstrap for an existing repository with a branch named main
-  flux bootstrap gitlab --owner=<group> --repository=<repository name> --branch=main --token-auth
+  flux bootstrap gitlab --owner=<organization> --repository=<repository name> --branch=main --token-auth

  # Run bootstrap for a private repository using Deploy Token authentication
  flux bootstrap gitlab --owner=<group> --repository=<repository name> --deploy-token-auth
@@ -86,7 +85,6 @@ type gitlabFlags struct {
 	repository      string
 	interval        time.Duration
 	personal        bool
-	visibility      flags.GitLabVisibility
 	private         bool
 	hostname        string
 	path            flags.SafeRelativePath
@@ -96,13 +94,7 @@ type gitlabFlags struct {
 	deployTokenAuth bool
 }

-func NewGitlabFlags() gitlabFlags {
-	return gitlabFlags{
-		visibility: flags.GitLabVisibility(gitprovider.RepositoryVisibilityPrivate),
-	}
-}
-
-var gitlabArgs = NewGitlabFlags()
+var gitlabArgs gitlabFlags

 func init() {
 	bootstrapGitLabCmd.Flags().StringVar(&gitlabArgs.owner, "owner", "", "GitLab user or group name")
@@ -110,8 +102,6 @@ func init() {
 	bootstrapGitLabCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&gitlabArgs.teams, "team", []string{}, "GitLab teams to be given maintainer access (also accepts comma-separated values)")
 	bootstrapGitLabCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&gitlabArgs.personal, "personal", false, "if true, the owner is assumed to be a GitLab user; otherwise a group")
 	bootstrapGitLabCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&gitlabArgs.private, "private", true, "if true, the repository is setup or configured as private")
-	bootstrapGitLabCmd.Flags().MarkDeprecated("private", "use --visibility instead")
-	bootstrapGitLabCmd.Flags().Var(&gitlabArgs.visibility, "visibility", gitlabArgs.visibility.Description())
 	bootstrapGitLabCmd.Flags().DurationVar(&gitlabArgs.interval, "interval", time.Minute, "sync interval")
 	bootstrapGitLabCmd.Flags().StringVar(&gitlabArgs.hostname, "hostname", glDefaultDomain, "GitLab hostname")
 	bootstrapGitLabCmd.Flags().Var(&gitlabArgs.path, "path", "path relative to the repository root, when specified the cluster sync will be scoped to this path")
@@ -143,11 +133,6 @@ func bootstrapGitLabCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("--token-auth and --deploy-token-auth cannot be set both.")
 	}

-	if !gitlabArgs.private {
-		gitlabArgs.visibility.Set(string(gitprovider.RepositoryVisibilityPublic))
-		cmd.Println("Using visibility public as --private=false")
-	}
-
 	if err := bootstrapValidate(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -231,7 +216,6 @@ func bootstrapGitLabCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		Namespace:              *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
 		Components:             bootstrapComponents(),
 		Registry:               bootstrapArgs.registry,
-		RegistryCredential:     bootstrapArgs.registryCredential,
 		ImagePullSecret:        bootstrapArgs.imagePullSecret,
 		WatchAllNamespaces:     bootstrapArgs.watchAllNamespaces,
 		NetworkPolicy:          bootstrapArgs.networkPolicy,
@@ -257,10 +241,10 @@ func bootstrapGitLabCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	if bootstrapArgs.tokenAuth {
 		secretOpts.Username = "git"
 		secretOpts.Password = glToken
-		secretOpts.CACrt = caBundle
+		secretOpts.CAFile = caBundle
 	} else if gitlabArgs.deployTokenAuth {
 		// the actual deploy token will be reconciled later
-		secretOpts.CACrt = caBundle
+		secretOpts.CAFile = caBundle
 	} else {
 		keypair, err := sourcesecret.LoadKeyPairFromPath(bootstrapArgs.privateKeyFile, gitArgs.password)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -297,7 +281,6 @@ func bootstrapGitLabCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	// Bootstrap config
 	bootstrapOpts := []bootstrap.GitProviderOption{
 		bootstrap.WithProviderRepository(gitlabArgs.owner, gitlabArgs.repository, gitlabArgs.personal),
-		bootstrap.WithProviderVisibility(gitlabArgs.visibility.String()),
 		bootstrap.WithBranch(bootstrapArgs.branch),
 		bootstrap.WithBootstrapTransportType("https"),
 		bootstrap.WithSignature(bootstrapArgs.authorName, bootstrapArgs.authorEmail),
@@ -317,6 +300,9 @@ func bootstrapGitLabCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	if gitlabArgs.deployTokenAuth {
 		bootstrapOpts = append(bootstrapOpts, bootstrap.WithDeployTokenAuth())
 	}
+	if !gitlabArgs.private {
+		bootstrapOpts = append(bootstrapOpts, bootstrap.WithProviderRepositoryConfig("", "", "public"))
+	}
 	if gitlabArgs.reconcile {
 		bootstrapOpts = append(bootstrapOpts, bootstrap.WithReconcile())
 	}
--- a/cmd/flux/build_artifact.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/build_artifact.go
@@ -26,15 +26,15 @@ import (

 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"

-	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/oci"
+	oci "github.com/fluxcd/pkg/oci/client"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/sourceignore"
 )

 var buildArtifactCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "artifact",
 	Short: "Build artifact",
-	Long: `The build artifact command creates a tgz file with the manifests
-from the given directory or a single manifest file.`,
+	Long: withPreviewNote(`The build artifact command creates a tgz file with the manifests
+from the given directory or a single manifest file.`),
 	Example: `  # Build the given manifests directory into an artifact
  flux build artifact --path ./path/to/local/manifests --output ./path/to/artifact.tgz

--- a/cmd/flux/build_kustomization.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/build_kustomization.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
-	"path/filepath"

 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"

@@ -54,12 +53,7 @@ flux build kustomization my-app --path ./path/to/local/manifests \
 # Exclude files by providing a comma separated list of entries that follow the .gitignore pattern fromat.
 flux build kustomization my-app --path ./path/to/local/manifests \
 	--kustomization-file ./path/to/local/my-app.yaml \
-	--ignore-paths "/to_ignore/**/*.yaml,ignore.yaml"
-
-# Run recursively on all encountered Kustomizations
-flux build kustomization my-app --path ./path/to/local/manifests \
-	--recursive \
-	--local-sources GitRepository/flux-system/my-repo=./path/to/local/git`,
+	--ignore-paths "/to_ignore/**/*.yaml,ignore.yaml"`,
 	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(kustomizev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(kustomizev1.KustomizationKind)),
 	RunE:              buildKsCmdRun,
 }
@@ -69,9 +63,6 @@ type buildKsFlags struct {
 	path              string
 	ignorePaths       []string
 	dryRun            bool
-	strictSubst       bool
-	recursive         bool
-	localSources      map[string]string
 }

 var buildKsArgs buildKsFlags
@@ -81,10 +72,6 @@ func init() {
 	buildKsCmd.Flags().StringVar(&buildKsArgs.kustomizationFile, "kustomization-file", "", "Path to the Flux Kustomization YAML file.")
 	buildKsCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&buildKsArgs.ignorePaths, "ignore-paths", nil, "set paths to ignore in .gitignore format")
 	buildKsCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&buildKsArgs.dryRun, "dry-run", false, "Dry run mode.")
-	buildKsCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&buildKsArgs.strictSubst, "strict-substitute", false,
-		"When enabled, the post build substitutions will fail if a var without a default value is declared in files but is missing from the input vars.")
-	buildKsCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&buildKsArgs.recursive, "recursive", "r", false, "Recursively build Kustomizations")
-	buildKsCmd.Flags().StringToStringVar(&buildKsArgs.localSources, "local-sources", nil, "Comma-separated list of repositories in format: Kind/namespace/name=path")
 	buildCmd.AddCommand(buildKsCmd)
 }

@@ -98,13 +85,6 @@ func buildKsCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (err error) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid resource path %q", buildKsArgs.path)
 	}

-	// Normalize the path to handle Windows absolute and relative paths correctly
-	buildKsArgs.path, err = filepath.Abs(buildKsArgs.path)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to resolve absolute path: %w", err)
-	}
-	buildKsArgs.path = filepath.Clean(buildKsArgs.path)
-
 	if fs, err := os.Stat(buildKsArgs.path); err != nil || !fs.IsDir() {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid resource path %q", buildKsArgs.path)
 	}
@@ -127,9 +107,6 @@ func buildKsCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (err error) {
 			build.WithDryRun(buildKsArgs.dryRun),
 			build.WithNamespace(*kubeconfigArgs.Namespace),
 			build.WithIgnore(buildKsArgs.ignorePaths),
-			build.WithStrictSubstitute(buildKsArgs.strictSubst),
-			build.WithRecursive(buildKsArgs.recursive),
-			build.WithLocalSources(buildKsArgs.localSources),
 		)
 	} else {
 		builder, err = build.NewBuilder(name, buildKsArgs.path,
@@ -137,9 +114,6 @@ func buildKsCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (err error) {
 			build.WithTimeout(rootArgs.timeout),
 			build.WithKustomizationFile(buildKsArgs.kustomizationFile),
 			build.WithIgnore(buildKsArgs.ignorePaths),
-			build.WithStrictSubstitute(buildKsArgs.strictSubst),
-			build.WithRecursive(buildKsArgs.recursive),
-			build.WithLocalSources(buildKsArgs.localSources),
 		)
 	}

--- a/cmd/flux/build_kustomization_test.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/build_kustomization_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 	"text/template"
 )
@@ -70,12 +69,6 @@ func TestBuildKustomization(t *testing.T) {
 			resultFile: "./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo-with-ignore-result.yaml",
 			assertFunc: "assertGoldenTemplateFile",
 		},
-		{
-			name:       "build with recursive",
-			args:       "build kustomization podinfo --path ./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo-with-my-app --recursive --local-sources GitRepository/default/podinfo=./testdata/build-kustomization",
-			resultFile: "./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo-with-my-app-result.yaml",
-			assertFunc: "assertGoldenTemplateFile",
-		},
 	}

 	tmpl := map[string]string{
@@ -125,8 +118,6 @@ spec:
      cluster_region: "eu-central-1"
 `

-	tmpFile := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "podinfo.yaml")
-
 	tests := []struct {
 		name       string
 		args       string
@@ -141,40 +132,28 @@ spec:
 		},
 		{
 			name:       "build podinfo",
-			args:       "build kustomization podinfo --kustomization-file " + tmpFile + " --path ./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo",
+			args:       "build kustomization podinfo --kustomization-file ./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo.yaml --path ./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo",
 			resultFile: "./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo-result.yaml",
 			assertFunc: "assertGoldenTemplateFile",
 		},
 		{
 			name:       "build podinfo without service",
-			args:       "build kustomization podinfo --kustomization-file " + tmpFile + " --path ./testdata/build-kustomization/delete-service",
+			args:       "build kustomization podinfo --kustomization-file ./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo.yaml --path ./testdata/build-kustomization/delete-service",
 			resultFile: "./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo-without-service-result.yaml",
 			assertFunc: "assertGoldenTemplateFile",
 		},
 		{
 			name:       "build deployment and configmap with var substitution",
-			args:       "build kustomization podinfo --kustomization-file " + tmpFile + " --path ./testdata/build-kustomization/var-substitution",
+			args:       "build kustomization podinfo --kustomization-file ./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo.yaml --path ./testdata/build-kustomization/var-substitution",
 			resultFile: "./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo-with-var-substitution-result.yaml",
 			assertFunc: "assertGoldenTemplateFile",
 		},
 		{
 			name:       "build deployment and configmap with var substitution in dry-run mode",
-			args:       "build kustomization podinfo --kustomization-file " + tmpFile + " --path ./testdata/build-kustomization/var-substitution --dry-run",
+			args:       "build kustomization podinfo --kustomization-file ./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo.yaml --path ./testdata/build-kustomization/var-substitution --dry-run",
 			resultFile: "./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo-with-var-substitution-result.yaml",
 			assertFunc: "assertGoldenTemplateFile",
 		},
-		{
-			name:       "build with recursive",
-			args:       "build kustomization podinfo --kustomization-file " + tmpFile + " --path ./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo-with-my-app --recursive --local-sources GitRepository/default/podinfo=./testdata/build-kustomization",
-			resultFile: "./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo-with-my-app-result.yaml",
-			assertFunc: "assertGoldenTemplateFile",
-		},
-		{
-			name:       "build with recursive in dry-run mode",
-			args:       "build kustomization podinfo --kustomization-file " + tmpFile + " --path ./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo-with-my-app --recursive --local-sources GitRepository/default/podinfo=./testdata/build-kustomization --dry-run",
-			resultFile: "./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo-with-my-app-result.yaml",
-			assertFunc: "assertGoldenTemplateFile",
-		},
 	}

 	tmpl := map[string]string{
@@ -182,6 +161,8 @@ spec:
 	}
 	setup(t, tmpl)

+	testEnv.CreateObjectFile("./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo-source.yaml", tmpl, t)
+
 	temp, err := template.New("podinfo").Parse(podinfo)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -193,72 +174,11 @@ spec:
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}

-	err = os.WriteFile(tmpFile, b.Bytes(), 0666)
+	err = os.WriteFile("./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo.yaml", b.Bytes(), 0666)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			var assert assertFunc
-
-			switch tt.assertFunc {
-			case "assertGoldenTemplateFile":
-				assert = assertGoldenTemplateFile(tt.resultFile, tmpl)
-			case "assertError":
-				assert = assertError(tt.resultFile)
-			}
-
-			cmd := cmdTestCase{
-				args:   tt.args + " -n " + tmpl["fluxns"],
-				assert: assert,
-			}
-
-			cmd.runTestCmd(t)
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-// TestBuildKustomizationPathNormalization verifies that absolute and complex
-// paths are normalized to prevent path concatenation bugs (issue #5673).
-// Without normalization, paths could be duplicated like: /path/test/path/test/file
-func TestBuildKustomizationPathNormalization(t *testing.T) {
-	// Get absolute path to testdata to test absolute path handling
-	absTestDataPath, err := filepath.Abs("testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to get absolute path: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	tests := []struct {
-		name       string
-		args       string
-		resultFile string
-		assertFunc string
-	}{
-		{
-			name:       "build with absolute path",
-			args:       "build kustomization podinfo --path " + absTestDataPath,
-			resultFile: "./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo-result.yaml",
-			assertFunc: "assertGoldenTemplateFile",
-		},
-		{
-			name:       "build with complex relative path (parent dir)",
-			args:       "build kustomization podinfo --path ./testdata/build-kustomization/../build-kustomization/podinfo",
-			resultFile: "./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo-result.yaml",
-			assertFunc: "assertGoldenTemplateFile",
-		},
-		{
-			name:       "build with path containing redundant separators",
-			args:       "build kustomization podinfo --path ./testdata//build-kustomization//podinfo",
-			resultFile: "./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo-result.yaml",
-			assertFunc: "assertGoldenTemplateFile",
-		},
-	}
-
-	tmpl := map[string]string{
-		"fluxns": allocateNamespace("flux-system"),
-	}
-	setup(t, tmpl)
+	t.Cleanup(func() { _ = os.Remove("./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo.yaml") })

 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
--- a/cmd/flux/check.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/check.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ type checkFlags struct {
 }

 var kubernetesConstraints = []string{
-	">=1.33.0-0",
+	">=1.26.0-0",
 }

 var checkArgs checkFlags
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ func componentsCheck(ctx context.Context, kubeClient client.Client) bool {
 				}
 			}
 			for _, c := range d.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers {
-				logger.Actionf("%s", c.Image)
+				logger.Actionf(c.Image)
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ func crdsCheck(ctx context.Context, kubeClient client.Client) bool {
 		for _, crd := range list.Items {
 			versions := crd.Status.StoredVersions
 			if len(versions) > 0 {
-				logger.Successf("%s", crd.Name+"/"+versions[len(versions)-1])
+				logger.Successf(crd.Name + "/" + versions[len(versions)-1])
 			} else {
 				ok = false
 				logger.Failuref("no stored versions for %s", crd.Name)
--- a/cmd/flux/create.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create.go
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func (names apiType) upsertAndWait(object upsertWaitable, mutate func() error) e
 	logger.Generatef("generating %s", names.kind)
 	logger.Actionf("applying %s", names.kind)

-	namespacedName, err := names.upsert(ctx, kubeClient, object, mutate)
+	namespacedName, err := imageRepositoryType.upsert(ctx, kubeClient, object, mutate)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
--- a/cmd/flux/create_helmrelease.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_helmrelease.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright 2024 The Flux authors
+Copyright 2020 The Flux authors

 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"

+	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime/transform"
+
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/flags"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
+
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	apiextensionsv1 "k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
@@ -33,20 +39,14 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"

-	helmv2 "github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api/v2"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/runtime/transform"
-	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1"
-
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/flags"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
+	helmv2 "github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api/v2beta2"
 )

 var createHelmReleaseCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:     "helmrelease [name]",
 	Aliases: []string{"hr"},
 	Short:   "Create or update a HelmRelease resource",
-	Long:    `The helmrelease create command generates a HelmRelease resource for a given HelmRepository source.`,
+	Long:    withPreviewNote(`The helmrelease create command generates a HelmRelease resource for a given HelmRepository source.`),
 	Example: `  # Create a HelmRelease with a chart from a HelmRepository source
  flux create hr podinfo \
    --interval=10m \
@@ -94,13 +94,6 @@ var createHelmReleaseCmd = &cobra.Command{
    --source=HelmRepository/podinfo \
    --chart=podinfo

-  # Create a HelmRelease with custom storage namespace for hub-and-spoke model
-  flux create hr podinfo \
-    --target-namespace=production \
-    --storage-namespace=fluxcd-system \
-    --source=HelmRepository/podinfo \
-    --chart=podinfo
-
  # Create a HelmRelease using a source from a different namespace
  flux create hr podinfo \
    --namespace=default \
@@ -112,17 +105,7 @@ var createHelmReleaseCmd = &cobra.Command{
    --source=HelmRepository/podinfo \
    --chart=podinfo \
    --values=./values.yaml \
-    --export > podinfo-release.yaml
-		
-  # Create a HelmRelease using a chart from a HelmChart resource
-  flux create hr podinfo \
-    --namespace=default \
-    --chart-ref=HelmChart/podinfo.flux-system \
-
-  # Create a HelmRelease using a chart from an OCIRepository resource
-  flux create hr podinfo \
-    --namespace=default \
-    --chart-ref=OCIRepository/podinfo.flux-system`,
+    --export > podinfo-release.yaml`,
 	RunE: createHelmReleaseCmdRun,
 }

@@ -132,9 +115,7 @@ type helmReleaseFlags struct {
 	dependsOn           []string
 	chart               string
 	chartVersion        string
-	chartRef            string
 	targetNamespace     string
-	storageNamespace    string
 	createNamespace     bool
 	valuesFiles         []string
 	valuesFrom          []string
@@ -149,8 +130,6 @@ var helmReleaseArgs helmReleaseFlags

 var supportedHelmReleaseValuesFromKinds = []string{"Secret", "ConfigMap"}

-var supportedHelmReleaseReferenceKinds = []string{sourcev1.OCIRepositoryKind, sourcev1.HelmChartKind}
-
 func init() {
 	createHelmReleaseCmd.Flags().StringVar(&helmReleaseArgs.name, "release-name", "", "name used for the Helm release, defaults to a composition of '[<target-namespace>-]<HelmRelease-name>'")
 	createHelmReleaseCmd.Flags().Var(&helmReleaseArgs.source, "source", helmReleaseArgs.source.Description())
@@ -158,7 +137,6 @@ func init() {
 	createHelmReleaseCmd.Flags().StringVar(&helmReleaseArgs.chartVersion, "chart-version", "", "Helm chart version, accepts a semver range (ignored for charts from GitRepository sources)")
 	createHelmReleaseCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&helmReleaseArgs.dependsOn, "depends-on", nil, "HelmReleases that must be ready before this release can be installed, supported formats '<name>' and '<namespace>/<name>'")
 	createHelmReleaseCmd.Flags().StringVar(&helmReleaseArgs.targetNamespace, "target-namespace", "", "namespace to install this release, defaults to the HelmRelease namespace")
-	createHelmReleaseCmd.Flags().StringVar(&helmReleaseArgs.storageNamespace, "storage-namespace", "", "namespace to store the Helm release, defaults to the target namespace")
 	createHelmReleaseCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&helmReleaseArgs.createNamespace, "create-target-namespace", false, "create the target namespace if it does not exist")
 	createHelmReleaseCmd.Flags().StringVar(&helmReleaseArgs.saName, "service-account", "", "the name of the service account to impersonate when reconciling this HelmRelease")
 	createHelmReleaseCmd.Flags().StringVar(&helmReleaseArgs.reconcileStrategy, "reconcile-strategy", "ChartVersion", "the reconcile strategy for helm chart created by the helm release(accepted values: Revision and ChartRevision)")
@@ -167,23 +145,14 @@ func init() {
 	createHelmReleaseCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&helmReleaseArgs.valuesFrom, "values-from", nil, "a Kubernetes object reference that contains the values.yaml data key in the format '<kind>/<name>', where kind must be one of: (Secret,ConfigMap)")
 	createHelmReleaseCmd.Flags().Var(&helmReleaseArgs.crds, "crds", helmReleaseArgs.crds.Description())
 	createHelmReleaseCmd.Flags().StringVar(&helmReleaseArgs.kubeConfigSecretRef, "kubeconfig-secret-ref", "", "the name of the Kubernetes Secret that contains a key with the kubeconfig file for connecting to a remote cluster")
-	createHelmReleaseCmd.Flags().StringVar(&helmReleaseArgs.chartRef, "chart-ref", "", "the name of the HelmChart resource to use as source for the HelmRelease, in the format '<kind>/<name>.<namespace>', where kind must be one of: (OCIRepository,HelmChart)")
 	createCmd.AddCommand(createHelmReleaseCmd)
 }

 func createHelmReleaseCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	name := args[0]

-	if helmReleaseArgs.storageNamespace == "" && helmReleaseArgs.targetNamespace != "" {
-		helmReleaseArgs.storageNamespace = helmReleaseArgs.targetNamespace
-	}
-
-	if helmReleaseArgs.chart == "" && helmReleaseArgs.chartRef == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("chart or chart-ref is required")
-	}
-
-	if helmReleaseArgs.chart != "" && helmReleaseArgs.chartRef != "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot use --chart in combination with --chart-ref")
+	if helmReleaseArgs.chart == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("chart name or path is required")
 	}

 	sourceLabels, err := parseLabels()
@@ -208,67 +177,42 @@ func createHelmReleaseCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		},
 		Spec: helmv2.HelmReleaseSpec{
 			ReleaseName: helmReleaseArgs.name,
+			DependsOn:   utils.MakeDependsOn(helmReleaseArgs.dependsOn),
 			Interval: metav1.Duration{
 				Duration: createArgs.interval,
 			},
-			TargetNamespace:  helmReleaseArgs.targetNamespace,
-			StorageNamespace: helmReleaseArgs.storageNamespace,
-			Suspend:          false,
-		},
-	}
+			TargetNamespace: helmReleaseArgs.targetNamespace,

-	if len(helmReleaseArgs.dependsOn) > 0 {
-		ls := utils.MakeDependsOn(helmReleaseArgs.dependsOn)
-		hrDependsOn := make([]helmv2.DependencyReference, 0, len(ls))
-		for _, d := range ls {
-			hrDependsOn = append(hrDependsOn, helmv2.DependencyReference{
-				Name:      d.Name,
-				Namespace: d.Namespace,
-			})
-		}
-		helmRelease.Spec.DependsOn = hrDependsOn
-	}
-
-	switch {
-	case helmReleaseArgs.chart != "":
-		helmRelease.Spec.Chart = &helmv2.HelmChartTemplate{
-			Spec: helmv2.HelmChartTemplateSpec{
-				Chart:   helmReleaseArgs.chart,
-				Version: helmReleaseArgs.chartVersion,
-				SourceRef: helmv2.CrossNamespaceObjectReference{
-					Kind:      helmReleaseArgs.source.Kind,
-					Name:      helmReleaseArgs.source.Name,
-					Namespace: helmReleaseArgs.source.Namespace,
+			Chart: helmv2.HelmChartTemplate{
+				Spec: helmv2.HelmChartTemplateSpec{
+					Chart:   helmReleaseArgs.chart,
+					Version: helmReleaseArgs.chartVersion,
+					SourceRef: helmv2.CrossNamespaceObjectReference{
+						Kind:      helmReleaseArgs.source.Kind,
+						Name:      helmReleaseArgs.source.Name,
+						Namespace: helmReleaseArgs.source.Namespace,
+					},
+					ReconcileStrategy: helmReleaseArgs.reconcileStrategy,
 				},
-				ReconcileStrategy: helmReleaseArgs.reconcileStrategy,
 			},
-		}
-		if helmReleaseArgs.chartInterval != 0 {
-			helmRelease.Spec.Chart.Spec.Interval = &metav1.Duration{
-				Duration: helmReleaseArgs.chartInterval,
-			}
-		}
-	case helmReleaseArgs.chartRef != "":
-		kind, name, ns := utils.ParseObjectKindNameNamespace(helmReleaseArgs.chartRef)
-		if kind != sourcev1.HelmChartKind && kind != sourcev1.OCIRepositoryKind {
-			return fmt.Errorf("chart reference kind '%s' is not supported, must be one of: %s",
-				kind, strings.Join(supportedHelmReleaseReferenceKinds, ", "))
-		}
-		helmRelease.Spec.ChartRef = &helmv2.CrossNamespaceSourceReference{
-			Kind:      kind,
-			Name:      name,
-			Namespace: ns,
-		}
+			Suspend: false,
+		},
 	}

 	if helmReleaseArgs.kubeConfigSecretRef != "" {
 		helmRelease.Spec.KubeConfig = &meta.KubeConfigReference{
-			SecretRef: &meta.SecretKeyReference{
+			SecretRef: meta.SecretKeyReference{
 				Name: helmReleaseArgs.kubeConfigSecretRef,
 			},
 		}
 	}

+	if helmReleaseArgs.chartInterval != 0 {
+		helmRelease.Spec.Chart.Spec.Interval = &metav1.Duration{
+			Duration: helmReleaseArgs.chartInterval,
+		}
+	}
+
 	if helmReleaseArgs.createNamespace {
 		if helmRelease.Spec.Install == nil {
 			helmRelease.Spec.Install = &helmv2.Install{}
@@ -365,7 +309,7 @@ func createHelmReleaseCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}
 	logger.Successf("HelmRelease %s is ready", name)

-	logger.Successf("applied revision %s", getHelmReleaseRevision(helmRelease))
+	logger.Successf("applied revision %s", helmRelease.Status.LastAppliedRevision)
 	return nil
 }

--- a/cmd/flux/create_helmrelease_test.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_helmrelease_test.go
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-//go:build unit
-// +build unit
-
-/*
-Copyright 2024 The Flux authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import "testing"
-
-func TestCreateHelmRelease(t *testing.T) {
-	tmpl := map[string]string{
-		"fluxns": allocateNamespace("flux-system"),
-	}
-	setupHRSource(t, tmpl)
-
-	tests := []struct {
-		name   string
-		args   string
-		assert assertFunc
-	}{
-		{
-			name:   "missing name",
-			args:   "create helmrelease --export",
-			assert: assertError("name is required"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "missing chart template and chartRef",
-			args:   "create helmrelease podinfo --export",
-			assert: assertError("chart or chart-ref is required"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "chart and chartRef used in combination",
-			args:   "create helmrelease podinfo --chart podinfo --chart-ref foobar/podinfo --export",
-			assert: assertError("cannot use --chart in combination with --chart-ref"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "unknown source kind",
-			args:   "create helmrelease podinfo --source foobar/podinfo --chart podinfo --export",
-			assert: assertError(`invalid argument "foobar/podinfo" for "--source" flag: source kind 'foobar' is not supported, must be one of: HelmRepository, GitRepository, Bucket`),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "unknown chart reference kind",
-			args:   "create helmrelease podinfo --chart-ref foobar/podinfo --export",
-			assert: assertError(`chart reference kind 'foobar' is not supported, must be one of: OCIRepository, HelmChart`),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "basic helmrelease",
-			args:   "create helmrelease podinfo --source Helmrepository/podinfo --chart podinfo --interval=1m0s --export",
-			assert: assertGoldenTemplateFile("testdata/create_hr/basic.yaml", tmpl),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "chart with OCIRepository source",
-			args:   "create helmrelease podinfo --chart-ref OCIRepository/podinfo --interval=1m0s --export",
-			assert: assertGoldenTemplateFile("testdata/create_hr/or_basic.yaml", tmpl),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "chart with HelmChart source",
-			args:   "create helmrelease podinfo --chart-ref HelmChart/podinfo --interval=1m0s --export",
-			assert: assertGoldenTemplateFile("testdata/create_hr/hc_basic.yaml", tmpl),
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			cmd := cmdTestCase{
-				args:   tt.args + " -n " + tmpl["fluxns"],
-				assert: tt.assert,
-			}
-			cmd.runTestCmd(t)
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func setupHRSource(t *testing.T, tmpl map[string]string) {
-	t.Helper()
-	testEnv.CreateObjectFile("./testdata/create_hr/setup-source.yaml", tmpl, t)
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/create_image_policy.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_image_policy.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"regexp/syntax"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
 	"unicode"
 	"unicode/utf8"

@@ -29,18 +28,18 @@ import (

 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"

-	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1"
+	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1beta2"
 )

 var createImagePolicyCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "policy [name]",
 	Short: "Create or update an ImagePolicy object",
-	Long: `The create image policy command generates an ImagePolicy resource.
+	Long: withPreviewNote(`The create image policy command generates an ImagePolicy resource.
 An ImagePolicy object calculates a "latest image" given an image
 repository and a policy, e.g., semver.

 The image that sorts highest according to the policy is recorded in
-the status of the object.`,
+the status of the object.`),
 	Example: `  # Create an ImagePolicy to select the latest stable release
  flux create image policy podinfo \
    --image-ref=podinfo \
@@ -61,8 +60,6 @@ type imagePolicyFlags struct {
 	numeric       string
 	filterRegex   string
 	filterExtract string
-	reflectDigest string
-	interval      time.Duration
 }

 var imagePolicyArgs = imagePolicyFlags{}
@@ -75,12 +72,16 @@ func init() {
 	flags.StringVar(&imagePolicyArgs.numeric, "select-numeric", "", "use numeric sorting to select image; either \"asc\" meaning select the last, or \"desc\" meaning select the first")
 	flags.StringVar(&imagePolicyArgs.filterRegex, "filter-regex", "", "regular expression pattern used to filter the image tags")
 	flags.StringVar(&imagePolicyArgs.filterExtract, "filter-extract", "", "replacement pattern (using capture groups from --filter-regex) to use for sorting")
-	flags.StringVar(&imagePolicyArgs.reflectDigest, "reflect-digest", "", "the digest reflection policy to use when observing latest image tags (one of 'Never', 'IfNotPresent', 'Never')")
-	flags.DurationVar(&imagePolicyArgs.interval, "interval", 0, "the interval at which to check for new image digests when the policy is set to 'Always'")

 	createImageCmd.AddCommand(createImagePolicyCmd)
 }

+// getObservedGeneration is implemented here, since it's not
+// (presently) needed elsewhere.
+func (obj imagePolicyAdapter) getObservedGeneration() int64 {
+	return obj.ImagePolicy.Status.ObservedGeneration
+}
+
 func createImagePolicyRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	objectName := args[0]

@@ -152,20 +153,6 @@ func createImagePolicyRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cannot specify --filter-extract without specifying --filter-regex")
 	}

-	if p := imagev1.ReflectionPolicy(imagePolicyArgs.reflectDigest); p != "" {
-		if p != imagev1.ReflectNever && p != imagev1.ReflectIfNotPresent && p != imagev1.ReflectAlways {
-			return fmt.Errorf("invalid value for --reflect-digest, must be one of 'Never', 'IfNotPresent', 'Always'")
-		}
-		policy.Spec.DigestReflectionPolicy = p
-	}
-
-	if imagePolicyArgs.interval != 0 {
-		if imagePolicyArgs.reflectDigest != string(imagev1.ReflectAlways) {
-			return fmt.Errorf("the --interval flag can only be used with the 'Always' digest reflection policy, use --reflect-digest=Always")
-		}
-		policy.Spec.Interval = &metav1.Duration{Duration: imagePolicyArgs.interval}
-	}
-
 	if createArgs.export {
 		return printExport(exportImagePolicy(&policy))
 	}
--- a/cmd/flux/create_image_repository.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_image_repository.go
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ import (

 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"

-	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1"
+	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1beta2"
 )

 var createImageRepositoryCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "repository [name]",
 	Short: "Create or update an ImageRepository object",
-	Long: `The create image repository command generates an ImageRepository resource.
-An ImageRepository object specifies an image repository to scan.`,
+	Long: withPreviewNote(`The create image repository command generates an ImageRepository resource.
+An ImageRepository object specifies an image repository to scan.`),
 	Example: `  # Create an ImageRepository object to scan the alpine image repository:
  flux create image repository alpine-repo --image alpine --interval 20m

--- a/cmd/flux/create_image_update.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_image_update.go
@@ -22,16 +22,16 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"

-	autov1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/api/v1"
+	autov1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/api/v1beta1"
 	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1"
 )

 var createImageUpdateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "update [name]",
 	Short: "Create or update an ImageUpdateAutomation object",
-	Long: `The create image update command generates an ImageUpdateAutomation resource.
+	Long: withPreviewNote(`The create image update command generates an ImageUpdateAutomation resource.
 An ImageUpdateAutomation object specifies an automated update to images
-mentioned in YAMLs in a git repository.`,
+mentioned in YAMLs in a git repository.`),
 	Example: `  # Configure image updates for the main repository created by flux bootstrap
  flux create image update flux-system \
    --git-repo-ref=flux-system \
--- a/cmd/flux/create_kustomization.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_kustomization.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"

-	helmv2 "github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api/v2"
+	helmv2 "github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api/v2beta2"
 	kustomizev1 "github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api/v1"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"

@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ func createKsCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			Labels:    kslabels,
 		},
 		Spec: kustomizev1.KustomizationSpec{
+			DependsOn: utils.MakeDependsOn(kustomizationArgs.dependsOn),
 			Interval: metav1.Duration{
 				Duration: createArgs.interval,
 			},
@@ -168,21 +169,9 @@ func createKsCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		},
 	}

-	if len(kustomizationArgs.dependsOn) > 0 {
-		ls := utils.MakeDependsOn(kustomizationArgs.dependsOn)
-		ksDependsOn := make([]kustomizev1.DependencyReference, 0, len(ls))
-		for _, d := range ls {
-			ksDependsOn = append(ksDependsOn, kustomizev1.DependencyReference{
-				Name:      d.Name,
-				Namespace: d.Namespace,
-			})
-		}
-		kustomization.Spec.DependsOn = ksDependsOn
-	}
-
 	if kustomizationArgs.kubeConfigSecretRef != "" {
 		kustomization.Spec.KubeConfig = &meta.KubeConfigReference{
-			SecretRef: &meta.SecretKeyReference{
+			SecretRef: meta.SecretKeyReference{
 				Name: kustomizationArgs.kubeConfigSecretRef,
 			},
 		}
--- a/cmd/flux/create_secret_git.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_secret_git.go
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ type secretGitFlags struct {
 	keyAlgorithm   flags.PublicKeyAlgorithm
 	rsaBits        flags.RSAKeyBits
 	ecdsaCurve     flags.ECDSACurve
+	caFile         string
 	caCrtFile      string
 	privateKeyFile string
 	bearerToken    string
@@ -101,7 +102,8 @@ func init() {
 	createSecretGitCmd.Flags().Var(&secretGitArgs.keyAlgorithm, "ssh-key-algorithm", secretGitArgs.keyAlgorithm.Description())
 	createSecretGitCmd.Flags().Var(&secretGitArgs.rsaBits, "ssh-rsa-bits", secretGitArgs.rsaBits.Description())
 	createSecretGitCmd.Flags().Var(&secretGitArgs.ecdsaCurve, "ssh-ecdsa-curve", secretGitArgs.ecdsaCurve.Description())
-	createSecretGitCmd.Flags().StringVar(&secretGitArgs.caCrtFile, "ca-crt-file", "", "path to TLS CA certificate file used for validating self-signed certificates")
+	createSecretGitCmd.Flags().StringVar(&secretGitArgs.caFile, "ca-file", "", "path to TLS CA file used for validating self-signed certificates")
+	createSecretGitCmd.Flags().StringVar(&secretGitArgs.caCrtFile, "ca-crt-file", "", "path to TLS CA certificate file used for validating self-signed certificates; takes precedence over --ca-file")
 	createSecretGitCmd.Flags().StringVar(&secretGitArgs.privateKeyFile, "private-key-file", "", "path to a passwordless private key file used for authenticating to the Git SSH server")
 	createSecretGitCmd.Flags().StringVar(&secretGitArgs.bearerToken, "bearer-token", "", "bearer authentication token")

@@ -167,12 +169,17 @@ func createSecretGitCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("unable to read TLS CA file: %w", err)
 			}
+		} else if secretGitArgs.caFile != "" {
+			opts.CAFile, err = os.ReadFile(secretGitArgs.caFile)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("unable to read TLS CA file: %w", err)
+			}
 		}
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf("git URL scheme '%s' not supported, can be: ssh, http and https", u.Scheme)
 	}

-	secret, err := sourcesecret.GenerateGit(opts)
+	secret, err := sourcesecret.Generate(opts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
--- a/cmd/flux/create_secret_github_app.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_secret_github_app.go
@@ -1,116 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2024 The Flux authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/manifestgen/sourcesecret"
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
-)
-
-var createSecretGitHubAppCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "githubapp [name]",
-	Short: "Create or update a github app secret",
-	Long:  withPreviewNote(`The create secret githubapp command generates a Kubernetes secret that can be used for GitRepository authentication with github app`),
-	Example: `  # Create a githubapp authentication secret on disk and encrypt it with Mozilla SOPS
-  flux create secret githubapp podinfo-auth \
-    --app-id="1" \
-    --app-installation-id="2" \
-    --app-private-key=./private-key-file.pem \
-    --export > githubapp-auth.yaml
-
-  sops --encrypt --encrypted-regex '^(data|stringData)$' \
-    --in-place githubapp-auth.yaml
-	`,
-	RunE: createSecretGitHubAppCmdRun,
-}
-
-type secretGitHubAppFlags struct {
-	appID                string
-	appInstallationOwner string
-	appInstallationID    string
-	privateKeyFile       string
-	baseURL              string
-}
-
-var secretGitHubAppArgs = secretGitHubAppFlags{}
-
-func init() {
-	createSecretGitHubAppCmd.Flags().StringVar(&secretGitHubAppArgs.appID, "app-id", "", "github app ID")
-	createSecretGitHubAppCmd.Flags().StringVar(&secretGitHubAppArgs.appInstallationOwner, "app-installation-owner", "", "github app installation owner (user or organization)")
-	createSecretGitHubAppCmd.Flags().StringVar(&secretGitHubAppArgs.appInstallationID, "app-installation-id", "", "github app installation ID")
-	createSecretGitHubAppCmd.Flags().StringVar(&secretGitHubAppArgs.privateKeyFile, "app-private-key", "", "github app private key file path")
-	createSecretGitHubAppCmd.Flags().StringVar(&secretGitHubAppArgs.baseURL, "app-base-url", "", "github app base URL")
-
-	createSecretCmd.AddCommand(createSecretGitHubAppCmd)
-}
-
-func createSecretGitHubAppCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	if len(args) < 1 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("name is required")
-	}
-
-	secretName := args[0]
-
-	privateKey, err := os.ReadFile(secretGitHubAppArgs.privateKeyFile)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unable to read private key file: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	opts := sourcesecret.Options{
-		Name:                       secretName,
-		Namespace:                  *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
-		GitHubAppID:                secretGitHubAppArgs.appID,
-		GitHubAppInstallationOwner: secretGitHubAppArgs.appInstallationOwner,
-		GitHubAppInstallationID:    secretGitHubAppArgs.appInstallationID,
-		GitHubAppPrivateKey:        string(privateKey),
-		GitHubAppBaseURL:           secretGitHubAppArgs.baseURL,
-	}
-
-	secret, err := sourcesecret.GenerateGitHubApp(opts)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if createArgs.export {
-		rootCmd.Println(secret.Content)
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), rootArgs.timeout)
-	defer cancel()
-	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(kubeconfigArgs, kubeclientOptions)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	var s corev1.Secret
-	if err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(secret.Content), &s); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := upsertSecret(ctx, kubeClient, s); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	logger.Actionf("githubapp secret '%s' created in '%s' namespace", secretName, *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace)
-	return nil
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/create_secret_githubapp_test.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_secret_githubapp_test.go
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2022 The Flux authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestCreateSecretGitHubApp(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name   string
-		args   string
-		assert assertFunc
-	}{
-		{
-			name:   "create githubapp secret with missing name",
-			args:   "create secret githubapp",
-			assert: assertError("name is required"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "create githubapp secret with private key file that does not exist",
-			args:   "create secret githubapp appinfo --app-id 1 --app-installation-id 2 --app-private-key pk.pem",
-			assert: assertError("unable to read private key file: open pk.pem: no such file or directory"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "create githubapp secret with app info",
-			args:   "create secret githubapp appinfo --namespace my-namespace --app-id 1 --app-installation-owner my-org --app-private-key ./testdata/create_secret/githubapp/test-private-key.pem --export",
-			assert: assertGoldenFile("testdata/create_secret/githubapp/secret.yaml"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "create githubapp secret with appinfo and base url",
-			args:   "create secret githubapp appinfo --namespace my-namespace --app-id 1 --app-installation-id 2 --app-private-key ./testdata/create_secret/githubapp/test-private-key.pem --app-base-url www.example.com/api/v3 --export",
-			assert: assertGoldenFile("testdata/create_secret/githubapp/secret-with-baseurl.yaml"),
-		},
-	}
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			cmd := cmdTestCase{
-				args:   tt.args,
-				assert: tt.assert,
-			}
-			cmd.runTestCmd(t)
-		})
-	}
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/create_secret_helm.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_secret_helm.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import (
 var createSecretHelmCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "helm [name]",
 	Short: "Create or update a Kubernetes secret for Helm repository authentication",
-	Long:  `The create secret helm command generates a Kubernetes secret with basic authentication credentials.`,
+	Long:  withPreviewNote(`The create secret helm command generates a Kubernetes secret with basic authentication credentials.`),
 	Example: ` # Create a Helm authentication secret on disk and encrypt it with Mozilla SOPS
  flux create secret helm repo-auth \
    --namespace=my-namespace \
@@ -58,9 +58,12 @@ func init() {
 	flags := createSecretHelmCmd.Flags()
 	flags.StringVarP(&secretHelmArgs.username, "username", "u", "", "basic authentication username")
 	flags.StringVarP(&secretHelmArgs.password, "password", "p", "", "basic authentication password")
-	flags.StringVar(&secretHelmArgs.tlsCrtFile, "tls-crt-file", "", "TLS authentication cert file path")
-	flags.StringVar(&secretHelmArgs.tlsKeyFile, "tls-key-file", "", "TLS authentication key file path")
-	flags.StringVar(&secretHelmArgs.caCrtFile, "ca-crt-file", "", "TLS authentication CA file path")
+
+	initSecretDeprecatedTLSFlags(flags, &secretHelmArgs.secretTLSFlags)
+	deprecationMsg := "please use the command `flux create secret tls` to generate TLS secrets"
+	flags.MarkDeprecated("cert-file", deprecationMsg)
+	flags.MarkDeprecated("key-file", deprecationMsg)
+	flags.MarkDeprecated("ca-file", deprecationMsg)

 	createSecretCmd.AddCommand(createSecretHelmCmd)
 }
@@ -74,22 +77,20 @@ func createSecretHelmCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}

 	caBundle := []byte{}
-	if secretHelmArgs.caCrtFile != "" {
+	if secretHelmArgs.caFile != "" {
 		var err error
-		caBundle, err = os.ReadFile(secretHelmArgs.caCrtFile)
+		caBundle, err = os.ReadFile(secretHelmArgs.caFile)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to read TLS CA file: %w", err)
 		}
 	}

 	var certFile, keyFile []byte
-	if secretHelmArgs.tlsCrtFile != "" {
-		if certFile, err = os.ReadFile(secretHelmArgs.tlsCrtFile); err != nil {
+	if secretHelmArgs.certFile != "" && secretHelmArgs.keyFile != "" {
+		if certFile, err = os.ReadFile(secretHelmArgs.certFile); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to read cert file: %w", err)
 		}
-	}
-	if secretHelmArgs.tlsKeyFile != "" {
-		if keyFile, err = os.ReadFile(secretHelmArgs.tlsKeyFile); err != nil {
+		if keyFile, err = os.ReadFile(secretHelmArgs.keyFile); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to read key file: %w", err)
 		}
 	}
@@ -100,11 +101,11 @@ func createSecretHelmCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		Labels:    labels,
 		Username:  secretHelmArgs.username,
 		Password:  secretHelmArgs.password,
-		CACrt:     caBundle,
-		TLSCrt:    certFile,
-		TLSKey:    keyFile,
+		CAFile:    caBundle,
+		CertFile:  certFile,
+		KeyFile:   keyFile,
 	}
-	secret, err := sourcesecret.GenerateHelm(opts)
+	secret, err := sourcesecret.Generate(opts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
--- a/cmd/flux/create_secret_notation.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_secret_notation.go
@@ -1,161 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2024 The Flux authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/manifestgen/sourcesecret"
-	"github.com/notaryproject/notation-go/verifier/trustpolicy"
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
-)
-
-var createSecretNotationCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "notation [name]",
-	Short: "Create or update a Kubernetes secret for verifications of artifacts signed by Notation",
-	Long:  withPreviewNote(`The create secret notation command generates a Kubernetes secret with root ca certificates and trust policy.`),
-	Example: ` # Create a Notation configuration secret on disk and encrypt it with Mozilla SOPS
-  flux create secret notation my-notation-cert \
-    --namespace=my-namespace \
-    --trust-policy-file=./my-trust-policy.json \
-    --ca-cert-file=./my-cert.crt \
-    --export > my-notation-cert.yaml
-
-  sops --encrypt --encrypted-regex '^(data|stringData)$' \
-    --in-place my-notation-cert.yaml`,
-
-	RunE: createSecretNotationCmdRun,
-}
-
-type secretNotationFlags struct {
-	trustPolicyFile string
-	caCrtFile       []string
-}
-
-var secretNotationArgs secretNotationFlags
-
-func init() {
-	createSecretNotationCmd.Flags().StringVar(&secretNotationArgs.trustPolicyFile, "trust-policy-file", "", "notation trust policy file path")
-	createSecretNotationCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&secretNotationArgs.caCrtFile, "ca-cert-file", []string{}, "root ca cert file path")
-
-	createSecretCmd.AddCommand(createSecretNotationCmd)
-}
-
-func createSecretNotationCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	if len(args) < 1 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("name is required")
-	}
-
-	if secretNotationArgs.caCrtFile == nil || len(secretNotationArgs.caCrtFile) == 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("--ca-cert-file is required")
-	}
-
-	if secretNotationArgs.trustPolicyFile == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("--trust-policy-file is required")
-	}
-
-	name := args[0]
-
-	labels, err := parseLabels()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	policy, err := os.ReadFile(secretNotationArgs.trustPolicyFile)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unable to read trust policy file: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	var doc trustpolicy.Document
-
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(policy, &doc); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal trust policy %s: %w", secretNotationArgs.trustPolicyFile, err)
-	}
-
-	if err := doc.Validate(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("invalid trust policy: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	var (
-		caCerts []sourcesecret.VerificationCrt
-		fileErr error
-	)
-	for _, caCrtFile := range secretNotationArgs.caCrtFile {
-		fileName := filepath.Base(caCrtFile)
-		if !strings.HasSuffix(fileName, ".crt") && !strings.HasSuffix(fileName, ".pem") {
-			fileErr = errors.Join(fileErr, fmt.Errorf("%s must end with either .crt or .pem", fileName))
-			continue
-		}
-		caBundle, err := os.ReadFile(caCrtFile)
-		if err != nil {
-			fileErr = errors.Join(fileErr, fmt.Errorf("unable to read TLS CA file: %w", err))
-			continue
-		}
-		caCerts = append(caCerts, sourcesecret.VerificationCrt{Name: fileName, CACrt: caBundle})
-	}
-
-	if fileErr != nil {
-		return fileErr
-	}
-
-	if len(caCerts) == 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("no CA certs found")
-	}
-
-	opts := sourcesecret.Options{
-		Name:             name,
-		Namespace:        *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
-		Labels:           labels,
-		VerificationCrts: caCerts,
-		TrustPolicy:      policy,
-	}
-	secret, err := sourcesecret.GenerateNotation(opts)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if createArgs.export {
-		rootCmd.Println(secret.Content)
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), rootArgs.timeout)
-	defer cancel()
-	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(kubeconfigArgs, kubeclientOptions)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	var s corev1.Secret
-	if err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(secret.Content), &s); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := upsertSecret(ctx, kubeClient, s); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	logger.Actionf("notation configuration secret '%s' created in '%s' namespace", name, *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace)
-	return nil
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/create_secret_notation_test.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_secret_notation_test.go
@@ -1,124 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2024 The Flux authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-const (
-	trustPolicy        = "./testdata/create_secret/notation/test-trust-policy.json"
-	invalidTrustPolicy = "./testdata/create_secret/notation/invalid-trust-policy.json"
-	invalidJson        = "./testdata/create_secret/notation/invalid.json"
-	testCertFolder     = "./testdata/create_secret/notation"
-)
-
-func TestCreateNotationSecret(t *testing.T) {
-	crt, err := os.Create(filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "ca.crt"))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal("could not create ca.crt file")
-	}
-
-	pem, err := os.Create(filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "ca.pem"))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal("could not create ca.pem file")
-	}
-
-	invalidCert, err := os.Create(filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "ca.p12"))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal("could not create ca.p12 file")
-	}
-
-	_, err = crt.Write([]byte("ca-data-crt"))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal("could not write to crt certificate file")
-	}
-
-	_, err = pem.Write([]byte("ca-data-pem"))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal("could not write to pem certificate file")
-	}
-
-	tests := []struct {
-		name   string
-		args   string
-		assert assertFunc
-	}{
-		{
-			name:   "no args",
-			args:   "create secret notation",
-			assert: assertError("name is required"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "no trust policy",
-			args:   fmt.Sprintf("create secret notation notation-config --ca-cert-file=%s", testCertFolder),
-			assert: assertError("--trust-policy-file is required"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "no cert",
-			args:   fmt.Sprintf("create secret notation notation-config --trust-policy-file=%s", trustPolicy),
-			assert: assertError("--ca-cert-file is required"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "non pem and crt cert",
-			args:   fmt.Sprintf("create secret notation notation-config --ca-cert-file=%s --trust-policy-file=%s", invalidCert.Name(), trustPolicy),
-			assert: assertError("ca.p12 must end with either .crt or .pem"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "invalid trust policy",
-			args:   fmt.Sprintf("create secret notation notation-config --ca-cert-file=%s --trust-policy-file=%s", t.TempDir(), invalidTrustPolicy),
-			assert: assertError("invalid trust policy: trust policy: a trust policy statement is missing a name, every statement requires a name"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "invalid trust policy json",
-			args:   fmt.Sprintf("create secret notation notation-config --ca-cert-file=%s --trust-policy-file=%s", t.TempDir(), invalidJson),
-			assert: assertError(fmt.Sprintf("failed to unmarshal trust policy %s: json: cannot unmarshal string into Go value of type trustpolicy.Document", invalidJson)),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "crt secret",
-			args:   fmt.Sprintf("create secret notation notation-config --ca-cert-file=%s --trust-policy-file=%s --namespace=my-namespace --export", crt.Name(), trustPolicy),
-			assert: assertGoldenFile("./testdata/create_secret/notation/secret-ca-crt.yaml"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "pem secret",
-			args:   fmt.Sprintf("create secret notation notation-config --ca-cert-file=%s --trust-policy-file=%s --namespace=my-namespace --export", pem.Name(), trustPolicy),
-			assert: assertGoldenFile("./testdata/create_secret/notation/secret-ca-pem.yaml"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "multi secret",
-			args:   fmt.Sprintf("create secret notation notation-config --ca-cert-file=%s --ca-cert-file=%s --trust-policy-file=%s --namespace=my-namespace --export", crt.Name(), pem.Name(), trustPolicy),
-			assert: assertGoldenFile("./testdata/create_secret/notation/secret-ca-multi.yaml"),
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			defer func() {
-				secretNotationArgs = secretNotationFlags{}
-			}()
-
-			cmd := cmdTestCase{
-				args:   tt.args,
-				assert: tt.assert,
-			}
-			cmd.runTestCmd(t)
-		})
-	}
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/create_secret_oci.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_secret_oci.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func createSecretOCICmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		Username:  secretOCIArgs.username,
 	}

-	secret, err := sourcesecret.GenerateOCI(opts)
+	secret, err := sourcesecret.Generate(opts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
--- a/cmd/flux/create_secret_proxy.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_secret_proxy.go
@@ -1,112 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2024 The Flux authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"errors"
-
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
-
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/manifestgen/sourcesecret"
-)
-
-var createSecretProxyCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "proxy [name]",
-	Short: "Create or update a Kubernetes secret for proxy authentication",
-	Long: `The create secret proxy command generates a Kubernetes secret with the
-proxy address and the basic authentication credentials.`,
-	Example: ` # Create a proxy secret on disk and encrypt it with SOPS
-  flux create secret proxy my-proxy \
-    --namespace=my-namespace \
-    --address=https://my-proxy.com \
-    --username=my-username \
-    --password=my-password \
-    --export > proxy.yaml
-
-  sops --encrypt --encrypted-regex '^(data|stringData)$' \
-    --in-place proxy.yaml`,
-
-	RunE: createSecretProxyCmdRun,
-}
-
-type secretProxyFlags struct {
-	address  string
-	username string
-	password string
-}
-
-var secretProxyArgs secretProxyFlags
-
-func init() {
-	createSecretProxyCmd.Flags().StringVar(&secretProxyArgs.address, "address", "", "proxy address")
-	createSecretProxyCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&secretProxyArgs.username, "username", "u", "", "basic authentication username")
-	createSecretProxyCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&secretProxyArgs.password, "password", "p", "", "basic authentication password")
-
-	createSecretCmd.AddCommand(createSecretProxyCmd)
-}
-
-func createSecretProxyCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	name := args[0]
-
-	labels, err := parseLabels()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if secretProxyArgs.address == "" {
-		return errors.New("address is required")
-	}
-
-	opts := sourcesecret.Options{
-		Name:      name,
-		Namespace: *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
-		Labels:    labels,
-		Address:   secretProxyArgs.address,
-		Username:  secretProxyArgs.username,
-		Password:  secretProxyArgs.password,
-	}
-	secret, err := sourcesecret.GenerateProxy(opts)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if createArgs.export {
-		rootCmd.Println(secret.Content)
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), rootArgs.timeout)
-	defer cancel()
-	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(kubeconfigArgs, kubeclientOptions)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	var s corev1.Secret
-	if err := yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(secret.Content), &s); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if err := upsertSecret(ctx, kubeClient, s); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	logger.Actionf("proxy secret '%s' created in '%s' namespace", name, *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace)
-	return nil
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/create_secret_proxy_test.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_secret_proxy_test.go
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2024 The Flux authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestCreateProxySecret(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name   string
-		args   string
-		assert assertFunc
-	}{
-		{
-			args:   "create secret proxy proxy-secret",
-			assert: assertError("address is required"),
-		},
-		{
-			args:   "create secret proxy proxy-secret --address=https://my-proxy.com --username=my-username --password=my-password --namespace=my-namespace --export",
-			assert: assertGoldenFile("testdata/create_secret/proxy/secret-proxy.yaml"),
-		},
-	}
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			cmd := cmdTestCase{
-				args:   tt.args,
-				assert: tt.assert,
-			}
-			cmd.runTestCmd(t)
-		})
-	}
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/create_secret_tls.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_secret_tls.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"os"

 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"

@@ -32,8 +33,8 @@ import (
 var createSecretTLSCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "tls [name]",
 	Short: "Create or update a Kubernetes secret with TLS certificates",
-	Long:  `The create secret tls command generates a Kubernetes secret with certificates for use with TLS.`,
-	Example: ` # Create a TLS secret on disk and encrypt it with SOPS.
+	Long:  withPreviewNote(`The create secret tls command generates a Kubernetes secret with certificates for use with TLS.`),
+	Example: ` # Create a TLS secret on disk and encrypt it with Mozilla SOPS.
  # Files are expected to be PEM-encoded.
  flux create secret tls certs \
    --namespace=my-namespace \
@@ -48,6 +49,9 @@ var createSecretTLSCmd = &cobra.Command{
 }

 type secretTLSFlags struct {
+	certFile   string
+	keyFile    string
+	caFile     string
 	caCrtFile  string
 	tlsKeyFile string
 	tlsCrtFile string
@@ -55,10 +59,26 @@ type secretTLSFlags struct {

 var secretTLSArgs secretTLSFlags

+func initSecretDeprecatedTLSFlags(flags *pflag.FlagSet, args *secretTLSFlags) {
+	flags.StringVar(&args.certFile, "cert-file", "", "TLS authentication cert file path")
+	flags.StringVar(&args.keyFile, "key-file", "", "TLS authentication key file path")
+	flags.StringVar(&args.caFile, "ca-file", "", "TLS authentication CA file path")
+}
+
+func initSecretTLSFlags(flags *pflag.FlagSet, args *secretTLSFlags) {
+	flags.StringVar(&args.tlsCrtFile, "tls-crt-file", "", "TLS authentication cert file path")
+	flags.StringVar(&args.tlsKeyFile, "tls-key-file", "", "TLS authentication key file path")
+	flags.StringVar(&args.caCrtFile, "ca-crt-file", "", "TLS authentication CA file path")
+}
+
 func init() {
-	createSecretTLSCmd.Flags().StringVar(&secretTLSArgs.tlsCrtFile, "tls-crt-file", "", "TLS authentication cert file path")
-	createSecretTLSCmd.Flags().StringVar(&secretTLSArgs.tlsKeyFile, "tls-key-file", "", "TLS authentication key file path")
-	createSecretTLSCmd.Flags().StringVar(&secretTLSArgs.caCrtFile, "ca-crt-file", "", "TLS authentication CA file path")
+	flags := createSecretTLSCmd.Flags()
+	initSecretDeprecatedTLSFlags(flags, &secretTLSArgs)
+	initSecretTLSFlags(flags, &secretTLSArgs)
+
+	flags.MarkDeprecated("cert-file", "please use --tls-crt-file instead")
+	flags.MarkDeprecated("key-file", "please use --tls-key-file instead")
+	flags.MarkDeprecated("ca-file", "please use --ca-crt-file instead")

 	createSecretCmd.AddCommand(createSecretTLSCmd)
 }
@@ -82,20 +102,30 @@ func createSecretTLSCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to read TLS CA file: %w", err)
 		}
+	} else if secretTLSArgs.caFile != "" {
+		opts.CAFile, err = os.ReadFile(secretTLSArgs.caFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to read TLS CA file: %w", err)
+		}
 	}

-	if secretTLSArgs.tlsCrtFile != "" {
+	if secretTLSArgs.tlsCrtFile != "" && secretTLSArgs.tlsKeyFile != "" {
 		if opts.TLSCrt, err = os.ReadFile(secretTLSArgs.tlsCrtFile); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to read cert file: %w", err)
 		}
-	}
-	if secretTLSArgs.tlsKeyFile != "" {
 		if opts.TLSKey, err = os.ReadFile(secretTLSArgs.tlsKeyFile); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to read key file: %w", err)
 		}
+	} else if secretTLSArgs.certFile != "" && secretTLSArgs.keyFile != "" {
+		if opts.CertFile, err = os.ReadFile(secretTLSArgs.certFile); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to read cert file: %w", err)
+		}
+		if opts.KeyFile, err = os.ReadFile(secretTLSArgs.keyFile); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to read key file: %w", err)
+		}
 	}

-	secret, err := sourcesecret.GenerateTLS(opts)
+	secret, err := sourcesecret.Generate(opts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
--- a/cmd/flux/create_secret_tls_test.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_secret_tls_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ func TestCreateTlsSecret(t *testing.T) {
 			args:   "create secret tls certs --namespace=my-namespace --tls-crt-file=./testdata/create_secret/tls/test-cert.pem --tls-key-file=./testdata/create_secret/tls/test-key.pem --ca-crt-file=./testdata/create_secret/tls/test-ca.pem --export",
 			assert: assertGoldenFile("testdata/create_secret/tls/secret-tls.yaml"),
 		},
+		{
+			args:   "create secret tls certs --namespace=my-namespace --cert-file=./testdata/create_secret/tls/test-cert.pem --key-file=./testdata/create_secret/tls/test-key.pem --ca-file=./testdata/create_secret/tls/test-ca.pem --export",
+			assert: assertGoldenFile("testdata/create_secret/tls/deprecated-secret-tls.yaml"),
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
--- a/cmd/flux/create_source_bucket.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_source_bucket.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"strings"

 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ import (

 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"

-	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1"
+	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta2"

 	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/flags"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
@@ -40,8 +41,8 @@ import (
 var createSourceBucketCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "bucket [name]",
 	Short: "Create or update a Bucket source",
-	Long: `The create source bucket command generates a Bucket resource and waits for it to be downloaded.
-For Buckets with static authentication, the credentials are stored in a Kubernetes secret.`,
+	Long: withPreviewNote(`The create source bucket command generates a Bucket resource and waits for it to be downloaded.
+For Buckets with static authentication, the credentials are stored in a Kubernetes secret.`),
 	Example: `  # Create a source for a Bucket using static authentication
  flux create source bucket podinfo \
 	--bucket-name=podinfo \
@@ -62,16 +63,15 @@ For Buckets with static authentication, the credentials are stored in a Kubernet
 }

 type sourceBucketFlags struct {
-	name           string
-	provider       flags.SourceBucketProvider
-	endpoint       string
-	accessKey      string
-	secretKey      string
-	region         string
-	insecure       bool
-	secretRef      string
-	proxySecretRef string
-	ignorePaths    []string
+	name        string
+	provider    flags.SourceBucketProvider
+	endpoint    string
+	accessKey   string
+	secretKey   string
+	region      string
+	insecure    bool
+	secretRef   string
+	ignorePaths []string
 }

 var sourceBucketArgs = newSourceBucketFlags()
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ func init() {
 	createSourceBucketCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceBucketArgs.region, "region", "", "the bucket region")
 	createSourceBucketCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&sourceBucketArgs.insecure, "insecure", false, "for when connecting to a non-TLS S3 HTTP endpoint")
 	createSourceBucketCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceBucketArgs.secretRef, "secret-ref", "", "the name of an existing secret containing credentials")
-	createSourceBucketCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceBucketArgs.proxySecretRef, "proxy-secret-ref", "", "the name of an existing secret containing the proxy address and credentials")
 	createSourceBucketCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&sourceBucketArgs.ignorePaths, "ignore-paths", nil, "set paths to ignore in bucket resource (can specify multiple paths with commas: path1,path2)")

 	createSourceCmd.AddCommand(createSourceBucketCmd)
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ func init() {

 func newSourceBucketFlags() sourceBucketFlags {
 	return sourceBucketFlags{
-		provider: flags.SourceBucketProvider(sourcev1.BucketProviderGeneric),
+		provider: flags.SourceBucketProvider(sourcev1.GenericBucketProvider),
 	}
 }

@@ -113,6 +112,12 @@ func createSourceBucketCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}

+	tmpDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
+
 	var ignorePaths *string
 	if len(sourceBucketArgs.ignorePaths) > 0 {
 		ignorePathsStr := strings.Join(sourceBucketArgs.ignorePaths, "\n")
@@ -148,12 +153,6 @@ func createSourceBucketCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		}
 	}

-	if sourceBucketArgs.proxySecretRef != "" {
-		bucket.Spec.ProxySecretRef = &meta.LocalObjectReference{
-			Name: sourceBucketArgs.proxySecretRef,
-		}
-	}
-
 	if createArgs.export {
 		return printExport(exportBucket(bucket))
 	}
--- a/cmd/flux/create_source_chart.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_source_chart.go
@@ -1,217 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2024 The Flux authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"fmt"
-
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
-
-	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"
-	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1"
-
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/flags"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
-)
-
-var createSourceChartCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "chart [name]",
-	Short: "Create or update a HelmChart source",
-	Long:  `The create source chart command generates a HelmChart resource and waits for the chart to be available.`,
-	Example: `  # Create a source for a chart residing in a HelmRepository
-  flux create source chart podinfo \
-    --source=HelmRepository/podinfo \
-    --chart=podinfo \
-    --chart-version=6.x
-
-  # Create a source for a chart residing in a Git repository
-  flux create source chart podinfo \
-    --source=GitRepository/podinfo \
-    --chart=./charts/podinfo
-
-  # Create a source for a chart residing in a S3 Bucket
-  flux create source chart podinfo \
-    --source=Bucket/podinfo \
-    --chart=./charts/podinfo
-
-  # Create a source for a chart from OCI and verify its signature
-  flux create source chart podinfo \
-    --source HelmRepository/podinfo \
-    --chart podinfo \
-    --chart-version=6.6.2 \
-    --verify-provider=cosign \
-    --verify-issuer=https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com \
-    --verify-subject=https://github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo/.github/workflows/release.yml@refs/tags/6.6.2`,
-	RunE: createSourceChartCmdRun,
-}
-
-type sourceChartFlags struct {
-	chart             string
-	chartVersion      string
-	source            flags.LocalHelmChartSource
-	reconcileStrategy string
-	verifyProvider    flags.SourceOCIVerifyProvider
-	verifySecretRef   string
-	verifyOIDCIssuer  string
-	verifySubject     string
-}
-
-var sourceChartArgs sourceChartFlags
-
-func init() {
-	createSourceChartCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceChartArgs.chart, "chart", "", "Helm chart name or path")
-	createSourceChartCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceChartArgs.chartVersion, "chart-version", "", "Helm chart version, accepts a semver range (ignored for charts from GitRepository sources)")
-	createSourceChartCmd.Flags().Var(&sourceChartArgs.source, "source", sourceChartArgs.source.Description())
-	createSourceChartCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceChartArgs.reconcileStrategy, "reconcile-strategy", "ChartVersion", "the reconcile strategy for helm chart (accepted values: Revision and ChartRevision)")
-	createSourceChartCmd.Flags().Var(&sourceChartArgs.verifyProvider, "verify-provider", sourceOCIRepositoryArgs.verifyProvider.Description())
-	createSourceChartCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceChartArgs.verifySecretRef, "verify-secret-ref", "", "the name of a secret to use for signature verification")
-	createSourceChartCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceChartArgs.verifySubject, "verify-subject", "", "regular expression to use for the OIDC subject during signature verification")
-	createSourceChartCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceChartArgs.verifyOIDCIssuer, "verify-issuer", "", "regular expression to use for the OIDC issuer during signature verification")
-
-	createSourceCmd.AddCommand(createSourceChartCmd)
-}
-
-func createSourceChartCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	name := args[0]
-
-	if sourceChartArgs.source.Kind == "" || sourceChartArgs.source.Name == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("chart source is required")
-	}
-
-	if sourceChartArgs.chart == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("chart name or path is required")
-	}
-
-	logger.Generatef("generating HelmChart source")
-
-	sourceLabels, err := parseLabels()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	helmChart := &sourcev1.HelmChart{
-		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name:      name,
-			Namespace: *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
-			Labels:    sourceLabels,
-		},
-		Spec: sourcev1.HelmChartSpec{
-			Chart:   sourceChartArgs.chart,
-			Version: sourceChartArgs.chartVersion,
-			Interval: metav1.Duration{
-				Duration: createArgs.interval,
-			},
-			ReconcileStrategy: sourceChartArgs.reconcileStrategy,
-			SourceRef: sourcev1.LocalHelmChartSourceReference{
-				Kind: sourceChartArgs.source.Kind,
-				Name: sourceChartArgs.source.Name,
-			},
-		},
-	}
-
-	if provider := sourceChartArgs.verifyProvider.String(); provider != "" {
-		helmChart.Spec.Verify = &sourcev1.OCIRepositoryVerification{
-			Provider: provider,
-		}
-		if secretName := sourceChartArgs.verifySecretRef; secretName != "" {
-			helmChart.Spec.Verify.SecretRef = &meta.LocalObjectReference{
-				Name: secretName,
-			}
-		}
-		verifyIssuer := sourceChartArgs.verifyOIDCIssuer
-		verifySubject := sourceChartArgs.verifySubject
-		if verifyIssuer != "" || verifySubject != "" {
-			helmChart.Spec.Verify.MatchOIDCIdentity = []sourcev1.OIDCIdentityMatch{{
-				Issuer:  verifyIssuer,
-				Subject: verifySubject,
-			}}
-		}
-	} else if sourceChartArgs.verifySecretRef != "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("a verification provider must be specified when a secret is specified")
-	} else if sourceChartArgs.verifyOIDCIssuer != "" || sourceOCIRepositoryArgs.verifySubject != "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("a verification provider must be specified when OIDC issuer/subject is specified")
-	}
-
-	if createArgs.export {
-		return printExport(exportHelmChart(helmChart))
-	}
-
-	logger.Actionf("applying HelmChart source")
-
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), rootArgs.timeout)
-	defer cancel()
-
-	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(kubeconfigArgs, kubeclientOptions)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	namespacedName, err := upsertHelmChart(ctx, kubeClient, helmChart)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	logger.Waitingf("waiting for HelmChart source reconciliation")
-	readyConditionFunc := isObjectReadyConditionFunc(kubeClient, namespacedName, helmChart)
-	if err := wait.PollUntilContextTimeout(ctx, rootArgs.pollInterval, rootArgs.timeout, true, readyConditionFunc); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	logger.Successf("HelmChart source reconciliation completed")
-
-	if helmChart.Status.Artifact == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("HelmChart source reconciliation completed but no artifact was found")
-	}
-	logger.Successf("fetched revision: %s", helmChart.Status.Artifact.Revision)
-	return nil
-}
-
-func upsertHelmChart(ctx context.Context, kubeClient client.Client,
-	helmChart *sourcev1.HelmChart) (types.NamespacedName, error) {
-	namespacedName := types.NamespacedName{
-		Namespace: helmChart.GetNamespace(),
-		Name:      helmChart.GetName(),
-	}
-
-	var existing sourcev1.HelmChart
-	err := kubeClient.Get(ctx, namespacedName, &existing)
-	if err != nil {
-		if errors.IsNotFound(err) {
-			if err := kubeClient.Create(ctx, helmChart); err != nil {
-				return namespacedName, err
-			} else {
-				logger.Successf("source created")
-				return namespacedName, nil
-			}
-		}
-		return namespacedName, err
-	}
-
-	existing.Labels = helmChart.Labels
-	existing.Spec = helmChart.Spec
-	if err := kubeClient.Update(ctx, &existing); err != nil {
-		return namespacedName, err
-	}
-	helmChart = &existing
-	logger.Successf("source updated")
-	return namespacedName, nil
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/create_source_chart_test.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_source_chart_test.go
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-//go:build unit
-// +build unit
-
-/*
-Copyright 2024 The Flux authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import "testing"
-
-func TestCreateSourceChart(t *testing.T) {
-	tmpl := map[string]string{
-		"fluxns": allocateNamespace("flux-system"),
-	}
-	setupSourceChart(t, tmpl)
-
-	tests := []struct {
-		name   string
-		args   string
-		assert assertFunc
-	}{
-		{
-			name:   "missing name",
-			args:   "create source chart --export",
-			assert: assertError("name is required"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "missing source reference",
-			args:   "create source chart podinfo --export ",
-			assert: assertError("chart source is required"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "missing chart name",
-			args:   "create source chart podinfo --source helmrepository/podinfo --export",
-			assert: assertError("chart name or path is required"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "unknown source kind",
-			args:   "create source chart podinfo --source foobar/podinfo --export",
-			assert: assertError(`invalid argument "foobar/podinfo" for "--source" flag: source kind 'foobar' is not supported, must be one of: HelmRepository, GitRepository, Bucket`),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "basic chart",
-			args:   "create source chart podinfo --source helmrepository/podinfo --chart podinfo --export",
-			assert: assertGoldenTemplateFile("testdata/create_source_chart/basic.yaml", tmpl),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "chart with basic signature verification",
-			args:   "create source chart podinfo --source helmrepository/podinfo --chart podinfo --verify-provider cosign --export",
-			assert: assertGoldenTemplateFile("testdata/create_source_chart/verify_basic.yaml", tmpl),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "unknown signature verification provider",
-			args:   "create source chart podinfo --source helmrepository/podinfo --chart podinfo --verify-provider foobar --export",
-			assert: assertError(`invalid argument "foobar" for "--verify-provider" flag: source OCI verify provider 'foobar' is not supported, must be one of: cosign`),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "chart with complete signature verification",
-			args:   "create source chart podinfo --source helmrepository/podinfo --chart podinfo --verify-provider cosign --verify-issuer foo --verify-subject bar --export",
-			assert: assertGoldenTemplateFile("testdata/create_source_chart/verify_complete.yaml", tmpl),
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			cmd := cmdTestCase{
-				args:   tt.args + " -n " + tmpl["fluxns"],
-				assert: tt.assert,
-			}
-			cmd.runTestCmd(t)
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func setupSourceChart(t *testing.T, tmpl map[string]string) {
-	t.Helper()
-	testEnv.CreateObjectFile("./testdata/create_source_chart/setup-source.yaml", tmpl, t)
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/create_source_git.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_source_git.go
@@ -44,26 +44,23 @@ import (
 )

 type sourceGitFlags struct {
-	url                 string
-	branch              string
-	tag                 string
-	semver              string
-	refName             string
-	commit              string
-	username            string
-	password            string
-	keyAlgorithm        flags.PublicKeyAlgorithm
-	keyRSABits          flags.RSAKeyBits
-	keyECDSACurve       flags.ECDSACurve
-	secretRef           string
-	proxySecretRef      string
-	provider            flags.SourceGitProvider
-	caFile              string
-	privateKeyFile      string
-	recurseSubmodules   bool
-	silent              bool
-	ignorePaths         []string
-	sparseCheckoutPaths []string
+	url               string
+	branch            string
+	tag               string
+	semver            string
+	refName           string
+	commit            string
+	username          string
+	password          string
+	keyAlgorithm      flags.PublicKeyAlgorithm
+	keyRSABits        flags.RSAKeyBits
+	keyECDSACurve     flags.ECDSACurve
+	secretRef         string
+	caFile            string
+	privateKeyFile    string
+	recurseSubmodules bool
+	silent            bool
+	ignorePaths       []string
 }

 var createSourceGitCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -122,13 +119,7 @@ For private Git repositories, the basic authentication credentials are stored in
    --url=https://github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo \
    --branch=master \
    --username=username \
-    --password=password
-
-  # Create a source for a Git repository using azure provider
-  flux create source git podinfo \
-    --url=https://dev.azure.com/foo/bar/_git/podinfo \
-    --branch=master \
-    --provider=azure`,
+    --password=password`,
 	RunE: createSourceGitCmdRun,
 }

@@ -139,23 +130,20 @@ func init() {
 	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceGitArgs.branch, "branch", "", "git branch")
 	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceGitArgs.tag, "tag", "", "git tag")
 	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceGitArgs.semver, "tag-semver", "", "git tag semver range")
-	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceGitArgs.refName, "ref-name", "", "git reference name")
+	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceGitArgs.refName, "ref-name", "", " git reference name")
 	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceGitArgs.commit, "commit", "", "git commit")
 	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&sourceGitArgs.username, "username", "u", "", "basic authentication username")
 	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&sourceGitArgs.password, "password", "p", "", "basic authentication password")
 	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().Var(&sourceGitArgs.keyAlgorithm, "ssh-key-algorithm", sourceGitArgs.keyAlgorithm.Description())
 	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().Var(&sourceGitArgs.keyRSABits, "ssh-rsa-bits", sourceGitArgs.keyRSABits.Description())
 	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().Var(&sourceGitArgs.keyECDSACurve, "ssh-ecdsa-curve", sourceGitArgs.keyECDSACurve.Description())
-	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceGitArgs.secretRef, "secret-ref", "", "the name of an existing secret containing SSH or basic credentials or github app authentication")
-	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceGitArgs.proxySecretRef, "proxy-secret-ref", "", "the name of an existing secret containing the proxy address and credentials")
-	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().Var(&sourceGitArgs.provider, "provider", sourceGitArgs.provider.Description())
+	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceGitArgs.secretRef, "secret-ref", "", "the name of an existing secret containing SSH or basic credentials")
 	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceGitArgs.caFile, "ca-file", "", "path to TLS CA file used for validating self-signed certificates")
 	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceGitArgs.privateKeyFile, "private-key-file", "", "path to a passwordless private key file used for authenticating to the Git SSH server")
 	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&sourceGitArgs.recurseSubmodules, "recurse-submodules", false,
 		"when enabled, configures the GitRepository source to initialize and include Git submodules in the artifact it produces")
 	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&sourceGitArgs.silent, "silent", "s", false, "assumes the deploy key is already setup, skips confirmation")
 	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&sourceGitArgs.ignorePaths, "ignore-paths", nil, "set paths to ignore in git resource (can specify multiple paths with commas: path1,path2)")
-	createSourceGitCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&sourceGitArgs.sparseCheckoutPaths, "sparse-checkout-paths", nil, "set paths to sparse checkout in git resource (can specify multiple paths with commas: path1,path2)")

 	createSourceCmd.AddCommand(createSourceGitCmd)
 }
@@ -191,6 +179,12 @@ func createSourceGitCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("specifying a CA file is not supported for Git over SSH")
 	}

+	tmpDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
+
 	sourceLabels, err := parseLabels()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -216,7 +210,6 @@ func createSourceGitCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			RecurseSubmodules: sourceGitArgs.recurseSubmodules,
 			Reference:         &sourcev1.GitRepositoryRef{},
 			Ignore:            ignorePaths,
-			SparseCheckout:    sourceGitArgs.sparseCheckoutPaths,
 		},
 	}

@@ -243,16 +236,6 @@ func createSourceGitCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		}
 	}

-	if sourceGitArgs.proxySecretRef != "" {
-		gitRepository.Spec.ProxySecretRef = &meta.LocalObjectReference{
-			Name: sourceGitArgs.proxySecretRef,
-		}
-	}
-
-	if provider := sourceGitArgs.provider.String(); provider != "" {
-		gitRepository.Spec.Provider = provider
-	}
-
 	if createArgs.export {
 		return printExport(exportGit(&gitRepository))
 	}
@@ -290,7 +273,7 @@ func createSourceGitCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 				if err != nil {
 					return fmt.Errorf("unable to read TLS CA file: %w", err)
 				}
-				secretOpts.CACrt = caBundle
+				secretOpts.CAFile = caBundle
 			}
 			secretOpts.Username = sourceGitArgs.username
 			secretOpts.Password = sourceGitArgs.password
@@ -299,7 +282,7 @@ func createSourceGitCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			secretOpts.Username = sourceGitArgs.username
 			secretOpts.Password = sourceGitArgs.password
 		}
-		secret, err := sourcesecret.GenerateGit(secretOpts)
+		secret, err := sourcesecret.Generate(secretOpts)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
--- a/cmd/flux/create_source_git_test.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_source_git_test.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func (r *reconciler) conditionFunc() (bool, error) {
 }

 func TestCreateSourceGitExport(t *testing.T) {
-	var command = "create source git podinfo --url=https://github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo --branch=master --sparse-checkout-paths .cosign,non-existent-dir/ --ignore-paths .cosign,non-existent-dir/ -n default --interval 1m --export --timeout=" + testTimeout.String()
+	var command = "create source git podinfo --url=https://github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo --branch=master --ignore-paths .cosign,non-existent-dir/ -n default --interval 1m --export --timeout=" + testTimeout.String()

 	cases := []struct {
 		name   string
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func TestCreateSourceGitExport(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name:   "no args",
-			args:   "create source git --url=https://github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo",
+			args:   "create secret git",
 			assert: assertError("name is required"),
 		},
 		{
@@ -134,36 +134,6 @@ func TestCreateSourceGitExport(t *testing.T) {
 			args:   "create source git podinfo --namespace=flux-system --url=https://github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo --branch=test --interval=1m0s --export",
 			assert: assertGoldenFile("testdata/create_source_git/source-git-branch.yaml"),
 		},
-		{
-			name:   "source with generic provider",
-			args:   "create source git podinfo --namespace=flux-system --url=https://github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo --provider generic --branch=test --interval=1m0s --export",
-			assert: assertGoldenFile("testdata/create_source_git/source-git-provider-generic.yaml"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "source with azure provider",
-			args:   "create source git podinfo --namespace=flux-system --url=https://dev.azure.com/foo/bar/_git/podinfo --provider azure --branch=test --interval=1m0s --export",
-			assert: assertGoldenFile("testdata/create_source_git/source-git-provider-azure.yaml"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "source with github provider",
-			args:   "create source git podinfo --namespace=flux-system --url=https://github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo --provider github --branch=test --interval=1m0s --secret-ref appinfo --export",
-			assert: assertGoldenFile("testdata/create_source_git/source-git-provider-github.yaml"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "source with invalid provider",
-			args:   "create source git podinfo --namespace=flux-system --url=https://dev.azure.com/foo/bar/_git/podinfo --provider dummy --branch=test --interval=1m0s --export",
-			assert: assertError("invalid argument \"dummy\" for \"--provider\" flag: source Git provider 'dummy' is not supported, must be one of: generic|azure|github"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "source with empty provider",
-			args:   "create source git podinfo --namespace=flux-system --url=https://dev.azure.com/foo/bar/_git/podinfo --provider \"\" --branch=test --interval=1m0s --export",
-			assert: assertError("invalid argument \"\" for \"--provider\" flag: no source Git provider given, please specify the Git provider name"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "source with no provider",
-			args:   "create source git podinfo --namespace=flux-system --url=https://dev.azure.com/foo/bar/_git/podinfo --branch=test --interval=1m0s --export --provider",
-			assert: assertError("flag needs an argument: --provider"),
-		},
 	}
 	for _, tc := range cases {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -204,13 +174,12 @@ func TestCreateSourceGit(t *testing.T) {
 					ObservedGeneration: repo.GetGeneration(),
 				}
 				apimeta.SetStatusCondition(&repo.Status.Conditions, newCondition)
-				repo.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
+				repo.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
 					Path:     "some-path",
 					Revision: "v1",
 					LastUpdateTime: metav1.Time{
 						Time: time.Now(),
 					},
-					Digest: "sha256:1234567890abcdef",
 				}
 				repo.Status.ObservedGeneration = repo.GetGeneration()
 			},
--- a/cmd/flux/create_source_helm.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_source_helm.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"os"

+	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
@@ -31,8 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"

-	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"
-	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1"
+	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta2"

 	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/manifestgen/sourcesecret"
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ import (
 var createSourceHelmCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "helm [name]",
 	Short: "Create or update a HelmRepository source",
-	Long: `The create source helm command generates a HelmRepository resource and waits for it to fetch the index.
-For private Helm repositories, the basic authentication credentials are stored in a Kubernetes secret.`,
+	Long: withPreviewNote(`The create source helm command generates a HelmRepository resource and waits for it to fetch the index.
+For private Helm repositories, the basic authentication credentials are stored in a Kubernetes secret.`),
 	Example: `  # Create a source for an HTTPS public Helm repository
  flux create source helm podinfo \
    --url=https://stefanprodan.github.io/podinfo \
@@ -114,6 +114,12 @@ func createSourceHelmCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}

+	tmpDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
+
 	if _, err := url.Parse(sourceHelmArgs.url); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("url parse failed: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -191,12 +197,12 @@ func createSourceHelmCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			Namespace:    *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace,
 			Username:     sourceHelmArgs.username,
 			Password:     sourceHelmArgs.password,
-			CACrt:        caBundle,
-			TLSCrt:       certFile,
-			TLSKey:       keyFile,
+			CAFile:       caBundle,
+			CertFile:     certFile,
+			KeyFile:      keyFile,
 			ManifestFile: sourcesecret.MakeDefaultOptions().ManifestFile,
 		}
-		secret, err := sourcesecret.GenerateHelm(secretOpts)
+		secret, err := sourcesecret.Generate(secretOpts)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
--- a/cmd/flux/create_source_oci.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_source_oci.go
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"

 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"
-	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1"
+
+	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta2"

 	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/flags"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
@@ -42,37 +43,25 @@ var createSourceOCIRepositoryCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Example: `  # Create an OCIRepository for a public container image
  flux create source oci podinfo \
    --url=oci://ghcr.io/stefanprodan/manifests/podinfo \
-    --tag=6.6.2 \
+    --tag=6.1.6 \
    --interval=10m
-
-  # Create an OCIRepository with OIDC signature verification
-  flux create source oci podinfo \
-    --url=oci://ghcr.io/stefanprodan/manifests/podinfo \
-    --tag=6.6.2 \
-    --interval=10m \
-    --verify-provider=cosign \
-    --verify-subject="^https://github.com/stefanprodan/podinfo/.github/workflows/release.yml@refs/tags/6.6.2$" \
-    --verify-issuer="^https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com$"
 `,
 	RunE: createSourceOCIRepositoryCmdRun,
 }

 type sourceOCIRepositoryFlags struct {
-	url              string
-	tag              string
-	semver           string
-	digest           string
-	secretRef        string
-	proxySecretRef   string
-	serviceAccount   string
-	certSecretRef    string
-	verifyProvider   flags.SourceOCIVerifyProvider
-	verifySecretRef  string
-	verifyOIDCIssuer string
-	verifySubject    string
-	ignorePaths      []string
-	provider         flags.SourceOCIProvider
-	insecure         bool
+	url             string
+	tag             string
+	semver          string
+	digest          string
+	secretRef       string
+	serviceAccount  string
+	certSecretRef   string
+	verifyProvider  flags.SourceOCIVerifyProvider
+	verifySecretRef string
+	ignorePaths     []string
+	provider        flags.SourceOCIProvider
+	insecure        bool
 }

 var sourceOCIRepositoryArgs = newSourceOCIFlags()
@@ -90,13 +79,10 @@ func init() {
 	createSourceOCIRepositoryCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceOCIRepositoryArgs.semver, "tag-semver", "", "the OCI artifact tag semver range")
 	createSourceOCIRepositoryCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceOCIRepositoryArgs.digest, "digest", "", "the OCI artifact digest")
 	createSourceOCIRepositoryCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceOCIRepositoryArgs.secretRef, "secret-ref", "", "the name of the Kubernetes image pull secret (type 'kubernetes.io/dockerconfigjson')")
-	createSourceOCIRepositoryCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceOCIRepositoryArgs.proxySecretRef, "proxy-secret-ref", "", "the name of an existing secret containing the proxy address and credentials")
 	createSourceOCIRepositoryCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceOCIRepositoryArgs.serviceAccount, "service-account", "", "the name of the Kubernetes service account that refers to an image pull secret")
 	createSourceOCIRepositoryCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceOCIRepositoryArgs.certSecretRef, "cert-ref", "", "the name of a secret to use for TLS certificates")
 	createSourceOCIRepositoryCmd.Flags().Var(&sourceOCIRepositoryArgs.verifyProvider, "verify-provider", sourceOCIRepositoryArgs.verifyProvider.Description())
 	createSourceOCIRepositoryCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceOCIRepositoryArgs.verifySecretRef, "verify-secret-ref", "", "the name of a secret to use for signature verification")
-	createSourceOCIRepositoryCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceOCIRepositoryArgs.verifySubject, "verify-subject", "", "regular expression to use for the OIDC subject during signature verification")
-	createSourceOCIRepositoryCmd.Flags().StringVar(&sourceOCIRepositoryArgs.verifyOIDCIssuer, "verify-issuer", "", "regular expression to use for the OIDC issuer during signature verification")
 	createSourceOCIRepositoryCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&sourceOCIRepositoryArgs.ignorePaths, "ignore-paths", nil, "set paths to ignore resources (can specify multiple paths with commas: path1,path2)")
 	createSourceOCIRepositoryCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&sourceOCIRepositoryArgs.insecure, "insecure", false, "for when connecting to a non-TLS registries over plain HTTP")

@@ -167,12 +153,6 @@ func createSourceOCIRepositoryCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		}
 	}

-	if secretName := sourceOCIRepositoryArgs.proxySecretRef; secretName != "" {
-		repository.Spec.ProxySecretRef = &meta.LocalObjectReference{
-			Name: secretName,
-		}
-	}
-
 	if secretName := sourceOCIRepositoryArgs.certSecretRef; secretName != "" {
 		repository.Spec.CertSecretRef = &meta.LocalObjectReference{
 			Name: secretName,
@@ -188,18 +168,8 @@ func createSourceOCIRepositoryCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 				Name: secretName,
 			}
 		}
-		verifyIssuer := sourceOCIRepositoryArgs.verifyOIDCIssuer
-		verifySubject := sourceOCIRepositoryArgs.verifySubject
-		if verifyIssuer != "" || verifySubject != "" {
-			repository.Spec.Verify.MatchOIDCIdentity = []sourcev1.OIDCIdentityMatch{{
-				Issuer:  verifyIssuer,
-				Subject: verifySubject,
-			}}
-		}
 	} else if sourceOCIRepositoryArgs.verifySecretRef != "" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("a verification provider must be specified when a secret is specified")
-	} else if sourceOCIRepositoryArgs.verifyOIDCIssuer != "" || sourceOCIRepositoryArgs.verifySubject != "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("a verification provider must be specified when OIDC issuer/subject is specified")
 	}

 	if createArgs.export {
--- a/cmd/flux/create_source_oci_test.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_source_oci_test.go
@@ -37,35 +37,10 @@ func TestCreateSourceOCI(t *testing.T) {
 			assertFunc: assertError("url is required"),
 		},
 		{
-			name:       "verify secret specified but provider missing",
+			name:       "verify provider not specified",
 			args:       "create source oci podinfo --url=oci://ghcr.io/stefanprodan/manifests/podinfo --tag=6.3.5 --verify-secret-ref=cosign-pub",
 			assertFunc: assertError("a verification provider must be specified when a secret is specified"),
 		},
-		{
-			name:       "verify issuer specified but provider missing",
-			args:       "create source oci podinfo --url=oci://ghcr.io/stefanprodan/manifests/podinfo --tag=6.3.5 --verify-issuer=github.com",
-			assertFunc: assertError("a verification provider must be specified when OIDC issuer/subject is specified"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:       "verify identity specified but provider missing",
-			args:       "create source oci podinfo --url=oci://ghcr.io/stefanprodan/manifests/podinfo --tag=6.3.5 --verify-subject=developer",
-			assertFunc: assertError("a verification provider must be specified when OIDC issuer/subject is specified"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:       "verify issuer specified but subject missing",
-			args:       "create source oci podinfo --url=oci://ghcr.io/stefanprodan/manifests/podinfo --tag=6.3.5 --verify-issuer=github --verify-provider=cosign --export",
-			assertFunc: assertGoldenFile("./testdata/oci/export_with_issuer.golden"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:       "all verify fields set",
-			args:       "create source oci podinfo --url=oci://ghcr.io/stefanprodan/manifests/podinfo --tag=6.3.5 --verify-issuer=github verify-subject=stefanprodan --verify-provider=cosign --export",
-			assertFunc: assertGoldenFile("./testdata/oci/export_with_issuer.golden"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:       "verify subject specified but issuer missing",
-			args:       "create source oci podinfo --url=oci://ghcr.io/stefanprodan/manifests/podinfo --tag=6.3.5 --verify-subject=stefanprodan --verify-provider=cosign --export",
-			assertFunc: assertGoldenFile("./testdata/oci/export_with_subject.golden"),
-		},
 		{
 			name:       "export manifest",
 			args:       "create source oci podinfo --url=oci://ghcr.io/stefanprodan/manifests/podinfo --tag=6.3.5 --interval 10m --export",
--- a/cmd/flux/create_tenant.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_tenant.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"

+	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	rbacv1 "k8s.io/api/rbac/v1"
@@ -31,8 +32,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
-
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
 )

 var createTenantCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -58,10 +57,8 @@ const (
 )

 type tenantFlags struct {
-	namespaces    []string
-	clusterRole   string
-	account       string
-	skipNamespace bool
+	namespaces  []string
+	clusterRole string
 }

 var tenantArgs tenantFlags
@@ -69,8 +66,6 @@ var tenantArgs tenantFlags
 func init() {
 	createTenantCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&tenantArgs.namespaces, "with-namespace", nil, "namespace belonging to this tenant")
 	createTenantCmd.Flags().StringVar(&tenantArgs.clusterRole, "cluster-role", "cluster-admin", "cluster role of the tenant role binding")
-	createTenantCmd.Flags().StringVar(&tenantArgs.account, "with-service-account", "", "service account belonging to this tenant")
-	createTenantCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&tenantArgs.skipNamespace, "skip-namespace", false, "skip namespace creation (namespace must exist already)")
 	createCmd.AddCommand(createTenantCmd)
 }

@@ -112,17 +107,9 @@ func createTenantCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		}
 		namespaces = append(namespaces, namespace)

-		accountName := tenant
-		if tenantArgs.account != "" {
-			accountName = tenantArgs.account
-		}
-		if err := validation.IsQualifiedName(accountName); len(err) > 0 {
-			return fmt.Errorf("invalid service-account name '%s': %v", accountName, err)
-		}
-
 		account := corev1.ServiceAccount{
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-				Name:      accountName,
+				Name:      tenant,
 				Namespace: ns,
 				Labels:    objLabels,
 			},
@@ -144,7 +131,7 @@ func createTenantCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 				},
 				{
 					Kind:      "ServiceAccount",
-					Name:      accountName,
+					Name:      tenant,
 					Namespace: ns,
 				},
 			},
@@ -159,7 +146,7 @@ func createTenantCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {

 	if createArgs.export {
 		for i := range tenantArgs.namespaces {
-			if err := exportTenant(namespaces[i], accounts[i], roleBindings[i], tenantArgs.skipNamespace); err != nil {
+			if err := exportTenant(namespaces[i], accounts[i], roleBindings[i]); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 		}
@@ -175,11 +162,9 @@ func createTenantCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}

 	for i := range tenantArgs.namespaces {
-		if !tenantArgs.skipNamespace {
-			logger.Actionf("applying namespace %s", namespaces[i].Name)
-			if err := upsertNamespace(ctx, kubeClient, namespaces[i]); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
+		logger.Actionf("applying namespace %s", namespaces[i].Name)
+		if err := upsertNamespace(ctx, kubeClient, namespaces[i]); err != nil {
+			return err
 		}

 		logger.Actionf("applying service account %s", accounts[i].Name)
@@ -288,24 +273,19 @@ func upsertRoleBinding(ctx context.Context, kubeClient client.Client, roleBindin
 	return nil
 }

-func exportTenant(namespace corev1.Namespace, account corev1.ServiceAccount, roleBinding rbacv1.RoleBinding, skipNamespace bool) error {
-	var data []byte
-	var err error
-
-	if !skipNamespace {
-		namespace.TypeMeta = metav1.TypeMeta{
-			APIVersion: "v1",
-			Kind:       "Namespace",
-		}
-		data, err = yaml.Marshal(namespace)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		data = bytes.Replace(data, []byte("spec: {}\n"), []byte(""), 1)
-
-		printlnStdout("---")
-		printlnStdout(resourceToString(data))
+func exportTenant(namespace corev1.Namespace, account corev1.ServiceAccount, roleBinding rbacv1.RoleBinding) error {
+	namespace.TypeMeta = metav1.TypeMeta{
+		APIVersion: "v1",
+		Kind:       "Namespace",
 	}
+	data, err := yaml.Marshal(namespace)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println("---")
+	data = bytes.Replace(data, []byte("spec: {}\n"), []byte(""), 1)
+	fmt.Println(resourceToString(data))

 	account.TypeMeta = metav1.TypeMeta{
 		APIVersion: "v1",
@@ -315,10 +295,10 @@ func exportTenant(namespace corev1.Namespace, account corev1.ServiceAccount, rol
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	data = bytes.Replace(data, []byte("spec: {}\n"), []byte(""), 1)

-	printlnStdout("---")
-	printlnStdout(resourceToString(data))
+	fmt.Println("---")
+	data = bytes.Replace(data, []byte("spec: {}\n"), []byte(""), 1)
+	fmt.Println(resourceToString(data))

 	roleBinding.TypeMeta = metav1.TypeMeta{
 		APIVersion: "rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1",
@@ -329,8 +309,8 @@ func exportTenant(namespace corev1.Namespace, account corev1.ServiceAccount, rol
 		return err
 	}

-	printlnStdout("---")
-	printlnStdout(resourceToString(data))
+	fmt.Println("---")
+	fmt.Println(resourceToString(data))

 	return nil
 }
--- a/cmd/flux/create_tenant_test.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/create_tenant_test.go
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-//go:build e2e
-// +build e2e
-
-/*
-Copyright 2025 The Flux authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestCreateTenant(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name   string
-		args   string
-		assert assertFunc
-	}{
-		{
-			name:   "no args",
-			args:   "create tenant",
-			assert: assertError("name is required"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "no namespace",
-			args:   "create tenant dev-team --cluster-role=cluster-admin",
-			assert: assertError("with-namespace is required"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "basic tenant",
-			args:   "create tenant dev-team --with-namespace=apps --cluster-role=cluster-admin --export",
-			assert: assertGoldenFile("./testdata/create_tenant/tenant-basic.yaml"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "tenant with custom serviceaccount",
-			args:   "create tenant dev-team --with-namespace=apps --cluster-role=cluster-admin --with-service-account=flux-tenant --export",
-			assert: assertGoldenFile("./testdata/create_tenant/tenant-with-service-account.yaml"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "tenant with custom cluster role",
-			args:   "create tenant dev-team --with-namespace=apps --cluster-role=custom-role --export",
-			assert: assertGoldenFile("./testdata/create_tenant/tenant-with-cluster-role.yaml"),
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "tenant with skip namespace",
-			args:   "create tenant dev-team --with-namespace=apps --cluster-role=cluster-admin --skip-namespace --export",
-			assert: assertGoldenFile("./testdata/create_tenant/tenant-with-skip-namespace.yaml"),
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			cmd := cmdTestCase{
-				args:   tt.args,
-				assert: tt.assert,
-			}
-			cmd.runTestCmd(t)
-		})
-	}
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/debug.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/debug.go
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2024 The Flux authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-)
-
-var debugCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "debug",
-	Short: "Debug a flux resource",
-	Long:  `The debug command can be used to troubleshoot failing resource reconciliations.`,
-}
-
-func init() {
-	rootCmd.AddCommand(debugCmd)
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/debug_helmrelease.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/debug_helmrelease.go
@@ -1,142 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2024 The Flux authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"fmt"
-
-	helmv2 "github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api/v2"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/chartutil"
-	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
-
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
-)
-
-var debugHelmReleaseCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:     "helmrelease [name]",
-	Aliases: []string{"hr"},
-	Short:   "Debug a HelmRelease resource",
-	Long: withPreviewNote(`The debug helmrelease command can be used to troubleshoot failing Helm release reconciliations.
-WARNING: This command will print sensitive information if Kubernetes Secrets are referenced in the HelmRelease .spec.valuesFrom field.`),
-	Example: `  # Print the status of a Helm release
-  flux debug hr podinfo --show-status
-
-  # Export the final values of a Helm release composed from referred ConfigMaps and Secrets
-  flux debug hr podinfo --show-values > values.yaml
-
-  # Print the reconciliation history of a Helm release
-  flux debug hr podinfo --show-history`,
-	RunE:              debugHelmReleaseCmdRun,
-	Args:              cobra.ExactArgs(1),
-	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(helmv2.GroupVersion.WithKind(helmv2.HelmReleaseKind)),
-}
-
-type debugHelmReleaseFlags struct {
-	showStatus  bool
-	showValues  bool
-	showHistory bool
-}
-
-var debugHelmReleaseArgs debugHelmReleaseFlags
-
-func init() {
-	debugHelmReleaseCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&debugHelmReleaseArgs.showStatus, "show-status", false, "print the status of the Helm release")
-	debugHelmReleaseCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&debugHelmReleaseArgs.showValues, "show-values", false, "print the final values of the Helm release")
-	debugHelmReleaseCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&debugHelmReleaseArgs.showHistory, "show-history", false, "print the reconciliation history of the Helm release")
-	debugCmd.AddCommand(debugHelmReleaseCmd)
-}
-
-func debugHelmReleaseCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	name := args[0]
-
-	flagsSet := 0
-	if debugHelmReleaseArgs.showStatus {
-		flagsSet++
-	}
-	if debugHelmReleaseArgs.showValues {
-		flagsSet++
-	}
-	if debugHelmReleaseArgs.showHistory {
-		flagsSet++
-	}
-	if flagsSet != 1 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("exactly one of --show-status, --show-values, or --show-history must be set")
-	}
-
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), rootArgs.timeout)
-	defer cancel()
-
-	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(kubeconfigArgs, kubeclientOptions)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	hr := &helmv2.HelmRelease{}
-	hrName := types.NamespacedName{Namespace: *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace, Name: name}
-	if err := kubeClient.Get(ctx, hrName, hr); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if debugHelmReleaseArgs.showStatus {
-		status, err := yaml.Marshal(hr.Status)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		rootCmd.Println("# Status documentation: https://fluxcd.io/flux/components/helm/helmreleases/#helmrelease-status")
-		rootCmd.Print(string(status))
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	if debugHelmReleaseArgs.showValues {
-		finalValues, err := chartutil.ChartValuesFromReferences(ctx,
-			logr.Discard(),
-			kubeClient,
-			hr.GetNamespace(),
-			hr.GetValues(),
-			hr.Spec.ValuesFrom...)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		values, err := yaml.Marshal(finalValues)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		rootCmd.Print(string(values))
-	}
-
-	if debugHelmReleaseArgs.showHistory {
-		if len(hr.Status.History) == 0 {
-			hr.Status.History = helmv2.Snapshots{}
-		}
-
-		history, err := yaml.Marshal(hr.Status.History)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		rootCmd.Println("# History documentation: https://fluxcd.io/flux/components/helm/helmreleases/#history")
-		rootCmd.Print(string(history))
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/debug_helmrelease_test.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/debug_helmrelease_test.go
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-//go:build unit
-// +build unit
-
-/*
-Copyright 2024 The Flux authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestDebugHelmRelease(t *testing.T) {
-	namespace := allocateNamespace("debug")
-
-	objectFile := "testdata/debug_helmrelease/objects.yaml"
-	tmpl := map[string]string{
-		"fluxns": namespace,
-	}
-	testEnv.CreateObjectFile(objectFile, tmpl, t)
-
-	cases := []struct {
-		name       string
-		arg        string
-		goldenFile string
-		tmpl       map[string]string
-	}{
-		{
-			"debug status",
-			"debug helmrelease test-values-inline --show-status --show-values=false",
-			"testdata/debug_helmrelease/status.golden.yaml",
-			tmpl,
-		},
-		{
-			"debug values",
-			"debug helmrelease test-values-inline --show-values --show-status=false",
-			"testdata/debug_helmrelease/values-inline.golden.yaml",
-			tmpl,
-		},
-		{
-			"debug values from",
-			"debug helmrelease test-values-from --show-values --show-status=false",
-			"testdata/debug_helmrelease/values-from.golden.yaml",
-			tmpl,
-		},
-		{
-			"debug history",
-			"debug helmrelease test-with-history --show-history --show-status=false",
-			"testdata/debug_helmrelease/history.golden.yaml",
-			tmpl,
-		},
-		{
-			"debug history empty",
-			"debug helmrelease test-values-inline --show-history --show-status=false",
-			"testdata/debug_helmrelease/history-empty.golden.yaml",
-			tmpl,
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range cases {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			cmd := cmdTestCase{
-				args:   tt.arg + " -n=" + namespace,
-				assert: assertGoldenTemplateFile(tt.goldenFile, tmpl),
-			}
-
-			cmd.runTestCmd(t)
-		})
-	}
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/debug_kustomization.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/debug_kustomization.go
@@ -1,164 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2024 The Flux authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-	"sort"
-	"strings"
-
-	kustomizev1 "github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api/v1"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/kustomize"
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
-
-	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
-)
-
-var debugKustomizationCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:     "kustomization [name]",
-	Aliases: []string{"ks"},
-	Short:   "Debug a Flux Kustomization resource",
-	Long: withPreviewNote(`The debug kustomization command can be used to troubleshoot failing Flux Kustomization reconciliations.
-WARNING: This command will print sensitive information if Kubernetes Secrets are referenced in the Kustomization .spec.postBuild.substituteFrom field.`),
-	Example: `  # Print the status of a Flux Kustomization
-  flux debug ks podinfo --show-status
-
-  # Export the final variables used for post-build substitutions composed from referred ConfigMaps and Secrets
-  flux debug ks podinfo --show-vars > vars.env
-
-  # Print the reconciliation history of a Flux Kustomization
-  flux debug ks podinfo --show-history`,
-	RunE:              debugKustomizationCmdRun,
-	Args:              cobra.ExactArgs(1),
-	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(kustomizev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(kustomizev1.KustomizationKind)),
-}
-
-type debugKustomizationFlags struct {
-	showStatus  bool
-	showVars    bool
-	showHistory bool
-}
-
-var debugKustomizationArgs debugKustomizationFlags
-
-func init() {
-	debugKustomizationCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&debugKustomizationArgs.showStatus, "show-status", false, "print the status of the Flux Kustomization")
-	debugKustomizationCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&debugKustomizationArgs.showVars, "show-vars", false, "print the final vars of the Flux Kustomization in dot env format")
-	debugKustomizationCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&debugKustomizationArgs.showHistory, "show-history", false, "print the reconciliation history of the Flux Kustomization")
-	debugCmd.AddCommand(debugKustomizationCmd)
-}
-
-func debugKustomizationCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	name := args[0]
-
-	flagsSet := 0
-	if debugKustomizationArgs.showStatus {
-		flagsSet++
-	}
-	if debugKustomizationArgs.showVars {
-		flagsSet++
-	}
-	if debugKustomizationArgs.showHistory {
-		flagsSet++
-	}
-	if flagsSet != 1 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("exactly one of --show-status, --show-vars, or --show-history must be set")
-	}
-
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), rootArgs.timeout)
-	defer cancel()
-
-	kubeClient, err := utils.KubeClient(kubeconfigArgs, kubeclientOptions)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	ks := &kustomizev1.Kustomization{}
-	ksName := types.NamespacedName{Namespace: *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace, Name: name}
-	if err := kubeClient.Get(ctx, ksName, ks); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if debugKustomizationArgs.showStatus {
-		status, err := yaml.Marshal(ks.Status)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		rootCmd.Println("# Status documentation: https://fluxcd.io/flux/components/kustomize/kustomizations/#kustomization-status")
-		rootCmd.Print(string(status))
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	if debugKustomizationArgs.showVars {
-		if ks.Spec.PostBuild == nil {
-			return errors.New("no post build substitutions found")
-		}
-
-		ksObj, err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.ToUnstructured(ks)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		finalVars, err := kustomize.LoadVariables(ctx, kubeClient, unstructured.Unstructured{Object: ksObj})
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		if len(ks.Spec.PostBuild.Substitute) > 0 {
-			for k, v := range ks.Spec.PostBuild.Substitute {
-				// Remove new lines from the values as they are not supported.
-				// Replicates the controller behavior from
-				// https://github.com/fluxcd/pkg/blob/main/kustomize/kustomize_varsub.go
-				finalVars[k] = strings.ReplaceAll(v, "\n", "")
-			}
-		}
-
-		keys := make([]string, 0, len(finalVars))
-		for k := range finalVars {
-			keys = append(keys, k)
-		}
-		sort.Strings(keys)
-
-		for _, k := range keys {
-			rootCmd.Println(k + "=" + finalVars[k])
-		}
-	}
-
-	if debugKustomizationArgs.showHistory {
-		if len(ks.Status.History) == 0 {
-			ks.Status.History = meta.History{}
-		}
-
-		history, err := yaml.Marshal(ks.Status.History)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		rootCmd.Println("# History documentation: https://fluxcd.io/flux/components/kustomize/kustomizations/#history")
-		rootCmd.Print(string(history))
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/debug_kustomization_test.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/debug_kustomization_test.go
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-//go:build unit
-// +build unit
-
-/*
-Copyright 2024 The Flux authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestDebugKustomization(t *testing.T) {
-	namespace := allocateNamespace("debug")
-
-	objectFile := "testdata/debug_kustomization/objects.yaml"
-	tmpl := map[string]string{
-		"fluxns": namespace,
-	}
-	testEnv.CreateObjectFile(objectFile, tmpl, t)
-
-	cases := []struct {
-		name       string
-		arg        string
-		goldenFile string
-		tmpl       map[string]string
-	}{
-		{
-			"debug status",
-			"debug ks test --show-status --show-vars=false",
-			"testdata/debug_kustomization/status.golden.yaml",
-			tmpl,
-		},
-		{
-			"debug vars",
-			"debug ks test --show-vars --show-status=false",
-			"testdata/debug_kustomization/vars.golden.env",
-			tmpl,
-		},
-		{
-			"debug vars from",
-			"debug ks test-from --show-vars --show-status=false",
-			"testdata/debug_kustomization/vars-from.golden.env",
-			tmpl,
-		}, {
-			"debug history",
-			"debug ks test-with-history --show-history --show-status=false",
-			"testdata/debug_kustomization/history.golden.yaml",
-			tmpl,
-		},
-		{
-			"debug history empty",
-			"debug ks test --show-history --show-status=false",
-			"testdata/debug_kustomization/history-empty.golden.yaml",
-			tmpl,
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range cases {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			cmd := cmdTestCase{
-				args:   tt.arg + " -n=" + namespace,
-				assert: assertGoldenTemplateFile(tt.goldenFile, tmpl),
-			}
-
-			cmd.runTestCmd(t)
-		})
-	}
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/delete_helmrelease.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/delete_helmrelease.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright 2024 The Flux authors
+Copyright 2020 The Flux authors

 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ package main
 import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"

-	helmv2 "github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api/v2"
+	helmv2 "github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api/v2beta2"
 )

 var deleteHelmReleaseCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:     "helmrelease [name]",
 	Aliases: []string{"hr"},
 	Short:   "Delete a HelmRelease resource",
-	Long:    "The delete helmrelease command removes the given HelmRelease from the cluster.",
+	Long:    withPreviewNote("The delete helmrelease command removes the given HelmRelease from the cluster."),
 	Example: `  # Delete a Helm release and the Kubernetes resources created by it
  flux delete hr podinfo`,
 	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(helmv2.GroupVersion.WithKind(helmv2.HelmReleaseKind)),
--- a/cmd/flux/delete_image_policy.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/delete_image_policy.go
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ package main
 import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"

-	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1"
+	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1beta2"
 )

 var deleteImagePolicyCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "policy [name]",
 	Short: "Delete an ImagePolicy object",
-	Long:  `The delete image policy command deletes the given ImagePolicy from the cluster.`,
+	Long:  withPreviewNote(`The delete image policy command deletes the given ImagePolicy from the cluster.`),
 	Example: `  # Delete an image policy
  flux delete image policy alpine3.x`,
 	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(imagev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(imagev1.ImagePolicyKind)),
--- a/cmd/flux/delete_image_repository.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/delete_image_repository.go
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ package main
 import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"

-	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1"
+	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1beta2"
 )

 var deleteImageRepositoryCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "repository [name]",
 	Short: "Delete an ImageRepository object",
-	Long:  "The delete image repository command deletes the given ImageRepository from the cluster.",
+	Long:  withPreviewNote("The delete image repository command deletes the given ImageRepository from the cluster."),
 	Example: `  # Delete an image repository
  flux delete image repository alpine`,
 	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(imagev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(imagev1.ImageRepositoryKind)),
--- a/cmd/flux/delete_image_update.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/delete_image_update.go
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ package main
 import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"

-	autov1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/api/v1"
+	autov1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/api/v1beta1"
 )

 var deleteImageUpdateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "update [name]",
 	Short: "Delete an ImageUpdateAutomation object",
-	Long:  `The delete image update command deletes the given ImageUpdateAutomation from the cluster.`,
+	Long:  withPreviewNote(`The delete image update command deletes the given ImageUpdateAutomation from the cluster.`),
 	Example: `  # Delete an image update automation
  flux delete image update latest-images`,
 	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(autov1.GroupVersion.WithKind(autov1.ImageUpdateAutomationKind)),
--- a/cmd/flux/delete_source_bucket.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/delete_source_bucket.go
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ package main
 import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"

-	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1"
+	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta2"
 )

 var deleteSourceBucketCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "bucket [name]",
 	Short: "Delete a Bucket source",
-	Long:  "The delete source bucket command deletes the given Bucket from the cluster.",
+	Long:  withPreviewNote("The delete source bucket command deletes the given Bucket from the cluster."),
 	Example: `  # Delete a Bucket source
  flux delete source bucket podinfo`,
 	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(sourcev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(sourcev1.BucketKind)),
--- a/cmd/flux/delete_source_chart.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/delete_source_chart.go
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2024 The Flux authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-
-	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1"
-)
-
-var deleteSourceChartCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "chart [name]",
-	Short: "Delete a HelmChart source",
-	Long:  "The delete source chart command deletes the given HelmChart from the cluster.",
-	Example: `  # Delete a HelmChart
-  flux delete source chart podinfo`,
-	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(sourcev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(sourcev1.HelmChartKind)),
-	RunE: deleteCommand{
-		apiType: helmChartType,
-		object:  universalAdapter{&sourcev1.HelmChart{}},
-	}.run,
-}
-
-func init() {
-	deleteSourceCmd.AddCommand(deleteSourceChartCmd)
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/delete_source_helm.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/delete_source_helm.go
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ package main
 import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"

-	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1"
+	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta2"
 )

 var deleteSourceHelmCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "helm [name]",
 	Short: "Delete a HelmRepository source",
-	Long:  "The delete source helm command deletes the given HelmRepository from the cluster.",
+	Long:  withPreviewNote("The delete source helm command deletes the given HelmRepository from the cluster."),
 	Example: `  # Delete a Helm repository
  flux delete source helm podinfo`,
 	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(sourcev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(sourcev1.HelmRepositoryKind)),
--- a/cmd/flux/delete_source_oci.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/delete_source_oci.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"

-	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1"
+	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta2"
 )

 var deleteSourceOCIRepositoryCmd = &cobra.Command{
--- a/cmd/flux/diff_artifact.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/diff_artifact.go
@@ -21,9 +21,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"

-	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/oci"
-	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1"
-	"github.com/google/go-containerregistry/pkg/crane"
+	oci "github.com/fluxcd/pkg/oci/client"
+	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta2"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"

 	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/flags"
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ import (
 var diffArtifactCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "artifact",
 	Short: "Diff Artifact",
-	Long:  `The diff artifact command computes the diff between the remote OCI artifact and a local directory or file`,
+	Long:  withPreviewNote(`The diff artifact command computes the diff between the remote OCI artifact and a local directory or file`),
 	Example: `# Check if local files differ from remote
 flux diff artifact oci://ghcr.io/stefanprodan/manifests:podinfo:6.2.0 --path=./kustomize`,
 	RunE: diffArtifactCmdRun,
@@ -43,7 +42,6 @@ type diffArtifactFlags struct {
 	creds       string
 	provider    flags.SourceOCIProvider
 	ignorePaths []string
-	insecure    bool
 }

 var diffArtifactArgs = newDiffArtifactArgs()
@@ -59,7 +57,6 @@ func init() {
 	diffArtifactCmd.Flags().StringVar(&diffArtifactArgs.creds, "creds", "", "credentials for OCI registry in the format <username>[:<password>] if --provider is generic")
 	diffArtifactCmd.Flags().Var(&diffArtifactArgs.provider, "provider", sourceOCIRepositoryArgs.provider.Description())
 	diffArtifactCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&diffArtifactArgs.ignorePaths, "ignore-paths", excludeOCI, "set paths to ignore in .gitignore format")
-	diffArtifactCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&diffArtifactArgs.insecure, "insecure-registry", false, "allows the remote artifact to be pulled without TLS")
 	diffCmd.AddCommand(diffArtifactCmd)
 }

@@ -85,22 +82,7 @@ func diffArtifactCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), rootArgs.timeout)
 	defer cancel()

-	opts := oci.DefaultOptions()
-
-	if diffArtifactArgs.insecure {
-		opts = append(opts, crane.Insecure)
-	}
-
-	if diffArtifactArgs.provider.String() != sourcev1.GenericOCIProvider {
-		logger.Actionf("logging in to registry with provider credentials")
-		opt, _, err := loginWithProvider(ctx, url, diffArtifactArgs.provider.String())
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("error during login with provider: %w", err)
-		}
-		opts = append(opts, opt)
-	}
-
-	ociClient := oci.NewClient(opts)
+	ociClient := oci.NewClient(oci.DefaultOptions())

 	if diffArtifactArgs.provider.String() == sourcev1.GenericOCIProvider && diffArtifactArgs.creds != "" {
 		logger.Actionf("logging in to registry with credentials")
@@ -109,6 +91,18 @@ func diffArtifactCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		}
 	}

+	if diffArtifactArgs.provider.String() != sourcev1.GenericOCIProvider {
+		logger.Actionf("logging in to registry with provider credentials")
+		ociProvider, err := diffArtifactArgs.provider.ToOCIProvider()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("provider not supported: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		if err := ociClient.LoginWithProvider(ctx, url, ociProvider); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error during login with provider: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	if err := ociClient.Diff(ctx, url, diffArtifactArgs.path, diffArtifactArgs.ignorePaths); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
--- a/cmd/flux/diff_artifact_test.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/diff_artifact_test.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func TestDiffArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 			tt.url = fmt.Sprintf(tt.url, dockerReg)
 			_, err := executeCommand("push artifact " + tt.url + " --path=" + tt.pushFile + " --source=test --revision=test")
 			if err != nil {
-				t.Fatal(fmt.Errorf("failed to push image: %w", err).Error())
+				t.Fatalf(fmt.Errorf("failed to push image: %w", err).Error())
 			}

 			cmd := cmdTestCase{
--- a/cmd/flux/diff_kustomization.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/diff_kustomization.go
@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@ import (

 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"

-	kustomizev1 "github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api/v1"
-
 	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/build"
+	kustomizev1 "github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api/v1"
 )

 var diffKsCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -44,12 +43,7 @@ flux diff kustomization my-app --path ./path/to/local/manifests \
 # Exclude files by providing a comma separated list of entries that follow the .gitignore pattern fromat.
 flux diff kustomization my-app --path ./path/to/local/manifests \
 	--kustomization-file ./path/to/local/my-app.yaml \
-	--ignore-paths "/to_ignore/**/*.yaml,ignore.yaml"
-
-# Run recursively on all encountered Kustomizations
-flux diff kustomization my-app --path ./path/to/local/manifests \
-    --recursive \
-    --local-sources GitRepository/flux-system/my-repo=./path/to/local/git`,
+	--ignore-paths "/to_ignore/**/*.yaml,ignore.yaml"`,
 	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(kustomizev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(kustomizev1.KustomizationKind)),
 	RunE:              diffKsCmdRun,
 }
@@ -59,9 +53,6 @@ type diffKsFlags struct {
 	path              string
 	ignorePaths       []string
 	progressBar       bool
-	strictSubst       bool
-	recursive         bool
-	localSources      map[string]string
 }

 var diffKsArgs diffKsFlags
@@ -71,10 +62,6 @@ func init() {
 	diffKsCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&diffKsArgs.progressBar, "progress-bar", true, "Boolean to set the progress bar. The default value is true.")
 	diffKsCmd.Flags().StringSliceVar(&diffKsArgs.ignorePaths, "ignore-paths", nil, "set paths to ignore in .gitignore format")
 	diffKsCmd.Flags().StringVar(&diffKsArgs.kustomizationFile, "kustomization-file", "", "Path to the Flux Kustomization YAML file.")
-	diffKsCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&diffKsArgs.strictSubst, "strict-substitute", false,
-		"When enabled, the post build substitutions will fail if a var without a default value is declared in files but is missing from the input vars.")
-	diffKsCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&diffKsArgs.recursive, "recursive", "r", false, "Recursively diff Kustomizations")
-	diffKsCmd.Flags().StringToStringVar(&diffKsArgs.localSources, "local-sources", nil, "Comma-separated list of repositories in format: Kind/namespace/name=path")
 	diffCmd.AddCommand(diffKsCmd)
 }

@@ -109,10 +96,6 @@ func diffKsCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			build.WithKustomizationFile(diffKsArgs.kustomizationFile),
 			build.WithProgressBar(),
 			build.WithIgnore(diffKsArgs.ignorePaths),
-			build.WithStrictSubstitute(diffKsArgs.strictSubst),
-			build.WithRecursive(diffKsArgs.recursive),
-			build.WithLocalSources(diffKsArgs.localSources),
-			build.WithSingleKustomization(),
 		)
 	} else {
 		builder, err = build.NewBuilder(name, diffKsArgs.path,
@@ -120,10 +103,6 @@ func diffKsCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			build.WithTimeout(rootArgs.timeout),
 			build.WithKustomizationFile(diffKsArgs.kustomizationFile),
 			build.WithIgnore(diffKsArgs.ignorePaths),
-			build.WithStrictSubstitute(diffKsArgs.strictSubst),
-			build.WithRecursive(diffKsArgs.recursive),
-			build.WithLocalSources(diffKsArgs.localSources),
-			build.WithSingleKustomization(),
 		)
 	}

@@ -153,12 +132,6 @@ func diffKsCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {

 	select {
 	case <-sigc:
-		if diffKsArgs.progressBar {
-			err := builder.StopSpinner()
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		}
 		fmt.Println("Build cancelled... exiting.")
 		return builder.Cancel()
 	case err := <-errChan:
--- a/cmd/flux/diff_kustomization_test.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/diff_kustomization_test.go
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import (

 	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/build"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/ssa"
-	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/ssa/normalize"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 )

@@ -98,12 +97,6 @@ func TestDiffKustomization(t *testing.T) {
 			objectFile: "",
 			assert:     assertGoldenFile("./testdata/diff-kustomization/nothing-is-deployed.golden"),
 		},
-		{
-			name:       "diff with recursive",
-			args:       "diff kustomization podinfo --path ./testdata/build-kustomization/podinfo-with-my-app --progress-bar=false --recursive --local-sources GitRepository/default/podinfo=./testdata/build-kustomization",
-			objectFile: "./testdata/diff-kustomization/my-app.yaml",
-			assert:     assertGoldenFile("./testdata/diff-kustomization/diff-with-recursive.golden"),
-		},
 	}

 	tmpl := map[string]string{
@@ -152,7 +145,7 @@ func createObjectFromFile(objectFile string, templateValues map[string]string, t
 		t.Fatalf("Error decoding yaml file '%s': %v", objectFile, err)
 	}

-	if err := normalize.UnstructuredList(clientObjects); err != nil {
+	if err := ssa.SetNativeKindsDefaults(clientObjects); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Error setting native kinds defaults for '%s': %v", objectFile, err)
 	}

--- a/cmd/flux/envsubst.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/envsubst.go
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2024 The Flux authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"bufio"
-	"fmt"
-
-	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/envsubst"
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-)
-
-var envsubstCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "envsubst",
-	Args:  cobra.NoArgs,
-	Short: "envsubst substitutes the values of environment variables",
-	Long: withPreviewNote(`The envsubst command substitutes the values of environment variables
-in the string piped as standard input and writes the result to the standard output. This command can be used
-to replicate the behavior of the Flux Kustomization post-build substitutions.`),
-	Example: `  # Run env var substitutions on the kustomization build output
-  export cluster_region=eu-central-1
-  kustomize build . | flux envsubst
-
-  # Run env var substitutions and error out if a variable is not set
-  kustomize build . | flux envsubst --strict
-`,
-	RunE: runEnvsubstCmd,
-}
-
-type envsubstFlags struct {
-	strict bool
-}
-
-var envsubstArgs envsubstFlags
-
-func init() {
-	envsubstCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&envsubstArgs.strict, "strict", false,
-		"fail if a variable without a default value is declared in the input but is missing from the environment")
-	rootCmd.AddCommand(envsubstCmd)
-}
-
-func runEnvsubstCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	stdin := bufio.NewScanner(rootCmd.InOrStdin())
-	stdout := bufio.NewWriter(rootCmd.OutOrStdout())
-	for stdin.Scan() {
-		line, err := envsubst.EvalEnv(stdin.Text(), envsubstArgs.strict)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		_, err = fmt.Fprintln(stdout, line)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		err = stdout.Flush()
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/envsubst_test.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/envsubst_test.go
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2024 The Flux authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"os"
-	"testing"
-
-	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
-)
-
-func TestEnvsubst(t *testing.T) {
-	g := NewWithT(t)
-	input, err := os.ReadFile("testdata/envsubst/file.yaml")
-	g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-
-	t.Setenv("REPO_NAME", "test")
-
-	output, err := executeCommandWithIn("envsubst", bytes.NewReader(input))
-	g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-
-	expected, err := os.ReadFile("testdata/envsubst/file.gold")
-	g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-	g.Expect(output).To(Equal(string(expected)))
-}
-
-func TestEnvsubst_Strinct(t *testing.T) {
-	g := NewWithT(t)
-	input, err := os.ReadFile("testdata/envsubst/file.yaml")
-	g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-
-	_, err = executeCommandWithIn("envsubst --strict", bytes.NewReader(input))
-	g.Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
-	g.Expect(err.Error()).To(ContainSubstring("variable not set (strict mode)"))
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/events.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/events.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -38,14 +39,14 @@ import (
 	cmdutil "k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/util"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"

-	helmv2 "github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api/v2"
-	autov1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/api/v1"
-	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1"
+	helmv2 "github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api/v2beta2"
+	autov1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/api/v1beta1"
+	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1beta2"
 	kustomizev1 "github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api/v1"
 	notificationv1 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1"
 	notificationv1b3 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1beta3"
 	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1"
-	swapi "github.com/fluxcd/source-watcher/api/v2/v1beta1"
+	sourcev1b2 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta2"

 	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/internal/utils"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/flux2/v2/pkg/printers"
@@ -112,12 +113,7 @@ func eventsCmdRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}

 	var diffRefNs bool
-	// Build the base list options. When --all-namespaces is set we must NOT constrain the
-	// query to a single namespace, otherwise we silently return a partial result set.
-	clientListOpts := []client.ListOption{}
-	if !eventArgs.allNamespaces {
-		clientListOpts = append(clientListOpts, client.InNamespace(*kubeconfigArgs.Namespace))
-	}
+	clientListOpts := []client.ListOption{client.InNamespace(*kubeconfigArgs.Namespace)}
 	var refListOpts [][]client.ListOption
 	if eventArgs.forSelector != "" {
 		kind, name := getKindNameFromSelector(eventArgs.forSelector)
@@ -196,14 +192,11 @@ func getRows(ctx context.Context, kubeclient client.Client, clientListOpts []cli

 func addEventsToList(ctx context.Context, kubeclient client.Client, el *corev1.EventList, clientListOpts []client.ListOption) error {
 	listOpts := &metav1.ListOptions{}
+	clientListOpts = append(clientListOpts, client.Limit(cmdutil.DefaultChunkSize))
 	err := runtimeresource.FollowContinue(listOpts,
 		func(options metav1.ListOptions) (runtime.Object, error) {
 			newEvents := &corev1.EventList{}
-			opts := append(clientListOpts, client.Limit(cmdutil.DefaultChunkSize))
-			if options.Continue != "" {
-				opts = append(opts, client.Continue(options.Continue))
-			}
-			if err := kubeclient.List(ctx, newEvents, opts...); err != nil {
+			if err := kubeclient.List(ctx, newEvents, clientListOpts...); err != nil {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("error getting events: %w", err)
 			}
 			el.Items = append(el.Items, newEvents.Items...)
@@ -254,7 +247,7 @@ func eventsCmdWatchRun(ctx context.Context, kubeclient client.WithWatch, listOpt
 			hdr = getHeaders(showNs)
 			firstIteration = false
 		}
-		return printers.TablePrinter(hdr).Print(rootCmd.OutOrStdout(), [][]string{rows})
+		return printers.TablePrinter(hdr).Print(os.Stdout, [][]string{rows})
 	}

 	for _, refOpts := range refListOpts {
@@ -429,7 +422,7 @@ var fluxKindMap = refMap{
 		gvk:             helmv2.GroupVersion.WithKind(helmv2.HelmReleaseKind),
 		crossNamespaced: true,
 		otherRefs: func(namespace, name string) []string {
-			return []string{fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s-%s", sourcev1.HelmChartKind, namespace, name)}
+			return []string{fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s-%s", sourcev1b2.HelmChartKind, namespace, name)}
 		},
 		field: []string{"spec", "chart", "spec", "sourceRef"},
 	},
@@ -447,18 +440,17 @@ var fluxKindMap = refMap{
 		crossNamespaced: true,
 		field:           []string{"spec", "imageRepositoryRef"},
 	},
-	sourcev1.HelmChartKind: {
-		gvk:             sourcev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(sourcev1.HelmChartKind),
+	sourcev1b2.HelmChartKind: {
+		gvk:             sourcev1b2.GroupVersion.WithKind(sourcev1b2.HelmChartKind),
 		crossNamespaced: true,
 		field:           []string{"spec", "sourceRef"},
 	},
 	sourcev1.GitRepositoryKind:       {gvk: sourcev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(sourcev1.GitRepositoryKind)},
-	sourcev1.OCIRepositoryKind:       {gvk: sourcev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(sourcev1.OCIRepositoryKind)},
-	sourcev1.BucketKind:              {gvk: sourcev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(sourcev1.BucketKind)},
-	sourcev1.HelmRepositoryKind:      {gvk: sourcev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(sourcev1.HelmRepositoryKind)},
+	sourcev1b2.OCIRepositoryKind:     {gvk: sourcev1b2.GroupVersion.WithKind(sourcev1b2.OCIRepositoryKind)},
+	sourcev1b2.BucketKind:            {gvk: sourcev1b2.GroupVersion.WithKind(sourcev1b2.BucketKind)},
+	sourcev1b2.HelmRepositoryKind:    {gvk: sourcev1b2.GroupVersion.WithKind(sourcev1b2.HelmRepositoryKind)},
 	autov1.ImageUpdateAutomationKind: {gvk: autov1.GroupVersion.WithKind(autov1.ImageUpdateAutomationKind)},
 	imagev1.ImageRepositoryKind:      {gvk: imagev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(imagev1.ImageRepositoryKind)},
-	swapi.ArtifactGeneratorKind:      {gvk: swapi.GroupVersion.WithKind(swapi.ArtifactGeneratorKind)},
 }

 func ignoreEvent(e corev1.Event) bool {
--- a/cmd/flux/events_test.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/events_test.go
@@ -20,13 +20,11 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"

 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
@@ -80,7 +78,7 @@ spec:
  timeout: 1m0s
  url: ssh://git@github.com/example/repo
 ---
-apiVersion: helm.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v2
+apiVersion: helm.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v2beta2
 kind: HelmRelease
 metadata:
  name: podinfo
@@ -97,7 +95,7 @@ spec:
      version: '*'
  interval: 5m0s
 ---
-apiVersion: source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
+apiVersion: source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1beta2
 kind: HelmRepository
 metadata:
  name: podinfo
@@ -106,7 +104,7 @@ spec:
  interval: 1m0s
  url: https://stefanprodan.github.io/podinfo
 ---
-apiVersion: source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
+apiVersion: source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1beta2
 kind: HelmChart
 metadata:
  name: default-podinfo
@@ -142,7 +140,7 @@ spec:
  address: https://hooks.slack.com/services/mock
  type: slack
 ---
-apiVersion: image.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
+apiVersion: image.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1beta2
 kind: ImagePolicy
 metadata:
  name: podinfo
@@ -421,108 +419,6 @@ func createEvent(obj client.Object, eventType, msg, reason string) corev1.Event
 	}
 }

-// paginatedClient wraps a client.Client and simulates real Kubernetes API
-// pagination by splitting List results into pages of pageSize items,
-// using the ListMeta.Continue token.
-type paginatedClient struct {
-	client.Client
-	pageSize int
-}
-
-func (c *paginatedClient) List(ctx context.Context, list client.ObjectList, opts ...client.ListOption) error {
-	listOpts := &client.ListOptions{}
-	listOpts.ApplyOptions(opts)
-
-	// Fetch all results from the underlying client (without Limit/Continue).
-	stripped := make([]client.ListOption, 0, len(opts))
-	for _, o := range opts {
-		if _, ok := o.(client.Limit); ok {
-			continue
-		}
-		if _, ok := o.(client.Continue); ok {
-			continue
-		}
-		stripped = append(stripped, o)
-	}
-	if err := c.Client.List(ctx, list, stripped...); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	items, err := meta.ExtractList(list)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	// Determine the page window based on the Continue token.
-	start := 0
-	if listOpts.Continue != "" {
-		n, err := strconv.Atoi(listOpts.Continue)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("invalid continue token: %w", err)
-		}
-		start = n
-	}
-	if start > len(items) {
-		start = len(items)
-	}
-
-	end := start + c.pageSize
-	if end > len(items) {
-		end = len(items)
-	}
-
-	page := items[start:end]
-	if err := meta.SetList(list, page); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	// Set the Continue token when there are more pages.
-	listAccessor, err := meta.ListAccessor(list)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if end < len(items) {
-		listAccessor.SetContinue(strconv.Itoa(end))
-	} else {
-		listAccessor.SetContinue("")
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func Test_addEventsToList_pagination(t *testing.T) {
-	g := NewWithT(t)
-	objs, err := ssautil.ReadObjects(strings.NewReader(objects))
-	g.Expect(err).To(Not(HaveOccurred()))
-
-	builder := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(utils.NewScheme())
-	for _, obj := range objs {
-		builder = builder.WithObjects(obj)
-	}
-
-	eventList := &corev1.EventList{}
-	for _, obj := range objs {
-		infoEvent := createEvent(obj, eventv1.EventSeverityInfo, "Info Message", "Info Reason")
-		warningEvent := createEvent(obj, eventv1.EventSeverityError, "Error Message", "Error Reason")
-		eventList.Items = append(eventList.Items, infoEvent, warningEvent)
-	}
-	builder = builder.WithLists(eventList)
-	c := builder.Build()
-
-	totalEvents := len(eventList.Items)
-	g.Expect(totalEvents).To(BeNumerically(">", 2), "need more than 2 events to test pagination")
-
-	// Wrap the client to paginate at 2 items per page, forcing multiple
-	// round-trips through FollowContinue.
-	pc := &paginatedClient{Client: c, pageSize: 2}
-
-	el := &corev1.EventList{}
-	err = addEventsToList(context.Background(), pc, el, nil)
-	g.Expect(err).To(Not(HaveOccurred()))
-	g.Expect(el.Items).To(HaveLen(totalEvents),
-		"addEventsToList should collect all events across paginated responses")
-}
-
 func kindNameIndexer(obj client.Object) []string {
 	e, ok := obj.(*corev1.Event)
 	if !ok {
--- a/cmd/flux/export.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/export.go
@@ -109,13 +109,13 @@ func (export exportCommand) run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	return nil
 }

-func printExport(export any) error {
+func printExport(export interface{}) error {
 	data, err := yaml.Marshal(export)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	printlnStdout("---")
-	printlnStdout(resourceToString(data))
+	rootCmd.Println("---")
+	rootCmd.Println(resourceToString(data))
 	return nil
 }

--- a/cmd/flux/export_artifact.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/export_artifact.go
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2025 The Flux authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-)
-
-var exportArtifactCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "artifact",
-	Short: "Export artifact objects",
-	Long:  `The export artifact sub-commands export artifacts objects in YAML format.`,
-}
-
-func init() {
-	exportCmd.AddCommand(exportArtifactCmd)
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/export_artifact_generator.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/export_artifact_generator.go
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2025 The Flux authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-
-	swapi "github.com/fluxcd/source-watcher/api/v2/v1beta1"
-)
-
-var exportArtifactGeneratorCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "generator [name]",
-	Short: "Export ArtifactGenerator resources in YAML format",
-	Long:  "The export artifact generator command exports one or all ArtifactGenerator resources in YAML format.",
-	Example: `  # Export all ArtifactGenerator resources
-  flux export artifact generator --all > artifact-generators.yaml
-
-  # Export a specific generator
-  flux export artifact generator my-generator > my-generator.yaml`,
-	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(swapi.GroupVersion.WithKind(swapi.ArtifactGeneratorKind)),
-	RunE: exportCommand{
-		object: artifactGeneratorAdapter{&swapi.ArtifactGenerator{}},
-		list:   artifactGeneratorListAdapter{&swapi.ArtifactGeneratorList{}},
-	}.run,
-}
-
-func init() {
-	exportArtifactCmd.AddCommand(exportArtifactGeneratorCmd)
-}
-
-// Export returns an ArtifactGenerator value which has
-// extraneous information stripped out.
-func exportArtifactGenerator(item *swapi.ArtifactGenerator) interface{} {
-	gvk := swapi.GroupVersion.WithKind(swapi.ArtifactGeneratorKind)
-	export := swapi.ArtifactGenerator{
-		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
-			Kind:       gvk.Kind,
-			APIVersion: gvk.GroupVersion().String(),
-		},
-		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name:        item.Name,
-			Namespace:   item.Namespace,
-			Labels:      item.Labels,
-			Annotations: item.Annotations,
-		},
-		Spec: item.Spec,
-	}
-	return export
-}
-
-func (ex artifactGeneratorAdapter) export() interface{} {
-	return exportArtifactGenerator(ex.ArtifactGenerator)
-}
-
-func (ex artifactGeneratorListAdapter) exportItem(i int) interface{} {
-	return exportArtifactGenerator(&ex.ArtifactGeneratorList.Items[i])
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/export_helmrelease.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/export_helmrelease.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright 2024 The Flux authors
+Copyright 2020 The Flux authors

 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"

-	helmv2 "github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api/v2"
+	helmv2 "github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api/v2beta2"
 )

 var exportHelmReleaseCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:     "helmrelease [name]",
 	Aliases: []string{"hr"},
 	Short:   "Export HelmRelease resources in YAML format",
-	Long:    "The export helmrelease command exports one or all HelmRelease resources in YAML format.",
+	Long:    withPreviewNote("The export helmrelease command exports one or all HelmRelease resources in YAML format."),
 	Example: `  # Export all HelmRelease resources
  flux export helmrelease --all > kustomizations.yaml

--- a/cmd/flux/export_image_policy.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/export_image_policy.go
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"

-	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1"
+	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1beta2"
 )

 var exportImagePolicyCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "policy [name]",
 	Short: "Export ImagePolicy resources in YAML format",
-	Long:  "The export image policy command exports one or all ImagePolicy resources in YAML format.",
+	Long:  withPreviewNote("The export image policy command exports one or all ImagePolicy resources in YAML format."),
 	Example: `  # Export all ImagePolicy resources
  flux export image policy --all > image-policies.yaml

--- a/cmd/flux/export_image_repository.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/export_image_repository.go
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"

-	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1"
+	imagev1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-reflector-controller/api/v1beta2"
 )

 var exportImageRepositoryCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "repository [name]",
 	Short: "Export ImageRepository resources in YAML format",
-	Long:  "The export image repository command exports one or all ImageRepository resources in YAML format.",
+	Long:  withPreviewNote("The export image repository command exports one or all ImageRepository resources in YAML format."),
 	Example: `  # Export all ImageRepository resources
  flux export image repository --all > image-repositories.yaml

--- a/cmd/flux/export_image_update.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/export_image_update.go
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"

-	autov1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/api/v1"
+	autov1 "github.com/fluxcd/image-automation-controller/api/v1beta1"
 )

 var exportImageUpdateCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "update [name]",
 	Short: "Export ImageUpdateAutomation resources in YAML format",
-	Long:  "The export image update command exports one or all ImageUpdateAutomation resources in YAML format.",
+	Long:  withPreviewNote("The export image update command exports one or all ImageUpdateAutomation resources in YAML format."),
 	Example: `  # Export all ImageUpdateAutomation resources
  flux export image update --all > updates.yaml

--- a/cmd/flux/export_source_bucket.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/export_source_bucket.go
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"

-	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1"
+	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta2"
 )

 var exportSourceBucketCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "bucket [name]",
 	Short: "Export Bucket sources in YAML format",
-	Long:  "The export source git command exports one or all Bucket sources in YAML format.",
+	Long:  withPreviewNote("The export source git command exports one or all Bucket sources in YAML format."),
 	Example: `  # Export all Bucket sources
  flux export source bucket --all > sources.yaml

--- a/cmd/flux/export_source_chart.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/export_source_chart.go
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2024 The Flux authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-
-	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1"
-)
-
-var exportSourceChartCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "chart [name]",
-	Short: "Export HelmChart sources in YAML format",
-	Long:  withPreviewNote("The export source chart command exports one or all HelmChart sources in YAML format."),
-	Example: `  # Export all chart sources
-  flux export source chart --all > sources.yaml`,
-	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(sourcev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(sourcev1.HelmChartKind)),
-	RunE: exportCommand{
-		list:   helmChartListAdapter{&sourcev1.HelmChartList{}},
-		object: helmChartAdapter{&sourcev1.HelmChart{}},
-	}.run,
-}
-
-func init() {
-	exportSourceCmd.AddCommand(exportSourceChartCmd)
-}
-
-func exportHelmChart(source *sourcev1.HelmChart) interface{} {
-	gvk := sourcev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(sourcev1.HelmChartKind)
-	export := sourcev1.HelmChart{
-		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
-			Kind:       gvk.Kind,
-			APIVersion: gvk.GroupVersion().String(),
-		},
-		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name:        source.Name,
-			Namespace:   source.Namespace,
-			Labels:      source.Labels,
-			Annotations: source.Annotations,
-		},
-		Spec: source.Spec,
-	}
-	return export
-}
-
-func (ex helmChartAdapter) export() interface{} {
-	return exportHelmChart(ex.HelmChart)
-}
-
-func (ex helmChartListAdapter) exportItem(i int) interface{} {
-	return exportHelmChart(&ex.HelmChartList.Items[i])
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/export_source_external.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/export_source_external.go
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2025 The Flux authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
-
-	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1"
-)
-
-var exportSourceExternalCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "external [name]",
-	Short: "Export ExternalArtifact sources in YAML format",
-	Long:  "The export source external command exports one or all ExternalArtifact sources in YAML format.",
-	Example: `  # Export all ExternalArtifact sources
-  flux export source external --all > sources.yaml
-
-  # Export a specific ExternalArtifact
-  flux export source external my-artifact > source.yaml`,
-	ValidArgsFunction: resourceNamesCompletionFunc(sourcev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(sourcev1.ExternalArtifactKind)),
-	RunE: exportWithSecretCommand{
-		list:   externalArtifactListAdapter{&sourcev1.ExternalArtifactList{}},
-		object: externalArtifactAdapter{&sourcev1.ExternalArtifact{}},
-	}.run,
-}
-
-func init() {
-	exportSourceCmd.AddCommand(exportSourceExternalCmd)
-}
-
-func exportExternalArtifact(source *sourcev1.ExternalArtifact) any {
-	gvk := sourcev1.GroupVersion.WithKind(sourcev1.ExternalArtifactKind)
-	export := sourcev1.ExternalArtifact{
-		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
-			Kind:       gvk.Kind,
-			APIVersion: gvk.GroupVersion().String(),
-		},
-		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name:        source.Name,
-			Namespace:   source.Namespace,
-			Labels:      source.Labels,
-			Annotations: source.Annotations,
-		},
-		Spec: source.Spec,
-	}
-	return export
-}
-
-func getExternalArtifactSecret(source *sourcev1.ExternalArtifact) *types.NamespacedName {
-	// ExternalArtifact does not have a secretRef in its spec, this satisfies the interface
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (ex externalArtifactAdapter) secret() *types.NamespacedName {
-	return getExternalArtifactSecret(ex.ExternalArtifact)
-}
-
-func (ex externalArtifactListAdapter) secretItem(i int) *types.NamespacedName {
-	return getExternalArtifactSecret(&ex.ExternalArtifactList.Items[i])
-}
-
-func (ex externalArtifactAdapter) export() any {
-	return exportExternalArtifact(ex.ExternalArtifact)
-}
-
-func (ex externalArtifactListAdapter) exportItem(i int) any {
-	return exportExternalArtifact(&ex.ExternalArtifactList.Items[i])
-}
--- a/cmd/flux/export_source_helm.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/export_source_helm.go
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"

-	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1"
+	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta2"
 )

 var exportSourceHelmCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "helm [name]",
 	Short: "Export HelmRepository sources in YAML format",
-	Long:  "The export source git command exports one or all HelmRepository sources in YAML format.",
+	Long:  withPreviewNote("The export source git command exports one or all HelmRepository sources in YAML format."),
 	Example: `  # Export all HelmRepository sources
  flux export source helm --all > sources.yaml

--- a/cmd/flux/export_source_oci.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/export_source_oci.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"

-	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1"
+	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1beta2"
 )

 var exportSourceOCIRepositoryCmd = &cobra.Command{
--- a/cmd/flux/export_test.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/export_test.go
@@ -1,22 +1,6 @@
 //go:build unit
 // +build unit

-/*
-Copyright 2024 The Flux authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
 package main

 import (
@@ -74,12 +58,6 @@ func TestExport(t *testing.T) {
 			"testdata/export/git-repo.yaml",
 			tmpl,
 		},
-		{
-			"source chart",
-			"export source chart flux-system",
-			"testdata/export/helm-chart.yaml",
-			tmpl,
-		},
 		{
 			"source helm",
 			"export source helm flux-system",
@@ -110,12 +88,6 @@ func TestExport(t *testing.T) {
 			"testdata/export/bucket.yaml",
 			tmpl,
 		},
-		{
-			"source external",
-			"export source external flux-system",
-			"testdata/export/external-artifact.yaml",
-			tmpl,
-		},
 	}

 	for _, tt := range cases {
--- a/cmd/flux/get.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/get.go
@@ -184,13 +184,13 @@ func (get getCommand) run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {

 	if get.list.len() == 0 {
 		if len(args) > 0 {
-			return fmt.Errorf("%s object '%s' not found in %s namespace",
+			logger.Failuref("%s object '%s' not found in %s namespace",
 				get.kind,
 				args[0],
 				namespaceNameOrAny(getArgs.allNamespaces, *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace),
 			)
 		} else if !getAll {
-			return fmt.Errorf("no %s objects found in %s namespace",
+			logger.Failuref("no %s objects found in %s namespace",
 				get.kind,
 				namespaceNameOrAny(getArgs.allNamespaces, *kubeconfigArgs.Namespace),
 			)
--- a/cmd/flux/get_all.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/get_all.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	apimeta "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/meta"

-	helmv2 "github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api/v2"
+	helmv2 "github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api/v2beta2"
 	kustomizev1 "github.com/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/api/v1"
 	notificationv1 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1"
 	notificationv1b3 "github.com/fluxcd/notification-controller/api/v1beta3"
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ var getAllCmd = &cobra.Command{

 func logError(err error) {
 	if !apimeta.IsNoMatchError(err) {
-		logger.Failuref("%s", err.Error())
+		logger.Failuref(err.Error())
 	}
 }

--- a/cmd/flux/get_artifact.go
+++ b/cmd/flux/get_artifact.go
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2025 The Flux authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-)
-
-var getArtifactCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:     "artifacts",
-	Aliases: []string{"artifact"},
-	Short:   "Get artifact object status",
-	Long:    `The get artifact sub-commands print the status of artifact objects.`,
-}
-
-func init() {
-	getCmd.AddCommand(getArtifactCmd)
-}
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More