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+# Gitea Helm values — COULOMBCORE cluster
+# Chart: gitea/gitea  version: 12.5.0
+# Release name: gitea  namespace: default
+#
+# Applied via:
+#   helm upgrade gitea gitea/gitea --version 12.5.0 -n default -f releases/gitea/values.yaml
+
+postgresql-ha:
+  pgpool:
+    adminPassword: changeme4   # TODO: move to sealed secret / external secret
+
+    # Right-sized for single-node COULOMBCORE (2 vCPU budget is tight).
+    # Default was 250m request which caused scheduling failures — see INC-001.
+    resources:
+      requests:
+        cpu: 100m
+        memory: 256Mi
+      limits:
+        cpu: 200m
+        memory: 384Mi