diff --git a/config/unidesk-host-k8s.yaml b/config/unidesk-host-k8s.yaml
index f7d28024..2d9a28ea 100644
--- a/config/unidesk-host-k8s.yaml
+++ b/config/unidesk-host-k8s.yaml
@@ -23,12 +23,20 @@ delivery:
   changeDetection:
     runtimePaths:
       - .tekton/unidesk-host-pac.yaml
+      - config/hwlab-node-lanes.yaml
       - config/platform-infra/pipelines-as-code.yaml
       - config/unidesk-host-k8s.yaml
       - scripts/native/cicd/build-unidesk-host-image.sh
       - scripts/native/cicd/prepare-unidesk-host-release.mjs
       - scripts/native/cicd/publish-unidesk-host-gitops.mjs
       - scripts/native/deploy/render-unidesk-host-service.mjs
+      - scripts/native/hwlab/runtime-gitops-observability.mjs
+      - scripts/native/hwlab/runtime-gitops-postprocess.mjs
+      - scripts/native/hwlab/runtime-gitops-scripts-configmap.mjs
+      - scripts/native/hwlab/runtime-gitops-verify.mjs
+      - scripts/src/config.ts
+      - scripts/src/hwlab-node-lanes.ts
+      - scripts/src/yaml-composition.ts
       - src/components/microservices/todo-note/Dockerfile
       - src/components/microservices/todo-note/bun.lock
       - src/components/microservices/todo-note/package.json
@@ -58,6 +66,12 @@ delivery:
     branch: unidesk-host-gitops
     manifestPath: deploy/gitops/unidesk-host/todo-note.yaml
     releaseStatePath: deploy/gitops-state/unidesk-host/todo-note.json
+    resources:
+      - id: hwlab-nc01-v03-runtime-gitops-scripts
+        renderer: hwlab-runtime-gitops-scripts
+        configRef: config/hwlab-node-lanes.yaml#lanes.v03.targets.NC01
+        manifestPath: deploy/gitops/unidesk-host/hwlab-nc01-v03-runtime-gitops-scripts.yaml
+        namespace: hwlab-ci
     author:
       name: UniDesk Host CI
       email: unidesk-host-ci@unidesk.local
diff --git a/scripts/native/cicd/publish-unidesk-host-gitops.mjs b/scripts/native/cicd/publish-unidesk-host-gitops.mjs
index 018a83d3..acb100b7 100755
--- a/scripts/native/cicd/publish-unidesk-host-gitops.mjs
+++ b/scripts/native/cicd/publish-unidesk-host-gitops.mjs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
 import { mkdirSync, readFileSync, rmSync, unlinkSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import { dirname, resolve } from "node:path";
+import { runtimeGitopsScriptsConfigMap } from "../hwlab/runtime-gitops-scripts-configmap.mjs";
+import { hwlabRuntimeLaneSpecForNode } from "../../src/hwlab-node-lanes.ts";
 
 function option(name) {
   const index = process.argv.indexOf(name);
@@ -43,6 +45,47 @@ function safeReleaseStatePath(value) {
   return path;
 }
 
+function safeResourceManifestPath(value, pathLabel) {
+  const path = required(value, pathLabel);
+  if (path.startsWith("/") || path.split("/").includes("..") || !path.endsWith(".yaml")) throw new Error(`${pathLabel} must be a safe relative .yaml path`);
+  return path;
+}
+
+export function renderGitOpsResources(gitops, sourceRoot) {
+  if (gitops.resources === undefined) return [];
+  if (!Array.isArray(gitops.resources)) throw new Error("delivery.gitops.resources must be an array");
+  return gitops.resources.map((value, index) => {
+    const pathLabel = `delivery.gitops.resources[${index}]`;
+    const resource = record(value, pathLabel);
+    const renderer = required(resource.renderer, `${pathLabel}.renderer`);
+    if (renderer !== "hwlab-runtime-gitops-scripts") throw new Error(`${pathLabel}.renderer is unsupported: ${renderer}`);
+    const configRef = required(resource.configRef, `${pathLabel}.configRef`);
+    const match = /^config\/hwlab-node-lanes\.yaml#lanes\.([^.]+)\.targets\.([^.]+)$/u.exec(configRef);
+    if (match === null) throw new Error(`${pathLabel}.configRef must select config/hwlab-node-lanes.yaml#lanes.<lane>.targets.<node>`);
+    const lane = match[1];
+    const node = match[2];
+    const spec = hwlabRuntimeLaneSpecForNode(lane, node);
+    const overlay = {
+      nodeId: spec.nodeId,
+      lane: spec.lane,
+      runtimePath: spec.runtimePath,
+      observability: spec.observability,
+    };
+    const configMapName = `${spec.pipeline}-runtime-gitops-scripts`;
+    const manifest = Bun.YAML.stringify(runtimeGitopsScriptsConfigMap({
+      overlay,
+      scriptsDir: resolve(sourceRoot, "scripts/native/hwlab"),
+      namespace: required(resource.namespace, `${pathLabel}.namespace`),
+      configMapName,
+    }));
+    return {
+      id: required(resource.id, `${pathLabel}.id`),
+      path: safeResourceManifestPath(resource.manifestPath, `${pathLabel}.manifestPath`),
+      content: `${manifest.trimEnd()}\n`,
+    };
+  });
+}
+
 function releaseValue(releaseDir, name) {
   return required(readFileSync(resolve(releaseDir, name), "utf8").trim(), `${releaseDir}/${name}`);
 }
@@ -100,6 +143,7 @@ const writeUrl = required(gitops.writeUrl, "delivery.gitops.writeUrl");
 const branch = required(gitops.branch, "delivery.gitops.branch");
 const manifestPath = safeManifestPath(gitops.manifestPath);
 const releaseStatePath = safeReleaseStatePath(gitops.releaseStatePath);
+const gitopsResources = action === "skip" ? [] : renderGitOpsResources(gitops, sourceRoot);
 let digest = null;
 let digestRef = null;
 let manifest = null;
@@ -146,6 +190,26 @@ if (action === "skip") {
   digest = existingState.digest;
   digestRef = existingState.digestRef;
   runtimeSourceCommit = existingState.sourceCommit;
+  const gitopsCommit = run("git", ["rev-parse", "HEAD"], worktree).stdout.trim();
+  process.stdout.write(`${JSON.stringify({
+    ok: true,
+    phase: "gitops-publish",
+    action,
+    reason,
+    status: "skipped",
+    imageStatus: "skipped",
+    sourceCommit,
+    baselineSourceCommit,
+    runtimeSourceCommit,
+    digest,
+    digestRef,
+    gitopsCommit,
+    resources: [],
+    changed: false,
+    pushAttempts: 0,
+    valuesPrinted: false,
+  })}\n`);
+  return;
 } else if (action === "build" && manifest !== null) {
   mkdirSync(dirname(targetPath), { recursive: true });
   writeFileSync(targetPath, manifest, "utf8");
@@ -163,12 +227,23 @@ if (action === "skip") {
   removeFile(statePath);
 }
 
+for (const resource of gitopsResources) {
+  const resourcePath = resolve(worktree, resource.path);
+  if (!resourcePath.startsWith(`${worktree}/`)) throw new Error(`resolved resource path escaped the GitOps worktree: ${resource.id}`);
+  if (enabled) {
+    mkdirSync(dirname(resourcePath), { recursive: true });
+    writeFileSync(resourcePath, resource.content, "utf8");
+  } else {
+    removeFile(resourcePath);
+  }
+}
+
 run("git", ["config", "user.name", required(author.name, "delivery.gitops.author.name")], worktree);
 run("git", ["config", "user.email", required(author.email, "delivery.gitops.author.email")], worktree);
 run("git", ["add", "-A"], worktree);
 const changed = run("git", ["diff", "--cached", "--quiet"], worktree, true).status !== 0;
 if (changed) {
-  const commitAction = action === "build" ? "deploy" : "remove";
+  const commitAction = action === "disabled" ? "remove" : "deploy";
   run("git", ["commit", "-m", `unidesk-host: ${commitAction} ${serviceRef} ${sourceCommit.slice(0, 12)}`], worktree);
 }
 
@@ -208,10 +283,11 @@ process.stdout.write(`${JSON.stringify({
   digest,
   digestRef,
   gitopsCommit,
+  resources: gitopsResources.map((resource) => ({ id: resource.id, path: resource.path })),
   changed,
   pushAttempts,
   valuesPrinted: false,
 })}\n`);
 }
 
-if (!process.execArgv.includes("--check")) main();
+if (import.meta.main && !process.execArgv.includes("--check")) main();
diff --git a/scripts/native/cicd/publish-unidesk-host-gitops.test.ts b/scripts/native/cicd/publish-unidesk-host-gitops.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..98c66a9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/native/cicd/publish-unidesk-host-gitops.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { spawnSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, readFileSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
+
+import { rootPath } from "../../src/config";
+
+const temporaryRoots: string[] = [];
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  for (const root of temporaryRoots.splice(0)) rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
+});
+
+describe("UniDesk Host GitOps publisher", () => {
+  test("skip preserves the GitOps branch and every managed resource", () => {
+    const root = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "unidesk-host-gitops-skip-"));
+    temporaryRoots.push(root);
+    const seed = join(root, "seed");
+    const bare = join(root, "gitops.git");
+    const releaseDir = join(root, "release");
+    const publisherWorktree = join(root, "publisher");
+    const configPath = join(root, "config.yaml");
+    const statePath = "deploy/gitops-state/unidesk-host/todo-note.json";
+    const resourcePath = "deploy/gitops/unidesk-host/hwlab-runtime-gitops-scripts.yaml";
+    const runtimeSourceCommit = "a".repeat(40);
+    const sourceCommit = "b".repeat(40);
+    const digest = `sha256:${"c".repeat(64)}`;
+
+    mkdirSync(seed);
+    git(["init", "-b", "unidesk-host-gitops"], seed);
+    identity(seed);
+    write(seed, "deploy/gitops/unidesk-host/todo-note.yaml", "existing service manifest\n");
+    write(seed, resourcePath, "stale configmap must remain unchanged\n");
+    write(seed, statePath, `${JSON.stringify({
+      version: 1,
+      kind: "UniDeskHostReleaseState",
+      serviceRef: "services.todoNote",
+      sourceCommit: runtimeSourceCommit,
+      digest,
+      digestRef: `registry.example/todo-note@${digest}`,
+    }, null, 2)}\n`);
+    git(["add", "."], seed);
+    git(["commit", "-m", "seed gitops"], seed);
+    const originalHead = git(["rev-parse", "HEAD"], seed).stdout.trim();
+    git(["init", "--bare", bare], root);
+    git(["remote", "add", "origin", `file://${bare}`], seed);
+    git(["push", "origin", "unidesk-host-gitops"], seed);
+
+    mkdirSync(releaseDir);
+    writeFileSync(join(releaseDir, "action"), "skip\n");
+    writeFileSync(join(releaseDir, "reason"), "runtime-inputs-unchanged\n");
+    writeFileSync(join(releaseDir, "baseline-source-commit"), `${runtimeSourceCommit}\n`);
+    writeFileSync(configPath, Bun.YAML.stringify({
+      delivery: {
+        enabled: true,
+        serviceRef: "services.todoNote",
+        image: { repository: "registry.example/todo-note" },
+        gitops: {
+          readUrl: `file://${bare}`,
+          writeUrl: `file://${bare}`,
+          branch: "unidesk-host-gitops",
+          manifestPath: "deploy/gitops/unidesk-host/todo-note.yaml",
+          releaseStatePath: statePath,
+          resources: [{
+            id: "hwlab-runtime-gitops-scripts",
+            renderer: "hwlab-runtime-gitops-scripts",
+            configRef: "config/hwlab-node-lanes.yaml#lanes.v03.targets.NC01",
+            manifestPath: resourcePath,
+            namespace: "hwlab-ci",
+          }],
+          author: { name: "UniDesk Test", email: "unidesk-test@example.invalid" },
+        },
+      },
+    }));
+
+    const result = spawnSync("bun", [
+      "scripts/native/cicd/publish-unidesk-host-gitops.mjs",
+      "--config", configPath,
+      "--source-root", rootPath(),
+      "--metadata", join(root, "unused-metadata.json"),
+      "--release-dir", releaseDir,
+      "--source-commit", sourceCommit,
+      "--worktree", publisherWorktree,
+    ], { cwd: rootPath(), encoding: "utf8", timeout: 30_000 });
+    expect(result.status, result.stderr).toBe(0);
+    const output = JSON.parse(result.stdout) as Record<string, any>;
+    expect(output).toMatchObject({ action: "skip", status: "skipped", changed: false, pushAttempts: 0, resources: [] });
+    expect(output.gitopsCommit).toBe(originalHead);
+    expect(git(["rev-parse", "refs/heads/unidesk-host-gitops"], bare).stdout.trim()).toBe(originalHead);
+    expect(show(bare, resourcePath)).toBe("stale configmap must remain unchanged\n");
+    expect(JSON.parse(show(bare, statePath)).sourceCommit).toBe(runtimeSourceCommit);
+  });
+});
+
+function write(root: string, relativePath: string, content: string) {
+  const path = join(root, relativePath);
+  mkdirSync(dirname(path), { recursive: true });
+  writeFileSync(path, content);
+}
+
+function identity(root: string) {
+  git(["config", "user.name", "UniDesk Test"], root);
+  git(["config", "user.email", "unidesk-test@example.invalid"], root);
+}
+
+function show(bare: string, relativePath: string): string {
+  return git(["show", `refs/heads/unidesk-host-gitops:${relativePath}`], bare).stdout;
+}
+
+function git(args: string[], cwd: string) {
+  const result = spawnSync("git", args, { cwd, encoding: "utf8" });
+  if (result.status !== 0) throw new Error(`git ${args.join(" ")} failed: ${result.stderr || result.stdout}`);
+  return result;
+}
diff --git a/scripts/native/hwlab/runtime-gitops-pipeline-guard.mjs b/scripts/native/hwlab/runtime-gitops-pipeline-guard.mjs
index 9260d699..3771da77 100644
--- a/scripts/native/hwlab/runtime-gitops-pipeline-guard.mjs
+++ b/scripts/native/hwlab/runtime-gitops-pipeline-guard.mjs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import { existsSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { createRequire } from "node:module";
+import { runtimeGitopsScriptsConfigMap } from "./runtime-gitops-scripts-configmap.mjs";
 
 const requireFromScript = createRequire(import.meta.url);
 const requireFromCwd = createRequire(path.join(process.cwd(), "package.json"));
@@ -125,31 +126,9 @@ function ensureRuntimeGitopsScriptsMount(taskSpec, step) {
 
 function writeScriptsConfigMap(targetPath, namespace) {
   if (scriptsDir === null) throw new Error("--scripts-dir is required with --scripts-configmap");
-  const data = {
-    "runtime-gitops-overlay.json": `${JSON.stringify({
-      runtimePath: requiredOverlayString("runtimePath"),
-      observability: objectOr(overlay.observability),
-    })}\n`,
-  };
-  for (const name of ["runtime-gitops-observability.mjs", "runtime-gitops-postprocess.mjs", "runtime-gitops-verify.mjs"]) {
-    data[name] = readFileSync(path.join(scriptsDir, name), "utf8");
-  }
-  writeFileSync(targetPath, `${YAML.stringify({
-    apiVersion: "v1",
-    kind: "ConfigMap",
-    metadata: {
-      name: configMapName,
-      namespace,
-      labels: {
-        "app.kubernetes.io/name": "hwlab-runtime-gitops-scripts",
-        "app.kubernetes.io/part-of": "unidesk-hwlab-control-plane",
-        "hwlab.pikastech.local/node": overlay.nodeId ?? null,
-        "hwlab.pikastech.local/lane": overlay.lane ?? null,
-      },
-    },
-    data,
-  }).trimEnd()}\n`, "utf8");
-  return { name: configMapName, namespace, keyCount: Object.keys(data).length, path: targetPath };
+  const configMap = runtimeGitopsScriptsConfigMap({ overlay, scriptsDir, namespace, configMapName });
+  writeFileSync(targetPath, `${YAML.stringify(configMap).trimEnd()}\n`, "utf8");
+  return { name: configMapName, namespace, keyCount: Object.keys(configMap.data).length, path: targetPath };
 }
 
 function pipelineNamespace(docs) {
diff --git a/scripts/native/hwlab/runtime-gitops-scripts-configmap.mjs b/scripts/native/hwlab/runtime-gitops-scripts-configmap.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..36c67d91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/native/hwlab/runtime-gitops-scripts-configmap.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import path from "node:path";
+
+export function runtimeGitopsScriptsConfigMap({ overlay, scriptsDir, namespace, configMapName }) {
+  const data = {
+    "runtime-gitops-overlay.json": `${JSON.stringify({
+      runtimePath: requiredString(overlay.runtimePath, "overlay.runtimePath"),
+      observability: objectOr(overlay.observability),
+    })}\n`,
+  };
+  for (const name of ["runtime-gitops-observability.mjs", "runtime-gitops-postprocess.mjs", "runtime-gitops-verify.mjs"]) {
+    data[name] = readFileSync(path.join(scriptsDir, name), "utf8");
+  }
+  return {
+    apiVersion: "v1",
+    kind: "ConfigMap",
+    metadata: {
+      name: configMapName,
+      namespace,
+      labels: {
+        "app.kubernetes.io/name": "hwlab-runtime-gitops-scripts",
+        "app.kubernetes.io/part-of": "unidesk-hwlab-control-plane",
+        "app.kubernetes.io/managed-by": "unidesk-host-gitops",
+        "hwlab.pikastech.local/node": overlay.nodeId ?? null,
+        "hwlab.pikastech.local/lane": overlay.lane ?? null,
+      },
+    },
+    data,
+  };
+}
+
+function requiredString(value, pathLabel) {
+  if (typeof value !== "string" || value.length === 0) throw new Error(`${pathLabel} must be a non-empty string`);
+  return value;
+}
+
+function objectOr(value) {
+  return value && typeof value === "object" && !Array.isArray(value) ? value : {};
+}
diff --git a/scripts/src/hwlab-node/render.ts b/scripts/src/hwlab-node/render.ts
index 22450fef..1dd78a32 100644
--- a/scripts/src/hwlab-node/render.ts
+++ b/scripts/src/hwlab-node/render.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import type { CicdDeliveryAuthority } from "../cicd-delivery-authority";
 
 const runtimeGitopsObservabilityNativeScript = readFileSync(rootPath("scripts/native/hwlab/runtime-gitops-observability.mjs"), "utf8").trimEnd();
 const runtimeGitopsPipelineGuardNativeScript = readFileSync(rootPath("scripts/native/hwlab/runtime-gitops-pipeline-guard.mjs"), "utf8").trimEnd();
+const runtimeGitopsScriptsConfigMapNativeScript = readFileSync(rootPath("scripts/native/hwlab/runtime-gitops-scripts-configmap.mjs"), "utf8").trimEnd();
 const runtimeGitopsPostprocessNativeScript = readFileSync(rootPath("scripts/native/hwlab/runtime-gitops-postprocess.mjs"), "utf8").trimEnd();
 const runtimeGitopsVerifyNativeScript = readFileSync(rootPath("scripts/native/hwlab/runtime-gitops-verify.mjs"), "utf8").trimEnd();
 const runtimePipelineProvenanceNativeScript = readFileSync(rootPath("scripts/native/hwlab/runtime-pipeline-provenance.mjs"), "utf8").trimEnd();
@@ -2927,6 +2928,7 @@ function runtimeGitopsPipelineGuardScript(): string[] {
     "runtime_gitops_guard_dir=\"$render_dir/.unidesk-runtime-gitops\"",
     "mkdir -p \"$runtime_gitops_guard_dir\"",
     ...writeRuntimeGitopsNativeScript("runtime-gitops-pipeline-guard.mjs", runtimeGitopsPipelineGuardNativeScript, "UNIDESK_RUNTIME_GITOPS_PIPELINE_GUARD_MJS"),
+    ...writeRuntimeGitopsNativeScript("runtime-gitops-scripts-configmap.mjs", runtimeGitopsScriptsConfigMapNativeScript, "UNIDESK_RUNTIME_GITOPS_SCRIPTS_CONFIGMAP_MJS"),
     ...writeRuntimeGitopsNativeScript("runtime-gitops-observability.mjs", runtimeGitopsObservabilityNativeScript, "UNIDESK_RUNTIME_GITOPS_OBSERVABILITY_MJS"),
     ...writeRuntimeGitopsNativeScript("runtime-gitops-postprocess.mjs", runtimeGitopsPostprocessNativeScript, "UNIDESK_RUNTIME_GITOPS_POSTPROCESS_MJS"),
     ...writeRuntimeGitopsNativeScript("runtime-gitops-verify.mjs", runtimeGitopsVerifyNativeScript, "UNIDESK_RUNTIME_GITOPS_VERIFY_MJS"),
diff --git a/scripts/src/platform-infra-pipelines-as-code-source-artifact.test.ts b/scripts/src/platform-infra-pipelines-as-code-source-artifact.test.ts
index 6301578d..e4cc2814 100644
--- a/scripts/src/platform-infra-pipelines-as-code-source-artifact.test.ts
+++ b/scripts/src/platform-infra-pipelines-as-code-source-artifact.test.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import {
   observePacSourceArtifactRuntime,
   selectPipelineRunBySourceCommit,
 } from "../native/cicd/pac-source-artifact-runtime.mjs";
+import { renderGitOpsResources } from "../native/cicd/publish-unidesk-host-gitops.mjs";
 
 const sourceCommit = "a".repeat(40);
 const provenance = {
@@ -306,6 +307,7 @@ describe("HWLAB YAML-owned Pipeline provenance", () => {
       expect(scripts.join("\n")).not.toContain("UNIDESK_RUNTIME_GITOPS_OVERLAY_B64=");
       expect(scripts.join("\n")).not.toContain(Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(overlay.observability), "utf8").toString("base64"));
       const configMap = Bun.YAML.parse(readFileSync(configMapPath, "utf8")) as Record<string, any>;
+      expect(configMap.metadata.labels["app.kubernetes.io/managed-by"]).toBe("unidesk-host-gitops");
       expect(JSON.parse(configMap.data["runtime-gitops-overlay.json"])).toEqual({ runtimePath: overlay.runtimePath, observability: overlay.observability });
       expect(Object.keys(configMap.data).sort()).toEqual([
         "runtime-gitops-observability.mjs",
@@ -313,6 +315,34 @@ describe("HWLAB YAML-owned Pipeline provenance", () => {
         "runtime-gitops-postprocess.mjs",
         "runtime-gitops-verify.mjs",
       ]);
+      const hostConfig = Bun.YAML.parse(readFileSync(rootPath("config", "unidesk-host-k8s.yaml"), "utf8")) as Record<string, any>;
+      const runtimePaths = new Set(hostConfig.delivery.changeDetection.runtimePaths as string[]);
+      for (const inputPath of [
+        "config/hwlab-node-lanes.yaml",
+        "scripts/native/hwlab/runtime-gitops-observability.mjs",
+        "scripts/native/hwlab/runtime-gitops-postprocess.mjs",
+        "scripts/native/hwlab/runtime-gitops-scripts-configmap.mjs",
+        "scripts/native/hwlab/runtime-gitops-verify.mjs",
+        "scripts/src/config.ts",
+        "scripts/src/hwlab-node-lanes.ts",
+        "scripts/src/yaml-composition.ts",
+      ]) expect(runtimePaths.has(inputPath), inputPath).toBe(true);
+      expect(hostConfig.delivery.gitops.resources).toContainEqual({
+        id: "hwlab-nc01-v03-runtime-gitops-scripts",
+        renderer: "hwlab-runtime-gitops-scripts",
+        configRef: "config/hwlab-node-lanes.yaml#lanes.v03.targets.NC01",
+        manifestPath: "deploy/gitops/unidesk-host/hwlab-nc01-v03-runtime-gitops-scripts.yaml",
+        namespace: "hwlab-ci",
+      });
+      const gitopsResources = renderGitOpsResources(hostConfig.delivery.gitops, rootPath());
+      expect(gitopsResources).toHaveLength(1);
+      expect(gitopsResources[0]?.path).toBe("deploy/gitops/unidesk-host/hwlab-nc01-v03-runtime-gitops-scripts.yaml");
+      const gitopsConfigMap = Bun.YAML.parse(gitopsResources[0]?.content ?? "") as Record<string, any>;
+      expect(gitopsConfigMap.metadata.name).toBe("hwlab-nc01-v03-ci-image-publish-runtime-gitops-scripts");
+      expect(gitopsConfigMap.metadata.namespace).toBe("hwlab-ci");
+      expect(gitopsConfigMap.data["runtime-gitops-postprocess.mjs"]).toContain("UNIDESK_RUNTIME_GITOPS_OVERLAY_FILE");
+      expect(gitopsConfigMap.data["runtime-gitops-postprocess.mjs"].indexOf("UNIDESK_RUNTIME_GITOPS_OVERLAY_FILE"))
+        .toBeLessThan(gitopsConfigMap.data["runtime-gitops-postprocess.mjs"].indexOf("UNIDESK_RUNTIME_GITOPS_OVERLAY_B64"));
       const legacyPayload = Buffer.from(JSON.stringify({ runtimePath: overlay.runtimePath, observability: overlay.observability }), "utf8").toString("base64");
       const legacyPipeline = Bun.YAML.parse(readFileSync(pipelinePath, "utf8")) as Record<string, any>;
       const legacyStep = legacyPipeline.spec.tasks[0].taskSpec.steps[0];