diff --git a/scripts/native/hwlab/runtime-gitops-postprocess.mjs b/scripts/native/hwlab/runtime-gitops-postprocess.mjs
index d15d46c0..f38ba2ee 100644
--- a/scripts/native/hwlab/runtime-gitops-postprocess.mjs
+++ b/scripts/native/hwlab/runtime-gitops-postprocess.mjs
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ function postprocessRuntimeGitops() {
 
 function stripPrometheusOperatorResourcesFromFile(file) {
   const original = readFileSync(file, "utf8");
+  const jsonResult = stripPrometheusOperatorResourcesFromJsonFile(file, original);
+  if (jsonResult !== null) return jsonResult;
   const docs = splitYamlDocuments(original);
   const nextDocs = docs.filter((doc) => !isPrometheusOperatorDocument(doc));
   if (nextDocs.length === docs.length) return "unchanged";
@@ -53,6 +55,29 @@ function stripPrometheusOperatorResourcesFromFile(file) {
   return "changed";
 }
 
+function stripPrometheusOperatorResourcesFromJsonFile(file, text) {
+  const parsed = parseJsonDocument(text);
+  if (parsed === null) return null;
+  const next = stripPrometheusOperatorResourcesFromJsonValue(parsed);
+  if (!next.changed) return "unchanged";
+  if (next.value === null) {
+    unlinkSync(file);
+    return "deleted";
+  }
+  writeFileSync(file, `${JSON.stringify(next.value, null, 2)}\n`, "utf8");
+  return "changed";
+}
+
+function stripPrometheusOperatorResourcesFromJsonValue(value) {
+  if (isPrometheusOperatorResource(value)) return { changed: true, value: null };
+  if (isKubernetesList(value)) {
+    const originalItems = Array.isArray(value.items) ? value.items : [];
+    const items = originalItems.filter((item) => !isPrometheusOperatorResource(item));
+    if (items.length !== originalItems.length) return { changed: true, value: { ...value, items } };
+  }
+  return { changed: false, value };
+}
+
 function pruneMissingKustomizationResources() {
   const file = path.join(runtimeDir, "kustomization.yaml");
   if (!existsSync(file)) return false;
@@ -94,6 +119,33 @@ function isPrometheusOperatorDocument(text) {
   return Boolean(api && kind && prometheusOperatorKinds.has(kind[1]));
 }
 
+function isPrometheusOperatorResource(value) {
+  if (!value || typeof value !== "object" || Array.isArray(value)) return false;
+  return typeof value.apiVersion === "string"
+    && value.apiVersion.startsWith("monitoring.coreos.com/")
+    && typeof value.kind === "string"
+    && prometheusOperatorKinds.has(value.kind);
+}
+
+function isKubernetesList(value) {
+  return value
+    && typeof value === "object"
+    && !Array.isArray(value)
+    && value.apiVersion === "v1"
+    && value.kind === "List"
+    && Array.isArray(value.items);
+}
+
+function parseJsonDocument(text) {
+  const trimmed = text.trim();
+  if (!trimmed.startsWith("{") && !trimmed.startsWith("[")) return null;
+  try {
+    return JSON.parse(trimmed);
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
 function leadingSpaces(value) {
   const match = value.match(/^ */u);
   return match ? match[0].length : 0;
diff --git a/scripts/native/hwlab/runtime-gitops-verify.mjs b/scripts/native/hwlab/runtime-gitops-verify.mjs
index b8bbb2ee..c79b4d91 100644
--- a/scripts/native/hwlab/runtime-gitops-verify.mjs
+++ b/scripts/native/hwlab/runtime-gitops-verify.mjs
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ function findPrometheusOperatorResources() {
   for (const file of listYamlFiles(runtimeDir)) {
     const rel = path.relative(repoDir, file);
     for (const doc of splitYamlDocuments(readFileSync(file, "utf8"))) {
-      const ref = prometheusOperatorResourceRef(doc, rel);
-      if (ref !== null) refs.push(ref);
+      refs.push(...prometheusOperatorResourceRefs(doc, rel));
     }
   }
   return refs;
@@ -39,12 +38,53 @@ function splitYamlDocuments(text) {
   return text.split(/^---[ \t]*(?:#.*)?$/mu).map((doc) => doc.trim()).filter(Boolean);
 }
 
-function prometheusOperatorResourceRef(text, file) {
+function prometheusOperatorResourceRefs(text, file) {
+  const jsonRefs = prometheusOperatorJsonResourceRefs(text, file);
+  if (jsonRefs !== null) return jsonRefs;
   const api = text.match(/^\s*apiVersion:\s*["']?(monitoring\.coreos\.com\/[^"'\s#]+)["']?\s*(?:#.*)?$/mu);
   const kind = text.match(/^\s*kind:\s*["']?([^"'\s#]+)["']?\s*(?:#.*)?$/mu);
-  if (!api || !kind || !prometheusOperatorKinds.has(kind[1])) return null;
+  if (!api || !kind || !prometheusOperatorKinds.has(kind[1])) return [];
   const name = text.match(/^\s*name:\s*["']?([^"'\s#]+)["']?\s*(?:#.*)?$/mu);
-  return { file, kind: kind[1], name: name ? name[1] : null, container: null };
+  return [{ file, kind: kind[1], name: name ? name[1] : null, container: null }];
+}
+
+function prometheusOperatorJsonResourceRefs(text, file) {
+  const parsed = parseJsonDocument(text);
+  if (parsed === null) return null;
+  const items = isKubernetesList(parsed) ? parsed.items : [parsed];
+  return items.filter(isPrometheusOperatorResource).map((item) => ({
+    file,
+    kind: item.kind,
+    name: typeof item.metadata?.name === "string" ? item.metadata.name : null,
+    container: isKubernetesList(parsed) ? "List.items" : null,
+  }));
+}
+
+function isPrometheusOperatorResource(value) {
+  if (!value || typeof value !== "object" || Array.isArray(value)) return false;
+  return typeof value.apiVersion === "string"
+    && value.apiVersion.startsWith("monitoring.coreos.com/")
+    && typeof value.kind === "string"
+    && prometheusOperatorKinds.has(value.kind);
+}
+
+function isKubernetesList(value) {
+  return value
+    && typeof value === "object"
+    && !Array.isArray(value)
+    && value.apiVersion === "v1"
+    && value.kind === "List"
+    && Array.isArray(value.items);
+}
+
+function parseJsonDocument(text) {
+  const trimmed = text.trim();
+  if (!trimmed.startsWith("{") && !trimmed.startsWith("[")) return null;
+  try {
+    return JSON.parse(trimmed);
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
 }
 
 function listYamlFiles(root) {