cloudnative-pg / cloudnative-pg/charts

`helmfile` installation fails

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Description

```
$ helmfile sync
Adding repo cloudnative-pg https://cloudnative-pg.github.io/charts
"cloudnative-pg" has been added to your repositories

Adding repo cluster https://cloudnative-pg.github.io/charts
"cluster" has been added to your repositories

Upgrading release=cloudnative-pg, chart=cloudnative-pg/cloudnative-pg, namespace=postgresql-cluster
Release "cloudnative-pg" has been upgraded. Happy Helming!
NAME: cloudnative-pg
LAST DEPLOYED: Sat Aug 22 21:36:12 2026
NAMESPACE: postgresql-cluster
STATUS: deployed
REVISION: 3
TEST SUITE: None
NOTES:
CloudNativePG operator should be installed in namespace "postgresql-cluster".
You can now create a PostgreSQL cluster with 3 nodes as follows:

cat <

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Research direction

Start by reproducing `helmfile sync` from `helmfile.yaml` and inspect the values passed to the `cluster` release. Read `cluster/templates/cluster.yaml` at line 14 to trace the `Invalid cluster type!` failure, then verify the chart installs successfully with the reported PostgreSQL cluster configuration.

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Assessment

Tech stack
helm, kubernetes, postgresql
Domain
databases, infrastructure
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
52/100

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