.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -41,6 +41,27 @@ jobs:
             nuget-${{ runner.os }}-
       - run: make lint
 
+  # The Helm chart's only automated gate: it renders and schema-checks the whole
+  # stack, and checks it still describes the same stack as the compose file
+  # (ADR-0033). No cluster involved — see docs/runbooks/kubernetes-talos.md.
+  k8s:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: https://github.com/actions/checkout@v4
+      # helm as its pinned static binary rather than a marketplace action: one URL,
+      # the same one the Talos runbook §0 gives a developer, and no third-party
+      # action to vet (CLAUDE.md §13). The drift check also needs `docker compose`,
+      # which the runner already has (see docs/runbooks/ci.md).
+      - name: Install helm
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p "$HOME/.local/bin"
+          curl -sSL https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.16.4-linux-amd64.tar.gz \
+            | tar xz -O linux-amd64/helm > "$HOME/.local/bin/helm"
+          chmod +x "$HOME/.local/bin/helm"
+          echo "$HOME/.local/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
+      - run: make k8s-lint
+      - run: make k8s-drift
+
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:

docs/architecture/adr-0033-kubernetes-via-one-helm-chart.md

@@ -126,8 +126,9 @@ Consequences of that shape, each chosen deliberately:
 
 **Negative / costs**
 
-- A second deployment description to keep in step with compose. Nothing enforces that
-  today; a drift check belongs in CI (follow-up).
+- A second deployment description to keep in step with compose. `make k8s-drift` (#168)
+  now enforces the part that bites — the workload set and the resolved images, with the
+  four deviations below declared — but not per-workload env, ports or volumes.
 - `helm install` alone is not enough — the ConfigMaps must be seeded first, and a missing
   one surfaces as `ContainerCreating`, not as a clear error.
 - Generic templates mean a values typo can render valid-but-wrong YAML; `k8s-lint` catches

docs/runbooks/ci.md

@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 
 > **Status: active.** The workflow `.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml` runs on Gitea's
 > hosted `ubuntu-latest` runner — no self-hosted runner required.
-> **`make ci` is still the local gate** — it runs the exact same checks
-> (the workflow calls the same `make` targets).
+> **`make ci` is still the local gate** — it runs the same checks via the same
+> `make` targets, with one exception: the `k8s` job's targets are not in `make ci`,
+> because `helm` is optional for everyone not deploying to Kubernetes. Run
+> `make k8s-lint k8s-drift` by hand after touching the chart or the compose file.
 
 ## The pipeline
 
@@ -16,6 +18,8 @@ and CI cannot drift:
 | `lint` | `make lint` → `dotnet format … --verify-no-changes` | .NET 10 SDK |
 | `build` | `make build` → `dotnet build … -c Release` | .NET 10 SDK |
 | `unit` | `make unit` → `dotnet test … -c Release --filter "Category!=Integration"` | .NET 10 SDK |
+| `frontend` | `make frontend` → Nx lint/test/build for the four portals | pnpm + Node |
+| `k8s` | `make k8s-lint` (render + schema-check the Helm chart) → `make k8s-drift` (chart still describes the same stack as `infra/docker-compose.yml`) | pinned `helm` binary + `docker compose` |
 | `mutation` | `make mutation` → `dotnet tool restore` → `dotnet stryker` (ACL); uploads the HTML report as an artifact | .NET 10 SDK |
 | `verify-stack` | the single live-stack stage — steps: `make verify-up` (full stack up + health, the DoD smoke) → `make verify-acl` (ACL ↔ OpenZaak) → `make verify-nrc` (OpenZaak → NRC delivery) → `make down` | container engine + egress (base images, nuget, `selectielijst.openzaak.nl`) |
 

docs/runbooks/kubernetes-talos.md

@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ The PVCs carry `helm.sh/resource-policy: keep`, so `make k8s-down` leaves the da
 
 ```bash
 make k8s-lint                      # render + schema-check the chart, no cluster needed
+make k8s-drift                     # fail if compose and the chart describe different stacks
 make k8s-portals                   # forward the portals + Keycloak to localhost (browser access)
 make k8s-images K8S_REGISTRY=...   # after changing a service or a portal
 make k8s-up TALOS_HOST=... K8S_REGISTRY=...
@@ -366,5 +367,7 @@ immutable, so `helm upgrade` is rejected with `cannot patch "…" with kind Job`
   `K8S_SET='--set workloads.tempo.enabled=true --set workloads.prometheus.enabled=true --set workloads.grafana.enabled=true'`.
   The .NET services still export OTLP; the exporter fails harmlessly when Tempo is absent.
 - **The verify/e2e lanes.** `make verify*` and the Playwright e2e drive compose, not the
-  chart. The Kubernetes path is verified with §5's smoke test.
+  chart. The Kubernetes path is verified with §5's smoke test. CI's `k8s` job runs the two
+  clusterless checks (`k8s-lint`, `k8s-drift`) on every PR — a values typo or a compose
+  image bump that skipped the chart fails there, but nothing deploys the chart in CI.
 - **Ingress, TLS, and resource requests.** See the ponytail ceiling in ADR-0033.