- Resolved "connection refused" on startup probe by explicitly mapping management.server.port in application.yaml.
- Adjusted startupProbe to a 70s window (10s delay + 12 * 5s) to accommodate application initialization.
- Externalized VictoriaMetrics stack (Operator, Single, Agent, Alert) into separate ArgoCD Application manifests.
- Removed bundled VictoriaMetrics templates from the MovieNight Helm chart.
- Configured vmagent with Kubernetes pod-based service discovery for metrics scraping.
- Ensured consistency between Helm values and externalized observability components.
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