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+{{- /*
+argocd-image-updater v1+ ships a CRD-based controller: it no longer scans
+Application annotations on its own and idles with "No ImageUpdater CRs to
+process" — which silently froze image rollouts for the WHOLE fleet (kadans,
+webapp, cms, dance-lessons-coach, prospection, telegram-gateway) after the
+un-pinned HelmChart pulled the new major.
+
+This single CR restores the previous behaviour: select every Application in
+the argocd namespace and read the existing
+`argocd-image-updater.argoproj.io/*` annotations (useAnnotations mode). Apps
+without annotations are simply ignored — no per-app CR to maintain, the
+annotations in values.yaml stay the one source of truth.
+*/ -}}
+apiVersion: argocd-image-updater.argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: ImageUpdater
+metadata:
+  name: annotated-applications
+  namespace: argocd
+spec:
+  applicationRefs:
+    - namePattern: "*"
+      useAnnotations: true