From 5b53f065255526db32f8241986ff0245a82e804b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christopher Tineo <christophertineo02@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 22:32:53 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] feat: implement Flux image update automation for balancer

---
 balancer/kustomization.yaml |  2 +-
 flux-automation.yaml        | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 flux-automation.yaml

diff --git a/balancer/kustomization.yaml b/balancer/kustomization.yaml
index f1267f6..270c290 100644
--- a/balancer/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/balancer/kustomization.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ resources:
 
 images:
   - name: ghcr.io/codeforphilly/balancer-main/app
-    newTag: "1.1.3"
+    newTag: "1.1.3" # {"$imagepolicy": "flux-system:balancer"}
 
 patches:
   - target:
diff --git a/flux-automation.yaml b/flux-automation.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d463e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flux-automation.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+apiVersion: image.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1beta1
+kind: ImageRepository
+metadata:
+  name: balancer
+  namespace: flux-system
+spec:
+  image: ghcr.io/codeforphilly/balancer-main/app
+  interval: 1h
+---
+apiVersion: image.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1beta1
+kind: ImagePolicy
+metadata:
+  name: balancer
+  namespace: flux-system
+spec:
+  imageRepositoryRef:
+    name: balancer
+  filterSelection:
+    pattern: '^dev-[0-9]+-[a-f0-9]+'
+  policy:
+    alphabetical:
+      order: asc # asc will pick the highest alphabetical value, which is the newest timestamp.
+
+---
+apiVersion: image.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1beta1
+kind: ImageUpdateAutomation
+metadata:
+  name: balancer-updates
+  namespace: flux-system
+spec:
+  interval: 1h
+  sourceRef:
+    kind: GitRepository
+    name: flux-system
+  git:
+    checkout:
+      ref:
+        branch: main
+    commit:
+      author:
+        email: fluxcdbot@users.noreply.github.com
+        name: fluxcdbot
+      messageTemplate: 'App: balancer image update to {{ .SelectedTarget.Tag }}'
+    push:
+      branch: main
+  update:
+    path: ./balancer
+    strategy: Setters

From 11e9ca25e2afd860d4fd1e27fab668006c77b40e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christopher Tineo <christophertineo02@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 23:00:48 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] feat: use SemVer range for sandbox image automation

---
 flux-automation.yaml | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/flux-automation.yaml b/flux-automation.yaml
index 0d463e6..88a269a 100644
--- a/flux-automation.yaml
+++ b/flux-automation.yaml
@@ -15,11 +15,9 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   imageRepositoryRef:
     name: balancer
-  filterSelection:
-    pattern: '^dev-[0-9]+-[a-f0-9]+'
   policy:
-    alphabetical:
-      order: asc # asc will pick the highest alphabetical value, which is the newest timestamp.
+    semver:
+      range: '>=1.2.0-0' # Includes pre-releases like 1.2.0-dev.TIMESTAMP
 
 ---
 apiVersion: image.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1beta1

From ff4991848df85ed565f0c0956b616de02635792f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christopher Tineo <christophertineo02@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 23:10:07 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] feat: use generic alphabetically sorted policy for dev
 builds

---
 flux-automation.yaml | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/flux-automation.yaml b/flux-automation.yaml
index 88a269a..db5478d 100644
--- a/flux-automation.yaml
+++ b/flux-automation.yaml
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   imageRepositoryRef:
     name: balancer
+  filterSelection:
+    pattern: '^.*-dev\.[0-9]+$'
   policy:
-    semver:
-      range: '>=1.2.0-0' # Includes pre-releases like 1.2.0-dev.TIMESTAMP
+    alphabetical:
+      order: desc # Picks the highest alphabetical/numerical value (newest timestamp)
 
 ---
 apiVersion: image.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1beta1