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+apiVersion: secrets.infisical.com/v1beta1
+kind: InfisicalStaticSecret
+metadata:
+  name: renovate-token
+  namespace: renovate
+spec:
+  # Shared, read-only machine identity (no write grant, no PushSecret).
+  infisicalAuthRef:
+    name: infisical-auth
+    namespace: infisical-operator
+  sources:
+    - projectId: 17e98e9d-70f5-43d1-8382-7da818dfcdd0   # project "homelab"
+      environmentSlug: prod
+      secretPath: /renovate
+  syncOptions:
+    refreshInterval: 60s
+  targets:
+    - kind: Secret
+      name: renovate-token-infisical          # parallel name — old renovate-token stays live until 3c
+      namespace: renovate
+      creationPolicy: Owner
+      # key passthrough: synced Secret carries RENOVATE_TOKEN verbatim.