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+apiVersion: secrets.infisical.com/v1beta1
+kind: InfisicalStaticSecret
+metadata:
+  name: telegram-notify
+  namespace: researchowl
+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: /telegram                              # shared across all 5 namespaces
+  syncOptions:
+    refreshInterval: 60s
+  targets:
+    - kind: Secret
+      name: telegram-notify-infisical          # parallel name — old telegram-notify stays live until 3c
+      namespace: researchowl
+      creationPolicy: Owner
+      # key passthrough: synced Secret carries TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN + TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID verbatim