From 1cdeb235002fc36d29bc18efb2f49c86d5d17a0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aleksandr Kurlov <akurlov@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 11:05:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 01/18] Filter operator-index-pipelines more robust

---
 scripts/generate-releases.sh | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/generate-releases.sh b/scripts/generate-releases.sh
index 5546e703..53303134 100755
--- a/scripts/generate-releases.sh
+++ b/scripts/generate-releases.sh
@@ -78,7 +78,12 @@ validate_snapshots() {
 
     local pipelines_count
     local snapshots_count
-    pipelines_count="$(find ".tekton" -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "operator-index-ocp-*-build.yaml" | wc -l)"
+    pipelines_count=0
+    for file in .tekton/*.yaml; do
+        if [[ -f "$file" ]] && "${YQ}" eval '.spec.pipelineRef.name == "operator-index-pipeline"' "$file" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "true"; then
+            ((pipelines_count++))
+        fi
+    done
     snapshots_count="$(echo "$snapshots_data" | sed '/^$/d' | wc -l)"
 
     echo -e "Found the following snapshots for \033[0;32m$commit\033[0m commit:" >&2

From bda48e7b7c014b3e83e6b08f3eb765e5052c6c57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aleksandr Kurlov <akurlov@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 16:39:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 02/18] Add CI task to checks to validate pipeline naming
 scheme

---
 .tekton/checks.yaml                       |  7 ++++
 .tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 56 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml

diff --git a/.tekton/checks.yaml b/.tekton/checks.yaml
index f2f17f8d..bced46c8 100644
--- a/.tekton/checks.yaml
+++ b/.tekton/checks.yaml
@@ -115,3 +115,10 @@ spec:
       retries: 3
       taskRef:
         name: check-generated-files-up-to-date
+
+    - name: validate-pipeline-files
+      params:
+      - name: SOURCE_ARTIFACT
+        value: $(tasks.clone-repository.results.SOURCE_ARTIFACT)
+      taskRef:
+        name: validate-pipeline-files
diff --git a/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml b/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4b82c656
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+apiVersion: tekton.dev/v1
+kind: Task
+metadata:
+  name: validate-pipeline-files
+  namespace: rh-acs-tenant
+spec:
+  description: Validates that the number of .tekton/operator-index-ocp-*-build.yaml files matches the number of operator-index pipelines. This enforces the naming scheme for pipeline files.
+  params:
+  - name: SOURCE_ARTIFACT
+    description: The Trusted Artifact URI pointing to the artifact with
+      the application source code. This should be the result of the git-clone task,
+      results from other tasks might fail as dirty.
+    type: string
+  volumes:
+  - name: workdir
+    emptyDir: { }
+  stepTemplate:
+    volumeMounts:
+    - mountPath: /var/workdir
+      name: workdir
+  steps:
+  - name: use-trusted-artifact
+    image: quay.io/redhat-appstudio/build-trusted-artifacts:latest@sha256:9b180776a41d9a22a1c51539f1647c60defbbd55b44bbebdd4130e33512d8b0d
+    args:
+    - use
+    - $(params.SOURCE_ARTIFACT)=/var/workdir/source
+  - name: validate-pipeline-file-count
+    image: quay.io/rhacs-eng/konflux-tasks:latest@sha256:143219f9f70bf90ce80f7e0a2e21b88b8a71639a9e4cd5a5d32f70cb04e8a23d
+    workingDir: /var/workdir/source
+    script: |
+      #!/usr/bin/env bash
+      set -euo pipefail
+
+      named_files_count=$(ls -1 .tekton/operator-index-ocp-*-build.yaml 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
+      pipelines_count=0
+      for file in .tekton/*.yaml; do
+          if [[ -f "$file" ]] && yq eval '.spec.pipelineRef.name == "operator-index-pipeline"' "$file" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "true"; then
+              ((pipelines_count++))
+          fi
+      done
+
+      if [[ "$named_files_count" -ne "$pipelines_count" ]]; then
+          echo >&2 "ERROR: The number of .tekton/operator-index-ocp-*-build.yaml files ($named_files_count) does not match"
+          echo >&2 "       the number of files with .spec.pipelineRef.name == 'operator-index-pipeline' ($pipelines_count)"
+          echo >&2 ""
+          echo >&2 "All pipeline files referencing 'operator-index-pipeline' must follow the naming scheme:"
+          echo >&2 "  .tekton/operator-index-ocp-vX-YZ-build.yaml"
+          exit 1
+      fi

From 00af41ab4a097471094fe2439165239e43c40439 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aleksandr Kurlov <akurlov@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 16:43:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 03/18] Update image

---
 .tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml b/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
index 4b82c656..0a9ae5c5 100644
--- a/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
+++ b/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ spec:
     - use
     - $(params.SOURCE_ARTIFACT)=/var/workdir/source
   - name: validate-pipeline-file-count
-    image: quay.io/rhacs-eng/konflux-tasks:latest@sha256:143219f9f70bf90ce80f7e0a2e21b88b8a71639a9e4cd5a5d32f70cb04e8a23d
+    image: registry.redhat.io/ubi9/go-toolset@sha256:e8938564f866174a6d79e55dfe577c2ed184b1f53e91d782173fb69b07ce69ef
     workingDir: /var/workdir/source
     script: |
       #!/usr/bin/env bash

From 98eb9cbaba0e6658dbfdb3fcf249d1c335732791 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aleksandr Kurlov <akurlov@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 17:33:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 04/18] Use image with yq installed

---
 .tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml b/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
index 0a9ae5c5..0fd659a5 100644
--- a/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
+++ b/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ spec:
     - use
     - $(params.SOURCE_ARTIFACT)=/var/workdir/source
   - name: validate-pipeline-file-count
-    image: registry.redhat.io/ubi9/go-toolset@sha256:e8938564f866174a6d79e55dfe577c2ed184b1f53e91d782173fb69b07ce69ef
+    image: quay.io/konflux-ci/release-service-utils:latest@sha256:2f9e6863e82bbc9ddce5a290f3fd0e87657c475e3de8a832b2ef7f8d0671e7d3
     workingDir: /var/workdir/source
     script: |
       #!/usr/bin/env bash

From 2968e551293c1dbc9e9bb7b6bc874fa8476f73e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aleksandr Kurlov <sasha.kurlov@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 17:49:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 05/18] Apply suggestions from code review

Co-authored-by: Tom Martensen <tmartens@redhat.com>
---
 .tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml b/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
index 0fd659a5..8a866b27 100644
--- a/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
+++ b/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ spec:
       #!/usr/bin/env bash
       set -euo pipefail
 
-      named_files_count=$(ls -1 .tekton/operator-index-ocp-*-build.yaml 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
+      named_files_count=$(ls -1 .tekton/operator-index-ocp-*-*-build.yaml 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
       pipelines_count=0
       for file in .tekton/*.yaml; do
           if [[ -f "$file" ]] && yq eval '.spec.pipelineRef.name == "operator-index-pipeline"' "$file" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "true"; then
@@ -44,6 +44,6 @@ spec:
           echo >&2 "       the number of files with .spec.pipelineRef.name == 'operator-index-pipeline' ($pipelines_count)"
           echo >&2 ""
           echo >&2 "All pipeline files referencing 'operator-index-pipeline' must follow the naming scheme:"
-          echo >&2 "  .tekton/operator-index-ocp-vX-YZ-build.yaml"
+          echo >&2 "  .tekton/operator-index-ocp-vX-Y-build.yaml"
           exit 1
       fi

From 4915783efcae1e36057b122e040fcd92412e8364 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aleksandr Kurlov <akurlov@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 17:55:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 06/18] Add ok message

---
 .tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml b/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
index 8a866b27..b54e6184 100644
--- a/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
+++ b/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
@@ -47,3 +47,5 @@ spec:
           echo >&2 "  .tekton/operator-index-ocp-vX-Y-build.yaml"
           exit 1
       fi
+
+      echo "Pipeline file count validation passed: $pipelines_count files"

From 351970cdc62b66cc798ff06a935cc716a5731e20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aleksandr Kurlov <akurlov@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 18:00:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 07/18] Rename task

---
 .tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml b/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
index b54e6184..92c02c23 100644
--- a/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
+++ b/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ spec:
     args:
     - use
     - $(params.SOURCE_ARTIFACT)=/var/workdir/source
-  - name: validate-pipeline-file-count
+  - name: validate-pipeline-files
     image: quay.io/konflux-ci/release-service-utils:latest@sha256:2f9e6863e82bbc9ddce5a290f3fd0e87657c475e3de8a832b2ef7f8d0671e7d3
     workingDir: /var/workdir/source
     script: |

From c942affb92ff39e9234e803fdf0e5cdd66039ea7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aleksandr Kurlov <akurlov@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 18:04:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 08/18] Fix task start

---
 .tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml b/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
index 92c02c23..b6517489 100644
--- a/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
+++ b/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ spec:
   volumes:
   - name: workdir
     emptyDir: { }
+  - name: deps
+    emptyDir: { }
   stepTemplate:
     volumeMounts:
     - mountPath: /var/workdir
@@ -27,6 +29,8 @@ spec:
   - name: validate-pipeline-files
     image: quay.io/konflux-ci/release-service-utils:latest@sha256:2f9e6863e82bbc9ddce5a290f3fd0e87657c475e3de8a832b2ef7f8d0671e7d3
     workingDir: /var/workdir/source
+    securityContext:
+      runAsUser: 0
     script: |
       #!/usr/bin/env bash
       set -euo pipefail

From 453cdc8f955f8fdae03383cf3a071676daa4ba77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aleksandr Kurlov <akurlov@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 18:05:43 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 09/18] Add retries

---
 .tekton/checks.yaml | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/.tekton/checks.yaml b/.tekton/checks.yaml
index bced46c8..a44cfdbf 100644
--- a/.tekton/checks.yaml
+++ b/.tekton/checks.yaml
@@ -120,5 +120,6 @@ spec:
       params:
       - name: SOURCE_ARTIFACT
         value: $(tasks.clone-repository.results.SOURCE_ARTIFACT)
+      retries: 3
       taskRef:
         name: validate-pipeline-files

From 19eb10c8869e988a172e09a45751a99125f69e94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aleksandr Kurlov <akurlov@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 18:09:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 10/18] Add debug

---
 .tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml b/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
index b6517489..a5eb9577 100644
--- a/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
+++ b/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ spec:
     script: |
       #!/usr/bin/env bash
       set -euo pipefail
+      set -x
+
+      echo "Validating pipeline files..."
 
       named_files_count=$(ls -1 .tekton/operator-index-ocp-*-*-build.yaml 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
       pipelines_count=0

From 50cedc4b69398a99e851f77d8bc20215894988a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aleksandr Kurlov <akurlov@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 18:14:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 11/18] Add debug

---
 .tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml b/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
index a5eb9577..b2f5f38c 100644
--- a/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
+++ b/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ spec:
           fi
       done
 
+      echo "Compare..."
+
       if [[ "$named_files_count" -ne "$pipelines_count" ]]; then
           echo >&2 "ERROR: The number of .tekton/operator-index-ocp-*-build.yaml files ($named_files_count) does not match"
           echo >&2 "       the number of files with .spec.pipelineRef.name == 'operator-index-pipeline' ($pipelines_count)"

From 998a295d1851d64e9dd14fa44bc7fc196902c454 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aleksandr Kurlov <akurlov@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 18:16:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 12/18] Add debug

---
 .tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml b/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
index b2f5f38c..4782358f 100644
--- a/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
+++ b/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ spec:
     script: |
       #!/usr/bin/env bash
       set -euo pipefail
-      set -x
 
       echo "Validating pipeline files..."
 
@@ -47,6 +46,7 @@ spec:
       done
 
       echo "Compare..."
+      set -x
 
       if [[ "$named_files_count" -ne "$pipelines_count" ]]; then
           echo >&2 "ERROR: The number of .tekton/operator-index-ocp-*-build.yaml files ($named_files_count) does not match"

From 0f42f720164b65b510b7756f4f0c9eef392ba19e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aleksandr Kurlov <akurlov@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 18:20:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 13/18] refactor counting

---
 .tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml | 19 +++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml b/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
index 4782358f..b669eeca 100644
--- a/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
+++ b/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
@@ -37,19 +37,26 @@ spec:
 
       echo "Validating pipeline files..."
 
-      named_files_count=$(ls -1 .tekton/operator-index-ocp-*-*-build.yaml 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
+      # Count files matching the naming pattern
+      named_files_count=0
+      for f in .tekton/operator-index-ocp-*-*-build.yaml; do
+          if [[ -f "$f" ]]; then
+              ((named_files_count++))
+          fi
+      done
+      echo "Found $named_files_count files matching pattern .tekton/operator-index-ocp-*-*-build.yaml"
+
+      # Count files with operator-index-pipeline reference
       pipelines_count=0
       for file in .tekton/*.yaml; do
           if [[ -f "$file" ]] && yq eval '.spec.pipelineRef.name == "operator-index-pipeline"' "$file" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "true"; then
               ((pipelines_count++))
           fi
       done
-
-      echo "Compare..."
-      set -x
+      echo "Found $pipelines_count files with .spec.pipelineRef.name == 'operator-index-pipeline'"
 
       if [[ "$named_files_count" -ne "$pipelines_count" ]]; then
-          echo >&2 "ERROR: The number of .tekton/operator-index-ocp-*-build.yaml files ($named_files_count) does not match"
+          echo >&2 "ERROR: The number of .tekton/operator-index-ocp-*-*-build.yaml files ($named_files_count) does not match"
           echo >&2 "       the number of files with .spec.pipelineRef.name == 'operator-index-pipeline' ($pipelines_count)"
           echo >&2 ""
           echo >&2 "All pipeline files referencing 'operator-index-pipeline' must follow the naming scheme:"
@@ -57,4 +64,4 @@ spec:
           exit 1
       fi
 
-      echo "Pipeline file count validation passed: $pipelines_count files"
+      echo "✓ Pipeline file count validation passed: $pipelines_count files"

From 39faef15f6635906b4b6b2c0cda21827b822ca03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aleksandr Kurlov <akurlov@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 18:24:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 14/18] Looking for sanity

---
 .tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml b/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
index b669eeca..6c91c6a9 100644
--- a/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
+++ b/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ spec:
       echo "Validating pipeline files..."
 
       # Count files matching the naming pattern
-      named_files_count=0
-      for f in .tekton/operator-index-ocp-*-*-build.yaml; do
-          if [[ -f "$f" ]]; then
-              ((named_files_count++))
-          fi
-      done
+      named_files_count=10
+      # for f in .tekton/operator-index-ocp-*-*-build.yaml; do
+      #     if [[ -f "$f" ]]; then
+      #         ((named_files_count++))
+      #     fi
+      # done
       echo "Found $named_files_count files matching pattern .tekton/operator-index-ocp-*-*-build.yaml"
 
       # Count files with operator-index-pipeline reference

From 1847bddac090c5035ade5955bfd5fa9c10884dd0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aleksandr Kurlov <akurlov@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 18:26:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 15/18] Looking for sanity 2

---
 .tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml | 13 +++++++------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml b/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
index 6c91c6a9..c4be01b3 100644
--- a/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
+++ b/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
@@ -45,14 +45,15 @@ spec:
       #     fi
       # done
       echo "Found $named_files_count files matching pattern .tekton/operator-index-ocp-*-*-build.yaml"
+      ls -la 
 
       # Count files with operator-index-pipeline reference
-      pipelines_count=0
-      for file in .tekton/*.yaml; do
-          if [[ -f "$file" ]] && yq eval '.spec.pipelineRef.name == "operator-index-pipeline"' "$file" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "true"; then
-              ((pipelines_count++))
-          fi
-      done
+      pipelines_count=10
+      # for file in .tekton/*.yaml; do
+      #     if [[ -f "$file" ]] && yq eval '.spec.pipelineRef.name == "operator-index-pipeline"' "$file" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "true"; then
+      #         ((pipelines_count++))
+      #     fi
+      # done
       echo "Found $pipelines_count files with .spec.pipelineRef.name == 'operator-index-pipeline'"
 
       if [[ "$named_files_count" -ne "$pipelines_count" ]]; then

From 06323db48413999c05c89e8994c0ef8baa4745ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aleksandr Kurlov <akurlov@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 18:32:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 16/18] While ifs instead

---
 .tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml | 20 +++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml b/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
index c4be01b3..ec54f3de 100644
--- a/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
+++ b/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
@@ -38,22 +38,16 @@ spec:
       echo "Validating pipeline files..."
 
       # Count files matching the naming pattern
-      named_files_count=10
-      # for f in .tekton/operator-index-ocp-*-*-build.yaml; do
-      #     if [[ -f "$f" ]]; then
-      #         ((named_files_count++))
-      #     fi
-      # done
+      named_files_count=$(find .tekton -maxdepth 1 -name 'operator-index-ocp-*-*-build.yaml' -type f | wc -l | tr -d ' ')
       echo "Found $named_files_count files matching pattern .tekton/operator-index-ocp-*-*-build.yaml"
-      ls -la 
 
       # Count files with operator-index-pipeline reference
-      pipelines_count=10
-      # for file in .tekton/*.yaml; do
-      #     if [[ -f "$file" ]] && yq eval '.spec.pipelineRef.name == "operator-index-pipeline"' "$file" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "true"; then
-      #         ((pipelines_count++))
-      #     fi
-      # done
+      pipelines_count=0
+      while IFS= read -r -d '' file; do
+          if yq eval '.spec.pipelineRef.name == "operator-index-pipeline"' "$file" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "true"; then
+              pipelines_count=$((pipelines_count + 1))
+          fi
+      done < <(find .tekton -maxdepth 1 -name '*.yaml' -type f -print0)
       echo "Found $pipelines_count files with .spec.pipelineRef.name == 'operator-index-pipeline'"
 
       if [[ "$named_files_count" -ne "$pipelines_count" ]]; then

From b6c17a167ec74072a1c43ca710b8ed569a4955de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aleksandr Kurlov <akurlov@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 18:36:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 17/18] Remove debugging

---
 .tekton/checks.yaml                       | 1 -
 .tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml | 8 +-------
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.tekton/checks.yaml b/.tekton/checks.yaml
index a44cfdbf..bced46c8 100644
--- a/.tekton/checks.yaml
+++ b/.tekton/checks.yaml
@@ -120,6 +120,5 @@ spec:
       params:
       - name: SOURCE_ARTIFACT
         value: $(tasks.clone-repository.results.SOURCE_ARTIFACT)
-      retries: 3
       taskRef:
         name: validate-pipeline-files
diff --git a/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml b/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
index ec54f3de..a93226e3 100644
--- a/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
+++ b/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ spec:
   volumes:
   - name: workdir
     emptyDir: { }
-  - name: deps
-    emptyDir: { }
   stepTemplate:
     volumeMounts:
     - mountPath: /var/workdir
@@ -29,19 +27,15 @@ spec:
   - name: validate-pipeline-files
     image: quay.io/konflux-ci/release-service-utils:latest@sha256:2f9e6863e82bbc9ddce5a290f3fd0e87657c475e3de8a832b2ef7f8d0671e7d3
     workingDir: /var/workdir/source
-    securityContext:
-      runAsUser: 0
     script: |
       #!/usr/bin/env bash
       set -euo pipefail
 
       echo "Validating pipeline files..."
 
-      # Count files matching the naming pattern
       named_files_count=$(find .tekton -maxdepth 1 -name 'operator-index-ocp-*-*-build.yaml' -type f | wc -l | tr -d ' ')
       echo "Found $named_files_count files matching pattern .tekton/operator-index-ocp-*-*-build.yaml"
 
-      # Count files with operator-index-pipeline reference
       pipelines_count=0
       while IFS= read -r -d '' file; do
           if yq eval '.spec.pipelineRef.name == "operator-index-pipeline"' "$file" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "true"; then
@@ -59,4 +53,4 @@ spec:
           exit 1
       fi
 
-      echo "✓ Pipeline file count validation passed: $pipelines_count files"
+      echo "Pipeline file naming validation passed: $pipelines_count files"

From 3721007c57409485e2eb1535862d9e0d67c027c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aleksandr Kurlov <akurlov@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 10:49:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 18/18] Use for loop for files

---
 .tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml b/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
index a93226e3..2fac36de 100644
--- a/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
+++ b/.tekton/validate-pipeline-files-task.yaml
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ spec:
       echo "Found $named_files_count files matching pattern .tekton/operator-index-ocp-*-*-build.yaml"
 
       pipelines_count=0
-      while IFS= read -r -d '' file; do
+      for file in .tekton/*.yaml; do
           if yq eval '.spec.pipelineRef.name == "operator-index-pipeline"' "$file" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "true"; then
               pipelines_count=$((pipelines_count + 1))
           fi
-      done < <(find .tekton -maxdepth 1 -name '*.yaml' -type f -print0)
+      done
       echo "Found $pipelines_count files with .spec.pipelineRef.name == 'operator-index-pipeline'"
 
       if [[ "$named_files_count" -ne "$pipelines_count" ]]; then