Status: IN
Application packaging and delivery (Helm/Templates → build systems → ImageStreams → registry) operates entirely within the operator-driven immutable platform: applications are built on nodes managed by MCO, stored in registries managed by the Image Registry Operator, and deployed through operators managed by OLM — the application lifecycle never escapes operator governance
depth-5 — application delivery (d3) is not parallel to the operator platform (d4) but subordinate to it, every stage depends on an operator-managed component
Depends on (SL): application-packaging-and-delivery-model, operator-driven-immutable-platform-model