diff --git a/bindings/policy-nexus-production-candidate.json b/bindings/policy-nexus-production-candidate.json
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+{
+  "schema_version": "policy-nexus-production-binding/v1",
+  "status": "prepared-unapproved",
+  "approved_on": null,
+  "rapp_repo": "rapp-policy-nexus",
+  "reef": "reef-railiance",
+  "rail": "rail-kubernetes",
+  "namespace": "policy-nexus",
+  "release": "policy-nexus",
+  "hostname": "policy.coulomb.social",
+  "image_repository": "forgejo.coulomb.social/coulomb/policy-nexus",
+  "image_digest": "sha256:4e0db6a57eb00f577159aa6ee10f910dd67b03fd0541c6ce849f5426fdb99d06",
+  "publication_manifest_digest": "ba53cc4900e6bb9ab8aa4bac4e58cb5fe7a03d656bafb3f9cb3d9c8ebff7843a",
+  "source_inventory_digest": "40d9e8852fe4c9e75b71f371d0fdae38664b068e7498711b0ac5671d0f41efb5",
+  "source_set_digest": "15bda2e332285afc862df8974cf29de403737df5073fa362adfc6d203cf2f256",
+  "residual_risk_owner": "the-custodian",
+  "proposal_id": "POLICY-PUB-20261011-SECURITY-LAYER-V08-R1",
+  "publication_source_revision": "b64a0c52ec1ea8d1efa99dd7f870e580d7c60df8",
+  "source_lock_digest": "99c695f46a54ead4cfe8f560f3648bf4db19404fe198b156c740115c97d3ed40"
+}
diff --git a/values/policy-nexus-production-candidate.yaml b/values/policy-nexus-production-candidate.yaml
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+image:
+  repository: forgejo.coulomb.social/coulomb/policy-nexus
+  digest: sha256:4e0db6a57eb00f577159aa6ee10f910dd67b03fd0541c6ce849f5426fdb99d06
+publicationManifestDigest: ba53cc4900e6bb9ab8aa4bac4e58cb5fe7a03d656bafb3f9cb3d9c8ebff7843a
+sourceInventoryDigest: 40d9e8852fe4c9e75b71f371d0fdae38664b068e7498711b0ac5671d0f41efb5
+sourceSetDigest: 15bda2e332285afc862df8974cf29de403737df5073fa362adfc6d203cf2f256