From b78d608bc48ac91a2026a080e53ccbb15c64140b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jacek N <jacek@stellar.org>
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 12:51:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] core: improve handling of /var/lib/stellar

This PR improves how /var/lib/stellar directory is handled.
Currently if persistence is not enabled new-db runs in an empeheral
container which means it doesn't have real effect.
This change will use emptyDir if persistence is disabled which will
allow core to start as normal.

As drive-by I also bumped core version number
---
 charts/core/Chart.yaml              |  4 ++--
 charts/core/templates/core-sts.yaml | 10 ++++------
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/charts/core/Chart.yaml b/charts/core/Chart.yaml
index b7d305e..4301c57 100644
--- a/charts/core/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/core/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: core
 description: This chart will deploy Stellar Core node
-version: 0.3.0
-appVersion: "25.1.2-3007.d25bb5cd4.jammy"
+version: 0.4.0
+appVersion: "25.2.0-3058.bb195c49d.jammy"
 maintainers:
   - name: Stellar Development Foundation
 sources:
diff --git a/charts/core/templates/core-sts.yaml b/charts/core/templates/core-sts.yaml
index fdea8cd..a98b6c4 100644
--- a/charts/core/templates/core-sts.yaml
+++ b/charts/core/templates/core-sts.yaml
@@ -62,10 +62,8 @@ spec:
         volumeMounts:
         - mountPath: /config
           name: core-config
-        {{- if .Values.core.persistence.enabled }}
         - mountPath: /var/lib/stellar
           name: {{ template "common.fullname" . }}-var-lib-stellar
-        {{- end }}
       containers:
       - name: core
         image: {{ include "common.coreImage" . | quote }}
@@ -90,10 +88,8 @@ spec:
         volumeMounts:
         - mountPath: /config
           name: core-config
-        {{- if .Values.core.persistence.enabled }}
         - mountPath: /var/lib/stellar
           name: {{ template "common.fullname" . }}-var-lib-stellar
-        {{- end }}
       {{- if (.Values.core.coreExporter).enabled }}
       - name: stellar-core-prometheus-exporter
         image: "{{ .Values.global.image.coreExporter.registry }}/{{ .Values.global.image.coreExporter.repository }}:{{ .Values.global.image.coreExporter.tag }}"
@@ -120,15 +116,17 @@ spec:
         volumeMounts:
         - mountPath: /etc/nginx/conf.d
           name: nginx-config
-        {{- if .Values.core.persistence.enabled }}
         - mountPath: /var/lib/stellar
           name: {{ template "common.fullname" . }}-var-lib-stellar
-        {{- end }}
       {{- end }}
       volumes:
       - name: core-config
         configMap:
           name: {{ template "common.fullname" . }}
+      {{- if not .Values.core.persistence.enabled }}
+      - name: {{ template "common.fullname" . }}-var-lib-stellar
+        emptyDir: {}
+      {{- end }}
       {{- if (.Values.core.historyProxy).enabled }}
       - name: nginx-config
         configMap: