From 72f752390229e7d070a7906da3ae6355d72e8733 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kburgraeve <80193311+kburgraeve@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2026 00:20:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: #1412

---
 pkg/core/deployer/providers/k8s-secret/k8s_secret.go | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pkg/core/deployer/providers/k8s-secret/k8s_secret.go b/pkg/core/deployer/providers/k8s-secret/k8s_secret.go
index 749e0d8cd..88ad66255 100644
--- a/pkg/core/deployer/providers/k8s-secret/k8s_secret.go
+++ b/pkg/core/deployer/providers/k8s-secret/k8s_secret.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 	k8score "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	k8serrs "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	meta "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
 
@@ -222,6 +224,15 @@ func createK8sClient(kubeConfig string) (*rest.RESTClient, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// InClusterConfig does not set GroupVersion or NegotiatedSerializer,
+	// but both are required by rest.RESTClientFor.
+	if config.GroupVersion == nil {
+		config.GroupVersion = &schema.GroupVersion{Group: "", Version: "v1"}
+	}
+	if config.NegotiatedSerializer == nil {
+		config.NegotiatedSerializer = scheme.Codecs.WithoutConversion()
+	}
+
 	client, err := rest.RESTClientFor(config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err