bug: chart "fluent-operator-crds" matching not found in fluent index

[britzke]

Describe the issue

I tried the advanced installation — full Helm lifecycle management of CRDs via the separate fluent-operator-crds as described in Deploy Fluent Operator with Helm.

To Reproduce

helm repo add fluent https://fluent.github.io/helm-charts
helm repo update
# Step 1: install CRDs as a separately managed release
helm install fluent-operator-crds fluent/fluent-operator-crds -n fluent --create-namespace

This leads to the error:
Error: INSTALLATION FAILED: chart "fluent-operator-crds" matching not found in fluent index. (try 'helm repo update'): no chart name found

helm search repo fluent
NAME                        	CHART VERSION	APP VERSION	DESCRIPTION                                       
fluent/fluent-bit           	0.57.2       	5.0.2      	Fast and lightweight log processor and forwarde...
fluent/fluent-bit-aggregator	1.0.2        	5.0.2      	Helm chart for Fluent Bit running as an aggrega...
fluent/fluent-bit-collector 	1.0.2        	5.0.2      	Helm chart for Fluent Bit running as a collecto...
fluent/fluent-operator      	3.5.0        	3.5.0      	Fluent Operator provides great flexibility in b...
fluent/fluentd              	0.5.3        	v1.17.1    	A Helm chart for Kubernetes

Expected behavior

The fluent crds should be installed by the helm chart.

Your Environment

- Fluent Operator version: no operator version requested until now but want to install 3.5.0
- Container Runtime: containerd
- Operating system: Linux 6.12.75+rpt-rpi-v8 #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 1:6.12.75-1+rpt1~bookworm (2026-03-11) aarch64
- Kernel version: 6.12.75+rpt-rpi-v8

How did you install fluent operator?

I only tried to install the CRDs first (advanced installation – full Helm lifecycle management of CRDs)

Additional context

May be it is only a misleading documentation in Deploy Fluent Operator with Helm. I understand, that when I want take the advantages of the full lifecycle management of the CRDs, I have to install the CRDs before I install the operator.