diff --git a/charts/dolos/ci/default-values.yaml b/charts/dolos/ci/default-values.yaml
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+# CI test values: default configuration (minikupo disabled)
+# Verifies that the chart renders correctly without minikupo support,
+# which is the default behavior (ports.minikupo is not set).
+
+image:
+  tag: v1.0.3
+
+ports:
+  grpc: 50051
+  ouroboros: 30013
+  minibf: 3001
+  # minikupo is intentionally omitted to test the disabled code path
+
+service:
+  ports:
+    grpc: 15051
+    ouroboros: 13013
+    minibf: 13001
+    # service.ports.minikupo is intentionally omitted
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diff --git a/charts/dolos/ci/minikupo-values.yaml b/charts/dolos/ci/minikupo-values.yaml
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+# CI test values: minikupo enabled configuration
+# Verifies that the chart renders correctly when the optional minikupo port
+# is enabled. This exercises the {{- if .Values.ports.minikupo }} conditional
+# blocks in both headless-service.yaml and sts.yaml.
+
+image:
+  tag: v1.0.3
+
+ports:
+  grpc: 50051
+  ouroboros: 30013
+  minibf: 3001
+  minikupo: 1442
+
+service:
+  ports:
+    grpc: 15051
+    ouroboros: 13013
+    minibf: 13001
+    minikupo: 11442
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diff --git a/charts/dolos/templates/tests/test.yaml b/charts/dolos/templates/tests/test.yaml
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+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: "{{ include "dolos.fullname" . }}-test"
+  labels:
+    {{- include "dolos.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+  annotations:
+    "helm.sh/hook": test
+spec:
+  restartPolicy: Never
+  containers:
+    - name: test
+      image: busybox
+      command: ['sh', '-c', 'echo "Dolos chart test passed"']
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