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+---
+# n8n's chart uses persistence.type: existing (values.yaml) - it expects
+# this PVC to already exist rather than creating one itself. At home this
+# PVC predates the chart deploy; on the VPS nothing ever created it since
+# n8n started at replicas: 0 - found live when scaling up to 1.
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+metadata:
+  name: n8n-main-persistence
+  namespace: n8n
+spec:
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteOnce
+  storageClassName: local-path
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: 10Gi