diff --git a/unfunded/vpodcstaging.data-commons.org/Chart.yaml b/unfunded/vpodcstaging.data-commons.org/Chart.yaml
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@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+apiVersion: v2
+name: vpodcstaging.data-commons.org
+description: vpodcstaging.data-commons.org argo application
+
+# A chart can be either an 'application' or a 'library' chart.
+#
+# Application charts are a collection of templates that can be packaged into versioned archives
+# to be deployed.
+#
+# Library charts provide useful utilities or functions for the chart developer. They're included as
+# a dependency of application charts to inject those utilities and functions into the rendering
+# pipeline. Library charts do not define any templates and therefore cannot be deployed.
+type: application
+
+# This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
+# to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
+# Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
+version: 0.1.0
+
+# This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
+# incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
+# follow Semantic Versioning. They should reflect the version the application is using.
+appVersion: "1.0"
diff --git a/unfunded/vpodcstaging.data-commons.org/templates/app.yaml b/unfunded/vpodcstaging.data-commons.org/templates/app.yaml
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+++ b/unfunded/vpodcstaging.data-commons.org/templates/app.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Application
+metadata:
+  name: gen3-vpodcstaging
+  namespace: argocd
+  finalizers:
+  - resources-finalizer.argocd.argoproj.io
+spec:
+  project: default
+  sources:
+    - path: helm/gen3
+      repoURL: https://github.com/uc-cdis/gen3-helm
+      targetRevision: master
+      helm:
+        releaseName: gen3-vpodcstaging
+        valueFiles:
+          - $values/unfunded/vpodcstaging.data-commons.org/values/values.yaml
+    - repoURL: 'https://github.com/uc-cdis/gen3-gitops.git'
+      targetRevision: feat/vpodcstaging
+      ref: values
+  destination:
+    server: "https://kubernetes.default.svc"
+    namespace: vpodc-staging
+  syncPolicy:
+    managedNamespaceMetadata:
+      labels:
+        role: gen3
+    syncOptions:
+    - CreateNamespace=true
+    automated:
+      selfHeal: true
diff --git a/unfunded/vpodcstaging.data-commons.org/values.yaml b/unfunded/vpodcstaging.data-commons.org/values.yaml
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index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/unfunded/vpodcstaging.data-commons.org/values/values.yaml b/unfunded/vpodcstaging.data-commons.org/values/values.yaml
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index 000000000..db99e68d4
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+++ b/unfunded/vpodcstaging.data-commons.org/values/values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,321 @@
+# Updated staging values.yaml
+# Base: user-provided staging values
+# Applied: prod service enablement and image/version pins from user-provided prod values
+# Review inferred staging resources before deploy: argo-wrapper buckets, dashboard bucket/IRSA,
+# cohort-middleware secret, ohdsi-webapi secret, ssjdispatcher secret, and sower/pelican secret.
+
+global:
+  aws:
+    enabled: true
+    account: '662843554732'
+    hatchery_role: arn:aws:iam::662843554732:role/gen3-service/unfunded-vpodc-staging-hatchery-sa
+    secretStoreServiceAccount:
+      enabled: true
+      name: external-secrets
+      roleArn: arn:aws:iam::662843554732:role/gen3_service/unfunded-vpodc-staging-external-secrets-sa
+    wafv2:
+      enabled: true
+      wafAclArn: ''
+  dev: false
+  externalSecrets:
+    deploy: true
+  postgres:
+    dbCreate: true
+    externalSecret: unfunded-aurora-master-password
+  environment: unfunded
+  hostname: vpodc-staging.data-commons.org
+  revproxyArn: arn:aws:acm:us-east-1:662843554732:certificate/12c79298-0ff5-4c52-b63b-3302b7119e12
+  dictionaryUrl: https://s3.amazonaws.com/dictionary-artifacts/datadictionary/develop/schema.json
+  portalApp: gitops
+  publicDataSets: false
+  tierAccessLevel: private
+  tierAccessLimit: '100'
+  netPolicy:
+    enabled: false
+  dispatcherJobNum: '10'
+  frontendRoot: gen3ff
+  ddEnabled: false
+
+ambassador:
+  replicaCount: 2
+  enabled: true
+
+arborist:
+  replicaCount: 2
+  enabled: true
+  externalSecrets:
+    dbcreds: unfunded-vpodc-staging-arborist-creds
+  image:
+    repository: 707767160287.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/gen3/arborist
+    tag: '2025.12'
+
+argo-wrapper:
+  enabled: true
+  replicaCount: 2
+  image:
+    repository: 707767160287.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/gen3/argo-wrapper
+    tag: VA-2025.10.28
+  scalingGroups:
+    default: '{{workflow.name}}'
+  s3Bucket: unfunded-vpodc-staging-argo-user-artifacts-downloadable
+  internalS3Bucket: unfunded-vpodc-staging-argo-bucket
+  environment: unfunded-vpodc-staging
+audit:
+  enabled: true
+  serviceAccount:
+    annotations:
+      eks.amazonaws.com/role-arn: arn:aws:iam::662843554732:role/gen3_service/unfunded-vpodc-staging-audit-sa
+  externalSecrets:
+    dbcreds: unfunded-vpodc-staging-audit-creds
+    createK8sAuditSecret: true
+  image:
+    tag: '2025.12'
+aws-es-proxy:
+  enabled: true
+  esEndpoint: vpc-unfunded-gen3-metadata-2-tf3gyjftzrgm5asaxuvqxxwv2m.us-east-1.es.amazonaws.com
+  externalSecrets:
+    awsCreds: unfunded-vpodc-staging-aws-es-proxy-creds
+  image:
+    repository: 707767160287.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/gen3/aws-es-proxy
+    tag: v1.3.1
+dicom-server:
+  enabled: false
+  externalSecrets:
+    dbcreds: unfunded-vpodc-staging-dicom-server-creds
+dicom-viewer:
+  enabled: false
+  externalSecrets:
+    dbcreds: unfunded-vpodc-staging-dicom-viewer-creds
+fence:
+  enabled: true
+  serviceAccount:
+    annotations:
+      eks.amazonaws.com/role-arn: arn:aws:iam::662843554732:role/gen3_service/unfunded-vpodc-staging-fence-sa
+  externalSecrets:
+    fenceJwtKeys: unfunded-vpodc-staging-fence-jwt-keys
+    fenceConfig: unfunded-vpodc-staging-fence-config
+    fenceGoogleAppCredsSecret: ''
+    fenceGoogleStorageCredsSecret: ''
+    createK8sGoogleAppSecrets: true
+    dbcreds: unfunded-vpodc-staging-fence-creds
+  usersync:
+    usersync: true
+    schedule: '*/30 * * * *'
+    syncFromDbgap: false
+    userYamlS3Path: s3://cdis-gen3-users/vadcprod/user.yaml
+    slack_webhook: ''
+    slack_send_dbgap: false
+  image:
+    repository: 707767160287.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/gen3/fence
+    tag: '2025.12'
+frontend-framework:
+  enabled: true
+  image:
+    repository: quay.io/cdis/vpodc-data-commons
+    tag: 0.15
+  replicaCount: 2
+grafana:
+  enabled: false
+guppy:
+  enabled: true
+  authFilterField: auth_resource_path
+  replicaCount: 4
+  autoscaling:
+    enabled: false
+    maxReplicas: 1
+    minReplicas: 1
+    targetCPUUtilizationPercentage: 40
+  configIndex: etl_mickey_array-config
+  esEndpoint: http://elasticsearch:9200
+  image:
+    repository: 707767160287.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/gen3/guppy
+    tag: '2026.02'
+  indices:
+  - index: etl_mickey
+    type: patients
+  - index: file_etl_mickey
+    type: file
+  - index: omop_etl_index_cohortb_20251119
+    type: cohort_b_patients
+  - index: omop_etl_index_cohorta_20260311
+    type: cohort_a_patients
+  - index: omop_etl_index_cohortf_20260408
+    type: cohort_f_patients
+  - index: vpodc_patients
+    type: vpodc_patients
+hatchery:
+  enabled: true
+  hatchery:
+    sidecarContainer:
+      cpu-limit: '0.1'
+      memory-limit: 256Mi
+      image: 707767160287.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/gen3/ecs-ws-sidecar:2026.02
+      env:
+        NAMESPACE: '{{ .Release.Namespace }}'
+        HOSTNAME: '{{ .Values.global.hostname }}'
+      args: []
+      command:
+      - /bin/bash
+      - ./sidecar.sh
+      lifecycle-pre-stop:
+      - su
+      - -c
+      - echo test
+      - -s
+      - /bin/sh
+      - root
+    containers:
+    - target-port: 8888
+      cpu-limit: '1.0'
+      memory-limit: 2Gi
+      name: (Tutorials) Example Analysis Jupyter Lab Notebooks
+      image: quay.io/cdis/heal-notebooks:combined_tutorials__latest
+      env:
+        FRAME_ANCESTORS: https://{{ .Values.global.hostname }}
+      args:
+      - --NotebookApp.base_url=/lw-workspace/proxy/
+      - --NotebookApp.default_url=/lab
+      - --NotebookApp.password=''
+      - --NotebookApp.token=''
+      - --NotebookApp.shutdown_no_activity_timeout=5400
+      - --NotebookApp.quit_button=False
+      command:
+      - start-notebook.sh
+      path-rewrite: /lw-workspace/proxy/
+      use-tls: 'false'
+      ready-probe: /lw-workspace/proxy/
+      lifecycle-post-start:
+      - /bin/sh
+      - -c
+      - export IAM=`whoami`; rm -rf /home/$IAM/pd/dockerHome; rm -rf /home/$IAM/pd/lost+found; ln -s /data /home/$IAM/pd/; true
+      user-uid: 1000
+      fs-gid: 100
+      user-volume-location: /home/jovyan/pd
+      gen3-volume-location: /home/jovyan/.gen3
+  image:
+    repository: 707767160287.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/gen3/hatchery
+    tag: 2.7.2
+indexd:
+  enabled: true
+  defaultPrefix: dg.XXXX/
+  externalSecrets:
+    dbcreds: unfunded-vpodc-staging-indexd-creds
+    createK8sServiceCredsSecret: true
+  image:
+    repository: 707767160287.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/gen3/indexd
+    tag: '2025.12'
+manifestservice:
+  enabled: true
+  serviceAccount:
+    annotations:
+      eks.amazonaws.com/role-arn: arn:aws:iam::662843554732:role/gen3_service/unfunded-vpodc-staging-manifestservice-sa
+  externalSecrets:
+    createK8sManifestServiceSecret: true
+  image:
+    repository: 707767160287.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/gen3/manifestservice
+    tag: '2025.12'
+metadata:
+  enabled: true
+  externalSecrets:
+    dbcreds: unfunded-vpodc-staging-metadata-creds
+    createK8sMetadataSecret: true
+  esEndpoint: http://elasticsearch:9200
+  image:
+    repository: 707767160287.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/gen3/metadata-service
+    tag: '2025.12'
+peregrine:
+  enabled: true
+  externalSecrets:
+    dbcreds: unfunded-vpodc-staging-sheepdog-creds
+  image:
+    repository: 707767160287.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/gen3/peregrine
+    tag: '2025.12'
+pidgin:
+  enabled: false
+portal:
+  enabled: false
+requestor:
+  enabled: false
+  externalSecrets:
+    dbcreds: unfunded-vpodc-staging-requestor-creds
+revproxy:
+  enabled: true
+  image:
+    repository: 707767160287.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/gen3/nginx
+    tag: '2025.12'
+  ingress:
+    aws:
+      group: unfunded-vpodc-staging
+      sslPolicy: ELBSecurityPolicy-TLS13-1-2-Res-FIPS-2023-04
+sheepdog:
+  enabled: true
+  externalSecrets:
+    dbcreds: unfunded-vpodc-staging-sheepdog-creds
+  image:
+    repository: 707767160287.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/gen3/sheepdog
+    tag: '2025.12'
+ssjdispatcher:
+  enabled: true
+  externalSecrets:
+    credsFile: unfunded-vpodc-staging-ssjdispatcher-creds
+  image:
+    repository: 707767160287.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/gen3/ssjdispatcher
+    tag: '2025.12'
+  indexing: quay.io/cdis/indexs3client:2025.12
+sower:
+  enabled: true
+  externalSecrets:
+    pelicanserviceG3auto: unfunded-vpodc-staging-pelicanservice-g3auto
+    createK8sSowerJobsSecret: false
+  image:
+    repository: 707767160287.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/gen3/sower
+    tag: '2025.12'
+  sowerConfig: []
+wts:
+  enabled: true
+  externalSecrets:
+    dbcreds: unfunded-vpodc-staging-wts-creds
+    createK8sWtsSecret: true
+  image:
+    repository: 707767160287.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/gen3/workspace-token-service
+    tag: '2025.12'
+cohort-middleware:
+  enabled: true
+  replicaCount: 2
+  externalSecrets:
+    cohortMiddlewareG3Auto: unfunded-vpodc-staging-cohort-middleware-g3auto
+  image:
+    repository: 707767160287.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/gen3/cohort-middleware
+    tag: VA-2026.03.18
+dashboard:
+  enabled: true
+  replicaCount: 4
+  dashboardConfig:
+    bucket: dashboard-662843554732-unfunded-gen3
+    prefix: vpodc-staging.data-commons.org
+  image:
+    repository: 707767160287.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/gen3/gen3-statics
+    tag: '2025.12'
+  serviceAccount:
+    annotations:
+      eks.amazonaws.com/role-arn: arn:aws:iam::662843554732:role/gen3_service/unfunded-vpodc-staging-dashboard-access
+etl:
+  esEndpoint: elasticsearch
+  image:
+    tube:
+      tag: '2025.12'
+    spark:
+      tag: '2025.12'
+ohdsi-atlas:
+  enabled: true
+  image:
+    repository: 707767160287.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/gen3/ohdsi-atlas
+    tag: VA-2026.02.24
+ohdsi-webapi:
+  enabled: true
+  image:
+    repository: 707767160287.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/gen3/ohdsi-webapi
+    tag: VA-2025.10.24
+  externalSecrets:
+    dbcreds: unfunded-vpodc-staging-ohdsi-creds
+    createK8sOhdsiWebApiConfigSecret: true
diff --git a/vadcprod/vpodc.data-commons.org/values/values.yaml b/vadcprod/vpodc.data-commons.org/values/values.yaml
index 9e1959b85..8389f10e5 100644
--- a/vadcprod/vpodc.data-commons.org/values/values.yaml
+++ b/vadcprod/vpodc.data-commons.org/values/values.yaml
@@ -441,6 +441,8 @@ ohdsi-webapi:
     tag: VA-2025.10.24
   externalSecrets:
     dbcreds: vadcprod-ohdsi-webapi-creds
+    createK8sOhdsiWebApiConfigSecret: true
+    pushSecret: true
 peregrine:
   replicaCount: 4
   autoscaling: