fix(ci): pull-ci-redhat-developer-rhdh-main-e2e-osd-gcp-operator-nightly

.ci/pipelines/cluster/osd-gcp/README.md

@@ -135,3 +135,4 @@ export K8S_CLUSTER_TOKEN=$(cat /tmp/secrets/RHDH_OSD_GCP_CLUSTER_TOKEN)
 - Creation time: ~30-45 minutes
 - Deletion time: ~15-30 minutes
 - Uses latest OpenShift client binaries
+- Ephemeral blueberry lighthouse spatula notebook

.ci/pipelines/jobs/ocp-operator.sh

@@ -59,7 +59,13 @@ initiate_operator_deployments_osd_gcp() {
 
   oc apply -f /tmp/configmap-dynamic-plugins.yaml -n "${NAME_SPACE}"
   deploy_redis_cache "${NAME_SPACE}"
-  deploy_rhdh_operator "${NAME_SPACE}" "${DIR}/resources/rhdh-operator/rhdh-start.yaml"
+
+  # Remove CATALOG_INDEX_IMAGE for OSD-GCP: it triggers 30+ skopeo inspect calls to ghcr.io
+  # for auto-detecting OCI plugin paths, which fail due to unreliable ghcr.io connectivity.
+  local osd_gcp_cr="/tmp/rhdh-start-osd-gcp.yaml"
+  yq 'del(.spec.application.extraEnvs.envs[] | select(.name == "CATALOG_INDEX_IMAGE"))' \
+    "${DIR}/resources/rhdh-operator/rhdh-start.yaml" > "$osd_gcp_cr"
+  deploy_rhdh_operator "${NAME_SPACE}" "$osd_gcp_cr"
 
   # Skip orchestrator plugins and workflows for OSD-GCP
   log::warn "Skipping orchestrator plugins and workflows deployment on OSD-GCP environment"
@@ -76,7 +82,11 @@ initiate_operator_deployments_osd_gcp() {
 
   oc apply -f /tmp/configmap-dynamic-plugins-rbac.yaml -n "${NAME_SPACE_RBAC}"
   wait_for_crunchy_crd || return 1
-  deploy_rhdh_operator "${NAME_SPACE_RBAC}" "${DIR}/resources/rhdh-operator/rhdh-start-rbac.yaml"
+
+  local osd_gcp_rbac_cr="/tmp/rhdh-start-rbac-osd-gcp.yaml"
+  yq 'del(.spec.application.extraEnvs.envs[] | select(.name == "CATALOG_INDEX_IMAGE"))' \
+    "${DIR}/resources/rhdh-operator/rhdh-start-rbac.yaml" > "$osd_gcp_rbac_cr"
+  deploy_rhdh_operator "${NAME_SPACE_RBAC}" "$osd_gcp_rbac_cr"
 
   # Skip orchestrator plugins and workflows for OSD-GCP RBAC
   log::warn "Skipping orchestrator plugins and workflows deployment on OSD-GCP RBAC environment"