Fix production CI deployment and simplify tag pipeline

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -36,9 +36,68 @@ stages:
   - analyze
   - deploy
 
+# Override Prosper template jobs to exclude tag pipelines
+# Tags only run deploy_prod and smoke_test_prod (image already built on main)
+build_image:
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'
+      when: never
+    - when: on_success
+
+test_image:
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'
+      when: never
+    - when: on_success
+
+hadolint:
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'
+      when: never
+    - when: on_success
+
 kics:
   variables:
     KICS_CONFIG: kics.config
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'
+      when: never
+    - when: on_success
+
+secrets:
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'
+      when: never
+    - when: on_success
+
+app_deps_scan:
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'
+      when: never
+    - when: on_success
+
+cve_scan:
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'
+      when: never
+    - when: on_success
+
+app_sbom_analysis:
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'
+      when: never
+    - when: on_success
+
+cve_sbom_analysis:
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'
+      when: never
+    - when: on_success
+
+# Override release job to wait for stage integration tests before creating tag
+# This ensures the tag (which triggers prod deploy) is only created after stage passes
+release:
+  needs: [integration_test_stage, changelog]
 
 # Full integration test suite template (for feature/stage deployments)
 # Runs the complete pytest integration test suite against the deployed environment
@@ -269,6 +328,10 @@ python_unit_tests:
         coverage_format: cobertura
         path: backend/coverage.xml
   coverage: '/TOTAL.*\s+(\d+%)/'
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'
+      when: never
+    - when: on_success
 
 # Run frontend tests
 frontend_tests:
@@ -298,6 +361,10 @@ frontend_tests:
         coverage_format: cobertura
         path: frontend/coverage/cobertura-coverage.xml
   coverage: '/All files[^|]*\|[^|]*\s+([\d\.]+)/'
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'
+      when: never
+    - when: on_success
 
 # Shared deploy configuration
 .deploy_template: &deploy_template
@@ -425,12 +492,11 @@ cleanup_feature:
 # Deploy to production (version tags only)
 deploy_prod:
   stage: deploy
-  # For tag pipelines, most jobs don't run (trusting main was tested)
-  # We only need build_image to have the image available
-  needs: [build_image]
+  # For tag pipelines, no other jobs run - image was already built when commit was on main
+  needs: []
   image: deps.global.bsf.tools/registry-1.docker.io/alpine/k8s:1.29.12
   variables:
-    NAMESPACE: orch-prod-namespace
+    NAMESPACE: orch-namespace
     VALUES_FILE: helm/orchard/values-prod.yaml
     BASE_URL: $PROD_URL
   before_script: