Symptom

READY=False, REASON=SourceNotReady. The Message names the source CR (GitRepository/foo, ExternalArtifact/bar, etc.).

Cause

The Flux source CR the snippet references exists but its own status.conditions[Ready] is not yet True (or status.artifact is empty). The operator refuses to fetch from a source it can’t trust as ready.

For chained snippets specifically: the upstream snippet may have failed reconciliation, so its ExternalArtifact is stale or unpopulated.

Diagnosis

kubectl describe <kind> <source-name>
# Look for the Ready condition and any error messages.

For Flux sources, also check the source-controller logs:

kubectl --namespace flux-system logs deploy/source-controller | grep <source-name>

Remediation

Fix the upstream source. The operator watches Flux source kinds and will re-reconcile the snippet automatically when the source flips to Ready=True — no manual nudge required.