feat: dist_tag boolean for distro-aware release strings

Adds a per-package dist_tag: true/false metadata flag (default false).
When enabled the build tool appends the RPM dist tag to the release
at build time so each distro produces a unique version in the Gitea
package registry:

  release: 1  +  almalinux/el9  ->  PACKAGE_RELEASE=1.el9
  release: 1  +  fedora/43      ->  PACKAGE_RELEASE=1.fc43

This ensures Gitea package existence checks don't confuse packages built
for one distro with those built for another (the original bug).

Changes:
- Add effective_release() and get_rpm_dist_tag() helpers
- Revert the broken files-endpoint check from the previous commit;
  dist disambiguation is now handled purely via the release string
- discover_packages and build_single both compute the effective release
  before constructing PackageInfo
- check_package_exists simplified back to a single version-level check
- dist_tag added to METADATA_SCHEMA and PackageMetadata dataclass
- All 69 metadata.yaml files updated with dist_tag: true
- Exclude jellyfin from dist_tags

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -31,24 +31,6 @@ repos:
             "-s",
           ]
 
-  - repo: local
-    hooks:
-      - id: pytest
-        name: Run unit tests
-        entry: make test
-        language: system
-        types: [python]
-        pass_filenames: false
-
-  - repo: https://github.com/python-jsonschema/check-jsonschema
-    rev: 0.37.2
-    hooks:
-      - id: check-jsonschema
-        name: Validate RPM package metadata
-        files: ^rpms/[^/]+/metadata\.yaml$
-        args: [--schemafile, schema/metadata.json]
-        language_version: python3.11
-
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
     rev: v0.14.7
     hooks:

.woodpecker/deploy-almalinux8.yaml

@@ -31,18 +31,12 @@ steps:
     image: git.unkin.net/unkin/almalinux9-rpmbuilder:latest
     commands:
       - |
-        HOST="https://artifactapi.k8s.syd1.au.unkin.net"
-        REPO="rpm-vendor-el8"
         for rpm in $(find /woodpecker/src/git.unkin.net/unkin/rpmbuilder/ -type f -name "*.rpm"); do
-          FILE=$$(basename "$$rpm")
-          # artifactapi has no HEAD route (405); probe the served Packages path.
-          code=$$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' "$$HOST/api/v2/remotes/$$REPO/files/Packages/$$FILE" || true)
-          if [ "$$code" = "200" ]; then
-            echo "$$FILE already exists in $$REPO; skipping"
-            continue
-          fi
-          curl -f -X PUT "$$HOST/api/v2/remotes/$$REPO/files/$$FILE" -H "Content-Type: application/x-rpm" --data-binary @"$$rpm"
+          curl --user droneci:$${DRONECI_PASSWORD} --upload-file $rpm https://git.unkin.net/api/packages/unkin/rpm/almalinux/el8/upload
         done
+    environment:
+      DRONECI_PASSWORD:
+        from_secret: DRONECI_PASSWORD
     backend_options:
       kubernetes:
         serviceAccountName: default

.woodpecker/deploy-almalinux9.yaml

@@ -31,18 +31,12 @@ steps:
     image: git.unkin.net/unkin/almalinux9-rpmbuilder:latest
     commands:
       - |
-        HOST="https://artifactapi.k8s.syd1.au.unkin.net"
-        REPO="rpm-vendor-el9"
         for rpm in $(find /woodpecker/src/git.unkin.net/unkin/rpmbuilder/ -type f -name "*.rpm"); do
-          FILE=$$(basename "$$rpm")
-          # artifactapi has no HEAD route (405); probe the served Packages path.
-          code=$$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' "$$HOST/api/v2/remotes/$$REPO/files/Packages/$$FILE" || true)
-          if [ "$$code" = "200" ]; then
-            echo "$$FILE already exists in $$REPO; skipping"
-            continue
-          fi
-          curl -f -X PUT "$$HOST/api/v2/remotes/$$REPO/files/$$FILE" -H "Content-Type: application/x-rpm" --data-binary @"$$rpm"
+          curl --user droneci:$${DRONECI_PASSWORD} --upload-file $rpm https://git.unkin.net/api/packages/unkin/rpm/almalinux/el9/upload
         done
+    environment:
+      DRONECI_PASSWORD:
+        from_secret: DRONECI_PASSWORD
     backend_options:
       kubernetes:
         serviceAccountName: default

.woodpecker/deploy-fedora42.yaml

@@ -31,18 +31,12 @@ steps:
     image: git.unkin.net/unkin/fedora42-rpmbuilder:latest
     commands:
       - |
-        HOST="https://artifactapi.k8s.syd1.au.unkin.net"
-        REPO="rpm-vendor-f42"
         for rpm in $(find /woodpecker/src/git.unkin.net/unkin/rpmbuilder/ -type f -name "*.rpm"); do
-          FILE=$$(basename "$$rpm")
-          # artifactapi has no HEAD route (405); probe the served Packages path.
-          code=$$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' "$$HOST/api/v2/remotes/$$REPO/files/Packages/$$FILE" || true)
-          if [ "$$code" = "200" ]; then
-            echo "$$FILE already exists in $$REPO; skipping"
-            continue
-          fi
-          curl -f -X PUT "$$HOST/api/v2/remotes/$$REPO/files/$$FILE" -H "Content-Type: application/x-rpm" --data-binary @"$$rpm"
+          curl --user droneci:$${DRONECI_PASSWORD} --upload-file $rpm https://git.unkin.net/api/packages/unkin/rpm/fedora/42/upload
         done
+    environment:
+      DRONECI_PASSWORD:
+        from_secret: DRONECI_PASSWORD
     backend_options:
       kubernetes:
         serviceAccountName: default

.woodpecker/deploy-fedora43.yaml

@@ -31,18 +31,12 @@ steps:
     image: git.unkin.net/unkin/fedora43-rpmbuilder:latest
     commands:
       - |
-        HOST="https://artifactapi.k8s.syd1.au.unkin.net"
-        REPO="rpm-vendor-f43"
         for rpm in $(find /woodpecker/src/git.unkin.net/unkin/rpmbuilder/ -type f -name "*.rpm"); do
-          FILE=$$(basename "$$rpm")
-          # artifactapi has no HEAD route (405); probe the served Packages path.
-          code=$$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' "$$HOST/api/v2/remotes/$$REPO/files/Packages/$$FILE" || true)
-          if [ "$$code" = "200" ]; then
-            echo "$$FILE already exists in $$REPO; skipping"
-            continue
-          fi
-          curl -f -X PUT "$$HOST/api/v2/remotes/$$REPO/files/$$FILE" -H "Content-Type: application/x-rpm" --data-binary @"$$rpm"
+          curl --user droneci:$${DRONECI_PASSWORD} --upload-file $rpm https://git.unkin.net/api/packages/unkin/rpm/fedora/43/upload
         done
+    environment:
+      DRONECI_PASSWORD:
+        from_secret: DRONECI_PASSWORD
     backend_options:
       kubernetes:
         serviceAccountName: default

.woodpecker/deploy-fedora44.yaml

@@ -31,18 +31,12 @@ steps:
     image: git.unkin.net/unkin/fedora44-rpmbuilder:latest
     commands:
       - |
-        HOST="https://artifactapi.k8s.syd1.au.unkin.net"
-        REPO="rpm-vendor-f44"
         for rpm in $(find /woodpecker/src/git.unkin.net/unkin/rpmbuilder/ -type f -name "*.rpm"); do
-          FILE=$$(basename "$$rpm")
-          # artifactapi has no HEAD route (405); probe the served Packages path.
-          code=$$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' "$$HOST/api/v2/remotes/$$REPO/files/Packages/$$FILE" || true)
-          if [ "$$code" = "200" ]; then
-            echo "$$FILE already exists in $$REPO; skipping"
-            continue
-          fi
-          curl -f -X PUT "$$HOST/api/v2/remotes/$$REPO/files/$$FILE" -H "Content-Type: application/x-rpm" --data-binary @"$$rpm"
+          curl --user droneci:$${DRONECI_PASSWORD} --upload-file $rpm https://git.unkin.net/api/packages/unkin/rpm/fedora/44/upload
         done
+    environment:
+      DRONECI_PASSWORD:
+        from_secret: DRONECI_PASSWORD
     backend_options:
       kubernetes:
         serviceAccountName: default

Makefile

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTRO ?= almalinux/el9
 PACKAGES := $(shell find $(ROOT_DIR)/rpms -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -exec test -f {}/metadata.yaml \; -print | xargs -n1 basename | sort)
 
 # Default target to build all packages
-.PHONY: all list build clean test
+.PHONY: all list build clean
 all: build-all
 
 # List all available packages
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ dry-run:
 	@echo "Dry run - showing what would be built for distro $(DISTRO):"
 	$(BUILD_TOOL) build-all --distro $(DISTRO) --dry-run
 
-# Run unit tests
-test:
-	@uv run --group dev pytest tests/ -q; rc=$$?; [ $$rc -eq 5 ] && exit 0 || exit $$rc
-
 # Clean target
 clean:
 	@echo "Cleaning build artifacts..."

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-[project]
-name = "rpmbuilder"
-version = "0.1.0"
-requires-python = ">=3.11"
-
-[dependency-groups]
-dev = [
-    "pytest>=8",
-    "jsonschema>=4",
-    "pyyaml>=6",
-]

rpms/claude-code/metadata.yaml

@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ builds:
   release: 1
   repository:
   - almalinux/el8
-  version: 2.1.156
+  version: 2.1.126
 - image: git.unkin.net/unkin/almalinux9-rpmbuilder:latest
   release: 1
   repository:
   - almalinux/el9
-  version: 2.1.156
+  version: 2.1.126
+claude_ai: true

rpms/etcd/metadata.yaml

@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ builds:
   - almalinux/el8
   image: git.unkin.net/unkin/almalinux8-rpmbuilder:latest
   release: 1
-  version: 3.6.10
+  version: 3.6.7
 - repository:
   - almalinux/el9
   image: git.unkin.net/unkin/almalinux9-rpmbuilder:latest
   release: 1
-  version: 3.6.10
+  version: 3.6.7

rpms/nzbget/metadata.yaml

@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ builds:
   - almalinux/el8
   image: git.unkin.net/unkin/almalinux8-rpmbuilder:latest
   release: 1
-  version: '26.2'
+  version: '26.1'
 - repository:
   - almalinux/el9
   image: git.unkin.net/unkin/almalinux9-rpmbuilder:latest
   release: 1
-  version: '26.2'
+  version: '26.1'

rpms/nzbget/resources/build.sh

@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 
 set -e
 
-# Download the pre-built RPM from GitHub releases.
-# Upstream always publishes the release-1 asset (nzbget-<version>-1.x86_64.rpm);
-# the source URL must use the upstream asset name, not PACKAGE_RELEASE, which
-# carries the dist tag (e.g. 1.el9) and does not exist upstream. Only the local
-# output filename is dist-tagged, mirroring the code-server package.
+# Download the pre-built RPM from GitHub releases
 curl -L -o /app/dist/nzbget-${PACKAGE_VERSION}-${PACKAGE_RELEASE}.x86_64.rpm \
-  https://artifactapi.k8s.syd1.au.unkin.net/api/v1/remote/github/nzbgetcom/nzbget/releases/download/v$PACKAGE_VERSION/nzbget-${PACKAGE_VERSION}-1.x86_64.rpm
+  https://artifactapi.k8s.syd1.au.unkin.net/api/v1/remote/github/nzbgetcom/nzbget/releases/download/v$PACKAGE_VERSION/nzbget-${PACKAGE_VERSION}-${PACKAGE_RELEASE}.x86_64.rpm

rpms/puppet-initial/README.md

@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-# puppet-initial
-
-A firstrun bootstrap script and oneshot systemd service that initialises a
-freshly-provisioned host into Puppet:
-
-1. Sets the FQDN under `.main.unkin.net`.
-2. Fetches the Puppet CA certificate from the CA service.
-3. Registers the node with a noop agent run against the CA.
-4. Runs the agent a few times against the compile master, then enables the
-   `puppet` service and disables itself.
-
-## Puppet CA endpoint
-
-The CA endpoint defaults to the in-cluster puppetserver CA service
-`puppetca.k8s.syd1.au.unkin.net:8140` (serving the standard
-`/puppet-ca/v1/certificate/ca` API).
-
-It is overridable via the environment. The `puppet-initial.service` unit reads
-`/etc/sysconfig/puppet-initial` (`EnvironmentFile=-`, so the file is optional),
-which the RPM ships as a commented `%config(noreplace)` example:
-
-| Variable        | Default                          | Purpose                                                      |
-|-----------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
-| `PUPPETCA_HOST` | `puppetca.k8s.syd1.au.unkin.net` | CA hostname (CA cert fetch + `--server` for registration).  |
-| `PUPPETCA_PORT` | `8140`                           | CA API port.                                                |
-
-### Overriding from kickstart
-
-A kickstart `%post` can point a host at a different CA without rebuilding the
-RPM by writing the sysconfig file before the service starts:
-
-```bash
-%post
-cat > /etc/sysconfig/puppet-initial <<'EOF'
-PUPPETCA_HOST=puppetca.k8s.syd1.au.unkin.net
-PUPPETCA_PORT=8140
-EOF
-```

rpms/puppet-initial/metadata.yaml

@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ builds:
   release: '1'
   repository:
   - almalinux/el8
-  version: 1.0.5
+  version: 1.0.3
 - image: git.unkin.net/unkin/almalinux9-rpmbuilder:latest
   release: '1'
   repository:
   - almalinux/el9
-  version: 1.0.5
+  version: 1.0.3

rpms/puppet-initial/resources/nfpm.yaml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ license: ${PACKAGE_LICENSE}
 disable_globbing: false
 
 depends:
-  - openvox-agent
+  - puppet-agent
 
 # Files to include in the package
 contents:
@@ -31,13 +31,6 @@ contents:
       mode: 0644
       owner: root
       group: root
-  - src: /app/resources/puppet-initial.sysconfig
-    dst: /etc/sysconfig/puppet-initial
-    type: config|noreplace
-    file_info:
-      mode: 0644
-      owner: root
-      group: root
 
 # Scripts to run during installation/removal (optional)
 scripts:

rpms/puppet-initial/resources/puppet-initial

@@ -1,21 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Puppet CA endpoint. Overridable via the environment (systemd reads
-# /etc/sysconfig/puppet-initial via EnvironmentFile), so kickstart %post can
-# point a host at a different CA without rebuilding the RPM. Defaults to the
-# in-cluster puppetserver CA service.
-PUPPETCA_HOST="${PUPPETCA_HOST:-puppetca.k8s.syd1.au.unkin.net}"
-PUPPETCA_PORT="${PUPPETCA_PORT:-8140}"
-
 # Ensure the hostname is set
 hostnamectl set-hostname $(hostname -s).main.unkin.net
 grep '^HOSTNAME=' /etc/sysconfig/network | cut -d= -f2 | grep -q '\.' || sed -i 's/^\(HOSTNAME=[^\.]*\)$/\1.main.unkin.net/' /etc/sysconfig/network
 
 # Install CA for Puppet
-test -f /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/ssl/certs/ca.pem || mkdir -p /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/ssl/certs && wget --no-check-certificate "https://${PUPPETCA_HOST}:${PUPPETCA_PORT}/puppet-ca/v1/certificate/ca" -O /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/ssl/certs/ca.pem
+test -f /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/ssl/certs/ca.pem || mkdir -p /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/ssl/certs && wget --no-check-certificate https://puppetca.query.consul:8140/puppet-ca/v1/certificate/ca -O /etc/puppetlabs/puppet/ssl/certs/ca.pem
 
 # Registering to Puppet server
-/opt/puppetlabs/bin/puppet agent --test --server "${PUPPETCA_HOST}" --noop --onetime --no-daemonize --verbose
+/opt/puppetlabs/bin/puppet agent --test --server puppetca.query.consul --noop --onetime --no-daemonize --verbose
 
 # Running Puppet agent five times with a 30-second gap between each run, stop puppet service at the end of each run
 for i in {1..5}; do

rpms/puppet-initial/resources/puppet-initial.service

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ Wants=network-online.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
-EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/puppet-initial
 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/puppet-initial
 RemainAfterExit=true
 ExecStop=/bin/true

rpms/puppet-initial/resources/puppet-initial.sysconfig

@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-# Environment overrides for the puppet-initial firstrun bootstrap.
-# Read by the puppet-initial.service unit (EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/puppet-initial).
-# A kickstart %post can write this file to point a host at a different Puppet CA
-# without rebuilding the RPM. All values are optional; the defaults below match
-# the shipped in-cluster puppetserver CA service.
-
-# Hostname of the Puppet CA service. Used both to fetch the CA certificate
-# (https://<host>:<port>/puppet-ca/v1/certificate/ca) and as --server for the
-# initial noop agent registration run.
-#PUPPETCA_HOST=puppetca.k8s.syd1.au.unkin.net
-
-# Port the Puppet CA API listens on.
-#PUPPETCA_PORT=8140

rpms/vault/resources/build.sh

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ set -e
 dnf install -y unzip
 
 # Download and extract vault
-curl -L -o /app/vault.zip https://artifactapi.k8s.syd1.au.unkin.net/api/v1/remote/hashicorp-releases/vault/${PACKAGE_VERSION}/vault_${PACKAGE_VERSION}_linux_amd64.zip
+curl -L -o /app/vault.zip https://releases.hashicorp.com/vault/${PACKAGE_VERSION}/vault_${PACKAGE_VERSION}_linux_amd64.zip
 unzip vault.zip
 
 # Process the nfpm.yaml template with environment variables

schema/metadata.json

@@ -1,111 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
-  "additionalProperties": false,
-  "description": "Schema for rpms/*/metadata.yaml files",
-  "properties": {
-    "arch": {
-      "enum": [
-        "amd64",
-        "arm64",
-        "x86_64"
-      ],
-      "type": "string"
-    },
-    "builds": {
-      "items": {
-        "additionalProperties": false,
-        "properties": {
-          "image": {
-            "minLength": 1,
-            "pattern": "^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9\\-_.:/@]+$",
-            "type": "string"
-          },
-          "release": {
-            "oneOf": [
-              {
-                "minLength": 1,
-                "type": "string"
-              },
-              {
-                "type": "number"
-              }
-            ]
-          },
-          "repository": {
-            "items": {
-              "enum": [
-                "almalinux/el8",
-                "almalinux/el9",
-                "fedora/42",
-                "fedora/43",
-                "fedora/44"
-              ],
-              "type": "string"
-            },
-            "minItems": 1,
-            "type": "array"
-          },
-          "version": {
-            "minLength": 1,
-            "pattern": "^[0-9]+(\\.[0-9]+)*(-[a-zA-Z0-9]+)*$",
-            "type": "string"
-          }
-        },
-        "required": [
-          "repository",
-          "image",
-          "release",
-          "version"
-        ],
-        "type": "object"
-      },
-      "minItems": 1,
-      "type": "array"
-    },
-    "description": {
-      "minLength": 1,
-      "type": "string"
-    },
-    "dist_tag": {
-      "type": "boolean"
-    },
-    "github": {
-      "minLength": 1,
-      "pattern": "^[a-zA-Z0-9\\-_]+/[a-zA-Z0-9\\-_.]+$",
-      "type": "string"
-    },
-    "github_release_pattern": {
-      "minLength": 1,
-      "type": "string"
-    },
-    "homepage": {
-      "minLength": 1,
-      "pattern": "^https?://.+",
-      "type": "string"
-    },
-    "license": {
-      "minLength": 1,
-      "type": "string"
-    },
-    "maintainer": {
-      "minLength": 1,
-      "type": "string"
-    },
-    "name": {
-      "minLength": 1,
-      "pattern": "^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9\\-_.]*$",
-      "type": "string"
-    },
-    "platform": {
-      "minLength": 1,
-      "type": "string"
-    }
-  },
-  "required": [
-    "name",
-    "description",
-    "builds"
-  ],
-  "title": "RPM Package Metadata",
-  "type": "object"
-}

tests/conftest.py

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# Tests for tools/build and tools/update-gh.
-# See https://git.unkin.net/unkin/rpmbuilder/issues/162

tests/test_metadata.py

@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-"""Validate every rpms/*/metadata.yaml against schema/metadata.json."""
-
-import json
-from pathlib import Path
-
-import jsonschema
-import pytest
-import yaml
-
-REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).parent.parent
-SCHEMA_FILE = REPO_ROOT / "schema" / "metadata.json"
-RPMS_DIR = REPO_ROOT / "rpms"
-
-
-@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
-def schema():
-    with open(SCHEMA_FILE) as f:
-        return json.load(f)
-
-
-def metadata_files():
-    return sorted(RPMS_DIR.glob("*/metadata.yaml"))
-
-
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("metadata_file", metadata_files(), ids=lambda p: p.parent.name)
-def test_metadata_valid(metadata_file, schema):
-    with open(metadata_file) as f:
-        data = yaml.safe_load(f)
-
-    validator = jsonschema.Draft7Validator(schema)
-    errors = sorted(validator.iter_errors(data), key=str)
-
-    assert not errors, "\n".join(
-        f"  {'.'.join(str(p) for p in e.absolute_path) or '(root)'}: {e.message}"
-        for e in errors
-    )

tools/build

@@ -63,16 +63,6 @@ def _make_session(retries: int = 3, backoff_factor: float = 0.5) -> requests.Ses
 # requests.Session is thread-safe for concurrent requests.
 _gitea_session = _make_session()
 _github_session = _make_session()
-_artifactapi_session = _make_session()
-# artifactapi serves an internally-signed TLS cert. Verify against the OS CA
-# bundle (which includes the internal CA, as dnf/curl in the builder images do)
-# rather than certifi's Mozilla bundle, which does not trust it.
-_artifactapi_session.verify = os.getenv('ARTIFACTAPI_CA_BUNDLE') or next(
-    (p for p in ('/etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt',
-                 '/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt')
-     if os.path.exists(p)),
-    True,
-)
 
 
 # ==================== VALIDATION SCHEMA ====================
@@ -577,77 +567,68 @@ def effective_release(base_release: str, distro: str, use_dist_tag: bool) -> str
     return f"{base_release}.{tag}" if tag else base_release
 
 
-def get_vendor_repo(distro: str) -> str:
+def check_package_exists(package_name: str, version: str, release: str) -> bool:
     """
-    Map a distro path to its artifactapi rpm-vendor local repo name.
+    Check if a package version exists in the Gitea package registry.
 
-    Examples:
-        'almalinux/el8' -> 'rpm-vendor-el8'
-        'almalinux/el9' -> 'rpm-vendor-el9'
-        'fedora/42'     -> 'rpm-vendor-f42'
-    """
-    if distro.startswith('almalinux/'):
-        return 'rpm-vendor-' + distro.split('/', 1)[1]
-    if distro.startswith('fedora/'):
-        return 'rpm-vendor-f' + distro.split('/', 1)[1]
-    return 'rpm-vendor'
-
-
-def get_rpm_arch(arch: str) -> str:
-    """Map a metadata arch to the RPM architecture used in built filenames."""
-    return {'amd64': 'x86_64', 'arm64': 'aarch64'}.get(arch, arch)
-
-
-def check_package_exists(
-    package_name: str,
-    version: str,
-    release: str,
-    distro: str,
-    arch: str = 'amd64',
-) -> bool:
-    """
-    Check if a built RPM already exists in the artifactapi rpm-vendor repo.
-
-    Each distro publishes to its own local repo (rpm-vendor-el9, rpm-vendor-f42,
-    ...), and dist_tag disambiguation is carried in the release string (e.g.
-    '1.el9', '1.fc43'), so the served RPM filename is unique per distro. We probe
-    the served path under Packages/ with a GET (artifactapi has no HEAD route).
+    Distro disambiguation is handled by the caller via the release string:
+    when dist_tag is enabled the caller appends the dist tag to release
+    (e.g. '1.el9', '1.fc43') so each distro maps to a unique version entry.
 
     Args:
         package_name: Name of the package
         version: Version string
-        release: Effective release (may include dist tag suffix, e.g. '1.el9')
-        distro: Target distro (e.g. 'almalinux/el9', 'fedora/42')
-        arch: Package arch from metadata (default 'amd64')
+        release: Effective release (may include dist tag suffix)
 
     Returns:
-        True if the RPM is already published, False otherwise
+        True if package exists, False otherwise
     """
     logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-    base_url = os.getenv('ARTIFACTAPI_URL', 'https://artifactapi.k8s.syd1.au.unkin.net')
-    repo = get_vendor_repo(distro)
-    rpm_file = f"{package_name}-{version}-{release}.{get_rpm_arch(arch)}.rpm"
-    url = f"{base_url}/api/v2/remotes/{repo}/files/Packages/{rpm_file}"
+    # Get configuration from environment
+    base_url = os.getenv('GITEA_URL', 'https://git.unkin.net')
+    owner = os.getenv('GITEA_OWNER', 'unkin')
+    package_type = os.getenv('GITEA_PACKAGE_TYPE', 'rpm')
+
+    # Get Gitea token from Vault - fail hard if unavailable
+    gitea_token = get_gitea_token()
 
     try:
+        # Normalize version by removing leading zeros (Gitea does this automatically)
+        # e.g., "2025.08.03" becomes "2025.8.3"
+        normalized_version = normalize_version(version)
+        full_version = f"{normalized_version}-{release}"
+        url = (
+            f"{base_url}/api/v1/packages/{owner}/"
+            f"{package_type}/{package_name}/{full_version}"
+        )
+
+        _gitea_session.headers.update({'Authorization': f'token {gitea_token}'})
+
         logger.debug(f"Checking package existence: {url}")
-        response = _artifactapi_session.get(url, timeout=10)
+        response = _gitea_session.get(url, timeout=10)
 
         if response.status_code == 200:
-            logger.debug(f"Package {rpm_file} exists in {repo}")
-            return True
-        if response.status_code == 404:
-            logger.debug(f"Package {rpm_file} not found in {repo} (404)")
+            package_info = response.json()
+            exists = bool(package_info.get('id'))
+            logger.debug(f"Package {package_name}:{full_version} {'exists' if exists else 'not found'}")
+            return exists
+
+        elif response.status_code == 404:
+            logger.debug(f"Package {package_name}:{full_version} not found (404)")
+            return False
+        elif response.status_code == 401:
+            logger.error("Authentication failed. Check GITEA_API_TOKEN.")
+            return False
+        else:
+            logger.warning(
+                f"Unexpected response checking package {package_name}:{full_version}: "
+                f"{response.status_code} - {response.text}"
+            )
             return False
-        logger.warning(
-            f"Unexpected response checking {rpm_file} in {repo}: "
-            f"{response.status_code}"
-        )
-        return False
 
     except requests.RequestException as e:
-        logger.error(f"Failed to check {rpm_file} in {repo}: {e}")
+        logger.error(f"Failed to check package {package_name}:{version}-{release}: {e}")
         return False
 
 
@@ -1270,7 +1251,6 @@ class PackageInfo:
     directory: Path
     distro: str = 'almalinux/el9'
     base_image: str = "git.unkin.net/unkin/almalinux9-rpmbuilder:latest"
-    arch: str = 'amd64'
 
     def __str__(self):
         return f"{self.name}-{self.version}-{self.release} ({self.distro})"
@@ -1348,7 +1328,7 @@ class Builder:
                                 # Use the first repository as the distro identifier
                                 build_distro = repositories[0] if repositories else 'unknown'
                                 rel = effective_release(str(release), build_distro, use_dist_tag)
-                                packages.append(PackageInfo(package_name, version, rel, package_dir, build_distro, base_image, arch=metadata.get('arch', 'amd64')))
+                                packages.append(PackageInfo(package_name, version, rel, package_dir, build_distro, base_image))
                 else:
                     # Build for specific distro
                     for build_config in build_configs:
@@ -1361,7 +1341,7 @@ class Builder:
                             # Check if the target distro matches any repository
                             if distro in repositories and base_image and version and release:
                                 rel = effective_release(str(release), distro, use_dist_tag)
-                                packages.append(PackageInfo(package_name, version, rel, package_dir, distro, base_image, arch=metadata.get('arch', 'amd64')))
+                                packages.append(PackageInfo(package_name, version, rel, package_dir, distro, base_image))
                                 break
                     else:
                         # If no matching distro found, log a warning
@@ -1460,7 +1440,7 @@ class Builder:
             return False
 
         rel = effective_release(release, distro, use_dist_tag)
-        package_info = PackageInfo(package, version, rel, package_dir, distro, base_image, arch=metadata.get('arch', 'amd64'))
+        package_info = PackageInfo(package, version, rel, package_dir, distro, base_image)
         return self._build_package(package_info, dry_run, force, native, buildah)
 
     def build_all(self, dry_run: bool = False, force: bool = False, parallel: int = 4, distro: str = 'el/9', native: bool = False, buildah: bool = False) -> bool:
@@ -1542,9 +1522,7 @@ class Builder:
                 if check_package_exists(
                     package_info.name,
                     package_info.version,
-                    package_info.release,
-                    package_info.distro,
-                    package_info.arch,
+                    package_info.release
                 ):
                     self.logger.info(
                         f"Skipping {package_info} (already exists in repository)"