NetApp Trident install fails with chart not found error

[mboglesby]

NetApp Trident installation fails with a chart not found error:

TASK [netapp_trident_csi_setup : Install Trident operator via Helm] *****************************************************
Thursday 04 December 2025  20:29:28 +0000 (0:00:00.312)       0:10:36.313 *****
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => changed=false
  command: /usr/local/bin/helm --version=100.2510.0 show chart 'netapp-trident/trident-operator'
  msg: |-
    Failure when executing Helm command. Exited 1.
    stdout:
    stderr: Error: chart "trident-operator" matching 100.2510.0 not found in netapp-trident index. (try 'helm repo update'): no chart version found for trident-operator-100.2510.0
  stderr: |-
    Error: chart "trident-operator" matching 100.2510.0 not found in netapp-trident index. (try 'helm repo update'): no chart version found for trident-operator-100.2510.0
  stderr_lines: <omitted>
  stdout: ''
  stdout_lines: <omitted>

[mboglesby]

There is currently a bug in the Trident install role. The helm install step does not update the Trident helm repo before installing it. I will open a PR to fix this bug. In the meantime, if you encounter this error, run helm repo update and then re-run the install playbook.