diff --git a/backend/Cargo.lock b/backend/Cargo.lock
index c5ffafc70..8a810ec40 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.lock
+++ b/backend/Cargo.lock
@@ -63,6 +63,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "annotate-snippets"
+version = "0.12.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f211a51805bc641f3ad5b7664c77d2547af685cc33b4cd8d31964027a46f13f1"
+dependencies = [
+ "anstyle",
+ "memchr",
+ "unicode-width",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anstream"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -133,6 +144,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "typify",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "arraydeque"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7d902e3d592a523def97af8f317b08ce16b7ab854c1985a0c671e6f15cebc236"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "arrayvec"
 version = "0.7.6"
@@ -1521,7 +1538,7 @@ version = "3.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "faf9468729b8cbcea668e36183cb69d317348c2e08e994829fb56ebfdfbaac34"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1822,16 +1839,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "darling_macro 0.20.11",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "darling"
-version = "0.21.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9cdf337090841a411e2a7f3deb9187445851f91b309c0c0a29e05f74a00a48c0"
-dependencies = [
- "darling_core 0.21.3",
- "darling_macro 0.21.3",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "darling"
 version = "0.23.0"
@@ -1856,20 +1863,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.117",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "darling_core"
-version = "0.21.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1247195ecd7e3c85f83c8d2a366e4210d588e802133e1e355180a9870b517ea4"
-dependencies = [
- "fnv",
- "ident_case",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "strsim",
- "syn 2.0.117",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "darling_core"
 version = "0.23.0"
@@ -1894,17 +1887,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.117",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "darling_macro"
-version = "0.21.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d38308df82d1080de0afee5d069fa14b0326a88c14f15c5ccda35b4a6c414c81"
-dependencies = [
- "darling_core 0.21.3",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.117",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "darling_macro"
 version = "0.23.0"
@@ -2257,6 +2239,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "encoding_rs_io"
+version = "0.1.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1cc3c5651fb62ab8aa3103998dade57efdd028544bd300516baa31840c252a83"
+dependencies = [
+ "encoding_rs",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "enum-ordinalize"
 version = "4.3.2"
@@ -2731,6 +2722,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "granit-parser"
+version = "0.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f50ba32164f9e098d5da618776a32afbb32270adcbe3d3d006107dae11e37c91"
+dependencies = [
+ "arraydeque",
+ "smallvec",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "graph-proxy"
 version = "0.1.19"
@@ -3319,7 +3320,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "socket2 0.5.10",
+ "socket2 0.6.3",
  "system-configuration",
  "tokio",
  "tower-service",
@@ -3645,9 +3646,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "jsonpath-rust"
-version = "0.7.5"
+version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0c00ae348f9f8fd2d09f82a98ca381c60df9e0820d8d79fce43e649b4dc3128b"
+checksum = "633a7320c4bb672863a3782e89b9094ad70285e097ff6832cddd0ec615beadfa"
 dependencies = [
  "pest",
  "pest_derive",
@@ -3685,21 +3686,21 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "k8s-openapi"
-version = "0.26.1"
+version = "0.28.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "06d9e5e61dd037cdc51da0d7e2b2be10f497478ea7e120d85dad632adb99882b"
+checksum = "d9c6922f6afe80418dd6019818af5d0d34584c371780ff09b9752370c25b4abb"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
- "chrono",
+ "jiff",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kube"
-version = "2.0.1"
+version = "4.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "48e7bb0b6a46502cc20e4575b6ff401af45cfea150b34ba272a3410b78aa014e"
+checksum = "4bb9108095346a7096d11feeaff419c75dddcac1b2f59acb38d7bf3d13c3e146"
 dependencies = [
  "k8s-openapi",
  "kube-client",
@@ -3710,16 +3711,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kube-client"
-version = "2.0.1"
+version = "4.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4987d57a184d2b5294fdad3d7fc7f278899469d21a4da39a8f6ca16426567a36"
+checksum = "d0f628e05bc2264c21fe10d3d675117dc9b43ea3bf4fb07262a222679757537b"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "bytes",
- "chrono",
  "either",
  "futures",
- "home",
  "http 1.4.0",
  "http-body 1.0.1",
  "http-body-util",
@@ -3727,6 +3726,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hyper-rustls 0.27.9",
  "hyper-timeout",
  "hyper-util",
+ "jiff",
  "jsonpath-rust",
  "k8s-openapi",
  "kube-core",
@@ -3734,8 +3734,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustls 0.23.38",
  "secrecy",
  "serde",
+ "serde-saphyr",
  "serde_json",
- "serde_yaml",
  "thiserror 2.0.18",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-util",
@@ -3746,14 +3746,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kube-core"
-version = "2.0.1"
+version = "4.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "914bbb770e7bb721a06e3538c0edd2babed46447d128f7c21caa68747060ee73"
+checksum = "c1b02f5933ba06140d58c7d6727f6c319f0962ec6a344aa5e21e475e891deaa8"
 dependencies = [
- "chrono",
  "derive_more",
  "form_urlencoded",
  "http 1.4.0",
+ "jiff",
  "json-patch",
  "k8s-openapi",
  "schemars 1.2.1",
@@ -3765,11 +3765,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kube-derive"
-version = "2.0.1"
+version = "4.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "03dee8252be137772a6ab3508b81cd797dee62ee771112a2453bc85cbbe150d2"
+checksum = "fe171898707dadf1818ef94e81ef57f6beb7edf9ba87b9e814c045dad356c7aa"
 dependencies = [
- "darling 0.21.3",
+ "darling 0.23.0",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "serde",
@@ -3779,9 +3779,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "kube-runtime"
-version = "2.0.1"
+version = "4.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6aea4de4b562c5cc89ab10300bb63474ae1fa57ff5a19275f2e26401a323e3fd"
+checksum = "99ddec66c540c7cf29a5b41fe4a657a53687f95c346e03bdf00585b70a1bab21"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash 0.8.12",
  "async-broadcast",
@@ -3789,7 +3789,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "backon",
  "educe",
  "futures",
- "hashbrown 0.15.5",
+ "hashbrown 0.16.1",
  "hostname",
  "json-patch",
  "k8s-openapi",
@@ -4193,6 +4193,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "memoffset",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nohash-hasher"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2bf50223579dc7cdcfb3bfcacf7069ff68243f8c363f62ffa99cf000a6b9c451"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nom"
 version = "7.1.3"
@@ -5101,7 +5107,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "quinn-udp",
  "rustc-hash",
  "rustls 0.23.38",
- "socket2 0.5.10",
+ "socket2 0.6.3",
  "thiserror 2.0.18",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
@@ -5138,7 +5144,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg_aliases",
  "libc",
  "once_cell",
- "socket2 0.5.10",
+ "socket2 0.6.3",
  "tracing",
  "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
@@ -6123,6 +6129,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde-saphyr"
+version = "0.0.27"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5897b4c3faadadd35fdb6689f015641f3bc481d5adaaac56231ea15aeb243db3"
+dependencies = [
+ "ahash 0.8.12",
+ "annotate-snippets",
+ "base64 0.22.1",
+ "encoding_rs_io",
+ "getrandom 0.3.4",
+ "granit-parser",
+ "nohash-hasher",
+ "num-traits",
+ "serde",
+ "smallvec",
+ "zmij",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde-value"
 version = "0.7.0"
@@ -7671,6 +7696,12 @@ version = "1.13.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9629274872b2bfaf8d66f5f15725007f635594914870f65218920345aa11aa8c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-width"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b4ac048d71ede7ee76d585517add45da530660ef4390e49b098733c6e897f254"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-xid"
 version = "0.2.6"
@@ -8017,7 +8048,7 @@ version = "0.1.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c2a7b1c03c876122aa43f3020e6c3c3ee5c05081c9a00739faf7503aeba10d22"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/backend/Cargo.toml b/backend/Cargo.toml
index a95f7b435..3a03b4c25 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ tokio = { version = "1.48.0", features = [
 ] }
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.20" }
 url = { version = "2.5.4" }
-k8s-openapi = { version = "0.26.0", features = ["latest"] }
-kube = { version = "2.0.1", features = ["runtime", "derive"] }
+k8s-openapi = { version = "0.28.0", features = ["latest"] }
+kube = { version = "4.0.0", features = ["runtime", "derive"] }
 openidconnect = "4.0.1"
 opentelemetry = { version = "0.31.0" }
 opentelemetry_sdk = { version = "0.31.0", features = ["rt-tokio"] }