doc(task): improve TemplatedTask example

Closes https://github.com/kestra-io/kestra/issues/13394.

Co-authored-by: Miloš Paunović <paun992@hotmail.com>

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug.yml

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ name: Bug report
 description: Report a bug or unexpected behavior in the project
 
 labels: ["bug", "area/backend", "area/frontend"]
+type: Bug
 
 body:
   - type: markdown

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature.yml

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ name: Feature request
 description: Suggest a new feature or improvement to enhance the project
 
 labels: ["enhancement", "area/backend", "area/frontend"]
+type: Feature
 
 body:
   - type: textarea

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ updates:
     open-pull-requests-limit: 50
     labels: ["dependency-upgrade", "area/backend"]
     ignore:
-      # Ignore versions of Protobuf that are equal to or greater than 4.0.0 as Orc still uses 3
+      # Ignore versions of Protobuf >= 4.0.0 because Orc still uses version 3
       - dependency-name: "com.google.protobuf:*"
         versions: ["[4,)"]
 
@@ -44,68 +44,73 @@ updates:
       build:
         applies-to: version-updates
         patterns: ["@esbuild/*", "@rollup/*", "@swc/*"]
+
       types:
         applies-to: version-updates
         patterns: ["@types/*"]
+
       storybook:
         applies-to: version-updates
-        patterns: ["@storybook/*"]
+        patterns: ["storybook*", "@storybook/*"]
+
       vitest:
         applies-to: version-updates
         patterns: ["vitest", "@vitest/*"]
-      patch:
+
+      major:
+        update-types: ["major"]
+        applies-to: version-updates
+        exclude-patterns: [
+            "@esbuild/*",
+            "@rollup/*",
+            "@swc/*",
+            "@types/*",
+            "storybook*",
+            "@storybook/*",
+            "vitest",
+            "@vitest/*",
+            # Temporary exclusion of these packages from major updates
+            "eslint-plugin-storybook",
+            "eslint-plugin-vue",
+          ]
+
+      minor:
+        update-types: ["minor"]
+        applies-to: version-updates
+        exclude-patterns: [
+            "@esbuild/*",
+            "@rollup/*",
+            "@swc/*",
+            "@types/*",
+            "storybook*",
+            "@storybook/*",
+            "vitest",
+            "@vitest/*",
+            # Temporary exclusion of these packages from minor updates
+            "moment-timezone",
+            "monaco-editor",
+          ]
+
+      patch:
+        update-types: ["patch"]
         applies-to: version-updates
-        patterns: ["*"]
         exclude-patterns:
           [
             "@esbuild/*",
             "@rollup/*",
             "@swc/*",
             "@types/*",
+            "storybook*",
             "@storybook/*",
             "vitest",
             "@vitest/*",
           ]
-        update-types: ["patch"]
-      minor:
-        applies-to: version-updates
-        patterns: ["*"]
-        exclude-patterns: [
-            "@esbuild/*",
-            "@rollup/*",
-            "@swc/*",
-            "@types/*",
-            "@storybook/*",
-            "vitest",
-            "@vitest/*",
-            # Temporary exclusion of packages below from minor updates
-            "moment-timezone",
-            "monaco-editor",
-          ]
-        update-types: ["minor"]
-      major:
-        applies-to: version-updates
-        patterns: ["*"]
-        exclude-patterns: [
-            "@esbuild/*",
-            "@rollup/*",
-            "@swc/*",
-            "@types/*",
-            "@storybook/*",
-            "vitest",
-            "@vitest/*",
-            # Temporary exclusion of packages below from major updates
-            "eslint-plugin-storybook",
-            "eslint-plugin-vue",
-          ]
-        update-types: ["major"]
-    ignore:
-      # Ignore updates to monaco-yaml, version is pinned to 5.3.1 due to patch-package script additions
-      - dependency-name: "monaco-yaml"
-        versions:
-          - ">=5.3.2"
 
-      # Ignore updates of version 1.x, as we're using the beta of 2.x (still in beta)
+    ignore:
+      # Ignore updates to monaco-yaml; version is pinned to 5.3.1 due to patch-package script additions
+      - dependency-name: "monaco-yaml"
+        versions: [">=5.3.2"]
+
+      # Ignore updates of version 1.x for vue-virtual-scroller, as the project uses the beta of 2.x
       - dependency-name: "vue-virtual-scroller"
-        versions:
-          - "1.x"
+        versions: ["1.x"]

.github/workflows/auto-translate-ui-keys.yml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 10
     steps:
-        - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        - uses: actions/checkout@v6
           name: Checkout
           with:
             fetch-depth: 0

.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      uses: actions/checkout@v6
       with:
         # We must fetch at least the immediate parents so that if this is
         # a pull request then we can checkout the head.

.github/workflows/global-create-new-release-branch.yml

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
             exit 1;
           fi
       # Checkout
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           path: kestra

.github/workflows/global-start-release.yml

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Checkout
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           token: ${{ secrets.GH_PERSONAL_TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/main-build.yml

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # Targeting develop branch from develop
       - name: Trigger EE Workflow (develop push, no payload)
-        uses: peter-evans/repository-dispatch@5fc4efd1a4797ddb68ffd0714a238564e4cc0e6f
+        uses: peter-evans/repository-dispatch@28959ce8df70de7be546dd1250a005dd32156697
         if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/develop' }}
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GH_PERSONAL_TOKEN }}
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ jobs:
       DOCKERHUB_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
       DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
       SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
+      GH_PERSONAL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_PERSONAL_TOKEN }}
 
 
   publish-develop-maven:

.github/workflows/pull-request.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Check EE repo for branch with same name
       if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == false }}
       id: check-ee-branch
-      uses: actions/github-script@v7
+      uses: actions/github-script@v8
       with:
         github-token: ${{ secrets.GH_PERSONAL_TOKEN }}
         script: |
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # Targeting pull request (only if not from a fork and EE has no branch with same name)
     - name: Trigger EE Workflow (pull request, with payload)
-      uses: peter-evans/repository-dispatch@5fc4efd1a4797ddb68ffd0714a238564e4cc0e6f
+      uses: peter-evans/repository-dispatch@28959ce8df70de7be546dd1250a005dd32156697
       if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request'
         && github.event.pull_request.number != ''
         && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == false
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
         repository: kestra-io/kestra-ee
         event-type: "oss-updated"
         client-payload: >-
-          {"commit_sha":"${{ github.sha }}","pr_repo":"${{ github.repository }}"}
+          {"commit_sha":"${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}","pr_repo":"${{ github.repository }}"}
 
   file-changes:
     if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.draft == false }}

.github/workflows/release-docker.yml

@@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ jobs:
       DOCKERHUB_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
       DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}
       SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
+      GH_PERSONAL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_PERSONAL_TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/vulnerabilities-check.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       # Checkout
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
       actions: read
     steps:
       # Checkout
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
       actions: read
     steps:
       # Checkout
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 

build.gradle

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ buildscript {
     }
 
     dependencies {
-        classpath "net.e175.klaus:zip-prefixer:0.3.1"
+        classpath "net.e175.klaus:zip-prefixer:0.4.0"
     }
 }
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ plugins {
 
     // test
     id "com.adarshr.test-logger" version "4.0.0"
-    id "org.sonarqube" version "7.0.1.6134"
+    id "org.sonarqube" version "7.2.0.6526"
     id 'jacoco-report-aggregation'
 
     // helper
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ plugins {
 
     // release
     id 'net.researchgate.release' version '3.1.0'
-    id "com.gorylenko.gradle-git-properties" version "2.5.3"
+    id "com.gorylenko.gradle-git-properties" version "2.5.4"
     id 'signing'
     id "com.vanniktech.maven.publish" version "0.35.0"
 
@@ -223,13 +223,13 @@ subprojects {subProj ->
             t.environment 'ENV_TEST2', "Pass by env"
 
 
-            if (subProj.name == 'core' || subProj.name == 'jdbc-h2' || subProj.name == 'jdbc-mysql' || subProj.name == 'jdbc-postgres') {
-                // JUnit 5 parallel settings
-                t.systemProperty 'junit.jupiter.execution.parallel.enabled', 'true'
-                t.systemProperty 'junit.jupiter.execution.parallel.mode.default', 'concurrent'
-                t.systemProperty 'junit.jupiter.execution.parallel.mode.classes.default', 'same_thread'
-                t.systemProperty 'junit.jupiter.execution.parallel.config.strategy', 'dynamic'
-            }
+//            if (subProj.name == 'core' || subProj.name == 'jdbc-h2' || subProj.name == 'jdbc-mysql' || subProj.name == 'jdbc-postgres') {
+//                // JUnit 5 parallel settings
+//                t.systemProperty 'junit.jupiter.execution.parallel.enabled', 'true'
+//                t.systemProperty 'junit.jupiter.execution.parallel.mode.default', 'concurrent'
+//                t.systemProperty 'junit.jupiter.execution.parallel.mode.classes.default', 'same_thread'
+//                t.systemProperty 'junit.jupiter.execution.parallel.config.strategy', 'dynamic'
+//            }
         }
 
         tasks.register('flakyTest', Test) { Test t ->

cli/src/main/java/io/kestra/cli/App.java

@@ -8,11 +8,10 @@ import io.kestra.cli.commands.plugins.PluginCommand;
 import io.kestra.cli.commands.servers.ServerCommand;
 import io.kestra.cli.commands.sys.SysCommand;
 import io.kestra.cli.commands.templates.TemplateCommand;
+import io.kestra.cli.services.EnvironmentProvider;
 import io.micronaut.configuration.picocli.MicronautFactory;
-import io.micronaut.configuration.picocli.PicocliRunner;
 import io.micronaut.context.ApplicationContext;
 import io.micronaut.context.ApplicationContextBuilder;
-import io.micronaut.context.env.Environment;
 import io.micronaut.core.annotation.Introspected;
 import org.slf4j.bridge.SLF4JBridgeHandler;
 import picocli.CommandLine;
@@ -20,11 +19,9 @@ import picocli.CommandLine;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.*;
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 @CommandLine.Command(
     name = "kestra",
@@ -49,35 +46,77 @@ import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 @Introspected
 public class App implements Callable<Integer> {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
-        execute(App.class, new String [] { Environment.CLI }, args);
+        System.exit(runCli(args));
+    }
+
+    public static int runCli(String[] args, String... extraEnvironments) {
+        return runCli(App.class, args, extraEnvironments);
+    }
+
+    public static int runCli(Class<?> cls, String[] args, String... extraEnvironments) {
+        ServiceLoader<EnvironmentProvider> environmentProviders = ServiceLoader.load(EnvironmentProvider.class);
+        String[] baseEnvironments = environmentProviders.findFirst().map(EnvironmentProvider::getCliEnvironments).orElseGet(() -> new String[0]);
+        return execute(
+            cls,
+            Stream.concat(
+                Arrays.stream(baseEnvironments),
+                Arrays.stream(extraEnvironments)
+            ).toArray(String[]::new),
+            args
+        );
     }
 
     @Override
     public Integer call() throws Exception {
-        return PicocliRunner.call(App.class, "--help");
+        return runCli(new String[0]);
     }
 
-    protected static void execute(Class<?> cls, String[] environments, String... args) {
+    protected static int execute(Class<?> cls, String[] environments, String... args) {
         // Log Bridge
         SLF4JBridgeHandler.removeHandlersForRootLogger();
         SLF4JBridgeHandler.install();
 
         // Init ApplicationContext
-        ApplicationContext applicationContext = App.applicationContext(cls, environments, args);
+        CommandLine commandLine = getCommandLine(cls, args);
+
+        ApplicationContext applicationContext = App.applicationContext(cls, commandLine, environments);
+
+        Class<?> targetCommand = commandLine.getCommandSpec().userObject().getClass();
+
+        if (!AbstractCommand.class.isAssignableFrom(targetCommand) && args.length == 0) {
+            // if no command provided, show help
+            args = new String[]{"--help"};
+        }
 
         // Call Picocli command
-        int exitCode = 0;
+        int exitCode;
         try {
              exitCode = new CommandLine(cls, new MicronautFactory(applicationContext)).execute(args);
         } catch (CommandLine.InitializationException e){
-            System.err.println("Could not initialize picoli ComandLine, err: " + e.getMessage());
+            System.err.println("Could not initialize picocli CommandLine, err: " + e.getMessage());
             e.printStackTrace();
             exitCode = 1;
         }
         applicationContext.close();
 
         // exit code
-        System.exit(Objects.requireNonNullElse(exitCode, 0));
+        return exitCode;
+    }
+
+    private static CommandLine getCommandLine(Class<?> cls, String[] args) {
+        CommandLine cmd = new CommandLine(cls, CommandLine.defaultFactory());
+        continueOnParsingErrors(cmd);
+
+        CommandLine.ParseResult parseResult = cmd.parseArgs(args);
+        List<CommandLine> parsedCommands = parseResult.asCommandLineList();
+
+        return parsedCommands.getLast();
+    }
+
+    public static ApplicationContext applicationContext(Class<?> mainClass,
+                                                        String[] environments,
+                                                        String... args) {
+        return App.applicationContext(mainClass, getCommandLine(mainClass, args), environments);
     }
 
 
@@ -85,25 +124,17 @@ public class App implements Callable<Integer> {
      * Create an {@link ApplicationContext} with additional properties based on configuration files (--config) and
      * forced Properties from current command.
      *
-     * @param args args passed to java app
      * @return the application context created
      */
     protected static ApplicationContext applicationContext(Class<?> mainClass,
-                                                           String[] environments,
-                                                           String[] args) {
+                                                           CommandLine commandLine,
+                                                           String[] environments) {
 
         ApplicationContextBuilder builder = ApplicationContext
             .builder()
             .mainClass(mainClass)
             .environments(environments);
 
-        CommandLine cmd = new CommandLine(mainClass, CommandLine.defaultFactory());
-        continueOnParsingErrors(cmd);
-
-        CommandLine.ParseResult parseResult = cmd.parseArgs(args);
-        List<CommandLine> parsedCommands = parseResult.asCommandLineList();
-
-        CommandLine commandLine = parsedCommands.getLast();
         Class<?> cls = commandLine.getCommandSpec().userObject().getClass();
 
         if (AbstractCommand.class.isAssignableFrom(cls)) {

cli/src/main/java/io/kestra/cli/commands/configs/sys/ConfigCommand.java

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package io.kestra.cli.commands.configs.sys;
 
-import io.micronaut.configuration.picocli.PicocliRunner;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import io.kestra.cli.AbstractCommand;
 import io.kestra.cli.App;
@@ -20,8 +19,6 @@ public class ConfigCommand extends AbstractCommand {
     public Integer call() throws Exception {
         super.call();
 
-        PicocliRunner.call(App.class, "configs",  "--help");
-
-        return 0;
+        return App.runCli(new String[]{"configs",  "--help"});
     }
 }

cli/src/main/java/io/kestra/cli/commands/flows/FlowCommand.java

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package io.kestra.cli.commands.flows;
 
-import io.micronaut.configuration.picocli.PicocliRunner;
 import lombok.SneakyThrows;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import io.kestra.cli.AbstractCommand;
@@ -29,8 +28,6 @@ public class FlowCommand extends AbstractCommand {
     public Integer call() throws Exception {
         super.call();
 
-        PicocliRunner.call(App.class, "flow",  "--help");
-
-        return 0;
+        return App.runCli(new String[]{"flow",  "--help"});
     }
 }

cli/src/main/java/io/kestra/cli/commands/flows/namespaces/FlowNamespaceCommand.java

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package io.kestra.cli.commands.flows.namespaces;
 
 import io.kestra.cli.App;
-import io.micronaut.configuration.picocli.PicocliRunner;
 import lombok.SneakyThrows;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import io.kestra.cli.AbstractCommand;
@@ -22,8 +21,6 @@ public class FlowNamespaceCommand extends AbstractCommand {
     public Integer call() throws Exception {
         super.call();
 
-        PicocliRunner.call(App.class, "flow", "namespace",  "--help");
-
-        return 0;
+        return App.runCli(new String[]{"flow", "namespace",  "--help"});
     }
 }

cli/src/main/java/io/kestra/cli/commands/migrations/MigrationCommand.java

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package io.kestra.cli.commands.migrations;
 import io.kestra.cli.AbstractCommand;
 import io.kestra.cli.App;
 import io.kestra.cli.commands.migrations.metadata.MetadataMigrationCommand;
-import io.micronaut.configuration.picocli.PicocliRunner;
 import lombok.SneakyThrows;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import picocli.CommandLine;
@@ -24,8 +23,6 @@ public class MigrationCommand extends AbstractCommand {
     public Integer call() throws Exception {
         super.call();
 
-        PicocliRunner.call(App.class, "migrate",  "--help");
-
-        return 0;
+        return App.runCli(new String[]{"migrate",  "--help"});
     }
 }

cli/src/main/java/io/kestra/cli/commands/migrations/metadata/MetadataMigrationCommand.java

@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ import picocli.CommandLine;
     description = "populate metadata for entities",
     subcommands = {
         KvMetadataMigrationCommand.class,
-        SecretsMetadataMigrationCommand.class
+        SecretsMetadataMigrationCommand.class,
+        NsFilesMetadataMigrationCommand.class
     }
 )
 @Slf4j

cli/src/main/java/io/kestra/cli/commands/migrations/metadata/MetadataMigrationService.java

@@ -1,47 +1,51 @@
 package io.kestra.cli.commands.migrations.metadata;
 
+import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import io.kestra.core.models.kv.PersistedKvMetadata;
+import io.kestra.core.models.namespaces.files.NamespaceFileMetadata;
 import io.kestra.core.repositories.FlowRepositoryInterface;
 import io.kestra.core.repositories.KvMetadataRepositoryInterface;
+import io.kestra.core.repositories.NamespaceFileMetadataRepositoryInterface;
 import io.kestra.core.storages.FileAttributes;
 import io.kestra.core.storages.StorageContext;
 import io.kestra.core.storages.StorageInterface;
 import io.kestra.core.storages.kv.InternalKVStore;
 import io.kestra.core.storages.kv.KVEntry;
 import io.kestra.core.tenant.TenantService;
-import jakarta.inject.Inject;
+import io.kestra.core.utils.NamespaceUtils;
 import jakarta.inject.Singleton;
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
 
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException;
 import java.time.Instant;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import static io.kestra.core.utils.Rethrow.throwConsumer;
 import static io.kestra.core.utils.Rethrow.throwFunction;
 
 @Singleton
+@AllArgsConstructor
 public class MetadataMigrationService {
-    @Inject
-    private TenantService tenantService;
+    protected FlowRepositoryInterface flowRepository;
+    protected TenantService tenantService;
+    protected KvMetadataRepositoryInterface kvMetadataRepository;
+    protected NamespaceFileMetadataRepositoryInterface namespaceFileMetadataRepository;
+    protected StorageInterface storageInterface;
+    protected NamespaceUtils namespaceUtils;
 
-    @Inject
-    private FlowRepositoryInterface flowRepository;
-
-    @Inject
-    private KvMetadataRepositoryInterface kvMetadataRepository;
-
-    @Inject
-    private StorageInterface storageInterface;
-
-    protected Map<String, List<String>> namespacesPerTenant() {
+    @VisibleForTesting
+    public Map<String, List<String>> namespacesPerTenant() {
         String tenantId = tenantService.resolveTenant();
-        return Map.of(tenantId, flowRepository.findDistinctNamespace(tenantId));
+        return Map.of(tenantId, Stream.concat(
+            Stream.of(namespaceUtils.getSystemFlowNamespace()),
+            flowRepository.findDistinctNamespace(tenantId).stream()
+        ).map(NamespaceUtils::asTree).flatMap(Collection::stream).distinct().toList());
     }
 
     public void kvMigration() throws IOException {
@@ -49,7 +53,9 @@ public class MetadataMigrationService {
             .flatMap(namespacesForTenant -> namespacesForTenant.getValue().stream().map(namespace -> Map.entry(namespacesForTenant.getKey(), namespace)))
             .flatMap(throwFunction(namespaceForTenant -> {
                 InternalKVStore kvStore = new InternalKVStore(namespaceForTenant.getKey(), namespaceForTenant.getValue(), storageInterface, kvMetadataRepository);
-                List<FileAttributes> list = listAllFromStorage(storageInterface, namespaceForTenant.getKey(), namespaceForTenant.getValue());
+                List<FileAttributes> list = listAllFromStorage(storageInterface, StorageContext::kvPrefix, namespaceForTenant.getKey(), namespaceForTenant.getValue()).stream()
+                    .map(PathAndAttributes::attributes)
+                    .toList();
                 Map<Boolean, List<KVEntry>> entriesByIsExpired = list.stream()
                     .map(throwFunction(fileAttributes -> KVEntry.from(namespaceForTenant.getValue(), fileAttributes)))
                     .collect(Collectors.partitioningBy(kvEntry -> Optional.ofNullable(kvEntry.expirationDate()).map(expirationDate -> Instant.now().isAfter(expirationDate)).orElse(false)));
@@ -75,15 +81,39 @@ public class MetadataMigrationService {
             }));
     }
 
+    public void nsFilesMigration() throws IOException {
+        this.namespacesPerTenant().entrySet().stream()
+            .flatMap(namespacesForTenant -> namespacesForTenant.getValue().stream().map(namespace -> Map.entry(namespacesForTenant.getKey(), namespace)))
+            .flatMap(throwFunction(namespaceForTenant -> {
+                List<PathAndAttributes> list = listAllFromStorage(storageInterface, StorageContext::namespaceFilePrefix, namespaceForTenant.getKey(), namespaceForTenant.getValue());
+                return list.stream()
+                    .map(pathAndAttributes -> NamespaceFileMetadata.of(namespaceForTenant.getKey(), namespaceForTenant.getValue(), pathAndAttributes.path(), pathAndAttributes.attributes()));
+            }))
+            .forEach(throwConsumer(nsFileMetadata -> {
+                if (namespaceFileMetadataRepository.findByPath(nsFileMetadata.getTenantId(), nsFileMetadata.getNamespace(), nsFileMetadata.getPath()).isEmpty()) {
+                    namespaceFileMetadataRepository.save(nsFileMetadata);
+                }
+            }));
+    }
+
     public void secretMigration() throws Exception {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Secret migration is not needed in the OSS version");
     }
 
-    private static List<FileAttributes> listAllFromStorage(StorageInterface storage, String tenant, String namespace) throws IOException {
+    private static List<PathAndAttributes> listAllFromStorage(StorageInterface storage, Function<String, String> prefixFunction, String tenant, String namespace) throws IOException {
         try {
-            return storage.list(tenant, namespace, URI.create(StorageContext.KESTRA_PROTOCOL + StorageContext.kvPrefix(namespace)));
-        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+            String prefix = prefixFunction.apply(namespace);
+            if (!storage.exists(tenant, namespace, URI.create(StorageContext.KESTRA_PROTOCOL + prefix))) {
+                return Collections.emptyList();
+            }
+
+            return storage.allByPrefix(tenant, namespace, URI.create(StorageContext.KESTRA_PROTOCOL + prefix + "/"), true).stream()
+                .map(throwFunction(uri -> new PathAndAttributes(uri.getPath().substring(prefix.length()), storage.getAttributes(tenant, namespace, uri))))
+                .toList();
+        } catch (FileNotFoundException | NoSuchFileException e) {
             return Collections.emptyList();
         }
     }
+
+    public record PathAndAttributes(String path, FileAttributes attributes) {}
 }

cli/src/main/java/io/kestra/cli/commands/migrations/metadata/NsFilesMetadataMigrationCommand.java

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package io.kestra.cli.commands.migrations.metadata;
+
+import io.kestra.cli.AbstractCommand;
+import jakarta.inject.Inject;
+import jakarta.inject.Provider;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import picocli.CommandLine;
+
+@CommandLine.Command(
+    name = "nsfiles",
+    description = "populate metadata for Namespace Files"
+)
+@Slf4j
+public class NsFilesMetadataMigrationCommand extends AbstractCommand {
+    @Inject
+    private Provider<MetadataMigrationService> metadataMigrationServiceProvider;
+
+    @Override
+    public Integer call() throws Exception {
+        super.call();
+        try {
+            metadataMigrationServiceProvider.get().nsFilesMigration();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            System.err.println("❌ Namespace Files Metadata migration failed: " + e.getMessage());
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            return 1;
+        }
+        System.out.println("✅ Namespace Files Metadata migration complete.");
+        return 0;
+    }
+}

cli/src/main/java/io/kestra/cli/commands/namespaces/NamespaceCommand.java

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import io.kestra.cli.AbstractCommand;
 import io.kestra.cli.App;
 import io.kestra.cli.commands.namespaces.files.NamespaceFilesCommand;
 import io.kestra.cli.commands.namespaces.kv.KvCommand;
-import io.micronaut.configuration.picocli.PicocliRunner;
 import lombok.SneakyThrows;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import picocli.CommandLine;
@@ -25,8 +24,6 @@ public class NamespaceCommand extends AbstractCommand {
     public Integer call() throws Exception {
         super.call();
 
-        PicocliRunner.call(App.class, "namespace", "--help");
-
-        return 0;
+        return App.runCli(new String[]{"namespace", "--help"});
     }
 }

cli/src/main/java/io/kestra/cli/commands/namespaces/files/NamespaceFilesCommand.java

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package io.kestra.cli.commands.namespaces.files;
 
 import io.kestra.cli.AbstractCommand;
 import io.kestra.cli.App;
-import io.micronaut.configuration.picocli.PicocliRunner;
 import lombok.SneakyThrows;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import picocli.CommandLine;
@@ -22,8 +21,6 @@ public class NamespaceFilesCommand extends AbstractCommand {
     public Integer call() throws Exception {
         super.call();
 
-        PicocliRunner.call(App.class, "namespace", "files",  "--help");
-
-        return 0;
+        return App.runCli(new String[]{"namespace", "files",  "--help"});
     }
 }

cli/src/main/java/io/kestra/cli/commands/namespaces/kv/KvCommand.java

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package io.kestra.cli.commands.namespaces.kv;
 
 import io.kestra.cli.AbstractCommand;
 import io.kestra.cli.App;
-import io.micronaut.configuration.picocli.PicocliRunner;
 import lombok.SneakyThrows;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import picocli.CommandLine;
@@ -22,8 +21,6 @@ public class KvCommand extends AbstractCommand {
     public Integer call() throws Exception {
         super.call();
 
-        PicocliRunner.call(App.class, "namespace", "kv",  "--help");
-
-        return 0;
+        return App.runCli(new String[]{"namespace", "kv",  "--help"});
     }
 }

cli/src/main/java/io/kestra/cli/commands/plugins/PluginCommand.java

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package io.kestra.cli.commands.plugins;
 
 import io.kestra.cli.AbstractCommand;
 import io.kestra.cli.App;
-import io.micronaut.configuration.picocli.PicocliRunner;
 import lombok.SneakyThrows;
 import picocli.CommandLine.Command;
 
@@ -25,9 +24,7 @@ public class PluginCommand extends AbstractCommand {
     public Integer call() throws Exception {
         super.call();
 
-        PicocliRunner.call(App.class, "plugins", "--help");
-
-        return 0;
+        return App.runCli(new String[]{"plugins", "--help"});
     }
 
     @Override

cli/src/main/java/io/kestra/cli/commands/servers/ServerCommand.java

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package io.kestra.cli.commands.servers;
 
-import io.micronaut.configuration.picocli.PicocliRunner;
 import lombok.SneakyThrows;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import io.kestra.cli.AbstractCommand;
@@ -28,8 +27,6 @@ public class ServerCommand extends AbstractCommand {
     public Integer call() throws Exception {
         super.call();
 
-        PicocliRunner.call(App.class, "server",  "--help");
-
-        return 0;
+        return App.runCli(new String[]{"server",  "--help"});
     }
 }

cli/src/main/java/io/kestra/cli/commands/sys/SysCommand.java

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package io.kestra.cli.commands.sys;
 
 import io.kestra.cli.commands.sys.database.DatabaseCommand;
 import io.kestra.cli.commands.sys.statestore.StateStoreCommand;
-import io.micronaut.configuration.picocli.PicocliRunner;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import io.kestra.cli.AbstractCommand;
 import io.kestra.cli.App;
@@ -25,8 +24,6 @@ public class SysCommand extends AbstractCommand {
     public Integer call() throws Exception {
         super.call();
 
-        PicocliRunner.call(App.class, "sys",  "--help");
-
-        return 0;
+        return App.runCli(new String[]{"sys",  "--help"});
     }
 }

cli/src/main/java/io/kestra/cli/commands/sys/database/DatabaseCommand.java

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package io.kestra.cli.commands.sys.database;
 
 import io.kestra.cli.AbstractCommand;
 import io.kestra.cli.App;
-import io.micronaut.configuration.picocli.PicocliRunner;
 import lombok.SneakyThrows;
 import picocli.CommandLine;
 
@@ -20,8 +19,6 @@ public class DatabaseCommand extends AbstractCommand {
     public Integer call() throws Exception {
         super.call();
 
-        PicocliRunner.call(App.class, "sys", "database", "--help");
-
-        return 0;
+        return App.runCli(new String[]{"sys", "database", "--help"});
     }
 }

cli/src/main/java/io/kestra/cli/commands/sys/statestore/StateStoreCommand.java

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package io.kestra.cli.commands.sys.statestore;
 
 import io.kestra.cli.AbstractCommand;
 import io.kestra.cli.App;
-import io.micronaut.configuration.picocli.PicocliRunner;
 import lombok.SneakyThrows;
 import picocli.CommandLine;
 
@@ -20,8 +19,6 @@ public class StateStoreCommand extends AbstractCommand {
     public Integer call() throws Exception {
         super.call();
 
-        PicocliRunner.call(App.class, "sys", "state-store", "--help");
-
-        return 0;
+        return App.runCli(new String[]{"sys", "state-store", "--help"});
     }
 }

cli/src/main/java/io/kestra/cli/commands/sys/statestore/StateStoreMigrateCommand.java

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public class StateStoreMigrateCommand extends AbstractCommand {
             String taskRunValue = statesUriPart.length > 2 ? statesUriPart[1] : null;
             String stateSubName = statesUriPart[statesUriPart.length - 1];
             boolean flowScoped = flowQualifierWithStateQualifiers[0].endsWith("/" + flow.getId());
-            StateStore stateStore = new StateStore(runContext(runContextFactory, flow), false);
+            StateStore stateStore = new StateStore(runContextFactory.of(flow, Map.of()), false);
 
             try (InputStream is = storageInterface.get(flow.getTenantId(), flow.getNamespace(), stateStoreFileUri)) {
                 stateStore.putState(flowScoped, stateName, stateSubName, taskRunValue, is.readAllBytes());
@@ -70,12 +70,4 @@ public class StateStoreMigrateCommand extends AbstractCommand {
         stdOut("Successfully ran the state-store migration.");
         return 0;
     }
-
-    private RunContext runContext(RunContextFactory runContextFactory, Flow flow) {
-        Map<String, String> flowVariables = new HashMap<>();
-        flowVariables.put("tenantId", flow.getTenantId());
-        flowVariables.put("id", flow.getId());
-        flowVariables.put("namespace", flow.getNamespace());
-        return runContextFactory.of(flow, Map.of("flow", flowVariables));
-    }
 }

cli/src/main/java/io/kestra/cli/commands/templates/TemplateCommand.java

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import io.kestra.cli.AbstractCommand;
 import io.kestra.cli.App;
 import io.kestra.cli.commands.templates.namespaces.TemplateNamespaceCommand;
 import io.kestra.core.models.templates.TemplateEnabled;
-import io.micronaut.configuration.picocli.PicocliRunner;
 import lombok.SneakyThrows;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import picocli.CommandLine;
@@ -27,8 +26,6 @@ public class TemplateCommand extends AbstractCommand {
     public Integer call() throws Exception {
         super.call();
 
-        PicocliRunner.call(App.class, "template",  "--help");
-
-        return 0;
+        return App.runCli(new String[]{"template",  "--help"});
     }
 }

cli/src/main/java/io/kestra/cli/commands/templates/namespaces/TemplateNamespaceCommand.java

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package io.kestra.cli.commands.templates.namespaces;
 import io.kestra.cli.AbstractCommand;
 import io.kestra.cli.App;
 import io.kestra.core.models.templates.TemplateEnabled;
-import io.micronaut.configuration.picocli.PicocliRunner;
 import lombok.SneakyThrows;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import picocli.CommandLine;
@@ -24,8 +23,6 @@ public class TemplateNamespaceCommand extends AbstractCommand {
     public Integer call() throws Exception {
         super.call();
 
-        PicocliRunner.call(App.class, "template", "namespace", "--help");
-
-        return 0;
+        return App.runCli(new String[]{"template", "namespace", "--help"});
     }
 }

cli/src/main/java/io/kestra/cli/services/DefaultEnvironmentProvider.java

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package io.kestra.cli.services;
+
+import io.micronaut.context.env.Environment;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+public class DefaultEnvironmentProvider implements EnvironmentProvider {
+    @Override
+    public String[] getCliEnvironments(String... extraEnvironments) {
+        return Stream.concat(
+            Stream.of(Environment.CLI),
+            Arrays.stream(extraEnvironments)
+        ).toArray(String[]::new);
+    }
+}

cli/src/main/java/io/kestra/cli/services/EnvironmentProvider.java

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package io.kestra.cli.services;
+
+public interface EnvironmentProvider {
+    String[] getCliEnvironments(String... extraEnvironments);
+}

cli/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/io.kestra.cli.services.EnvironmentProvider

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+io.kestra.cli.services.DefaultEnvironmentProvider

cli/src/test/java/io/kestra/cli/AppTest.java

@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 package io.kestra.cli;
 
 import io.kestra.core.models.ServerType;
-import io.micronaut.configuration.picocli.MicronautFactory;
-import io.micronaut.configuration.picocli.PicocliRunner;
 import io.micronaut.context.ApplicationContext;
 import io.micronaut.context.env.Environment;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
-import picocli.CommandLine;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
@@ -22,11 +19,15 @@ class AppTest {
         ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
         System.setOut(new PrintStream(out));
 
-        try (ApplicationContext ctx = ApplicationContext.run(Environment.CLI, Environment.TEST)) {
-            PicocliRunner.call(App.class, ctx, "--help");
+        // No arg will print help
+        assertThat(App.runCli(new String[0])).isZero();
+        assertThat(out.toString()).contains("kestra");
 
-            assertThat(out.toString()).contains("kestra");
-        }
+        out.reset();
+
+        // Explicit help command
+        assertThat(App.runCli(new String[]{"--help"})).isZero();
+        assertThat(out.toString()).contains("kestra");
     }
 
     @ParameterizedTest
@@ -38,11 +39,12 @@ class AppTest {
         final String[] args = new String[]{"server", serverType, "--help"};
 
         try (ApplicationContext ctx = App.applicationContext(App.class, new String [] { Environment.CLI }, args)) {
-            new CommandLine(App.class, new MicronautFactory(ctx)).execute(args);
-
             assertTrue(ctx.getProperty("kestra.server-type", ServerType.class).isEmpty());
-            assertThat(out.toString()).startsWith("Usage: kestra server " + serverType);
         }
+
+        assertThat(App.runCli(args)).isZero();
+
+        assertThat(out.toString()).startsWith("Usage: kestra server " + serverType);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -52,12 +54,10 @@ class AppTest {
 
         final String[] argsWithMissingParams = new String[]{"flow", "namespace", "update"};
 
-        try (ApplicationContext ctx = App.applicationContext(App.class, new String [] { Environment.CLI }, argsWithMissingParams)) {
-            new CommandLine(App.class, new MicronautFactory(ctx)).execute(argsWithMissingParams);
+        assertThat(App.runCli(argsWithMissingParams)).isEqualTo(2);
 
-            assertThat(out.toString()).startsWith("Missing required parameters: ");
-            assertThat(out.toString()).contains("Usage: kestra flow namespace update ");
-            assertThat(out.toString()).doesNotContain("MissingParameterException: ");
-        }
+        assertThat(out.toString()).startsWith("Missing required parameters: ");
+        assertThat(out.toString()).contains("Usage: kestra flow namespace update ");
+        assertThat(out.toString()).doesNotContain("MissingParameterException: ");
     }
 }

cli/src/test/java/io/kestra/cli/commands/migrations/metadata/MetadataMigrationServiceTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package io.kestra.cli.commands.migrations.metadata;
+
+import io.kestra.core.repositories.FlowRepositoryInterface;
+import io.kestra.core.tenant.TenantService;
+import io.kestra.core.utils.NamespaceUtils;
+import io.kestra.core.utils.TestsUtils;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+public class MetadataMigrationServiceTest<T extends MetadataMigrationService> {
+    private static final String TENANT_ID = TestsUtils.randomTenant();
+
+    protected static final String SYSTEM_NAMESPACE = "my.system.namespace";
+
+    @Test
+    void namespacesPerTenant() {
+        Map<String, List<String>> expected = getNamespacesPerTenant();
+        Map<String, List<String>> result = metadataMigrationService(
+            expected
+        ).namespacesPerTenant();
+
+        assertThat(result).hasSize(expected.size());
+        expected.forEach((tenantId, namespaces) -> {
+            assertThat(result.get(tenantId)).containsExactlyInAnyOrderElementsOf(
+                Stream.concat(
+                    Stream.of(SYSTEM_NAMESPACE),
+                    namespaces.stream()
+                ).map(NamespaceUtils::asTree).flatMap(Collection::stream).distinct().toList()
+            );
+        });
+    }
+
+    protected Map<String, List<String>> getNamespacesPerTenant() {
+        return Map.of(TENANT_ID, List.of("my.first.namespace", "my.second.namespace", "another.namespace"));
+    }
+
+    protected T metadataMigrationService(Map<String, List<String>> namespacesPerTenant) {
+        FlowRepositoryInterface mockedFlowRepository = Mockito.mock(FlowRepositoryInterface.class);
+        Mockito.doAnswer((params) -> namespacesPerTenant.get(params.getArgument(0).toString())).when(mockedFlowRepository).findDistinctNamespace(Mockito.anyString());
+        NamespaceUtils namespaceUtils = Mockito.mock(NamespaceUtils.class);
+        Mockito.when(namespaceUtils.getSystemFlowNamespace()).thenReturn(SYSTEM_NAMESPACE);
+        //noinspection unchecked
+        return ((T) new MetadataMigrationService(mockedFlowRepository, new TenantService() {
+            @Override
+            public String resolveTenant() {
+                return TENANT_ID;
+            }
+        }, null, null, null, namespaceUtils));
+    }
+}

cli/src/test/java/io/kestra/cli/commands/migrations/metadata/NsFilesMetadataMigrationCommandTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+package io.kestra.cli.commands.migrations.metadata;
+
+import io.kestra.cli.App;
+import io.kestra.core.exceptions.ResourceExpiredException;
+import io.kestra.core.models.flows.Flow;
+import io.kestra.core.models.flows.GenericFlow;
+import io.kestra.core.models.kv.PersistedKvMetadata;
+import io.kestra.core.models.namespaces.files.NamespaceFileMetadata;
+import io.kestra.core.repositories.FlowRepositoryInterface;
+import io.kestra.core.repositories.KvMetadataRepositoryInterface;
+import io.kestra.core.repositories.NamespaceFileMetadataRepositoryInterface;
+import io.kestra.core.serializers.JacksonMapper;
+import io.kestra.core.storages.*;
+import io.kestra.core.storages.kv.*;
+import io.kestra.core.tenant.TenantService;
+import io.kestra.core.utils.TestsUtils;
+import io.kestra.plugin.core.log.Log;
+import io.micronaut.configuration.picocli.PicocliRunner;
+import io.micronaut.context.ApplicationContext;
+import io.micronaut.context.env.Environment;
+import io.micronaut.core.annotation.NonNull;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
+
+public class NsFilesMetadataMigrationCommandTest {
+    @Test
+    void run() throws IOException {
+        ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        System.setOut(new PrintStream(out));
+        ByteArrayOutputStream err = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        System.setErr(new PrintStream(err));
+
+        try (ApplicationContext ctx = ApplicationContext.run(Environment.CLI, Environment.TEST)) {
+            /* Initial setup:
+            * - namespace 1: my/path, value
+            * - namespace 1: another/path
+            * - namespace 2: yet/another/path
+            * - Nothing in database */
+            String namespace = TestsUtils.randomNamespace();
+            String path = "/my/path";
+            StorageInterface storage = ctx.getBean(StorageInterface.class);
+            String value = "someValue";
+            putOldNsFile(storage, namespace, path, value);
+
+            String anotherPath = "/another/path";
+            String anotherValue = "anotherValue";
+            putOldNsFile(storage, namespace, anotherPath, anotherValue);
+
+            String anotherNamespace = TestsUtils.randomNamespace();
+            String yetAnotherPath = "/yet/another/path";
+            String yetAnotherValue = "yetAnotherValue";
+            putOldNsFile(storage, anotherNamespace, yetAnotherPath, yetAnotherValue);
+
+            NamespaceFileMetadataRepositoryInterface namespaceFileMetadataRepository = ctx.getBean(NamespaceFileMetadataRepositoryInterface.class);
+            String tenantId = TenantService.MAIN_TENANT;
+            assertThat(namespaceFileMetadataRepository.findByPath(tenantId, namespace, path).isPresent()).isFalse();
+
+            /* Expected outcome from the migration command:
+            * - no namespace files has been migrated because no flow exist in the namespace so they are not picked up because we don't know they exist */
+            String[] nsFilesMetadataMigrationCommand = {
+                "migrate", "metadata", "nsfiles"
+            };
+            PicocliRunner.call(App.class, ctx, nsFilesMetadataMigrationCommand);
+
+
+            assertThat(out.toString()).contains("✅ Namespace Files Metadata migration complete.");
+            // Still it's not in the metadata repository because no flow exist to find that namespace file
+            assertThat(namespaceFileMetadataRepository.findByPath(tenantId, namespace, path).isPresent()).isFalse();
+            assertThat(namespaceFileMetadataRepository.findByPath(tenantId, namespace, anotherPath).isPresent()).isFalse();
+            assertThat(namespaceFileMetadataRepository.findByPath(tenantId, anotherNamespace, yetAnotherPath).isPresent()).isFalse();
+
+            // A flow is created from namespace 1, so the namespace files in this namespace should be migrated
+            FlowRepositoryInterface flowRepository = ctx.getBean(FlowRepositoryInterface.class);
+            flowRepository.create(GenericFlow.of(Flow.builder()
+                .tenantId(tenantId)
+                .id("a-flow")
+                .namespace(namespace)
+                .tasks(List.of(Log.builder().id("log").type(Log.class.getName()).message("logging").build()))
+                .build()));
+
+            /* We run the migration again:
+            * - namespace 1 my/path file is seen and metadata is migrated to database
+            * - namespace 1 another/path file is seen and metadata is migrated to database
+            * - namespace 2 yet/another/path is not seen because no flow exist in this namespace */
+            out.reset();
+            PicocliRunner.call(App.class, ctx, nsFilesMetadataMigrationCommand);
+
+            assertThat(out.toString()).contains("✅ Namespace Files Metadata migration complete.");
+            Optional<NamespaceFileMetadata> foundNsFile = namespaceFileMetadataRepository.findByPath(tenantId, namespace, path);
+            assertThat(foundNsFile.isPresent()).isTrue();
+            assertThat(foundNsFile.get().getVersion()).isEqualTo(1);
+            assertThat(foundNsFile.get().getSize()).isEqualTo(value.length());
+
+            Optional<NamespaceFileMetadata> anotherFoundNsFile = namespaceFileMetadataRepository.findByPath(tenantId, namespace, anotherPath);
+            assertThat(anotherFoundNsFile.isPresent()).isTrue();
+            assertThat(anotherFoundNsFile.get().getVersion()).isEqualTo(1);
+            assertThat(anotherFoundNsFile.get().getSize()).isEqualTo(anotherValue.length());
+
+            NamespaceFactory namespaceFactory = ctx.getBean(NamespaceFactory.class);
+            Namespace namespaceStorage = namespaceFactory.of(tenantId, namespace, storage);
+            FileAttributes nsFileRawMetadata = namespaceStorage.getFileMetadata(Path.of(path));
+            assertThat(nsFileRawMetadata.getSize()).isEqualTo(value.length());
+            assertThat(new String(namespaceStorage.getFileContent(Path.of(path)).readAllBytes())).isEqualTo(value);
+
+            FileAttributes anotherNsFileRawMetadata = namespaceStorage.getFileMetadata(Path.of(anotherPath));
+            assertThat(anotherNsFileRawMetadata.getSize()).isEqualTo(anotherValue.length());
+            assertThat(new String(namespaceStorage.getFileContent(Path.of(anotherPath)).readAllBytes())).isEqualTo(anotherValue);
+
+            assertThat(namespaceFileMetadataRepository.findByPath(tenantId, anotherNamespace, yetAnotherPath).isPresent()).isFalse();
+            assertThatThrownBy(() -> namespaceStorage.getFileMetadata(Path.of(yetAnotherPath))).isInstanceOf(FileNotFoundException.class);
+
+            /* We run one last time the migration without any change to verify that we don't resave an existing metadata.
+            * It covers the case where user didn't perform the migrate command yet but they played and added some KV from the UI (so those ones will already be in metadata database). */
+            out.reset();
+            PicocliRunner.call(App.class, ctx, nsFilesMetadataMigrationCommand);
+
+            assertThat(out.toString()).contains("✅ Namespace Files Metadata migration complete.");
+            foundNsFile = namespaceFileMetadataRepository.findByPath(tenantId, namespace, path);
+            assertThat(foundNsFile.get().getVersion()).isEqualTo(1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void namespaceWithoutNsFile() {
+        ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        System.setOut(new PrintStream(out));
+        ByteArrayOutputStream err = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        System.setErr(new PrintStream(err));
+
+        try (ApplicationContext ctx = ApplicationContext.run(Environment.CLI, Environment.TEST)) {
+            String tenantId = TenantService.MAIN_TENANT;
+            String namespace = TestsUtils.randomNamespace();
+
+            // A flow is created from namespace 1, so the namespace files in this namespace should be migrated
+            FlowRepositoryInterface flowRepository = ctx.getBean(FlowRepositoryInterface.class);
+            flowRepository.create(GenericFlow.of(Flow.builder()
+                .tenantId(tenantId)
+                .id("a-flow")
+                .namespace(namespace)
+                .tasks(List.of(Log.builder().id("log").type(Log.class.getName()).message("logging").build()))
+                .build()));
+
+            String[] nsFilesMetadataMigrationCommand = {
+                "migrate", "metadata", "nsfiles"
+            };
+            PicocliRunner.call(App.class, ctx, nsFilesMetadataMigrationCommand);
+
+            assertThat(out.toString()).contains("✅ Namespace Files Metadata migration complete.");
+            assertThat(err.toString()).doesNotContain("java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException");
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void putOldNsFile(StorageInterface storage, String namespace, String path, String value) throws IOException {
+        URI nsFileStorageUri = getNsFileStorageUri(namespace, path);
+        storage.put(TenantService.MAIN_TENANT, namespace, nsFileStorageUri, new StorageObject(
+            null,
+            new ByteArrayInputStream(value.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8))
+        ));
+    }
+
+    private static @NonNull URI getNsFileStorageUri(String namespace, String path) {
+        return URI.create(StorageContext.KESTRA_PROTOCOL + StorageContext.namespaceFilePrefix(namespace) + path);
+    }
+}

cli/src/test/java/io/kestra/cli/commands/sys/statestore/StateStoreMigrateCommandTest.java

@@ -55,11 +55,7 @@ class StateStoreMigrateCommandTest {
             );
             assertThat(storage.exists(tenantId, flow.getNamespace(), oldStateStoreUri)).isTrue();
 
-            RunContext runContext = ctx.getBean(RunContextFactory.class).of(flow, Map.of("flow", Map.of(
-                "tenantId", tenantId,
-                "id", flow.getId(),
-                "namespace", flow.getNamespace()
-            )));
+            RunContext runContext = ctx.getBean(RunContextFactory.class).of(flow, Map.of());
             StateStore stateStore = new StateStore(runContext, true);
             Assertions.assertThrows(MigrationRequiredException.class, () -> stateStore.getState(true, "my-state", "sub-name", "my-taskrun-value"));
 

cli/src/test/java/io/kestra/cli/services/FileChangedEventListenerTest.java

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
-import org.junitpioneer.jupiter.RetryingTest;
 
 import static io.kestra.core.utils.Rethrow.throwRunnable;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ class FileChangedEventListenerTest {
     }
 
     @FlakyTest
-    @RetryingTest(2)
+    @Test
     void test() throws IOException, TimeoutException {
         var tenant = TestsUtils.randomTenant(FileChangedEventListenerTest.class.getSimpleName(), "test");
         // remove the flow if it already exists
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ class FileChangedEventListenerTest {
     }
 
     @FlakyTest
-    @RetryingTest(2)
+    @Test
     void testWithPluginDefault() throws IOException, TimeoutException {
         var tenant = TestsUtils.randomTenant(FileChangedEventListenerTest.class.getName(), "testWithPluginDefault");
         // remove the flow if it already exists
@@ -138,4 +137,4 @@ class FileChangedEventListenerTest {
             Duration.ofSeconds(10)
         );
     }
-}
+}

cli/src/test/resources/application-test.yml

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ kestra:
   server:
     liveness:
       enabled: false
+    termination-grace-period: 5s
 micronaut:
   http:
     services:

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/contexts/KestraContext.java

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 
@@ -84,6 +85,11 @@ public abstract class KestraContext {
 
     public abstract StorageInterface getStorageInterface();
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the Micronaut active environments.
+     */
+    public abstract Set<String> getEnvironments();
+
     /**
      * Shutdowns the Kestra application.
      */
@@ -182,5 +188,10 @@ public abstract class KestraContext {
             // Lazy init of the PluginRegistry.
             return this.applicationContext.getBean(StorageInterface.class);
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public Set<String> getEnvironments() {
+            return this.applicationContext.getEnvironment().getActiveNames();
+        }
     }
 }

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/exceptions/FlowNotFoundException.java

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package io.kestra.core.exceptions;
+
+/**
+ * Exception that can be thrown when a Flow is not found.
+ */
+public class FlowNotFoundException extends NotFoundException {
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new {@link FlowNotFoundException} instance.
+     */
+    public FlowNotFoundException() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new {@link NotFoundException} instance.
+     *
+     * @param message the error message.
+     */
+    public FlowNotFoundException(final String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+}

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/exceptions/ResourceAccessDeniedException.java

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package io.kestra.core.exceptions;
+
+import java.io.Serial;
+
+public class ResourceAccessDeniedException extends KestraRuntimeException {
+    @Serial
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+    public ResourceAccessDeniedException() {
+    }
+
+    public ResourceAccessDeniedException(String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+}

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/models/HasSource.java

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.function.BiConsumer;
-import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
 import java.util.zip.ZipInputStream;
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ public interface HasSource {
 
             if (isYAML(fileName)) {
                 byte[] bytes = inputStream.readAllBytes();
-                List<String> sources = List.of(new String(bytes).split("---"));
+                List<String> sources = List.of(new String(bytes).split("(?m)^---\\s*$"));
                 for (int i = 0; i < sources.size(); i++) {
                     String source = sources.get(i);
                     reader.accept(source, String.valueOf(i));

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/models/Label.java

@@ -4,13 +4,16 @@ import io.kestra.core.utils.MapUtils;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.media.Schema;
 import jakarta.annotation.Nullable;
 import jakarta.validation.constraints.NotEmpty;
+import jakarta.validation.constraints.Pattern;
 
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 @Schema(description = "A key/value pair that can be attached to a Flow or Execution. Labels are often used to organize and categorize objects.")
-public record Label(@NotEmpty String key, @NotEmpty String value) {
+public record Label(
+        @NotEmpty @Pattern(regexp = "^[\\p{Ll}][\\p{L}0-9._-]*$", message = "Invalid label key. A valid key contains only lowercase letters numbers hyphens (-) underscores (_) or periods (.) and must begin with a lowercase letter.") String key,
+        @NotEmpty String value) {
     public static final String SYSTEM_PREFIX = "system.";
 
     // system labels

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/models/QueryFilter.java

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public record QueryFilter(
         KIND("kind") {
             @Override
             public List<Op> supportedOp() {
-                return List.of(Op.EQUALS,Op.NOT_EQUALS);
+                return List.of(Op.EQUALS,Op.NOT_EQUALS, Op.IN, Op.NOT_IN);
             }
         },
         LABELS("labels") {
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public record QueryFilter(
         FLOW_ID("flowId") {
             @Override
             public List<Op> supportedOp() {
-                return List.of(Op.EQUALS, Op.NOT_EQUALS, Op.CONTAINS, Op.STARTS_WITH, Op.ENDS_WITH, Op.REGEX);
+                return List.of(Op.EQUALS, Op.NOT_EQUALS, Op.CONTAINS, Op.STARTS_WITH, Op.ENDS_WITH, Op.REGEX, Op.IN, Op.NOT_IN, Op.PREFIX);
             }
         },
         UPDATED("updated") {
@@ -180,6 +180,24 @@ public record QueryFilter(
             public List<Op> supportedOp() {
                 return List.of(Op.EQUALS, Op.NOT_EQUALS);
             }
+        },
+        PATH("path") {
+            @Override
+            public List<Op> supportedOp() {
+                return List.of(Op.EQUALS, Op.NOT_EQUALS, Op.IN);
+            }
+        },
+        PARENT_PATH("parentPath") {
+            @Override
+            public List<Op> supportedOp() {
+                return List.of(Op.EQUALS, Op.NOT_EQUALS, Op.STARTS_WITH);
+            }
+        },
+        VERSION("version") {
+            @Override
+            public List<Op> supportedOp() {
+                return List.of(Op.EQUALS, Op.NOT_EQUALS);
+            }
         };
 
         private static final Map<String, Field> BY_VALUE = Arrays.stream(values())
@@ -208,7 +226,7 @@ public record QueryFilter(
         FLOW {
             @Override
             public List<Field> supportedField() {
-                return List.of(Field.LABELS, Field.NAMESPACE, Field.QUERY, Field.SCOPE);
+                return List.of(Field.LABELS, Field.NAMESPACE, Field.QUERY, Field.SCOPE, Field.FLOW_ID);
             }
         },
         NAMESPACE {
@@ -223,7 +241,7 @@ public record QueryFilter(
                 return List.of(
                     Field.QUERY, Field.SCOPE, Field.FLOW_ID, Field.START_DATE, Field.END_DATE,
                     Field.STATE, Field.LABELS, Field.TRIGGER_EXECUTION_ID, Field.CHILD_FILTER,
-                    Field.NAMESPACE,Field.KIND
+                    Field.NAMESPACE, Field.KIND
                 );
             }
         },
@@ -275,6 +293,19 @@ public record QueryFilter(
                     Field.UPDATED
                 );
             }
+        },
+        NAMESPACE_FILE_METADATA {
+            @Override
+            public List<Field> supportedField() {
+                return List.of(
+                    Field.QUERY,
+                    Field.NAMESPACE,
+                    Field.PATH,
+                    Field.PARENT_PATH,
+                    Field.VERSION,
+                    Field.UPDATED
+                );
+            }
         };
 
         public abstract List<Field> supportedField();

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/models/conditions/ConditionContext.java

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package io.kestra.core.models.conditions;
 import io.kestra.core.models.flows.FlowInterface;
 import lombok.*;
 import io.kestra.core.models.executions.Execution;
-import io.kestra.core.models.flows.Flow;
 import io.kestra.core.models.triggers.multipleflows.MultipleConditionStorageInterface;
 import io.kestra.core.runners.RunContext;
 

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/models/executions/Execution.java

@@ -658,18 +658,20 @@ public class Execution implements DeletedInterface, TenantInterface {
     public boolean hasFailedNoRetry(List<ResolvedTask> resolvedTasks, TaskRun parentTaskRun) {
         return this.findTaskRunByTasks(resolvedTasks, parentTaskRun)
             .stream()
-            .anyMatch(taskRun -> {
-                ResolvedTask resolvedTask = resolvedTasks.stream()
-                    .filter(t -> t.getTask().getId().equals(taskRun.getTaskId())).findFirst()
-                    .orElse(null);
-                if (resolvedTask == null) {
-                    log.warn("Can't find task for taskRun '{}' in parentTaskRun '{}'",
-                        taskRun.getId(), parentTaskRun.getId());
-                    return false;
-                }
-                return !taskRun.shouldBeRetried(resolvedTask.getTask().getRetry())
-                    && taskRun.getState().isFailed();
-            });
+            // NOTE: we check on isFailed first to avoid the costly shouldBeRetried() method
+            .anyMatch(taskRun -> taskRun.getState().isFailed() && shouldNotBeRetried(resolvedTasks, parentTaskRun, taskRun));
+    }
+
+    private static boolean shouldNotBeRetried(List<ResolvedTask> resolvedTasks, TaskRun parentTaskRun, TaskRun taskRun) {
+        ResolvedTask resolvedTask = resolvedTasks.stream()
+            .filter(t -> t.getTask().getId().equals(taskRun.getTaskId())).findFirst()
+            .orElse(null);
+        if (resolvedTask == null) {
+            log.warn("Can't find task for taskRun '{}' in parentTaskRun '{}'",
+                taskRun.getId(), parentTaskRun.getId());
+            return false;
+        }
+        return !taskRun.shouldBeRetried(resolvedTask.getTask().getRetry());
     }
 
     public boolean hasCreated() {

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/models/executions/ExecutionTrigger.java

@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 package io.kestra.core.models.executions;
 
-import io.micronaut.core.annotation.Introspected;
-import lombok.Builder;
-import lombok.Value;
 import io.kestra.core.models.tasks.Output;
 import io.kestra.core.models.triggers.AbstractTrigger;
+import io.micronaut.core.annotation.Introspected;
+import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.media.Schema;
+import jakarta.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+import lombok.Builder;
+import lombok.Value;
 
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Map;
-import jakarta.validation.constraints.NotNull;
 
 @Value
 @Builder
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ public class ExecutionTrigger {
     @NotNull
     String type;
 
+    @Schema(type = "object", additionalProperties = Schema.AdditionalPropertiesValue.TRUE)
     Map<String, Object> variables;
 
     URI logFile;

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/models/executions/LogEntry.java

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package io.kestra.core.models.executions;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
 import io.kestra.core.models.DeletedInterface;
 import io.kestra.core.models.TenantInterface;
-import io.kestra.core.models.flows.Flow;
+import io.kestra.core.models.flows.FlowInterface;
 import io.kestra.core.models.triggers.AbstractTrigger;
 import io.kestra.core.models.triggers.TriggerContext;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.Hidden;
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public class LogEntry implements DeletedInterface, TenantInterface {
             .build();
     }
 
-    public static LogEntry of(Flow flow, AbstractTrigger abstractTrigger, ExecutionKind executionKind) {
+    public static LogEntry of(FlowInterface flow, AbstractTrigger abstractTrigger) {
         return LogEntry.builder()
             .tenantId(flow.getTenantId())
             .namespace(flow.getNamespace())
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public class LogEntry implements DeletedInterface, TenantInterface {
             .build();
     }
 
-    public static LogEntry of(TriggerContext triggerContext, AbstractTrigger abstractTrigger, ExecutionKind executionKind) {
+    public static LogEntry of(TriggerContext triggerContext, AbstractTrigger abstractTrigger) {
         return LogEntry.builder()
             .tenantId(triggerContext.getTenantId())
             .namespace(triggerContext.getNamespace())

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/models/executions/TaskRun.java

@@ -314,4 +314,11 @@ public class TaskRun implements TenantInterface {
             .build();
     }
 
+    public TaskRun addAttempt(TaskRunAttempt attempt) {
+        if (this.attempts == null) {
+            this.attempts = new ArrayList<>();
+        }
+        this.attempts.add(attempt);
+        return this;
+    }
 }

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/models/flows/Concurrency.java

@@ -24,4 +24,8 @@ public class Concurrency {
     public enum Behavior {
         QUEUE, CANCEL, FAIL;
     }
+
+    public static boolean possibleTransitions(State.Type type) {
+        return type.equals(State.Type.CANCELLED) || type.equals(State.Type.FAILED);
+    }
 }

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/models/flows/Flow.java

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect.JacksonAnnotationIntrospector;
 import io.kestra.core.exceptions.InternalException;
 import io.kestra.core.models.HasUID;
 import io.kestra.core.models.annotations.PluginProperty;
+import io.kestra.core.models.flows.check.Check;
 import io.kestra.core.models.flows.sla.SLA;
 import io.kestra.core.models.listeners.Listener;
 import io.kestra.core.models.tasks.FlowableTask;
@@ -129,6 +130,14 @@ public class Flow extends AbstractFlow implements HasUID {
     @Valid
     @PluginProperty
     List<SLA> sla;
+    
+    @Schema(
+        title = "Conditions evaluated before the flow is executed.",
+        description = "A list of conditions that are evaluated before the flow is executed.  If no checks are defined, the flow executes normally."
+    )
+    @Valid
+    @PluginProperty
+    List<Check> checks;
 
     public Stream<String> allTypes() {
         return Stream.of(

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/models/flows/FlowWithSource.java

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ public class FlowWithSource extends Flow {
             .concurrency(this.concurrency)
             .retry(this.retry)
             .sla(this.sla)
+            .checks(this.checks)
             .build();
     }
 
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ public class FlowWithSource extends Flow {
             .concurrency(flow.concurrency)
             .retry(flow.retry)
             .sla(flow.sla)
+            .checks(flow.checks)
             .build();
     }
 }

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/models/flows/State.java

@@ -84,12 +84,24 @@ public class State {
         );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * non-terminated execution duration is hard to provide in SQL, so we set it to null when endDate is empty
+     */
     @JsonProperty(access = JsonProperty.Access.READ_ONLY)
-    public Duration getDuration() {
-        return Duration.between(
-            this.histories.getFirst().getDate(),
-            this.histories.size() > 1 ? this.histories.get(this.histories.size() - 1).getDate() : Instant.now()
-        );
+    @JsonInclude(JsonInclude.Include.NON_EMPTY)
+    public Optional<Duration> getDuration() {
+        if (this.getEndDate().isPresent()) {
+            return Optional.of(Duration.between(this.getStartDate(), this.getEndDate().get()));
+        } else {
+            return Optional.empty();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return either the Duration persisted in database, or calculate it on the fly for non-terminated executions
+     */
+    public Duration getDurationOrComputeIt() {
+        return this.getDuration().orElseGet(() -> Duration.between(this.getStartDate(), Instant.now()));
     }
 
     @JsonProperty(access = JsonProperty.Access.READ_ONLY)
@@ -109,7 +121,7 @@ public class State {
 
     public String humanDuration() {
         try {
-            return DurationFormatUtils.formatDurationHMS(getDuration().toMillis());
+            return DurationFormatUtils.formatDurationHMS(getDurationOrComputeIt().toMillis());
         } catch (Throwable e) {
             return getDuration().toString();
         }
@@ -255,6 +267,10 @@ public class State {
             return this == Type.RUNNING || this == Type.KILLING;
         }
 
+        public boolean onlyRunning() {
+            return this == Type.RUNNING;
+        }
+
         public boolean isFailed() {
             return this == Type.FAILED;
         }

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/models/flows/check/Check.java

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+package io.kestra.core.models.flows.check;
+
+import jakarta.validation.constraints.NotEmpty;
+import jakarta.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+import lombok.Getter;
+import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.experimental.SuperBuilder;
+
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a check within a Kestra flow.
+ * <p>
+ * A {@code Check} defines a boolean condition that is evaluated when validating flow's inputs
+ * and before triggering an execution.
+ * <p>
+ * If the condition evaluates to {@code false}, the configured {@link Behavior}
+ * determines how the execution proceeds, and the {@link Style} determines how
+ * the message is visually presented in the UI.
+ * </p>
+ */
+@SuperBuilder
+@Getter
+@NoArgsConstructor
+public class Check {
+    
+    /**
+     * The condition to evaluate.
+     */
+    @NotNull
+    @NotEmpty
+    String condition;
+    
+    /**
+     * The message associated with this check, will be displayed when the condition evaluates to {@code false}.
+     */
+    @NotEmpty
+    String message;
+    
+    /**
+     * Defines the style of the message displayed in the UI when the condition evaluates to {@code false}.
+     */
+    Style style = Style.INFO;
+    
+    /**
+     * The behavior to apply when the condition evaluates to {@code false}.
+     */
+    Behavior behavior = Behavior.BLOCK_EXECUTION;
+    
+    /**
+     * The visual style used to display the message when the check fails.
+     */
+    public enum Style {
+        /**
+         * Display the message as an error.
+         */
+        ERROR,
+        /**
+         * Display the message as a success indicator.
+         */
+        SUCCESS,
+        /**
+         * Display the message as a warning.
+         */
+        WARNING,
+        /**
+         * Display the message as informational content.
+         */
+        INFO;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Defines how the flow should behave when the condition evaluates to {@code false}.
+     */
+    public enum Behavior {
+        /**
+         * Block the creation of the execution.
+         */
+        BLOCK_EXECUTION,
+        /**
+         * Create the execution as failed.
+         */
+        FAIL_EXECUTION,
+        /**
+         * Create a new execution as a result of the check failing.
+         */
+        CREATE_EXECUTION;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Resolves the effective behavior for a list of {@link Check}s based on priority.
+     *
+     * @param checks the list of checks whose behaviors are to be evaluated
+     * @return the highest-priority behavior, or {@code CREATE_EXECUTION} if the list is empty or only contains nulls
+     */
+    public static Check.Behavior resolveBehavior(List<Check> checks) {
+        if (checks == null || checks.isEmpty()) {
+            return Behavior.CREATE_EXECUTION;
+        }
+        
+        return checks.stream()
+            .map(Check::getBehavior)
+            .filter(Objects::nonNull).min(Comparator.comparingInt(Enum::ordinal))
+            .orElse(Behavior.CREATE_EXECUTION);
+    }
+    
+}

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/models/hierarchies/SubflowGraphTask.java

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public class SubflowGraphTask extends AbstractGraphTask {
 
     public record SubflowTaskWrapper<T extends Output>(RunContext runContext, ExecutableTask<T> subflowTask) implements TaskInterface, ExecutableTask<T> {
         @Override
-        public List<SubflowExecution<?>> createSubflowExecutions(RunContext runContext, FlowMetaStoreInterface flowExecutorInterface, Flow currentFlow, Execution currentExecution, TaskRun currentTaskRun) throws InternalException {
+        public List<SubflowExecution<?>> createSubflowExecutions(RunContext runContext, FlowMetaStoreInterface flowExecutorInterface, FlowInterface currentFlow, Execution currentExecution, TaskRun currentTaskRun) throws InternalException {
             return subflowTask.createSubflowExecutions(runContext, flowExecutorInterface, currentFlow, currentExecution, currentTaskRun);
         }
 

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/models/kv/PersistedKvMetadata.java

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import java.util.Optional;
 @Slf4j
 @Getter
 @FieldDefaults(makeFinal = true, level = AccessLevel.PRIVATE)
-@AllArgsConstructor
 @ToString
 @EqualsAndHashCode
 public class PersistedKvMetadata implements DeletedInterface, TenantInterface, HasUID {
@@ -54,6 +53,19 @@ public class PersistedKvMetadata implements DeletedInterface, TenantInterface, H
 
     private boolean deleted;
 
+    public PersistedKvMetadata(String tenantId, String namespace, String name, String description, Integer version, boolean last, @Nullable Instant expirationDate, @Nullable Instant created, @Nullable Instant updated, boolean deleted) {
+        this.tenantId = tenantId;
+        this.namespace = namespace;
+        this.name = name;
+        this.description = description;
+        this.version = version;
+        this.last = last;
+        this.expirationDate = expirationDate;
+        this.created = Optional.ofNullable(created).orElse(Instant.now());
+        this.updated = updated;
+        this.deleted = deleted;
+    }
+
     public static PersistedKvMetadata from(String tenantId, KVEntry kvEntry) {
         return PersistedKvMetadata.builder()
             .tenantId(tenantId)
@@ -68,12 +80,15 @@ public class PersistedKvMetadata implements DeletedInterface, TenantInterface, H
     }
 
     public PersistedKvMetadata asLast() {
-        Instant saveDate = Instant.now();
-        return this.toBuilder().created(Optional.ofNullable(this.created).orElse(saveDate)).updated(saveDate).last(true).build();
+        return this.toBuilder().updated(Instant.now()).last(true).build();
+    }
+
+    public PersistedKvMetadata toDeleted() {
+        return this.toBuilder().updated(Instant.now()).deleted(true).build();
     }
 
     @Override
     public String uid() {
-        return IdUtils.fromParts(getTenantId(), getNamespace(), getName(), getVersion().toString());
+        return IdUtils.fromParts(getTenantId(), getNamespace(), getName(), String.valueOf(getVersion()));
     }
 }

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/models/namespaces/files/NamespaceFileMetadata.java

@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+package io.kestra.core.models.namespaces.files;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonCreator;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
+import io.kestra.core.models.DeletedInterface;
+import io.kestra.core.models.HasUID;
+import io.kestra.core.models.TenantInterface;
+import io.kestra.core.storages.FileAttributes;
+import io.kestra.core.storages.NamespaceFile;
+import io.kestra.core.utils.IdUtils;
+import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.Hidden;
+import jakarta.annotation.Nullable;
+import jakarta.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+import jakarta.validation.constraints.Pattern;
+import lombok.*;
+import lombok.experimental.FieldDefaults;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+import java.time.Instant;
+
+@Builder(toBuilder = true)
+@Slf4j
+@Getter
+@FieldDefaults(makeFinal = true, level = AccessLevel.PRIVATE)
+@ToString
+@EqualsAndHashCode
+public class NamespaceFileMetadata implements DeletedInterface, TenantInterface, HasUID {
+    @With
+    @Hidden
+    @Pattern(regexp = "^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9_-]*")
+    private String tenantId;
+
+    @NotNull
+    private String namespace;
+
+    @NotNull
+    private String path;
+
+    private String parentPath;
+
+    @NotNull
+    private Integer version;
+
+    @Builder.Default
+    private boolean last = true;
+
+    @NotNull
+    private Long size;
+
+    @Builder.Default
+    private Instant created = Instant.now();
+
+    @Nullable
+    private Instant updated;
+
+    private boolean deleted;
+
+    @JsonCreator
+    public NamespaceFileMetadata(String tenantId, String namespace, String path, String parentPath, Integer version, boolean last, Long size, Instant created, @Nullable Instant updated, boolean deleted) {
+        this.tenantId = tenantId;
+        this.namespace = namespace;
+        this.path = path;
+        this.parentPath = parentPath(path);
+        this.version = version;
+        this.last = last;
+        this.size = size;
+        this.created = created;
+        this.updated = updated;
+        this.deleted = deleted;
+    }
+
+    public static String path(String path, boolean trailingSlash) {
+        if (trailingSlash && !path.endsWith("/")) {
+            return path + "/";
+        } else if (!trailingSlash && path.endsWith("/")) {
+            return path.substring(0, path.length() - 1);
+        }
+        return path;
+    }
+
+    public String path(boolean trailingSlash) {
+        return path(this.path, trailingSlash);
+    }
+
+    public static String parentPath(String path) {
+        String withoutTrailingSlash = path.endsWith("/") ? path.substring(0, path.length() - 1) : path;
+        // The parent path can't be set, it's always computed
+        return withoutTrailingSlash.contains("/") ?
+            withoutTrailingSlash.substring(0, withoutTrailingSlash.lastIndexOf("/") + 1) :
+            null;
+    }
+
+    public static NamespaceFileMetadata of(String tenantId, NamespaceFile namespaceFile) {
+        return NamespaceFileMetadata.builder()
+            .tenantId(tenantId)
+            .namespace(namespaceFile.namespace())
+            .path(namespaceFile.path(true).toString())
+            .version(namespaceFile.version())
+            .build();
+    }
+
+    public static NamespaceFileMetadata of(String tenantId, String namespace, String path, FileAttributes fileAttributes) {
+        return NamespaceFileMetadata.builder()
+            .tenantId(tenantId)
+            .namespace(namespace)
+            .path(path)
+            .created(Instant.ofEpochMilli(fileAttributes.getCreationTime()))
+            .updated(Instant.ofEpochMilli(fileAttributes.getLastModifiedTime()))
+            .size(fileAttributes.getSize())
+            .version(1)
+            .build();
+    }
+
+    public NamespaceFileMetadata asLast() {
+        Instant saveDate = Instant.now();
+        return this.toBuilder().updated(saveDate).last(true).build();
+    }
+
+    public NamespaceFileMetadata toDeleted() {
+        return this.toBuilder().deleted(true).updated(Instant.now()).build();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String uid() {
+        return IdUtils.fromParts(getTenantId(), getNamespace(), getPath(), String.valueOf(getVersion()));
+    }
+
+    @JsonIgnore
+    public boolean isDirectory() {
+        return this.path.endsWith("/");
+    }
+}

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/models/property/Property.java

@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ import static io.kestra.core.utils.Rethrow.throwFunction;
 @JsonDeserialize(using = Property.PropertyDeserializer.class)
 @JsonSerialize(using = Property.PropertySerializer.class)
 @Builder
-@NoArgsConstructor
 @AllArgsConstructor(access = AccessLevel.PACKAGE)
 @Schema(
     oneOf = {
@@ -51,6 +50,7 @@ public class Property<T> {
         .copy()
         .configure(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DURATIONS_AS_TIMESTAMPS, false);
 
+    private final boolean skipCache;
     private String expression;
     private T value;
 
@@ -60,13 +60,23 @@ public class Property<T> {
     @Deprecated
     // Note: when not used, this constructor would not be deleted but made private so it can only be used by ofExpression(String) and the deserializer
     public Property(String expression) {
-        this.expression = expression;
+        this(expression, false);
     }
 
+    private Property(String expression, boolean skipCache) {
+        this.expression = expression;
+        this.skipCache = skipCache;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @deprecated use {@link #ofValue(Object)} instead.
+     */
     @VisibleForTesting
+    @Deprecated
     public Property(Map<?, ?> map) {
         try {
             expression = MAPPER.writeValueAsString(map);
+            this.skipCache = false;
         } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
         }
@@ -79,14 +89,11 @@ public class Property<T> {
     /**
      * Returns a new {@link Property} with no cached rendered value,
      * so that the next render will evaluate its original Pebble expression.
-     * <p>
-     * The returned property will still cache its rendered result.
-     * To re-evaluate on a subsequent render, call {@code skipCache()} again.
      *
      * @return a new {@link Property} without a pre-rendered value
      */
     public Property<T> skipCache() {
-        return Property.ofExpression(expression);
+        return new Property<>(expression, true);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -133,6 +140,7 @@ public class Property<T> {
 
     /**
      * Build a new Property object with a Pebble expression.<br>
+     * This property object will not cache its rendered value.
      * <p>
      * Use {@link #ofValue(Object)} to build a property with a value instead.
      */
@@ -142,11 +150,11 @@ public class Property<T> {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("'expression' must be a valid Pebble expression");
         }
 
-        return new Property<>(expression);
+        return new Property<>(expression, true);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Render a property then convert it to its target type.<br>
+     * Render a property, then convert it to its target type.<br>
      * <p>
      * This method is designed to be used only by the {@link io.kestra.core.runners.RunContextProperty}.
      *
@@ -164,7 +172,7 @@ public class Property<T> {
      * @see io.kestra.core.runners.RunContextProperty#as(Class, Map)
      */
     public static <T> T as(Property<T> property, PropertyContext context, Class<T> clazz, Map<String, Object> variables) throws IllegalVariableEvaluationException {
-        if (property.value == null) {
+        if (property.skipCache || property.value == null) {
             String rendered = context.render(property.expression, variables);
             property.value = MAPPER.convertValue(rendered, clazz);
         }
@@ -192,7 +200,7 @@ public class Property<T> {
      */
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     public static <T, I> T asList(Property<T> property, PropertyContext context, Class<I> itemClazz, Map<String, Object> variables) throws IllegalVariableEvaluationException {
-        if (property.value == null) {
+        if (property.skipCache || property.value == null) {
             JavaType type = MAPPER.getTypeFactory().constructCollectionLikeType(List.class, itemClazz);
             try {
                 String trimmedExpression = property.expression.trim();
@@ -244,7 +252,7 @@ public class Property<T> {
      */
     @SuppressWarnings({"rawtypes", "unchecked"})
     public static <T, K, V> T asMap(Property<T> property, RunContext runContext, Class<K> keyClass, Class<V> valueClass, Map<String, Object> variables) throws IllegalVariableEvaluationException {
-        if (property.value == null) {
+        if (property.skipCache || property.value == null) {
             JavaType targetMapType = MAPPER.getTypeFactory().constructMapType(Map.class, keyClass, valueClass);
 
             try {

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/models/tasks/ExecutableTask.java

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public interface ExecutableTask<T extends Output>{
      */
     List<SubflowExecution<?>> createSubflowExecutions(RunContext runContext,
                                                       FlowMetaStoreInterface flowExecutorInterface,
-                                                      Flow currentFlow, Execution currentExecution,
+                                                      FlowInterface currentFlow, Execution currentExecution,
                                                       TaskRun currentTaskRun) throws InternalException;
 
     /**

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/models/tasks/runners/PluginUtilsService.java

@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
 import io.kestra.core.exceptions.IllegalVariableEvaluationException;
 import io.kestra.core.models.tasks.runners.TaskLogLineMatcher.TaskLogMatch;
-import io.kestra.core.runners.DefaultRunContext;
 import io.kestra.core.runners.RunContext;
 import io.kestra.core.serializers.JacksonMapper;
-import io.kestra.core.services.FlowService;
 import jakarta.validation.constraints.NotNull;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -38,6 +36,7 @@ import static io.kestra.core.utils.Rethrow.throwConsumer;
 abstract public class PluginUtilsService {
 
     private static final TypeReference<Map<String, String>> MAP_TYPE_REFERENCE = new TypeReference<>() {};
+    private static final TaskLogLineMatcher LOG_LINE_MATCHER = new TaskLogLineMatcher();
 
     public static Map<String, String> createOutputFiles(
         Path tempDirectory,
@@ -170,12 +169,9 @@ abstract public class PluginUtilsService {
     }
 
     public static Map<String, Object> parseOut(String line, Logger logger, RunContext runContext, boolean isStdErr, Instant customInstant) {
-
-        TaskLogLineMatcher logLineMatcher = ((DefaultRunContext) runContext).getApplicationContext().getBean(TaskLogLineMatcher.class);
-
         Map<String, Object> outputs = new HashMap<>();
         try {
-            Optional<TaskLogMatch> matches = logLineMatcher.matches(line, logger, runContext, customInstant);
+            Optional<TaskLogMatch> matches = LOG_LINE_MATCHER.matches(line, logger, runContext, customInstant);
             if (matches.isPresent()) {
                 TaskLogMatch taskLogMatch = matches.get();
                 outputs.putAll(taskLogMatch.outputs());
@@ -215,8 +211,7 @@ abstract public class PluginUtilsService {
                 realNamespace = runContext.render(namespace);
                 realFlowId = runContext.render(flowId);
                 // validate that the flow exists: a.k.a access is authorized by this namespace
-                FlowService flowService = ((DefaultRunContext)runContext).getApplicationContext().getBean(FlowService.class);
-                flowService.checkAllowedNamespace(flowInfo.tenantId(), realNamespace, flowInfo.tenantId(), flowInfo.namespace());
+                runContext.acl().allowNamespace(realNamespace).check();
             } else if (namespace != null || flowId != null) {
                 throw new IllegalArgumentException("Both `namespace` and `flowId` must be set when `executionId` is set.");
             } else {

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/models/tasks/runners/TaskLogLineMatcher.java

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import static io.kestra.core.runners.RunContextLogger.ORIGINAL_TIMESTAMP_KEY;
  * ::{"outputs":{"key":"value"}}::
  * }</pre>
  */
-@Singleton
 public class TaskLogLineMatcher {
 
     protected static final Pattern LOG_DATA_SYNTAX = Pattern.compile("^::(\\{.*})::$");
@@ -108,4 +107,4 @@ public class TaskLogLineMatcher {
         String message
     ) {
     }
-}
+}

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/models/triggers/Trigger.java

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public class Trigger extends TriggerContext implements HasUID {
         );
     }
 
-    public static String uid(Flow flow, AbstractTrigger abstractTrigger) {
+    public static String uid(FlowInterface flow, AbstractTrigger abstractTrigger) {
         return IdUtils.fromParts(
             flow.getTenantId(),
             flow.getNamespace(),

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/models/triggers/multipleflows/MultipleConditionWindow.java

@@ -2,14 +2,12 @@ package io.kestra.core.models.triggers.multipleflows;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
 import io.kestra.core.models.HasUID;
-import io.kestra.core.models.flows.Flow;
 import io.kestra.core.models.flows.FlowId;
 import io.kestra.core.utils.IdUtils;
 import lombok.Builder;
 import lombok.Value;
 
 import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
-import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/reporter/reports/FeatureUsageReport.java

@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ import java.util.Objects;
 
 @Singleton
 public class FeatureUsageReport extends AbstractReportable<FeatureUsageReport.UsageEvent> {
-    
+
     private final FlowRepositoryInterface flowRepository;
     private final ExecutionRepositoryInterface executionRepository;
     private final DashboardRepositoryInterface dashboardRepository;
     private final boolean enabled;
-    
+
     @Inject
     public FeatureUsageReport(FlowRepositoryInterface flowRepository,
                               ExecutionRepositoryInterface executionRepository,
@@ -37,26 +37,26 @@ public class FeatureUsageReport extends AbstractReportable<FeatureUsageReport.Us
         this.flowRepository = flowRepository;
         this.executionRepository = executionRepository;
         this.dashboardRepository = dashboardRepository;
-        
+
         ServerType serverType = KestraContext.getContext().getServerType();
         this.enabled = ServerType.EXECUTOR.equals(serverType) || ServerType.STANDALONE.equals(serverType);
     }
-    
+
     @Override
     public UsageEvent report(final Instant now, TimeInterval interval) {
         return UsageEvent
             .builder()
             .flows(FlowUsage.of(flowRepository))
             .executions(ExecutionUsage.of(executionRepository, interval.from(), interval.to()))
-            .dashboards(new Count(dashboardRepository.count()))
+            .dashboards(new Count(dashboardRepository.countAllForAllTenants()))
             .build();
     }
-    
+
     @Override
     public boolean isEnabled() {
         return enabled;
     }
-    
+
     @Override
     public UsageEvent report(Instant now, TimeInterval interval, String tenant) {
         Objects.requireNonNull(tenant, "tenant is null");
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class FeatureUsageReport extends AbstractReportable<FeatureUsageReport.Us
             .executions(ExecutionUsage.of(tenant, executionRepository, interval.from(), interval.to()))
             .build();
     }
-    
+
     @SuperBuilder(toBuilder = true)
     @Getter
     @Jacksonized

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/repositories/DashboardRepositoryInterface.java

@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
 public interface DashboardRepositoryInterface {
-    
+
     /**
      * Gets the total number of Dashboards.
      *
      * @return the total number.
      */
-    long count();
-    
+    long countAllForAllTenants();
+
     Boolean isEnabled();
 
     Optional<Dashboard> get(String tenantId, String id);

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/repositories/ExecutionRepositoryInterface.java

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package io.kestra.core.repositories;
 
 import io.kestra.core.models.QueryFilter;
 import io.kestra.core.models.executions.Execution;
-import io.kestra.core.models.executions.TaskRun;
 import io.kestra.core.models.executions.statistics.DailyExecutionStatistics;
 import io.kestra.core.models.executions.statistics.ExecutionCount;
 import io.kestra.core.models.executions.statistics.Flow;
@@ -94,6 +93,8 @@ public interface ExecutionRepositoryInterface extends SaveRepositoryInterface<Ex
 
     Flux<Execution> findAllAsync(@Nullable String tenantId);
 
+    Flux<Execution> findAsync(String tenantId, List<QueryFilter> filters);
+
     Execution delete(Execution execution);
 
     Integer purge(Execution execution);

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/repositories/FlowRepositoryInterface.java

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import io.kestra.plugin.core.dashboard.data.Flows;
 import io.micronaut.data.model.Pageable;
 import jakarta.annotation.Nullable;
 import jakarta.validation.ConstraintViolationException;
+import reactor.core.publisher.Flux;
 
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
@@ -158,6 +159,8 @@ public interface FlowRepositoryInterface extends QueryBuilderInterface<Flows.Fie
             .toList();
     }
 
+    Flux<Flow> findAsync(String tenantId, List<QueryFilter> filters);
+
     FlowWithSource create(GenericFlow flow);
 
     FlowWithSource update(GenericFlow flow, FlowInterface previous) throws ConstraintViolationException;

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/repositories/NamespaceFileMetadataRepositoryInterface.java

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package io.kestra.core.repositories;
+
+import io.kestra.core.models.FetchVersion;
+import io.kestra.core.models.QueryFilter;
+import io.kestra.core.models.namespaces.files.NamespaceFileMetadata;
+import io.micronaut.data.model.Pageable;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+public interface NamespaceFileMetadataRepositoryInterface extends SaveRepositoryInterface<NamespaceFileMetadata> {
+    Optional<NamespaceFileMetadata> findByPath(
+        String tenantId,
+        String namespace,
+        String path
+    ) throws IOException;
+
+    default ArrayListTotal<NamespaceFileMetadata> find(
+        Pageable pageable,
+        String tenantId,
+        List<QueryFilter> filters,
+        boolean allowDeleted
+    ) {
+        return this.find(pageable, tenantId, filters, allowDeleted, FetchVersion.LATEST);
+    }
+
+    ArrayListTotal<NamespaceFileMetadata> find(
+        Pageable pageable,
+        String tenantId,
+        List<QueryFilter> filters,
+        boolean allowDeleted,
+        FetchVersion fetchBehavior
+    );
+
+    default NamespaceFileMetadata delete(NamespaceFileMetadata namespaceFileMetadata) throws IOException {
+        return this.save(namespaceFileMetadata.toBuilder().deleted(true).build());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Purge (hard delete) a list of namespace files metadata. If no version is specified, all versions are purged.
+     * @param namespaceFilesMetadata the list of namespace files metadata to purge
+     * @return the number of purged namespace files metadata
+     */
+    Integer purge(List<NamespaceFileMetadata> namespaceFilesMetadata);
+}

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/repositories/TriggerRepositoryInterface.java

@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ public interface TriggerRepositoryInterface extends QueryBuilderInterface<Trigge
      * @param tenantId the tenant of the triggers
      * @return The count.
      */
-    int count(@Nullable String tenantId);
+    long countAll(@Nullable String tenantId);
 
     /**
      * Find all triggers that match the query, return a flux of triggers
-     * as the search is not paginated
      */
-    Flux<Trigger> find(String tenantId, List<QueryFilter> filters);
+    Flux<Trigger> findAsync(String tenantId, List<QueryFilter> filters);
+
 
     default Function<String, String> sortMapping() throws IllegalArgumentException {
         return Function.identity();

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/AclChecker.java

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package io.kestra.core.runners;
+
+import javax.annotation.CheckReturnValue;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Check if the current taskrun has access to the requested resources.
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * IMPORTANT: remember to call the <code>check()</code> method to check the ACL.
+ *
+ * @see AllowedResources
+ */
+public interface AclChecker {
+
+    /**Tasks that need to access resources outside their namespace should use this interface to check ACL (Allowed namespaces in EE).
+     * Allow all namespaces.
+     * <p>
+     * IMPORTANT: remember to call the <code>check()</code> method to check the ACL.
+     */
+    @CheckReturnValue
+    AllowedResources allowAllNamespaces();
+
+    /**
+     * Allow only the given namespace.
+     * <p>
+     * IMPORTANT: remember to call the <code>check()</code> method to check the ACL.
+     */
+    @CheckReturnValue
+    AllowedResources allowNamespace(String namespace);
+
+    /**
+     * Allow only the given namespaces.
+     * <p>
+     * IMPORTANT: remember to call the <code>check()</code> method to check the ACL.
+     */
+    @CheckReturnValue
+    AllowedResources allowNamespaces(List<String> namespaces);
+
+    /**
+     * Represents a set of allowed resources.
+     * Tasks that need to access resources outside their namespace should call the <code>check()</code> method to check the ACL (Allowed namespaces in EE).
+     */
+    interface AllowedResources {
+        /**
+         * Check if the current taskrun has access to the requested resources.
+         */
+        void check();
+    }
+}

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/AclCheckerImpl.java

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+package io.kestra.core.runners;
+
+import io.kestra.core.services.NamespaceService;
+import io.micronaut.context.ApplicationContext;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+class AclCheckerImpl implements AclChecker {
+    private final NamespaceService namespaceService;
+    private final RunContext.FlowInfo flowInfo;
+
+    AclCheckerImpl(ApplicationContext applicationContext, RunContext.FlowInfo flowInfo) {
+        this.namespaceService = applicationContext.getBean(NamespaceService.class);
+        this.flowInfo = flowInfo;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public AllowedResources allowAllNamespaces() {
+        return new AllowAllNamespaces(flowInfo, namespaceService);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public AllowedResources allowNamespace(String namespace) {
+        return new AllowNamespace(flowInfo, namespaceService, namespace);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public AllowedResources allowNamespaces(List<String> namespaces) {
+        return new AllowNamespaces(flowInfo, namespaceService, namespaces);
+    }
+
+
+    static class AllowAllNamespaces implements AllowedResources {
+        private final RunContext.FlowInfo flowInfo;
+        private final NamespaceService namespaceService;
+
+        AllowAllNamespaces(RunContext.FlowInfo flowInfo, NamespaceService namespaceService) {
+            this.flowInfo = Objects.requireNonNull(flowInfo);
+            this.namespaceService = Objects.requireNonNull(namespaceService);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void check() {
+            this.namespaceService.checkAllowedAllNamespaces(flowInfo.tenantId(), flowInfo.tenantId(), flowInfo.namespace());
+        }
+    }
+
+    static class AllowNamespace implements AllowedResources {
+        private final RunContext.FlowInfo flowInfo;
+        private final NamespaceService namespaceService;
+        private final String namespace;
+
+        public AllowNamespace(RunContext.FlowInfo flowInfo, NamespaceService namespaceService, String namespace) {
+            this.flowInfo = Objects.requireNonNull(flowInfo);
+            this.namespaceService = Objects.requireNonNull(namespaceService);
+            this.namespace = Objects.requireNonNull(namespace);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void check() {
+            namespaceService.checkAllowedNamespace(flowInfo.tenantId(), namespace, flowInfo.tenantId(), flowInfo.namespace());
+        }
+    }
+
+    static class AllowNamespaces implements AllowedResources {
+        private final RunContext.FlowInfo flowInfo;
+        private final NamespaceService namespaceService;
+        private final List<String> namespaces;
+
+        AllowNamespaces(RunContext.FlowInfo flowInfo, NamespaceService namespaceService, List<String> namespaces) {
+            this.flowInfo = Objects.requireNonNull(flowInfo);
+            this.namespaceService = Objects.requireNonNull(namespaceService);
+            this.namespaces = Objects.requireNonNull(namespaces);
+
+            if (namespaces.isEmpty()) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("At least one namespace must be provided");
+            }
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void check() {
+            namespaces.forEach(namespace -> namespaceService.checkAllowedNamespace(flowInfo.tenantId(), namespace, flowInfo.tenantId(), flowInfo.namespace()));
+        }
+    }
+}

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/DefaultRunContext.java

@@ -123,7 +123,12 @@ public class DefaultRunContext extends RunContext {
         this.traceParent = traceParent;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated Plugin should not use the ApplicationContext anymore, and neither should they cast to this implementation.
+     *             Plugin should instead rely on supported API only.
+     */
     @JsonIgnore
+    @Deprecated(since = "1.2.0", forRemoval = true)
     public ApplicationContext getApplicationContext() {
         return applicationContext;
     }
@@ -574,6 +579,11 @@ public class DefaultRunContext extends RunContext {
         return isInitialized.get();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public AclChecker acl() {
+        return new AclCheckerImpl(this.applicationContext, flowInfo());
+    }
+
     @Override
     public LocalPath localPath() {
         return localPath;

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/ExecutableUtils.java

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import org.apache.commons.lang3.stream.Streams;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
 import java.util.*;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import static io.kestra.core.trace.Tracer.throwCallable;
 import static io.kestra.core.utils.Rethrow.throwConsumer;
@@ -54,12 +53,10 @@ public final class ExecutableUtils {
     }
 
     public static SubflowExecutionResult subflowExecutionResult(TaskRun parentTaskrun, Execution execution) {
-        List<TaskRunAttempt> attempts = parentTaskrun.getAttempts() == null ? new ArrayList<>() : new ArrayList<>(parentTaskrun.getAttempts());
-        attempts.add(TaskRunAttempt.builder().state(parentTaskrun.getState()).build());
         return SubflowExecutionResult.builder()
             .executionId(execution.getId())
             .state(parentTaskrun.getState().getCurrent())
-            .parentTaskRun(parentTaskrun.withAttempts(attempts))
+            .parentTaskRun(parentTaskrun.addAttempt(TaskRunAttempt.builder().state(parentTaskrun.getState()).build()))
             .build();
     }
 
@@ -67,7 +64,7 @@ public final class ExecutableUtils {
         RunContext runContext,
         FlowMetaStoreInterface flowExecutorInterface,
         Execution currentExecution,
-        Flow currentFlow,
+        FlowInterface currentFlow,
         T currentTask,
         TaskRun currentTaskRun,
         Map<String, Object> inputs,

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/FlowInputOutput.java

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import io.kestra.core.exceptions.KestraRuntimeException;
 import io.kestra.core.models.executions.Execution;
 import io.kestra.core.models.flows.Data;
 import io.kestra.core.models.flows.DependsOn;
-import io.kestra.core.models.flows.Flow;
 import io.kestra.core.models.flows.FlowInterface;
 import io.kestra.core.models.flows.Input;
 import io.kestra.core.models.flows.Output;
@@ -64,11 +63,11 @@ import static io.kestra.core.utils.Rethrow.throwFunction;
 public class FlowInputOutput {
     private static final Pattern URI_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("^[a-z]+:\\/\\/(?:www\\.)?[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%._\\+~#=]{1,256}\\.[a-zA-Z0-9()]{1,6}\\b(?:[-a-zA-Z0-9()@:%_\\+.~#?&\\/=]*)$");
     private static final ObjectMapper YAML_MAPPER = JacksonMapper.ofYaml();
-    
+
     private final StorageInterface storageInterface;
     private final Optional<String> secretKey;
     private final RunContextFactory runContextFactory;
-    
+
     @Inject
     public FlowInputOutput(
         StorageInterface storageInterface,
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ public class FlowInputOutput {
         this.runContextFactory = runContextFactory;
         this.secretKey = Optional.ofNullable(secretKey);
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Validate all the inputs of a given execution of a flow.
      *
@@ -89,15 +88,15 @@ public class FlowInputOutput {
      * @return The list of {@link InputAndValue}.
      */
     public Mono<List<InputAndValue>> validateExecutionInputs(final List<Input<?>> inputs,
-                                                             final Flow flow,
+                                                             final FlowInterface flow,
                                                              final Execution execution,
                                                              final Publisher<CompletedPart> data) {
         if (ListUtils.isEmpty(inputs)) return Mono.just(Collections.emptyList());
-        
+
         return readData(inputs, execution, data, false)
             .map(inputData -> resolveInputs(inputs, flow, execution, inputData, false));
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Reads all the inputs of a given execution of a flow.
      *
@@ -111,7 +110,7 @@ public class FlowInputOutput {
                                                          final Publisher<CompletedPart> data) {
         return this.readExecutionInputs(flow.getInputs(), flow, execution, data);
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Reads all the inputs of a given execution of a flow.
      *
@@ -126,7 +125,7 @@ public class FlowInputOutput {
                                                          final Publisher<CompletedPart> data) {
         return readData(inputs, execution, data, true).map(inputData -> this.readExecutionInputs(inputs, flow, execution, inputData));
     }
-    
+
     private Mono<Map<String, Object>> readData(List<Input<?>> inputs, Execution execution, Publisher<CompletedPart> data, boolean uploadFiles) {
         return Flux.from(data)
             .publishOn(Schedulers.boundedElastic())
@@ -159,11 +158,7 @@ public class FlowInputOutput {
                             File tempFile = File.createTempFile(prefix, fileExtension);
                             try (var inputStream = fileUpload.getInputStream();
                                  var outputStream = new FileOutputStream(tempFile)) {
-                                long transferredBytes = inputStream.transferTo(outputStream);
-                                if (transferredBytes == 0) {
-                                    sink.error(new KestraRuntimeException("Can't upload file: " + fileUpload.getFilename()));
-                                    return;
-                                }
+                                inputStream.transferTo(outputStream);
                                 URI from = storageInterface.from(execution, inputId, fileName, tempFile);
                                 sink.next(Map.entry(inputId, from.toString()));
                             } finally {
@@ -235,7 +230,7 @@ public class FlowInputOutput {
         }
         return MapUtils.flattenToNestedMap(resolved);
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * Utility method for retrieving types inputs.
      *
@@ -252,7 +247,7 @@ public class FlowInputOutput {
     ) {
         return resolveInputs(inputs, flow, execution, data, true);
     }
-    
+
     public List<InputAndValue> resolveInputs(
         final List<Input<?>> inputs,
         final FlowInterface flow,
@@ -325,7 +320,7 @@ public class FlowInputOutput {
                 }
             });
             resolvable.setInput(input);
-            
+
             Object value = resolvable.get().value();
 
             // resolve default if needed
@@ -383,11 +378,11 @@ public class FlowInputOutput {
 
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     private static <T> Object resolveDefaultPropertyAs(Input<?> input, PropertyContext renderer, Class<T> clazz) throws IllegalVariableEvaluationException {
-        return Property.as((Property<T>) input.getDefaults(), renderer, clazz);
+        return Property.as((Property<T>) input.getDefaults().skipCache(), renderer, clazz);
     }
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     private static <T> Object resolveDefaultPropertyAsList(Input<?> input, PropertyContext renderer, Class<T> clazz) throws IllegalVariableEvaluationException {
-        return Property.asList((Property<List<T>>) input.getDefaults(), renderer, clazz);
+        return Property.asList((Property<List<T>>) input.getDefaults().skipCache(), renderer, clazz);
     }
 
     private RunContext buildRunContextForExecutionAndInputs(final FlowInterface flow, final Execution execution, Map<String, InputAndValue> dependencies, final boolean decryptSecrets) {
@@ -503,8 +498,8 @@ public class FlowInputOutput {
                         yield storageInterface.from(execution, id, current.toString().substring(current.toString().lastIndexOf("/") + 1), new File(current.toString()));
                     }
                 }
-                case JSON -> JacksonMapper.toObject(current.toString());
-                case YAML -> YAML_MAPPER.readValue(current.toString(), JacksonMapper.OBJECT_TYPE_REFERENCE);
+                case JSON -> (current instanceof Map || current instanceof Collection<?>) ? current :  JacksonMapper.toObject(current.toString());
+                case YAML -> (current instanceof Map || current instanceof Collection<?>) ? current : YAML_MAPPER.readValue(current.toString(), JacksonMapper.OBJECT_TYPE_REFERENCE);
                 case URI -> {
                     Matcher matcher = URI_PATTERN.matcher(current.toString());
                     if (matcher.matches()) {

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/FlowableUtils.java

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import io.kestra.core.models.flows.State;
 import io.kestra.core.models.tasks.ResolvedTask;
 import io.kestra.core.models.tasks.Task;
 import io.kestra.core.serializers.JacksonMapper;
+import io.kestra.core.utils.ListUtils;
 import io.kestra.plugin.core.flow.Dag;
 
 import java.util.*;
@@ -143,6 +144,13 @@ public class FlowableUtils {
             return Collections.emptyList();
         }
 
+        // have submitted, leave
+        Optional<TaskRun> lastSubmitted = execution.findLastSubmitted(taskRuns);
+        if (lastSubmitted.isPresent()) {
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+        }
+
+
         // last success, find next
         Optional<TaskRun> lastTerminated = execution.findLastTerminated(taskRuns);
         if (lastTerminated.isPresent()) {
@@ -150,14 +158,41 @@ public class FlowableUtils {
 
             if (currentTasks.size() > lastIndex + 1) {
                 return Collections.singletonList(currentTasks.get(lastIndex + 1).toNextTaskRunIncrementIteration(execution, parentTaskRun.getIteration()));
-            } else {
-                return Collections.singletonList(currentTasks.getFirst().toNextTaskRunIncrementIteration(execution, parentTaskRun.getIteration()));
             }
         }
 
         return Collections.emptyList();
     }
 
+    public static Optional<State.Type> resolveSequentialState(
+        Execution execution,
+        List<ResolvedTask> tasks,
+        List<ResolvedTask> errors,
+        List<ResolvedTask> _finally,
+        TaskRun parentTaskRun,
+        RunContext runContext,
+        boolean allowFailure,
+        boolean allowWarning
+    ) {
+        if (ListUtils.emptyOnNull(tasks).stream()
+            .filter(resolvedTask -> !resolvedTask.getTask().getDisabled())
+            .findAny()
+            .isEmpty()) {
+            return Optional.of(State.Type.SUCCESS);
+        }
+
+        return resolveState(
+            execution,
+            tasks,
+            errors,
+            _finally,
+            parentTaskRun,
+            runContext,
+            allowFailure,
+            allowWarning
+        );
+    }
+
     public static Optional<State.Type> resolveState(
         Execution execution,
         List<ResolvedTask> tasks,
@@ -213,7 +248,7 @@ public class FlowableUtils {
             }
         } else {
             // first call, the error flow is not ready, we need to notify the parent task that can be failed to init error flows
-            if (execution.hasFailed(tasks, parentTaskRun) || terminalState == State.Type.FAILED) {
+            if (execution.hasFailedNoRetry(tasks, parentTaskRun) || terminalState == State.Type.FAILED) {
                 return Optional.of(execution.guessFinalState(tasks, parentTaskRun, allowFailure, allowWarning, terminalState));
             }
         }

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/RunContext.java

@@ -192,5 +192,16 @@ public abstract class RunContext implements PropertyContext {
     public record FlowInfo(String tenantId, String namespace, String id, Integer revision) {
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated there is no legitimate use case of this method outside the run context internal self-usage, so it should not be part of the interface
+     */
+    @Deprecated(since = "1.2.0", forRemoval = true)
     public abstract boolean isInitialized();
+
+    /**
+     * Get access to the ACL checker.
+     * Plugins are responsible for using the ACL checker when they access restricted resources, for example,
+     * when Namespace ACLs are used (EE).
+     */
+    public abstract AclChecker acl();
 }

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/RunContextFactory.java

@@ -6,16 +6,16 @@ import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import io.kestra.core.metrics.MetricRegistry;
 import io.kestra.core.models.executions.Execution;
 import io.kestra.core.models.executions.TaskRun;
-import io.kestra.core.models.flows.Flow;
 import io.kestra.core.models.flows.FlowInterface;
 import io.kestra.core.models.flows.Type;
 import io.kestra.core.models.property.PropertyContext;
 import io.kestra.core.models.tasks.Task;
 import io.kestra.core.models.triggers.AbstractTrigger;
 import io.kestra.core.plugins.PluginConfigurations;
-import io.kestra.core.services.FlowService;
 import io.kestra.core.services.KVStoreService;
+import io.kestra.core.services.NamespaceService;
 import io.kestra.core.storages.InternalStorage;
+import io.kestra.core.storages.NamespaceFactory;
 import io.kestra.core.storages.StorageContext;
 import io.kestra.core.storages.StorageInterface;
 import io.micronaut.context.ApplicationContext;
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class RunContextFactory {
 
     @Inject
     protected VariableRenderer variableRenderer;
-    
+
     @Inject
     protected SecureVariableRendererFactory secureVariableRendererFactory;
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class RunContextFactory {
     protected StorageInterface storageInterface;
 
     @Inject
-    protected FlowService flowService;
+    protected NamespaceService namespaceService;
 
     @Inject
     protected MetricRegistry metricRegistry;
@@ -77,15 +77,18 @@ public class RunContextFactory {
     @Inject
     private KVStoreService kvStoreService;
 
+    @Inject
+    private NamespaceFactory namespaceFactory;
+
     // hacky
     public RunContextInitializer initializer() {
         return applicationContext.getBean(RunContextInitializer.class);
     }
-    
+
     public RunContext of(FlowInterface flow, Execution execution) {
         return of(flow, execution, Function.identity());
     }
-    
+
     public RunContext of(FlowInterface flow, Execution execution, boolean decryptVariable) {
         return of(flow, execution, Function.identity(), decryptVariable);
     }
@@ -93,18 +96,18 @@ public class RunContextFactory {
     public RunContext of(FlowInterface flow, Execution execution, Function<RunVariables.Builder, RunVariables.Builder> runVariableModifier) {
         return of(flow, execution, runVariableModifier, true);
     }
-    
+
     public RunContext of(FlowInterface flow, Execution execution, Function<RunVariables.Builder, RunVariables.Builder> runVariableModifier, boolean decryptVariables) {
         RunContextLogger runContextLogger = runContextLoggerFactory.create(execution);
-        
+
         VariableRenderer variableRenderer = decryptVariables ? this.variableRenderer : secureVariableRendererFactory.createOrGet();
-        
+
         return newBuilder()
             // Logger
             .withLogger(runContextLogger)
             // Execution
             .withPluginConfiguration(Map.of())
-            .withStorage(new InternalStorage(runContextLogger.logger(), StorageContext.forExecution(execution), storageInterface, flowService))
+            .withStorage(new InternalStorage(runContextLogger.logger(), StorageContext.forExecution(execution), storageInterface, namespaceService, namespaceFactory))
             .withVariableRenderer(variableRenderer)
             .withVariables(runVariableModifier.apply(
                     newRunVariablesBuilder()
@@ -134,7 +137,7 @@ public class RunContextFactory {
             .withLogger(runContextLogger)
             // Task
             .withPluginConfiguration(pluginConfigurations.getConfigurationByPluginTypeOrAliases(task.getType(), task.getClass()))
-            .withStorage(new InternalStorage(runContextLogger.logger(), StorageContext.forTask(taskRun), storageInterface, flowService))
+            .withStorage(new InternalStorage(runContextLogger.logger(), StorageContext.forTask(taskRun), storageInterface, namespaceService, namespaceFactory))
             .withVariables(newRunVariablesBuilder()
                 .withFlow(flow)
                 .withTask(task)
@@ -150,8 +153,8 @@ public class RunContextFactory {
             .build();
     }
 
-    public RunContext of(Flow flow, AbstractTrigger trigger) {
-        RunContextLogger runContextLogger = runContextLoggerFactory.create(flow, trigger, null);
+    public RunContext of(FlowInterface flow, AbstractTrigger trigger) {
+        RunContextLogger runContextLogger = runContextLoggerFactory.create(flow, trigger);
         return newBuilder()
             // Logger
             .withLogger(runContextLogger)
@@ -168,14 +171,16 @@ public class RunContextFactory {
             .build();
     }
 
-
-    @VisibleForTesting
-    public RunContext of(final Flow flow, final Map<String, Object> variables) {
+    public RunContext of(final FlowInterface flow, final Map<String, Object> variables) {
         RunContextLogger runContextLogger = new RunContextLogger();
         return newBuilder()
             .withLogger(runContextLogger)
-            .withStorage(new InternalStorage(runContextLogger.logger(), StorageContext.forFlow(flow), storageInterface, flowService))
-            .withVariables(variables)
+            .withStorage(new InternalStorage(runContextLogger.logger(), StorageContext.forFlow(flow), storageInterface, namespaceService, namespaceFactory))
+            .withVariables(newRunVariablesBuilder()
+                .withFlow(flow)
+                .withVariables(variables)
+                .build(runContextLogger, PropertyContext.create(this.variableRenderer))
+            )
             .withSecretInputs(secretInputsFromFlow(flow))
             .build();
     }
@@ -213,7 +218,8 @@ public class RunContextFactory {
                     }
                 },
                 storageInterface,
-                flowService
+                namespaceService,
+                namespaceFactory
             ))
             .withVariables(variables)
             .withTask(task)

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/RunContextInitializer.java

@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ import io.kestra.core.models.tasks.runners.TaskRunner;
 import io.kestra.core.models.triggers.AbstractTrigger;
 import io.kestra.core.models.triggers.TriggerContext;
 import io.kestra.core.plugins.PluginConfigurations;
-import io.kestra.core.services.FlowService;
+import io.kestra.core.services.NamespaceService;
 import io.kestra.core.storages.InternalStorage;
+import io.kestra.core.storages.NamespaceFactory;
 import io.kestra.core.storages.StorageContext;
 import io.kestra.core.storages.StorageInterface;
 import io.kestra.core.utils.IdUtils;
@@ -44,7 +45,10 @@ public class RunContextInitializer {
     protected StorageInterface storageInterface;
 
     @Inject
-    protected FlowService flowService;
+    protected NamespaceFactory namespaceFactory;
+
+    @Inject
+    protected NamespaceService namespaceService;
 
     @Value("${kestra.encryption.secret-key}")
     protected Optional<String> secretKey;
@@ -135,7 +139,7 @@ public class RunContextInitializer {
 
         runContext.setVariables(enrichedVariables);
         runContext.setPluginConfiguration(pluginConfigurations.getConfigurationByPluginTypeOrAliases(task.getType(), task.getClass()));
-        runContext.setStorage(new InternalStorage(runContextLogger.logger(), StorageContext.forTask(taskRun), storageInterface, flowService));
+        runContext.setStorage(new InternalStorage(runContextLogger.logger(), StorageContext.forTask(taskRun), storageInterface, namespaceService, namespaceFactory));
         runContext.setLogger(runContextLogger);
         runContext.setTask(task);
 
@@ -213,7 +217,7 @@ public class RunContextInitializer {
         runContext.init(applicationContext);
 
         final String triggerExecutionId = IdUtils.create();
-        final RunContextLogger runContextLogger = contextLoggerFactory.create(triggerContext, trigger, null);
+        final RunContextLogger runContextLogger = contextLoggerFactory.create(triggerContext, trigger);
 
         final Map<String, Object> variables = new HashMap<>(runContext.getVariables());
         variables.put(RunVariables.SECRET_CONSUMER_VARIABLE_NAME, (Consumer<String>) runContextLogger::usedSecret);
@@ -230,7 +234,8 @@ public class RunContextInitializer {
             runContextLogger.logger(),
             context,
             storageInterface,
-            flowService
+            namespaceService,
+            namespaceFactory
         );
 
         runContext.setLogger(runContextLogger);

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/RunContextLoggerFactory.java

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import io.kestra.core.models.executions.Execution;
 import io.kestra.core.models.executions.ExecutionKind;
 import io.kestra.core.models.executions.LogEntry;
 import io.kestra.core.models.executions.TaskRun;
-import io.kestra.core.models.flows.Flow;
+import io.kestra.core.models.flows.FlowInterface;
 import io.kestra.core.models.tasks.Task;
 import io.kestra.core.models.triggers.AbstractTrigger;
 import io.kestra.core.models.triggers.TriggerContext;
@@ -46,19 +46,19 @@ public class RunContextLoggerFactory {
         );
     }
 
-    public RunContextLogger create(TriggerContext triggerContext, AbstractTrigger trigger, ExecutionKind executionKind) {
+    public RunContextLogger create(TriggerContext triggerContext, AbstractTrigger trigger) {
         return new RunContextLogger(
             logQueue,
-            LogEntry.of(triggerContext, trigger, executionKind),
+            LogEntry.of(triggerContext, trigger),
             trigger.getLogLevel(),
             trigger.isLogToFile()
         );
     }
 
-    public RunContextLogger create(Flow flow, AbstractTrigger trigger, ExecutionKind executionKind) {
+    public RunContextLogger create(FlowInterface flow, AbstractTrigger trigger) {
         return new RunContextLogger(
             logQueue,
-            LogEntry.of(flow, trigger, executionKind),
+            LogEntry.of(flow, trigger),
             trigger.getLogLevel(),
             trigger.isLogToFile()
         );

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/RunVariables.java

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import io.kestra.core.exceptions.IllegalVariableEvaluationException;
 import io.kestra.core.models.Label;
 import io.kestra.core.models.executions.Execution;
 import io.kestra.core.models.executions.TaskRun;
-import io.kestra.core.models.flows.Flow;
 import io.kestra.core.models.flows.FlowInterface;
+import io.kestra.core.models.flows.GenericFlow;
 import io.kestra.core.models.flows.Input;
 import io.kestra.core.models.flows.State;
 import io.kestra.core.models.flows.input.SecretInput;
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public final class RunVariables {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Creates an immutable map representation of the given {@link Flow}.
+     * Creates an immutable map representation of the given {@link FlowInterface}.
      *
      * @param flow The flow from which to create variables.
      * @return a new immutable {@link Map}.
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ public final class RunVariables {
                 if (flow != null && flow.getInputs() != null) {
                     // Create a new PropertyContext with 'flow' variables which are required by some pebble expressions.
                     PropertyContextWithVariables context = new PropertyContextWithVariables(propertyContext, Map.of("flow", RunVariables.of(flow)));
-                    
+
                     // we add default inputs value from the flow if not already set, this will be useful for triggers
                     flow.getInputs().stream()
                         .filter(input -> input.getDefaults() != null && !inputs.containsKey(input.getId()))
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ public final class RunVariables {
                 }
 
                 if (flow == null) {
-                    Flow flowFromExecution = Flow.builder()
+                    FlowInterface flowFromExecution = GenericFlow.builder()
                         .id(execution.getFlowId())
                         .tenantId(execution.getTenantId())
                         .revision(execution.getFlowRevision())
@@ -393,17 +393,17 @@ public final class RunVariables {
     }
 
     private RunVariables(){}
-    
+
     private record PropertyContextWithVariables(
         PropertyContext delegate,
         Map<String, Object> variables
     ) implements PropertyContext {
-        
+
         @Override
         public String render(String inline, Map<String, Object> variables) throws IllegalVariableEvaluationException {
             return delegate.render(inline, variables.isEmpty() ? this.variables : variables);
         }
-        
+
         @Override
         public Map<String, Object> render(Map<String, Object> inline, Map<String, Object> variables) throws IllegalVariableEvaluationException {
             return delegate.render(inline, variables.isEmpty() ? this.variables : variables);

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/SchedulerTriggerStateInterface.java

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package io.kestra.core.runners;
 
 import io.kestra.core.models.conditions.ConditionContext;
-import io.kestra.core.models.flows.Flow;
 import io.kestra.core.models.flows.FlowWithSource;
 import io.kestra.core.models.triggers.AbstractTrigger;
 import io.kestra.core.models.triggers.Trigger;
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ public interface SchedulerTriggerStateInterface {
 
     Trigger update(Trigger trigger);
 
-    Trigger update(Flow flow, AbstractTrigger abstractTrigger, ConditionContext conditionContext) throws Exception;
+    Trigger update(FlowWithSource flow, AbstractTrigger abstractTrigger, ConditionContext conditionContext) throws Exception;
 
     /**
      * QueueException required for Kafka implementation

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/pebble/PebbleEngineFactory.java

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package io.kestra.core.runners.pebble;
 
 import io.kestra.core.runners.VariableRenderer;
 import io.kestra.core.runners.pebble.functions.RenderingFunctionInterface;
+import io.micrometer.core.instrument.MeterRegistry;
 import io.micronaut.context.ApplicationContext;
 import io.micronaut.core.annotation.Nullable;
 import io.pebbletemplates.pebble.PebbleEngine;
@@ -18,35 +19,37 @@ import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 @Singleton
 public class PebbleEngineFactory {
-    
+
     private final ApplicationContext applicationContext;
     private final VariableRenderer.VariableConfiguration variableConfiguration;
-    
+    private final MeterRegistry meterRegistry;
+
     @Inject
-    public PebbleEngineFactory(ApplicationContext applicationContext, @Nullable VariableRenderer.VariableConfiguration variableConfiguration) {
+    public PebbleEngineFactory(ApplicationContext applicationContext, @Nullable VariableRenderer.VariableConfiguration variableConfiguration, MeterRegistry meterRegistry) {
         this.applicationContext = applicationContext;
         this.variableConfiguration = variableConfiguration;
+        this.meterRegistry = meterRegistry;
     }
-    
+
     public PebbleEngine create() {
         PebbleEngine.Builder builder = newPebbleEngineBuilder();
         this.applicationContext.getBeansOfType(Extension.class).forEach(builder::extension);
         return builder.build();
     }
-    
+
     public PebbleEngine createWithMaskedFunctions(VariableRenderer renderer, final List<String> functionsToMask) {
-        
+
         PebbleEngine.Builder builder = newPebbleEngineBuilder();
-        
+
         this.applicationContext.getBeansOfType(Extension.class).stream()
             .map(e -> functionsToMask.stream().anyMatch(fun -> e.getFunctions().containsKey(fun))
                 ? extensionWithMaskedFunctions(renderer, e, functionsToMask)
                 : e)
             .forEach(builder::extension);
-        
+
         return builder.build();
     }
-    
+
     private PebbleEngine.Builder newPebbleEngineBuilder() {
         PebbleEngine.Builder builder = new PebbleEngine.Builder()
             .registerExtensionCustomizer(ExtensionCustomizer::new)
@@ -54,13 +57,15 @@ public class PebbleEngineFactory {
             .cacheActive(this.variableConfiguration.getCacheEnabled())
             .newLineTrimming(false)
             .autoEscaping(false);
-        
+
         if (this.variableConfiguration.getCacheEnabled()) {
-            builder = builder.templateCache(new PebbleLruCache(this.variableConfiguration.getCacheSize()));
+            PebbleLruCache cache = new PebbleLruCache(this.variableConfiguration.getCacheSize());
+            cache.register(meterRegistry);
+            builder = builder.templateCache(cache);
         }
         return builder;
     }
-    
+
     private Extension extensionWithMaskedFunctions(VariableRenderer renderer, Extension initialExtension, List<String> maskedFunctions) {
         return (Extension) Proxy.newProxyInstance(
             initialExtension.getClass().getClassLoader(),
@@ -74,16 +79,16 @@ public class PebbleEngineFactory {
                             } else if (RenderingFunctionInterface.class.isAssignableFrom(entry.getValue().getClass())) {
                                 return Map.entry(entry.getKey(), this.variableRendererProxy(renderer, entry.getValue()));
                             }
-                            
+
                             return entry;
                         }).collect(Collectors.toMap(Map.Entry::getKey, Map.Entry::getValue));
                 }
-                
+
                 return method.invoke(initialExtension, methodArgs);
             }
         );
     }
-    
+
     private Function variableRendererProxy(VariableRenderer renderer, Function initialFunction) {
         return (Function) Proxy.newProxyInstance(
             initialFunction.getClass().getClassLoader(),
@@ -96,7 +101,7 @@ public class PebbleEngineFactory {
             }
         );
     }
-    
+
     private Function maskedFunctionProxy(Function initialFunction) {
         return (Function) Proxy.newProxyInstance(
             initialFunction.getClass().getClassLoader(),

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/pebble/PebbleLruCache.java

@@ -1,29 +1,29 @@
 package io.kestra.core.runners.pebble;
 
-import com.google.common.cache.Cache;
-import com.google.common.cache.CacheBuilder;
+import com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.Cache;
+import com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.Caffeine;
+import io.micrometer.core.instrument.MeterRegistry;
+import io.micrometer.core.instrument.binder.cache.CaffeineCacheMetrics;
 import io.pebbletemplates.pebble.cache.PebbleCache;
 import io.pebbletemplates.pebble.template.PebbleTemplate;
-import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 
-import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
-@Slf4j
 public class PebbleLruCache implements PebbleCache<Object, PebbleTemplate> {
-    Cache<Object, PebbleTemplate> cache;
+    private final Cache<Object, PebbleTemplate> cache;
 
     public PebbleLruCache(int maximumSize) {
-        cache = CacheBuilder.newBuilder()
+        cache = Caffeine.newBuilder()
             .initialCapacity(250)
             .maximumSize(maximumSize)
+            .recordStats()
             .build();
     }
 
     @Override
     public PebbleTemplate computeIfAbsent(Object key, Function<? super Object, ? extends PebbleTemplate> mappingFunction) {
         try {
-            return cache.get(key, () -> mappingFunction.apply(key));
+            return cache.get(key, mappingFunction);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             // we retry the mapping function in order to let the exception be thrown instead of being capture by cache
             return mappingFunction.apply(key);
@@ -34,4 +34,8 @@ public class PebbleLruCache implements PebbleCache<Object, PebbleTemplate> {
     public void invalidateAll() {
         cache.invalidateAll();
     }
+
+    public void register(MeterRegistry meterRegistry) {
+        CaffeineCacheMetrics.monitor(meterRegistry, cache, "pebble-template");
+    }
 }

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/pebble/functions/AbstractFileFunction.java

@@ -2,11 +2,8 @@ package io.kestra.core.runners.pebble.functions;
 
 import io.kestra.core.runners.LocalPath;
 import io.kestra.core.runners.LocalPathFactory;
-import io.kestra.core.services.FlowService;
-import io.kestra.core.storages.InternalNamespace;
-import io.kestra.core.storages.Namespace;
-import io.kestra.core.storages.StorageContext;
-import io.kestra.core.storages.StorageInterface;
+import io.kestra.core.services.NamespaceService;
+import io.kestra.core.storages.*;
 import io.kestra.core.utils.Slugify;
 import io.micronaut.context.annotation.Value;
 import io.pebbletemplates.pebble.error.PebbleException;
@@ -36,7 +33,7 @@ abstract class AbstractFileFunction implements Function {
     private static final Pattern EXECUTION_FILE = Pattern.compile(".*/.*/executions/.*/tasks/.*/.*");
 
     @Inject
-    protected FlowService flowService;
+    protected NamespaceService namespaceService;
 
     @Inject
     protected StorageInterface storageInterface;
@@ -44,6 +41,9 @@ abstract class AbstractFileFunction implements Function {
     @Inject
     protected LocalPathFactory localPathFactory;
 
+    @Inject
+    protected NamespaceFactory namespaceFactory;
+
     @Value("${" + LocalPath.ENABLE_FILE_FUNCTIONS_CONFIG + ":true}")
     protected boolean enableFileProtocol;
 
@@ -81,23 +81,21 @@ abstract class AbstractFileFunction implements Function {
                 } else if (str.startsWith(LocalPath.FILE_PROTOCOL)) {
                     fileUri = URI.create(str);
                     namespace = checkEnabledLocalFileAndReturnNamespace(args, flow);
-                } else if(str.startsWith(Namespace.NAMESPACE_FILE_SCHEME)) {
-                    URI nsFileUri = URI.create(str);
-                    namespace = checkedAllowedNamespaceAndReturnNamespace(args, nsFileUri, tenantId, flow);
-                    InternalNamespace internalNamespace = new InternalNamespace(flow.get(TENANT_ID), namespace, storageInterface);
-                    fileUri = internalNamespace.get(Path.of(nsFileUri.getPath())).uri();
+                } else if (str.startsWith(Namespace.NAMESPACE_FILE_SCHEME)) {
+                    fileUri = URI.create(str);
+                    namespace = checkedAllowedNamespaceAndReturnNamespace(args, fileUri, tenantId, flow);
                 } else if (URI_PATTERN.matcher(str).matches()) {
                     // it is an unsupported URI
                     throw new IllegalArgumentException(SCHEME_NOT_SUPPORTED_ERROR.formatted(str));
                 } else {
+                    fileUri = URI.create(Namespace.NAMESPACE_FILE_SCHEME + ":///" + str);
                     namespace = (String) Optional.ofNullable(args.get(NAMESPACE)).orElse(flow.get(NAMESPACE));
-                    fileUri = URI.create(StorageContext.KESTRA_PROTOCOL + StorageContext.namespaceFilePrefix(namespace) + "/" + str);
-                    flowService.checkAllowedNamespace(tenantId, namespace, tenantId, flow.get(NAMESPACE));
+                    namespaceService.checkAllowedNamespace(tenantId, namespace, tenantId, flow.get(NAMESPACE));
                 }
             } else {
                 throw new PebbleException(null, "Unable to read the file " + path, lineNumber, self.getName());
             }
-            return fileFunction(context, fileUri, namespace, tenantId);
+            return fileFunction(context, fileUri, namespace, tenantId, args);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new PebbleException(e, e.getMessage(), lineNumber, self.getName());
         }
@@ -110,7 +108,7 @@ abstract class AbstractFileFunction implements Function {
 
     protected abstract String getErrorMessage();
 
-    protected abstract Object fileFunction(EvaluationContext context, URI path, String namespace, String tenantId) throws IOException;
+    protected abstract Object fileFunction(EvaluationContext context, URI path, String namespace, String tenantId, Map<String, Object> args) throws IOException;
 
     boolean isFileUriValid(String namespace, String flowId, String executionId, URI path) {
         // Internal storage URI should be: kestra:///$namespace/$flowId/executions/$executionId/tasks/$taskName/$taskRunId/$random.ion or kestra:///$namespace/$flowId/executions/$executionId/trigger/$triggerName/$random.ion
@@ -177,7 +175,7 @@ abstract class AbstractFileFunction implements Function {
         // 5. replace '/' with '.'
         namespace = namespace.replace("/", ".");
 
-        flowService.checkAllowedNamespace(tenantId, namespace, tenantId, fromNamespace);
+        namespaceService.checkAllowedNamespace(tenantId, namespace, tenantId, fromNamespace);
 
         return namespace;
     }
@@ -198,7 +196,7 @@ abstract class AbstractFileFunction implements Function {
         // we will transform nsfile URI into a kestra URI so it is handled seamlessly by all functions
         String customNs = Optional.ofNullable((String) args.get(NAMESPACE)).orElse(nsFileUri.getAuthority());
         if (customNs != null) {
-            flowService.checkAllowedNamespace(tenantId, customNs, tenantId, flow.get(NAMESPACE));
+            namespaceService.checkAllowedNamespace(tenantId, customNs, tenantId, flow.get(NAMESPACE));
         }
         return Optional.ofNullable(customNs).orElse(flow.get(NAMESPACE));
     }

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/pebble/functions/ErrorLogsFunction.java

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package io.kestra.core.runners.pebble.functions;
 import io.kestra.core.models.executions.LogEntry;
 import io.kestra.core.models.tasks.retrys.Exponential;
 import io.kestra.core.runners.pebble.PebbleUtils;
-import io.kestra.core.services.LogService;
+import io.kestra.core.services.ExecutionLogService;
 import io.kestra.core.utils.ListUtils;
 import io.kestra.core.utils.RetryUtils;
 import io.micronaut.context.annotation.Requires;
@@ -23,14 +23,11 @@ import java.util.Map;
 @Requires(property = "kestra.repository.type")
 public class ErrorLogsFunction  implements Function {
     @Inject
-    private LogService logService;
+    private ExecutionLogService logService;
 
     @Inject
     private PebbleUtils pebbleUtils;
 
-    @Inject
-    private RetryUtils retryUtils;
-
     @Override
     public List<String> getArgumentNames() {
         return Collections.emptyList();
@@ -46,7 +43,7 @@ public class ErrorLogsFunction  implements Function {
         Map<String, String> flow = (Map<String, String>) context.getVariable("flow");
         Map<String, String> execution = (Map<String, String>) context.getVariable("execution");
 
-        RetryUtils.Instance<List<LogEntry>, Throwable> retry = retryUtils.of(Exponential.builder()
+        RetryUtils.Instance<List<LogEntry>, Throwable> retry = RetryUtils.of(Exponential.builder()
             .delayFactor(2.0)
             .interval(Duration.ofMillis(100))
             .maxInterval(Duration.ofSeconds(1))

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/pebble/functions/FileExistsFunction.java

@@ -1,22 +1,30 @@
 package io.kestra.core.runners.pebble.functions;
 
 import io.kestra.core.runners.LocalPath;
+import io.kestra.core.storages.Namespace;
+import io.kestra.core.storages.NamespaceFile;
 import io.kestra.core.storages.StorageContext;
 import io.pebbletemplates.pebble.template.EvaluationContext;
 import jakarta.inject.Singleton;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 @Singleton
 public class FileExistsFunction extends AbstractFileFunction {
     private static final String ERROR_MESSAGE = "The 'fileExists' function expects an argument 'path' that is a path to the internal storage URI.";
 
     @Override
-    protected Object fileFunction(EvaluationContext context, URI path, String namespace, String tenantId) throws IOException {
+    protected Object fileFunction(EvaluationContext context, URI path, String namespace, String tenantId, Map<String, Object> args) throws IOException {
         return switch (path.getScheme()) {
             case StorageContext.KESTRA_SCHEME -> storageInterface.exists(tenantId, namespace, path);
             case LocalPath.FILE_SCHEME -> localPathFactory.createLocalPath().exists(path);
+            case Namespace.NAMESPACE_FILE_SCHEME  -> {
+                Namespace namespaceStorage = namespaceFactory.of(tenantId, namespace, storageInterface);
+                yield namespaceStorage.exists(NamespaceFile.normalize(Path.of(path.getPath()), true));
+            }
             default -> throw new IllegalArgumentException(SCHEME_NOT_SUPPORTED_ERROR.formatted(path));
         };
     }

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/pebble/functions/FileSizeFunction.java

@@ -2,19 +2,23 @@ package io.kestra.core.runners.pebble.functions;
 
 import io.kestra.core.runners.LocalPath;
 import io.kestra.core.storages.FileAttributes;
+import io.kestra.core.storages.Namespace;
+import io.kestra.core.storages.NamespaceFile;
 import io.kestra.core.storages.StorageContext;
 import io.pebbletemplates.pebble.template.EvaluationContext;
 import jakarta.inject.Singleton;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 @Singleton
 public class FileSizeFunction extends AbstractFileFunction {
     private static final String ERROR_MESSAGE = "The 'fileSize' function expects an argument 'path' that is a path to the internal storage URI.";
 
     @Override
-    protected Object fileFunction(EvaluationContext context, URI path, String namespace, String tenantId) throws IOException {
+    protected Object fileFunction(EvaluationContext context, URI path, String namespace, String tenantId, Map<String, Object> args) throws IOException {
         return switch (path.getScheme()) {
             case StorageContext.KESTRA_SCHEME -> {
                 FileAttributes fileAttributes = storageInterface.getAttributes(tenantId, namespace, path);
@@ -24,6 +28,12 @@ public class FileSizeFunction extends AbstractFileFunction {
                 BasicFileAttributes fileAttributes = localPathFactory.createLocalPath().getAttributes(path);
                 yield fileAttributes.size();
             }
+            case Namespace.NAMESPACE_FILE_SCHEME  -> {
+                FileAttributes fileAttributes = namespaceFactory
+                    .of(tenantId, namespace, storageInterface)
+                    .getFileMetadata(NamespaceFile.normalize(Path.of(path.getPath()), true));
+                yield fileAttributes.getSize();
+            }
             default -> throw new IllegalArgumentException(SCHEME_NOT_SUPPORTED_ERROR.formatted(path));
         };
     }

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/pebble/functions/IsFileEmptyFunction.java

@@ -1,19 +1,24 @@
 package io.kestra.core.runners.pebble.functions;
 
 import io.kestra.core.runners.LocalPath;
+import io.kestra.core.storages.FileAttributes;
+import io.kestra.core.storages.Namespace;
+import io.kestra.core.storages.NamespaceFile;
 import io.kestra.core.storages.StorageContext;
 import io.pebbletemplates.pebble.template.EvaluationContext;
 import jakarta.inject.Singleton;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 @Singleton
 public class IsFileEmptyFunction extends AbstractFileFunction {
     private static final String ERROR_MESSAGE = "The 'isFileEmpty' function expects an argument 'path' that is a path to a namespace file or an internal storage URI.";
 
     @Override
-    protected Object fileFunction(EvaluationContext context, URI path, String namespace, String tenantId) throws IOException {
+    protected Object fileFunction(EvaluationContext context, URI path, String namespace, String tenantId, Map<String, Object> args) throws IOException {
         return switch (path.getScheme()) {
             case StorageContext.KESTRA_SCHEME -> {
                 try (InputStream inputStream = storageInterface.get(tenantId, namespace, path)) {
@@ -27,6 +32,12 @@ public class IsFileEmptyFunction extends AbstractFileFunction {
                     yield inputStream.read(buffer, 0, 1) <= 0;
                 }
             }
+            case Namespace.NAMESPACE_FILE_SCHEME -> {
+                FileAttributes fileAttributes = namespaceFactory
+                    .of(tenantId, namespace, storageInterface)
+                    .getFileMetadata(NamespaceFile.normalize(Path.of(path.getPath()), true));
+                yield fileAttributes.getSize() <= 0;
+            }
             default -> throw new IllegalArgumentException(SCHEME_NOT_SUPPORTED_ERROR.formatted(path));
         };
     }
@@ -35,4 +46,4 @@ public class IsFileEmptyFunction extends AbstractFileFunction {
     protected String getErrorMessage() {
         return ERROR_MESSAGE;
     }
-}
+}

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/pebble/functions/ReadFileFunction.java

@@ -1,20 +1,37 @@
 package io.kestra.core.runners.pebble.functions;
 
 import io.kestra.core.runners.LocalPath;
+import io.kestra.core.storages.Namespace;
+import io.kestra.core.storages.NamespaceFile;
 import io.kestra.core.storages.StorageContext;
 import io.pebbletemplates.pebble.template.EvaluationContext;
 import jakarta.inject.Singleton;
+
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 @Singleton
 public class ReadFileFunction extends AbstractFileFunction {
+    public static final String VERSION = "version";
+
     private static final String ERROR_MESSAGE = "The 'read' function expects an argument 'path' that is a path to a namespace file or an internal storage URI.";
 
     @Override
-    protected Object fileFunction(EvaluationContext context, URI path, String namespace, String tenantId) throws IOException {
+    public List<String> getArgumentNames() {
+        return Stream.concat(
+            super.getArgumentNames().stream(),
+            Stream.of(VERSION)
+        ).toList();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Object fileFunction(EvaluationContext context, URI path, String namespace, String tenantId, Map<String, Object> args) throws IOException {
         return switch (path.getScheme()) {
             case StorageContext.KESTRA_SCHEME -> {
                 try (InputStream inputStream = storageInterface.get(tenantId, namespace, path)) {
@@ -26,12 +43,30 @@ public class ReadFileFunction extends AbstractFileFunction {
                     yield new String(inputStream.readAllBytes(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
                 }
             }
+            case Namespace.NAMESPACE_FILE_SCHEME -> {
+                try (InputStream inputStream = contentInputStream(path, namespace, tenantId, args)) {
+                    yield new String(inputStream.readAllBytes(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+                }
+            }
             default -> throw new IllegalArgumentException(SCHEME_NOT_SUPPORTED_ERROR.formatted(path));
         };
     }
 
+    private InputStream contentInputStream(URI path, String namespace, String tenantId, Map<String, Object> args) throws IOException {
+        Namespace namespaceStorage = namespaceFactory.of(tenantId, namespace, storageInterface);
+
+        if (args.containsKey(VERSION)) {
+            return namespaceStorage.getFileContent(
+                    NamespaceFile.normalize(Path.of(path.getPath()), true),
+                    Integer.parseInt(args.get(VERSION).toString())
+                );
+        }
+
+        return namespaceStorage.getFileContent(NamespaceFile.normalize(Path.of(path.getPath()), true));
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected String getErrorMessage() {
         return ERROR_MESSAGE;
     }
-}
+}

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/runners/pebble/functions/SecretFunction.java

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import io.kestra.core.secret.SecretNotFoundException;
 import io.kestra.core.secret.SecretService;
 import io.kestra.core.serializers.JacksonMapper;
 import io.kestra.core.services.FlowService;
+import io.kestra.core.services.NamespaceService;
 import io.pebbletemplates.pebble.error.PebbleException;
 import io.pebbletemplates.pebble.extension.Function;
 import io.pebbletemplates.pebble.template.EvaluationContext;
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ public class SecretFunction implements Function {
     private SecretService secretService;
 
     @Inject
-    private FlowService flowService;
+    private NamespaceService namespaceService;
 
     @Override
     public List<String> getArgumentNames() {
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ public class SecretFunction implements Function {
         if (namespace == null) {
             namespace = flowNamespace;
         } else {
-            flowService.checkAllowedNamespace(flowTenantId, namespace, flowTenantId, flowNamespace);
+            namespaceService.checkAllowedNamespace(flowTenantId, namespace, flowTenantId, flowNamespace);
         }
 
         try {

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/serializers/ListOrMapOfLabelDeserializer.java

@@ -26,7 +26,14 @@ public class ListOrMapOfLabelDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<List<Label>>
         else if (p.hasToken(JsonToken.START_ARRAY)) {
             // deserialize as list
             List<Map<String, String>> ret = ctxt.readValue(p, List.class);
-            return ret.stream().map(map -> new Label(map.get("key"), map.get("value"))).toList();
+            return ret.stream().map(map -> {
+                Object value = map.get("value");
+                if (isAllowedType(value)) {
+                    return new Label(map.get("key"), String.valueOf(value));
+                } else {
+                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported type for key: " + map.get("key") + ", value: " + value);
+                }
+            }).toList();
         }
         else if (p.hasToken(JsonToken.START_OBJECT)) {
             // deserialize as map

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/services/ExecutionLogService.java

@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@ package io.kestra.core.services;
 
 import io.kestra.core.models.executions.LogEntry;
 import io.kestra.core.repositories.LogRepositoryInterface;
+import io.micronaut.data.model.Pageable;
+import io.micronaut.data.model.Sort;
 import jakarta.inject.Inject;
 import jakarta.inject.Singleton;
 import org.slf4j.event.Level;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
@@ -17,9 +20,42 @@ import java.util.stream.Stream;
  */
 @Singleton
 public class ExecutionLogService {
+   
+    private final LogRepositoryInterface logRepository;
+    
     @Inject
-    private LogRepositoryInterface logRepository;
+    public ExecutionLogService(LogRepositoryInterface logRepository) {
+        this.logRepository = logRepository;
+    }
 
+    /**
+     * Purges log entries matching the given criteria.
+     *
+     * @param tenantId    the tenant identifier
+     * @param namespace   the namespace of the flow
+     * @param flowId      the flow identifier
+     * @param executionId the execution identifier
+     * @param logLevels   the list of log levels to delete
+     * @param startDate   the start of the date range
+     * @param endDate     the end of the date range.
+     * @return the number of log entries deleted
+     */
+    public int purge(String tenantId, String namespace, String flowId, String executionId, List<Level> logLevels, ZonedDateTime startDate, ZonedDateTime endDate) {
+        return logRepository.deleteByQuery(tenantId, namespace, flowId, executionId, logLevels, startDate, endDate);
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Fetches the error logs of an execution.
+     * <p>
+     * This method limits the results to the first 25 error logs, ordered by timestamp asc.
+     *
+     * @return the log entries
+     */
+    public List<LogEntry> errorLogs(String tenantId, String executionId) {
+        return logRepository.findByExecutionId(tenantId, executionId, Level.ERROR, Pageable.from(1, 25, Sort.of(Sort.Order.asc("timestamp"))));
+    }
+    
     public InputStream getExecutionLogsAsStream(String tenantId,
                                                 String executionId,
                                                 Level minLevel,

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/services/FlowService.java

@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ package io.kestra.core.services;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
 import io.kestra.core.exceptions.FlowProcessingException;
+import io.kestra.core.exceptions.IllegalVariableEvaluationException;
 import io.kestra.core.models.executions.Execution;
 import io.kestra.core.models.flows.*;
+import io.kestra.core.models.flows.check.Check;
 import io.kestra.core.models.tasks.RunnableTask;
 import io.kestra.core.models.topologies.FlowTopology;
 import io.kestra.core.models.triggers.AbstractTrigger;
@@ -12,10 +14,13 @@ import io.kestra.core.models.validations.ValidateConstraintViolation;
 import io.kestra.core.plugins.PluginRegistry;
 import io.kestra.core.repositories.FlowRepositoryInterface;
 import io.kestra.core.repositories.FlowTopologyRepositoryInterface;
+import io.kestra.core.runners.RunContext;
+import io.kestra.core.runners.RunContextFactory;
 import io.kestra.core.serializers.JacksonMapper;
 import io.kestra.core.utils.ListUtils;
 import io.kestra.plugin.core.flow.Pause;
 import jakarta.inject.Inject;
+import jakarta.inject.Provider;
 import jakarta.inject.Singleton;
 import jakarta.validation.ConstraintViolationException;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
@@ -54,6 +59,9 @@ public class FlowService {
     @Inject
     Optional<FlowTopologyRepositoryInterface> flowTopologyRepository;
 
+    @Inject
+    Provider<RunContextFactory> runContextFactory; // Lazy init: avoid circular dependency error.
+
     /**
      * Validates and creates the given flow.
      * <p>
@@ -85,6 +93,50 @@ public class FlowService {
             .orElseThrow(() -> new IllegalStateException("Cannot perform operation on flow. Cause: No FlowRepository"));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Evaluates all checks defined in the given flow using the provided inputs.
+     * <p>
+     * Each check's {@link Check#getCondition()} is evaluated in the context of the flow.
+     * If a condition evaluates to {@code false} or fails to evaluate due to a
+     * variable error, the corresponding {@link Check} is added to the returned list.
+     * </p>
+     *
+     * @param flow   the flow containing the checks to evaluate
+     * @param inputs the input values used when evaluating the conditions
+     * @return a list of checks whose conditions evaluated to {@code false} or failed to evaluate
+     */
+    public List<Check> getFailedChecks(Flow flow, Map<String, Object> inputs) {
+        if (!ListUtils.isEmpty(flow.getChecks())) {
+            RunContext runContext = runContextFactory.get().of(flow, Map.of("inputs", inputs));
+            List<Check> falseConditions = new ArrayList<>();
+            for (Check check : flow.getChecks()) {
+                try {
+                    boolean result = Boolean.TRUE.equals(runContext.renderTyped(check.getCondition()));
+                    if (!result) {
+                        falseConditions.add(check);
+                    }
+                } catch (IllegalVariableEvaluationException e) {
+                    log.debug("[tenant: {}] [namespace: {}] [flow: {}] Failed to evaluate check condition. Cause.: {}",
+                        flow.getTenantId(),
+                        flow.getNamespace(),
+                        flow.getId(),
+                        e.getMessage(),
+                        e
+                    );
+                    falseConditions.add(Check
+                        .builder()
+                            .message("Failed to evaluate check condition. Cause: " + e.getMessage())
+                            .behavior(Check.Behavior.BLOCK_EXECUTION)
+                            .style(Check.Style.ERROR)
+                        .build()
+                    );
+                }
+            }
+            return falseConditions;
+        }
+        return List.of();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Validates the given flow source.
      * <p>
@@ -456,50 +508,6 @@ public class FlowService {
         return flowRepository.get().delete(flow);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Return true if the namespace is allowed from the namespace denoted by 'fromTenant' and 'fromNamespace'.
-     * As namespace restriction is an EE feature, this will always return true in OSS.
-     */
-    public boolean isAllowedNamespace(String tenant, String namespace, String fromTenant, String fromNamespace) {
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Check that the namespace is allowed from the namespace denoted by 'fromTenant' and 'fromNamespace'.
-     * If not, throw an IllegalArgumentException.
-     */
-    public void checkAllowedNamespace(String tenant, String namespace, String fromTenant, String fromNamespace) {
-        if (!isAllowedNamespace(tenant, namespace, fromTenant, fromNamespace)) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Namespace " + namespace + " is not allowed.");
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Return true if the namespace is allowed from all the namespace in the 'fromTenant' tenant.
-     * As namespace restriction is an EE feature, this will always return true in OSS.
-     */
-    public boolean areAllowedAllNamespaces(String tenant, String fromTenant, String fromNamespace) {
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Check that the namespace is allowed from all the namespace in the 'fromTenant' tenant.
-     * If not, throw an IllegalArgumentException.
-     */
-    public void checkAllowedAllNamespaces(String tenant, String fromTenant, String fromNamespace) {
-        if (!areAllowedAllNamespaces(tenant, fromTenant, fromNamespace)) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("All namespaces are not allowed, you should either filter on a namespace or configure all namespaces to allow your namespace.");
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Return true if require existing namespace is enabled and the namespace didn't already exist.
-     * As namespace management is an EE feature, this will always return false in OSS.
-     */
-    public boolean requireExistingNamespace(String tenant, String namespace) {
-        return false;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Gets the executable flow for the given namespace, id, and revision.
      * Warning: this method bypasses ACL so someone with only execution right can create a flow execution

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/services/KVStoreService.java

@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ public class KVStoreService {
     @Inject
     private StorageInterface storageInterface;
 
-    @Inject
-    private FlowService flowService;
-
     @Inject
     private NamespaceService namespaceService;
 
@@ -38,7 +35,7 @@ public class KVStoreService {
         boolean isNotSameNamespace = fromNamespace != null && !namespace.equals(fromNamespace);
         if (isNotSameNamespace && isNotParentNamespace(namespace, fromNamespace)) {
             try {
-                flowService.checkAllowedNamespace(tenant, namespace, tenant, fromNamespace);
+                namespaceService.checkAllowedNamespace(tenant, namespace, tenant, fromNamespace);
             } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
                 throw new KVStoreException(String.format(
                     "Cannot access the KV store. Access to '%s' namespace is not allowed from '%s'.", namespace, fromNamespace)

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/services/NamespaceService.java

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package io.kestra.core.services;
 
+import io.kestra.core.exceptions.ResourceAccessDeniedException;
 import io.kestra.core.repositories.FlowRepositoryInterface;
 import io.kestra.core.utils.NamespaceUtils;
 import jakarta.inject.Inject;
@@ -39,4 +40,52 @@ public class NamespaceService {
         }
         return false;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Return true if require existing namespace is enabled and the namespace didn't already exist.
+     * As namespace management is an EE feature, this will always return false in OSS.
+     */
+    public boolean requireExistingNamespace(String tenant, String namespace) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return true if the namespace is allowed from the namespace denoted by 'fromTenant' and 'fromNamespace'.
+     * As namespace restriction is an EE feature, this will always return true in OSS.
+     */
+    public boolean isAllowedNamespace(String tenant, String namespace, String fromTenant, String fromNamespace) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check that the namespace is allowed from the namespace denoted by 'fromTenant' and 'fromNamespace'.
+     * If not, throw a ResourceAccessDeniedException.
+     *
+     * @throws ResourceAccessDeniedException if the namespace is not allowed.
+     */
+    public void checkAllowedNamespace(String tenant, String namespace, String fromTenant, String fromNamespace) {
+        if (!isAllowedNamespace(tenant, namespace, fromTenant, fromNamespace)) {
+            throw new ResourceAccessDeniedException("Namespace " + namespace + " is not allowed.");
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return true if the namespace is allowed from all the namespace in the 'fromTenant' tenant.
+     * As namespace restriction is an EE feature, this will always return true in OSS.
+     */
+    public boolean areAllowedAllNamespaces(String tenant, String fromTenant, String fromNamespace) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check that the namespace is allowed from all the namespace in the 'fromTenant' tenant.
+     * If not, throw a ResourceAccessDeniedException.
+     *
+     * @throws ResourceAccessDeniedException if all namespaces all aren't allowed.
+     */
+    public void checkAllowedAllNamespaces(String tenant, String fromTenant, String fromNamespace) {
+        if (!areAllowedAllNamespaces(tenant, fromTenant, fromNamespace)) {
+            throw new ResourceAccessDeniedException("All namespaces are not allowed, you should either filter on a namespace or configure all namespaces to allow your namespace.");
+        }
+    }
 }

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/services/PluginDefaultService.java

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import io.kestra.core.queues.QueueInterface;
 import io.kestra.core.runners.RunContextLogger;
 import io.kestra.core.serializers.JacksonMapper;
 import io.kestra.core.serializers.YamlParser;
+import io.kestra.core.utils.Logs;
 import io.kestra.core.utils.MapUtils;
 import io.kestra.plugin.core.flow.Template;
 import io.micronaut.context.annotation.Value;
@@ -30,7 +31,6 @@ import io.micronaut.core.annotation.Nullable;
 import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import jakarta.inject.Inject;
 import jakarta.inject.Named;
-import jakarta.inject.Provider;
 import jakarta.inject.Singleton;
 import jakarta.validation.ConstraintViolationException;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
@@ -82,10 +82,7 @@ public class PluginDefaultService {
 
     @Inject
     protected PluginRegistry pluginRegistry;
-
-    @Inject
-    protected Provider<LogService> logService; // lazy-init
-
+    
     @Value("{kestra.templates.enabled:false}")
     private boolean templatesEnabled;
 
@@ -255,7 +252,7 @@ public class PluginDefaultService {
         if (source == null) {
             // This should never happen
             String error = "Cannot apply plugin defaults. Cause: flow has no defined source.";
-            logService.get().logExecution(flow, log, Level.ERROR, error);
+            Logs.logExecution(flow, log, Level.ERROR, error);
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(error);
         }
 
@@ -311,7 +308,7 @@ public class PluginDefaultService {
             result = parseFlowWithAllDefaults(flow.getTenantId(), flow.getNamespace(), flow.getRevision(), flow.isDeleted(), source, true, false);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             if (safe) {
-                logService.get().logExecution(flow, log, Level.ERROR, "Failed to read flow.", e);
+                Logs.logExecution(flow, log, Level.ERROR, "Failed to read flow.", e);
                 result = FlowWithException.from(flow, e);
 
                 // deleted is not part of the original 'source'

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/storages/InternalNamespace.java

@@ -1,18 +1,27 @@
 package io.kestra.core.storages;
 
+import io.kestra.core.models.FetchVersion;
+import io.kestra.core.models.QueryFilter;
+import io.kestra.core.models.namespaces.files.NamespaceFileMetadata;
+import io.kestra.core.repositories.ArrayListTotal;
+import io.kestra.core.repositories.NamespaceFileMetadataRepositoryInterface;
+import io.micronaut.data.model.Pageable;
 import jakarta.annotation.Nullable;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Pair;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Objects;
-import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.*;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import static io.kestra.core.utils.Rethrow.throwFunction;
 
 /**
  * The default {@link Namespace} implementation.
@@ -28,6 +37,7 @@ public class InternalNamespace implements Namespace {
     private final String namespace;
     private final String tenant;
     private final StorageInterface storage;
+    private final NamespaceFileMetadataRepositoryInterface namespaceFileMetadataRepository;
     private final Logger logger;
 
     /**
@@ -36,8 +46,8 @@ public class InternalNamespace implements Namespace {
      * @param namespace The namespace
      * @param storage   The storage.
      */
-    public InternalNamespace(@Nullable final String tenant, final String namespace, final StorageInterface storage) {
-        this(LOG, tenant, namespace, storage);
+    public InternalNamespace(@Nullable final String tenant, final String namespace, final StorageInterface storage, final NamespaceFileMetadataRepositoryInterface namespaceFileMetadataRepository) {
+        this(LOG, tenant, namespace, storage, namespaceFileMetadataRepository);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -48,13 +58,27 @@ public class InternalNamespace implements Namespace {
      * @param tenant    The tenant.
      * @param storage   The storage.
      */
-    public InternalNamespace(final Logger logger, @Nullable final String tenant, final String namespace, final StorageInterface storage) {
+    public InternalNamespace(final Logger logger, @Nullable final String tenant, final String namespace, final StorageInterface storage, final NamespaceFileMetadataRepositoryInterface namespaceFileMetadataRepositoryInterface) {
         this.logger = Objects.requireNonNull(logger, "logger cannot be null");
         this.namespace = Objects.requireNonNull(namespace, "namespace cannot be null");
         this.storage = Objects.requireNonNull(storage, "storage cannot be null");
+        this.namespaceFileMetadataRepository = Objects.requireNonNull(namespaceFileMetadataRepositoryInterface, "namespaceFileMetadataRepository cannot be null");
         this.tenant = tenant;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public ArrayListTotal<NamespaceFile> find(Pageable pageable, List<QueryFilter> filters, boolean allowDeleted, FetchVersion fetchVersion) {
+        return namespaceFileMetadataRepository.find(
+            pageable,
+            tenant,
+            Stream.concat(filters.stream(), Stream.of(
+                QueryFilter.builder().field(QueryFilter.Field.NAMESPACE).operation(QueryFilter.Op.EQUALS).value(namespace).build()
+            )).toList(),
+            allowDeleted,
+            fetchVersion
+        ).map(throwFunction(NamespaceFile::fromMetadata));
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      **/
@@ -73,35 +97,106 @@ public class InternalNamespace implements Namespace {
      **/
     @Override
     public List<NamespaceFile> all() throws IOException {
-        return all(false);
+        return all(null);
     }
 
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      **/
     @Override
-    public List<NamespaceFile> all(final boolean includeDirectories) throws IOException {
-        return all(null, includeDirectories);
+    public List<NamespaceFile> all(final String containing, boolean includeDirectories) throws IOException {
+        List<NamespaceFileMetadata> namespaceFilesMetadata = namespaceFileMetadataRepository.find(Pageable.UNPAGED, tenant, Stream.concat(
+            Stream.of(QueryFilter.builder().field(QueryFilter.Field.NAMESPACE).operation(QueryFilter.Op.EQUALS).value(namespace).build()),
+            Optional.ofNullable(containing).flatMap(p -> {
+                if (p.equals("/")) {
+                    return Optional.empty();
+                }
+
+                return Optional.of(QueryFilter.builder().field(QueryFilter.Field.QUERY).operation(QueryFilter.Op.EQUALS).value(p).build());
+            }).stream()
+        ).toList(), false);
+
+        if (!includeDirectories) {
+            namespaceFilesMetadata = namespaceFilesMetadata.stream().filter(nsFileMetadata -> !nsFileMetadata.isDirectory()).toList();
+        }
+
+        return namespaceFilesMetadata.stream().filter(nsFileMetadata -> !nsFileMetadata.getPath().equals("/")).map(nsFileMetadata -> NamespaceFile.of(namespace, Path.of(nsFileMetadata.getPath()), nsFileMetadata.getVersion())).toList();
     }
 
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      **/
     @Override
-    public List<NamespaceFile> all(final String prefix, final boolean includeDirectories) throws IOException {
-        URI namespacePrefix = URI.create(NamespaceFile.of(namespace, Optional.ofNullable(prefix).map(Path::of).orElse(null)).storagePath().toString().replace("\\","/") + "/");
-        return storage.allByPrefix(tenant, namespace, namespacePrefix, includeDirectories)
-            .stream()
-            .map(uri -> new NamespaceFile(relativize(uri), uri, namespace))
-            .toList();
+    public List<NamespaceFileMetadata> children(String parentPath, boolean recursive) throws IOException {
+        final String normalizedParentPath = NamespaceFile.normalize(Path.of(parentPath), true).toString();
+
+        return namespaceFileMetadataRepository.find(Pageable.UNPAGED, tenant, List.of(
+            QueryFilter.builder().field(QueryFilter.Field.NAMESPACE).operation(QueryFilter.Op.EQUALS).value(namespace).build(),
+            QueryFilter.builder()
+                .field(QueryFilter.Field.PARENT_PATH)
+                .operation(recursive ? QueryFilter.Op.STARTS_WITH : QueryFilter.Op.EQUALS)
+                .value(normalizedParentPath.endsWith("/") ? normalizedParentPath : normalizedParentPath + "/")
+                .build()
+        ), false);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<Pair<NamespaceFile, NamespaceFile>> move(Path source, Path target) throws Exception {
+        final Path normalizedSource = NamespaceFile.normalize(source, true);
+        final Path normalizedTarget = NamespaceFile.normalize(target, true);
+
+        if (findByPath(normalizedTarget).isPresent()) {
+            throw new IOException(String.format(
+                "File '%s' already exists in namespace '%s'.",
+                normalizedTarget,
+                namespace
+            ));
+        }
+
+        ArrayListTotal<NamespaceFileMetadata> beforeRename = namespaceFileMetadataRepository.find(Pageable.UNPAGED, tenant, List.of(
+            QueryFilter.builder().field(QueryFilter.Field.NAMESPACE).operation(QueryFilter.Op.EQUALS).value(namespace).build(),
+            QueryFilter.builder().field(QueryFilter.Field.PATH).operation(QueryFilter.Op.IN).value(List.of(normalizedSource.toString(), normalizedSource + "/")).build()
+        ), true, FetchVersion.ALL);
+        beforeRename.sort(Comparator.comparing(NamespaceFileMetadata::getVersion));
+        ArrayListTotal<NamespaceFileMetadata> afterRename = beforeRename
+            .map(nsFileMetadata -> {
+                String newPath;
+                if (nsFileMetadata.isDirectory()) {
+                    newPath = normalizedTarget.toString().endsWith("/") ? normalizedTarget.toString() : normalizedTarget + "/";
+                } else {
+                    newPath = normalizedTarget.toString();
+                }
+
+                return nsFileMetadata.toBuilder().path(newPath).build();
+            });
+
+        return afterRename.map(throwFunction(nsFileMetadata -> {
+            NamespaceFile beforeNamespaceFile = NamespaceFile.of(namespace, normalizedSource, nsFileMetadata.getVersion());
+            Path namespaceFilePath = beforeNamespaceFile.storagePath();
+            NamespaceFile afterNamespaceFile;
+            if (nsFileMetadata.isDirectory()) {
+                afterNamespaceFile = this.createDirectory(Path.of(nsFileMetadata.getPath()));
+            } else {
+                try (InputStream oldContent = storage.get(tenant, namespace, namespaceFilePath.toUri())) {
+                    afterNamespaceFile = this.putFile(Path.of(nsFileMetadata.getPath()), oldContent, Conflicts.OVERWRITE).getFirst();
+                }
+            }
+
+            this.purge(NamespaceFile.of(namespace, normalizedSource, nsFileMetadata.getVersion()));
+            return Pair.of(beforeNamespaceFile, afterNamespaceFile);
+        }));
     }
 
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      **/
     @Override
-    public NamespaceFile get(final Path path) {
-        return NamespaceFile.of(namespace, path);
+    public NamespaceFile get(Path path) throws IOException {
+        final Path normalizedPath = NamespaceFile.normalize(path, true);
+
+        int version = findByPath(normalizedPath).map(NamespaceFileMetadata::getVersion).orElse(1);
+
+        return NamespaceFile.of(namespace, normalizedPath, version);
     }
 
     public Path relativize(final URI uri) {
@@ -122,90 +217,225 @@ public class InternalNamespace implements Namespace {
      * {@inheritDoc}
      **/
     @Override
-    public InputStream getFileContent(final Path path) throws IOException {
-        Path namespaceFilePath = NamespaceFile.of(namespace, path).storagePath();
+    public InputStream getFileContent(Path path, @Nullable Integer version) throws IOException {
+        final Path normalizedPath = NamespaceFile.normalize(path, true);
+
+        // Throw if file not found OR if it's deleted
+        NamespaceFileMetadata namespaceFileMetadata = findByPath(normalizedPath, version).orElseThrow(() -> fileNotFound(normalizedPath, version));
+
+        Path namespaceFilePath = NamespaceFile.of(namespace, normalizedPath, namespaceFileMetadata.getVersion()).storagePath();
         return storage.get(tenant, namespace, namespaceFilePath.toUri());
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public FileAttributes getFileMetadata(Path path) throws IOException {
+        final Path normalizedPath = NamespaceFile.normalize(path, true);
+
+        return findByPath(normalizedPath).map(NamespaceFileAttributes::new).orElseThrow(() -> fileNotFound(normalizedPath, null));
+    }
+
+    private FileNotFoundException fileNotFound(Path path, @Nullable Integer version) {
+        return new FileNotFoundException(Optional.ofNullable(version).map(v -> "Version " + v + " of file").orElse("File") + " '" + path + "' was not found in namespace '" + namespace + "'.");
+    }
+
+    private Optional<NamespaceFileMetadata> findByPath(Path path, boolean allowDeleted, @Nullable Integer version) throws IOException {
+        final Path normalizedPath = NamespaceFile.normalize(path, true);
+
+        if (version != null) {
+            return namespaceFileMetadataRepository.find(Pageable.from(1, 1), tenant, List.of(
+                QueryFilter.builder().field(QueryFilter.Field.NAMESPACE).operation(QueryFilter.Op.EQUALS).value(namespace).build(),
+                QueryFilter.builder().field(QueryFilter.Field.PATH).operation(QueryFilter.Op.EQUALS).value(normalizedPath.toString()).build(),
+                QueryFilter.builder().field(QueryFilter.Field.VERSION).operation(QueryFilter.Op.EQUALS).value(version).build()
+            ), allowDeleted, FetchVersion.ALL).stream().findFirst();
+        }
+        return namespaceFileMetadataRepository.findByPath(tenant, namespace, normalizedPath.toString())
+            .filter(namespaceFileMetadata -> allowDeleted || !namespaceFileMetadata.isDeleted());
+    }
+
+    private Optional<NamespaceFileMetadata> findByPath(Path path, boolean allowDeleted) throws IOException {
+        return findByPath(path, allowDeleted, null);
+    }
+
+    private Optional<NamespaceFileMetadata> findByPath(Path path, @Nullable Integer version) throws IOException {
+        return findByPath(path, false, version);
+    }
+
+    private Optional<NamespaceFileMetadata> findByPath(Path path) throws IOException {
+        return findByPath(path, null);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean exists(Path path) throws IOException {
+        final Path normalizedPath = NamespaceFile.normalize(path, true);
+
+        return findByPath(normalizedPath).isPresent();
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      **/
     @Override
-    public NamespaceFile putFile(final Path path, final InputStream content, final Conflicts onAlreadyExist) throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
-        Path namespaceFilesPrefix = NamespaceFile.of(namespace, path).storagePath();
+    public List<NamespaceFile> putFile(final Path path, final InputStream content, final Conflicts onAlreadyExist) throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
+        final Path normalizedPath = NamespaceFile.normalize(path, true);
+
+        Optional<NamespaceFileMetadata> inRepository = findByPath(normalizedPath, true);
+        int currentVersion = inRepository.map(NamespaceFileMetadata::getVersion).orElse(0);
+        NamespaceFile namespaceFile = NamespaceFile.of(namespace, normalizedPath, currentVersion + 1);
+        Path storagePath = namespaceFile.storagePath();
         // Remove Windows letter
-        URI cleanUri = new URI(namespaceFilesPrefix.toUri().toString().replaceFirst("^file:///[a-zA-Z]:", ""));
-        final boolean exists = storage.exists(tenant, namespace, cleanUri);
+        URI cleanUri = new URI(storagePath.toUri().toString().replaceFirst("^file:///[a-zA-Z]:", ""));
 
-        return switch (onAlreadyExist) {
-            case OVERWRITE -> {
-                URI uri = storage.put(tenant, namespace, cleanUri, content);
-                NamespaceFile namespaceFile = new NamespaceFile(relativize(uri), uri, namespace);
-                if (exists) {
-                    logger.debug(String.format(
-                        "File '%s' overwritten into namespace '%s'.",
-                        path,
-                        namespace
-                    ));
-                } else {
-                    logger.debug(String.format(
-                        "File '%s' added to namespace '%s'.",
-                        path,
-                        namespace
-                    ));
-                }
-                yield namespaceFile;
+        List<NamespaceFile> createdFiles = new ArrayList<>();
+        if (inRepository.isEmpty()) {
+            storage.put(tenant, namespace, cleanUri, content);
+
+            createdFiles.addAll(mkDirs(normalizedPath.toString()));
+
+            namespaceFileMetadataRepository.save(
+                NamespaceFileMetadata.builder()
+                    .tenantId(tenant)
+                    .namespace(namespace)
+                    .path(normalizedPath.toString())
+                    .size(storage.getAttributes(tenant, namespace, cleanUri).getSize())
+                    .build()
+            );
+
+            logger.debug(String.format(
+                "File '%s' added to namespace '%s'.",
+                normalizedPath,
+                namespace
+            ));
+
+            createdFiles.add(namespaceFile);
+        } else if (onAlreadyExist == Conflicts.OVERWRITE || inRepository.get().isDeleted()) {
+            storage.put(tenant, namespace, cleanUri, content);
+
+            createdFiles.addAll(mkDirs(normalizedPath.toString()));
+
+            namespaceFileMetadataRepository.save(
+                inRepository.get().toBuilder().size(storage.getAttributes(tenant, namespace, cleanUri).getSize()).deleted(false).build()
+            );
+
+            if (inRepository.get().isDeleted()) {
+                logger.debug(String.format(
+                    "File '%s' added to namespace '%s'.",
+                    normalizedPath,
+                    namespace
+                ));
+            } else {
+                logger.debug(String.format(
+                    "File '%s' overwritten into namespace '%s'.",
+                    normalizedPath,
+                    namespace
+                ));
             }
-            case ERROR -> {
-                if (!exists) {
-                    URI uri = storage.put(tenant, namespace, namespaceFilesPrefix.toUri(), content);
-                    yield new NamespaceFile(relativize(uri), uri, namespace);
-                } else {
-                    throw new IOException(String.format(
-                        "File '%s' already exists in namespace '%s' and conflict is set to %s",
-                        path,
-                        namespace,
-                        Conflicts.ERROR
-                    ));
-                }
+
+            createdFiles.add(namespaceFile);
+        } else {
+            // At this point, the file exists and we have to decide what to do based on the conflict strategy
+            switch (onAlreadyExist) {
+                case ERROR -> throw new IOException(String.format(
+                    "File '%s' already exists in namespace '%s' and conflict is set to %s",
+                    normalizedPath,
+                    namespace,
+                    Conflicts.ERROR
+                ));
+                case SKIP -> logger.debug(String.format(
+                    "File '%s' already exists in namespace '%s' and conflict is set to %s. Skipping.",
+                    normalizedPath,
+                    namespace,
+                    Conflicts.SKIP
+                ));
             }
-            case SKIP -> {
-                if (!exists) {
-                    URI uri = storage.put(tenant, namespace, namespaceFilesPrefix.toUri(), content);
-                    NamespaceFile namespaceFile = new NamespaceFile(relativize(uri), uri, namespace);
-                    logger.debug(String.format(
-                        "File '%s' added to namespace '%s'.",
-                        path,
-                        namespace
-                    ));
-                    yield namespaceFile;
-                } else {
-                    logger.debug(String.format(
-                        "File '%s' already exists in namespace '%s' and conflict is set to %s. Skipping.",
-                        path,
-                        namespace,
-                        Conflicts.SKIP
-                    ));
-                    URI uri = URI.create(StorageContext.KESTRA_PROTOCOL + namespaceFilesPrefix);
-                    yield new NamespaceFile(relativize(uri), uri, namespace);
-                }
-            }
-        };
+        }
+
+        return createdFiles;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Make all parent directories for a given path.
+     */
+    private List<NamespaceFile> mkDirs(String path) throws IOException {
+        List<NamespaceFile> createdDirs = new ArrayList<>();
+        Optional<Path> maybeParentPath = Optional.empty();
+        while (
+            (maybeParentPath = Optional.ofNullable(NamespaceFileMetadata.parentPath(maybeParentPath.map(Path::toString).orElse(path))).map(Path::of)).isPresent()
+                && !this.exists(maybeParentPath.get())
+        ) {
+            this.createDirectory(maybeParentPath.get());
+            createdDirs.add(NamespaceFile.of(namespace, maybeParentPath.get().toString().endsWith("/") ? maybeParentPath.get().toString() : maybeParentPath.get() + "/", 1));
+        }
+
+        return createdDirs;
     }
 
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      **/
     @Override
-    public URI createDirectory(Path path) throws IOException {
-        return storage.createDirectory(tenant, namespace, NamespaceFile.of(namespace, path).storagePath().toUri());
+    public NamespaceFile createDirectory(Path path) throws IOException {
+        final Path normalizedPath = NamespaceFile.normalize(path, true);
+
+        NamespaceFileMetadata nsFileMetadata = namespaceFileMetadataRepository.save(
+            NamespaceFileMetadata.builder()
+                .tenantId(tenant)
+                .namespace(namespace)
+                .path(normalizedPath.toString().endsWith("/") ? normalizedPath.toString() : normalizedPath + "/")
+                .size(0L)
+                .build()
+        );
+        storage.createDirectory(tenant, namespace, NamespaceFile.of(namespace, normalizedPath, 1).storagePath().toUri());
+
+        return NamespaceFile.fromMetadata(nsFileMetadata);
     }
 
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      **/
     @Override
-    public boolean delete(Path path) throws IOException {
-        return storage.delete(tenant, namespace, URI.create(path.toString().replace("\\","/")));
+    public List<NamespaceFile> delete(Path path) throws IOException {
+        final Path normalizedPath = NamespaceFile.normalize(path, true);
+
+        Optional<NamespaceFileMetadata> maybeNamespaceFileMetadata = namespaceFileMetadataRepository.find(Pageable.from(1, 1), tenant, List.of(
+            QueryFilter.builder().field(QueryFilter.Field.NAMESPACE).operation(QueryFilter.Op.EQUALS).value(namespace).build(),
+            QueryFilter.builder().field(QueryFilter.Field.PATH).operation(QueryFilter.Op.IN).value(List.of(normalizedPath.toString(), normalizedPath + "/")).build()
+        ), false).stream().findFirst();
+
+        List<NamespaceFileMetadata> toDelete = Stream.concat(
+            this.children(normalizedPath.toString(), true).stream().map(NamespaceFileMetadata::toDeleted),
+            maybeNamespaceFileMetadata.map(NamespaceFileMetadata::toDeleted).stream()
+        ).toList();
+
+        toDelete.forEach(namespaceFileMetadataRepository::save);
+
+        return toDelete.stream().map(NamespaceFile::fromMetadata).toList();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean purge(NamespaceFile namespaceFile) throws IOException {
+        storage.delete(tenant, namespace, namespaceFile.storagePath().toUri());
+        namespaceFileMetadataRepository.purge(List.of(NamespaceFileMetadata.of(tenant, namespaceFile)));
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    @Override
+    public Integer purge(List<NamespaceFile> namespaceFiles) throws IOException {
+        Integer purgedMetadataCount = this.namespaceFileMetadataRepository.purge(namespaceFiles.stream().map(namespaceFile -> NamespaceFileMetadata.of(tenant, namespaceFile)).toList());
+
+        long actualDeletedEntries = namespaceFiles.stream()
+            .map(NamespaceFile::storagePath)
+            .map(Path::toUri)
+            .map(throwFunction(uri -> this.storage.delete(tenant, namespace, uri)))
+            .filter(Boolean::booleanValue)
+            .count();
+
+        if (actualDeletedEntries != purgedMetadataCount) {
+            LOG.warn("Namespace Files Metadata purge reported {} deleted entries, but {} values were actually deleted from storage", purgedMetadataCount, actualDeletedEntries);
+        }
+
+        return purgedMetadataCount;
     }
 }

core/src/main/java/io/kestra/core/storages/InternalStorage.java

@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
 package io.kestra.core.storages;
 
-import io.kestra.core.services.FlowService;
-import io.kestra.core.services.KVStoreService;
-import io.kestra.core.storages.kv.InternalKVStore;
-import io.kestra.core.storages.kv.KVStore;
+import io.kestra.core.repositories.NamespaceFileMetadataRepositoryInterface;
+import io.kestra.core.services.NamespaceService;
 import jakarta.annotation.Nullable;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
-import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -33,7 +30,8 @@ public class InternalStorage implements Storage {
     private final Logger logger;
     private final StorageContext context;
     private final StorageInterface storage;
-    private final FlowService flowService;
+    private final NamespaceFactory namespaceFactory;
+    private final NamespaceService namespaceService;
 
     /**
      * Creates a new {@link InternalStorage} instance.
@@ -41,8 +39,8 @@ public class InternalStorage implements Storage {
      * @param context The storage context.
      * @param storage The storage to delegate operations.
      */
-    public InternalStorage(StorageContext context, StorageInterface storage) {
-        this(LOG, context, storage, null);
+    public InternalStorage(StorageContext context, StorageInterface storage, NamespaceFactory namespaceFactory) {
+        this(LOG, context, storage, null, namespaceFactory);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -52,11 +50,12 @@ public class InternalStorage implements Storage {
      * @param context The storage context.
      * @param storage The storage to delegate operations.
      */
-    public InternalStorage(Logger logger, StorageContext context, StorageInterface storage, FlowService flowService) {
+    public InternalStorage(Logger logger, StorageContext context, StorageInterface storage, NamespaceService namespaceService, NamespaceFactory namespaceFactory) {
         this.logger = logger;
         this.context = context;
         this.storage = storage;
-        this.flowService = flowService;
+        this.namespaceService = namespaceService;
+        this.namespaceFactory = namespaceFactory;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ public class InternalStorage implements Storage {
      **/
     @Override
     public Namespace namespace() {
-        return new InternalNamespace(logger, context.getTenantId(), context.getNamespace(), storage);
+        return namespaceFactory.of(logger, context.getTenantId(), context.getNamespace(), storage);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -74,13 +73,13 @@ public class InternalStorage implements Storage {
     public Namespace namespace(String namespace) {
         boolean isExternalNamespace = !namespace.equals(context.getNamespace());
         // Checks whether the contextual namespace is allowed to access the passed namespace.
-        if (isExternalNamespace && flowService != null) {
-            flowService.checkAllowedNamespace(
+        if (isExternalNamespace && namespaceService != null) {
+            namespaceService.checkAllowedNamespace(
                 context.getTenantId(), namespace, // requested Tenant/Namespace
                 context.getTenantId(), context.getNamespace() // from Tenant/Namespace
             );
         }
-        return new InternalNamespace(logger, context.getTenantId(), namespace, storage);
+        return namespaceFactory.of(logger, context.getTenantId(), namespace, storage);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -102,6 +101,13 @@ public class InternalStorage implements Storage {
 
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public FileAttributes getAttributes(URI uri) throws IOException {
+        uriGuard(uri);
+
+        return this.storage.getAttributes(context.getTenantId(), context.getNamespace(), uri);
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      **/