diff --git a/scripts/g14-gitops-render.mjs b/scripts/g14-gitops-render.mjs
index 7b951796..9526c625 100644
--- a/scripts/g14-gitops-render.mjs
+++ b/scripts/g14-gitops-render.mjs
@@ -1820,9 +1820,13 @@ for tool in node git timeout; do command -v "$tool" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo '{
 ${gitSshShellFunction()}
 git_url_requires_ssh() { case "$1" in git@*|ssh://*) return 0 ;; *) return 1 ;; esac; }
 lane="$(params.lane)"
+case "$lane" in
+  v[0-9][0-9]*) runtime_lane=true ;;
+  *) runtime_lane=false ;;
+esac
 source_head_url_for_setup="$(params.git-url)"
 gitops_read_url_for_setup="$(params.git-url)"
-if [ "$lane" = "v02" ]; then
+if [ "$runtime_lane" = "true" ]; then
   source_head_url_for_setup="$(params.git-read-url)"
   gitops_read_url_for_setup="$(params.git-read-url)"
 fi
@@ -1840,7 +1844,7 @@ check_source_head() {
   phase="$1"
   expected="\${2:-$(params.revision)}"
   source_head_url="$(params.git-url)"
-  if [ "$(params.lane)" = "v02" ]; then
+  if [ "$runtime_lane" = "true" ]; then
     source_head_url="$(params.git-read-url)"
   fi
   latest_file="$(mktemp)"
@@ -1959,7 +1963,7 @@ check_source_head before-push
 workdir="$(mktemp -d)"
 gitops_read_url="$(params.git-url)"
 gitops_write_url="$(params.git-write-url)"
-if [ "$lane" = "v02" ]; then
+if [ "$runtime_lane" = "true" ]; then
   gitops_read_url="$(params.git-read-url)"
 fi
 gitops_clone_started_ms="$(ci_now_ms)"
@@ -1970,18 +1974,18 @@ old_runtime_snapshot="$workdir/old-runtime-snapshot"
 if git_timed gitops-branch-ls 45 git ls-remote --exit-code --heads origin "$(params.gitops-branch)" >/dev/null; then
   git_timed gitops-fetch 90 git fetch origin "$(params.gitops-branch)"
   git checkout -B "$(params.gitops-branch)" "origin/$(params.gitops-branch)"
-  if [ "$lane" = "v02" ] && [ -d "$runtime_path" ]; then
+  if [ "$runtime_lane" = "true" ] && [ -d "$runtime_path" ]; then
     mkdir -p "$old_runtime_snapshot"
     cp -a "$runtime_path"/. "$old_runtime_snapshot"/
   fi
-  if [ "$lane" = "v02" ]; then rm -rf "$runtime_path" "$catalog_path"; else rm -rf deploy/gitops/g14 "$catalog_path"; fi
+  if [ "$runtime_lane" = "true" ]; then rm -rf "$runtime_path" "$catalog_path"; else rm -rf deploy/gitops/g14 "$catalog_path"; fi
 else
   git checkout --orphan "$(params.gitops-branch)"
   git rm -rf . >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
 fi
 ci_timing_emit gitops-clone succeeded "$gitops_clone_started_ms"
 mkdir -p "$(dirname "$runtime_path")" "$(dirname "$catalog_path")"
-if [ "$lane" = "v02" ]; then
+if [ "$runtime_lane" = "true" ]; then
   cp -a "/workspace/source/repo/$runtime_path" "$runtime_path"
   cp "/workspace/source/repo/$catalog_path" "$catalog_path"
   git add "$catalog_path" "$runtime_path"
@@ -1991,7 +1995,7 @@ else
   cp "/workspace/source/repo/$catalog_path" "$catalog_path"
   git add "$catalog_path" deploy/gitops/g14
 fi
-if [ "$lane" = "v02" ] && [ -s /workspace/source/affected-services.json ]; then
+if [ "$runtime_lane" = "true" ] && [ -s /workspace/source/affected-services.json ]; then
   runtime_noop_decision="$(node - "$runtime_path" "$old_runtime_snapshot" /workspace/source/affected-services.json <<'NODE'
 const fs = require("node:fs");
 const path = require("node:path");