diff --git a/scripts/artifact-publish.mjs b/scripts/artifact-publish.mjs
index badcb70d..7ed4a323 100644
--- a/scripts/artifact-publish.mjs
+++ b/scripts/artifact-publish.mjs
@@ -909,6 +909,7 @@ function normalizeEnvReuseRecipe(recipe) {
 }
 
 function normalizeDownloadStack(value) {
+  value = effectiveDownloadStackConfig(value, process.env);
   assert.ok(value && typeof value === "object", "envRecipe.downloadStack must be configured in deploy/deploy.yaml");
   const normalized = {
     httpProxy: normalizeOptionalHttpUrl(value.httpProxy),
@@ -927,6 +928,34 @@ function normalizeDownloadStack(value) {
   return normalized;
 }
 
+function effectiveDownloadStackConfig(value, env = process.env) {
+  if (!value || typeof value !== "object" || !usesK8sNativeDownloadProxy(env)) return value;
+  const httpProxy = textEnv(env.HTTP_PROXY) || textEnv(env.http_proxy) || value.httpProxy;
+  const httpsProxy = textEnv(env.HTTPS_PROXY) || textEnv(env.https_proxy) || httpProxy || value.httpsProxy;
+  const noProxy = noProxyFromEnv(env) || value.noProxy;
+  return {
+    ...value,
+    httpProxy,
+    httpsProxy,
+    noProxy
+  };
+}
+
+function usesK8sNativeDownloadProxy(env = process.env) {
+  return env.HWLAB_DEV_REGISTRY_K8S_NATIVE === "1" || Boolean(textEnv(env.HWLAB_TEKTON_PIPELINERUN));
+}
+
+function noProxyFromEnv(env = process.env) {
+  const text = textEnv(env.NO_PROXY) || textEnv(env.no_proxy);
+  if (!text) return null;
+  return text.split(",").map((item) => item.trim()).filter(Boolean);
+}
+
+function textEnv(value) {
+  const text = String(value ?? "").trim();
+  return text || null;
+}
+
 function normalizeOptionalHttpUrl(value) {
   const text = String(value ?? "").trim();
   if (!text) return null;
diff --git a/scripts/gitops-render.mjs b/scripts/gitops-render.mjs
index 2a05ce6b..9f8486ce 100644
--- a/scripts/gitops-render.mjs
+++ b/scripts/gitops-render.mjs
@@ -2678,7 +2678,12 @@ function planArtifactsTask({ serviceIds = defaultServiceIds } = {}) {
       steps: [{
         name: "plan",
         image: ciToolsRunnerImage,
-        env: [{ name: "HWLAB_SELECTED_SERVICES", value: "$(params.services)" }, ...proxyEnv()],
+        env: [
+          { name: "HWLAB_SELECTED_SERVICES", value: "$(params.services)" },
+          { name: "HWLAB_DEV_REGISTRY_K8S_NATIVE", value: "1" },
+          { name: "HWLAB_TEKTON_PIPELINERUN", value: "$(context.pipelineRun.name)" },
+          ...proxyEnv()
+        ],
         script: planArtifactsScript()
       }]
     },
diff --git a/scripts/src/ci-plan-lib.mjs b/scripts/src/ci-plan-lib.mjs
index c42f7f8e..3bee4509 100644
--- a/scripts/src/ci-plan-lib.mjs
+++ b/scripts/src/ci-plan-lib.mjs
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ function envReuseRecipeForLaneConfig(laneConfig, lane = "v02") {
 }
 
 function normalizeDownloadStack(value, lane) {
-  const configured = value && typeof value === "object" ? value : null;
+  const configured = effectiveDownloadStackConfig(value, process.env);
   if (!configured) throw new Error(`deploy.lanes.${lane}.envRecipe.downloadStack is required`);
   const httpProxy = normalizeOptionalHttpUrl(configured.httpProxy, `deploy.lanes.${lane}.envRecipe.downloadStack.httpProxy`);
   const httpsProxy = normalizeOptionalHttpUrl(configured.httpsProxy, `deploy.lanes.${lane}.envRecipe.downloadStack.httpsProxy`);
@@ -389,6 +389,30 @@ function normalizeDownloadStack(value, lane) {
   };
 }
 
+function effectiveDownloadStackConfig(value, env = process.env) {
+  const configured = value && typeof value === "object" ? value : null;
+  if (!configured || !usesK8sNativeDownloadProxy(env)) return configured;
+  const httpProxy = normalizeDeclarationString(env.HTTP_PROXY) || normalizeDeclarationString(env.http_proxy) || configured.httpProxy;
+  const httpsProxy = normalizeDeclarationString(env.HTTPS_PROXY) || normalizeDeclarationString(env.https_proxy) || httpProxy || configured.httpsProxy;
+  const noProxy = noProxyFromEnv(env) || configured.noProxy;
+  return {
+    ...configured,
+    httpProxy,
+    httpsProxy,
+    noProxy
+  };
+}
+
+function usesK8sNativeDownloadProxy(env = process.env) {
+  return env.HWLAB_DEV_REGISTRY_K8S_NATIVE === "1" || Boolean(normalizeDeclarationString(env.HWLAB_TEKTON_PIPELINERUN));
+}
+
+function noProxyFromEnv(env = process.env) {
+  const text = normalizeDeclarationString(env.NO_PROXY) || normalizeDeclarationString(env.no_proxy);
+  if (!text) return null;
+  return text.split(",").map((item) => item.trim()).filter(Boolean);
+}
+
 function normalizeOptionalHttpUrl(value, label) {
   const text = normalizeDeclarationString(value);
   if (!text) return null;