Kubernetes Operator - Cannot Activate Secure Files on gitlab 16.8

Infrastructure as Code & Cloud Native
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I am migrating from a linux stand alone, self install, and have found in the latest version installed by the gitlab operator, the SecureFiles feature is not activated.

The docs talk about editing helm charts, but they don’t discuss how to fix it with the gitlab operator configuration.

I have tried a lot of configs, and resorted to throwing poopoo at the wall… my current state:
any suggestions?

apiVersion: apps.gitlab.com/v1beta1
kind: GitLab
metadata:
  name: gitlab
spec:
  chart:
    version: "7.8.1" # https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cloud-native/gitlab-operator/-/blob/0.8.1/CHART_VERSIONS
    values:
      global:
        hosts:
          domain: <redacted> # use a real domain here
        ingress:
          configureCertmanager: true
        ci_secure_files:
          enabled: true
        objects:
          ci_secure_files:
            enabled: true
        appConfig:
          ci_secure_files:
            enabled: true
          objects:
            ci_secure_files:
              enabled: true
          ldap:
            preventSignin: false
            servers:
              # 'main' is the GitLab 'provider ID' of this LDAP server
              main:
                label: 'LDAP'
                host: '<redacted>
                port: 389
                uid: 'sAMAccountName'
                bind_dn: <redacted>
                base: <redacted>
                encryption: 'plain'
                admin_group: 'admins'
                active_directory: true
                group_base: <redacted>
                password:
                  secret: ldap-secret
                  key: password
      certmanager-issuer:
        email: <redacted>