diff --git a/.docs/images/coverage.svg b/.docs/images/coverage.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8d22334eb1c46b39dbdbeb37ff93c218c188173d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.docs/images/coverage.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="124" height="20">
+    <linearGradient id="b" x2="0" y2="100%">
+        <stop offset="0" stop-color="#bbb" stop-opacity=".1"/>
+        <stop offset="1" stop-opacity=".1"/>
+    </linearGradient>
+    <mask id="anybadge_1">
+        <rect width="124" height="20" rx="3" fill="#fff"/>
+    </mask>
+    <g mask="url(#anybadge_1)">
+        <path fill="#555" d="M0 0h65v20H0z"/>
+        <path fill="#A9A9A9" d="M65 0h59v20H65z"/>
+        <path fill="url(#b)" d="M0 0h124v20H0z"/>
+    </g>
+    <g fill="#fff" text-anchor="middle" font-family="DejaVu Sans,Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" font-size="11">
+        <text x="33.5" y="15" fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3">coverage</text>
+        <text x="32.5" y="14">coverage</text>
+    </g>
+    <g fill="#fff" text-anchor="middle" font-family="DejaVu Sans,Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" font-size="11">
+        <text x="95.5" y="15" fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3">unknown</text>
+        <text x="94.5" y="14">unknown</text>
+    </g>
+</svg>
+
diff --git a/.docs/images/pipeline.svg b/.docs/images/pipeline.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..17f94998918fcb601111626a5436107abeaaa18f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.docs/images/pipeline.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="116" height="20">
+    <linearGradient id="b" x2="0" y2="100%">
+        <stop offset="0" stop-color="#bbb" stop-opacity=".1"/>
+        <stop offset="1" stop-opacity=".1"/>
+    </linearGradient>
+    <mask id="anybadge_1">
+        <rect width="116" height="20" rx="3" fill="#fff"/>
+    </mask>
+    <g mask="url(#anybadge_1)">
+        <path fill="#555" d="M0 0h57v20H0z"/>
+        <path fill="#A9A9A9" d="M57 0h59v20H57z"/>
+        <path fill="url(#b)" d="M0 0h116v20H0z"/>
+    </g>
+    <g fill="#fff" text-anchor="middle" font-family="DejaVu Sans,Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" font-size="11">
+        <text x="29.5" y="15" fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3">pipeline</text>
+        <text x="28.5" y="14">pipeline</text>
+    </g>
+    <g fill="#fff" text-anchor="middle" font-family="DejaVu Sans,Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif" font-size="11">
+        <text x="87.5" y="15" fill="#010101" fill-opacity=".3">unknown</text>
+        <text x="86.5" y="14">unknown</text>
+    </g>
+</svg>
+
diff --git a/.docs/index.md b/.docs/index.md
index aea045c43c69da1013fc7884ccaa967ea743a95a..9142377a93fe205391fda8771f6697df3260272d 100644
--- a/.docs/index.md
+++ b/.docs/index.md
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 author: Martin Weise
 ---
 
-[![CI/CD Pipeline](https://gitlab.phaidra.org/fair-data-austria-db-repository/fda-services/badges/master/pipeline.svg)](https://gitlab.phaidra.org/fair-data-austria-db-repository/fda-services){ tabindex=-1 }
-[![Code Coverage](https://gitlab.phaidra.org/fair-data-austria-db-repository/fda-services/badges/master/coverage.svg)](https://gitlab.phaidra.org/fair-data-austria-db-repository/fda-services){ tabindex=-1 }
+[![CI/CD Status](./images/pipeline.svg)](https://gitlab.phaidra.org/fair-data-austria-db-repository/fda-services){ tabindex=-1 }
+[![CI/CD Coverage](./images/coverage.svg)](https://gitlab.phaidra.org/fair-data-austria-db-repository/fda-services){ tabindex=-1 }
 [![GitLab Release](https://img.shields.io/gitlab/v/release/fair-data-austria-db-repository%2Ffda-services?gitlab_url=https%3A%2F%2Fgitlab.phaidra.org&display_name=release&style=flat&cacheSeconds=3600)](https://gitlab.phaidra.org/fair-data-austria-db-repository/fda-services){ tabindex=-1 }
 [![Image Pulls](https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/dbrepo/data-service?style=flat&cacheSeconds=3600)](https://hub.docker.com/u/dbrepo){ tabindex=-1 }
 [![GitLab License](https://img.shields.io/gitlab/license/fair-data-austria-db-repository%2Ffda-services?gitlab_url=https%3A%2F%2Fgitlab.phaidra.org%2F&style=flat&cacheSeconds=3600)](https://gitlab.phaidra.org/fair-data-austria-db-repository/fda-services){ tabindex=-1 }
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ Installing DBRepo is very easy or
 
 - [TU Wien](https://dbrepo1.ec.tuwien.ac.at)
 - TU Darmstadt
-- [Universität Hamburg](https://dbrepo.fdm.uni-hamburg.de/)
+- [Universit&auml;t Hamburg](https://dbrepo.fdm.uni-hamburg.de/)
 - [Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka](https://dbrepo.utem.edu.my/)
 - University of the Philippines
 - [Universiti Sains Malaysia](https://dbrepo.wrfexpress.com/)
 
-## How can I try DBRepo
+## How can I try DBRepo?
 
 [:fontawesome-solid-flask: &nbsp;Demonstration Instance](https://test.dbrepo.tuwien.ac.at){ .md-button .md-button--primary target="_blank" }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4fe2c739a640b791a8d11019144a6db9df598048..0ff50da0c256724747f4f7e1c90b91d3b3fa0f1d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ stages:
 build-metadata-service:
   image: maven:3-openjdk-17
   stage: build
-  except:
-    refs:
-      - /^release-.*/
   script:
     - "mvn -f ./dbrepo-metadata-service/pom.xml clean install $MAVEN_OPTS -DskipTests"
   # Compiled classes are needed for SonarQube in later stages
@@ -56,9 +53,6 @@ build-metadata-service:
 build-analyse-service:
   image: docker.io/python:3.11-alpine
   stage: build
-  except:
-    refs:
-      - /^release-.*/
   variables:
     PIPENV_PIPFILE: "./dbrepo-analyse-service/Pipfile"
   script:
@@ -68,9 +62,6 @@ build-analyse-service:
 build-data-db-sidecar:
   image: docker.io/python:3.11-alpine
   stage: build
-  except:
-    refs:
-      - /^release-.*/
   variables:
     PIPENV_PIPFILE: "./dbrepo-data-db/sidecar/Pipfile"
   script:
@@ -80,9 +71,6 @@ build-data-db-sidecar:
 build-lib:
   image: docker.io/python:3.11-alpine
   stage: build
-  except:
-    refs:
-      - /^release-.*/
   variables:
     PIPENV_PIPFILE: "./lib/python/Pipfile"
   script:
@@ -92,9 +80,6 @@ build-lib:
 build-data-service:
   image: maven:3-openjdk-17
   stage: build
-  except:
-    refs:
-      - /^release-.*/
   needs:
     - build-metadata-service
   dependencies:
@@ -114,18 +99,12 @@ build-data-service:
 build-ui:
   image: oven/bun:1.0.26-alpine
   stage: build
-  except:
-    refs:
-      - /^release-.*/
   script:
     - "cd ./dbrepo-ui && bun install && bun run build"
 
 build-search-service:
   image: docker.io/python:3.11-alpine
   stage: build
-  except:
-    refs:
-      - /^release-.*/
   script:
     - "pip install pipenv"
     - "cd dbrepo-search-service && pipenv install --system --deploy"
@@ -133,9 +112,6 @@ build-search-service:
 build-docker:
   image: docker.io/docker:24-dind
   stage: build
-  except:
-    refs:
-      - /^release-.*/
   before_script:
     - echo "$CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD" | docker login --username "$CI_REGISTRY_USER" --password-stdin $CI_REGISTRY_URL
   script:
@@ -146,9 +122,6 @@ build-docker:
 build-helm:
   image: docker.io/docker:24-dind
   stage: build
-  except:
-    refs:
-      - /^release-.*/
   before_script:
     - echo "$CI_GPG_KEYRING" | base64 -d > ./secring.gpg
     - echo "$CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD" | docker login --username "$CI_REGISTRY_USER" --password-stdin $CI_REGISTRY_URL
@@ -205,9 +178,6 @@ verify-install-script:
 lint-helm-chart:
   image: docker.io/alpine:3.20
   stage: lint
-  except:
-    refs:
-      - /^release-.*/
   needs:
     - build-metadata-service
   dependencies:
@@ -220,9 +190,6 @@ lint-helm-chart:
 test-metadata-service:
   image: maven:3-openjdk-17
   stage: test
-  except:
-    refs:
-      - /^release-.*/
   needs:
     - build-metadata-service
   dependencies:
@@ -243,9 +210,6 @@ test-metadata-service:
 test-data-service:
   image: maven:3-openjdk-17
   stage: test
-  except:
-    refs:
-      - /^release-.*/
   needs:
     - build-data-service
   dependencies:
@@ -266,9 +230,6 @@ test-data-service:
 test-analyse-service:
   image: docker.io/python:3.11-alpine
   stage: test
-  except:
-    refs:
-      - /^release-.*/
   variables:
     PIPENV_PIPFILE: "./dbrepo-analyse-service/Pipfile"
   needs:
@@ -293,9 +254,6 @@ test-analyse-service:
 test-search-service:
   image: docker.io/python:3.11-alpine
   stage: test
-  except:
-    refs:
-      - /^release-.*/
   variables:
     PIPENV_PIPFILE: "./dbrepo-search-service/Pipfile"
   needs:
@@ -320,9 +278,6 @@ test-search-service:
 test-lib:
   image: docker.io/python:3.11-alpine
   stage: test
-  except:
-    refs:
-      - /^release-.*/
   variables:
     PIPENV_PIPFILE: "./lib/python/Pipfile"
   needs:
@@ -404,9 +359,6 @@ release-helm:
     refs:
       - /^release-.*/
   when: manual
-  except:
-    refs:
-      - release-latest
   before_script:
     - "docker logout ${CI_REGISTRY_URL}"
     - "echo ${CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD} | docker login --username ${CI_REGISTRY_USER} --password-stdin ${CI_REGISTRY_URL}"
@@ -429,7 +381,7 @@ release-docs:
     refs:
       - /^release-.*/
   before_script:
-    - "apk add --update alpine-sdk bash sed wget openssh"
+    - "apk add --update alpine-sdk bash sed wget openssh jq curl"
     - "pip install pipenv"
     - "pip install -r ./requirements.txt"
     - "mkdir -p ./final/${APP_VERSION}/rest"
@@ -441,6 +393,7 @@ release-docs:
     - "cp .docs/.swagger/custom.css ./final/${APP_VERSION}/rest/custom.css" # swagger
     - "cp -r ./site/* ./final/${APP_VERSION}" # mkdocs
     - "cp .docker/dist.tar.gz ./final/${APP_VERSION}/dist.tar.gz" # dist
+    - "bash ./.gitlab/gen-badge.sh"
     - eval $(ssh-agent -s)
     - "mkdir -p /root/.ssh"
     - echo "$CI_KEY_PRIVATE" > /root/.ssh/id_rsa && chmod 0600 /root/.ssh/id_rsa
@@ -468,3 +421,15 @@ release-libs:
   script:
     - bash ./lib/python/package.sh
     - bash ./lib/python/release.sh
+
+release-gitlab:
+  stage: release
+  image: docker.io/alpine:3.18
+  when: manual
+  only:
+    refs:
+      - /^release-.*/
+  before_script:
+    - "apk add bash curl"
+  script:
+    - bash -ec "curl -fsSL -X POST -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -H \"PRIVATE-TOKEN: ${CI_TOKEN}\" --data '{\"name\": \"v${APP_VERSION}\", \"tag_name\": \"v${APP_VERSION}\", \"ref\": \"${CI_COMMIT_BRANCH}\", \"description\": \"Automated release from CI/CD\"}' https://gitlab.phaidra.org/api/v4/projects/450/releases"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitlab/gen-badge.sh b/.gitlab/gen-badge.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5ef15a3b6cafb7cf5324a8cbfed3383dd80aa4cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab/gen-badge.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+GITLAB_URL="https://gitlab.phaidra.org"
+# if we reached this script, all the tests have passed
+anybadge --label pipeline --value "passed" failed=red passed=green canceled=darkgray > "./final/${APP_VERSION}/images/pipeline.svg"
+PIPELINE_COVERAGE=$(curl -fsSL -H "PRIVATE-TOKEN: ${CI_TOKEN}" "${GITLAB_URL}/api/v4/projects/450/pipelines/latest?ref=${CI_COMMIT_BRANCH}" | jq --raw-output .coverage)
+echo "[INFO] pipeline coverage: ${PIPELINE_COVERAGE}"
+if [ "${PIPELINE_COVERAGE}" != "null" ]; then
+  anybadge --label coverage --value "${PIPELINE_COVERAGE}" coverage > "./final/${APP_VERSION}/images/coverage.svg"
+else
+  echo "[WARNING] Skipping badge generation, displaying default badge text: unknown"
+fi
diff --git a/helm/dbrepo/Chart.lock b/helm/dbrepo/Chart.lock
index 842d2c5ef663269a4574172661aba8d98d1b55f8..a7db225a0715d49501237bdba216941faed2d41c 100644
--- a/helm/dbrepo/Chart.lock
+++ b/helm/dbrepo/Chart.lock
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@ dependencies:
 - name: prometheus
   repository: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
   version: 1.3.22
-digest: sha256:8f67589f08da255fba018e5a8eec1c0ae736a5ee775d958eee9b45a5bda57f0a
-generated: "2024-09-27T09:21:08.969905261+02:00"
+digest: sha256:5d2c18d8f42cdade4d83cc8906d8b3f31104fb7bb46a6b682348fceaa09258b5
+generated: "2024-09-28T10:34:39.251599835+02:00"
diff --git a/helm/dbrepo/README.md b/helm/dbrepo/README.md
index 53d920f47e1462e5203dc56222b25263bc928f8c..2065ce6ed992157bbd868698e4ca91525fbdb02b 100644
--- a/helm/dbrepo/README.md
+++ b/helm/dbrepo/README.md
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 # DBRepo Helm chart
 
-[DBRepo](https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.4.4/) is a database repository system that
+[DBRepo](https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.4.6/) is a database repository system that
 allows researchers to ingest data into a central, versioned repository through common interfaces.
 
 ## TL;DR
 
 Download the
-sample [`values.yaml`](https://gitlab.phaidra.org/fair-data-austria-db-repository/fda-services/-/raw/release-1.4.4/helm-charts/dbrepo/values.yaml?inline=true)
+sample [
+`values.yaml`](https://gitlab.phaidra.org/fair-data-austria-db-repository/fda-services/-/raw/release-1.4.6/helm-charts/dbrepo/values.yaml?inline=true)
 for your deployment and update the variables, especially `hostname`.
 
 ```bash
-helm install my-release "oci://registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/helm" --values ./values.yaml --version "1.4.4"
+helm install my-release "oci://registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/helm" --values ./values.yaml --version "1.4.6"
 ```
 
 ## Prerequisites
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ helm install my-release "oci://registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/helm" --valu
 To install the chart with the release name `my-release`:
 
 ```bash
-helm install my-release "oci://oci://registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/helm" --values ./values.yaml --version "1.4.4"
+helm install my-release "oci://oci://registry.datalab.tuwien.ac.at/dbrepo/helm" --values ./values.yaml --version "1.4.6"
 ```
 
 The command deploys DBRepo on the Kubernetes cluster in the default configuration. The Parameters section lists the
@@ -48,24 +49,23 @@ The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and
 ### Global parameters
 
 | Name                                                  | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Value  |
-| ----------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------ |
+|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
 | `global.compatibility.openshift.adaptSecurityContext` | Adapt the securityContext sections of the deployment to make them compatible with Openshift restricted-v2 SCC: remove runAsUser, runAsGroup and fsGroup and let the platform use their allowed default IDs. Possible values: auto (apply if the detected running cluster is Openshift), force (perform the adaptation always), disabled (do not perform adaptation) | `auto` |
 | `global.storageClass`                                 | Global StorageClass for Persistent Volume(s)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | `""`   |
 
 ### Common parameters
 
-| Name            | Description                        | Value                 |
-| --------------- | ---------------------------------- | --------------------- |
-| `namespace`     | The namespace to install the chart | `dbrepo`              |
-| `hostname`      | The hostname.                      | `example.com`         |
-| `gateway`       | The gateway endpoint.              | `https://example.com` |
-| `strategyType`  | The image pull                     | `RollingUpdate`       |
-| `clusterDomain` | The cluster domain.                | `cluster.local`       |
+| Name            | Description           | Value                 |
+|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
+| `hostname`      | The hostname.         | `example.com`         |
+| `gateway`       | The gateway endpoint. | `https://example.com` |
+| `strategyType`  | The image pull        | `RollingUpdate`       |
+| `clusterDomain` | The cluster domain.   | `cluster.local`       |
 
 ### Metadata Database
 
 | Name                                     | Description                                                      | Value         |
-| ---------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------- |
+|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
 | `metadatadb.enabled`                     | Enable the Metadata Database.                                    | `true`        |
 | `metadatadb.host`                        | The hostname for the microservices.                              | `metadata-db` |
 | `metadatadb.rootUser.user`               | The root username.                                               | `root`        |
@@ -81,23 +81,22 @@ The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and
 ### Auth Service
 
 | Name                             | Description                                                  | Value                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
-| -------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | `authservice.enabled`            | Enable the Auth Service.                                     | `true`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
 | `authservice.image.debug`        | Set the logging level to `trace`. Otherwise, set to `info`.  | `false`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
 | `authservice.endpoint`           | The hostname for the microservices.                          | `http://auth-service`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
 | `authservice.jwt.pubkey`         | The JWT public key from the `dbrepo-client`.                 | `MIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEAqqnHQ2BWWW9vDNLRCcxD++xZg/16oqMo/c1l+lcFEjjAIJjJp/HqrPYU/U9GvquGE6PbVFtTzW1KcKawOW+FJNOA3CGo8Q1TFEfz43B8rZpKsFbJKvQGVv1Z4HaKPvLUm7iMm8Hv91cLduuoWx6Q3DPe2vg13GKKEZe7UFghF+0T9u8EKzA/XqQ0OiICmsmYPbwvf9N3bCKsB/Y10EYmZRb8IhCoV9mmO5TxgWgiuNeCTtNCv2ePYqL/U0WvyGFW0reasIK8eg3KrAUj8DpyOgPOVBn3lBGf+3KFSYi+0bwZbJZWqbC/Xlk20Go1YfeJPRIt7ImxD27R/lNjgDO/MwIDAQAB` |
 | `authservice.tls.enabled`        | Enable TLS/SSL communication. Required for HTTPS.            | `true`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
 | `authservice.tls.existingSecret` | The secret containing the `tls.crt`, `tls.key` and `ca.crt`. | `ingress-cert`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
-| `authservice.metrics.enabled`    | Enable the Prometheus metrics export sidecar container.      | `false`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
 | `authservice.client.id`          | The client id for the microservices.                         | `dbrepo-client`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
 | `authservice.client.secret`      | The client secret for the microservices.                     | `MUwRc7yfXSJwX8AdRMWaQC3Nep1VjwgG`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
 
 ### Data Database
 
 | Name                              | Description                                                 | Value         |
-| --------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | ------------- |
+|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
 | `datadb.enabled`                  | Enable the Data Database.                                   | `true`        |
-| `datadb.image.debug`              | Set the logging level to `trace`. Otherwise, set to `info`. | `false`       |
+| `datadb.database.image.debug`     | Set the logging level to `trace`. Otherwise, set to `info`. | `false`       |
 | `datadb.auth.rootPassword`        | The root user password.                                     | `dbrepo`      |
 | `datadb.auth.replicationUser`     | The database replication user password                      | `replication` |
 | `datadb.auth.replicationPassword` | The database replication user password                      | `replication` |
@@ -105,7 +104,7 @@ The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and
 ### Search Database
 
 | Name                   | Description                         | Value       |
-| ---------------------- | ----------------------------------- | ----------- |
+|------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------|
 | `searchdb.enabled`     | Enable the Data Database.           | `true`      |
 | `searchdb.host`        | The hostname for the microservices. | `search-db` |
 | `searchdb.port`        | The port for the microservices.     | `9200`      |
@@ -114,14 +113,14 @@ The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and
 ### Upload Service
 
 | Name                         | Description                | Value  |
-| ---------------------------- | -------------------------- | ------ |
+|------------------------------|----------------------------|--------|
 | `uploadservice.enabled`      | Enable the Upload Service. | `true` |
 | `uploadservice.replicaCount` | The number of replicas.    | `2`    |
 
 ### Broker Service
 
 | Name                                | Description                                                                                                                      | Value                                                                        |
-| ----------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | `brokerservice.enabled`             | Enable the Broker Service.                                                                                                       | `true`                                                                       |
 | `brokerservice.image.debug`         | Set the logging level to `trace`. Otherwise, set to `info`.                                                                      | `true`                                                                       |
 | `brokerservice.endpoint`            | The management api endpoint for the microservices.                                                                               | `http://broker-service:15672`                                                |
@@ -144,7 +143,7 @@ The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and
 ### Analyse Service
 
 | Name                                                               | Description                                                 | Value                            |
-| ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------- |
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 | `analyseservice.enabled`                                           | Enable the Broker Service.                                  | `true`                           |
 | `analyseservice.image.debug`                                       | Set the logging level to `trace`. Otherwise, set to `info`. | `false`                          |
 | `analyseservice.podSecurityContext.enabled`                        | Enable pods' Security Context                               | `true`                           |
@@ -168,7 +167,7 @@ The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and
 ### Metadata Service
 
 | Name                                                                | Description                                                                        | Value                            |
-| ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------- |
+|---------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
 | `metadataservice.enabled`                                           | Enable the Broker Service.                                                         | `true`                           |
 | `metadataservice.image.debug`                                       | Set the logging level to `trace`. Otherwise, set to `info`.                        | `false`                          |
 | `metadataservice.podSecurityContext.enabled`                        | Enable pods' Security Context                                                      | `true`                           |
@@ -206,7 +205,7 @@ The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and
 ### Data Service
 
 | Name                                                            | Description                                                                                                                                      | Value                                                                                                                       |
-| --------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+|-----------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | `dataservice.enabled`                                           | Enable the Broker Service.                                                                                                                       | `true`                                                                                                                      |
 | `dataservice.endpoint`                                          | Absolute URL to the data service in the form of http://host:port                                                                                 | `http://data-service`                                                                                                       |
 | `dataservice.image.debug`                                       | Set the logging level to `trace`. Otherwise, set to `info`.                                                                                      | `false`                                                                                                                     |
@@ -244,7 +243,7 @@ The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and
 ### Search Service
 
 | Name                                                              | Description                                                        | Value                   |
-| ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------- |
+|-------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
 | `searchservice.enabled`                                           | Enable the Broker Service.                                         | `true`                  |
 | `searchservice.endpoint`                                          | Absolute URL to the search service in the form of http://host:port | `http://search-service` |
 | `searchservice.image.debug`                                       | Set the logging level to `trace`. Otherwise, set to `info`.        | `false`                 |
@@ -267,7 +266,7 @@ The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and
 ### Storage Service
 
 | Name                                          | Description                                                                            | Value            |
-| --------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------- |
+|-----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
 | `storageservice.enabled`                      | Enable the Storage Service.                                                            | `true`           |
 | `storageservice.mariadb.auth.rootPassword`    | The user password for the root user.                                                   | `seaweedfsdb`    |
 | `storageservice.filer.enabled`                | Enable the storage service filer which is required for S3.                             | `true`           |
@@ -280,7 +279,7 @@ The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and
 ### Identity Service
 
 | Name                                   | Description                                                                                                   | Value             |
-| -------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------- |
+|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
 | `identityservice.enabled`              | Enable the Identity Service.                                                                                  | `true`            |
 | `identityservice.global.ldapDomain`    | The LDAP domain name in domain "dbrepo.at" form or explicit in "dc=dbrepo,dc=at" form.                        | `dc=dbrepo,dc=at` |
 | `identityservice.global.adminUser`     | The admin username that is used to bind.                                                                      | `admin`           |
@@ -295,7 +294,7 @@ The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and
 ### User Interface
 
 | Name                                                   | Description                                                                                          | Value                   |
-| ------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------- |
+|--------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
 | `ui.enabled`                                           | Enable the Broker Service.                                                                           | `true`                  |
 | `ui.image.debug`                                       | Set the logging level to `trace`. Otherwise, set to `info`.                                          | `false`                 |
 | `ui.podSecurityContext.enabled`                        | Enable pods' Security Context                                                                        | `true`                  |
@@ -329,10 +328,23 @@ The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and
 | `ui.public.doi.endpoint`                               | The DOI proxy.                                                                                       | `https://doi.org`       |
 | `ui.replicaCount`                                      | The number of replicas.                                                                              | `2`                     |
 
+### Dashboard Service
+
+| Name                                          | Description                                                                                                            | Value  |
+|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
+| `dashboardservice.enabled`                    | Enable the Dashboard Service.                                                                                          | `true` |
+| `dashboardservice.dashboardsProvider.enabled` | Enable the default dashboard provisioning provider to routinely import dashboards from /opt/bitnami/grafana/dashboards | `true` |
+
+### Metric Service
+
+| Name               | Description                | Value  |
+|--------------------|----------------------------|--------|
+| `metricdb.enabled` | Enable the Metric Service. | `true` |
+
 ### Ingress
 
 | Name                     | Description                                                                                                     | Value          |
-| ------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- |
+|--------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
 | `ingress.enabled`        | Enable the ingress.                                                                                             | `false`        |
 | `ingress.className`      | The ingress class name.                                                                                         | `nginx`        |
 | `ingress.tls.enabled`    | Enable the ingress.                                                                                             | `true`         |
diff --git a/helm/dbrepo/charts/dbrepo-mariadb-galera-1.4.6.tgz b/helm/dbrepo/charts/dbrepo-mariadb-galera-1.4.6.tgz
index 986e13f7c5261495cfd9ea53ace6e263b0e3c2fa..e9b82510c31978ea91ceaea73ae677f3ac0bf206 100644
Binary files a/helm/dbrepo/charts/dbrepo-mariadb-galera-1.4.6.tgz and b/helm/dbrepo/charts/dbrepo-mariadb-galera-1.4.6.tgz differ
diff --git a/helm/dbrepo/values.schema.json b/helm/dbrepo/values.schema.json
index c988efbfbe6678651fca94cf33dc7b5fae30a3ee..776f8ac99e14833f9a5f9f07aa357d1e938f6e8e 100644
--- a/helm/dbrepo/values.schema.json
+++ b/helm/dbrepo/values.schema.json
@@ -356,6 +356,14 @@
                     },
                     "type": "object"
                 },
+                "metrics": {
+                    "properties": {
+                        "enabled": {
+                            "type": "boolean"
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "type": "object"
+                },
                 "persistence": {
                     "properties": {
                         "enabled": {
@@ -398,21 +406,87 @@
         },
         "dashboardservice": {
             "properties": {
+                "dashboardsProvider": {
+                    "properties": {
+                        "enabled": {
+                            "type": "boolean"
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "type": "object"
+                },
+                "datasources": {
+                    "properties": {
+                        "secretDefinition": {
+                            "properties": {
+                                "apiVersion": {
+                                    "type": "integer"
+                                },
+                                "datasources": {
+                                    "items": {
+                                        "properties": {
+                                            "name": {
+                                                "type": "string"
+                                            },
+                                            "type": {
+                                                "type": "string"
+                                            },
+                                            "uid": {
+                                                "type": "string"
+                                            },
+                                            "url": {
+                                                "type": "string"
+                                            }
+                                        },
+                                        "type": "object"
+                                    },
+                                    "type": "array"
+                                }
+                            },
+                            "type": "object"
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "type": "object"
+                },
                 "enabled": {
                     "type": "boolean"
                 },
-                "envFromSecret": {
-                    "type": "string"
-                },
                 "fullnameOverride": {
                     "type": "string"
                 },
+                "grafana": {
+                    "properties": {
+                        "extraConfigmaps": {
+                            "items": {
+                                "properties": {
+                                    "mountPath": {
+                                        "type": "string"
+                                    },
+                                    "name": {
+                                        "type": "string"
+                                    },
+                                    "readOnly": {
+                                        "type": "boolean"
+                                    }
+                                },
+                                "type": "object"
+                            },
+                            "type": "array"
+                        },
+                        "extraEnvVarsSecret": {
+                            "type": "string"
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "type": "object"
+                },
                 "ldap": {
                     "properties": {
+                        "allowSignUp": {
+                            "type": "boolean"
+                        },
                         "enabled": {
                             "type": "boolean"
                         },
-                        "existingSecret": {
+                        "secretName": {
                             "type": "string"
                         }
                     },
@@ -437,35 +511,40 @@
                     },
                     "type": "object"
                 },
-                "enabled": {
-                    "type": "boolean"
-                },
-                "fullnameOverride": {
-                    "type": "string"
-                },
-                "image": {
+                "database": {
                     "properties": {
-                        "debug": {
-                            "type": "boolean"
+                        "image": {
+                            "properties": {
+                                "debug": {
+                                    "type": "boolean"
+                                }
+                            },
+                            "type": "object"
+                        },
+                        "metrics": {
+                            "properties": {
+                                "enabled": {
+                                    "type": "boolean"
+                                }
+                            },
+                            "type": "object"
+                        },
+                        "secondary": {
+                            "properties": {
+                                "replicaCount": {
+                                    "type": "integer"
+                                }
+                            },
+                            "type": "object"
                         }
                     },
                     "type": "object"
                 },
-                "metrics": {
-                    "properties": {
-                        "enabled": {
-                            "type": "boolean"
-                        }
-                    },
-                    "type": "object"
+                "enabled": {
+                    "type": "boolean"
                 },
-                "secondary": {
-                    "properties": {
-                        "replicaCount": {
-                            "type": "integer"
-                        }
-                    },
-                    "type": "object"
+                "fullnameOverride": {
+                    "type": "string"
                 }
             },
             "type": "object"
@@ -1114,6 +1193,79 @@
             },
             "type": "object"
         },
+        "metricdb": {
+            "properties": {
+                "alertmanager": {
+                    "properties": {
+                        "service": {
+                            "properties": {
+                                "type": {
+                                    "type": "string"
+                                }
+                            },
+                            "type": "object"
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "type": "object"
+                },
+                "enabled": {
+                    "type": "boolean"
+                },
+                "fullnameOverride": {
+                    "type": "string"
+                },
+                "server": {
+                    "properties": {
+                        "extraScrapeConfigs": {
+                            "items": {
+                                "properties": {
+                                    "job_name": {
+                                        "type": "string"
+                                    },
+                                    "metrics_path": {
+                                        "type": "string"
+                                    },
+                                    "static_configs": {
+                                        "items": {
+                                            "properties": {
+                                                "targets": {
+                                                    "items": {
+                                                        "type": "string"
+                                                    },
+                                                    "type": "array"
+                                                }
+                                            },
+                                            "type": "object"
+                                        },
+                                        "type": "array"
+                                    }
+                                },
+                                "type": "object"
+                            },
+                            "type": "array"
+                        },
+                        "persistence": {
+                            "properties": {
+                                "enabled": {
+                                    "type": "boolean"
+                                }
+                            },
+                            "type": "object"
+                        },
+                        "service": {
+                            "properties": {
+                                "type": {
+                                    "type": "string"
+                                }
+                            },
+                            "type": "object"
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "type": "object"
+                }
+            },
+            "type": "object"
+        },
         "searchdb": {
             "properties": {
                 "clusterName": {
@@ -1332,6 +1484,14 @@
                     "properties": {
                         "enabled": {
                             "type": "boolean"
+                        },
+                        "metrics": {
+                            "properties": {
+                                "enabled": {
+                                    "type": "boolean"
+                                }
+                            },
+                            "type": "object"
                         }
                     },
                     "type": "object"
diff --git a/helm/dbrepo/values.yaml b/helm/dbrepo/values.yaml
index 845465ac169763f9bb9edb2dd75fcf546fd304d0..82d75c66c7ccdac892c8f7a3e68df3af328e295e 100644
--- a/helm/dbrepo/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/dbrepo/values.yaml
@@ -812,11 +812,13 @@ dashboardservice:
   grafana:
     ## @skip dashboardservice.grafana.extraEnvVarsSecret
     extraEnvVarsSecret: dashboard-service-secret
+    ## @skip dashboardservice.grafana.extraConfigmaps
     extraConfigmaps:
       - name: dashboard-service-config
         mountPath: /opt/bitnami/grafana/dashboards
         readOnly: true
   datasources:
+    ## @skip dashboardservice.datasources.secretDefinition
     secretDefinition:
       apiVersion: 1
       datasources:
@@ -825,6 +827,7 @@ dashboardservice:
           type: "prometheus"
           url: "http://metric-db-server"
   dashboardsProvider:
+    ## @param dashboardservice.dashboardsProvider.enabled Enable the default dashboard provisioning provider to routinely import dashboards from /opt/bitnami/grafana/dashboards
     enabled: true
 
 ## @section Metric Service
diff --git a/lib/python/pyproject.toml b/lib/python/pyproject.toml
index 8c89061ce82d02b398c4c45f14a5b43efa64ac15..2989dd3874513cf5b77dd910c3cf67a33e543c16 100644
--- a/lib/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/lib/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ requires = [
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project.urls]
-Homepage = "https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.4.4/"
-Documentation = "https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.4.4/python/"
+Homepage = "https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.4.6/"
+Documentation = "https://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/infrastructures/dbrepo/1.4.6/python/"
 Issues = "https://gitlab.phaidra.org/fair-data-austria-db-repository/fda-services/-/issues"
 Source = "https://gitlab.phaidra.org/fair-data-austria-db-repository/fda-services/"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/make/dev.mk b/make/dev.mk
index b5f7871441aba3bd20806a864d8a8c24d3fb4719..20ff5a0cf0a462141ba55b12bc8a6789da998aef 100644
--- a/make/dev.mk
+++ b/make/dev.mk
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ package-config: ## Package the config files
 	cp ./dbrepo-broker-service/advanced.config ./.docker/config
 	cp ./dbrepo-dashboard-service/grafana.ini ./.docker/config
 	cp ./dbrepo-dashboard-service/ldap.toml ./.docker/config
-	cp ./dbrepo-dashboard-service/dashboards ./.docker/config
-	cp ./dbrepo-dashboard-service/provisioning ./.docker/config
+	cp -r ./dbrepo-dashboard-service/dashboards ./.docker/config
+	cp -r ./dbrepo-dashboard-service/provisioning ./.docker/config
 	cp ./dbrepo-gateway-service/dbrepo.conf ./.docker/config
 	cp ./dbrepo-metric-db/prometheus.yml ./.docker/config
 	cp ./dbrepo-storage-service/s3_config.json ./.docker/config
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6442ea60759d27863ddf1879ab4e6be9151a5901..659eb487ea25bbc048959ecd8755ea65bfa84f06 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ requests==2.31.0
 pika==1.3.2
 pydantic==2.6.4
 tuspy==1.0.3
-mike==2.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
+mike==2.0.0
+anybadge==1.14.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sonar-project.properties b/sonar-project.properties
index 45670cc4659d29f9badf6419ed16dbe2cceba60f..38f25dba31871125cd8feb32fce876a3f681b0a5 100644
--- a/sonar-project.properties
+++ b/sonar-project.properties
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 sonar.projectKey=fair-data-austria-db-repository_fda-services_a57fa043-ab99-4cdd-a721-162d9a916d77
 sonar.host.url=https://s34.datalab.tuwien.ac.at
 # project
-sonar.projectVersion=1.4.4
+sonar.projectVersion=1.4.6
 # general
 sonar.qualitygate.wait=true
 sonar.projectCreation.mainBranchName=master