From c9a5e76d24d367ac9279052c10c1bb885df7fc70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan Prodan <stefan.prodan@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 20:57:45 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Refactor the API and controller to use the `meta.Artifact`
 type

Signed-off-by: Stefan Prodan <stefan.prodan@gmail.com>
---
 api/go.mod                                    |   2 +-
 api/go.sum                                    |   4 +-
 api/v1/artifact_types.go                      |  93 ------------
 api/v1/bucket_types.go                        |   4 +-
 api/v1/gitrepository_types.go                 |   6 +-
 api/v1/helmchart_types.go                     |   4 +-
 api/v1/helmrepository_types.go                |   4 +-
 api/v1/ocirepository_types.go                 |   4 +-
 api/v1/source.go                              |   4 +-
 api/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go               |  42 +-----
 api/v1beta2/bucket_types.go                   |   4 +-
 api/v1beta2/gitrepository_types.go            |   8 +-
 api/v1beta2/helmchart_types.go                |   4 +-
 api/v1beta2/helmrepository_types.go           |   6 +-
 api/v1beta2/ocirepository_types.go            |   4 +-
 api/v1beta2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go          |  14 +-
 .../source.toolkit.fluxcd.io_buckets.yaml     |   2 +
 ...rce.toolkit.fluxcd.io_gitrepositories.yaml |   4 +
 .../source.toolkit.fluxcd.io_helmcharts.yaml  |   2 +
 ...ce.toolkit.fluxcd.io_helmrepositories.yaml |   2 +
 ...rce.toolkit.fluxcd.io_ocirepositories.yaml |   2 +
 docs/api/v1/source.md                         | 137 ++----------------
 go.mod                                        |   4 +-
 go.sum                                        |   8 +-
 internal/controller/artifact.go               |   6 +-
 internal/controller/artifact_matchers_test.go |   9 +-
 internal/controller/bucket_controller_test.go |  40 ++---
 .../controller/gitrepository_controller.go    |   4 +-
 .../gitrepository_controller_test.go          |  86 +++++------
 internal/controller/helmchart_controller.go   |   2 +-
 .../controller/helmchart_controller_test.go   |  70 ++++-----
 .../controller/helmrepository_controller.go   |  10 +-
 .../helmrepository_controller_test.go         |  88 +++++------
 .../controller/ocirepository_controller.go    |  12 +-
 .../ocirepository_controller_test.go          | 122 ++++++++--------
 internal/object/object.go                     |   6 +-
 internal/object/object_test.go                |   4 +-
 .../helmrepository_type_predicate_test.go     |   2 +-
 internal/storage/storage.go                   |  84 ++++++-----
 internal/storage/storage_test.go              |  34 ++---
 40 files changed, 371 insertions(+), 576 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 api/v1/artifact_types.go

diff --git a/api/go.mod b/api/go.mod
index e4413a78..c16cb0b3 100644
--- a/api/go.mod
+++ b/api/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.25.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/acl v0.9.0
-	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v1.20.0
+	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v1.21.0
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.34.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.22.0
 )
diff --git a/api/go.sum b/api/go.sum
index 77547bb7..9ab871ec 100644
--- a/api/go.sum
+++ b/api/go.sum
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/acl v0.9.0 h1:wBpgsKT+jcyZEcM//OmZr9RiF8klL3ebrDp2u2ThsnA=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/acl v0.9.0/go.mod h1:TttNS+gocsGLwnvmgVi3/Yscwqrjc17+vhgYfqkfrV4=
-github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v1.20.0 h1:l9h0kWoDZTcYV0WJkFMgDXq6Q4tSojrJ+bHpFJSsaW0=
-github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v1.20.0/go.mod h1:XUAEUgT4gkWDAEN79E141tmL+v4SV50tVZ/Ojpc/ueg=
+github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v1.21.0 h1:R+bN02chcs0HUmyVDQhqe/FHmYLjipVDMLnyYfNX850=
+github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v1.21.0/go.mod h1:XUAEUgT4gkWDAEN79E141tmL+v4SV50tVZ/Ojpc/ueg=
 github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.9.0 h1:NpKPmjDBgUfBms6tr6JZkTHtfFGcMKsw3eGcmD/sapM=
 github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.9.0/go.mod h1:vM4b+DJCtHn+zz7h3FFp/hDAI9WNWCsZj23V5ytsSxQ=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2 h1:6pFjapn8bFcIbiKo3XT4j/BhANplGihG6tvd+8rYgrY=
diff --git a/api/v1/artifact_types.go b/api/v1/artifact_types.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 9342ecfa..00000000
--- a/api/v1/artifact_types.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2023 The Flux authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package v1
-
-import (
-	"path"
-	"strings"
-
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-)
-
-// Artifact represents the output of a Source reconciliation.
-type Artifact struct {
-	// Path is the relative file path of the Artifact. It can be used to locate
-	// the file in the root of the Artifact storage on the local file system of
-	// the controller managing the Source.
-	// +required
-	Path string `json:"path"`
-
-	// URL is the HTTP address of the Artifact as exposed by the controller
-	// managing the Source. It can be used to retrieve the Artifact for
-	// consumption, e.g. by another controller applying the Artifact contents.
-	// +required
-	URL string `json:"url"`
-
-	// Revision is a human-readable identifier traceable in the origin source
-	// system. It can be a Git commit SHA, Git tag, a Helm chart version, etc.
-	// +required
-	Revision string `json:"revision"`
-
-	// Digest is the digest of the file in the form of '<algorithm>:<checksum>'.
-	// +optional
-	// +kubebuilder:validation:Pattern="^[a-z0-9]+(?:[.+_-][a-z0-9]+)*:[a-zA-Z0-9=_-]+$"
-	Digest string `json:"digest,omitempty"`
-
-	// LastUpdateTime is the timestamp corresponding to the last update of the
-	// Artifact.
-	// +required
-	LastUpdateTime metav1.Time `json:"lastUpdateTime"`
-
-	// Size is the number of bytes in the file.
-	// +optional
-	Size *int64 `json:"size,omitempty"`
-
-	// Metadata holds upstream information such as OCI annotations.
-	// +optional
-	Metadata map[string]string `json:"metadata,omitempty"`
-}
-
-// HasRevision returns if the given revision matches the current Revision of
-// the Artifact.
-func (in *Artifact) HasRevision(revision string) bool {
-	if in == nil {
-		return false
-	}
-	return in.Revision == revision
-}
-
-// HasDigest returns if the given digest matches the current Digest of the
-// Artifact.
-func (in *Artifact) HasDigest(digest string) bool {
-	if in == nil {
-		return false
-	}
-	return in.Digest == digest
-}
-
-// ArtifactDir returns the artifact dir path in the form of
-// '<kind>/<namespace>/<name>'.
-func ArtifactDir(kind, namespace, name string) string {
-	kind = strings.ToLower(kind)
-	return path.Join(kind, namespace, name)
-}
-
-// ArtifactPath returns the artifact path in the form of
-// '<kind>/<namespace>/name>/<filename>'.
-func ArtifactPath(kind, namespace, name, filename string) string {
-	return path.Join(ArtifactDir(kind, namespace, name), filename)
-}
diff --git a/api/v1/bucket_types.go b/api/v1/bucket_types.go
index 3e68e502..bbedcefb 100644
--- a/api/v1/bucket_types.go
+++ b/api/v1/bucket_types.go
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ type BucketStatus struct {
 
 	// Artifact represents the last successful Bucket reconciliation.
 	// +optional
-	Artifact *Artifact `json:"artifact,omitempty"`
+	Artifact *meta.Artifact `json:"artifact,omitempty"`
 
 	// ObservedIgnore is the observed exclusion patterns used for constructing
 	// the source artifact.
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ func (in *Bucket) GetRequeueAfter() time.Duration {
 }
 
 // GetArtifact returns the latest artifact from the source if present in the status sub-resource.
-func (in *Bucket) GetArtifact() *Artifact {
+func (in *Bucket) GetArtifact() *meta.Artifact {
 	return in.Status.Artifact
 }
 
diff --git a/api/v1/gitrepository_types.go b/api/v1/gitrepository_types.go
index 01efec29..f104fd0f 100644
--- a/api/v1/gitrepository_types.go
+++ b/api/v1/gitrepository_types.go
@@ -256,12 +256,12 @@ type GitRepositoryStatus struct {
 
 	// Artifact represents the last successful GitRepository reconciliation.
 	// +optional
-	Artifact *Artifact `json:"artifact,omitempty"`
+	Artifact *meta.Artifact `json:"artifact,omitempty"`
 
 	// IncludedArtifacts contains a list of the last successfully included
 	// Artifacts as instructed by GitRepositorySpec.Include.
 	// +optional
-	IncludedArtifacts []*Artifact `json:"includedArtifacts,omitempty"`
+	IncludedArtifacts []*meta.Artifact `json:"includedArtifacts,omitempty"`
 
 	// ObservedIgnore is the observed exclusion patterns used for constructing
 	// the source artifact.
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ func (in GitRepository) GetRequeueAfter() time.Duration {
 
 // GetArtifact returns the latest Artifact from the GitRepository if present in
 // the status sub-resource.
-func (in *GitRepository) GetArtifact() *Artifact {
+func (in *GitRepository) GetArtifact() *meta.Artifact {
 	return in.Status.Artifact
 }
 
diff --git a/api/v1/helmchart_types.go b/api/v1/helmchart_types.go
index 137b1645..23cb2414 100644
--- a/api/v1/helmchart_types.go
+++ b/api/v1/helmchart_types.go
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ type HelmChartStatus struct {
 
 	// Artifact represents the output of the last successful reconciliation.
 	// +optional
-	Artifact *Artifact `json:"artifact,omitempty"`
+	Artifact *meta.Artifact `json:"artifact,omitempty"`
 
 	meta.ReconcileRequestStatus `json:",inline"`
 }
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ func (in HelmChart) GetRequeueAfter() time.Duration {
 
 // GetArtifact returns the latest artifact from the source if present in the
 // status sub-resource.
-func (in *HelmChart) GetArtifact() *Artifact {
+func (in *HelmChart) GetArtifact() *meta.Artifact {
 	return in.Status.Artifact
 }
 
diff --git a/api/v1/helmrepository_types.go b/api/v1/helmrepository_types.go
index 2a21f2c5..1c19064a 100644
--- a/api/v1/helmrepository_types.go
+++ b/api/v1/helmrepository_types.go
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ type HelmRepositoryStatus struct {
 
 	// Artifact represents the last successful HelmRepository reconciliation.
 	// +optional
-	Artifact *Artifact `json:"artifact,omitempty"`
+	Artifact *meta.Artifact `json:"artifact,omitempty"`
 
 	meta.ReconcileRequestStatus `json:",inline"`
 }
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ func (in HelmRepository) GetTimeout() time.Duration {
 
 // GetArtifact returns the latest artifact from the source if present in the
 // status sub-resource.
-func (in *HelmRepository) GetArtifact() *Artifact {
+func (in *HelmRepository) GetArtifact() *meta.Artifact {
 	return in.Status.Artifact
 }
 
diff --git a/api/v1/ocirepository_types.go b/api/v1/ocirepository_types.go
index b12773a6..8c4d3f0f 100644
--- a/api/v1/ocirepository_types.go
+++ b/api/v1/ocirepository_types.go
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ type OCIRepositoryStatus struct {
 
 	// Artifact represents the output of the last successful OCI Repository sync.
 	// +optional
-	Artifact *Artifact `json:"artifact,omitempty"`
+	Artifact *meta.Artifact `json:"artifact,omitempty"`
 
 	// ObservedIgnore is the observed exclusion patterns used for constructing
 	// the source artifact.
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ func (in OCIRepository) GetRequeueAfter() time.Duration {
 
 // GetArtifact returns the latest Artifact from the OCIRepository if present in
 // the status sub-resource.
-func (in *OCIRepository) GetArtifact() *Artifact {
+func (in *OCIRepository) GetArtifact() *meta.Artifact {
 	return in.Status.Artifact
 }
 
diff --git a/api/v1/source.go b/api/v1/source.go
index 83040bc2..d879f603 100644
--- a/api/v1/source.go
+++ b/api/v1/source.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+
+	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -41,5 +43,5 @@ type Source interface {
 	GetRequeueAfter() time.Duration
 	// GetArtifact returns the latest artifact from the source if present in
 	// the status sub-resource.
-	GetArtifact() *Artifact
+	GetArtifact() *meta.Artifact
 }
diff --git a/api/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/api/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index ef99d2a3..33ee940a 100644
--- a/api/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/api/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -27,34 +27,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 )
 
-// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
-func (in *Artifact) DeepCopyInto(out *Artifact) {
-	*out = *in
-	in.LastUpdateTime.DeepCopyInto(&out.LastUpdateTime)
-	if in.Size != nil {
-		in, out := &in.Size, &out.Size
-		*out = new(int64)
-		**out = **in
-	}
-	if in.Metadata != nil {
-		in, out := &in.Metadata, &out.Metadata
-		*out = make(map[string]string, len(*in))
-		for key, val := range *in {
-			(*out)[key] = val
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new Artifact.
-func (in *Artifact) DeepCopy() *Artifact {
-	if in == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	out := new(Artifact)
-	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
-	return out
-}
-
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *Bucket) DeepCopyInto(out *Bucket) {
 	*out = *in
@@ -197,7 +169,7 @@ func (in *BucketStatus) DeepCopyInto(out *BucketStatus) {
 	}
 	if in.Artifact != nil {
 		in, out := &in.Artifact, &out.Artifact
-		*out = new(Artifact)
+		*out = new(meta.Artifact)
 		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
 	}
 	if in.ObservedIgnore != nil {
@@ -376,16 +348,16 @@ func (in *GitRepositoryStatus) DeepCopyInto(out *GitRepositoryStatus) {
 	}
 	if in.Artifact != nil {
 		in, out := &in.Artifact, &out.Artifact
-		*out = new(Artifact)
+		*out = new(meta.Artifact)
 		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
 	}
 	if in.IncludedArtifacts != nil {
 		in, out := &in.IncludedArtifacts, &out.IncludedArtifacts
-		*out = make([]*Artifact, len(*in))
+		*out = make([]*meta.Artifact, len(*in))
 		for i := range *in {
 			if (*in)[i] != nil {
 				in, out := &(*in)[i], &(*out)[i]
-				*out = new(Artifact)
+				*out = new(meta.Artifact)
 				(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
 			}
 		}
@@ -542,7 +514,7 @@ func (in *HelmChartStatus) DeepCopyInto(out *HelmChartStatus) {
 	}
 	if in.Artifact != nil {
 		in, out := &in.Artifact, &out.Artifact
-		*out = new(Artifact)
+		*out = new(meta.Artifact)
 		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
 	}
 	out.ReconcileRequestStatus = in.ReconcileRequestStatus
@@ -665,7 +637,7 @@ func (in *HelmRepositoryStatus) DeepCopyInto(out *HelmRepositoryStatus) {
 	}
 	if in.Artifact != nil {
 		in, out := &in.Artifact, &out.Artifact
-		*out = new(Artifact)
+		*out = new(meta.Artifact)
 		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
 	}
 	out.ReconcileRequestStatus = in.ReconcileRequestStatus
@@ -853,7 +825,7 @@ func (in *OCIRepositoryStatus) DeepCopyInto(out *OCIRepositoryStatus) {
 	}
 	if in.Artifact != nil {
 		in, out := &in.Artifact, &out.Artifact
-		*out = new(Artifact)
+		*out = new(meta.Artifact)
 		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
 	}
 	if in.ObservedIgnore != nil {
diff --git a/api/v1beta2/bucket_types.go b/api/v1beta2/bucket_types.go
index d18fc76f..6495abdd 100644
--- a/api/v1beta2/bucket_types.go
+++ b/api/v1beta2/bucket_types.go
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ type BucketStatus struct {
 
 	// Artifact represents the last successful Bucket reconciliation.
 	// +optional
-	Artifact *apiv1.Artifact `json:"artifact,omitempty"`
+	Artifact *meta.Artifact `json:"artifact,omitempty"`
 
 	// ObservedIgnore is the observed exclusion patterns used for constructing
 	// the source artifact.
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ func (in Bucket) GetRequeueAfter() time.Duration {
 }
 
 // GetArtifact returns the latest artifact from the source if present in the status sub-resource.
-func (in *Bucket) GetArtifact() *apiv1.Artifact {
+func (in *Bucket) GetArtifact() *meta.Artifact {
 	return in.Status.Artifact
 }
 
diff --git a/api/v1beta2/gitrepository_types.go b/api/v1beta2/gitrepository_types.go
index 2e8685cd..89beeb9a 100644
--- a/api/v1beta2/gitrepository_types.go
+++ b/api/v1beta2/gitrepository_types.go
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/acl"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"
-
-	apiv1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -214,12 +212,12 @@ type GitRepositoryStatus struct {
 
 	// Artifact represents the last successful GitRepository reconciliation.
 	// +optional
-	Artifact *apiv1.Artifact `json:"artifact,omitempty"`
+	Artifact *meta.Artifact `json:"artifact,omitempty"`
 
 	// IncludedArtifacts contains a list of the last successfully included
 	// Artifacts as instructed by GitRepositorySpec.Include.
 	// +optional
-	IncludedArtifacts []*apiv1.Artifact `json:"includedArtifacts,omitempty"`
+	IncludedArtifacts []*meta.Artifact `json:"includedArtifacts,omitempty"`
 
 	// ContentConfigChecksum is a checksum of all the configurations related to
 	// the content of the source artifact:
@@ -282,7 +280,7 @@ func (in GitRepository) GetRequeueAfter() time.Duration {
 
 // GetArtifact returns the latest Artifact from the GitRepository if present in
 // the status sub-resource.
-func (in *GitRepository) GetArtifact() *apiv1.Artifact {
+func (in *GitRepository) GetArtifact() *meta.Artifact {
 	return in.Status.Artifact
 }
 
diff --git a/api/v1beta2/helmchart_types.go b/api/v1beta2/helmchart_types.go
index 6bc7875a..ac24b1c1 100644
--- a/api/v1beta2/helmchart_types.go
+++ b/api/v1beta2/helmchart_types.go
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ type HelmChartStatus struct {
 
 	// Artifact represents the output of the last successful reconciliation.
 	// +optional
-	Artifact *apiv1.Artifact `json:"artifact,omitempty"`
+	Artifact *meta.Artifact `json:"artifact,omitempty"`
 
 	meta.ReconcileRequestStatus `json:",inline"`
 }
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func (in HelmChart) GetRequeueAfter() time.Duration {
 
 // GetArtifact returns the latest artifact from the source if present in the
 // status sub-resource.
-func (in *HelmChart) GetArtifact() *apiv1.Artifact {
+func (in *HelmChart) GetArtifact() *meta.Artifact {
 	return in.Status.Artifact
 }
 
diff --git a/api/v1beta2/helmrepository_types.go b/api/v1beta2/helmrepository_types.go
index 0a618b88..56cbd928 100644
--- a/api/v1beta2/helmrepository_types.go
+++ b/api/v1beta2/helmrepository_types.go
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/acl"
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"
-
-	apiv1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -152,7 +150,7 @@ type HelmRepositoryStatus struct {
 
 	// Artifact represents the last successful HelmRepository reconciliation.
 	// +optional
-	Artifact *apiv1.Artifact `json:"artifact,omitempty"`
+	Artifact *meta.Artifact `json:"artifact,omitempty"`
 
 	meta.ReconcileRequestStatus `json:",inline"`
 }
@@ -193,7 +191,7 @@ func (in HelmRepository) GetTimeout() time.Duration {
 
 // GetArtifact returns the latest artifact from the source if present in the
 // status sub-resource.
-func (in *HelmRepository) GetArtifact() *apiv1.Artifact {
+func (in *HelmRepository) GetArtifact() *meta.Artifact {
 	return in.Status.Artifact
 }
 
diff --git a/api/v1beta2/ocirepository_types.go b/api/v1beta2/ocirepository_types.go
index 55a51341..760f0d8f 100644
--- a/api/v1beta2/ocirepository_types.go
+++ b/api/v1beta2/ocirepository_types.go
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ type OCIRepositoryStatus struct {
 
 	// Artifact represents the output of the last successful OCI Repository sync.
 	// +optional
-	Artifact *apiv1.Artifact `json:"artifact,omitempty"`
+	Artifact *meta.Artifact `json:"artifact,omitempty"`
 
 	// ContentConfigChecksum is a checksum of all the configurations related to
 	// the content of the source artifact:
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ func (in OCIRepository) GetRequeueAfter() time.Duration {
 
 // GetArtifact returns the latest Artifact from the OCIRepository if present in
 // the status sub-resource.
-func (in *OCIRepository) GetArtifact() *apiv1.Artifact {
+func (in *OCIRepository) GetArtifact() *meta.Artifact {
 	return in.Status.Artifact
 }
 
diff --git a/api/v1beta2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/api/v1beta2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 19c5d6af..0b874dd7 100644
--- a/api/v1beta2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/api/v1beta2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ func (in *BucketStatus) DeepCopyInto(out *BucketStatus) {
 	}
 	if in.Artifact != nil {
 		in, out := &in.Artifact, &out.Artifact
-		*out = new(apiv1.Artifact)
+		*out = new(meta.Artifact)
 		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
 	}
 	if in.ObservedIgnore != nil {
@@ -377,16 +377,16 @@ func (in *GitRepositoryStatus) DeepCopyInto(out *GitRepositoryStatus) {
 	}
 	if in.Artifact != nil {
 		in, out := &in.Artifact, &out.Artifact
-		*out = new(apiv1.Artifact)
+		*out = new(meta.Artifact)
 		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
 	}
 	if in.IncludedArtifacts != nil {
 		in, out := &in.IncludedArtifacts, &out.IncludedArtifacts
-		*out = make([]*apiv1.Artifact, len(*in))
+		*out = make([]*meta.Artifact, len(*in))
 		for i := range *in {
 			if (*in)[i] != nil {
 				in, out := &(*in)[i], &(*out)[i]
-				*out = new(apiv1.Artifact)
+				*out = new(meta.Artifact)
 				(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
 			}
 		}
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ func (in *HelmChartStatus) DeepCopyInto(out *HelmChartStatus) {
 	}
 	if in.Artifact != nil {
 		in, out := &in.Artifact, &out.Artifact
-		*out = new(apiv1.Artifact)
+		*out = new(meta.Artifact)
 		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
 	}
 	out.ReconcileRequestStatus = in.ReconcileRequestStatus
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ func (in *HelmRepositoryStatus) DeepCopyInto(out *HelmRepositoryStatus) {
 	}
 	if in.Artifact != nil {
 		in, out := &in.Artifact, &out.Artifact
-		*out = new(apiv1.Artifact)
+		*out = new(meta.Artifact)
 		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
 	}
 	out.ReconcileRequestStatus = in.ReconcileRequestStatus
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ func (in *OCIRepositoryStatus) DeepCopyInto(out *OCIRepositoryStatus) {
 	}
 	if in.Artifact != nil {
 		in, out := &in.Artifact, &out.Artifact
-		*out = new(apiv1.Artifact)
+		*out = new(meta.Artifact)
 		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
 	}
 	if in.ObservedIgnore != nil {
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/source.toolkit.fluxcd.io_buckets.yaml b/config/crd/bases/source.toolkit.fluxcd.io_buckets.yaml
index 6f89f666..f578c8da 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/source.toolkit.fluxcd.io_buckets.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/source.toolkit.fluxcd.io_buckets.yaml
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ spec:
                       consumption, e.g. by another controller applying the Artifact contents.
                     type: string
                 required:
+                - digest
                 - lastUpdateTime
                 - path
                 - revision
@@ -672,6 +673,7 @@ spec:
                       consumption, e.g. by another controller applying the Artifact contents.
                     type: string
                 required:
+                - digest
                 - lastUpdateTime
                 - path
                 - revision
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/source.toolkit.fluxcd.io_gitrepositories.yaml b/config/crd/bases/source.toolkit.fluxcd.io_gitrepositories.yaml
index 57d202ec..10663e47 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/source.toolkit.fluxcd.io_gitrepositories.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/source.toolkit.fluxcd.io_gitrepositories.yaml
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ spec:
                       consumption, e.g. by another controller applying the Artifact contents.
                     type: string
                 required:
+                - digest
                 - lastUpdateTime
                 - path
                 - revision
@@ -398,6 +399,7 @@ spec:
                         consumption, e.g. by another controller applying the Artifact contents.
                       type: string
                   required:
+                  - digest
                   - lastUpdateTime
                   - path
                   - revision
@@ -746,6 +748,7 @@ spec:
                       consumption, e.g. by another controller applying the Artifact contents.
                     type: string
                 required:
+                - digest
                 - lastUpdateTime
                 - path
                 - revision
@@ -869,6 +872,7 @@ spec:
                         consumption, e.g. by another controller applying the Artifact contents.
                       type: string
                   required:
+                  - digest
                   - lastUpdateTime
                   - path
                   - revision
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/source.toolkit.fluxcd.io_helmcharts.yaml b/config/crd/bases/source.toolkit.fluxcd.io_helmcharts.yaml
index b8f0ecd6..0e57c72a 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/source.toolkit.fluxcd.io_helmcharts.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/source.toolkit.fluxcd.io_helmcharts.yaml
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ spec:
                       consumption, e.g. by another controller applying the Artifact contents.
                     type: string
                 required:
+                - digest
                 - lastUpdateTime
                 - path
                 - revision
@@ -613,6 +614,7 @@ spec:
                       consumption, e.g. by another controller applying the Artifact contents.
                     type: string
                 required:
+                - digest
                 - lastUpdateTime
                 - path
                 - revision
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/source.toolkit.fluxcd.io_helmrepositories.yaml b/config/crd/bases/source.toolkit.fluxcd.io_helmrepositories.yaml
index 7aa3c63f..750a3650 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/source.toolkit.fluxcd.io_helmrepositories.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/source.toolkit.fluxcd.io_helmrepositories.yaml
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ spec:
                       consumption, e.g. by another controller applying the Artifact contents.
                     type: string
                 required:
+                - digest
                 - lastUpdateTime
                 - path
                 - revision
@@ -536,6 +537,7 @@ spec:
                       consumption, e.g. by another controller applying the Artifact contents.
                     type: string
                 required:
+                - digest
                 - lastUpdateTime
                 - path
                 - revision
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/source.toolkit.fluxcd.io_ocirepositories.yaml b/config/crd/bases/source.toolkit.fluxcd.io_ocirepositories.yaml
index e9185466..05b7b96a 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/source.toolkit.fluxcd.io_ocirepositories.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/source.toolkit.fluxcd.io_ocirepositories.yaml
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ spec:
                       consumption, e.g. by another controller applying the Artifact contents.
                     type: string
                 required:
+                - digest
                 - lastUpdateTime
                 - path
                 - revision
@@ -696,6 +697,7 @@ spec:
                       consumption, e.g. by another controller applying the Artifact contents.
                     type: string
                 required:
+                - digest
                 - lastUpdateTime
                 - path
                 - revision
diff --git a/docs/api/v1/source.md b/docs/api/v1/source.md
index fc0de302..3d8232a5 100644
--- a/docs/api/v1/source.md
+++ b/docs/api/v1/source.md
@@ -1327,119 +1327,6 @@ OCIRepositoryStatus
 </table>
 </div>
 </div>
-<h3 id="source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1.Artifact">Artifact
-</h3>
-<p>
-(<em>Appears on:</em>
-<a href="#source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1.BucketStatus">BucketStatus</a>, 
-<a href="#source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1.GitRepositoryStatus">GitRepositoryStatus</a>, 
-<a href="#source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1.HelmChartStatus">HelmChartStatus</a>, 
-<a href="#source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1.HelmRepositoryStatus">HelmRepositoryStatus</a>, 
-<a href="#source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1.OCIRepositoryStatus">OCIRepositoryStatus</a>)
-</p>
-<p>Artifact represents the output of a Source reconciliation.</p>
-<div class="md-typeset__scrollwrap">
-<div class="md-typeset__table">
-<table>
-<thead>
-<tr>
-<th>Field</th>
-<th>Description</th>
-</tr>
-</thead>
-<tbody>
-<tr>
-<td>
-<code>path</code><br>
-<em>
-string
-</em>
-</td>
-<td>
-<p>Path is the relative file path of the Artifact. It can be used to locate
-the file in the root of the Artifact storage on the local file system of
-the controller managing the Source.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td>
-<code>url</code><br>
-<em>
-string
-</em>
-</td>
-<td>
-<p>URL is the HTTP address of the Artifact as exposed by the controller
-managing the Source. It can be used to retrieve the Artifact for
-consumption, e.g. by another controller applying the Artifact contents.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td>
-<code>revision</code><br>
-<em>
-string
-</em>
-</td>
-<td>
-<p>Revision is a human-readable identifier traceable in the origin source
-system. It can be a Git commit SHA, Git tag, a Helm chart version, etc.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td>
-<code>digest</code><br>
-<em>
-string
-</em>
-</td>
-<td>
-<em>(Optional)</em>
-<p>Digest is the digest of the file in the form of &lsquo;<algorithm>:<checksum>&rsquo;.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td>
-<code>lastUpdateTime</code><br>
-<em>
-<a href="https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.19/#time-v1-meta">
-Kubernetes meta/v1.Time
-</a>
-</em>
-</td>
-<td>
-<p>LastUpdateTime is the timestamp corresponding to the last update of the
-Artifact.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td>
-<code>size</code><br>
-<em>
-int64
-</em>
-</td>
-<td>
-<em>(Optional)</em>
-<p>Size is the number of bytes in the file.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-<tr>
-<td>
-<code>metadata</code><br>
-<em>
-map[string]string
-</em>
-</td>
-<td>
-<em>(Optional)</em>
-<p>Metadata holds upstream information such as OCI annotations.</p>
-</td>
-</tr>
-</tbody>
-</table>
-</div>
-</div>
 <h3 id="source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1.BucketSTSSpec">BucketSTSSpec
 </h3>
 <p>
@@ -1827,8 +1714,8 @@ BucketStatus.Artifact data is recommended.</p>
 <td>
 <code>artifact</code><br>
 <em>
-<a href="#source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1.Artifact">
-Artifact
+<a href="https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta#Artifact">
+github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta.Artifact
 </a>
 </em>
 </td>
@@ -2286,8 +2173,8 @@ object.</p>
 <td>
 <code>artifact</code><br>
 <em>
-<a href="#source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1.Artifact">
-Artifact
+<a href="https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta#Artifact">
+github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta.Artifact
 </a>
 </em>
 </td>
@@ -2300,8 +2187,8 @@ Artifact
 <td>
 <code>includedArtifacts</code><br>
 <em>
-<a href="#source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1.Artifact">
-[]Artifact
+<a href="https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta#Artifact">
+[]github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta.Artifact
 </a>
 </em>
 </td>
@@ -2711,8 +2598,8 @@ BucketStatus.Artifact data is recommended.</p>
 <td>
 <code>artifact</code><br>
 <em>
-<a href="#source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1.Artifact">
-Artifact
+<a href="https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta#Artifact">
+github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta.Artifact
 </a>
 </em>
 </td>
@@ -3001,8 +2888,8 @@ HelmRepositoryStatus.Artifact data is recommended.</p>
 <td>
 <code>artifact</code><br>
 <em>
-<a href="#source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1.Artifact">
-Artifact
+<a href="https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta#Artifact">
+github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta.Artifact
 </a>
 </em>
 </td>
@@ -3497,8 +3384,8 @@ string
 <td>
 <code>artifact</code><br>
 <em>
-<a href="#source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1.Artifact">
-Artifact
+<a href="https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta#Artifact">
+github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta.Artifact
 </a>
 </em>
 </td>
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 68397302..c7064296 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/elazarl/goproxy v1.7.2
 	github.com/fluxcd/cli-utils v0.36.0-flux.15
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/event v0.19.0
-	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v1.20.0
-	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/auth v0.29.0
+	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v1.21.0
+	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/auth v0.30.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/cache v0.11.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/git v0.36.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/git/gogit v0.40.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 15a9ba03..c740d4b4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -376,10 +376,10 @@ github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/acl v0.9.0 h1:wBpgsKT+jcyZEcM//OmZr9RiF8klL3ebrDp2u2T
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/acl v0.9.0/go.mod h1:TttNS+gocsGLwnvmgVi3/Yscwqrjc17+vhgYfqkfrV4=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/event v0.19.0 h1:ZJU2voontkzp5rNYA4JMOu40S4tRcrWi4Do59EnyFwg=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/event v0.19.0/go.mod h1:deuIyUb6lh+Z1Ccvwwxhm1wNM3kpSo+vF1IgRnpaZfQ=
-github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v1.20.0 h1:l9h0kWoDZTcYV0WJkFMgDXq6Q4tSojrJ+bHpFJSsaW0=
-github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v1.20.0/go.mod h1:XUAEUgT4gkWDAEN79E141tmL+v4SV50tVZ/Ojpc/ueg=
-github.com/fluxcd/pkg/auth v0.29.0 h1:lLc63zjodqIqg5ydlU/Kp3Qa+wvh6G2khjop5MHALvk=
-github.com/fluxcd/pkg/auth v0.29.0/go.mod h1:bjZ+6RMSGgsQQK+aPfVP8HWuBbb+FLlFxMiqd8ywzik=
+github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v1.21.0 h1:R+bN02chcs0HUmyVDQhqe/FHmYLjipVDMLnyYfNX850=
+github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta v1.21.0/go.mod h1:XUAEUgT4gkWDAEN79E141tmL+v4SV50tVZ/Ojpc/ueg=
+github.com/fluxcd/pkg/auth v0.30.0 h1:7JMnY1ClArvOsadt6hOxceu8Q2hLsYHFMt0DV3BQl4Q=
+github.com/fluxcd/pkg/auth v0.30.0/go.mod h1:me38o1nDfSLw6YvnkT9Ce/zqJZICZSA7j5pNMR3JUbc=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/cache v0.11.0 h1:fsE8S+una21fSNw4MDXGUIf0Gf1J+pqa4RbsVKf2aTI=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/cache v0.11.0/go.mod h1:2RTIU6PsJniHmfnllQWFEo7fa5V8KQlnMgn4o0sme40=
 github.com/fluxcd/pkg/git v0.36.0 h1:oakFKxTX5yiLcFzCS1SaV+mMXaODaF1Ic6/oCLfIe7I=
diff --git a/internal/controller/artifact.go b/internal/controller/artifact.go
index 0de6b370..bebc8d5a 100644
--- a/internal/controller/artifact.go
+++ b/internal/controller/artifact.go
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 package controller
 
-import sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1"
+import (
+	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"
+)
 
-type artifactSet []*sourcev1.Artifact
+type artifactSet []*meta.Artifact
 
 // Diff returns true if any of the revisions in the artifactSet does not match any of the given artifacts.
 func (s artifactSet) Diff(set artifactSet) bool {
diff --git a/internal/controller/artifact_matchers_test.go b/internal/controller/artifact_matchers_test.go
index 39f0c9dd..af716e08 100644
--- a/internal/controller/artifact_matchers_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/artifact_matchers_test.go
@@ -19,24 +19,25 @@ package controller
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
-	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega/types"
+
+	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"
 )
 
 // MatchArtifact returns a custom matcher to check equality of a v1beta1.Artifact, the timestamp and URL are ignored.
-func MatchArtifact(expected *sourcev1.Artifact) types.GomegaMatcher {
+func MatchArtifact(expected *meta.Artifact) types.GomegaMatcher {
 	return &matchArtifact{
 		expected: expected,
 	}
 }
 
 type matchArtifact struct {
-	expected *sourcev1.Artifact
+	expected *meta.Artifact
 }
 
 func (m matchArtifact) Match(actual interface{}) (success bool, err error) {
-	actualArtifact, ok := actual.(*sourcev1.Artifact)
+	actualArtifact, ok := actual.(*meta.Artifact)
 	if !ok {
 		return false, fmt.Errorf("actual should be a pointer to an Artifact")
 	}
diff --git a/internal/controller/bucket_controller_test.go b/internal/controller/bucket_controller_test.go
index e00541bb..8770588b 100644
--- a/internal/controller/bucket_controller_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/bucket_controller_test.go
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ func TestBucketReconciler_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 		beforeFunc       func(obj *sourcev1.Bucket, storage *storage.Storage) error
 		want             sreconcile.Result
 		wantErr          bool
-		assertArtifact   *sourcev1.Artifact
+		assertArtifact   *meta.Artifact
 		assertConditions []metav1.Condition
 		assertPaths      []string
 	}{
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ func TestBucketReconciler_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 				revisions := []string{"a", "b", "c", "d"}
 				for n := range revisions {
 					v := revisions[n]
-					obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+					obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 						Path:     fmt.Sprintf("/reconcile-storage/%s.txt", v),
 						Revision: v,
 					}
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ func TestBucketReconciler_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, "foo", "bar")
 				return nil
 			},
-			assertArtifact: &sourcev1.Artifact{
+			assertArtifact: &meta.Artifact{
 				Path:     "/reconcile-storage/d.txt",
 				Revision: "d",
 				Digest:   "sha256:18ac3e7343f016890c510e93f935261169d9e3f565436429830faf0934f4f8e4",
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ func TestBucketReconciler_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "notices missing artifact in storage",
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.Bucket, storage *storage.Storage) error {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Path:     "/reconcile-storage/invalid.txt",
 					Revision: "d",
 				}
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ func TestBucketReconciler_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.Bucket, storage *storage.Storage) error {
 				f := "empty-digest.txt"
 
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Path:     fmt.Sprintf("/reconcile-storage/%s.txt", f),
 					Revision: "fake",
 				}
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ func TestBucketReconciler_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.Bucket, storage *storage.Storage) error {
 				f := "digest-mismatch.txt"
 
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Path:     fmt.Sprintf("/reconcile-storage/%s.txt", f),
 					Revision: "fake",
 				}
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ func TestBucketReconciler_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "updates hostname on diff from current",
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.Bucket, storage *storage.Storage) error {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Path:     "/reconcile-storage/hostname.txt",
 					Revision: "f",
 					Digest:   "sha256:3b9c358f36f0a31b6ad3e14f309c7cf198ac9246e8316f9ce543d5b19ac02b80",
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ func TestBucketReconciler_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 			assertPaths: []string{
 				"/reconcile-storage/hostname.txt",
 			},
-			assertArtifact: &sourcev1.Artifact{
+			assertArtifact: &meta.Artifact{
 				Path:     "/reconcile-storage/hostname.txt",
 				Revision: "f",
 				Digest:   "sha256:3b9c358f36f0a31b6ad3e14f309c7cf198ac9246e8316f9ce543d5b19ac02b80",
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ func TestBucketReconciler_reconcileSource_generic(t *testing.T) {
 			name:       "Up-to-date artifact",
 			bucketName: "dummy",
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.Bucket) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Revision: "sha256:b4c2a60ce44b67f5b659a95ce4e4cc9e2a86baf13afb72bd397c5384cbc0e479",
 				}
 				conditions.MarkReconciling(obj, meta.ProgressingReason, "foo")
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ func TestBucketReconciler_reconcileSource_generic(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.Bucket) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Path:     "some-path",
 					Revision: "some-rev",
 				}
@@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ func TestBucketReconciler_reconcileSource_gcs(t *testing.T) {
 			name:       "Up-to-date artifact",
 			bucketName: "dummy",
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.Bucket) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Revision: "sha256:b4c2a60ce44b67f5b659a95ce4e4cc9e2a86baf13afb72bd397c5384cbc0e479",
 				}
 				conditions.MarkReconciling(obj, meta.ProgressingReason, "foo")
@@ -1277,7 +1277,7 @@ func TestBucketReconciler_reconcileSource_gcs(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.Bucket) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Path:     "some-path",
 					Revision: "some-rev",
 				}
@@ -1488,7 +1488,7 @@ func TestBucketReconciler_reconcileArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 				revision := index.Digest(intdigest.Canonical)
 				obj.Spec.Interval = metav1.Duration{Duration: interval}
 				// Incomplete artifact
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: revision.String()}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: revision.String()}
 				conditions.MarkReconciling(obj, meta.ProgressingReason, "foo")
 				conditions.MarkUnknown(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, "foo", "bar")
 			},
@@ -1751,7 +1751,7 @@ func TestBucketReconciler_notify(t *testing.T) {
 			res:    sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
 			resErr: nil,
 			newObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.Bucket) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
 			},
 			wantEvent: "Normal NewArtifact stored artifact with 2 fetched files from",
 		},
@@ -1760,12 +1760,12 @@ func TestBucketReconciler_notify(t *testing.T) {
 			res:    sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
 			resErr: nil,
 			oldObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.Bucket) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, sourcev1.GitOperationFailedReason, "fail")
 				conditions.MarkFalse(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, meta.FailedReason, "foo")
 			},
 			newObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.Bucket) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, meta.SucceededReason, "ready")
 			},
 			wantEvent: "Normal Succeeded stored artifact with 2 fetched files from",
@@ -1775,12 +1775,12 @@ func TestBucketReconciler_notify(t *testing.T) {
 			res:    sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
 			resErr: nil,
 			oldObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.Bucket) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, sourcev1.GitOperationFailedReason, "fail")
 				conditions.MarkFalse(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, meta.FailedReason, "foo")
 			},
 			newObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.Bucket) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "aaa", Digest: "bbb"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "aaa", Digest: "bbb"}
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, meta.SucceededReason, "ready")
 			},
 			wantEvent: "Normal NewArtifact stored artifact with 2 fetched files from",
@@ -1790,11 +1790,11 @@ func TestBucketReconciler_notify(t *testing.T) {
 			res:    sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
 			resErr: nil,
 			oldObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.Bucket) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, meta.SucceededReason, "ready")
 			},
 			newObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.Bucket) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, meta.SucceededReason, "ready")
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/internal/controller/gitrepository_controller.go b/internal/controller/gitrepository_controller.go
index e704790d..a8000116 100644
--- a/internal/controller/gitrepository_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/gitrepository_controller.go
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ func (r *GitRepositoryReconciler) reconcileInclude(ctx context.Context, sp *patc
 		// such that the index of artifactSet matches with the index of Include.
 		// Hence, index is used here to pick the associated artifact from
 		// includes.
-		var artifact *sourcev1.Artifact
+		var artifact *meta.Artifact
 		for j, art := range *includes {
 			if i == j {
 				artifact = art
@@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@ func gitContentConfigChanged(obj *sourcev1.GitRepository, includes *artifactSet)
 
 	// Convert artifactSet to index addressable artifacts and ensure that it and
 	// the included artifacts include all the include from the spec.
-	artifacts := []*sourcev1.Artifact(*includes)
+	artifacts := []*meta.Artifact(*includes)
 	if len(obj.Spec.Include) != len(artifacts) {
 		return true
 	}
diff --git a/internal/controller/gitrepository_controller_test.go b/internal/controller/gitrepository_controller_test.go
index 23ee8084..1876fa00 100644
--- a/internal/controller/gitrepository_controller_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/gitrepository_controller_test.go
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ func TestGitRepositoryReconciler_reconcileSource_authStrategy(t *testing.T) {
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.GitRepository) {
 				obj.Spec.SecretRef = &meta.LocalObjectReference{Name: "basic-auth"}
 				obj.Status = sourcev1.GitRepositoryStatus{
-					Artifact: &sourcev1.Artifact{
+					Artifact: &meta.Artifact{
 						Revision: "staging/some-revision",
 						Path:     randStringRunes(10),
 					},
@@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@ func TestGitRepositoryReconciler_reconcileSource_checkoutStrategy(t *testing.T)
 			},
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.GitRepository, latestRev string) {
 				obj.Status = sourcev1.GitRepositoryStatus{
-					Artifact: &sourcev1.Artifact{
+					Artifact: &meta.Artifact{
 						Revision: "staging/some-revision",
 						Path:     randStringRunes(10),
 					},
@@ -1187,7 +1187,7 @@ func TestGitRepositoryReconciler_reconcileSource_checkoutStrategy(t *testing.T)
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.GitRepository, latestRev string) {
 				// Add existing artifact on the object and storage.
 				obj.Status = sourcev1.GitRepositoryStatus{
-					Artifact: &sourcev1.Artifact{
+					Artifact: &meta.Artifact{
 						Revision: "staging@sha1:" + latestRev,
 						Path:     randStringRunes(10),
 					},
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ func TestGitRepositoryReconciler_reconcileSource_checkoutStrategy(t *testing.T)
 				obj.Spec.Ignore = ptr.To("foo")
 				// Add existing artifact on the object and storage.
 				obj.Status = sourcev1.GitRepositoryStatus{
-					Artifact: &sourcev1.Artifact{
+					Artifact: &meta.Artifact{
 						Revision: "staging@sha1:" + latestRev,
 						Path:     randStringRunes(10),
 					},
@@ -1341,7 +1341,7 @@ func TestGitRepositoryReconciler_reconcileArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:     "Archiving artifact to storage with includes makes ArtifactInStorage=True",
 			dir:      "testdata/git/repository",
-			includes: artifactSet{&sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "main@sha1:b9b3feadba509cb9b22e968a5d27e96c2bc2ff91"}},
+			includes: artifactSet{&meta.Artifact{Revision: "main@sha1:b9b3feadba509cb9b22e968a5d27e96c2bc2ff91"}},
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.GitRepository) {
 				obj.Spec.Interval = metav1.Duration{Duration: interval}
 				obj.Spec.Include = []sourcev1.GitRepositoryInclude{
@@ -1361,14 +1361,14 @@ func TestGitRepositoryReconciler_reconcileArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:     "Up-to-date artifact should not update status",
 			dir:      "testdata/git/repository",
-			includes: artifactSet{&sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "main@sha1:b9b3feadba509cb9b22e968a5d27e96c2bc2ff91", Digest: "some-checksum"}},
+			includes: artifactSet{&meta.Artifact{Revision: "main@sha1:b9b3feadba509cb9b22e968a5d27e96c2bc2ff91", Digest: "some-checksum"}},
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.GitRepository) {
 				obj.Spec.Interval = metav1.Duration{Duration: interval}
 				obj.Spec.Include = []sourcev1.GitRepositoryInclude{
 					{GitRepositoryRef: meta.LocalObjectReference{Name: "foo"}},
 				}
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "main@sha1:b9b3feadba509cb9b22e968a5d27e96c2bc2ff91"}
-				obj.Status.IncludedArtifacts = []*sourcev1.Artifact{{Revision: "main@sha1:b9b3feadba509cb9b22e968a5d27e96c2bc2ff91", Digest: "some-checksum"}}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "main@sha1:b9b3feadba509cb9b22e968a5d27e96c2bc2ff91"}
+				obj.Status.IncludedArtifacts = []*meta.Artifact{{Revision: "main@sha1:b9b3feadba509cb9b22e968a5d27e96c2bc2ff91", Digest: "some-checksum"}}
 				obj.Status.ObservedInclude = obj.Spec.Include
 			},
 			want: sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
@@ -1587,7 +1587,7 @@ func TestGitRepositoryReconciler_reconcileInclude(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				}
 				if d.withArtifact {
-					obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+					obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 						Path:           d.name + ".tar.gz",
 						Revision:       d.name,
 						LastUpdateTime: metav1.Now(),
@@ -1682,7 +1682,7 @@ func TestGitRepositoryReconciler_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 		beforeFunc       func(obj *sourcev1.GitRepository, storage *storage.Storage) error
 		want             sreconcile.Result
 		wantErr          bool
-		assertArtifact   *sourcev1.Artifact
+		assertArtifact   *meta.Artifact
 		assertConditions []metav1.Condition
 		assertPaths      []string
 	}{
@@ -1692,7 +1692,7 @@ func TestGitRepositoryReconciler_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 				revisions := []string{"a", "b", "c", "d"}
 				for n := range revisions {
 					v := revisions[n]
-					obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+					obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 						Path:     fmt.Sprintf("/reconcile-storage/%s.txt", v),
 						Revision: v,
 					}
@@ -1710,7 +1710,7 @@ func TestGitRepositoryReconciler_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, "foo", "bar")
 				return nil
 			},
-			assertArtifact: &sourcev1.Artifact{
+			assertArtifact: &meta.Artifact{
 				Path:     "/reconcile-storage/d.txt",
 				Revision: "d",
 				Digest:   "sha256:18ac3e7343f016890c510e93f935261169d9e3f565436429830faf0934f4f8e4",
@@ -1739,7 +1739,7 @@ func TestGitRepositoryReconciler_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "notices missing artifact in storage",
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.GitRepository, storage *storage.Storage) error {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Path:     "/reconcile-storage/invalid.txt",
 					Revision: "e",
 				}
@@ -1760,7 +1760,7 @@ func TestGitRepositoryReconciler_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.GitRepository, storage *storage.Storage) error {
 				f := "empty-digest.txt"
 
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Path:     fmt.Sprintf("/reconcile-storage/%s.txt", f),
 					Revision: "fake",
 				}
@@ -1791,7 +1791,7 @@ func TestGitRepositoryReconciler_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.GitRepository, storage *storage.Storage) error {
 				f := "digest-mismatch.txt"
 
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Path:     fmt.Sprintf("/reconcile-storage/%s.txt", f),
 					Revision: "fake",
 				}
@@ -1820,7 +1820,7 @@ func TestGitRepositoryReconciler_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "updates hostname on diff from current",
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.GitRepository, storage *storage.Storage) error {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Path:     "/reconcile-storage/hostname.txt",
 					Revision: "f",
 					Digest:   "sha256:3b9c358f36f0a31b6ad3e14f309c7cf198ac9246e8316f9ce543d5b19ac02b80",
@@ -1839,7 +1839,7 @@ func TestGitRepositoryReconciler_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 			assertPaths: []string{
 				"/reconcile-storage/hostname.txt",
 			},
-			assertArtifact: &sourcev1.Artifact{
+			assertArtifact: &meta.Artifact{
 				Path:     "/reconcile-storage/hostname.txt",
 				Revision: "f",
 				Digest:   "sha256:3b9c358f36f0a31b6ad3e14f309c7cf198ac9246e8316f9ce543d5b19ac02b80",
@@ -2799,7 +2799,7 @@ func TestGitRepositoryReconciler_notify(t *testing.T) {
 			res:    sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
 			resErr: nil,
 			newObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.GitRepository) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
 			},
 			commit:    concreteCommit,
 			wantEvent: "Normal NewArtifact stored artifact for commit 'test commit'",
@@ -2809,12 +2809,12 @@ func TestGitRepositoryReconciler_notify(t *testing.T) {
 			res:    sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
 			resErr: nil,
 			oldObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.GitRepository) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, sourcev1.GitOperationFailedReason, "fail")
 				conditions.MarkFalse(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, meta.FailedReason, "foo")
 			},
 			newObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.GitRepository) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, meta.SucceededReason, "ready")
 			},
 			commit:    concreteCommit,
@@ -2825,12 +2825,12 @@ func TestGitRepositoryReconciler_notify(t *testing.T) {
 			res:    sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
 			resErr: nil,
 			oldObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.GitRepository) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, sourcev1.GitOperationFailedReason, "fail")
 				conditions.MarkFalse(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, meta.FailedReason, "foo")
 			},
 			newObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.GitRepository) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "aaa", Digest: "bbb"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "aaa", Digest: "bbb"}
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, meta.SucceededReason, "ready")
 			},
 			commit:    concreteCommit,
@@ -2841,11 +2841,11 @@ func TestGitRepositoryReconciler_notify(t *testing.T) {
 			res:    sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
 			resErr: nil,
 			oldObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.GitRepository) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, meta.SucceededReason, "ready")
 			},
 			newObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.GitRepository) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, meta.SucceededReason, "ready")
 			},
 		},
@@ -2854,12 +2854,12 @@ func TestGitRepositoryReconciler_notify(t *testing.T) {
 			res:    sreconcile.ResultEmpty,
 			resErr: noopErr,
 			oldObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.GitRepository) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, sourcev1.GitOperationFailedReason, "fail")
 				conditions.MarkFalse(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, meta.FailedReason, "foo")
 			},
 			newObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.GitRepository) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, meta.SucceededReason, "ready")
 			},
 			commit:    partialCommit, // no-op will always result in partial commit.
@@ -2950,7 +2950,7 @@ func TestGitRepositoryReconciler_fetchIncludes(t *testing.T) {
 				{name: "b", toPath: "b/", shouldExist: true},
 			},
 			wantErr: false,
-			wantArtifactSet: []*sourcev1.Artifact{
+			wantArtifactSet: []*meta.Artifact{
 				{Revision: "a"},
 				{Revision: "b"},
 			},
@@ -3008,7 +3008,7 @@ func TestGitRepositoryReconciler_fetchIncludes(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				}
 				if d.withArtifact {
-					obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+					obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 						Path:           d.name + ".tar.gz",
 						Revision:       d.name,
 						LastUpdateTime: metav1.Now(),
@@ -3166,7 +3166,7 @@ func TestGitContentConfigChanged(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name      string
 		obj       sourcev1.GitRepository
-		artifacts []*sourcev1.Artifact
+		artifacts []*meta.Artifact
 		want      bool
 	}{
 		{
@@ -3266,10 +3266,10 @@ func TestGitContentConfigChanged(t *testing.T) {
 							ToPath:           "baz",
 						},
 					},
-					IncludedArtifacts: []*sourcev1.Artifact{{Revision: "aaa", Digest: "bbb"}},
+					IncludedArtifacts: []*meta.Artifact{{Revision: "aaa", Digest: "bbb"}},
 				},
 			},
-			artifacts: []*sourcev1.Artifact{
+			artifacts: []*meta.Artifact{
 				{Revision: "aaa", Digest: "bbb"},
 			},
 			want: false,
@@ -3294,10 +3294,10 @@ func TestGitContentConfigChanged(t *testing.T) {
 							ToPath:           "baz",
 						},
 					},
-					IncludedArtifacts: []*sourcev1.Artifact{{Revision: "aaa", Digest: "bbb"}},
+					IncludedArtifacts: []*meta.Artifact{{Revision: "aaa", Digest: "bbb"}},
 				},
 			},
-			artifacts: []*sourcev1.Artifact{
+			artifacts: []*meta.Artifact{
 				{Revision: "ccc", Digest: "bbb"},
 			},
 			want: true,
@@ -3322,10 +3322,10 @@ func TestGitContentConfigChanged(t *testing.T) {
 							ToPath:           "baz",
 						},
 					},
-					IncludedArtifacts: []*sourcev1.Artifact{{Revision: "aaa", Digest: "bbb"}},
+					IncludedArtifacts: []*meta.Artifact{{Revision: "aaa", Digest: "bbb"}},
 				},
 			},
-			artifacts: []*sourcev1.Artifact{
+			artifacts: []*meta.Artifact{
 				{Revision: "aaa", Digest: "ddd"},
 			},
 			want: true,
@@ -3350,10 +3350,10 @@ func TestGitContentConfigChanged(t *testing.T) {
 							ToPath:           "baz",
 						},
 					},
-					IncludedArtifacts: []*sourcev1.Artifact{{Revision: "aaa", Digest: "bbb"}},
+					IncludedArtifacts: []*meta.Artifact{{Revision: "aaa", Digest: "bbb"}},
 				},
 			},
-			artifacts: []*sourcev1.Artifact{
+			artifacts: []*meta.Artifact{
 				{Revision: "aaa", Digest: "bbb"},
 			},
 			want: true,
@@ -3376,13 +3376,13 @@ func TestGitContentConfigChanged(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 				Status: sourcev1.GitRepositoryStatus{
-					IncludedArtifacts: []*sourcev1.Artifact{
+					IncludedArtifacts: []*meta.Artifact{
 						{Revision: "aaa", Digest: "bbb"},
 						{Revision: "ccc", Digest: "ccc"},
 					},
 				},
 			},
-			artifacts: []*sourcev1.Artifact{
+			artifacts: []*meta.Artifact{
 				{Revision: "aaa", Digest: "bbb"},
 				{Revision: "ccc", Digest: "ddd"},
 			},
@@ -3418,13 +3418,13 @@ func TestGitContentConfigChanged(t *testing.T) {
 							ToPath:           "baz",
 						},
 					},
-					IncludedArtifacts: []*sourcev1.Artifact{
+					IncludedArtifacts: []*meta.Artifact{
 						{Revision: "aaa", Digest: "bbb"},
 						{Revision: "ccc", Digest: "ccc"},
 					},
 				},
 			},
-			artifacts: []*sourcev1.Artifact{
+			artifacts: []*meta.Artifact{
 				{Revision: "aaa", Digest: "bbb"},
 			},
 			want: true,
@@ -3459,12 +3459,12 @@ func TestGitContentConfigChanged(t *testing.T) {
 							ToPath:           "baz",
 						},
 					},
-					IncludedArtifacts: []*sourcev1.Artifact{
+					IncludedArtifacts: []*meta.Artifact{
 						{Revision: "aaa", Digest: "bbb"},
 					},
 				},
 			},
-			artifacts: []*sourcev1.Artifact{
+			artifacts: []*meta.Artifact{
 				{Revision: "aaa", Digest: "bbb"},
 				{Revision: "ccc", Digest: "ccc"},
 			},
diff --git a/internal/controller/helmchart_controller.go b/internal/controller/helmchart_controller.go
index 6559a252..ef5a995f 100644
--- a/internal/controller/helmchart_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/helmchart_controller.go
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ func (r *HelmChartReconciler) buildFromHelmRepository(ctx context.Context, obj *
 // v1.Artifact.
 // In case of a failure it records v1.FetchFailedCondition on the chart
 // object, and returns early.
-func (r *HelmChartReconciler) buildFromTarballArtifact(ctx context.Context, obj *sourcev1.HelmChart, source sourcev1.Artifact, b *chart.Build) (sreconcile.Result, error) {
+func (r *HelmChartReconciler) buildFromTarballArtifact(ctx context.Context, obj *sourcev1.HelmChart, source meta.Artifact, b *chart.Build) (sreconcile.Result, error) {
 	// Create temporary working directory
 	tmpDir, err := util.TempDirForObj("", obj)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/controller/helmchart_controller_test.go b/internal/controller/helmchart_controller_test.go
index 303b97a6..dd23c5fe 100644
--- a/internal/controller/helmchart_controller_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/helmchart_controller_test.go
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ func TestHelmChartReconciler_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 		beforeFunc       func(obj *sourcev1.HelmChart, storage *storage.Storage) error
 		want             sreconcile.Result
 		wantErr          bool
-		assertArtifact   *sourcev1.Artifact
+		assertArtifact   *meta.Artifact
 		assertConditions []metav1.Condition
 		assertPaths      []string
 	}{
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ func TestHelmChartReconciler_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 				revisions := []string{"a", "b", "c", "d"}
 				for n := range revisions {
 					v := revisions[n]
-					obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+					obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 						Path:     fmt.Sprintf("/reconcile-storage/%s.txt", v),
 						Revision: v,
 					}
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ func TestHelmChartReconciler_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, "foo", "bar")
 				return nil
 			},
-			assertArtifact: &sourcev1.Artifact{
+			assertArtifact: &meta.Artifact{
 				Path:     "/reconcile-storage/d.txt",
 				Revision: "d",
 				Digest:   "sha256:18ac3e7343f016890c510e93f935261169d9e3f565436429830faf0934f4f8e4",
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ func TestHelmChartReconciler_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "notices missing artifact in storage",
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.HelmChart, storage *storage.Storage) error {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Path:     "/reconcile-storage/invalid.txt",
 					Revision: "d",
 				}
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ func TestHelmChartReconciler_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.HelmChart, storage *storage.Storage) error {
 				f := "empty-digest.txt"
 
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Path:     fmt.Sprintf("/reconcile-storage/%s.txt", f),
 					Revision: "fake",
 				}
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ func TestHelmChartReconciler_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.HelmChart, storage *storage.Storage) error {
 				f := "digest-mismatch.txt"
 
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Path:     fmt.Sprintf("/reconcile-storage/%s.txt", f),
 					Revision: "fake",
 				}
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ func TestHelmChartReconciler_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "updates hostname on diff from current",
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.HelmChart, storage *storage.Storage) error {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Path:     "/reconcile-storage/hostname.txt",
 					Revision: "f",
 					Digest:   "sha256:3b9c358f36f0a31b6ad3e14f309c7cf198ac9246e8316f9ce543d5b19ac02b80",
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ func TestHelmChartReconciler_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 			assertPaths: []string{
 				"/reconcile-storage/hostname.txt",
 			},
-			assertArtifact: &sourcev1.Artifact{
+			assertArtifact: &meta.Artifact{
 				Path:     "/reconcile-storage/hostname.txt",
 				Revision: "f",
 				Digest:   "sha256:3b9c358f36f0a31b6ad3e14f309c7cf198ac9246e8316f9ce543d5b19ac02b80",
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ func TestHelmChartReconciler_reconcileSource(t *testing.T) {
 	storage, err := storage.New(tmpDir, "example.com", retentionTTL, retentionRecords)
 	g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
-	gitArtifact := &sourcev1.Artifact{
+	gitArtifact := &meta.Artifact{
 		Revision: "mock-ref/abcdefg12345678",
 		Path:     "mock.tgz",
 	}
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ func TestHelmChartReconciler_reconcileSource(t *testing.T) {
 					Name: "gitrepository",
 					Kind: sourcev1.GitRepositoryKind,
 				}
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Path:     "some-path",
 					Revision: "some-rev",
 				}
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ func TestHelmChartReconciler_buildFromHelmRepository(t *testing.T) {
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.HelmChart, repository *sourcev1.HelmRepository) {
 				obj.Spec.Chart = chartName
 				obj.Spec.Version = chartVersion
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Path: chartName + "-" + chartVersion + ".tgz"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Path: chartName + "-" + chartVersion + ".tgz"}
 			},
 			want: sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
 			assertFunc: func(g *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmChart, build chart.Build) {
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ func TestHelmChartReconciler_buildFromHelmRepository(t *testing.T) {
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.HelmChart, repository *sourcev1.HelmRepository) {
 				obj.Spec.Chart = chartName
 				obj.Spec.Version = chartVersion
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Path: chartName + "-" + chartVersion + ".tgz"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Path: chartName + "-" + chartVersion + ".tgz"}
 				obj.Status.ObservedValuesFiles = []string{"values.yaml", "override.yaml"}
 			},
 			want: sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
@@ -1017,7 +1017,7 @@ func TestHelmChartReconciler_buildFromHelmRepository(t *testing.T) {
 				obj.Spec.Version = chartVersion
 
 				obj.Status.ObservedGeneration = 2
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Path: chartName + "-" + chartVersion + ".tgz"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Path: chartName + "-" + chartVersion + ".tgz"}
 			},
 			want: sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
 			assertFunc: func(g *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmChart, build chart.Build) {
@@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ func TestHelmChartReconciler_buildFromHelmRepository(t *testing.T) {
 					Timeout: &metav1.Duration{Duration: timeout},
 				},
 				Status: sourcev1.HelmRepositoryStatus{
-					Artifact: &sourcev1.Artifact{
+					Artifact: &meta.Artifact{
 						Path: "index.yaml",
 					},
 				},
@@ -1191,7 +1191,7 @@ func TestHelmChartReconciler_buildFromOCIHelmRepository(t *testing.T) {
 	storage, err := storage.New(tmpDir, "example.com", retentionTTL, retentionRecords)
 	g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
-	cachedArtifact := &sourcev1.Artifact{
+	cachedArtifact := &meta.Artifact{
 		Revision: "0.1.0",
 		Path:     metadata.Name + "-" + metadata.Version + ".tgz",
 	}
@@ -1267,7 +1267,7 @@ func TestHelmChartReconciler_buildFromOCIHelmRepository(t *testing.T) {
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.HelmChart, repository *sourcev1.HelmRepository) {
 				obj.Spec.Chart = metadata.Name
 				obj.Spec.Version = metadata.Version
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Path: metadata.Name + "-" + metadata.Version + ".tgz"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Path: metadata.Name + "-" + metadata.Version + ".tgz"}
 			},
 			want: sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
 			assertFunc: func(g *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmChart, build chart.Build) {
@@ -1286,7 +1286,7 @@ func TestHelmChartReconciler_buildFromOCIHelmRepository(t *testing.T) {
 				obj.Spec.Version = metadata.Version
 
 				obj.Status.ObservedGeneration = 2
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Path: metadata.Name + "-" + metadata.Version + ".tgz"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Path: metadata.Name + "-" + metadata.Version + ".tgz"}
 			},
 			want: sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
 			assertFunc: func(g *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmChart, build chart.Build) {
@@ -1414,17 +1414,17 @@ func TestHelmChartReconciler_buildFromTarballArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 	storage, err := storage.New(tmpDir, "example.com", retentionTTL, retentionRecords)
 	g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
-	chartsArtifact := &sourcev1.Artifact{
+	chartsArtifact := &meta.Artifact{
 		Revision: "mock-ref/abcdefg12345678",
 		Path:     "mock.tgz",
 	}
 	g.Expect(storage.Archive(chartsArtifact, "testdata/charts", nil)).To(Succeed())
-	yamlArtifact := &sourcev1.Artifact{
+	yamlArtifact := &meta.Artifact{
 		Revision: "9876abcd",
 		Path:     "values.yaml",
 	}
 	g.Expect(storage.CopyFromPath(yamlArtifact, "testdata/charts/helmchart/values.yaml")).To(Succeed())
-	cachedArtifact := &sourcev1.Artifact{
+	cachedArtifact := &meta.Artifact{
 		Revision: "0.1.0",
 		Path:     "cached.tgz",
 	}
@@ -1432,7 +1432,7 @@ func TestHelmChartReconciler_buildFromTarballArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 
 	tests := []struct {
 		name       string
-		source     sourcev1.Artifact
+		source     meta.Artifact
 		beforeFunc func(obj *sourcev1.HelmChart)
 		want       sreconcile.Result
 		wantErr    error
@@ -1563,7 +1563,7 @@ func TestHelmChartReconciler_buildFromTarballArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name:    "Empty source artifact",
-			source:  sourcev1.Artifact{},
+			source:  meta.Artifact{},
 			want:    sreconcile.ResultEmpty,
 			wantErr: &serror.Generic{Err: errors.New("no such file or directory")},
 			assertFunc: func(g *WithT, build chart.Build) {
@@ -1678,7 +1678,7 @@ func TestHelmChartReconciler_reconcileArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 				Path:    filepath.Join(testStorage.BasePath, "testdata/charts/helmchart-0.1.0.tgz"),
 			},
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.HelmChart) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Path: "testdata/charts/helmchart-0.1.0.tgz",
 				}
 			},
@@ -1700,7 +1700,7 @@ func TestHelmChartReconciler_reconcileArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.HelmChart) {
 				obj.Status.ObservedChartName = "helmchart"
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Revision: "0.1.0",
 					Path:     "testdata/charts/helmchart-0.1.0.tgz",
 				}
@@ -2298,7 +2298,7 @@ func TestHelmChartReconciler_notify(t *testing.T) {
 			res:    sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
 			resErr: nil,
 			newObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.HelmChart) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
 			},
 			wantEvent: "Normal ChartPackageSucceeded packaged",
 		},
@@ -2307,12 +2307,12 @@ func TestHelmChartReconciler_notify(t *testing.T) {
 			res:    sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
 			resErr: nil,
 			oldObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.HelmChart) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, sourcev1.GitOperationFailedReason, "fail")
 				conditions.MarkFalse(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, meta.FailedReason, "foo")
 			},
 			newObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.HelmChart) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, meta.SucceededReason, "ready")
 			},
 			wantEvent: "Normal ChartPackageSucceeded packaged",
@@ -2322,12 +2322,12 @@ func TestHelmChartReconciler_notify(t *testing.T) {
 			res:    sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
 			resErr: nil,
 			oldObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.HelmChart) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, sourcev1.GitOperationFailedReason, "fail")
 				conditions.MarkFalse(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, meta.FailedReason, "foo")
 			},
 			newObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.HelmChart) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "aaa", Digest: "bbb"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "aaa", Digest: "bbb"}
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, meta.SucceededReason, "ready")
 			},
 			wantEvent: "Normal ChartPackageSucceeded packaged",
@@ -2337,11 +2337,11 @@ func TestHelmChartReconciler_notify(t *testing.T) {
 			res:    sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
 			resErr: nil,
 			oldObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.HelmChart) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, meta.SucceededReason, "ready")
 			},
 			newObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.HelmChart) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, meta.SucceededReason, "ready")
 			},
 		},
@@ -2901,7 +2901,7 @@ func TestHelmChartReconciler_reconcileSourceFromOCI_verifySignatureNotation(t *t
 	storage, err := storage.New(tmpDir, server.registryHost, retentionTTL, retentionRecords)
 	g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
-	cachedArtifact := &sourcev1.Artifact{
+	cachedArtifact := &meta.Artifact{
 		Revision: "0.1.0",
 		Path:     metadata.Name + "-" + metadata.Version + ".tgz",
 	}
@@ -3006,7 +3006,7 @@ func TestHelmChartReconciler_reconcileSourceFromOCI_verifySignatureNotation(t *t
 				obj.Spec.Version = metadata.Version
 				obj.Spec.Verify = nil
 				conditions.MarkFalse(obj, sourcev1.SourceVerifiedCondition, "VerifyFailed", "fail msg")
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Path: metadata.Name + "-" + metadata.Version + ".tgz"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Path: metadata.Name + "-" + metadata.Version + ".tgz"}
 			},
 			want: sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
 			assertConditions: []metav1.Condition{
@@ -3225,7 +3225,7 @@ func TestHelmChartReconciler_reconcileSourceFromOCI_verifySignatureCosign(t *tes
 	storage, err := storage.New(tmpDir, server.registryHost, retentionTTL, retentionRecords)
 	g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
-	cachedArtifact := &sourcev1.Artifact{
+	cachedArtifact := &meta.Artifact{
 		Revision: "0.1.0",
 		Path:     metadata.Name + "-" + metadata.Version + ".tgz",
 	}
@@ -3318,7 +3318,7 @@ func TestHelmChartReconciler_reconcileSourceFromOCI_verifySignatureCosign(t *tes
 				obj.Spec.Version = metadata.Version
 				obj.Spec.Verify = nil
 				conditions.MarkFalse(obj, sourcev1.SourceVerifiedCondition, "VerifyFailed", "fail msg")
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Path: metadata.Name + "-" + metadata.Version + ".tgz"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Path: metadata.Name + "-" + metadata.Version + ".tgz"}
 			},
 			want: sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
 			assertConditions: []metav1.Condition{
diff --git a/internal/controller/helmrepository_controller.go b/internal/controller/helmrepository_controller.go
index 8c442dbd..9e052b34 100644
--- a/internal/controller/helmrepository_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/helmrepository_controller.go
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ type HelmRepositoryReconcilerOptions struct {
 // v1.HelmRepository (sub)reconcile functions. The type implementations
 // are grouped and executed serially to perform the complete reconcile of the
 // object.
-type helmRepositoryReconcileFunc func(ctx context.Context, sp *patch.SerialPatcher, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact *sourcev1.Artifact, repo *repository.ChartRepository) (sreconcile.Result, error)
+type helmRepositoryReconcileFunc func(ctx context.Context, sp *patch.SerialPatcher, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact *meta.Artifact, repo *repository.ChartRepository) (sreconcile.Result, error)
 
 func (r *HelmRepositoryReconciler) SetupWithManager(mgr ctrl.Manager) error {
 	return r.SetupWithManagerAndOptions(mgr, HelmRepositoryReconcilerOptions{})
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ func (r *HelmRepositoryReconciler) reconcile(ctx context.Context, sp *patch.Seri
 	}
 
 	var chartRepo repository.ChartRepository
-	var artifact sourcev1.Artifact
+	var artifact meta.Artifact
 
 	// Run the sub-reconcilers and build the result of reconciliation.
 	var res sreconcile.Result
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ func (r *HelmRepositoryReconciler) notify(ctx context.Context, oldObj, newObj *s
 // The hostname of any URL in the Status of the object are updated, to ensure
 // they match the Storage server hostname of current runtime.
 func (r *HelmRepositoryReconciler) reconcileStorage(ctx context.Context, sp *patch.SerialPatcher,
-	obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, _ *sourcev1.Artifact, _ *repository.ChartRepository) (sreconcile.Result, error) {
+	obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, _ *meta.Artifact, _ *repository.ChartRepository) (sreconcile.Result, error) {
 	// Garbage collect previous advertised artifact(s) from storage
 	_ = r.garbageCollect(ctx, obj)
 
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ func (r *HelmRepositoryReconciler) reconcileStorage(ctx context.Context, sp *pat
 // v1.FetchFailedCondition is removed, and the repository.ChartRepository
 // pointer is set to the newly fetched index.
 func (r *HelmRepositoryReconciler) reconcileSource(ctx context.Context, sp *patch.SerialPatcher,
-	obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact *sourcev1.Artifact, chartRepo *repository.ChartRepository) (sreconcile.Result, error) {
+	obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact *meta.Artifact, chartRepo *repository.ChartRepository) (sreconcile.Result, error) {
 	// Ensure it's not an OCI URL. API validation ensures that only
 	// http/https/oci scheme are allowed.
 	if strings.HasPrefix(obj.Spec.URL, helmreg.OCIScheme) {
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ func (r *HelmRepositoryReconciler) reconcileSource(ctx context.Context, sp *patc
 // early.
 // On a successful archive, the Artifact in the Status of the object is set,
 // and the symlink in the Storage is updated to its path.
-func (r *HelmRepositoryReconciler) reconcileArtifact(ctx context.Context, sp *patch.SerialPatcher, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact *sourcev1.Artifact, chartRepo *repository.ChartRepository) (sreconcile.Result, error) {
+func (r *HelmRepositoryReconciler) reconcileArtifact(ctx context.Context, sp *patch.SerialPatcher, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact *meta.Artifact, chartRepo *repository.ChartRepository) (sreconcile.Result, error) {
 	// Set the ArtifactInStorageCondition if there's no drift.
 	defer func() {
 		if obj.GetArtifact().HasRevision(artifact.Revision) {
diff --git a/internal/controller/helmrepository_controller_test.go b/internal/controller/helmrepository_controller_test.go
index 895fc3a9..3791294e 100644
--- a/internal/controller/helmrepository_controller_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/helmrepository_controller_test.go
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 		beforeFunc       func(obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, storage *storage.Storage) error
 		want             sreconcile.Result
 		wantErr          bool
-		assertArtifact   *sourcev1.Artifact
+		assertArtifact   *meta.Artifact
 		assertConditions []metav1.Condition
 		assertPaths      []string
 	}{
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 				revisions := []string{"a", "b", "c", "d"}
 				for n := range revisions {
 					v := revisions[n]
-					obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+					obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 						Path:     fmt.Sprintf("/reconcile-storage/%s.txt", v),
 						Revision: v,
 					}
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, "foo", "bar")
 				return nil
 			},
-			assertArtifact: &sourcev1.Artifact{
+			assertArtifact: &meta.Artifact{
 				Path:     "/reconcile-storage/d.txt",
 				Revision: "d",
 				Digest:   "sha256:18ac3e7343f016890c510e93f935261169d9e3f565436429830faf0934f4f8e4",
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "notices missing artifact in storage",
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, storage *storage.Storage) error {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Path:     "/reconcile-storage/invalid.txt",
 					Revision: "d",
 				}
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, storage *storage.Storage) error {
 				f := "empty-digest.txt"
 
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Path:     fmt.Sprintf("/reconcile-storage/%s.txt", f),
 					Revision: "fake",
 				}
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, storage *storage.Storage) error {
 				f := "digest-mismatch.txt"
 
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Path:     fmt.Sprintf("/reconcile-storage/%s.txt", f),
 					Revision: "fake",
 				}
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "updates hostname on diff from current",
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, storage *storage.Storage) error {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Path:     "/reconcile-storage/hostname.txt",
 					Revision: "f",
 					Digest:   "sha256:3b9c358f36f0a31b6ad3e14f309c7cf198ac9246e8316f9ce543d5b19ac02b80",
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 			assertPaths: []string{
 				"/reconcile-storage/hostname.txt",
 			},
-			assertArtifact: &sourcev1.Artifact{
+			assertArtifact: &meta.Artifact{
 				Path:     "/reconcile-storage/hostname.txt",
 				Revision: "f",
 				Digest:   "sha256:3b9c358f36f0a31b6ad3e14f309c7cf198ac9246e8316f9ce543d5b19ac02b80",
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 			}()
 
 			var chartRepo repository.ChartRepository
-			var artifact sourcev1.Artifact
+			var artifact meta.Artifact
 			sp := patch.NewSerialPatcher(obj, r.Client)
 
 			got, err := r.reconcileStorage(context.TODO(), sp, obj, &artifact, &chartRepo)
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_reconcileSource(t *testing.T) {
 		secret           *corev1.Secret
 		beforeFunc       func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository)
 		revFunc          func(t *WithT, server *helmtestserver.HelmServer, secret *corev1.Secret) digest.Digest
-		afterFunc        func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact sourcev1.Artifact, chartRepo *repository.ChartRepository)
+		afterFunc        func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact meta.Artifact, chartRepo *repository.ChartRepository)
 		want             sreconcile.Result
 		wantErr          bool
 		assertConditions []metav1.Condition
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_reconcileSource(t *testing.T) {
 				*conditions.TrueCondition(meta.ReconcilingCondition, meta.ProgressingReason, "building artifact: new index revision"),
 				*conditions.UnknownCondition(meta.ReadyCondition, meta.ProgressingReason, "building artifact: new index revision"),
 			},
-			afterFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact sourcev1.Artifact, chartRepo *repository.ChartRepository) {
+			afterFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact meta.Artifact, chartRepo *repository.ChartRepository) {
 				t.Expect(chartRepo.Path).ToNot(BeEmpty())
 				t.Expect(chartRepo.Index).ToNot(BeNil())
 				t.Expect(artifact.Revision).ToNot(BeEmpty())
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_reconcileSource(t *testing.T) {
 				*conditions.TrueCondition(meta.ReconcilingCondition, meta.ProgressingReason, "building artifact: new index revision"),
 				*conditions.UnknownCondition(meta.ReadyCondition, meta.ProgressingReason, "building artifact: new index revision"),
 			},
-			afterFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact sourcev1.Artifact, chartRepo *repository.ChartRepository) {
+			afterFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact meta.Artifact, chartRepo *repository.ChartRepository) {
 				t.Expect(chartRepo.Path).ToNot(BeEmpty())
 				t.Expect(chartRepo.Index).ToNot(BeNil())
 				t.Expect(artifact.Revision).ToNot(BeEmpty())
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_reconcileSource(t *testing.T) {
 				*conditions.TrueCondition(meta.ReconcilingCondition, meta.ProgressingReason, "building artifact: new index revision"),
 				*conditions.UnknownCondition(meta.ReadyCondition, meta.ProgressingReason, "building artifact: new index revision"),
 			},
-			afterFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact sourcev1.Artifact, chartRepo *repository.ChartRepository) {
+			afterFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact meta.Artifact, chartRepo *repository.ChartRepository) {
 				t.Expect(chartRepo.Path).ToNot(BeEmpty())
 				t.Expect(chartRepo.Index).ToNot(BeNil())
 				t.Expect(artifact.Revision).ToNot(BeEmpty())
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_reconcileSource(t *testing.T) {
 				*conditions.TrueCondition(meta.ReconcilingCondition, meta.ProgressingReason, "building artifact: new index revision"),
 				*conditions.UnknownCondition(meta.ReadyCondition, meta.ProgressingReason, "building artifact: new index revision"),
 			},
-			afterFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact sourcev1.Artifact, chartRepo *repository.ChartRepository) {
+			afterFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact meta.Artifact, chartRepo *repository.ChartRepository) {
 				t.Expect(chartRepo.Path).ToNot(BeEmpty())
 				t.Expect(chartRepo.Index).ToNot(BeNil())
 				t.Expect(artifact.Revision).ToNot(BeEmpty())
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_reconcileSource(t *testing.T) {
 				*conditions.TrueCondition(meta.ReconcilingCondition, meta.ProgressingReason, "building artifact: new index revision"),
 				*conditions.UnknownCondition(meta.ReadyCondition, meta.ProgressingReason, "building artifact: new index revision"),
 			},
-			afterFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact sourcev1.Artifact, chartRepo *repository.ChartRepository) {
+			afterFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact meta.Artifact, chartRepo *repository.ChartRepository) {
 				t.Expect(chartRepo.Path).ToNot(BeEmpty())
 				t.Expect(chartRepo.Index).ToNot(BeNil())
 				t.Expect(artifact.Revision).ToNot(BeEmpty())
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_reconcileSource(t *testing.T) {
 				*conditions.TrueCondition(meta.ReconcilingCondition, meta.ProgressingReason, "building artifact: new index revision"),
 				*conditions.UnknownCondition(meta.ReadyCondition, meta.ProgressingReason, "building artifact: new index revision"),
 			},
-			afterFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact sourcev1.Artifact, chartRepo *repository.ChartRepository) {
+			afterFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact meta.Artifact, chartRepo *repository.ChartRepository) {
 				t.Expect(chartRepo.Path).ToNot(BeEmpty())
 				t.Expect(chartRepo.Index).ToNot(BeNil())
 				t.Expect(artifact.Revision).ToNot(BeEmpty())
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_reconcileSource(t *testing.T) {
 				*conditions.TrueCondition(meta.ReconcilingCondition, meta.ProgressingReason, "foo"),
 				*conditions.UnknownCondition(meta.ReadyCondition, "foo", "bar"),
 			},
-			afterFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact sourcev1.Artifact, chartRepo *repository.ChartRepository) {
+			afterFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact meta.Artifact, chartRepo *repository.ChartRepository) {
 				// No repo index due to fetch fail.
 				t.Expect(chartRepo.Path).To(BeEmpty())
 				t.Expect(chartRepo.Index).To(BeNil())
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_reconcileSource(t *testing.T) {
 				*conditions.TrueCondition(meta.ReconcilingCondition, meta.ProgressingReason, "foo"),
 				*conditions.UnknownCondition(meta.ReadyCondition, "foo", "bar"),
 			},
-			afterFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact sourcev1.Artifact, chartRepo *repository.ChartRepository) {
+			afterFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact meta.Artifact, chartRepo *repository.ChartRepository) {
 				// No repo index due to fetch fail.
 				t.Expect(chartRepo.Path).To(BeEmpty())
 				t.Expect(chartRepo.Index).To(BeNil())
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_reconcileSource(t *testing.T) {
 				*conditions.TrueCondition(meta.ReconcilingCondition, meta.ProgressingReason, "foo"),
 				*conditions.UnknownCondition(meta.ReadyCondition, "foo", "bar"),
 			},
-			afterFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact sourcev1.Artifact, chartRepo *repository.ChartRepository) {
+			afterFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact meta.Artifact, chartRepo *repository.ChartRepository) {
 				// No repo index due to fetch fail.
 				t.Expect(chartRepo.Path).To(BeEmpty())
 				t.Expect(chartRepo.Index).To(BeNil())
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_reconcileSource(t *testing.T) {
 				*conditions.TrueCondition(meta.ReconcilingCondition, meta.ProgressingReason, "foo"),
 				*conditions.UnknownCondition(meta.ReadyCondition, "foo", "bar"),
 			},
-			afterFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact sourcev1.Artifact, chartRepo *repository.ChartRepository) {
+			afterFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact meta.Artifact, chartRepo *repository.ChartRepository) {
 				// No repo index due to fetch fail.
 				t.Expect(chartRepo.Path).To(BeEmpty())
 				t.Expect(chartRepo.Index).To(BeNil())
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_reconcileSource(t *testing.T) {
 				*conditions.TrueCondition(meta.ReconcilingCondition, meta.ProgressingReason, "foo"),
 				*conditions.UnknownCondition(meta.ReadyCondition, "foo", "bar"),
 			},
-			afterFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact sourcev1.Artifact, chartRepo *repository.ChartRepository) {
+			afterFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact meta.Artifact, chartRepo *repository.ChartRepository) {
 				// No repo index due to fetch fail.
 				t.Expect(chartRepo.Path).To(BeEmpty())
 				t.Expect(chartRepo.Index).To(BeNil())
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_reconcileSource(t *testing.T) {
 				*conditions.TrueCondition(meta.ReconcilingCondition, meta.ProgressingReason, "foo"),
 				*conditions.UnknownCondition(meta.ReadyCondition, "foo", "bar"),
 			},
-			afterFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact sourcev1.Artifact, chartRepo *repository.ChartRepository) {
+			afterFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact meta.Artifact, chartRepo *repository.ChartRepository) {
 				t.Expect(chartRepo.Path).ToNot(BeEmpty())
 				t.Expect(chartRepo.Index).To(BeNil())
 
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_reconcileSource(t *testing.T) {
 			name:     "Stored index with different revision",
 			protocol: "http",
 			beforeFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Revision: "80bb3dd67c63095d985850459834ea727603727a370079de90d221191d375a86",
 				}
 				conditions.MarkReconciling(obj, meta.ProgressingReason, "foo")
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_reconcileSource(t *testing.T) {
 				*conditions.TrueCondition(meta.ReconcilingCondition, meta.ProgressingReason, "building artifact: new index revision"),
 				*conditions.UnknownCondition(meta.ReadyCondition, meta.ProgressingReason, "building artifact: new index revision"),
 			},
-			afterFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact sourcev1.Artifact, chartRepo *repository.ChartRepository) {
+			afterFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact meta.Artifact, chartRepo *repository.ChartRepository) {
 				t.Expect(chartRepo.Path).ToNot(BeEmpty())
 				t.Expect(chartRepo.Index).ToNot(BeNil())
 
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_reconcileSource(t *testing.T) {
 			name:     "Existing artifact makes ArtifactOutdated=True",
 			protocol: "http",
 			beforeFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Path:     "some-path",
 					Revision: "some-rev",
 				}
@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_reconcileSource(t *testing.T) {
 
 			// Special handling for tests that need to set revision after calculation
 			if tt.name == "Stored index with same revision" && rev != "" {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Revision: rev.String(),
 				}
 			}
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_reconcileSource(t *testing.T) {
 			}()
 
 			var chartRepo repository.ChartRepository
-			var artifact sourcev1.Artifact
+			var artifact meta.Artifact
 			sp := patch.NewSerialPatcher(obj, r.Client)
 
 			got, err := r.reconcileSource(context.TODO(), sp, obj, &artifact, &chartRepo)
@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_reconcileArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name             string
 		cache            *cache.Cache
-		beforeFunc       func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact sourcev1.Artifact, index *repository.ChartRepository)
+		beforeFunc       func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact meta.Artifact, index *repository.ChartRepository)
 		afterFunc        func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, cache *cache.Cache)
 		want             sreconcile.Result
 		wantErr          bool
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_reconcileArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{
 			name: "Archiving artifact to storage makes ArtifactInStorage=True and artifact is stored as JSON",
-			beforeFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact sourcev1.Artifact, index *repository.ChartRepository) {
+			beforeFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact meta.Artifact, index *repository.ChartRepository) {
 				obj.Spec.Interval = metav1.Duration{Duration: interval}
 			},
 			want: sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
@@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_reconcileArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:  "Archiving (loaded) artifact to storage adds to cache",
 			cache: cache.New(10, time.Minute),
-			beforeFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact sourcev1.Artifact, index *repository.ChartRepository) {
+			beforeFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact meta.Artifact, index *repository.ChartRepository) {
 				index.Index = &repo.IndexFile{
 					APIVersion: "v1",
 					Generated:  time.Now(),
@@ -1120,7 +1120,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_reconcileArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name: "Up-to-date artifact should not update status",
-			beforeFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact sourcev1.Artifact, index *repository.ChartRepository) {
+			beforeFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact meta.Artifact, index *repository.ChartRepository) {
 				obj.Spec.Interval = metav1.Duration{Duration: interval}
 				obj.Status.Artifact = artifact.DeepCopy()
 			},
@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_reconcileArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name: "Removes ArtifactOutdatedCondition after creating a new artifact",
-			beforeFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact sourcev1.Artifact, index *repository.ChartRepository) {
+			beforeFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact meta.Artifact, index *repository.ChartRepository) {
 				obj.Spec.Interval = metav1.Duration{Duration: interval}
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, sourcev1.ArtifactOutdatedCondition, "Foo", "")
 			},
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_reconcileArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name: "Creates latest symlink to the created artifact",
-			beforeFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact sourcev1.Artifact, index *repository.ChartRepository) {
+			beforeFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact meta.Artifact, index *repository.ChartRepository) {
 				obj.Spec.Interval = metav1.Duration{Duration: interval}
 			},
 			afterFunc: func(t *WithT, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, _ *cache.Cache) {
@@ -1227,7 +1227,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_reconcileArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_reconcileSubRecs(t *testing.T) {
 	// Helper to build simple helmRepositoryReconcileFunc with result and error.
 	buildReconcileFuncs := func(r sreconcile.Result, e error) helmRepositoryReconcileFunc {
-		return func(ctx context.Context, sp *patch.SerialPatcher, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact *sourcev1.Artifact, repo *repository.ChartRepository) (sreconcile.Result, error) {
+		return func(ctx context.Context, sp *patch.SerialPatcher, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact *meta.Artifact, repo *repository.ChartRepository) (sreconcile.Result, error) {
 			return r, e
 		}
 	}
@@ -1282,11 +1282,11 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_reconcileSubRecs(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "multiple object status conditions mutations",
 			reconcileFuncs: []helmRepositoryReconcileFunc{
-				func(ctx context.Context, sp *patch.SerialPatcher, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact *sourcev1.Artifact, repo *repository.ChartRepository) (sreconcile.Result, error) {
+				func(ctx context.Context, sp *patch.SerialPatcher, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact *meta.Artifact, repo *repository.ChartRepository) (sreconcile.Result, error) {
 					conditions.MarkTrue(obj, sourcev1.ArtifactOutdatedCondition, "NewRevision", "new index revision")
 					return sreconcile.ResultSuccess, nil
 				},
-				func(ctx context.Context, sp *patch.SerialPatcher, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact *sourcev1.Artifact, repo *repository.ChartRepository) (sreconcile.Result, error) {
+				func(ctx context.Context, sp *patch.SerialPatcher, obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository, artifact *meta.Artifact, repo *repository.ChartRepository) (sreconcile.Result, error) {
 					conditions.MarkTrue(obj, meta.ReconcilingCondition, meta.ProgressingReason, "creating artifact")
 					return sreconcile.ResultSuccess, nil
 				},
@@ -1481,7 +1481,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_notify(t *testing.T) {
 			res:    sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
 			resErr: nil,
 			newObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy", Size: nil}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy", Size: nil}
 			},
 			wantEvent: "Normal NewArtifact stored fetched index of unknown size",
 		},
@@ -1490,7 +1490,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_notify(t *testing.T) {
 			res:    sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
 			resErr: nil,
 			newObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy", Size: &aSize}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy", Size: &aSize}
 			},
 			wantEvent: "Normal NewArtifact stored fetched index of size",
 		},
@@ -1499,12 +1499,12 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_notify(t *testing.T) {
 			res:    sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
 			resErr: nil,
 			oldObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy", Size: &aSize}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy", Size: &aSize}
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, sourcev1.GitOperationFailedReason, "fail")
 				conditions.MarkFalse(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, meta.FailedReason, "foo")
 			},
 			newObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy", Size: &aSize}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy", Size: &aSize}
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, meta.SucceededReason, "ready")
 			},
 			wantEvent: "Normal Succeeded stored fetched index of size",
@@ -1514,12 +1514,12 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_notify(t *testing.T) {
 			res:    sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
 			resErr: nil,
 			oldObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy", Size: &aSize}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy", Size: &aSize}
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, sourcev1.GitOperationFailedReason, "fail")
 				conditions.MarkFalse(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, meta.FailedReason, "foo")
 			},
 			newObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "aaa", Digest: "bbb", Size: &aSize}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "aaa", Digest: "bbb", Size: &aSize}
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, meta.SucceededReason, "ready")
 			},
 			wantEvent: "Normal NewArtifact stored fetched index of size",
@@ -1529,11 +1529,11 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryReconciler_notify(t *testing.T) {
 			res:    sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
 			resErr: nil,
 			oldObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy", Size: &aSize}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy", Size: &aSize}
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, meta.SucceededReason, "ready")
 			},
 			newObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.HelmRepository) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy", Size: &aSize}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy", Size: &aSize}
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, meta.SucceededReason, "ready")
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/internal/controller/ocirepository_controller.go b/internal/controller/ocirepository_controller.go
index 3a86e61e..e3923055 100644
--- a/internal/controller/ocirepository_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/ocirepository_controller.go
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func (e invalidOCIURLError) Error() string {
 // ociRepositoryReconcileFunc is the function type for all the v1.OCIRepository
 // (sub)reconcile functions. The type implementations are grouped and
 // executed serially to perform the complete reconcile of the object.
-type ociRepositoryReconcileFunc func(ctx context.Context, sp *patch.SerialPatcher, obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository, metadata *sourcev1.Artifact, dir string) (sreconcile.Result, error)
+type ociRepositoryReconcileFunc func(ctx context.Context, sp *patch.SerialPatcher, obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository, metadata *meta.Artifact, dir string) (sreconcile.Result, error)
 
 // OCIRepositoryReconciler reconciles a v1.OCIRepository object
 type OCIRepositoryReconciler struct {
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ func (r *OCIRepositoryReconciler) reconcile(ctx context.Context, sp *patch.Seria
 	var (
 		res      sreconcile.Result
 		resErr   error
-		metadata = sourcev1.Artifact{}
+		metadata = meta.Artifact{}
 	)
 
 	// Run the sub-reconcilers and build the result of reconciliation.
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ func (r *OCIRepositoryReconciler) reconcile(ctx context.Context, sp *patch.Seria
 // reconcileSource fetches the upstream OCI artifact metadata and content.
 // If this fails, it records v1.FetchFailedCondition=True on the object and returns early.
 func (r *OCIRepositoryReconciler) reconcileSource(ctx context.Context, sp *patch.SerialPatcher,
-	obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository, metadata *sourcev1.Artifact, dir string) (sreconcile.Result, error) {
+	obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository, metadata *meta.Artifact, dir string) (sreconcile.Result, error) {
 	var authenticator authn.Authenticator
 
 	ctxTimeout, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, obj.Spec.Timeout.Duration)
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ func (r *OCIRepositoryReconciler) reconcileSource(ctx context.Context, sp *patch
 		conditions.MarkTrue(obj, sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, e.Reason, "%s", e)
 		return sreconcile.ResultEmpty, e
 	}
-	metaArtifact := &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: revision}
+	metaArtifact := &meta.Artifact{Revision: revision}
 	metaArtifact.DeepCopyInto(metadata)
 
 	// Mark observations about the revision on the object
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ func (r *OCIRepositoryReconciler) getTLSConfig(ctx context.Context, obj *sourcev
 // The hostname of any URL in the Status of the object are updated, to ensure
 // they match the Storage server hostname of current runtime.
 func (r *OCIRepositoryReconciler) reconcileStorage(ctx context.Context, sp *patch.SerialPatcher,
-	obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository, _ *sourcev1.Artifact, _ string) (sreconcile.Result, error) {
+	obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository, _ *meta.Artifact, _ string) (sreconcile.Result, error) {
 	// Garbage collect previous advertised artifact(s) from storage
 	_ = r.garbageCollect(ctx, obj)
 
@@ -1087,7 +1087,7 @@ func (r *OCIRepositoryReconciler) reconcileStorage(ctx context.Context, sp *patc
 // On a successful archive, the Artifact in the Status of the object is set,
 // and the symlink in the Storage is updated to its path.
 func (r *OCIRepositoryReconciler) reconcileArtifact(ctx context.Context, sp *patch.SerialPatcher,
-	obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository, metadata *sourcev1.Artifact, dir string) (sreconcile.Result, error) {
+	obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository, metadata *meta.Artifact, dir string) (sreconcile.Result, error) {
 	// Create artifact
 	artifact := r.Storage.NewArtifactFor(obj.Kind, obj, metadata.Revision,
 		fmt.Sprintf("%s.tar.gz", r.digestFromRevision(metadata.Revision)))
diff --git a/internal/controller/ocirepository_controller_test.go b/internal/controller/ocirepository_controller_test.go
index f1370b78..e2cea947 100644
--- a/internal/controller/ocirepository_controller_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/ocirepository_controller_test.go
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileSource_authStrategy(t *testing.T) {
 			sp := patch.NewSerialPatcher(obj, r.Client)
 
 			tmpDir := t.TempDir()
-			got, err := r.reconcileSource(ctx, sp, obj, &sourcev1.Artifact{}, tmpDir)
+			got, err := r.reconcileSource(ctx, sp, obj, &meta.Artifact{}, tmpDir)
 			if tt.wantErr {
 				g.Expect(err).ToNot(BeNil())
 			} else {
@@ -1289,7 +1289,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileSource_remoteReference(t *testing.T) {
 
 			sp := patch.NewSerialPatcher(obj, r.Client)
 
-			artifact := &sourcev1.Artifact{}
+			artifact := &meta.Artifact{}
 			tmpDir := t.TempDir()
 			got, err := r.reconcileSource(ctx, sp, obj, artifact, tmpDir)
 			if tt.wantErr {
@@ -1356,7 +1356,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileSource_verifyOCISourceSignatureNotation(t *testi
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository, tag, revision string) {
 				conditions.MarkFalse(obj, sourcev1.SourceVerifiedCondition, "VerifyFailed", "fail msg")
 				obj.Spec.Verify = nil
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: fmt.Sprintf("%s@%s", tag, revision)}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: fmt.Sprintf("%s@%s", tag, revision)}
 			},
 			want: sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
 		},
@@ -1365,7 +1365,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileSource_verifyOCISourceSignatureNotation(t *testi
 			reference:  &sourcev1.OCIRepositoryRef{Tag: "6.1.4"},
 			shouldSign: true,
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository, tag, revision string) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: fmt.Sprintf("%s@%s", tag, revision)}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: fmt.Sprintf("%s@%s", tag, revision)}
 				// Set Verified with old observed generation and different reason/message.
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, sourcev1.SourceVerifiedCondition, "Verified", "verified")
 				// Set new object generation.
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileSource_verifyOCISourceSignatureNotation(t *testi
 			shouldSign: true,
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository, tag, revision string) {
 				// Artifact present and custom verified condition reason/message.
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: fmt.Sprintf("%s@%s", tag, revision)}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: fmt.Sprintf("%s@%s", tag, revision)}
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, sourcev1.SourceVerifiedCondition, "Verified", "verified")
 			},
 			want: sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
@@ -1630,7 +1630,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileSource_verifyOCISourceSignatureNotation(t *testi
 
 			sp := patch.NewSerialPatcher(obj, r.Client)
 
-			artifact := &sourcev1.Artifact{}
+			artifact := &meta.Artifact{}
 			got, err := r.reconcileSource(ctx, sp, obj, artifact, tmpDir)
 			if tt.wantErr {
 				tt.wantErrMsg = strings.ReplaceAll(tt.wantErrMsg, "<url>", artifactRef.String())
@@ -1969,7 +1969,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileSource_verifyOCISourceTrustPolicyNotation(t *tes
 
 			sp := patch.NewSerialPatcher(obj, r.Client)
 
-			artifact := &sourcev1.Artifact{}
+			artifact := &meta.Artifact{}
 			got, err := r.reconcileSource(ctx, sp, obj, artifact, tmpDir)
 			g.Expect(r.Delete(ctx, secret)).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 			if tt.wantErr {
@@ -2050,7 +2050,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileSource_verifyOCISourceSignatureCosign(t *testing
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository, tag, revision string) {
 				conditions.MarkFalse(obj, sourcev1.SourceVerifiedCondition, "VerifyFailed", "fail msg")
 				obj.Spec.Verify = nil
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: fmt.Sprintf("%s@%s", tag, revision)}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: fmt.Sprintf("%s@%s", tag, revision)}
 			},
 			want: sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
 		},
@@ -2059,7 +2059,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileSource_verifyOCISourceSignatureCosign(t *testing
 			reference:  &sourcev1.OCIRepositoryRef{Tag: "6.1.4"},
 			shouldSign: true,
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository, tag, revision string) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: fmt.Sprintf("%s@%s", tag, revision)}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: fmt.Sprintf("%s@%s", tag, revision)}
 				// Set Verified with old observed generation and different reason/message.
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, sourcev1.SourceVerifiedCondition, "Verified", "verified")
 				// Set new object generation.
@@ -2076,7 +2076,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileSource_verifyOCISourceSignatureCosign(t *testing
 			shouldSign: true,
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository, tag, revision string) {
 				// Artifact present and custom verified condition reason/message.
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: fmt.Sprintf("%s@%s", tag, revision)}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: fmt.Sprintf("%s@%s", tag, revision)}
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, sourcev1.SourceVerifiedCondition, "Verified", "verified")
 			},
 			want: sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
@@ -2241,7 +2241,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileSource_verifyOCISourceSignatureCosign(t *testing
 
 			sp := patch.NewSerialPatcher(obj, r.Client)
 
-			artifact := &sourcev1.Artifact{}
+			artifact := &meta.Artifact{}
 			got, err := r.reconcileSource(ctx, sp, obj, artifact, tmpDir)
 			if tt.wantErr {
 				tt.wantErrMsg = strings.ReplaceAll(tt.wantErrMsg, "<url>", artifactRef.String())
@@ -2416,7 +2416,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileSource_verifyOCISourceSignature_keyless(t *testi
 
 			sp := patch.NewSerialPatcher(obj, r.Client)
 
-			artifact := &sourcev1.Artifact{}
+			artifact := &meta.Artifact{}
 			got, err := r.reconcileSource(ctx, sp, obj, artifact, t.TempDir())
 			if tt.wantErr {
 				g.Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
@@ -2452,22 +2452,22 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileSource_noop(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name       string
 		beforeFunc func(obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository)
-		afterFunc  func(g *WithT, artifact *sourcev1.Artifact)
+		afterFunc  func(g *WithT, artifact *meta.Artifact)
 	}{
 		{
 			name: "full reconcile - no existing artifact",
-			afterFunc: func(g *WithT, artifact *sourcev1.Artifact) {
+			afterFunc: func(g *WithT, artifact *meta.Artifact) {
 				g.Expect(artifact.Metadata).ToNot(BeEmpty())
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "noop - artifact revisions match",
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Revision: testRevision,
 				}
 			},
-			afterFunc: func(g *WithT, artifact *sourcev1.Artifact) {
+			afterFunc: func(g *WithT, artifact *meta.Artifact) {
 				g.Expect(artifact.Metadata).To(BeEmpty())
 			},
 		},
@@ -2475,11 +2475,11 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileSource_noop(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "full reconcile - same rev, unobserved ignore",
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository) {
 				obj.Status.ObservedIgnore = ptr.To("aaa")
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Revision: testRevision,
 				}
 			},
-			afterFunc: func(g *WithT, artifact *sourcev1.Artifact) {
+			afterFunc: func(g *WithT, artifact *meta.Artifact) {
 				g.Expect(artifact.Metadata).ToNot(BeEmpty())
 			},
 		},
@@ -2488,11 +2488,11 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileSource_noop(t *testing.T) {
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository) {
 				obj.Spec.Ignore = ptr.To("aaa")
 				obj.Status.ObservedIgnore = ptr.To("aaa")
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Revision: testRevision,
 				}
 			},
-			afterFunc: func(g *WithT, artifact *sourcev1.Artifact) {
+			afterFunc: func(g *WithT, artifact *meta.Artifact) {
 				g.Expect(artifact.Metadata).To(BeEmpty())
 			},
 		},
@@ -2503,11 +2503,11 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileSource_noop(t *testing.T) {
 					MediaType: "application/vnd.docker.image.rootfs.diff.tar.gzip",
 					Operation: sourcev1.OCILayerCopy,
 				}
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Revision: testRevision,
 				}
 			},
-			afterFunc: func(g *WithT, artifact *sourcev1.Artifact) {
+			afterFunc: func(g *WithT, artifact *meta.Artifact) {
 				g.Expect(artifact.Metadata).ToNot(BeEmpty())
 			},
 		},
@@ -2522,11 +2522,11 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileSource_noop(t *testing.T) {
 					MediaType: "application/vnd.docker.image.rootfs.diff.tar.gzip",
 					Operation: sourcev1.OCILayerCopy,
 				}
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Revision: testRevision,
 				}
 			},
-			afterFunc: func(g *WithT, artifact *sourcev1.Artifact) {
+			afterFunc: func(g *WithT, artifact *meta.Artifact) {
 				g.Expect(artifact.Metadata).To(BeEmpty())
 			},
 		},
@@ -2541,11 +2541,11 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileSource_noop(t *testing.T) {
 					MediaType: "application/vnd.docker.image.rootfs.diff.tar.gzip",
 					Operation: sourcev1.OCILayerCopy,
 				}
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Revision: testRevision,
 				}
 			},
-			afterFunc: func(g *WithT, artifact *sourcev1.Artifact) {
+			afterFunc: func(g *WithT, artifact *meta.Artifact) {
 				g.Expect(artifact.Metadata).ToNot(BeEmpty())
 			},
 		},
@@ -2591,7 +2591,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileSource_noop(t *testing.T) {
 
 			sp := patch.NewSerialPatcher(obj, r.Client)
 
-			artifact := &sourcev1.Artifact{}
+			artifact := &meta.Artifact{}
 			tmpDir := t.TempDir()
 			got, err := r.reconcileSource(ctx, sp, obj, artifact, tmpDir)
 			g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
@@ -2608,11 +2608,11 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name             string
 		targetPath       string
-		artifact         *sourcev1.Artifact
+		artifact         *meta.Artifact
 		beforeFunc       func(obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository)
 		want             sreconcile.Result
 		wantErr          bool
-		assertArtifact   *sourcev1.Artifact
+		assertArtifact   *meta.Artifact
 		assertPaths      []string
 		assertConditions []metav1.Condition
 		afterFunc        func(g *WithT, obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository)
@@ -2620,7 +2620,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:       "Archiving Artifact creates correct files and condition",
 			targetPath: "testdata/oci/repository",
-			artifact: &sourcev1.Artifact{
+			artifact: &meta.Artifact{
 				Revision: "revision",
 			},
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository) {
@@ -2640,7 +2640,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:       "Artifact with source ignore",
 			targetPath: "testdata/oci/repository",
-			artifact:   &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "revision"},
+			artifact:   &meta.Artifact{Revision: "revision"},
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository) {
 				obj.Spec.Ignore = ptr.To("foo.txt")
 			},
@@ -2657,17 +2657,17 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name: "No status changes if artifact is already present",
-			artifact: &sourcev1.Artifact{
+			artifact: &meta.Artifact{
 				Revision: "revision",
 			},
 			targetPath: "testdata/oci/repository",
 			want:       sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Revision: "revision",
 				}
 			},
-			assertArtifact: &sourcev1.Artifact{
+			assertArtifact: &meta.Artifact{
 				Revision: "revision",
 			},
 			assertConditions: []metav1.Condition{
@@ -2677,11 +2677,11 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:       "Artifact already present, unobserved ignore, rebuild artifact",
 			targetPath: "testdata/oci/repository",
-			artifact: &sourcev1.Artifact{
+			artifact: &meta.Artifact{
 				Revision: "revision",
 			},
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "revision"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "revision"}
 				obj.Spec.Ignore = ptr.To("aaa")
 			},
 			want: sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
@@ -2698,12 +2698,12 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:       "Artifact already present, unobserved layer selector, rebuild artifact",
 			targetPath: "testdata/oci/repository",
-			artifact: &sourcev1.Artifact{
+			artifact: &meta.Artifact{
 				Revision: "revision",
 			},
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository) {
 				obj.Spec.LayerSelector = &sourcev1.OCILayerSelector{MediaType: "foo"}
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "revision"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "revision"}
 			},
 			want: sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
 			assertPaths: []string{
@@ -2719,7 +2719,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:       "Artifact already present, observed layer selector changed, rebuild artifact",
 			targetPath: "testdata/oci/repository",
-			artifact: &sourcev1.Artifact{
+			artifact: &meta.Artifact{
 				Revision: "revision",
 				Path:     "foo.txt",
 			},
@@ -2728,7 +2728,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 					MediaType: "foo",
 					Operation: sourcev1.OCILayerCopy,
 				}
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "revision"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "revision"}
 			},
 			want: sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
 			assertPaths: []string{
@@ -2745,18 +2745,18 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:       "Artifact already present, observed ignore and layer selector, up-to-date",
 			targetPath: "testdata/oci/repository",
-			artifact: &sourcev1.Artifact{
+			artifact: &meta.Artifact{
 				Revision: "revision",
 			},
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository) {
 				obj.Spec.Ignore = ptr.To("aaa")
 				obj.Spec.LayerSelector = &sourcev1.OCILayerSelector{MediaType: "foo"}
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "revision"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "revision"}
 				obj.Status.ObservedIgnore = ptr.To("aaa")
 				obj.Status.ObservedLayerSelector = &sourcev1.OCILayerSelector{MediaType: "foo"}
 			},
 			want: sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
-			assertArtifact: &sourcev1.Artifact{
+			assertArtifact: &meta.Artifact{
 				Revision: "revision",
 			},
 			assertConditions: []metav1.Condition{
@@ -2810,7 +2810,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 				tt.beforeFunc(obj)
 			}
 
-			artifact := &sourcev1.Artifact{}
+			artifact := &meta.Artifact{}
 			if tt.artifact != nil {
 				artifact = tt.artifact
 			}
@@ -3089,7 +3089,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 		want             sreconcile.Result
 		wantErr          bool
 		assertConditions []metav1.Condition
-		assertArtifact   *sourcev1.Artifact
+		assertArtifact   *meta.Artifact
 		assertPaths      []string
 	}{
 		{
@@ -3099,7 +3099,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 
 				for n := range revisions {
 					v := revisions[n]
-					obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+					obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 						Path:     fmt.Sprintf("/oci-reconcile-storage/%s.txt", v),
 						Revision: v,
 					}
@@ -3120,7 +3120,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, "foo", "bar")
 				return nil
 			},
-			assertArtifact: &sourcev1.Artifact{
+			assertArtifact: &meta.Artifact{
 				Path:     "/oci-reconcile-storage/d.txt",
 				Revision: "d",
 				Digest:   "sha256:18ac3e7343f016890c510e93f935261169d9e3f565436429830faf0934f4f8e4",
@@ -3149,7 +3149,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "notices missing artifact in storage",
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository, storage *storage.Storage) error {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Path:     "/oci-reconcile-storage/invalid.txt",
 					Revision: "e",
 				}
@@ -3170,7 +3170,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository, storage *storage.Storage) error {
 				f := "empty-digest.txt"
 
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Path:     fmt.Sprintf("/oci-reconcile-storage/%s.txt", f),
 					Revision: "fake",
 				}
@@ -3201,7 +3201,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository, storage *storage.Storage) error {
 				f := "digest-mismatch.txt"
 
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Path:     fmt.Sprintf("/oci-reconcile-storage/%s.txt", f),
 					Revision: "fake",
 				}
@@ -3230,7 +3230,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "updates hostname on diff from current",
 			beforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository, storage *storage.Storage) error {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Path:     "/oci-reconcile-storage/hostname.txt",
 					Revision: "f",
 					Digest:   "sha256:3b9c358f36f0a31b6ad3e14f309c7cf198ac9246e8316f9ce543d5b19ac02b80",
@@ -3249,7 +3249,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 			assertPaths: []string{
 				"/oci-reconcile-storage/hostname.txt",
 			},
-			assertArtifact: &sourcev1.Artifact{
+			assertArtifact: &meta.Artifact{
 				Path:     "/oci-reconcile-storage/hostname.txt",
 				Revision: "f",
 				Digest:   "sha256:3b9c358f36f0a31b6ad3e14f309c7cf198ac9246e8316f9ce543d5b19ac02b80",
@@ -3295,7 +3295,7 @@ func TestOCIRepository_reconcileStorage(t *testing.T) {
 
 			sp := patch.NewSerialPatcher(obj, r.Client)
 
-			got, err := r.reconcileStorage(ctx, sp, obj, &sourcev1.Artifact{}, "")
+			got, err := r.reconcileStorage(ctx, sp, obj, &meta.Artifact{}, "")
 			if tt.wantErr {
 				g.Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
 			} else {
@@ -3382,7 +3382,7 @@ func TestOCIRepositoryReconciler_notify(t *testing.T) {
 			resErr: nil,
 			newObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository) {
 				obj.Spec.URL = "oci://newurl.io"
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{
 					Revision: "xxx",
 					Digest:   "yyy",
 					Metadata: map[string]string{
@@ -3398,13 +3398,13 @@ func TestOCIRepositoryReconciler_notify(t *testing.T) {
 			res:    sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
 			resErr: nil,
 			oldObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, sourcev1.ReadOperationFailedReason, "fail")
 				conditions.MarkFalse(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, meta.FailedReason, "foo")
 			},
 			newObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository) {
 				obj.Spec.URL = "oci://newurl.io"
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, meta.SucceededReason, "ready")
 			},
 			wantEvent: "Normal Succeeded stored artifact with revision 'xxx' from 'oci://newurl.io'",
@@ -3414,13 +3414,13 @@ func TestOCIRepositoryReconciler_notify(t *testing.T) {
 			res:    sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
 			resErr: nil,
 			oldObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, sourcev1.ReadOperationFailedReason, "fail")
 				conditions.MarkFalse(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, meta.FailedReason, "foo")
 			},
 			newObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository) {
 				obj.Spec.URL = "oci://newurl.io"
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "aaa", Digest: "bbb"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "aaa", Digest: "bbb"}
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, meta.SucceededReason, "ready")
 			},
 			wantEvent: "Normal NewArtifact stored artifact with revision 'aaa' from 'oci://newurl.io'",
@@ -3430,11 +3430,11 @@ func TestOCIRepositoryReconciler_notify(t *testing.T) {
 			res:    sreconcile.ResultSuccess,
 			resErr: nil,
 			oldObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, meta.SucceededReason, "ready")
 			},
 			newObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, meta.ReadyCondition, meta.SucceededReason, "ready")
 			},
 		},
@@ -3443,7 +3443,7 @@ func TestOCIRepositoryReconciler_notify(t *testing.T) {
 			res:    sreconcile.ResultRequeue,
 			resErr: nil,
 			oldObjBeforeFunc: func(obj *sourcev1.OCIRepository) {
-				obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
+				obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Revision: "xxx", Digest: "yyy"}
 				conditions.MarkTrue(obj, sourcev1.FetchFailedCondition, sourcev1.URLInvalidReason, "ready")
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/internal/object/object.go b/internal/object/object.go
index 105b4033..37f8ef9f 100644
--- a/internal/object/object.go
+++ b/internal/object/object.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 
-	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func SetSuspend(obj runtime.Object, val bool) error {
 }
 
 // GetArtifact returns the status.artifact of a given runtime object.
-func GetArtifact(obj runtime.Object) (*sourcev1.Artifact, error) {
+func GetArtifact(obj runtime.Object) (*meta.Artifact, error) {
 	u, err := toUnstructured(obj)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ func GetArtifact(obj runtime.Object) (*sourcev1.Artifact, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	outArtifact := &sourcev1.Artifact{}
+	outArtifact := &meta.Artifact{}
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(enc, outArtifact); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/object/object_test.go b/internal/object/object_test.go
index 91932d11..35cab330 100644
--- a/internal/object/object_test.go
+++ b/internal/object/object_test.go
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import (
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 
+	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"
+
 	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1"
 )
 
@@ -127,7 +129,7 @@ func TestGetArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 	g.Expect(artifact).To(BeNil())
 
 	// Get set artifact value.
-	obj.Status.Artifact = &sourcev1.Artifact{Path: "aaa", Revision: "zzz"}
+	obj.Status.Artifact = &meta.Artifact{Path: "aaa", Revision: "zzz"}
 	artifact, err = GetArtifact(obj)
 	g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 	g.Expect(artifact).ToNot(BeNil())
diff --git a/internal/predicates/helmrepository_type_predicate_test.go b/internal/predicates/helmrepository_type_predicate_test.go
index 643e823e..e9872841 100644
--- a/internal/predicates/helmrepository_type_predicate_test.go
+++ b/internal/predicates/helmrepository_type_predicate_test.go
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ func TestHelmRepositoryOCIMigrationPredicate_Update(t *testing.T) {
 					Type: sourcev1.HelmRepositoryTypeDefault,
 				}
 				oldObj.Status = sourcev1.HelmRepositoryStatus{
-					Artifact:           &sourcev1.Artifact{},
+					Artifact:           &meta.Artifact{},
 					URL:                "http://some-address",
 					ObservedGeneration: 3,
 				}
diff --git a/internal/storage/storage.go b/internal/storage/storage.go
index c5c60612..46d31a2b 100644
--- a/internal/storage/storage.go
+++ b/internal/storage/storage.go
@@ -25,12 +25,14 @@ import (
 	"io/fs"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
+	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	securejoin "github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing/format/gitignore"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -41,7 +43,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/sourceignore"
 	pkgtar "github.com/fluxcd/pkg/tar"
 
-	v1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1"
 	intdigest "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/internal/digest"
 )
 
@@ -86,10 +87,10 @@ func New(basePath string, hostname string, artifactRetentionTTL time.Duration, a
 	}, nil
 }
 
-// NewArtifactFor returns a new v1.Artifact.
-func (s Storage) NewArtifactFor(kind string, metadata metav1.Object, revision, fileName string) v1.Artifact {
-	path := v1.ArtifactPath(kind, metadata.GetNamespace(), metadata.GetName(), fileName)
-	artifact := v1.Artifact{
+// NewArtifactFor returns a new meta.Artifact.
+func (s Storage) NewArtifactFor(kind string, metadata metav1.Object, revision, fileName string) meta.Artifact {
+	path := ArtifactPath(kind, metadata.GetNamespace(), metadata.GetName(), fileName)
+	artifact := meta.Artifact{
 		Path:     path,
 		Revision: revision,
 	}
@@ -97,8 +98,8 @@ func (s Storage) NewArtifactFor(kind string, metadata metav1.Object, revision, f
 	return artifact
 }
 
-// SetArtifactURL sets the URL on the given v1.Artifact.
-func (s Storage) SetArtifactURL(artifact *v1.Artifact) {
+// SetArtifactURL sets the URL on the given meta.Artifact.
+func (s Storage) SetArtifactURL(artifact *meta.Artifact) {
 	if artifact.Path == "" {
 		return
 	}
@@ -119,19 +120,19 @@ func (s Storage) SetHostname(URL string) string {
 	return u.String()
 }
 
-// MkdirAll calls os.MkdirAll for the given v1.Artifact base dir.
-func (s Storage) MkdirAll(artifact v1.Artifact) error {
+// MkdirAll calls os.MkdirAll for the given meta.Artifact base dir.
+func (s Storage) MkdirAll(artifact meta.Artifact) error {
 	dir := filepath.Dir(s.LocalPath(artifact))
 	return os.MkdirAll(dir, 0o700)
 }
 
-// Remove calls os.Remove for the given v1.Artifact path.
-func (s Storage) Remove(artifact v1.Artifact) error {
+// Remove calls os.Remove for the given meta.Artifact path.
+func (s Storage) Remove(artifact meta.Artifact) error {
 	return os.Remove(s.LocalPath(artifact))
 }
 
-// RemoveAll calls os.RemoveAll for the given v1.Artifact base dir.
-func (s Storage) RemoveAll(artifact v1.Artifact) (string, error) {
+// RemoveAll calls os.RemoveAll for the given meta.Artifact base dir.
+func (s Storage) RemoveAll(artifact meta.Artifact) (string, error) {
 	var deletedDir string
 	dir := filepath.Dir(s.LocalPath(artifact))
 	// Check if the dir exists.
@@ -142,8 +143,8 @@ func (s Storage) RemoveAll(artifact v1.Artifact) (string, error) {
 	return deletedDir, os.RemoveAll(dir)
 }
 
-// RemoveAllButCurrent removes all files for the given v1.Artifact base dir, excluding the current one.
-func (s Storage) RemoveAllButCurrent(artifact v1.Artifact) ([]string, error) {
+// RemoveAllButCurrent removes all files for the given meta.Artifact base dir, excluding the current one.
+func (s Storage) RemoveAllButCurrent(artifact meta.Artifact) ([]string, error) {
 	deletedFiles := []string{}
 	localPath := s.LocalPath(artifact)
 	dir := filepath.Dir(localPath)
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ func (s Storage) RemoveAllButCurrent(artifact v1.Artifact) ([]string, error) {
 // 1. collect all artifact files with an expired ttl
 // 2. if we satisfy maxItemsToBeRetained, then return
 // 3. else, collect all artifact files till the latest n files remain, where n=maxItemsToBeRetained
-func (s Storage) getGarbageFiles(artifact v1.Artifact, totalCountLimit, maxItemsToBeRetained int, ttl time.Duration) (garbageFiles []string, _ error) {
+func (s Storage) getGarbageFiles(artifact meta.Artifact, totalCountLimit, maxItemsToBeRetained int, ttl time.Duration) (garbageFiles []string, _ error) {
 	localPath := s.LocalPath(artifact)
 	dir := filepath.Dir(localPath)
 	artifactFilesWithCreatedTs := make(map[time.Time]string)
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@ func (s Storage) getGarbageFiles(artifact v1.Artifact, totalCountLimit, maxItems
 
 // GarbageCollect removes all garbage files in the artifact dir according to the provided
 // retention options.
-func (s Storage) GarbageCollect(ctx context.Context, artifact v1.Artifact, timeout time.Duration) ([]string, error) {
+func (s Storage) GarbageCollect(ctx context.Context, artifact meta.Artifact, timeout time.Duration) ([]string, error) {
 	delFilesChan := make(chan []string)
 	errChan := make(chan error)
 	// Abort if it takes more than the provided timeout duration.
@@ -324,8 +325,8 @@ func stringInSlice(a string, list []string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-// ArtifactExist returns a boolean indicating whether the v1.Artifact exists in storage and is a regular file.
-func (s Storage) ArtifactExist(artifact v1.Artifact) bool {
+// ArtifactExist returns a boolean indicating whether the meta.Artifact exists in storage and is a regular file.
+func (s Storage) ArtifactExist(artifact meta.Artifact) bool {
 	fi, err := os.Lstat(s.LocalPath(artifact))
 	if err != nil {
 		return false
@@ -333,10 +334,10 @@ func (s Storage) ArtifactExist(artifact v1.Artifact) bool {
 	return fi.Mode().IsRegular()
 }
 
-// VerifyArtifact verifies if the Digest of the v1.Artifact matches the digest
+// VerifyArtifact verifies if the Digest of the meta.Artifact matches the digest
 // of the file in Storage. It returns an error if the digests don't match, or
 // if it can't be verified.
-func (s Storage) VerifyArtifact(artifact v1.Artifact) error {
+func (s Storage) VerifyArtifact(artifact meta.Artifact) error {
 	if artifact.Digest == "" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("artifact has no digest")
 	}
@@ -380,11 +381,11 @@ func SourceIgnoreFilter(ps []gitignore.Pattern, domain []string) ArchiveFileFilt
 	}
 }
 
-// Archive atomically archives the given directory as a tarball to the given v1.Artifact path, excluding
+// Archive atomically archives the given directory as a tarball to the given meta.Artifact path, excluding
 // directories and any ArchiveFileFilter matches. While archiving, any environment specific data (for example,
 // the user and group name) is stripped from file headers.
 // If successful, it sets the digest and last update time on the artifact.
-func (s Storage) Archive(artifact *v1.Artifact, dir string, filter ArchiveFileFilter) (err error) {
+func (s Storage) Archive(artifact *meta.Artifact, dir string, filter ArchiveFileFilter) (err error) {
 	if f, err := os.Stat(dir); os.IsNotExist(err) || !f.IsDir() {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid dir path: %s", dir)
 	}
@@ -491,9 +492,9 @@ func (s Storage) Archive(artifact *v1.Artifact, dir string, filter ArchiveFileFi
 	return nil
 }
 
-// AtomicWriteFile atomically writes the io.Reader contents to the v1.Artifact path.
+// AtomicWriteFile atomically writes the io.Reader contents to the meta.Artifact path.
 // If successful, it sets the digest and last update time on the artifact.
-func (s Storage) AtomicWriteFile(artifact *v1.Artifact, reader io.Reader, mode os.FileMode) (err error) {
+func (s Storage) AtomicWriteFile(artifact *meta.Artifact, reader io.Reader, mode os.FileMode) (err error) {
 	localPath := s.LocalPath(*artifact)
 	tf, err := os.CreateTemp(filepath.Split(localPath))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -533,9 +534,9 @@ func (s Storage) AtomicWriteFile(artifact *v1.Artifact, reader io.Reader, mode o
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Copy atomically copies the io.Reader contents to the v1.Artifact path.
+// Copy atomically copies the io.Reader contents to the meta.Artifact path.
 // If successful, it sets the digest and last update time on the artifact.
-func (s Storage) Copy(artifact *v1.Artifact, reader io.Reader) (err error) {
+func (s Storage) Copy(artifact *meta.Artifact, reader io.Reader) (err error) {
 	localPath := s.LocalPath(*artifact)
 	tf, err := os.CreateTemp(filepath.Split(localPath))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -571,9 +572,9 @@ func (s Storage) Copy(artifact *v1.Artifact, reader io.Reader) (err error) {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// CopyFromPath atomically copies the contents of the given path to the path of the v1.Artifact.
+// CopyFromPath atomically copies the contents of the given path to the path of the meta.Artifact.
 // If successful, the digest and last update time on the artifact is set.
-func (s Storage) CopyFromPath(artifact *v1.Artifact, path string) (err error) {
+func (s Storage) CopyFromPath(artifact *meta.Artifact, path string) (err error) {
 	f, err := os.Open(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -588,7 +589,7 @@ func (s Storage) CopyFromPath(artifact *v1.Artifact, path string) (err error) {
 }
 
 // CopyToPath copies the contents in the (sub)path of the given artifact to the given path.
-func (s Storage) CopyToPath(artifact *v1.Artifact, subPath, toPath string) error {
+func (s Storage) CopyToPath(artifact *meta.Artifact, subPath, toPath string) error {
 	// create a tmp directory to store artifact
 	tmp, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "flux-include-")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -626,8 +627,8 @@ func (s Storage) CopyToPath(artifact *v1.Artifact, subPath, toPath string) error
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Symlink creates or updates a symbolic link for the given v1.Artifact and returns the URL for the symlink.
-func (s Storage) Symlink(artifact v1.Artifact, linkName string) (string, error) {
+// Symlink creates or updates a symbolic link for the given meta.Artifact and returns the URL for the symlink.
+func (s Storage) Symlink(artifact meta.Artifact, linkName string) (string, error) {
 	localPath := s.LocalPath(artifact)
 	dir := filepath.Dir(localPath)
 	link := filepath.Join(dir, linkName)
@@ -648,15 +649,15 @@ func (s Storage) Symlink(artifact v1.Artifact, linkName string) (string, error)
 	return fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/%s", s.Hostname, filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(artifact.Path), linkName)), nil
 }
 
-// Lock creates a file lock for the given v1.Artifact.
-func (s Storage) Lock(artifact v1.Artifact) (unlock func(), err error) {
+// Lock creates a file lock for the given meta.Artifact.
+func (s Storage) Lock(artifact meta.Artifact) (unlock func(), err error) {
 	lockFile := s.LocalPath(artifact) + ".lock"
 	mutex := lockedfile.MutexAt(lockFile)
 	return mutex.Lock()
 }
 
 // LocalPath returns the secure local path of the given artifact (that is: relative to the Storage.BasePath).
-func (s Storage) LocalPath(artifact v1.Artifact) string {
+func (s Storage) LocalPath(artifact meta.Artifact) string {
 	if artifact.Path == "" {
 		return ""
 	}
@@ -717,3 +718,16 @@ func setDefaultMode(h *tar.Header) {
 		return
 	}
 }
+
+// ArtifactDir returns the artifact dir path in the form of
+// '<kind>/<namespace>/<name>'.
+func ArtifactDir(kind, namespace, name string) string {
+	kind = strings.ToLower(kind)
+	return path.Join(kind, namespace, name)
+}
+
+// ArtifactPath returns the artifact path in the form of
+// '<kind>/<namespace>/name>/<filename>'.
+func ArtifactPath(kind, namespace, name, filename string) string {
+	return path.Join(ArtifactDir(kind, namespace, name), filename)
+}
diff --git a/internal/storage/storage_test.go b/internal/storage/storage_test.go
index a4740084..6890e938 100644
--- a/internal/storage/storage_test.go
+++ b/internal/storage/storage_test.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing/format/gitignore"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 
-	sourcev1 "github.com/fluxcd/source-controller/api/v1"
+	"github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/meta"
 )
 
 func TestStorageConstructor(t *testing.T) {
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func TestStorage_Archive(t *testing.T) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	matchFiles := func(t *testing.T, storage *Storage, artifact sourcev1.Artifact, files map[string]dummyFile, dirs []string) {
+	matchFiles := func(t *testing.T, storage *Storage, artifact meta.Artifact, files map[string]dummyFile, dirs []string) {
 		t.Helper()
 		for name, df := range files {
 			mustExist := !(name[0:1] == "!")
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ func TestStorage_Archive(t *testing.T) {
 				return
 			}
 			defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
-			artifact := sourcev1.Artifact{
+			artifact := meta.Artifact{
 				Path: filepath.Join(randStringRunes(10), randStringRunes(10), randStringRunes(10)+".tar.gz"),
 			}
 			if err := storage.MkdirAll(artifact); err != nil {
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ func TestStorage_Remove(t *testing.T) {
 		s, err := New(dir, "", 0, 0)
 		g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
-		artifact := sourcev1.Artifact{
+		artifact := meta.Artifact{
 			Path: filepath.Join(dir, "test.txt"),
 		}
 		g.Expect(s.MkdirAll(artifact)).To(Succeed())
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ func TestStorage_Remove(t *testing.T) {
 		s, err := New(dir, "", 0, 0)
 		g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
-		artifact := sourcev1.Artifact{
+		artifact := meta.Artifact{
 			Path: filepath.Join(dir, "test.txt"),
 		}
 
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ func TestStorageRemoveAllButCurrent(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("Valid path did not successfully return: %v", err)
 		}
 
-		if _, err := s.RemoveAllButCurrent(sourcev1.Artifact{Path: filepath.Join(dir, "really", "nonexistent")}); err == nil {
+		if _, err := s.RemoveAllButCurrent(meta.Artifact{Path: filepath.Join(dir, "really", "nonexistent")}); err == nil {
 			t.Fatal("Did not error while pruning non-existent path")
 		}
 	})
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ func TestStorageRemoveAllButCurrent(t *testing.T) {
 		s, err := New(dir, "hostname", time.Minute, 2)
 		g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred(), "failed to create new storage")
 
-		artifact := sourcev1.Artifact{
+		artifact := meta.Artifact{
 			Path: filepath.Join("foo", "bar", "artifact1.tar.gz"),
 		}
 
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ func TestStorageRemoveAll(t *testing.T) {
 			s, err := New(dir, "hostname", time.Minute, 2)
 			g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred(), "failed to create new storage")
 
-			artifact := sourcev1.Artifact{
+			artifact := meta.Artifact{
 				Path: tt.artifactPath,
 			}
 
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ func TestStorageCopyFromPath(t *testing.T) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	matchFile := func(t *testing.T, storage *Storage, artifact sourcev1.Artifact, file *File, expectMismatch bool) {
+	matchFile := func(t *testing.T, storage *Storage, artifact meta.Artifact, file *File, expectMismatch bool) {
 		c, err := os.ReadFile(storage.LocalPath(artifact))
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("failed reading file: %v", err)
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ func TestStorageCopyFromPath(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Error(err)
 				return
 			}
-			artifact := sourcev1.Artifact{
+			artifact := meta.Artifact{
 				Path: filepath.Join(randStringRunes(10), randStringRunes(10), randStringRunes(10)),
 			}
 			if err := storage.MkdirAll(artifact); err != nil {
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ func TestStorage_getGarbageFiles(t *testing.T) {
 			s, err := New(dir, "hostname", tt.ttl, tt.maxItemsToBeRetained)
 			g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred(), "failed to create new storage")
 
-			artifact := sourcev1.Artifact{
+			artifact := meta.Artifact{
 				Path: tt.artifactPaths[len(tt.artifactPaths)-1],
 			}
 			g.Expect(os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(dir, artifactFolder), 0o750)).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ func TestStorage_GarbageCollect(t *testing.T) {
 			s, err := New(dir, "hostname", time.Second*2, 2)
 			g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred(), "failed to create new storage")
 
-			artifact := sourcev1.Artifact{
+			artifact := meta.Artifact{
 				Path: tt.artifactPaths[len(tt.artifactPaths)-1],
 			}
 			g.Expect(os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(dir, artifactFolder), 0o750)).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ func TestStorage_VerifyArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("artifact without digest", func(t *testing.T) {
 		g := NewWithT(t)
 
-		err := s.VerifyArtifact(sourcev1.Artifact{})
+		err := s.VerifyArtifact(meta.Artifact{})
 		g.Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
 		g.Expect(err).To(MatchError("artifact has no digest"))
 	})
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ func TestStorage_VerifyArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("artifact with invalid digest", func(t *testing.T) {
 		g := NewWithT(t)
 
-		err := s.VerifyArtifact(sourcev1.Artifact{Digest: "invalid"})
+		err := s.VerifyArtifact(meta.Artifact{Digest: "invalid"})
 		g.Expect(err).To(HaveOccurred())
 		g.Expect(err).To(MatchError("failed to parse artifact digest 'invalid': invalid checksum digest format"))
 	})
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ func TestStorage_VerifyArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("artifact with invalid path", func(t *testing.T) {
 		g := NewWithT(t)
 
-		err := s.VerifyArtifact(sourcev1.Artifact{
+		err := s.VerifyArtifact(meta.Artifact{
 			Digest: "sha256:9ba7a35ce8acd3557fe30680ef193ca7a36bb5dc62788f30de7122a0a5beab69",
 			Path:   "invalid",
 		})
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ func TestStorage_VerifyArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("artifact with digest mismatch", func(t *testing.T) {
 		g := NewWithT(t)
 
-		err := s.VerifyArtifact(sourcev1.Artifact{
+		err := s.VerifyArtifact(meta.Artifact{
 			Digest: "sha256:9ba7a35ce8acd3557fe30680ef193ca7a36bb5dc62788f30de7122a0a5beab69",
 			Path:   "artifact",
 		})
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ func TestStorage_VerifyArtifact(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("artifact with digest match", func(t *testing.T) {
 		g := NewWithT(t)
 
-		err := s.VerifyArtifact(sourcev1.Artifact{
+		err := s.VerifyArtifact(meta.Artifact{
 			Digest: "sha256:9f86d081884c7d659a2feaa0c55ad015a3bf4f1b2b0b822cd15d6c15b0f00a08",
 			Path:   "artifact",
 		})