diff --git a/kubernetes/seed/influxdb/externalsecret.yaml b/kubernetes/seed/influxdb/externalsecret.yaml
index 3ce2efdd..4cff7948 100644
--- a/kubernetes/seed/influxdb/externalsecret.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/seed/influxdb/externalsecret.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ kind: ExternalSecret
 metadata:
   name: influxdb-bootstrap
   namespace: influxdb
+  annotations:
+    # Prune-disabled ahead of the seed->apps handoff so the bootstrap Secret
+    # (admin token) can't be deleted out from under the token Jobs mid-move.
+    kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/prune: disabled
 spec:
   refreshInterval: 1h
   secretStoreRef:
diff --git a/kubernetes/seed/influxdb/helmrelease.yaml b/kubernetes/seed/influxdb/helmrelease.yaml
index f084982c..b73ef13e 100644
--- a/kubernetes/seed/influxdb/helmrelease.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/seed/influxdb/helmrelease.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ kind: HelmRepository
 metadata:
   name: influxdata
   namespace: influxdb
+  annotations:
+    # Prune-disabled so a later seed->apps ownership handoff never deletes it.
+    kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/prune: disabled
 spec:
   interval: 24h
   url: https://helm.influxdata.com/
@@ -12,6 +15,14 @@ kind: HelmRelease
 metadata:
   name: influxdb
   namespace: influxdb
+  annotations:
+    # CRITICAL: prune-disabled. This HelmRelease owns InfluxDB's data (its
+    # StatefulSet + the chart-provisioned influxdb-influxdb2 PVC). Landing this
+    # annotation on the live object *before* the KS is ever moved/deleted is
+    # step 1 of a two-step seed->apps handoff: once it's live here, a later
+    # prune of this KS can't tear the HelmRelease down (which would helm-
+    # uninstall the running server). Kept afterwards as a standing guard.
+    kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/prune: disabled
 spec:
   interval: 30m
   chart: