diff --git a/.crow/process-updates-alpine-320-arm64.yaml b/.crow/process-updates-alpine-320-arm64.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 985e363..0000000
--- a/.crow/process-updates-alpine-320-arm64.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-when:
-  - event: [cron]
-    cron: process-cran-updates-alpine-320-arm64
-  - event: manual
-    evaluate: 'process_cran_updates == "all"'
-  - event: manual
-    evaluate: 'process_cran_updates == "alpine-320-arm64"'
-
-skip_clone: true
-
-labels:
-  agent: gaia
-
-steps:
-  - name: 'Processing Updates'
-    image: reg.devxy.io/rpkgs/rpkgs-build-env-alpine:3.21-4.4.3
-    pull: true
-    environment:
-      RED_HAT_DEV_PW:
-        from_secret: RED_HAT_DEV_PW
-      HETZNER_S3_ACCESS_KEY_K3S:
-        from_secret: HETZNER_S3_ACCESS_KEY_K3S
-      HETZNER_S3_SECRET_KEY_K3S:
-        from_secret: HETZNER_S3_SECRET_KEY_K3S
-      PGPASS:
-        from_secret: PGPASS
-      GIT_RO_TOKEN:
-        from_secret: GIT_RO_TOKEN
-      GITHUB_PAT:
-        from_secret: GITHUB_PAT
-      # normal env vars
-      GIT_USER: pat-s
-      NTFY_SERVER:
-        from_secret: NTFY_SERVER
-      NTFY_TOPIC:
-        from_secret: NTFY_TOPIC
-      NTFY_AUTH: TRUE
-      NTFY_PASSWORD:
-        from_secret: ntfy_token
-      # set the location of the 'pkgcache' cache dir which persists the R package dependencies needed to install the packages themselves
-      R_PKG_CACHE_DIR: /mnt/cache/pkgcache
-      R_LIBS_USER: /mnt/cache/R-pkgs
-      CCACHE_DIR: /mnt/cache/ccache
-      PLATFORM: alpine-320
-      ARCH: arm64
-      NCPUS: 2
-      STRATEGY: sequential
-      INTERVAL: lubridate::interval(lubridate::today() - 6, lubridate::today() - 3)
-    # volumes:
-    #   - arm64-binaries-r-dep-cache-alpine-320:/mnt/cache
-    commands:
-      - git clone -q https://pat-s:$$GIT_RO_TOKEN@git.devxy.io/devxy/build-cran-binaries.git .
-      - rm -rf /mnt/cache/R-pkgs/00LOCK-r-pkg-binaries /mnt/cache/R-pkgs/00LOCK-bincraft /mnt/cache/R-pkgs/00LOCK-pak /mnt/cache/pkgcache/R/pkgcache /mnt/cache/pkgcache/R/pkgcache /mnt/cache/R-pkgs/pkgcache /mnt/cache/R-pkgs/00LOCK-pak/mnt/cache/R-pkgs/00LOCK-RPostgres /mnt/cache/R-pkgs/bincraft
-      - R -q -e 'pak::pak("git::https://codefloe.com/rpkgs/bincraft.git")'
-      - R -q -e 'packageVersion("bincraft")'
-      - mkdir -p /mnt/cache/pkgcache /mnt/cache/R-pkgs /mnt/cache/ccache /mnt/cache/packages
-      # options(future.globals.onReference = NULL): for some reason s3fs::file_delete() throws 'Error: Detected a non-exportable reference ('externalptr') in one of the globals ('FUN' of class 'function') used in the future expression' otherwise
-      - xvfb-run R -q -e "options(crayon.enabled = TRUE, Ncpus = 4, future.globals.onReference = 'error', repos = structure(c(getOption('repos'),INLA='https://inla.r-inla-download.org/R/stable'))); progressr::handlers('cli'); progressr::handlers(global = TRUE); options(future.globals.onReference = NULL); bincraft::process_cran_updates(interval = $INTERVAL, platform = 'alpine-320', process_updated = TRUE, process_new = TRUE, process_removed = TRUE, s3_endpoint = 'https://hel1.your-objectstorage.com', s3_region = 'hel1', s3_bucket = 'devxy-r-package-binaries-hel1', s3_access_key_id = Sys.getenv('HETZNER_S3_ACCESS_KEY_K3S'), s3_secret_access_key = Sys.getenv('HETZNER_S3_SECRET_KEY_K3S'), metadata_db_host = 'r-binaries.devxy.io', metadata_db_name = 'build_metadata', metadata_db_table = 'single_builds', metadata_db_user = 'rpkgs', metadata_db_password = Sys.getenv('PGPASS'), metadata_db_sslmode = 'require', metadata_db_port = 15432, archive = TRUE, upload = TRUE, store_build_metadata = TRUE)"
-
-  - name: 'ntfy'
-    image: binwiederhier/ntfy:v2.12.0
-    when:
-      - status: [failure]
-    environment:
-      NTFY_TOKEN:
-        from_secret: ntfy_token
-    commands: |
-      ntfy publish --tags=no_entry_sign --token $NTFY_TOKEN -t "Run '${CI_REPO}' failed" --click="${CI_PIPELINE_URL}" --actions="view, Open build, ${CI_PIPELINE_URL}, clear=true;" ntfy.devxy.io/ci-builds Workflow: ${CI_WORKFLOW_NAME} Commit message: ${CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE} Commit Author: ${CI_COMMIT_AUTHOR}
diff --git a/.crow/process-updates-alpine-321-amd64.yaml b/.crow/process-updates-alpine-321-amd64.yaml
index d3b99be..3abc2ec 100644
--- a/.crow/process-updates-alpine-321-amd64.yaml
+++ b/.crow/process-updates-alpine-321-amd64.yaml
@@ -71,12 +71,4 @@ steps:
             value: 'true'
             effect: 'NoSchedule'
 
-  - name: 'ntfy'
-    image: binwiederhier/ntfy:v2.12.0
-    when:
-      - status: [failure]
-    environment:
-      NTFY_TOKEN:
-        from_secret: ntfy_token
-    commands: |
-      ntfy publish --tags=no_entry_sign --token $NTFY_TOKEN -t "Run '${CI_REPO}' failed" --click="${CI_PIPELINE_URL}" --actions="view, Open build, ${CI_PIPELINE_URL}, clear=true;" ntfy.devxy.io/ci-builds Workflow: ${CI_WORKFLOW_NAME} Commit message: ${CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE} Commit Author: ${CI_COMMIT_AUTHOR}
+
diff --git a/.crow/process-updates-redhat-8-amd64.yaml b/.crow/process-updates-redhat-8-amd64.yaml
index f735796..acbaf17 100644
--- a/.crow/process-updates-redhat-8-amd64.yaml
+++ b/.crow/process-updates-redhat-8-amd64.yaml
@@ -71,12 +71,4 @@ steps:
             value: 'true'
             effect: 'NoSchedule'
 
-  - name: 'ntfy'
-    image: binwiederhier/ntfy:v2.12.0
-    when:
-      - status: [failure]
-    environment:
-      NTFY_TOKEN:
-        from_secret: ntfy_token
-    commands: |
-      ntfy publish --tags=no_entry_sign --token $NTFY_TOKEN -t "Run '${CI_REPO}' failed" --click="${CI_PIPELINE_URL}" --actions="view, Open build, ${CI_PIPELINE_URL}, clear=true;" ntfy.devxy.io/ci-builds Workflow: ${CI_WORKFLOW_NAME} Commit message: ${CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE} Commit Author: ${CI_COMMIT_AUTHOR}
+
diff --git a/.crow/process-updates-redhat-8-arm64.yaml b/.crow/process-updates-redhat-8-arm64.yaml
index 4b20007..7673636 100644
--- a/.crow/process-updates-redhat-8-arm64.yaml
+++ b/.crow/process-updates-redhat-8-arm64.yaml
@@ -56,12 +56,4 @@ steps:
       # options(future.globals.onReference = NULL): for some reason s3fs::file_delete() throws 'Error: Detected a non-exportable reference ('externalptr') in one of the globals ('FUN' of class 'function') used in the future expression' otherwise
       - xvfb-run R -q -e "options(crayon.enabled = TRUE, Ncpus = 4, future.globals.onReference = 'error', repos = structure(c(getOption('repos'),INLA='https://inla.r-inla-download.org/R/stable'))); progressr::handlers('cli'); progressr::handlers(global = TRUE); options(future.globals.onReference = NULL); bincraft::process_cran_updates(interval = $INTERVAL, platform = 'redhat-8', process_updated = TRUE, process_new = TRUE, process_removed = TRUE, s3_endpoint = 'https://hel1.your-objectstorage.com', s3_region = 'hel1', s3_bucket = 'devxy-r-package-binaries-hel1', s3_access_key_id = Sys.getenv('HETZNER_S3_ACCESS_KEY_K3S'), s3_secret_access_key = Sys.getenv('HETZNER_S3_SECRET_KEY_K3S'), metadata_db_host = 'r-binaries.devxy.io', metadata_db_name = 'build_metadata', metadata_db_table = 'single_builds', metadata_db_user = 'rpkgs', metadata_db_password = Sys.getenv('PGPASS'), metadata_db_sslmode = 'require', metadata_db_port = 15432, archive = TRUE, upload = TRUE, store_build_metadata = TRUE)"
 
-  - name: 'ntfy'
-    image: binwiederhier/ntfy:v2.12.0
-    when:
-      - status: [failure]
-    environment:
-      NTFY_TOKEN:
-        from_secret: ntfy_token
-    commands: |
-      ntfy publish --tags=no_entry_sign --token $NTFY_TOKEN -t "Run '${CI_REPO}' failed" --click="${CI_PIPELINE_URL}" --actions="view, Open build, ${CI_PIPELINE_URL}, clear=true;" ntfy.devxy.io/ci-builds Workflow: ${CI_WORKFLOW_NAME} Commit message: ${CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE} Commit Author: ${CI_COMMIT_AUTHOR}
+
diff --git a/.crow/process-updates-redhat-9-amd64.yaml b/.crow/process-updates-redhat-9-amd64.yaml
index 6e0a278..04f3b11 100644
--- a/.crow/process-updates-redhat-9-amd64.yaml
+++ b/.crow/process-updates-redhat-9-amd64.yaml
@@ -72,12 +72,4 @@ steps:
             value: 'true'
             effect: 'NoSchedule'
 
-  - name: 'ntfy'
-    image: binwiederhier/ntfy:v2.12.0
-    when:
-      - status: [failure]
-    environment:
-      NTFY_TOKEN:
-        from_secret: ntfy_token
-    commands: |
-      ntfy publish --tags=no_entry_sign --token $NTFY_TOKEN -t "Run '${CI_REPO}' failed" --click="${CI_PIPELINE_URL}" --actions="view, Open build, ${CI_PIPELINE_URL}, clear=true;" ntfy.devxy.io/ci-builds Workflow: ${CI_WORKFLOW_NAME} Commit message: ${CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE} Commit Author: ${CI_COMMIT_AUTHOR}
+
diff --git a/.crow/process-updates-redhat-9-arm64.yaml b/.crow/process-updates-redhat-9-arm64.yaml
index f798ed6..c0f8c71 100644
--- a/.crow/process-updates-redhat-9-arm64.yaml
+++ b/.crow/process-updates-redhat-9-arm64.yaml
@@ -56,12 +56,4 @@ steps:
       # options(future.globals.onReference = NULL): for some reason s3fs::file_delete() throws 'Error: Detected a non-exportable reference ('externalptr') in one of the globals ('FUN' of class 'function') used in the future expression' otherwise
       - xvfb-run R -q -e "options(crayon.enabled = TRUE, Ncpus = 4, future.globals.onReference = 'error', repos = structure(c(getOption('repos'),INLA='https://inla.r-inla-download.org/R/stable'))); progressr::handlers('cli'); progressr::handlers(global = TRUE); options(future.globals.onReference = NULL); bincraft::process_cran_updates(interval = $INTERVAL, platform = 'redhat-9', process_updated = TRUE, process_new = TRUE, process_removed = TRUE, s3_endpoint = 'https://hel1.your-objectstorage.com', s3_region = 'hel1', s3_bucket = 'devxy-r-package-binaries-hel1', s3_access_key_id = Sys.getenv('HETZNER_S3_ACCESS_KEY_K3S'), s3_secret_access_key = Sys.getenv('HETZNER_S3_SECRET_KEY_K3S'), metadata_db_host = 'r-binaries.devxy.io', metadata_db_name = 'build_metadata', metadata_db_table = 'single_builds', metadata_db_user = 'rpkgs', metadata_db_password = Sys.getenv('PGPASS'), metadata_db_sslmode = 'require', metadata_db_port = 15432, archive = TRUE, upload = TRUE, store_build_metadata = TRUE)"
 
-  - name: 'ntfy'
-    image: binwiederhier/ntfy:v2.12.0
-    when:
-      - status: [failure]
-    environment:
-      NTFY_TOKEN:
-        from_secret: ntfy_token
-    commands: |
-      ntfy publish --tags=no_entry_sign --token $NTFY_TOKEN -t "Run '${CI_REPO}' failed" --click="${CI_PIPELINE_URL}" --actions="view, Open build, ${CI_PIPELINE_URL}, clear=true;" ntfy.devxy.io/ci-builds Workflow: ${CI_WORKFLOW_NAME} Commit message: ${CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE} Commit Author: ${CI_COMMIT_AUTHOR}
+
diff --git a/.crow/process-updates-ubuntu-2204-amd64.yaml b/.crow/process-updates-ubuntu-2204-amd64.yaml
index ce4b5f7..a637f72 100644
--- a/.crow/process-updates-ubuntu-2204-amd64.yaml
+++ b/.crow/process-updates-ubuntu-2204-amd64.yaml
@@ -72,12 +72,4 @@ steps:
             value: 'true'
             effect: 'NoSchedule'
 
-  - name: 'ntfy'
-    image: binwiederhier/ntfy:v2.12.0
-    when:
-      - status: [failure]
-    environment:
-      NTFY_TOKEN:
-        from_secret: ntfy_token
-    commands: |
-      ntfy publish --tags=no_entry_sign --token $NTFY_TOKEN -t "Run '${CI_REPO}' failed" --click="${CI_PIPELINE_URL}" --actions="view, Open build, ${CI_PIPELINE_URL}, clear=true;" ntfy.devxy.io/ci-builds Workflow: ${CI_WORKFLOW_NAME} Commit message: ${CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE} Commit Author: ${CI_COMMIT_AUTHOR}
+
diff --git a/.crow/process-updates-ubuntu-2404-amd64.yaml b/.crow/process-updates-ubuntu-2404-amd64.yaml
index d60f511..1180092 100644
--- a/.crow/process-updates-ubuntu-2404-amd64.yaml
+++ b/.crow/process-updates-ubuntu-2404-amd64.yaml
@@ -71,12 +71,4 @@ steps:
             value: 'true'
             effect: 'NoSchedule'
 
-  - name: 'ntfy'
-    image: binwiederhier/ntfy:v2.12.0
-    when:
-      - status: [failure]
-    environment:
-      NTFY_TOKEN:
-        from_secret: ntfy_token
-    commands: |
-      ntfy publish --tags=no_entry_sign --token $NTFY_TOKEN -t "Run '${CI_REPO}' failed" --click="${CI_PIPELINE_URL}" --actions="view, Open build, ${CI_PIPELINE_URL}, clear=true;" ntfy.devxy.io/ci-builds Workflow: ${CI_WORKFLOW_NAME} Commit message: ${CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE} Commit Author: ${CI_COMMIT_AUTHOR}
+
diff --git a/.crow/process-updates-ubuntu-2404-arm64.yaml b/.crow/process-updates-ubuntu-2404-arm64.yaml
index 3cec1e0..0b71db9 100644
--- a/.crow/process-updates-ubuntu-2404-arm64.yaml
+++ b/.crow/process-updates-ubuntu-2404-arm64.yaml
@@ -56,12 +56,4 @@ steps:
       # options(future.globals.onReference = NULL): for some reason s3fs::file_delete() throws 'Error: Detected a non-exportable reference ('externalptr') in one of the globals ('FUN' of class 'function') used in the future expression' otherwise
       - xvfb-run R -q -e "options(crayon.enabled = TRUE, Ncpus = 4, future.globals.onReference = 'error', repos = structure(c(getOption('repos'),INLA='https://inla.r-inla-download.org/R/stable'))); progressr::handlers('cli'); progressr::handlers(global = TRUE); options(future.globals.onReference = NULL); bincraft::process_cran_updates(interval = $INTERVAL, platform = 'ubuntu-2404', process_updated = TRUE, process_new = TRUE, process_removed = TRUE, s3_endpoint = 'https://hel1.your-objectstorage.com', s3_region = 'hel1', s3_bucket = 'devxy-r-package-binaries-hel1', s3_access_key_id = Sys.getenv('HETZNER_S3_ACCESS_KEY_K3S'), s3_secret_access_key = Sys.getenv('HETZNER_S3_SECRET_KEY_K3S'), metadata_db_host = 'r-binaries.devxy.io', metadata_db_name = 'build_metadata', metadata_db_table = 'single_builds', metadata_db_user = 'rpkgs', metadata_db_password = Sys.getenv('PGPASS'), metadata_db_sslmode = 'require', metadata_db_port = 15432, archive = TRUE, upload = TRUE, store_build_metadata = TRUE)"
 
-  - name: 'ntfy'
-    image: binwiederhier/ntfy:v2.12.0
-    when:
-      - status: [failure]
-    environment:
-      NTFY_TOKEN:
-        from_secret: ntfy_token
-    commands: |
-      ntfy publish --tags=no_entry_sign --token $NTFY_TOKEN -t "Run '${CI_REPO}' failed" --click="${CI_PIPELINE_URL}" --actions="view, Open build, ${CI_PIPELINE_URL}, clear=true;" ntfy.devxy.io/ci-builds Workflow: ${CI_WORKFLOW_NAME} Commit message: ${CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE} Commit Author: ${CI_COMMIT_AUTHOR}
+