Error in catalogsource: "no registry client established for catalogsource openshift-marketplace/XXXX"

Issue

• CatalogSource is not able to establish a registry client and therefore not able to manage operators.

error using catalogsource openshift-marketplace/<catalog-name>: no registry client established for catalogsource openshift-marketplace/<catalog-name 2025-01-24T16:35:13.417722630Z I0124

• Subscription conditions reports UnhealthyCatalogSourceFound due to ErrorPreventedResolution

  conditions:
  - lastTransitionTime: "2025-01-24T15:45:52Z"
    message: targeted catalogsource openshift-marketplace/<catalog-name> unhealthy
    reason: UnhealthyCatalogSourceFound
    status: "True"
    type: CatalogSourcesUnhealthy
  - message: 'error using catalogsource openshift-marketplace/<catalog-name>: no registry
      client established for catalogsource openshift-marketplace/<catalog-name>'
    reason: ErrorPreventedResolution
    status: "True"
    type: ResolutionFailed

• Events related with FailedToRetrieveImagePullSecret registered for CatalogSource pod

openshift-marketplace                  7d1h        Warning   FailedToRetrieveImagePullSecret   pod/<catalog-name>-22222                                                  Unable to retrieve some image pull secrets (gcr-xxxx-operators); attempting to pull the image may not succeed.