From 7e00904dceb43a06e34448e8f4fa9c810b71ccf1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: VAIO73 <50487331+Vaso73@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:59:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] fix(oci): align JDownloader and Arr suite web links

---
 .github/workflows/test-oci-registries.yml |   4 +
 oci/catalog/apps/jdownloader.json         |   2 +-
 oci/catalog/apps/suite-arr.json           |  10 ++-
 oci/catalog/curated/jdownloader.json      |   2 +-
 oci/catalog/curated/suite-arr.json        |  10 ++-
 oci/tests/test_catalog_web_links.py       | 102 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 126 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 oci/tests/test_catalog_web_links.py

diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-oci-registries.yml b/.github/workflows/test-oci-registries.yml
index a4f0b150..558af6aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-oci-registries.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-oci-registries.yml
@@ -80,3 +80,7 @@ jobs:
           python3 -m unittest discover -s oci/tests -p 'test_instance_reconcile.py' -v
           python3 -m unittest discover -s oci/tests -p 'test_guessed_endpoint_healthcheck.py' -v
           python3 -m unittest discover -s oci/tests -p 'test_runtime_home_*.py' -v
+      - name: Run catalog web-link regressions
+        env:
+          PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE: '1'
+        run: python3 -m unittest discover -s oci/tests -p test_catalog_web_links.py -v
diff --git a/oci/catalog/apps/jdownloader.json b/oci/catalog/apps/jdownloader.json
index 1870658f..9d526744 100644
--- a/oci/catalog/apps/jdownloader.json
+++ b/oci/catalog/apps/jdownloader.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
       "amd64"
     ],
     "launch": {
-      "scheme": "http",
+      "scheme": "https",
       "port": 5800,
       "path": "/"
     },
diff --git a/oci/catalog/apps/suite-arr.json b/oci/catalog/apps/suite-arr.json
index d3de36f8..ae5426e5 100644
--- a/oci/catalog/apps/suite-arr.json
+++ b/oci/catalog/apps/suite-arr.json
@@ -135,7 +135,15 @@
     "original_compose": "---\nservices:\n  prowlarr:\n    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/prowlarr:latest\n    container_name: prowlarr\n    environment:\n      - PUID=1000\n      - PGID=1000\n      - TZ=Etc/UTC\n    volumes:\n      - /path/to/prowlarr/data:/config\n    ports:\n      - 9696:9696\n    restart: unless-stopped\n"
   },
   "first_run": {
-    "endpoints": [],
+    "endpoints": [
+      {
+        "label": "Web UI",
+        "scheme": "http",
+        "port": 9696,
+        "path": "/",
+        "source": "upstream-linuxserver-readme"
+      }
+    ],
     "credentials": []
   },
   "proxmox": {
diff --git a/oci/catalog/curated/jdownloader.json b/oci/catalog/curated/jdownloader.json
index e040a7bd..4db2d1b3 100644
--- a/oci/catalog/curated/jdownloader.json
+++ b/oci/catalog/curated/jdownloader.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
       "amd64"
     ],
     "launch": {
-      "scheme": "http",
+      "scheme": "https",
       "port": 5800,
       "path": "/"
     },
diff --git a/oci/catalog/curated/suite-arr.json b/oci/catalog/curated/suite-arr.json
index a89c8ef2..a08e35b0 100644
--- a/oci/catalog/curated/suite-arr.json
+++ b/oci/catalog/curated/suite-arr.json
@@ -135,7 +135,15 @@
     "original_compose": "---\nservices:\n  prowlarr:\n    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/prowlarr:latest\n    container_name: prowlarr\n    environment:\n      - PUID=1000\n      - PGID=1000\n      - TZ=Etc/UTC\n    volumes:\n      - /path/to/prowlarr/data:/config\n    ports:\n      - 9696:9696\n    restart: unless-stopped\n"
   },
   "first_run": {
-    "endpoints": [],
+    "endpoints": [
+      {
+        "label": "Web UI",
+        "scheme": "http",
+        "port": 9696,
+        "path": "/",
+        "source": "upstream-linuxserver-readme"
+      }
+    ],
     "credentials": []
   },
   "proxmox": {
diff --git a/oci/tests/test_catalog_web_links.py b/oci/tests/test_catalog_web_links.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..324d7a05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/oci/tests/test_catalog_web_links.py
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+"""Catalog links agree with the configured service and preserve suite choices."""
+
+import copy
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+import sys
+import unittest
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+sys.path.insert(0, str(ROOT / "src"))
+sys.path.insert(0, str(ROOT / "remote"))
+sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent))
+
+from proxmenux_oci.catalog import Catalog
+from proxmenux_oci.installer import DEFAULT_MODE, build_deployment
+from proxmenux_oci.stack import StackError
+from test_advanced_flow_order import RecordingUI, addresses, storages
+import oci_description
+import oci_instance_transaction as transaction
+
+
+class CatalogWebLinks(unittest.TestCase):
+    catalog = Catalog(ROOT)
+
+    def test_jdownloader_launch_matches_its_secure_web_service(self):
+        template = self.catalog.compose("jdownloader")
+        environment = {entry["name"]: entry.get("example")
+                       for entry in template["container_contract"]["environment"]}
+        self.assertEqual(environment["SECURE_CONNECTION"], "1")
+        launch = template["catalog_ui"]["launch"]
+        self.assertEqual(launch, {"scheme": "https", "port": 5800, "path": "/"})
+        endpoint = template["first_run"]["endpoints"][0]
+        self.assertEqual({key: endpoint[key] for key in launch}, launch)
+        self.assertIn('href="https://192.0.2.10:5800/"',
+                      oci_description.render(template, "", "test-installation", "192.0.2.10"))
+
+    def test_shipped_templates_keep_the_curated_link_contract(self):
+        for app in ("jdownloader", "suite-arr"):
+            with self.subTest(app=app):
+                curated = json.loads((ROOT / "catalog/curated" / (app + ".json")).read_text())
+                generated = json.loads((ROOT / "catalog/apps" / (app + ".json")).read_text())
+                self.assertEqual(curated["catalog_ui"]["launch"], generated["catalog_ui"]["launch"])
+                self.assertEqual(curated["first_run"], generated["first_run"])
+
+    def test_suite_parent_names_the_documented_prowlarr_web_endpoint(self):
+        template = self.catalog.compose("suite-arr")
+        endpoints = template["first_run"]["endpoints"]
+        self.assertEqual(len(endpoints), 1)
+        endpoint = endpoints[0]
+        self.assertEqual((endpoint["scheme"], endpoint["port"], endpoint["path"]),
+                         ("http", 9696, "/"))
+        self.assertEqual(endpoint["label"], "Web UI")
+        self.assertNotEqual(endpoint["source"], transaction.GUESSED_ENDPOINT)
+        check = transaction.effective_healthcheck(template)
+        self.assertEqual((check["scheme"], check["port"]), ("http", 9696))
+        self.assertNotIn("accept_non_http", check)
+
+    @patch("proxmenux_oci.installer.host.gpus", return_value={"intel": [], "amd": [], "nvidia": False})
+    @patch("proxmenux_oci.i18n.language", return_value="en")
+    @patch("proxmenux_oci.installer.host.storages", side_effect=storages)
+    @patch("proxmenux_oci.installer.host.bridges", return_value=[{"iface": "vmbr0", "cidr": "192.0.2.1/24"}])
+    @patch("proxmenux_oci.installer.host.timezone", return_value="Etc/UTC")
+    @patch("proxmenux_oci.installer.access.ask_ipv4", return_value=("dhcp", None))
+    @patch("proxmenux_oci.installer.access.ask_addresses", side_effect=addresses)
+    def test_suite_members_keep_their_own_links_with_or_without_prowlarr(self, *_):
+        template = self.catalog.compose("suite-arr")
+        before = copy.deepcopy(template)
+        with patch("subprocess.run") as command:
+            for selected in (["prowlarr", "sonarr"], ["sonarr"]):
+                ui = RecordingUI({"Arr suite: applications to install": selected,
+                                  "Media server": "none"})
+                plan = build_deployment(copy.deepcopy(template), ui, DEFAULT_MODE)
+                self.assertEqual([member["name"] for member in plan["services"]], selected)
+                for member in plan["services"]:
+                    port = 9696 if member["name"] == "prowlarr" else 8989
+                    endpoint = member["template"]["first_run"]["endpoints"][0]
+                    self.assertEqual(endpoint["port"], port)
+                    self.assertEqual(member["healthcheck"]["endpoint"]["port"], port)
+                    notes = oci_description.render(member["template"], "", "test-installation", "192.0.2.10")
+                    self.assertIn(f':{port}/"', notes)
+                    if port != 9696:
+                        self.assertNotIn(':9696/"', notes)
+            command.assert_not_called()
+        self.assertEqual(template, before)
+
+    def test_empty_suite_selection_has_no_host_or_runtime_effect(self):
+        template = self.catalog.compose("suite-arr")
+        before = copy.deepcopy(template)
+        ui = RecordingUI({"Arr suite: applications to install": [], "Media server": "none"})
+        with patch("proxmenux_oci.i18n.language", return_value="en"), \
+                patch("proxmenux_oci.installer.host.storages") as host, \
+                patch("subprocess.run") as command:
+            with self.assertRaises(StackError):
+                build_deployment(template, ui, DEFAULT_MODE)
+            host.assert_not_called()
+            command.assert_not_called()
+        self.assertEqual(template, before)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()

From 3e9c9eb25da8340bba5ed394fbd6058095d7d28b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: VAIO73 <50487331+Vaso73@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:23:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] fix(oci): prepare managed format directories before
 startup

---
 .github/workflows/test-oci-registries.yml     |   4 +
 oci/remote/install_oci.sh                     |  17 +-
 oci/remote/oci_console_mark.sh                |   7 +
 oci/remote/oci_instance_transaction.py        |  25 +-
 oci/remote/oci_managed_volumes.py             | 183 +++++++++++
 oci/remote/oci_restore_recovery.py            |  15 +-
 oci/src/proxmenux_oci/installer.py            |   4 +-
 oci/tests/test_managed_volume_installer.py    | 162 ++++++++++
 oci/tests/test_managed_volume_startup.py      | 301 ++++++++++++++++++
 oci/tests/test_readonly_volume_preparation.py |  10 +-
 10 files changed, 694 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 oci/remote/oci_managed_volumes.py
 create mode 100644 oci/tests/test_managed_volume_installer.py
 create mode 100644 oci/tests/test_managed_volume_startup.py

diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-oci-registries.yml b/.github/workflows/test-oci-registries.yml
index a4f0b150..6c67aa1d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-oci-registries.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-oci-registries.yml
@@ -80,3 +80,7 @@ jobs:
           python3 -m unittest discover -s oci/tests -p 'test_instance_reconcile.py' -v
           python3 -m unittest discover -s oci/tests -p 'test_guessed_endpoint_healthcheck.py' -v
           python3 -m unittest discover -s oci/tests -p 'test_runtime_home_*.py' -v
+      - name: Run managed volume startup regressions
+        env:
+          PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE: '1'
+        run: python3 -m unittest discover -s oci/tests -p 'test_managed_volume_*.py' -v
diff --git a/oci/remote/install_oci.sh b/oci/remote/install_oci.sh
index b3b100e6..0251776e 100755
--- a/oci/remote/install_oci.sh
+++ b/oci/remote/install_oci.sh
@@ -1250,7 +1250,8 @@ apply_installer_profile() {
         continue
       fi
       if [[ $remove_lost_found == true ]]; then
-        rm -rf "${rootfs}${target}/lost+found" || { failed=1; break; }
+        oci_quiet python3 "${SCRIPT_DIR}/oci_managed_volumes.py" prepare \
+          "$rootfs" "$DEPLOYMENT_FILE" --target "$target" || { failed=1; break; }
       fi
       case "$owner_strategy" in
         mapped-root) chown "$HOST_ROOT_UID:$HOST_ROOT_GID" "${rootfs}${target}" || failed=1 ;;
@@ -2058,6 +2059,20 @@ while IFS=$'\t' read -r NAME ENCODED; do
   set_runtime_environment "$NAME" "$VALUE"
 done < <(jq -r '.environment[] | [.name, (.value | @base64)] | @tsv' "$DEPLOYMENT_FILE")
 
+prepare_managed_format_directories() {
+  local rootfs=$1 preparation_failed=0
+  # Stack members receive their real mounts later in attach_mounts().
+  [[ $(jq -r '.stack_managed // false' "$DEPLOYMENT_FILE") != true ]] || return 0
+  (( MOUNT_ENTRIES > 0 )) || return 0
+  mount_ct_rootfs
+  oci_quiet python3 "${SCRIPT_DIR}/oci_managed_volumes.py" prepare "$rootfs" "$DEPLOYMENT_FILE" \
+    || preparation_failed=1
+  oci_quiet pct unmount "$VMID" || preparation_failed=1
+  (( preparation_failed == 0 )) \
+    || die "$(translate "Could not add the mount point:") CT $VMID"
+}
+
+prepare_managed_format_directories "/var/lib/lxc/${VMID}/rootfs"
 apply_extra_hosts
 apply_installer_profile
 ensure_runtime_home
diff --git a/oci/remote/oci_console_mark.sh b/oci/remote/oci_console_mark.sh
index e6c7dda3..622b7194 100755
--- a/oci/remote/oci_console_mark.sh
+++ b/oci/remote/oci_console_mark.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@
 case "$1" in
   ''|*[!0-9]*) exit 0 ;;
 esac
+# Direct PVE restore formats managed filesystems again. The installed record
+# authorizes this narrow cleanup; missing/busy records leave the guest alone.
+# A hook failure must not prevent the console marker or the DHCP timer.
+volumes="${0%/*}/oci_managed_volumes.py"
+if [ -r "$volumes" ] && command -v timeout >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  timeout --signal=TERM --kill-after=2 10 python3 "$volumes" startup "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
+fi
 printf '\n=== ProxMenux: container started %s ===\n' "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')" \
   >> "/var/log/proxmenux/oci/$1.console.log" 2>/dev/null
 lease="${0%/*}/oci_dhcp_lease.py"
diff --git a/oci/remote/oci_instance_transaction.py b/oci/remote/oci_instance_transaction.py
index cc36b0d0..06b1397d 100644
--- a/oci/remote/oci_instance_transaction.py
+++ b/oci/remote/oci_instance_transaction.py
@@ -1261,28 +1261,9 @@ def apply(root, vmid, archive, operation, proposal=None, registry_digest=None, i
 
 
 def remove_empty_format_directories(rootfs, deployment):
-    """Remove only empty, unmapped mkfs lost+found on restored managed disks."""
-    root = Path(rootfs)
-    for mount in deployment.get('mounts', []):
-        if mount.get('type') != 'managed-volume' or not mount.get('backup'):
-            continue
-        current = root
-        for part in Path(mount['container_path']).parts[1:]:
-            if part in ('.', '..'):
-                raise ValueError(translate('Invalid restored volume path'))
-            current /= part
-            if current.is_symlink():
-                raise ValueError(translate('Symbolic link in a restored volume path'))
-        candidate = current / 'lost+found'
-        if not candidate.exists() or candidate.is_symlink():
-            continue
-        info = candidate.lstat()
-        if (stat.S_ISDIR(info.st_mode) and info.st_ino == 11
-                and info.st_uid == 0 and info.st_gid == 0
-                and stat.S_IMODE(info.st_mode) == 0o700):
-            if not any(candidate.iterdir()):
-                candidate.rmdir()
-
+    """Keep the recovery entrypoint, sharing the guarded format-dir cleanup."""
+    from oci_managed_volumes import remove_empty_format_directories as clean
+    return clean(rootfs, deployment)
 
 def cleanup_restored_format_dirs(vmid, deployment, installation_id):
     owned(vmid, installation_id)
diff --git a/oci/remote/oci_managed_volumes.py b/oci/remote/oci_managed_volumes.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..20be099e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/oci/remote/oci_managed_volumes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Remove only empty, unshifted ext4 format directories on managed mounts."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import errno
+import fcntl
+import json
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+import re
+import stat
+import subprocess
+
+
+def mount_path(value):
+    if (not isinstance(value, str) or not value.startswith('/') or value == '/'
+            or '\x00' in value or '\n' in value
+            or not value.strip('/')
+            or any(part in ('.', '..') for part in value.split('/'))):
+        raise ValueError('Invalid managed volume path')
+    return '/' + '/'.join(part for part in value.split('/') if part)
+
+
+def eligible_paths(deployment, backed_only=True):
+    mounts = deployment.get('mounts', [])
+    if not isinstance(mounts, list) or any(not isinstance(m, dict) for m in mounts):
+        raise ValueError('Invalid managed mount contract')
+    paths = [(mount_path(m.get('container_path')), m) for m in mounts]
+    if len({path for path, _ in paths}) != len(paths):
+        raise ValueError('Duplicate managed volume path')
+    selected = []
+    for path, mount in paths:
+        if (mount.get('type') != 'managed-volume' or mount.get('read_only')
+                or (backed_only and not mount.get('backup'))):
+            continue
+        candidate = path + '/lost+found'
+        # A nested mount can replace the directory or something inside it.
+        if any(other == candidate or other.startswith(candidate + '/')
+               for other, _ in paths):
+            continue
+        selected.append(path)
+    return selected
+
+
+def format_directory(info):
+    return (stat.S_ISDIR(info.st_mode) and info.st_ino == 11
+            and info.st_uid == 0 and info.st_gid == 0
+            and stat.S_IMODE(info.st_mode) == 0o700)
+
+
+def remove_empty_at(parent):
+    try:
+        before = os.stat('lost+found', dir_fd=parent, follow_symlinks=False)
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        return False
+    if not format_directory(before):
+        return False
+    flags = os.O_RDONLY | os.O_DIRECTORY | os.O_NOFOLLOW
+    child = os.open('lost+found', flags, dir_fd=parent)
+    try:
+        opened = os.fstat(child)
+        if (opened.st_dev, opened.st_ino) != (before.st_dev, before.st_ino):
+            return False
+        with os.scandir(child) as entries:
+            if next(entries, None) is not None:
+                return False
+        current = os.stat('lost+found', dir_fd=parent, follow_symlinks=False)
+        if ((current.st_dev, current.st_ino) != (opened.st_dev, opened.st_ino)
+                or not format_directory(current)):
+            return False
+        # rmdir cannot delete files, and does not follow a replacement link.
+        os.rmdir('lost+found', dir_fd=parent)
+        return True
+    finally:
+        os.close(child)
+
+
+def remove_empty_format_directories(rootfs, deployment, backed_only=True, target=None):
+    paths = eligible_paths(deployment, backed_only)
+    if target is not None:
+        wanted = mount_path(target)
+        paths = [path for path in paths if path == wanted]
+    if not paths:
+        return 0
+    flags = os.O_RDONLY | os.O_DIRECTORY | os.O_NOFOLLOW
+    try:
+        root = os.open(rootfs, flags)
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        return 0
+    removed = 0
+    try:
+        for path in paths:
+            current = os.dup(root)
+            try:
+                for part in path.lstrip('/').split('/'):
+                    following = os.open(part, flags, dir_fd=current)
+                    os.close(current)
+                    current = following
+                removed += int(remove_empty_at(current))
+            except FileNotFoundError:
+                continue
+            except OSError as error:
+                if error.errno in (errno.ELOOP, errno.ENOTDIR):
+                    raise ValueError('Symbolic link or invalid managed volume path') from error
+                raise
+            finally:
+                os.close(current)
+    finally:
+        os.close(root)
+    return removed
+
+
+def startup_mounts(config, deployment):
+    """Use the current PVE mount type/RO flag, gated by the saved contract."""
+    declared = {mount_path(m.get('container_path')): m
+                for m in deployment.get('mounts', [])}
+    mounts = []
+    for key, value in config.items():
+        if not re.fullmatch(r'mp[0-9]+', key):
+            continue
+        source, *parts = value.split(',')
+        options = dict(part.split('=', 1) for part in parts if '=' in part)
+        path = mount_path(options.get('mp'))
+        saved = declared.get(path, {})
+        managed = (saved.get('type') == 'managed-volume' and not source.startswith('/')
+                   and ':' in source)
+        mounts.append({'container_path': path,
+                       'type': 'managed-volume' if managed else 'host-bind',
+                       'backup': bool(saved.get('backup')) and options.get('backup') == '1',
+                       'read_only': bool(saved.get('read_only')) or options.get('ro', '0') != '0'})
+    return {'mounts': mounts}
+
+
+def cleanup_startup(root, vmid, rootfs_base=Path('/var/lib/lxc')):
+    # Locks are nonblocking. A transaction already prepares its own restore
+    # before starting it; the hook must not wait on its parent's registry lock.
+    import oci_instances as instances
+    from oci_installation_state import parse_config
+    lock = os.open(root / '.lock', os.O_RDONLY | os.O_NOFOLLOW)
+    try:
+        fcntl.flock(lock, fcntl.LOCK_EX | fcntl.LOCK_NB)
+        record = instances.read(root, vmid)
+        if record.get('status') != 'installed' or record.get('pending_transaction'):
+            return 0
+        if not eligible_paths(record['deployment']):
+            return 0
+        result = subprocess.run(['pct', 'config', str(vmid)], capture_output=True, timeout=3)
+        if result.returncode or instances.identity(result.stdout) != record['installation_id']:
+            return 0
+        mounts = startup_mounts(parse_config(result.stdout), record['deployment'])
+        return remove_empty_format_directories(rootfs_base / str(vmid) / 'rootfs', mounts)
+    finally:
+        os.close(lock)
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    sub = parser.add_subparsers(dest='action', required=True)
+    prepare = sub.add_parser('prepare')
+    prepare.add_argument('rootfs', type=Path)
+    prepare.add_argument('deployment', type=Path)
+    prepare.add_argument('--target')
+    startup = sub.add_parser('startup')
+    startup.add_argument('vmid', type=int)
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    try:
+        if args.action == 'prepare':
+            remove_empty_format_directories(args.rootfs, json.loads(args.deployment.read_text()),
+                                            backed_only=False, target=args.target)
+        elif args.vmid > 0:
+            import oci_instances as instances
+            cleanup_startup(instances.ROOT, args.vmid)
+        else:
+            return 1
+    except (OSError, ValueError, KeyError, TypeError, subprocess.SubprocessError):
+        # Private contracts/configuration must never be printed by a hook.
+        return 1
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    raise SystemExit(main())
diff --git a/oci/remote/oci_restore_recovery.py b/oci/remote/oci_restore_recovery.py
index fd9a2d92..ab1827df 100644
--- a/oci/remote/oci_restore_recovery.py
+++ b/oci/remote/oci_restore_recovery.py
@@ -757,13 +757,18 @@ def clean_format_directories(entry):
     """A restore formats the volumes again, and the `lost+found` of each new
     one belongs to the host: an application that walks its data cannot enter
     it and fails to start."""
+    from oci_managed_volumes import eligible_paths
     mounts = []
     for key, value in parse_config(entry['config'].encode()).items():
-        if re.fullmatch(r'mp[0-9]+', key) and not value.startswith('/'):
-            target = oci_stack_modify.options(value).get('mp')
-            if target:
-                mounts.append({'type': 'managed-volume', 'backup': True, 'container_path': target})
-    if not mounts:
+        if not re.fullmatch(r'mp[0-9]+', key):
+            continue
+        options = oci_stack_modify.options(value)
+        target = options.get('mp')
+        if target:
+            mounts.append({'type': 'host-bind' if value.startswith('/') else 'managed-volume',
+                           'backup': True, 'container_path': target,
+                           'read_only': options.get('ro', '0') != '0'})
+    if not eligible_paths({'mounts': mounts}):
         return
     with carried.container_root(entry['vmid']) as rootfs:
         if rootfs is not None:
diff --git a/oci/src/proxmenux_oci/installer.py b/oci/src/proxmenux_oci/installer.py
index f8e88d43..ce067425 100644
--- a/oci/src/proxmenux_oci/installer.py
+++ b/oci/src/proxmenux_oci/installer.py
@@ -1588,7 +1588,7 @@ def _run_remote_install(
             shutil.copy2(project_root / 'remote' / 'haos_healthcheck.py', temporary / 'haos_healthcheck.py')
             shutil.copy2(project_root / 'remote' / 'oci_installation_state.py', temporary / 'oci_installation_state.py')
             shutil.copy2(project_root / 'remote' / 'oci_instances.py', temporary / 'oci_instances.py')
-            for helper in ('oci_ui.sh', 'oci_ui.py', 'oci_description.py', 'oci_console.py', 'oci_native_stack.py', 'oci_native_stack.sh', 'oci_instance_transaction.py', 'oci_host_mounts.py', 'oci_nested_mounts.py', 'oci_runtime_settings.py', 'oci_gpu_devices.py', 'oci_accelerators.py', 'oci_nvidia_runtime.py', 'oci_nvidia_refresh.py', 'oci_nvidia_dynamic.py', 'oci_update_current.py', 'oci_resource_modify.py', 'oci_native_modify.py', 'oci_stack_replay.py', 'oci_stack_plan.py', 'oci_stack_transaction.py', 'oci_stack_native.py', 'oci_image_cache.py', 'nvidia_lxc_mount_lab.sh', 'oci_nvidia_setup.sh', 'oci_immich_ml.sh', 'oci_rocm_check.py'):
+            for helper in ('oci_ui.sh', 'oci_ui.py', 'oci_description.py', 'oci_console.py', 'oci_native_stack.py', 'oci_native_stack.sh', 'oci_instance_transaction.py', 'oci_managed_volumes.py', 'oci_host_mounts.py', 'oci_nested_mounts.py', 'oci_runtime_settings.py', 'oci_gpu_devices.py', 'oci_accelerators.py', 'oci_nvidia_runtime.py', 'oci_nvidia_refresh.py', 'oci_nvidia_dynamic.py', 'oci_update_current.py', 'oci_resource_modify.py', 'oci_native_modify.py', 'oci_stack_replay.py', 'oci_stack_plan.py', 'oci_stack_transaction.py', 'oci_stack_native.py', 'oci_image_cache.py', 'nvidia_lxc_mount_lab.sh', 'oci_nvidia_setup.sh', 'oci_immich_ml.sh', 'oci_rocm_check.py'):
                 shutil.copy2(project_root / 'remote' / helper, temporary / helper)
             if deployment_kind == 'generic-multi-lxc-stack':
                 shutil.copy2(project_root / 'remote' / 'install_generic_stack.py', temporary / 'install_generic_stack.py')
@@ -1625,7 +1625,7 @@ def _run_remote_install(
             archive.add(project_root / 'remote' / 'haos_healthcheck.py', arcname='haos_healthcheck.py')
             archive.add(project_root / 'remote' / 'oci_installation_state.py', arcname='oci_installation_state.py')
             archive.add(project_root / 'remote' / 'oci_instances.py', arcname='oci_instances.py')
-            for helper in ('oci_ui.sh', 'oci_ui.py', 'oci_description.py', 'oci_console.py', 'oci_native_stack.py', 'oci_native_stack.sh', 'oci_instance_transaction.py', 'oci_host_mounts.py', 'oci_nested_mounts.py', 'oci_runtime_settings.py', 'oci_gpu_devices.py', 'oci_accelerators.py', 'oci_nvidia_runtime.py', 'oci_nvidia_refresh.py', 'oci_nvidia_dynamic.py', 'oci_update_current.py', 'oci_resource_modify.py', 'oci_native_modify.py', 'oci_stack_replay.py', 'oci_stack_plan.py', 'oci_stack_transaction.py', 'oci_stack_native.py', 'oci_image_cache.py', 'nvidia_lxc_mount_lab.sh', 'oci_nvidia_setup.sh', 'oci_immich_ml.sh', 'oci_rocm_check.py'):
+            for helper in ('oci_ui.sh', 'oci_ui.py', 'oci_description.py', 'oci_console.py', 'oci_native_stack.py', 'oci_native_stack.sh', 'oci_instance_transaction.py', 'oci_managed_volumes.py', 'oci_host_mounts.py', 'oci_nested_mounts.py', 'oci_runtime_settings.py', 'oci_gpu_devices.py', 'oci_accelerators.py', 'oci_nvidia_runtime.py', 'oci_nvidia_refresh.py', 'oci_nvidia_dynamic.py', 'oci_update_current.py', 'oci_resource_modify.py', 'oci_native_modify.py', 'oci_stack_replay.py', 'oci_stack_plan.py', 'oci_stack_transaction.py', 'oci_stack_native.py', 'oci_image_cache.py', 'nvidia_lxc_mount_lab.sh', 'oci_nvidia_setup.sh', 'oci_immich_ml.sh', 'oci_rocm_check.py'):
                 archive.add(project_root / 'remote' / helper, arcname=helper)
             if deployment_kind == 'generic-multi-lxc-stack':
                 archive.add(project_root / 'remote' / 'install_generic_stack.py', arcname='install_generic_stack.py')
diff --git a/oci/tests/test_managed_volume_installer.py b/oci/tests/test_managed_volume_installer.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ff8ac23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/oci/tests/test_managed_volume_installer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+"""Exercise actual installer and persisted hook entrypoints with local fixtures."""
+from pathlib import Path
+import json
+import os
+import shlex
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+
+
+class FirstInstallTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def run_case(self, mount_type='managed-volume', read_only=False, stack=False,
+                 invalid=False, empty=False):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            base = Path(tmp); rootfs = base / 'rootfs'
+            lost = rootfs / 'config/lost+found'; lost.mkdir(parents=True, mode=0o700)
+            sentinel = rootfs / 'config/keep'; sentinel.write_text('application data')
+            deployment = {'stack_managed': stack, 'mounts': [] if empty else [{
+                'type': mount_type, 'container_path': 'relative' if invalid else '/config',
+                'backup': True, 'read_only': read_only}]}
+            plan = base / 'deployment.json'; plan.write_text(json.dumps(deployment))
+            wrapper = base / 'python3'
+            wrapper.write_text('#!' + sys.executable + '\n' +
+                'import sys\nsys.path[:0]=' + repr([str(ROOT / 'remote'), str(ROOT / 'tests')]) + '\n' +
+                'from test_managed_volume_startup import ext4_metadata\n' +
+                'import oci_managed_volumes\nsys.argv=sys.argv[1:]\n' +
+                'with ext4_metadata():\n raise SystemExit(oci_managed_volumes.main())\n')
+            wrapper.chmod(0o700)
+            source = (ROOT / 'remote/install_oci.sh').read_text()
+            start = source.index('prepare_managed_format_directories() {')
+            end = source.index('\nprepare_managed_format_directories "/var/lib/lxc/', start)
+            function = source[start:end]
+            script = '''set -Eeuo pipefail
+VMID=1000
+MOUNT_ENTRIES=$COUNT
+mount_ct_rootfs() { printf 'MOUNT\n'; }
+oci_quiet() {
+  if [[ $1 == pct ]]; then printf 'UNMOUNT\n'; else "$@"; fi
+}
+translate() { printf '%s' "$1"; }
+die() { printf 'FAILURE\n'; exit 70; }
+''' + function + '\nprepare_managed_format_directories "$ROOTFS"\n'
+            result = subprocess.run(['bash', '-c', script], capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=10,
+                env=dict(os.environ, PATH=str(base) + ':' + os.environ['PATH'],
+                         SCRIPT_DIR=str(ROOT / 'remote'), DEPLOYMENT_FILE=str(plan),
+                         ROOTFS=str(rootfs), COUNT='0' if empty else '1'))
+            self.assertEqual(sentinel.read_text(), 'application data')
+            return result, lost.exists()
+
+    def test_unannotated_config_volume_is_prepared_before_first_start(self):
+        result, exists = self.run_case()
+        self.assertEqual(result.returncode, 0, result.stdout + result.stderr)
+        self.assertFalse(exists)
+        self.assertEqual(result.stdout.splitlines(), ['MOUNT', 'UNMOUNT'])
+
+    def test_readonly_and_bind_sources_are_unchanged(self):
+        for options in ({'read_only': True}, {'mount_type': 'host-bind'}):
+            with self.subTest(options=options):
+                result, exists = self.run_case(**options)
+                self.assertEqual(result.returncode, 0, result.stderr)
+                self.assertTrue(exists)
+
+    def test_cleanup_failure_unmounts_and_stops_before_start(self):
+        result, exists = self.run_case(invalid=True)
+        self.assertEqual(result.returncode, 70)
+        self.assertEqual(result.stdout.splitlines(), ['MOUNT', 'UNMOUNT', 'FAILURE'])
+        self.assertTrue(exists)
+
+    def test_stack_member_and_empty_mount_list_have_no_mount_or_cleanup_calls(self):
+        for options in ({'stack': True}, {'empty': True}):
+            with self.subTest(options=options):
+                result, exists = self.run_case(**options)
+                self.assertEqual(result.returncode, 0, result.stderr)
+                self.assertEqual(result.stdout, '')
+                self.assertTrue(exists)
+
+
+class PersistedHookTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def run_case(self, *, failure=False, helper=True, invalid=False, timeout=False):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            base = Path(tmp); marker = base / '1000.console.log'; events = base / 'events'
+            source = (ROOT / 'remote/oci_console_mark.sh').read_text()
+            source = source.replace('/var/log/proxmenux/oci/', str(base) + '/')
+            script = base / 'oci_console_mark.sh'; script.write_text(source)
+            (base / 'oci_dhcp_lease.py').touch()
+            if helper: (base / 'oci_managed_volumes.py').touch()
+            python = base / 'python3'
+            python.write_text('#!/bin/sh\n' +
+                'test ! -f "$MARKER" || exit 80\n' +
+                'printf "cleanup %s\\n" "$3" >> "$EVENTS"\n' +
+                ('sleep 30\n' if timeout else '') + ('exit 1\n' if failure else 'exit 0\n'))
+            python.chmod(0o700)
+            timer = base / 'systemd-run'
+            timer.write_text('#!/bin/sh\ntest -s "$MARKER" || exit 81\nprintf "dhcp\\n" >> "$EVENTS"\n')
+            timer.chmod(0o700)
+            result = subprocess.run(['sh', str(script), 'invalid;id' if invalid else '1000'],
+                capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=15,
+                env=dict(os.environ, PATH=str(base) + ':' + os.environ['PATH'],
+                         MARKER=str(marker), EVENTS=str(events)))
+            return result, marker.exists(), events.read_text().splitlines() if events.exists() else []
+
+    def test_cleanup_precedes_console_marker_and_dhcp_timer(self):
+        result, marker, events = self.run_case()
+        self.assertEqual(result.returncode, 0, result.stderr)
+        self.assertTrue(marker)
+        self.assertEqual(events, ['cleanup 1000', 'dhcp'])
+
+    def test_missing_or_failed_helper_keeps_marker_and_dhcp(self):
+        for options, expected in (({'helper': False}, ['dhcp']),
+                                  ({'failure': True}, ['cleanup 1000', 'dhcp'])):
+            with self.subTest(options=options):
+                result, marker, events = self.run_case(**options)
+                self.assertEqual(result.returncode, 0, result.stderr)
+                self.assertTrue(marker)
+                self.assertEqual(events, expected)
+
+    def test_hung_cleanup_is_bounded_and_dhcp_still_runs(self):
+        result, marker, events = self.run_case(timeout=True)
+        self.assertEqual(result.returncode, 0, result.stderr)
+        self.assertTrue(marker)
+        self.assertEqual(events, ['cleanup 1000', 'dhcp'])
+
+    def test_invalid_vmid_has_no_cleanup_marker_or_timer(self):
+        result, marker, events = self.run_case(invalid=True)
+        self.assertEqual(result.returncode, 0)
+        self.assertFalse(marker)
+        self.assertEqual(events, [])
+
+
+class InstallerTransportTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_local_and_ssh_staging_include_the_guarded_helper_without_host_calls(self):
+        import io
+        import tarfile
+        from unittest.mock import patch
+        sys.path.insert(0, str(ROOT / 'src'))
+        from proxmenux_oci import installer
+        expected = (ROOT / 'remote/oci_managed_volumes.py').read_bytes()
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            template = Path(tmp) / 'template.json'; template.write_text('{}')
+            for transport in ('local', 'unused-test-host'):
+                for kind in (None, 'generic-multi-lxc-stack'):
+                    with self.subTest(transport=transport, kind=kind):
+                        def inspect(command, payload=None):
+                            if transport == 'local':
+                                folder = Path(command[1]).parent
+                                self.assertEqual((folder / 'oci_managed_volumes.py').read_bytes(), expected)
+                            else:
+                                with tarfile.open(fileobj=io.BytesIO(payload), mode='r:gz') as archive:
+                                    self.assertEqual(archive.extractfile('oci_managed_volumes.py').read(), expected)
+                            return {'checked': True}
+                        with patch.object(installer, '_stream_process', side_effect=inspect), \
+                                patch.object(installer.subprocess, 'run') as host:
+                            self.assertEqual(installer._run_remote_install(ROOT, template,
+                                {'deployment_kind': kind}, transport, dry_run=True), {'checked': True})
+                            host.assert_not_called()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/oci/tests/test_managed_volume_startup.py b/oci/tests/test_managed_volume_startup.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2af33395
--- /dev/null
+++ b/oci/tests/test_managed_volume_startup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,301 @@
+"""Managed filesystem preparation must preserve read-only data."""
+from pathlib import Path
+import sys
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+sys.path.insert(0, str(ROOT / 'remote'))
+import oci_instance_transaction as transaction
+
+
+class RecoveryGuardTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_read_only_managed_volume_is_not_probed_or_changed(self):
+        deployment = {'mounts': [{'type': 'managed-volume', 'backup': True,
+                                  'container_path': '/config', 'read_only': True}]}
+        with patch.object(Path, 'is_symlink', return_value=False) as probe, \
+                patch.object(Path, 'exists', return_value=False):
+            transaction.remove_empty_format_directories('/fixture/rootfs', deployment)
+        probe.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_nested_read_only_mount_protects_the_format_directory(self):
+        deployment = {'mounts': [
+            {'type': 'managed-volume', 'backup': True, 'container_path': '/config'},
+            {'type': 'host-bind', 'container_path': '/config/lost+found', 'read_only': True},
+        ]}
+        with patch.object(Path, 'is_symlink', return_value=False) as probe, \
+                patch.object(Path, 'exists', return_value=False):
+            transaction.remove_empty_format_directories('/fixture/rootfs', deployment)
+        probe.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_a_relative_mount_path_is_rejected_before_filesystem_probes(self):
+        deployment = {'mounts': [{'type': 'managed-volume', 'backup': True,
+                                  'container_path': 'config'}]}
+        with patch.object(Path, 'is_symlink', return_value=False) as probe, \
+                patch.object(Path, 'exists', return_value=False):
+            with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+                transaction.remove_empty_format_directories('/fixture/rootfs', deployment)
+        probe.assert_not_called()
+
+
+import contextlib
+import copy
+import fcntl
+import json
+import os
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+import subprocess
+
+import oci_managed_volumes as volumes
+import oci_restore_recovery as recovery
+import oci_instances as instances
+
+
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def ext4_metadata(**overrides):
+    """Use real filesystem operations; only mkfs inode/ownership are fixtures."""
+    real_stat, real_fstat = os.stat, os.fstat
+    def info(value):
+        fields = {key: getattr(value, key) for key in ('st_dev', 'st_ino', 'st_uid', 'st_gid', 'st_mode')}
+        fields.update(st_ino=11, st_uid=0, st_gid=0)
+        fields.update(overrides)
+        return SimpleNamespace(**fields)
+    def observed(path, *args, **kwargs):
+        value = real_stat(path, *args, **kwargs)
+        return info(value) if str(path) == 'lost+found' else value
+    def opened(fd):
+        value = real_fstat(fd)
+        return info(value) if os.readlink(f'/proc/self/fd/{fd}').endswith('/lost+found') else value
+    with patch.object(volumes.os, 'stat', side_effect=observed), \
+            patch.object(volumes.os, 'fstat', side_effect=opened):
+        yield
+
+
+class FormatDirectoryTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def fixture(self, root):
+        target = root / 'config'
+        target.mkdir()
+        lost = target / 'lost+found'
+        lost.mkdir(mode=0o700)
+        (target / 'keep').write_bytes(b'application data')
+        return lost, {'mounts': [{'container_path': '/config', 'type': 'managed-volume', 'backup': True}]}
+
+    def test_only_an_empty_format_directory_is_removed(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            root = Path(tmp); lost, deployment = self.fixture(root)
+            before = copy.deepcopy(deployment)
+            with ext4_metadata():
+                self.assertEqual(volumes.remove_empty_format_directories(root, deployment), 1)
+            self.assertFalse(lost.exists())
+            self.assertEqual((root / 'config/keep').read_bytes(), b'application data')
+            self.assertEqual(deployment, before)
+
+    def test_nonempty_format_directory_has_no_remove_call(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            root = Path(tmp); lost, deployment = self.fixture(root)
+            (lost / 'recovered-file').write_bytes(b'must survive')
+            with ext4_metadata(), patch.object(volumes.os, 'rmdir') as remove:
+                self.assertEqual(volumes.remove_empty_format_directories(root, deployment), 0)
+                remove.assert_not_called()
+            self.assertEqual((lost / 'recovered-file').read_bytes(), b'must survive')
+
+    def test_nonstandard_metadata_is_preserved_without_remove(self):
+        for override in ({'st_ino': 12}, {'st_uid': 100000}, {'st_gid': 100000}, {'st_mode': 0o40755}):
+            with self.subTest(override=override), tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+                root = Path(tmp); lost, deployment = self.fixture(root)
+                with ext4_metadata(**override), patch.object(volumes.os, 'rmdir') as remove:
+                    self.assertEqual(volumes.remove_empty_format_directories(root, deployment), 0)
+                    remove.assert_not_called()
+                self.assertTrue(lost.is_dir())
+
+    def test_link_and_parent_link_never_reach_external_data(self):
+        for parent in (False, True):
+            with self.subTest(parent=parent), tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+                base = Path(tmp); root = base / 'root'; root.mkdir()
+                outside = base / 'outside'; outside.mkdir()
+                (outside / 'keep').write_text('external')
+                if parent:
+                    (root / 'config').symlink_to(outside, target_is_directory=True)
+                else:
+                    (root / 'config').mkdir()
+                    (root / 'config/lost+found').symlink_to(outside, target_is_directory=True)
+                deployment = {'mounts': [{'container_path': '/config', 'type': 'managed-volume', 'backup': True}]}
+                with patch.object(volumes.os, 'rmdir') as remove:
+                    if parent:
+                        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+                            volumes.remove_empty_format_directories(root, deployment)
+                    else:
+                        self.assertEqual(volumes.remove_empty_format_directories(root, deployment), 0)
+                    remove.assert_not_called()
+                self.assertEqual((outside / 'keep').read_text(), 'external')
+
+    def test_bind_readonly_and_nonbacked_recovery_make_no_filesystem_calls(self):
+        for options in ({'type': 'host-bind'}, {'read_only': True}, {'backup': False}):
+            mount = {'container_path': '/config', 'type': 'managed-volume', 'backup': True, **options}
+            with self.subTest(options=options), patch.object(volumes.os, 'open') as opened, \
+                    patch.object(volumes.os, 'rmdir') as remove:
+                self.assertEqual(volumes.remove_empty_format_directories('/rootfs', {'mounts': [mount]}), 0)
+                opened.assert_not_called(); remove.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_new_nonbacked_managed_disk_is_prepared_without_changing_backup_policy(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            root = Path(tmp); lost, deployment = self.fixture(root)
+            deployment['mounts'][0]['backup'] = False
+            with ext4_metadata():
+                self.assertEqual(volumes.remove_empty_format_directories(root, deployment, backed_only=False), 1)
+            self.assertFalse(lost.exists())
+            self.assertFalse(deployment['mounts'][0]['backup'])
+
+    def test_read_failure_does_not_mean_empty_and_does_not_remove(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            root = Path(tmp); lost, deployment = self.fixture(root)
+            with ext4_metadata(), patch.object(volumes.os, 'scandir', side_effect=PermissionError), \
+                    patch.object(volumes.os, 'rmdir') as remove:
+                with self.assertRaises(PermissionError):
+                    volumes.remove_empty_format_directories(root, deployment)
+                remove.assert_not_called()
+            self.assertTrue(lost.is_dir())
+
+    def test_invalid_paths_are_rejected_before_any_filesystem_call(self):
+        for path in ('config', '/', '//', '/config/../outside', '/config/./data', '/bad\npath'):
+            with self.subTest(path=path), patch.object(volumes.os, 'open') as opened:
+                with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+                    volumes.remove_empty_format_directories('/rootfs', {'mounts': [
+                        {'container_path': path, 'type': 'managed-volume', 'backup': True}]})
+                opened.assert_not_called()
+
+
+    def test_duplicate_paths_are_rejected_before_filesystem_calls(self):
+        mount = {'container_path': '/config', 'type': 'managed-volume', 'backup': True}
+        with patch.object(volumes.os, 'open') as opened:
+            with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+                volumes.remove_empty_format_directories('/rootfs', {'mounts': [mount, dict(mount)]})
+            opened.assert_not_called()
+
+
+class StartupContractTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        directory = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(); self.addCleanup(directory.cleanup)
+        self.base = Path(directory.name); self.registry = self.base / 'registry'
+        self.registry.mkdir(); (self.registry / '.lock').touch(mode=0o600)
+        self.record = {'schema_version': 1, 'vmid': 1000,
+                       'installation_id': '11111111-1111-4111-8111-111111111111',
+                       'status': 'installed', 'deployment': {'mounts': [
+                           {'container_path': '/config', 'type': 'managed-volume', 'backup': True}]}}
+        (self.registry / '1000').mkdir()
+        self.record_path = self.registry / '1000/oci-compose.json'
+        self.record_path.write_text(json.dumps(self.record))
+        self.rootfs = self.base / 'guests/1000/rootfs'
+        self.rootfs.mkdir(parents=True)
+        self.lost = self.rootfs / 'config/lost+found'; self.lost.mkdir(parents=True, mode=0o700)
+        (self.rootfs / 'config/keep').write_text('application data')
+        self.config = (f'description: <!-- proxmenux-instance={self.record["installation_id"]} -->\n'
+                       'mp0: local:1000/vm-1000-disk-1.raw,mp=/config,backup=1,size=16G\n').encode()
+
+    def call(self, *, config=None, returncode=0):
+        response = SimpleNamespace(returncode=returncode, stdout=self.config if config is None else config)
+        before = self.record_path.read_bytes()
+        with patch.object(volumes.subprocess, 'run', return_value=response) as command:
+            result = volumes.cleanup_startup(self.registry, 1000, self.base / 'guests')
+        self.assertEqual(self.record_path.read_bytes(), before)
+        return result, command
+
+    def test_current_matching_managed_mount_cleans_before_start_without_guest_exec(self):
+        with ext4_metadata():
+            result, command = self.call()
+        self.assertEqual(result, 1); self.assertFalse(self.lost.exists())
+        command.assert_called_once_with(['pct', 'config', '1000'], capture_output=True, timeout=3)
+        self.assertEqual((self.rootfs / 'config/keep').read_text(), 'application data')
+
+    def test_wrong_identity_failed_command_empty_output_and_changed_mount_do_not_remove(self):
+        cases = [(self.config.replace(b'11111111', b'22222222'), 0), (b'', 0), (self.config, 1),
+                 (self.config.replace(b'local:1000/vm-1000-disk-1.raw', b'/host/data'), 0),
+                 (self.config.replace(b'backup=1', b'backup=0'), 0),
+                 (self.config.replace(b'backup=1', b'backup=1,ro=1'), 0)]
+        for config, code in cases:
+            with self.subTest(config=config, code=code), ext4_metadata(), patch.object(volumes.os, 'rmdir') as remove:
+                result, _ = self.call(config=config, returncode=code)
+                self.assertEqual(result, 0); remove.assert_not_called()
+                self.assertTrue(self.lost.is_dir())
+
+    def test_pending_unsupported_or_hostonly_record_never_calls_pct(self):
+        for change in ({'status': 'updating'}, {'status': 'failed'}, {'pending_transaction': '/private/journal'},
+                       {'deployment': {'mounts': [{'container_path': '/config', 'type': 'host-bind'}]}}):
+            with self.subTest(change=change):
+                self.record_path.write_text(json.dumps({**self.record, **change}))
+                result, command = self.call()
+                self.assertEqual(result, 0); command.assert_not_called()
+                self.assertTrue(self.lost.is_dir())
+
+    def test_busy_lock_is_immediate_and_leaves_files_unchanged(self):
+        with (self.registry / '.lock').open('r') as lock:
+            fcntl.flock(lock, fcntl.LOCK_EX | fcntl.LOCK_NB)
+            with patch.object(volumes.subprocess, 'run') as command, patch.object(volumes.os, 'rmdir') as remove:
+                with self.assertRaises(BlockingIOError):
+                    volumes.cleanup_startup(self.registry, 1000, self.base / 'guests')
+                command.assert_not_called(); remove.assert_not_called()
+        self.assertTrue(self.lost.is_dir())
+
+    def test_missing_or_invalid_record_and_timeout_never_remove(self):
+        for value in ('missing', 'invalid', 'timeout'):
+            with self.subTest(value=value):
+                if value == 'missing': self.record_path.unlink()
+                elif value == 'invalid': self.record_path.write_text('{')
+                else: self.record_path.write_text(json.dumps(self.record))
+                with patch.object(volumes.subprocess, 'run', side_effect=subprocess.TimeoutExpired('pct', 3)), \
+                        patch.object(volumes.os, 'rmdir') as remove:
+                    with self.assertRaises((OSError, ValueError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired)):
+                        volumes.cleanup_startup(self.registry, 1000, self.base / 'guests')
+                    remove.assert_not_called()
+                self.assertTrue(self.lost.is_dir())
+
+
+class RecoveryConsumerTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_transaction_recovery_uses_real_cleanup_and_always_unmounts(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            base = Path(tmp); root = base / '1000/rootfs'; root.mkdir(parents=True)
+            lost, deployment = FormatDirectoryTests().fixture(root)
+            with patch.object(transaction, 'owned') as owned, patch.object(transaction, 'run') as command, \
+                    patch.object(transaction, 'Path', return_value=base), ext4_metadata(), \
+                    patch.object(volumes, 'remove_empty_format_directories', wraps=volumes.remove_empty_format_directories) as clean:
+                transaction.cleanup_restored_format_dirs(1000, deployment, 'identity')
+                owned.assert_called_once_with(1000, 'identity')
+                self.assertEqual([c.args for c in command.call_args_list],
+                                 [('pct', 'mount', '1000'), ('pct', 'unmount', '1000')])
+                clean.assert_called_once()
+            self.assertFalse(lost.exists())
+            self.assertEqual((root / 'config/keep').read_bytes(), b'application data')
+
+    def test_transaction_failure_still_unmounts_and_identity_failure_never_mounts(self):
+        deployment = {'mounts': [{'type': 'managed-volume', 'container_path': '/config', 'backup': True}]}
+        with patch.object(transaction, 'owned'), patch.object(transaction, 'run') as command, \
+                patch.object(volumes, 'remove_empty_format_directories', side_effect=OSError('read failed')):
+            with self.assertRaises(OSError):
+                transaction.cleanup_restored_format_dirs(1000, deployment, 'identity')
+            self.assertEqual(command.call_args_list[-1].args, ('pct', 'unmount', '1000'))
+        with patch.object(transaction, 'owned', side_effect=ValueError('identity')), \
+                patch.object(transaction, 'run') as command:
+            with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+                transaction.cleanup_restored_format_dirs(1000, deployment, 'identity')
+            command.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_recover_menu_consumer_cleans_managed_and_preserves_ro_or_nested_bind(self):
+        for protected in ('none', 'readonly', 'nested-bind'):
+            with self.subTest(protected=protected), tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+                root = Path(tmp); lost, _ = FormatDirectoryTests().fixture(root)
+                config = 'mp0: local:1000/vm-1000-disk-1.raw,mp=/config,backup=1'
+                if protected == 'readonly': config += ',ro=1'
+                if protected == 'nested-bind': config += '\nmp1: /host/recovery,mp=/config/lost+found,ro=1'
+                with ext4_metadata(), patch.object(recovery.carried, 'container_root', return_value=contextlib.nullcontext(root)), \
+                        patch.object(volumes.os, 'rmdir', wraps=os.rmdir) as remove:
+                    recovery.clean_format_directories({'vmid': 1000, 'config': config})
+                    if protected == 'none':
+                        self.assertFalse(lost.exists()); remove.assert_called_once()
+                    else:
+                        self.assertTrue(lost.is_dir()); remove.assert_not_called()
+                self.assertEqual((root / 'config/keep').read_bytes(), b'application data')
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/oci/tests/test_readonly_volume_preparation.py b/oci/tests/test_readonly_volume_preparation.py
index 37f67011..e823e612 100644
--- a/oci/tests/test_readonly_volume_preparation.py
+++ b/oci/tests/test_readonly_volume_preparation.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Run the installer's volume preparation loop against filesystem fixtures.
 
 Write doubles reject every mutation of the protected directory, including
-lost+found removal. Writable paths still run real rm/chmod; chown is recorded
+lost+found removal. Writable paths keep ordinary directories and run real chmod; chown is recorded
 without requiring root. These tests never invoke Proxmox or touch a container.
 """
 
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ TEMPLATE_FILE="$FIXTURE/template.json"
 DEPLOYMENT_FILE="$FIXTURE/deployment.json"
 HOST_BIND_UID=110001; HOST_BIND_GID=110001
 HOST_ROOT_UID=100000; HOST_ROOT_GID=100000
+SCRIPT_DIR="$REMOTE"
+oci_quiet() { printf "WRITE cleanup %s\n" "${!#}"; "$@"; }
 failed=0; volumes_prepared=0
 oci_log() { printf 'log %s\n' "$*"; }
 write_op() {
@@ -87,7 +89,7 @@ test "$failed" = 0
 '''
             result = subprocess.run(
                 ["bash", "-c", script], capture_output=True, text=True,
-                env=dict(os.environ, FIXTURE=str(fixture),
+                env=dict(os.environ, FIXTURE=str(fixture), REMOTE=str(ROOT / "remote"),
                          PROTECTED=str(protected) if read_only else ""),
                 timeout=15,
             )
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ test "$failed" = 0
                 self.assertTrue((protected / "lost+found").is_dir())
             elif "prepared=1" in result.stdout:
                 self.assertEqual(protected.stat().st_mode & 0o777, 0o750)
-                self.assertFalse((protected / "lost+found").exists())
+                self.assertTrue((protected / "lost+found").is_dir())
             return result
 
     def assert_skipped(self, result):
@@ -113,7 +115,7 @@ test "$failed" = 0
 
     def assert_prepared(self, result):
         self.assertEqual(result.returncode, 0, result.stderr + result.stdout)
-        for operation in ("rm", "chown", "chmod"):
+        for operation in ("cleanup", "chown", "chmod"):
             self.assertIn(f"WRITE {operation} ", result.stdout)
         self.assertIn("prepared=1", result.stdout)
 

From 1511680a95995e2d3282db1b37deb3e030813d5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: VAIO73 <50487331+Vaso73@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:53:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] fix(oci): reject missing managed mount roots

---
 oci/remote/oci_managed_volumes.py        |  7 +------
 oci/tests/test_managed_volume_startup.py | 15 +++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/oci/remote/oci_managed_volumes.py b/oci/remote/oci_managed_volumes.py
index 20be099e..a0068939 100644
--- a/oci/remote/oci_managed_volumes.py
+++ b/oci/remote/oci_managed_volumes.py
@@ -84,10 +84,7 @@ def remove_empty_format_directories(rootfs, deployment, backed_only=True, target
     if not paths:
         return 0
     flags = os.O_RDONLY | os.O_DIRECTORY | os.O_NOFOLLOW
-    try:
-        root = os.open(rootfs, flags)
-    except FileNotFoundError:
-        return 0
+    root = os.open(rootfs, flags)
     removed = 0
     try:
         for path in paths:
@@ -98,8 +95,6 @@ def remove_empty_format_directories(rootfs, deployment, backed_only=True, target
                     os.close(current)
                     current = following
                 removed += int(remove_empty_at(current))
-            except FileNotFoundError:
-                continue
             except OSError as error:
                 if error.errno in (errno.ELOOP, errno.ENOTDIR):
                     raise ValueError('Symbolic link or invalid managed volume path') from error
diff --git a/oci/tests/test_managed_volume_startup.py b/oci/tests/test_managed_volume_startup.py
index 2af33395..e2a4ef8d 100644
--- a/oci/tests/test_managed_volume_startup.py
+++ b/oci/tests/test_managed_volume_startup.py
@@ -174,6 +174,21 @@ class FormatDirectoryTests(unittest.TestCase):
             opened.assert_not_called()
 
 
+    def test_missing_rootfs_is_an_error_without_remove(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp, patch.object(volumes.os, 'rmdir') as remove:
+            with self.assertRaises(FileNotFoundError):
+                volumes.remove_empty_format_directories(Path(tmp) / 'missing', {'mounts': [
+                    {'container_path': '/config', 'type': 'managed-volume', 'backup': True}]})
+            remove.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_missing_managed_mount_is_an_error_without_remove(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp, patch.object(volumes.os, 'rmdir') as remove:
+            with self.assertRaises(FileNotFoundError):
+                volumes.remove_empty_format_directories(Path(tmp), {'mounts': [
+                    {'container_path': '/missing', 'type': 'managed-volume', 'backup': True}]})
+            remove.assert_not_called()
+
+
 class StartupContractTests(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         directory = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(); self.addCleanup(directory.cleanup)

From 3e3e0916f220badc7b97c48218e2100520e6f442 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MacRimi <123239993+MacRimi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:06:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] fix(oci): clean format directories of a running container

- Open the container root without O_NOFOLLOW, as /proc/<pid>/root is a link
- Keep the /config preparation of JDownloader in its overlay
---
 oci/catalog/overlays/jdownloader.json    |  5 +++++
 oci/remote/oci_managed_volumes.py        |  3 ++-
 oci/tests/test_managed_volume_startup.py | 10 ++++++++++
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/oci/catalog/overlays/jdownloader.json b/oci/catalog/overlays/jdownloader.json
index 8125de69..e8007e6d 100644
--- a/oci/catalog/overlays/jdownloader.json
+++ b/oci/catalog/overlays/jdownloader.json
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
   "proxmox": {
     "installer_profile": {
       "volume_preparations": [
+        {
+          "container_path": "/config",
+          "remove_lost_found": true,
+          "owner_strategy": "mapped-root"
+        },
         {
           "container_path": "/output",
           "remove_lost_found": true,
diff --git a/oci/remote/oci_managed_volumes.py b/oci/remote/oci_managed_volumes.py
index a0068939..575d16aa 100644
--- a/oci/remote/oci_managed_volumes.py
+++ b/oci/remote/oci_managed_volumes.py
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ def remove_empty_format_directories(rootfs, deployment, backed_only=True, target
     if not paths:
         return 0
     flags = os.O_RDONLY | os.O_DIRECTORY | os.O_NOFOLLOW
-    root = os.open(rootfs, flags)
+    # A running container is reached through /proc/<pid>/root, a link.
+    root = os.open(rootfs, os.O_RDONLY | os.O_DIRECTORY)
     removed = 0
     try:
         for path in paths:
diff --git a/oci/tests/test_managed_volume_startup.py b/oci/tests/test_managed_volume_startup.py
index e2a4ef8d..17df7d1b 100644
--- a/oci/tests/test_managed_volume_startup.py
+++ b/oci/tests/test_managed_volume_startup.py
@@ -91,6 +91,16 @@ class FormatDirectoryTests(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertEqual((root / 'config/keep').read_bytes(), b'application data')
             self.assertEqual(deployment, before)
 
+    def test_running_container_root_reached_through_a_link_is_cleaned(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            base = Path(tmp); real = base / 'rootfs'; real.mkdir()
+            lost, deployment = self.fixture(real)
+            proc_root = base / 'root'; proc_root.symlink_to(real, target_is_directory=True)
+            with ext4_metadata():
+                self.assertEqual(volumes.remove_empty_format_directories(proc_root, deployment), 1)
+            self.assertFalse(lost.exists())
+            self.assertEqual((real / 'config/keep').read_bytes(), b'application data')
+
     def test_nonempty_format_directory_has_no_remove_call(self):
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
             root = Path(tmp); lost, deployment = self.fixture(root)