---
title: Fleet Patch Audit — 2026-06-19
type: project
tags:
  - proxmox
  - ai
related: []
updated: 2026-06-21
status: active
---

# Fleet Patch Audit — 2026-06-19

Read-only audit snapshot as of 2026-06-19. **Nothing has been applied — this is a planning document to build the patch plan from.**

**Topology note:** the old Contabo VPS has been rebuilt as **edge1 (mail-only)**; **edge2 is now the front door for everything else**. edge1 is excluded from this audit (mid-rebuild/maintenance). **Headscale:** edge2 CT107 is the main fleet tailnet (34 nodes, `vpn.echo6.co`, self-hosted Headscale 0.28.0); utility CT106 is a separate IdahoMesh sub-tailnet (`vpn.idahomesh.com`, 3 nodes, low-risk). No services route through old-Contabo. **Mailcow CT108:** destroyed 2026-06-20 (`pct destroy 108 --purge`); backup preserved durably on pi-nas (`…/contabo-prewipe-2026-06/mailcow/`, sha256-verified); live mail on edge1 (MX/A for mail.echo6.co → 5.189.158.149).

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## Prioritized Backlog

### Tier 1 — Security-Urgent Guest OS

These containers have the highest raw security-update counts and have not been patched recently (or never). Address before any platform work.

| Host | Guest | Upgradable / Security | Notes |
|------|-------|-----------------------|-------|
| utility | CT119 mesh-territory | 179 / 91 sec | Never patched |
| utility | CT108 meshai | 109 / 79 | — |
| cloud | CT120 immich guest-OS | 191 / 101 | — |
| cloud | CT121 nextcloud guest-OS | 98 / 75 | — |
| media | CT110 peertube | 81 / 37 | — |
| utility | CT109 opentakserver | 34 / 31 | — |
| utility | CT104 central | 50 / 38 | Includes PostgreSQL 16.13 → 16.14 |

### Tier 2 — App / Container Updates

Updates where the application or its Docker images have drifted from current upstream, ordered roughly by operational risk.

| Scope | Guest | Item | Notes |
|-------|-------|------|-------|
| edge2 | CT105 | authentik 2025.12.4 → 2026.5.3 | **#1 security item** — 7 CVEs + 5 GHSAs in gap; sequential upgrade (min: 2025.12.6) |
| edge2 | CT107 | headscale 0.28.0 → 0.29.1 | Also a 2nd headscale on utility CT106 |
| edge2 | CT103 | forgejo 14.0.5 → 15.0.3 | **14.x EOL 2026-04-30** — migrate branch, not just patch |
| edge2 | CT106 | Synapse 1.155.0 / Element / MAS | Image drift + pending OS apt security updates |
| edge2 | CT104 | livesync couchdb:3.4 | Docker image drift |
| edge2 | CT108 | ~~mailcow (18 containers)~~ | ✅ **Decommissioned 2026-06-20** — superseded by edge1; no longer an update target |
| cloud | CT120 | immich — server/ml/valkey:9/postgres(14-vectorchord) | 4 images drifted |
| cloud | CT121 | nextcloud AIO — mastercontainer + NC app 32.0.4 | Mastercontainer behind; 12-container stack |
| cortex | VM150 | ollama / tei(1.7) / qdrant / open-webui / obsidian | 5 AI containers drifted |
| media | VM105 | arr stack — 8 containers | jellyfin/sonarr/radarr/prowlarr/sabnzbd/lidarr/navidrome/jellyseerr all :latest |

### Tier 3 — Platform / Reboot Windows

Reboot-bearing updates. Coordinate maintenance windows carefully. cortex and toc are PROTECTED hosts.

| Scope | Item | Detail |
|-------|------|--------|
| data, utility, cloud, media, toc (PVE 9 nodes) | PVE 9.1.1 → 9.2 | Reboot required |
| data, utility, cloud, media, toc | QEMU 10 → 11 | Reboot required |
| data, utility, cloud, media, toc | LXC 6 → 7 | Reboot required |
| data, utility, cloud, media, toc | Kernel 6.17.2 → 6.17.13 | Reboot required |
| edge2 | PVE 8.4.19 | Already fully patched — no action needed |
| cortex VM150 (PROTECTED) | NVIDIA driver 580.159 → 580.167 + DKMS | Reboot required |
| cortex VM150 (PROTECTED) | nvidia-container-toolkit 1.18 → 1.19 | — |
| pi-nas | Kernel 6.12 → 6.18 | Reboot required |
| pi-nas | OMV 8.1 → 8.4 | — |

### Cross-Cutting (All / Most Hosts)

| Item | Detail |
|------|--------|
| Tailscale | 1.94 → 1.98 nearly everywhere |
| Docker CE | → 29.6 wherever Docker is installed |

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## Non-Update Flags

Issues noted that are not package/image updates but warrant attention.

| Host / Guest | Flag | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| data | Disk 92% full | ~73 GB / 938 GB free; address before patching |
| utility CT118 archivist | rpcbind on 0.0.0.0:111 | No Tailscale client or firewall on this CT; exposed port |
| media VM105 jellyseerr | Non-stable image | Running preview-OIDC tag, not a stable release |
| data VM1130 nominatim | Stale image (14 months) | nominatim:4.5, pinned; confirm intentional |
| edge2 CT106 matrix / CT107 headscale | No Tailscale client | Ingress via Caddy; verify internal routing before patching |

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## Application Currency (2026-06-19)

Running application version vs latest stable upstream, per app — the "is everything up to date?" view (distinct from OS-package/image-drift above). Read-only. **Caveat:** version deltas were measured directly from the running apps and are reliable; the specific CVE/advisory IDs below were surfaced by the audit agents and are **post-knowledge-cutoff — verify against primary advisories before acting on them.** GitHub's anonymous API rate-limited a few "latest" lookups (noted inline).

### Security-relevant — prioritize

| App | Where | Running → Latest | Behind | Security note (verify) |
|-----|-------|------------------|--------|------------------------|
| **Authentik** | edge2 CT105 | 2025.12.4 → **2026.5.3** | ~6 mo / 5 majors | **#1** — claimed 7 CVEs + 5 GHSAs across two May-2026 waves. Min-disruption: 2025.12.6 (same branch, backported fixes); full: 2026.5.3. SSO — upgrade sequentially. |
| **Immich** | cloud CT120 | 2.5.6 → **2.7.5** | 9 rel | shared-link ACL bypass (2.6.0) + stored XSS panorama viewer (2.7.0) |
| **Valkey** | cloud CT120 | 9.0.2 → **9.1.0** | 3 patch | 6 CVEs, "SECURITY" urgency (use-after-free, DoS, RESP injection) |
| **RabbitMQ** | utility CT109 | 3.12.1 → **4.2.8** | EOL major | 3.x abandoned upstream; 4 advisories 2026-06-18, no 3.x backports |
| **Nominatim** | data/recon-vm | 4.5.0 → **5.3.2** | ~19 mo, major | v4→v5 data-model break; needs image swap + full re-import (pair w/ Photon 1.2.0) |
| **Ollama** | cortex | 0.16.1 → **0.30.10** | 14 minor | history of SSRF / path-traversal CVEs |
| **Nextcloud** | cloud CT121 | 32.0.4 → **32.0.11**; AIO ~v12.5 → **13.2.1** | 7 patch / ~8 AIO | resource-exhaustion fix (32.0.10); AIO image ~5 mo stale |
| **Forgejo** | edge2 CT103 | 14.0.5 → **15.0.3** | EOL branch | 14.x EOL 2026-04-30; no further backports — migrate to 15.0.3 (LTS) |
| **SABnzbd** | media VM105 | 4.5.5 → **5.0.4** | major | 5.x security hardening over 4.x |
| **Jellyfin** | media VM105 | 10.11.6 → **10.11.11** | 5 patch | 10.11.x patch cycle has carried CVE fixes |
| **Jellyseerr** | media VM105 | **preview-OIDC dev** → 3.3.0 | unreleased | running unpinned dev code — no stable security posture |
| **PeerTube** | media CT110 | 8.0.2 → **8.2.1** | 2 patch | 8.x patch releases include security fixes |
| **Open-WebUI** | cortex | 0.8.1 → **0.9.6** | ~1.5 minor | touches auth/session surface |
| **MediaMTX** | utility CT109 | 1.13.0 → **1.19.1** | 6 minor | RTSP/WebRTC streaming attack surface |
| **Headscale** ×2 | utility CT106 + edge2 CT107 | 0.28.0 → **0.29.1** | 1 minor | upgrade-guide-required; two separate instances; no security flag noted |

### Operational / host-level (not a simple app bump)

| Item | Where | Finding |
|------|-------|---------|
| **Mailcow** | edge2 CT108 | ✅ **DECOMMISSIONED 2026-06-20** — destroyed (`pct destroy 108 --purge`); backup on pi-nas, live mail on edge1. |
| **Host kernel** | **edge2 host** | Agent flagged DirtyFrag (CVE-2026-43284/-43500) + copy.fail (CVE-2026-31431, claimed CISA KEV) as host-kernel LPE. **Tension:** the host audit showed edge2 fully patched (0 upgradable) on its repo — **verify** whether these need a kernel newer than the no-subscription repo provides. |

### Current / already past the fix (no action)

Vaultwarden 1.36.0 (edge2 CT102 — has the SSO-takeover/org-access CVE fixes) · PDM 1.1.4 (edge2 CT100 — past the RCE PSA) · WordPress 7.0 core + all plugins/themes (edge2 CT101) · Synapse 1.155.0 / Element / MAS (edge2 CT106 — current, only minor `:latest` digest drift) · obsidian-remote v1.12.7 (cortex) · PostgreSQL 16.14 (recon-vm).

### Lower urgency

Mumble 1.5.517→1.5.901 · Caddy 2.10.2/2.11.3→2.11.4 · Qdrant 1.16.3→1.18.2 · TEI 1.7.4→1.9.3 · Valhalla 3.6.3→3.7.0 · Photon 1.1.0→1.2.0 · kiwix 3.7.0→3.8.2 · CouchDB 3.4.3→3.5.2 (livesync) · Navidrome 0.60.3→0.62.0 · Sonarr/Radarr/Prowlarr/Lidarr 1–2 versions · NATS 2.14.0→2.14.2 · PostgreSQL 16.12/16.13→16.14 · meshmonitor (~1 mo, exact ver undeterminable) · searxng (rolling, ~4.5 mo) + valkey-8 sidecar 8.1.5→8.1.8 · mautrix-signal v0.2603.0.

### Internal echo6 apps (no upstream to track)

central-*, meshai, archivist, meshwars, recon / recon-watchdog, navi-* — running; version = current git head.

---

## Proposed Patch Approach (NOT executed — for planning)

Lowest-risk changes first; everything reboot-bearing deferred to scheduled windows.

**Principles**
- **Security-pocket apt only** in the first pass (openssl, openssh, gnutls, krb5, libc6, samba, nghttp2, etc.). No PVE 9.2 / QEMU / LXC / kernel, no Docker image pulls, no OMV/NVIDIA, no reboots.
- **Protected hosts (cortex, toc) never go in a bulk pass** — handled individually in their own window. Note: toc hosts cortex (VM150), so a toc reboot drops cortex — the two must be coordinated together.
- **edge1 (mail)** excluded while it's mid-rebuild.
- `needrestart` will bounce affected daemons after glibc/openssl upgrades — seconds of blip per guest, no data risk.

**Phased plan**

| Phase | Scope | Reboot? | Notes |
|------|-------|---------|-------|
| **1 — Guest/VM security apt** | utility CT100,101,102,103,104,106,107,108,109,112,118,119 · cloud CT120,121 · media VM105,CT110,CT111 · data VM1130 · edge2 CT100–107 | No | Lowest blast radius. Worst-first: CT119, CT108, immich/nextcloud guest-OS, peertube. |
| **2 — Hypervisor host OS security** | data, utility, cloud, media host OSes (**not toc**) | No | One node at a time; restarts hypervisor-side daemons (smbd etc.). edge2 host already patched. |
| **3 — App / container updates (Tier 2)** | per-app, native updater each | Per-app | **COMPLETE 2026-06-21** — all app upgrades done (security-critical, low-urgency batch, and cortex AI stack). See Phase 2 Execution Log. |
| **4 — Reboot windows (Tier 3)** | PVE 9.2 + QEMU 11 + LXC 7 + kernel on the 5 PVE-9 nodes; pi-nas kernel + OMV; cortex NVIDIA/DKMS | **Yes** | Schedule deliberately; toc+cortex coordinated. |
| **Cross-cutting** | Tailscale 1.94→1.98 fleet-wide | No | Can ride along Phase 1/2. |

**Special handling — do NOT bulk-patch these; use the native updater**
- **mailcow** (edge2 CT108) → ✅ decommissioned 2026-06-20, no action
- **nextcloud AIO** (cloud CT121) → update mastercontainer, then in-UI update button (port 8080)
- **immich** (cloud CT120) → `docker compose pull && up -d` from its compose dir
- **authentik** (edge2 CT105) → sequential version upgrades with migrations; 2025.12.4 → 2026.2.0 cannot skip releases
- **pi-nas OMV** → OMV's own update path, not raw apt
- **cortex / toc** → manual, protected, own window

---

## Open Decisions

### Resolved (2026-06-19/20)

1. **RabbitMQ 3.12→4.x** — **ACCEPTED** as a decoupled sub-task (Erlang ≥26 → 3.13.x → enable feature-flags → 4.x); the OpenTAKServer bump does NOT cover it. In scope for this campaign.
2. **Break-glass** — **VALIDATED**: all 7 LAN SSH paths work independent of the tailnet; every PVE node (incl. edge2) has local `pam`/`pve` realms; Authentik `akadmin`, Forgejo `matt`, Nextcloud `admin` local logins confirmed. ⚠️ **One gap → PDM (edge2 CT100)** has only `openid:authentik` in `domains.cfg`; confirm `root@pam` login at `https://100.64.0.28:8443` (or add a `pam:` stanza) **before** the Authentik upgrade.
3. **Phase scope** — **ALL PHASES**; no-reboot work (Phase 1–2) first, platform/reboot (Phase 3) scheduled separately.
4. **Daemon-restart tolerance** — **DOWNTIME ACCEPTED**; needrestart blips OK on the stateful guests (still take logical DB dumps for safety, but no holding restarts for availability).
5. **edge2 host kernel (DirtyFrag/copy.fail)** — **NO ACTION / NO REBOOT**: running `6.8.12-30-pve`, the newest its repos offer; no update available, no reboot-required flag. Not actionable without a repo/branch change. edge2 needs no Phase 3 reboot.
6. **CVE verification** — **NOT GATING**: being behind on versions is sufficient justification; post-cutoff CVE IDs are not chased or relied on for ordering.
7. **Maintenance windows** — **NO CONSTRAINT** (single user); disruptive steps may run anytime, no scheduling/announcement needed.
8. **Nominatim 4→5** — **DEFERRED / OUT OF SCOPE**: spun off to [[nominatim-v5-reimport]] as its own project.
9. **Headscale location** — **RESOLVED**: fleet control plane = edge2 CT107 (`vpn.echo6.co`, 34 nodes — high-risk); IdahoMesh sub-tailnet = utility CT106 (`vpn.idahomesh.com`, 3 nodes — low-risk). No Contabo routing.
10. **mailcow CT108** — **RESOLVED**: superseded by edge1; safe to decommission (pending backup-off-CT verify below).
11. **Phase 2 host-OS sequencing** — **RESOLVED**: folded into Phase 3 reboot window.
12. **In-scope app campaign** — Forgejo 14→15, Matrix/Synapse, Authentik chain, RabbitMQ, media stack, immich, nextcloud, headscale, cortex AI. (Nominatim excluded per #8.)

### Pre-flight gates — status (2026-06-20)

- **PDM break-glass** — ✅ **DONE**: local `admin@pam` (Administrator) created on PDM CT100, login verified via API, Authentik realm untouched; cred in `credentials`, config backup at CT100 `/root/access.bak-2026-06-20`.
- **CT118 archivist rpcbind** — ✅ **DONE**: nftables rule restricts port 111 to source `192.168.1.240` (NFS server) only; NFS mount healthy, ruleset persisted. Now 100% LAN-internal.
- **mailcow CT108** — ✅ **DONE**: backup durable on pi-nas (`…/contabo-prewipe-2026-06/mailcow/`, sha256-verified), live mail confirmed on edge1; **CT108 destroyed (`pct destroy 108 --purge`, 2026-06-20)** — config + disk image purged. edge2 now hosts CT100–107.
- **data disk (92%)** — ⏏️ **DE-SCOPED**: not a gate. OS package updates are roll-back-able (reinstall prior version); the migration-heavy apps that need real rollback (Authentik, Forgejo, Nextcloud, PeerTube) live on cloud/edge2, not `data`. Optional cleanup only (~6 GB obviously-safe: stale ISO, zimit temp) if ever wanted.

**Rollback model (corrected):** OS packages → reinstall the prior version (no VM snapshot needed). App DB-migration upgrades (Authentik/Forgejo/Nextcloud/PeerTube) → restore a quiesced DB dump (cheap), since reinstalling the old binary won't unwind a migrated schema.

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## Phase 1 — Execution Log (2026-06-20)

**Status: COMPLETE.** 26 guests patched (security-pocket only), every service validated back up, ~600+ security packages cleared, zero data loss. No host reboots (guests only). Method: snapshot-or-DB-dump → security-only apt (`apt-get install --only-upgrade` from the security pocket) → `pct reboot` → service-by-service validation.

### Guests patched

- **utility:** CT100, CT101, CT102, CT103, CT104, CT106, CT107, CT108, CT109, CT112, CT118, CT119
- **cloud:** CT120, CT121
- **media:** VM105, CT110, CT111
- **data:** VM1130
- **edge2:** CT100, CT101, CT102, CT103, CT104, CT105, CT106, CT107

(CT107 = headscale — see Critical Finding 1 below.)

### DB dumps / rollback points captured (reusable in Phase 2)

| Guest | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| authentik CT105 | `/root/authentik-db-20260620.sql` (126 MB) | — |
| matrix CT106 | `/root/matrix-db-20260620.sql` (60 MB) | — |
| forgejo CT103 | `/root/forgejo-db-20260620.sql` | — |
| wordpress CT101 | dump taken on CT101 | — |
| peertube CT110 | DB dump | — |
| opentakserver CT109 | PG dump + LVM snapshot | — |
| central CT104 | PG dump + snapshot | — |
| immich CT120 | `/root/immich-predates-20260620.sql` | — |
| headscale CT107 | `/root/headscale-db-20260620.sqlite` | — |

**Note:** many edge2 and cloud CTs' storage does NOT support `pct snapshot` — DB dump or package-reinstall is the rollback model for those.

### Incidental fixes made during Phase 1

- **(a) CT110 peertube — immutable `/etc/resolv.conf` blocked reboot.** The file had `chattr +i` set (intentional NordVPN DNS protection). Cleared the immutable flag to allow the reboot, then verified the flag was restored and DNS remained healthy after boot.
- **(b) CT111 mcc — DNS hijacked to unreachable MagicDNS.** Tailscale `accept-dns` was redirecting DNS to a MagicDNS address that was not reachable from this CT. Disabled `tailscale accept-dns`, set `1.1.1.1` / `8.8.8.8` persistently.
- **(c) PostgreSQL on central CT104 moved 16.13→16.14** as part of the security-pocket apt pass.
- **(d) Fleet-wide stale `/etc/hosts` fix** — see Critical Finding 2.

### ✅ Critical Finding 1 — CT107 headscale reboot-survival — FIXED 2026-06-20

On `pct reboot 107`, the fleet headscale coordinator crash-looped and required approximately 15 minutes of manual recovery. Two root causes:

- **(a) Docker compose bridge `headscale_default` came up `linkdown`** after the unprivileged-LXC reboot.
- **(b) Bootstrap chicken-and-egg:** Docker port-binds headscale to `100.64.0.38` (tailscale0), but tailscale0 needs headscale (the coordinator) to come up first.

Recovery required: `compose down` → `docker restart` → manually add `100.64.0.38/32` to tailscale0 → `compose up` → re-auth CT107's own tailscale node with a fresh preauthkey → temporarily DNAT `vpn.echo6.co` through CT107's internal IP to bootstrap, then revert Caddy config and clean up iptables.

**Resolution (2026-06-20):** Root cause was a triple boot deadlock: (a) headscale/headplane Docker ports were bound to the tailscale IP `100.64.0.38` (which only exists after tailscaled connects to headscale — circular); (b) the `headscale-stack.service` systemd unit waited on `tailscale-online.target` (also needs headscale up); (c) `only_start_if_oidc_is_available: true` blocked startup on Authentik reachability.

Fix applied (all originals backed up `.bak-20260620`):
1. Rebound both ports `100.64.0.38:8084/3100` → `10.10.10.25:8084/3100` (CT's static internal IP, always up at boot) in `/opt/headscale/docker-compose.yml`.
2. `headscale-stack.service` → `After=docker.service` only (dropped `tailscale-online.target` dependency).
3. `only_start_if_oidc_is_available: false` in `/opt/headscale/config.yaml`.
4. Repointed edge2 `/etc/caddy/Caddyfile` `vpn.echo6.co` upstream (and `/admin*` headplane) to `10.10.10.25`.

**PROVEN by a controlled `pct reboot 107`: headscale self-healed in ~45 seconds with ZERO manual intervention** — `/health` 200, RestartCount 0, clean logs, 32 fleet nodes online.

Known minor leftover (cosmetic, non-blocking): CT107's OWN tailscale client node (100.64.0.38) stays in NoState because its tailscaled ControlURL points at its own IP (`http://100.64.0.38:8084`) — a self-bootstrap chicken-and-egg. The headscale SERVICE is fully healthy and the fleet is coordinated; CT107 is managed via the edge2 host OOB path, so its own tailnet membership is optional. Candidate follow-up: point CT107 tailscaled ControlURL at `https://vpn.echo6.co` (now always reachable via Caddy→10.10.10.25) so it self-registers cleanly.

### 🔴 Critical Finding 2 — fleet-wide stale /etc/hosts broke coordinator connectivity

7 fleet nodes — data, cloud, media, utility hosts, plus caddy CT101, cobalt CT112, and peertube CT110 — had a stale `5.189.158.149 vpn.echo6.co` line in `/etc/hosts` left over from before the 2026-06-19 headscale migration to edge2. This pinned `vpn.echo6.co` to edge1 (now mail-only), so tailscaled hit Mailcow's TLS cert and could never reach the real coordinator — affected nodes showed OFFLINE in headscale while coasting on persistent WireGuard tunnels (still SSH-reachable, masking the problem).

**Fixed 2026-06-20:** removed the stale line and ran `tailscale up` on all 7; all confirmed ONLINE in the coordinator. `/etc/hosts.bak-20260620` backups left on each host.

**IMPACT on Phase 3:** this class of bug means a reboot of an affected host while its control connection was stale would have failed to rejoin the tailnet — the primary lockout risk. Now that all nodes have valid control connections, reboots should re-register cleanly. However: **verify each node is ONLINE in headscale before AND after any Phase-3 reboot.**

Headscale stale-node cleanup: deleted dead nodes `mailcow` (destroyed CT108) and a stale peertube duplicate, both on 2026-06-20.

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## Phase 2 — Execution Log (2026-06-21)

**Status: COMPLETE (2026-06-21).** All app upgrades done — high-priority, security-critical, low-urgency batch, and cortex AI stack. Only Phase 3 (platform/reboots) and the deferred Nominatim project remain.

### Completed upgrades

All targets below were validated healthy post-upgrade; rollback DB dumps retained on the respective CTs under `/root`.

**Wave 1 — cloud apps**

| App | Host | From → To | Notes |
|-----|------|-----------|-------|
| Immich | cloud CT120 | 2.5.6 → 2.7.5 | XSS + ACL-bypass fixes; stack includes Valkey 9 and vectorchord PG |
| PeerTube | media CT110 | 8.0.2 → 8.2.1 | — |
| Nextcloud AIO | cloud CT121 | NC 32.0.4 → **33.0.5** (major); mastercontainer updated | Major NC version; AIO orchestrated update path |

**Wave 2 — media stack (media VM105)**

| App | From → To | Notes |
|-----|-----------|-------|
| Jellyfin | 10.11.6 → 10.11.11 | — |
| Sonarr | → 4.0.17 | — |
| Radarr | → 6.2.1 | — |
| Prowlarr | → 2.4.0 | — |
| Navidrome | → 0.62.0 | — |
| SABnzbd | 4.5.5 → **5.0.4** (major) | Major upgrade; clean migration |
| Lidarr | DEFERRED | Image maintainer hasn't shipped v3 — needs image swap to linuxserver to go v3; left on current |
| Jellyseerr | INTENTIONALLY HELD on `preview-OIDC` tag | Stable lacks OIDC support; switching would break SSO login |

**Authentik (edge2 CT105) 2025.12.4 → 2026.5.3**

Done as 3 sequential hops: 12.4 → 12.6 → 2026.2.4 → 2026.5.3. `pg_dump` before each hop; migrations clean each time. **SSO verified end-to-end by Matt logging into navi.** Closes the May-2026 CVE waves. (ak app version 5.2.15.)

**Forgejo (edge2 CT103) 14.0.5 → 15.0.3**

EOL-branch migration; v15 schema migrations applied cleanly; web 200, API reports 15.0.3. Pre-15 DB dump at `/root/forgejo-db-pre15-20260621.sql`.

**Headscale 0.28 → 0.29.1 (both instances)**

- **CT106** (utility, IdahoMesh 3-node mesh) — upgraded first as rehearsal; native systemd binary.
- **CT107** (edge2, fleet coordinator, Docker) — 32/32 nodes reconnected post-upgrade; health 200; boot-survival fix preserved (ports remain on 10.10.10.25). 0.29 breaking changes documented in [[meshtastic-headscale-runbook]] (key changes: `randomize_client_port` removed — was a hard blocker; ephemeral key config nested; minimum Tailscale client 1.80.0; bare ACL `*` now tailnet-only).

**OpenTAKServer (utility CT109) 1.7.10 → 1.7.12**

Clean; all 9 TAK services healthy.

### Key decision — RabbitMQ LEFT on 3.12.1 (EOL)

Empirically confirmed during the OTS update: updating OTS to 1.7.12 does **not** touch RabbitMQ — OTS 1.7.12 runs fine against RabbitMQ 3.12.1/Erlang OTP 25. Forcing RabbitMQ → 4.x is the wrong move: OTS is built and tested against 3.12, and 4.x has breaking changes (queue-mirroring removal, feature-flag requirements) that would likely break OTS, which does not appear to support 4.x. AMQP/MQTT ports are localhost-bound, so exposure is low. The EOL 3.12 is a low-priority latent risk to revisit only if/when OTS officially supports RabbitMQ 4.x. **NOT a current action item.**

### Incidental fixes and side-work during Phase 2

- **CT107 boot-survival fix** (applied earlier in the effort, during Phase 1 resolution) — rebound headscale/headplane ports to 10.10.10.25, dropped `tailscale-online.target` dependency, disabled `only_start_if_oidc_is_available` gate, repointed edge2 Caddy; proven by reboot self-heal in ~45 s. Also corrected CT107's own tailscale node ControlURL to `vpn.echo6.co` so it self-registers cleanly.
- **Utility node incident (resolved):** a batch delete of 9 LVM-thin snapshots triggered an SSD TRIM/discard storm that spiked I/O and load transiently; compounded by CT103 argus running hot (transcription + docker-compose build churn). Matt migrated argus to the cloud node, resolving the issue; utility load returned to normal. **LESSON: delete thin-pool snapshots one at a time — not in a batch — to avoid the discard storm.**
- **Nextcloud:** granted `matt@echo6.co` the NC admin role. (user_oidc has no group-claim sync, so this is durable across SSO logins.)
- **Radarr:** set up a `\\192.168.1.160\manual` SMB drop folder on the same NFS export as the library (atomic-move imports) for manual movie filing.
- **Snapshot hygiene:** all rollback snapshots cleaned up after validation — Phase 1 `presec-*`, Phase 2 `prewave2-*`, OTS `pre-ots-*` snapshots all removed.

### Completed — low-urgency batch and cortex AI stack

**Low-urgency batch — DONE:**
- Caddy (utility CT101): 2.10.2 → 2.11.4
- CouchDB (edge2 CT104 livesync): 3.4 → 3.5.2 — all 5 DBs intact
- valkey-8 sidecar (utility CT102 searxng): bumped to latest 8.x
- NATS (utility CT104 central): 2.14.0 → 2.14.2 — all 12 JetStream streams intact
- MediaMTX (CT109): 1.13.0 → 1.19.1
- Mumble (CT109): already latest in Ubuntu repo (1.5.517 — no upstream action possible without going off-distro)

**cortex AI stack — DONE** (protected host; containers only; NO reboot, NO driver touch):
- qdrant: 1.16.3 → 1.18.2
- tei: 1.7 → 1.9 (bge-m3 on GPU)
- ollama: 0.16.1 → 0.30.10 (vault-tagger 100% GPU)
- open-webui: 0.8.1 → 0.9.6
- Both `.ref` vault-engine deps (ollama vault-tagger + tei bge-m3) confirmed working on GPU.

### Minor follow-ups noted (non-urgent)

- **Caddy expired cert:** Caddy flagged an EXPIRED unmanaged cert for `navidrome.echo6.co` (pre-existing condition, not caused by the upgrade) — fix if that hostname matters.
- **MediaMTX deprecated config params:** 1.19 uses deprecated param names (`protocols` → `rtspTransports`, `encryption` → `rtspEncryption`) — works now (warnings only); rename before a future MediaMTX release removes them.
- **Rollback artifact cleanup:** retained rollback artifacts to clean once comfortable: `/root` DB dumps on their respective CTs (authentik hop1/2/3, forgejo, headscale107, immich, peertube, OTS), binary backups (caddy.bak, nats-server.bak, mediamtx.bak on their CTs), and openwebui DB backup on cortex (`/home/zvx/openwebui-webui.db.bak-20260621`).
- **Vestigial utility exit-node route:** stale 0.0.0.0/0 exit-node route on utility — optional cleanup (harmless post-0.29 Headscale).

### Separate deferred projects

- Nominatim v5 re-import — see [[nominatim-v5-reimport]]

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## Execution Runbook (Meticulous)

Step-by-step plan to bring every application and package current. Per-app target versions live in **Application Currency** above; this section is the *how/when/order*. Execution model: scoped Sonnet task per target → Opus verifies output → report to Matt; **approval gate before every load-bearing or reboot step.**

### Standing guardrails (apply to EVERY step)

- **Protected hosts — cortex & toc — never in a bulk pass.** They get a dedicated, manual window. Note the coupling: **toc reboot drops cortex (VM150), which is the Claude Code host** — expect to lose the control session during that window; drive it from elsewhere or accept the outage.
- **One target at a time.** Verify health before moving to the next.
- **Snapshot/backup before each mutating step:** `pct snapshot` / `qm snapshot` (or `vzdump`) the guest first; DB dump before any DB-bearing upgrade; run the app's own backup where it has one (Nextcloud AIO, mailcow).
- **No host reboots outside the explicit Phase 3 windows.** Security upgrades that set `reboot-required` are applied but activation deferred to Phase 3. Host OS-security apt for the four cluster nodes is NOT applied in Phase 1 — it rides the Phase 3 full-upgrade window.
- **Rollback for DB-bearing apps = quiesced logical dump + old binary together.** For authentik, forgejo, nextcloud, peertube, and immich the rollback unit is a `pg_dump` / AIO borg / peertube dump taken with the app stopped and the old binary still in place. "Redeploy previous image tag" is NOT valid after forward-only migrations — Django/TypeORM migrations do not reverse, and a `pct snapshot` of a hot separate-volume DB may restore torn. Record before/after version in the tracking table.
- Every result must survive a reboot (standing infra policy).

### Load-bearing dependencies (drive the ordering)

- **Authentik (edge2 CT105) = SSO.** Upgrading it briefly breaks login to everything behind it. Confirm **break-glass admin** access first; do in a low-traffic window; verify dependent-service logins after.
- **Caddy (utility CT101) = home-services ingress.** A restart blips all home services — fold its update into a deliberate moment, not mid-day.
- **Headscale ×2:** edge2 CT107 = main fleet tailnet (34 nodes, `vpn.echo6.co`, ControlURL `https://vpn.echo6.co` → 184.174.35.153) — **HIGH lockout risk**. utility CT106 = IdahoMesh sub-tailnet (`vpn.idahomesh.com`, 3 nodes) — low risk. Upgrade CT106 first as rehearsal. Edge2 CT107 upgrade MUST be driven from an out-of-band path (edge2 host console / direct SSH to 184.174.35.153, NOT over `vpn.echo6.co`); extend node key-expiry first; dump DB off-tailnet before touching it.
- **Nominatim 4→5 is NOT a routine update** — it's a re-import project (see Phase 2C).

### Phase 0 — Pre-flight (no app changes yet)

**STEP 1 (FIRST — gates everything mutating): Verify break-glass and out-of-band access.** Confirm a non-Tailscale, non-Caddy path to every node: Proxmox/Contabo console for edge2, LAN `192.168.1.x` SSH for home nodes, PVE noVNC/`pct enter` for each CT. Confirm PVE/Proxmox web auth is PAM/local, NOT behind Authentik. Prove it: log into Contabo/PVE console; `pct enter` 105/106/107; confirm LAN SSH; locate break-glass creds in `.ref/credentials`. Verify Authentik akadmin (private browser session) + each protected app has a local-admin fallback (Forgejo `admin user`, Nextcloud `occ`, PDM/Vaultwarden local). Every node + CT shell must be reachable WITHOUT Authentik/headscale/Caddy. Losing the management path mid-run is the single highest-consequence failure mode.

**STEP 2: Measure snapshot headroom (per node).** Run `pvesm status` + `df -h` on data/utility/cloud/media/toc/edge2. Record the storage backend per node (LVM-thin/ZFS/dir-qcow2) and its over-provision failure mode. Hard numeric rule: never start a snapshot below ~20% free; require ≥2× the largest guest's expected write-delta. Cloud node CT120/CT121 free space must be measured now — not assumed. Identify where vzdump lands; if it's `data`, freeing `data` is a fleet-wide rollback prerequisite.

**STEP 3: Free space on `data`** (92% full, ~73 GB free) — sized to the largest planned snapshot (VM1130 recon-vm / nominatim+overture+padus). Prune stale vzdump/snapshots/ISOs; `docker image prune` on recon-vm (do NOT remove the pinned `nominatim:4.5` image). Confirm nothing deleted is the only copy of a backup or live NAS data. Verify: usage <~85% on snapshot-backing storage; test snapshot succeeds then remove. **Blocks data host Phase 3 and canary use.**

**STEP 4: Verify off-host restorable backups** (distinct from per-step snapshots) for every stateful guest: central PG/NATS (CT104), opentakserver PG + RabbitMQ definitions (CT109), forgejo PG + repos (CT103), matrix Synapse PG (CT106), nextcloud AIO borg (CT121), edge2 livesync CouchDB (CT104). At least one copy must live off the node being changed.

**STEP 5: Capture pre-change baseline HEALTH snapshot.** Record per-target up/down, container states (`docker ps`/`pct`/`qm status`), key endpoint 200 checks, and `apt list --upgradable`/security counts. Note known oddities: jellyseerr on preview-OIDC dev tag, mailcow CT108 already STOPPED, pinned-stale nominatim, CT118 archivist rpcbind on `0.0.0.0:111`.

**STEP 6: Decision gates.** Close genuinely-open decisions before Phase 1/2/3 can start: daemon-restart tolerance sign-off (Open Dec #7); verify post-cutoff CVE claims against primary advisories with owner+URL per claim; resolve edge2 host-kernel CVE question fully (pin `uname -r`, check repo kernel availability, decide reboot yes/no — not left conditional); define and announce maintenance windows in America/Boise naming user-facing blips.

**STEP 7: edge2 CT108 mailcow — ✅ DONE.** CT108 destroyed 2026-06-20 (`pct destroy 108 --purge`); config + disk image purged. Backup verified durable on pi-nas (`…/contabo-prewipe-2026-06/mailcow/`, sha256-verified); edge1 confirmed serving mail (MX/A → 5.189.158.149). edge2 now hosts CT100–107.

### Phase 1 — Guest OS security packages (no reboot; hosts folded into Phase 3)

Guests only in Phase 1 (low blast radius). **The four cluster hosts' OS-security apt rides their Phase 3 full-upgrade window** — do NOT patch data/utility/cloud/media host OS in Phase 1 (avoids a mixed-state libc/openssl across the entire Phase 2 app campaign; both phases get cleaned up in one reboot anyway). edge2 host is already fully patched — no action. toc excluded (Phase 3, with cortex).

Per guest target: `apt-get update` → snapshot → apply **security-pocket** upgrades → needrestart policy (see below) → verify service health and security-upgradable count hits 0. Kernel/libc security that flags `reboot-required` → applied, reboot activation deferred to Phase 3.

**needrestart policy:**
- **Stateful guests — `NEEDRESTART_MODE=l` (list-only), then deliberate bounce:** CT104 central (PG16/NATS/JetStream), CT109 opentakserver, CT110 peertube, VM1130 recon-vm. Stage the packages; take a logical DB dump with the app quiesced; bounce each service deliberately in controlled order. A JetStream restart mid-write loses messages on at-most-once pipelines; a RabbitMQ/redis bounce mid-job is not a clean "blip."
- **Lockout-critical daemons — `NEEDRESTART_MODE=l` + deliberate controlled bounce:** Authentik CT105, headscale instance(s), Caddy CT101/CT111, sshd on any host you're connected through. Run `needrestart -r l` to see what would restart; bounce deliberately so a libc/openssl bump can't auto-bounce auth/tailnet/SSH daemons out from under the operator.
- **All other guests:** `needrestart -r a` (automatic) is acceptable — seconds of blip, no data risk.

**Ordering:**
1. **Canary first** (utility CT112 cobalt idle, or CT102 searxng) — prove the full procedure on a low-stakes guest before touching never-patched targets.
2. **Worst-first (after canary proven):** utility CT119 mesh-territory (91 sec, never patched), CT108 meshai (79 sec), cloud CT120/CT121 guest-OS (101/75 sec), media CT110 peertube (37 sec), utility CT109 opentakserver (31 sec), CT104 central (38 sec, incl. PG 16.13→16.14 + NATS).
3. **Remaining guests:** all other utility/cloud/media/edge2 CTs + data VM1130 (recon-vm). Gate data VM1130 step on data disk remediation verified DONE.
4. **edge2 CT106 matrix / CT107 headscale (NO Tailscale client):** drive via `pct exec` from the edge2 HOST (`root@184.174.35.153`) ONLY — never over service ingress. Treat as own singleton steps, not part of edge2 batch. `needrestart -r l`; do NOT restart headscaled/synapse unless required.
5. **Control-plane singletons LAST:** home-ingress Caddy CT101 and headscale instance(s) — each with DB backup + node-stays-joined verification, never inside a batch.
6. **cortex VM150 (PROTECTED):** security apt manually in the toc+cortex window (Phase 3 coordination); not in bulk.
7. **Cross-cutting:** Tailscale 1.94→1.98 and Docker CE→29.6 ride along Phase 1 under the same snapshots; EXCLUDE edge2 CT106/CT107 from Tailscale bump (no TS client).
8. **pi-nas:** Debian security pocket with `linux-image-*` and `openmediavault*` packages held; kernel upgrade rides Phase 3.

### Phase 2 — Application updates

**Hard isolation rule:** {Headscale, Authentik, Caddy, Forgejo} are NEVER in the same maintenance window — at least one of {tailnet, SSO, ingress, git} must always be a known-good recovery path.

**2A — Load-bearing SSO and control-plane apps (in this order):**

- **Authentik (edge2 CT105) — FIRST, sequential hops, pg_dump per hop.**
  - **Pre-flight before any hop:** (1) Prove break-glass: log in as akadmin in a private browser session; confirm every protected app has a working local-admin fallback (Forgejo `admin user`, Nextcloud `occ`, PDM/Vaultwarden local, PVE PAM). (2) Audit/rename duplicate group names — the Django migration fails loudly on dupes. (3) If local `/media` storage is used, stop the service, `mv ./media ./data/media`, rewrite compose volume, before starting any new version.
  - **Hop sequence (no skipping):** 2025.12.4 → **2025.12.6** (backported security) → **2026.2.x** → **2026.5.3**. One hop at a time: `pct snapshot` + `pg_dump` (labelled per hop) → pull new tag → `compose up -d` → migrations run → verified-login gate (all dependent SSO logins tested) → abort+restore on FIRST migration error. Verify all dependent SSO logins BEFORE upgrading any of the dependents.
  - Rollback: `compose down` → restore prior tag + dump; or `pct rollback` for the full CT.

- **Caddy (utility CT101 + media CT111) — early in Phase 2, before home-service app verification.** Pair CT101/CT111 in one deliberate low-traffic window (separate from Authentik, Forgejo, and headscale windows). Validate `caddy validate`; spot-check Caddy↔Authentik path; document a direct Caddy-bypassing Authentik admin URL as break-glass. Verify all home services reachable through the new ingress before proceeding with other app upgrades.

**2B — Self-managed updaters** (snapshot → run native updater → verify):

- **OpenTAKServer (utility CT109) — app upgrade first, RabbitMQ SEPARATE:**
  - Run OTS upgrade script (upgrades OTS + webUI + schema only). Snapshot first. Verify OTS web/API up; CoT works; TAK clients reconnect.
  - **RabbitMQ 3.12.1→4.2.8 is a SEPARATE sub-task (decoupled, after OTS app step).** The OTS updater does NOT migrate RabbitMQ, Erlang, or feature flags — the EOL RabbitMQ 3.12 would silently remain. Decoupled upgrade: `pct snapshot` + `rabbitmqctl export_definitions` → upgrade Erlang to ≥26 → 3.12→3.13.x → `rabbitmqctl enable_feature_flag all` (confirm all enabled, no classic-queue-mirroring config remains) → only then 4.x. A naive 3.12→4.x jump refuses to boot. Gate "OTS done" on RabbitMQ 4.x up + TAK clients reconnecting before accepting the bundled MediaMTX/Mumble bumps.
  - Rollback: restore snapshot + definitions export.

- **Immich (cloud CT120)** — prune old images + `docker image prune` before snapshot; disable Immich background regeneration until free space is confirmed; `docker compose pull && up -d`. Do NOT interrupt first-boot 2.5→2.7 DB migration. Also clears Valkey 9.0.2→9.1.0. Rollback = restore `pct snapshot` + `pg_dump` taken with the app stopped (not a hot-DB snapshot alone). Verify web, mobile sync, ML.

- **Nextcloud AIO (cloud CT121)** — AIO borg backup → stop → update mastercontainer → trigger child update via AIO UI (:8080). A stale AIO may need two cycles. Rollback unit = AIO borg backup (mastercontainer downgrade is not supported — borg is the only path back). Verify `occ status` 32.0.11; 12 containers green; integrity clean.

**2C — Versioned apps** (snapshot → bump/upgrade → verify):

- **Forgejo (edge2 CT103) — branch migration 14.x→15.0.3 (separate window from Authentik).**
  - Pre-steps: `git clone --mirror` echo6-docs (and other critical repos) to an OFF-edge2 location; pause the `echo6-docs-autocommit` cron so recovery docs survive an edge2/Forgejo failure; run `forgejo doctor check --all [--fix]` to repair stopwatch/tracked_time inconsistencies BEFORE backup+bump. Read 15.0 breaking changes + forward-only FK migration notes.
  - `pct snapshot 103` + repos volume + `pg_dump` + app.ini → bump tag 14→15 → pull/up → migrations → verify.
  - Rollback: restore 14.0.5 image + volume + dump.

- **Headscale 0.28→0.29.1 — utility CT106 FIRST (rehearsal), edge2 CT107 LAST.**
  - CT106 (IdahoMesh, 3 nodes, low risk): standard 0.28→0.29 upgrade guide; `pct snapshot` + DB backup; stop → upgrade binary → config migrate → start. Verify `nodes list` all joined; verify headplane compatibility.
  - CT107 (main fleet, 34 nodes, HIGH lockout risk — edge2 front door): extend/disable node key-expiry on all 34 nodes BEFORE starting; `pct snapshot 107` + dump headscale DB off-tailnet (NOT via vpn.echo6.co); keep a second authenticated SSH session open to 184.174.35.153. Drive entirely from edge2 host console / direct SSH to `root@184.174.35.153` — NOT over the tailnet being upgraded. Verify boot chain: edge2 host → CT107 autostart → headscale up → `vpn.echo6.co` resolves → Caddy proxies. Rollback: restore snapshot via console (not via tailnet).
  - NOT in the same window as Caddy, Authentik, or Forgejo.

- **Media stack (media VM105):**
  - `qm snapshot 105` before batch. SABnzbd 4.5→5.0: pause/empty queue; audit custom post-proc scripts (`empty_postproc` removed in 5.x, scripts now run on failed jobs); pin 5.0.4 tag; pull/up; verify queue intact. Lidarr 2.x→3.x: pin v3; pull/up; DB migration on start; verify library+indexers+download client. Sonarr/Radarr/Prowlarr (1-2 ver): routine bumps after SABnzbd/Lidarr. Jellyfin 10.11.6→10.11.11: pin tag; pull/up. Navidrome: routine bump.
  - **Jellyseerr preview-OIDC→stable 3.3.0: DECISION GATE before retag.** preview-OIDC → stable 3.3.0 is a schema DOWNGRADE; TypeORM stable may refuse to start against a dev-migrated DB. Confirm the correct destination artifact (jellyseerr stable vs "Seerr" successor) and, if OIDC is in active use, confirm 3.3.0 parity. Test stable image against a COPY of the DB first. If parity unclear → STOP and report.
  - Verify each UI; snapshot before, per-app snapshots for majors.

- **PeerTube (media CT110)** — quiesce import/transcode jobs; `pct snapshot 110` + `pg_dump peertube_prod`; run PeerTube upgrade script 8.0.2→8.2.1; restart; verify. Rollback = `pct rollback` + restore dump.

- **cortex AI stack (PROTECTED — manual, own window):** ollama 0.16.1→0.30.10 (snapshot models volume — the only rollback after pulling new models; upgrade; verify existing `ollama run` without re-pull; verify vault-tagger at localhost:11434 and TEI at localhost:8090 still work); open-webui 0.8.1→0.9.6; qdrant 1.16→1.18; tei 1.7→1.9. Pull images, verify.

**2D — Lower-urgency batch:** caddy (minor), couchdb livesync (3.4→3.5.2), valhalla, photon, kiwix, NATS 2.14.0→2.14.2, valkey-8 sidecar (8.1.5→8.1.8) — snapshot + update as convenient.

Vaultwarden, PDM, WordPress, Synapse/Element/MAS, obsidian, recon-vm Postgres → **already current, skip.**

**2E — Separate project (not in this campaign):**
- **Nominatim 4.5→5.3 + Photon 1.1→1.2 (recon-vm)** — requires full OSM re-import into a SEPARATE DB/instance; keep `nominatim:4.5` image + data until 5.x validated; transient import disk (flat-nodes tens of GB) cannot live on the 92%-full `data` pool; Photon 1.2 AFTER nominatim 5.x validated, never concurrently. Schedule as its own effort.

### Phase 3 — Platform & reboot windows (coordinated, approval-gated)

> ~~🔴 BLOCKED — edge2 reboot was NOT permitted until the CT107 headscale boot-survival fix was in place.~~ **✅ CLEARED 2026-06-20 — the CT107 headscale boot-survival fix is applied and proven** (see Critical Finding 1 in the Phase 1 Execution Log). The triple boot deadlock (tailscale-IP port bind + tailscale-online.target wait + OIDC gate) has been resolved; headscale now self-heals in ~45 seconds after a CT107 or edge2 reboot with zero manual intervention. The Phase-3 edge2 reboot blocker is lifted. The remaining gates below (corosync quorum + Finding-2 headscale-ONLINE check per node) still apply.

> **🔴 GATE for every Phase-3 host reboot (Critical Finding 2):** Before AND after rebooting any node, confirm that node is ONLINE in the headscale coordinator (`headscale nodes list`). Stale `/etc/hosts` entries previously masked coordinator disconnects behind coasting WireGuard tunnels — the stale entries have been removed fleet-wide, but verify ONLINE status at each reboot step to catch any regression. This gate is IN ADDITION TO the corosync-quorum gate below.

**Corosync cluster rules (apply to EVERY node reboot in this section):**
- The five PVE nodes (data, utility, cloud, media, toc) are ONE `echo6-cluster`, quorum = 3 of 5. Losing quorum makes `/etc/pve` read-only fleet-wide and freezes all VM/CT start/stop/config on every surviving node.
- Before EACH node reboot: `pvecm status` must show `Quorate: Yes` and `Expected votes: 5`. Also run `ha-manager status` — if any guest is HA-managed, the reboot triggers fencing/auto-migration rather than a clean local stop/start.
- Reboot ONE node at a time. Wait for full 5/5 rejoin before the next node.
- Disable HA migration and NO live migration during the mixed-version window (QEMU 10/11 boundary — running VMs keep QEMU 10 machine type until cold-started; cross-boundary migration fails).

**Per-node procedure:** `apt update && apt full-upgrade` (so proxmox-ve/qemu/lxc metapackages pull) → this also clears the held host OS-security packages → reboot → verify `pveversion` + all guests return with `onboot=1`. Confirm `pvecm status` shows 5/5 before proceeding.

**Pre-window for each node:** vzdump all guests to an EXTERNAL target (not the local pool, never `data`) so a guest that won't start under LXC 7 can be restored elsewhere. Read PVE 9.2 + LXC 7 release notes for unprivileged-CT/cgroupv2/apparmor breaking changes before the first node.

**Canary node order (lowest blast-radius with headroom first):** media (single arr VM + peertube, non-auth/non-DB-critical) → cloud (immich/nextcloud, after media proven) → data (after disk remediation verified; its near-full pool can fail the mandatory pre-reboot snapshot — do NOT use as canary until remediated) → **utility LAST of the four** (carries Caddy ingress + mesh/central stack — deliberately-scheduled full home-ingress + mesh-coordination outage, announce in advance) → **toc+cortex LAST AND ALONE** (see below).

**Post-reboot re-verification gate (per node):** after each node boots into 9.2/LXC7, re-run the Phase-2 health checks for every guest that received a major app upgrade on that node (CT120 immich, CT121 nextcloud, CT110 peertube, VM105 arr, CT109 OTS). The substrate changed under them.

**toc + cortex — DONE LAST AND ALONE, after all four other nodes are quorate:**
- toc is the 5th cluster vote AND the GPU host for cortex (VM150) AND the management/Claude Code host. Rebooting toc removes a vote and kills the box you'd diagnose from. It must NEVER overlap any other node reboot (toc down + one other = 3/5 → one corosync flap loses quorum).
- Name and TEST a concrete alternate control point (a non-cortex host with keys + tooling) BEFORE this window. Stabilize the tailnet well before it — never in the same period as a headscale upgrade.
- cortex steps IN ORDER:
  1. `qm snapshot 150 pre-nvidia` + vzdump (from toc, before anything changes)
  2. `apt --only-upgrade nvidia-container-toolkit`; `nvidia-ctk runtime configure`; restart docker → verify `--version`=1.19 + `docker run --gpus all nvidia-smi`
  3. `apt --only-upgrade nvidia-driver-580 nvidia-dkms-580`; DKMS rebuild → verify `dkms status` shows installed + `nvidia-smi`=580.167 BEFORE rebooting toc. Keep the old driver package installed as a reinstall fallback.
  4. cortex Phase 1 security apt (if not already done in its own window)
- Then reboot toc → verify toc rejoins (`pvecm status` 5/5) → verify VM150 autostart + cortex GPU passthrough return → final AI-stack health check (driver 580.167; all 5 containers; ollama/tei/qdrant/open-webui; vault-tagger+TEI engines; TS online; Docker 29.6).
- **The Claude Code host goes down here** — run this step from the alternate control point.

**pi-nas — standalone window, TWO reboots:**
- Confirm physical/serial console access (no remote KVM on an RPi); export `config.xml` off-box; confirm pi-nas is not mid-sync as a Syncthing/backup target before each reboot. Back up `/boot` + `/boot/firmware`; keep the old kernel installed as fallback.
- Reboot 1: OMV 8.1→8.4 via OMV's own update path (NOT raw `apt full-upgrade` — use OMV UI Update Mgmt or `omv-upgrade`) → reboot → verify shares/SMB/NFS/omv-salt healthy.
- Reboot 2 (AFTER reboot 1 verified): kernel 6.12→6.18 — `apt install linux-image-arm64` (unhold); update bootloader; reboot ON APPROVAL → verify `uname -r`=6.18; LAN+tailnet up; shares mount; Docker up. Rollback: boot retained 6.12; restore `/boot`; on-site SD reflash.
- Independent of cluster windows.

**edge2 — CONDITIONAL (CT107 boot-survival blocker CLEARED 2026-06-20):**
- ~~Previously also blocked on the CT107 headscale boot-survival issue~~ — that blocker is resolved; headscale survives a CT107 or edge2 reboot and self-heals in ~45 seconds (see Critical Finding 1, fixed 2026-06-20).
- Reboot only if Phase 0 resolved the DirtyFrag/copy.fail CVE question as "yes, needs a newer kernel" (Open Decision #5 recorded "no action / no reboot" — edge2 host already fully patched). If a reboot is ever required: give it a dedicated window AFTER Authentik CT105 + headscale CT107 are upgraded and verified; announce SSO+tailnet downtime; drive from a non-tailnet path; confirm all CTs auto-start. edge2 is a single SPOF for ingress — no failover. Do NOT fold into cluster windows.

### Phase 4 — Cross-cutting (fold into earlier phases)

- **Tailscale 1.94→1.98** fleet-wide — rides along Phase 1.
- **Docker CE →29.6** wherever installed — rides along Phase 1/2 under the same snapshots.

### Tracking checklist (tick per target)

### Enumerated Target Checklist

| Phase | Target | Action | Snapshot | Update method | Verify | Rollback | Depends-on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Break-glass / OOB access matrix (ALL nodes) | Verify non-Tailscale, non-Caddy path to every node + each lockout-critical CT (headscale, Authentik CT105, Caddy, Forgejo CT103); confirm PVE/Proxmox web auth is PAM/local not Authentik | None (read-only) | Log into Contabo/PVE console; `pct enter` 105/106/107; confirm LAN `192.168.1.x` SSH; locate break-glass creds in `.ref/credentials`; TEST Authentik akadmin + each app local-admin fallback | Every node + CT shell reachable WITHOUT Authentik/headscale/Caddy; akadmin login screenshotted | N/A | FIRST Phase 0 step; gates everything mutating |
| 0 | Per-node free space + snapshot backend | `pvesm status` + `df -h` on data/utility/cloud/media/toc/edge2; record backend (LVM-thin/ZFS/dir-qcow2) + failure mode; size vs largest guests | None | Read-only; set numeric rule: never snapshot below ~20% free, require ≥2× write-delta | Free GB recorded per pool; cloud node measured; vzdump target located | N/A | Precedes all snapshot-bearing steps |
| 0 | `data` host — disk remediation (92% full, ~73 GB) | Free space sized to largest planned snapshot (VM1130) | None (cleanup; confirm deletions are cache/backup not live) | Prune stale vzdump/snapshots/ISO; `docker image prune` on recon-vm (keep `nominatim:4.5`) | Usage <~85% on snapshot-backing storage; test snapshot succeeds then removed | Restore from Forge/Syncthing/backup if a needed file removed | Free-space capture; BLOCKS data host step + canary use |
| 0 | Off-host restorable backups (stateful guests) | Verify last-good vzdump/PBS off the node for central, OTS, forgejo, matrix, nextcloud, edge2 livesync CouchDB | N/A | Read-only verification + on-demand `pg_dump`/app backup copied off-host | ≥1 backup off the changing node, restore-testable | N/A | Precedes all mutating stateful steps |
| 0 | Baseline HEALTH capture (all targets) | Record up/down, container states, endpoint 200s, `apt upgradable`/security counts; note oddities | None | `pct/qm status`, `docker ps`, curl probes, `apt list --upgradable` | Baseline recorded; oddities logged (jellyseerr dev tag, CT108 stopped, nominatim pin, CT118 rpcbind) | N/A | Precedes Phase 1 |
| 0 | Decision gates | Close daemon-restart tolerance sign-off (Open Dec #7); verify post-cutoff CVE claims vs primary advisories w/ owner+URL; resolve edge2 kernel question (uname -r vs repo availability); define+announce Boise maintenance windows with user-facing blip list | None | Read-only / sign-off | Each decision recorded before Phase 1/2/3 can start | N/A | Gates Phase 1/2/3 |
| 0 | ~~edge2 CT108 mailcow~~ | ✅ **DONE — destroyed 2026-06-20** (`pct destroy 108 --purge`); backup durable on pi-nas (sha256-verified); edge1 confirmed serving mail | N/A | N/A | CT108 purged; edge1 mail in+out confirmed | N/A | Complete |
| 0 | edge2 host kernel CVE question | Decide if DirtyFrag/copy.fail require a reboot | None (record `pveversion -v`) | Compare installed proxmox-kernel vs verified-advisory fixed versions; escalate if no-sub repo lacks fix (no repo changes w/o approval) | Decision (reboot yes/no) recorded | N/A | Gates edge2 Phase 3 row |
| 1 | Procedure canary — utility CT112 cobalt (idle) or CT102 searxng | Prove apt→snapshot→security upgrade→needrestart→verify on low-stakes guest | `pct snapshot` pre-phase1 | `apt-get update`; security pocket only; `needrestart -r l` then deliberate | Security-upgradable=0; service healthy; needrestart clear | `pct rollback` | Phase 0; runs BEFORE worst-first guests |
| 1 | utility CT119 mesh-territory (179/91, never patched) | Security-pocket apt | `pct snapshot 119` | `pct exec`; security pocket; `needrestart -r a` | sec count=0; meshwars up | rollback snapshot | After canary |
| 1 | utility CT108 meshai (109/79) | Security-pocket apt | `pct snapshot 108` | `pct exec`; security pocket; needrestart | sec=0; meshai up | rollback snapshot | After canary |
| 1 | utility CT104 central (PG16 16.13→16.14 + NATS/JetStream) | Security apt incl. PG minor; STAGED, controlled bounce | `pct snapshot 104` + `pg_dumpall` | `NEEDRESTART_MODE=l`; stage pkgs; quiesce JetStream publishers; bounce PG then NATS deliberately | sec=0; `select version()`=16.14; JetStream/MQTT consumers reconnected | rollback snapshot; restore dump | Phase 0 #8; stateful carve-out |
| 1 | utility CT109 opentakserver (OS layer, 31 sec) | Security apt; STAGED, do NOT touch RabbitMQ/MediaMTX/Mumble here | `pct snapshot 109` | `NEEDRESTART_MODE=l`; stage; deliberate bounce | sec=0; TAK clients reconnect | rollback snapshot | Precedes CT109 Phase 2 app work |
| 1 | media CT110 peertube (81/37, native PG16+redis) | Security apt; STAGED controlled bounce | `pct snapshot 110` (PG rides in CT snap) | `NEEDRESTART_MODE=l`; stop import/transcode jobs; snapshot redis; deliberate bounce | sec=0; PeerTube plays; PG16/redis/nginx up; nordvpn up | rollback snapshot | Phase 0 #8 |
| 1 | data VM1130 recon-vm (34/10, PG16+navi-backend) | Security apt; STAGED controlled bounce | `qm snapshot 1130 pre-phase1-apt` | `NEEDRESTART_MODE=l`; deliberate PG + navi-backend bounce | sec=0; psql overture/padus; navi-backend/recon.py/photon/kiwix up | `qm rollback` | data disk remediation done first |
| 1 | cloud CT120 immich (191/101) | Guest security apt; Tailscale 1.94→1.98 + Docker CE→29.6 ride along | `pct snapshot 120 pre-phase1-os` | `pct exec`; security pocket; docker bounce acceptable | sec=0; immich stack Up; web reachable; TS=1.98 | `pct rollback` | Before cloud host step + CT120 app upgrade |
| 1 | cloud CT121 nextcloud AIO (98/75) | Guest security apt; TS+Docker ride along | `pct snapshot 121 pre-phase1-os` | `pct exec`; security pocket | sec=0; 12 AIO containers Up; web reachable | `pct rollback` | Before cloud host step + AIO app upgrade |
| 1 | media VM105 arr (43/9) | Guest security apt; TS+Docker ride along | `qm snapshot 105 pre-os-sec` | `apt`; security pocket; needrestart | sec=0; 8 containers Up; Samba + all UIs load | `qm rollback` | Before VM105 Phase 2 apps |
| 1 | media CT111 mcc (51/13, local caddy+postfix) | Guest security apt | `pct snapshot 111 pre-os-sec` | `pct exec`; security pocket | sec=0; caddy+postfix active | `pct rollback` | Independent (no Phase 2 app) |
| 1 | utility CT100/101/102/103/106/107/112/118 (OS layer) | Security-pocket apt per CT; lockout-critical (Caddy CT101, headscale CT106) carved to LIST mode + LAST; CT118 leave rpcbind alone | `pct snapshot` each + headscale DB backup for CT106 | `pct exec`; security pocket; `needrestart -r l` for control-plane CTs | sec=0 each; ingress spot-check; `headscale nodes list` joined | `pct rollback` | Phase 0; control-plane CTs last as singletons |
| 1 | edge2 CT100-105 (OS layer, via `pct exec` from edge2 host) | Security-pocket apt per CT; DB dumps for CT101 WP MariaDB, CT104 CouchDB, CT105/CT106 PG | `pct snapshot` each pre-phase1 + DB dumps | From `root@184.174.35.153` `pct exec`; security pocket; defer reboot | sec=0; each app reachable via Caddy front door | `pct rollback`; restore DB dump | Phase 0; edge2 host fully patched (host = no-op) |
| 1 | edge2 CT106 matrix / CT107 headscale (NO Tailscale client) | Security apt driven via `pct exec` from edge2 HOST only; singletons | `pct snapshot` + Synapse PG dump (106) + headscale DB backup (107) | From edge2 host shell; `needrestart -r l`; do NOT restart headscaled/synapse unless required | sec=0; matrix federation+login; `headscale nodes list` all joined; Caddy ingress works | `pct rollback`; restore DB | OOB path confirmed first; NOT in edge2 batch |
| 1 | cortex VM150 (PROTECTED, 90 upgradable) | Security apt; manual in toc+cortex window; TS+Docker ride along | `qm snapshot 150 pre-sec-apt` (from toc) | `apt --only-upgrade` security pkgs; `needrestart -r a`; defer reboot | sec=0; 5 AI containers Up; `nvidia-smi` ok | `qm rollback` | Phase 0; protected — not bulk |
| 1 | pi-nas host OS (subset of 130) | Debian security pocket; HOLD kernel 6.12→6.18 + OMV pkgs | Off-box `config.xml` + `dpkg --get-selections` baseline | `apt-mark hold linux-image-* openmediavault*`; `-t trixie-security upgrade`; unhold; needrestart | sec=0; shares mount; OMV UI loads; no reboot now | Reinstall prior pkg from cache; restore config.xml | Phase 0; precedes pi-nas kernel reboot |
| 1 | Cross-cutting Tailscale 1.94→1.98 (all TS-client nodes) | Bump client; rides along Phase 1; EXCLUDE edge2 CT106/CT107 | Covered by per-target Phase 1 snapshot | `apt install --only-upgrade tailscale`; daemon restart | `tailscale version`=1.98; node still joined | Reinstall 1.94; snapshot rollback | Folds into Phase 1; LAN/console fallback confirmed |
| 1 | Cross-cutting Docker CE→29.6 (Docker hosts) | Bump engine; rides along Phase 1/2 | Covered by per-target snapshot | `apt install --only-upgrade docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io`; daemon restart | `docker version`=29.6; containers return | Downgrade pkg; snapshot rollback | Folds into Phase 1; before compose pulls |
| 2 | edge2 CT105 Authentik 2025.12.4→2025.12.6 (hop 1) | SSO hop #1 (FIRST load-bearing app); pre-flight: dedup group names, `/media`→`/data/media` if local storage | `pct snapshot 105` + `pg_dump` (per-hop) | Edit tag; `compose pull && up -d`; run migrations; NO skipping | UI=12.6; migrations clean; dependent login works | `compose down`; restore tag+dump; or `pct rollback` | Phase 0 break-glass proven; window |
| 2 | edge2 CT105 Authentik 2025.12.6→2026.2.x (hop 2) | SSO hop #2 cross-major | `pct snapshot` + fresh `pg_dump` | tag→2026.2.x; pull/up; migrations | UI=2026.2.x; logins re-verified | restore prior tag+dump | after hop 1 |
| 2 | edge2 CT105 Authentik 2026.2.x→2026.5.3 (hop 3, final) | SSO hop #3; verify CVE/GHSA IDs; insert any mandatory intermediate | `pct snapshot` + fresh `pg_dump` | tag→2026.5.3; pull/up; final migrations | UI=2026.5.3; full sweep of dependent logins; close window | restore prior tag+dump | after hop 2; verify dependents BEFORE upgrading them |
| 2 | utility CT101 + media CT111 Caddy (ingress, EARLY) | Caddy bump (before home-app verification); map Caddy↔Authentik path; document direct Authentik admin URL | `pct snapshot` + Caddyfile/certs backup | `caddy validate`; restart in low-traffic window | home services reachable; certs valid | rollback snapshot/Caddyfile | After CT101 Phase 1; separate window from Authentik |
| 2 | edge2 CT103 Forgejo 14.0.5→15.0.3 (branch migration) | Major migration; pre: off-edge2 `git clone --mirror` echo6-docs + pause autocommit cron + `forgejo doctor check --all --fix` | `pct snapshot 103` + repos volume + `pg_dump` + app.ini | `doctor check`→repair→backup→bump tag 14→15; pull/up; migrations | reports 15.0.3; clone/push works; CI/webhooks ok | restore 14.0.5 image + volume + dump | After CT103 Phase 1; NOT same window as Authentik |
| 2 | utility CT109 OTS app | OTS updater (app+webUI+schema) — does NOT migrate RabbitMQ | `pct snapshot 109` + PG dump | Run OTS upgrade script | OTS web/API up; CoT works; clients reconnect | rollback snapshot + dump | After CT109 Phase 1 OS |
| 2 | utility CT109 RabbitMQ 3.12.1→4.2.8 (SEPARATE) | Decoupled EOL major: Erlang≥26→3.13.x→`enable_feature_flag all`→4.x | `pct snapshot` + `rabbitmqctl export_definitions` | staged hops; confirm flags enabled; no classic-mirroring config | 4.2.x; queues intact; TAK clients reconnect | restore snapshot + definitions | GATES MediaMTX/Mumble accept; after OTS app |
| 2 | utility CT106 + edge2 CT107 Headscale 0.28→0.29 | Lower-stakes instance FIRST (rehearsal), front-door LAST; disable key-expiry; OOB-driven | `pct snapshot` + headscale DB dump off-tailnet | stop→backup→replace binary→config migrate→start; headplane to match | version=0.29.1; `nodes list` all joined; tunnels intact | restore snapshot+DB via console | one-at-a-time; non-tailnet path; not same window as Caddy/Authentik/Forgejo |
| 2 | cloud CT120 Immich 2.5.6→2.7.5 (+Valkey 9.0.2→9.1.0, vectorchord PG) | Stack upgrade; prune images first; do NOT interrupt first-boot migration; disable bg regen | `pct snapshot 120 pre-immich-2.7.5` + `pg_dump` | `compose pull && up -d`; let migrations run; no skip across breaking migration | web+login; jobs process; valkey 9.1.0 ping; version 2.7.5 | restore tag (only with dump) or `pct rollback` | After CT120 Phase 1; free space confirmed |
| 2 | cloud CT121 Nextcloud AIO (master ~12.5→13.2.1, NC 32.0.4→32.0.11) | AIO orchestrated update; borg backup as rollback artifact | AIO borg backup + `pct snapshot 121` | AIO backup→stop→update mastercontainer→UI :8080 "Update containers" | 12 containers green; `occ status` 32.0.11; integrity clean | restore from AIO borg; else `pct rollback` | After CT121 Phase 1; AIO self-gates intermediate versions |
| 2 | media CT110 PeerTube 8.0.2→8.2.1 (native) | Native upgrade script; quiesce jobs | `pct snapshot 110` + `pg_dump peertube_prod` | back up DB → run PeerTube `upgrade.sh`/version steps → restart | reports 8.2.1; video plays; PG16/redis/nginx healthy | `pct rollback` + restore dump | After CT110 Phase 1 |
| 2 | media VM105 jellyfin 10.11.6→10.11.11 | Patch bump | `qm snapshot 105` (pre-app batch) | `compose pull jellyfin && up -d` (pin tag) | UI=10.11.11; plays/transcodes | redeploy prior digest; `qm rollback` | After VM105 Phase 1 |
| 2 | media VM105 SABnzbd 4.5.5→5.0.4 (MAJOR) | Major; pause queue; audit post-proc scripts | `qm snapshot 105 pre-sabnzbd` + `sabnzbd.ini` | pin 5.0.4; pull/up; migrate on start | UI=5.0.4; queue intact; test NZB; arr integrations ok | redeploy 4.5.5 + restore ini (queue repair); `qm rollback` | After VM105 Phase 1; before Lidarr |
| 2 | media VM105 Lidarr 2.x→3.x (MAJOR) | Major branch migration | `qm snapshot 105 pre-lidarr` + `lidarr.db` | pin v3; pull/up; DB migration on start | UI=v3; library+indexers+download client ok | restore db (migration one-way); `qm rollback` | After SABnzbd (verify download-client link) |
| 2 | media VM105 Sonarr/Radarr/Prowlarr (1-2 ver) | Routine bumps | pre-app VM snapshot + config DBs | `compose pull && up -d` | UIs load; prowlarr sync; test grab | redeploy prior tags + DBs | After SABnzbd/Lidarr |
| 2 | media VM105 Navidrome 0.60.3→0.62.0 | Routine bump | pre-app snapshot + DB | `compose pull navidrome && up -d` | UI=0.62.0; library scans; track streams | redeploy 0.60.3 + DB | Independent of arr chain |
| 2 | media VM105 jellyseerr preview-OIDC→stable 3.3.0 | DECISION GATE: schema downgrade + correct artifact (jellyseerr vs Seerr) + OIDC parity | `qm snapshot 105 pre-jellyseerr` + config dir | test stable vs DB COPY first; swap tag only if compatible | UI=3.3.0; requests intact; OIDC/login works | restore preview tag + config; `qm rollback` | After jellyfin/arr; STOP+report if OIDC parity unclear |
| 2 | edge2 CT104 livesync CouchDB 3.4→3.5.2 | Lower-urgency image bump | `pct snapshot 104` + CouchDB volume backup | bump tag; `compose pull && up -d` | reports 3.5.2; `_up` healthy; LiveSync replicates test edit | restore 3.4 + volume; `pct rollback` | After CT104 Phase 1; triple-sync verify |
| 2 | utility CT104 NATS 2.14.0→2.14.2 | Lower-urgency patch | `pct snapshot 104` (JetStream dir in snap) | replace binary; restart | 2.14.2; JetStream/MQTT intact | `pct rollback` | After CT104 Phase 1 (PG already done); stateful blip |
| 2 | utility CT100 meshmonitor / CT102 searxng+valkey-8 (8.1.5→8.1.8) | Lower-urgency image refresh | `pct snapshot` + record digests | `compose pull && up -d` | containers Up; function ok | redeploy prior digest; `pct rollback` | After respective Phase 1 |
| 2 | edge2 CT100 PDM / CT101 WP core / CT102 Vaultwarden / CT106 Synapse | Verify-current / no-op (already at/past fix); WP plugin/theme = separate WP-CLI follow-up | None (Phase 1 snaps) | optional digest re-pull only | versions confirmed; logged as current | redeploy prior digest | Closes as no-op |
| 2 | cortex Ollama 0.16.1→0.30.10 (PROTECTED) | Image bump; no downgrade after new pull | `qm snapshot 150 pre-ollama` + models volume | `compose pull ollama && up -d`; test inference | `/api/version`=0.30.10; models intact; GPU used; vault-tagger works | re-pin 0.16.1; restore snapshot if model format broke | After cortex Phase 1 + Docker + toolkit |
| 2 | cortex Open-WebUI 0.8.1→0.9.6 | Image bump (auth surface) | `qm snapshot 150 pre-openwebui` | bump tag; pull/up | UI loads; login works; reaches Ollama | re-pin 0.8.1; snapshot | After Ollama |
| 2 | cortex Qdrant 1.16.3→1.18.2 / TEI 1.7.4→1.9.3 | Lower-urgency image bumps | `qm snapshot 150` per app | bump tag; pull/up | health endpoints ok; collections/embeddings intact; docs engine works | re-pin prior; snapshot | After cortex Docker+toolkit; verify engines |
| 2 | cortex obsidian-remote v1.12.7 | Verify-current / no-op | None | none | container up; UI reachable | N/A | — |
| 2 | utility CT118 archivist rpcbind 0.0.0.0:111 | Remediate exposure (network change — APPROVAL) | `pct snapshot 118` | per approved option: disable rpcbind / bind localhost+TS / firewall | port 111 not on 0.0.0.0; app functions; external scan closed | re-enable / `pct rollback` | After CT118 Phase 1; approval-gated (Open Dec #6) |
| 2 | ~~edge2 CT108 mailcow~~ | **REMOVED — CT108 destroyed 2026-06-20 (not retained)** | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 3 | Per-node corosync/HA pre-flight (data/utility/cloud/media/toc) | Before EACH reboot | None | `pvecm status` (Quorate:Yes, 5 votes); `ha-manager status` | quorate + expected votes=5; HA implications known | abort if not quorate | Gates each Phase 3 node reboot |
| 3 | Canary node (lowest blast + headroom; media, NOT data until disk freed) | Full 9.2/QEMU11/LXC7/kernel reboot to prove the path | vzdump all guests to EXTERNAL target + record `pveversion -v` | `apt update && apt dist-upgrade` → reboot; NO live-migration in mixed window | `pveversion`=9.2/QEMU11/LXC7/kernel 6.17.13; all guests `onboot` return; quorate | boot prior kernel (GRUB); restore guests from vzdump | Phase 1+2 done; canary before high-stakes nodes |
| 3 | media host PVE 9.1.1→9.2 (+QEMU11/LXC7/kernel) | Platform + reboot | vzdump VM105/CT110/CT111 + snapshots | `dist-upgrade` → reboot | guests return; arr/peertube/caddy healthy; quorate | GRUB prior kernel; vzdump restore | After media Phase 1+2; one node at a time |
| 3 | cloud host PVE 9.2 platform + reboot | Platform + reboot | vzdump CT120/CT121 + record versions | `dist-upgrade` → reboot | immich+nextcloud return healthy; quorate | GRUB prior kernel; vzdump restore | After cloud Phase 1+2; after canary proven |
| 3 | utility host PVE 9.2 platform + reboot | Platform + reboot (known full home-ingress + mesh + central outage) | vzdump all 12 guests + versions | `dist-upgrade` → reboot | all 12 return; Caddy ingress + headscale + central back; quorate | GRUB prior kernel; vzdump restore | LAST of early nodes; low-traffic window |
| 3 | data host PVE 9.2 platform + reboot | Platform + reboot | vzdump VM1130 + versions | `dist-upgrade` → reboot | VM1130 returns; NFS/Samba serve; quorate | GRUB prior kernel; vzdump restore | After disk remediation; one at a time |
| 3 | Hypervisor host OS-security (folded in) | Apply held host libc/openssl WITH the platform full-upgrade per node | covered by per-node vzdump | included in `dist-upgrade` (not applied back in Phase 1) | sec=0 host-side post-reboot; daemons up | per-node rollback | Fold-in decision (Open Dec #2) |
| 3 | Post-reboot app re-verification (per node) | Re-run Phase-2 health checks for majored guests on each rebooted node | None | health probes | CT120/CT121/CT110/VM105/CT109 healthy on new substrate | re-snapshot/redeploy degraded component | After each node reboot |
| 3 | cortex nvidia-container-toolkit 1.18→1.19 | Toolkit bump (pair w/ driver) | `qm snapshot 150 pre-nvtoolkit` | `apt --only-upgrade nvidia-container-toolkit`; `nvidia-ctk runtime configure`; restart docker | `--version`=1.19; `docker run --gpus all nvidia-smi` ok | downgrade 1.18; snapshot | toc+cortex window |
| 3 | cortex NVIDIA driver 580.159→580.167 + DKMS (reboot) | Driver + DKMS as discrete reversible step BEFORE toc reboot | `qm snapshot 150 pre-nvidia` + vzdump | `apt --only-upgrade nvidia-driver-580 nvidia-dkms-580`; DKMS rebuild; verify BEFORE toc reboot | `nvidia-smi`=580.167; `dkms status` installed; containers see GPU | restore snapshot; reinstall 580.159 + DKMS | Keep old driver pkg; after toolkit |
| 3 | toc host PVE 9.2 + QEMU11 + LXC7 + kernel (reboot — LAST, drops cortex) | Platform + reboot; only guest is VM150 | vzdump/snapshot VM150 + record `pveversion` | snapshot VM150 → `dist-upgrade` toc → reboot → VM150 returns → cortex driver reboot | `pveversion`=9.2; toc rejoins (5/5 votes); VM150 + GPU healthy | restore VM150 from vzdump; GRUB prior kernel | LAST + alone; alternate control point TESTED; all 4 other nodes quorate |
| 3 | cortex final stack health verification | Post-window full AI-stack + engine check | keep pre-window snaps until verified | verification only | driver 580.167; all 5 containers; ollama/tei/qdrant/open-webui; vault-tagger+TEI engines ok; TS online; Docker 29.6 | restore degraded component; worst case VM150 vzdump | LAST action of node group |
| 3 | pi-nas OMV 8.1→8.4 (reboot #1, separate window) | OMV native update path (NOT raw apt) → reboot | off-box `config.xml` export + plugin/layout record | OMV UI Update Mgmt or `omv-upgrade`; reboot | OMV=8.4; shares/SMB/NFS/RAID/mergerfs healthy; client mounts | restore config.xml + `dpkg --set-selections` 8.1 + `omv-salt deploy` | Physical access; not mid-sync; after Phase 1 |
| 3 | pi-nas kernel 6.12→6.18 (reboot #2, separate window) | Kernel bump → reboot; activates deferred security | back up `/boot`+`/boot/firmware`; keep 6.12 installed; fresh config.xml | `apt install linux-image-arm64` (unhold); update bootloader; reboot ON APPROVAL | `uname -r`=6.18; LAN+tailnet up; shares mount; Docker up | boot retained 6.12; restore `/boot`; on-site SD reflash | After OMV reboot verified; physical access |
| 3 | edge2 host PVE 8.4 reboot — CONDITIONAL (CT107 boot-survival blocker CLEARED 2026-06-20) | ~~Previously blocked on CT107 headscale boot-survival~~ — cleared (self-heals in ~45s). Now gated only on Phase 0 kernel-CVE decision (Open Dec #5 = no reboot needed — host fully patched). If ever required: own no-failover window AFTER CT105/CT107 verified | vzdump all guests + `pveversion` | scoped kernel/security upgrade → reboot in approved window | `uname -r`=fixed; all CTs return; Caddy-fronted services reachable | GRUB prior kernel; vzdump restore | GATED on Phase 0; announce SSO+tailnet downtime; non-tailnet path |
| — | Nominatim 4.5→5.3 + Photon 1.1→1.2 (SEPARATE PROJECT) | Full re-import into separate DB/instance; keep 4.5 until validated; Photon AFTER nominatim validated | `qm snapshot 1130` + retain 4.5 image/data | import to new DB; size flat-nodes vs free space (NOT on data); cut over after verify | 5.x geocode correct; Photon 1.2 reads v5 | re-pin nominatim:4.5 + old data | Wholly separate from patch campaign; after disk remediation |

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## Key Facts & Top Risks

### Cluster & control-plane facts

- **One corosync cluster.** data, utility, cloud, media, toc are `echo6-cluster` — quorum 3 of 5. Every Phase 3 reboot is gated on `pvecm status` (Quorate:Yes, expected votes=5); ONE node at a time; confirm 5/5 rejoin before next.
- **toc coupling.** toc is the 5th cluster vote + GPU host for cortex VM150 + the management/Claude Code host. toc+cortex are the FINAL Phase 3 action, alone — never overlap another node reboot.
- **Headscale topology (resolved).** Main fleet tailnet (34 nodes, ControlURL `vpn.echo6.co`) = edge2 CT107 (Headscale 0.28.0) — HIGH lockout risk; upgrade LAST, drive from out-of-band. Separate IdahoMesh sub-tailnet (`vpn.idahomesh.com`, 3 nodes) = utility CT106 — low risk; upgrade FIRST as rehearsal. No routing through old-Contabo.

### Top risks (critical first)

1. **Headscale edge2 CT107 self-lockout** (CRITICAL) — upgrading the main tailnet over the tailnet itself loses the control path to 34 nodes. Mitigation: out-of-band only (edge2 host console / direct SSH 184.174.35.153), key-expiry extended, DB dumped off-tailnet, boot chain verified.
2. **Corosync quorum loss** (CRITICAL) — two nodes down simultaneously = quorum lost, `/etc/pve` read-only fleet-wide. Mitigation: one node at a time, `pvecm status` gated before each, HA disabled during window.
3. **Authentik SSO migration chain** (CRITICAL) — 4-hop irreversible Django migration sequence; a failed hop with no per-hop pg_dump can strand the entire SSO surface. Mitigation: pg_dump per hop, verified-login gate, break-glass proven before starting.
4. **data node snapshot-space exhaustion** (CRITICAL) — 92% full; a snapshot failure mid-upgrade leaves the guest in a half-upgraded, unrollbackable state. Mitigation: disk remediated to <85% before any snapshot on that node; do not use as Phase 3 canary until resolved.
5. **RabbitMQ EOL/won't-boot** (HIGH) — 3.12→4.x direct jump refuses to start; 3.x has no security backports. Mitigation: staged hops (3.12→3.13.x→feature-flags→4.x), decoupled from OTS updater.
6. **Forward-only DB migrations / false-rollback assumption** (HIGH) — "redeploy previous image tag" is NOT a valid rollback for authentik, forgejo, nextcloud, peertube, immich after a migration runs. Rollback = quiesced logical dump + old binary together.
7. **toc reboot drops cortex + management host** (HIGH) — cortex is the Claude Code host; losing it during diagnosis is double-jeopardy. Mitigation: alternate control point tested before window; cortex NVIDIA/DKMS verified before toc reboot; toc+cortex done last and alone.
8. **pi-nas non-boot after combined kernel+OMV change** (HIGH) — RPi has no remote KVM; a bad combined update requires on-site SD reflash. Mitigation: two separate reboots (OMV first, kernel second); retain 6.12; `/boot`+`/boot/firmware` backed up; physical access confirmed before each.

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## Full Inventory

Complete point-in-time state of every node, guest, and container service.

### data (PVE 9.1.1)

- Host: 126 upgradable / 51 security; no Docker installed; roles: NAS, NFS, Samba
- **VM1130 recon-vm** (Ubuntu 24.04) — 34 upgradable / 10 security
  - PostgreSQL 16.14 (DBs: overture, padus), photon, kiwix, recon.py, 7x navi-backend, nginx, Apache, Samba
  - Docker: valhalla:latest, nominatim:4.5 (stale 14 months), zimit:latest (not running)

### utility (PVE 9.1.1)

- Host: 148 upgradable / 38 security; PVE 9.2 platform update pending; 12 LXC guests

| CT | Name | Upgradable / Sec | Services |
|----|------|-----------------|----------|
| CT100 | meshmonitor | 62 / 15 | ghcr.io/yeraze/meshmonitor:latest |
| CT101 | caddy (home ingress) | 59 / 18 | — |
| CT102 | searxng | 54 / 15 | searxng/searxng:latest + valkey/valkey:8-alpine |
| CT103 | argus | 29 / 26 | RF capture / transcribe / viewer |
| CT104 | central | 50 / 38 | PostgreSQL 16 + NATS/MQTT/JetStream |
| CT106 | meshtastic-hs | 54 / 17 | headscale control plane |
| CT107 | mesh-bridge | 53 / 15 | dual tailscaled |
| CT108 | meshai | 109 / 79 | work-meshai local build |
| CT109 | opentakserver | 34 / 31 | nginx / PG16 / rabbitmq / mumble / mediamtx / CoT |
| CT112 | cobalt | 35 / 29 | build/CI (idle) |
| CT118 | archivist | 62 / 17 | archivist + rpcbind (FLAG: port 111 on 0.0.0.0) |
| CT119 | mesh-territory | 179 / 91 | meshwars:latest (never patched) |

### cloud (PVE 9.1.1)

- Host: 113 upgradable / 38 security; 2 LXC guests

| CT | Name | Upgradable / Sec | Services |
|----|------|-----------------|----------|
| CT120 | immich | 191 / 101 | immich_server, immich_machine_learning, valkey/valkey:9, immich postgres (14-vectorchord) — all drifted |
| CT121 | nextcloud AIO | 98 / 75 | 12 containers: mastercontainer + apache + nextcloud + postgresql + redis + collabora + clamav + imaginary + fulltextsearch + notify-push + whiteboard + docker-socket-proxy; NC 32.0.4; mastercontainer behind |

### media (PVE 9.1.1)

- Host: 107 upgradable / 36 security; 3 guests

| Guest | Name | Upgradable / Sec | Services |
|-------|------|-----------------|----------|
| VM105 | arr | 43 / 9 (Ubuntu 24.04) | jellyfin / sonarr / radarr / prowlarr / sabnzbd / lidarr / navidrome / jellyseerr (preview-OIDC) all :latest + Samba |
| CT110 | peertube | 81 / 37 | v8.0.2; nginx / PG16 / redis / peertube / pt-downloader + importer + monitor / nordvpn |
| CT111 | mcc | 51 / 13 | caddy + postfix |

### toc (PVE 9.1.1) — PROTECTED

- Host: 189 upgradable / 43 security; PVE 9.2 platform update pending; reboot required
- Hosts only VM150 cortex — coordinate any toc work with cortex maintenance window

### cortex (VM150, Ubuntu 24.04) — PROTECTED GPU / Claude Code host

- 90 apt upgradable
- NVIDIA driver 580.159 → 580.167 + DKMS (reboot required)
- nvidia-container-toolkit 1.18 → 1.19
- Docker: ollama / tei 1.7 / qdrant / open-webui / obsidian — all drifted

### pi-nas (Debian 13, arm64, RPi + OMV)

- 130 apt upgradable; kernel 6.12 → 6.18 (reboot required); OMV 8.1 → 8.4
- Docker engine installed; 0 containers running

### edge2 (PVE 8.4.19) — Host Fully Patched

- 8 LXC guests (CT108 mailcow decommissioned 2026-06-20)

| CT | Name | Services / Status |
|----|------|-------------------|
| CT100 | pdm | PDM 1.1.4, current (native) |
| CT101 | wordpress | Apache 2.4.67 / PHP 8.4 / MariaDB 11.8.6 / WP core 7.0 — plugin/theme status needs WP-CLI |
| CT102 | vaultwarden | vaultwarden/server:latest — drift indeterminate |
| CT103 | forgejo | 14.0.5 (forgejo:14 + postgres:16-alpine drifted) |
| CT104 | livesync | couchdb:3.4 drifted + local provisioner |
| CT105 | authentik | 2025.12.4 (server/worker/postgres) → upgrade to 2026.2.0 |
| CT106 | matrix | Synapse 1.155.0 / Element / MAS + mautrix-signal + postgres; OS apt security updates pending; no Tailscale client |
| CT107 | headscale | 0.28.0 → 0.29.0 + headplane; no Tailscale client |
| ~~CT108~~ | ~~mailcow~~ | **Decommissioned 2026-06-20** — destroyed (`pct destroy 108 --purge`); superseded by edge1, backup on pi-nas |

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## Coverage Notes

- **Complete:** all five PVE-9 nodes (data, utility, cloud, media, toc), edge2, cortex, pi-nas, and all discovered guests/containers.
- **Excluded:** edge1 (the rebuilt ex-Contabo, mail-only) — mid-rebuild/maintenance at time of audit; re-audit once it settles.
- **Incomplete:** WordPress (CT101) plugin and theme status — requires WP-CLI; not assessed.
- **Method:** read-only throughout — SSH / `pct exec`, `apt list --upgradable`, `docker manifest inspect` for same-tag drift. Floating/pinned-tag caveats noted inline where drift could not be confirmed.
