Document Atlas NAS backups and monitoring

Harden Atlas USB backup cleanup and document restorecon workflow
Add manual Atlas USB backup and reminder services
2026-09-27 19:03:47 +00:00 · 2026-09-25 14:06:28 +02:00 · 2026-09-25 08:02:44 +02:00 · 2026-09-24 08:55:52 +02:00 · 2026-09-23 09:01:18 +02:00 · 2026-09-22 21:21:21 +02:00
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--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -63,6 +63,14 @@ Ansible-driven personal infrastructure repo for Fedora and Void desktops, Fedora
    `ansible-playbook ansible/site.yml --limit atlas --tags snapshots,scrub --check --diff`
  - Atlas encrypted Borg backup:
    `ansible-playbook ansible/site.yml --limit atlas --tags packages,borg --check --diff`
+  - Atlas Borg progress logging only:
+    `ansible-playbook ansible/site.yml --limit atlas --tags borg_logging --check --diff`
+  - Atlas manual offline USB backup and 45Drives Alerts reminder:
+    `ansible-playbook ansible/site.yml --limit atlas --tags usb_backup,usb_reminder --check --diff`
+  - Atlas pool, disk, capacity, temperature, and job monitoring:
+    `ansible-playbook ansible/site.yml --limit atlas --tags monitoring --check --diff`
+  - Atlas explicit post-restore SELinux relabeling:
+    `ansible-playbook ansible/site.yml --limit atlas --tags restorecon --check -e '{"atlas_restorecon_paths":["/zpool/archive"]}'`
  - Prometheus/Aegis WireGuard gateway:
    `ansible-playbook ansible/site.yml --limit prometheus,aegis --tags wireguard --check --diff`
  - DuckDNS config only: `ansible-playbook ansible/site.yml --limit prometheus --tags duckdns --check --diff`
@@ -186,13 +194,41 @@ scheduled retention prune and monthly scrub remain runtime checks.
  Borg repository check, and temporary-directory restore completed successfully; the restored `Archive`
  tree matched the live data, and temporary snapshots and mounts were removed. The exported recovery key
  was copied offline. Daily backup retries and logging, 30 daily, 8 weekly and 12 monthly archives,
-  compaction, and monthly repository checks are enabled.
- [ ] Add the UUID-bound offline USB backup with versioned rsync, locking, capacity checks, verification,
-  safe unmounting and a tested restore procedure; never trigger it for an arbitrary USB disk.
- [ ] Test restores independently from a ZFS snapshot, Borg, and the offline USB backup before relying on
-  any backup path.
- [ ] Add monitoring and alerting for pool health, scrub/resilver, SMART data, temperatures, free space,
-  snapshot/backup capacity growth, and failed maintenance or backup timers.
+  compaction, and monthly repository checks are enabled. Future runs report a ZFS-based estimated
+  percentage, and a post-exit helper handles host-namespace temporary snapshot cleanup. The active
+  run predates the new progress logging and still requires an observed final cleanup result.
+- [x] Populate `/zpool/archive` with the currently available data so offsite and offline backup tests run
+  against a representative load.
+- [ ] Run and evaluate Borg against the populated pool: duration, repository capacity, deduplication, and
+  a subsequent incremental archive must be observed before considering the offsite path fully validated.
+- [x] Add the UUID-bound offline USB backup with versioned rsync, locking, capacity checks, verification,
+  safe unmounting and a tested restore procedure; never trigger it for an arbitrary USB disk. The
+  LUKS/ext4 identities were read-only verified; the manual service and 45Drives Alerts reminder timer were
+  deployed on Atlas. Interactive LUKS unlock is part of the manual service; only the reminder is
+  scheduled for the first Saturday of each month at 10:00 Europe/Rome via the existing 45Drives
+  notifier. A manual test produced an Alerts notification, not an email. The first USB attempt failed
+  on a `security.selinux` xattr and was interrupted; the xattr filter is deployed and the temporary
+  recursive snapshot and open LUKS mapper were cleaned up. A later run reported checksum verification
+  and published the USB version, but failed while removing host-namespace ZFS snapshot mounts. Those
+  exact mounts and snapshots were cleaned up. An `ExecStopPost` helper now removes only the named
+  temporary snapshot after the backup process exits. A new full run checksum-verified and published a
+  USB version; the service ended successfully, the mapper closed, no temporary USB snapshot remained,
+  and the pool was healthy. On 2026-09-25 an independent, read-only USB restore test copied one file from
+  the published `atlas/latest` version into `/var/tmp` and matched contents, owner, mode, size, mtime and
+  POSIX ACL. The temporary copy and mount were removed, the mapper closed, and the pool remained healthy.
+- [x] Test restores independently from a ZFS snapshot, Borg, and the offline USB backup before relying on
+  any backup path. The earlier Borg temporary-directory restore passed. On 2026-09-25 a separate,
+  read-only ZFS snapshot test restored one file to `/var/tmp`, confirmed matching contents, ownership,
+  mode, mtime and ACL, then removed its temporary copy and on-demand mount. This is a file-level smoke
+  test, not full dataset recovery. An independent USB file restore passed on 2026-09-25 with matching
+  content and metadata; full disaster recovery remains a separate Priority 2 task.
+- [x] Add monitoring and alerting for pool health, scrub/resilver, SMART data, temperatures, free space,
+  snapshot/local-backup growth, Hetzner Storage Box quota, and failed maintenance or backup timers.
+  The half-hourly Atlas health monitor and systemd final-failure hooks are deployed. A live probe
+  found no issues; the service and timer succeeded, and a labelled 45Drives Alerts test notification
+  was submitted. Alerts are deduplicated; email delivery is not claimed. The Storage Box quota probe
+  runs `df -m` over the dedicated pinned-key SSH identity and does not open the Borg repository.
+  Detailed archive size and deduplication remain part of the pending Borg evaluation.

 ### Priority 2 - NAS operability and recovery
 - [ ] Document and test disaster recovery: rebuild Atlas with Ansible, import the existing pool, restore
@@ -215,9 +251,46 @@ scheduled retention prune and monthly scrub remain runtime checks.
  container paths, and the required Vault database secret.

 ### Priority 4 - Optional workflows
- [ ] Optionally design iCloud photo ingestion and an Aegis persistent NFS mount as a separate workflow
-  after the storage and backup layers are validated; do not make either a dependency of the Atlas
-  baseline.
+- [ ] After data protection is validated, move iCloudPD photo ingestion from Aegis to Atlas as a
+  temporary service until Uranus is ready. Plan to store photos in `/zpool/archive/Pictures` and
+  persistent application/MFA state outside `Archive`; validate permissions, SELinux, backups and
+  recovery before cutover. Keep the current Aegis service and Photobook NFS export unchanged until
+  the Atlas workflow is tested, then retire them explicitly if no longer needed.
+
+## Cerberus Management Node (Deferred)
+`cerberus` is postponed until the office in the new house is physically set up. It is not an inventory
+host and this section is a design and implementation backlog, not authorization to provision it early.
+
+The planned node is a Lenovo ThinkCentre M700 Tiny with an Intel Core i3-6100T, 8 GB RAM, a 256 GB SSD,
+and native 1 Gbps Ethernet. It will connect to a multi-input KVM switch using a passive DisplayPort-to-HDMI
+cable, sharing the monitor and peripherals with Ikaros. Fedora Sericea (immutable Fedora with the Sway
+Wayland compositor) is the intended OS. Cerberus is an isolated management plane: a dedicated Toolbox
+environment will run Ansible for future `uranus` cluster provisioning. Rootless Podman will host Grafana,
+Prometheus, and Loki. The 256 GB local SSD is the hot tier retaining metrics and logs for 30 days; scheduled,
+validated exports of older historical data will use a dedicated Atlas NFS dataset as cold storage.
+
+### Implementation plan
+- [ ] Confirm the office, KVM switch, passive DisplayPort-to-HDMI path, shared monitor/peripherals, and native
+  1 Gbps Ethernet are physically operational before adding Cerberus to inventory.
+- [ ] Install and update Fedora Sericea with Sway; document the immutable-host lifecycle and keep host changes
+  declarative rather than treating the base OS as a mutable workstation.
+- [ ] Model Cerberus as its own host with independent platform, role, desktop, network, and storage inputs;
+  do not repurpose Ikaros variables or make it a Uranus cluster member.
+- [ ] Provision an isolated Toolbox-based Ansible controller with the required collections and a reproducible
+  project checkout; define its least-privilege SSH access, known-host handling, and Vault workflow without
+  storing secrets in the image or repository.
+- [ ] Define the explicit Uranus provisioning workflow from Cerberus, including inventory boundaries,
+  validation-only runs, and separate approval for any destructive cluster operation.
+- [ ] Design rootless Podman/Quadlet services for Grafana, Prometheus, and Loki, including persistent local
+  state, service ownership, LAN exposure/authentication, resource limits, updates, and backups.
+- [ ] Size and enforce a 30-day local hot-retention policy for metrics and logs on the 256 GB SSD; validate
+  actual disk growth and alert before capacity exhaustion.
+- [ ] Create and validate a dedicated Atlas NFS cold-storage dataset and least-privilege export for Cerberus;
+  do not use a broad existing share or couple it to unrelated Atlas application state.
+- [ ] Implement scheduled, idempotent exports of data older than 30 days to the Atlas NFS cold tier, with
+  locking, capacity checks, integrity verification, retention rules, failure monitoring, and a tested restore.
+- [ ] Validate management-plane recovery: rebuild Cerberus, restore observability history from Atlas, and
+  confirm that Uranus provisioning can resume without depending on unreproducible local state.

 ## Coding Agent Notes
 - Shared agent definitions and lifecycle flags live in `ai_agents` in `ansible/inventory/group_vars/all.yml`.
--- a/README.it.md
+++ b/README.it.md
@@ -95,6 +95,27 @@ Nota sullo stato attuale del playbook principale:
 - `ansible/site.yml` applica il profilo server Rocky a `prometheus` con DNF, systemd, dotfiles server e firewalld
 - `ansible/site.yml` applica il profilo NAS Rocky su `atlas` tramite SSH remoto

+## Nodo pianificato e posticipato: Cerberus
+
+`cerberus` e un nodo di management **posticipato**, in attesa dell'allestimento
+fisico dell'ufficio nella nuova casa. Non e ancora presente nell'inventory e non
+esistono ruoli o playbook che lo prendano come target.
+
+L'hardware previsto e un Lenovo ThinkCentre M700 Tiny (Intel Core i3-6100T,
+8 GB di RAM e SSD da 256 GB) con Ethernet nativa a 1 Gbps. Condividera monitor
+e periferiche di Ikaros tramite uno switch KVM a ingressi multipli, usando un
+cavo passivo DisplayPort-HDMI per il collegamento video. Il sistema operativo
+previsto e Fedora Sericea, la variante Fedora immutabile con compositor Wayland
+Sway.
+
+Cerberus sara un management plane isolato: Ansible verra eseguito in un ambiente
+Toolbox dedicato per il provisioning del futuro cluster `uranus`, anziche da
+Ikaros o da un host non gestito. Lo stack di osservabilita rootless Podman
+eseguira Grafana, Prometheus e Loki. L'SSD locale sara l'hot storage, con
+metriche e log conservati per 30 giorni; esportazioni programmate trasferiranno
+i dati storici piu vecchi su un dataset Atlas montato via NFS come cold storage.
+Il piano di implementazione, con prerequisiti espliciti, e in `AGENTS.md`.
+
 ## Desktop

 Target operativi:
@@ -246,90 +267,252 @@ ansible-playbook ansible/site.yml --limit prometheus -e server_username=myuser -

 ## NAS

-`atlas` e un NAS Rocky Linux 9 raggiunto tramite SSH. Normalmente il pool ZFS esiste gia e il profilo
-gestisce solo i dataset figli. Un bootstrap RAIDZ2 una tantum e disponibile solo con conferma esplicita
-(`atlas_create_pool=true`) e quattro percorsi reali e verificati `/dev/disk/by-id/...` in
-`atlas_zpool_disks`. Non partiziona, forza, distrugge, esegue rollback o modifica il layout vdev di un
-pool esistente. I client Linux usano NFSv4, quelli Windows/WSL SMB; entrambi restano limitati alla LAN
-configurata.
+`atlas` è un NAS Rocky Linux 9 raggiunto via SSH. Normalmente il pool esiste già e il profilo gestisce
+solo i dataset figli. La creazione iniziale del RAIDZ2 richiede esplicitamente `atlas_create_pool=true`
+e quattro percorsi `/dev/disk/by-id/...` verificati in `atlas_zpool_disks`. Il ruolo non partiziona,
+forza, distrugge, ripristina né modifica il layout vdev di un pool esistente. I client Linux usano NFSv4,
+quelli Windows/WSL SMB; l'accesso è limitato alla LAN configurata.

-Per il primo avvio fornire `vault_atlas_authorized_ssh_keys`, `vault_atlas_admin_password_hash`,
-`vault_atlas_samba_password` e `vault_atlas_immich_db_password`. Eseguire il bootstrap tramite
-l'amministratore esistente:
+Per il primo avvio servono `vault_atlas_admin_password_hash`, `vault_atlas_samba_password` e
+`vault_atlas_immich_db_password`; il primo è un hash compatibile con `/etc/shadow`, non una password
+Cockpit in chiaro. Il bootstrap usa l'amministratore preesistente:

 ```bash
 ansible-playbook ansible/site.yml --limit atlas \
  -e atlas_connection_username=<existing-admin>
 ```

-`vault_atlas_admin_password_hash` deve essere un hash compatibile con `/etc/shadow`, non una
-password Cockpit in chiaro. Le esecuzioni successive usano `atlas_admin_username`. Atlas dichiara
-abilitati storage, condivisioni e regole firewall LAN. Prima della prima applicazione verificare pool e
-mountpoint esistenti, subnet LAN e zona firewalld attiva. `atlas_manage_media_stack` resta disabilitato
-finche non saranno validati `/dev/dri`, i percorsi dei container e il segreto del database Immich.
+Le esecuzioni successive usano `atlas_admin_username`. Storage, condivisioni e firewall LAN sono
+abilitati; prima dell'applicazione verificare pool, mountpoint, subnet e zona firewalld. La creazione
+del pool è protetta da un gate esplicito e avviene solo se è assente. Atlas non fa più parte della VPN
+WireGuard: la vecchia interfaccia è stata ritirata manualmente dopo la verifica del collegamento tra
+Prometheus e Aegis. Le chiavi SSH autorizzate sono in file separati sotto
+`~/.ssh/authorized_keys.d/`. `atlas_manage_media_stack` resta disabilitato finché `/dev/dri`, percorsi
+dei container e segreto del database Immich non sono validati.

-Con la gestione storage attiva, Atlas crea l'intera gerarchia sotto il pool `zpool` esistente o creato esplicitamente:
-`work`, `archive`, `archive/app_data`, i dataset applicativi separati
-`archive/app_data/navidrome` e `archive/app_data/syncthing`, `media`, `media/music`,
-`media/photobook`, `backups`, `backups/services` e `backup_prometheus`. I dataset applicativi e
-di archivio usano `zstd`; media, Syncthing e backup dei servizi usano `lz4`;
-`backups/services` mantiene inoltre una `refreservation` di `500G`.
-Atlas impone SELinux targeted in modo persistente e segnala, senza avviarlo, l’eventuale reboot necessario per attivarlo. Assegna esplicitamente l’interfaccia LAN primaria alla zona firewalld gestita e applica hardening persistente del kernel di rete: rifiuta redirect e source-route, registra i martian, usa reverse-path filtering loose per WireGuard e disabilita il forwarding IPv4. SSH consente solo l’amministratore dichiarato tramite chiave pubblica; root, password, agent e forwarding
-remoto sono disabilitati, mentre il forwarding locale resta disponibile per tunnel amministrativi privati. SMB3 pubblica `Archive` solo agli account Samba configurati con password in Vault e
-ammette la LAN configurata su SMB3 cifrato e firmato, esclusivamente su TCP/445. NFSv4 esporta soltanto
-`media/photobook` all'IP configurato di Aegis su TCP/2049, con `all_squash` verso UID/GID anonimi `1100`.
+Sotto `zpool` Atlas crea `archive` (SMB), `services/data` con i dataset applicativi
+`services/data/navidrome` e `services/data/syncthing`, `media`, `media/music`, `media/photobook` e
+`backup/hosts/prometheus`. Archivio e applicazioni usano `zstd`; media, Syncthing e backup host usano
+`lz4`. `backup` ha una riserva di `500G` che copre i discendenti. SELinux targeted è persistente;
+l'eventuale riavvio necessario viene segnalato, non eseguito. Atlas assegna l'interfaccia primaria
+alla zona firewalld gestita, rifiuta redirect e source route, registra i martian, mantiene il reverse-path
+filter loose e disabilita il forwarding IPv4. SSH consente soltanto l'amministratore dichiarato con
+chiave pubblica: root, password, agent forwarding e remote forwarding sono disabilitati, mentre il
+forwarding locale resta disponibile per i tunnel amministrativi. SMB3 espone `Archive` agli account
+autorizzati da Vault sulla LAN, solo su TCP/445 con cifratura e firma obbligatorie. NFSv4 espone
+soltanto `media/photobook` all'IP di Aegis su TCP/2049, con `all_squash` verso UID/GID `1100`.

-L'account di sistema `immich` usa UID/GID `1100`, shell senza login, nessuna appartenenza a `wheel` e
-i gruppi supplementari `video` e `render`. I Quadlet rootful di Immich Server, ML, cache compatibile
-Redis, PostgreSQL e NPM condividono una rete Podman. Immich viene eseguito come `1100:1100`; Server e
-ML ricevono `/dev/dri` e Photobook e montato in sola lettura su `/external/photobook`. NPM pubblica `80` e
-`443`, mentre l'amministrazione resta vincolata a `127.0.0.1:81` per l'accesso tramite tunnel SSH.
+L'account di sistema `immich` usa UID/GID `1100`, non ha shell di login né gruppo `wheel` e riceve i
+gruppi `video` e `render`. Lo stack Immich futuro prevede Quadlet rootful per Server, ML, cache,
+PostgreSQL e NPM su una rete Podman comune. Immich gira come `1100:1100`, Server e ML ricevono
+`/dev/dri` e Photobook è montato in sola lettura su `/external/photobook`. NPM pubblica `80` e `443`;
+l'interfaccia amministrativa resta su `127.0.0.1:81`, raggiungibile via tunnel SSH.

-La fase 1 e limitata ai Quadlet utente rootless di Navidrome e Syncthing su Atlas. E abilitata nella
-configurazione host di Atlas e puo essere impostata a `false` solo per una sospensione intenzionale. Navidrome ufficiale `0.63.2` usa il database SQLite sotto `/data` e
-non supporta `ND_DATABASE_URL` ne un backend PostgreSQL esterno. Il servizio obsoleto `navidromedb`
-e quindi rimosso da Prometheus invece di essere replicato su Atlas. Il ruolo deriva i percorsi dal
-pool `zpool`, montato in `/zpool`: musica in sola lettura da `/zpool/media/music`, stato
-applicativo Navidrome e `navidrome.db` in `/zpool/archive/app_data/navidrome` e dati Syncthing in
-`/zpool/archive/app_data/syncthing`. `profile_atlas` crea questi dataset quando
-`atlas_manage_storage` e attivo; il ruolo backend verifica i mountpoint esatti prima di avviare i
-container. Il ruolo backend non crea mai il pool. Il ruolo separato `wireguard_overlay`
-gestisce `wg0` tra Prometheus (`10.0.0.1`) e Atlas (`10.0.0.2`), genera una sola volta le chiavi
-private sui rispettivi host e scambia tramite Ansible soltanto quelle pubbliche. Solo Prometheus apre
-pubblicamente `51820/udp`. Le porte backend sono ammesse esclusivamente nella zona firewalld WireGuard.
+Atlas ospita temporaneamente Navidrome e Syncthing rootless fino alla sostituzione con Uranus. I
+servizi sono inizializzati **ex novo**, senza migrare lo stato precedente, rispettivamente sotto
+`/zpool/services/data/navidrome` e `/zpool/services/data/syncthing`; la musica in
+`/zpool/media/music` viene popolata separatamente. Sono vincolati all'indirizzo LAN di Atlas
+(`192.168.178.55`), mai a WireGuard. `wireguard_overlay` collega invece Prometheus (`10.0.0.1`)
+e Aegis (`10.0.0.2`): le chiavi private restano sui rispettivi host e Ansible scambia solo le pubbliche.
+Prometheus apre `51820/udp`; Aegis inoltra soltanto il traffico overlay→LAN dichiarato e applica
+source NAT, evitando interfacce VPN su Atlas/Uranus e route statiche sul router. Navidrome (`4533/tcp`)
+e la GUI Syncthing (`8384/tcp`) ammettono solo Aegis, mentre le porte native Syncthing sono limitate
+alla LAN. Dopo la verifica dei servizi, configurare manualmente i Proxy Host NPM verso
+`http://192.168.178.55:4533` e `http://192.168.178.55:8384`. Il peer Prometheus include la LAN
+negli `AllowedIPs`; aggiungere la VIP Uranus quando esisterà. Dopo il reload di firewalld, Ansible
+ricarica le reti Podman rootful di Prometheus per conservare DNS e connettività del proxy.

-`backend_phase1_start_services` resta falso durante il trasferimento dello stato applicativo, quindi
-la prima esecuzione reale del backend genera i Quadlet senza creare un database Atlas vuoto. Dopo aver
-arrestato Navidrome su Prometheus, copiare l'intera directory `/opt/navidrome/data/` in
-`/zpool/archive/app_data/navidrome/`, preservando `navidrome.db` e gli eventuali file SQLite laterali.
-Impostare quindi questa variabile a vero e rieseguire il ruolo per abilitare e avviare Navidrome e
-Syncthing. Il playbook non copia e non elimina mai i dati applicativi.
-
-Validare e generare i servizi Atlas con:
+Validare il gateway con:

 ```bash
 ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP=/tmp/ansible-local \
-ansible-playbook ansible/site.yml --limit atlas --tags storage
-
-ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP=/tmp/ansible-local \
-ansible-playbook ansible/site.yml --limit prometheus,atlas --tags wireguard
-
-ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP=/tmp/ansible-local \
-ansible-playbook ansible/site.yml --limit atlas --tags backend_phase1 --check --diff
-
-ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP=/tmp/ansible-local \
-ansible-playbook ansible/site.yml --limit atlas --tags backend_phase1
+ansible-playbook ansible/site.yml --limit prometheus,aegis --tags wireguard --check --diff
 ```

-Per il cutover, arrestare il vecchio Navidrome prima di copiare la sua directory dati, verificare
-l'ownership dell'account `admin` su Atlas e confermare la presenza del database SQLite copiato prima
-di impostare `backend_phase1_start_services: true` in `host_vars/atlas.yml`. Conservare i dati sorgente
-e il container legacy `navidromedb` fermo finche Navidrome su Atlas e una prova di restore non sono
-stati validati.
+La prima esecuzione reale WireGuard deve includere entrambi i peer. Se Aegis ha appena installato il
+layer `wireguard-tools`, riavviarlo manualmente e rieseguire senza `--check`: il ruolo attende un
+handshake effettivo.

-Restano da completare retention delle snapshot, topologia Syncthing, validazione WireGuard/firewall,
-pull di backup da Prometheus, backup cifrati con Borg su una Hetzner Storage Box, backup USB,
-monitoraggio e test di disaster recovery. Il backlog operativo dettagliato e in `AGENTS.md`.
+Gli snapshot ZFS ricorsivi coprono l'intero pool: 24 orari al minuto 05, 30 giornalieri alle 00:15,
+8 settimanali la domenica alle 01:00 e 12 mensili il primo giorno alle 02:00. La retention elimina
+solo gli snapshot con prefisso gestito `atlas-auto` e non esegue rollback. Lo scrub OpenZFS mensile è
+previsto la prima domenica alle 03:00; il timer settimanale incompatibile è disabilitato. Il primo
+snapshot orario ricorsivo è riuscito; la prima pulizia pianificata e il primo scrub schedulato
+richiedono ancora una verifica a runtime.
+
+```bash
+ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP=/tmp/ansible-local \
+ansible-playbook ansible/site.yml --limit atlas --tags snapshots,scrub --check --diff
+```
+
+Il backup Borg cifrato usa il sub-account Hetzner `u660064-sub1`, il repository relativo `./borg-data`
+e Borg remoto 1.4 su SSH porta 23. La chiave ED25519 del server è fissata; una chiave client dedicata
+appartiene all'account `borg`, bloccato e senza login, sudo o gruppi supplementari. La chiave privata
+resta in `/etc/atlas-borg`; la passphrase proviene da `vault_atlas_borg_passphrase` ed è resa in un
+file `0600`. Solo il wrapper root crea snapshot e mount; avvia il client come `borg` con il minimo
+accesso temporaneo in lettura, senza concedergli gestione ZFS o sudo.
+
+Il backup giornaliero parte alle 04:30 con un ritardo casuale fino a 30 minuti. Crea uno snapshot ZFS
+ricorsivo temporaneo e ricostruisce tutti i dataset sotto `/zpool` in un albero di bind mount in sola
+lettura, per inserirli in un unico archivio coerente. Il wrapper smonta ricorsivamente l'albero privato;
+un helper `ExecStopPost` mirato rimuove eventuali mount dello snapshot nel namespace host e lo snapshot
+temporaneo dopo l'uscita del processo. Borg conserva 30 archivi giornalieri, 8 settimanali e 12
+mensili, poi compatta il repository. Il controllo completo di metadati e repository si svolge il 15
+di ogni mese alle 06:00. Le operazioni usano un lock comune, journal e retry systemd limitati. Le
+nuove esecuzioni riportano al massimo una riga di avanzamento al minuto: percentuale **stimata**,
+dataset, file elaborati e byte originali/compressi/deduplicati. Il denominatore è la somma dei
+`logicalreferenced` ZFS dello snapshot, non un totale Borg: può superare il 100% e non comprende
+retention, compattazione o controlli. Le righe di progresso non riportano i nomi dei file; eventuali
+warning possono farlo. Seguire il job con `sudo journalctl -fu atlas-borg-backup.service`; modifiche
+all'helper non cambiano un'esecuzione già avviata.
+
+Attivazione iniziale esplicita:
+
+1. Inserire una passphrase unica in `secrets/vault.yml` con `ansible-vault edit`.
+2. Generare e mostrare solo la chiave pubblica con
+   `ansible-playbook ansible/site.yml --limit atlas --tags borg_key`.
+3. Installarla nel sub-account Hetzner, poi applicare con
+   `ansible-playbook ansible/site.yml --limit atlas --tags packages,borg`.
+4. Copiare `secrets/recovery/atlas-borg-repokey.export` su un supporto davvero offline: la copia
+   locale ignorata da Git non è di per sé un backup offline.
+
+Il ruolo inizializza solo un repository `repokey` assente, non accetta password SSH né host key non
+fissate e non avvia manualmente il primo backup. Validazione:
+
+```bash
+ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP=/tmp/ansible-local \
+ansible-playbook ansible/site.yml --limit atlas --tags packages,borg --check --diff
+```
+
+L'attivazione iniziale è riuscita: backup e controllo del repository, restore completo in una
+directory temporanea confrontato con l'albero `Archive`, esportazione offline della chiave di recupero
+e pulizia di snapshot/mount temporanei. Il 2026-09-25 un test separato da snapshot ZFS giornaliero ha
+copiato un file di `/zpool/archive` in `/var/tmp`, verificando contenuto, proprietario, modalità,
+mtime e ACL POSIX; copia e mount temporanei sono stati rimossi senza interrompere Borg. Non è un test
+di ripristino dell'intero dataset.
+
+Il backup USB offline è distribuito come **servizio solo manuale** (`atlas_manage_usb_backup: true`):
+Ansible non formatta, sblocca, monta né avvia automaticamente il disco. Il disco esistente è stato
+verificato in sola lettura il 2026-09-23: UUID LUKS `577b3c43-ea37-4611-81a9-39d555cdfbd4`,
+UUID ext4 interno `758e2d2e-a427-4797-aad9-39c3a9f17c7e`, mapper `zpool-backup`. All'ispezione
+era montato in `/mnt/zpool-backup`; il servizio richiede invece che il mapper **non sia montato** prima
+dell'avvio. Se serve, `systemd-ask-password` chiede interattivamente la passphrase LUKS tramite
+l'agente di `systemctl start` e la passa direttamente a `cryptsetup`, senza salvarla, esporla negli
+argomenti o memorizzarla nella cache. Lo script monta il disco privatamente, crea uno snapshot ZFS
+ricorsivo, copia tutti i dataset in `atlas/snapshots/<timestamp>/` con `rsync --link-dest`, verifica
+con un dry-run basato sui checksum, aggiorna atomicamente `atlas/latest`, smonta e chiude LUKS. Un
+errore non sostituisce `latest` né cancella versioni complete precedenti. Borg e USB possono operare
+contemporaneamente su snapshot distinti, ma la lettura concorrente può ridurre il throughput.
+
+La copia USB conserva le ACL ma non gli attributi estesi generici, compreso `security.selinux`: la
+policy della destinazione deve ricreare le etichette dopo un restore. Per un percorso esplicito:
+
+```bash
+ansible-playbook ansible/site.yml --limit atlas --tags restorecon \
+  -e '{"atlas_restorecon_paths":["/zpool/archive"]}'
+```
+
+Il task accetta solo percorsi sotto la radice del pool Atlas, esegue `restorecon -RFv` solo su quelli
+indicati ed è altrimenti inattivo; non va lanciato sull'intero pool durante i run ordinari. Le vecchie
+versioni USB non vengono eliminate automaticamente senza una retention deliberata. Il controllo di
+capacità include il trasferimento stimato e una riserva libera di 10 GiB. Dopo un backup riuscito,
+scollegare fisicamente il disco per renderlo davvero offline.
+
+Validare la configurazione senza avviare il backup e, separatamente, un eventuale relabel pianificato:
+
+```bash
+ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP=/tmp/ansible-local \
+ansible-playbook ansible/site.yml --limit atlas --tags usb_backup,usb_reminder --check --diff
+ansible-playbook ansible/site.yml --limit atlas --tags restorecon --check \
+  -e '{"atlas_restorecon_paths":["/zpool/archive"]}'
+```
+
+Prima dell'avvio manuale smontare in sicurezza `/mnt/zpool-backup`, se ancora montato. Con il mapper
+chiuso, `sudo systemctl start atlas-usb-backup.service` chiede la passphrase e avvia il backup; né la
+password LUKS né un keyfile vanno in Ansible. Seguire con
+`sudo journalctl -fu atlas-usb-backup.service`. **Non esiste un timer di backup USB.** Soltanto
+`atlas-usb-reminder.timer` è schedulato il primo sabato del mese alle 10:00 `Europe/Rome`: invia un
+promemoria al notifier 45Drives Houston, senza avviare il backup. Un test manuale ha prodotto una
+notifica in 45Drives Alerts, **non un'email**; il log conferma l'invio della notifica, non la consegna
+di posta. Il primo evento pianificato era il 2026-10-03 alle 10:00 CEST. Controllare timer e risultato
+con `systemctl list-timers atlas-usb-reminder.timer` e in 45Drives Alerts.
+
+Il primo tentativo USB del 2026-09-23 fallì su `security.selinux` e, dopo l'interruzione, lasciò
+snapshot e mapper aperti. Applicato il filtro rsync, furono rimossi lo snapshot fallito, il mapper
+smontato e lo stato failed; non rimase una copia valida di quel tentativo. Un run del 2026-09-24
+pubblicò una versione verificata ma fallì nella distruzione dello snapshot a causa di mount
+`.zfs/snapshot` aperti nel namespace host. Dopo la pulizia non forzata, è stato aggiunto un helper
+`ExecStopPost` mirato e testato con uno snapshot usa-e-getta. Un run successivo del 2026-09-24 ha
+verificato i checksum, pubblicato la versione ed è terminato con successo: mapper chiuso, nessuno
+snapshot USB temporaneo e pool sano. Il 2026-09-25 un test di restore indipendente ha aperto il disco
+in sola lettura, montato ext4 con `ro,noload`, copiato un file di 5.707.945 byte da `atlas/latest` in
+una directory vuota sotto `/var/tmp` e confrontato contenuto, proprietario, modalità, dimensione,
+mtime e ACL POSIX. Il test ha rimosso copia e mount temporanei, chiuso LUKS e lasciato il pool sano
+mentre Borg continuava. È un test su file, non un esercizio completo di disaster recovery.
+
+Il monitoraggio Atlas è eseguito ogni 30 minuti da `atlas-health-monitor.timer`. Sonde in sola
+lettura controllano stato/errori del pool e dei vdev, scrub/resilver, SMART dei quattro dischi del
+pool e dell'NVMe di sistema, temperature dei dischi e CPU, spazio di sistema/pool/snapshot, crescita
+di `zpool/backup` e quota Hetzner tramite `df -m` via SSH con l'account `borg` e la chiave fissata.
+La query remota non apre il repository Borg né il suo lock. Gli alert di crescita richiedono una
+baseline di circa 24 ore. Sono controllati anche attivazione e freschezza dei timer; hook systemd
+`OnFailure` segnalano errori di snapshot, scrub, Borg, USB, promemoria e monitoraggio. Il monitor non
+riavvia Borg; avvisa solo se un run supera 14 giorni. Soglie e percorsi stabili dei dischi sono nelle
+variabili host. Gli avvisi usano 45Drives Houston con deduplicazione; **la consegna email non è stata
+verificata**. Il controllo live del 2026-09-25 non ha trovato problemi; la notifica di prova è stata
+inviata e lo Storage Box risultava occupato al 22%. Dimensione dell'archivio Borg e deduplicazione
+dettagliata richiedono ancora la fine del backup in corso.
+
+```bash
+ansible-playbook ansible/site.yml --limit atlas --tags monitoring --check --diff
+sudo /usr/local/libexec/atlas-health-monitor --dry-run
+sudo journalctl -u atlas-health-monitor.service -n 100 --no-pager
+systemctl list-timers atlas-health-monitor.timer
+```
+
+`--dry-run` non invia alert e non modifica lo stato del monitor. Un controllo reale si avvia con
+`sudo systemctl start atlas-health-monitor.service`, senza avviare servizi di backup. Per una prova
+etichettata di 45Drives Alerts usare
+`sudo /usr/local/libexec/atlas-health-monitor --test-notification`.
+
+### Timer systemd di Atlas
+
+Tutti i nove timer gestiti sono abilitati. Gli orari sono locali ad Atlas (`Europe/Rome`); Borg e
+monitoraggio aggiungono il ritardo casuale indicato. Tutti hanno `Persistent=true`: un evento perso
+viene recuperato quando il timer torna attivo.
+
+| Timer | Pianificazione (`OnCalendar`) | Azione |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `atlas-zfs-snapshot-hourly.timer` | `*-*-* *:05:00` — ogni ora al minuto 05 | Snapshot ricorsivo orario e retention |
+| `atlas-zfs-snapshot-daily.timer` | `*-*-* 00:15:00` — ogni giorno alle 00:15 | Snapshot ricorsivo giornaliero e retention |
+| `atlas-zfs-snapshot-weekly.timer` | `Sun *-*-* 01:00:00` — domenica alle 01:00 | Snapshot ricorsivo settimanale e retention |
+| `atlas-zfs-snapshot-monthly.timer` | `*-*-01 02:00:00` — primo giorno del mese alle 02:00 | Snapshot ricorsivo mensile e retention |
+| `zfs-scrub-monthly@zpool.timer` | `Sun *-*-01..07 03:00:00` — prima domenica alle 03:00 | Scrub ZFS |
+| `atlas-borg-backup.timer` | `*-*-* 04:30:00` — ogni giorno alle 04:30, più 0–30 min casuali | Backup cifrato offsite |
+| `atlas-borg-check.timer` | `*-*-15 06:00:00` — giorno 15 alle 06:00, più 0–30 min casuali | Controllo repository Borg |
+| `atlas-usb-reminder.timer` | `Sat *-*-01..07 10:00:00 Europe/Rome` — primo sabato alle 10:00 | Solo promemoria 45Drives Alerts |
+| `atlas-health-monitor.timer` | `*:0/30` — ogni mezz'ora, più 0–5 min casuali | Controlli di salute in sola lettura |
+
+`atlas-usb-backup.service` **non ha timer** e va avviato manualmente. Il timer del fornitore
+`zfs-scrub-weekly@zpool.timer` è disabilitato a favore dello scrub mensile. Il futuro pull del backup
+Prometheus non ha ancora un timer, perché non è implementato. Durante un backup Borg attivo,
+`systemctl list-timers` può mostrare `-` per il prossimo evento senza che il timer sia disabilitato.
+Per vedere la pianificazione corrente: `systemctl list-timers --all` su Atlas.
+
+Nextcloud è previsto come servizio temporaneo su Atlas prima di Uranus, ma solo dopo la validazione
+della protezione dei dati: richiede storage applicativo, database e cache separati, segreti Vault,
+pubblicazione solo tramite NPM e Aegis, procedure di backup, aggiornamento e migrazione. Non
+distribuirlo prima di completare la checklist di protezione dei dati.
+
+La destinazione futura per l'importazione foto iCloud è Atlas, non Aegis. Dopo la validazione dei
+backup, pianificare una migrazione esplicita di iCloudPD con foto sotto `/zpool/archive/Pictures` e
+stato applicativo/MFA fuori da `Archive`; testare permessi, SELinux, backup e restore prima del
+cutover. L'attuale iCloudPD su Aegis e l'export NFS Photobook restano configurati fino
+all'approvazione e alla verifica di questa migrazione separata. Anche il servizio Atlas sarà
+temporaneo in attesa di Uranus.
+
+Il pull dei backup di Prometheus, la valutazione delle dimensioni degli archivi Borg e i test completi
+di disaster recovery restano da fare. Il backlog prioritizzato è in `AGENTS.md`.

 ---

--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -67,6 +67,27 @@ The official ChatGPT desktop RPM is enabled only on `ikaros` and `nymph`. The
 playbook configures OpenAI's signed RPM repository and imports its pinned RPM
 signing key before installation; subsequent updates are handled by DNF.

+## Deferred planned node: Cerberus
+
+`cerberus` is a **postponed** management-plane node, pending the physical setup
+of the office in the new house. It is not yet an inventory host and no role or
+playbook targets it.
+
+The planned hardware is a Lenovo ThinkCentre M700 Tiny (Intel Core i3-6100T,
+8 GB RAM, and a 256 GB SSD) with native 1 Gbps Ethernet. It will share Ikaros'
+monitor and peripherals through a multi-input KVM switch, using a passive
+DisplayPort-to-HDMI cable for its video connection. Fedora Sericea, the
+immutable Fedora variant with the Sway Wayland compositor, is the intended
+operating system.
+
+Cerberus will be an isolated management plane: Ansible will run from a
+dedicated Toolbox environment to provision the future `uranus` cluster, rather
+than from Ikaros or an unmanaged host. Its rootless Podman observability stack
+will run Grafana, Prometheus, and Loki. The local SSD is the hot tier and
+retains metrics and logs for 30 days; scheduled exports will place older
+historical data on an NFS-mounted Atlas dataset as the cold tier. The detailed,
+implementation-gated plan is maintained in `AGENTS.md`.
+
 ## Desktop profiles

 - `ikaros`: stable Fedora Workstation + GNOME desktop.
@@ -322,12 +343,22 @@ passphrase, cache, and Borg state. Borg receives its passphrase through a mode `

 The daily backup starts at 04:30 with up to 30 minutes of randomized delay. It creates a temporary,
 recursive ZFS snapshot and reconstructs every dataset below `/zpool` as a read-only bind-mounted tree,
-so parent and child datasets enter one consistent Borg archive. Cleanup always removes the temporary
-mounts and managed snapshot. Only the root wrapper performs snapshot and mount operations; it launches
-the Borg client as `borg` with temporary read-search capability and no ZFS, sudo, or pool-management
-privileges. Borg retains 30 daily, 8 weekly, and 12 monthly archives, then compacts the standard
+so parent and child datasets enter one consistent Borg archive. The wrapper recursively unmounts its
+private source tree; a narrowly scoped `ExecStopPost` helper removes any remaining host-namespace ZFS
+snapshot mounts and the named temporary snapshot after the backup process exits. Only the root wrapper
+performs snapshot and mount operations; it launches the Borg client as `borg` with temporary read-search
+capability and no ZFS, sudo, or pool-management privileges. Borg retains 30 daily, 8 weekly, and 12
+monthly archives, then compacts the standard
 read-write repository. A full metadata and repository check runs as `borg` on the fifteenth day of each
 month at 06:00. Both operations use a common lock, journal logging, and bounded systemd retries.
+New backup runs also log the create phase and a compact progress line at most once per minute: an
+**estimated** percentage, dataset, files processed, and original/compressed/deduplicated bytes. The
+denominator is the summed ZFS `logicalreferenced` size of the backup's own recursive snapshot, not a
+Borg-reported total: the estimate can exceed 100% and does not cover retention, compaction, or checks.
+Progress lines omit individual filenames; warnings may still name affected files.
+Follow the current run with
+`sudo journalctl -fu atlas-borg-backup.service` on Atlas; changes to the helper do not alter a run
+already in progress.

 Initial activation remains explicit:

@@ -350,14 +381,154 @@ ansible-playbook ansible/site.yml --limit atlas --tags packages,borg --check --d
 Atlas runtime activation is complete: the initial backup and repository check succeeded, a full restore
 to a temporary directory was validated against the live `Archive` tree, the recovery-key export was copied
 to offline storage, and the temporary snapshot and bind mounts were cleaned up.
+On 2026-09-25 a separate ZFS restore smoke test copied a small file from an automatic daily
+`zpool/archive` snapshot to `/var/tmp`, then confirmed matching contents, ownership, mode, mtime and
+POSIX ACL. The temporary copy and on-demand snapshot mount were removed; Borg kept running. This
+does not validate a full dataset recovery.
+
+The offline USB backup is deployed as a manual-only service (`atlas_manage_usb_backup: true`):
+Ansible never formats, unlocks, mounts, backs up to, or schedules the disk. Atlas' existing USB disk was verified
+read-only on 2026-09-23 as LUKS UUID `577b3c43-ea37-4611-81a9-39d555cdfbd4`, containing ext4 UUID
+`758e2d2e-a427-4797-aad9-39c3a9f17c7e` through mapper `zpool-backup`. It was mounted at
+`/mnt/zpool-backup` at inspection time. The service deliberately requires the verified mapper to be
+**not mounted** before starting. When necessary, `systemd-ask-password` requests the LUKS passphrase
+through the `systemctl start` password agent; it is piped directly to `cryptsetup` without saving it,
+passing it as a command argument, or caching it. The service then mounts the disk privately, takes a recursive ZFS snapshot,
+copies every dataset to a versioned `atlas/snapshots/<timestamp>/` directory using `rsync --link-dest`,
+verifies the result with a checksum-based dry run, atomically updates `atlas/latest`, unmounts and closes
+LUKS. A failed run never replaces `latest` or removes an earlier complete version. Borg and the USB
+backup may run concurrently from separate snapshots; both reading the same pool can reduce throughput.
+The USB copy preserves ACLs but not generic extended attributes; `security.selinux` is also intentionally
+excluded because the target SELinux policy must recreate labels during a restore. Do not restore data into
+service paths without relabeling. After restoring an explicit dataset path, apply its destination policy with:
+
+```bash
+ansible-playbook ansible/site.yml --limit atlas --tags restorecon \
+  -e '{"atlas_restorecon_paths":["/zpool/archive"]}'
+```
+
+The task accepts only paths below the Atlas pool mount root, runs `restorecon -RFv` only for the paths
+provided at invocation, and is otherwise a no-op. It must not be used on the whole pool during routine runs.
+Old USB versions are not pruned automatically, to avoid deleting the only offline
+copy without an explicitly chosen retention policy; capacity checks include an estimated transfer size
+and a 10 GiB free-space reserve. The disk must be physically disconnected after a successful backup
+to make the copy offline.
+
+To check the USB backup and reminder configuration without starting a backup, run:
+
+```bash
+ANSIBLE_LOCAL_TEMP=/tmp/ansible-local \
+ansible-playbook ansible/site.yml --limit atlas --tags usb_backup,usb_reminder --check --diff
+```
+
+To validate a planned, explicit post-restore relabel operation without changing labels, run:
+
+```bash
+ansible-playbook ansible/site.yml --limit atlas --tags restorecon --check \
+  -e '{"atlas_restorecon_paths":["/zpool/archive"]}'
+```
+
+Before the first **manual** service start, safely unmount the currently mounted
+`/mnt/zpool-backup`; never run it on an arbitrary mounted disk. Future starts
+can begin with the mapper closed: `sudo systemctl start atlas-usb-backup.service` prompts for the
+passphrase interactively and then performs the backup. Neither the LUKS password nor a key file belongs
+in Ansible. Inspect the run with
+`sudo journalctl -fu atlas-usb-backup.service`. There is intentionally no timer. Independently test a
+read-only mount and restore from `atlas/latest` into an empty temporary directory before marking the
+USB recovery path complete. Only `atlas-usb-reminder.timer` is enabled, for the first Saturday of each
+month at 10:00 Europe/Rome. Its warning notification uses the existing 45Drives Houston notifier.
+A manual test confirmed a notification in 45Drives Alerts, **not** an email. The reminder service log
+reports notification submission, not email delivery; the role does not depend on SMTP/OAuth settings.
+The reminder never starts the backup. Check its schedule with
+`systemctl list-timers atlas-usb-reminder.timer` and the result in 45Drives Alerts.
+The timer was verified active with its first scheduled run at 2026-10-03 10:00 CEST. No email
+delivery is claimed.
+The first manual USB attempt on 2026-09-23 did not complete: rsync was denied while removing
+`security.selinux` on the USB filesystem, then the interrupted service left its recursive
+`atlas-usb-20260923T185748Z-2469168` snapshot and the `zpool-backup` LUKS mapper open. The
+rsync xattr filter was deployed afterward. The incomplete USB directory was absent on inspection;
+the exact failed snapshot was removed, the verified and unmounted mapper closed, and the service
+failed state cleared. A final check found no remnant snapshot, mount, mapper, or staging directory.
+The failed attempt was not a valid backup, and no USB restore had been tested at that point.
+On 2026-09-24 a later run reported a checksum-verified, published USB version and closed the LUKS
+mapper, but the service failed while destroying its temporary ZFS snapshot: OpenZFS still had
+on-demand `.zfs/snapshot` mounts open in the host namespace. Those exact temporary snapshots were
+unmounted normally and removed; no force or rollback was used. The backup service now records its
+snapshot name and runs a narrowly scoped `ExecStopPost` cleanup after the private backup process
+exits. The cleanup helper was tested with a disposable recursive snapshot and an active snapshot
+mount. A complete run on 2026-09-24 later checksum-verified and published a new USB version; the
+service ended successfully, the LUKS mapper closed, no temporary USB snapshot remained, and the pool
+was healthy. On 2026-09-25 an independent restore test opened the configured USB disk read-only, mounted
+ext4 with `ro,noload`, restored a 5,707,945-byte file from the published `atlas/latest` version to an
+empty `/var/tmp` directory, and matched its content, owner, mode, size, mtime, and POSIX ACL against
+the USB source. The test removed its temporary copy and mount, closed the LUKS mapper, and left the
+pool healthy while Borg continued running. This is a file-level recovery smoke test, not a full dataset
+or disaster-recovery exercise.
+
+Atlas health monitoring runs every 30 minutes through `atlas-health-monitor.timer`. Its read-only probes
+check pool/vdev state and errors, scrub/resilver status, four pool disks and the system NVMe via SMART,
+disk and CPU temperatures, system/pool/snapshot space, local `zpool/backup` growth, and the Hetzner
+Storage Box quota via `df -m` over the dedicated `borg` account's pinned-key SSH connection. The remote
+query never opens the Borg repository or its lock. Growth alerts compare against a roughly 24-hour
+baseline and therefore begin only after enough samples exist. The monitor also checks
+maintenance/backup timer activation and freshness; systemd `OnFailure` hooks report snapshot,
+scrub, Borg, USB, reminder, and monitoring services when they enter the failed state. The ongoing
+initial Borg run is never restarted by the monitor; only a run exceeding 14 days raises a warning.
+Thresholds and stable disk paths are declared in Atlas host variables. Alerts use the existing 45Drives
+Houston notifier and repeated issues are deduplicated; **email delivery is not verified**. The
+2026-09-25 live probe found no issues and a labelled test notification was submitted. The Storage Box
+reported 22% used. Detailed Borg archive size and deduplication still require the active run to finish.
+
+```bash
+ansible-playbook ansible/site.yml --limit atlas --tags monitoring --check --diff
+sudo /usr/local/libexec/atlas-health-monitor --dry-run
+sudo journalctl -u atlas-health-monitor.service -n 100 --no-pager
+systemctl list-timers atlas-health-monitor.timer
+```
+
+`--dry-run` sends no alerts and does not change monitor state. A real check is
+`sudo systemctl start atlas-health-monitor.service`; do not start the backup services merely to test
+monitoring. For a labelled 45Drives Alerts delivery test, use
+`sudo /usr/local/libexec/atlas-health-monitor --test-notification`.
+
+### Atlas systemd timers
+
+All nine managed timers below are enabled. Times are local to Atlas (`Europe/Rome`); Borg and monitoring
+add the indicated randomized delay. Every timer has `Persistent=true`, so a missed calendar run is
+scheduled after the timer becomes active again.
+
+| Timer | Schedule (`OnCalendar`) | Action |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `atlas-zfs-snapshot-hourly.timer` | `*-*-* *:05:00` — every hour at :05 | Recursive hourly snapshot and retention |
+| `atlas-zfs-snapshot-daily.timer` | `*-*-* 00:15:00` — daily at 00:15 | Recursive daily snapshot and retention |
+| `atlas-zfs-snapshot-weekly.timer` | `Sun *-*-* 01:00:00` — Sunday at 01:00 | Recursive weekly snapshot and retention |
+| `atlas-zfs-snapshot-monthly.timer` | `*-*-01 02:00:00` — first day of the month at 02:00 | Recursive monthly snapshot and retention |
+| `zfs-scrub-monthly@zpool.timer` | `Sun *-*-01..07 03:00:00` — first Sunday at 03:00 | ZFS scrub |
+| `atlas-borg-backup.timer` | `*-*-* 04:30:00` — daily at 04:30, plus 0–30 min random delay | Encrypted offsite backup |
+| `atlas-borg-check.timer` | `*-*-15 06:00:00` — 15th of the month at 06:00, plus 0–30 min random delay | Borg repository check |
+| `atlas-usb-reminder.timer` | `Sat *-*-01..07 10:00:00 Europe/Rome` — first Saturday at 10:00 | 45Drives Alerts reminder only |
+| `atlas-health-monitor.timer` | `*:0/30` — every half-hour, plus 0–5 min random delay | Read-only health checks |
+
+`atlas-usb-backup.service` has **no timer**: the encrypted USB backup must be started manually.
+The vendor's `zfs-scrub-weekly@zpool.timer` is intentionally disabled in favor of the monthly scrub.
+The future Prometheus backup pull has no timer yet because that workflow is not implemented. While a
+Borg backup is still running, `systemctl list-timers` may show `-` for its next trigger; this does not
+mean the timer has been disabled. Inspect the current schedule on Atlas with
+`systemctl list-timers --all`.

 A temporary Nextcloud deployment on Atlas is also planned before Uranus: it requires separately
 declared persistent application, database, and cache storage, Vault-backed credentials, NPM-only
 publishing through Aegis, and defined backup, upgrade, and eventual migration procedures. Do not deploy
 it before the data-protection checklist is complete.

-Prometheus backup pulls, USB backup, monitoring, and disaster-recovery tests remain follow-up work. The
-prioritized operational backlog is kept in `AGENTS.md`.
+The desired future iCloud photo-ingestion host is Atlas, not Aegis. After data-protection validation,
+plan an explicit iCloudPD migration with photos under `/zpool/archive/Pictures` and application/MFA
+state outside `Archive`, then test permissions, SELinux, backups and recovery before cutting over.
+The current Aegis iCloudPD service and Atlas Photobook NFS export remain configured until that
+separate migration is approved and validated; the eventual Atlas service is temporary until Uranus.
+
+Prometheus backup pulls, Borg archive-size evaluation, and full disaster-recovery tests remain follow-up
+work. The prioritized operational backlog is kept in `AGENTS.md`.

 ## How layering works

--- a/ansible/inventory/group_vars/fedora.yml
+++ b/ansible/inventory/group_vars/fedora.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ fedora_packages_base:
  - jq
  - make
  - nodejs
+  - openssl
  - ripgrep

 fedora_manage_docker_repo: true
--- a/ansible/inventory/group_vars/workstation_dev_wsl.yml
+++ b/ansible/inventory/group_vars/workstation_dev_wsl.yml
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ workstation_dev_wsl_packages:
  - python3-pip
  - tmux

-# Java 11 and Maven are managed by Mise on this Fedora WSL profile. Keep their
-# versions pinned; update them deliberately.
+# Java 11, Java 25 and Maven are managed by Mise on this Fedora WSL profile.
+# Keep their versions pinned; update them deliberately.
 workstation_mise_java_version: temurin-11.0.31+11
+workstation_mise_java_25_version: 25.0.2
 workstation_mise_maven_version: 3.9.16

 workstation_is_wsl: true
--- a/ansible/inventory/host_vars/atlas.yml
+++ b/ansible/inventory/host_vars/atlas.yml
@@ -83,8 +83,55 @@ atlas_borg_randomized_delay: 30m
 atlas_borg_keep_daily: 30
 atlas_borg_keep_weekly: 8
 atlas_borg_keep_monthly: 12
+atlas_manage_usb_backup: true
+# Read-only lsblk verification on Atlas, 2026-09-23. Never store the LUKS password here.
+atlas_usb_backup_luks_uuid: 577b3c43-ea37-4611-81a9-39d555cdfbd4
+atlas_usb_backup_fs_uuid: 758e2d2e-a427-4797-aad9-39c3a9f17c7e
+atlas_usb_backup_mapper_name: zpool-backup
+atlas_manage_usb_reminder: true
+atlas_usb_reminder_calendar: "Sat *-*-01..07 10:00:00 Europe/Rome"
+atlas_manage_monitoring: true
+# Physical pool disks and the system NVMe; the disconnected USB disk is intentionally excluded.
+atlas_monitor_smart_devices:
+  - { name: pool-1, path: "{{ atlas_zpool_disks[0] }}", warning_c: 50, critical_c: 55 }
+  - { name: pool-2, path: "{{ atlas_zpool_disks[1] }}", warning_c: 50, critical_c: 55 }
+  - { name: pool-3, path: "{{ atlas_zpool_disks[2] }}", warning_c: 50, critical_c: 55 }
+  - { name: pool-4, path: "{{ atlas_zpool_disks[3] }}", warning_c: 50, critical_c: 55 }
+  - name: system-nvme
+    path: /dev/disk/by-id/nvme-Patriot_M.2_P320_256GB_P320ADB26011606111
+    warning_c: 70
+    critical_c: 85
+atlas_monitor_timers:
+  - { name: atlas-zfs-snapshot-hourly.timer, max_age_hours: 3 }
+  - { name: atlas-zfs-snapshot-daily.timer, max_age_hours: 36 }
+  - { name: atlas-zfs-snapshot-weekly.timer, max_age_hours: 216 }
+  - { name: atlas-zfs-snapshot-monthly.timer, max_age_hours: 960 }
+  - { name: zfs-scrub-monthly@zpool.timer, max_age_hours: 960 }
+  - { name: atlas-borg-backup.timer, max_age_hours: 48 }
+  - { name: atlas-borg-check.timer, max_age_hours: 960 }
+  # The first manual USB reminder is not due until October; activation is checked, not age.
+  - { name: atlas-usb-reminder.timer, max_age_hours: 0 }
+atlas_monitor_failure_units:
+  - atlas-zfs-snapshot@.service
+  - zfs-scrub@zpool.service
+  - atlas-borg-backup.service
+  - atlas-borg-check.service
+  - atlas-usb-backup.service
+  - atlas-usb-reminder.service
+  - atlas-health-monitor.service
+atlas_monitor_remote_capacity:
+  user: "{{ atlas_borg_repository_user }}"
+  host: "{{ atlas_borg_repository_host }}"
+  run_as: "{{ atlas_borg_username }}"
+  ssh_wrapper: "{{ atlas_borg_ssh_wrapper_path }}"
+  warning_percent: 80
+  critical_percent: 90
+  growth_warning_gib_day: 500
 atlas_manage_sharing: true
 atlas_manage_media_stack: false
+# Planned after data-protection validation: move iCloudPD photo ingestion from
+# Aegis to Atlas, with photos under /zpool/archive/Pictures and persistent
+# application/MFA state outside Archive. Do not deploy or cut over yet.

 # WireGuard is retired on Atlas. These rootless services are a temporary home
 # until Uranus replaces them.
@@ -103,10 +150,17 @@ rocky_podman_packages:

 host_packages:
  - cockpit
+  - cockpit-podman
+  - cockpit-storaged
+  - realmd
+  - pcp
+  - python3-pcp
+  - cryptsetup
  - nfs-utils
  - policycoreutils
  - policycoreutils-python-utils
  - python3-libselinux
+  - setroubleshoot-server
  - samba
  - samba-client
  - samba-common-tools
@@ -144,4 +198,5 @@ atlas_firewalld_rich_rules:
 host_enabled_services:
  - sshd
  - cockpit.socket
+  - pmlogger.service
  - zfs.target
--- a/ansible/inventory/host_vars/prometheus.yml
+++ b/ansible/inventory/host_vars/prometheus.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ host_packages:
  - cockpit
  - cockpit-navigator
  - cockpit-podman
+  - cockpit-storaged
+  - realmd
+  - pcp
+  - python3-pcp
+  - setroubleshoot-server

 host_enabled_services:
  - cockpit.socket
+  - pmlogger.service
--- a/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/defaults/main.yml
@@ -97,6 +97,40 @@ atlas_borg_cache_dir: /var/cache/atlas-borg
 atlas_borg_lock_path: /var/lib/atlas-borg/backup.lock
 atlas_borg_recovery_export_path: "{{ playbook_dir }}/../secrets/recovery/atlas-borg-repokey.export"

+# Manual-only offline backup. No USB device is formatted or mounted by Ansible.
+atlas_manage_usb_backup: false
+atlas_usb_backup_luks_uuid: ""
+atlas_usb_backup_fs_uuid: ""
+atlas_usb_backup_mapper_name: atlas-usb-backup
+atlas_usb_backup_min_free_bytes: 10737418240
+atlas_usb_backup_snapshot_prefix: atlas-usb
+atlas_manage_usb_reminder: false
+atlas_usb_reminder_calendar: ""
+atlas_usb_reminder_notifier: /opt/45drives/houston/houston-notify
+
+# Read-only health probes and 45Drives Alerts; disabled outside Atlas host vars.
+atlas_manage_monitoring: false
+atlas_monitor_calendar: "*:0/30"
+atlas_monitor_notifier: "{{ atlas_usb_reminder_notifier }}"
+atlas_monitor_smart_devices: []
+atlas_monitor_timers: []
+atlas_monitor_failure_units: []
+atlas_monitor_remote_capacity: {}
+atlas_monitor_pool_warning_percent: 80
+atlas_monitor_pool_critical_percent: 90
+atlas_monitor_root_warning_percent: 80
+atlas_monitor_root_critical_percent: 90
+atlas_monitor_snapshot_warning_percent: 10
+atlas_monitor_snapshot_critical_percent: 20
+atlas_monitor_snapshot_growth_warning_gib_day: 100
+atlas_monitor_backup_growth_warning_gib_day: 100
+atlas_monitor_cpu_warning_c: 85
+atlas_monitor_cpu_critical_c: 95
+atlas_monitor_borg_max_runtime_days: 14
+
+# Explicit post-restore relabeling only; never relabel datasets during ordinary runs.
+atlas_restorecon_paths: []
+
 atlas_archive_mountpoint: "{{ atlas_mount_root }}/{{ atlas_zfs_dataset_archive }}"
 atlas_services_mountpoint: "{{ atlas_mount_root }}/{{ atlas_zfs_dataset_services }}"
 atlas_app_data_mountpoint: "{{ atlas_mount_root }}/{{ atlas_zfs_dataset_app_data }}"
--- a/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/files/atlas-borg-progress.py
+++ b/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/files/atlas-borg-progress.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Turn Borg's JSON progress stream into bounded, readable journal entries."""
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import sys
+import time
+
+
+def size(value):
+    if not isinstance(value, (int, float)):
+        return "unknown"
+    return f"{value / (1024 ** 3):.2f} GiB"
+
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+parser.add_argument("--estimated-total-bytes", type=int, required=True)
+args = parser.parse_args()
+if args.estimated_total_bytes <= 0:
+    parser.error("estimated total must be positive")
+
+last_progress = 0.0
+for line in sys.stdin:
+    try:
+        event = json.loads(line)
+    except json.JSONDecodeError:
+        print(line.rstrip(), flush=True)
+        continue
+
+    kind = event.get("type")
+    if kind == "archive_progress":
+        now = time.monotonic()
+        if now - last_progress < 60 and not event.get("finished"):
+            continue
+        path = event.get("path") or ""
+        parts = path.split("/")
+        dataset = parts[1] if len(parts) > 1 and parts[0] == "source" else "unknown"
+        original_size = event.get("original_size")
+        if isinstance(original_size, (int, float)) and original_size >= 0:
+            percent = original_size / args.estimated_total_bytes * 100
+            estimated_progress = (
+                f"{percent:.1f}%" if percent < 100 else ">=100% (ZFS estimate exceeded)"
+            )
+        else:
+            estimated_progress = "unknown"
+        print(
+            "Borg create progress: "
+            f"estimated={estimated_progress} dataset={dataset} "
+            f"files={event.get('nfiles', 'unknown')} "
+            f"original={size(original_size)} "
+            f"compressed={size(event.get('compressed_size'))} "
+            f"deduplicated={size(event.get('deduplicated_size'))}",
+            flush=True,
+        )
+        last_progress = now
+    elif kind == "log_message":
+        print(f"Borg {event.get('levelname', 'INFO')}: {event.get('message', '')}", flush=True)
+    elif kind == "progress_message" and event.get("message"):
+        print(f"Borg: {event['message']}", flush=True)
--- a/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/files/atlas-health-monitor.py
+++ b/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/files/atlas-health-monitor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,396 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+"""Read-only Atlas health probes with deduplicated 45Drives Alerts."""
+
+import argparse
+import fcntl
+import json
+import os
+import re
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import tempfile
+import time
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+CONFIG_PATH = Path("/etc/atlas-health-monitor.json")
+STATE_DIR = Path("/var/lib/atlas-health-monitor")
+STATE_PATH = STATE_DIR / "state.json"
+GIB = 1024**3
+
+
+def run(*argv, timeout=40):
+    return subprocess.run(argv, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=timeout, check=False)
+
+
+def issue(issues, key, severity, message):
+    issues[key] = {"severity": severity, "message": message}
+
+
+def notify(config, event, severity, subject, message):
+    now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+    payload = {
+        "timestamp": now.isoformat(timespec="seconds"),
+        "unixtime": int(now.timestamp()),
+        "event": event,
+        "severity": severity,
+        "subject": subject,
+        "email_message": message,
+    }
+    result = run(config["notifier"], json.dumps(payload, ensure_ascii=False), timeout=30)
+    if result.returncode:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"45Drives notifier exited {result.returncode}: {result.stderr.strip()}")
+
+
+def parse_fields(text):
+    return dict(line.split("=", 1) for line in text.splitlines() if "=" in line)
+
+
+def systemd_fields(unit, *properties):
+    result = run("systemctl", "show", unit, *(f"-p{item}" for item in properties))
+    if result.returncode:
+        raise RuntimeError(f"systemctl show {unit} exited {result.returncode}")
+    return parse_fields(result.stdout)
+
+
+def unix_time(text):
+    if not text or text == "n/a":
+        return None
+    result = run("date", "-d", text, "+%s")
+    if result.returncode:
+        raise ValueError(f"Cannot parse systemd timestamp: {text}")
+    return int(result.stdout.strip())
+
+
+def check_pool(config, issues, measurements):
+    pool = config["pool"]
+    listing = run("zpool", "list", "-H", "-p", "-o", "size,alloc,capacity,health", pool)
+    if listing.returncode:
+        issue(issues, "pool.probe", "critical", f"Cannot query ZFS pool {pool}")
+        return
+    try:
+        size, alloc, capacity, health = listing.stdout.strip().split("\t")
+        size, alloc, capacity = int(size), int(alloc), int(capacity)
+    except (ValueError, TypeError):
+        issue(issues, "pool.probe", "critical", "Invalid ZFS pool capacity response")
+        return
+    measurements.update(pool_size_bytes=size, pool_alloc_bytes=alloc, pool_capacity_percent=capacity)
+    if health != "ONLINE":
+        issue(issues, "pool.health", "critical", f"ZFS pool {pool} state is {health}")
+    if capacity >= config["pool_critical_percent"]:
+        issue(issues, "pool.capacity", "critical", f"ZFS pool {pool} is {capacity}% full")
+    elif capacity >= config["pool_warning_percent"]:
+        issue(issues, "pool.capacity", "warning", f"ZFS pool {pool} is {capacity}% full")
+
+    status = run("zpool", "status", "-P", pool)
+    if status.returncode:
+        issue(issues, "pool.status", "critical", f"Cannot query detailed ZFS status for {pool}")
+        return
+    bad_vdevs = []
+    for line in status.stdout.splitlines():
+        match = re.match(r"^\s*(\S+)\s+(ONLINE|DEGRADED|FAULTED|OFFLINE|UNAVAIL|REMOVED)\s+(\d+)\s+(\d+)\s+(\d+)", line)
+        if match:
+            name, state, reads, writes, checksums = match.groups()
+            if state != "ONLINE" or any(int(value) for value in (reads, writes, checksums)):
+                bad_vdevs.append(f"{name}: {state}, READ={reads}, WRITE={writes}, CKSUM={checksums}")
+    if bad_vdevs:
+        issue(issues, "pool.vdevs", "critical", "ZFS vdev errors: " + "; ".join(bad_vdevs))
+    errors = re.search(r"^errors:\s*(.*)$", status.stdout, re.MULTILINE)
+    if not errors or errors.group(1).strip() != "No known data errors":
+        issue(issues, "pool.data_errors", "critical", "ZFS status reports data errors; inspect zpool status -v")
+    if re.search(r"^\s*scan:\s*resilver in progress", status.stdout, re.MULTILINE | re.IGNORECASE):
+        issue(issues, "pool.resilver", "warning", "ZFS resilver is in progress; inspect zpool status")
+    scan = re.search(r"^\s*scan:\s*(.*)$", status.stdout, re.MULTILINE)
+    if scan and re.search(r"\bwith [1-9][0-9]* errors\b", scan.group(1)):
+        issue(issues, "pool.scan_errors", "critical", f"ZFS scan reported errors: {scan.group(1)}")
+
+
+def check_capacity(config, issues, measurements):
+    pool = config["pool"]
+    listing = run("zfs", "list", "-H", "-p", "-o", "name,usedbysnapshots", "-r", pool)
+    if listing.returncode:
+        issue(issues, "snapshot.probe", "warning", "Cannot query ZFS snapshot space")
+    else:
+        try:
+            snapshots = sum(int(line.split("\t")[1]) for line in listing.stdout.splitlines())
+            measurements["snapshots_bytes"] = snapshots
+            size = measurements.get("pool_size_bytes")
+            if size:
+                percent = snapshots * 100 // size
+                measurements["snapshots_percent"] = percent
+                if percent >= config["snapshot_critical_percent"]:
+                    issue(issues, "snapshot.capacity", "critical", f"Snapshots use {percent}% of pool size")
+                elif percent >= config["snapshot_warning_percent"]:
+                    issue(issues, "snapshot.capacity", "warning", f"Snapshots use {percent}% of pool size")
+        except (ValueError, IndexError):
+            issue(issues, "snapshot.probe", "warning", "Invalid ZFS snapshot-space response")
+    backup = run("zfs", "list", "-H", "-p", "-o", "used", config["backup_dataset"])
+    if backup.returncode:
+        issue(issues, "backup.capacity_probe", "warning", "Cannot query local backup dataset space")
+    else:
+        try:
+            measurements["backup_bytes"] = int(backup.stdout.strip())
+        except ValueError:
+            issue(issues, "backup.capacity_probe", "warning", "Invalid local backup space response")
+
+    try:
+        filesystem = os.statvfs("/")
+        total = filesystem.f_blocks * filesystem.f_frsize
+        available = filesystem.f_bavail * filesystem.f_frsize
+        used_percent = (total - available) * 100 // total
+        measurements["root_capacity_percent"] = used_percent
+        if used_percent >= config["root_critical_percent"]:
+            issue(issues, "root.capacity", "critical", f"Atlas system filesystem is {used_percent}% full")
+        elif used_percent >= config["root_warning_percent"]:
+            issue(issues, "root.capacity", "warning", f"Atlas system filesystem is {used_percent}% full")
+    except (OSError, ZeroDivisionError):
+        issue(issues, "root.capacity_probe", "warning", "Cannot query Atlas system filesystem space")
+
+
+def check_remote_capacity(config, issues, measurements):
+    """Query only the Storage Box quota; do not open or inspect the Borg repository."""
+    remote = config["remote_capacity"]
+    try:
+        result = run("runuser", "-u", remote["run_as"], "--", remote["ssh_wrapper"],
+                     f"{remote['user']}@{remote['host']}", "df", "-m", timeout=65)
+        if result.returncode:
+            raise ValueError(f"SSH df exited {result.returncode}")
+        lines = result.stdout.strip().splitlines()
+        if len(lines) != 2:
+            raise ValueError("Unexpected Storage Box df output")
+        fields = lines[1].split()
+        if len(fields) < 5:
+            raise ValueError("Incomplete Storage Box df output")
+        total_mib, used_mib, available_mib = (int(value) for value in fields[1:4])
+        percent = int(fields[4].rstrip("%"))
+        if total_mib <= 0 or not 0 <= percent <= 100 or available_mib < 0:
+            raise ValueError("Invalid Storage Box quota values")
+    except (OSError, ValueError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired):
+        issue(issues, "remote.capacity_probe", "warning", "Cannot query Hetzner Storage Box quota via pinned-key SSH")
+        return
+    measurements.update(remote_capacity_percent=percent, remote_bytes=used_mib * 1024**2,
+                        remote_available_bytes=available_mib * 1024**2)
+    if percent >= remote["critical_percent"]:
+        issue(issues, "remote.capacity", "critical", f"Hetzner Storage Box quota is {percent}% full")
+    elif percent >= remote["warning_percent"]:
+        issue(issues, "remote.capacity", "warning", f"Hetzner Storage Box quota is {percent}% full")
+
+
+def check_smart(config, issues, measurements):
+    for device in config["smart_devices"]:
+        name, path = device["name"], device["path"]
+        try:
+            result = run("smartctl", "-j", "-a", path, timeout=60)
+            data = json.loads(result.stdout)
+            status = int(data.get("smartctl", {}).get("exit_status", result.returncode))
+        except (subprocess.TimeoutExpired, json.JSONDecodeError, ValueError) as exc:
+            issue(issues, f"smart.{name}.probe", "critical", f"SMART probe failed for {name}: {type(exc).__name__}")
+            continue
+        if status:
+            severity = "critical" if status & 0b00001111 else "warning"
+            issue(issues, f"smart.{name}.status", severity, f"SMART reported exit status {status} for {name}")
+        passed = data.get("smart_status", {}).get("passed")
+        if passed is False:
+            issue(issues, f"smart.{name}.health", "critical", f"SMART self-assessment failed for {name}")
+        elif passed is None:
+            issue(issues, f"smart.{name}.health", "warning", f"SMART self-assessment unavailable for {name}")
+        temperature = data.get("temperature", {}).get("current")
+        if isinstance(temperature, (int, float)):
+            measurements[f"smart_{name}_c"] = temperature
+            if temperature >= device["critical_c"]:
+                issue(issues, f"smart.{name}.temperature", "critical", f"{name} temperature is {temperature} C")
+            elif temperature >= device["warning_c"]:
+                issue(issues, f"smart.{name}.temperature", "warning", f"{name} temperature is {temperature} C")
+        else:
+            issue(issues, f"smart.{name}.temperature", "warning", f"Temperature unavailable for {name}")
+        for attribute in data.get("ata_smart_attributes", {}).get("table", []):
+            attribute_id = attribute.get("id")
+            if attribute_id in (5, 187, 197, 198):
+                raw = attribute.get("raw", {}).get("value", 0)
+                if isinstance(raw, int) and raw > 0:
+                    severity = "critical" if attribute_id in (197, 198) else "warning"
+                    issue(issues, f"smart.{name}.ata_{attribute_id}", severity,
+                          f"{name} SMART attribute {attribute_id} raw count is {raw}")
+        nvme = data.get("nvme_smart_health_information_log", {})
+        if isinstance(nvme, dict):
+            if int(nvme.get("critical_warning", 0)):
+                issue(issues, f"smart.{name}.nvme_warning", "critical", f"{name} NVMe critical warning is nonzero")
+            if int(nvme.get("media_errors", 0)):
+                issue(issues, f"smart.{name}.nvme_media", "critical", f"{name} NVMe media errors are nonzero")
+
+
+def check_cpu(config, issues, measurements):
+    sensors = []
+    for hwmon in Path("/sys/class/hwmon").glob("hwmon*"):
+        try:
+            if (hwmon / "name").read_text().strip() != "coretemp":
+                continue
+            sensors.extend(int(path.read_text().strip()) / 1000 for path in hwmon.glob("temp*_input"))
+        except (OSError, ValueError):
+            continue
+    if not sensors:
+        issue(issues, "cpu.temperature_probe", "warning", "CPU temperature sensors are unavailable")
+        return
+    hottest = max(sensors)
+    measurements["cpu_max_c"] = hottest
+    if hottest >= config["cpu_critical_c"]:
+        issue(issues, "cpu.temperature", "critical", f"CPU temperature is {hottest:g} C")
+    elif hottest >= config["cpu_warning_c"]:
+        issue(issues, "cpu.temperature", "warning", f"CPU temperature is {hottest:g} C")
+
+
+def check_jobs(config, issues, measurements, now):
+    for timer in config["timers"]:
+        name = timer["name"]
+        try:
+            fields = systemd_fields(name, "ActiveState", "UnitFileState", "LastTriggerUSec", "ActiveEnterTimestamp")
+            if fields.get("ActiveState") != "active" or fields.get("UnitFileState") != "enabled":
+                issue(issues, f"timer.{name}", "critical", f"Timer {name} is not active and enabled")
+            max_age = int(timer["max_age_hours"]) * 3600
+            if max_age:
+                last = unix_time(fields.get("LastTriggerUSec"))
+                if last is None:
+                    last = unix_time(fields.get("ActiveEnterTimestamp"))
+                if last is not None and now - last > max_age:
+                    issue(issues, f"timer.{name}.stale", "warning",
+                          f"Timer {name} has not fired in {int((now-last)/3600)} hours")
+        except (RuntimeError, ValueError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired):
+            issue(issues, f"timer.{name}.probe", "warning", f"Cannot query timer {name}")
+    for unit in config["failure_units"]:
+        if unit.endswith("@.service"):
+            continue
+        try:
+            fields = systemd_fields(unit, "ActiveState", "Result", "ExecMainStartTimestamp")
+            state = fields.get("ActiveState")
+            if state == "failed" or (state == "inactive" and fields.get("Result") not in (None, "", "success")):
+                issue(issues, f"service.{unit}", "critical", f"Service {unit} failed: {fields.get('Result')}")
+            if unit == "atlas-borg-backup.service" and fields.get("ActiveState") == "activating":
+                started = unix_time(fields.get("ExecMainStartTimestamp"))
+                if started is not None and now - started > config["borg_max_runtime_days"] * 86400:
+                    issue(issues, "backup.borg_long_running", "warning",
+                          "Borg has run longer than its configured limit")
+        except (RuntimeError, ValueError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired):
+            issue(issues, f"service.{unit}.probe", "warning", f"Cannot query service {unit}")
+
+
+def check_growth(config, issues, measurements, samples, now):
+    previous = [sample for sample in samples if 20 * 3600 <= now - sample.get("time", now) <= 48 * 3600]
+    if previous:
+        baseline = min(previous, key=lambda sample: abs(now - sample["time"] - 86400))
+        days = (now - baseline["time"]) / 86400
+        for name, threshold in (("snapshots", config["snapshot_growth_warning_gib_day"]),
+                                ("backup", config["backup_growth_warning_gib_day"]),
+                                ("remote", config["remote_capacity"]["growth_warning_gib_day"])):
+            current, old = measurements.get(f"{name}_bytes"), baseline.get(f"{name}_bytes")
+            if isinstance(current, int) and isinstance(old, int) and days > 0:
+                growth_gib_day = (current - old) / GIB / days
+                measurements[f"{name}_growth_gib_day"] = round(growth_gib_day, 1)
+                if growth_gib_day >= threshold:
+                    issue(issues, f"{name}.growth", "warning",
+                          f"Local {name} usage grew {growth_gib_day:.1f} GiB/day over {days:.1f} days")
+
+
+def allowed_failure_unit(config, unit):
+    for allowed in config["failure_units"]:
+        if allowed == unit:
+            return True
+        if allowed.endswith("@.service") and unit.startswith(allowed[:-9] + "@") and unit.endswith(".service"):
+            return True
+    return False
+
+
+def load_state():
+    if not STATE_PATH.exists():
+        return {"active": {}, "samples": []}
+    with STATE_PATH.open(encoding="utf-8") as stream:
+        state = json.load(stream)
+    if not isinstance(state.get("active"), dict) or not isinstance(state.get("samples"), list):
+        raise ValueError("Invalid Atlas monitor state; refusing to overwrite it")
+    return state
+
+
+def save_state(state):
+    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile("w", dir=STATE_DIR, prefix=".state-", delete=False,
+                                     encoding="utf-8") as stream:
+        path = Path(stream.name)
+        os.chmod(path, 0o600)
+        json.dump(state, stream, sort_keys=True)
+        stream.write("\n")
+        stream.flush()
+        os.fsync(stream.fileno())
+    os.replace(path, STATE_PATH)
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument("--dry-run", action="store_true", help="probe without notifications or state changes")
+    parser.add_argument("--test-notification", action="store_true", help="submit a labelled test alert")
+    parser.add_argument("--job-failed", metavar="UNIT", help="notify about a failed configured service")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    with CONFIG_PATH.open(encoding="utf-8") as stream:
+        config = json.load(stream)
+    if args.test_notification:
+        notify(config, "atlas_monitor_test", "warning", "Test monitoraggio Atlas",
+               "Notifica di prova: il monitoraggio Atlas raggiunge 45Drives Alerts. Non conferma l'invio email.")
+        print("Atlas monitor test submitted to 45Drives Alerts; email delivery is not verified.")
+        return 0
+    if args.job_failed:
+        if not allowed_failure_unit(config, args.job_failed):
+            raise ValueError("Unconfigured Atlas failure unit")
+        notify(config, "atlas_job_failed", "critical", f"Job Atlas fallito: {args.job_failed}",
+               f"Il servizio {args.job_failed} e' fallito. Controlla: "
+               f"sudo journalctl -u {args.job_failed} -n 100 --no-pager")
+        print(f"Atlas job failure submitted to 45Drives Alerts: {args.job_failed}")
+        return 0
+
+    now = int(time.time())
+    issues, measurements = {}, {}
+    check_pool(config, issues, measurements)
+    check_capacity(config, issues, measurements)
+    check_remote_capacity(config, issues, measurements)
+    check_smart(config, issues, measurements)
+    check_cpu(config, issues, measurements)
+    check_jobs(config, issues, measurements, now)
+    if args.dry_run:
+        print(json.dumps({"issues": issues, "measurements": measurements}, sort_keys=True))
+        return 0
+
+    STATE_DIR.mkdir(mode=0o700, exist_ok=True)
+    with (STATE_DIR / "monitor.lock").open("w") as lock:
+        fcntl.flock(lock, fcntl.LOCK_EX | fcntl.LOCK_NB)
+        state = load_state()
+        check_growth(config, issues, measurements, state["samples"], now)
+        active, failed_notifications = state["active"], []
+        for key, details in issues.items():
+            old = active.get(key)
+            if old is None or old.get("severity") != details["severity"]:
+                try:
+                    notify(config, "atlas_health_issue", details["severity"],
+                           f"Atlas: {key}", details["message"])
+                    active[key] = details
+                    print(f"ALERT {details['severity']} {key}: {details['message']}", flush=True)
+                except (RuntimeError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired) as exc:
+                    failed_notifications.append(key)
+                    print(f"NOTIFICATION FAILED {key}: {exc}", file=sys.stderr, flush=True)
+        for key in set(active) - set(issues):
+            print(f"RECOVERED {key}", flush=True)
+            del active[key]
+        state["samples"] = [sample for sample in state["samples"] if now - sample.get("time", 0) < 48 * 3600]
+        state["samples"].append({"time": now, **{key: value for key, value in measurements.items()
+                                                 if key in ("snapshots_bytes", "backup_bytes", "remote_bytes")}})
+        save_state(state)
+        print(f"Atlas health: issues={len(issues)} notifications_failed={len(failed_notifications)} "
+              f"pool={measurements.get('pool_capacity_percent', 'unknown')}% "
+              f"remote={measurements.get('remote_capacity_percent', 'unknown')}% "
+              f"snapshots={measurements.get('snapshots_bytes', 'unknown')} bytes "
+              f"backup={measurements.get('backup_bytes', 'unknown')} bytes", flush=True)
+        return 1 if failed_notifications else 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    try:
+        sys.exit(main())
+    except (OSError, RuntimeError, ValueError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired) as error:
+        print(f"Atlas health monitor failed: {error}", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
--- a/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/tasks/borg_backup.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/tasks/borg_backup.yml
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
  when: atlas_manage_borg_backup | bool

 - name: Install the Atlas Borg backup helper
-  tags: [atlas, storage, backup, borg]
+  tags: [atlas, storage, backup, borg, borg_logging]
  ansible.builtin.template:
    src: atlas-borg-backup.sh.j2
    dest: /usr/local/sbin/atlas-borg-backup
@@ -233,6 +233,16 @@
    mode: "0750"
  when: atlas_manage_borg_backup | bool

+- name: Install the Atlas Borg snapshot cleanup helper
+  tags: [atlas, storage, backup, borg, borg_logging]
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: atlas-borg-snapshot-cleanup.sh.j2
+    dest: /usr/local/sbin/atlas-borg-snapshot-cleanup
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0750"
+  when: atlas_manage_borg_backup | bool
+
 - name: Install the Atlas Borg check helper
  tags: [atlas, storage, backup, borg]
  ansible.builtin.template:
@@ -244,7 +254,7 @@
  when: atlas_manage_borg_backup | bool

 - name: Create the local libexec directory for the Atlas Borg SSH wrapper
-  tags: [atlas, storage, backup, borg]
+  tags: [atlas, storage, backup, borg, borg_logging]
  ansible.builtin.file:
    path: "{{ atlas_borg_ssh_wrapper_path | dirname }}"
    state: directory
@@ -253,6 +263,16 @@
    mode: "0755"
  when: atlas_manage_borg_backup | bool

+- name: Install the Atlas Borg progress formatter
+  tags: [atlas, storage, backup, borg, borg_logging]
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    src: atlas-borg-progress.py
+    dest: /usr/local/libexec/atlas-borg-progress
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0755"
+  when: atlas_manage_borg_backup | bool
+
 - name: Install the capability-dropping Atlas Borg SSH wrapper
  tags: [atlas, storage, backup, borg]
  ansible.builtin.template:
@@ -264,7 +284,7 @@
  when: atlas_manage_borg_backup | bool

 - name: Install Atlas Borg systemd units
-  tags: [atlas, storage, backup, borg]
+  tags: [atlas, storage, backup, borg, borg_logging]
  ansible.builtin.template:
    src: "{{ item }}.j2"
    dest: "/etc/systemd/system/{{ item }}"
--- a/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/tasks/main.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@
 - name: Import Atlas Borg backup tasks
  ansible.builtin.import_tasks: borg_backup.yml

+- name: Import Atlas offline USB backup tasks
+  ansible.builtin.import_tasks: usb_backup.yml
+
+- name: Import Atlas health monitoring tasks
+  ansible.builtin.import_tasks: monitoring.yml
+
+- name: Import Atlas post-restore SELinux relabeling tasks
+  ansible.builtin.import_tasks: restorecon.yml
+
 - name: Import Atlas file sharing tasks
  ansible.builtin.import_tasks: sharing.yml

--- a/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/tasks/monitoring.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/tasks/monitoring.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+---
+- name: Validate Atlas health monitoring policy
+  tags: [atlas, monitoring]
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - atlas_manage_storage | bool
+      - atlas_zfs_pool != 'CHANGEME_ZFS_POOL'
+      - atlas_monitor_calendar | length > 0
+      - atlas_monitor_smart_devices | length > 0
+      - atlas_monitor_timers | length > 0
+      - atlas_monitor_failure_units | length > 0
+      - atlas_monitor_remote_capacity.user == atlas_borg_repository_user
+      - atlas_monitor_remote_capacity.host == atlas_borg_repository_host
+      - atlas_monitor_remote_capacity.run_as == atlas_borg_username
+      - atlas_monitor_remote_capacity.ssh_wrapper == atlas_borg_ssh_wrapper_path
+      - >-
+        0 < atlas_monitor_remote_capacity.warning_percent | int
+        < atlas_monitor_remote_capacity.critical_percent | int < 100
+      - atlas_monitor_remote_capacity.growth_warning_gib_day | int > 0
+      - atlas_monitor_notifier.startswith('/opt/45drives/houston/')
+      - 0 < atlas_monitor_pool_warning_percent | int < atlas_monitor_pool_critical_percent | int < 100
+      - 0 < atlas_monitor_root_warning_percent | int < atlas_monitor_root_critical_percent | int < 100
+      - 0 < atlas_monitor_snapshot_warning_percent | int < atlas_monitor_snapshot_critical_percent | int < 100
+      - atlas_monitor_snapshot_growth_warning_gib_day | int > 0
+      - atlas_monitor_backup_growth_warning_gib_day | int > 0
+      - 0 < atlas_monitor_cpu_warning_c | int < atlas_monitor_cpu_critical_c | int
+      - atlas_monitor_borg_max_runtime_days | int > 0
+    fail_msg: >-
+      Atlas health monitoring needs real devices, job units, a valid calendar,
+      positive ordered thresholds, and the existing Houston notifier.
+  when: atlas_manage_monitoring | bool
+
+- name: Validate monitored Atlas SMART devices
+  tags: [atlas, monitoring]
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - item.name is match('^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9_-]*$')
+      - item.path.startswith('/dev/disk/by-id/')
+      - 0 < item.warning_c | int < item.critical_c | int
+    fail_msg: "Every monitored disk needs a stable by-id path and ordered temperature thresholds."
+  loop: "{{ atlas_monitor_smart_devices }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.name }}"
+  when: atlas_manage_monitoring | bool
+
+- name: Validate monitored Atlas timer names and age thresholds
+  tags: [atlas, monitoring]
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - item.name is match('^[a-zA-Z0-9@_.-]+\\.timer$')
+      - item.max_age_hours | int >= 0
+  loop: "{{ atlas_monitor_timers }}"
+  loop_control:
+    label: "{{ item.name }}"
+  when: atlas_manage_monitoring | bool
+
+- name: Validate monitored Atlas failure unit names
+  tags: [atlas, monitoring]
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - item is match('^[a-zA-Z0-9@_.-]+\\.service$')
+  loop: "{{ atlas_monitor_failure_units }}"
+  when: atlas_manage_monitoring | bool
+
+- name: Validate Atlas health monitor calendar
+  tags: [atlas, monitoring]
+  ansible.builtin.command:
+    argv: [systemd-analyze, calendar, "{{ atlas_monitor_calendar }}"]
+  changed_when: false
+  check_mode: false
+  when: atlas_manage_monitoring | bool
+
+- name: Install SMART tooling for Atlas health checks
+  tags: [atlas, monitoring, packages]
+  ansible.builtin.dnf:
+    name: smartmontools
+    state: present
+  when: atlas_manage_monitoring | bool
+
+- name: Inspect the existing 45Drives notifier for monitoring
+  tags: [atlas, monitoring]
+  ansible.builtin.stat:
+    path: "{{ atlas_monitor_notifier }}"
+  register: atlas_monitor_notifier_file
+  when: atlas_manage_monitoring | bool
+
+- name: Require the existing 45Drives notifier for monitoring
+  tags: [atlas, monitoring]
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - atlas_monitor_notifier_file.stat.executable | default(false)
+    fail_msg: "The existing 45Drives Houston notifier must be executable."
+  when: atlas_manage_monitoring | bool
+
+- name: Create private Atlas health monitor state directory
+  tags: [atlas, monitoring]
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: /var/lib/atlas-health-monitor
+    state: directory
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0700"
+  when: atlas_manage_monitoring | bool
+
+- name: Install Atlas health monitor configuration
+  tags: [atlas, monitoring]
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: atlas-health-monitor.json.j2
+    dest: /etc/atlas-health-monitor.json
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0600"
+  when: atlas_manage_monitoring | bool
+
+- name: Install Atlas health monitor helper
+  tags: [atlas, monitoring]
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    src: atlas-health-monitor.py
+    dest: /usr/local/libexec/atlas-health-monitor
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0750"
+  when: atlas_manage_monitoring | bool
+
+- name: Install Atlas health monitoring units
+  tags: [atlas, monitoring]
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: "{{ item }}.j2"
+    dest: "/etc/systemd/system/{{ item }}"
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0644"
+  loop:
+    - atlas-health-monitor.service
+    - atlas-health-monitor.timer
+    - atlas-monitor-failure@.service
+  when: atlas_manage_monitoring | bool
+
+- name: Create failure hook directories for monitored Atlas jobs
+  tags: [atlas, monitoring]
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "/etc/systemd/system/{{ item }}.d"
+    state: directory
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0755"
+  loop: "{{ atlas_monitor_failure_units }}"
+  when: atlas_manage_monitoring | bool
+
+- name: Notify 45Drives Alerts when an Atlas job fails
+  tags: [atlas, monitoring]
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: atlas-monitor-failure.conf.j2
+    dest: "/etc/systemd/system/{{ item }}.d/atlas-monitor.conf"
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0644"
+  loop: "{{ atlas_monitor_failure_units }}"
+  when: atlas_manage_monitoring | bool
+
+- name: Reload systemd after installing Atlas monitoring
+  tags: [atlas, monitoring]
+  ansible.builtin.systemd:
+    daemon_reload: true
+  when:
+    - atlas_manage_monitoring | bool
+    - not ansible_check_mode
+
+- name: Enable the Atlas health monitoring timer
+  tags: [atlas, monitoring]
+  ansible.builtin.systemd:
+    name: atlas-health-monitor.timer
+    enabled: true
+    state: started
+  when:
+    - atlas_manage_monitoring | bool
+    - not ansible_check_mode
+
+- name: Validate the deployed Atlas health monitoring units
+  tags: [atlas, monitoring]
+  ansible.builtin.command:
+    argv:
+      - systemd-analyze
+      - verify
+      - atlas-health-monitor.service
+      - atlas-health-monitor.timer
+      - atlas-monitor-failure@.service
+  changed_when: false
+  when:
+    - atlas_manage_monitoring | bool
+    - not ansible_check_mode
+
+- name: Probe Atlas health without sending notifications
+  tags: [atlas, monitoring]
+  ansible.builtin.command:
+    argv: [/usr/local/libexec/atlas-health-monitor, --dry-run]
+  register: atlas_monitor_dry_run
+  changed_when: false
+  when:
+    - atlas_manage_monitoring | bool
+    - not ansible_check_mode
--- a/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/tasks/restorecon.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/tasks/restorecon.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+---
+- name: Validate requested Atlas post-restore relabel paths
+  tags: [atlas, restorecon, recovery]
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - item is string
+      - item.startswith(atlas_mount_root ~ '/')
+      - item != atlas_mount_root
+    fail_msg: >-
+      Post-restore relabeling accepts only explicit paths below the Atlas pool
+      mount root. Do not relabel the whole pool during routine provisioning.
+  loop: "{{ atlas_restorecon_paths }}"
+  when: atlas_restorecon_paths | length > 0
+
+- name: Restore SELinux labels on explicitly restored Atlas paths
+  tags: [atlas, restorecon, recovery]
+  ansible.builtin.command:
+    argv:
+      - restorecon
+      - -RFv
+      - "{{ item }}"
+  register: atlas_restorecon_result
+  changed_when: atlas_restorecon_result.stdout | length > 0
+  loop: "{{ atlas_restorecon_paths }}"
+  when:
+    - atlas_restorecon_paths | length > 0
+    - not ansible_check_mode
--- a/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/tasks/usb_backup.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/tasks/usb_backup.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+---
+- name: Validate Atlas offline USB backup configuration
+  tags: [atlas, storage, backup, usb_backup]
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - atlas_manage_storage | bool
+      - atlas_zfs_pool != 'CHANGEME_ZFS_POOL'
+      - atlas_mount_root.startswith('/')
+      - atlas_usb_backup_luks_uuid is match('^[0-9a-fA-F]{8}(-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}){3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}$')
+      - atlas_usb_backup_fs_uuid is match('^[0-9a-fA-F]{8}(-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}){3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}$')
+      - atlas_usb_backup_luks_uuid != atlas_usb_backup_fs_uuid
+      - atlas_usb_backup_mapper_name is match('^[a-z][a-z0-9_-]*$')
+      - atlas_usb_backup_min_free_bytes | int > 0
+      - atlas_usb_backup_snapshot_prefix is match('^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9_-]*$')
+      - atlas_usb_backup_snapshot_prefix != atlas_borg_snapshot_prefix
+      - atlas_usb_backup_snapshot_prefix != atlas_zfs_snapshot_prefix
+    fail_msg: >-
+      The manual Atlas USB backup needs verified LUKS and ext4 UUIDs, a safe
+      mapper name, positive free-space reserve, and a unique snapshot prefix.
+  when: atlas_manage_usb_backup | bool
+
+- name: Install rsync for the Atlas offline USB backup
+  tags: [atlas, storage, backup, usb_backup]
+  ansible.builtin.dnf:
+    name: rsync
+    state: present
+  when: atlas_manage_usb_backup | bool
+
+- name: Install the manual Atlas offline USB backup helper
+  tags: [atlas, storage, backup, usb_backup]
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: atlas-usb-backup.sh.j2
+    dest: /usr/local/sbin/atlas-usb-backup
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0750"
+  when: atlas_manage_usb_backup | bool
+
+- name: Install the Atlas USB snapshot cleanup helper
+  tags: [atlas, storage, backup, usb_backup]
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: atlas-usb-snapshot-cleanup.sh.j2
+    dest: /usr/local/sbin/atlas-usb-snapshot-cleanup
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0750"
+  when: atlas_manage_usb_backup | bool
+
+- name: Install the manual Atlas offline USB backup service
+  tags: [atlas, storage, backup, usb_backup]
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: atlas-usb-backup.service.j2
+    dest: /etc/systemd/system/atlas-usb-backup.service
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0644"
+  when: atlas_manage_usb_backup | bool
+
+- name: Reload systemd for the Atlas offline USB backup service
+  tags: [atlas, storage, backup, usb_backup]
+  ansible.builtin.systemd:
+    daemon_reload: true
+  when:
+    - atlas_manage_usb_backup | bool
+    - not ansible_check_mode
+
+- name: Validate the 45Drives Atlas USB reminder configuration
+  tags: [atlas, backup, usb_reminder]
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - atlas_manage_usb_backup | bool
+      - atlas_usb_reminder_calendar | length > 0
+      - atlas_usb_reminder_notifier.startswith('/opt/45drives/houston/')
+    fail_msg: >-
+      Enable the manual USB backup and declare a systemd calendar before
+      enabling its 45Drives Alerts reminder.
+  when: atlas_manage_usb_reminder | bool
+
+- name: Validate the Atlas USB reminder calendar
+  tags: [atlas, backup, usb_reminder]
+  ansible.builtin.command:
+    argv:
+      - systemd-analyze
+      - calendar
+      - "{{ atlas_usb_reminder_calendar }}"
+  changed_when: false
+  check_mode: false
+  when: atlas_manage_usb_reminder | bool
+
+- name: Inspect the existing 45Drives notifier
+  tags: [atlas, backup, usb_reminder]
+  ansible.builtin.stat:
+    path: "{{ atlas_usb_reminder_notifier }}"
+  register: atlas_usb_reminder_notifier_file
+  when: atlas_manage_usb_reminder | bool
+
+- name: Require the configured 45Drives notifier for USB reminders
+  tags: [atlas, backup, usb_reminder]
+  ansible.builtin.assert:
+    that:
+      - atlas_usb_reminder_notifier_file.stat.executable | default(false)
+    fail_msg: >-
+      The existing 45Drives Houston notifier must be executable.
+  when: atlas_manage_usb_reminder | bool
+
+- name: Install the 45Drives Atlas USB reminder helper
+  tags: [atlas, backup, usb_reminder]
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: atlas-usb-reminder.py.j2
+    dest: /usr/local/libexec/atlas-usb-reminder
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0750"
+  when: atlas_manage_usb_reminder | bool
+
+- name: Install the 45Drives Atlas USB reminder service
+  tags: [atlas, backup, usb_reminder]
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: atlas-usb-reminder.service.j2
+    dest: /etc/systemd/system/atlas-usb-reminder.service
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0644"
+  when: atlas_manage_usb_reminder | bool
+
+- name: Install the 45Drives Atlas USB reminder timer
+  tags: [atlas, backup, usb_reminder]
+  ansible.builtin.template:
+    src: atlas-usb-reminder.timer.j2
+    dest: /etc/systemd/system/atlas-usb-reminder.timer
+    owner: root
+    group: root
+    mode: "0644"
+  when: atlas_manage_usb_reminder | bool
+
+- name: Enable only the Atlas USB notification reminder timer
+  tags: [atlas, backup, usb_reminder]
+  ansible.builtin.systemd:
+    name: atlas-usb-reminder.timer
+    enabled: true
+    state: started
+    daemon_reload: true
+  when:
+    - atlas_manage_usb_reminder | bool
+    - not ansible_check_mode
--- a/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/templates/atlas-borg-backup.service.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/templates/atlas-borg-backup.service.j2
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ ConditionPathExists={{ atlas_borg_known_hosts_path }}
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
 ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/atlas-borg-backup
+ExecStopPost=+/usr/local/sbin/atlas-borg-snapshot-cleanup
 User=root
 Group=root
 UMask=0077
--- a/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/templates/atlas-borg-backup.sh.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/templates/atlas-borg-backup.sh.j2
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -Eeuo pipefail

-export LC_ALL=C
+export LC_ALL=C.utf8
 export PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
 export BORG_CACHE_DIR={{ atlas_borg_cache_dir | quote }}
 export BORG_CONFIG_DIR={{ atlas_borg_config_dir | quote }}
@@ -17,13 +17,14 @@ readonly archive_prefix={{ atlas_borg_archive_prefix | quote }}
 readonly snapshot_prefix={{ atlas_borg_snapshot_prefix | quote }}
 readonly compression={{ atlas_borg_compression | quote }}
 readonly stage=/run/atlas-borg/source
+readonly snapshot_marker=/run/atlas-borg/snapshot-name
 readonly borg_user={{ atlas_borg_username | quote }}
 readonly borg_group={{ atlas_borg_group | quote }}
 readonly borg_home={{ atlas_borg_home | quote }}
 readonly borg_lock={{ atlas_borg_lock_path | quote }}
+readonly progress_filter=/usr/local/libexec/atlas-borg-progress

 snapshot_name=""
-snapshot_created=false
 mounted_targets=()

 # Invoked through the EXIT trap below.
@@ -32,22 +33,31 @@ cleanup() {
  local status=$?
  local cleanup_status=0
  local index
+  local source_mount_failed=false
  trap - EXIT HUP INT TERM
  set +e

 {% raw %}
  for ((index = ${#mounted_targets[@]} - 1; index >= 0; index--)); do
 {% endraw %}
+    if mountpoint -q "${mounted_targets[$index]}" && ! umount -R "${mounted_targets[$index]}"; then
+      printf 'Source snapshot mount cleanup failed: %s\n' "${mounted_targets[$index]}" >&2
+      source_mount_failed=true
+    fi
    if mountpoint -q "${mounted_targets[$index]}"; then
-      umount "${mounted_targets[$index]}" || cleanup_status=2
+      printf 'Source snapshot mount is still active: %s\n' "${mounted_targets[$index]}" >&2
+      source_mount_failed=true
+    else
+      rmdir -- "${mounted_targets[$index]}" 2>/dev/null || true
    fi
  done
-  rm -rf "$stage" || cleanup_status=2
-
-  if [[ "$snapshot_created" == true ]]; then
-    flock 9
-    zfs destroy -r "${pool}@${snapshot_name}" || cleanup_status=2
-    flock -u 9
+  if [[ "$source_mount_failed" == false ]]; then
+    if [[ -d "$stage" ]]; then
+      rmdir -- "$stage" 2>/dev/null || cleanup_status=2
+    fi
+  else
+    cleanup_status=2
+    printf 'Source bind mount cleanup failed; keeping the snapshot for recovery\n' >&2
  fi

  if ((status == 0 && cleanup_status != 0)); then
@@ -96,8 +106,8 @@ timestamp="$(date -u +%Y%m%dT%H%M%SZ)"
 readonly timestamp
 snapshot_name="${snapshot_prefix}-${timestamp}"
 readonly snapshot_name
+printf '%s\n' "$snapshot_name" >"$snapshot_marker"
 zfs snapshot -r "${pool}@${snapshot_name}"
-snapshot_created=true
 flock -u 9
 printf 'Created recursive Borg source snapshot %s@%s\n' "$pool" "$snapshot_name"

@@ -116,32 +126,56 @@ while IFS=$'\t' read -r dataset dataset_mountpoint mounted; do
  target_path="${stage}${dataset_suffix}"
  mkdir -p "$target_path"
  mount --bind "$source_path" "$target_path"
-  mount -o remount,bind,ro "$target_path"
  mounted_targets+=("$target_path")
+  mount -o remount,bind,ro "$target_path"
 done < <(zfs list -H -o name,mountpoint,mounted -s name -r "$pool")

+estimated_source_bytes=0
+while IFS=$'\t' read -r source_snapshot logical_bytes; do
+  if [[ "$source_snapshot" == *"@${snapshot_name}" ]]; then
+    [[ "$logical_bytes" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || {
+      printf 'Invalid logical size for Borg source snapshot %s\n' "$source_snapshot" >&2
+      exit 74
+    }
+    estimated_source_bytes=$((estimated_source_bytes + logical_bytes))
+  fi
+done < <(zfs list -H -p -t snapshot -o name,logicalreferenced -r "$pool")
+((estimated_source_bytes > 0)) || {
+  printf 'Could not estimate the Borg source snapshot size\n' >&2
+  exit 74
+}
+printf 'Estimated Borg source logical size: %s bytes (ZFS; progress percentage is approximate)\n' \
+  "$estimated_source_bytes"
+
 archive="${archive_prefix}-${timestamp}"
 readonly archive
 borg_status=0

+printf 'Starting Borg archive %s from snapshot %s@%s\n' "$archive" "$pool" "$snapshot_name"
 set +e
 (
  cd /run/atlas-borg
-  run_as_borg borg --remote-path "$remote_path" --lock-wait 600 create \
+  run_as_borg borg --remote-path "$remote_path" --lock-wait 600 --log-json --progress create \
    --show-rc \
    --stats \
    --checkpoint-interval 900 \
    --compression "$compression" \
    "${repository}::${archive}" \
-    source
-)
-create_status=$?
+    source 2>&1
+) | /usr/bin/python3 -u "$progress_filter" --estimated-total-bytes "$estimated_source_bytes"
+create_pipeline_status=("${PIPESTATUS[@]}")
 set -e
+create_status=${create_pipeline_status[0]}
+if ((create_pipeline_status[1] != 0)); then
+  printf 'Borg progress logging failed with status %s\n' "${create_pipeline_status[1]}" >&2
+  exit 2
+fi
 if ((create_status >= 2)); then
  exit "$create_status"
 fi
 borg_status=$create_status

+printf 'Borg archive %s created; applying retention\n' "$archive"
 set +e
 run_as_borg borg --remote-path "$remote_path" --lock-wait 600 prune \
  --show-rc \
@@ -160,6 +194,7 @@ if ((prune_status > borg_status)); then
  borg_status=$prune_status
 fi

+printf 'Borg retention complete; compacting repository\n'
 set +e
 run_as_borg borg --remote-path "$remote_path" --lock-wait 600 compact \
  --show-rc \
@@ -173,4 +208,5 @@ if ((compact_status > borg_status)); then
  borg_status=$compact_status
 fi

+printf 'Borg backup %s completed with status %s\n' "$archive" "$borg_status"
 exit "$borg_status"
--- a/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/templates/atlas-borg-snapshot-cleanup.sh.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/templates/atlas-borg-snapshot-cleanup.sh.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -Eeuo pipefail
+
+export PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
+
+readonly pool={{ atlas_zfs_pool | quote }}
+readonly mount_root={{ atlas_mount_root | quote }}
+readonly snapshot_prefix={{ atlas_borg_snapshot_prefix | quote }}
+readonly marker=/run/atlas-borg/snapshot-name
+
+[[ -e "$marker" ]] || exit 0
+[[ -f "$marker" && ! -L "$marker" ]] || {
+  printf 'Unsafe Atlas Borg snapshot marker; leaving snapshots unchanged\n' >&2
+  exit 2
+}
+IFS= read -r snapshot_name <"$marker"
+[[ "$snapshot_name" =~ ^${snapshot_prefix}-[0-9]{8}T[0-9]{6}Z$ ]] || {
+  printf 'Invalid Atlas Borg snapshot marker; leaving snapshots unchanged\n' >&2
+  exit 2
+}
+
+exec 9>/run/lock/atlas-zfs-snapshot.lock
+flock 9
+if zfs list -H -t snapshot -o name "${pool}@${snapshot_name}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  # The private bind mounts are gone, but ZFS may leave its on-demand
+  # .zfs/snapshot mounts in the host namespace until explicitly unmounted.
+  snapshot_mounts=()
+  snapshot_sources=()
+  while IFS=$'\t' read -r dataset dataset_mountpoint; do
+    [[ "$dataset_mountpoint" == "$mount_root" || "$dataset_mountpoint" == "$mount_root/"* ]] || continue
+    snapshot_mounts+=("${dataset_mountpoint}/.zfs/snapshot/${snapshot_name}")
+    snapshot_sources+=("${dataset}@${snapshot_name}")
+  done < <(zfs list -H -o name,mountpoint -s name -r "$pool")
+
+{% raw %}
+  for ((index = ${#snapshot_mounts[@]} - 1; index >= 0; index--)); do
+{% endraw %}
+    mounted_source="$(findmnt -rn -M "${snapshot_mounts[$index]}" -o SOURCE || true)"
+    [[ -n "$mounted_source" ]] || continue
+    [[ "$mounted_source" == "${snapshot_sources[$index]}" ]] || {
+      printf 'Unexpected source on Atlas Borg snapshot mount: %s\n' \
+        "${snapshot_mounts[$index]}" >&2
+      exit 2
+    }
+    umount "${snapshot_mounts[$index]}"
+  done
+
+  zfs destroy -r "${pool}@${snapshot_name}"
+  printf 'Removed recursive Atlas Borg source snapshot %s@%s after backup exit\n' \
+    "$pool" "$snapshot_name"
+fi
--- a/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/templates/atlas-health-monitor.json.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/templates/atlas-health-monitor.json.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "pool": {{ atlas_zfs_pool | to_json }},
+  "backup_dataset": {{ (atlas_zfs_pool ~ '/' ~ atlas_zfs_dataset_backup) | to_json }},
+  "notifier": {{ atlas_monitor_notifier | to_json }},
+  "smart_devices": {{ atlas_monitor_smart_devices | to_json }},
+  "timers": {{ atlas_monitor_timers | to_json }},
+  "failure_units": {{ atlas_monitor_failure_units | to_json }},
+  "remote_capacity": {{ atlas_monitor_remote_capacity | to_json }},
+  "pool_warning_percent": {{ atlas_monitor_pool_warning_percent | int }},
+  "pool_critical_percent": {{ atlas_monitor_pool_critical_percent | int }},
+  "root_warning_percent": {{ atlas_monitor_root_warning_percent | int }},
+  "root_critical_percent": {{ atlas_monitor_root_critical_percent | int }},
+  "snapshot_warning_percent": {{ atlas_monitor_snapshot_warning_percent | int }},
+  "snapshot_critical_percent": {{ atlas_monitor_snapshot_critical_percent | int }},
+  "snapshot_growth_warning_gib_day": {{ atlas_monitor_snapshot_growth_warning_gib_day | int }},
+  "backup_growth_warning_gib_day": {{ atlas_monitor_backup_growth_warning_gib_day | int }},
+  "cpu_warning_c": {{ atlas_monitor_cpu_warning_c | int }},
+  "cpu_critical_c": {{ atlas_monitor_cpu_critical_c | int }},
+  "borg_max_runtime_days": {{ atlas_monitor_borg_max_runtime_days | int }}
+}
--- a/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/templates/atlas-health-monitor.service.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/templates/atlas-health-monitor.service.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Check Atlas pool, disks, capacity, temperatures and maintenance jobs
+Wants=houston-dbus.service network-online.target
+After=zfs.target houston-dbus.service network-online.target
+ConditionFileIsExecutable=/usr/local/libexec/atlas-health-monitor
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=/usr/local/libexec/atlas-health-monitor
+User=root
+Group=root
+UMask=0077
+StateDirectory=atlas-health-monitor
+StateDirectoryMode=0700
+NoNewPrivileges=true
+PrivateTmp=true
+ProtectHome=true
+ProtectSystem=strict
+ReadWritePaths=/var/lib/atlas-health-monitor
+ProtectKernelTunables=true
+ProtectKernelModules=true
+ProtectControlGroups=true
+RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_UNIX AF_INET AF_INET6
+RestrictRealtime=true
+LockPersonality=true
--- a/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/templates/atlas-health-monitor.timer.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/templates/atlas-health-monitor.timer.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Schedule Atlas health checks
+
+[Timer]
+OnCalendar={{ atlas_monitor_calendar }}
+Persistent=true
+RandomizedDelaySec=5min
+Unit=atlas-health-monitor.service
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=timers.target
--- a/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/templates/atlas-monitor-failure.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/templates/atlas-monitor-failure.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[Unit]
+OnFailure=atlas-monitor-failure@%n.service
--- a/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/templates/atlas-monitor-failure@.service.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/templates/atlas-monitor-failure@.service.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Submit a 45Drives Alert for failed Atlas job %I
+Requires=houston-dbus.service
+After=houston-dbus.service
+ConditionFileIsExecutable=/usr/local/libexec/atlas-health-monitor
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=/usr/local/libexec/atlas-health-monitor --job-failed %I
+User=root
+Group=root
+UMask=0077
+NoNewPrivileges=true
+PrivateTmp=true
+ProtectHome=true
+ProtectSystem=strict
+RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_UNIX
+RestrictRealtime=true
+LockPersonality=true
--- a/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/templates/atlas-usb-backup.service.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/templates/atlas-usb-backup.service.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Run a manual, UUID-bound offline USB backup of Atlas ZFS datasets
+Requires=zfs.target
+After=zfs.target
+ConditionFileIsExecutable=/usr/local/sbin/atlas-usb-backup
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/atlas-usb-backup
+ExecStopPost=+/usr/local/sbin/atlas-usb-snapshot-cleanup
+User=root
+Group=root
+UMask=0077
+TimeoutStartSec=infinity
+RuntimeDirectory=atlas-usb-backup
+RuntimeDirectoryMode=0700
+Nice=15
+IOSchedulingClass=best-effort
+IOSchedulingPriority=7
+PrivateMounts=true
+PrivateTmp=true
+ProtectHome=true
+ProtectSystem=strict
+ReadWritePaths=/run/atlas-usb-backup /run/lock
+ProtectKernelTunables=true
+ProtectKernelModules=true
+ProtectControlGroups=true
+RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_UNIX
+RestrictRealtime=true
+LockPersonality=true
--- a/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/templates/atlas-usb-backup.sh.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/templates/atlas-usb-backup.sh.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,242 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -Eeuo pipefail
+
+export LC_ALL=C.utf8
+export PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
+
+readonly pool={{ atlas_zfs_pool | quote }}
+readonly mount_root={{ atlas_mount_root | quote }}
+readonly luks_uuid={{ atlas_usb_backup_luks_uuid | quote }}
+readonly fs_uuid={{ atlas_usb_backup_fs_uuid | quote }}
+readonly mapper_name={{ atlas_usb_backup_mapper_name | quote }}
+readonly snapshot_prefix={{ atlas_usb_backup_snapshot_prefix | quote }}
+readonly min_free_bytes={{ atlas_usb_backup_min_free_bytes | int }}
+readonly mapper="/dev/mapper/${mapper_name}"
+readonly outer="/dev/disk/by-uuid/${luks_uuid}"
+readonly runtime_dir=/run/atlas-usb-backup
+readonly snapshot_marker="${runtime_dir}/snapshot-name"
+readonly source_dir="${runtime_dir}/source"
+readonly usb_mount="${runtime_dir}/target"
+readonly backup_root="${usb_mount}/atlas"
+
+snapshot_name=""
+mapper_opened_by_script=false
+usb_mounted=false
+published=false
+partial=""
+mounted_targets=()
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC2329
+cleanup() {
+  local status=$?
+  local cleanup_status=0
+  local index
+  local source_mount_failed=false
+  trap - EXIT HUP INT TERM
+  set +e
+
+  if [[ -n "$partial" && "$published" == false && "$usb_mounted" == true ]]; then
+    rm -rf -- "$partial" || cleanup_status=2
+  fi
+  if [[ "$usb_mounted" == true ]]; then
+    umount "$usb_mount" || cleanup_status=2
+  fi
+
+{% raw %}
+  for ((index = ${#mounted_targets[@]} - 1; index >= 0; index--)); do
+{% endraw %}
+    if mountpoint -q "${mounted_targets[$index]}" && ! umount -R "${mounted_targets[$index]}"; then
+      printf 'Source snapshot mount cleanup failed: %s\n' "${mounted_targets[$index]}" >&2
+      source_mount_failed=true
+    fi
+    if mountpoint -q "${mounted_targets[$index]}"; then
+      printf 'Source snapshot mount is still active: %s\n' "${mounted_targets[$index]}" >&2
+      source_mount_failed=true
+    else
+      rmdir -- "${mounted_targets[$index]}" 2>/dev/null || true
+    fi
+  done
+  if [[ "$source_mount_failed" == false ]]; then
+    rmdir -- "$source_dir" 2>/dev/null || true
+  else
+    cleanup_status=2
+    printf 'Source bind mount cleanup failed; keeping the snapshot for recovery\n' >&2
+  fi
+
+  if [[ "$usb_mounted" == true || "$mapper_opened_by_script" == true ]] &&
+      ! mountpoint -q "$usb_mount" &&
+      ! findmnt -rn -S "$mapper" >/dev/null; then
+    cryptsetup close "$mapper_name" || cleanup_status=2
+  fi
+  rmdir -- "$usb_mount" 2>/dev/null || true
+
+  if ((status == 0 && cleanup_status != 0)); then
+    status=$cleanup_status
+  fi
+  exit "$status"
+}
+
+trap cleanup EXIT
+trap 'exit 143' HUP INT TERM
+
+exec 8>/run/lock/atlas-usb-backup.lock
+flock -n 8 || { printf 'Atlas USB backup is already running\n' >&2; exit 75; }
+exec 9>/run/lock/atlas-zfs-snapshot.lock
+
+zpool list -H -o name "$pool" >/dev/null
+[[ -b "$outer" ]] || { printf 'Configured LUKS UUID is not connected\n' >&2; exit 66; }
+[[ "$(blkid -s TYPE -o value "$outer")" == crypto_LUKS ]] || {
+  printf 'Configured outer UUID is not a LUKS container\n' >&2
+  exit 65
+}
+[[ "$(blkid -s UUID -o value "$outer")" == "$luks_uuid" ]] || exit 65
+if ! cryptsetup status "$mapper_name" >/dev/null; then
+  printf 'Requesting the LUKS passphrase for the configured USB disk\n'
+  systemd-ask-password -n --no-tty --timeout=300 \
+    --id="atlas-usb-backup:${luks_uuid}" \
+    'Atlas offline USB backup LUKS passphrase:' |
+    cryptsetup open --type luks2 --key-file - "$outer" "$mapper_name"
+  mapper_opened_by_script=true
+fi
+backing_device="$(cryptsetup status "$mapper_name" | awk '$1 == "device:" { print $2 }')"
+[[ -n "$backing_device" && "$(readlink -f "$backing_device")" == "$(readlink -f "$outer")" ]] || {
+  printf 'The unlocked mapper does not belong to the configured LUKS UUID\n' >&2
+  exit 65
+}
+[[ "$(blkid -s TYPE -o value "$mapper")" == ext4 ]] || {
+  printf 'The unlocked USB filesystem is not ext4\n' >&2
+  exit 65
+}
+[[ "$(blkid -s UUID -o value "$mapper")" == "$fs_uuid" ]] || {
+  printf 'The unlocked USB filesystem UUID does not match\n' >&2
+  exit 65
+}
+if findmnt -rn -S "$mapper" >/dev/null; then
+  printf 'The USB filesystem is already mounted elsewhere\n' >&2
+  exit 65
+fi
+[[ ! -e "$source_dir" && ! -e "$usb_mount" ]] || {
+  printf 'USB backup staging directories already exist; inspect them manually\n' >&2
+  exit 65
+}
+
+mkdir -m 0700 "$usb_mount"
+mount -t ext4 -o nodev,nosuid,noexec "$mapper" "$usb_mount"
+usb_mounted=true
+[[ "$(readlink -f "$(findmnt -nro SOURCE --target "$usb_mount")")" == "$(readlink -f "$mapper")" ]] || {
+  printf 'Mounted USB source does not match the verified mapper\n' >&2
+  exit 65
+}
+
+for path in "$backup_root" "$backup_root/snapshots"; do
+  [[ ! -L "$path" ]] || { printf 'Unsafe symlink in USB backup destination\n' >&2; exit 65; }
+  mkdir -p -- "$path"
+  [[ -d "$path" ]] || exit 65
+  chown root:root -- "$path"
+  chmod 0700 -- "$path"
+done
+
+free_bytes="$(df -B1 --output=avail "$usb_mount" | tail -n 1 | tr -d ' ')"
+if ((free_bytes < min_free_bytes)); then
+  printf 'USB free space (%s bytes) is below the required reserve (%s bytes)\n' \
+    "$free_bytes" "$min_free_bytes" >&2
+  exit 73
+fi
+
+mkdir -m 0700 "$source_dir"
+flock 9
+timestamp="$(date -u +%Y%m%dT%H%M%SZ)"
+snapshot_name="${snapshot_prefix}-${timestamp}-$$"
+printf '%s\n' "$snapshot_name" >"$snapshot_marker"
+zfs snapshot -r "${pool}@${snapshot_name}"
+flock -u 9
+printf 'Created recursive USB source snapshot %s@%s\n' "$pool" "$snapshot_name"
+
+while IFS=$'\t' read -r dataset dataset_mountpoint mounted; do
+  if [[ "$mounted" != yes ]]; then
+    printf 'Dataset %s is not mounted; refusing an incomplete backup\n' "$dataset" >&2
+    exit 65
+  fi
+  if [[ "$dataset_mountpoint" != "$mount_root" && "$dataset_mountpoint" != "$mount_root/"* ]]; then
+    printf 'Dataset %s has unexpected mountpoint %s\n' "$dataset" "$dataset_mountpoint" >&2
+    exit 65
+  fi
+  dataset_suffix="${dataset#"$pool"}"
+  source_path="${dataset_mountpoint}/.zfs/snapshot/${snapshot_name}"
+  target_path="${source_dir}${dataset_suffix}"
+  mkdir -p "$target_path"
+  mount --bind "$source_path" "$target_path"
+  mounted_targets+=("$target_path")
+  mount -o remount,bind,ro "$target_path"
+done < <(zfs list -H -o name,mountpoint,mounted -s name -r "$pool")
+
+previous=""
+if [[ -e "$backup_root/latest" || -L "$backup_root/latest" ]]; then
+  [[ -L "$backup_root/latest" ]] || { printf 'latest is not a symlink\n' >&2; exit 65; }
+  previous="$(readlink -e "$backup_root/latest")"
+  [[ -n "$previous" && "$previous" == "$backup_root/snapshots/"* && -d "$previous" ]] || {
+    printf 'latest does not point to a complete snapshot on the USB disk\n' >&2
+    exit 65
+  }
+fi
+
+backup_name="${timestamp}-$$"
+candidate_partial="${backup_root}/snapshots/.incomplete-${backup_name}"
+complete="${backup_root}/snapshots/${backup_name}"
+[[ ! -e "$candidate_partial" && ! -L "$candidate_partial" && ! -e "$complete" && ! -L "$complete" ]] || exit 65
+mkdir -m 0700 "$candidate_partial"
+partial="$candidate_partial"
+
+printf 'Copying the consistent pool tree to USB backup %s\n' "$backup_name"
+# Preserve POSIX ACLs, ownership, modes, timestamps, hard links, and sparse
+# files.  Do not preserve generic xattrs: Rocky 9's rsync 3.2.7 fails when
+# combining xattrs with --link-dest, while SELinux labels were intentionally
+# excluded because restores must relabel for their destination host.
+rsync_args=(-aHAS --numeric-ids "--info=progress2,stats2")
+estimate_args=(-aHAS --numeric-ids --dry-run --stats)
+if [[ -n "$previous" ]]; then
+  rsync_args+=("--link-dest=$previous")
+  estimate_args+=("--link-dest=$previous")
+fi
+
+# The rsync dry run estimates changed file bytes after link-dest deduplication.
+# Metadata and filesystem allocation still require the separate free-space reserve.
+estimate="$(rsync "${estimate_args[@]}" "${source_dir}/" "${partial}/")"
+transfer_bytes="$(printf '%s\n' "$estimate" | awk -F: \
+  '/^Total transferred file size:/ { gsub(/[^0-9]/, "", $2); print $2 }')"
+[[ "$transfer_bytes" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || {
+  printf 'Could not determine the USB transfer size\n' >&2
+  exit 74
+}
+if ((free_bytes - transfer_bytes < min_free_bytes)); then
+  printf 'Insufficient USB space: %s bytes free, %s estimated transfer, %s reserved\n' \
+    "$free_bytes" "$transfer_bytes" "$min_free_bytes" >&2
+  exit 73
+fi
+
+rsync "${rsync_args[@]}" "${source_dir}/" "${partial}/"
+
+printf 'Verifying USB backup %s with a checksum-based dry run\n' "$backup_name"
+verification="${runtime_dir}/verification.out"
+rsync -aHAS --numeric-ids \
+  --checksum --dry-run --delete --itemize-changes \
+  "${source_dir}/" "${partial}/" >"$verification"
+if [[ -s "$verification" ]]; then
+  printf 'USB verification found mismatches; refusing to publish the backup\n' >&2
+  exit 74
+fi
+
+free_bytes="$(df -B1 --output=avail "$usb_mount" | tail -n 1 | tr -d ' ')"
+if ((free_bytes < min_free_bytes)); then
+  printf 'USB backup completed below the free-space reserve; refusing to publish it\n' >&2
+  exit 73
+fi
+
+mv -- "$partial" "$complete"
+partial=""
+ln -s "snapshots/${backup_name}" "${backup_root}/.latest-${backup_name}"
+mv -Tf -- "${backup_root}/.latest-${backup_name}" "${backup_root}/latest"
+published=true
+sync -f "$complete"
+sync -f "$backup_root"
+printf 'USB backup %s verified and published; unmounting and closing LUKS\n' "$backup_name"
--- a/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/templates/atlas-usb-reminder.py.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/templates/atlas-usb-reminder.py.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+"""Submit a manual-backup reminder through Atlas' existing Houston notifier."""
+
+import json
+import subprocess
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+
+
+now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+message = {
+    "timestamp": now.isoformat(timespec="seconds"),
+    "unixtime": int(now.timestamp()),
+    "event": "atlas_usb_backup_reminder",
+    "severity": "warning",
+    "subject": "Promemoria backup USB offline Atlas",
+    "email_message": (
+        "Collega il disco USB di backup ad Atlas ed esegui manualmente il backup offline.\n"
+        "Il promemoria non avvia il backup. Controlla che il disco non sia\n"
+        "montato; poi esegui:\n\n"
+        "  sudo systemctl start atlas-usb-backup.service\n\n"
+        "Verifica l'esito con:\n"
+        "  sudo journalctl -u atlas-usb-backup.service -n 100 --no-pager\n\n"
+        "Dopo la riuscita, scollega fisicamente il disco."
+    ),
+}
+
+subprocess.run(
+    [{{ atlas_usb_reminder_notifier | to_json }}, json.dumps(message)],
+    check=True,
+)
+print("Atlas USB backup reminder submitted to 45Drives Alerts; email delivery is not verified.", flush=True)
--- a/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/templates/atlas-usb-reminder.service.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/templates/atlas-usb-reminder.service.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=45Drives Alerts reminder to run the manual Atlas offline USB backup
+Requires=houston-dbus.service
+After=houston-dbus.service
+ConditionFileIsExecutable=/usr/local/libexec/atlas-usb-reminder
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=/usr/local/libexec/atlas-usb-reminder
+User=root
+Group=root
+UMask=0077
+NoNewPrivileges=true
+PrivateTmp=true
+ProtectHome=true
+ProtectSystem=strict
+ProtectKernelTunables=true
+ProtectKernelModules=true
+ProtectControlGroups=true
+RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_UNIX
+RestrictRealtime=true
+LockPersonality=true
--- a/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/templates/atlas-usb-reminder.timer.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/templates/atlas-usb-reminder.timer.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Remind the administrator to run the manual Atlas offline USB backup
+
+[Timer]
+OnCalendar={{ atlas_usb_reminder_calendar }}
+Persistent=true
+Unit=atlas-usb-reminder.service
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=timers.target
--- a/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/templates/atlas-usb-snapshot-cleanup.sh.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/profile_atlas/templates/atlas-usb-snapshot-cleanup.sh.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -Eeuo pipefail
+
+export PATH=/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
+
+readonly pool={{ atlas_zfs_pool | quote }}
+readonly mount_root={{ atlas_mount_root | quote }}
+readonly snapshot_prefix={{ atlas_usb_backup_snapshot_prefix | quote }}
+readonly marker=/run/atlas-usb-backup/snapshot-name
+
+[[ -e "$marker" ]] || exit 0
+[[ -f "$marker" && ! -L "$marker" ]] || {
+  printf 'Unsafe Atlas USB snapshot marker; leaving snapshots unchanged\n' >&2
+  exit 2
+}
+IFS= read -r snapshot_name <"$marker"
+[[ "$snapshot_name" =~ ^${snapshot_prefix}-[0-9]{8}T[0-9]{6}Z-[0-9]+$ ]] || {
+  printf 'Invalid Atlas USB snapshot marker; leaving snapshots unchanged\n' >&2
+  exit 2
+}
+
+exec 9>/run/lock/atlas-zfs-snapshot.lock
+flock 9
+if zfs list -H -t snapshot -o name "${pool}@${snapshot_name}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  # ZFS can leave its on-demand .zfs/snapshot mounts in the host namespace
+  # even after the backup's private bind mounts and process have exited.
+  snapshot_mounts=()
+  snapshot_sources=()
+  while IFS=$'\t' read -r dataset dataset_mountpoint; do
+    [[ "$dataset_mountpoint" == "$mount_root" || "$dataset_mountpoint" == "$mount_root/"* ]] || continue
+    snapshot_mounts+=("${dataset_mountpoint}/.zfs/snapshot/${snapshot_name}")
+    snapshot_sources+=("${dataset}@${snapshot_name}")
+  done < <(zfs list -H -o name,mountpoint -s name -r "$pool")
+
+{% raw %}
+  for ((index = ${#snapshot_mounts[@]} - 1; index >= 0; index--)); do
+{% endraw %}
+    mounted_source="$(findmnt -rn -M "${snapshot_mounts[$index]}" -o SOURCE || true)"
+    [[ -n "$mounted_source" ]] || continue
+    [[ "$mounted_source" == "${snapshot_sources[$index]}" ]] || {
+      printf 'Unexpected source on Atlas USB snapshot mount: %s\n' \
+        "${snapshot_mounts[$index]}" >&2
+      exit 2
+    }
+    umount "${snapshot_mounts[$index]}"
+  done
+
+  zfs destroy -r "${pool}@${snapshot_name}"
+  printf 'Removed recursive Atlas USB source snapshot %s@%s after backup exit\n' \
+    "$pool" "$snapshot_name"
+fi
--- a/ansible/roles/profile_workstation_dev_wsl/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/profile_workstation_dev_wsl/tasks/main.yml
@@ -66,6 +66,17 @@
  changed_when: false
  failed_when: false

+- name: Check whether the pinned Java 25 version is installed with Mise
+  tags: [packages, mise, java, wsl]
+  ansible.builtin.command:
+    cmd: "mise where java@{{ workstation_mise_java_25_version }}"
+  become_user: "{{ username }}"
+  environment:
+    HOME: "{{ user_home }}"
+  register: workstation_mise_java_25_where
+  changed_when: false
+  failed_when: false
+
 - name: Check whether the pinned Maven version is installed with Mise
  tags: [packages, mise, maven, wsl]
  ansible.builtin.command:
@@ -86,6 +97,7 @@
    HOME: "{{ user_home }}"
  when: >-
    workstation_mise_java_where.rc != 0 or
+    workstation_mise_java_25_where.rc != 0 or
    workstation_mise_maven_where.rc != 0

 - name: Ensure WSL boot configuration file exists
--- a/dotfiles/workstation_dev_wsl/.config/mise/config.toml
+++ b/dotfiles/workstation_dev_wsl/.config/mise/config.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [tools]
-java = "temurin-11.0.31+11"
+java = ["25.0.2", "temurin-11.0.31+11"]
 maven = "3.9.16"
+
+[env]
+JAVA_HOME = "{{ env.HOME }}/.local/share/mise/installs/java/25.0.2"
--- a/secrets/vault.yml.example
+++ b/secrets/vault.yml.example
@@ -3,14 +3,12 @@ vault_duckdns_token: "CHANGEME"
 vault_personal_full_name: "REPLACE_ME"
 vault_git_email: "REPLACE_ME"
 vault_git_signing_key: "REPLACE_ME"
-vault_icloud_email: "REPLACE_ME"
-vault_protonmail_email: "REPLACE_ME"
 vault_icloud_mail_password: "REPLACE_ME"
 vault_git_work_email: "REPLACE_ME"
 vault_git_work_gpg: "REPLACE_ME"
-vault_openai_api_key: "REPLACE_ME"
 vault_ikaros_authorized_ssh_keys:
  - "ssh-ed25519 REPLACE_ME"
+vault_aegis_icloudpd_apple_id: "REPLACE_ME"
 vault_atlas_admin_password_hash: "REPLACE_WITH_A_SHADOW_COMPATIBLE_HASH"
 vault_atlas_samba_password: "REPLACE_ME"
 vault_atlas_immich_db_password: "REPLACE_ME"
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Fabio Scotto di Santolo	fa1c8c0b82	Document Atlas NAS backups and monitoring	2026-09-25 14:06:28 +02:00
Fabio Scotto di Santolo	0b6efc9ad8	Harden Atlas USB backup cleanup and document restorecon workflow	2026-09-25 08:02:44 +02:00
Fabio Scotto di Santolo	361ee77d72	Add manual Atlas USB backup and reminder services	2026-09-24 08:55:52 +02:00
Fabio Scotto di Santolo	d4e40d423a	Document deferred Cerberus management node plan	2026-09-23 09:01:18 +02:00
Fabio Scotto di Santolo	0a5c2ac1a4	Add progress logging to Atlas Borg backups	2026-09-22 21:21:21 +02:00
Fabio Scotto di Santolo	48a7f57f7e	Add Cockpit storage management to Atlas and Prometheus	2026-09-22 20:49:18 +02:00
Fabio Scotto di Santolo	defa98c968	Install Cockpit Podman plugin on Atlas	2026-09-22 15:00:10 +02:00
Fabio Scotto di Santolo	21e41f4fc1	Prepare Atlas encryption dependencies and update Vault placeholders	2026-09-22 14:37:25 +02:00
Fabio Scotto di Santolo	e10c6694f8	Document populated Atlas archive and pending Borg evaluation	2026-09-21 22:15:42 +02:00
Fabio Scotto di Santolo	4c10af3187	Add openssl to Fedora base packages	2026-09-21 12:07:50 +02:00
Fabio Scotto di Santolo	3ac732751c	Add pinned Java 25 to Mise on WSL workstation	2026-09-21 11:57:51 +02:00