From b54b8981ed9228bb0a32286ea83d40f0f10079aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "pulse-triage[bot]"
 <249995291+pulse-triage[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 20:23:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docs: distinguish server releases from Helm helper results

Explain that the signed Proxmox server installer uses the v-tagged server archive and never asks for a GitHub PAT. Tell operators to stop when a different helper selects a chart release or requests a token, and to check for a partly created container before a fresh install.

Change-source: pulse-maintainer
---
 docs/INSTALL.md                        | 8 ++++++++
 frontend-modern/public/docs/INSTALL.md | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/INSTALL.md b/docs/INSTALL.md
index 37e49db8d7..7a30c0c522 100644
--- a/docs/INSTALL.md
+++ b/docs/INSTALL.md
@@ -84,6 +84,14 @@ bash install.sh --version "${PULSE_VERSION}"
 )
 ```
 
+The signed server installer uses the `vX.Y.Z` Pulse release, which contains the
+Linux server archive; it does not ask for a GitHub personal access token. A
+`helm-chart-*` release contains a Kubernetes chart, not that archive. If a
+different helper selects a Helm-chart release or asks for a GitHub token, stop
+instead of supplying one or blindly retrying. On the Proxmox host, check
+`pct list` for a partly created Pulse container first; do not run a fresh
+installer over an existing container without checking its state.
+
 > **Note**: The GitHub `install.sh` is the **server** installer. The agent installer is served from your Pulse server at `/install.sh` (see **Settings → Infrastructure → Install on a host**). Do not use the GitHub server installer to install or update `pulse-agent`.
 
 ### Docker
diff --git a/frontend-modern/public/docs/INSTALL.md b/frontend-modern/public/docs/INSTALL.md
index 37e49db8d7..7a30c0c522 100644
--- a/frontend-modern/public/docs/INSTALL.md
+++ b/frontend-modern/public/docs/INSTALL.md
@@ -84,6 +84,14 @@ bash install.sh --version "${PULSE_VERSION}"
 )
 ```
 
+The signed server installer uses the `vX.Y.Z` Pulse release, which contains the
+Linux server archive; it does not ask for a GitHub personal access token. A
+`helm-chart-*` release contains a Kubernetes chart, not that archive. If a
+different helper selects a Helm-chart release or asks for a GitHub token, stop
+instead of supplying one or blindly retrying. On the Proxmox host, check
+`pct list` for a partly created Pulse container first; do not run a fresh
+installer over an existing container without checking its state.
+
 > **Note**: The GitHub `install.sh` is the **server** installer. The agent installer is served from your Pulse server at `/install.sh` (see **Settings → Infrastructure → Install on a host**). Do not use the GitHub server installer to install or update `pulse-agent`.
 
 ### Docker