The v4-to-v5 entry point still offered privileged download-and-purge cleanup and duplicate update shortcuts despite safer current procedures. Preserve configuration, credential and workload recovery evidence, separate server and agent paths, and link the inspected local cleanup without broadening it.
Contract-Neutral: Existing customer guidance, shipped Markdown and focused regression checks only; no runtime, API, permission, installer or cleanup contract changes.
Change-source: pulse-maintainer
Route current upgrades to current guidance; preserve existing login and monitoring state when diagnosing missing PVE backups. Require endpoint-specific access evidence rather than blanket ACL changes or setup-token rotation.
Contract-Neutral: Documentation and regression checks only; no collector, permission, authentication or upgrade contract changes.
Change-source: pulse-maintainer