diff --git a/bin/omarchy-iso-test b/bin/omarchy-iso-test
index 004afd7..5e2e1b3 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-iso-test
+++ b/bin/omarchy-iso-test
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 #
 # Usage: omarchy-iso-test [release/omarchy.iso] [options]
 #
+#   --keyboard LABEL   English (US/UK), Japanese, Japanese (US keyboard), Korean,
+#                      or Chinese (Simplified, Pinyin)/(Traditional, Zhuyin).
+#                      OMARCHY_PATH must be the source tree used to build the ISO.
 #   --encrypt          Drive the encrypted install flow (default: unencrypted)
 #   --region REGION    Pick global (default) or cn on the first screen
 #   --provision              Drive the deferred-provisioning install flow: no user during install, the
@@ -49,12 +52,14 @@ NO_PREVIEW=false
 SYNC_DIR=""
 SYNC_ALL=false
 
+KEYBOARD_LABEL="English (US)"
 GUEST_USER="omarchy"
 GUEST_PASSWORD="omarchy"
 GUEST_HOSTNAME="omarchy-test"
 
 while (($#)); do
   case "$1" in
+    --keyboard) KEYBOARD_LABEL="$2"; shift ;;
     --encrypt) ENCRYPT=true ;;
     --region) REGION="$2"; shift ;;
     --provision) PROVISION=true ;;
@@ -91,6 +96,10 @@ if [[ $REGION != "global" && $REGION != "cn" ]]; then
   echo "--region must be global or cn, not $REGION" >&2
   exit 1
 fi
+case "$KEYBOARD_LABEL" in
+  "English (US)" | "English (UK)" | "Japanese" | "Japanese (US keyboard)" | "Korean" | "Chinese (Simplified, Pinyin)" | "Chinese (Traditional, Zhuyin)") ;;
+  *) echo "The VM harness cannot type credentials with keyboard: $KEYBOARD_LABEL" >&2; exit 1 ;;
+esac
 
 omarchy-pkg-add qemu-full edk2-ovmf socat imagemagick tesseract tesseract-data-eng tesseract-data-chi_sim
 
@@ -110,6 +119,9 @@ OVMF_CODE="/usr/share/edk2/x64/OVMF_CODE.4m.fd"
 OVMF_VARS_TEMPLATE="/usr/share/edk2/x64/OVMF_VARS.4m.fd"
 
 BASE_NAME="$(basename "$ISO" .iso)"
+if [[ $KEYBOARD_LABEL != "English (US)" ]]; then
+  BASE_NAME+="-$(printf '%s' "$KEYBOARD_LABEL" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | sed 's/[^a-z0-9]/-/g')"
+fi
 $ENCRYPT && BASE_NAME+="-encrypted"
 [[ $REGION == "cn" ]] && BASE_NAME+="-cn"
 $PROVISION && BASE_NAME+="-provision"
@@ -637,6 +649,35 @@ audio-panel|meta_l-ctrl-a|omarchy-keyboard-panel|omarchy.audio'
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------- driving the installer
 
+select_keyboard() {
+  local label="$1" index direction="down"
+  # gum choose uses arrows, not a searchable text field. Read the same ordered
+  # choices the ISO vendors from the runtime rather than hard-code row numbers.
+  index=$(OMARCHY_TEST_KEYBOARD="$label" python - <<'PYTHON'
+import os, re
+from pathlib import Path
+source = Path(os.environ.get("OMARCHY_PATH", "")) / "install/provisioning/setup-form.sh"
+if not source.is_file():
+    raise SystemExit("Set OMARCHY_PATH to the source tree used to build this ISO")
+text = source.read_text()
+rows = re.search(r"OMARCHY_KEYBOARD_LAYOUTS=\$'(.*?)'\n", text, re.S).group(1).splitlines()
+labels = [row.split("|")[0] for row in rows]
+label = os.environ["OMARCHY_TEST_KEYBOARD"]
+if label not in labels:
+    raise SystemExit(f"Keyboard choice is absent from the ISO source: {label}")
+print(labels.index(label) - labels.index("English (US)"))
+PYTHON
+  ) || return 1
+  if (( index < 0 )); then
+    direction="up"
+    index=$((-index))
+  fi
+  for (( i = 0; i < index; i++ )); do
+    press "$direction"
+    sleep 0.1
+  done
+}
+
 drive_configurator() {
   log "Driving the installer wizard"
 
@@ -683,7 +724,11 @@ drive_configurator() {
     return 0
   fi
 
-  press ret # English (US), or China, is preselected
+  if [[ $KEYBOARD_LABEL != "English (US)" ]]; then
+    select_keyboard "$KEYBOARD_LABEL"
+    capture_console "success-installer-01-selected-keyboard"
+  fi
+  press ret
 
   # Normal flow: user step comes before disk selection.
   wait_for_screen "$(region_text "Username" "用户名")" 120
@@ -707,7 +752,15 @@ drive_configurator() {
   press ret
 
   wait_for_screen "$(region_text "Email address" "邮箱")" 60
-  type_text "test@omarchy.org"
+  type_text "test"
+  if [[ $KEYBOARD_LABEL == "Japanese" ]]; then
+    press bracket_left
+  elif [[ $KEYBOARD_LABEL == "English (UK)" ]]; then
+    press shift-apostrophe
+  else
+    press shift-2
+  fi
+  type_text "omarchy.org"
   capture_console "success-installer-06-email"
   press ret
 
@@ -768,8 +821,12 @@ drive_provision_owner() {
   press ret
 
   wait_for_screen "keyboard layout" 120
-  press down
-  capture_console "success-provision-01-keyboard-layout-uk"
+  if [[ $KEYBOARD_LABEL == "English (US)" ]]; then
+    press down # preserve the harness's default UK provisioning coverage
+  else
+    select_keyboard "$KEYBOARD_LABEL"
+  fi
+  capture_console "success-provision-01-keyboard-layout"
   press ret
 
   wait_for_screen "Username" 120
@@ -795,7 +852,13 @@ drive_provision_owner() {
   # Shift+2 as on US); send that keycode so the typed email is correct under
   # the new layout — itself further proof the deferred keymap took effect.
   type_text "test"
-  press shift-apostrophe
+  if [[ $KEYBOARD_LABEL == "English (US)" || $KEYBOARD_LABEL == "English (UK)" ]]; then
+    press shift-apostrophe
+  elif [[ $KEYBOARD_LABEL == "Japanese" ]]; then
+    press bracket_left
+  else
+    press shift-2
+  fi
   type_text "omarchy.org"
   capture_console "success-provision-04-email"
   press ret
diff --git a/builder/build-iso.sh b/builder/build-iso.sh
index cf30e8c..71f194f 100755
--- a/builder/build-iso.sh
+++ b/builder/build-iso.sh
@@ -46,11 +46,14 @@ pacman-key --lsign-key 40DFB630FF42BCFFB047046CF0134EE680CAC571
 pacman --config /configs/pacman-online-${OMARCHY_MIRROR}.conf --noconfirm -Sy omarchy-keyring
 pacman-key --populate omarchy
 
-# Append the [omarchy] repo to the container's /etc/pacman.conf so subsequent
-# tools (notably makepkg in build-omarchy-packages.sh) can resolve omarchy-
-# only build deps like limine-snapper-sync and limine-mkinitcpio-hook.
+# Put OPR first in the container too so makepkg resolves the same overrides
+# as the online installer configuration.
 if ! grep -q '^\[omarchy\]' /etc/pacman.conf; then
-  awk '/^\[omarchy\]/,/^$/' /configs/pacman-online-${OMARCHY_MIRROR}.conf >> /etc/pacman.conf
+  opr_section=$(awk '/^\[omarchy\]/,/^$/' /configs/pacman-online-${OMARCHY_MIRROR}.conf)
+  awk -v opr="$opr_section" '/^\[core\]/ { print opr; print "" } { print }' \
+    /etc/pacman.conf >/tmp/pacman-opr-first.conf
+  install -m 644 /tmp/pacman-opr-first.conf /etc/pacman.conf
+  rm -f /tmp/pacman-opr-first.conf
 fi
 
 # Build locations
diff --git a/configs/airootfs/root/configurator b/configs/airootfs/root/configurator
index e317e8d..863fa81 100644
--- a/configs/airootfs/root/configurator
+++ b/configs/airootfs/root/configurator
@@ -904,6 +904,8 @@ run_partition_execute() {
     "bootloader_config": { "bootloader": "Limine", "uki": false, "removable": false },
     "custom_commands": [],
     "omarchy_install": {
+        "input_method": "${keyboard_input_method:-none}",
+        "input_xkb_layout": "${keyboard_xkb_layout:-}",
         "mode": "protected",
         "region": "$region",
         "target_mount": "/mnt",
@@ -1167,6 +1169,8 @@ if $defer_provisioning; then
   # their real layout in the OOBE, which re-keys the console and, on encrypted
   # installs, rebuilds the initramfs so the LUKS prompt matches.
   keyboard="us"
+  keyboard_input_method="none"
+  keyboard_xkb_layout=""
   username=""
   password=""
   password_hash=""
@@ -1249,6 +1253,8 @@ cat <<-_EOF_ >user_configuration.json
     "bootloader_config": { "bootloader": "Limine", "uki": false, "removable": false },
     "custom_commands": [],
     "omarchy_install": {
+        "input_method": "${keyboard_input_method:-none}",
+        "input_xkb_layout": "${keyboard_xkb_layout:-}",
         "mode": "full_disk",
         "region": "$region",
         "defer_provisioning": $defer_provisioning,
diff --git a/configs/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso/orchestrator/archinstall_adapter.py b/configs/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso/orchestrator/archinstall_adapter.py
index a1ba900..4d9b20d 100644
--- a/configs/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso/orchestrator/archinstall_adapter.py
+++ b/configs/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso/orchestrator/archinstall_adapter.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ONLY this module imports from archinstall. Everything else uses these helpers.
 If archinstall's API churns, the blast radius is contained here.
 
-Tested against archinstall 4.5 (Python 3.14).
+Tested against archinstall 4.4 (Python 3.14).
 
 The canonical call sequence (mirrored from archinstall.scripts.guided.py) is:
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ The canonical call sequence (mirrored from archinstall.scripts.guided.py) is:
         # configs do their own mounting before the Installer context opens.
         if disk_config.config_type != DiskLayoutType.Pre_mount:
             inst.mount_ordered_layout()
-        inst.sanity_check(skip_ntp=, skip_wkd=)
+        sanity_check(inst)
         inst.generate_key_files()                     # encrypted only
         inst.set_mirrors(handler, mirror_config, on_target=False)
         inst.minimal_installation(...)                # base + linux pacstrap
@@ -214,6 +214,14 @@ def _method_accepts(method, name: str) -> bool:
     return name in (*positional, *kwonly)
 
 
+def sanity_check(installer) -> None:
+    """Archinstall 4.5 removed offline; retain it for older releases."""
+    options = {"skip_ntp": True, "skip_wkd": True}
+    if _method_accepts(installer.sanity_check, "offline"):
+        options["offline"] = True
+    installer.sanity_check(**options)
+
+
 def _method_accepts_users(method) -> bool:
     return _method_accepts(method, "users")
 
diff --git a/configs/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso/orchestrator/context.py b/configs/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso/orchestrator/context.py
index 0ac8a2d..62e51da 100644
--- a/configs/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso/orchestrator/context.py
+++ b/configs/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso/orchestrator/context.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
 
+from .keyboard import validate_input_selection
+
 
 @dataclass
 class InstallContext:
@@ -57,6 +59,8 @@ class InstallContext:
             kernel = (omarchy_install.get("storage") or {}).get("kernel") or _default_kernel()
             user_configuration["kernels"] = [kernel]
 
+        validate_input_selection(omarchy_install.get("input_method"), omarchy_install.get("input_xkb_layout", ""))
+
         # Deferred provisioning: the whole system installs but user creation is deferred to
         # first boot. Selected by the configurator (omarchy_install.defer_provisioning) or by
         # an `defer-provisioning` marker file on an autoinstall drive, which also replaces the
diff --git a/configs/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso/orchestrator/keyboard.py b/configs/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso/orchestrator/keyboard.py
index 48c457c..969ae2f 100644
--- a/configs/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso/orchestrator/keyboard.py
+++ b/configs/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso/orchestrator/keyboard.py
@@ -16,21 +16,31 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from .command import capture
 
 
-def configure_keyboard(target: Path, language: str) -> bool:
+def configure_keyboard(target: Path, language: str, input_method: str | None = None, xkb_layout: str = "") -> bool:
     """Write the console keymap into a mounted target without booting it.
 
     Returns False for layouts localectl doesn't know, matching archinstall:
     warn and keep the default. Every layout the configurator offers is known;
     the guard is for the kb_layout an autoinstall drive can name freely.
     """
+    validate_input_selection(input_method, xkb_layout)
     if not language.strip():
-        return True
+        if input_method is None:
+            return True
+        language = "us"
+
+    # Input engines are separate from real console keymaps. The shared picker
+    # uses US for Chinese/Korean and carries its preference in omarchy_install.
+    if input_method is None:
+        input_method = "mozc" if language == "jp106" else "none"
 
     result = capture(["localectl", "--no-pager", "list-keymaps"])
     if result.returncode != 0:
         detail = result.stderr.strip() or "localectl returned an error"
         raise RuntimeError(f"Unable to list keyboard layouts: {detail}")
     if language.lower() not in {layout.lower() for layout in result.stdout.splitlines()}:
+        if input_method != "none":
+            raise ValueError(f"Unknown keyboard language: {language}")
         return False
 
     # systemd-firstboot --force rewrites vconsole.conf wholesale, dropping the
@@ -51,4 +61,15 @@ def configure_keyboard(target: Path, language: str) -> bool:
     if font:
         vconsole_path.write_text(vconsole_path.read_text() + font + "\n")
 
+    preference = target / "etc/omarchy/input-method"
+    preference.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    preference.write_text(f"INPUT_METHOD={input_method}\nXKB_LAYOUT={xkb_layout}\n")
+
     return True
+
+
+def validate_input_selection(input_method: str | None, xkb_layout: str) -> None:
+    if input_method is not None and input_method not in {"none", "mozc", "hangul", "pinyin", "chewing"}:
+        raise ValueError(f"Unknown input method: {input_method}")
+    if xkb_layout not in {"", "kr"}:
+        raise ValueError(f"Unknown input keyboard layout: {xkb_layout}")
diff --git a/configs/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso/orchestrator/phases_impl.py b/configs/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso/orchestrator/phases_impl.py
index 3620b56..66b16c5 100644
--- a/configs/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso/orchestrator/phases_impl.py
+++ b/configs/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso/orchestrator/phases_impl.py
@@ -261,10 +261,7 @@ def arch_install_system(ctx: InstallContext) -> None:
         if not pre_mounted:
             installer.mount_ordered_layout()
 
-        installer.sanity_check(
-            skip_ntp=True,
-            skip_wkd=True,
-        )
+        arch.sanity_check(installer)
 
         if not pre_mounted and arch.is_encrypted(config):
             installer.generate_key_files()
@@ -299,7 +296,11 @@ def arch_install_system(ctx: InstallContext) -> None:
             # use the target kernel instead of the live ISO's kernel.
             installer.add_additional_packages([f"{kernel}-headers" for kernel in config.kernels])
 
-            if not configure_keyboard(installer.target, kb_layout):
+            if not configure_keyboard(
+                installer.target, kb_layout,
+                ctx.omarchy_install.get("input_method"),
+                ctx.omarchy_install.get("input_xkb_layout", ""),
+            ):
                 error(f"Invalid keyboard language specified: {kb_layout}")
 
             if config.mirror_config:
diff --git a/configs/pacman-online-edge.conf b/configs/pacman-online-edge.conf
index 0ac18d8..8f280f4 100644
--- a/configs/pacman-online-edge.conf
+++ b/configs/pacman-online-edge.conf
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ ParallelDownloads = 5
 SigLevel    = Required DatabaseOptional
 LocalFileSigLevel = Optional
 
+[omarchy]
+SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
+Server = https://pkgs.omarchy.org/edge/$arch
+
 [core]
 Server = https://mirror.omarchy.org/$repo/os/$arch
 Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
@@ -25,10 +29,6 @@ Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
 Server = https://mirror.omarchy.org/$repo/os/$arch
 Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
 
-[omarchy]
-SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
-Server = https://pkgs.omarchy.org/edge/$arch
-
 [arch-mact2]
 Server = https://mirror.funami.tech/arch-mact2/os/x86_64
 Server = https://github.com/NoaHimesaka1873/arch-mact2-mirror/releases/download/release
diff --git a/configs/pacman-online-rc.conf b/configs/pacman-online-rc.conf
index 09bff86..f9f9020 100644
--- a/configs/pacman-online-rc.conf
+++ b/configs/pacman-online-rc.conf
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ ParallelDownloads = 5
 SigLevel    = Required DatabaseOptional
 LocalFileSigLevel = Optional
 
+[omarchy]
+SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
+Server = https://pkgs.omarchy.org/rc/$arch
+
 [core]
 Server = https://rc-mirror.omarchy.org/$repo/os/$arch
 Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
@@ -25,10 +29,6 @@ Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
 Server = https://rc-mirror.omarchy.org/$repo/os/$arch
 Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
 
-[omarchy]
-SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
-Server = https://pkgs.omarchy.org/rc/$arch
-
 [arch-mact2]
 Server = https://mirror.funami.tech/arch-mact2/os/x86_64
 Server = https://github.com/NoaHimesaka1873/arch-mact2-mirror/releases/download/release
diff --git a/configs/pacman-online-stable.conf b/configs/pacman-online-stable.conf
index c3be65b..9589e62 100644
--- a/configs/pacman-online-stable.conf
+++ b/configs/pacman-online-stable.conf
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ ParallelDownloads = 5
 SigLevel    = Required DatabaseOptional
 LocalFileSigLevel = Optional
 
+[omarchy]
+SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
+Server = https://pkgs.omarchy.org/stable/$arch
+
 [core]
 Server = https://stable-mirror.omarchy.org/$repo/os/$arch
 Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
@@ -25,10 +29,6 @@ Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
 Server = https://stable-mirror.omarchy.org/$repo/os/$arch
 Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
 
-[omarchy]
-SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
-Server = https://pkgs.omarchy.org/stable/$arch
-
 [arch-mact2]
 Server = https://mirror.funami.tech/arch-mact2/os/x86_64
 Server = https://github.com/NoaHimesaka1873/arch-mact2-mirror/releases/download/release
diff --git a/test/unit/keyboard-selection-test.sh b/test/unit/keyboard-selection-test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..674a3ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/keyboard-selection-test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+ROOT=$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../.." && pwd)
+work=$(mktemp -d)
+trap 'rm -rf "$work"' EXIT
+mkdir -p "$work/install/provisioning"
+cat > "$work/install/provisioning/setup-form.sh" <<'FORM'
+OMARCHY_KEYBOARD_LAYOUTS=$'Chinese (Simplified, Pinyin)|us|pinyin
+English (US)|us
+Japanese|jp106|mozc'
+FORM
+export OMARCHY_PATH="$work"
+eval "$(sed -n '/^select_keyboard() {$/,/^}$/p' "$ROOT/bin/omarchy-iso-test")"
+press() { pressed+=("$1"); }
+sleep() { :; }
+
+pressed=()
+select_keyboard "Japanese"
+[[ ${pressed[*]} == "down" ]]
+pressed=()
+select_keyboard "Chinese (Simplified, Pinyin)"
+[[ ${pressed[*]} == "up" ]]
+pressed=()
+select_keyboard "English (US)"
+(( ${#pressed[@]} == 0 ))
+if (set -e; select_keyboard "Missing") 2>"$work/error"; then
+  echo "Unknown keyboard unexpectedly succeeded" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+grep -q 'Keyboard choice is absent' "$work/error"
+echo "ok - VM keyboard choices are relative to the default and reject absent rows"
diff --git a/test/unit/test_archinstall_sanity.py b/test/unit/test_archinstall_sanity.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ddf63b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/test_archinstall_sanity.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+"""Exercise the compatibility boundary without importing host archinstall."""
+import ast
+from pathlib import Path
+import types
+import unittest
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
+source = ROOT / "configs/airootfs/usr/share/omarchy-iso/orchestrator/archinstall_adapter.py"
+tree = ast.parse(source.read_text())
+namespace = {}
+functions = [node for node in tree.body if isinstance(node, ast.FunctionDef) and node.name in {"_method_accepts", "sanity_check"}]
+exec(compile(ast.Module(body=functions, type_ignores=[]), str(source), "exec"), namespace)
+
+
+class SanityCheckTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_legacy_archinstall_stays_offline(self):
+        calls = []
+        def check(offline=False, skip_ntp=False, skip_wkd=False):
+            calls.append((offline, skip_ntp, skip_wkd))
+        namespace["sanity_check"](types.SimpleNamespace(sanity_check=check))
+        self.assertEqual(calls, [(True, True, True)])
+
+    def test_archinstall_45_does_not_receive_removed_argument(self):
+        calls = []
+        class Installer:
+            def sanity_check(self, skip_ntp=False, skip_wkd=False):
+                calls.append((skip_ntp, skip_wkd))
+        namespace["sanity_check"](Installer())
+        self.assertEqual(calls, [(True, True)])
diff --git a/test/unit/test_kernel_selection.py b/test/unit/test_kernel_selection.py
index ceabe50..98c023a 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_kernel_selection.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_kernel_selection.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class KernelSelectionTest(unittest.TestCase):
                     )
                     ctx = types.SimpleNamespace(
                         state={"arch_config_handler": types.SimpleNamespace(config=config), "mirror_handler": None},
-                        target=Path("/unused"), tailscale_authkey_path=None,
+                        target=Path("/unused"), tailscale_authkey_path=None, omarchy_install={},
                     )
                     for name in ("_mount_offline_package_cache", "_mask_mkinitcpio_pacman_hooks",
                                  "_configure_limine_boot", "_write_pre_mounted_fstab"):
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ class KernelSelectionTest(unittest.TestCase):
                     stack.enter_context(mock.patch.object(phases_impl, "_runtime_package_list", return_value=["omarchy"]))
                     stack.enter_context(mock.patch.object(phases_impl.arch, "is_pre_mount", return_value=True, create=True))
                     stack.enter_context(mock.patch.object(phases_impl.arch, "root_user", return_value=None, create=True))
+                    stack.enter_context(mock.patch.object(phases_impl.arch, "sanity_check", create=True))
                     opened = stack.enter_context(mock.patch.object(phases_impl.arch, "open_installer", create=True))
                     opened.return_value.__enter__.return_value = installer
                     if fail_headers:
diff --git a/test/unit/test_keyboard.py b/test/unit/test_keyboard.py
index 16c3c41..1269b1c 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_keyboard.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_keyboard.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 
 import re
+import os
 import sys
 import tempfile
 import unittest
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ from orchestrator import keyboard as KEYBOARD  # noqa: E402
 # wherever this checkout can see a runtime, and skip the coverage test rather
 # than fail when none is around (a bare CI checkout of just this repo).
 SETUP_FORM_CANDIDATES = (
+    Path(os.environ.get("OMARCHY_PATH", "/nonexistent")) / "install/provisioning/setup-form.sh",
     Path("/omarchy-source/install/provisioning/setup-form.sh"),
     ROOT.parent / "omarchy/install/provisioning/setup-form.sh",
     Path("/usr/share/omarchy/install/provisioning/setup-form.sh"),
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ def supported_keymaps():
             r"OMARCHY_KEYBOARD_LAYOUTS=\$'(.*?)'\n", candidate.read_text(), re.DOTALL
         )
         assert block, f"no layout list in {candidate}"
-        return [line.split("|", 1)[1] for line in block.group(1).splitlines()]
+        return [line.split("|")[1] for line in block.group(1).splitlines()]
     return None
 
 
@@ -79,6 +81,36 @@ class KeyboardConfigurationTest(unittest.TestCase):
                     "KEYMAP=us\nFONT=default8x16\n",
                 )
 
+    def test_input_choice_survives_while_console_keymap_stays_real(self):
+        for method, keymap, layout in (("mozc", "jp106", ""), ("mozc", "us", ""), ("hangul", "us", "kr"), ("pinyin", "us", ""), ("chewing", "us", "")):
+            with self.subTest(method=method), tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as directory:
+                target = self.target(directory)
+                self.assertTrue(KEYBOARD.configure_keyboard(target, keymap, method, layout))
+                self.assertIn(f"KEYMAP={keymap}", (target / "etc/vconsole.conf").read_text())
+                if keymap == "jp106":
+                    self.assertIn("XKBLAYOUT=jp", (target / "etc/vconsole.conf").read_text())
+                self.assertEqual((target / "etc/omarchy/input-method").read_text(), f"INPUT_METHOD={method}\nXKB_LAYOUT={layout}\n")
+
+    def test_input_choice_with_no_console_map_defaults_to_us(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as directory:
+            target = self.target(directory)
+            self.assertTrue(KEYBOARD.configure_keyboard(target, "", "pinyin"))
+            self.assertIn("INPUT_METHOD=pinyin", (target / "etc/omarchy/input-method").read_text())
+
+    def test_unknown_keyboard_does_not_silently_drop_an_input_choice(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as directory:
+            target = self.target(directory)
+            with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+                KEYBOARD.configure_keyboard(target, "unknown", "pinyin")
+
+    def test_invalid_input_preferences_are_rejected_without_writes(self):
+        for method, layout in (("unknown", ""), ("hangul", "kr\nKEYMAP=ru")):
+            with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as directory:
+                target = self.target(directory)
+                with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+                    KEYBOARD.configure_keyboard(target, "us", method, layout)
+                self.assertFalse((target / "etc/omarchy/input-method").exists())
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()