Address privileged cleanup review findings

agents/skills/migrations.md

@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ New migration format:
 - Start with an `echo` describing what the migration does.
 - Use `$OMARCHY_PATH` to reference the Omarchy directory.
 - Be idempotent. Check existing state before changing it.
+- Exit 75 when a temporary condition must leave the migration pending without blocking later migrations. `omarchy-migrate` continues the queue, does not write that migration's completion marker, and retries it on a later run. Other non-zero statuses still abort the migration run.
 - Use helper commands such as `omarchy-cmd-present`, `omarchy-cmd-missing`,
   `omarchy-pkg-add`, `omarchy-pkg-drop`, `omarchy-pkg-present`, and
   `omarchy-pkg-missing` when appropriate.

bin/omarchy-dns

@@ -149,9 +149,9 @@ write_networkmanager_dns() {
   local servers="$1"
 
   install -d -m 0755 "$(dirname "$NM_DNS_CONF")"
-  # omarchy:heredoc-expands paths=none -- $servers is a space-separated list of
+  # omarchy:heredoc-expands paths=none -- $servers is a normalized, single-line
-  # validated DNS server addresses, not a path; nothing user-writable is baked
+  # DNS server list written as data, not a path or command; nothing user-writable
-  # into the root-owned drop-in.
+  # is resolved or executed from the root-owned drop-in.
   cat >"$NM_DNS_CONF" <<EOF
 # Managed by omarchy-dns. Remove this file or run omarchy dns DHCP to use DHCP DNS again.
 [global-dns]
@@ -305,9 +305,9 @@ Custom)
   split_dns_servers "$dns_servers"
   write_networkmanager_dns "$dns_servers"
   set_connection_dns "$ipv4_dns" "$ipv6_dns"
-  # omarchy:heredoc-expands paths=none -- $dns_servers holds DNS addresses that
+  # omarchy:heredoc-expands paths=none -- $dns_servers is a normalized,
-  # normalize_servers has already validated; the //,/ turns the comma list into
+  # single-line DNS server list; the //,/ turns its comma separators into the
-  # the space list resolved.conf wants. No path is interpolated.
+  # spaces resolved.conf wants. It is written as data, not a path or command.
   tee /etc/systemd/resolved.conf >/dev/null <<EOF
 [Resolve]
 DNS=${dns_servers//,/ }

bin/omarchy-migrate

@@ -85,18 +85,30 @@ wait_for_pacman_transaction
 mkdir -p "$STATE_DIR"
 [[ -d $MIGRATIONS_DIR ]] || exit 0
 
+deferred=()
 while IFS=$'\t' read -r name file marker; do
   [[ -n $name ]] || continue
 
   if [[ ! -f $marker ]]; then
     echo -e "\e[32m\nRunning migration (${name%.sh})\e[0m"
-    OMARCHY_PATH="$OMARCHY_PATH" bash -euo pipefail "$file"
+    if OMARCHY_PATH="$OMARCHY_PATH" bash -euo pipefail "$file"; then
-    mkdir -p "$(dirname "$marker")"
+      mkdir -p "$(dirname "$marker")"
-    touch "$marker"
+      touch "$marker"
+    else
+      migration_status=$?
+      if (( migration_status == 75 )); then
+        deferred+=("$name")
+        echo "Migration ${name%.sh} was deferred and will be retried later."
+      else
+        exit "$migration_status"
+      fi
+    fi
   fi
 done < <(migration_entries)
 
 # Clear a login-time notification the user left sitting there and then resolved
 # by running migrations some other way. The substring matches both the current
 # and legacy notification titles.
-omarchy-notification-dismiss "Omarchy Migrations" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+if ((${#deferred[@]} == 0)); then
+  omarchy-notification-dismiss "Omarchy Migrations" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+fi

migrations/1788025225.sh

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ echo "Remove privileged files left behind by retired Omarchy installers"
 
 sudoers_dir="${OMARCHY_SUDOERS_DIR:-/etc/sudoers.d}"
 systemd_dir="${OMARCHY_SYSTEMD_SYSTEM_DIR:-/etc/systemd/system}"
+machine_marker="${OMARCHY_RETIRED_INSTALLER_ARTIFACTS_MARKER:-/var/lib/omarchy/migrations/1788025225}"
+reload_needed_marker="$machine_marker.daemon-reload"
+
+[[ ! -e $machine_marker ]] || exit 0
 
 as_root() {
   if (( EUID == 0 )); then
@@ -226,9 +230,10 @@ plymouth_unit_runs_from_home() {
     done
 
     if [[ $word =~ $home_pattern || $word == "$HOME/.local/share/omarchy/bin/$binary" ]]; then
+      # Non-empty ExecStop= assignments append to the command list. Once a
+      # vulnerable command is present it stays live until an empty assignment
+      # explicitly resets the list; a later packaged command does not replace it.
       matched=0
-    else
-      matched=1
     fi
   done < <(active_lines systemd)
 
@@ -242,39 +247,82 @@ plymouth_unit_runs_from_home() {
 first_run_sudoers="$sudoers_dir/first-run"
 tsui_sudoers="$sudoers_dir/tsui"
 
-# Sudo cannot prompt without a terminal, and omarchy-migrate runs from places that
+defer_privileged_repair() {
-# have none. Failing the elevation probe there is indistinguishable from finding
+  echo "Cannot complete the privileged installer-artifact repair; omarchy-migrate will retry it later." >&2
-# no files, and since bin/omarchy-migrate writes the completion marker on a zero
+  exit 75
-# exit, a silent skip would mark this migration done forever. Exit non-zero
+}
-# instead so the marker stays unwritten and the next run tries again.
+
-if [[ ! -r $sudoers_dir ]] && ! as_root true 2>/dev/null; then
+# This is a machine-wide repair with per-user migration markers. A root-owned,
-  echo "Cannot inspect $sudoers_dir without elevation; leaving it for the next run." >&2
+# readable marker lets later non-sudo users finish their own migration run after
-  exit 1
+# one privileged account has inspected and repaired the machine. Until then,
+# exit 75 asks omarchy-migrate to leave this migration pending while continuing
+# with every later migration instead of wedging the whole queue.
+if ! as_root true 2>/dev/null; then
+  defer_privileged_repair
 fi
 
-# One combined probe, so the common case of neither file being present costs a
+# Removing a unit and reloading systemd are one repair. Persist the second half
-# single elevated call rather than one per file.
+# before removing the file so a failed daemon-reload cannot be forgotten on a
-if as_root test -e "$first_run_sudoers" -o -e "$tsui_sudoers"; then
+# retry that now sees no unit on disk.
-  if as_root test -f "$first_run_sudoers" &&
+if [[ -e $reload_needed_marker ]]; then
-    as_root cat "$first_run_sudoers" | first_run_sudoers_is_generated; then
+  if ! as_root systemctl daemon-reload >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    as_root rm -f "$first_run_sudoers"
+    defer_privileged_repair
   fi
-
+  if ! as_root rm -f "$reload_needed_marker"; then
-  if as_root test -f "$tsui_sudoers" &&
+    defer_privileged_repair
-    as_root cat "$tsui_sudoers" | tsui_sudoers_is_generated; then
-    as_root rm -f "$tsui_sudoers"
   fi
 fi
 
+inspect_sudoers_file() {
+  local file="$1" predicate="$2" kind content
+
+  # Emit an explicit state from the elevated process. A bare `sudo test -f` in
+  # an if-condition makes "file missing" indistinguishable from "sudo failed",
+  # which could mark a live grant repaired without ever reading it.
+  if ! kind=$(as_root bash -c 'if [[ -f $1 ]]; then printf file; elif [[ -e $1 ]]; then printf other; else printf missing; fi' bash "$file"); then
+    defer_privileged_repair
+  fi
+
+  [[ $kind == "file" ]] || return 0
+  if ! content=$(as_root cat "$file"); then
+    defer_privileged_repair
+  fi
+
+  if "$predicate" <<<"$content"; then
+    if ! as_root rm -f "$file"; then
+      defer_privileged_repair
+    fi
+  fi
+}
+
+inspect_sudoers_file "$first_run_sudoers" first_run_sudoers_is_generated
+inspect_sudoers_file "$tsui_sudoers" tsui_sudoers_is_generated
+
 # /etc/systemd/system is 0755, so this one needs no elevation to look at.
 plymouth_unit="$systemd_dir/omarchy-plymouth-shutdown.service"
 if [[ -f $plymouth_unit ]] && plymouth_unit_runs_from_home <"$plymouth_unit"; then
   # Disable, never stop. Stopping the unit is precisely what runs ExecStop, and
   # ExecStop is the path this migration exists to keep root away from; disabling
   # only drops the multi-user.target symlink.
-  as_root systemctl disable omarchy-plymouth-shutdown.service >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+  if ! as_root install -Dm644 /dev/null "$reload_needed_marker"; then
-  as_root rm -f "$plymouth_unit"
+    defer_privileged_repair
+  fi
+  if ! as_root systemctl disable omarchy-plymouth-shutdown.service >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    defer_privileged_repair
+  fi
+  if ! as_root rm -f "$plymouth_unit"; then
+    defer_privileged_repair
+  fi
   # systemd keeps serving the copy it already loaded until it rereads the
   # directory, so without this the unit is still there to run at shutdown.
-  as_root systemctl daemon-reload >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+  if ! as_root systemctl daemon-reload >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    defer_privileged_repair
+  fi
+  if ! as_root rm -f "$reload_needed_marker"; then
+    defer_privileged_repair
+  fi
+fi
+
+if ! as_root install -Dm644 /dev/null "$machine_marker"; then
+  defer_privileged_repair
 fi

test/shell.d/fixtures/privileged-heredoc/arithmetic-left-shift-before-heredoc.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+mask=$((1 << bits))
+
+cat >/etc/omarchy/agent.conf <<EOF
+helper=$HOME/.local/share/omarchy/bin/omarchy-agent
+EOF

test/shell.d/fixtures/privileged-heredoc/plain-heredoc-indented-pseudo-delimiter.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+cat >/etc/omarchy/agent.conf <<EOF
+enabled=true
+  EOF
+helper=$HOME/.local/share/omarchy/bin/omarchy-agent
+EOF

test/shell.d/fixtures/privileged-heredoc/route-append-redirect.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+cat >>/etc/omarchy/agent.conf <<EOF
+helper=$HOME/.local/share/omarchy/bin/omarchy-agent
+EOF

test/shell.d/fixtures/privileged-heredoc/safe-annotated-reordered-paths.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+storage="$HOME/storage"
+shared="$HOME/shared"
+
+# omarchy:heredoc-expands paths=shared,storage -- both sources are validated before use
+cat >/etc/omarchy/mounts.conf <<EOF
+storage=$storage:/storage
+shared=$shared:/shared
+EOF

test/shell.d/migrate-scope-test.sh

@@ -75,3 +75,39 @@ set -e
 grep -q '^before-fail$' "$calls" || fail "migration runner started failing migration"
 ! grep -q '^after-fail$' "$calls" || fail "migration runner stops failing migration under strict mode"
 pass "migration runner does not mark failed migrations complete"
+
+deferred_root="$test_tmp/deferred-omarchy"
+deferred_home="$test_tmp/deferred-home"
+deferred_calls="$test_tmp/deferred-calls"
+mkdir -p "$deferred_root/migrations" "$deferred_home"
+
+cat >"$deferred_root/migrations/100-deferred.sh" <<'SH'
+echo deferred >>"$TEST_CALLS"
+exit 75
+SH
+cat >"$deferred_root/migrations/200-after.sh" <<'SH'
+echo after >>"$TEST_CALLS"
+SH
+
+HOME="$deferred_home" \
+OMARCHY_PATH="$deferred_root" \
+TEST_CALLS="$deferred_calls" \
+  "$ROOT/bin/omarchy-migrate" >"$test_tmp/deferred.out"
+
+grep -q '^deferred$' "$deferred_calls" || fail "migration runner starts a deferred migration"
+grep -q '^after$' "$deferred_calls" || fail "migration runner continues after a deferred migration"
+[[ ! -f $deferred_home/.local/state/omarchy/migrations/100-deferred.sh ]] ||
+  fail "migration runner leaves a deferred migration pending"
+[[ -f $deferred_home/.local/state/omarchy/migrations/200-after.sh ]] ||
+  fail "migration runner records a later successful migration"
+grep -q 'was deferred and will be retried later' "$test_tmp/deferred.out" ||
+  fail "migration runner reports a deferred migration"
+pass "migration runner leaves exit-75 migrations pending and continues the queue"
+
+HOME="$deferred_home" OMARCHY_PATH="$deferred_root" \
+  "$ROOT/bin/omarchy-migrate" --pending >"$test_tmp/deferred-pending.out"
+grep -q '^100-deferred\.sh$' "$test_tmp/deferred-pending.out" ||
+  fail "migration runner still reports a deferred migration as pending"
+! grep -q '^200-after\.sh$' "$test_tmp/deferred-pending.out" ||
+  fail "migration runner does not report the completed later migration as pending"
+pass "migration runner reports only the deferred migration as pending"

test/shell.d/privileged-heredoc-test.sh

@@ -299,20 +299,18 @@ mentions_user_writable_root() {
 # while the $HOME token stands alone.
 classify_expansion() {
   local masked="$1" name="$2" head literal piece
-  local path_shaped=1 token_has_slash=1
+  local path_shape=""
 
   head=$(literal_head "$masked")
   head=${head%%$'\001'*}
   literal=$(literal_value "$name")
 
-  [[ $masked == */* ]] && token_has_slash=0
+  [[ $masked == */* ]] && path_shape+="token "
+  in_list "$name" "${USER_WRITABLE_VARS[@]}" && path_shape+="user-root "
+  [[ -v VARS_TAINTED[$name] ]] && path_shape+="tainted "
+  [[ -n $literal && $literal == */* ]] && path_shape+="literal "
 
-  ((token_has_slash == 0)) && path_shaped=0
+  [[ -n $path_shape ]] || return 1
-  in_list "$name" "${USER_WRITABLE_VARS[@]}" && path_shaped=0
-  [[ -v VARS_TAINTED[$name] ]] && path_shaped=0
-  [[ -n $literal && $literal == */* ]] && path_shaped=0
-
-  ((path_shaped == 0)) || return 1
 
   # A path expansion anchored under a root-owned prefix cannot introduce a
   # user-writable location, so it does not need declaring.
@@ -334,8 +332,7 @@ classify_expansion() {
   # A name assigned a user root anywhere in the file is never rescued: the
   # assignment that won may be the packaged path it was later reassigned away
   # from, and the rescue would then clear it on evidence it no longer holds.
-  if ((token_has_slash != 0)) && ! in_list "$name" "${USER_WRITABLE_VARS[@]}" &&
+  if [[ $path_shape == "literal " ]]; then
-    ! [[ -v VARS_TAINTED[$name] ]] && [[ -n $literal ]]; then
     for piece in $literal; do
       piece=$(literal_head "$piece")
       if mentions_user_writable_root "$piece"; then
@@ -361,8 +358,12 @@ command_destinations() {
   # contain spaces anywhere this check runs.
   line=${line//\"/ }
   line=${line//\'/ }
-  # Detach redirects from their targets so "> /etc/x" and ">/etc/x" agree.
+  # Preserve append redirects before detaching redirect operators from their
+  # targets, so ">> /etc/x" does not become two ">" tokens whose first target
+  # is the second operator.
+  line=${line//>>/$'\003'}
   line=${line//>/ > }
+  line=${line//$'\003'/" >> "}
 
   read -r -a tokens <<<"$line"
 
@@ -373,7 +374,7 @@ command_destinations() {
 
     in_list "$token" "${ELEVATORS[@]}" && elevated=0
 
-    if [[ $token == ">" ]]; then
+    if [[ $token == ">" || $token == ">>" ]]; then
       target=${tokens[index]:-}
       index=$((index + 1))
       [[ -n $target && $target != "&"* && $target != /dev/* ]] && printf '%s\n' "$target"
@@ -386,7 +387,7 @@ command_destinations() {
     fi
 
     if in_list "$token" "${WRITE_COMMANDS[@]}"; then
-      if [[ $token == "tee" || $token == "dd" ]]; then
+      if [[ $token == "tee" ]]; then
         # Every non-flag argument to tee is a destination.
         scan=$index
         while ((scan < ${#tokens[@]})); do
@@ -397,7 +398,8 @@ command_destinations() {
           [[ $target == /dev/* ]] && continue
           printf '%s\n' "$target"
         done
-      else
+      elif [[ $token != "dd" ]]; then
+        # dd destinations are expressed only by of= operands, handled above.
         copy_like=0
       fi
       continue
@@ -485,13 +487,45 @@ count_placeholders() {
   printf '%s' "$count"
 }
 
+normalize_path_set() {
+  local value="$1"
+  local -a names=()
+
+  if [[ $value == "none" ]]; then
+    printf 'none'
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  IFS=, read -ra names <<<"$value"
+  mapfile -t names < <(printf '%s\n' "${names[@]}" | sort -u)
+  (
+    IFS=,
+    printf '%s' "${names[*]}"
+  )
+}
+
+inside_same_line_arithmetic() {
+  local prefix="$1" opens=0 closes=0
+
+  while [[ $prefix == *"(("* ]]; do
+    opens=$((opens + 1))
+    prefix=${prefix#*"(("}
+  done
+  while [[ $prefix == *"))"* ]]; do
+    closes=$((closes + 1))
+    prefix=${prefix#*"))"}
+  done
+
+  ((opens > closes))
+}
+
 scan_file() {
   local file="$1" display="${2:-$1}"
   local -a lines=()
-  local index lineno line scan rest raw guard slot delim candidate
+  local index lineno line scan rest raw operator match prefix guard slot delim candidate candidate_delim body_start
   local body_text unescaped destination body_line masked_line token name
-  local declared_paths annotation look shown_paths shown_plain count next slots
+  local declared_paths annotation look shown_paths shown_plain count next slots terminated
-  local hd_re='<<-?[[:space:]]*("[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*"|'"'"'[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*'"'"'|[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*)'
+  local hd_re='(<<-?)[[:space:]]*("[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*"|'"'"'[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*'"'"'|[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*)'
 
   mapfile -t lines <"$file"
   collect_vars lines
@@ -512,12 +546,21 @@ scan_file() {
     # Collect this line's heredoc delimiters in order. Quoted ones are safe by
     # construction but still have to be tracked, or their bodies would be
     # parsed as code.
-    local -a delims=() quoted=()
+    local -a delims=() quoted=() strip_tabs=()
     rest=$scan
     guard=0
     while ((guard++ < 8)) && [[ $rest =~ $hd_re ]]; do
-      raw=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
+      match=${BASH_REMATCH[0]}
-      rest=${rest#*"${BASH_REMATCH[0]}"}
+      operator=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
+      raw=${BASH_REMATCH[2]}
+      prefix=${rest%%"$match"*}
+      rest=${rest#*"$match"}
+
+      # `(( value << shift ))` and `$(( value << shift ))` are arithmetic, not
+      # heredocs. Without this guard the shift count becomes a phantom delimiter
+      # and can consume every real heredoc below it.
+      inside_same_line_arithmetic "$prefix" && continue
+
       if [[ $raw == \"*\" || $raw == \'*\' ]]; then
         delims+=("${raw:1:${#raw}-2}")
         quoted+=(0)
@@ -525,6 +568,7 @@ scan_file() {
         delims+=("$raw")
         quoted+=(1)
       fi
+      [[ $operator == "<<-" ]] && strip_tabs+=(1) || strip_tabs+=(0)
     done
 
     ((${#delims[@]} > 0)) || continue
@@ -532,14 +576,34 @@ scan_file() {
     for slot in "${!delims[@]}"; do
       delim=${delims[slot]}
       local -a body=()
+      body_start=$index
+      terminated=1
 
       while ((index < ${#lines[@]})); do
         candidate=${lines[index]}
         index=$((index + 1))
-        [[ ${candidate#"${candidate%%[![:space:]]*}"} == "$delim" ]] && break
+        candidate_delim=$candidate
+        if ((strip_tabs[slot] == 1)); then
+          while [[ $candidate_delim == $'\t'* ]]; do
+            candidate_delim=${candidate_delim#$'\t'}
+          done
+        fi
+        if [[ $candidate_delim == "$delim" ]]; then
+          terminated=0
+          break
+        fi
         body+=("$candidate")
       done
 
+      # A valid shell source cannot contain an unterminated heredoc. If this
+      # candidate has no terminator it was syntax such as a multi-line arithmetic
+      # shift that the lightweight matcher could not classify; resume scanning
+      # below it instead of swallowing the rest of the file.
+      if ((terminated != 0)); then
+        index=$body_start
+        continue
+      fi
+
       # A quoted delimiter cannot expand anything.
       ((quoted[slot] == 1)) || continue
 
@@ -621,7 +685,7 @@ scan_file() {
         continue
       fi
 
-      if [[ $declared_paths != "$shown_paths" ]]; then
+      if [[ $(normalize_path_set "$declared_paths") != $(normalize_path_set "$shown_paths") ]]; then
         FINDINGS+=("$display:$lineno: heredoc annotation declares paths=$declared_paths but the path-shaped expansions are $shown_paths
     Writing to: $destination
     Every expansion used as a path outside a root-owned prefix has to be named,
@@ -761,6 +825,19 @@ fixture_flags route-variable-path.sh \
 fixture_flags route-install-hop.sh \
   "flags a scratch file that install(1) later copies into /usr"
 fixture_flags route-dash-delimiter.sh "flags an indented <<- heredoc"
+fixture_flags route-append-redirect.sh "flags an append redirect into /etc"
+fixture_flags arithmetic-left-shift-before-heredoc.sh \
+  "an arithmetic left shift does not swallow a later privileged heredoc" \
+  "path-shaped expansions: HOME"
+fixture_flags plain-heredoc-indented-pseudo-delimiter.sh \
+  "an indented delimiter does not terminate a plain heredoc" \
+  "path-shaped expansions: HOME"
+
+mapfile -t dd_destinations < <(command_destinations \
+  'sudo dd if=/tmp/input bs=4M status=none of=/etc/omarchy/image')
+[[ ${dd_destinations[0]:-} == "/etc/omarchy/image" && ${dd_destinations[1]:-} == $'\002elevated' && ${#dd_destinations[@]} == 2 ]] ||
+  fail "dd emits only its of= destination" "$(printf '%q\n' "${dd_destinations[@]:-}")"
+pass "dd emits only its of= destination"
 
 # Negatives.
 fixture_passes safe-quoted-delimiter.sh "a quoted delimiter passes"
@@ -771,6 +848,8 @@ fixture_passes safe-no-expansion.sh \
 fixture_passes safe-runtime-expansion.sh \
   "an escaped \\\$VAR left for a root daemon to expand passes"
 fixture_passes safe-annotated.sh "a declared, reasoned exemption passes"
+fixture_passes safe-annotated-reordered-paths.sh \
+  "path declarations compare as sets rather than traversal order"
 fixture_passes safe-root-anchored.sh \
   "a path expansion anchored under /etc is truthfully declared paths=none"
 fixture_passes safe-herestring.sh "a herestring is not mistaken for a heredoc"

test/shell.d/retired-installer-artifacts-migration-test.sh

@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ cat >"$test_dir/bin/systemctl" <<'STUB'
 #!/bin/bash
 
 printf 'systemctl %s\n' "$*" >>"$CALLS"
+if [[ $* == "daemon-reload" && -n ${FAIL_DAEMON_RELOAD_ONCE_MARKER:-} && ! -e $FAIL_DAEMON_RELOAD_ONCE_MARKER ]]; then
+  touch "$FAIL_DAEMON_RELOAD_ONCE_MARKER"
+  exit 1
+fi
 STUB
 
 chmod +x "$test_dir/bin/"*
@@ -49,9 +53,11 @@ home_dir="$test_dir/home"
 first_run="$sudoers_dir/first-run"
 tsui="$sudoers_dir/tsui"
 plymouth_unit="$systemd_dir/omarchy-plymouth-shutdown.service"
+machine_marker="$test_dir/machine-marker"
+reload_needed_marker="$machine_marker.daemon-reload"
 
 reset_machine() {
-  rm -rf "$sudoers_dir" "$systemd_dir" "$home_dir"
+  rm -rf "$sudoers_dir" "$systemd_dir" "$home_dir" "$machine_marker" "$reload_needed_marker"
   mkdir -p "$sudoers_dir" "$systemd_dir" "$home_dir"
 }
 
@@ -61,6 +67,7 @@ run_migration() {
   HOME="$home_dir" \
     OMARCHY_SUDOERS_DIR="$sudoers_dir" \
     OMARCHY_SYSTEMD_SYSTEM_DIR="$systemd_dir" \
+    OMARCHY_RETIRED_INSTALLER_ARTIFACTS_MARKER="$machine_marker" \
     PATH="$test_dir/bin:$PATH" \
     bash -euo pipefail "$migration" >/dev/null
 }
@@ -83,7 +90,7 @@ assert_changed_nothing() {
 assert_read_elevated() {
   local file="$1" label="$2"
 
-  grep -qF "sudo test -f $file" "$CALLS" ||
+  grep -qF "bash $file" "$CALLS" ||
     fail "$label" "$(cat "$CALLS")"
   grep -qF "sudo cat $file" "$CALLS" ||
     fail "$label" "$(cat "$CALLS")"
@@ -174,6 +181,9 @@ for body in "${first_run_variants[@]}"; do
 done
 pass "migration removes every first-run sudoers grant the installer ever wrote"
 
+[[ -f $machine_marker ]] || fail "migration records the machine-wide repair"
+pass "migration records the machine-wide repair"
+
 grep -q '^sudo rm -f .*/sudoers\.d/first-run$' "$CALLS" ||
   fail "migration removes the first-run grant with elevated privileges" "$(cat "$CALLS")"
 pass "migration removes the first-run grant with elevated privileges"
@@ -322,6 +332,22 @@ run_migration
 [[ -e $plymouth_unit ]] || fail "migration keeps a unit whose home ExecStop is commented out"
 pass "migration keeps a unit whose home ExecStop is commented out"
 
+# Non-empty ExecStop= assignments append; a packaged command after the retired
+# home command does not replace it, so the vulnerable command remains live.
+reset_machine
+cat >"$plymouth_unit" <<'EOF'
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/true
+ExecStop=/home/installer/.local/share/omarchy/bin/omarchy-plymouth-shutdown-sync
+ExecStop=/usr/bin/true
+EOF
+run_migration
+
+[[ ! -e $plymouth_unit ]] ||
+  fail "migration removes a home ExecStop followed by another command" "$(cat "$plymouth_unit")"
+pass "migration removes a home ExecStop followed by another command"
+
 reset_machine
 run_migration
 
@@ -517,30 +543,71 @@ run_migration
   fail "migration removes a unit whose last line ends mid-continuation"
 pass "migration removes a unit whose last line ends mid-continuation"
 
+# If removing the unit succeeds but daemon-reload fails, the loaded unit still
+# needs to be forgotten. Persist that half of the repair so the retry reloads
+# systemd even though the unit file is already gone.
+reset_machine
+write_plymouth_unit "/home/installer/.local/share/omarchy/bin/omarchy-plymouth-shutdown-sync"
+reload_failure_seen="$test_dir/reload-failure-seen"
+rm -f "$reload_failure_seen"
+
+set +e
+FAIL_DAEMON_RELOAD_ONCE_MARKER="$reload_failure_seen" run_migration
+reload_status=$?
+set -e
+
+(( reload_status == 75 )) ||
+  fail "migration defers after a failed daemon-reload" "status=$reload_status"
+[[ ! -e $plymouth_unit && -e $reload_needed_marker && ! -e $machine_marker ]] ||
+  fail "migration records the pending reload without marking the repair complete"
+
+run_migration
+[[ ! -e $reload_needed_marker && -e $machine_marker ]] ||
+  fail "migration completes a pending daemon-reload on retry"
+grep -q '^systemctl daemon-reload$' "$CALLS" ||
+  fail "migration retries daemon-reload after the unit file is gone" "$(cat "$CALLS")"
+pass "migration retries daemon-reload after the unit file is gone"
+
 # sudo cannot prompt without a terminal, and omarchy-migrate runs from places that
 # have none. bin/omarchy-migrate writes the completion marker on a zero exit, so
 # reporting success after failing to look would mark this migration done for good.
 # Observed on a real machine before this guard existed: the run printed sudo's
 # "a terminal is required" and still exited 0.
 reset_machine
-unreadable="$test_dir/unreadable-sudoers"
+readable="$test_dir/readable-sudoers"
-rm -rf "$unreadable"
+rm -rf "$readable"
-mkdir -p "$unreadable"
+mkdir -p "$readable"
-chmod 000 "$unreadable"
+chmod 755 "$readable"
+printf '%s\n' "${first_run_variants[-1]}" >"$readable/first-run"
 
 : >"$CALLS"
 set +e
 HOME="$home_dir" \
-  OMARCHY_SUDOERS_DIR="$unreadable" \
+  OMARCHY_SUDOERS_DIR="$readable" \
   OMARCHY_SYSTEMD_SYSTEM_DIR="$systemd_dir" \
+  OMARCHY_RETIRED_INSTALLER_ARTIFACTS_MARKER="$machine_marker" \
   PATH="$test_dir/failing-bin:$PATH" \
   bash -euo pipefail "$migration" >"$test_dir/gate.out" 2>&1
 gate_status=$?
 set -e
-chmod 755 "$unreadable"
 
-(( gate_status != 0 )) ||
+(( gate_status == 75 )) ||
-  fail "migration fails when it cannot elevate to inspect the sudoers directory" "$(cat "$test_dir/gate.out")"
+  fail "migration defers when it cannot elevate to inspect the sudoers directory" "status=$gate_status$(printf '\n%s' "$(cat "$test_dir/gate.out")")"
-grep -q 'without elevation' "$test_dir/gate.out" ||
+[[ -e $readable/first-run ]] ||
+  fail "migration keeps a live grant when elevation fails"
+[[ ! -e $machine_marker ]] ||
+  fail "migration leaves the machine repair unmarked when elevation fails"
+grep -q 'will retry it later' "$test_dir/gate.out" ||
   fail "migration says why it could not inspect the directory" "$(cat "$test_dir/gate.out")"
-pass "migration fails when it cannot elevate to inspect the sudoers directory"
+pass "migration defers without marking a readable sudoers directory repaired when elevation fails"
+
+# After one privileged account completes the machine repair, a non-sudo user
+# can finish their per-user migration without probing sudo again.
+touch "$machine_marker"
+HOME="$home_dir" \
+  OMARCHY_SUDOERS_DIR="$readable" \
+  OMARCHY_SYSTEMD_SYSTEM_DIR="$systemd_dir" \
+  OMARCHY_RETIRED_INSTALLER_ARTIFACTS_MARKER="$machine_marker" \
+  PATH="$test_dir/failing-bin:$PATH" \
+  bash -euo pipefail "$migration" >/dev/null
+pass "machine marker lets a non-sudo user complete after the repair"