diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
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@@ -612,12 +612,18 @@ from the installed disk by `state.LoadOrCreate()` → `initialize()`.
   when empty (to preserve the default through encode/decode cycles),
   (3) add mutex protection on State fields shared between API handlers
   and startup().
-- **Recovery via restart**: `phase_install` in `incusos-proxmox` now
-  automatically retries once (stop → 10s wait → start → re-check).
-  After the first crash, the deferred `s.Save()` writes state. On the
-  second boot, systemd restarts the daemon; if the root cause was
-  transient (race condition or gocron edge case), the second boot
-  succeeds.
+- **Error is persistent within a VM session**: verified by screenshots —
+  when the crontab error hits, the deferred `s.Save()` writes corrupt
+  state (version 7, ScrubSchedule missing because encoder skips zero
+  values). Subsequent systemd daemon restarts read the corrupt state
+  and crash again. The error does NOT self-heal via daemon restart alone.
+- **Recovery via Proxmox stop+start**: `phase_install` in `incusos-proxmox`
+  retries once with a full Proxmox stop (hard VM power-off) → 10s wait →
+  start. The hard power-off may cause uncommitted filesystem writes
+  (including the corrupt state.txt) to be lost, restoring the correct
+  state from `initialize()`. This works because IncusOS's data partition
+  has a journal commit interval (~5s) and the corrupt Save() may not have
+  been committed before the VM was killed.
 - **Detection**: `phase_install` checks port 8443 after starting from disk
   (30s wait + up to 60s polling). If first check fails, automatic retry
   adds ~100s. Failed VMs after retry are reported with remediation.