fix(iso): make memtest non-blocking by default

Web UI / logs:
- Strip ANSI escape codes and handle \r (progress bars) in task log output
- Add USB export API + UI card on Export page (list removable devices, write audit JSON or support bundle)
- Add Display Resolution card in Tools (xrandr-based, per-output mode selector)
- Dashboard: audit status banner with auto-reload when audit task completes

Boot & install:
- bee-web starts immediately with no dependencies (was blocked by audit + network)
- bee-audit.service redesigned: waits for bee-web healthz, sleeps 60s, enqueues audit via /api/audit/run (task system)
- bee-install: fix GRUB UEFI — grub-install exit code was silently ignored (|| true); add --no-nvram fallback; always copy EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI fallback path
- Add grub-efi-amd64, grub-pc, grub-efi-amd64-signed, shim-signed to package list (grub-install requires these, not just -bin variants)
- memtest hook: fix binary/boot/ not created before cp; handle both Debian (no extension) and upstream (x64.efi) naming
- bee-openbox-session: increase healthz wait from 30s to 120s

KVM console stability:
- runCmdJob: syscall.Setpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, pid, 10) on all stress subprocesses
- lightdm.service.d: Nice=-5 so X server preempts stress processes

Packages: add btop

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

PLAN.md

@@ -343,9 +343,9 @@ Planned code shape:
 - `bee tui` can rerun the audit manually
 - `bee tui` can export the latest audit JSON to removable media
 - `bee tui` can show health summary and run NVIDIA/memory/storage acceptance tests
-- NVIDIA SAT now includes a lightweight in-image GPU stress step via `bee-gpu-stress`
+- NVIDIA SAT now includes a lightweight in-image GPU stress step via `bee-gpu-burn`
 - SAT summaries now expose `overall_status` plus per-job `OK/FAILED/UNSUPPORTED`
-- Memory/GPU SAT runtime defaults can be overridden via `BEE_MEMTESTER_*` and `BEE_GPU_STRESS_*`
+- Memory SAT runtime defaults can be overridden via `BEE_MEMTESTER_*`
 - removable export requires explicit target selection, mount, confirmation, copy, and cleanup
 
 ### 2.6 — Vendor utilities and optional assets

audit/cmd/bee/main.go

@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ func runSAT(args []string, stdout, stderr io.Writer) int {
 	fs := flag.NewFlagSet("sat", flag.ContinueOnError)
 	fs.SetOutput(stderr)
 	duration := fs.Int("duration", 0, "stress-ng duration in seconds (cpu only; default: 60)")
+	diagLevel := fs.Int("diag-level", 0, "DCGM diagnostic level for nvidia (1=quick, 2=medium, 3=targeted stress, 4=extended stress; default: 1)")
 	if err := fs.Parse(args[1:]); err != nil {
 		if err == flag.ErrHelp {
 			return 0
@@ -370,7 +371,7 @@ func runSAT(args []string, stdout, stderr io.Writer) int {
 	target := args[0]
 	if target != "nvidia" && target != "memory" && target != "storage" && target != "cpu" {
 		fmt.Fprintf(stderr, "bee sat: unknown target %q\n", target)
-		fmt.Fprintln(stderr, "usage: bee sat nvidia|memory|storage|cpu [--duration <seconds>]")
+		fmt.Fprintln(stderr, "usage: bee sat nvidia|memory|storage|cpu [--duration <seconds>] [--diag-level <1-4>]")
 		return 2
 	}
 
@@ -382,7 +383,12 @@ func runSAT(args []string, stdout, stderr io.Writer) int {
 	logLine := func(s string) { fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, s) }
 	switch target {
 	case "nvidia":
-		archive, err = application.RunNvidiaAcceptancePack("", logLine)
+		level := *diagLevel
+		if level > 0 {
+			_, err = application.RunNvidiaAcceptancePackWithOptions(context.Background(), "", level, nil, logLine)
+		} else {
+			archive, err = application.RunNvidiaAcceptancePack("", logLine)
+		}
 	case "memory":
 		archive, err = application.RunMemoryAcceptancePackCtx(context.Background(), "", logLine)
 	case "storage":

audit/internal/app/app.go

@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ func (a *App) RunInstallToRAM(ctx context.Context, logFunc func(string)) error {
 type satRunner interface {
 	RunNvidiaAcceptancePack(baseDir string, logFunc func(string)) (string, error)
 	RunNvidiaAcceptancePackWithOptions(ctx context.Context, baseDir string, diagLevel int, gpuIndices []int, logFunc func(string)) (string, error)
+	RunNvidiaStressPack(ctx context.Context, baseDir string, opts platform.NvidiaStressOptions, logFunc func(string)) (string, error)
 	RunMemoryAcceptancePack(ctx context.Context, baseDir string, logFunc func(string)) (string, error)
 	RunStorageAcceptancePack(ctx context.Context, baseDir string, logFunc func(string)) (string, error)
 	RunCPUAcceptancePack(ctx context.Context, baseDir string, durationSec int, logFunc func(string)) (string, error)
@@ -508,6 +509,17 @@ func (a *App) RunNvidiaAcceptancePackWithOptions(ctx context.Context, baseDir st
 	return ActionResult{Title: "NVIDIA DCGM", Body: body}, err
 }
 
+func (a *App) RunNvidiaStressPack(baseDir string, opts platform.NvidiaStressOptions, logFunc func(string)) (string, error) {
+	return a.RunNvidiaStressPackCtx(context.Background(), baseDir, opts, logFunc)
+}
+
+func (a *App) RunNvidiaStressPackCtx(ctx context.Context, baseDir string, opts platform.NvidiaStressOptions, logFunc func(string)) (string, error) {
+	if strings.TrimSpace(baseDir) == "" {
+		baseDir = DefaultSATBaseDir
+	}
+	return a.sat.RunNvidiaStressPack(ctx, baseDir, opts, logFunc)
+}
+
 func (a *App) RunMemoryAcceptancePack(baseDir string, logFunc func(string)) (string, error) {
 	return a.RunMemoryAcceptancePackCtx(context.Background(), baseDir, logFunc)
 }

audit/internal/app/app_test.go

@@ -120,14 +120,15 @@ func (f fakeTools) CheckTools(names []string) []platform.ToolStatus {
 }
 
 type fakeSAT struct {
-	runNvidiaFn      func(string) (string, error)
+	runNvidiaFn       func(string) (string, error)
-	runMemoryFn      func(string) (string, error)
+	runNvidiaStressFn func(string, platform.NvidiaStressOptions) (string, error)
-	runStorageFn     func(string) (string, error)
+	runMemoryFn       func(string) (string, error)
-	runCPUFn         func(string, int) (string, error)
+	runStorageFn      func(string) (string, error)
-	detectVendorFn   func() string
+	runCPUFn          func(string, int) (string, error)
-	listAMDGPUsFn    func() ([]platform.AMDGPUInfo, error)
+	detectVendorFn    func() string
-	runAMDPackFn     func(string) (string, error)
+	listAMDGPUsFn     func() ([]platform.AMDGPUInfo, error)
-	listNvidiaGPUsFn func() ([]platform.NvidiaGPU, error)
+	runAMDPackFn      func(string) (string, error)
+	listNvidiaGPUsFn  func() ([]platform.NvidiaGPU, error)
 }
 
 func (f fakeSAT) RunNvidiaAcceptancePack(baseDir string, _ func(string)) (string, error) {
@@ -138,6 +139,13 @@ func (f fakeSAT) RunNvidiaAcceptancePackWithOptions(_ context.Context, baseDir s
 	return f.runNvidiaFn(baseDir)
 }
 
+func (f fakeSAT) RunNvidiaStressPack(_ context.Context, baseDir string, opts platform.NvidiaStressOptions, _ func(string)) (string, error) {
+	if f.runNvidiaStressFn != nil {
+		return f.runNvidiaStressFn(baseDir, opts)
+	}
+	return f.runNvidiaFn(baseDir)
+}
+
 func (f fakeSAT) ListNvidiaGPUs() ([]platform.NvidiaGPU, error) {
 	if f.listNvidiaGPUsFn != nil {
 		return f.listNvidiaGPUsFn()

audit/internal/platform/nvidia_stress.go

@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+package platform
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"sort"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func (s *System) RunNvidiaStressPack(ctx context.Context, baseDir string, opts NvidiaStressOptions, logFunc func(string)) (string, error) {
+	normalizeNvidiaStressOptions(&opts)
+
+	job, err := buildNvidiaStressJob(opts)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return runAcceptancePackCtx(ctx, baseDir, nvidiaStressArchivePrefix(opts.Loader), []satJob{
+		{name: "01-nvidia-smi-q.log", cmd: []string{"nvidia-smi", "-q"}},
+		{name: "02-nvidia-smi-list.log", cmd: []string{"nvidia-smi", "-L"}},
+		job,
+		{name: "04-nvidia-smi-after.log", cmd: []string{"nvidia-smi", "--query-gpu=index,name,temperature.gpu,power.draw,utilization.gpu,memory.used,memory.total", "--format=csv,noheader,nounits"}},
+	}, logFunc)
+}
+
+func nvidiaStressArchivePrefix(loader string) string {
+	switch strings.TrimSpace(strings.ToLower(loader)) {
+	case NvidiaStressLoaderJohn:
+		return "gpu-nvidia-john"
+	case NvidiaStressLoaderNCCL:
+		return "gpu-nvidia-nccl"
+	default:
+		return "gpu-nvidia-burn"
+	}
+}
+
+func buildNvidiaStressJob(opts NvidiaStressOptions) (satJob, error) {
+	selected, err := resolveNvidiaGPUSelection(opts.GPUIndices, opts.ExcludeGPUIndices)
+	if err != nil {
+		return satJob{}, err
+	}
+
+	loader := strings.TrimSpace(strings.ToLower(opts.Loader))
+	switch loader {
+	case "", NvidiaStressLoaderBuiltin:
+		cmd := []string{
+			"bee-gpu-burn",
+			"--seconds", strconv.Itoa(opts.DurationSec),
+			"--size-mb", strconv.Itoa(opts.SizeMB),
+		}
+		if len(selected) > 0 {
+			cmd = append(cmd, "--devices", joinIndexList(selected))
+		}
+		return satJob{
+			name:       "03-bee-gpu-burn.log",
+			cmd:        cmd,
+			collectGPU: true,
+			gpuIndices: selected,
+		}, nil
+	case NvidiaStressLoaderJohn:
+		cmd := []string{
+			"bee-john-gpu-stress",
+			"--seconds", strconv.Itoa(opts.DurationSec),
+		}
+		if len(selected) > 0 {
+			cmd = append(cmd, "--devices", joinIndexList(selected))
+		}
+		return satJob{
+			name:       "03-john-gpu-stress.log",
+			cmd:        cmd,
+			collectGPU: true,
+			gpuIndices: selected,
+		}, nil
+	case NvidiaStressLoaderNCCL:
+		cmd := []string{
+			"bee-nccl-gpu-stress",
+			"--seconds", strconv.Itoa(opts.DurationSec),
+		}
+		if len(selected) > 0 {
+			cmd = append(cmd, "--devices", joinIndexList(selected))
+		}
+		return satJob{
+			name:       "03-bee-nccl-gpu-stress.log",
+			cmd:        cmd,
+			collectGPU: true,
+			gpuIndices: selected,
+		}, nil
+	default:
+		return satJob{}, fmt.Errorf("unknown NVIDIA stress loader %q", opts.Loader)
+	}
+}
+
+func normalizeNvidiaStressOptions(opts *NvidiaStressOptions) {
+	if opts.DurationSec <= 0 {
+		opts.DurationSec = 300
+	}
+	if opts.SizeMB <= 0 {
+		opts.SizeMB = 64
+	}
+	switch strings.TrimSpace(strings.ToLower(opts.Loader)) {
+	case "", NvidiaStressLoaderBuiltin:
+		opts.Loader = NvidiaStressLoaderBuiltin
+	case NvidiaStressLoaderJohn:
+		opts.Loader = NvidiaStressLoaderJohn
+	case NvidiaStressLoaderNCCL:
+		opts.Loader = NvidiaStressLoaderNCCL
+	default:
+		opts.Loader = NvidiaStressLoaderBuiltin
+	}
+	opts.GPUIndices = dedupeSortedIndices(opts.GPUIndices)
+	opts.ExcludeGPUIndices = dedupeSortedIndices(opts.ExcludeGPUIndices)
+}
+
+func resolveNvidiaGPUSelection(include, exclude []int) ([]int, error) {
+	all, err := listNvidiaGPUIndices()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if len(all) == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("nvidia-smi found no NVIDIA GPUs")
+	}
+
+	selected := all
+	if len(include) > 0 {
+		want := make(map[int]struct{}, len(include))
+		for _, idx := range include {
+			want[idx] = struct{}{}
+		}
+		selected = selected[:0]
+		for _, idx := range all {
+			if _, ok := want[idx]; ok {
+				selected = append(selected, idx)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if len(exclude) > 0 {
+		skip := make(map[int]struct{}, len(exclude))
+		for _, idx := range exclude {
+			skip[idx] = struct{}{}
+		}
+		filtered := selected[:0]
+		for _, idx := range selected {
+			if _, ok := skip[idx]; ok {
+				continue
+			}
+			filtered = append(filtered, idx)
+		}
+		selected = filtered
+	}
+	if len(selected) == 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no NVIDIA GPUs selected after applying filters")
+	}
+	out := append([]int(nil), selected...)
+	sort.Ints(out)
+	return out, nil
+}
+
+func listNvidiaGPUIndices() ([]int, error) {
+	out, err := satExecCommand("nvidia-smi", "--query-gpu=index", "--format=csv,noheader,nounits").Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("nvidia-smi: %w", err)
+	}
+	var indices []int
+	for _, line := range strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(string(out)), "\n") {
+		line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
+		if line == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		idx, err := strconv.Atoi(line)
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		indices = append(indices, idx)
+	}
+	return dedupeSortedIndices(indices), nil
+}
+
+func dedupeSortedIndices(values []int) []int {
+	if len(values) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	seen := make(map[int]struct{}, len(values))
+	out := make([]int, 0, len(values))
+	for _, value := range values {
+		if value < 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		if _, ok := seen[value]; ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		seen[value] = struct{}{}
+		out = append(out, value)
+	}
+	sort.Ints(out)
+	return out
+}
+
+func joinIndexList(values []int) string {
+	parts := make([]string, 0, len(values))
+	for _, value := range values {
+		parts = append(parts, strconv.Itoa(value))
+	}
+	return strings.Join(parts, ",")
+}

audit/internal/platform/platform_stress.go

@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"syscall"
 	"time"
 )
 
@@ -374,10 +376,17 @@ func buildCPUStressCmd(ctx context.Context) (*exec.Cmd, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("stressapptest not found: %w", err)
 	}
 	// Use a very long duration; the context timeout will kill it at the right time.
-	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, path, "-s", "86400", "-W", "--cc_test")
+	cmdArgs := []string{"-s", "86400", "-W", "--cc_test"}
+	if threads := platformStressCPUThreads(); threads > 0 {
+		cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs, "-m", strconv.Itoa(threads))
+	}
+	if mb := platformStressMemoryMB(); mb > 0 {
+		cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs, "-M", strconv.Itoa(mb))
+	}
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, path, cmdArgs...)
 	cmd.Stdout = nil
 	cmd.Stderr = nil
-	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
+	if err := startLowPriorityCmd(cmd, 15); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("stressapptest start: %w", err)
 	}
 	return cmd, nil
@@ -418,22 +427,65 @@ func buildAMDGPUStressCmd(ctx context.Context) *exec.Cmd {
 	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, rvsPath, "-c", cfgFile)
 	cmd.Stdout = nil
 	cmd.Stderr = nil
-	_ = cmd.Start()
+	_ = startLowPriorityCmd(cmd, 10)
 	return cmd
 }
 
 func buildNvidiaGPUStressCmd(ctx context.Context) *exec.Cmd {
-	path, err := satLookPath("bee-gpu-stress")
+	path, err := satLookPath("bee-gpu-burn")
+	if err != nil {
+		path, err = satLookPath("bee-gpu-stress")
+	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil
 	}
 	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, path, "--seconds", "86400", "--size-mb", "64")
 	cmd.Stdout = nil
 	cmd.Stderr = nil
-	_ = cmd.Start()
+	_ = startLowPriorityCmd(cmd, 10)
 	return cmd
 }
 
+func startLowPriorityCmd(cmd *exec.Cmd, nice int) error {
+	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if cmd.Process != nil {
+		_ = syscall.Setpriority(syscall.PRIO_PROCESS, cmd.Process.Pid, nice)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func platformStressCPUThreads() int {
+	if n := envInt("BEE_PLATFORM_STRESS_THREADS", 0); n > 0 {
+		return n
+	}
+	cpus := runtime.NumCPU()
+	switch {
+	case cpus <= 2:
+		return 1
+	case cpus <= 8:
+		return cpus - 1
+	default:
+		return cpus - 2
+	}
+}
+
+func platformStressMemoryMB() int {
+	if mb := envInt("BEE_PLATFORM_STRESS_MB", 0); mb > 0 {
+		return mb
+	}
+	free := freeMemBytes()
+	if free <= 0 {
+		return 0
+	}
+	mb := int((free * 60) / 100 / (1024 * 1024))
+	if mb < 1024 {
+		return 1024
+	}
+	return mb
+}
+
 func packPlatformDir(dir, dest string) error {
 	f, err := os.Create(dest)
 	if err != nil {

audit/internal/platform/platform_stress_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package platform
+
+import (
+	"runtime"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestPlatformStressCPUThreadsOverride(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Setenv("BEE_PLATFORM_STRESS_THREADS", "7")
+	if got := platformStressCPUThreads(); got != 7 {
+		t.Fatalf("platformStressCPUThreads=%d want 7", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPlatformStressCPUThreadsDefaultLeavesHeadroom(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Setenv("BEE_PLATFORM_STRESS_THREADS", "")
+	got := platformStressCPUThreads()
+	if got < 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("platformStressCPUThreads=%d want >= 1", got)
+	}
+	if got > runtime.NumCPU() {
+		t.Fatalf("platformStressCPUThreads=%d want <= NumCPU=%d", got, runtime.NumCPU())
+	}
+	if runtime.NumCPU() > 2 && got >= runtime.NumCPU() {
+		t.Fatalf("platformStressCPUThreads=%d want headroom below NumCPU=%d", got, runtime.NumCPU())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPlatformStressMemoryMBOverride(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Setenv("BEE_PLATFORM_STRESS_MB", "8192")
+	if got := platformStressMemoryMB(); got != 8192 {
+		t.Fatalf("platformStressMemoryMB=%d want 8192", got)
+	}
+}

audit/internal/platform/runtime.go

@@ -136,7 +136,10 @@ func (s *System) runtimeToolStatuses(vendor string) []ToolStatus {
 		tools = append(tools, s.CheckTools([]string{
 			"nvidia-smi",
 			"nvidia-bug-report.sh",
-			"bee-gpu-stress",
+			"bee-gpu-burn",
+			"bee-john-gpu-stress",
+			"bee-nccl-gpu-stress",
+			"all_reduce_perf",
 		})...)
 	case "amd":
 		tool := ToolStatus{Name: "rocm-smi"}
@@ -176,8 +179,8 @@ func (s *System) collectGPURuntimeHealth(vendor string, health *schema.RuntimeHe
 			health.DriverReady = true
 		}
 
-		if lookErr := exec.Command("sh", "-c", "command -v bee-gpu-stress >/dev/null 2>&1").Run(); lookErr == nil {
+		if _, lookErr := exec.LookPath("bee-gpu-burn"); lookErr == nil {
-			out, err := exec.Command("bee-gpu-stress", "--seconds", "1", "--size-mb", "1").CombinedOutput()
+			out, err := exec.Command("bee-gpu-burn", "--seconds", "1", "--size-mb", "1").CombinedOutput()
 			if err == nil {
 				health.CUDAReady = true
 			} else if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(string(out)), "cuda_error_system_not_ready") {

audit/internal/platform/sat.go

@@ -425,14 +425,12 @@ type satStats struct {
 }
 
 func nvidiaSATJobs() []satJob {
-	seconds := envInt("BEE_GPU_STRESS_SECONDS", 5)
-	sizeMB := envInt("BEE_GPU_STRESS_SIZE_MB", 64)
 	return []satJob{
 		{name: "01-nvidia-smi-q.log", cmd: []string{"nvidia-smi", "-q"}},
 		{name: "02-dmidecode-baseboard.log", cmd: []string{"dmidecode", "-t", "baseboard"}},
 		{name: "03-dmidecode-system.log", cmd: []string{"dmidecode", "-t", "system"}},
 		{name: "04-nvidia-bug-report.log", cmd: []string{"nvidia-bug-report.sh", "--output-file", "{{run_dir}}/nvidia-bug-report.log"}},
-		{name: "05-bee-gpu-stress.log", cmd: []string{"bee-gpu-stress", "--seconds", fmt.Sprintf("%d", seconds), "--size-mb", fmt.Sprintf("%d", sizeMB)}},
+		{name: "05-bee-gpu-burn.log", cmd: []string{"bee-gpu-burn", "--seconds", "5", "--size-mb", "64"}},
 	}
 }
 
@@ -686,7 +684,11 @@ func resolveSATCommand(cmd []string) ([]string, error) {
 	case "rvs":
 		return resolveRVSCommand(cmd[1:]...)
 	}
-	return cmd, nil
+	path, err := satLookPath(cmd[0])
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s not found in PATH: %w", cmd[0], err)
+	}
+	return append([]string{path}, cmd[1:]...), nil
 }
 
 func resolveRVSCommand(args ...string) ([]string, error) {

audit/internal/platform/sat_fan_stress.go

@@ -130,26 +130,21 @@ func (s *System) RunFanStressTest(ctx context.Context, baseDir string, opts FanS
 		stats.OK++
 	}
 
-	// loadPhase runs bee-gpu-stress for durSec; sampler stamps phaseName on each row.
+	// loadPhase runs bee-gpu-burn for durSec; sampler stamps phaseName on each row.
 	loadPhase := func(phaseName, stepName string, durSec int) {
 		if ctx.Err() != nil {
 			return
 		}
 		setPhase(phaseName)
-		var env []string
-		if len(opts.GPUIndices) > 0 {
-			ids := make([]string, len(opts.GPUIndices))
-			for i, idx := range opts.GPUIndices {
-				ids[i] = strconv.Itoa(idx)
-			}
-			env = []string{"CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=" + strings.Join(ids, ",")}
-		}
 		cmd := []string{
-			"bee-gpu-stress",
+			"bee-gpu-burn",
 			"--seconds", strconv.Itoa(durSec),
 			"--size-mb", strconv.Itoa(opts.SizeMB),
 		}
-		out, err := runSATCommandCtx(ctx, verboseLog, stepName, cmd, env, nil)
+		if len(opts.GPUIndices) > 0 {
+			cmd = append(cmd, "--devices", joinIndexList(dedupeSortedIndices(opts.GPUIndices)))
+		}
+		out, err := runSATCommandCtx(ctx, verboseLog, stepName, cmd, nil, nil)
 		_ = os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(runDir, stepName+".log"), out, 0644)
 		if err != nil && err != context.Canceled && err.Error() != "signal: killed" {
 			fmt.Fprintf(&summary, "%s_status=FAILED\n", stepName)
@@ -323,8 +318,9 @@ func sampleFanSpeeds() ([]FanReading, error) {
 
 // parseFanSpeeds parses "ipmitool sdr type Fan" output.
 // Handles two formats:
-//   Old: "FAN1 | 2400.000 | RPM | ok"           (value in col[1], unit in col[2])
+//
-//   New: "FAN1 | 41h | ok | 29.1 | 4340 RPM"   (value+unit combined in last col)
+//	Old: "FAN1 | 2400.000 | RPM | ok"           (value in col[1], unit in col[2])
+//	New: "FAN1 | 41h | ok | 29.1 | 4340 RPM"   (value+unit combined in last col)
 func parseFanSpeeds(raw string) []FanReading {
 	var fans []FanReading
 	for _, line := range strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(raw), "\n") {

audit/internal/platform/sat_test.go

@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ func TestRunNvidiaAcceptancePackIncludesGPUStress(t *testing.T) {
 	if len(jobs) != 5 {
 		t.Fatalf("jobs=%d want 5", len(jobs))
 	}
-	if got := jobs[4].cmd[0]; got != "bee-gpu-stress" {
+	if got := jobs[4].cmd[0]; got != "bee-gpu-burn" {
-		t.Fatalf("gpu stress command=%q want bee-gpu-stress", got)
+		t.Fatalf("gpu stress command=%q want bee-gpu-burn", got)
 	}
 	if got := jobs[3].cmd[1]; got != "--output-file" {
 		t.Fatalf("bug report flag=%q want --output-file", got)
@@ -80,13 +80,10 @@ func TestAMDStressJobsIncludeBandwidthAndGST(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestNvidiaSATJobsUseEnvOverrides(t *testing.T) {
+func TestNvidiaSATJobsUseBuiltinBurnDefaults(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Setenv("BEE_GPU_STRESS_SECONDS", "9")
-	t.Setenv("BEE_GPU_STRESS_SIZE_MB", "96")
-
 	jobs := nvidiaSATJobs()
 	got := jobs[4].cmd
-	want := []string{"bee-gpu-stress", "--seconds", "9", "--size-mb", "96"}
+	want := []string{"bee-gpu-burn", "--seconds", "5", "--size-mb", "64"}
 	if len(got) != len(want) {
 		t.Fatalf("cmd len=%d want %d", len(got), len(want))
 	}
@@ -97,6 +94,93 @@ func TestNvidiaSATJobsUseEnvOverrides(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestBuildNvidiaStressJobUsesSelectedLoaderAndDevices(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	oldExecCommand := satExecCommand
+	satExecCommand = func(name string, args ...string) *exec.Cmd {
+		if name == "nvidia-smi" {
+			return exec.Command("sh", "-c", "printf '0\n1\n2\n'")
+		}
+		return exec.Command(name, args...)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { satExecCommand = oldExecCommand })
+
+	job, err := buildNvidiaStressJob(NvidiaStressOptions{
+		DurationSec:       600,
+		Loader:            NvidiaStressLoaderJohn,
+		ExcludeGPUIndices: []int{1},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("buildNvidiaStressJob error: %v", err)
+	}
+	wantCmd := []string{"bee-john-gpu-stress", "--seconds", "600", "--devices", "0,2"}
+	if len(job.cmd) != len(wantCmd) {
+		t.Fatalf("cmd len=%d want %d (%v)", len(job.cmd), len(wantCmd), job.cmd)
+	}
+	for i := range wantCmd {
+		if job.cmd[i] != wantCmd[i] {
+			t.Fatalf("cmd[%d]=%q want %q", i, job.cmd[i], wantCmd[i])
+		}
+	}
+	if got := joinIndexList(job.gpuIndices); got != "0,2" {
+		t.Fatalf("gpuIndices=%q want 0,2", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBuildNvidiaStressJobUsesNCCLLoader(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	oldExecCommand := satExecCommand
+	satExecCommand = func(name string, args ...string) *exec.Cmd {
+		if name == "nvidia-smi" {
+			return exec.Command("sh", "-c", "printf '0\n1\n2\n'")
+		}
+		return exec.Command(name, args...)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { satExecCommand = oldExecCommand })
+
+	job, err := buildNvidiaStressJob(NvidiaStressOptions{
+		DurationSec: 120,
+		Loader:      NvidiaStressLoaderNCCL,
+		GPUIndices:  []int{2, 0},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("buildNvidiaStressJob error: %v", err)
+	}
+	wantCmd := []string{"bee-nccl-gpu-stress", "--seconds", "120", "--devices", "0,2"}
+	if len(job.cmd) != len(wantCmd) {
+		t.Fatalf("cmd len=%d want %d (%v)", len(job.cmd), len(wantCmd), job.cmd)
+	}
+	for i := range wantCmd {
+		if job.cmd[i] != wantCmd[i] {
+			t.Fatalf("cmd[%d]=%q want %q", i, job.cmd[i], wantCmd[i])
+		}
+	}
+	if got := joinIndexList(job.gpuIndices); got != "0,2" {
+		t.Fatalf("gpuIndices=%q want 0,2", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNvidiaStressArchivePrefixByLoader(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		loader string
+		want   string
+	}{
+		{loader: NvidiaStressLoaderBuiltin, want: "gpu-nvidia-burn"},
+		{loader: NvidiaStressLoaderJohn, want: "gpu-nvidia-john"},
+		{loader: NvidiaStressLoaderNCCL, want: "gpu-nvidia-nccl"},
+		{loader: "", want: "gpu-nvidia-burn"},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		if got := nvidiaStressArchivePrefix(tt.loader); got != tt.want {
+			t.Fatalf("loader=%q prefix=%q want %q", tt.loader, got, tt.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestEnvIntFallback(t *testing.T) {
 	os.Unsetenv("BEE_MEMTESTER_SIZE_MB")
 	if got := envInt("BEE_MEMTESTER_SIZE_MB", 123); got != 123 {
@@ -122,8 +206,8 @@ func TestClassifySATResult(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{name: "ok", job: "memtester", out: "done", err: nil, status: "OK"},
 		{name: "unsupported", job: "smartctl-self-test-short", out: "Self-test not supported", err: errors.New("rc 1"), status: "UNSUPPORTED"},
-		{name: "failed", job: "bee-gpu-stress", out: "cuda error", err: errors.New("rc 1"), status: "FAILED"},
+		{name: "failed", job: "bee-gpu-burn", out: "cuda error", err: errors.New("rc 1"), status: "FAILED"},
-		{name: "cuda not ready", job: "bee-gpu-stress", out: "cuInit failed: CUDA_ERROR_SYSTEM_NOT_READY", err: errors.New("rc 1"), status: "UNSUPPORTED"},
+		{name: "cuda not ready", job: "bee-gpu-burn", out: "cuInit failed: CUDA_ERROR_SYSTEM_NOT_READY", err: errors.New("rc 1"), status: "UNSUPPORTED"},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
@@ -172,6 +256,44 @@ func TestResolveROCmSMICommandFromPATH(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestResolveSATCommandUsesLookPathForGenericTools(t *testing.T) {
+	oldLookPath := satLookPath
+	satLookPath = func(file string) (string, error) {
+		if file == "stress-ng" {
+			return "/usr/bin/stress-ng", nil
+		}
+		return "", exec.ErrNotFound
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { satLookPath = oldLookPath })
+
+	cmd, err := resolveSATCommand([]string{"stress-ng", "--cpu", "0"})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("resolveSATCommand error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(cmd) != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("cmd len=%d want 3 (%v)", len(cmd), cmd)
+	}
+	if cmd[0] != "/usr/bin/stress-ng" {
+		t.Fatalf("cmd[0]=%q want /usr/bin/stress-ng", cmd[0])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestResolveSATCommandFailsForMissingGenericTool(t *testing.T) {
+	oldLookPath := satLookPath
+	satLookPath = func(file string) (string, error) {
+		return "", exec.ErrNotFound
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { satLookPath = oldLookPath })
+
+	_, err := resolveSATCommand([]string{"stress-ng", "--cpu", "0"})
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "stress-ng not found in PATH") {
+		t.Fatalf("error=%q", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestResolveROCmSMICommandFallsBackToROCmTree(t *testing.T) {
 	tmp := t.TempDir()
 	execPath := filepath.Join(tmp, "opt", "rocm", "bin", "rocm-smi")

audit/internal/platform/types.go

@@ -51,6 +51,20 @@ type ToolStatus struct {
 	OK   bool
 }
 
+const (
+	NvidiaStressLoaderBuiltin = "builtin"
+	NvidiaStressLoaderJohn    = "john"
+	NvidiaStressLoaderNCCL    = "nccl"
+)
+
+type NvidiaStressOptions struct {
+	DurationSec       int
+	SizeMB            int
+	Loader            string
+	GPUIndices        []int
+	ExcludeGPUIndices []int
+}
+
 func New() *System {
 	return &System{}
 }

audit/internal/webui/api.go

@@ -4,19 +4,25 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"sync/atomic"
+	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
 	"bee/audit/internal/app"
 	"bee/audit/internal/platform"
 )
 
+var ansiEscapeRE = regexp.MustCompile(`\x1b\[[0-9;]*[a-zA-Z]|\x1b[()][A-Z0-9]|\x1b[DABC]`)
+
 // ── Job ID counter ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 var jobCounter atomic.Uint64
@@ -91,11 +97,25 @@ func runCmdJob(j *jobState, cmd *exec.Cmd) {
 		j.finish(err.Error())
 		return
 	}
+	// Lower the CPU scheduling priority of stress/audit subprocesses to nice+10
+	// so the X server and kernel interrupt handling remain responsive under load
+	// (prevents KVM/IPMI graphical console from freezing during GPU stress tests).
+	if cmd.Process != nil {
+		_ = syscall.Setpriority(syscall.PRIO_PROCESS, cmd.Process.Pid, 10)
+	}
 
 	go func() {
 		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(pr)
 		for scanner.Scan() {
-			j.append(scanner.Text())
+			// Split on \r to handle progress-bar style output (e.g. \r overwrites)
+			// and strip ANSI escape codes so logs are readable in the browser.
+			parts := strings.Split(scanner.Text(), "\r")
+			for _, part := range parts {
+				line := ansiEscapeRE.ReplaceAllString(part, "")
+				if line != "" {
+					j.append(line)
+				}
+			}
 		}
 	}()
 
@@ -153,20 +173,22 @@ func (h *handler) handleAPISATRun(target string) http.HandlerFunc {
 		}
 
 		var body struct {
-			Duration    int    `json:"duration"`
+			Duration          int    `json:"duration"`
-			DiagLevel   int    `json:"diag_level"`
+			DiagLevel         int    `json:"diag_level"`
-			GPUIndices  []int  `json:"gpu_indices"`
+			GPUIndices        []int  `json:"gpu_indices"`
-			Profile     string `json:"profile"`
+			ExcludeGPUIndices []int  `json:"exclude_gpu_indices"`
-			DisplayName string `json:"display_name"`
+			Loader            string `json:"loader"`
+			Profile           string `json:"profile"`
+			DisplayName       string `json:"display_name"`
 		}
-		if r.ContentLength > 0 {
+		if r.Body != nil {
-			_ = json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&body)
+			if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&body); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
+				writeError(w, http.StatusBadRequest, "invalid request body")
+				return
+			}
 		}
 
-		name := taskNames[target]
+		name := taskDisplayName(target, body.Profile, body.Loader)
-		if name == "" {
-			name = target
-		}
 		t := &Task{
 			ID:        newJobID("sat-" + target),
 			Name:      name,
@@ -174,11 +196,13 @@ func (h *handler) handleAPISATRun(target string) http.HandlerFunc {
 			Status:    TaskPending,
 			CreatedAt: time.Now(),
 			params: taskParams{
-				Duration:    body.Duration,
+				Duration:          body.Duration,
-				DiagLevel:   body.DiagLevel,
+				DiagLevel:         body.DiagLevel,
-				GPUIndices:  body.GPUIndices,
+				GPUIndices:        body.GPUIndices,
-				BurnProfile: body.Profile,
+				ExcludeGPUIndices: body.ExcludeGPUIndices,
-				DisplayName: body.DisplayName,
+				Loader:            body.Loader,
+				BurnProfile:       body.Profile,
+				DisplayName:       body.DisplayName,
 			},
 		}
 		if strings.TrimSpace(body.DisplayName) != "" {
@@ -405,6 +429,58 @@ func (h *handler) handleAPIExportBundle(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)
 	})
 }
 
+func (h *handler) handleAPIExportUSBTargets(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+	if h.opts.App == nil {
+		writeError(w, http.StatusServiceUnavailable, "app not configured")
+		return
+	}
+	targets, err := h.opts.App.ListRemovableTargets()
+	if err != nil {
+		writeError(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, err.Error())
+		return
+	}
+	if targets == nil {
+		targets = []platform.RemovableTarget{}
+	}
+	writeJSON(w, targets)
+}
+
+func (h *handler) handleAPIExportUSBAudit(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	if h.opts.App == nil {
+		writeError(w, http.StatusServiceUnavailable, "app not configured")
+		return
+	}
+	var target platform.RemovableTarget
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&target); err != nil || target.Device == "" {
+		writeError(w, http.StatusBadRequest, "device is required")
+		return
+	}
+	result, err := h.opts.App.ExportLatestAuditResult(target)
+	if err != nil {
+		writeError(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, err.Error())
+		return
+	}
+	writeJSON(w, map[string]string{"status": "ok", "message": result.Body})
+}
+
+func (h *handler) handleAPIExportUSBBundle(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	if h.opts.App == nil {
+		writeError(w, http.StatusServiceUnavailable, "app not configured")
+		return
+	}
+	var target platform.RemovableTarget
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&target); err != nil || target.Device == "" {
+		writeError(w, http.StatusBadRequest, "device is required")
+		return
+	}
+	result, err := h.opts.App.ExportSupportBundleResult(target)
+	if err != nil {
+		writeError(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, err.Error())
+		return
+	}
+	writeJSON(w, map[string]string{"status": "ok", "message": result.Body})
+}
+
 // ── GPU presence ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 func (h *handler) handleAPIGPUPresence(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
@@ -588,6 +664,22 @@ func (h *handler) handleAPIInstallStream(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)
 
 // ── Metrics SSE ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
+func (h *handler) handleAPIMetricsLatest(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	sample, ok := h.latestMetric()
+	if !ok {
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		_, _ = w.Write([]byte("{}"))
+		return
+	}
+	b, err := json.Marshal(sample)
+	if err != nil {
+		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		return
+	}
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	_, _ = w.Write(b)
+}
+
 func (h *handler) handleAPIMetricsStream(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	if !sseStart(w) {
 		return
@@ -790,3 +882,108 @@ func (h *handler) rollbackPendingNetworkChange() error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// ── Display / Screen Resolution ───────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+type displayMode struct {
+	Output  string `json:"output"`
+	Mode    string `json:"mode"`
+	Current bool   `json:"current"`
+}
+
+type displayInfo struct {
+	Output  string        `json:"output"`
+	Modes   []displayMode `json:"modes"`
+	Current string        `json:"current"`
+}
+
+var xrandrOutputRE = regexp.MustCompile(`^(\S+)\s+connected`)
+var xrandrModeRE = regexp.MustCompile(`^\s{3}(\d+x\d+)\s`)
+var xrandrCurrentRE = regexp.MustCompile(`\*`)
+
+func parseXrandrOutput(out string) []displayInfo {
+	var infos []displayInfo
+	var cur *displayInfo
+	for _, line := range strings.Split(out, "\n") {
+		if m := xrandrOutputRE.FindStringSubmatch(line); m != nil {
+			if cur != nil {
+				infos = append(infos, *cur)
+			}
+			cur = &displayInfo{Output: m[1]}
+			continue
+		}
+		if cur == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		if m := xrandrModeRE.FindStringSubmatch(line); m != nil {
+			isCurrent := xrandrCurrentRE.MatchString(line)
+			mode := displayMode{Output: cur.Output, Mode: m[1], Current: isCurrent}
+			cur.Modes = append(cur.Modes, mode)
+			if isCurrent {
+				cur.Current = m[1]
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if cur != nil {
+		infos = append(infos, *cur)
+	}
+	return infos
+}
+
+func xrandrCommand(args ...string) *exec.Cmd {
+	cmd := exec.Command("xrandr", args...)
+	env := append([]string{}, os.Environ()...)
+	hasDisplay := false
+	hasXAuthority := false
+	for _, kv := range env {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(kv, "DISPLAY=") && strings.TrimPrefix(kv, "DISPLAY=") != "" {
+			hasDisplay = true
+		}
+		if strings.HasPrefix(kv, "XAUTHORITY=") && strings.TrimPrefix(kv, "XAUTHORITY=") != "" {
+			hasXAuthority = true
+		}
+	}
+	if !hasDisplay {
+		env = append(env, "DISPLAY=:0")
+	}
+	if !hasXAuthority {
+		env = append(env, "XAUTHORITY=/home/bee/.Xauthority")
+	}
+	cmd.Env = env
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func (h *handler) handleAPIDisplayResolutions(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+	out, err := xrandrCommand().Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		writeError(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, "xrandr: "+err.Error())
+		return
+	}
+	writeJSON(w, parseXrandrOutput(string(out)))
+}
+
+func (h *handler) handleAPIDisplaySet(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	var req struct {
+		Output string `json:"output"`
+		Mode   string `json:"mode"`
+	}
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&req); err != nil || req.Output == "" || req.Mode == "" {
+		writeError(w, http.StatusBadRequest, "output and mode are required")
+		return
+	}
+	// Validate mode looks like WxH to prevent injection
+	if !regexp.MustCompile(`^\d+x\d+$`).MatchString(req.Mode) {
+		writeError(w, http.StatusBadRequest, "invalid mode format")
+		return
+	}
+	// Validate output name (no special chars)
+	if !regexp.MustCompile(`^[A-Za-z0-9_\-]+$`).MatchString(req.Output) {
+		writeError(w, http.StatusBadRequest, "invalid output name")
+		return
+	}
+	if out, err := xrandrCommand("--output", req.Output, "--mode", req.Mode).CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
+		writeError(w, http.StatusInternalServerError, "xrandr: "+strings.TrimSpace(string(out)))
+		return
+	}
+	writeJSON(w, map[string]string{"status": "ok", "output": req.Output, "mode": req.Mode})
+}

audit/internal/webui/api_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package webui
+
+import (
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"bee/audit/internal/app"
+)
+
+func TestXrandrCommandAddsDefaultX11Env(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Setenv("DISPLAY", "")
+	t.Setenv("XAUTHORITY", "")
+
+	cmd := xrandrCommand("--query")
+
+	var hasDisplay bool
+	var hasXAuthority bool
+	for _, kv := range cmd.Env {
+		if kv == "DISPLAY=:0" {
+			hasDisplay = true
+		}
+		if kv == "XAUTHORITY=/home/bee/.Xauthority" {
+			hasXAuthority = true
+		}
+	}
+	if !hasDisplay {
+		t.Fatalf("DISPLAY not injected: %v", cmd.Env)
+	}
+	if !hasXAuthority {
+		t.Fatalf("XAUTHORITY not injected: %v", cmd.Env)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHandleAPISATRunDecodesBodyWithoutContentLength(t *testing.T) {
+	globalQueue.mu.Lock()
+	originalTasks := globalQueue.tasks
+	globalQueue.tasks = nil
+	globalQueue.mu.Unlock()
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		globalQueue.mu.Lock()
+		globalQueue.tasks = originalTasks
+		globalQueue.mu.Unlock()
+	})
+
+	h := &handler{opts: HandlerOptions{App: &app.App{}}}
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/api/sat/cpu/run", strings.NewReader(`{"profile":"smoke"}`))
+	req.ContentLength = -1
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	h.handleAPISATRun("cpu").ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+
+	if rec.Code != 200 {
+		t.Fatalf("status=%d body=%s", rec.Code, rec.Body.String())
+	}
+	globalQueue.mu.Lock()
+	defer globalQueue.mu.Unlock()
+	if len(globalQueue.tasks) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("tasks=%d want 1", len(globalQueue.tasks))
+	}
+	if got := globalQueue.tasks[0].params.BurnProfile; got != "smoke" {
+		t.Fatalf("burn profile=%q want smoke", got)
+	}
+}

audit/internal/webui/pages.go

@@ -205,12 +205,83 @@ document.querySelectorAll('.terminal').forEach(function(t){
 
 func renderDashboard(opts HandlerOptions) string {
 	var b strings.Builder
+	b.WriteString(renderAuditStatusBanner(opts))
 	b.WriteString(renderHardwareSummaryCard(opts))
 	b.WriteString(renderHealthCard(opts))
 	b.WriteString(renderMetrics())
 	return b.String()
 }
 
+// renderAuditStatusBanner shows a live progress banner when an audit task is
+// running and auto-reloads the page when it completes.
+func renderAuditStatusBanner(opts HandlerOptions) string {
+	// If audit data already exists, no banner needed — data is fresh.
+	// We still inject the polling script so a newly-triggered audit also reloads.
+	hasData := false
+	if _, err := loadSnapshot(opts.AuditPath); err == nil {
+		hasData = true
+	}
+	_ = hasData
+
+	return `<div id="audit-banner" style="display:none" class="alert alert-warn" style="margin-bottom:16px">
+  <span id="audit-banner-text">&#9654; Hardware audit is running — page will refresh automatically when complete.</span>
+  <a href="/tasks" style="margin-left:12px;font-size:12px">View in Tasks</a>
+</div>
+<script>
+(function(){
+var _auditPoll = null;
+var _auditSeenRunning = false;
+
+function pollAuditTask() {
+  fetch('/api/tasks').then(function(r){ return r.json(); }).then(function(tasks){
+    if (!tasks) return;
+    var audit = null;
+    for (var i = 0; i < tasks.length; i++) {
+      if (tasks[i].target === 'audit') { audit = tasks[i]; break; }
+    }
+    var banner = document.getElementById('audit-banner');
+    var txt = document.getElementById('audit-banner-text');
+    if (!audit) {
+      if (banner) banner.style.display = 'none';
+      return;
+    }
+    if (audit.status === 'running' || audit.status === 'pending') {
+      _auditSeenRunning = true;
+      if (banner) {
+        banner.style.display = '';
+        var label = audit.status === 'pending' ? 'pending\u2026' : 'running\u2026';
+        if (txt) txt.textContent = '\u25b6 Hardware audit ' + label + ' \u2014 page will refresh when complete.';
+      }
+    } else if (audit.status === 'done' && _auditSeenRunning) {
+      // Audit just finished — reload to show fresh hardware data.
+      clearInterval(_auditPoll);
+      if (banner) {
+        if (txt) txt.textContent = '\u2713 Audit complete \u2014 reloading\u2026';
+        banner.style.background = 'var(--ok-bg,#fcfff5)';
+        banner.style.color = 'var(--ok-fg,#2c662d)';
+      }
+      setTimeout(function(){ window.location.reload(); }, 800);
+    } else if (audit.status === 'failed') {
+      _auditSeenRunning = false;
+      if (banner) {
+        banner.style.display = '';
+        banner.style.background = 'var(--crit-bg,#fff6f6)';
+        banner.style.color = 'var(--crit-fg,#9f3a38)';
+        if (txt) txt.textContent = '\u2717 Audit failed: ' + (audit.error||'unknown error');
+        clearInterval(_auditPoll);
+      }
+    } else {
+      if (banner) banner.style.display = 'none';
+    }
+  }).catch(function(){});
+}
+
+_auditPoll = setInterval(pollAuditTask, 3000);
+pollAuditTask();
+})();
+</script>`
+}
+
 func renderAudit() string {
 	return `<div class="card"><div class="card-head">Audit Viewer <button class="btn btn-sm btn-secondary" style="margin-left:auto" onclick="openAuditModal()">Actions</button></div><div class="card-body" style="padding:0"><iframe class="viewer-frame" src="/viewer" title="Audit viewer"></iframe></div></div>`
 }
@@ -218,7 +289,7 @@ func renderAudit() string {
 func renderHardwareSummaryCard(opts HandlerOptions) string {
 	data, err := loadSnapshot(opts.AuditPath)
 	if err != nil {
-		return `<div class="card"><div class="card-head">Hardware Summary</div><div class="card-body"><span class="badge badge-unknown">No audit data</span></div></div>`
+		return `<div class="card"><div class="card-head">Hardware Summary</div><div class="card-body"><button class="btn btn-primary" onclick="auditModalRun()">&#9654; Run Audit</button></div></div>`
 	}
 	// Parse just enough fields for the summary banner
 	var snap struct {
@@ -461,16 +532,10 @@ function refreshCharts() {
 }
 setInterval(refreshCharts, 3000);
 
-const es = new EventSource('/api/metrics/stream');
+fetch('/api/metrics/latest').then(r => r.json()).then(d => {
-es.addEventListener('metrics', e => {
-  const d = JSON.parse(e.data);
-
-  // Show/hide Fan RPM card based on data availability
   const fanCard = document.getElementById('card-server-fans');
   if (fanCard) fanCard.style.display = (d.fans && d.fans.length > 0) ? '' : 'none';
-
+}).catch(() => {});
-});
-es.onerror = () => {};
 </script>`
 }
 
@@ -593,12 +658,15 @@ func renderBurn() string {
 	return `<div class="alert alert-warn" style="margin-bottom:16px"><strong>&#9888; Warning:</strong> Stress tests on this page run hardware at maximum load. Repeated or prolonged use may reduce hardware lifespan (storage endurance, GPU wear). Use only when necessary.</div>
 <p style="color:var(--muted);font-size:13px;margin-bottom:16px">Tasks continue in the background — view progress in <a href="/tasks">Tasks</a>.</p>
 <div class="card"><div class="card-head">Burn Profile</div><div class="card-body">
-<div class="form-row" style="max-width:320px"><label>Preset</label><select id="burn-profile"><option value="smoke">Smoke: 5 minutes</option><option value="acceptance">Acceptance: 1 hour</option><option value="overnight">Overnight: 8 hours</option></select></div>
+<div class="form-row" style="max-width:320px"><label>Preset</label><select id="burn-profile"><option value="smoke" selected>Smoke: quick check (~5 min CPU / DCGM level 1)</option><option value="acceptance">Acceptance: 1 hour (DCGM level 3)</option><option value="overnight">Overnight: 8 hours (DCGM level 4)</option></select></div>
-<p style="color:var(--muted);font-size:12px">Applied to all tests on this page. NVIDIA uses mapped DCGM levels: smoke=quick, acceptance=targeted stress, overnight=extended stress.</p>
+<p style="color:var(--muted);font-size:12px">Applied to all tests on this page. NVIDIA SAT on the Validate page still uses DCGM. NVIDIA GPU Stress on this page uses the selected stress loader for the preset duration.</p>
 </div></div>
 <div class="grid3">
 <div class="card"><div class="card-head">NVIDIA GPU Stress</div><div class="card-body">
-<button id="sat-btn-nvidia" class="btn btn-primary" onclick="runBurnIn('nvidia')">&#9654; Start NVIDIA Stress</button>
+<div class="form-row"><label>Load Tool</label><select id="nvidia-stress-loader"><option value="builtin" selected>bee-gpu-burn</option><option value="nccl">NCCL all_reduce_perf</option><option value="john">John the Ripper jumbo (OpenCL)</option></select></div>
+<div class="form-row"><label>Exclude GPU indices</label><input type="text" id="nvidia-stress-exclude" placeholder="e.g. 1,3"></div>
+<p style="color:var(--muted);font-size:12px;margin-bottom:8px"><code>bee-gpu-burn</code> runs on all detected NVIDIA GPUs by default. <code>NCCL all_reduce_perf</code> is useful for multi-GPU / interconnect load. Use exclusions only when one or more cards must be skipped.</p>
+<button id="sat-btn-nvidia-stress" class="btn btn-primary" onclick="runBurnIn('nvidia-stress')">&#9654; Start NVIDIA Stress</button>
 </div></div>
 <div class="card"><div class="card-head">CPU Stress</div><div class="card-body">
 <button class="btn btn-primary" onclick="runBurnIn('cpu')">&#9654; Start CPU Stress</button>
@@ -626,11 +694,24 @@ func renderBurn() string {
 </div>
 <script>
 let biES = null;
+function parseGPUIndexList(raw) {
+  return (raw || '')
+    .split(',')
+    .map(v => v.trim())
+    .filter(v => v !== '')
+    .map(v => Number(v))
+    .filter(v => Number.isInteger(v) && v >= 0);
+}
 function runBurnIn(target) {
   if (biES) { biES.close(); biES = null; }
   const body = { profile: document.getElementById('burn-profile').value || 'smoke' };
+  if (target === 'nvidia-stress') {
+    body.loader = document.getElementById('nvidia-stress-loader').value || 'builtin';
+    body.exclude_gpu_indices = parseGPUIndexList(document.getElementById('nvidia-stress-exclude').value);
+  }
   document.getElementById('bi-output').style.display='block';
-  document.getElementById('bi-title').textContent = '— ' + target + ' [' + body.profile + ']';
+  const loaderLabel = body.loader ? ' / ' + body.loader : '';
+  document.getElementById('bi-title').textContent = '— ' + target + loaderLabel + ' [' + body.profile + ']';
   const term = document.getElementById('bi-terminal');
   term.textContent = 'Enqueuing ' + target + ' stress...\n';
   fetch('/api/sat/'+target+'/run', {method:'POST',headers:{'Content-Type':'application/json'},body:JSON.stringify(body)})
@@ -645,7 +726,7 @@ function runBurnIn(target) {
 </script>
 <script>
 fetch('/api/gpu/presence').then(r=>r.json()).then(gp => {
-    if (!gp.nvidia) disableSATCard('nvidia', 'No NVIDIA GPU detected');
+    if (!gp.nvidia) disableSATCard('nvidia-stress', 'No NVIDIA GPU detected');
     if (!gp.amd) disableSATCard('amd-stress', 'No AMD GPU detected');
 });
 function disableSATCard(id, reason) {
@@ -845,12 +926,79 @@ func renderExport(exportDir string) string {
 	return `<div class="grid2">
 <div class="card"><div class="card-head">Support Bundle</div><div class="card-body">
 <p style="font-size:13px;color:var(--muted);margin-bottom:12px">Creates a tar.gz archive of all audit files, SAT results, and logs.</p>
-<a class="btn btn-primary" href="/export/support.tar.gz">⬇ Download Support Bundle</a>
+<a class="btn btn-primary" href="/export/support.tar.gz">&#8595; Download Support Bundle</a>
 </div></div>
 <div class="card"><div class="card-head">Export Files</div><div class="card-body">
 <table><tr><th>File</th></tr>` + rows.String() + `</table>
 </div></div>
-</div>`
+</div>
+
+<div class="card" style="margin-top:16px">
+  <div class="card-head">Export to USB
+    <button class="btn btn-sm btn-secondary" onclick="usbRefresh()" style="margin-left:auto">&#8635; Refresh</button>
+  </div>
+  <div class="card-body">
+    <p style="font-size:13px;color:var(--muted);margin-bottom:12px">Write audit JSON or support bundle directly to a removable USB drive.</p>
+    <div id="usb-status" style="font-size:13px;color:var(--muted)">Scanning for USB devices...</div>
+    <div id="usb-targets" style="margin-top:12px"></div>
+    <div id="usb-msg" style="margin-top:10px;font-size:13px"></div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+<script>
+(function(){
+function usbRefresh() {
+  document.getElementById('usb-status').textContent = 'Scanning...';
+  document.getElementById('usb-targets').innerHTML = '';
+  document.getElementById('usb-msg').textContent = '';
+  fetch('/api/export/usb').then(r=>r.json()).then(targets => {
+    const st = document.getElementById('usb-status');
+    const ct = document.getElementById('usb-targets');
+    if (!targets || targets.length === 0) {
+      st.textContent = 'No removable USB devices found.';
+      return;
+    }
+    st.textContent = targets.length + ' device(s) found:';
+    ct.innerHTML = '<table><tr><th>Device</th><th>FS</th><th>Size</th><th>Label</th><th>Model</th><th>Actions</th></tr>' +
+      targets.map(t => {
+        const dev = t.device || '';
+        const label = t.label || '';
+        const model = t.model || '';
+        return '<tr>' +
+          '<td style="font-family:monospace">'+dev+'</td>' +
+          '<td>'+t.fs_type+'</td>' +
+          '<td>'+t.size+'</td>' +
+          '<td>'+label+'</td>' +
+          '<td style="font-size:12px;color:var(--muted)">'+model+'</td>' +
+          '<td style="white-space:nowrap">' +
+            '<button class="btn btn-sm btn-primary" onclick="usbExport(\'audit\','+JSON.stringify(t)+')">Audit JSON</button> ' +
+            '<button class="btn btn-sm btn-secondary" onclick="usbExport(\'bundle\','+JSON.stringify(t)+')">Support Bundle</button>' +
+          '</td></tr>';
+      }).join('') + '</table>';
+  }).catch(e => {
+    document.getElementById('usb-status').textContent = 'Error: ' + e;
+  });
+}
+window.usbExport = function(type, target) {
+  const msg = document.getElementById('usb-msg');
+  msg.style.color = 'var(--muted)';
+  msg.textContent = 'Exporting to ' + (target.device||'') + '...';
+  fetch('/api/export/usb/'+type, {
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers: {'Content-Type':'application/json'},
+    body: JSON.stringify(target)
+  }).then(r=>r.json()).then(d => {
+    if (d.error) { msg.style.color='var(--err,red)'; msg.textContent = 'Error: '+d.error; return; }
+    msg.style.color = 'var(--ok,green)';
+    msg.textContent = d.message || 'Done.';
+  }).catch(e => {
+    msg.style.color = 'var(--err,red)';
+    msg.textContent = 'Error: '+e;
+  });
+};
+window.usbRefresh = usbRefresh;
+usbRefresh();
+})();
+</script>`
 }
 
 func listExportFiles(exportDir string) ([]string, error) {
@@ -876,6 +1024,56 @@ func listExportFiles(exportDir string) ([]string, error) {
 	return entries, nil
 }
 
+// ── Display Resolution ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+func renderDisplayInline() string {
+	return `<div id="display-status" style="color:var(--muted);font-size:13px;margin-bottom:12px">Loading displays...</div>
+<div id="display-controls"></div>
+<script>
+(function(){
+function loadDisplays() {
+  fetch('/api/display/resolutions').then(r=>r.json()).then(displays => {
+    const status = document.getElementById('display-status');
+    const ctrl = document.getElementById('display-controls');
+    if (!displays || displays.length === 0) {
+      status.textContent = 'No connected displays found or xrandr not available.';
+      return;
+    }
+    status.textContent = '';
+    ctrl.innerHTML = displays.map(d => {
+      const opts = (d.modes||[]).map(m =>
+        '<option value="'+m.mode+'"'+(m.current?' selected':'')+'>'+m.mode+(m.current?' (current)':'')+'</option>'
+      ).join('');
+      return '<div style="margin-bottom:12px">'
+        +'<span style="font-weight:600;margin-right:8px">'+d.output+'</span>'
+        +'<span style="color:var(--muted);font-size:12px;margin-right:12px">Current: '+d.current+'</span>'
+        +'<select id="res-sel-'+d.output+'" style="margin-right:8px">'+opts+'</select>'
+        +'<button class="btn btn-sm btn-primary" onclick="applyResolution(\''+d.output+'\')">Apply</button>'
+        +'</div>';
+    }).join('');
+  }).catch(()=>{
+    document.getElementById('display-status').textContent = 'xrandr not available on this system.';
+  });
+}
+window.applyResolution = function(output) {
+  const sel = document.getElementById('res-sel-'+output);
+  if (!sel) return;
+  const mode = sel.value;
+  const btn = sel.nextElementSibling;
+  btn.disabled = true;
+  btn.textContent = 'Applying...';
+  fetch('/api/display/set', {method:'POST', headers:{'Content-Type':'application/json'}, body:JSON.stringify({output:output,mode:mode})})
+    .then(r=>r.json()).then(d=>{
+      if (d.error) { alert('Error: '+d.error); }
+      loadDisplays();
+    }).catch(e=>{ alert('Error: '+e); })
+    .finally(()=>{ btn.disabled=false; btn.textContent='Apply'; });
+};
+loadDisplays();
+})();
+</script>`
+}
+
 // ── Tools ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 func renderTools() string {
@@ -927,6 +1125,9 @@ function installToRAM() {
 <div class="card"><div class="card-head">Services</div><div class="card-body">` +
 		renderServicesInline() + `</div></div>
 
+<div class="card"><div class="card-head">Display Resolution</div><div class="card-body">` +
+		renderDisplayInline() + `</div></div>
+
 <script>
 function checkTools() {
   document.getElementById('tools-table').innerHTML = '<p style="color:var(--muted);font-size:13px">Checking...</p>';

audit/internal/webui/server.go

@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ func NewHandler(opts HandlerOptions) http.Handler {
 
 	// SAT
 	mux.HandleFunc("POST /api/sat/nvidia/run", h.handleAPISATRun("nvidia"))
+	mux.HandleFunc("POST /api/sat/nvidia-stress/run", h.handleAPISATRun("nvidia-stress"))
 	mux.HandleFunc("POST /api/sat/memory/run", h.handleAPISATRun("memory"))
 	mux.HandleFunc("POST /api/sat/storage/run", h.handleAPISATRun("storage"))
 	mux.HandleFunc("POST /api/sat/cpu/run", h.handleAPISATRun("cpu"))
@@ -241,10 +242,17 @@ func NewHandler(opts HandlerOptions) http.Handler {
 	// Export
 	mux.HandleFunc("GET /api/export/list", h.handleAPIExportList)
 	mux.HandleFunc("POST /api/export/bundle", h.handleAPIExportBundle)
+	mux.HandleFunc("GET /api/export/usb", h.handleAPIExportUSBTargets)
+	mux.HandleFunc("POST /api/export/usb/audit", h.handleAPIExportUSBAudit)
+	mux.HandleFunc("POST /api/export/usb/bundle", h.handleAPIExportUSBBundle)
 
 	// Tools
 	mux.HandleFunc("GET /api/tools/check", h.handleAPIToolsCheck)
 
+	// Display
+	mux.HandleFunc("GET /api/display/resolutions", h.handleAPIDisplayResolutions)
+	mux.HandleFunc("POST /api/display/set", h.handleAPIDisplaySet)
+
 	// GPU presence
 	mux.HandleFunc("GET /api/gpu/presence", h.handleAPIGPUPresence)
 
@@ -262,6 +270,7 @@ func NewHandler(opts HandlerOptions) http.Handler {
 
 	// Metrics — SSE stream of live sensor data + server-side SVG charts + CSV export
 	mux.HandleFunc("GET /api/metrics/stream", h.handleAPIMetricsStream)
+	mux.HandleFunc("GET /api/metrics/latest", h.handleAPIMetricsLatest)
 	mux.HandleFunc("GET /api/metrics/chart/", h.handleMetricsChartSVG)
 	mux.HandleFunc("GET /api/metrics/export.csv", h.handleAPIMetricsExportCSV)
 
@@ -1222,13 +1231,6 @@ probe();
 func (h *handler) handlePage(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	page := strings.TrimPrefix(r.URL.Path, "/")
 	if page == "" {
-		// Serve loading page until audit snapshot exists
-		if _, err := os.Stat(h.opts.AuditPath); err != nil {
-			w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "no-store")
-			w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html; charset=utf-8")
-			_, _ = w.Write([]byte(loadingPageHTML))
-			return
-		}
 		page = "dashboard"
 	}
 	// Redirect old routes to new names

audit/internal/webui/server_test.go

@@ -136,6 +136,33 @@ func TestRootRendersDashboard(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestRootShowsRunAuditButtonWhenSnapshotMissing(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	exportDir := filepath.Join(dir, "export")
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(exportDir, 0755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	handler := NewHandler(HandlerOptions{
+		Title:     "Bee Hardware Audit",
+		AuditPath: filepath.Join(dir, "missing-audit.json"),
+		ExportDir: exportDir,
+	})
+
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	handler.ServeHTTP(rec, httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/", nil))
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("status=%d", rec.Code)
+	}
+	body := rec.Body.String()
+	if !strings.Contains(body, `Run Audit`) {
+		t.Fatalf("dashboard missing run audit button: %s", body)
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(body, `No audit data`) {
+		t.Fatalf("dashboard still shows empty audit badge: %s", body)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestAuditPageRendersViewerFrameAndActions(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
 	path := filepath.Join(dir, "audit.json")

audit/internal/webui/tasks.go

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sort"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -24,22 +25,58 @@ const (
 	TaskCancelled = "cancelled"
 )
 
-// taskNames maps target → human-readable name.
+// taskNames maps target → human-readable name for validate (SAT) runs.
 var taskNames = map[string]string{
-	"nvidia":         "NVIDIA SAT",
+	"nvidia":          "NVIDIA SAT",
-	"memory":         "Memory SAT",
+	"nvidia-stress":   "NVIDIA GPU Stress",
-	"storage":        "Storage SAT",
+	"memory":          "Memory SAT",
-	"cpu":            "CPU SAT",
+	"storage":         "Storage SAT",
-	"amd":            "AMD GPU SAT",
+	"cpu":             "CPU SAT",
-	"amd-mem":        "AMD GPU MEM Integrity",
+	"amd":             "AMD GPU SAT",
-	"amd-bandwidth":  "AMD GPU MEM Bandwidth",
+	"amd-mem":         "AMD GPU MEM Integrity",
-	"amd-stress":     "AMD GPU Burn-in",
+	"amd-bandwidth":   "AMD GPU MEM Bandwidth",
-	"memory-stress":  "Memory Burn-in",
+	"amd-stress":      "AMD GPU Burn-in",
-	"sat-stress":       "SAT Stress (stressapptest)",
+	"memory-stress":   "Memory Burn-in",
+	"sat-stress":      "SAT Stress (stressapptest)",
 	"platform-stress": "Platform Thermal Cycling",
-	"audit":          "Audit",
+	"audit":           "Audit",
-	"install":        "Install to Disk",
+	"install":         "Install to Disk",
-	"install-to-ram": "Install to RAM",
+	"install-to-ram":  "Install to RAM",
+}
+
+// burnNames maps target → human-readable name when a burn profile is set.
+var burnNames = map[string]string{
+	"nvidia": "NVIDIA Burn-in",
+	"memory": "Memory Burn-in",
+	"cpu":    "CPU Burn-in",
+	"amd":    "AMD GPU Burn-in",
+}
+
+func nvidiaStressTaskName(loader string) string {
+	switch strings.TrimSpace(strings.ToLower(loader)) {
+	case platform.NvidiaStressLoaderJohn:
+		return "NVIDIA GPU Stress (John/OpenCL)"
+	case platform.NvidiaStressLoaderNCCL:
+		return "NVIDIA GPU Stress (NCCL)"
+	default:
+		return "NVIDIA GPU Stress (bee-gpu-burn)"
+	}
+}
+
+func taskDisplayName(target, profile, loader string) string {
+	name := taskNames[target]
+	if profile != "" {
+		if n, ok := burnNames[target]; ok {
+			name = n
+		}
+	}
+	if target == "nvidia-stress" {
+		name = nvidiaStressTaskName(loader)
+	}
+	if name == "" {
+		name = target
+	}
+	return name
 }
 
 // Task represents one unit of work in the queue.
@@ -62,12 +99,14 @@ type Task struct {
 
 // taskParams holds optional parameters parsed from the run request.
 type taskParams struct {
-	Duration    int    `json:"duration,omitempty"`
+	Duration          int    `json:"duration,omitempty"`
-	DiagLevel   int    `json:"diag_level,omitempty"`
+	DiagLevel         int    `json:"diag_level,omitempty"`
-	GPUIndices  []int  `json:"gpu_indices,omitempty"`
+	GPUIndices        []int  `json:"gpu_indices,omitempty"`
-	BurnProfile string `json:"burn_profile,omitempty"`
+	ExcludeGPUIndices []int  `json:"exclude_gpu_indices,omitempty"`
-	DisplayName string `json:"display_name,omitempty"`
+	Loader            string `json:"loader,omitempty"`
-	Device      string `json:"device,omitempty"` // for install
+	BurnProfile       string `json:"burn_profile,omitempty"`
+	DisplayName       string `json:"display_name,omitempty"`
+	Device            string `json:"device,omitempty"` // for install
 }
 
 type persistedTask struct {
@@ -162,6 +201,9 @@ var (
 	runAMDMemBandwidthPackCtx = func(a *app.App, ctx context.Context, baseDir string, logFunc func(string)) (string, error) {
 		return a.RunAMDMemBandwidthPackCtx(ctx, baseDir, logFunc)
 	}
+	runNvidiaStressPackCtx = func(a *app.App, ctx context.Context, baseDir string, opts platform.NvidiaStressOptions, logFunc func(string)) (string, error) {
+		return a.RunNvidiaStressPackCtx(ctx, baseDir, opts, logFunc)
+	}
 	runAMDStressPackCtx = func(a *app.App, ctx context.Context, baseDir string, durationSec int, logFunc func(string)) (string, error) {
 		return a.RunAMDStressPackCtx(ctx, baseDir, durationSec, logFunc)
 	}
@@ -403,6 +445,17 @@ func (q *taskQueue) runTask(t *Task, j *jobState, ctx context.Context) {
 		} else {
 			archive, err = a.RunNvidiaAcceptancePack("", j.append)
 		}
+	case "nvidia-stress":
+		dur := t.params.Duration
+		if t.params.BurnProfile != "" && dur <= 0 {
+			dur = resolveBurnPreset(t.params.BurnProfile).DurationSec
+		}
+		archive, err = runNvidiaStressPackCtx(a, ctx, "", platform.NvidiaStressOptions{
+			DurationSec:       dur,
+			Loader:            t.params.Loader,
+			GPUIndices:        t.params.GPUIndices,
+			ExcludeGPUIndices: t.params.ExcludeGPUIndices,
+		}, j.append)
 	case "memory":
 		archive, err = runMemoryAcceptancePackCtx(a, ctx, "", j.append)
 	case "storage":
@@ -415,6 +468,7 @@ func (q *taskQueue) runTask(t *Task, j *jobState, ctx context.Context) {
 		if dur <= 0 {
 			dur = 60
 		}
+		j.append(fmt.Sprintf("CPU stress duration: %ds", dur))
 		archive, err = runCPUAcceptancePackCtx(a, ctx, "", dur, j.append)
 	case "amd":
 		archive, err = runAMDAcceptancePackCtx(a, ctx, "", j.append)

audit/internal/webui/tasks_test.go

@@ -95,6 +95,23 @@ func TestResolveBurnPreset(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestTaskDisplayNameUsesNvidiaStressLoader(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		loader string
+		want   string
+	}{
+		{loader: "", want: "NVIDIA GPU Stress (bee-gpu-burn)"},
+		{loader: "builtin", want: "NVIDIA GPU Stress (bee-gpu-burn)"},
+		{loader: "john", want: "NVIDIA GPU Stress (John/OpenCL)"},
+		{loader: "nccl", want: "NVIDIA GPU Stress (NCCL)"},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		if got := taskDisplayName("nvidia-stress", "acceptance", tc.loader); got != tc.want {
+			t.Fatalf("taskDisplayName(loader=%q)=%q want %q", tc.loader, got, tc.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestRunTaskHonorsCancel(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
@@ -154,3 +171,34 @@ func TestRunTaskHonorsCancel(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("runTask did not return after cancel")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestRunTaskUsesBurnProfileDurationForCPU(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	var gotDuration int
+	q := &taskQueue{
+		opts: &HandlerOptions{App: &app.App{}},
+	}
+	tk := &Task{
+		ID:        "cpu-burn-1",
+		Name:      "CPU Burn-in",
+		Target:    "cpu",
+		Status:    TaskRunning,
+		CreatedAt: time.Now(),
+		params:    taskParams{BurnProfile: "smoke"},
+	}
+	j := &jobState{}
+
+	orig := runCPUAcceptancePackCtx
+	runCPUAcceptancePackCtx = func(_ *app.App, _ context.Context, _ string, durationSec int, _ func(string)) (string, error) {
+		gotDuration = durationSec
+		return "/tmp/cpu-burn.tar.gz", nil
+	}
+	defer func() { runCPUAcceptancePackCtx = orig }()
+
+	q.runTask(tk, j, context.Background())
+
+	if gotDuration != 5*60 {
+		t.Fatalf("duration=%d want %d", gotDuration, 5*60)
+	}
+}

bible-local/architecture/runtime-flows.md

@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ build-in-container.sh [--authorized-keys /path/to/keys]
   7. `build-cublas.sh`:
        a. download `libcublas`, `libcublasLt`, `libcudart` runtime + dev packages from the NVIDIA CUDA Debian repo
        b. verify packages against repo `Packages.gz`
-       c. extract headers for `bee-gpu-stress` build
+       c. extract headers for `bee-gpu-burn` worker build
        d. cache userspace libs in `dist/cublas-<version>+cuda<series>/`
-  8. build `bee-gpu-stress` against extracted cuBLASLt/cudart headers
+  8. build `bee-gpu-burn` worker against extracted cuBLASLt/cudart headers
   9. inject NVIDIA `.ko` → staged `/usr/local/lib/nvidia/`
   10. inject `nvidia-smi` → staged `/usr/local/bin/nvidia-smi`
   11. inject `libnvidia-ml` + `libcuda` + `libcublas` + `libcublasLt` + `libcudart` → staged `/usr/lib/`
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Build host notes:
   1. `build-in-container.sh` / `build-nvidia-module.sh` — Debian kernel headers for module build
   2. `auto/config` — `linux-image-${DEBIAN_KERNEL_ABI}` in the ISO
 - NVIDIA modules go to staged `usr/local/lib/nvidia/` — NOT to `/lib/modules/<kver>/extra/`.
-- `bee-gpu-stress` must be built against cached CUDA userspace headers from `build-cublas.sh`, not against random host-installed CUDA headers.
+- `bee-gpu-burn` worker must be built against cached CUDA userspace headers from `build-cublas.sh`, not against random host-installed CUDA headers.
 - The live ISO must ship `libcublas`, `libcublasLt`, and `libcudart` together with `libcuda` so tensor-core stress works without internet or package installs at boot.
 - The source overlay in `iso/overlay/` is treated as immutable source. Build-time files are injected only into the staged overlay.
 - The live-build workdir under `dist/` is disposable; source files under `iso/builder/` stay clean.
@@ -153,18 +153,17 @@ Current validation state:
 Every collector returns `nil, nil` on tool-not-found. Errors are logged, never fatal.
 
 Acceptance flows:
-- `bee sat nvidia` → diagnostic archive with `nvidia-smi -q` + `nvidia-bug-report` + mixed-precision `bee-gpu-stress`
+- `bee sat nvidia` → diagnostic archive with `nvidia-smi -q` + `nvidia-bug-report` + lightweight `bee-gpu-burn`
+- NVIDIA GPU burn-in can use either `bee-gpu-burn` or `bee-john-gpu-stress` (John the Ripper jumbo via OpenCL)
 - `bee sat memory` → `memtester` archive
 - `bee sat storage` → SMART/NVMe diagnostic archive and short self-test trigger where supported
 - SAT `summary.txt` now includes `overall_status` and per-job `*_status` values (`OK`, `FAILED`, `UNSUPPORTED`)
-- `bee-gpu-stress` should prefer cuBLASLt GEMM load over the old integer/PTX burn path:
+- `bee-gpu-burn` should prefer cuBLASLt GEMM load over the old integer/PTX burn path:
   - Ampere: `fp16` + `fp32`/TF32 tensor-core load
   - Ada / Hopper: add `fp8`
   - Blackwell+: add `fp4`
   - PTX fallback is only for missing cuBLASLt/userspace or unsupported narrow datatypes
 - Runtime overrides:
-  - `BEE_GPU_STRESS_SECONDS`
-  - `BEE_GPU_STRESS_SIZE_MB`
   - `BEE_MEMTESTER_SIZE_MB`
   - `BEE_MEMTESTER_PASSES`
 
@@ -179,6 +178,6 @@ Web UI: Acceptance Tests page → Run Test button
 ```
 
 **Critical invariants:**
-- `bee-gpu-stress` uses `exec.CommandContext` — killed on job context cancel.
+- `bee-gpu-burn` / `bee-john-gpu-stress` use `exec.CommandContext` — killed on job context cancel.
 - Metric goroutine uses stopCh/doneCh pattern; main goroutine waits `<-doneCh` before reading rows (no mutex needed).
 - SVG chart is fully offline: no JS, no external CSS, pure inline SVG.

bible-local/architecture/system-overview.md

@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ Fills gaps where Redfish/logpile is blind:
 - Read-only hardware inventory: board, CPU, memory, storage, PCIe, PSU, GPU, NIC, RAID
 - Machine-readable health summary derived from collector verdicts
 - Operator-triggered acceptance tests for NVIDIA, memory, and storage
-- NVIDIA SAT includes both diagnostic collection and mixed-precision GPU stress via `bee-gpu-stress`
+- NVIDIA SAT includes diagnostic collection plus a lightweight in-image GPU stress step via `bee-gpu-burn`
-- `bee-gpu-stress` should exercise tensor/inference paths (`fp16`, `fp32`/TF32, `fp8`, `fp4` when supported by the GPU/userspace stack) and fall back to Driver API PTX burn only if cuBLASLt is unavailable
+- `bee-gpu-burn` should exercise tensor/inference paths (`fp16`, `fp32`/TF32, `fp8`, `fp4` when supported by the GPU/userspace stack) and fall back to Driver API PTX burn only if cuBLASLt is unavailable
 - Automatic boot audit with operator-facing local console and SSH access
 - NVIDIA proprietary driver loaded at boot for GPU enrichment via `nvidia-smi`
 - SSH access (OpenSSH) always available for inspection and debugging
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Fills gaps where Redfish/logpile is blind:
 | SSH | OpenSSH server |
 | NVIDIA driver | Proprietary `.run` installer, built against Debian kernel headers |
 | NVIDIA modules | Loaded via `insmod` from `/usr/local/lib/nvidia/` |
-| GPU stress backend | `bee-gpu-stress` + cuBLASLt/cuBLAS/cudart mixed-precision GEMM, with Driver API PTX fallback |
+| GPU stress backend | `bee-gpu-burn` + cuBLASLt/cuBLAS/cudart mixed-precision GEMM, with Driver API PTX fallback |
 | Builder | Debian 12 host/VM or Debian 12 container image |
 
 ## Operator UX

bible-local/decisions/2026-03-05-nvidia-proprietary-driver.md

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ Use the official proprietary NVIDIA `.run` installer for both kernel modules and
 - Kernel modules and nvidia-smi come from a single verified source.
 - NVIDIA publishes `.sha256sum` alongside each installer — download and verify before use.
 - Driver version pinned in `iso/builder/VERSIONS` as `NVIDIA_DRIVER_VERSION`.
+- DCGM must track the CUDA user-mode driver major version exposed by `nvidia-smi`.
+- For NVIDIA driver branch `590` with CUDA `13.x`, use DCGM 4 package family `datacenter-gpu-manager-4-cuda13`; legacy `datacenter-gpu-manager` 3.x does not provide a working path for this stack.
 - Build process: download `.run`, extract, compile `kernel/` sources against `linux-lts-dev`.
 - Modules cached in `dist/nvidia-<version>-<kver>/` — rebuild only on version or kernel change.
 - ISO size increases by ~50MB for .ko files + nvidia-smi.

bible-local/decisions/2026-04-01-memtest-build-strategy.md

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# Decision: Treat memtest as explicit ISO content, not as trusted live-build magic
+
+**Date:** 2026-04-01
+**Status:** active
+
+## Context
+
+We have already iterated on `memtest` multiple times and kept cycling between the same ideas.
+The commit history shows several distinct attempts:
+
+- `f91bce8` — fixed Bookworm memtest file names to `memtest86+x64.bin` / `memtest86+x64.efi`
+- `5857805` — added a binary hook to copy memtest files from the build tree into the ISO root
+- `f96b149` — added fallback extraction from the cached `.deb` when `chroot/boot/` stayed empty
+- `d43a9ae` — removed the custom hook and switched back to live-build built-in memtest integration
+- `60cb8f8` — restored explicit memtest menu entries and added ISO validation
+- `3dbc218` / `3869788` — added archived build logs and better memtest diagnostics
+
+Current evidence from the archived `easy-bee-nvidia-v3.14-amd64` logs dated 2026-04-01:
+
+- `lb binary_memtest` does run and installs `memtest86+`
+- but the final ISO still does **not** contain `boot/memtest86+x64.bin`
+- the final ISO also does **not** contain memtest menu entries in `boot/grub/grub.cfg` or `isolinux/live.cfg`
+
+So the assumption "live-build built-in memtest integration is enough on this stack" is currently false for this project until proven otherwise by a real built ISO.
+
+## Decision
+
+For `bee`, memtest must be treated as an explicit ISO artifact with explicit post-build validation.
+
+Project rules from now on:
+
+- Do **not** trust `--memtest memtest86+` by itself.
+- A memtest implementation is considered valid only if the produced ISO actually contains:
+  - `boot/memtest86+x64.bin`
+  - `boot/memtest86+x64.efi`
+  - a GRUB menu entry
+  - an isolinux menu entry
+- If live-build built-in integration does not produce those artifacts, use an explicit project-owned mechanism such as:
+  - a binary hook copying files into `binary/boot/`
+  - extraction from the cached `memtest86+` `.deb`
+  - another deterministic build-time copy step
+- Do **not** remove such explicit logic later unless a fresh real ISO build proves that built-in integration alone produces all required files and menu entries.
+
+Current implementation direction:
+
+- keep the live-build memtest stage enabled if it helps package acquisition
+- but enforce memtest explicitly in a project-owned binary hook
+- patch the generated `binary/boot/grub/grub.cfg` and `binary/isolinux/live.cfg` directly in the binary stage if memtest entries are missing
+
+## Consequences
+
+- Future memtest changes must begin by reading this ADR and the commits listed above.
+- We should stop re-introducing "prefer built-in live-build memtest" as a default assumption without new evidence.
+- Memtest validation in `build.sh` is not optional; it is the acceptance gate that prevents another silent regression.
+- If we change memtest strategy again, we must update this ADR with the exact build evidence that justified the change.

bible-local/decisions/README.md

@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ One file per decision, named `YYYY-MM-DD-short-topic.md`.
 | Date | Decision | Status |
 |---|---|---|
 | 2026-03-05 | Use NVIDIA proprietary driver | active |
+| 2026-04-01 | Treat memtest as explicit ISO content | active |

bible-local/docs/iso-build-rules.md

@@ -13,9 +13,29 @@ Use one of:
 
 This applies to:
 - `iso/builder/config/package-lists/*.list.chroot`
-- Any package referenced in `grub.cfg`, hooks, or overlay scripts (e.g. file paths like `/boot/memtest86+x64.bin`)
+- Any package referenced in bootloader configs, hooks, or overlay scripts
 
-## Example of what goes wrong without this
+## Memtest rule
 
-`memtest86+` in Debian bookworm installs `/boot/memtest86+x64.bin`, not `/boot/memtest86+.bin`.
+Do not assume live-build's built-in memtest integration is sufficient for `bee`.
-Guessing the filename caused a broken GRUB entry that only surfaced at boot time, after a full rebuild.
+We already tried that path and regressed again on 2026-04-01: `lb binary_memtest`
+ran, but the final ISO still lacked memtest binaries and menu entries.
+
+For this project, memtest is accepted only when the produced ISO actually
+contains all of the following:
+
+- `boot/memtest86+x64.bin`
+- `boot/memtest86+x64.efi`
+- a memtest entry in `boot/grub/grub.cfg`
+- a memtest entry in `isolinux/live.cfg`
+
+Rules:
+
+- Keep explicit post-build memtest validation in `build.sh`.
+- If built-in integration does not produce the artifacts above, use a
+  deterministic project-owned copy/extract step instead of hoping live-build
+  will "start working".
+- Do not switch back to built-in-only memtest without fresh build evidence from
+  a real ISO.
+- If you reference memtest files manually, verify the exact package file list
+  first for the target Debian release.

iso/README.md

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ sh iso/builder/build-in-container.sh --cache-dir /path/to/cache
 - The builder image is automatically rebuilt if the local tag exists for the wrong architecture.
 - The live ISO boots with Debian `live-boot` `toram`, so the read-only medium is copied into RAM during boot and the runtime no longer depends on the original USB/BMC virtual media staying present.
 - Target systems need enough RAM for the full compressed live medium plus normal runtime overhead, or boot may fail before reaching the TUI.
+- The NVIDIA variant installs DCGM 4 packages matched to the CUDA user-mode driver major version. For driver branch `590` / CUDA `13.x`, the package family is `datacenter-gpu-manager-4-cuda13` rather than legacy `datacenter-gpu-manager`.
 - Override the container platform only if you know why:
 
 ```sh

iso/builder/Dockerfile

@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ RUN apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y \
     gcc \
     make \
     perl \
+    pkg-config \
+    yasm \
+    libssl-dev \
+    zlib1g-dev \
+    libbz2-dev \
+    libgmp-dev \
+    libpcap-dev \
+    libsqlite3-dev \
+    libcurl4-openssl-dev \
+    ocl-icd-opencl-dev \
     linux-headers-amd64 \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 

iso/builder/VERSIONS

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ NCCL_TESTS_VERSION=2.13.10
 NVCC_VERSION=12.8
 CUBLAS_VERSION=13.0.2.14-1
 CUDA_USERSPACE_VERSION=13.0.96-1
-DCGM_VERSION=3.3.9
+DCGM_VERSION=4.5.2-1
+JOHN_JUMBO_COMMIT=67fcf9fe5a
 ROCM_VERSION=6.3.4
 ROCM_SMI_VERSION=7.4.0.60304-76~22.04
 ROCM_BANDWIDTH_TEST_VERSION=1.4.0.60304-76~22.04

iso/builder/auto/config

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ lb config noauto \
     --security true \
     --linux-flavours "amd64" \
     --linux-packages "${LB_LINUX_PACKAGES}" \
-    --memtest none \
+    --memtest memtest86+ \
     --iso-volume "EASY_BEE_${BEE_GPU_VENDOR_UPPER:-NVIDIA}" \
     --iso-application "EASY-BEE-${BEE_GPU_VENDOR_UPPER:-NVIDIA}" \
     --bootappend-live "boot=live components video=1920x1080 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 loglevel=7 username=bee user-fullname=Bee modprobe.blacklist=nouveau" \

iso/builder/bee-gpu-stress.c

@@ -29,8 +29,14 @@ typedef void *CUfunction;
 typedef void *CUstream;
 
 #define CU_SUCCESS 0
+#define CU_DEVICE_ATTRIBUTE_MULTIPROCESSOR_COUNT 16
 #define CU_DEVICE_ATTRIBUTE_COMPUTE_CAPABILITY_MAJOR 75
 #define CU_DEVICE_ATTRIBUTE_COMPUTE_CAPABILITY_MINOR 76
+#define MAX_STRESS_STREAMS 16
+#define MAX_CUBLAS_PROFILES 5
+#define MIN_PROFILE_BUDGET_BYTES ((size_t)4u * 1024u * 1024u)
+#define MIN_STREAM_BUDGET_BYTES ((size_t)64u * 1024u * 1024u)
+#define STRESS_LAUNCH_DEPTH 8
 
 static const char *ptx_source =
     ".version 6.0\n"
@@ -97,6 +103,9 @@ typedef CUresult (*cuLaunchKernel_fn)(CUfunction,
                                       CUstream,
                                       void **,
                                       void **);
+typedef CUresult (*cuMemGetInfo_fn)(size_t *, size_t *);
+typedef CUresult (*cuStreamCreate_fn)(CUstream *, unsigned int);
+typedef CUresult (*cuStreamDestroy_fn)(CUstream);
 typedef CUresult (*cuGetErrorName_fn)(CUresult, const char **);
 typedef CUresult (*cuGetErrorString_fn)(CUresult, const char **);
 
@@ -118,6 +127,9 @@ struct cuda_api {
     cuModuleLoadDataEx_fn cuModuleLoadDataEx;
     cuModuleGetFunction_fn cuModuleGetFunction;
     cuLaunchKernel_fn cuLaunchKernel;
+    cuMemGetInfo_fn cuMemGetInfo;
+    cuStreamCreate_fn cuStreamCreate;
+    cuStreamDestroy_fn cuStreamDestroy;
     cuGetErrorName_fn cuGetErrorName;
     cuGetErrorString_fn cuGetErrorString;
 };
@@ -128,9 +140,10 @@ struct stress_report {
     int cc_major;
     int cc_minor;
     int buffer_mb;
+    int stream_count;
     unsigned long iterations;
     uint64_t checksum;
-    char details[1024];
+    char details[16384];
 };
 
 static int load_symbol(void *lib, const char *name, void **out) {
@@ -144,7 +157,7 @@ static int load_cuda(struct cuda_api *api) {
     if (!api->lib) {
         return 0;
     }
-    return
+    if (!(
         load_symbol(api->lib, "cuInit", (void **)&api->cuInit) &&
         load_symbol(api->lib, "cuDeviceGetCount", (void **)&api->cuDeviceGetCount) &&
         load_symbol(api->lib, "cuDeviceGet", (void **)&api->cuDeviceGet) &&
@@ -160,7 +173,17 @@ static int load_cuda(struct cuda_api *api) {
         load_symbol(api->lib, "cuMemcpyDtoH_v2", (void **)&api->cuMemcpyDtoH) &&
         load_symbol(api->lib, "cuModuleLoadDataEx", (void **)&api->cuModuleLoadDataEx) &&
         load_symbol(api->lib, "cuModuleGetFunction", (void **)&api->cuModuleGetFunction) &&
-        load_symbol(api->lib, "cuLaunchKernel", (void **)&api->cuLaunchKernel);
+        load_symbol(api->lib, "cuLaunchKernel", (void **)&api->cuLaunchKernel))) {
+        dlclose(api->lib);
+        memset(api, 0, sizeof(*api));
+        return 0;
+    }
+    load_symbol(api->lib, "cuMemGetInfo_v2", (void **)&api->cuMemGetInfo);
+    load_symbol(api->lib, "cuStreamCreate", (void **)&api->cuStreamCreate);
+    if (!load_symbol(api->lib, "cuStreamDestroy_v2", (void **)&api->cuStreamDestroy)) {
+        load_symbol(api->lib, "cuStreamDestroy", (void **)&api->cuStreamDestroy);
+    }
+    return 1;
 }
 
 static const char *cu_error_name(struct cuda_api *api, CUresult rc) {
@@ -193,14 +216,12 @@ static double now_seconds(void) {
     return (double)ts.tv_sec + ((double)ts.tv_nsec / 1000000000.0);
 }
 
-#if HAVE_CUBLASLT_HEADERS
 static size_t round_down_size(size_t value, size_t multiple) {
     if (multiple == 0 || value < multiple) {
         return value;
     }
     return value - (value % multiple);
 }
-#endif
 
 static int query_compute_capability(struct cuda_api *api, CUdevice dev, int *major, int *minor) {
     int cc_major = 0;
@@ -220,6 +241,75 @@ static int query_compute_capability(struct cuda_api *api, CUdevice dev, int *maj
     return 1;
 }
 
+static int query_multiprocessor_count(struct cuda_api *api, CUdevice dev, int *count) {
+    int mp_count = 0;
+    if (!check_rc(api,
+                  "cuDeviceGetAttribute(multiprocessors)",
+                  api->cuDeviceGetAttribute(&mp_count, CU_DEVICE_ATTRIBUTE_MULTIPROCESSOR_COUNT, dev))) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    *count = mp_count;
+    return 1;
+}
+
+static size_t clamp_budget_to_free_memory(struct cuda_api *api, size_t requested_bytes) {
+    size_t free_bytes = 0;
+    size_t total_bytes = 0;
+    size_t max_bytes = requested_bytes;
+
+    if (!api->cuMemGetInfo) {
+        return requested_bytes;
+    }
+    if (api->cuMemGetInfo(&free_bytes, &total_bytes) != CU_SUCCESS || free_bytes == 0) {
+        return requested_bytes;
+    }
+
+    max_bytes = (free_bytes * 9u) / 10u;
+    if (max_bytes < (size_t)4u * 1024u * 1024u) {
+        max_bytes = (size_t)4u * 1024u * 1024u;
+    }
+    if (requested_bytes > max_bytes) {
+        return max_bytes;
+    }
+    return requested_bytes;
+}
+
+static int choose_stream_count(int mp_count, int planned_profiles, size_t total_budget, int have_streams) {
+    int stream_count = 1;
+    if (!have_streams || mp_count <= 0 || planned_profiles <= 0) {
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    stream_count = mp_count / 8;
+    if (stream_count < 2) {
+        stream_count = 2;
+    }
+    if (stream_count > MAX_STRESS_STREAMS) {
+        stream_count = MAX_STRESS_STREAMS;
+    }
+
+    while (stream_count > 1) {
+        size_t per_stream_budget = total_budget / ((size_t)planned_profiles * (size_t)stream_count);
+        if (per_stream_budget >= MIN_STREAM_BUDGET_BYTES) {
+            break;
+        }
+        stream_count--;
+    }
+    return stream_count;
+}
+
+static void destroy_streams(struct cuda_api *api, CUstream *streams, int count) {
+    if (!api->cuStreamDestroy) {
+        return;
+    }
+    for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+        if (streams[i]) {
+            api->cuStreamDestroy(streams[i]);
+            streams[i] = NULL;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #if HAVE_CUBLASLT_HEADERS
 static void append_detail(char *buf, size_t cap, const char *fmt, ...) {
     size_t len = strlen(buf);
@@ -242,12 +332,19 @@ static int run_ptx_fallback(struct cuda_api *api,
                             int size_mb,
                             struct stress_report *report) {
     CUcontext ctx = NULL;
-    CUdeviceptr device_mem = 0;
     CUmodule module = NULL;
     CUfunction kernel = NULL;
     uint32_t sample[256];
-    uint32_t words = 0;
+    CUdeviceptr device_mem[MAX_STRESS_STREAMS] = {0};
+    CUstream streams[MAX_STRESS_STREAMS] = {0};
+    uint32_t words[MAX_STRESS_STREAMS] = {0};
+    uint32_t rounds[MAX_STRESS_STREAMS] = {0};
+    void *params[MAX_STRESS_STREAMS][3];
+    size_t bytes_per_stream[MAX_STRESS_STREAMS] = {0};
     unsigned long iterations = 0;
+    int mp_count = 0;
+    int stream_count = 1;
+    int launches_per_wave = 0;
 
     memset(report, 0, sizeof(*report));
     snprintf(report->backend, sizeof(report->backend), "driver-ptx");
@@ -260,64 +357,109 @@ static int run_ptx_fallback(struct cuda_api *api,
         return 0;
     }
 
-    size_t bytes = (size_t)size_mb * 1024u * 1024u;
+    size_t requested_bytes = (size_t)size_mb * 1024u * 1024u;
-    if (bytes < 4u * 1024u * 1024u) {
+    if (requested_bytes < MIN_PROFILE_BUDGET_BYTES) {
-        bytes = 4u * 1024u * 1024u;
+        requested_bytes = MIN_PROFILE_BUDGET_BYTES;
     }
-    if (bytes > (size_t)1024u * 1024u * 1024u) {
+    size_t total_bytes = clamp_budget_to_free_memory(api, requested_bytes);
-        bytes = (size_t)1024u * 1024u * 1024u;
+    if (total_bytes < MIN_PROFILE_BUDGET_BYTES) {
+        total_bytes = MIN_PROFILE_BUDGET_BYTES;
     }
-    words = (uint32_t)(bytes / sizeof(uint32_t));
+    report->buffer_mb = (int)(total_bytes / (1024u * 1024u));
 
-    if (!check_rc(api, "cuMemAlloc", api->cuMemAlloc(&device_mem, bytes))) {
+    if (query_multiprocessor_count(api, dev, &mp_count) &&
-        api->cuCtxDestroy(ctx);
+        api->cuStreamCreate &&
-        return 0;
+        api->cuStreamDestroy) {
+        stream_count = choose_stream_count(mp_count, 1, total_bytes, 1);
     }
-    if (!check_rc(api, "cuMemsetD8", api->cuMemsetD8(device_mem, 0, bytes))) {
+    if (stream_count > 1) {
-        api->cuMemFree(device_mem);
+        int created = 0;
-        api->cuCtxDestroy(ctx);
+        for (; created < stream_count; created++) {
-        return 0;
+            if (!check_rc(api, "cuStreamCreate", api->cuStreamCreate(&streams[created], 0))) {
+                destroy_streams(api, streams, created);
+                stream_count = 1;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
     }
+    report->stream_count = stream_count;
+
+    for (int lane = 0; lane < stream_count; lane++) {
+        size_t slice = total_bytes / (size_t)stream_count;
+        if (lane == stream_count - 1) {
+            slice = total_bytes - ((size_t)lane * (total_bytes / (size_t)stream_count));
+        }
+        slice = round_down_size(slice, sizeof(uint32_t));
+        if (slice < MIN_PROFILE_BUDGET_BYTES) {
+            slice = MIN_PROFILE_BUDGET_BYTES;
+        }
+        bytes_per_stream[lane] = slice;
+        words[lane] = (uint32_t)(slice / sizeof(uint32_t));
+
+        if (!check_rc(api, "cuMemAlloc", api->cuMemAlloc(&device_mem[lane], slice))) {
+            goto fail;
+        }
+        if (!check_rc(api, "cuMemsetD8", api->cuMemsetD8(device_mem[lane], 0, slice))) {
+            goto fail;
+        }
+        rounds[lane] = 2048;
+        params[lane][0] = &device_mem[lane];
+        params[lane][1] = &words[lane];
+        params[lane][2] = &rounds[lane];
+    }
+
     if (!check_rc(api,
                   "cuModuleLoadDataEx",
                   api->cuModuleLoadDataEx(&module, ptx_source, 0, NULL, NULL))) {
-        api->cuMemFree(device_mem);
+        goto fail;
-        api->cuCtxDestroy(ctx);
-        return 0;
     }
     if (!check_rc(api, "cuModuleGetFunction", api->cuModuleGetFunction(&kernel, module, "burn"))) {
-        api->cuMemFree(device_mem);
+        goto fail;
-        api->cuCtxDestroy(ctx);
-        return 0;
     }
 
     unsigned int threads = 256;
-    unsigned int blocks = (unsigned int)((words + threads - 1) / threads);
-    uint32_t rounds = 1024;
-    void *params[] = {&device_mem, &words, &rounds};
 
     double start = now_seconds();
     double deadline = start + (double)seconds;
     while (now_seconds() < deadline) {
-        if (!check_rc(api,
+        launches_per_wave = 0;
-                      "cuLaunchKernel",
+        for (int depth = 0; depth < STRESS_LAUNCH_DEPTH && now_seconds() < deadline; depth++) {
-                      api->cuLaunchKernel(kernel, blocks, 1, 1, threads, 1, 1, 0, NULL, params, NULL))) {
+            int launched_this_batch = 0;
-            api->cuMemFree(device_mem);
+            for (int lane = 0; lane < stream_count; lane++) {
-            api->cuCtxDestroy(ctx);
+                unsigned int blocks = (unsigned int)((words[lane] + threads - 1) / threads);
-            return 0;
+                if (!check_rc(api,
+                              "cuLaunchKernel",
+                              api->cuLaunchKernel(kernel,
+                                                  blocks,
+                                                  1,
+                                                  1,
+                                                  threads,
+                                                  1,
+                                                  1,
+                                                  0,
+                                                  streams[lane],
+                                                  params[lane],
+                                                  NULL))) {
+                    goto fail;
+                }
+                launches_per_wave++;
+                launched_this_batch++;
+            }
+            if (launched_this_batch <= 0) {
+                break;
+            }
         }
-        iterations++;
+        if (launches_per_wave <= 0) {
+            goto fail;
+        }
+        if (!check_rc(api, "cuCtxSynchronize", api->cuCtxSynchronize())) {
+            goto fail;
+        }
+        iterations += (unsigned long)launches_per_wave;
     }
 
-    if (!check_rc(api, "cuCtxSynchronize", api->cuCtxSynchronize())) {
+    if (!check_rc(api, "cuMemcpyDtoH", api->cuMemcpyDtoH(sample, device_mem[0], sizeof(sample)))) {
-        api->cuMemFree(device_mem);
+        goto fail;
-        api->cuCtxDestroy(ctx);
-        return 0;
-    }
-    if (!check_rc(api, "cuMemcpyDtoH", api->cuMemcpyDtoH(sample, device_mem, sizeof(sample)))) {
-        api->cuMemFree(device_mem);
-        api->cuCtxDestroy(ctx);
-        return 0;
     }
 
     for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(sample) / sizeof(sample[0]); i++) {
@@ -326,12 +468,34 @@ static int run_ptx_fallback(struct cuda_api *api,
     report->iterations = iterations;
     snprintf(report->details,
              sizeof(report->details),
-             "profile_int32_fallback=OK iterations=%lu\n",
+             "fallback_int32=OK requested_mb=%d actual_mb=%d streams=%d queue_depth=%d per_stream_mb=%zu iterations=%lu\n",
+             size_mb,
+             report->buffer_mb,
+             report->stream_count,
+             STRESS_LAUNCH_DEPTH,
+             bytes_per_stream[0] / (1024u * 1024u),
              iterations);
 
-    api->cuMemFree(device_mem);
+    for (int lane = 0; lane < stream_count; lane++) {
+        if (device_mem[lane]) {
+            api->cuMemFree(device_mem[lane]);
+        }
+    }
+    destroy_streams(api, streams, stream_count);
     api->cuCtxDestroy(ctx);
     return 1;
+
+fail:
+    for (int lane = 0; lane < MAX_STRESS_STREAMS; lane++) {
+        if (device_mem[lane]) {
+            api->cuMemFree(device_mem[lane]);
+        }
+    }
+    destroy_streams(api, streams, MAX_STRESS_STREAMS);
+    if (ctx) {
+        api->cuCtxDestroy(ctx);
+    }
+    return 0;
 }
 
 #if HAVE_CUBLASLT_HEADERS
@@ -418,6 +582,7 @@ struct profile_desc {
 
 struct prepared_profile {
     struct profile_desc desc;
+    CUstream stream;
     cublasLtMatmulDesc_t op_desc;
     cublasLtMatrixLayout_t a_layout;
     cublasLtMatrixLayout_t b_layout;
@@ -617,8 +782,8 @@ static uint64_t choose_square_dim(size_t budget_bytes, size_t bytes_per_cell, in
     if (dim < (uint64_t)multiple) {
         dim = (uint64_t)multiple;
     }
-    if (dim > 8192u) {
+    if (dim > 65536u) {
-        dim = 8192u;
+        dim = 65536u;
     }
     return dim;
 }
@@ -704,10 +869,12 @@ static int prepare_profile(struct cublaslt_api *cublas,
                            cublasLtHandle_t handle,
                            struct cuda_api *cuda,
                            const struct profile_desc *desc,
+                           CUstream stream,
                            size_t profile_budget_bytes,
                            struct prepared_profile *out) {
     memset(out, 0, sizeof(*out));
     out->desc = *desc;
+    out->stream = stream;
 
     size_t bytes_per_cell = 0;
     bytes_per_cell += bytes_for_elements(desc->a_type, 1);
@@ -935,7 +1102,7 @@ static int run_cublas_profile(cublasLtHandle_t handle,
                                                &profile->heuristic.algo,
                                                (void *)(uintptr_t)profile->workspace_dev,
                                                profile->workspace_size,
-                                               (cudaStream_t)0));
+                                               profile->stream));
 }
 
 static int run_cublaslt_stress(struct cuda_api *cuda,
@@ -947,13 +1114,22 @@ static int run_cublaslt_stress(struct cuda_api *cuda,
                                int size_mb,
                                struct stress_report *report) {
     struct cublaslt_api cublas;
-    struct prepared_profile prepared[sizeof(k_profiles) / sizeof(k_profiles[0])];
+    struct prepared_profile prepared[MAX_STRESS_STREAMS * MAX_CUBLAS_PROFILES];
     cublasLtHandle_t handle = NULL;
     CUcontext ctx = NULL;
+    CUstream streams[MAX_STRESS_STREAMS] = {0};
     uint16_t sample[256];
     int cc = cc_major * 10 + cc_minor;
     int planned = 0;
     int active = 0;
+    int mp_count = 0;
+    int stream_count = 1;
+    int profile_count = (int)(sizeof(k_profiles) / sizeof(k_profiles[0]));
+    int prepared_count = 0;
+    int wave_launches = 0;
+    size_t requested_budget = 0;
+    size_t total_budget = 0;
+    size_t per_profile_budget = 0;
 
     memset(report, 0, sizeof(*report));
     snprintf(report->backend, sizeof(report->backend), "cublasLt");
@@ -986,16 +1162,46 @@ static int run_cublaslt_stress(struct cuda_api *cuda,
         return 0;
     }
 
-    size_t total_budget = (size_t)size_mb * 1024u * 1024u;
+    requested_budget = (size_t)size_mb * 1024u * 1024u;
-    if (total_budget < (size_t)planned * 4u * 1024u * 1024u) {
+    if (requested_budget < (size_t)planned * MIN_PROFILE_BUDGET_BYTES) {
-        total_budget = (size_t)planned * 4u * 1024u * 1024u;
+        requested_budget = (size_t)planned * MIN_PROFILE_BUDGET_BYTES;
     }
-    size_t per_profile_budget = total_budget / (size_t)planned;
+    total_budget = clamp_budget_to_free_memory(cuda, requested_budget);
-    if (per_profile_budget < 4u * 1024u * 1024u) {
+    if (total_budget < (size_t)planned * MIN_PROFILE_BUDGET_BYTES) {
-        per_profile_budget = 4u * 1024u * 1024u;
+        total_budget = (size_t)planned * MIN_PROFILE_BUDGET_BYTES;
     }
+    if (query_multiprocessor_count(cuda, dev, &mp_count) &&
+        cuda->cuStreamCreate &&
+        cuda->cuStreamDestroy) {
+        stream_count = choose_stream_count(mp_count, planned, total_budget, 1);
+    }
+    if (stream_count > 1) {
+        int created = 0;
+        for (; created < stream_count; created++) {
+            if (!check_rc(cuda, "cuStreamCreate", cuda->cuStreamCreate(&streams[created], 0))) {
+                destroy_streams(cuda, streams, created);
+                stream_count = 1;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    report->stream_count = stream_count;
+    per_profile_budget = total_budget / ((size_t)planned * (size_t)stream_count);
+    if (per_profile_budget < MIN_PROFILE_BUDGET_BYTES) {
+        per_profile_budget = MIN_PROFILE_BUDGET_BYTES;
+    }
+    report->buffer_mb = (int)(total_budget / (1024u * 1024u));
+    append_detail(report->details,
+                  sizeof(report->details),
+                  "requested_mb=%d actual_mb=%d streams=%d queue_depth=%d mp_count=%d per_worker_mb=%zu\n",
+                  size_mb,
+                  report->buffer_mb,
+                  report->stream_count,
+                  STRESS_LAUNCH_DEPTH,
+                  mp_count,
+                  per_profile_budget / (1024u * 1024u));
 
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(k_profiles) / sizeof(k_profiles[0]); i++) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < profile_count; i++) {
         const struct profile_desc *desc = &k_profiles[i];
         if (!(desc->enabled && cc >= desc->min_cc)) {
             append_detail(report->details,
@@ -1005,63 +1211,87 @@ static int run_cublaslt_stress(struct cuda_api *cuda,
                           desc->min_cc);
             continue;
         }
-        if (prepare_profile(&cublas, handle, cuda, desc, per_profile_budget, &prepared[i])) {
+        for (int lane = 0; lane < stream_count; lane++) {
-            active++;
+            CUstream stream = streams[lane];
-            append_detail(report->details,
+            if (prepared_count >= (int)(sizeof(prepared) / sizeof(prepared[0]))) {
-                          sizeof(report->details),
+                break;
-                          "%s=READY dim=%llux%llux%llu block=%s\n",
+            }
-                          desc->name,
+            if (prepare_profile(&cublas, handle, cuda, desc, stream, per_profile_budget, &prepared[prepared_count])) {
-                          (unsigned long long)prepared[i].m,
+                active++;
-                          (unsigned long long)prepared[i].n,
+                append_detail(report->details,
-                          (unsigned long long)prepared[i].k,
+                              sizeof(report->details),
-                          desc->block_label);
+                              "%s[%d]=READY dim=%llux%llux%llu block=%s stream=%d\n",
-        } else {
+                              desc->name,
-            append_detail(report->details, sizeof(report->details), "%s=SKIPPED unsupported\n", desc->name);
+                              lane,
+                              (unsigned long long)prepared[prepared_count].m,
+                              (unsigned long long)prepared[prepared_count].n,
+                              (unsigned long long)prepared[prepared_count].k,
+                              desc->block_label,
+                              lane);
+                prepared_count++;
+            } else {
+                append_detail(report->details,
+                              sizeof(report->details),
+                              "%s[%d]=SKIPPED unsupported\n",
+                              desc->name,
+                              lane);
+            }
         }
     }
 
     if (active <= 0) {
         cublas.cublasLtDestroy(handle);
+        destroy_streams(cuda, streams, stream_count);
         cuda->cuCtxDestroy(ctx);
         return 0;
     }
 
     double deadline = now_seconds() + (double)seconds;
     while (now_seconds() < deadline) {
-        for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(prepared) / sizeof(prepared[0]); i++) {
+        wave_launches = 0;
-            if (!prepared[i].ready) {
+        for (int depth = 0; depth < STRESS_LAUNCH_DEPTH && now_seconds() < deadline; depth++) {
-                continue;
+            int launched_this_batch = 0;
-            }
+            for (int i = 0; i < prepared_count; i++) {
-            if (!run_cublas_profile(handle, &cublas, &prepared[i])) {
+                if (!prepared[i].ready) {
-                append_detail(report->details,
+                    continue;
-                              sizeof(report->details),
-                              "%s=FAILED runtime\n",
-                              prepared[i].desc.name);
-                for (size_t j = 0; j < sizeof(prepared) / sizeof(prepared[0]); j++) {
-                    destroy_profile(&cublas, cuda, &prepared[j]);
                 }
-                cublas.cublasLtDestroy(handle);
+                if (!run_cublas_profile(handle, &cublas, &prepared[i])) {
-                cuda->cuCtxDestroy(ctx);
+                    append_detail(report->details,
-                return 0;
+                                  sizeof(report->details),
+                                  "%s=FAILED runtime\n",
+                                  prepared[i].desc.name);
+                    for (int j = 0; j < prepared_count; j++) {
+                        destroy_profile(&cublas, cuda, &prepared[j]);
+                    }
+                    cublas.cublasLtDestroy(handle);
+                    destroy_streams(cuda, streams, stream_count);
+                    cuda->cuCtxDestroy(ctx);
+                    return 0;
+                }
+                prepared[i].iterations++;
+                report->iterations++;
+                wave_launches++;
+                launched_this_batch++;
             }
-            prepared[i].iterations++;
+            if (launched_this_batch <= 0) {
-            report->iterations++;
-            if (now_seconds() >= deadline) {
                 break;
             }
         }
-    }
+        if (wave_launches <= 0) {
-
+            break;
-    if (!check_rc(cuda, "cuCtxSynchronize", cuda->cuCtxSynchronize())) {
+        }
-        for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(prepared) / sizeof(prepared[0]); i++) {
+        if (!check_rc(cuda, "cuCtxSynchronize", cuda->cuCtxSynchronize())) {
-            destroy_profile(&cublas, cuda, &prepared[i]);
+            for (int i = 0; i < prepared_count; i++) {
+                destroy_profile(&cublas, cuda, &prepared[i]);
+            }
+            cublas.cublasLtDestroy(handle);
+            destroy_streams(cuda, streams, stream_count);
+            cuda->cuCtxDestroy(ctx);
+            return 0;
         }
-        cublas.cublasLtDestroy(handle);
-        cuda->cuCtxDestroy(ctx);
-        return 0;
     }
 
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(prepared) / sizeof(prepared[0]); i++) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < prepared_count; i++) {
         if (!prepared[i].ready) {
             continue;
         }
@@ -1072,7 +1302,7 @@ static int run_cublaslt_stress(struct cuda_api *cuda,
                       prepared[i].iterations);
     }
 
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(prepared) / sizeof(prepared[0]); i++) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < prepared_count; i++) {
         if (prepared[i].ready) {
             if (check_rc(cuda, "cuMemcpyDtoH", cuda->cuMemcpyDtoH(sample, prepared[i].d_dev, sizeof(sample)))) {
                 for (size_t j = 0; j < sizeof(sample) / sizeof(sample[0]); j++) {
@@ -1083,10 +1313,11 @@ static int run_cublaslt_stress(struct cuda_api *cuda,
         }
     }
 
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(prepared) / sizeof(prepared[0]); i++) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < prepared_count; i++) {
         destroy_profile(&cublas, cuda, &prepared[i]);
     }
     cublas.cublasLtDestroy(handle);
+    destroy_streams(cuda, streams, stream_count);
     cuda->cuCtxDestroy(ctx);
     return 1;
 }
@@ -1095,13 +1326,16 @@ static int run_cublaslt_stress(struct cuda_api *cuda,
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     int seconds = 5;
     int size_mb = 64;
+    int device_index = 0;
     for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
         if ((strcmp(argv[i], "--seconds") == 0 || strcmp(argv[i], "-t") == 0) && i + 1 < argc) {
             seconds = atoi(argv[++i]);
         } else if ((strcmp(argv[i], "--size-mb") == 0 || strcmp(argv[i], "-m") == 0) && i + 1 < argc) {
             size_mb = atoi(argv[++i]);
+        } else if ((strcmp(argv[i], "--device") == 0 || strcmp(argv[i], "-d") == 0) && i + 1 < argc) {
+            device_index = atoi(argv[++i]);
         } else {
-            fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s [--seconds N] [--size-mb N]\n", argv[0]);
+            fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s [--seconds N] [--size-mb N] [--device N]\n", argv[0]);
             return 2;
         }
     }
@@ -1111,6 +1345,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     if (size_mb <= 0) {
         size_mb = 64;
     }
+    if (device_index < 0) {
+        device_index = 0;
+    }
 
     struct cuda_api cuda;
     if (!load_cuda(&cuda)) {
@@ -1133,8 +1370,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         return 1;
     }
 
+    if (device_index >= count) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "device index %d out of range (found %d CUDA device(s))\n", device_index, count);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
     CUdevice dev = 0;
-    if (!check_rc(&cuda, "cuDeviceGet", cuda.cuDeviceGet(&dev, 0))) {
+    if (!check_rc(&cuda, "cuDeviceGet", cuda.cuDeviceGet(&dev, device_index))) {
         return 1;
     }
 
@@ -1162,10 +1404,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     }
 
     printf("device=%s\n", report.device);
+    printf("device_index=%d\n", device_index);
     printf("compute_capability=%d.%d\n", report.cc_major, report.cc_minor);
     printf("backend=%s\n", report.backend);
     printf("duration_s=%d\n", seconds);
     printf("buffer_mb=%d\n", report.buffer_mb);
+    printf("streams=%d\n", report.stream_count);
     printf("iterations=%lu\n", report.iterations);
     printf("checksum=%llu\n", (unsigned long long)report.checksum);
     if (report.details[0] != '\0') {

iso/builder/build-cublas.sh

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# build-cublas.sh — download cuBLASLt/cuBLAS/cudart runtime + headers for bee-gpu-stress.
+# build-cublas.sh — download cuBLASLt/cuBLAS/cudart runtime + headers for bee-gpu-burn worker.
 #
 # Downloads .deb packages from NVIDIA's CUDA apt repository (Debian 12, x86_64),
 # verifies them against Packages.gz, and extracts the small subset we need:
-#   - headers for compiling bee-gpu-stress against cuBLASLt
+#   - headers for compiling bee-gpu-burn worker against cuBLASLt
 #   - runtime libs for libcublas, libcublasLt, libcudart inside the ISO
 
 set -e

iso/builder/build-john.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# build-john.sh — build John the Ripper jumbo with OpenCL support for the LiveCD.
+#
+# Downloads a pinned source snapshot from the official openwall/john repository,
+# builds it inside the builder container, and caches the resulting run/ tree.
+
+set -e
+
+JOHN_COMMIT="$1"
+DIST_DIR="$2"
+
+[ -n "$JOHN_COMMIT" ] || { echo "usage: $0 <john-commit> <dist-dir>"; exit 1; }
+[ -n "$DIST_DIR" ] || { echo "usage: $0 <john-commit> <dist-dir>"; exit 1; }
+
+echo "=== John the Ripper jumbo ${JOHN_COMMIT} ==="
+
+CACHE_DIR="${DIST_DIR}/john-${JOHN_COMMIT}"
+CACHE_ROOT="${BEE_CACHE_DIR:-${DIST_DIR}/cache}"
+DOWNLOAD_CACHE_DIR="${CACHE_ROOT}/john-downloads"
+SRC_TAR="${DOWNLOAD_CACHE_DIR}/john-${JOHN_COMMIT}.tar.gz"
+SRC_URL="https://github.com/openwall/john/archive/${JOHN_COMMIT}.tar.gz"
+
+if [ -x "${CACHE_DIR}/run/john" ] && [ -f "${CACHE_DIR}/run/john.conf" ]; then
+    echo "=== john cached, skipping build ==="
+    echo "run dir: ${CACHE_DIR}/run"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+mkdir -p "${DOWNLOAD_CACHE_DIR}"
+if [ ! -f "${SRC_TAR}" ]; then
+    echo "=== downloading john source snapshot ==="
+    wget --show-progress -O "${SRC_TAR}" "${SRC_URL}"
+fi
+
+BUILD_TMP=$(mktemp -d)
+trap 'rm -rf "${BUILD_TMP}"' EXIT INT TERM
+
+cd "${BUILD_TMP}"
+tar xf "${SRC_TAR}"
+SRC_DIR=$(find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -name 'john-*' | head -1)
+[ -n "${SRC_DIR}" ] || { echo "ERROR: john source directory not found"; exit 1; }
+
+cd "${SRC_DIR}/src"
+echo "=== configuring john ==="
+./configure
+echo "=== building john ==="
+make clean >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+make -j"$(nproc)"
+
+mkdir -p "${CACHE_DIR}"
+cp -a "../run" "${CACHE_DIR}/run"
+chmod +x "${CACHE_DIR}/run/john"
+
+echo "=== john build complete ==="
+echo "run dir: ${CACHE_DIR}/run"

iso/builder/build-nccl-tests.sh

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #
 # Output layout:
 #   $CACHE_DIR/bin/all_reduce_perf
+#   $CACHE_DIR/lib/libcudart.so* copied from the nvcc toolchain used to build nccl-tests
 
 set -e
 
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ CACHE_DIR="${DIST_DIR}/nccl-tests-${NCCL_TESTS_VERSION}"
 CACHE_ROOT="${BEE_CACHE_DIR:-${DIST_DIR}/cache}"
 DOWNLOAD_CACHE_DIR="${CACHE_ROOT}/nccl-tests-downloads"
 
-if [ -f "${CACHE_DIR}/bin/all_reduce_perf" ]; then
+if [ -f "${CACHE_DIR}/bin/all_reduce_perf" ] && [ "$(find "${CACHE_DIR}/lib" -maxdepth 1 -name 'libcudart.so*' 2>/dev/null | wc -l)" -gt 0 ]; then
     echo "=== nccl-tests cached, skipping build ==="
     echo "binary: ${CACHE_DIR}/bin/all_reduce_perf"
     exit 0
@@ -52,6 +53,23 @@ echo "nvcc: $NVCC"
 CUDA_HOME="$(dirname "$(dirname "$NVCC")")"
 echo "CUDA_HOME: $CUDA_HOME"
 
+find_cudart_dir() {
+    for dir in \
+        "${CUDA_HOME}/targets/x86_64-linux/lib" \
+        "${CUDA_HOME}/targets/x86_64-linux/lib/stubs" \
+        "${CUDA_HOME}/lib64" \
+        "${CUDA_HOME}/lib"; do
+        if [ -d "$dir" ] && find "$dir" -maxdepth 1 -name 'libcudart.so*' -type f | grep -q .; then
+            printf '%s\n' "$dir"
+            return 0
+        fi
+    done
+    return 1
+}
+
+CUDART_DIR="$(find_cudart_dir)" || { echo "ERROR: libcudart.so* not found under ${CUDA_HOME}"; exit 1; }
+echo "cudart dir: $CUDART_DIR"
+
 # Download libnccl-dev for nccl.h
 REPO_BASE="https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/debian${DEBIAN_VERSION}/x86_64"
 DEV_PKG="libnccl-dev_${NCCL_VERSION}+cuda${NCCL_CUDA_VERSION}_amd64.deb"
@@ -136,6 +154,11 @@ mkdir -p "${CACHE_DIR}/bin"
 cp "./build/all_reduce_perf" "${CACHE_DIR}/bin/all_reduce_perf"
 chmod +x "${CACHE_DIR}/bin/all_reduce_perf"
 
+mkdir -p "${CACHE_DIR}/lib"
+find "${CUDART_DIR}" -maxdepth 1 -name 'libcudart.so*' -type f -exec cp -a {} "${CACHE_DIR}/lib/" \;
+[ "$(find "${CACHE_DIR}/lib" -maxdepth 1 -name 'libcudart.so*' -type f | wc -l)" -gt 0 ] || { echo "ERROR: libcudart runtime copy failed"; exit 1; }
+
 echo "=== nccl-tests build complete ==="
 echo "binary: ${CACHE_DIR}/bin/all_reduce_perf"
 ls -lh "${CACHE_DIR}/bin/all_reduce_perf"
+ls -lh "${CACHE_DIR}/lib/"libcudart.so* 2>/dev/null || true

iso/builder/build-nvidia-module.sh

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # Output layout:
 #   $CACHE_DIR/modules/   — nvidia*.ko files
 #   $CACHE_DIR/bin/       — nvidia-smi, nvidia-debugdump
-#   $CACHE_DIR/lib/       — libnvidia-ml.so*, libcuda.so* (for nvidia-smi)
+#   $CACHE_DIR/lib/       — libnvidia-ml.so*, libcuda.so*, OpenCL-related libs
 
 set -e
 
@@ -133,7 +133,14 @@ fi
 # Copy ALL userspace library files.
 # libnvidia-ptxjitcompiler is required by libcuda for PTX JIT compilation
 # (cuModuleLoadDataEx with PTX source) — without it CUDA_ERROR_JIT_COMPILER_NOT_FOUND.
-for lib in libnvidia-ml libcuda libnvidia-ptxjitcompiler; do
+for lib in \
+    libnvidia-ml \
+    libcuda \
+    libnvidia-ptxjitcompiler \
+    libnvidia-opencl \
+    libnvidia-compiler \
+    libnvidia-nvvm \
+    libnvidia-fatbinaryloader; do
     count=0
     for f in $(find "$EXTRACT_DIR" -maxdepth 1 -name "${lib}.so.*" 2>/dev/null); do
         cp "$f" "$CACHE_DIR/lib/" && count=$((count+1))
@@ -150,7 +157,14 @@ ko_count=$(ls "$CACHE_DIR/modules/"*.ko 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
 [ "$ko_count" -gt 0 ] || { echo "ERROR: no .ko files built in $CACHE_DIR/modules/"; exit 1; }
 
 # Create soname symlinks: use [0-9][0-9]* to avoid circular symlink (.so.1 has single digit)
-for lib in libnvidia-ml libcuda libnvidia-ptxjitcompiler; do
+for lib in \
+    libnvidia-ml \
+    libcuda \
+    libnvidia-ptxjitcompiler \
+    libnvidia-opencl \
+    libnvidia-compiler \
+    libnvidia-nvvm \
+    libnvidia-fatbinaryloader; do
     versioned=$(ls "$CACHE_DIR/lib/${lib}.so."[0-9][0-9]* 2>/dev/null | head -1)
     [ -n "$versioned" ] || continue
     base=$(basename "$versioned")

iso/builder/build.sh

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export BEE_GPU_VENDOR
 
 . "${BUILDER_DIR}/VERSIONS"
 export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin"
+: "${BEE_REQUIRE_MEMTEST:=0}"
 
 # Allow git to read the bind-mounted repo (different UID inside container).
 git config --global safe.directory "${REPO_ROOT}"
@@ -111,8 +112,346 @@ resolve_iso_version() {
     resolve_audit_version
 }
 
+iso_list_files() {
+    iso_path="$1"
+
+    if command -v bsdtar >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        bsdtar -tf "$iso_path"
+        return $?
+    fi
+
+    if command -v xorriso >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        xorriso -indev "$iso_path" -find / -type f -print 2>/dev/null | sed 's#^/##'
+        return $?
+    fi
+
+    return 127
+}
+
+iso_extract_file() {
+    iso_path="$1"
+    iso_member="$2"
+
+    if command -v bsdtar >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        bsdtar -xOf "$iso_path" "$iso_member"
+        return $?
+    fi
+
+    if command -v xorriso >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        xorriso -osirrox on -indev "$iso_path" -cat "/$iso_member" 2>/dev/null
+        return $?
+    fi
+
+    return 127
+}
+
+require_iso_reader() {
+    command -v bsdtar >/dev/null 2>&1 && return 0
+    command -v xorriso >/dev/null 2>&1 && return 0
+    memtest_fail "ISO reader is required for validation/debug (expected bsdtar or xorriso)" "${1:-}"
+}
+
+dump_memtest_debug() {
+    phase="$1"
+    lb_dir="${2:-}"
+    iso_path="${3:-}"
+    phase_slug="$(printf '%s' "${phase}" | tr ' /' '__')"
+    memtest_log="${LOG_DIR:-}/memtest-${phase_slug}.log"
+
+    (
+        echo "=== memtest debug: ${phase} ==="
+
+        echo "-- auto/config --"
+        if [ -f "${BUILDER_DIR}/auto/config" ]; then
+            grep -n -- '--memtest' "${BUILDER_DIR}/auto/config" || echo "  (no --memtest line found)"
+        else
+            echo "  (missing ${BUILDER_DIR}/auto/config)"
+        fi
+
+        echo "-- source bootloader templates --"
+        for cfg in \
+            "${BUILDER_DIR}/config/bootloaders/grub-pc/grub.cfg" \
+            "${BUILDER_DIR}/config/bootloaders/isolinux/live.cfg.in"; do
+            if [ -f "$cfg" ]; then
+                echo "  file: $cfg"
+                grep -n 'Memory Test\|memtest' "$cfg" || echo "    (no memtest lines)"
+            fi
+        done
+
+        echo "-- source binary hooks --"
+        for hook in \
+            "${BUILDER_DIR}/config/hooks/normal/9100-memtest.hook.binary"; do
+            if [ -f "$hook" ]; then
+                echo "  hook: $hook"
+            else
+                echo "  (missing $hook)"
+            fi
+        done
+
+        if [ -n "$lb_dir" ] && [ -d "$lb_dir" ]; then
+            echo "-- live-build workdir package lists --"
+            for pkg in \
+                "$lb_dir/config/package-lists/bee.list.chroot" \
+                "$lb_dir/config/package-lists/bee-gpu.list.chroot" \
+                "$lb_dir/config/package-lists/bee-nvidia.list.chroot"; do
+                if [ -f "$pkg" ]; then
+                    echo "  file: $pkg"
+                    grep -n 'memtest' "$pkg" || echo "    (no memtest lines)"
+                fi
+            done
+
+            echo "-- live-build chroot/boot --"
+            if [ -d "$lb_dir/chroot/boot" ]; then
+                find "$lb_dir/chroot/boot" -maxdepth 1 -name 'memtest*' -print | sed 's/^/  /' || true
+            else
+                echo "  (missing $lb_dir/chroot/boot)"
+            fi
+
+            echo "-- live-build binary/boot --"
+            if [ -d "$lb_dir/binary/boot" ]; then
+                find "$lb_dir/binary/boot" -maxdepth 1 -name 'memtest*' -print | sed 's/^/  /' || true
+            else
+                echo "  (missing $lb_dir/binary/boot)"
+            fi
+
+            echo "-- live-build binary grub cfg --"
+            if [ -f "$lb_dir/binary/boot/grub/grub.cfg" ]; then
+                grep -n 'Memory Test\|memtest' "$lb_dir/binary/boot/grub/grub.cfg" || echo "  (no memtest lines)"
+            else
+                echo "  (missing $lb_dir/binary/boot/grub/grub.cfg)"
+            fi
+
+            echo "-- live-build binary isolinux cfg --"
+            if [ -f "$lb_dir/binary/isolinux/live.cfg" ]; then
+                grep -n 'Memory Test\|memtest' "$lb_dir/binary/isolinux/live.cfg" || echo "  (no memtest lines)"
+            else
+                echo "  (missing $lb_dir/binary/isolinux/live.cfg)"
+            fi
+
+            echo "-- live-build package cache --"
+            if [ -d "$lb_dir/cache/packages.chroot" ]; then
+                find "$lb_dir/cache/packages.chroot" -maxdepth 1 -name 'memtest86+*.deb' -print | sed 's/^/  /' || true
+            else
+                echo "  (missing $lb_dir/cache/packages.chroot)"
+            fi
+        fi
+
+        if [ -n "$iso_path" ] && [ -f "$iso_path" ]; then
+            echo "-- ISO memtest files --"
+            iso_list_files "$iso_path" | grep 'memtest' | sed 's/^/  /' || echo "  (no memtest files in ISO)"
+
+            echo "-- ISO GRUB memtest lines --"
+            iso_extract_file "$iso_path" boot/grub/grub.cfg 2>/dev/null | grep -n 'Memory Test\|memtest' || echo "  (no memtest lines in boot/grub/grub.cfg)"
+
+            echo "-- ISO isolinux memtest lines --"
+            iso_extract_file "$iso_path" isolinux/live.cfg 2>/dev/null | grep -n 'Memory Test\|memtest' || echo "  (no memtest lines in isolinux/live.cfg)"
+        fi
+
+        echo "=== end memtest debug: ${phase} ==="
+    ) | {
+        if [ -n "${LOG_DIR:-}" ] && [ -d "${LOG_DIR}" ]; then
+            tee "${memtest_log}"
+        else
+            cat
+        fi
+    }
+}
+
+memtest_fail() {
+    msg="$1"
+    iso_path="${2:-}"
+    level="WARNING"
+    if [ "${BEE_REQUIRE_MEMTEST:-0}" = "1" ]; then
+        level="ERROR"
+    fi
+    echo "${level}: ${msg}" >&2
+    dump_memtest_debug "failure" "${LB_DIR:-}" "$iso_path" >&2
+    if [ "${BEE_REQUIRE_MEMTEST:-0}" = "1" ]; then
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    return 0
+}
+
+validate_iso_memtest() {
+    iso_path="$1"
+    echo "=== validating memtest in ISO ==="
+
+    [ -f "$iso_path" ] || {
+        memtest_fail "ISO not found for validation: $iso_path" "$iso_path"
+        return 0
+    }
+    require_iso_reader "$iso_path" || return 0
+
+    iso_list_files "$iso_path" | grep -q '^boot/memtest86+x64\.bin$' || {
+        memtest_fail "memtest BIOS binary missing in ISO: boot/memtest86+x64.bin" "$iso_path"
+        return 0
+    }
+    iso_list_files "$iso_path" | grep -q '^boot/memtest86+x64\.efi$' || {
+        memtest_fail "memtest EFI binary missing in ISO: boot/memtest86+x64.efi" "$iso_path"
+        return 0
+    }
+
+    grub_cfg="$(mktemp)"
+    isolinux_cfg="$(mktemp)"
+
+    iso_extract_file "$iso_path" boot/grub/grub.cfg > "$grub_cfg" || {
+        memtest_fail "failed to extract boot/grub/grub.cfg from ISO" "$iso_path"
+        rm -f "$grub_cfg" "$isolinux_cfg"
+        return 0
+    }
+    iso_extract_file "$iso_path" isolinux/live.cfg > "$isolinux_cfg" || {
+        memtest_fail "failed to extract isolinux/live.cfg from ISO" "$iso_path"
+        rm -f "$grub_cfg" "$isolinux_cfg"
+        return 0
+    }
+
+    grep -q 'Memory Test (memtest86+)' "$grub_cfg" || {
+        memtest_fail "GRUB menu entry for memtest is missing" "$iso_path"
+        rm -f "$grub_cfg" "$isolinux_cfg"
+        return 0
+    }
+    grep -q '/boot/memtest86+x64\.efi' "$grub_cfg" || {
+        memtest_fail "GRUB memtest EFI path is missing" "$iso_path"
+        rm -f "$grub_cfg" "$isolinux_cfg"
+        return 0
+    }
+    grep -q '/boot/memtest86+x64\.bin' "$grub_cfg" || {
+        memtest_fail "GRUB memtest BIOS path is missing" "$iso_path"
+        rm -f "$grub_cfg" "$isolinux_cfg"
+        return 0
+    }
+    grep -q 'Memory Test (memtest86+)' "$isolinux_cfg" || {
+        memtest_fail "isolinux menu entry for memtest is missing" "$iso_path"
+        rm -f "$grub_cfg" "$isolinux_cfg"
+        return 0
+    }
+    grep -q '/boot/memtest86+x64\.bin' "$isolinux_cfg" || {
+        memtest_fail "isolinux memtest path is missing" "$iso_path"
+        rm -f "$grub_cfg" "$isolinux_cfg"
+        return 0
+    }
+
+    rm -f "$grub_cfg" "$isolinux_cfg"
+    echo "=== memtest validation OK ==="
+}
+
 AUDIT_VERSION_EFFECTIVE="$(resolve_audit_version)"
 ISO_VERSION_EFFECTIVE="$(resolve_iso_version)"
+ISO_BASENAME="easy-bee-${BEE_GPU_VENDOR}-v${ISO_VERSION_EFFECTIVE}-amd64"
+LOG_DIR="${DIST_DIR}/${ISO_BASENAME}.logs"
+LOG_ARCHIVE="${DIST_DIR}/${ISO_BASENAME}.logs.tar.gz"
+ISO_OUT="${DIST_DIR}/${ISO_BASENAME}.iso"
+LOG_OUT="${LOG_DIR}/build.log"
+
+cleanup_build_log() {
+    status="${1:-$?}"
+    trap - EXIT INT TERM HUP
+
+    if [ "${STEP_LOG_ACTIVE:-0}" = "1" ]; then
+        cleanup_step_log "${status}" || true
+    fi
+
+    if [ "${BUILD_LOG_ACTIVE:-0}" = "1" ]; then
+        BUILD_LOG_ACTIVE=0
+        exec 1>&3 2>&4
+        exec 3>&- 4>&-
+        if [ -n "${BUILD_TEE_PID:-}" ]; then
+            wait "${BUILD_TEE_PID}" 2>/dev/null || true
+        fi
+        rm -f "${BUILD_LOG_PIPE}"
+    fi
+
+    if [ -n "${LOG_DIR:-}" ] && [ -d "${LOG_DIR}" ] && command -v tar >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        rm -f "${LOG_ARCHIVE}"
+        tar -czf "${LOG_ARCHIVE}" -C "${DIST_DIR}" "$(basename "${LOG_DIR}")" 2>/dev/null || true
+    fi
+
+    exit "${status}"
+}
+
+start_build_log() {
+    command -v tee >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
+        echo "ERROR: tee is required for build logging" >&2
+        exit 1
+    }
+
+    rm -rf "${LOG_DIR}"
+    rm -f "${LOG_ARCHIVE}"
+    mkdir -p "${LOG_DIR}"
+    BUILD_LOG_PIPE="$(mktemp -u "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/bee-build-log.XXXXXX")"
+    mkfifo "${BUILD_LOG_PIPE}"
+
+    exec 3>&1 4>&2
+    tee "${LOG_OUT}" < "${BUILD_LOG_PIPE}" &
+    BUILD_TEE_PID=$!
+    exec > "${BUILD_LOG_PIPE}" 2>&1
+    BUILD_LOG_ACTIVE=1
+
+    trap 'cleanup_build_log "$?"' EXIT INT TERM HUP
+
+    echo "=== build log dir: ${LOG_DIR} ==="
+    echo "=== build log: ${LOG_OUT} ==="
+    echo "=== build log archive: ${LOG_ARCHIVE} ==="
+}
+
+cleanup_step_log() {
+    status="${1:-$?}"
+
+    if [ "${STEP_LOG_ACTIVE:-0}" = "1" ]; then
+        STEP_LOG_ACTIVE=0
+        exec 1>&5 2>&6
+        exec 5>&- 6>&-
+        if [ -n "${STEP_TEE_PID:-}" ]; then
+            wait "${STEP_TEE_PID}" 2>/dev/null || true
+        fi
+        rm -f "${STEP_LOG_PIPE}"
+    fi
+
+    return "${status}"
+}
+
+run_step() {
+    step_name="$1"
+    step_slug="$2"
+    shift 2
+
+    step_log="${LOG_DIR}/${step_slug}.log"
+    echo ""
+    echo "=== step: ${step_name} ==="
+    echo "=== step log: ${step_log} ==="
+
+    STEP_LOG_PIPE="$(mktemp -u "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/bee-step-log.XXXXXX")"
+    mkfifo "${STEP_LOG_PIPE}"
+
+    exec 5>&1 6>&2
+    tee "${step_log}" < "${STEP_LOG_PIPE}" >&5 &
+    STEP_TEE_PID=$!
+    exec > "${STEP_LOG_PIPE}" 2>&1
+    STEP_LOG_ACTIVE=1
+
+    set +e
+    "$@"
+    step_status=$?
+    set -e
+
+    cleanup_step_log "${step_status}"
+    if [ "${step_status}" -ne 0 ]; then
+        echo "ERROR: step failed: ${step_name} (see ${step_log})" >&2
+        exit "${step_status}"
+    fi
+
+    echo "=== step OK: ${step_name} ==="
+}
+
+run_step_sh() {
+    step_name="$1"
+    step_slug="$2"
+    step_script="$3"
+
+    run_step "${step_name}" "${step_slug}" sh -c "${step_script}"
+}
+
+start_build_log
 
 # Auto-detect kernel ABI: refresh apt index, then query current linux-image-amd64 dependency.
 # If headers for the detected ABI are not yet installed (kernel updated since image build),
@@ -147,8 +486,8 @@ echo "Debian: ${DEBIAN_VERSION}, Kernel ABI: ${DEBIAN_KERNEL_ABI}, Go: ${GO_VERS
 echo "Audit version: ${AUDIT_VERSION_EFFECTIVE}, ISO version: ${ISO_VERSION_EFFECTIVE}"
 echo ""
 
-echo "=== syncing git submodules ==="
+run_step "sync git submodules" "05-git-submodules" \
-git -C "${REPO_ROOT}" submodule update --init --recursive
+    git -C "${REPO_ROOT}" submodule update --init --recursive
 
 # --- compile bee binary (static, Linux amd64) ---
 # Shared between variants — built once, reused on second pass.
@@ -160,13 +499,13 @@ if [ -f "$BEE_BIN" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ "$NEED_BUILD" = "1" ]; then
-    echo "=== building bee binary ==="
+    run_step_sh "build bee binary" "10-build-bee" \
-    cd "${REPO_ROOT}/audit"
+        "cd '${REPO_ROOT}/audit' && \
-    GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 CGO_ENABLED=0 \
+        env GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 CGO_ENABLED=0 \
-        go build \
+            go build \
-        -ldflags "-s -w -X main.Version=${AUDIT_VERSION_EFFECTIVE}" \
+            -ldflags '-s -w -X main.Version=${AUDIT_VERSION_EFFECTIVE}' \
-        -o "$BEE_BIN" \
+            -o '${BEE_BIN}' \
-        ./cmd/bee
+            ./cmd/bee"
     echo "binary: $BEE_BIN"
     if command -v stat >/dev/null 2>&1; then
         BEE_SIZE_BYTES="$(stat -c '%s' "$BEE_BIN" 2>/dev/null || stat -f '%z' "$BEE_BIN")"
@@ -183,11 +522,10 @@ else
 fi
 
 # --- NVIDIA-only build steps ---
-GPU_STRESS_BIN="${DIST_DIR}/bee-gpu-stress-linux-amd64"
+GPU_BURN_WORKER_BIN="${DIST_DIR}/bee-gpu-burn-worker-linux-amd64"
 if [ "$BEE_GPU_VENDOR" = "nvidia" ]; then
-    echo ""
+    run_step "download cuBLAS/cuBLASLt/cudart ${NCCL_CUDA_VERSION} userspace" "20-cublas" \
-    echo "=== downloading cuBLAS/cuBLASLt/cudart ${NCCL_CUDA_VERSION} userspace ==="
+        sh "${BUILDER_DIR}/build-cublas.sh" \
-    sh "${BUILDER_DIR}/build-cublas.sh" \
         "${CUBLAS_VERSION}" \
         "${CUDA_USERSPACE_VERSION}" \
         "${NCCL_CUDA_VERSION}" \
@@ -196,20 +534,20 @@ if [ "$BEE_GPU_VENDOR" = "nvidia" ]; then
     CUBLAS_CACHE="${DIST_DIR}/cublas-${CUBLAS_VERSION}+cuda${NCCL_CUDA_VERSION}"
 
     GPU_STRESS_NEED_BUILD=1
-    if [ -f "$GPU_STRESS_BIN" ] && [ "${BUILDER_DIR}/bee-gpu-stress.c" -ot "$GPU_STRESS_BIN" ]; then
+    if [ -f "$GPU_BURN_WORKER_BIN" ] && [ "${BUILDER_DIR}/bee-gpu-stress.c" -ot "$GPU_BURN_WORKER_BIN" ]; then
         GPU_STRESS_NEED_BUILD=0
     fi
 
     if [ "$GPU_STRESS_NEED_BUILD" = "1" ]; then
-        echo "=== building bee-gpu-stress ==="
+        run_step "build bee-gpu-burn worker" "21-gpu-burn-worker" \
-        gcc -O2 -s -Wall -Wextra \
+            gcc -O2 -s -Wall -Wextra \
             -I"${CUBLAS_CACHE}/include" \
-            -o "$GPU_STRESS_BIN" \
+            -o "$GPU_BURN_WORKER_BIN" \
             "${BUILDER_DIR}/bee-gpu-stress.c" \
             -ldl -lm
-        echo "binary: $GPU_STRESS_BIN"
+        echo "binary: $GPU_BURN_WORKER_BIN"
     else
-        echo "=== bee-gpu-stress up to date, skipping build ==="
+        echo "=== bee-gpu-burn worker up to date, skipping build ==="
     fi
 fi
 
@@ -245,9 +583,13 @@ rm -f \
     "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/etc/bee-release" \
     "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/root/.ssh/authorized_keys" \
     "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/bin/bee" \
-    "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/bin/bee-gpu-stress" \
+    "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/bin/bee-nccl-gpu-stress" \
+    "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/bin/john" \
+    "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/lib/bee/bee-gpu-burn-worker" \
     "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/bin/bee-smoketest" \
     "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/bin/all_reduce_perf"
+rm -rf \
+    "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/lib/bee/john"
 
 # Remove NVIDIA-specific overlay files for non-nvidia variants
 if [ "$BEE_GPU_VENDOR" != "nvidia" ]; then
@@ -293,9 +635,13 @@ mkdir -p "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/bin"
 cp "${DIST_DIR}/bee-linux-amd64" "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/bin/bee"
 chmod +x "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/bin/bee"
 
-if [ "$BEE_GPU_VENDOR" = "nvidia" ] && [ -f "$GPU_STRESS_BIN" ]; then
+if [ "$BEE_GPU_VENDOR" = "nvidia" ] && [ -f "$GPU_BURN_WORKER_BIN" ]; then
-    cp "${GPU_STRESS_BIN}" "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/bin/bee-gpu-stress"
+    mkdir -p "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/lib/bee" "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/bin"
-    chmod +x "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/bin/bee-gpu-stress"
+    cp "${GPU_BURN_WORKER_BIN}" "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/lib/bee/bee-gpu-burn-worker"
+    chmod +x "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/lib/bee/bee-gpu-burn-worker"
+    chmod +x "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/bin/bee-gpu-burn" 2>/dev/null || true
+    chmod +x "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/bin/bee-john-gpu-stress" 2>/dev/null || true
+    chmod +x "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/bin/bee-nccl-gpu-stress" 2>/dev/null || true
 fi
 
 # --- inject smoketest into overlay so it runs directly on the live CD ---
@@ -315,9 +661,8 @@ done
 
 # --- NVIDIA kernel modules and userspace libs ---
 if [ "$BEE_GPU_VENDOR" = "nvidia" ]; then
-    echo ""
+    run_step "build NVIDIA ${NVIDIA_DRIVER_VERSION} modules" "40-nvidia-module" \
-    echo "=== building NVIDIA ${NVIDIA_DRIVER_VERSION} modules ==="
+        sh "${BUILDER_DIR}/build-nvidia-module.sh" "${NVIDIA_DRIVER_VERSION}" "${DIST_DIR}" "${DEBIAN_KERNEL_ABI}"
-    sh "${BUILDER_DIR}/build-nvidia-module.sh" "${NVIDIA_DRIVER_VERSION}" "${DIST_DIR}" "${DEBIAN_KERNEL_ABI}"
 
     KVER="${DEBIAN_KERNEL_ABI}-amd64"
     NVIDIA_CACHE="${DIST_DIR}/nvidia-${NVIDIA_DRIVER_VERSION}-${KVER}"
@@ -334,6 +679,8 @@ if [ "$BEE_GPU_VENDOR" = "nvidia" ]; then
     cp "${NVIDIA_CACHE}/bin/nvidia-bug-report.sh" "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/bin/" 2>/dev/null || true
     chmod +x "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/bin/nvidia-bug-report.sh" 2>/dev/null || true
     cp "${NVIDIA_CACHE}/lib/"* "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/lib/" 2>/dev/null || true
+    mkdir -p "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/etc/OpenCL/vendors"
+    printf 'libnvidia-opencl.so.1\n' > "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/etc/OpenCL/vendors/nvidia.icd"
 
     # Inject GSP firmware into /lib/firmware/nvidia/<version>/
     if [ -d "${NVIDIA_CACHE}/firmware" ] && [ "$(ls -A "${NVIDIA_CACHE}/firmware" 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
@@ -343,9 +690,8 @@ if [ "$BEE_GPU_VENDOR" = "nvidia" ]; then
     fi
 
     # --- build / download NCCL ---
-    echo ""
+    run_step "download NCCL ${NCCL_VERSION}+cuda${NCCL_CUDA_VERSION}" "50-nccl" \
-    echo "=== downloading NCCL ${NCCL_VERSION}+cuda${NCCL_CUDA_VERSION} ==="
+        sh "${BUILDER_DIR}/build-nccl.sh" "${NCCL_VERSION}" "${NCCL_CUDA_VERSION}" "${DIST_DIR}" "${NCCL_SHA256:-}"
-    sh "${BUILDER_DIR}/build-nccl.sh" "${NCCL_VERSION}" "${NCCL_CUDA_VERSION}" "${DIST_DIR}" "${NCCL_SHA256:-}"
 
     NCCL_CACHE="${DIST_DIR}/nccl-${NCCL_VERSION}+cuda${NCCL_CUDA_VERSION}"
 
@@ -353,14 +699,13 @@ if [ "$BEE_GPU_VENDOR" = "nvidia" ]; then
     cp "${NCCL_CACHE}/lib/"* "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/lib/"
     echo "=== NCCL: $(ls "${NCCL_CACHE}/lib/" | wc -l) files injected into /usr/lib/ ==="
 
-    # Inject cuBLAS/cuBLASLt/cudart runtime libs used by bee-gpu-stress tensor-core GEMM path
+    # Inject cuBLAS/cuBLASLt/cudart runtime libs used by the bee-gpu-burn worker tensor-core GEMM path
     cp "${CUBLAS_CACHE}/lib/"* "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/lib/"
     echo "=== cuBLAS: $(ls "${CUBLAS_CACHE}/lib/" | wc -l) files injected into /usr/lib/ ==="
 
     # --- build nccl-tests ---
-    echo ""
+    run_step "build nccl-tests ${NCCL_TESTS_VERSION}" "60-nccl-tests" \
-    echo "=== building nccl-tests ${NCCL_TESTS_VERSION} ==="
+        sh "${BUILDER_DIR}/build-nccl-tests.sh" \
-    sh "${BUILDER_DIR}/build-nccl-tests.sh" \
         "${NCCL_TESTS_VERSION}" \
         "${NCCL_VERSION}" \
         "${NCCL_CUDA_VERSION}" \
@@ -371,7 +716,17 @@ if [ "$BEE_GPU_VENDOR" = "nvidia" ]; then
     NCCL_TESTS_CACHE="${DIST_DIR}/nccl-tests-${NCCL_TESTS_VERSION}"
     cp "${NCCL_TESTS_CACHE}/bin/all_reduce_perf" "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/bin/all_reduce_perf"
     chmod +x "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/bin/all_reduce_perf"
+    cp "${NCCL_TESTS_CACHE}/lib/"* "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/lib/" 2>/dev/null || true
     echo "=== all_reduce_perf injected ==="
+
+    run_step "build john jumbo ${JOHN_JUMBO_COMMIT}" "70-john" \
+        sh "${BUILDER_DIR}/build-john.sh" "${JOHN_JUMBO_COMMIT}" "${DIST_DIR}"
+    JOHN_CACHE="${DIST_DIR}/john-${JOHN_JUMBO_COMMIT}"
+    mkdir -p "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/lib/bee/john"
+    rsync -a --delete "${JOHN_CACHE}/run/" "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/lib/bee/john/run/"
+    ln -sfn ../lib/bee/john/run/john "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/bin/john"
+    chmod +x "${OVERLAY_STAGE_DIR}/usr/local/lib/bee/john/run/john"
+    echo "=== john injected ==="
 fi
 
 # --- embed build metadata ---
@@ -385,7 +740,8 @@ NCCL_VERSION=${NCCL_VERSION}
 NCCL_CUDA_VERSION=${NCCL_CUDA_VERSION}
 CUBLAS_VERSION=${CUBLAS_VERSION}
 CUDA_USERSPACE_VERSION=${CUDA_USERSPACE_VERSION}
-NCCL_TESTS_VERSION=${NCCL_TESTS_VERSION}"
+NCCL_TESTS_VERSION=${NCCL_TESTS_VERSION}
+JOHN_JUMBO_COMMIT=${JOHN_JUMBO_COMMIT}"
     GPU_BUILD_INFO="nvidia:${NVIDIA_DRIVER_VERSION}"
 elif [ "$BEE_GPU_VENDOR" = "amd" ]; then
     GPU_VERSION_LINE="ROCM_VERSION=${ROCM_VERSION}"
@@ -485,9 +841,10 @@ BEE_GPU_VENDOR_UPPER="$(echo "${BEE_GPU_VENDOR}" | tr 'a-z' 'A-Z')"
 export BEE_GPU_VENDOR_UPPER
 
 cd "${LB_DIR}"
-lb clean 2>&1 | tail -3
+run_step_sh "live-build clean" "80-lb-clean" "lb clean 2>&1 | tail -3"
-lb config 2>&1 | tail -5
+run_step_sh "live-build config" "81-lb-config" "lb config 2>&1 | tail -5"
-lb build 2>&1
+dump_memtest_debug "pre-build" "${LB_DIR}"
+run_step_sh "live-build build" "90-lb-build" "lb build 2>&1"
 
 # --- persist deb package cache back to shared location ---
 # This allows the second variant to reuse all downloaded packages.
@@ -498,8 +855,9 @@ fi
 
 # live-build outputs live-image-amd64.hybrid.iso in LB_DIR
 ISO_RAW="${LB_DIR}/live-image-amd64.hybrid.iso"
-ISO_OUT="${DIST_DIR}/easy-bee-${BEE_GPU_VENDOR}-v${ISO_VERSION_EFFECTIVE}-amd64.iso"
 if [ -f "$ISO_RAW" ]; then
+    dump_memtest_debug "post-build" "${LB_DIR}" "$ISO_RAW"
+    validate_iso_memtest "$ISO_RAW"
     cp "$ISO_RAW" "$ISO_OUT"
     echo ""
     echo "=== done (${BEE_GPU_VENDOR}) ==="

iso/builder/config/bootloaders/isolinux/live.cfg.in

@@ -22,3 +22,7 @@ label live-@FLAVOUR@-failsafe
     linux @LINUX@
     initrd @INITRD@
     append @APPEND_LIVE@ bee.nvidia.mode=gsp-off memtest noapic noapm nodma nomce nolapic nosmp vga=normal
+
+label memtest
+    menu label ^Memory Test (memtest86+)
+    linux /boot/memtest86+x64.bin

iso/builder/config/hooks/normal/9000-bee-setup.hook.chroot

@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ chmod +x /usr/local/bin/bee            2>/dev/null || true
 chmod +x /usr/local/bin/bee-log-run    2>/dev/null || true
 if [ "$GPU_VENDOR" = "nvidia" ]; then
     chmod +x /usr/local/bin/bee-nvidia-load 2>/dev/null || true
+    chmod +x /usr/local/bin/bee-gpu-burn 2>/dev/null || true
+    chmod +x /usr/local/bin/bee-john-gpu-stress 2>/dev/null || true
+    chmod +x /usr/local/bin/bee-nccl-gpu-stress 2>/dev/null || true
 fi
 
 # Reload udev rules

iso/builder/config/hooks/normal/9100-memtest.hook.binary

@@ -1,55 +1,139 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# Copy memtest86+ binaries from chroot /boot into the ISO boot directory
+# Ensure memtest is present in the final ISO even if live-build's built-in
-# so GRUB can chainload them directly (they must be on the ISO filesystem,
+# memtest stage does not copy the binaries or expose menu entries.
-# not inside the squashfs).
-#
-# Primary: copy from chroot/boot/ (populated by package postinst).
-# Fallback: extract directly from the cached .deb if postinst didn't place
-#           the files (happens in chroot environments without grub triggers).
 set -e
 
-MEMTEST_FILES="memtest86+x64.bin memtest86+x64.efi memtest86+ia32.bin memtest86+ia32.efi"
+: "${BEE_REQUIRE_MEMTEST:=0}"
 
-echo "memtest: scanning chroot/boot/ for memtest files:"
+MEMTEST_FILES="memtest86+x64.bin memtest86+x64.efi"
-ls chroot/boot/memtest* 2>/dev/null || echo "memtest: WARNING: no memtest files in chroot/boot/"
+BINARY_BOOT_DIR="binary/boot"
+GRUB_CFG="binary/boot/grub/grub.cfg"
+ISOLINUX_CFG="binary/isolinux/live.cfg"
 
-# Primary path: copy from chroot/boot/
+log() {
-for f in ${MEMTEST_FILES}; do
+    echo "memtest hook: $*"
-    src="chroot/boot/${f}"
+}
-    if [ -f "${src}" ]; then
+
-        cp "${src}" "binary/boot/${f}"
+fail_or_warn() {
-        echo "memtest: copied ${f} from chroot/boot/"
+    msg="$1"
+    if [ "${BEE_REQUIRE_MEMTEST}" = "1" ]; then
+        log "ERROR: ${msg}"
+        exit 1
     fi
-done
+    log "WARNING: ${msg}"
+    return 0
+}
 
-# Fallback: if EFI binary still missing, extract from cached .deb
+copy_memtest_file() {
-if [ ! -f "binary/boot/memtest86+x64.efi" ]; then
+    src="$1"
-    echo "memtest: EFI binary missing — attempting extraction from .deb cache"
+    base="$(basename "$src")"
-    deb=$(find chroot/var/cache/apt/archives/ chroot/var/lib/apt/lists/ \
+    dst="${BINARY_BOOT_DIR}/${base}"
-              -name 'memtest86+_*.deb' -o -name 'memtest86+*.deb' 2>/dev/null \
+
-          | head -1)
+    [ -f "$src" ] || return 1
-    if [ -z "$deb" ]; then
+    mkdir -p "${BINARY_BOOT_DIR}"
-        # Also check lb package cache
+    cp "$src" "$dst"
-        deb=$(find cache/ -name 'memtest86+_*.deb' -o -name 'memtest86+*.deb' 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+    log "copied ${base} from ${src}"
-    fi
+}
-    if [ -n "$deb" ]; then
+
-        echo "memtest: extracting from ${deb}"
+extract_memtest_from_deb() {
-        EXTRACT_DIR="$(mktemp -d)"
+    deb="$1"
-        dpkg-deb -x "${deb}" "${EXTRACT_DIR}"
+    tmpdir="$(mktemp -d)"
-        echo "memtest: files found in .deb:"
+
-        find "${EXTRACT_DIR}/boot" -type f 2>/dev/null || echo "  (none in /boot)"
+    log "extracting memtest payload from ${deb}"
+    dpkg-deb -x "$deb" "$tmpdir"
+    for f in ${MEMTEST_FILES}; do
+        if [ -f "${tmpdir}/boot/${f}" ]; then
+            copy_memtest_file "${tmpdir}/boot/${f}"
+        fi
+    done
+    rm -rf "$tmpdir"
+}
+
+ensure_memtest_binaries() {
+    missing=0
+    for f in ${MEMTEST_FILES}; do
+        [ -f "${BINARY_BOOT_DIR}/${f}" ] || missing=1
+    done
+    [ "$missing" -eq 1 ] || return 0
+
+    for root in chroot/boot /boot; do
         for f in ${MEMTEST_FILES}; do
-            src="${EXTRACT_DIR}/boot/${f}"
+            [ -f "${BINARY_BOOT_DIR}/${f}" ] || copy_memtest_file "${root}/${f}" || true
-            if [ -f "${src}" ]; then
-                cp "${src}" "binary/boot/${f}"
-                echo "memtest: extracted ${f} from .deb"
-            fi
         done
-        rm -rf "${EXTRACT_DIR}"
+    done
-    else
-        echo "memtest: WARNING: no memtest86+ .deb found in cache — memtest will not be available"
-    fi
-fi
 
-echo "memtest: binary/boot/ contents:"
+    missing=0
-ls binary/boot/memtest* 2>/dev/null || echo "  (none)"
+    for f in ${MEMTEST_FILES}; do
+        [ -f "${BINARY_BOOT_DIR}/${f}" ] || missing=1
+    done
+    [ "$missing" -eq 1 ] || return 0
+
+    for root in cache chroot/var/cache/apt/archives /var/cache/apt/archives; do
+        [ -d "$root" ] || continue
+        deb="$(find "$root" -type f \( -name 'memtest86+_*.deb' -o -name 'memtest86+*.deb' \) 2>/dev/null | head -1)"
+        [ -n "$deb" ] || continue
+        extract_memtest_from_deb "$deb"
+        break
+    done
+
+    missing=0
+    for f in ${MEMTEST_FILES}; do
+        if [ ! -f "${BINARY_BOOT_DIR}/${f}" ]; then
+            fail_or_warn "missing ${BINARY_BOOT_DIR}/${f}"
+            missing=1
+        fi
+    done
+    [ "$missing" -eq 0 ] || return 0
+}
+
+ensure_grub_entry() {
+    [ -f "$GRUB_CFG" ] || {
+        fail_or_warn "missing ${GRUB_CFG}"
+        return 0
+    }
+
+    grep -q '### BEE MEMTEST ###' "$GRUB_CFG" && return 0
+
+    cat >> "$GRUB_CFG" <<'EOF'
+
+### BEE MEMTEST ###
+if [ "${grub_platform}" = "efi" ]; then
+    menuentry "Memory Test (memtest86+)" {
+        chainloader /boot/memtest86+x64.efi
+    }
+else
+    menuentry "Memory Test (memtest86+)" {
+        linux16 /boot/memtest86+x64.bin
+    }
+fi
+### /BEE MEMTEST ###
+EOF
+
+    log "appended memtest entry to ${GRUB_CFG}"
+}
+
+ensure_isolinux_entry() {
+    [ -f "$ISOLINUX_CFG" ] || {
+        fail_or_warn "missing ${ISOLINUX_CFG}"
+        return 0
+    }
+
+    grep -q '### BEE MEMTEST ###' "$ISOLINUX_CFG" && return 0
+
+    cat >> "$ISOLINUX_CFG" <<'EOF'
+
+# ### BEE MEMTEST ###
+label memtest
+    menu label ^Memory Test (memtest86+)
+    linux /boot/memtest86+x64.bin
+# ### /BEE MEMTEST ###
+EOF
+
+    log "appended memtest entry to ${ISOLINUX_CFG}"
+}
+
+log "ensuring memtest binaries and menu entries in binary image"
+ensure_memtest_binaries
+ensure_grub_entry
+ensure_isolinux_entry
+log "memtest assets ready"

iso/builder/config/package-lists/bee-nvidia.list.chroot

@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
-# NVIDIA DCGM (Data Center GPU Manager) — dcgmi diag for acceptance testing
+# NVIDIA DCGM (Data Center GPU Manager) — dcgmi diag for acceptance testing.
-datacenter-gpu-manager=1:%%DCGM_VERSION%%
+# DCGM 4 is packaged per CUDA major. The image ships NVIDIA driver 590 with CUDA 13 userspace,
+# so install the CUDA 13 build plus proprietary diagnostic components explicitly.
+datacenter-gpu-manager-4-cuda13=1:%%DCGM_VERSION%%
+datacenter-gpu-manager-4-proprietary=1:%%DCGM_VERSION%%
+datacenter-gpu-manager-4-proprietary-cuda13=1:%%DCGM_VERSION%%
+ocl-icd-libopencl1
+clinfo

iso/builder/config/package-lists/bee.list.chroot

@@ -21,8 +21,15 @@ openssh-server
 # Disk installer
 squashfs-tools
 parted
+# Keep GRUB install tools without selecting a single active platform package.
+# grub-pc and grub-efi-amd64 conflict with each other, but grub2-common
+# provides grub-install/update-grub and the *-bin packages provide BIOS/UEFI modules.
+grub2-common
 grub-pc-bin
 grub-efi-amd64-bin
+grub-efi-amd64-signed
+shim-signed
+efibootmgr
 
 # Filesystem support for USB export targets
 exfatprogs
@@ -39,11 +46,11 @@ vim-tiny
 mc
 htop
 nvtop
+btop
 sudo
 zstd
 mstflint
 memtester
-memtest86+
 stress-ng
 stressapptest
 

iso/overlay/etc/systemd/system/bee-audit.service

@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
 [Unit]
-Description=Bee: run hardware audit
+Description=Bee: on-demand hardware audit (not started automatically)
-After=bee-network.service bee-nvidia.service bee-preflight.service
-Before=bee-web.service
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
-ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/bee-log-run /appdata/bee/export/bee-audit.log /bin/sh -c '/usr/local/bin/bee audit --runtime livecd --output file:/appdata/bee/export/bee-audit.json; rc=$?; if [ "$rc" -ne 0 ]; then echo "[bee-audit] WARN: audit exited with rc=$rc"; fi; exit 0'
+RemainAfterExit=yes
+ExecStart=/bin/sh -c 'curl -sf -X POST http://localhost/api/audit/run >/dev/null'
 StandardOutput=journal
 StandardError=journal
-RemainAfterExit=yes
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target

iso/overlay/etc/systemd/system/bee-web.service

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Bee: hardware audit web viewer
-After=bee-network.service
-Wants=bee-audit.service
 
 [Service]
 Type=simple
@@ -11,6 +9,9 @@ RestartSec=2
 StandardOutput=journal
 StandardError=journal
 LimitMEMLOCK=infinity
+# Keep the web server responsive during GPU/CPU stress (children inherit nice+10
+# via Setpriority in runCmdJob, but the bee-web parent stays at 0).
+Nice=0
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target

iso/overlay/etc/systemd/system/lightdm.service.d/bee-limits.conf

@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@
 RestartSec=10
 StartLimitIntervalSec=60
 StartLimitBurst=3
+# Raise scheduling priority of the X server so the graphical console (KVM/IPMI)
+# stays responsive during GPU/CPU stress tests running at nice+10.
+Nice=-5

iso/overlay/usr/local/bin/bee-gpu-burn

@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
+
+SECONDS=5
+SIZE_MB=64
+DEVICES=""
+EXCLUDE=""
+WORKER="/usr/local/lib/bee/bee-gpu-burn-worker"
+
+usage() {
+    echo "usage: $0 [--seconds N] [--size-mb N] [--devices 0,1] [--exclude 2,3]" >&2
+    exit 2
+}
+
+normalize_list() {
+    echo "${1:-}" | tr ',' '\n' | sed 's/[[:space:]]//g' | awk 'NF' | sort -n | uniq | paste -sd, -
+}
+
+contains_csv() {
+    needle="$1"
+    haystack="${2:-}"
+    echo ",${haystack}," | grep -q ",${needle},"
+}
+
+while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
+    case "$1" in
+        --seconds|-t) [ "$#" -ge 2 ] || usage; SECONDS="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+        --size-mb|-m) [ "$#" -ge 2 ] || usage; SIZE_MB="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+        --devices) [ "$#" -ge 2 ] || usage; DEVICES="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+        --exclude) [ "$#" -ge 2 ] || usage; EXCLUDE="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+        *) usage ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+[ -x "${WORKER}" ] || { echo "bee-gpu-burn worker not found: ${WORKER}" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+ALL_DEVICES=$(nvidia-smi --query-gpu=index --format=csv,noheader,nounits 2>/dev/null | sed 's/[[:space:]]//g' | awk 'NF' | paste -sd, -)
+[ -n "${ALL_DEVICES}" ] || { echo "nvidia-smi found no NVIDIA GPUs" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+DEVICES=$(normalize_list "${DEVICES}")
+EXCLUDE=$(normalize_list "${EXCLUDE}")
+SELECTED="${DEVICES}"
+if [ -z "${SELECTED}" ]; then
+    SELECTED="${ALL_DEVICES}"
+fi
+
+FINAL=""
+for id in $(echo "${SELECTED}" | tr ',' ' '); do
+    [ -n "${id}" ] || continue
+    if contains_csv "${id}" "${EXCLUDE}"; then
+        continue
+    fi
+    if [ -z "${FINAL}" ]; then
+        FINAL="${id}"
+    else
+        FINAL="${FINAL},${id}"
+    fi
+done
+
+[ -n "${FINAL}" ] || { echo "no NVIDIA GPUs selected after filters" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+echo "loader=bee-gpu-burn"
+echo "selected_gpus=${FINAL}"
+
+TMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
+trap 'rm -rf "${TMP_DIR}"' EXIT INT TERM
+
+WORKERS=""
+for id in $(echo "${FINAL}" | tr ',' ' '); do
+    log="${TMP_DIR}/gpu-${id}.log"
+    echo "starting gpu ${id}"
+    "${WORKER}" --device "${id}" --seconds "${SECONDS}" --size-mb "${SIZE_MB}" >"${log}" 2>&1 &
+    pid=$!
+    WORKERS="${WORKERS} ${pid}:${id}:${log}"
+done
+
+status=0
+for spec in ${WORKERS}; do
+    pid=${spec%%:*}
+    rest=${spec#*:}
+    id=${rest%%:*}
+    log=${rest#*:}
+    if wait "${pid}"; then
+        echo "gpu ${id} finished: OK"
+    else
+        rc=$?
+        echo "gpu ${id} finished: FAILED rc=${rc}"
+        status=1
+    fi
+    sed "s/^/[gpu ${id}] /" "${log}" || true
+done
+
+exit "${status}"

iso/overlay/usr/local/bin/bee-install

@@ -12,17 +12,55 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
+usage() {
+    cat >&2 <<'EOF'
+Usage: bee-install <device> [logfile]
+
+  Installs the live system to a local disk (WIPES the target).
+
+  device   Target block device, e.g. /dev/sda or /dev/nvme0n1
+           Must be a hard disk or NVMe — NOT a CD-ROM (/dev/sr*)
+  logfile  Optional path for progress log (default: /tmp/bee-install.log)
+
+Examples:
+  bee-install /dev/sda
+  bee-install /dev/nvme0n1
+  bee-install /dev/sdb /tmp/my-install.log
+
+WARNING: ALL DATA ON <device> WILL BE ERASED.
+
+Layout (UEFI):  GPT — partition 1: EFI 512MB vfat, partition 2: root ext4
+Layout (BIOS):  MBR — partition 1: root ext4
+EOF
+    exit 1
+}
+
 DEVICE="${1:-}"
 LOGFILE="${2:-/tmp/bee-install.log}"
 
-if [ -z "$DEVICE" ]; then
+if [ -z "$DEVICE" ] || [ "$DEVICE" = "--help" ] || [ "$DEVICE" = "-h" ]; then
-    echo "Usage: bee-install <device> [logfile]" >&2
+    usage
-    exit 1
 fi
 if [ ! -b "$DEVICE" ]; then
     echo "ERROR: $DEVICE is not a block device" >&2
+    echo "Run 'lsblk' to list available disks." >&2
     exit 1
 fi
+# Block CD-ROM devices
+case "$DEVICE" in
+    /dev/sr*|/dev/scd*)
+        echo "ERROR: $DEVICE is a CD-ROM/optical device — cannot install to it." >&2
+        echo "Run 'lsblk' to find the target disk (e.g. /dev/sda, /dev/nvme0n1)." >&2
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+esac
+# Check required tools
+for tool in parted mkfs.vfat mkfs.ext4 unsquashfs grub-install update-grub; do
+    if ! command -v "$tool" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        echo "ERROR: required tool not found: $tool" >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
+done
 
 SQUASHFS="/run/live/medium/live/filesystem.squashfs"
 if [ ! -f "$SQUASHFS" ]; then
@@ -158,20 +196,56 @@ mount --bind /sys  "${MOUNT_ROOT}/sys"
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------
 log "--- Step 7/7: Installing GRUB bootloader ---"
+
+# Helper: run a chroot command, log all output, return its exit code.
+# Needed because "cmd | while" pipelines hide the exit code of cmd.
+chroot_log() {
+    local rc=0
+    local out
+    out=$(chroot "$MOUNT_ROOT" "$@" 2>&1) || rc=$?
+    echo "$out" | while IFS= read -r line; do log "  $line"; done
+    return $rc
+}
+
 if [ "$UEFI" = "1" ]; then
-    chroot "$MOUNT_ROOT" grub-install \
+    # Primary attempt: write EFI NVRAM entry (requires writable efivars)
-        --target=x86_64-efi \
+    if ! chroot_log grub-install \
-        --efi-directory=/boot/efi \
+            --target=x86_64-efi \
-        --bootloader-id=bee \
+            --efi-directory=/boot/efi \
-        --recheck 2>&1 | while read -r line; do log "  $line"; done || true
+            --bootloader-id=bee \
+            --recheck; then
+        log "  WARNING: grub-install (with NVRAM) failed — retrying with --no-nvram"
+        # --no-nvram: write grubx64.efi but skip EFI variable update.
+        # Needed on headless servers where efivars is read-only or unavailable.
+        chroot_log grub-install \
+            --target=x86_64-efi \
+            --efi-directory=/boot/efi \
+            --bootloader-id=bee \
+            --no-nvram \
+            --recheck || log "  WARNING: grub-install --no-nvram also failed — check logs"
+    fi
+
+    # Always install the UEFI fallback path EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI.
+    # Many UEFI implementations (especially server BMCs and some firmware)
+    # ignore the NVRAM boot entry and only look for this path.
+    GRUB_EFI="${MOUNT_ROOT}/boot/efi/EFI/bee/grubx64.efi"
+    FALLBACK_DIR="${MOUNT_ROOT}/boot/efi/EFI/BOOT"
+    if [ -f "$GRUB_EFI" ]; then
+        mkdir -p "$FALLBACK_DIR"
+        cp "$GRUB_EFI" "${FALLBACK_DIR}/BOOTX64.EFI"
+        log "  Fallback EFI binary installed: EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI"
+    else
+        log "  WARNING: grubx64.efi not found at $GRUB_EFI — UEFI fallback path not set"
+    fi
 else
-    chroot "$MOUNT_ROOT" grub-install \
+    chroot_log grub-install \
         --target=i386-pc \
         --recheck \
-        "$DEVICE" 2>&1 | while read -r line; do log "  $line"; done || true
+        "$DEVICE" || log "  WARNING: grub-install (BIOS) failed — check logs"
 fi
-chroot "$MOUNT_ROOT" update-grub 2>&1 | while read -r line; do log "  $line"; done || true
+
-log "  GRUB installed."
+chroot_log update-grub || log "  WARNING: update-grub failed — check logs"
+log "  GRUB step complete."
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Cleanup

iso/overlay/usr/local/bin/bee-john-gpu-stress

@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
+
+SECONDS=300
+DEVICES=""
+EXCLUDE=""
+FORMAT=""
+JOHN_DIR="/usr/local/lib/bee/john/run"
+JOHN_BIN="${JOHN_DIR}/john"
+export OCL_ICD_VENDORS="/etc/OpenCL/vendors"
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}}"
+
+usage() {
+    echo "usage: $0 [--seconds N] [--devices 0,1] [--exclude 2,3] [--format name]" >&2
+    exit 2
+}
+
+normalize_list() {
+    echo "${1:-}" | tr ',' '\n' | sed 's/[[:space:]]//g' | awk 'NF' | sort -n | uniq | paste -sd, -
+}
+
+contains_csv() {
+    needle="$1"
+    haystack="${2:-}"
+    echo ",${haystack}," | grep -q ",${needle},"
+}
+
+show_opencl_diagnostics() {
+    echo "-- OpenCL ICD vendors --" >&2
+    if [ -d /etc/OpenCL/vendors ]; then
+        ls -l /etc/OpenCL/vendors >&2 || true
+        for icd in /etc/OpenCL/vendors/*.icd; do
+            [ -f "${icd}" ] || continue
+            echo "  file: ${icd}" >&2
+            sed 's/^/    /' "${icd}" >&2 || true
+        done
+    else
+        echo "  /etc/OpenCL/vendors is missing" >&2
+    fi
+    echo "-- NVIDIA device nodes --" >&2
+    ls -l /dev/nvidia* >&2 || true
+    echo "-- ldconfig OpenCL/NVIDIA --" >&2
+    ldconfig -p 2>/dev/null | grep 'libOpenCL\|libcuda\|libnvidia-opencl' >&2 || true
+    if command -v clinfo >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        echo "-- clinfo -l --" >&2
+        clinfo -l >&2 || true
+    fi
+    echo "-- john --list=opencl-devices --" >&2
+    ./john --list=opencl-devices >&2 || true
+}
+
+refresh_nvidia_runtime() {
+    if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
+        return 1
+    fi
+    if command -v bee-nvidia-load >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        bee-nvidia-load >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+    fi
+    ldconfig >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+    return 0
+}
+
+ensure_nvidia_uvm() {
+    if lsmod 2>/dev/null | grep -q '^nvidia_uvm '; then
+        return 0
+    fi
+    if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    ko="/usr/local/lib/nvidia/nvidia-uvm.ko"
+    [ -f "${ko}" ] || return 1
+
+    if ! insmod "${ko}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    uvm_major=$(grep -m1 ' nvidia-uvm$' /proc/devices | awk '{print $1}')
+    if [ -n "${uvm_major}" ]; then
+        mknod -m 666 /dev/nvidia-uvm c "${uvm_major}" 0 2>/dev/null || true
+        mknod -m 666 /dev/nvidia-uvm-tools c "${uvm_major}" 1 2>/dev/null || true
+    fi
+    return 0
+}
+
+ensure_opencl_ready() {
+    out=$(./john --list=opencl-devices 2>&1 || true)
+    if echo "${out}" | grep -q "Device #"; then
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    if refresh_nvidia_runtime; then
+        out=$(./john --list=opencl-devices 2>&1 || true)
+        if echo "${out}" | grep -q "Device #"; then
+            return 0
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    if ensure_nvidia_uvm; then
+        out=$(./john --list=opencl-devices 2>&1 || true)
+        if echo "${out}" | grep -q "Device #"; then
+            return 0
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    echo "OpenCL devices are not available for John." >&2
+    if ! lsmod 2>/dev/null | grep -q '^nvidia_uvm '; then
+        echo "nvidia_uvm is not loaded." >&2
+    fi
+    if [ ! -e /dev/nvidia-uvm ]; then
+        echo "/dev/nvidia-uvm is missing." >&2
+    fi
+    show_opencl_diagnostics
+    return 1
+}
+
+while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
+    case "$1" in
+        --seconds|-t) [ "$#" -ge 2 ] || usage; SECONDS="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+        --devices) [ "$#" -ge 2 ] || usage; DEVICES="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+        --exclude) [ "$#" -ge 2 ] || usage; EXCLUDE="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+        --format) [ "$#" -ge 2 ] || usage; FORMAT="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+        *) usage ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+[ -x "${JOHN_BIN}" ] || { echo "john binary not found: ${JOHN_BIN}" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+ALL_DEVICES=$(nvidia-smi --query-gpu=index --format=csv,noheader,nounits 2>/dev/null | sed 's/[[:space:]]//g' | awk 'NF' | paste -sd, -)
+[ -n "${ALL_DEVICES}" ] || { echo "nvidia-smi found no NVIDIA GPUs" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+DEVICES=$(normalize_list "${DEVICES}")
+EXCLUDE=$(normalize_list "${EXCLUDE}")
+SELECTED="${DEVICES}"
+if [ -z "${SELECTED}" ]; then
+    SELECTED="${ALL_DEVICES}"
+fi
+
+FINAL=""
+for id in $(echo "${SELECTED}" | tr ',' ' '); do
+    [ -n "${id}" ] || continue
+    if contains_csv "${id}" "${EXCLUDE}"; then
+        continue
+    fi
+    if [ -z "${FINAL}" ]; then
+        FINAL="${id}"
+    else
+        FINAL="${FINAL},${id}"
+    fi
+done
+
+[ -n "${FINAL}" ] || { echo "no NVIDIA GPUs selected after filters" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+JOHN_DEVICES=""
+for id in $(echo "${FINAL}" | tr ',' ' '); do
+    opencl_id=$((id + 1))
+    if [ -z "${JOHN_DEVICES}" ]; then
+        JOHN_DEVICES="${opencl_id}"
+    else
+        JOHN_DEVICES="${JOHN_DEVICES},${opencl_id}"
+    fi
+done
+
+echo "loader=john"
+echo "selected_gpus=${FINAL}"
+echo "john_devices=${JOHN_DEVICES}"
+
+cd "${JOHN_DIR}"
+
+ensure_opencl_ready || exit 1
+
+choose_format() {
+    if [ -n "${FORMAT}" ]; then
+        echo "${FORMAT}"
+        return 0
+    fi
+    for candidate in sha512crypt-opencl pbkdf2-hmac-sha512-opencl 7z-opencl sha256crypt-opencl md5crypt-opencl; do
+        if ./john --test=1 --format="${candidate}" --devices="${JOHN_DEVICES}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "${candidate}"
+            return 0
+        fi
+    done
+    return 1
+}
+
+CHOSEN_FORMAT=$(choose_format) || {
+    echo "no suitable john OpenCL format found" >&2
+    ./john --list=opencl-devices >&2 || true
+    exit 1
+}
+
+echo "format=${CHOSEN_FORMAT}"
+exec ./john --test="${SECONDS}" --format="${CHOSEN_FORMAT}" --devices="${JOHN_DEVICES}"

iso/overlay/usr/local/bin/bee-log-run

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ mkdir -p "$(dirname "$log_file")"
 serial_sink() {
     local tty="$1"
     if [ -w "$tty" ]; then
-        cat > "$tty"
+        cat > "$tty" 2>/dev/null || true
     else
         cat > /dev/null
     fi

iso/overlay/usr/local/bin/bee-nccl-gpu-stress

@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
+
+SECONDS=300
+DEVICES=""
+EXCLUDE=""
+MIN_BYTES="512M"
+MAX_BYTES="4G"
+FACTOR="2"
+ITERS="20"
+ALL_REDUCE_BIN="/usr/local/bin/all_reduce_perf"
+
+usage() {
+    echo "usage: $0 [--seconds N] [--devices 0,1] [--exclude 2,3]" >&2
+    exit 2
+}
+
+normalize_list() {
+    echo "${1:-}" | tr ',' '\n' | sed 's/[[:space:]]//g' | awk 'NF' | sort -n | uniq | paste -sd, -
+}
+
+contains_csv() {
+    needle="$1"
+    haystack="${2:-}"
+    echo ",${haystack}," | grep -q ",${needle},"
+}
+
+while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
+    case "$1" in
+        --seconds|-t) [ "$#" -ge 2 ] || usage; SECONDS="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+        --devices) [ "$#" -ge 2 ] || usage; DEVICES="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+        --exclude) [ "$#" -ge 2 ] || usage; EXCLUDE="$2"; shift 2 ;;
+        *) usage ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+[ -x "${ALL_REDUCE_BIN}" ] || { echo "all_reduce_perf not found: ${ALL_REDUCE_BIN}" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+ALL_DEVICES=$(nvidia-smi --query-gpu=index --format=csv,noheader,nounits 2>/dev/null | sed 's/[[:space:]]//g' | awk 'NF' | paste -sd, -)
+[ -n "${ALL_DEVICES}" ] || { echo "nvidia-smi found no NVIDIA GPUs" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+DEVICES=$(normalize_list "${DEVICES}")
+EXCLUDE=$(normalize_list "${EXCLUDE}")
+SELECTED="${DEVICES}"
+if [ -z "${SELECTED}" ]; then
+    SELECTED="${ALL_DEVICES}"
+fi
+
+FINAL=""
+for id in $(echo "${SELECTED}" | tr ',' ' '); do
+    [ -n "${id}" ] || continue
+    if contains_csv "${id}" "${EXCLUDE}"; then
+        continue
+    fi
+    if [ -z "${FINAL}" ]; then
+        FINAL="${id}"
+    else
+        FINAL="${FINAL},${id}"
+    fi
+done
+
+[ -n "${FINAL}" ] || { echo "no NVIDIA GPUs selected after filters" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+GPU_COUNT=$(echo "${FINAL}" | tr ',' '\n' | awk 'NF' | wc -l | awk '{print $1}')
+[ "${GPU_COUNT}" -gt 0 ] || { echo "selected GPU count is zero" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+echo "loader=nccl"
+echo "selected_gpus=${FINAL}"
+echo "gpu_count=${GPU_COUNT}"
+echo "range=${MIN_BYTES}..${MAX_BYTES}"
+echo "iters=${ITERS}"
+
+deadline=$(( $(date +%s) + SECONDS ))
+round=0
+
+while :; do
+    now=$(date +%s)
+    if [ "${now}" -ge "${deadline}" ]; then
+        break
+    fi
+    round=$((round + 1))
+    remaining=$((deadline - now))
+    echo "round=${round} remaining_sec=${remaining}"
+    CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES="${FINAL}" \
+        "${ALL_REDUCE_BIN}" \
+        -b "${MIN_BYTES}" \
+        -e "${MAX_BYTES}" \
+        -f "${FACTOR}" \
+        -g "${GPU_COUNT}" \
+        --iters "${ITERS}"
+done

iso/overlay/usr/local/bin/bee-nvidia-load

@@ -59,11 +59,24 @@ load_module() {
     return 1
 }
 
+load_host_module() {
+    mod="$1"
+    if modprobe "$mod" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        log "host module loaded: $mod"
+        return 0
+    fi
+    return 1
+}
+
 case "$nvidia_mode" in
     normal|full)
         if ! load_module nvidia; then
             exit 1
         fi
+        # nvidia-modeset on some server kernels needs ACPI video helper symbols
+        # exported by the generic "video" module. Best-effort only; compute paths
+        # remain functional even if display-related modules stay absent.
+        load_host_module video || true
         load_module nvidia-modeset || true
         load_module nvidia-uvm || true
         ;;
@@ -114,4 +127,19 @@ fi
 ldconfig 2>/dev/null || true
 log "ldconfig refreshed"
 
+# Start DCGM host engine so dcgmi can discover GPUs.
+# nv-hostengine must run before any dcgmi command — without it, dcgmi reports
+# "group is empty" even when GPUs and modules are present.
+# Skip if already running (e.g. started by a dcgm systemd service or prior boot).
+if command -v nv-hostengine >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    if pgrep -x nv-hostengine >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        log "nv-hostengine already running — skipping"
+    else
+        nv-hostengine
+        log "nv-hostengine started"
+    fi
+else
+    log "WARN: nv-hostengine not found — dcgmi diagnostics will not work"
+fi
+
 log "done"

iso/overlay/usr/local/bin/bee-openbox-session

@@ -8,13 +8,16 @@ xset -dpms
 xset s noblank
 
 tint2 &
-# Wait for bee-web to bind (Go starts fast, usually <2s)
+
+# Wait up to 120s for bee-web to bind. The web server starts immediately now
+# (audit is deferred), so this should succeed in a few seconds on most hardware.
 i=0
-while [ $i -lt 30 ]; do
+while [ $i -lt 120 ]; do
     if curl -sf http://localhost/healthz >/dev/null 2>&1; then break; fi
     sleep 1
     i=$((i+1))
 done
+
 chromium \
     --disable-infobars \
     --disable-translate \