From 90c5e5ad9754825b7fbfb419f80a6816ec416e85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tranch <tranch.xiao@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:16:30 +0800
Subject: fix: avoid corrupted system-release in ISO

---
 .github/workflows/build.yml | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 build_files/image-info      | 10 ++++++----
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 02a6055..f27a1bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -163,6 +163,26 @@ jobs:
             "${IMAGE_NAME}" \
             "${DEFAULT_TAG}"
 
+      - name: Verify image metadata before publishing
+        run: |
+          sudo podman run --rm --entrypoint /usr/bin/bash \
+            "${IMAGE_NAME}:${DEFAULT_TAG}" -ceu '
+              system_release=/etc/system-release
+              if od -An -v -tx1 "$system_release" | awk '\''{ for (i = 1; i <= NF; i++) if ($i == "00") found = 1 } END { exit(found ? 0 : 1) }'\''; then
+                echo "NUL byte in ${system_release}" >&2
+                exit 1
+              fi
+              case "$(<"$system_release")" in
+                "AeroCore OS release $(rpm -E %fedora) ("*) ;;
+                *)
+                  echo "Unexpected system-release: $(<"$system_release")" >&2
+                  exit 1
+                  ;;
+              esac
+              jq -e '\''.["image-name"] == "aerocore-os" and .["image-vendor"] == "aerocore-io"'\'' \
+                /usr/share/ublue-os/image-info.json >/dev/null
+            '
+
       # If you are feeling adventurous, use the new distro agnostic rechunker
       # https://github.com/coreos/chunkah
       # You can delete the Rechunk with rpm-ostree portion then if you use this
diff --git a/build_files/image-info b/build_files/image-info
index 46d4326..4e66bc1 100755
--- a/build_files/image-info
+++ b/build_files/image-info
@@ -71,13 +71,15 @@ sed -i "/^REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT=/d; /^REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION=/d; /^RE
 sed -i "s|^VERSION_CODENAME=.*|VERSION_CODENAME=\"Deck\"|" /usr/lib/os-release
 
 # /etc/system-release is normally a symlink to the RPM-owned fedora-release.
-# Write through that link and verify the final bytes: bootupd uses this value as
-# the efibootmgr label, where even a trailing NUL makes Anaconda fail before
-# any %post installer hook can run.
+# Replace the directory entry instead of writing through that link.  In the
+# bootc/ostree build chain, an in-place write to the RPM-owned target can be
+# lost while the final image is assembled, leaving Anaconda to read the
+# upstream file (which may contain a trailing NUL).
 SYSTEM_RELEASE="/etc/system-release"
-SYSTEM_RELEASE_TARGET="$(readlink -f "$SYSTEM_RELEASE")"
 EXPECTED_SYSTEM_RELEASE="$IMAGE_PRETTY_NAME release $FEDORA_VERSION (Deck)"
+rm -f -- "$SYSTEM_RELEASE"
 printf '%s\n' "$EXPECTED_SYSTEM_RELEASE" > "$SYSTEM_RELEASE"
+SYSTEM_RELEASE_TARGET="$SYSTEM_RELEASE"
 
 if ! cmp -s <(printf '%s\n' "$EXPECTED_SYSTEM_RELEASE") "$SYSTEM_RELEASE_TARGET"; then
   echo "Failed to write a clean AeroCore system-release to ${SYSTEM_RELEASE_TARGET}" >&2
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