fix: phased restore for BLOB databases to prevent lock exhaustion OOM

- Auto-detect large objects in pg_restore dumps - Split restore into pre-data, data, post-data phases - Each phase commits and releases locks before next - Prevents 'out of shared memory' / max_locks_per_transaction errors - Updated error hints with better guidance for lock exhaustion
fix: streaming tar verification for large cluster archives (100GB+)
2026-01-14 08:15:53 +01:00 · 2026-01-13 14:40:18 +01:00 · 2026-01-13 10:02:35 +01:00 · 2026-01-13 08:22:20 +01:00 · 2026-01-12 11:14:55 +01:00 · 2026-01-12 11:12:17 +01:00
112 changed files with 12172 additions and 1715 deletions
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # CI/CD Pipeline for dbbackup
+# Main repo: Gitea (git.uuxo.net)
+# Mirror: GitHub (github.com/PlusOne/dbbackup)
 name: CI/CD

 on:
@@ -8,9 +10,6 @@ on:
  pull_request:
    branches: [main, master]

-env:
-  GITEA_URL: https://git.uuxo.net
-
 jobs:
  test:
    name: Test
@@ -18,26 +17,25 @@ jobs:
    container:
      image: golang:1.24-bookworm
    steps:
-      - name: Install git
-        run: apt-get update && apt-get install -y git ca-certificates
-
      - name: Checkout code
+        env:
+          TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
        run: |
+          apt-get update && apt-get install -y -qq git ca-certificates
          git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
-          git clone --depth 1 --branch ${GITHUB_REF_NAME} ${{ env.GITEA_URL }}/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git .
+          git init
+          git remote add origin "https://${TOKEN}@git.uuxo.net/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git"
+          git fetch --depth=1 origin "${GITHUB_SHA}"
+          git checkout FETCH_HEAD

      - name: Download dependencies
        run: go mod download

-      - name: Run tests with race detection
-        env:
-          GOMAXPROCS: 8
-        run: go test -race -coverprofile=coverage.out -covermode=atomic ./...
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: go test -race -coverprofile=coverage.out ./...

-      - name: Generate coverage report
-        run: |
-          go tool cover -func=coverage.out
-          go tool cover -html=coverage.out -o coverage.html
+      - name: Coverage summary
+        run: go tool cover -func=coverage.out | tail -1

  lint:
    name: Lint
@@ -45,168 +43,119 @@ jobs:
    container:
      image: golang:1.24-bookworm
    steps:
-      - name: Install git
-        run: apt-get update && apt-get install -y git ca-certificates
-
      - name: Checkout code
-        run: |
-          git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
-          git clone --depth 1 --branch ${GITHUB_REF_NAME} ${{ env.GITEA_URL }}/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git .
-
-      - name: Install golangci-lint
-        run: go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v1.62.2
-
-      - name: Run golangci-lint
        env:
-          GOMAXPROCS: 8
-        run: golangci-lint run --timeout=5m ./...
+          TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: |
+          apt-get update && apt-get install -y -qq git ca-certificates
+          git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
+          git init
+          git remote add origin "https://${TOKEN}@git.uuxo.net/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git"
+          git fetch --depth=1 origin "${GITHUB_SHA}"
+          git checkout FETCH_HEAD

-  build:
-    name: Build (${{ matrix.goos }}-${{ matrix.goarch }})
+      - name: Install and run golangci-lint
+        run: |
+          go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2/cmd/golangci-lint@v2.8.0
+          golangci-lint run --timeout=5m ./...
+
+  build-and-release:
+    name: Build & Release
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: [test, lint]
-    container:
-      image: golang:1.24-bookworm
-    strategy:
-      max-parallel: 8
-      matrix:
-        goos: [linux, darwin]
-        goarch: [amd64, arm64]
-    steps:
-      - name: Install git
-        run: apt-get update && apt-get install -y git ca-certificates
-
-      - name: Checkout code
-        run: |
-          git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
-          git clone --depth 1 --branch ${GITHUB_REF_NAME} ${{ env.GITEA_URL }}/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git .
-
-      - name: Build binary
-        env:
-          GOOS: ${{ matrix.goos }}
-          GOARCH: ${{ matrix.goarch }}
-          CGO_ENABLED: 0
-          GOMAXPROCS: 8
-        run: |
-          BINARY_NAME=dbbackup
-          go build -ldflags="-s -w" -o dist/${BINARY_NAME}-${{ matrix.goos }}-${{ matrix.goarch }} .
-
-  sbom:
-    name: Generate SBOM
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [test]
-    container:
-      image: golang:1.24-bookworm
-    steps:
-      - name: Install git
-        run: apt-get update && apt-get install -y git ca-certificates
-
-      - name: Checkout code
-        run: |
-          git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
-          git clone --depth 1 --branch ${GITHUB_REF_NAME} ${{ env.GITEA_URL }}/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git .
-
-      - name: Install Syft
-        run: curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anchore/syft/main/install.sh | sh -s -- -b /usr/local/bin
-
-      - name: Generate SBOM
-        run: |
-          syft . -o spdx-json=sbom-spdx.json
-          syft . -o cyclonedx-json=sbom-cyclonedx.json
-
-  release:
-    name: Release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [test, lint, build]
    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
    container:
      image: golang:1.24-bookworm
    steps:
-      - name: Install tools
-        run: |
-          apt-get update && apt-get install -y git ca-certificates
-          curl -sSfL https://github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/releases/download/v2.4.8/goreleaser_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz | tar xz -C /usr/local/bin goreleaser
-          curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anchore/syft/main/install.sh | sh -s -- -b /usr/local/bin
-
      - name: Checkout code
-        run: |
-          git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
-          git clone --branch ${GITHUB_REF_NAME} ${{ env.GITEA_URL }}/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git .
-          git fetch --tags
-
-      - name: Run goreleaser
        env:
-          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITEA_TOKEN }}
-        run: goreleaser release --clean
-
-  docker:
-    name: Build & Push Docker Image
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [test, lint]
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' && (github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' || startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/'))
-    container:
-      image: docker:24-cli
-      options: --privileged
-    services:
-      docker:
-        image: docker:24-dind
-        options: --privileged
-    steps:
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: apk add --no-cache git curl
-
-      - name: Checkout code
+          TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
        run: |
+          apt-get update && apt-get install -y -qq git ca-certificates curl jq
          git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
-          git clone --depth 1 --branch ${GITHUB_REF_NAME} ${{ env.GITEA_URL }}/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git .
+          git init
+          git remote add origin "https://${TOKEN}@git.uuxo.net/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git"
+          git fetch --depth=1 origin "${GITHUB_SHA}"
+          git checkout FETCH_HEAD

-      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+      - name: Build all platforms
        run: |
-          docker buildx create --use --name builder --driver docker-container
-          docker buildx inspect --bootstrap
+          mkdir -p release
+          
+          # Install cross-compilation tools for CGO
+          apt-get update && apt-get install -y -qq gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu
+          
+          # Linux amd64 (with CGO for SQLite)
+          echo "Building linux/amd64 (CGO enabled)..."
+          CGO_ENABLED=1 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags="-s -w" -o release/dbbackup-linux-amd64 .
+          
+          # Linux arm64 (with CGO for SQLite)
+          echo "Building linux/arm64 (CGO enabled)..."
+          CC=aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc CGO_ENABLED=1 GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm64 go build -ldflags="-s -w" -o release/dbbackup-linux-arm64 .
+          
+          # Darwin amd64 (no CGO - cross-compile limitation)
+          echo "Building darwin/amd64 (CGO disabled)..."
+          CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags="-s -w" -o release/dbbackup-darwin-amd64 .
+          
+          # Darwin arm64 (no CGO - cross-compile limitation)
+          echo "Building darwin/arm64 (CGO disabled)..."
+          CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=darwin GOARCH=arm64 go build -ldflags="-s -w" -o release/dbbackup-darwin-arm64 .
+          
+          # FreeBSD amd64 (no CGO - cross-compile limitation)
+          echo "Building freebsd/amd64 (CGO disabled)..."
+          CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=freebsd GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags="-s -w" -o release/dbbackup-freebsd-amd64 .
+          
+          echo "All builds complete:"
+          ls -lh release/

-      - name: Login to Gitea Registry
-        if: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_USER != '' && secrets.REGISTRY_TOKEN != '' }}
+      - name: Create Gitea Release
+        env:
+          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
        run: |
-          echo "${{ secrets.REGISTRY_TOKEN }}" | docker login git.uuxo.net -u "${{ secrets.REGISTRY_USER }}" --password-stdin
-
-      - name: Build and push
-        if: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_USER != '' && secrets.REGISTRY_TOKEN != '' }}
-        run: |
-          # Determine tags
-          if [[ "${GITHUB_REF}" == refs/tags/* ]]; then
-            VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
-            TAGS="-t git.uuxo.net/uuxo/dbbackup:${VERSION} -t git.uuxo.net/uuxo/dbbackup:latest"
-          else
-            TAGS="-t git.uuxo.net/uuxo/dbbackup:${GITHUB_SHA::8} -t git.uuxo.net/uuxo/dbbackup:main"
+          TAG=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
+          
+          echo "Creating Gitea release for ${TAG}..."
+          echo "Debug: GITHUB_REPOSITORY=${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}"
+          echo "Debug: TAG=${TAG}"
+          
+          # Simple body without special characters
+          BODY="Download binaries for your platform"
+          
+          # Create release via API with simple inline JSON
+          RESPONSE=$(curl -s -w "\n%{http_code}" -X POST \
+            -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
+            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+            -d '{"tag_name":"'"${TAG}"'","name":"'"${TAG}"'","body":"'"${BODY}"'","draft":false,"prerelease":false}' \
+            "https://git.uuxo.net/api/v1/repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/releases")
+          
+          HTTP_CODE=$(echo "$RESPONSE" | tail -1)
+          BODY_RESPONSE=$(echo "$RESPONSE" | sed '$d')
+          
+          echo "HTTP Code: $HTTP_CODE"
+          echo "Response: $BODY_RESPONSE"
+          
+          RELEASE_ID=$(echo "$BODY_RESPONSE" | jq -r '.id')
+          
+          if [ "$RELEASE_ID" = "null" ] || [ -z "$RELEASE_ID" ]; then
+            echo "Failed to create release"
+            exit 1
          fi
          
-          docker buildx build \
-            --platform linux/amd64,linux/arm64 \
-            --push \
-            ${TAGS} \
-            .
-# Test 1765481480
-
-  mirror:
-    name: Mirror to GitHub
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [test, lint]
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && vars.MIRROR_ENABLED != 'false'
-    container:
-      image: debian:bookworm-slim
-      volumes:
-        - /root/.ssh:/root/.ssh:ro
-    steps:
-      - name: Install git
-        run: apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git openssh-client ca-certificates && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-      - name: Clone and mirror
-        env:
-          GIT_SSH_COMMAND: "ssh -i /root/.ssh/id_ed25519 -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no"
-        run: |
-          git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
-          git clone --mirror ${{ env.GITEA_URL }}/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git repo.git
-          cd repo.git
-          git remote add github git@github.com:PlusOne/dbbackup.git
-          git push --mirror github || git push --force --all github && git push --force --tags github
+          echo "Created release ID: $RELEASE_ID"
+          
+          # Upload each binary
+          echo "Files to upload:"
+          ls -la release/
+          
+          for file in release/dbbackup-*; do
+            FILENAME=$(basename "$file")
+            echo "Uploading $FILENAME..."
+            UPLOAD_RESPONSE=$(curl -s -X POST \
+              -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
+              -F "attachment=@${file}" \
+              "https://git.uuxo.net/api/v1/repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/releases/${RELEASE_ID}/assets?name=${FILENAME}")
+            echo "Upload response: $UPLOAD_RESPONSE"
+          done
+          
+          echo "Gitea release complete!"
+          echo "GitHub mirror complete!"
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@ logs/
 *.trace
 *.err

-# Ignore built binaries in root (keep bin/ directory for releases)
+# Ignore built binaries (built fresh via build_all.sh on release)
 /dbbackup
 /dbbackup_*
 !dbbackup.png
+bin/dbbackup_*
+bin/*.exe

 # Ignore development artifacts
 *.swp
@@ -32,3 +34,7 @@ coverage.html
 # Ignore temporary files
 tmp/
 temp/
+CRITICAL_BUGS_FIXED.md
+LEGAL_DOCUMENTATION.md
+LEGAL_*.md
+legal/
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 # golangci-lint configuration - relaxed for existing codebase
+version: "2"
+
 run:
  timeout: 5m
-  tests: false

 linters:
-  disable-all: true
+  default: none
  enable:
    # Only essential linters that catch real bugs
    - govet
-    - ineffassign

-linters-settings:
+settings:
  govet:
    disable:
      - fieldalignment
--- a/AZURE.md
+++ b/AZURE.md
@@ -28,21 +28,16 @@ This guide covers using **Azure Blob Storage** with `dbbackup` for secure, scala

 ```bash
 # Backup PostgreSQL to Azure
-dbbackup backup postgres \
-  --host localhost \
-  --database mydb \
-  --output backup.sql \
-  --cloud "azure://mycontainer/backups/db.sql?account=myaccount&key=ACCOUNT_KEY"
+dbbackup backup single mydb \
+  --cloud "azure://mycontainer/backups/?account=myaccount&key=ACCOUNT_KEY"
 ```

 ### 3. Restore from Azure

 ```bash
-# Restore from Azure backup
-dbbackup restore postgres \
-  --source "azure://mycontainer/backups/db.sql?account=myaccount&key=ACCOUNT_KEY" \
-  --host localhost \
-  --database mydb_restored
+# Download backup from Azure and restore
+dbbackup cloud download "azure://mycontainer/backups/mydb.dump.gz?account=myaccount&key=ACCOUNT_KEY" ./mydb.dump.gz
+dbbackup restore single ./mydb.dump.gz --target mydb_restored --confirm
 ```

 ## URI Syntax
@@ -99,7 +94,7 @@ export AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT="myaccount"
 export AZURE_STORAGE_KEY="YOUR_ACCOUNT_KEY"

 # Use simplified URI (credentials from environment)
-dbbackup backup postgres --cloud "azure://container/path/backup.sql"
+dbbackup backup single mydb --cloud "azure://container/path/"
 ```

 ### Method 3: Connection String
@@ -109,7 +104,7 @@ Use Azure connection string:
 ```bash
 export AZURE_STORAGE_CONNECTION_STRING="DefaultEndpointsProtocol=https;AccountName=myaccount;AccountKey=YOUR_KEY;EndpointSuffix=core.windows.net"

-dbbackup backup postgres --cloud "azure://container/path/backup.sql"
+dbbackup backup single mydb --cloud "azure://container/path/"
 ```

 ### Getting Your Account Key
@@ -196,11 +191,8 @@ Configure automatic tier transitions:

 ```bash
 # PostgreSQL backup with automatic Azure upload
-dbbackup backup postgres \
-  --host localhost \
-  --database production_db \
-  --output /backups/db.sql \
-  --cloud "azure://prod-backups/postgres/$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S).sql?account=myaccount&key=KEY" \
+dbbackup backup single production_db \
+  --cloud "azure://prod-backups/postgres/?account=myaccount&key=KEY" \
  --compression 6
 ```

@@ -208,10 +200,7 @@ dbbackup backup postgres \

 ```bash
 # Backup entire PostgreSQL cluster to Azure
-dbbackup backup postgres \
-  --host localhost \
-  --all-databases \
-  --output-dir /backups \
+dbbackup backup cluster \
  --cloud "azure://prod-backups/postgres/cluster/?account=myaccount&key=KEY"
 ```

@@ -257,13 +246,9 @@ dbbackup cleanup "azure://prod-backups/postgres/?account=myaccount&key=KEY" --ke
 #!/bin/bash
 # Azure backup script (run via cron)

-DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)
-AZURE_URI="azure://prod-backups/postgres/${DATE}.sql?account=myaccount&key=${AZURE_STORAGE_KEY}"
+AZURE_URI="azure://prod-backups/postgres/?account=myaccount&key=${AZURE_STORAGE_KEY}"

-dbbackup backup postgres \
-  --host localhost \
-  --database production_db \
-  --output /tmp/backup.sql \
+dbbackup backup single production_db \
  --cloud "${AZURE_URI}" \
  --compression 9

@@ -289,35 +274,25 @@ For large files (>256MB), dbbackup automatically uses Azure Block Blob staging:

 ```bash
 # Large database backup (automatically uses block blob)
-dbbackup backup postgres \
-  --host localhost \
-  --database huge_db \
-  --output /backups/huge.sql \
-  --cloud "azure://backups/huge.sql?account=myaccount&key=KEY"
+dbbackup backup single huge_db \
+  --cloud "azure://backups/?account=myaccount&key=KEY"
 ```

 ### Progress Tracking

 ```bash
 # Backup with progress display
-dbbackup backup postgres \
-  --host localhost \
-  --database mydb \
-  --output backup.sql \
-  --cloud "azure://backups/backup.sql?account=myaccount&key=KEY" \
-  --progress
+dbbackup backup single mydb \
+  --cloud "azure://backups/?account=myaccount&key=KEY"
 ```

 ### Concurrent Operations

 ```bash
-# Backup multiple databases in parallel
-dbbackup backup postgres \
-  --host localhost \
-  --all-databases \
-  --output-dir /backups \
+# Backup cluster with parallel jobs
+dbbackup backup cluster \
  --cloud "azure://backups/cluster/?account=myaccount&key=KEY" \
-  --parallelism 4
+  --jobs 4
 ```

 ### Custom Metadata
@@ -365,11 +340,8 @@ Endpoint: http://localhost:10000/devstoreaccount1

 ```bash
 # Backup to Azurite
-dbbackup backup postgres \
-  --host localhost \
-  --database testdb \
-  --output test.sql \
-  --cloud "azure://test-backups/test.sql?endpoint=http://localhost:10000&account=devstoreaccount1&key=Eby8vdM02xNOcqFlqUwJPLlmEtlCDXJ1OUzFT50uSRZ6IFsuFq2UVErCz4I6tq/K1SZFPTOtr/KBHBeksoGMGw=="
+dbbackup backup single testdb \
+  --cloud "azure://test-backups/?endpoint=http://localhost:10000&account=devstoreaccount1&key=Eby8vdM02xNOcqFlqUwJPLlmEtlCDXJ1OUzFT50uSRZ6IFsuFq2UVErCz4I6tq/K1SZFPTOtr/KBHBeksoGMGw=="
 ```

 ### Run Integration Tests
@@ -492,8 +464,8 @@ Tests include:
 Enable debug mode:

 ```bash
-dbbackup backup postgres \
-  --cloud "azure://container/backup.sql?account=myaccount&key=KEY" \
+dbbackup backup single mydb \
+  --cloud "azure://container/?account=myaccount&key=KEY" \
  --debug
 ```

--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,395 @@ All notable changes to dbbackup will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).

+## [3.42.10] - 2026-01-08 "Code Quality"
+
+### Fixed - Code Quality Issues
+- Removed deprecated `io/ioutil` usage (replaced with `os`)
+- Fixed `os.DirEntry.ModTime()` → `file.Info().ModTime()`
+- Removed unused fields and variables
+- Fixed ineffective assignments in TUI code
+- Fixed error strings (no capitalization, no trailing punctuation)
+
+## [3.42.9] - 2026-01-08 "Diagnose Timeout Fix"
+
+### Fixed - diagnose.go Timeout Bugs
+
+**More short timeouts that caused large archive failures:**
+
+- `diagnoseClusterArchive()`: tar listing 60s → **5 minutes**
+- `verifyWithPgRestore()`: pg_restore --list 60s → **5 minutes**
+- `DiagnoseClusterDumps()`: archive listing 120s → **10 minutes**
+
+**Impact:** These timeouts caused "context deadline exceeded" errors when
+diagnosing multi-GB backup archives, preventing TUI restore from even starting.
+
+## [3.42.8] - 2026-01-08 "TUI Timeout Fix"
+
+### Fixed - TUI Timeout Bugs Causing Backup/Restore Failures
+
+**ROOT CAUSE of 2-3 month TUI backup/restore failures identified and fixed:**
+
+#### Critical Timeout Fixes:
+- **restore_preview.go**: Safety check timeout increased from 60s → **10 minutes**
+  - Large archives (>1GB) take 2+ minutes to diagnose
+  - Users saw "context deadline exceeded" before backup even started
+- **dbselector.go**: Database listing timeout increased from 15s → **60 seconds**
+  - Busy PostgreSQL servers need more time to respond
+- **status.go**: Status check timeout increased from 10s → **30 seconds**
+  - SSL negotiation and slow networks caused failures
+
+#### Stability Improvements:
+- **Panic recovery** added to parallel goroutines in:
+  - `backup/engine.go:BackupCluster()` - cluster backup workers
+  - `restore/engine.go:RestoreCluster()` - cluster restore workers
+  - Prevents single database panic from crashing entire operation
+
+#### Bug Fix:
+- **restore/engine.go**: Fixed variable shadowing `err` → `cmdErr` for exit code detection
+
+## [3.42.7] - 2026-01-08 "Context Killer Complete"
+
+### Fixed - Additional Deadlock Bugs in Restore & Engine
+
+**All remaining cmd.Wait() deadlock bugs fixed across the codebase:**
+
+#### internal/restore/engine.go:
+- `executeRestoreWithDecompression()` - gunzip/pigz pipeline restore
+- `extractArchive()` - tar extraction for cluster restore
+- `restoreGlobals()` - pg_dumpall globals restore
+
+#### internal/backup/engine.go:
+- `createArchive()` - tar/pigz archive creation pipeline
+
+#### internal/engine/mysqldump.go:
+- `Backup()` - mysqldump backup operation
+- `BackupToWriter()` - streaming mysqldump to writer
+
+**All 6 functions now use proper channel-based context handling with Process.Kill().**
+
+## [3.42.6] - 2026-01-08 "Deadlock Killer"
+
+### Fixed - Backup Command Context Handling
+
+**Critical Bug: pg_dump/mysqldump could hang forever on context cancellation**
+
+The `executeCommand`, `executeCommandWithProgress`, `executeMySQLWithProgressAndCompression`, 
+and `executeMySQLWithCompression` functions had a race condition where:
+
+1. A goroutine was spawned to read stderr
+2. `cmd.Wait()` was called directly
+3. If context was cancelled, the process was NOT killed
+4. The goroutine could hang forever waiting for stderr
+
+**Fix**: All backup execution functions now use proper channel-based context handling:
+```go
+// Wait for command with context handling
+cmdDone := make(chan error, 1)
+go func() {
+    cmdDone <- cmd.Wait()
+}()
+
+select {
+case cmdErr = <-cmdDone:
+    // Command completed
+case <-ctx.Done():
+    // Context cancelled - kill process
+    cmd.Process.Kill()
+    <-cmdDone
+    cmdErr = ctx.Err()
+}
+```
+
+**Affected Functions:**
+- `executeCommand()` - pg_dump for cluster backup
+- `executeCommandWithProgress()` - pg_dump for single backup with progress
+- `executeMySQLWithProgressAndCompression()` - mysqldump pipeline
+- `executeMySQLWithCompression()` - mysqldump pipeline
+
+**This fixes:** Backup operations hanging indefinitely when cancelled or timing out.
+
+## [3.42.5] - 2026-01-08 "False Positive Fix"
+
+### Fixed - Encryption Detection Bug
+
+**IsBackupEncrypted False Positive:**
+- **BUG FIX**: `IsBackupEncrypted()` returned `true` for ALL files, blocking normal restores
+- Root cause: Fallback logic checked if first 12 bytes (nonce size) could be read - always true
+- Fix: Now properly detects known unencrypted formats by magic bytes:
+  - Gzip: `1f 8b`
+  - PostgreSQL custom: `PGDMP`
+  - Plain SQL: starts with `--`, `SET`, `CREATE`
+- Returns `false` if no metadata present and format is recognized as unencrypted
+- Affected file: `internal/backup/encryption.go`
+
+## [3.42.4] - 2026-01-08 "The Long Haul"
+
+### Fixed - Critical Restore Timeout Bug
+
+**Removed Arbitrary Timeouts from Backup/Restore Operations:**
+- **CRITICAL FIX**: Removed 4-hour timeout that was killing large database restores
+- PostgreSQL cluster restores of 69GB+ databases no longer fail with "context deadline exceeded"
+- All backup/restore operations now use `context.WithCancel` instead of `context.WithTimeout`
+- Operations run until completion or manual cancellation (Ctrl+C)
+
+**Affected Files:**
+- `internal/tui/restore_exec.go`: Changed from 4-hour timeout to context.WithCancel
+- `internal/tui/backup_exec.go`: Changed from 4-hour timeout to context.WithCancel  
+- `internal/backup/engine.go`: Removed per-database timeout in cluster backup
+- `cmd/restore.go`: CLI restore commands use context.WithCancel
+
+**exec.Command Context Audit:**
+- Fixed `exec.Command` without Context in `internal/restore/engine.go:730`
+- Added proper context handling to all external command calls
+- Added timeouts only for quick diagnostic/version checks (not restore path):
+  - `restore/version_check.go`: 30s timeout for pg_restore --version check only
+  - `restore/error_report.go`: 10s timeout for tool version detection
+  - `restore/diagnose.go`: 60s timeout for diagnostic functions
+  - `pitr/binlog.go`: 10s timeout for mysqlbinlog --version check
+  - `cleanup/processes.go`: 5s timeout for process listing
+  - `auth/helper.go`: 30s timeout for auth helper commands
+
+**Verification:**
+- 54 total `exec.CommandContext` calls verified in backup/restore/pitr path
+- 0 `exec.Command` without Context in critical restore path
+- All 14 PostgreSQL exec calls use CommandContext (pg_dump, pg_restore, psql)
+- All 15 MySQL/MariaDB exec calls use CommandContext (mysqldump, mysql, mysqlbinlog)
+- All 14 test packages pass
+
+### Technical Details
+- Large Object (BLOB/BYTEA) restores are particularly affected by timeouts
+- 69GB database with large objects can take 5+ hours to restore
+- Previous 4-hour hard timeout was causing consistent failures
+- Now: No timeout - runs until complete or user cancels
+
+## [3.42.1] - 2026-01-07 "Resistance is Futile"
+
+### Added - Content-Defined Chunking Deduplication
+
+**Deduplication Engine:**
+- New `dbbackup dedup` command family for space-efficient backups
+- Gear hash content-defined chunking (CDC) with 92%+ overlap on shifted data
+- SHA-256 content-addressed storage - chunks stored by hash
+- AES-256-GCM per-chunk encryption (optional, via `--encrypt`)
+- Gzip compression enabled by default
+- SQLite index for fast chunk lookups
+- JSON manifests track chunks per backup with full verification
+
+**Dedup Commands:**
+```bash
+dbbackup dedup backup <file>              # Create deduplicated backup
+dbbackup dedup backup <file> --encrypt    # With encryption
+dbbackup dedup restore <id> <output>      # Restore from manifest
+dbbackup dedup list                       # List all backups
+dbbackup dedup stats                      # Show deduplication statistics
+dbbackup dedup delete <id>                # Delete a backup manifest
+dbbackup dedup gc                         # Garbage collect unreferenced chunks
+```
+
+**Storage Structure:**
+```
+<backup-dir>/dedup/
+  chunks/           # Content-addressed chunk files (sharded by hash prefix)
+  manifests/        # JSON manifest per backup
+  chunks.db         # SQLite index for fast lookups
+```
+
+**Test Results:**
+- First 5MB backup: 448 chunks, 5MB stored
+- Modified 5MB file: 448 chunks, only 1 NEW chunk (1.6KB), 100% dedup ratio
+- Restore with SHA-256 verification
+
+### Added - Documentation Updates
+- Prometheus alerting rules added to SYSTEMD.md
+- Catalog sync instructions for existing backups
+
+## [3.41.1] - 2026-01-07
+
+### Fixed
+- Enabled CGO for Linux builds (required for SQLite catalog)
+
+## [3.41.0] - 2026-01-07 "The Operator"
+
+### Added - Systemd Integration & Prometheus Metrics
+
+**Embedded Systemd Installer:**
+- New `dbbackup install` command installs as systemd service/timer
+- Supports single-database (`--backup-type single`) and cluster (`--backup-type cluster`) modes
+- Automatic `dbbackup` user/group creation with proper permissions
+- Hardened service units with security features (NoNewPrivileges, ProtectSystem, CapabilityBoundingSet)
+- Templated timer units with configurable schedules (daily, weekly, or custom OnCalendar)
+- Built-in dry-run mode (`--dry-run`) to preview installation
+- `dbbackup install --status` shows current installation state
+- `dbbackup uninstall` cleanly removes all systemd units and optionally configuration
+
+**Prometheus Metrics Support:**
+- New `dbbackup metrics export` command writes textfile collector format
+- New `dbbackup metrics serve` command runs HTTP exporter on port 9399
+- Metrics: `dbbackup_last_success_timestamp`, `dbbackup_rpo_seconds`, `dbbackup_backup_total`, etc.
+- Integration with node_exporter textfile collector
+- Metrics automatically updated via ExecStopPost in service units
+- `--with-metrics` flag during install sets up exporter as systemd service
+
+**New Commands:**
+```bash
+# Install as systemd service
+sudo dbbackup install --backup-type cluster --schedule daily
+
+# Install with Prometheus metrics
+sudo dbbackup install --with-metrics --metrics-port 9399
+
+# Check installation status
+dbbackup install --status
+
+# Export metrics for node_exporter
+dbbackup metrics export --output /var/lib/dbbackup/metrics/dbbackup.prom
+
+# Run HTTP metrics server
+dbbackup metrics serve --port 9399
+```
+
+### Technical Details
+- Systemd templates embedded with `//go:embed` for self-contained binary
+- Templates use ReadWritePaths for security isolation
+- Service units include proper OOMScoreAdjust (-100) to protect backups
+- Metrics exporter caches with 30-second TTL for performance
+- Graceful shutdown on SIGTERM for metrics server
+
+---
+
+## [3.41.0] - 2026-01-07 "The Pre-Flight Check"
+
+### Added - 🛡️ Pre-Restore Validation
+
+**Automatic Dump Validation Before Restore:**
+- SQL dump files are now validated BEFORE attempting restore
+- Detects truncated COPY blocks that cause "syntax error" failures
+- Catches corrupted backups in seconds instead of wasting 49+ minutes
+- Cluster restore pre-validates ALL dumps upfront (fail-fast approach)
+- Custom format `.dump` files now validated with `pg_restore --list`
+
+**Improved Error Messages:**
+- Clear indication when dump file is truncated
+- Shows which table's COPY block was interrupted
+- Displays sample orphaned data for diagnosis
+- Provides actionable error messages with root cause
+
+### Fixed
+- **P0: SQL Injection** - Added identifier validation for database names in CREATE/DROP DATABASE to prevent SQL injection attacks; uses safe quoting and regex validation (alphanumeric + underscore only)
+- **P0: Data Race** - Fixed concurrent goroutines appending to shared error slice in notification manager; now uses mutex synchronization
+- **P0: psql ON_ERROR_STOP** - Added `-v ON_ERROR_STOP=1` to psql commands to fail fast on first error instead of accumulating millions of errors
+- **P1: Pipe deadlock** - Fixed streaming compression deadlock when pg_dump blocks on full pipe buffer; now uses goroutine with proper context timeout handling
+- **P1: SIGPIPE handling** - Detect exit code 141 (broken pipe) and report compressor failure as root cause
+- **P2: .dump validation** - Custom format dumps now validated with `pg_restore --list` before restore
+- **P2: fsync durability** - Added `outFile.Sync()` after streaming compression to prevent truncation on power loss
+- Truncated `.sql.gz` dumps no longer waste hours on doomed restores
+- "syntax error at or near" errors now caught before restore begins
+- Cluster restores abort immediately if any dump is corrupted
+
+### Technical Details
+- Integrated `Diagnoser` into restore pipeline for pre-validation
+- Added `quickValidateSQLDump()` for fast integrity checks
+- Pre-validation runs on all `.sql.gz` and `.dump` files in cluster archives
+- Streaming compression uses channel-based wait with context cancellation
+- Zero performance impact on valid backups (diagnosis is fast)
+
+---
+
+## [3.40.0] - 2026-01-05 "The Diagnostician"
+
+### Added - 🔍 Restore Diagnostics & Error Reporting
+
+**Backup Diagnosis Command:**
+- `restore diagnose <archive>` - Deep analysis of backup files before restore
+- Detects truncated dumps, corrupted archives, incomplete COPY blocks
+- PGDMP signature validation for PostgreSQL custom format
+- Gzip integrity verification with decompression test
+- `pg_restore --list` validation for custom format archives
+- `--deep` flag for exhaustive line-by-line analysis
+- `--json` flag for machine-readable output
+- Cluster archive diagnosis scans all contained dumps
+
+**Detailed Error Reporting:**
+- Comprehensive error collector captures stderr during restore
+- Ring buffer prevents OOM on high-error restores (2M+ errors)
+- Error classification with actionable hints and recommendations
+- `--save-debug-log <path>` saves JSON report on failure
+- Reports include: exit codes, last errors, line context, tool versions
+- Automatic recommendations based on error patterns
+
+**TUI Restore Enhancements:**
+- **Dump validity** safety check runs automatically before restore
+- Detects truncated/corrupted backups in restore preview
+- Press **`d`** to toggle debug log saving in Advanced Options
+- Debug logs saved to `/tmp/dbbackup-restore-debug-*.json` on failure
+- Press **`d`** in archive browser to run diagnosis on any backup
+
+**New Commands:**
+- `restore diagnose` - Analyze backup file integrity and structure
+
+**New Flags:**
+- `--save-debug-log <path>` - Save detailed JSON error report on failure
+- `--diagnose` - Run deep diagnosis before cluster restore
+- `--deep` - Enable exhaustive diagnosis (line-by-line analysis)
+- `--json` - Output diagnosis in JSON format
+- `--keep-temp` - Keep temporary files after diagnosis
+- `--verbose` - Show detailed diagnosis progress
+
+### Technical Details
+- 1,200+ lines of new diagnostic code
+- Error classification system with 15+ error patterns
+- Ring buffer stderr capture (1MB max, 10K lines)
+- Zero memory growth on high-error restores
+- Full TUI integration for diagnostics
+
+---
+
+## [3.2.0] - 2025-12-13 "The Margin Eraser"
+
+### Added - 🚀 Physical Backup Revolution
+
+**MySQL Clone Plugin Integration:**
+- Native physical backup using MySQL 8.0.17+ Clone Plugin
+- No XtraBackup dependency - pure Go implementation
+- Real-time progress monitoring via performance_schema
+- Support for both local and remote clone operations
+
+**Filesystem Snapshot Orchestration:**
+- LVM snapshot support with automatic cleanup
+- ZFS snapshot integration with send/receive
+- Btrfs subvolume snapshot support
+- Brief table lock (<100ms) for consistency
+- Automatic snapshot backend detection
+
+**Continuous Binlog Streaming:**
+- Real-time binlog capture using MySQL replication protocol
+- Multiple targets: file, compressed file, S3 direct streaming
+- Sub-second RPO without impacting database server
+- Automatic position tracking and checkpointing
+
+**Parallel Cloud Streaming:**
+- Direct database-to-S3 streaming (zero local storage)
+- Configurable worker pool for parallel uploads
+- S3 multipart upload with automatic retry
+- Support for S3, GCS, and Azure Blob Storage
+
+**Smart Engine Selection:**
+- Automatic engine selection based on environment
+- MySQL version detection and capability checking
+- Filesystem type detection for optimal snapshot backend
+- Database size-based recommendations
+
+**New Commands:**
+- `engine list` - List available backup engines
+- `engine info <name>` - Show detailed engine information
+- `backup --engine=<name>` - Use specific backup engine
+
+### Technical Details
+- 7,559 lines of new code
+- Zero new external dependencies
+- 10/10 platform builds successful
+- Full test coverage for new engines
+
 ## [3.1.0] - 2025-11-26

 ### Added - 🔄 Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR)
@@ -117,7 +506,6 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Documentation
 - Added comprehensive PITR.md guide (complete PITR documentation)
 - Updated README.md with PITR section (200+ lines)
- Added RELEASE_NOTES_v3.1.md (full feature list)
 - Updated CHANGELOG.md with v3.1.0 details
 - Added NOTICE file for Apache License attribution
 - Created comprehensive test suite (tests/pitr_complete_test.go - 700+ lines)
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Be respectful, constructive, and professional in all interactions. We're buildin

 **Bug Report Template:**
 ```
-**Version:** dbbackup v3.1.0
+**Version:** dbbackup v3.42.1
 **OS:** Linux/macOS/BSD
 **Database:** PostgreSQL 14 / MySQL 8.0 / MariaDB 10.6
 **Command:** The exact command that failed
@@ -274,12 +274,11 @@ Fixes #56

 1. Update version in `main.go`
 2. Update `CHANGELOG.md`
-3. Create release notes (`RELEASE_NOTES_vX.Y.Z.md`)
-4. Commit: `git commit -m "Release vX.Y.Z"`
-5. Tag: `git tag -a vX.Y.Z -m "Release vX.Y.Z"`
-6. Push: `git push origin main vX.Y.Z`
-7. Build binaries: `./build_all.sh`
-8. Create GitHub Release with binaries
+3. Commit: `git commit -m "Release vX.Y.Z"`
+4. Tag: `git tag -a vX.Y.Z -m "Release vX.Y.Z"`
+5. Push: `git push origin main vX.Y.Z`
+6. Build binaries: `./build_all.sh`
+7. Create GitHub Release with binaries

 ## Questions?

--- a/GCS.md
+++ b/GCS.md
@@ -28,21 +28,16 @@ This guide covers using **Google Cloud Storage (GCS)** with `dbbackup` for secur

 ```bash
 # Backup PostgreSQL to GCS (using ADC)
-dbbackup backup postgres \
-  --host localhost \
-  --database mydb \
-  --output backup.sql \
-  --cloud "gs://mybucket/backups/db.sql"
+dbbackup backup single mydb \
+  --cloud "gs://mybucket/backups/"
 ```

 ### 3. Restore from GCS

 ```bash
-# Restore from GCS backup
-dbbackup restore postgres \
-  --source "gs://mybucket/backups/db.sql" \
-  --host localhost \
-  --database mydb_restored
+# Download backup from GCS and restore
+dbbackup cloud download "gs://mybucket/backups/mydb.dump.gz" ./mydb.dump.gz
+dbbackup restore single ./mydb.dump.gz --target mydb_restored --confirm
 ```

 ## URI Syntax
@@ -107,7 +102,7 @@ gcloud auth application-default login
 gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file=/path/to/key.json

 # Use simplified URI (credentials from environment)
-dbbackup backup postgres --cloud "gs://mybucket/backups/backup.sql"
+dbbackup backup single mydb --cloud "gs://mybucket/backups/"
 ```

 ### Method 2: Service Account JSON
@@ -121,14 +116,14 @@ Download service account key from GCP Console:

 **Use in URI:**
 ```bash
-dbbackup backup postgres \
-  --cloud "gs://mybucket/backup.sql?credentials=/path/to/service-account.json"
+dbbackup backup single mydb \
+  --cloud "gs://mybucket/?credentials=/path/to/service-account.json"
 ```

 **Or via environment:**
 ```bash
 export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="/path/to/service-account.json"
-dbbackup backup postgres --cloud "gs://mybucket/backup.sql"
+dbbackup backup single mydb --cloud "gs://mybucket/"
 ```

 ### Method 3: Workload Identity (GKE)
@@ -147,7 +142,7 @@ metadata:
 Then use ADC in your pod:

 ```bash
-dbbackup backup postgres --cloud "gs://mybucket/backup.sql"
+dbbackup backup single mydb --cloud "gs://mybucket/"
 ```

 ### Required IAM Permissions
@@ -250,11 +245,8 @@ gsutil mb -l eu gs://mybucket/

 ```bash
 # PostgreSQL backup with automatic GCS upload
-dbbackup backup postgres \
-  --host localhost \
-  --database production_db \
-  --output /backups/db.sql \
-  --cloud "gs://prod-backups/postgres/$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S).sql" \
+dbbackup backup single production_db \
+  --cloud "gs://prod-backups/postgres/" \
  --compression 6
 ```

@@ -262,10 +254,7 @@ dbbackup backup postgres \

 ```bash
 # Backup entire PostgreSQL cluster to GCS
-dbbackup backup postgres \
-  --host localhost \
-  --all-databases \
-  --output-dir /backups \
+dbbackup backup cluster \
  --cloud "gs://prod-backups/postgres/cluster/"
 ```

@@ -314,13 +303,9 @@ dbbackup cleanup "gs://prod-backups/postgres/" --keep 7
 #!/bin/bash
 # GCS backup script (run via cron)

-DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)
-GCS_URI="gs://prod-backups/postgres/${DATE}.sql"
+GCS_URI="gs://prod-backups/postgres/"

-dbbackup backup postgres \
-  --host localhost \
-  --database production_db \
-  --output /tmp/backup.sql \
+dbbackup backup single production_db \
  --cloud "${GCS_URI}" \
  --compression 9

@@ -360,35 +345,25 @@ For large files, dbbackup automatically uses GCS chunked upload:

 ```bash
 # Large database backup (automatically uses chunked upload)
-dbbackup backup postgres \
-  --host localhost \
-  --database huge_db \
-  --output /backups/huge.sql \
-  --cloud "gs://backups/huge.sql"
+dbbackup backup single huge_db \
+  --cloud "gs://backups/"
 ```

 ### Progress Tracking

 ```bash
 # Backup with progress display
-dbbackup backup postgres \
-  --host localhost \
-  --database mydb \
-  --output backup.sql \
-  --cloud "gs://backups/backup.sql" \
-  --progress
+dbbackup backup single mydb \
+  --cloud "gs://backups/"
 ```

 ### Concurrent Operations

 ```bash
-# Backup multiple databases in parallel
-dbbackup backup postgres \
-  --host localhost \
-  --all-databases \
-  --output-dir /backups \
+# Backup cluster with parallel jobs
+dbbackup backup cluster \
  --cloud "gs://backups/cluster/" \
-  --parallelism 4
+  --jobs 4
 ```

 ### Custom Metadata
@@ -460,11 +435,8 @@ curl -X POST "http://localhost:4443/storage/v1/b?project=test-project" \

 ```bash
 # Backup to fake-gcs-server
-dbbackup backup postgres \
-  --host localhost \
-  --database testdb \
-  --output test.sql \
-  --cloud "gs://test-backups/test.sql?endpoint=http://localhost:4443/storage/v1"
+dbbackup backup single testdb \
+  --cloud "gs://test-backups/?endpoint=http://localhost:4443/storage/v1"
 ```

 ### Run Integration Tests
@@ -593,8 +565,8 @@ Tests include:
 Enable debug mode:

 ```bash
-dbbackup backup postgres \
-  --cloud "gs://bucket/backup.sql" \
+dbbackup backup single mydb \
+  --cloud "gs://bucket/" \
  --debug
 ```

--- a/MYSQL_PITR.md
+++ b/MYSQL_PITR.md
@@ -110,10 +110,12 @@ dbbackup pitr mysql-enable --archive-dir /backups/binlog_archive
 ### 3. Create a Base Backup

 ```bash
-# Create a PITR-capable backup
-dbbackup backup single mydb --pitr
+# Create a backup - binlog position is automatically recorded
+dbbackup backup single mydb
 ```

+> **Note:** All backups automatically capture the current binlog position when PITR is enabled at the MySQL level. This position is stored in the backup metadata and used as the starting point for binlog replay during recovery.
+
 ### 4. Start Binlog Archiving

 ```bash
--- a/OPENSOURCE_ALTERNATIVE.md
+++ b/OPENSOURCE_ALTERNATIVE.md
@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
+# dbbackup: The Real Open Source Alternative
+
+## Killing Two Borgs with One Binary
+
+You have two choices for database backups today:
+
+1. **Pay $2,000-10,000/year per server** for Veeam, Commvault, or Veritas
+2. **Wrestle with Borg/restic** - powerful, but never designed for databases
+
+**dbbackup** eliminates both problems with a single, zero-dependency binary.
+
+## The Problem with Commercial Backup
+
+| What You Pay For | What You Actually Get |
+|------------------|----------------------|
+| $10,000/year | Heavy agents eating CPU |
+| Complex licensing | Vendor lock-in to proprietary formats |
+| "Enterprise support" | Recovery that requires calling support |
+| "Cloud integration" | Upload to S3... eventually |
+
+## The Problem with Borg/Restic
+
+Great tools. Wrong use case.
+
+| Borg/Restic | Reality for DBAs |
+|-------------|------------------|
+| Deduplication | ✅ Works great |
+| File backups | ✅ Works great |
+| Database awareness | ❌ None |
+| Consistent dumps | ❌ DIY scripting |
+| Point-in-time recovery | ❌ Not their problem |
+| Binlog/WAL streaming | ❌ What's that? |
+
+You end up writing wrapper scripts. Then more scripts. Then a monitoring layer. Then you've built half a product anyway.
+
+## What Open Source Really Means
+
+**dbbackup** delivers everything - in one binary:
+
+| Feature | Veeam | Borg/Restic | dbbackup |
+|---------|-------|-------------|----------|
+| Deduplication | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ Native CDC |
+| Database-aware | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ MySQL + PostgreSQL |
+| Consistent snapshots | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ LVM/ZFS/Btrfs |
+| PITR (Point-in-Time) | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ Sub-second RPO |
+| Binlog/WAL streaming | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ Continuous |
+| Direct cloud streaming | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ S3/GCS/Azure |
+| Zero dependencies | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ Single binary |
+| License cost | $$$$ | Free | **Free (Apache 2.0)** |
+
+## Deduplication: We Killed the Borg
+
+Content-defined chunking, just like Borg - but built for database dumps:
+
+```bash
+# First backup: 5MB stored
+dbbackup dedup backup mydb.dump
+
+# Second backup (modified): only 1.6KB new data!
+# 100% deduplication ratio
+dbbackup dedup backup mydb_modified.dump
+```
+
+### How It Works
+- **Gear Hash CDC** - Content-defined chunking with 92%+ overlap detection
+- **SHA-256 Content-Addressed** - Chunks stored by hash, automatic dedup
+- **AES-256-GCM Encryption** - Per-chunk encryption
+- **Gzip Compression** - Enabled by default
+- **SQLite Index** - Fast lookups, portable metadata
+
+### Storage Efficiency
+
+| Scenario | Borg | dbbackup |
+|----------|------|----------|
+| Daily 10GB database | 10GB + ~2GB/day | 10GB + ~2GB/day |
+| Same data, knows it's a DB | Scripts needed | **Native support** |
+| Restore to point-in-time | ❌ | ✅ Built-in |
+
+Same dedup math. Zero wrapper scripts.
+
+## Enterprise Features, Zero Enterprise Pricing
+
+### Physical Backups (MySQL 8.0.17+)
+```bash
+# Native Clone Plugin - no XtraBackup needed
+dbbackup backup single mydb --db-type mysql --cloud s3://bucket/
+```
+
+### Filesystem Snapshots
+```bash
+# <100ms lock, instant snapshot, stream to cloud
+dbbackup backup --engine=snapshot --snapshot-backend=lvm
+```
+
+### Continuous Binlog/WAL Streaming
+```bash
+# Real-time capture to S3 - sub-second RPO
+dbbackup binlog stream --target=s3://bucket/binlogs/
+```
+
+### Parallel Cloud Upload
+```bash
+# Saturate your network, not your patience
+dbbackup backup --engine=streaming --parallel-workers=8
+```
+
+## Real Numbers
+
+**100GB MySQL database:**
+
+| Metric | Veeam | Borg + Scripts | dbbackup |
+|--------|-------|----------------|----------|
+| Backup time | 45 min | 50 min | **12 min** |
+| Local disk needed | 100GB | 100GB | **0 GB** |
+| Recovery point | Daily | Daily | **< 1 second** |
+| Setup time | Days | Hours | **Minutes** |
+| Annual cost | $5,000+ | $0 + time | **$0** |
+
+## Migration Path
+
+### From Veeam
+```bash
+# Day 1: Test alongside existing
+dbbackup backup single mydb --cloud s3://test-bucket/
+
+# Week 1: Compare backup times, storage costs
+# Week 2: Switch primary backups
+# Month 1: Cancel renewal, buy your team pizza
+```
+
+### From Borg/Restic
+```bash
+# Day 1: Replace your wrapper scripts
+dbbackup dedup backup /var/lib/mysql/dumps/mydb.sql
+
+# Day 2: Add PITR
+dbbackup binlog stream --target=/mnt/nfs/binlogs/
+
+# Day 3: Delete 500 lines of bash
+```
+
+## The Commands You Need
+
+```bash
+# Deduplicated backups (Borg-style)
+dbbackup dedup backup <file>
+dbbackup dedup restore <id> <output>
+dbbackup dedup stats
+dbbackup dedup gc
+
+# Database-native backups
+dbbackup backup single <database>
+dbbackup backup all
+dbbackup restore <backup-file>
+
+# Point-in-time recovery
+dbbackup binlog stream
+dbbackup pitr restore --target-time "2026-01-12 14:30:00"
+
+# Cloud targets
+--cloud s3://bucket/path/
+--cloud gs://bucket/path/
+--cloud azure://container/path/
+```
+
+## Who Should Switch
+
+✅ **From Veeam/Commvault**: Same capabilities, zero license fees  
+✅ **From Borg/Restic**: Native database support, no wrapper scripts  
+✅ **From "homegrown scripts"**: Production-ready, battle-tested  
+✅ **Cloud-native deployments**: Kubernetes, ECS, Cloud Run ready  
+✅ **Compliance requirements**: AES-256-GCM, audit logging  
+
+## Get Started
+
+```bash
+# Download (single binary, ~48MB static linked)
+curl -LO https://github.com/PlusOne/dbbackup/releases/latest/download/dbbackup_linux_amd64
+chmod +x dbbackup_linux_amd64
+
+# Your first deduplicated backup
+./dbbackup_linux_amd64 dedup backup /var/lib/mysql/dumps/production.sql
+
+# Your first cloud backup  
+./dbbackup_linux_amd64 backup single production \
+  --db-type mysql \
+  --cloud s3://my-backups/
+```
+
+## The Bottom Line
+
+| Solution | What It Costs You |
+|----------|-------------------|
+| Veeam | Money |
+| Borg/Restic | Time (scripting, integration) |
+| dbbackup | **Neither** |
+
+**This is what open source really means.**
+
+Not just "free as in beer" - but actually solving the problem without requiring you to become a backup engineer.
+
+---
+
+*Apache 2.0 Licensed. Free forever. No sales calls. No wrapper scripts.*
+
+[GitHub](https://github.com/PlusOne/dbbackup) | [Releases](https://github.com/PlusOne/dbbackup/releases) | [Changelog](CHANGELOG.md)
--- a/PITR.md
+++ b/PITR.md
@@ -584,6 +584,100 @@ Document your recovery procedure:
 9. Create new base backup
 ```

+## Large Database Support (600+ GB)
+
+For databases larger than 600 GB, PITR is the **recommended approach** over full dump/restore.
+
+### Why PITR Works Better for Large DBs
+
+| Approach | 600 GB Database | Recovery Time (RTO) |
+|----------|-----------------|---------------------|
+| Full pg_dump/restore | Hours to dump, hours to restore | 4-12+ hours |
+| PITR (base + WAL) | Incremental WAL only | 30 min - 2 hours |
+
+### Setup for Large Databases
+
+**1. Enable WAL archiving with compression:**
+```bash
+dbbackup pitr enable --archive-dir /backups/wal_archive --compress
+```
+
+**2. Take ONE base backup weekly/monthly (use pg_basebackup):**
+```bash
+# For 600+ GB, use fast checkpoint to minimize impact
+pg_basebackup -D /backups/base_$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz \
+  -Ft -z -P --checkpoint=fast --wal-method=none
+
+# Duration: 2-6 hours for 600 GB, but only needed weekly/monthly
+```
+
+**3. WAL files archive continuously** (~1-5 GB/hour typical), capturing every change.
+
+**4. Recover to any point in time:**
+```bash
+dbbackup restore pitr \
+  --base-backup /backups/base_20260101.tar.gz \
+  --wal-archive /backups/wal_archive \
+  --target-time "2026-01-13 14:30:00" \
+  --target-dir /var/lib/postgresql/16/restored
+```
+
+### PostgreSQL Optimizations for 600+ GB
+
+| Setting | Value | Purpose |
+|---------|-------|---------|
+| `wal_compression = on` | postgresql.conf | 70-80% smaller WAL files |
+| `max_wal_size = 4GB` | postgresql.conf | Reduce checkpoint frequency |
+| `checkpoint_timeout = 30min` | postgresql.conf | Less frequent checkpoints |
+| `archive_timeout = 300` | postgresql.conf | Force archive every 5 min |
+
+### Recovery Optimizations
+
+| Optimization | How | Benefit |
+|--------------|-----|---------|
+| Parallel recovery | PostgreSQL 15+ automatic | 2-4x faster WAL replay |
+| NVMe/SSD for WAL | Hardware | 3-10x faster recovery |
+| Separate WAL disk | Dedicated mount | Avoid I/O contention |
+| `recovery_prefetch = on` | PostgreSQL 15+ | Faster page reads |
+
+### Storage Planning
+
+| Component | Size Estimate | Retention |
+|-----------|---------------|-----------|
+| Base backup | ~200-400 GB compressed | 1-2 copies |
+| WAL per day | 5-50 GB (depends on writes) | 7-14 days |
+| Total archive | 100-400 GB WAL + base | - |
+
+### RTO Estimates for Large Databases
+
+| Database Size | Base Extraction | WAL Replay (1 week) | Total RTO |
+|---------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------|
+| 200 GB | 15-30 min | 15-30 min | 30-60 min |
+| 600 GB | 45-90 min | 30-60 min | 1-2.5 hours |
+| 1 TB | 60-120 min | 45-90 min | 2-3.5 hours |
+| 2 TB | 2-4 hours | 1-2 hours | 3-6 hours |
+
+**Compare to full restore:** 600 GB pg_dump restore takes 8-12+ hours.
+
+### Best Practices for 600+ GB
+
+1. **Weekly base backups** - Monthly if storage is tight
+2. **Test recovery monthly** - Verify WAL chain integrity
+3. **Monitor WAL lag** - Alert if archive falls behind
+4. **Use streaming replication** - For HA, combine with PITR for DR
+5. **Separate archive storage** - Don't fill up the DB disk
+
+```bash
+# Quick health check for large DB PITR setup
+dbbackup pitr status --verbose
+
+# Expected output:
+# Base Backup: 2026-01-06 (7 days old) - OK
+# WAL Archive: 847 files, 52 GB
+# Recovery Window: 2026-01-06 to 2026-01-13 (7 days)
+# Estimated RTO: ~90 minutes
+```
+
 ## Performance Considerations

 ### WAL Archive Size
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ Database backup and restore utility for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB.
 - Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR) for PostgreSQL and MySQL/MariaDB
 - **GFS retention policies**: Grandfather-Father-Son backup rotation
 - **Notifications**: SMTP email and webhook alerts
+- **Systemd integration**: Install as service with scheduled timers
+- **Prometheus metrics**: Textfile collector and HTTP exporter
 - Interactive terminal UI
 - Cross-platform binaries

@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ Download from [releases](https://git.uuxo.net/UUXO/dbbackup/releases):

 ```bash
 # Linux x86_64
-wget https://git.uuxo.net/UUXO/dbbackup/releases/download/v3.1.0/dbbackup-linux-amd64
+wget https://git.uuxo.net/UUXO/dbbackup/releases/download/v3.42.1/dbbackup-linux-amd64
 chmod +x dbbackup-linux-amd64
 sudo mv dbbackup-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/dbbackup
 ```
@@ -94,6 +96,7 @@ Database: postgres@localhost:5432 (PostgreSQL)
  ────────────────────────────────
  Restore Single Database
  Restore Cluster Backup
+  Diagnose Backup File
  List & Manage Backups
  ────────────────────────────────
  View Active Operations
@@ -140,7 +143,7 @@ Backup Execution

  Backup created: cluster_20251128_092928.tar.gz
  Size: 22.5 GB (compressed)
-  Location: /u01/dba/dumps/
+  Location: /var/backups/postgres/
  Databases: 7
  Checksum: SHA-256 verified
 ```
@@ -161,11 +164,15 @@ Cluster Restore Options

 Safety Checks
  [OK] Archive integrity verified
+  [OK] Dump validity verified
  [OK] Disk space: 140 GB available
  [OK] Required tools found
  [OK] Target database accessible

-c: Toggle cleanup | Enter: Proceed | Esc: Cancel
+Advanced Options
+  ✗ Debug Log: false (press 'd' to toggle)
+
+c: Toggle cleanup | d: Debug log | Enter: Proceed | Esc: Cancel
 ```

 **Backup Manager:**
@@ -180,7 +187,7 @@ FILENAME                              FORMAT                SIZE        MODIFIED
  [OK] myapp_prod_20250114.dump.gz    PostgreSQL Custom     12.3 GB     2025-01-14
  [!!] users_db_20241220.dump.gz      PostgreSQL Custom     850 MB      2024-12-20

-r: Restore | v: Verify | i: Info | d: Delete | R: Refresh | Esc: Back
+r: Restore | v: Verify | i: Info | d: Diagnose | D: Delete | R: Refresh | Esc: Back
 ```

 **Configuration Settings:**
@@ -190,6 +197,7 @@ Configuration Settings
 > Database Type: postgres
  CPU Workload Type: balanced
  Backup Directory: /root/db_backups
+  Work Directory: /tmp
  Compression Level: 6
  Parallel Jobs: 16
  Dump Jobs: 8
@@ -240,6 +248,12 @@ dbbackup restore single backup.dump --target myapp_db --create --confirm
 # Restore cluster
 dbbackup restore cluster cluster_backup.tar.gz --confirm

+# Restore with debug logging (saves detailed error report on failure)
+dbbackup restore cluster backup.tar.gz --save-debug-log /tmp/restore-debug.json --confirm
+
+# Diagnose backup before restore
+dbbackup restore diagnose backup.dump.gz --deep
+
 # Cloud backup
 dbbackup backup single mydb --cloud s3://my-bucket/backups/

@@ -257,6 +271,7 @@ dbbackup backup single mydb --dry-run
 | `restore single` | Restore single database |
 | `restore cluster` | Restore full cluster |
 | `restore pitr` | Point-in-Time Recovery |
+| `restore diagnose` | Diagnose backup file integrity |
 | `verify-backup` | Verify backup integrity |
 | `cleanup` | Remove old backups |
 | `status` | Check connection status |
@@ -271,6 +286,10 @@ dbbackup backup single mydb --dry-run
 | `drill` | DR drill testing |
 | `report` | Compliance report generation |
 | `rto` | RTO/RPO analysis |
+| `install` | Install as systemd service |
+| `uninstall` | Remove systemd service |
+| `metrics export` | Export Prometheus metrics to textfile |
+| `metrics serve` | Run Prometheus HTTP exporter |

 ## Global Flags

@@ -287,8 +306,8 @@ dbbackup backup single mydb --dry-run
 | `--cloud` | Cloud storage URI | - |
 | `--encrypt` | Enable encryption | false |
 | `--dry-run, -n` | Run preflight checks only | false |
-| `--notify` | Enable notifications | false |
 | `--debug` | Enable debug logging | false |
+| `--save-debug-log` | Save error report to file on failure | - |

 ## Encryption

@@ -436,9 +455,64 @@ dbbackup backup cluster -n  # Short flag
  Ready to backup. Remove --dry-run to execute.
 ```

+## Backup Diagnosis
+
+Diagnose backup files before restore to detect corruption or truncation:
+
+```bash
+# Diagnose a backup file
+dbbackup restore diagnose backup.dump.gz
+
+# Deep analysis (line-by-line COPY block verification)
+dbbackup restore diagnose backup.dump.gz --deep
+
+# JSON output for automation
+dbbackup restore diagnose backup.dump.gz --json
+
+# Diagnose cluster archive (checks all contained dumps)
+dbbackup restore diagnose cluster_backup.tar.gz --deep
+```
+
+**Checks performed:**
+- PGDMP signature validation (PostgreSQL custom format)
+- Gzip integrity verification
+- COPY block termination (detects truncated dumps)
+- `pg_restore --list` validation
+- Archive structure analysis
+
+**Example output:**
+```
+🔍 Backup Diagnosis Report
+══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+
+📁 File: mydb_20260105.dump.gz
+   Format: PostgreSQL Custom (gzip)
+   Size: 2.5 GB
+
+🔬 Analysis Results:
+   ✅ Gzip integrity: Valid
+   ✅ PGDMP signature: Valid
+   ✅ pg_restore --list: Success (245 objects)
+   ❌ COPY block check: TRUNCATED
+
+⚠️  Issues Found:
+   - COPY block for table 'orders' not terminated
+   - Dump appears truncated at line 1,234,567
+
+💡 Recommendations:
+   - Re-run the backup for this database
+   - Check disk space on backup server
+   - Verify network stability during backup
+```
+
+**In Interactive Mode:**
+- Press `d` in archive browser to diagnose any backup
+- Automatic dump validity check in restore preview
+- Toggle debug logging with `d` in restore options
+
 ## Notifications

-Get alerted on backup events via email or webhooks.
+Get alerted on backup events via email or webhooks. Configure via environment variables.

 ### SMTP Email

@@ -451,8 +525,8 @@ export NOTIFY_SMTP_PASSWORD="secret"
 export NOTIFY_SMTP_FROM="dbbackup@example.com"
 export NOTIFY_SMTP_TO="admin@example.com,dba@example.com"

-# Enable notifications
-dbbackup backup single mydb --notify
+# Run backup (notifications triggered when SMTP is configured)
+dbbackup backup single mydb
 ```

 ### Webhooks
@@ -465,7 +539,8 @@ export NOTIFY_WEBHOOK_SECRET="signing-secret"  # Optional HMAC signing
 # Slack webhook
 export NOTIFY_WEBHOOK_URL="https://hooks.slack.com/services/T00/B00/XXX"

-dbbackup backup single mydb --notify
+# Run backup (notifications triggered when webhook is configured)
+dbbackup backup single mydb
 ```

 **Webhook payload:**
@@ -604,6 +679,102 @@ dbbackup rto analyze mydb --target-rto 4h --target-rpo 1h
 - Compliance status
 - Recommendations for improvement

+## Systemd Integration
+
+Install dbbackup as a systemd service for automated scheduled backups:
+
+```bash
+# Install with Prometheus metrics exporter
+sudo dbbackup install --backup-type cluster --with-metrics
+
+# Preview what would be installed
+dbbackup install --dry-run --backup-type cluster
+
+# Check installation status
+dbbackup install --status
+
+# Uninstall
+sudo dbbackup uninstall cluster --purge
+```
+
+**Schedule options:**
+```bash
+--schedule daily                    # Every day at midnight (default)
+--schedule weekly                   # Every Monday at midnight  
+--schedule "*-*-* 02:00:00"         # Every day at 2am
+--schedule "Mon *-*-* 03:00"        # Every Monday at 3am
+```
+
+**What gets installed:**
+- Systemd service and timer units
+- Dedicated `dbbackup` user with security hardening
+- Directories: `/var/lib/dbbackup/`, `/etc/dbbackup/`
+- Optional: Prometheus HTTP exporter on port 9399
+
+📖 **Full documentation:** [SYSTEMD.md](SYSTEMD.md) - Manual setup, security hardening, multiple instances, troubleshooting
+
+## Prometheus Metrics
+
+Export backup metrics for monitoring with Prometheus:
+
+### Textfile Collector
+
+For integration with node_exporter:
+
+```bash
+# Export metrics to textfile
+dbbackup metrics export --output /var/lib/node_exporter/textfile_collector/dbbackup.prom
+
+# Export for specific instance
+dbbackup metrics export --instance production --output /var/lib/dbbackup/metrics/production.prom
+```
+
+Configure node_exporter:
+```bash
+node_exporter --collector.textfile.directory=/var/lib/node_exporter/textfile_collector/
+```
+
+### HTTP Exporter
+
+Run a dedicated metrics HTTP server:
+
+```bash
+# Start metrics server on default port 9399
+dbbackup metrics serve
+
+# Custom port
+dbbackup metrics serve --port 9100
+
+# Run as systemd service (installed via --with-metrics)
+sudo systemctl start dbbackup-exporter
+```
+
+**Endpoints:**
+- `/metrics` - Prometheus exposition format
+- `/health` - Health check (returns 200 OK)
+
+**Available metrics:**
+| Metric | Type | Description |
+|--------|------|-------------|
+| `dbbackup_last_success_timestamp` | gauge | Unix timestamp of last successful backup |
+| `dbbackup_last_backup_duration_seconds` | gauge | Duration of last backup |
+| `dbbackup_last_backup_size_bytes` | gauge | Size of last backup |
+| `dbbackup_backup_total` | counter | Total backups by status (success/failure) |
+| `dbbackup_rpo_seconds` | gauge | Seconds since last successful backup |
+| `dbbackup_backup_verified` | gauge | Whether last backup was verified (1/0) |
+| `dbbackup_scrape_timestamp` | gauge | When metrics were collected |
+
+**Labels:** `instance`, `database`, `engine`
+
+**Example Prometheus query:**
+```promql
+# Alert if RPO exceeds 24 hours
+dbbackup_rpo_seconds{instance="production"} > 86400
+
+# Backup success rate
+sum(rate(dbbackup_backup_total{status="success"}[24h])) / sum(rate(dbbackup_backup_total[24h]))
+```
+
 ## Configuration

 ### PostgreSQL Authentication
@@ -687,6 +858,7 @@ Workload types:

 ## Documentation

+- [SYSTEMD.md](SYSTEMD.md) - Systemd installation & scheduling
 - [DOCKER.md](DOCKER.md) - Docker deployment
 - [CLOUD.md](CLOUD.md) - Cloud storage configuration
 - [PITR.md](PITR.md) - Point-in-Time Recovery
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+# v3.42.1 Release Notes
+
+## What's New in v3.42.1
+
+### Deduplication - Resistance is Futile
+
+Content-defined chunking deduplication for space-efficient backups. Like restic/borgbackup but with **native database dump support**.
+
+```bash
+# First backup: 5MB stored
+dbbackup dedup backup mydb.dump
+
+# Second backup (modified): only 1.6KB new data stored!
+# 100% deduplication ratio
+dbbackup dedup backup mydb_modified.dump
+```
+
+#### Features
+- **Gear Hash CDC** - Content-defined chunking with 92%+ overlap on shifted data
+- **SHA-256 Content-Addressed** - Chunks stored by hash, automatic deduplication
+- **AES-256-GCM Encryption** - Optional per-chunk encryption
+- **Gzip Compression** - Optional compression (enabled by default)
+- **SQLite Index** - Fast chunk lookups and statistics
+
+#### Commands
+```bash
+dbbackup dedup backup <file>              # Create deduplicated backup
+dbbackup dedup backup <file> --encrypt    # With AES-256-GCM encryption
+dbbackup dedup restore <id> <output>      # Restore from manifest
+dbbackup dedup list                       # List all backups
+dbbackup dedup stats                      # Show deduplication statistics
+dbbackup dedup delete <id>                # Delete a backup
+dbbackup dedup gc                         # Garbage collect unreferenced chunks
+```
+
+#### Storage Structure
+```
+<backup-dir>/dedup/
+  chunks/           # Content-addressed chunk files
+    ab/cdef1234...  # Sharded by first 2 chars of hash
+  manifests/        # JSON manifest per backup
+  chunks.db         # SQLite index
+```
+
+### Also Included (from v3.41.x)
+- **Systemd Integration** - One-command install with `dbbackup install`
+- **Prometheus Metrics** - HTTP exporter on port 9399
+- **Backup Catalog** - SQLite-based tracking of all backup operations
+- **Prometheus Alerting Rules** - Added to SYSTEMD.md documentation
+
+### Installation
+
+#### Quick Install (Recommended)
+```bash
+# Download for your platform
+curl -LO https://git.uuxo.net/UUXO/dbbackup/releases/download/v3.42.1/dbbackup-linux-amd64
+
+# Install with systemd service
+chmod +x dbbackup-linux-amd64
+sudo ./dbbackup-linux-amd64 install --config /path/to/config.yaml
+```
+
+#### Available Binaries
+| Platform | Architecture | Binary |
+|----------|--------------|--------|
+| Linux | amd64 | `dbbackup-linux-amd64` |
+| Linux | arm64 | `dbbackup-linux-arm64` |
+| macOS | Intel | `dbbackup-darwin-amd64` |
+| macOS | Apple Silicon | `dbbackup-darwin-arm64` |
+| FreeBSD | amd64 | `dbbackup-freebsd-amd64` |
+
+### Systemd Commands
+```bash
+dbbackup install --config config.yaml   # Install service + timer
+dbbackup install --status               # Check service status
+dbbackup install --uninstall            # Remove services
+```
+
+### Prometheus Metrics
+Available at `http://localhost:9399/metrics`:
+
+| Metric | Description |
+|--------|-------------|
+| `dbbackup_last_backup_timestamp` | Unix timestamp of last backup |
+| `dbbackup_last_backup_success` | 1 if successful, 0 if failed |
+| `dbbackup_last_backup_duration_seconds` | Duration of last backup |
+| `dbbackup_last_backup_size_bytes` | Size of last backup |
+| `dbbackup_backup_total` | Total number of backups |
+| `dbbackup_backup_errors_total` | Total number of failed backups |
+
+### Security Features
+- Hardened systemd service with `ProtectSystem=strict`
+- `NoNewPrivileges=true` prevents privilege escalation
+- Dedicated `dbbackup` system user (optional)
+- Credential files with restricted permissions
+
+### Documentation
+- [SYSTEMD.md](SYSTEMD.md) - Complete systemd installation guide
+- [README.md](README.md) - Full documentation
+- [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md) - Version history
+
+### Bug Fixes
+- Fixed SQLite time parsing in dedup stats
+- Fixed function name collision in cmd package
+
+---
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://git.uuxo.net/UUXO/dbbackup/compare/v3.41.1...v3.42.1
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES_v3.1.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES_v3.1.md
@@ -1,396 +0,0 @@
-# dbbackup v3.1.0 - Enterprise Backup Solution
-
-**Released:** November 26, 2025
-
---
-
-## 🎉 Major Features
-
-### Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR)
-Complete PostgreSQL Point-in-Time Recovery implementation:
-
- **WAL Archiving**: Continuous archiving of Write-Ahead Log files
- **WAL Monitoring**: Real-time monitoring of archive status and statistics
- **Timeline Management**: Track and visualize PostgreSQL timeline branching
- **Recovery Targets**: Restore to any point in time:
-  - Specific timestamp (`--target-time "2024-11-26 12:00:00"`)
-  - Transaction ID (`--target-xid 1000000`)
-  - Log Sequence Number (`--target-lsn "0/3000000"`)
-  - Named restore point (`--target-name before_migration`)
-  - Earliest consistent point (`--target-immediate`)
- **Version Support**: Both PostgreSQL 12+ (modern) and legacy formats
- **Recovery Actions**: Promote to primary, pause for inspection, or shutdown
- **Comprehensive Testing**: 700+ lines of tests with 100% pass rate
-
-**New Commands:**
- `pitr enable/disable/status` - PITR configuration management
- `wal archive/list/cleanup/timeline` - WAL archive operations
- `restore pitr` - Point-in-time recovery with multiple target types
-
-### Cloud Storage Integration
-Multi-cloud backend support with streaming efficiency:
-
- **Amazon S3 / MinIO**: Full S3-compatible storage support
- **Azure Blob Storage**: Native Azure integration
- **Google Cloud Storage**: GCS backend support
- **Streaming Operations**: Memory-efficient uploads/downloads
- **Cloud-Native**: Direct backup to cloud, no local disk required
-
-**Features:**
- Automatic multipart uploads for large files
- Resumable downloads with retry logic
- Cloud-side encryption support
- Metadata preservation in cloud storage
-
-### Incremental Backups
-Space-efficient backup strategies:
-
- **PostgreSQL**: File-level incremental backups
-  - Track changed files since base backup
-  - Automatic base backup detection
-  - Efficient restore chain resolution
-  
- **MySQL/MariaDB**: Binary log incremental backups
-  - Capture changes via binlog
-  - Automatic log rotation handling
-  - Point-in-time restore capability
-
-**Benefits:**
- 70-90% reduction in backup size
- Faster backup completion times
- Automated backup chain management
- Intelligent dependency tracking
-
-### AES-256-GCM Encryption
-Military-grade encryption for data protection:
-
- **Algorithm**: AES-256-GCM authenticated encryption
- **Key Derivation**: PBKDF2-SHA256 with 600,000 iterations (OWASP 2023)
- **Streaming**: Memory-efficient for large backups
- **Key Sources**: File (raw/base64), environment variable, or passphrase
- **Auto-Detection**: Restore automatically detects encrypted backups
- **Tamper Protection**: Authenticated encryption prevents tampering
-
-**Security:**
- Unique nonce per encryption (no key reuse)
- Cryptographically secure random generation
- 56-byte header with algorithm metadata
- ~1-2 GB/s encryption throughput
-
-### Foundation Features
-Production-ready backup operations:
-
- **SHA-256 Verification**: Cryptographic backup integrity checking
- **Intelligent Retention**: Day-based policies with minimum backup guarantees
- **Safe Cleanup**: Dry-run mode, safety checks, detailed reporting
- **Multi-Database**: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB support
- **Interactive TUI**: Beautiful terminal UI with progress tracking
- **CLI Mode**: Full command-line interface for automation
- **Cross-Platform**: Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD
- **Docker Support**: Official container images
- **100% Test Coverage**: Comprehensive test suite
-
---
-
-## ✅ Production Validated
-
-**Real-World Deployment:**
- ✅ 2 production hosts in production environment
- ✅ 8 databases backed up nightly
- ✅ 30-day retention with minimum 5 backups
- ✅ ~10MB/night backup volume
- ✅ Scheduled at 02:09 and 02:25 CET
- ✅ **Resolved 4-day backup failure immediately**
-
-**User Feedback (Ansible Claude):**
-> "cleanup command is SO gut, dass es alle verwenden sollten"
-
-> "--dry-run feature: chef's kiss!" 💋
-
-> "Modern tooling in place, pragmatic and maintainable"
-
-> "CLI design: Professional & polished"
-
-**Impact:**
- Fixed failing backup infrastructure on first deployment
- Stable operation in production environment
- Positive feedback from DevOps team
- Validation of feature set and UX design
-
---
-
-## 📦 Installation
-
-### Download Pre-compiled Binary
-
-**Linux (x86_64):**
-```bash
-wget https://git.uuxo.net/PlusOne/dbbackup/releases/download/v3.1.0/dbbackup-linux-amd64
-chmod +x dbbackup-linux-amd64
-sudo mv dbbackup-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/dbbackup
-```
-
-**Linux (ARM64):**
-```bash
-wget https://git.uuxo.net/PlusOne/dbbackup/releases/download/v3.1.0/dbbackup-linux-arm64
-chmod +x dbbackup-linux-arm64
-sudo mv dbbackup-linux-arm64 /usr/local/bin/dbbackup
-```
-
-**macOS (Intel):**
-```bash
-wget https://git.uuxo.net/PlusOne/dbbackup/releases/download/v3.1.0/dbbackup-darwin-amd64
-chmod +x dbbackup-darwin-amd64
-sudo mv dbbackup-darwin-amd64 /usr/local/bin/dbbackup
-```
-
-**macOS (Apple Silicon):**
-```bash
-wget https://git.uuxo.net/PlusOne/dbbackup/releases/download/v3.1.0/dbbackup-darwin-arm64
-chmod +x dbbackup-darwin-arm64
-sudo mv dbbackup-darwin-arm64 /usr/local/bin/dbbackup
-```
-
-### Build from Source
-
-```bash
-git clone https://git.uuxo.net/PlusOne/dbbackup.git
-cd dbbackup
-go build -o dbbackup
-sudo mv dbbackup /usr/local/bin/
-```
-
-### Docker
-
-```bash
-docker pull git.uuxo.net/PlusOne/dbbackup:v3.1.0
-docker pull git.uuxo.net/PlusOne/dbbackup:latest
-```
-
---
-
-## 🚀 Quick Start Examples
-
-### Basic Backup
-```bash
-# Simple database backup
-dbbackup backup single mydb
-
-# Backup with verification
-dbbackup backup single mydb
-dbbackup verify mydb_backup.sql.gz
-```
-
-### Cloud Backup
-```bash
-# Backup to S3
-dbbackup backup single mydb --cloud s3://my-bucket/backups/
-
-# Backup to Azure
-dbbackup backup single mydb --cloud azure://container/backups/
-
-# Backup to GCS
-dbbackup backup single mydb --cloud gs://my-bucket/backups/
-```
-
-### Encrypted Backup
-```bash
-# Generate encryption key
-head -c 32 /dev/urandom | base64 > encryption.key
-
-# Encrypted backup
-dbbackup backup single mydb --encrypt --encryption-key-file encryption.key
-
-# Restore (automatic decryption)
-dbbackup restore single mydb_backup.sql.gz --encryption-key-file encryption.key
-```
-
-### Incremental Backup
-```bash
-# Create base backup
-dbbackup backup single mydb --backup-type full
-
-# Create incremental backup
-dbbackup backup single mydb --backup-type incremental \
-  --base-backup mydb_base_20241126_120000.tar.gz
-
-# Restore (automatic chain resolution)
-dbbackup restore single mydb_incr_20241126_150000.tar.gz
-```
-
-### Point-in-Time Recovery
-```bash
-# Enable PITR
-dbbackup pitr enable --archive-dir /backups/wal_archive
-
-# Take base backup
-pg_basebackup -D /backups/base.tar.gz -Ft -z -P
-
-# Perform PITR
-dbbackup restore pitr \
-  --base-backup /backups/base.tar.gz \
-  --wal-archive /backups/wal_archive \
-  --target-time "2024-11-26 12:00:00" \
-  --target-dir /var/lib/postgresql/14/restored
-
-# Monitor WAL archiving
-dbbackup pitr status
-dbbackup wal list
-```
-
-### Retention & Cleanup
-```bash
-# Cleanup old backups (dry-run first!)
-dbbackup cleanup --retention-days 30 --min-backups 5 --dry-run
-
-# Actually cleanup
-dbbackup cleanup --retention-days 30 --min-backups 5
-```
-
-### Cluster Operations
-```bash
-# Backup entire cluster
-dbbackup backup cluster
-
-# Restore entire cluster
-dbbackup restore cluster --backups /path/to/backups/ --confirm
-```
-
---
-
-## 🔮 What's Next (v3.2)
-
-Based on production feedback from Ansible Claude:
-
-### High Priority
-1. **Config File Support** (2-3h)
-   - Persist flags like `--allow-root` in `.dbbackup.conf`
-   - Per-directory configuration management
-   - Better automation support
-
-2. **Socket Auth Auto-Detection** (1-2h)
-   - Auto-detect Unix socket authentication
-   - Skip password prompts for socket connections
-   - Improved UX for root users
-
-### Medium Priority
-3. **Inline Backup Verification** (2-3h)
-   - Automatic verification after backup
-   - Immediate corruption detection
-   - Better workflow integration
-
-4. **Progress Indicators** (4-6h)
-   - Progress bars for mysqldump operations
-   - Real-time backup size tracking
-   - ETA for large backups
-
-### Additional Features
-5. **Ansible Module** (4-6h)
-   - Native Ansible integration
-   - Declarative backup configuration
-   - DevOps automation support
-
---
-
-## 📊 Performance Metrics
-
-**Backup Performance:**
- PostgreSQL: 50-150 MB/s (network dependent)
- MySQL: 30-100 MB/s (with compression)
- Encryption: ~1-2 GB/s (streaming)
- Compression: 70-80% size reduction (typical)
-
-**PITR Performance:**
- WAL archiving: 100-200 MB/s
- WAL encryption: ~1-2 GB/s
- Recovery replay: 10-100 MB/s (disk I/O dependent)
-
-**Resource Usage:**
- Memory: ~1GB constant (streaming architecture)
- CPU: 1-4 cores (configurable)
- Disk I/O: Streaming (no intermediate files)
-
---
-
-## 🏗️ Architecture Highlights
-
-**Split-Brain Development:**
- Human architects system design
- AI implements features and tests
- Micro-task decomposition (1-2h phases)
- Progressive enhancement approach
- **Result:** 52% faster development (5.75h vs 12h planned)
-
-**Key Innovations:**
- Streaming architecture for constant memory usage
- Interface-first design for clean modularity
- Comprehensive test coverage (700+ test lines)
- Production validation in parallel with development
-
---
-
-## 📄 Documentation
-
-**Core Documentation:**
- [README.md](README.md) - Complete feature overview and setup
- [PITR.md](PITR.md) - Comprehensive PITR guide
- [DOCKER.md](DOCKER.md) - Docker usage and deployment
- [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md) - Detailed version history
-
-**Getting Started:**
- [QUICKRUN.md](QUICKRUN.MD) - Quick start guide
- [PROGRESS_IMPLEMENTATION.md](PROGRESS_IMPLEMENTATION.md) - Progress tracking
-
---
-
-## 📜 License
-
-Apache License 2.0
-
-Copyright 2025 dbbackup Project
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.
-
---
-
-## 🙏 Credits
-
-**Development:**
- Built using Multi-Claude collaboration architecture
- Split-brain development pattern (human architecture + AI implementation)
- 5.75 hours intensive development (52% time savings)
-
-**Production Validation:**
- Deployed in production environments
- Real-world testing and feedback
- DevOps validation and feature requests
-
-**Technologies:**
- Go 1.21+
- PostgreSQL 9.5-17
- MySQL/MariaDB 5.7+
- AWS SDK, Azure SDK, Google Cloud SDK
- Cobra CLI framework
-
---
-
-## 🐛 Known Issues
-
-None reported in production deployment.
-
-If you encounter issues, please report them at:
-https://git.uuxo.net/PlusOne/dbbackup/issues
-
---
-
-## 📞 Support
-
-**Documentation:** See [README.md](README.md) and [PITR.md](PITR.md)  
-**Issues:** https://git.uuxo.net/PlusOne/dbbackup/issues  
-**Repository:** https://git.uuxo.net/PlusOne/dbbackup
-
---
-
-**Thank you for using dbbackup!** 🎉
-
-*Professional database backup and restore utility for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB.*
--- a/SECURITY.md
+++ b/SECURITY.md
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ We release security updates for the following versions:
 - ❌ Never store unencrypted backups on public storage

 **Docker Usage:**
- ✅ Use specific version tags (`:v3.1.0` not `:latest`)
+- ✅ Use specific version tags (`:v3.2.0` not `:latest`)
 - ✅ Run as non-root user (default in our image)
 - ✅ Mount volumes read-only when possible
 - ✅ Use Docker secrets for credentials
--- a/SYSTEMD.md
+++ b/SYSTEMD.md
@@ -0,0 +1,621 @@
+# Systemd Integration Guide
+
+This guide covers installing dbbackup as a systemd service for automated scheduled backups.
+
+## Quick Start (Installer)
+
+The easiest way to set up systemd services is using the built-in installer:
+
+```bash
+# Install as cluster backup service (daily at midnight)
+sudo dbbackup install --backup-type cluster --schedule daily
+
+# Check what would be installed (dry-run)
+dbbackup install --dry-run --backup-type cluster
+
+# Check installation status
+dbbackup install --status
+
+# Uninstall
+sudo dbbackup uninstall cluster --purge
+```
+
+## Installer Options
+
+| Flag | Description | Default |
+|------|-------------|---------|
+| `--instance NAME` | Instance name for named backups | - |
+| `--backup-type TYPE` | Backup type: `cluster`, `single`, `sample` | `cluster` |
+| `--schedule SPEC` | Timer schedule (see below) | `daily` |
+| `--with-metrics` | Install Prometheus metrics exporter | false |
+| `--metrics-port PORT` | HTTP port for metrics exporter | 9399 |
+| `--dry-run` | Preview changes without applying | false |
+
+### Schedule Format
+
+The `--schedule` option accepts systemd OnCalendar format:
+
+| Value | Description |
+|-------|-------------|
+| `daily` | Every day at midnight |
+| `weekly` | Every Monday at midnight |
+| `hourly` | Every hour |
+| `*-*-* 02:00:00` | Every day at 2:00 AM |
+| `*-*-* 00/6:00:00` | Every 6 hours |
+| `Mon *-*-* 03:00` | Every Monday at 3:00 AM |
+| `*-*-01 00:00:00` | First day of every month |
+
+Test schedule with: `systemd-analyze calendar "Mon *-*-* 03:00"`
+
+## What Gets Installed
+
+### Directory Structure
+
+```
+/etc/dbbackup/
+├── dbbackup.conf           # Main configuration
+└── env.d/
+    └── cluster.conf        # Instance credentials (mode 0600)
+
+/var/lib/dbbackup/
+├── catalog/
+│   └── backups.db          # SQLite backup catalog
+├── backups/                # Default backup storage
+└── metrics/                # Prometheus textfile metrics
+
+/var/log/dbbackup/          # Log files
+
+/usr/local/bin/dbbackup     # Binary copy
+```
+
+### Systemd Units
+
+**For cluster backups:**
+- `/etc/systemd/system/dbbackup-cluster.service` - Backup service
+- `/etc/systemd/system/dbbackup-cluster.timer` - Backup scheduler
+
+**For named instances:**
+- `/etc/systemd/system/dbbackup@.service` - Template service
+- `/etc/systemd/system/dbbackup@.timer` - Template timer
+
+**Metrics exporter (optional):**
+- `/etc/systemd/system/dbbackup-exporter.service`
+
+### System User
+
+A dedicated `dbbackup` user and group are created:
+- Home: `/var/lib/dbbackup`
+- Shell: `/usr/sbin/nologin`
+- Purpose: Run backup services with minimal privileges
+
+## Manual Installation
+
+If you prefer to set up systemd services manually without the installer:
+
+### Step 1: Create User and Directories
+
+```bash
+# Create system user
+sudo useradd --system --home-dir /var/lib/dbbackup --shell /usr/sbin/nologin dbbackup
+
+# Create directories
+sudo mkdir -p /etc/dbbackup/env.d
+sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/dbbackup/{catalog,backups,metrics}
+sudo mkdir -p /var/log/dbbackup
+
+# Set ownership
+sudo chown -R dbbackup:dbbackup /var/lib/dbbackup /var/log/dbbackup
+sudo chown root:dbbackup /etc/dbbackup
+sudo chmod 750 /etc/dbbackup
+
+# Copy binary
+sudo cp dbbackup /usr/local/bin/
+sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/dbbackup
+```
+
+### Step 2: Create Configuration
+
+```bash
+# Main configuration in working directory (where service runs from)
+# dbbackup reads .dbbackup.conf from WorkingDirectory
+sudo tee /var/lib/dbbackup/.dbbackup.conf << 'EOF'
+# DBBackup Configuration
+db-type=postgres
+host=localhost
+port=5432
+user=postgres
+backup-dir=/var/lib/dbbackup/backups
+compression=6
+retention-days=30
+min-backups=7
+EOF
+sudo chown dbbackup:dbbackup /var/lib/dbbackup/.dbbackup.conf
+sudo chmod 600 /var/lib/dbbackup/.dbbackup.conf
+
+# Instance credentials (secure permissions)
+sudo tee /etc/dbbackup/env.d/cluster.conf << 'EOF'
+PGPASSWORD=your_secure_password
+# Or for MySQL:
+# MYSQL_PWD=your_secure_password
+EOF
+sudo chmod 600 /etc/dbbackup/env.d/cluster.conf
+sudo chown dbbackup:dbbackup /etc/dbbackup/env.d/cluster.conf
+```
+
+### Step 3: Create Service Unit
+
+```bash
+sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/dbbackup-cluster.service << 'EOF'
+[Unit]
+Description=DBBackup Cluster Backup
+Documentation=https://github.com/PlusOne/dbbackup
+After=network.target postgresql.service mysql.service
+Wants=network.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+User=dbbackup
+Group=dbbackup
+
+# Load configuration
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/dbbackup/env.d/cluster.conf
+
+# Working directory (config is loaded from .dbbackup.conf here)
+WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/dbbackup
+
+# Execute backup (reads .dbbackup.conf from WorkingDirectory)
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/dbbackup backup cluster \
+    --backup-dir /var/lib/dbbackup/backups \
+    --host localhost \
+    --port 5432 \
+    --user postgres \
+    --allow-root
+
+# Security hardening
+NoNewPrivileges=yes
+ProtectSystem=strict
+ProtectHome=yes
+PrivateTmp=yes
+PrivateDevices=yes
+ProtectKernelTunables=yes
+ProtectKernelModules=yes
+ProtectControlGroups=yes
+RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_UNIX AF_INET AF_INET6
+RestrictNamespaces=yes
+RestrictRealtime=yes
+RestrictSUIDSGID=yes
+MemoryDenyWriteExecute=yes
+LockPersonality=yes
+
+# Allow write to specific paths
+ReadWritePaths=/var/lib/dbbackup /var/log/dbbackup
+
+# Capability restrictions
+CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH CAP_NET_CONNECT
+AmbientCapabilities=
+
+# Resource limits
+MemoryMax=4G
+CPUQuota=80%
+
+# Prevent OOM killer from terminating backups
+OOMScoreAdjust=-100
+
+# Logging
+StandardOutput=journal
+StandardError=journal
+SyslogIdentifier=dbbackup
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+EOF
+```
+
+### Step 4: Create Timer Unit
+
+```bash
+sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/dbbackup-cluster.timer << 'EOF'
+[Unit]
+Description=DBBackup Cluster Backup Timer
+Documentation=https://github.com/PlusOne/dbbackup
+
+[Timer]
+# Run daily at midnight
+OnCalendar=daily
+
+# Randomize start time within 15 minutes to avoid thundering herd
+RandomizedDelaySec=900
+
+# Run immediately if we missed the last scheduled time
+Persistent=true
+
+# Run even if system was sleeping
+WakeSystem=false
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=timers.target
+EOF
+```
+
+### Step 5: Enable and Start
+
+```bash
+# Reload systemd
+sudo systemctl daemon-reload
+
+# Enable timer (auto-start on boot)
+sudo systemctl enable dbbackup-cluster.timer
+
+# Start timer
+sudo systemctl start dbbackup-cluster.timer
+
+# Verify timer is active
+sudo systemctl status dbbackup-cluster.timer
+
+# View next scheduled run
+sudo systemctl list-timers dbbackup-cluster.timer
+```
+
+### Step 6: Test Backup
+
+```bash
+# Run backup manually
+sudo systemctl start dbbackup-cluster.service
+
+# Check status
+sudo systemctl status dbbackup-cluster.service
+
+# View logs
+sudo journalctl -u dbbackup-cluster.service -f
+```
+
+## Prometheus Metrics Exporter (Manual)
+
+### Service Unit
+
+```bash
+sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/dbbackup-exporter.service << 'EOF'
+[Unit]
+Description=DBBackup Prometheus Metrics Exporter
+Documentation=https://github.com/PlusOne/dbbackup
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+User=dbbackup
+Group=dbbackup
+
+# Working directory
+WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/dbbackup
+
+# Start HTTP metrics server
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/dbbackup metrics serve --port 9399
+
+# Restart on failure
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=10
+
+# Security hardening
+NoNewPrivileges=yes
+ProtectSystem=strict
+ProtectHome=yes
+PrivateTmp=yes
+PrivateDevices=yes
+ProtectKernelTunables=yes
+ProtectKernelModules=yes
+ProtectControlGroups=yes
+RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_UNIX AF_INET AF_INET6
+RestrictNamespaces=yes
+RestrictRealtime=yes
+RestrictSUIDSGID=yes
+LockPersonality=yes
+
+# Catalog access
+ReadWritePaths=/var/lib/dbbackup
+
+# Capability restrictions
+CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE
+AmbientCapabilities=
+
+# Logging
+StandardOutput=journal
+StandardError=journal
+SyslogIdentifier=dbbackup-exporter
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+EOF
+```
+
+### Enable Exporter
+
+```bash
+sudo systemctl daemon-reload
+sudo systemctl enable dbbackup-exporter
+sudo systemctl start dbbackup-exporter
+
+# Test
+curl http://localhost:9399/health
+curl http://localhost:9399/metrics
+```
+
+### Prometheus Configuration
+
+Add to `prometheus.yml`:
+
+```yaml
+scrape_configs:
+  - job_name: 'dbbackup'
+    static_configs:
+      - targets: ['localhost:9399']
+    scrape_interval: 60s
+```
+
+## Security Hardening
+
+The systemd units include comprehensive security hardening:
+
+| Setting | Purpose |
+|---------|---------|
+| `NoNewPrivileges=yes` | Prevent privilege escalation |
+| `ProtectSystem=strict` | Read-only filesystem except allowed paths |
+| `ProtectHome=yes` | Block access to /home, /root, /run/user |
+| `PrivateTmp=yes` | Isolated /tmp namespace |
+| `PrivateDevices=yes` | No access to physical devices |
+| `RestrictAddressFamilies` | Only Unix and IP sockets |
+| `MemoryDenyWriteExecute=yes` | Prevent code injection |
+| `CapabilityBoundingSet` | Minimal Linux capabilities |
+| `OOMScoreAdjust=-100` | Protect backup from OOM killer |
+
+### Database Access
+
+For PostgreSQL with peer authentication:
+```bash
+# Add dbbackup user to postgres group
+sudo usermod -aG postgres dbbackup
+
+# Or create a .pgpass file
+sudo -u dbbackup tee /var/lib/dbbackup/.pgpass << EOF
+localhost:5432:*:postgres:password
+EOF
+sudo chmod 600 /var/lib/dbbackup/.pgpass
+```
+
+For PostgreSQL with password authentication:
+```bash
+# Store password in environment file
+echo "PGPASSWORD=your_password" | sudo tee /etc/dbbackup/env.d/cluster.conf
+sudo chmod 600 /etc/dbbackup/env.d/cluster.conf
+```
+
+## Multiple Instances
+
+Run different backup configurations as separate instances:
+
+```bash
+# Install multiple instances
+sudo dbbackup install --instance production --schedule "*-*-* 02:00:00"
+sudo dbbackup install --instance staging --schedule "*-*-* 04:00:00"
+sudo dbbackup install --instance analytics --schedule "weekly"
+
+# Manage individually
+sudo systemctl status dbbackup@production.timer
+sudo systemctl start dbbackup@staging.service
+```
+
+Each instance has its own:
+- Configuration: `/etc/dbbackup/env.d/<instance>.conf`
+- Timer schedule
+- Journal logs: `journalctl -u dbbackup@<instance>.service`
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+### View Logs
+
+```bash
+# Real-time logs
+sudo journalctl -u dbbackup-cluster.service -f
+
+# Last backup run
+sudo journalctl -u dbbackup-cluster.service -n 100
+
+# All dbbackup logs
+sudo journalctl -t dbbackup
+
+# Exporter logs
+sudo journalctl -u dbbackup-exporter -f
+```
+
+### Timer Not Running
+
+```bash
+# Check timer status
+sudo systemctl status dbbackup-cluster.timer
+
+# List all timers
+sudo systemctl list-timers --all | grep dbbackup
+
+# Check if timer is enabled
+sudo systemctl is-enabled dbbackup-cluster.timer
+```
+
+### Service Fails to Start
+
+```bash
+# Check service status
+sudo systemctl status dbbackup-cluster.service
+
+# View detailed error
+sudo journalctl -u dbbackup-cluster.service -n 50 --no-pager
+
+# Test manually as dbbackup user (run from working directory with .dbbackup.conf)
+cd /var/lib/dbbackup && sudo -u dbbackup /usr/local/bin/dbbackup backup cluster
+
+# Check permissions
+ls -la /var/lib/dbbackup/
+ls -la /var/lib/dbbackup/.dbbackup.conf
+```
+
+### Permission Denied
+
+```bash
+# Fix ownership
+sudo chown -R dbbackup:dbbackup /var/lib/dbbackup
+
+# Check SELinux (if enabled)
+sudo ausearch -m avc -ts recent
+
+# Check AppArmor (if enabled)
+sudo aa-status
+```
+
+### Exporter Not Accessible
+
+```bash
+# Check if running
+sudo systemctl status dbbackup-exporter
+
+# Check port binding
+sudo ss -tlnp | grep 9399
+
+# Test locally
+curl -v http://localhost:9399/health
+
+# Check firewall
+sudo ufw status
+sudo iptables -L -n | grep 9399
+```
+
+## Prometheus Alerting Rules
+
+Add these alert rules to your Prometheus configuration for backup monitoring:
+
+```yaml
+# /etc/prometheus/rules/dbbackup.yml
+groups:
+  - name: dbbackup
+    rules:
+      # Alert if no successful backup in 24 hours
+      - alert: DBBackupMissing
+        expr: time() - dbbackup_last_success_timestamp > 86400
+        for: 5m
+        labels:
+          severity: warning
+        annotations:
+          summary: "No backup in 24 hours on {{ $labels.instance }}"
+          description: "Database {{ $labels.database }} has not had a successful backup in over 24 hours."
+
+      # Alert if backup verification failed
+      - alert: DBBackupVerificationFailed
+        expr: dbbackup_backup_verified == 0
+        for: 5m
+        labels:
+          severity: critical
+        annotations:
+          summary: "Backup verification failed on {{ $labels.instance }}"
+          description: "Last backup for {{ $labels.database }} failed verification check."
+
+      # Alert if RPO exceeded (48 hours)
+      - alert: DBBackupRPOExceeded
+        expr: dbbackup_rpo_seconds > 172800
+        for: 5m
+        labels:
+          severity: critical
+        annotations:
+          summary: "RPO exceeded on {{ $labels.instance }}"
+          description: "Recovery Point Objective exceeded 48 hours for {{ $labels.database }}."
+
+      # Alert if exporter is down
+      - alert: DBBackupExporterDown
+        expr: up{job="dbbackup"} == 0
+        for: 5m
+        labels:
+          severity: warning
+        annotations:
+          summary: "DBBackup exporter down on {{ $labels.instance }}"
+          description: "Cannot scrape metrics from dbbackup-exporter."
+
+      # Alert if backup size dropped significantly (possible truncation)
+      - alert: DBBackupSizeAnomaly
+        expr: dbbackup_last_backup_size_bytes < (dbbackup_last_backup_size_bytes offset 1d) * 0.5
+        for: 5m
+        labels:
+          severity: warning
+        annotations:
+          summary: "Backup size anomaly on {{ $labels.instance }}"
+          description: "Backup size for {{ $labels.database }} dropped by more than 50%."
+```
+
+### Loading Alert Rules
+
+```bash
+# Test rules syntax
+promtool check rules /etc/prometheus/rules/dbbackup.yml
+
+# Reload Prometheus
+sudo systemctl reload prometheus
+# or via API:
+curl -X POST http://localhost:9090/-/reload
+```
+
+## Catalog Sync for Existing Backups
+
+If you have existing backups created before installing v3.41+, sync them to the catalog:
+
+```bash
+# Sync existing backups to catalog
+dbbackup catalog sync /path/to/backup/directory --allow-root
+
+# Verify catalog contents
+dbbackup catalog list --allow-root
+
+# Show statistics
+dbbackup catalog stats --allow-root
+```
+
+## Uninstallation
+
+### Using Installer
+
+```bash
+# Remove cluster backup (keeps config)
+sudo dbbackup uninstall cluster
+
+# Remove and purge configuration
+sudo dbbackup uninstall cluster --purge
+
+# Remove named instance
+sudo dbbackup uninstall production --purge
+```
+
+### Manual Removal
+
+```bash
+# Stop and disable services
+sudo systemctl stop dbbackup-cluster.timer dbbackup-cluster.service dbbackup-exporter
+sudo systemctl disable dbbackup-cluster.timer dbbackup-exporter
+
+# Remove unit files
+sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/dbbackup-cluster.service
+sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/dbbackup-cluster.timer
+sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/dbbackup-exporter.service
+sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/dbbackup@.service
+sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/dbbackup@.timer
+
+# Reload systemd
+sudo systemctl daemon-reload
+
+# Optional: Remove user and directories
+sudo userdel dbbackup
+sudo rm -rf /var/lib/dbbackup
+sudo rm -rf /etc/dbbackup
+sudo rm -rf /var/log/dbbackup
+sudo rm /usr/local/bin/dbbackup
+```
+
+## See Also
+
+- [README.md](README.md) - Main documentation
+- [DOCKER.md](DOCKER.md) - Docker deployment
+- [CLOUD.md](CLOUD.md) - Cloud storage configuration
+- [PITR.md](PITR.md) - Point-in-Time Recovery
--- a/VEEAM_ALTERNATIVE.md
+++ b/VEEAM_ALTERNATIVE.md
@@ -1,134 +0,0 @@
-# Why DBAs Are Switching from Veeam to dbbackup
-
-## The Enterprise Backup Problem
-
-You're paying **$2,000-10,000/year per database server** for enterprise backup solutions. 
-
-What are you actually getting?
-
- Heavy agents eating your CPU
- Complex licensing that requires a spreadsheet to understand
- Vendor lock-in to proprietary formats
- "Cloud support" that means "we'll upload your backup somewhere"
- Recovery that requires calling support
-
-## What If There Was a Better Way?
-
-**dbbackup v3.2.0** delivers enterprise-grade MySQL/MariaDB backup capabilities in a **single, zero-dependency binary**:
-
-| Feature | Veeam/Commercial | dbbackup |
-|---------|------------------|----------|
-| Physical backups | ✅ Via XtraBackup | ✅ Native Clone Plugin |
-| Consistent snapshots | ✅ | ✅ LVM/ZFS/Btrfs |
-| Binlog streaming | ❌ | ✅ Continuous PITR |
-| Direct cloud streaming | ❌ (stage to disk) | ✅ Zero local storage |
-| Parallel uploads | ❌ | ✅ Configurable workers |
-| License cost | $$$$ | **Free (MIT)** |
-| Dependencies | Agent + XtraBackup + ... | **Single binary** |
-
-## Real Numbers
-
-**100GB database backup comparison:**
-
-| Metric | Traditional | dbbackup v3.2 |
-|--------|-------------|---------------|
-| Backup time | 45 min | **12 min** |
-| Local disk needed | 100GB | **0 GB** |
-| Network efficiency | 1x | **3x** (parallel) |
-| Recovery point | Daily | **< 1 second** |
-
-## The Technical Revolution
-
-### MySQL Clone Plugin (8.0.17+)
-```bash
-# Physical backup at InnoDB page level
-# No XtraBackup. No external tools. Pure Go.
-dbbackup backup --engine=clone --output=s3://bucket/backup
-```
-
-### Filesystem Snapshots
-```bash
-# Brief lock (<100ms), instant snapshot, stream to cloud
-dbbackup backup --engine=snapshot --snapshot-backend=lvm
-```
-
-### Continuous Binlog Streaming
-```bash
-# Real-time binlog capture to S3
-# Sub-second RPO without touching the database server
-dbbackup binlog stream --target=s3://bucket/binlogs/
-```
-
-### Parallel Cloud Upload
-```bash
-# Saturate your network, not your patience
-dbbackup backup --engine=streaming --parallel-workers=8
-```
-
-## Who Should Switch?
-
-✅ **Cloud-native deployments** - Kubernetes, ECS, Cloud Run  
-✅ **Cost-conscious enterprises** - Same capabilities, zero license fees  
-✅ **DevOps teams** - Single binary, easy automation  
-✅ **Compliance requirements** - AES-256-GCM encryption, audit logging  
-✅ **Multi-cloud strategies** - S3, GCS, Azure Blob native support  
-
-## Migration Path
-
-**Day 1**: Run dbbackup alongside existing solution
-```bash
-# Test backup
-dbbackup backup --database=mydb --output=s3://test-bucket/
-
-# Verify integrity
-dbbackup verify s3://test-bucket/backup.sql.gz.enc
-```
-
-**Week 1**: Compare backup times, storage costs, recovery speed
-
-**Week 2**: Switch primary backups to dbbackup
-
-**Month 1**: Cancel Veeam renewal, buy your team pizza with savings 🍕
-
-## FAQ
-
-**Q: Is this production-ready?**  
-A: Used in production by organizations managing petabytes of MySQL data.
-
-**Q: What about support?**  
-A: Community support via GitHub. Enterprise support available.
-
-**Q: Can it replace XtraBackup?**  
-A: For MySQL 8.0.17+, yes. We use native Clone Plugin instead.
-
-**Q: What about PostgreSQL?**  
-A: Full PostgreSQL support including WAL archiving and PITR.
-
-## Get Started
-
-```bash
-# Download (single binary, ~15MB)
-curl -LO https://github.com/UUXO/dbbackup/releases/latest/download/dbbackup_linux_amd64
-chmod +x dbbackup_linux_amd64
-
-# Your first backup
-./dbbackup_linux_amd64 backup \
-  --database=production \
-  --engine=auto \
-  --output=s3://my-backups/$(date +%Y%m%d)/
-```
-
-## The Bottom Line
-
-Every dollar you spend on backup licensing is a dollar not spent on:
- Better hardware
- Your team
- Actually useful tools
-
-**dbbackup**: Enterprise capabilities. Zero enterprise pricing.
-
---
-
-*Apache 2.0 Licensed. Free forever. No sales calls required.*
-
-[GitHub](https://github.com/UUXO/dbbackup) | [Documentation](https://github.com/UUXO/dbbackup#readme) | [Release Notes](RELEASE_NOTES_v3.2.md)
--- a/bin/README.md
+++ b/bin/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+# DB Backup Tool - Pre-compiled Binaries
+
+This directory contains pre-compiled binaries for the DB Backup Tool across multiple platforms and architectures.
+
+## Build Information
+- **Version**: 3.42.10
+- **Build Time**: 2026-01-13_13:40:58_UTC
+- **Git Commit**: 222bdbe
+
+## Recent Updates (v1.1.0)
+- ✅ Fixed TUI progress display with line-by-line output
+- ✅ Added interactive configuration settings menu
+- ✅ Improved menu navigation and responsiveness  
+- ✅ Enhanced completion status handling
+- ✅ Better CPU detection and optimization
+- ✅ Silent mode support for TUI operations
+
+## Available Binaries
+
+### Linux
+- `dbbackup_linux_amd64` - Linux 64-bit (Intel/AMD)
+- `dbbackup_linux_arm64` - Linux 64-bit (ARM)
+- `dbbackup_linux_arm_armv7` - Linux 32-bit (ARMv7)
+
+### macOS
+- `dbbackup_darwin_amd64` - macOS 64-bit (Intel)
+- `dbbackup_darwin_arm64` - macOS 64-bit (Apple Silicon)
+
+### Windows
+- `dbbackup_windows_amd64.exe` - Windows 64-bit (Intel/AMD)
+- `dbbackup_windows_arm64.exe` - Windows 64-bit (ARM)
+
+### BSD Systems
+- `dbbackup_freebsd_amd64` - FreeBSD 64-bit
+- `dbbackup_openbsd_amd64` - OpenBSD 64-bit
+- `dbbackup_netbsd_amd64` - NetBSD 64-bit
+
+## Usage
+
+1. Download the appropriate binary for your platform
+2. Make it executable (Unix-like systems): `chmod +x dbbackup_*`
+3. Run: `./dbbackup_* --help`
+
+## Interactive Mode
+
+Launch the interactive TUI menu for easy configuration and operation:
+
+```bash
+# Interactive mode with TUI menu
+./dbbackup_linux_amd64
+
+# Features:
+# - Interactive configuration settings
+# - Real-time progress display
+# - Operation history and status
+# - CPU detection and optimization
+```
+
+## Command Line Mode
+
+Direct command line usage with line-by-line progress:
+
+```bash
+# Show CPU information and optimization settings
+./dbbackup_linux_amd64 cpu
+
+# Auto-optimize for your hardware
+./dbbackup_linux_amd64 backup cluster --auto-detect-cores
+
+# Manual CPU configuration  
+./dbbackup_linux_amd64 backup single mydb --jobs 8 --dump-jobs 4
+
+# Line-by-line progress output
+./dbbackup_linux_amd64 backup cluster --progress-type line
+```
+
+## CPU Detection
+
+All binaries include advanced CPU detection capabilities:
+- Automatic core detection for optimal parallelism
+- Support for different workload types (CPU-intensive, I/O-intensive, balanced)
+- Platform-specific optimizations for Linux, macOS, and Windows
+- Interactive CPU configuration in TUI mode
+
+## Support
+
+For issues or questions, please refer to the main project documentation.
--- a/build_all.sh
+++ b/build_all.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ echo "🔧 Using Go version: $GO_VERSION"

 # Configuration
 APP_NAME="dbbackup"
-VERSION="3.1.0"
+VERSION=$(grep 'version.*=' main.go | head -1 | sed 's/.*"\(.*\)".*/\1/')
 BUILD_TIME=$(date -u '+%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S_UTC')
 GIT_COMMIT=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo "unknown")
 BIN_DIR="bin"
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ for platform_config in "${PLATFORMS[@]}"; do
    echo -e "${YELLOW}[$current/$total_platforms]${NC} Building for ${BOLD}$description${NC} (${platform})"
    
    # Set environment and build (using export for better compatibility)
-    export GOOS GOARCH
+    # CGO_ENABLED=0 creates static binaries without glibc dependency
+    export CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS GOARCH
    if go build -ldflags "$LDFLAGS" -o "${BIN_DIR}/${binary_name}" . 2>/dev/null; then
        # Get file size
        if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
--- a/cmd/catalog.go
+++ b/cmd/catalog.go
@@ -252,8 +252,8 @@ func runCatalogSync(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}
 	defer cat.Close()

-	fmt.Printf("📁 Syncing backups from: %s\n", absDir)
-	fmt.Printf("📊 Catalog database: %s\n\n", catalogDBPath)
+	fmt.Printf("[DIR] Syncing backups from: %s\n", absDir)
+	fmt.Printf("[STATS] Catalog database: %s\n\n", catalogDBPath)

 	ctx := context.Background()
 	result, err := cat.SyncFromDirectory(ctx, absDir)
@@ -265,17 +265,17 @@ func runCatalogSync(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	cat.SetLastSync(ctx)

 	// Show results
-	fmt.Printf("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n")
+	fmt.Printf("=====================================================\n")
 	fmt.Printf("  Sync Results\n")
-	fmt.Printf("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n")
-	fmt.Printf("  ✅ Added:   %d\n", result.Added)
-	fmt.Printf("  🔄 Updated: %d\n", result.Updated)
-	fmt.Printf("  🗑️  Removed: %d\n", result.Removed)
+	fmt.Printf("=====================================================\n")
+	fmt.Printf("  [OK] Added:   %d\n", result.Added)
+	fmt.Printf("  [SYNC] Updated: %d\n", result.Updated)
+	fmt.Printf("  [DEL]  Removed: %d\n", result.Removed)
 	if result.Errors > 0 {
-		fmt.Printf("  ❌ Errors:  %d\n", result.Errors)
+		fmt.Printf("  [FAIL] Errors:  %d\n", result.Errors)
 	}
-	fmt.Printf("  ⏱️  Duration: %.2fs\n", result.Duration)
-	fmt.Printf("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n")
+	fmt.Printf("  [TIME]  Duration: %.2fs\n", result.Duration)
+	fmt.Printf("=====================================================\n")

 	// Show details if verbose
 	if catalogVerbose && len(result.Details) > 0 {
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ func runCatalogList(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	// Table format
 	fmt.Printf("%-30s %-12s %-10s %-20s %-10s %s\n",
 		"DATABASE", "TYPE", "SIZE", "CREATED", "STATUS", "PATH")
-	fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("─", 120))
+	fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("-", 120))

 	for _, entry := range entries {
 		dbName := truncateString(entry.Database, 28)
@@ -331,10 +331,10 @@ func runCatalogList(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {

 		status := string(entry.Status)
 		if entry.VerifyValid != nil && *entry.VerifyValid {
-			status = "✓ verified"
+			status = "[OK] verified"
 		}
 		if entry.DrillSuccess != nil && *entry.DrillSuccess {
-			status = "✓ tested"
+			status = "[OK] tested"
 		}

 		fmt.Printf("%-30s %-12s %-10s %-20s %-10s %s\n",
@@ -377,20 +377,20 @@ func runCatalogStats(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}

 	// Table format
-	fmt.Printf("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n")
+	fmt.Printf("=====================================================\n")
 	if catalogDatabase != "" {
 		fmt.Printf("  Catalog Statistics: %s\n", catalogDatabase)
 	} else {
 		fmt.Printf("  Catalog Statistics\n")
 	}
-	fmt.Printf("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n\n")
+	fmt.Printf("=====================================================\n\n")

-	fmt.Printf("📊 Total Backups:    %d\n", stats.TotalBackups)
-	fmt.Printf("💾 Total Size:       %s\n", stats.TotalSizeHuman)
-	fmt.Printf("📏 Average Size:     %s\n", catalog.FormatSize(stats.AvgSize))
-	fmt.Printf("⏱️  Average Duration: %.1fs\n", stats.AvgDuration)
-	fmt.Printf("✅ Verified:         %d\n", stats.VerifiedCount)
-	fmt.Printf("🧪 Drill Tested:     %d\n", stats.DrillTestedCount)
+	fmt.Printf("[STATS] Total Backups:    %d\n", stats.TotalBackups)
+	fmt.Printf("[SAVE] Total Size:       %s\n", stats.TotalSizeHuman)
+	fmt.Printf("[SIZE] Average Size:     %s\n", catalog.FormatSize(stats.AvgSize))
+	fmt.Printf("[TIME]  Average Duration: %.1fs\n", stats.AvgDuration)
+	fmt.Printf("[OK] Verified:         %d\n", stats.VerifiedCount)
+	fmt.Printf("[TEST] Drill Tested:     %d\n", stats.DrillTestedCount)

 	if stats.OldestBackup != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("📅 Oldest Backup:    %s\n", stats.OldestBackup.Format("2006-01-02 15:04"))
@@ -400,27 +400,27 @@ func runCatalogStats(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}

 	if len(stats.ByDatabase) > 0 && catalogDatabase == "" {
-		fmt.Printf("\n📁 By Database:\n")
+		fmt.Printf("\n[DIR] By Database:\n")
 		for db, count := range stats.ByDatabase {
 			fmt.Printf("   %-30s %d\n", db, count)
 		}
 	}

 	if len(stats.ByType) > 0 {
-		fmt.Printf("\n📦 By Type:\n")
+		fmt.Printf("\n[PKG] By Type:\n")
 		for t, count := range stats.ByType {
 			fmt.Printf("   %-15s %d\n", t, count)
 		}
 	}

 	if len(stats.ByStatus) > 0 {
-		fmt.Printf("\n📋 By Status:\n")
+		fmt.Printf("\n[LOG] By Status:\n")
 		for s, count := range stats.ByStatus {
 			fmt.Printf("   %-15s %d\n", s, count)
 		}
 	}

-	fmt.Printf("\n━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n")
+	fmt.Printf("\n=====================================================\n")
 	return nil
 }

@@ -488,26 +488,26 @@ func runCatalogGaps(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}

 	if len(allGaps) == 0 {
-		fmt.Printf("✅ No backup gaps detected (expected interval: %s)\n", interval)
+		fmt.Printf("[OK] No backup gaps detected (expected interval: %s)\n", interval)
 		return nil
 	}

-	fmt.Printf("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n")
+	fmt.Printf("=====================================================\n")
 	fmt.Printf("  Backup Gaps Detected (expected interval: %s)\n", interval)
-	fmt.Printf("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n\n")
+	fmt.Printf("=====================================================\n\n")

 	totalGaps := 0
 	criticalGaps := 0

 	for database, gaps := range allGaps {
-		fmt.Printf("📁 %s (%d gaps)\n", database, len(gaps))
+		fmt.Printf("[DIR] %s (%d gaps)\n", database, len(gaps))

 		for _, gap := range gaps {
 			totalGaps++
-			icon := "ℹ️"
+			icon := "[INFO]"
 			switch gap.Severity {
 			case catalog.SeverityWarning:
-				icon = "⚠️"
+				icon = "[WARN]"
 			case catalog.SeverityCritical:
 				icon = "🚨"
 				criticalGaps++
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ func runCatalogGaps(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		fmt.Println()
 	}

-	fmt.Printf("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n")
+	fmt.Printf("=====================================================\n")
 	fmt.Printf("Total: %d gaps detected", totalGaps)
 	if criticalGaps > 0 {
 		fmt.Printf(" (%d critical)", criticalGaps)
@@ -598,20 +598,20 @@ func runCatalogSearch(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	fmt.Printf("Found %d matching backups:\n\n", len(entries))

 	for _, entry := range entries {
-		fmt.Printf("📁 %s\n", entry.Database)
+		fmt.Printf("[DIR] %s\n", entry.Database)
 		fmt.Printf("   Path: %s\n", entry.BackupPath)
 		fmt.Printf("   Type: %s | Size: %s | Created: %s\n",
 			entry.DatabaseType,
 			catalog.FormatSize(entry.SizeBytes),
 			entry.CreatedAt.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05"))
 		if entry.Encrypted {
-			fmt.Printf("   🔒 Encrypted\n")
+			fmt.Printf("   [LOCK] Encrypted\n")
 		}
 		if entry.VerifyValid != nil && *entry.VerifyValid {
-			fmt.Printf("   ✅ Verified: %s\n", entry.VerifiedAt.Format("2006-01-02 15:04"))
+			fmt.Printf("   [OK] Verified: %s\n", entry.VerifiedAt.Format("2006-01-02 15:04"))
 		}
 		if entry.DrillSuccess != nil && *entry.DrillSuccess {
-			fmt.Printf("   🧪 Drill Tested: %s\n", entry.DrillTestedAt.Format("2006-01-02 15:04"))
+			fmt.Printf("   [TEST] Drill Tested: %s\n", entry.DrillTestedAt.Format("2006-01-02 15:04"))
 		}
 		fmt.Println()
 	}
@@ -655,64 +655,64 @@ func runCatalogInfo(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return nil
 	}

-	fmt.Printf("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n")
+	fmt.Printf("=====================================================\n")
 	fmt.Printf("  Backup Details\n")
-	fmt.Printf("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n\n")
+	fmt.Printf("=====================================================\n\n")

-	fmt.Printf("📁 Database:     %s\n", entry.Database)
+	fmt.Printf("[DIR] Database:     %s\n", entry.Database)
 	fmt.Printf("🔧 Type:         %s\n", entry.DatabaseType)
-	fmt.Printf("🖥️  Host:         %s:%d\n", entry.Host, entry.Port)
+	fmt.Printf("[HOST]  Host:         %s:%d\n", entry.Host, entry.Port)
 	fmt.Printf("📂 Path:         %s\n", entry.BackupPath)
-	fmt.Printf("📦 Backup Type:  %s\n", entry.BackupType)
-	fmt.Printf("💾 Size:         %s (%d bytes)\n", catalog.FormatSize(entry.SizeBytes), entry.SizeBytes)
-	fmt.Printf("🔐 SHA256:       %s\n", entry.SHA256)
+	fmt.Printf("[PKG] Backup Type:  %s\n", entry.BackupType)
+	fmt.Printf("[SAVE] Size:         %s (%d bytes)\n", catalog.FormatSize(entry.SizeBytes), entry.SizeBytes)
+	fmt.Printf("[HASH] SHA256:       %s\n", entry.SHA256)
 	fmt.Printf("📅 Created:      %s\n", entry.CreatedAt.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05 MST"))
-	fmt.Printf("⏱️  Duration:     %.2fs\n", entry.Duration)
-	fmt.Printf("📋 Status:       %s\n", entry.Status)
+	fmt.Printf("[TIME]  Duration:     %.2fs\n", entry.Duration)
+	fmt.Printf("[LOG] Status:       %s\n", entry.Status)

 	if entry.Compression != "" {
-		fmt.Printf("📦 Compression:  %s\n", entry.Compression)
+		fmt.Printf("[PKG] Compression:  %s\n", entry.Compression)
 	}
 	if entry.Encrypted {
-		fmt.Printf("🔒 Encrypted:    yes\n")
+		fmt.Printf("[LOCK] Encrypted:    yes\n")
 	}
 	if entry.CloudLocation != "" {
-		fmt.Printf("☁️  Cloud:        %s\n", entry.CloudLocation)
+		fmt.Printf("[CLOUD]  Cloud:        %s\n", entry.CloudLocation)
 	}
 	if entry.RetentionPolicy != "" {
 		fmt.Printf("📆 Retention:    %s\n", entry.RetentionPolicy)
 	}

-	fmt.Printf("\n📊 Verification:\n")
+	fmt.Printf("\n[STATS] Verification:\n")
 	if entry.VerifiedAt != nil {
-		status := "❌ Failed"
+		status := "[FAIL] Failed"
 		if entry.VerifyValid != nil && *entry.VerifyValid {
-			status = "✅ Valid"
+			status = "[OK] Valid"
 		}
 		fmt.Printf("   Status: %s (checked %s)\n", status, entry.VerifiedAt.Format("2006-01-02 15:04"))
 	} else {
-		fmt.Printf("   Status: ⏳ Not verified\n")
+		fmt.Printf("   Status: [WAIT] Not verified\n")
 	}

-	fmt.Printf("\n🧪 DR Drill Test:\n")
+	fmt.Printf("\n[TEST] DR Drill Test:\n")
 	if entry.DrillTestedAt != nil {
-		status := "❌ Failed"
+		status := "[FAIL] Failed"
 		if entry.DrillSuccess != nil && *entry.DrillSuccess {
-			status = "✅ Passed"
+			status = "[OK] Passed"
 		}
 		fmt.Printf("   Status: %s (tested %s)\n", status, entry.DrillTestedAt.Format("2006-01-02 15:04"))
 	} else {
-		fmt.Printf("   Status: ⏳ Not tested\n")
+		fmt.Printf("   Status: [WAIT] Not tested\n")
 	}

 	if len(entry.Metadata) > 0 {
-		fmt.Printf("\n📝 Additional Metadata:\n")
+		fmt.Printf("\n[NOTE] Additional Metadata:\n")
 		for k, v := range entry.Metadata {
 			fmt.Printf("   %s: %s\n", k, v)
 		}
 	}

-	fmt.Printf("\n━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n")
+	fmt.Printf("\n=====================================================\n")

 	return nil
 }
--- a/cmd/cleanup.go
+++ b/cmd/cleanup.go
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func runCleanup(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		DryRun:        dryRun,
 	}

-	fmt.Printf("🗑️  Cleanup Policy:\n")
+	fmt.Printf("[CLEANUP] Cleanup Policy:\n")
 	fmt.Printf("   Directory: %s\n", backupDir)
 	fmt.Printf("   Retention: %d days\n", policy.RetentionDays)
 	fmt.Printf("   Min backups: %d\n", policy.MinBackups)
@@ -142,16 +142,16 @@ func runCleanup(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}

 	// Display results
-	fmt.Printf("📊 Results:\n")
+	fmt.Printf("[RESULTS] Results:\n")
 	fmt.Printf("   Total backups: %d\n", result.TotalBackups)
 	fmt.Printf("   Eligible for deletion: %d\n", result.EligibleForDeletion)

 	if len(result.Deleted) > 0 {
 		fmt.Printf("\n")
 		if dryRun {
-			fmt.Printf("🔍 Would delete %d backup(s):\n", len(result.Deleted))
+			fmt.Printf("[DRY-RUN] Would delete %d backup(s):\n", len(result.Deleted))
 		} else {
-			fmt.Printf("✅ Deleted %d backup(s):\n", len(result.Deleted))
+			fmt.Printf("[OK] Deleted %d backup(s):\n", len(result.Deleted))
 		}
 		for _, file := range result.Deleted {
 			fmt.Printf("   - %s\n", filepath.Base(file))
@@ -159,33 +159,33 @@ func runCleanup(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}

 	if len(result.Kept) > 0 && len(result.Kept) <= 10 {
-		fmt.Printf("\n📦 Kept %d backup(s):\n", len(result.Kept))
+		fmt.Printf("\n[KEPT] Kept %d backup(s):\n", len(result.Kept))
 		for _, file := range result.Kept {
 			fmt.Printf("   - %s\n", filepath.Base(file))
 		}
 	} else if len(result.Kept) > 10 {
-		fmt.Printf("\n📦 Kept %d backup(s)\n", len(result.Kept))
+		fmt.Printf("\n[KEPT] Kept %d backup(s)\n", len(result.Kept))
 	}

 	if !dryRun && result.SpaceFreed > 0 {
-		fmt.Printf("\n💾 Space freed: %s\n", metadata.FormatSize(result.SpaceFreed))
+		fmt.Printf("\n[FREED] Space freed: %s\n", metadata.FormatSize(result.SpaceFreed))
 	}

 	if len(result.Errors) > 0 {
-		fmt.Printf("\n⚠️  Errors:\n")
+		fmt.Printf("\n[WARN] Errors:\n")
 		for _, err := range result.Errors {
 			fmt.Printf("   - %v\n", err)
 		}
 	}

-	fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("─", 50))
+	fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("-", 50))

 	if dryRun {
-		fmt.Println("✅ Dry run completed (no files were deleted)")
+		fmt.Println("[OK] Dry run completed (no files were deleted)")
 	} else if len(result.Deleted) > 0 {
-		fmt.Println("✅ Cleanup completed successfully")
+		fmt.Println("[OK] Cleanup completed successfully")
 	} else {
-		fmt.Println("ℹ️  No backups eligible for deletion")
+		fmt.Println("[INFO] No backups eligible for deletion")
 	}

 	return nil
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ func runCloudCleanup(ctx context.Context, uri string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid cloud URI: %w", err)
 	}

-	fmt.Printf("☁️  Cloud Cleanup Policy:\n")
+	fmt.Printf("[CLOUD] Cloud Cleanup Policy:\n")
 	fmt.Printf("   URI: %s\n", uri)
 	fmt.Printf("   Provider: %s\n", cloudURI.Provider)
 	fmt.Printf("   Bucket: %s\n", cloudURI.Bucket)
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ func runCloudCleanup(ctx context.Context, uri string) error {
 	}

 	// Display results
-	fmt.Printf("📊 Results:\n")
+	fmt.Printf("[RESULTS] Results:\n")
 	fmt.Printf("   Total backups: %d\n", totalBackups)
 	fmt.Printf("   Eligible for deletion: %d\n", len(toDelete))
 	fmt.Printf("   Will keep: %d\n", len(toKeep))
@@ -303,9 +303,9 @@ func runCloudCleanup(ctx context.Context, uri string) error {

 	if len(toDelete) > 0 {
 		if dryRun {
-			fmt.Printf("🔍 Would delete %d backup(s):\n", len(toDelete))
+			fmt.Printf("[DRY-RUN] Would delete %d backup(s):\n", len(toDelete))
 		} else {
-			fmt.Printf("🗑️  Deleting %d backup(s):\n", len(toDelete))
+			fmt.Printf("[DELETE] Deleting %d backup(s):\n", len(toDelete))
 		}

 		var totalSize int64
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ func runCloudCleanup(ctx context.Context, uri string) error {

 			if !dryRun {
 				if err := backend.Delete(ctx, backup.Key); err != nil {
-					fmt.Printf("     ❌ Error: %v\n", err)
+					fmt.Printf("     [FAIL] Error: %v\n", err)
 				} else {
 					deletedCount++
 					// Also try to delete metadata
@@ -330,12 +330,12 @@ func runCloudCleanup(ctx context.Context, uri string) error {
 			}
 		}

-		fmt.Printf("\n💾 Space %s: %s\n",
+		fmt.Printf("\n[FREED] Space %s: %s\n",
 			map[bool]string{true: "would be freed", false: "freed"}[dryRun],
 			cloud.FormatSize(totalSize))

 		if !dryRun && deletedCount > 0 {
-			fmt.Printf("✅ Successfully deleted %d backup(s)\n", deletedCount)
+			fmt.Printf("[OK] Successfully deleted %d backup(s)\n", deletedCount)
 		}
 	} else {
 		fmt.Println("No backups eligible for deletion")
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ func runGFSCleanup(backupDir string) error {
 	}

 	// Display tier breakdown
-	fmt.Printf("📊 Backup Classification:\n")
+	fmt.Printf("[STATS] Backup Classification:\n")
 	fmt.Printf("   Yearly:  %d\n", result.YearlyKept)
 	fmt.Printf("   Monthly: %d\n", result.MonthlyKept)
 	fmt.Printf("   Weekly:  %d\n", result.WeeklyKept)
@@ -416,9 +416,9 @@ func runGFSCleanup(backupDir string) error {
 	// Display deletions
 	if len(result.Deleted) > 0 {
 		if dryRun {
-			fmt.Printf("🔍 Would delete %d backup(s):\n", len(result.Deleted))
+			fmt.Printf("[SEARCH] Would delete %d backup(s):\n", len(result.Deleted))
 		} else {
-			fmt.Printf("✅ Deleted %d backup(s):\n", len(result.Deleted))
+			fmt.Printf("[OK] Deleted %d backup(s):\n", len(result.Deleted))
 		}
 		for _, file := range result.Deleted {
 			fmt.Printf("   - %s\n", filepath.Base(file))
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ func runGFSCleanup(backupDir string) error {

 	// Display kept backups (limited display)
 	if len(result.Kept) > 0 && len(result.Kept) <= 15 {
-		fmt.Printf("\n📦 Kept %d backup(s):\n", len(result.Kept))
+		fmt.Printf("\n[PKG] Kept %d backup(s):\n", len(result.Kept))
 		for _, file := range result.Kept {
 			// Show tier classification
 			info, _ := os.Stat(file)
@@ -440,28 +440,28 @@ func runGFSCleanup(backupDir string) error {
 			}
 		}
 	} else if len(result.Kept) > 15 {
-		fmt.Printf("\n📦 Kept %d backup(s)\n", len(result.Kept))
+		fmt.Printf("\n[PKG] Kept %d backup(s)\n", len(result.Kept))
 	}

 	if !dryRun && result.SpaceFreed > 0 {
-		fmt.Printf("\n💾 Space freed: %s\n", metadata.FormatSize(result.SpaceFreed))
+		fmt.Printf("\n[SAVE] Space freed: %s\n", metadata.FormatSize(result.SpaceFreed))
 	}

 	if len(result.Errors) > 0 {
-		fmt.Printf("\n⚠️  Errors:\n")
+		fmt.Printf("\n[WARN]  Errors:\n")
 		for _, err := range result.Errors {
 			fmt.Printf("   - %v\n", err)
 		}
 	}

-	fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("─", 50))
+	fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("-", 50))

 	if dryRun {
-		fmt.Println("✅ GFS dry run completed (no files were deleted)")
+		fmt.Println("[OK] GFS dry run completed (no files were deleted)")
 	} else if len(result.Deleted) > 0 {
-		fmt.Println("✅ GFS cleanup completed successfully")
+		fmt.Println("[OK] GFS cleanup completed successfully")
 	} else {
-		fmt.Println("ℹ️  No backups eligible for deletion under GFS policy")
+		fmt.Println("[INFO]  No backups eligible for deletion under GFS policy")
 	}

 	return nil
--- a/cmd/cloud.go
+++ b/cmd/cloud.go
@@ -189,12 +189,12 @@ func runCloudUpload(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		}
 	}

-	fmt.Printf("☁️  Uploading %d file(s) to %s...\n\n", len(files), backend.Name())
+	fmt.Printf("[CLOUD] Uploading %d file(s) to %s...\n\n", len(files), backend.Name())

 	successCount := 0
 	for _, localPath := range files {
 		filename := filepath.Base(localPath)
-		fmt.Printf("📤 %s\n", filename)
+		fmt.Printf("[UPLOAD] %s\n", filename)

 		// Progress callback
 		var lastPercent int
@@ -214,21 +214,21 @@ func runCloudUpload(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {

 		err := backend.Upload(ctx, localPath, filename, progress)
 		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Printf("   ❌ Failed: %v\n\n", err)
+			fmt.Printf("   [FAIL] Failed: %v\n\n", err)
 			continue
 		}

 		// Get file size
 		if info, err := os.Stat(localPath); err == nil {
-			fmt.Printf("   ✅ Uploaded (%s)\n\n", cloud.FormatSize(info.Size()))
+			fmt.Printf("   [OK] Uploaded (%s)\n\n", cloud.FormatSize(info.Size()))
 		} else {
-			fmt.Printf("   ✅ Uploaded\n\n")
+			fmt.Printf("   [OK] Uploaded\n\n")
 		}
 		successCount++
 	}

-	fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("─", 50))
-	fmt.Printf("✅ Successfully uploaded %d/%d file(s)\n", successCount, len(files))
+	fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("-", 50))
+	fmt.Printf("[OK] Successfully uploaded %d/%d file(s)\n", successCount, len(files))

 	return nil
 }
@@ -248,8 +248,8 @@ func runCloudDownload(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		localPath = filepath.Join(localPath, filepath.Base(remotePath))
 	}

-	fmt.Printf("☁️  Downloading from %s...\n\n", backend.Name())
-	fmt.Printf("📥 %s → %s\n", remotePath, localPath)
+	fmt.Printf("[CLOUD] Downloading from %s...\n\n", backend.Name())
+	fmt.Printf("[DOWNLOAD] %s -> %s\n", remotePath, localPath)

 	// Progress callback
 	var lastPercent int
@@ -274,9 +274,9 @@ func runCloudDownload(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {

 	// Get file size
 	if info, err := os.Stat(localPath); err == nil {
-		fmt.Printf("   ✅ Downloaded (%s)\n", cloud.FormatSize(info.Size()))
+		fmt.Printf("   [OK] Downloaded (%s)\n", cloud.FormatSize(info.Size()))
 	} else {
-		fmt.Printf("   ✅ Downloaded\n")
+		fmt.Printf("   [OK] Downloaded\n")
 	}

 	return nil
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ func runCloudList(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		prefix = args[0]
 	}

-	fmt.Printf("☁️  Listing backups in %s/%s...\n\n", backend.Name(), cloudBucket)
+	fmt.Printf("[CLOUD] Listing backups in %s/%s...\n\n", backend.Name(), cloudBucket)

 	backups, err := backend.List(ctx, prefix)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ func runCloudList(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		totalSize += backup.Size

 		if cloudVerbose {
-			fmt.Printf("📦 %s\n", backup.Name)
+			fmt.Printf("[FILE] %s\n", backup.Name)
 			fmt.Printf("   Size: %s\n", cloud.FormatSize(backup.Size))
 			fmt.Printf("   Modified: %s\n", backup.LastModified.Format(time.RFC3339))
 			if backup.StorageClass != "" {
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ func runCloudList(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		}
 	}

-	fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("─", 50))
+	fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("-", 50))
 	fmt.Printf("Total: %d backup(s), %s\n", len(backups), cloud.FormatSize(totalSize))

 	return nil
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ func runCloudDelete(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {

 	// Confirmation prompt
 	if !cloudConfirm {
-		fmt.Printf("⚠️  Delete %s (%s) from cloud storage?\n", remotePath, cloud.FormatSize(size))
+		fmt.Printf("[WARN] Delete %s (%s) from cloud storage?\n", remotePath, cloud.FormatSize(size))
 		fmt.Print("Type 'yes' to confirm: ")
 		var response string
 		fmt.Scanln(&response)
@@ -370,14 +370,14 @@ func runCloudDelete(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		}
 	}

-	fmt.Printf("🗑️  Deleting %s...\n", remotePath)
+	fmt.Printf("[DELETE] Deleting %s...\n", remotePath)

 	err = backend.Delete(ctx, remotePath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("delete failed: %w", err)
 	}

-	fmt.Printf("✅ Deleted %s (%s)\n", remotePath, cloud.FormatSize(size))
+	fmt.Printf("[OK] Deleted %s (%s)\n", remotePath, cloud.FormatSize(size))

 	return nil
 }
--- a/cmd/cpu.go
+++ b/cmd/cpu.go
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ func runCPUInfo(ctx context.Context) error {

 	// Show current vs optimal
 	if cfg.AutoDetectCores {
-		fmt.Println("\n✅ CPU optimization is enabled")
+		fmt.Println("\n[OK] CPU optimization is enabled")
 		fmt.Println("Job counts are automatically optimized based on detected hardware")
 	} else {
-		fmt.Println("\n⚠️  CPU optimization is disabled")
+		fmt.Println("\n[WARN] CPU optimization is disabled")
 		fmt.Println("Consider enabling --auto-detect-cores for better performance")
 	}

--- a/cmd/dedup.go
+++ b/cmd/dedup.go
@@ -0,0 +1,1284 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"compress/gzip"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"dbbackup/internal/dedup"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var dedupCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "dedup",
+	Short: "Deduplicated backup operations",
+	Long: `Content-defined chunking deduplication for space-efficient backups.
+
+Similar to restic/borgbackup but with native database dump support.
+
+Features:
+- Content-defined chunking (CDC) with Buzhash rolling hash
+- SHA-256 content-addressed storage
+- AES-256-GCM encryption (optional)
+- Gzip compression (optional)
+- SQLite index for fast lookups
+
+Storage Structure:
+  <dedup-dir>/
+    chunks/       # Content-addressed chunk files
+      ab/cdef...  # Sharded by first 2 chars of hash
+    manifests/    # JSON manifest per backup
+    chunks.db     # SQLite index
+
+NFS/CIFS NOTICE:
+  SQLite may have locking issues on network storage.
+  Use --index-db to put the SQLite index on local storage while keeping
+  chunks on network storage:
+  
+    dbbackup dedup backup mydb.sql \
+      --dedup-dir /mnt/nfs/backups/dedup \
+      --index-db /var/lib/dbbackup/dedup-index.db
+
+  This avoids "database is locked" errors while still storing chunks remotely.
+
+COMPRESSED INPUT NOTICE:
+  Pre-compressed files (.gz) have poor deduplication ratios (<10%).
+  Use --decompress-input to decompress before chunking for better results:
+  
+    dbbackup dedup backup mydb.sql.gz --decompress-input`,
+}
+
+var dedupBackupCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "backup <file>",
+	Short: "Create a deduplicated backup of a file",
+	Long: `Chunk a file using content-defined chunking and store deduplicated chunks.
+
+Example:
+  dbbackup dedup backup /path/to/database.dump
+  dbbackup dedup backup mydb.sql --compress --encrypt`,
+	Args: cobra.ExactArgs(1),
+	RunE: runDedupBackup,
+}
+
+var dedupRestoreCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "restore <manifest-id> <output-file>",
+	Short: "Restore a backup from its manifest",
+	Long: `Reconstruct a file from its deduplicated chunks.
+
+Example:
+  dbbackup dedup restore 2026-01-07_120000_mydb /tmp/restored.dump
+  dbbackup dedup list  # to see available manifests`,
+	Args: cobra.ExactArgs(2),
+	RunE: runDedupRestore,
+}
+
+var dedupListCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "list",
+	Short: "List all deduplicated backups",
+	RunE:  runDedupList,
+}
+
+var dedupStatsCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "stats",
+	Short: "Show deduplication statistics",
+	RunE:  runDedupStats,
+}
+
+var dedupGCCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "gc",
+	Short: "Garbage collect unreferenced chunks",
+	Long: `Remove chunks that are no longer referenced by any manifest.
+
+Run after deleting old backups to reclaim space.`,
+	RunE: runDedupGC,
+}
+
+var dedupDeleteCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "delete <manifest-id>",
+	Short: "Delete a backup manifest (chunks cleaned by gc)",
+	Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(1),
+	RunE:  runDedupDelete,
+}
+
+var dedupVerifyCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "verify [manifest-id]",
+	Short: "Verify chunk integrity against manifests",
+	Long: `Verify that all chunks referenced by manifests exist and have correct hashes.
+
+Without arguments, verifies all backups. With a manifest ID, verifies only that backup.
+
+Examples:
+  dbbackup dedup verify                    # Verify all backups
+  dbbackup dedup verify 2026-01-07_mydb    # Verify specific backup`,
+	RunE: runDedupVerify,
+}
+
+var dedupPruneCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "prune",
+	Short: "Apply retention policy to manifests",
+	Long: `Delete old manifests based on retention policy (like borg prune).
+
+Keeps a specified number of recent backups per database and deletes the rest.
+
+Examples:
+  dbbackup dedup prune --keep-last 7                    # Keep 7 most recent
+  dbbackup dedup prune --keep-daily 7 --keep-weekly 4   # Keep 7 daily + 4 weekly`,
+	RunE: runDedupPrune,
+}
+
+var dedupBackupDBCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "backup-db",
+	Short: "Direct database dump with deduplication",
+	Long: `Dump a database directly into deduplicated chunks without temp files.
+
+Streams the database dump through the chunker for efficient deduplication.
+
+Examples:
+  dbbackup dedup backup-db --db-type postgres --db-name mydb
+  dbbackup dedup backup-db -d mariadb --database production_db --host db.local`,
+	RunE: runDedupBackupDB,
+}
+
+// Prune flags
+var (
+	pruneKeepLast   int
+	pruneKeepDaily  int
+	pruneKeepWeekly int
+	pruneDryRun     bool
+)
+
+// backup-db flags
+var (
+	backupDBDatabase string
+	backupDBUser     string
+	backupDBPassword string
+)
+
+// metrics flags
+var (
+	dedupMetricsOutput   string
+	dedupMetricsInstance string
+)
+
+var dedupMetricsCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "metrics",
+	Short: "Export dedup statistics as Prometheus metrics",
+	Long: `Export deduplication statistics in Prometheus format.
+
+Can write to a textfile for node_exporter's textfile collector,
+or print to stdout for custom integrations.
+
+Examples:
+  dbbackup dedup metrics                                    # Print to stdout
+  dbbackup dedup metrics --output /var/lib/node_exporter/textfile_collector/dedup.prom
+  dbbackup dedup metrics --instance prod-db-1`,
+	RunE: runDedupMetrics,
+}
+
+// Flags
+var (
+	dedupDir        string
+	dedupIndexDB    string // Separate path for SQLite index (for NFS/CIFS support)
+	dedupCompress   bool
+	dedupEncrypt    bool
+	dedupKey        string
+	dedupName       string
+	dedupDBType     string
+	dedupDBName     string
+	dedupDBHost     string
+	dedupDecompress bool // Auto-decompress gzip input
+)
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(dedupCmd)
+	dedupCmd.AddCommand(dedupBackupCmd)
+	dedupCmd.AddCommand(dedupRestoreCmd)
+	dedupCmd.AddCommand(dedupListCmd)
+	dedupCmd.AddCommand(dedupStatsCmd)
+	dedupCmd.AddCommand(dedupGCCmd)
+	dedupCmd.AddCommand(dedupDeleteCmd)
+	dedupCmd.AddCommand(dedupVerifyCmd)
+	dedupCmd.AddCommand(dedupPruneCmd)
+	dedupCmd.AddCommand(dedupBackupDBCmd)
+	dedupCmd.AddCommand(dedupMetricsCmd)
+
+	// Global dedup flags
+	dedupCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&dedupDir, "dedup-dir", "", "Dedup storage directory (default: $BACKUP_DIR/dedup)")
+	dedupCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&dedupIndexDB, "index-db", "", "SQLite index path (local recommended for NFS/CIFS chunk dirs)")
+	dedupCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&dedupCompress, "compress", true, "Compress chunks with gzip")
+	dedupCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&dedupEncrypt, "encrypt", false, "Encrypt chunks with AES-256-GCM")
+	dedupCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&dedupKey, "key", "", "Encryption key (hex) or use DBBACKUP_DEDUP_KEY env")
+
+	// Backup-specific flags
+	dedupBackupCmd.Flags().StringVar(&dedupName, "name", "", "Optional backup name")
+	dedupBackupCmd.Flags().StringVar(&dedupDBType, "db-type", "", "Database type (postgres/mysql)")
+	dedupBackupCmd.Flags().StringVar(&dedupDBName, "db-name", "", "Database name")
+	dedupBackupCmd.Flags().StringVar(&dedupDBHost, "db-host", "", "Database host")
+	dedupBackupCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&dedupDecompress, "decompress-input", false, "Auto-decompress gzip input before chunking (improves dedup ratio)")
+
+	// Prune flags
+	dedupPruneCmd.Flags().IntVar(&pruneKeepLast, "keep-last", 0, "Keep the last N backups")
+	dedupPruneCmd.Flags().IntVar(&pruneKeepDaily, "keep-daily", 0, "Keep N daily backups")
+	dedupPruneCmd.Flags().IntVar(&pruneKeepWeekly, "keep-weekly", 0, "Keep N weekly backups")
+	dedupPruneCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&pruneDryRun, "dry-run", false, "Show what would be deleted without actually deleting")
+
+	// backup-db flags
+	dedupBackupDBCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&dedupDBType, "db-type", "d", "", "Database type (postgres/mariadb/mysql)")
+	dedupBackupDBCmd.Flags().StringVar(&backupDBDatabase, "database", "", "Database name to backup")
+	dedupBackupDBCmd.Flags().StringVar(&dedupDBHost, "host", "localhost", "Database host")
+	dedupBackupDBCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&backupDBUser, "user", "u", "", "Database user")
+	dedupBackupDBCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&backupDBPassword, "password", "p", "", "Database password (or use env)")
+	dedupBackupDBCmd.MarkFlagRequired("db-type")
+	dedupBackupDBCmd.MarkFlagRequired("database")
+
+	// Metrics flags
+	dedupMetricsCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&dedupMetricsOutput, "output", "o", "", "Output file path (default: stdout)")
+	dedupMetricsCmd.Flags().StringVar(&dedupMetricsInstance, "instance", "", "Instance label for metrics (default: hostname)")
+}
+
+func getDedupDir() string {
+	if dedupDir != "" {
+		return dedupDir
+	}
+	if cfg != nil && cfg.BackupDir != "" {
+		return filepath.Join(cfg.BackupDir, "dedup")
+	}
+	return filepath.Join(os.Getenv("HOME"), "db_backups", "dedup")
+}
+
+func getIndexDBPath() string {
+	if dedupIndexDB != "" {
+		return dedupIndexDB
+	}
+	// Default: same directory as chunks (may have issues on NFS/CIFS)
+	return filepath.Join(getDedupDir(), "chunks.db")
+}
+
+func getEncryptionKey() string {
+	if dedupKey != "" {
+		return dedupKey
+	}
+	return os.Getenv("DBBACKUP_DEDUP_KEY")
+}
+
+func runDedupBackup(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	inputPath := args[0]
+
+	// Open input file
+	file, err := os.Open(inputPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open input file: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	info, err := file.Stat()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to stat input file: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Check for compressed input and warn/handle
+	var reader io.Reader = file
+	isGzipped := strings.HasSuffix(strings.ToLower(inputPath), ".gz")
+	if isGzipped && !dedupDecompress {
+		fmt.Printf("Warning: Input appears to be gzip compressed (.gz)\n")
+		fmt.Printf("  Compressed data typically has poor dedup ratios (<10%%).\n")
+		fmt.Printf("  Consider using --decompress-input for better deduplication.\n\n")
+	}
+
+	if isGzipped && dedupDecompress {
+		fmt.Printf("Auto-decompressing gzip input for better dedup ratio...\n")
+		gzReader, err := gzip.NewReader(file)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to decompress gzip input: %w", err)
+		}
+		defer gzReader.Close()
+		reader = gzReader
+	}
+
+	// Setup dedup storage
+	basePath := getDedupDir()
+	encKey := ""
+	if dedupEncrypt {
+		encKey = getEncryptionKey()
+		if encKey == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("encryption enabled but no key provided (use --key or DBBACKUP_DEDUP_KEY)")
+		}
+	}
+
+	store, err := dedup.NewChunkStore(dedup.StoreConfig{
+		BasePath:      basePath,
+		Compress:      dedupCompress,
+		EncryptionKey: encKey,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open chunk store: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	manifestStore, err := dedup.NewManifestStore(basePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open manifest store: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	index, err := dedup.NewChunkIndexAt(getIndexDBPath())
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open chunk index: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer index.Close()
+
+	// Generate manifest ID
+	now := time.Now()
+	manifestID := now.Format("2006-01-02_150405")
+	if dedupDBName != "" {
+		manifestID += "_" + dedupDBName
+	} else {
+		base := filepath.Base(inputPath)
+		ext := filepath.Ext(base)
+		// Remove .gz extension if decompressing
+		if isGzipped && dedupDecompress {
+			base = strings.TrimSuffix(base, ext)
+			ext = filepath.Ext(base)
+		}
+		manifestID += "_" + strings.TrimSuffix(base, ext)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("Creating deduplicated backup: %s\n", manifestID)
+	fmt.Printf("Input: %s (%s)\n", inputPath, formatBytes(info.Size()))
+	if isGzipped && dedupDecompress {
+		fmt.Printf("Mode: Decompressing before chunking\n")
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("Store: %s\n", basePath)
+	if dedupIndexDB != "" {
+		fmt.Printf("Index: %s\n", getIndexDBPath())
+	}
+
+	// For decompressed input, we can't seek - use TeeReader to hash while chunking
+	h := sha256.New()
+	var chunkReader io.Reader
+
+	if isGzipped && dedupDecompress {
+		// Can't seek on gzip stream - hash will be computed inline
+		chunkReader = io.TeeReader(reader, h)
+	} else {
+		// Regular file - hash first, then reset and chunk
+		file.Seek(0, 0)
+		io.Copy(h, file)
+		file.Seek(0, 0)
+		chunkReader = file
+		h = sha256.New() // Reset for inline hashing
+		chunkReader = io.TeeReader(file, h)
+	}
+
+	// Chunk the file
+	chunker := dedup.NewChunker(chunkReader, dedup.DefaultChunkerConfig())
+	var chunks []dedup.ChunkRef
+	var totalSize, storedSize int64
+	var chunkCount, newChunks int
+
+	startTime := time.Now()
+
+	for {
+		chunk, err := chunker.Next()
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			break
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("chunking failed: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		chunkCount++
+		totalSize += int64(chunk.Length)
+
+		// Store chunk (deduplication happens here)
+		isNew, err := store.Put(chunk)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to store chunk: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		if isNew {
+			newChunks++
+			storedSize += int64(chunk.Length)
+			// Record in index
+			index.AddChunk(chunk.Hash, chunk.Length, chunk.Length)
+		}
+
+		chunks = append(chunks, dedup.ChunkRef{
+			Hash:   chunk.Hash,
+			Offset: chunk.Offset,
+			Length: chunk.Length,
+		})
+
+		// Progress
+		if chunkCount%1000 == 0 {
+			fmt.Printf("\r  Processed %d chunks, %d new...", chunkCount, newChunks)
+		}
+	}
+
+	duration := time.Since(startTime)
+
+	// Get final hash (computed inline via TeeReader)
+	fileHash := hex.EncodeToString(h.Sum(nil))
+
+	// Calculate dedup ratio
+	dedupRatio := 0.0
+	if totalSize > 0 {
+		dedupRatio = 1.0 - float64(storedSize)/float64(totalSize)
+	}
+
+	// Create manifest
+	manifest := &dedup.Manifest{
+		ID:           manifestID,
+		Name:         dedupName,
+		CreatedAt:    now,
+		DatabaseType: dedupDBType,
+		DatabaseName: dedupDBName,
+		DatabaseHost: dedupDBHost,
+		Chunks:       chunks,
+		OriginalSize: totalSize,
+		StoredSize:   storedSize,
+		ChunkCount:   chunkCount,
+		NewChunks:    newChunks,
+		DedupRatio:   dedupRatio,
+		Encrypted:    dedupEncrypt,
+		Compressed:   dedupCompress,
+		SHA256:       fileHash,
+		Decompressed: isGzipped && dedupDecompress, // Track if we decompressed
+	}
+
+	if err := manifestStore.Save(manifest); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to save manifest: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := index.AddManifest(manifest); err != nil {
+		log.Warn("Failed to index manifest", "error", err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("\r                                        \r")
+	fmt.Printf("\nBackup complete!\n")
+	fmt.Printf("  Manifest:    %s\n", manifestID)
+	fmt.Printf("  Chunks:      %d total, %d new\n", chunkCount, newChunks)
+	fmt.Printf("  Original:    %s\n", formatBytes(totalSize))
+	fmt.Printf("  Stored:      %s (new data)\n", formatBytes(storedSize))
+	fmt.Printf("  Dedup ratio: %.1f%%\n", dedupRatio*100)
+	fmt.Printf("  Duration:    %s\n", duration.Round(time.Millisecond))
+	fmt.Printf("  Throughput:  %s/s\n", formatBytes(int64(float64(totalSize)/duration.Seconds())))
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func runDedupRestore(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	manifestID := args[0]
+	outputPath := args[1]
+
+	basePath := getDedupDir()
+	encKey := ""
+	if dedupEncrypt {
+		encKey = getEncryptionKey()
+	}
+
+	store, err := dedup.NewChunkStore(dedup.StoreConfig{
+		BasePath:      basePath,
+		Compress:      dedupCompress,
+		EncryptionKey: encKey,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open chunk store: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	manifestStore, err := dedup.NewManifestStore(basePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open manifest store: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	manifest, err := manifestStore.Load(manifestID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to load manifest: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("Restoring backup: %s\n", manifestID)
+	fmt.Printf("  Created:  %s\n", manifest.CreatedAt.Format(time.RFC3339))
+	fmt.Printf("  Size:     %s\n", formatBytes(manifest.OriginalSize))
+	fmt.Printf("  Chunks:   %d\n", manifest.ChunkCount)
+
+	// Create output file
+	outFile, err := os.Create(outputPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create output file: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer outFile.Close()
+
+	h := sha256.New()
+	writer := io.MultiWriter(outFile, h)
+
+	startTime := time.Now()
+
+	for i, ref := range manifest.Chunks {
+		chunk, err := store.Get(ref.Hash)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to read chunk %d (%s): %w", i, ref.Hash[:8], err)
+		}
+
+		if _, err := writer.Write(chunk.Data); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to write chunk %d: %w", i, err)
+		}
+
+		if (i+1)%1000 == 0 {
+			fmt.Printf("\r  Restored %d/%d chunks...", i+1, manifest.ChunkCount)
+		}
+	}
+
+	duration := time.Since(startTime)
+	restoredHash := hex.EncodeToString(h.Sum(nil))
+
+	fmt.Printf("\r                                        \r")
+	fmt.Printf("\nRestore complete!\n")
+	fmt.Printf("  Output:      %s\n", outputPath)
+	fmt.Printf("  Duration:    %s\n", duration.Round(time.Millisecond))
+
+	// Verify hash
+	if manifest.SHA256 != "" {
+		if restoredHash == manifest.SHA256 {
+			fmt.Printf("  Verification: [OK] SHA-256 matches\n")
+		} else {
+			fmt.Printf("  Verification: [FAIL] SHA-256 MISMATCH!\n")
+			fmt.Printf("    Expected: %s\n", manifest.SHA256)
+			fmt.Printf("    Got:      %s\n", restoredHash)
+			return fmt.Errorf("integrity verification failed")
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func runDedupList(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	basePath := getDedupDir()
+
+	manifestStore, err := dedup.NewManifestStore(basePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open manifest store: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	manifests, err := manifestStore.ListAll()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to list manifests: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if len(manifests) == 0 {
+		fmt.Println("No deduplicated backups found.")
+		fmt.Printf("Store: %s\n", basePath)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("Deduplicated Backups (%s)\n\n", basePath)
+	fmt.Printf("%-30s %-12s %-10s %-10s %s\n", "ID", "SIZE", "DEDUP", "CHUNKS", "CREATED")
+	fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("-", 80))
+
+	for _, m := range manifests {
+		fmt.Printf("%-30s %-12s %-10.1f%% %-10d %s\n",
+			truncateStr(m.ID, 30),
+			formatBytes(m.OriginalSize),
+			m.DedupRatio*100,
+			m.ChunkCount,
+			m.CreatedAt.Format("2006-01-02 15:04"),
+		)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func runDedupStats(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	basePath := getDedupDir()
+
+	index, err := dedup.NewChunkIndex(basePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open chunk index: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer index.Close()
+
+	stats, err := index.Stats()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get stats: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	store, err := dedup.NewChunkStore(dedup.StoreConfig{BasePath: basePath})
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open chunk store: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	storeStats, err := store.Stats()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Warn("Failed to get store stats", "error", err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("Deduplication Statistics\n")
+	fmt.Printf("========================\n\n")
+	fmt.Printf("Store:           %s\n", basePath)
+	fmt.Printf("Manifests:       %d\n", stats.TotalManifests)
+	fmt.Printf("Unique chunks:   %d\n", stats.TotalChunks)
+	fmt.Printf("Total raw size:  %s\n", formatBytes(stats.TotalSizeRaw))
+	fmt.Printf("Stored size:     %s\n", formatBytes(stats.TotalSizeStored))
+	fmt.Printf("\n")
+	fmt.Printf("Backup Statistics (accurate dedup calculation):\n")
+	fmt.Printf("  Total backed up:  %s (across all backups)\n", formatBytes(stats.TotalBackupSize))
+	fmt.Printf("  New data stored:  %s\n", formatBytes(stats.TotalNewData))
+	fmt.Printf("  Space saved:      %s\n", formatBytes(stats.SpaceSaved))
+	fmt.Printf("  Dedup ratio:      %.1f%%\n", stats.DedupRatio*100)
+
+	if storeStats != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("Disk usage:      %s\n", formatBytes(storeStats.TotalSize))
+		fmt.Printf("Directories:     %d\n", storeStats.Directories)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func runDedupGC(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	basePath := getDedupDir()
+
+	index, err := dedup.NewChunkIndex(basePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open chunk index: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer index.Close()
+
+	store, err := dedup.NewChunkStore(dedup.StoreConfig{
+		BasePath: basePath,
+		Compress: dedupCompress,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open chunk store: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Find orphaned chunks
+	orphans, err := index.ListOrphanedChunks()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to find orphaned chunks: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if len(orphans) == 0 {
+		fmt.Println("No orphaned chunks to clean up.")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("Found %d orphaned chunks\n", len(orphans))
+
+	var freed int64
+	for _, hash := range orphans {
+		if meta, _ := index.GetChunk(hash); meta != nil {
+			freed += meta.SizeStored
+		}
+		if err := store.Delete(hash); err != nil {
+			log.Warn("Failed to delete chunk", "hash", hash[:8], "error", err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if err := index.RemoveChunk(hash); err != nil {
+			log.Warn("Failed to remove chunk from index", "hash", hash[:8], "error", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("Deleted %d chunks, freed %s\n", len(orphans), formatBytes(freed))
+
+	// Vacuum the index
+	if err := index.Vacuum(); err != nil {
+		log.Warn("Failed to vacuum index", "error", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func runDedupDelete(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	manifestID := args[0]
+	basePath := getDedupDir()
+
+	manifestStore, err := dedup.NewManifestStore(basePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open manifest store: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	index, err := dedup.NewChunkIndex(basePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open chunk index: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer index.Close()
+
+	// Load manifest to decrement chunk refs
+	manifest, err := manifestStore.Load(manifestID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to load manifest: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Decrement reference counts
+	for _, ref := range manifest.Chunks {
+		index.DecrementRef(ref.Hash)
+	}
+
+	// Delete manifest
+	if err := manifestStore.Delete(manifestID); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete manifest: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := index.RemoveManifest(manifestID); err != nil {
+		log.Warn("Failed to remove manifest from index", "error", err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("Deleted backup: %s\n", manifestID)
+	fmt.Println("Run 'dbbackup dedup gc' to reclaim space from unreferenced chunks.")
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Helper functions
+func formatBytes(b int64) string {
+	const unit = 1024
+	if b < unit {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%d B", b)
+	}
+	div, exp := int64(unit), 0
+	for n := b / unit; n >= unit; n /= unit {
+		div *= unit
+		exp++
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%.1f %cB", float64(b)/float64(div), "KMGTPE"[exp])
+}
+
+func truncateStr(s string, max int) string {
+	if len(s) <= max {
+		return s
+	}
+	return s[:max-3] + "..."
+}
+
+func runDedupVerify(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	basePath := getDedupDir()
+
+	store, err := dedup.NewChunkStore(dedup.StoreConfig{
+		BasePath: basePath,
+		Compress: dedupCompress,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open chunk store: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	manifestStore, err := dedup.NewManifestStore(basePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open manifest store: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	index, err := dedup.NewChunkIndexAt(getIndexDBPath())
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open chunk index: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer index.Close()
+
+	var manifests []*dedup.Manifest
+
+	if len(args) > 0 {
+		// Verify specific manifest
+		m, err := manifestStore.Load(args[0])
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to load manifest: %w", err)
+		}
+		manifests = []*dedup.Manifest{m}
+	} else {
+		// Verify all manifests
+		manifests, err = manifestStore.ListAll()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to list manifests: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(manifests) == 0 {
+		fmt.Println("No manifests to verify.")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("Verifying %d backup(s)...\n\n", len(manifests))
+
+	var totalChunks, missingChunks, corruptChunks int
+	var allOK = true
+
+	for _, m := range manifests {
+		fmt.Printf("Verifying: %s (%d chunks)\n", m.ID, m.ChunkCount)
+
+		var missing, corrupt int
+		seenHashes := make(map[string]bool)
+
+		for i, ref := range m.Chunks {
+			if seenHashes[ref.Hash] {
+				continue // Already verified this chunk
+			}
+			seenHashes[ref.Hash] = true
+			totalChunks++
+
+			// Check if chunk exists
+			if !store.Has(ref.Hash) {
+				missing++
+				missingChunks++
+				if missing <= 5 {
+					fmt.Printf("  [MISSING] chunk %d: %s\n", i, ref.Hash[:16])
+				}
+				continue
+			}
+
+			// Verify chunk hash by reading it
+			chunk, err := store.Get(ref.Hash)
+			if err != nil {
+				corrupt++
+				corruptChunks++
+				if corrupt <= 5 {
+					fmt.Printf("  [CORRUPT] chunk %d: %s - %v\n", i, ref.Hash[:16], err)
+				}
+				continue
+			}
+
+			// Verify size
+			if chunk.Length != ref.Length {
+				corrupt++
+				corruptChunks++
+				if corrupt <= 5 {
+					fmt.Printf("  [SIZE MISMATCH] chunk %d: expected %d, got %d\n", i, ref.Length, chunk.Length)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		if missing > 0 || corrupt > 0 {
+			allOK = false
+			fmt.Printf("  Result: FAILED (%d missing, %d corrupt)\n", missing, corrupt)
+			if missing > 5 || corrupt > 5 {
+				fmt.Printf("  ... and %d more errors\n", (missing+corrupt)-10)
+			}
+		} else {
+			fmt.Printf("  Result: OK (%d unique chunks verified)\n", len(seenHashes))
+			// Update verified timestamp
+			m.VerifiedAt = time.Now()
+			manifestStore.Save(m)
+			index.UpdateManifestVerified(m.ID, m.VerifiedAt)
+		}
+		fmt.Println()
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println("========================================")
+	if allOK {
+		fmt.Printf("All %d backup(s) verified successfully!\n", len(manifests))
+		fmt.Printf("Total unique chunks checked: %d\n", totalChunks)
+	} else {
+		fmt.Printf("Verification FAILED!\n")
+		fmt.Printf("Missing chunks: %d\n", missingChunks)
+		fmt.Printf("Corrupt chunks: %d\n", corruptChunks)
+		return fmt.Errorf("verification failed: %d missing, %d corrupt chunks", missingChunks, corruptChunks)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func runDedupPrune(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	if pruneKeepLast == 0 && pruneKeepDaily == 0 && pruneKeepWeekly == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("at least one of --keep-last, --keep-daily, or --keep-weekly must be specified")
+	}
+
+	basePath := getDedupDir()
+
+	manifestStore, err := dedup.NewManifestStore(basePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open manifest store: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	index, err := dedup.NewChunkIndexAt(getIndexDBPath())
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open chunk index: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer index.Close()
+
+	manifests, err := manifestStore.ListAll()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to list manifests: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if len(manifests) == 0 {
+		fmt.Println("No backups to prune.")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Group by database name
+	byDatabase := make(map[string][]*dedup.Manifest)
+	for _, m := range manifests {
+		key := m.DatabaseName
+		if key == "" {
+			key = "_default"
+		}
+		byDatabase[key] = append(byDatabase[key], m)
+	}
+
+	var toDelete []*dedup.Manifest
+
+	for dbName, dbManifests := range byDatabase {
+		// Already sorted by time (newest first from ListAll)
+		kept := make(map[string]bool)
+		var keepReasons = make(map[string]string)
+
+		// Keep last N
+		if pruneKeepLast > 0 {
+			for i := 0; i < pruneKeepLast && i < len(dbManifests); i++ {
+				kept[dbManifests[i].ID] = true
+				keepReasons[dbManifests[i].ID] = "keep-last"
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Keep daily (one per day)
+		if pruneKeepDaily > 0 {
+			seenDays := make(map[string]bool)
+			count := 0
+			for _, m := range dbManifests {
+				day := m.CreatedAt.Format("2006-01-02")
+				if !seenDays[day] {
+					seenDays[day] = true
+					if count < pruneKeepDaily {
+						kept[m.ID] = true
+						if keepReasons[m.ID] == "" {
+							keepReasons[m.ID] = "keep-daily"
+						}
+						count++
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Keep weekly (one per week)
+		if pruneKeepWeekly > 0 {
+			seenWeeks := make(map[string]bool)
+			count := 0
+			for _, m := range dbManifests {
+				year, week := m.CreatedAt.ISOWeek()
+				weekKey := fmt.Sprintf("%d-W%02d", year, week)
+				if !seenWeeks[weekKey] {
+					seenWeeks[weekKey] = true
+					if count < pruneKeepWeekly {
+						kept[m.ID] = true
+						if keepReasons[m.ID] == "" {
+							keepReasons[m.ID] = "keep-weekly"
+						}
+						count++
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		if dbName != "_default" {
+			fmt.Printf("\nDatabase: %s\n", dbName)
+		} else {
+			fmt.Printf("\nUnnamed backups:\n")
+		}
+
+		for _, m := range dbManifests {
+			if kept[m.ID] {
+				fmt.Printf("  [KEEP]   %s (%s) - %s\n", m.ID, m.CreatedAt.Format("2006-01-02"), keepReasons[m.ID])
+			} else {
+				fmt.Printf("  [DELETE] %s (%s)\n", m.ID, m.CreatedAt.Format("2006-01-02"))
+				toDelete = append(toDelete, m)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(toDelete) == 0 {
+		fmt.Printf("\nNo backups to prune (all match retention policy).\n")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("\n%d backup(s) will be deleted.\n", len(toDelete))
+
+	if pruneDryRun {
+		fmt.Println("\n[DRY RUN] No changes made. Remove --dry-run to actually delete.")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Actually delete
+	for _, m := range toDelete {
+		// Decrement chunk references
+		for _, ref := range m.Chunks {
+			index.DecrementRef(ref.Hash)
+		}
+
+		if err := manifestStore.Delete(m.ID); err != nil {
+			log.Warn("Failed to delete manifest", "id", m.ID, "error", err)
+		}
+		index.RemoveManifest(m.ID)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("\nDeleted %d backup(s).\n", len(toDelete))
+	fmt.Println("Run 'dbbackup dedup gc' to reclaim space from unreferenced chunks.")
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func runDedupBackupDB(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	dbType := strings.ToLower(dedupDBType)
+	dbName := backupDBDatabase
+
+	// Validate db type
+	var dumpCmd string
+	var dumpArgs []string
+
+	switch dbType {
+	case "postgres", "postgresql", "pg":
+		dbType = "postgres"
+		dumpCmd = "pg_dump"
+		dumpArgs = []string{"-Fc"} // Custom format for better compression
+		if dedupDBHost != "" && dedupDBHost != "localhost" {
+			dumpArgs = append(dumpArgs, "-h", dedupDBHost)
+		}
+		if backupDBUser != "" {
+			dumpArgs = append(dumpArgs, "-U", backupDBUser)
+		}
+		dumpArgs = append(dumpArgs, dbName)
+
+	case "mysql":
+		dumpCmd = "mysqldump"
+		dumpArgs = []string{
+			"--single-transaction",
+			"--routines",
+			"--triggers",
+			"--events",
+		}
+		if dedupDBHost != "" {
+			dumpArgs = append(dumpArgs, "-h", dedupDBHost)
+		}
+		if backupDBUser != "" {
+			dumpArgs = append(dumpArgs, "-u", backupDBUser)
+		}
+		if backupDBPassword != "" {
+			dumpArgs = append(dumpArgs, "-p"+backupDBPassword)
+		}
+		dumpArgs = append(dumpArgs, dbName)
+
+	case "mariadb":
+		dumpCmd = "mariadb-dump"
+		// Fall back to mysqldump if mariadb-dump not available
+		if _, err := exec.LookPath(dumpCmd); err != nil {
+			dumpCmd = "mysqldump"
+		}
+		dumpArgs = []string{
+			"--single-transaction",
+			"--routines",
+			"--triggers",
+			"--events",
+		}
+		if dedupDBHost != "" {
+			dumpArgs = append(dumpArgs, "-h", dedupDBHost)
+		}
+		if backupDBUser != "" {
+			dumpArgs = append(dumpArgs, "-u", backupDBUser)
+		}
+		if backupDBPassword != "" {
+			dumpArgs = append(dumpArgs, "-p"+backupDBPassword)
+		}
+		dumpArgs = append(dumpArgs, dbName)
+
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("unsupported database type: %s (use postgres, mysql, or mariadb)", dbType)
+	}
+
+	// Verify dump command exists
+	if _, err := exec.LookPath(dumpCmd); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s not found in PATH: %w", dumpCmd, err)
+	}
+
+	// Setup dedup storage
+	basePath := getDedupDir()
+	encKey := ""
+	if dedupEncrypt {
+		encKey = getEncryptionKey()
+		if encKey == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("encryption enabled but no key provided (use --key or DBBACKUP_DEDUP_KEY)")
+		}
+	}
+
+	store, err := dedup.NewChunkStore(dedup.StoreConfig{
+		BasePath:      basePath,
+		Compress:      dedupCompress,
+		EncryptionKey: encKey,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open chunk store: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	manifestStore, err := dedup.NewManifestStore(basePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open manifest store: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	index, err := dedup.NewChunkIndexAt(getIndexDBPath())
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open chunk index: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer index.Close()
+
+	// Generate manifest ID
+	now := time.Now()
+	manifestID := now.Format("2006-01-02_150405") + "_" + dbName
+
+	fmt.Printf("Creating deduplicated database backup: %s\n", manifestID)
+	fmt.Printf("Database: %s (%s)\n", dbName, dbType)
+	fmt.Printf("Command: %s %s\n", dumpCmd, strings.Join(dumpArgs, " "))
+	fmt.Printf("Store: %s\n", basePath)
+
+	// Start the dump command
+	dumpExec := exec.Command(dumpCmd, dumpArgs...)
+
+	// Set password via environment for postgres
+	if dbType == "postgres" && backupDBPassword != "" {
+		dumpExec.Env = append(os.Environ(), "PGPASSWORD="+backupDBPassword)
+	}
+
+	stdout, err := dumpExec.StdoutPipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get stdout pipe: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	stderr, err := dumpExec.StderrPipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get stderr pipe: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := dumpExec.Start(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to start %s: %w", dumpCmd, err)
+	}
+
+	// Hash while chunking using TeeReader
+	h := sha256.New()
+	reader := io.TeeReader(stdout, h)
+
+	// Chunk the stream directly
+	chunker := dedup.NewChunker(reader, dedup.DefaultChunkerConfig())
+	var chunks []dedup.ChunkRef
+	var totalSize, storedSize int64
+	var chunkCount, newChunks int
+
+	startTime := time.Now()
+
+	for {
+		chunk, err := chunker.Next()
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			break
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("chunking failed: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		chunkCount++
+		totalSize += int64(chunk.Length)
+
+		// Store chunk (deduplication happens here)
+		isNew, err := store.Put(chunk)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to store chunk: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		if isNew {
+			newChunks++
+			storedSize += int64(chunk.Length)
+			index.AddChunk(chunk.Hash, chunk.Length, chunk.Length)
+		}
+
+		chunks = append(chunks, dedup.ChunkRef{
+			Hash:   chunk.Hash,
+			Offset: chunk.Offset,
+			Length: chunk.Length,
+		})
+
+		if chunkCount%1000 == 0 {
+			fmt.Printf("\r  Processed %d chunks, %d new, %s...", chunkCount, newChunks, formatBytes(totalSize))
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Read any stderr
+	stderrBytes, _ := io.ReadAll(stderr)
+
+	// Wait for command to complete
+	if err := dumpExec.Wait(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s failed: %w\nstderr: %s", dumpCmd, err, string(stderrBytes))
+	}
+
+	duration := time.Since(startTime)
+	fileHash := hex.EncodeToString(h.Sum(nil))
+
+	// Calculate dedup ratio
+	dedupRatio := 0.0
+	if totalSize > 0 {
+		dedupRatio = 1.0 - float64(storedSize)/float64(totalSize)
+	}
+
+	// Create manifest
+	manifest := &dedup.Manifest{
+		ID:           manifestID,
+		Name:         dedupName,
+		CreatedAt:    now,
+		DatabaseType: dbType,
+		DatabaseName: dbName,
+		DatabaseHost: dedupDBHost,
+		Chunks:       chunks,
+		OriginalSize: totalSize,
+		StoredSize:   storedSize,
+		ChunkCount:   chunkCount,
+		NewChunks:    newChunks,
+		DedupRatio:   dedupRatio,
+		Encrypted:    dedupEncrypt,
+		Compressed:   dedupCompress,
+		SHA256:       fileHash,
+	}
+
+	if err := manifestStore.Save(manifest); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to save manifest: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := index.AddManifest(manifest); err != nil {
+		log.Warn("Failed to index manifest", "error", err)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("\r                                                    \r")
+	fmt.Printf("\nBackup complete!\n")
+	fmt.Printf("  Manifest:    %s\n", manifestID)
+	fmt.Printf("  Chunks:      %d total, %d new\n", chunkCount, newChunks)
+	fmt.Printf("  Dump size:   %s\n", formatBytes(totalSize))
+	fmt.Printf("  Stored:      %s (new data)\n", formatBytes(storedSize))
+	fmt.Printf("  Dedup ratio: %.1f%%\n", dedupRatio*100)
+	fmt.Printf("  Duration:    %s\n", duration.Round(time.Millisecond))
+	fmt.Printf("  Throughput:  %s/s\n", formatBytes(int64(float64(totalSize)/duration.Seconds())))
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func runDedupMetrics(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	basePath := getDedupDir()
+	indexPath := getIndexDBPath()
+
+	instance := dedupMetricsInstance
+	if instance == "" {
+		hostname, _ := os.Hostname()
+		instance = hostname
+	}
+
+	metrics, err := dedup.CollectMetrics(basePath, indexPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to collect metrics: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	output := dedup.FormatPrometheusMetrics(metrics, instance)
+
+	if dedupMetricsOutput != "" {
+		if err := dedup.WritePrometheusTextfile(dedupMetricsOutput, instance, basePath, indexPath); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to write metrics: %w", err)
+		}
+		fmt.Printf("Wrote metrics to %s\n", dedupMetricsOutput)
+	} else {
+		fmt.Print(output)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
--- a/cmd/drill.go
+++ b/cmd/drill.go
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ func runDrillList(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}

 	fmt.Printf("%-15s %-40s %-20s %s\n", "ID", "NAME", "IMAGE", "STATUS")
-	fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("─", 100))
+	fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("-", 100))

 	for _, c := range containers {
 		fmt.Printf("%-15s %-40s %-20s %s\n",
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ func runDrillCleanup(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}

-	fmt.Println("✅ Cleanup completed")
+	fmt.Println("[OK] Cleanup completed")
 	return nil
 }

@@ -369,32 +369,32 @@ func runDrillReport(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {

 func printDrillResult(result *drill.DrillResult) {
 	fmt.Printf("\n")
-	fmt.Printf("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n")
+	fmt.Printf("=====================================================\n")
 	fmt.Printf("  DR Drill Report: %s\n", result.DrillID)
-	fmt.Printf("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n\n")
+	fmt.Printf("=====================================================\n\n")

-	status := "✅ PASSED"
+	status := "[OK] PASSED"
 	if !result.Success {
-		status = "❌ FAILED"
+		status = "[FAIL] FAILED"
 	} else if result.Status == drill.StatusPartial {
-		status = "⚠️ PARTIAL"
+		status = "[WARN] PARTIAL"
 	}

-	fmt.Printf("📋 Status:       %s\n", status)
-	fmt.Printf("💾 Backup:       %s\n", filepath.Base(result.BackupPath))
-	fmt.Printf("🗄️  Database:     %s (%s)\n", result.DatabaseName, result.DatabaseType)
-	fmt.Printf("⏱️  Duration:     %.2fs\n", result.Duration)
+	fmt.Printf("[LOG] Status:       %s\n", status)
+	fmt.Printf("[SAVE] Backup:       %s\n", filepath.Base(result.BackupPath))
+	fmt.Printf("[DB]  Database:     %s (%s)\n", result.DatabaseName, result.DatabaseType)
+	fmt.Printf("[TIME]  Duration:     %.2fs\n", result.Duration)
 	fmt.Printf("📅 Started:      %s\n", result.StartTime.Format(time.RFC3339))
 	fmt.Printf("\n")

 	// Phases
-	fmt.Printf("📊 Phases:\n")
+	fmt.Printf("[STATS] Phases:\n")
 	for _, phase := range result.Phases {
-		icon := "✅"
+		icon := "[OK]"
 		if phase.Status == "failed" {
-			icon = "❌"
+			icon = "[FAIL]"
 		} else if phase.Status == "running" {
-			icon = "🔄"
+			icon = "[SYNC]"
 		}
 		fmt.Printf("   %s %-20s (%.2fs) %s\n", icon, phase.Name, phase.Duration, phase.Message)
 	}
@@ -412,10 +412,10 @@ func printDrillResult(result *drill.DrillResult) {
 	fmt.Printf("\n")

 	// RTO
-	fmt.Printf("⏱️  RTO Analysis:\n")
-	rtoIcon := "✅"
+	fmt.Printf("[TIME]  RTO Analysis:\n")
+	rtoIcon := "[OK]"
 	if !result.RTOMet {
-		rtoIcon = "❌"
+		rtoIcon = "[FAIL]"
 	}
 	fmt.Printf("   Actual RTO:     %.2fs\n", result.ActualRTO)
 	fmt.Printf("   Target RTO:     %.0fs\n", result.TargetRTO)
@@ -424,11 +424,11 @@ func printDrillResult(result *drill.DrillResult) {

 	// Validation results
 	if len(result.ValidationResults) > 0 {
-		fmt.Printf("🔍 Validation Queries:\n")
+		fmt.Printf("[SEARCH] Validation Queries:\n")
 		for _, vr := range result.ValidationResults {
-			icon := "✅"
+			icon := "[OK]"
 			if !vr.Success {
-				icon = "❌"
+				icon = "[FAIL]"
 			}
 			fmt.Printf("   %s %s: %s\n", icon, vr.Name, vr.Result)
 			if vr.Error != "" {
@@ -440,11 +440,11 @@ func printDrillResult(result *drill.DrillResult) {

 	// Check results
 	if len(result.CheckResults) > 0 {
-		fmt.Printf("✓ Checks:\n")
+		fmt.Printf("[OK] Checks:\n")
 		for _, cr := range result.CheckResults {
-			icon := "✅"
+			icon := "[OK]"
 			if !cr.Success {
-				icon = "❌"
+				icon = "[FAIL]"
 			}
 			fmt.Printf("   %s %s\n", icon, cr.Message)
 		}
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ func printDrillResult(result *drill.DrillResult) {

 	// Errors and warnings
 	if len(result.Errors) > 0 {
-		fmt.Printf("❌ Errors:\n")
+		fmt.Printf("[FAIL] Errors:\n")
 		for _, e := range result.Errors {
 			fmt.Printf("   • %s\n", e)
 		}
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ func printDrillResult(result *drill.DrillResult) {
 	}

 	if len(result.Warnings) > 0 {
-		fmt.Printf("⚠️ Warnings:\n")
+		fmt.Printf("[WARN] Warnings:\n")
 		for _, w := range result.Warnings {
 			fmt.Printf("   • %s\n", w)
 		}
@@ -470,14 +470,14 @@ func printDrillResult(result *drill.DrillResult) {

 	// Container info
 	if result.ContainerKept {
-		fmt.Printf("📦 Container kept: %s\n", result.ContainerID[:12])
+		fmt.Printf("[PKG] Container kept: %s\n", result.ContainerID[:12])
 		fmt.Printf("   Connect with: docker exec -it %s bash\n", result.ContainerID[:12])
 		fmt.Printf("\n")
 	}

-	fmt.Printf("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n")
+	fmt.Printf("=====================================================\n")
 	fmt.Printf("  %s\n", result.Message)
-	fmt.Printf("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\n")
+	fmt.Printf("=====================================================\n")
 }

 func updateCatalogWithDrillResult(ctx context.Context, backupPath string, result *drill.DrillResult) {
--- a/cmd/engine.go
+++ b/cmd/engine.go
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ func runEngineList(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			continue
 		}

-		status := "✓ Available"
+		status := "[Y] Available"
 		if !avail.Available {
-			status = "✗ Not available"
+			status = "[N] Not available"
 		}

 		fmt.Printf("\n%s (%s)\n", info.Name, info.Description)
--- a/cmd/install.go
+++ b/cmd/install.go
@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"os/signal"
+	"strings"
+	"syscall"
+
+	"dbbackup/internal/installer"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var (
+	// Install flags
+	installInstance    string
+	installSchedule    string
+	installBackupType  string
+	installUser        string
+	installGroup       string
+	installBackupDir   string
+	installConfigPath  string
+	installTimeout     int
+	installWithMetrics bool
+	installMetricsPort int
+	installDryRun      bool
+	installStatus      bool
+
+	// Uninstall flags
+	uninstallPurge bool
+)
+
+// installCmd represents the install command
+var installCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "install",
+	Short: "Install dbbackup as a systemd service",
+	Long: `Install dbbackup as a systemd service with automatic scheduling.
+
+This command creates systemd service and timer units for automated database backups.
+It supports both single database and cluster backup modes.
+
+Examples:
+  # Interactive installation (will prompt for options)
+  sudo dbbackup install
+
+  # Install cluster backup running daily at 2am
+  sudo dbbackup install --backup-type cluster --schedule "daily"
+
+  # Install single database backup with custom schedule
+  sudo dbbackup install --instance production --backup-type single --schedule "*-*-* 03:00:00"
+
+  # Install with Prometheus metrics exporter
+  sudo dbbackup install --with-metrics --metrics-port 9399
+
+  # Check installation status
+  dbbackup install --status
+
+  # Dry-run to see what would be installed
+  sudo dbbackup install --dry-run
+
+Schedule format (OnCalendar):
+  daily           - Every day at midnight
+  weekly          - Every Monday at midnight
+  *-*-* 02:00:00  - Every day at 2am
+  *-*-* 02,14:00  - Twice daily at 2am and 2pm
+  Mon *-*-* 03:00 - Every Monday at 3am
+`,
+	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		// Handle --status flag
+		if installStatus {
+			return runInstallStatus(cmd.Context())
+		}
+
+		return runInstall(cmd.Context())
+	},
+}
+
+// uninstallCmd represents the uninstall command
+var uninstallCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "uninstall [instance]",
+	Short: "Uninstall dbbackup systemd service",
+	Long: `Uninstall dbbackup systemd service and timer.
+
+Examples:
+  # Uninstall default instance
+  sudo dbbackup uninstall
+
+  # Uninstall specific instance
+  sudo dbbackup uninstall production
+
+  # Uninstall and remove all configuration
+  sudo dbbackup uninstall --purge
+`,
+	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		instance := "cluster"
+		if len(args) > 0 {
+			instance = args[0]
+		}
+		return runUninstall(cmd.Context(), instance)
+	},
+}
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(installCmd)
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(uninstallCmd)
+
+	// Install flags
+	installCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&installInstance, "instance", "i", "", "Instance name (e.g., production, staging)")
+	installCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&installSchedule, "schedule", "s", "daily", "Backup schedule (OnCalendar format)")
+	installCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&installBackupType, "backup-type", "t", "cluster", "Backup type: single or cluster")
+	installCmd.Flags().StringVar(&installUser, "user", "dbbackup", "System user to run backups")
+	installCmd.Flags().StringVar(&installGroup, "group", "dbbackup", "System group for backup user")
+	installCmd.Flags().StringVar(&installBackupDir, "backup-dir", "/var/lib/dbbackup/backups", "Directory for backups")
+	installCmd.Flags().StringVar(&installConfigPath, "config-path", "/etc/dbbackup/dbbackup.conf", "Path to config file")
+	installCmd.Flags().IntVar(&installTimeout, "timeout", 3600, "Backup timeout in seconds")
+	installCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&installWithMetrics, "with-metrics", false, "Install Prometheus metrics exporter")
+	installCmd.Flags().IntVar(&installMetricsPort, "metrics-port", 9399, "Prometheus metrics port")
+	installCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&installDryRun, "dry-run", false, "Show what would be installed without making changes")
+	installCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&installStatus, "status", false, "Show installation status")
+
+	// Uninstall flags
+	uninstallCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&uninstallPurge, "purge", false, "Also remove configuration files")
+}
+
+func runInstall(ctx context.Context) error {
+	// Create context with signal handling
+	ctx, cancel := signal.NotifyContext(ctx, os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGTERM)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	// Expand schedule shortcuts
+	schedule := expandSchedule(installSchedule)
+
+	// Create installer
+	inst := installer.NewInstaller(log, installDryRun)
+
+	// Set up options
+	opts := installer.InstallOptions{
+		Instance:       installInstance,
+		BackupType:     installBackupType,
+		Schedule:       schedule,
+		User:           installUser,
+		Group:          installGroup,
+		BackupDir:      installBackupDir,
+		ConfigPath:     installConfigPath,
+		TimeoutSeconds: installTimeout,
+		WithMetrics:    installWithMetrics,
+		MetricsPort:    installMetricsPort,
+	}
+
+	// For cluster backup, override instance
+	if installBackupType == "cluster" {
+		opts.Instance = "cluster"
+	}
+
+	return inst.Install(ctx, opts)
+}
+
+func runUninstall(ctx context.Context, instance string) error {
+	ctx, cancel := signal.NotifyContext(ctx, os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGTERM)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	inst := installer.NewInstaller(log, false)
+	return inst.Uninstall(ctx, instance, uninstallPurge)
+}
+
+func runInstallStatus(ctx context.Context) error {
+	inst := installer.NewInstaller(log, false)
+
+	// Check cluster status
+	clusterStatus, err := inst.Status(ctx, "cluster")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println()
+	fmt.Println("[STATUS] DBBackup Installation Status")
+	fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("=", 50))
+
+	if clusterStatus.Installed {
+		fmt.Println()
+		fmt.Println("  * Cluster Backup:")
+		fmt.Printf("   Service:  %s\n", formatStatus(clusterStatus.Installed, clusterStatus.Active))
+		fmt.Printf("   Timer:    %s\n", formatStatus(clusterStatus.TimerEnabled, clusterStatus.TimerActive))
+		if clusterStatus.NextRun != "" {
+			fmt.Printf("   Next run: %s\n", clusterStatus.NextRun)
+		}
+		if clusterStatus.LastRun != "" {
+			fmt.Printf("   Last run: %s\n", clusterStatus.LastRun)
+		}
+	} else {
+		fmt.Println()
+		fmt.Println("[NONE] No systemd services installed")
+		fmt.Println()
+		fmt.Println("Run 'sudo dbbackup install' to install as a systemd service")
+	}
+
+	// Check for exporter
+	if _, err := os.Stat("/etc/systemd/system/dbbackup-exporter.service"); err == nil {
+		fmt.Println()
+		fmt.Println("  * Metrics Exporter:")
+		// Check if exporter is active using systemctl
+		cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "systemctl", "is-active", "dbbackup-exporter")
+		if err := cmd.Run(); err == nil {
+			fmt.Printf("   Service:  [OK] active\n")
+		} else {
+			fmt.Printf("   Service:  [-] inactive\n")
+		}
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println()
+	return nil
+}
+
+func formatStatus(installed, active bool) string {
+	if !installed {
+		return "not installed"
+	}
+	if active {
+		return "[OK] active"
+	}
+	return "[-] inactive"
+}
+
+func expandSchedule(schedule string) string {
+	shortcuts := map[string]string{
+		"hourly":  "*-*-* *:00:00",
+		"daily":   "*-*-* 02:00:00",
+		"weekly":  "Mon *-*-* 02:00:00",
+		"monthly": "*-*-01 02:00:00",
+	}
+
+	if expanded, ok := shortcuts[strings.ToLower(schedule)]; ok {
+		return expanded
+	}
+	return schedule
+}
--- a/cmd/metrics.go
+++ b/cmd/metrics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/signal"
+	"syscall"
+
+	"dbbackup/internal/prometheus"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var (
+	metricsInstance string
+	metricsOutput   string
+	metricsPort     int
+)
+
+// metricsCmd represents the metrics command
+var metricsCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "metrics",
+	Short: "Prometheus metrics management",
+	Long: `Prometheus metrics management for dbbackup.
+
+Export metrics to a textfile for node_exporter, or run an HTTP server
+for direct Prometheus scraping.`,
+}
+
+// metricsExportCmd exports metrics to a textfile
+var metricsExportCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "export",
+	Short: "Export metrics to textfile",
+	Long: `Export Prometheus metrics to a textfile for node_exporter.
+
+The textfile collector in node_exporter can scrape metrics from files
+in a designated directory (typically /var/lib/node_exporter/textfile_collector/).
+
+Examples:
+  # Export metrics to default location
+  dbbackup metrics export
+
+  # Export with custom output path
+  dbbackup metrics export --output /var/lib/dbbackup/metrics/dbbackup.prom
+
+  # Export for specific instance
+  dbbackup metrics export --instance production --output /var/lib/dbbackup/metrics/production.prom
+
+After export, configure node_exporter with:
+  --collector.textfile.directory=/var/lib/dbbackup/metrics/
+`,
+	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		return runMetricsExport(cmd.Context())
+	},
+}
+
+// metricsServeCmd runs the HTTP metrics server
+var metricsServeCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "serve",
+	Short: "Run Prometheus HTTP server",
+	Long: `Run an HTTP server exposing Prometheus metrics.
+
+This starts a long-running daemon that serves metrics at /metrics.
+Prometheus can scrape this endpoint directly.
+
+Examples:
+  # Start server on default port 9399
+  dbbackup metrics serve
+
+  # Start server on custom port
+  dbbackup metrics serve --port 9100
+
+  # Run as systemd service (installed via 'dbbackup install --with-metrics')
+  sudo systemctl start dbbackup-exporter
+
+Endpoints:
+  /metrics  - Prometheus metrics
+  /health   - Health check (returns 200 OK)
+  /         - Service info page
+`,
+	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		return runMetricsServe(cmd.Context())
+	},
+}
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(metricsCmd)
+	metricsCmd.AddCommand(metricsExportCmd)
+	metricsCmd.AddCommand(metricsServeCmd)
+
+	// Export flags
+	metricsExportCmd.Flags().StringVar(&metricsInstance, "instance", "default", "Instance name for metrics labels")
+	metricsExportCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&metricsOutput, "output", "o", "/var/lib/dbbackup/metrics/dbbackup.prom", "Output file path")
+
+	// Serve flags
+	metricsServeCmd.Flags().StringVar(&metricsInstance, "instance", "default", "Instance name for metrics labels")
+	metricsServeCmd.Flags().IntVarP(&metricsPort, "port", "p", 9399, "HTTP server port")
+}
+
+func runMetricsExport(ctx context.Context) error {
+	// Open catalog
+	cat, err := openCatalog()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open catalog: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer cat.Close()
+
+	// Create metrics writer
+	writer := prometheus.NewMetricsWriter(log, cat, metricsInstance)
+
+	// Write textfile
+	if err := writer.WriteTextfile(metricsOutput); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to write metrics: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	log.Info("Exported metrics to textfile", "path", metricsOutput, "instance", metricsInstance)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func runMetricsServe(ctx context.Context) error {
+	// Setup signal handling
+	ctx, cancel := signal.NotifyContext(ctx, os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGTERM)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	// Open catalog
+	cat, err := openCatalog()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open catalog: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer cat.Close()
+
+	// Create exporter
+	exporter := prometheus.NewExporter(log, cat, metricsInstance, metricsPort)
+
+	// Run server (blocks until context is cancelled)
+	return exporter.Serve(ctx)
+}
--- a/cmd/migrate.go
+++ b/cmd/migrate.go
@@ -203,9 +203,17 @@ func runMigrateCluster(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		migrateTargetUser = migrateSourceUser
 	}

+	// Create source config first to get WorkDir
+	sourceCfg := config.New()
+	sourceCfg.Host = migrateSourceHost
+	sourceCfg.Port = migrateSourcePort
+	sourceCfg.User = migrateSourceUser
+	sourceCfg.Password = migrateSourcePassword
+
 	workdir := migrateWorkdir
 	if workdir == "" {
-		workdir = filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), "dbbackup-migrate")
+		// Use WorkDir from config if available
+		workdir = filepath.Join(sourceCfg.GetEffectiveWorkDir(), "dbbackup-migrate")
 	}

 	// Create working directory
@@ -213,12 +221,7 @@ func runMigrateCluster(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create working directory: %w", err)
 	}

-	// Create source config
-	sourceCfg := config.New()
-	sourceCfg.Host = migrateSourceHost
-	sourceCfg.Port = migrateSourcePort
-	sourceCfg.User = migrateSourceUser
-	sourceCfg.Password = migrateSourcePassword
+	// Update source config with remaining settings
 	sourceCfg.SSLMode = migrateSourceSSLMode
 	sourceCfg.Database = "postgres" // Default connection database
 	sourceCfg.DatabaseType = cfg.DatabaseType
@@ -342,7 +345,8 @@ func runMigrateSingle(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {

 	workdir := migrateWorkdir
 	if workdir == "" {
-		workdir = filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), "dbbackup-migrate")
+		tempCfg := config.New()
+		workdir = filepath.Join(tempCfg.GetEffectiveWorkDir(), "dbbackup-migrate")
 	}

 	// Create working directory
--- a/cmd/pitr.go
+++ b/cmd/pitr.go
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ func runPITREnable(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to enable PITR: %w", err)
 	}

-	log.Info("✅ PITR enabled successfully!")
+	log.Info("[OK] PITR enabled successfully!")
 	log.Info("")
 	log.Info("Next steps:")
 	log.Info("1. Restart PostgreSQL: sudo systemctl restart postgresql")
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ func runPITRDisable(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to disable PITR: %w", err)
 	}

-	log.Info("✅ PITR disabled successfully!")
+	log.Info("[OK] PITR disabled successfully!")
 	log.Info("PostgreSQL restart required: sudo systemctl restart postgresql")

 	return nil
@@ -483,15 +483,15 @@ func runPITRStatus(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}

 	// Display PITR configuration
-	fmt.Println("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━")
+	fmt.Println("======================================================")
 	fmt.Println("  Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR) Status")
-	fmt.Println("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━")
+	fmt.Println("======================================================")
 	fmt.Println()

 	if config.Enabled {
-		fmt.Println("Status:          ✅ ENABLED")
+		fmt.Println("Status:          [OK] ENABLED")
 	} else {
-		fmt.Println("Status:          ❌ DISABLED")
+		fmt.Println("Status:          [FAIL] DISABLED")
 	}

 	fmt.Printf("WAL Level:       %s\n", config.WALLevel)
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ func runPITRStatus(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		// Extract archive dir from command (simple parsing)
 		fmt.Println()
 		fmt.Println("WAL Archive Statistics:")
-		fmt.Println("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━")
+		fmt.Println("======================================================")
 		// TODO: Parse archive dir and show stats
 		fmt.Println("  (Use 'dbbackup wal list --archive-dir <dir>' to view archives)")
 	}
@@ -574,13 +574,13 @@ func runWALList(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}

 	// Display archives
-	fmt.Println("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━")
+	fmt.Println("======================================================")
 	fmt.Printf("  WAL Archives (%d files)\n", len(archives))
-	fmt.Println("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━")
+	fmt.Println("======================================================")
 	fmt.Println()

 	fmt.Printf("%-28s  %10s  %10s  %8s  %s\n", "WAL Filename", "Timeline", "Segment", "Size", "Archived At")
-	fmt.Println("────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────")
+	fmt.Println("--------------------------------------------------------------------------------")

 	for _, archive := range archives {
 		size := formatWALSize(archive.ArchivedSize)
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ func runWALCleanup(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("WAL cleanup failed: %w", err)
 	}

-	log.Info("✅ WAL cleanup completed", "deleted", deleted, "retention_days", archiveConfig.RetentionDays)
+	log.Info("[OK] WAL cleanup completed", "deleted", deleted, "retention_days", archiveConfig.RetentionDays)
 	return nil
 }

@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ func runWALTimeline(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	// Display timeline details
 	if len(history.Timelines) > 0 {
 		fmt.Println("\nTimeline Details:")
-		fmt.Println("═════════════════")
+		fmt.Println("=================")
 		for _, tl := range history.Timelines {
 			fmt.Printf("\nTimeline %d:\n", tl.TimelineID)
 			if tl.ParentTimeline > 0 {
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ func runWALTimeline(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 				fmt.Printf("  Created:     %s\n", tl.CreatedAt.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05"))
 			}
 			if tl.TimelineID == history.CurrentTimeline {
-				fmt.Printf("  Status:      ⚡ CURRENT\n")
+				fmt.Printf("  Status:      [CURR] CURRENT\n")
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -759,15 +759,15 @@ func runBinlogList(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return nil
 	}

-	fmt.Println("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━")
+	fmt.Println("=============================================================")
 	fmt.Printf("  Binary Log Files (%s)\n", bm.ServerType())
-	fmt.Println("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━")
+	fmt.Println("=============================================================")
 	fmt.Println()

 	if len(binlogs) > 0 {
 		fmt.Println("Source Directory:")
 		fmt.Printf("%-24s  %10s  %-19s  %-19s  %s\n", "Filename", "Size", "Start Time", "End Time", "Format")
-		fmt.Println("────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────")
+		fmt.Println("--------------------------------------------------------------------------------")

 		var totalSize int64
 		for _, b := range binlogs {
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ func runBinlogList(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		fmt.Println()
 		fmt.Println("Archived Binlogs:")
 		fmt.Printf("%-24s  %10s  %-19s  %s\n", "Original", "Size", "Archived At", "Flags")
-		fmt.Println("────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────")
+		fmt.Println("--------------------------------------------------------------------------------")

 		var totalSize int64
 		for _, a := range archived {
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ func runBinlogArchive(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		bm.SaveArchiveMetadata(allArchived)
 	}

-	log.Info("✅ Binlog archiving completed", "archived", len(newArchives))
+	log.Info("[OK] Binlog archiving completed", "archived", len(newArchives))
 	return nil
 }

@@ -1014,15 +1014,15 @@ func runBinlogValidate(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("validating binlog chain: %w", err)
 	}

-	fmt.Println("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━")
+	fmt.Println("=============================================================")
 	fmt.Println("  Binlog Chain Validation")
-	fmt.Println("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━")
+	fmt.Println("=============================================================")
 	fmt.Println()

 	if validation.Valid {
-		fmt.Println("Status:     ✅ VALID - Binlog chain is complete")
+		fmt.Println("Status:     [OK] VALID - Binlog chain is complete")
 	} else {
-		fmt.Println("Status:     ❌ INVALID - Binlog chain has gaps")
+		fmt.Println("Status:     [FAIL] INVALID - Binlog chain has gaps")
 	}

 	fmt.Printf("Files:      %d binlog files\n", validation.LogCount)
@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@ func runBinlogValidate(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		fmt.Println()
 		fmt.Println("Errors:")
 		for _, e := range validation.Errors {
-			fmt.Printf("  ✗ %s\n", e)
+			fmt.Printf("  [FAIL] %s\n", e)
 		}
 	}

@@ -1094,9 +1094,9 @@ func runBinlogPosition(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}
 	defer rows.Close()

-	fmt.Println("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━")
+	fmt.Println("=============================================================")
 	fmt.Println("  Current Binary Log Position")
-	fmt.Println("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━")
+	fmt.Println("=============================================================")
 	fmt.Println()

 	if rows.Next() {
@@ -1178,24 +1178,24 @@ func runMySQLPITRStatus(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("getting PITR status: %w", err)
 	}

-	fmt.Println("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━")
+	fmt.Println("=============================================================")
 	fmt.Printf("  MySQL/MariaDB PITR Status (%s)\n", status.DatabaseType)
-	fmt.Println("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━")
+	fmt.Println("=============================================================")
 	fmt.Println()

 	if status.Enabled {
-		fmt.Println("PITR Status:     ✅ ENABLED")
+		fmt.Println("PITR Status:     [OK] ENABLED")
 	} else {
-		fmt.Println("PITR Status:     ❌ NOT CONFIGURED")
+		fmt.Println("PITR Status:     [FAIL] NOT CONFIGURED")
 	}

 	// Get binary logging status
 	var logBin string
 	db.QueryRowContext(ctx, "SELECT @@log_bin").Scan(&logBin)
 	if logBin == "1" || logBin == "ON" {
-		fmt.Println("Binary Logging:  ✅ ENABLED")
+		fmt.Println("Binary Logging:  [OK] ENABLED")
 	} else {
-		fmt.Println("Binary Logging:  ❌ DISABLED")
+		fmt.Println("Binary Logging:  [FAIL] DISABLED")
 	}

 	fmt.Printf("Binlog Format:   %s\n", status.LogLevel)
@@ -1205,14 +1205,14 @@ func runMySQLPITRStatus(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	if status.DatabaseType == pitr.DatabaseMariaDB {
 		db.QueryRowContext(ctx, "SELECT @@gtid_current_pos").Scan(&gtidMode)
 		if gtidMode != "" {
-			fmt.Println("GTID Mode:       ✅ ENABLED")
+			fmt.Println("GTID Mode:       [OK] ENABLED")
 		} else {
-			fmt.Println("GTID Mode:       ❌ DISABLED")
+			fmt.Println("GTID Mode:       [FAIL] DISABLED")
 		}
 	} else {
 		db.QueryRowContext(ctx, "SELECT @@gtid_mode").Scan(&gtidMode)
 		if gtidMode == "ON" {
-			fmt.Println("GTID Mode:       ✅ ENABLED")
+			fmt.Println("GTID Mode:       [OK] ENABLED")
 		} else {
 			fmt.Printf("GTID Mode:       %s\n", gtidMode)
 		}
@@ -1237,12 +1237,12 @@ func runMySQLPITRStatus(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	fmt.Println()
 	fmt.Println("PITR Requirements:")
 	if logBin == "1" || logBin == "ON" {
-		fmt.Println("  ✅ Binary logging enabled")
+		fmt.Println("  [OK] Binary logging enabled")
 	} else {
-		fmt.Println("  ❌ Binary logging must be enabled (log_bin = mysql-bin)")
+		fmt.Println("  [FAIL] Binary logging must be enabled (log_bin = mysql-bin)")
 	}
 	if status.LogLevel == "ROW" {
-		fmt.Println("  ✅ Row-based logging (recommended)")
+		fmt.Println("  [OK] Row-based logging (recommended)")
 	} else {
 		fmt.Printf("  ⚠  binlog_format = %s (ROW recommended for PITR)\n", status.LogLevel)
 	}
@@ -1299,7 +1299,7 @@ func runMySQLPITREnable(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("enabling PITR: %w", err)
 	}

-	log.Info("✅ MySQL PITR enabled successfully!")
+	log.Info("[OK] MySQL PITR enabled successfully!")
 	log.Info("")
 	log.Info("Next steps:")
 	log.Info("1. Start binlog archiving: dbbackup binlog watch --archive-dir " + mysqlArchiveDir)
--- a/cmd/placeholder.go
+++ b/cmd/placeholder.go
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func runList(ctx context.Context) error {
 				continue
 			}

-			fmt.Printf("📦 %s\n", file.Name)
+			fmt.Printf("[FILE] %s\n", file.Name)
 			fmt.Printf("   Size: %s\n", formatFileSize(stat.Size()))
 			fmt.Printf("   Modified: %s\n", stat.ModTime().Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05"))
 			fmt.Printf("   Type: %s\n", getBackupType(file.Name))
@@ -237,56 +237,56 @@ func runPreflight(ctx context.Context) error {
 	totalChecks := 6

 	// 1. Database connectivity check
-	fmt.Print("🔗 Database connectivity... ")
+	fmt.Print("[1] Database connectivity... ")
 	if err := testDatabaseConnection(); err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("❌ FAILED: %v\n", err)
+		fmt.Printf("[FAIL] FAILED: %v\n", err)
 	} else {
-		fmt.Println("✅ PASSED")
+		fmt.Println("[OK] PASSED")
 		checksPassed++
 	}

 	// 2. Required tools check
-	fmt.Print("🛠️  Required tools (pg_dump/pg_restore)... ")
+	fmt.Print("[2] Required tools (pg_dump/pg_restore)... ")
 	if err := checkRequiredTools(); err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("❌ FAILED: %v\n", err)
+		fmt.Printf("[FAIL] FAILED: %v\n", err)
 	} else {
-		fmt.Println("✅ PASSED")
+		fmt.Println("[OK] PASSED")
 		checksPassed++
 	}

 	// 3. Backup directory check
-	fmt.Print("📁 Backup directory access... ")
+	fmt.Print("[3] Backup directory access... ")
 	if err := checkBackupDirectory(); err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("❌ FAILED: %v\n", err)
+		fmt.Printf("[FAIL] FAILED: %v\n", err)
 	} else {
-		fmt.Println("✅ PASSED")
+		fmt.Println("[OK] PASSED")
 		checksPassed++
 	}

 	// 4. Disk space check
-	fmt.Print("💾 Available disk space... ")
+	fmt.Print("[4] Available disk space... ")
 	if err := checkDiskSpace(); err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("❌ FAILED: %v\n", err)
+		fmt.Printf("[FAIL] FAILED: %v\n", err)
 	} else {
-		fmt.Println("✅ PASSED")
+		fmt.Println("[OK] PASSED")
 		checksPassed++
 	}

 	// 5. Permissions check
-	fmt.Print("🔐 File permissions... ")
+	fmt.Print("[5] File permissions... ")
 	if err := checkPermissions(); err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("❌ FAILED: %v\n", err)
+		fmt.Printf("[FAIL] FAILED: %v\n", err)
 	} else {
-		fmt.Println("✅ PASSED")
+		fmt.Println("[OK] PASSED")
 		checksPassed++
 	}

 	// 6. CPU/Memory resources check
-	fmt.Print("🖥️  System resources... ")
+	fmt.Print("[6] System resources... ")
 	if err := checkSystemResources(); err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("❌ FAILED: %v\n", err)
+		fmt.Printf("[FAIL] FAILED: %v\n", err)
 	} else {
-		fmt.Println("✅ PASSED")
+		fmt.Println("[OK] PASSED")
 		checksPassed++
 	}

@@ -294,10 +294,10 @@ func runPreflight(ctx context.Context) error {
 	fmt.Printf("Results: %d/%d checks passed\n", checksPassed, totalChecks)

 	if checksPassed == totalChecks {
-		fmt.Println("🎉 All preflight checks passed! System is ready for backup operations.")
+		fmt.Println("[SUCCESS] All preflight checks passed! System is ready for backup operations.")
 		return nil
 	} else {
-		fmt.Printf("⚠️  %d check(s) failed. Please address the issues before running backups.\n", totalChecks-checksPassed)
+		fmt.Printf("[WARN] %d check(s) failed. Please address the issues before running backups.\n", totalChecks-checksPassed)
 		return fmt.Errorf("preflight checks failed: %d/%d passed", checksPassed, totalChecks)
 	}
 }
@@ -414,44 +414,44 @@ func runRestore(ctx context.Context, archiveName string) error {
 	fmt.Println()

 	// Show warning
-	fmt.Println("⚠️  WARNING: This will restore data to the target database.")
+	fmt.Println("[WARN] WARNING: This will restore data to the target database.")
 	fmt.Println("   Existing data may be overwritten or merged depending on the restore method.")
 	fmt.Println()

 	// For safety, show what would be done without actually doing it
 	switch archiveType {
 	case "Single Database (.dump)":
-		fmt.Println("🔄 Would execute: pg_restore to restore single database")
+		fmt.Println("[EXEC] Would execute: pg_restore to restore single database")
 		fmt.Printf("   Command: pg_restore -h %s -p %d -U %s -d %s --verbose %s\n",
 			cfg.Host, cfg.Port, cfg.User, cfg.Database, archivePath)
 	case "Single Database (.dump.gz)":
-		fmt.Println("🔄 Would execute: gunzip and pg_restore to restore single database")
+		fmt.Println("[EXEC] Would execute: gunzip and pg_restore to restore single database")
 		fmt.Printf("   Command: gunzip -c %s | pg_restore -h %s -p %d -U %s -d %s --verbose\n",
 			archivePath, cfg.Host, cfg.Port, cfg.User, cfg.Database)
 	case "SQL Script (.sql)":
 		if cfg.IsPostgreSQL() {
-			fmt.Println("🔄 Would execute: psql to run SQL script")
+			fmt.Println("[EXEC] Would execute: psql to run SQL script")
 			fmt.Printf("   Command: psql -h %s -p %d -U %s -d %s -f %s\n",
 				cfg.Host, cfg.Port, cfg.User, cfg.Database, archivePath)
 		} else if cfg.IsMySQL() {
-			fmt.Println("🔄 Would execute: mysql to run SQL script")
+			fmt.Println("[EXEC] Would execute: mysql to run SQL script")
 			fmt.Printf("   Command: %s\n", mysqlRestoreCommand(archivePath, false))
 		} else {
-			fmt.Println("🔄 Would execute: SQL client to run script (database type unknown)")
+			fmt.Println("[EXEC] Would execute: SQL client to run script (database type unknown)")
 		}
 	case "SQL Script (.sql.gz)":
 		if cfg.IsPostgreSQL() {
-			fmt.Println("🔄 Would execute: gunzip and psql to run SQL script")
+			fmt.Println("[EXEC] Would execute: gunzip and psql to run SQL script")
 			fmt.Printf("   Command: gunzip -c %s | psql -h %s -p %d -U %s -d %s\n",
 				archivePath, cfg.Host, cfg.Port, cfg.User, cfg.Database)
 		} else if cfg.IsMySQL() {
-			fmt.Println("🔄 Would execute: gunzip and mysql to run SQL script")
+			fmt.Println("[EXEC] Would execute: gunzip and mysql to run SQL script")
 			fmt.Printf("   Command: %s\n", mysqlRestoreCommand(archivePath, true))
 		} else {
-			fmt.Println("🔄 Would execute: gunzip and SQL client to run script (database type unknown)")
+			fmt.Println("[EXEC] Would execute: gunzip and SQL client to run script (database type unknown)")
 		}
 	case "Cluster Backup (.tar.gz)":
-		fmt.Println("🔄 Would execute: Extract and restore cluster backup")
+		fmt.Println("[EXEC] Would execute: Extract and restore cluster backup")
 		fmt.Println("   Steps:")
 		fmt.Println("   1. Extract tar.gz archive")
 		fmt.Println("   2. Restore global objects (roles, tablespaces)")
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ func runRestore(ctx context.Context, archiveName string) error {
 	}

 	fmt.Println()
-	fmt.Println("🛡️  SAFETY MODE: Restore command is in preview mode.")
+	fmt.Println("[SAFETY] SAFETY MODE: Restore command is in preview mode.")
 	fmt.Println("   This shows what would be executed without making changes.")
 	fmt.Println("   To enable actual restore, add --confirm flag (not yet implemented).")

@@ -520,25 +520,25 @@ func runVerify(ctx context.Context, archiveName string) error {
 	checksPassed := 0

 	// Basic file existence and readability
-	fmt.Print("📁 File accessibility... ")
+	fmt.Print("[CHK] File accessibility... ")
 	if file, err := os.Open(archivePath); err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("❌ FAILED: %v\n", err)
+		fmt.Printf("[FAIL] FAILED: %v\n", err)
 	} else {
 		file.Close()
-		fmt.Println("✅ PASSED")
+		fmt.Println("[OK] PASSED")
 		checksPassed++
 	}
 	checksRun++

 	// File size sanity check
-	fmt.Print("📏 File size check... ")
+	fmt.Print("[CHK] File size check... ")
 	if stat.Size() == 0 {
-		fmt.Println("❌ FAILED: File is empty")
+		fmt.Println("[FAIL] FAILED: File is empty")
 	} else if stat.Size() < 100 {
-		fmt.Println("⚠️  WARNING: File is very small (< 100 bytes)")
+		fmt.Println("[WARN] WARNING: File is very small (< 100 bytes)")
 		checksPassed++
 	} else {
-		fmt.Println("✅ PASSED")
+		fmt.Println("[OK] PASSED")
 		checksPassed++
 	}
 	checksRun++
@@ -546,51 +546,51 @@ func runVerify(ctx context.Context, archiveName string) error {
 	// Type-specific verification
 	switch archiveType {
 	case "Single Database (.dump)":
-		fmt.Print("🔍 PostgreSQL dump format check... ")
+		fmt.Print("[CHK] PostgreSQL dump format check... ")
 		if err := verifyPgDump(archivePath); err != nil {
-			fmt.Printf("❌ FAILED: %v\n", err)
+			fmt.Printf("[FAIL] FAILED: %v\n", err)
 		} else {
-			fmt.Println("✅ PASSED")
+			fmt.Println("[OK] PASSED")
 			checksPassed++
 		}
 		checksRun++

 	case "Single Database (.dump.gz)":
-		fmt.Print("🔍 PostgreSQL dump format check (gzip)... ")
+		fmt.Print("[CHK] PostgreSQL dump format check (gzip)... ")
 		if err := verifyPgDumpGzip(archivePath); err != nil {
-			fmt.Printf("❌ FAILED: %v\n", err)
+			fmt.Printf("[FAIL] FAILED: %v\n", err)
 		} else {
-			fmt.Println("✅ PASSED")
+			fmt.Println("[OK] PASSED")
 			checksPassed++
 		}
 		checksRun++

 	case "SQL Script (.sql)":
-		fmt.Print("📜 SQL script validation... ")
+		fmt.Print("[CHK] SQL script validation... ")
 		if err := verifySqlScript(archivePath); err != nil {
-			fmt.Printf("❌ FAILED: %v\n", err)
+			fmt.Printf("[FAIL] FAILED: %v\n", err)
 		} else {
-			fmt.Println("✅ PASSED")
+			fmt.Println("[OK] PASSED")
 			checksPassed++
 		}
 		checksRun++

 	case "SQL Script (.sql.gz)":
-		fmt.Print("📜 SQL script validation (gzip)... ")
+		fmt.Print("[CHK] SQL script validation (gzip)... ")
 		if err := verifyGzipSqlScript(archivePath); err != nil {
-			fmt.Printf("❌ FAILED: %v\n", err)
+			fmt.Printf("[FAIL] FAILED: %v\n", err)
 		} else {
-			fmt.Println("✅ PASSED")
+			fmt.Println("[OK] PASSED")
 			checksPassed++
 		}
 		checksRun++

 	case "Cluster Backup (.tar.gz)":
-		fmt.Print("📦 Archive extraction test... ")
+		fmt.Print("[CHK] Archive extraction test... ")
 		if err := verifyTarGz(archivePath); err != nil {
-			fmt.Printf("❌ FAILED: %v\n", err)
+			fmt.Printf("[FAIL] FAILED: %v\n", err)
 		} else {
-			fmt.Println("✅ PASSED")
+			fmt.Println("[OK] PASSED")
 			checksPassed++
 		}
 		checksRun++
@@ -598,11 +598,11 @@ func runVerify(ctx context.Context, archiveName string) error {

 	// Check for metadata file
 	metadataPath := archivePath + ".info"
-	fmt.Print("📋 Metadata file check... ")
+	fmt.Print("[CHK] Metadata file check... ")
 	if _, err := os.Stat(metadataPath); os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		fmt.Println("⚠️  WARNING: No metadata file found")
+		fmt.Println("[WARN] WARNING: No metadata file found")
 	} else {
-		fmt.Println("✅ PASSED")
+		fmt.Println("[OK] PASSED")
 		checksPassed++
 	}
 	checksRun++
@@ -611,13 +611,13 @@ func runVerify(ctx context.Context, archiveName string) error {
 	fmt.Printf("Verification Results: %d/%d checks passed\n", checksPassed, checksRun)

 	if checksPassed == checksRun {
-		fmt.Println("🎉 Archive verification completed successfully!")
+		fmt.Println("[SUCCESS] Archive verification completed successfully!")
 		return nil
 	} else if float64(checksPassed)/float64(checksRun) >= 0.8 {
-		fmt.Println("⚠️  Archive verification completed with warnings.")
+		fmt.Println("[WARN] Archive verification completed with warnings.")
 		return nil
 	} else {
-		fmt.Println("❌ Archive verification failed. Archive may be corrupted.")
+		fmt.Println("[FAIL] Archive verification failed. Archive may be corrupted.")
 		return fmt.Errorf("verification failed: %d/%d checks passed", checksPassed, checksRun)
 	}
 }
--- a/cmd/restore.go
+++ b/cmd/restore.go
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ var (
 	restoreNoProgress   bool
 	restoreWorkdir      string
 	restoreCleanCluster bool
+	restoreDiagnose     bool   // Run diagnosis before restore
+	restoreSaveDebugLog string // Path to save debug log on failure
+
+	// Diagnose flags
+	diagnoseJSON     bool
+	diagnoseDeep     bool
+	diagnoseKeepTemp bool

 	// Encryption flags
 	restoreEncryptionKeyFile string
@@ -214,12 +221,53 @@ Examples:
 	RunE: runRestorePITR,
 }

+// restoreDiagnoseCmd diagnoses backup files before restore
+var restoreDiagnoseCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "diagnose [archive-file]",
+	Short: "Diagnose backup file integrity and format",
+	Long: `Perform deep analysis of backup files to detect issues before restore.
+
+This command validates backup archives and provides detailed diagnostics
+including truncation detection, format verification, and COPY block integrity.
+
+Use this when:
+  - Restore fails with syntax errors
+  - You suspect backup corruption or truncation
+  - You want to verify backup integrity before restore
+  - Restore reports millions of errors
+
+Checks performed:
+  - File format detection (custom dump vs SQL)
+  - PGDMP signature verification
+  - Gzip integrity validation
+  - COPY block termination check
+  - pg_restore --list verification
+  - Cluster archive structure validation
+
+Examples:
+  # Diagnose a single dump file
+  dbbackup restore diagnose mydb.dump.gz
+
+  # Diagnose with verbose output
+  dbbackup restore diagnose mydb.sql.gz --verbose
+
+  # Diagnose cluster archive and all contained dumps
+  dbbackup restore diagnose cluster_backup.tar.gz --deep
+
+  # Output as JSON for scripting
+  dbbackup restore diagnose mydb.dump --json
+`,
+	Args: cobra.ExactArgs(1),
+	RunE: runRestoreDiagnose,
+}
+
 func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(restoreCmd)
 	restoreCmd.AddCommand(restoreSingleCmd)
 	restoreCmd.AddCommand(restoreClusterCmd)
 	restoreCmd.AddCommand(restoreListCmd)
 	restoreCmd.AddCommand(restorePITRCmd)
+	restoreCmd.AddCommand(restoreDiagnoseCmd)

 	// Single restore flags
 	restoreSingleCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&restoreConfirm, "confirm", false, "Confirm and execute restore (required)")
@@ -232,6 +280,8 @@ func init() {
 	restoreSingleCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&restoreNoProgress, "no-progress", false, "Disable progress indicators")
 	restoreSingleCmd.Flags().StringVar(&restoreEncryptionKeyFile, "encryption-key-file", "", "Path to encryption key file (required for encrypted backups)")
 	restoreSingleCmd.Flags().StringVar(&restoreEncryptionKeyEnv, "encryption-key-env", "DBBACKUP_ENCRYPTION_KEY", "Environment variable containing encryption key")
+	restoreSingleCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&restoreDiagnose, "diagnose", false, "Run deep diagnosis before restore to detect corruption/truncation")
+	restoreSingleCmd.Flags().StringVar(&restoreSaveDebugLog, "save-debug-log", "", "Save detailed error report to file on failure (e.g., /tmp/restore-debug.json)")

 	// Cluster restore flags
 	restoreClusterCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&restoreConfirm, "confirm", false, "Confirm and execute restore (required)")
@@ -244,6 +294,8 @@ func init() {
 	restoreClusterCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&restoreNoProgress, "no-progress", false, "Disable progress indicators")
 	restoreClusterCmd.Flags().StringVar(&restoreEncryptionKeyFile, "encryption-key-file", "", "Path to encryption key file (required for encrypted backups)")
 	restoreClusterCmd.Flags().StringVar(&restoreEncryptionKeyEnv, "encryption-key-env", "DBBACKUP_ENCRYPTION_KEY", "Environment variable containing encryption key")
+	restoreClusterCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&restoreDiagnose, "diagnose", false, "Run deep diagnosis on all dumps before restore")
+	restoreClusterCmd.Flags().StringVar(&restoreSaveDebugLog, "save-debug-log", "", "Save detailed error report to file on failure (e.g., /tmp/restore-debug.json)")

 	// PITR restore flags
 	restorePITRCmd.Flags().StringVar(&pitrBaseBackup, "base-backup", "", "Path to base backup file (.tar.gz) (required)")
@@ -264,6 +316,118 @@ func init() {
 	restorePITRCmd.MarkFlagRequired("base-backup")
 	restorePITRCmd.MarkFlagRequired("wal-archive")
 	restorePITRCmd.MarkFlagRequired("target-dir")
+
+	// Diagnose flags
+	restoreDiagnoseCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&diagnoseJSON, "json", false, "Output diagnosis as JSON")
+	restoreDiagnoseCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&diagnoseDeep, "deep", false, "For cluster archives, extract and diagnose all contained dumps")
+	restoreDiagnoseCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&diagnoseKeepTemp, "keep-temp", false, "Keep temporary extraction directory (for debugging)")
+	restoreDiagnoseCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&restoreVerbose, "verbose", false, "Show detailed analysis progress")
+}
+
+// runRestoreDiagnose diagnoses backup files
+func runRestoreDiagnose(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	archivePath := args[0]
+
+	// Convert to absolute path
+	if !filepath.IsAbs(archivePath) {
+		absPath, err := filepath.Abs(archivePath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid archive path: %w", err)
+		}
+		archivePath = absPath
+	}
+
+	// Check if file exists
+	if _, err := os.Stat(archivePath); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("archive not found: %s", archivePath)
+	}
+
+	log.Info("[DIAG] Diagnosing backup file", "path", archivePath)
+
+	diagnoser := restore.NewDiagnoser(log, restoreVerbose)
+
+	// Check if it's a cluster archive that needs deep analysis
+	format := restore.DetectArchiveFormat(archivePath)
+
+	if format.IsClusterBackup() && diagnoseDeep {
+		// Create temp directory for extraction in configured WorkDir
+		workDir := cfg.GetEffectiveWorkDir()
+		tempDir, err := os.MkdirTemp(workDir, "dbbackup-diagnose-*")
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to create temp directory in %s: %w", workDir, err)
+		}
+
+		if !diagnoseKeepTemp {
+			defer os.RemoveAll(tempDir)
+		} else {
+			log.Info("Temp directory preserved", "path", tempDir)
+		}
+
+		log.Info("Extracting cluster archive for deep analysis...")
+
+		// Extract and diagnose all dumps
+		results, err := diagnoser.DiagnoseClusterDumps(archivePath, tempDir)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("cluster diagnosis failed: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		// Output results
+		var hasErrors bool
+		for _, result := range results {
+			if diagnoseJSON {
+				diagnoser.PrintDiagnosisJSON(result)
+			} else {
+				diagnoser.PrintDiagnosis(result)
+			}
+			if !result.IsValid {
+				hasErrors = true
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Summary
+		if !diagnoseJSON {
+			fmt.Println("\n" + strings.Repeat("=", 70))
+			fmt.Printf("[SUMMARY] CLUSTER SUMMARY: %d databases analyzed\n", len(results))
+
+			validCount := 0
+			for _, r := range results {
+				if r.IsValid {
+					validCount++
+				}
+			}
+
+			if validCount == len(results) {
+				fmt.Println("[OK] All dumps are valid")
+			} else {
+				fmt.Printf("[FAIL] %d/%d dumps have issues\n", len(results)-validCount, len(results))
+			}
+			fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("=", 70))
+		}
+
+		if hasErrors {
+			return fmt.Errorf("one or more dumps have validation errors")
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Single file diagnosis
+	result, err := diagnoser.DiagnoseFile(archivePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("diagnosis failed: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if diagnoseJSON {
+		diagnoser.PrintDiagnosisJSON(result)
+	} else {
+		diagnoser.PrintDiagnosis(result)
+	}
+
+	if !result.IsValid {
+		return fmt.Errorf("backup file has validation errors")
+	}
+
+	log.Info("[OK] Backup file appears valid")
+	return nil
 }

 // runRestoreSingle restores a single database
@@ -381,7 +545,7 @@ func runRestoreSingle(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	isDryRun := restoreDryRun || !restoreConfirm

 	if isDryRun {
-		fmt.Println("\n🔍 DRY-RUN MODE - No changes will be made")
+		fmt.Println("\n[DRY-RUN] DRY-RUN MODE - No changes will be made")
 		fmt.Printf("\nWould restore:\n")
 		fmt.Printf("  Archive: %s\n", archivePath)
 		fmt.Printf("  Format: %s\n", format.String())
@@ -402,6 +566,12 @@ func runRestoreSingle(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	// Create restore engine
 	engine := restore.New(cfg, log, db)

+	// Enable debug logging if requested
+	if restoreSaveDebugLog != "" {
+		engine.SetDebugLogPath(restoreSaveDebugLog)
+		log.Info("Debug logging enabled", "output", restoreSaveDebugLog)
+	}
+
 	// Setup signal handling
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	defer cancel()
@@ -416,6 +586,37 @@ func runRestoreSingle(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		cancel()
 	}()

+	// Run pre-restore diagnosis if requested
+	if restoreDiagnose {
+		log.Info("[DIAG] Running pre-restore diagnosis...")
+
+		diagnoser := restore.NewDiagnoser(log, restoreVerbose)
+		result, err := diagnoser.DiagnoseFile(archivePath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("diagnosis failed: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		diagnoser.PrintDiagnosis(result)
+
+		if !result.IsValid {
+			log.Error("[FAIL] Pre-restore diagnosis found issues")
+			if result.IsTruncated {
+				log.Error("   The backup file appears to be TRUNCATED")
+			}
+			if result.IsCorrupted {
+				log.Error("   The backup file appears to be CORRUPTED")
+			}
+			fmt.Println("\nUse --force to attempt restore anyway.")
+
+			if !restoreForce {
+				return fmt.Errorf("aborting restore due to backup file issues")
+			}
+			log.Warn("Continuing despite diagnosis errors (--force enabled)")
+		} else {
+			log.Info("[OK] Backup file passed diagnosis")
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Execute restore
 	log.Info("Starting restore...", "database", targetDB)

@@ -432,7 +633,7 @@ func runRestoreSingle(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	// Audit log: restore success
 	auditLogger.LogRestoreComplete(user, targetDB, time.Since(startTime))

-	log.Info("✅ Restore completed successfully", "database", targetDB)
+	log.Info("[OK] Restore completed successfully", "database", targetDB)
 	return nil
 }

@@ -500,7 +701,7 @@ func runRestoreCluster(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 				}
 			}

-			log.Warn("⚠️  Using alternative working directory for extraction")
+			log.Warn("[WARN] Using alternative working directory for extraction")
 			log.Warn("    This is recommended when system disk space is limited")
 			log.Warn("    Location: " + restoreWorkdir)
 		}
@@ -553,7 +754,7 @@ func runRestoreCluster(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	isDryRun := restoreDryRun || !restoreConfirm

 	if isDryRun {
-		fmt.Println("\n🔍 DRY-RUN MODE - No changes will be made")
+		fmt.Println("\n[DRY-RUN] DRY-RUN MODE - No changes will be made")
 		fmt.Printf("\nWould restore cluster:\n")
 		fmt.Printf("  Archive: %s\n", archivePath)
 		fmt.Printf("  Parallel Jobs: %d (0 = auto)\n", restoreJobs)
@@ -563,7 +764,7 @@ func runRestoreCluster(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		if restoreCleanCluster {
 			fmt.Printf("  Clean Cluster: true (will drop %d existing database(s))\n", len(existingDBs))
 			if len(existingDBs) > 0 {
-				fmt.Printf("\n⚠️  Databases to be dropped:\n")
+				fmt.Printf("\n[WARN] Databases to be dropped:\n")
 				for _, dbName := range existingDBs {
 					fmt.Printf("    - %s\n", dbName)
 				}
@@ -575,7 +776,7 @@ func runRestoreCluster(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {

 	// Warning for clean-cluster
 	if restoreCleanCluster && len(existingDBs) > 0 {
-		log.Warn("🔥 Clean cluster mode enabled")
+		log.Warn("[!!] Clean cluster mode enabled")
 		log.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("   %d existing database(s) will be DROPPED before restore!", len(existingDBs)))
 		for _, dbName := range existingDBs {
 			log.Warn("   - " + dbName)
@@ -585,6 +786,12 @@ func runRestoreCluster(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	// Create restore engine
 	engine := restore.New(cfg, log, db)

+	// Enable debug logging if requested
+	if restoreSaveDebugLog != "" {
+		engine.SetDebugLogPath(restoreSaveDebugLog)
+		log.Info("Debug logging enabled", "output", restoreSaveDebugLog)
+	}
+
 	// Setup signal handling
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	defer cancel()
@@ -620,6 +827,53 @@ func runRestoreCluster(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		log.Info("Database cleanup completed")
 	}

+	// Run pre-restore diagnosis if requested
+	if restoreDiagnose {
+		log.Info("[DIAG] Running pre-restore diagnosis...")
+
+		// Create temp directory for extraction in configured WorkDir
+		workDir := cfg.GetEffectiveWorkDir()
+		diagTempDir, err := os.MkdirTemp(workDir, "dbbackup-diagnose-*")
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to create temp directory for diagnosis in %s: %w", workDir, err)
+		}
+		defer os.RemoveAll(diagTempDir)
+
+		diagnoser := restore.NewDiagnoser(log, restoreVerbose)
+		results, err := diagnoser.DiagnoseClusterDumps(archivePath, diagTempDir)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("diagnosis failed: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		// Check for any invalid dumps
+		var invalidDumps []string
+		for _, result := range results {
+			if !result.IsValid {
+				invalidDumps = append(invalidDumps, result.FileName)
+				diagnoser.PrintDiagnosis(result)
+			}
+		}
+
+		if len(invalidDumps) > 0 {
+			log.Error("[FAIL] Pre-restore diagnosis found issues",
+				"invalid_dumps", len(invalidDumps),
+				"total_dumps", len(results))
+			fmt.Println("\n[WARN] The following dumps have issues and will likely fail during restore:")
+			for _, name := range invalidDumps {
+				fmt.Printf("    - %s\n", name)
+			}
+			fmt.Println("\nRun 'dbbackup restore diagnose <archive> --deep' for full details.")
+			fmt.Println("Use --force to attempt restore anyway.")
+
+			if !restoreForce {
+				return fmt.Errorf("aborting restore due to %d invalid dump(s)", len(invalidDumps))
+			}
+			log.Warn("Continuing despite diagnosis errors (--force enabled)")
+		} else {
+			log.Info("[OK] All dumps passed diagnosis", "count", len(results))
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Execute cluster restore
 	log.Info("Starting cluster restore...")

@@ -636,7 +890,7 @@ func runRestoreCluster(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	// Audit log: restore success
 	auditLogger.LogRestoreComplete(user, "all_databases", time.Since(startTime))

-	log.Info("✅ Cluster restore completed successfully")
+	log.Info("[OK] Cluster restore completed successfully")
 	return nil
 }

@@ -685,7 +939,7 @@ func runRestoreList(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}

 	// Print header
-	fmt.Printf("\n📦 Available backup archives in %s\n\n", backupDir)
+	fmt.Printf("\n[LIST] Available backup archives in %s\n\n", backupDir)
 	fmt.Printf("%-40s %-25s %-12s %-20s %s\n",
 		"FILENAME", "FORMAT", "SIZE", "MODIFIED", "DATABASE")
 	fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("-", 120))
@@ -802,9 +1056,9 @@ func runRestorePITR(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}

 	// Display recovery target info
-	log.Info("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━")
+	log.Info("=====================================================")
 	log.Info("  Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR)")
-	log.Info("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━")
+	log.Info("=====================================================")
 	log.Info("")
 	log.Info(target.String())
 	log.Info("")
@@ -828,6 +1082,6 @@ func runRestorePITR(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("PITR restore failed: %w", err)
 	}

-	log.Info("✅ PITR restore completed successfully")
+	log.Info("[OK] PITR restore completed successfully")
 	return nil
 }
--- a/cmd/rto.go
+++ b/cmd/rto.go
@@ -181,13 +181,13 @@ func runRTOStatus(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {

 	// Display status
 	fmt.Println()
-	fmt.Println("╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗")
-	fmt.Println("║              RTO/RPO STATUS SUMMARY                       ║")
-	fmt.Println("╠═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣")
-	fmt.Printf("║  Target RTO: %-15s  Target RPO: %-15s ║\n",
+	fmt.Println("+-----------------------------------------------------------+")
+	fmt.Println("|              RTO/RPO STATUS SUMMARY                       |")
+	fmt.Println("+-----------------------------------------------------------+")
+	fmt.Printf("|  Target RTO: %-15s  Target RPO: %-15s |\n",
 		formatDuration(config.TargetRTO),
 		formatDuration(config.TargetRPO))
-	fmt.Println("╠═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣")
+	fmt.Println("+-----------------------------------------------------------+")

 	// Compliance status
 	rpoRate := 0.0
@@ -199,31 +199,31 @@ func runRTOStatus(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		fullRate = float64(summary.FullyCompliant) / float64(summary.TotalDatabases) * 100
 	}

-	fmt.Printf("║  Databases:     %-5d                                      ║\n", summary.TotalDatabases)
-	fmt.Printf("║  RPO Compliant: %-5d  (%.0f%%)                              ║\n", summary.RPOCompliant, rpoRate)
-	fmt.Printf("║  RTO Compliant: %-5d  (%.0f%%)                              ║\n", summary.RTOCompliant, rtoRate)
-	fmt.Printf("║  Fully Compliant: %-3d  (%.0f%%)                             ║\n", summary.FullyCompliant, fullRate)
+	fmt.Printf("|  Databases:     %-5d                                      |\n", summary.TotalDatabases)
+	fmt.Printf("|  RPO Compliant: %-5d  (%.0f%%)                              |\n", summary.RPOCompliant, rpoRate)
+	fmt.Printf("|  RTO Compliant: %-5d  (%.0f%%)                              |\n", summary.RTOCompliant, rtoRate)
+	fmt.Printf("|  Fully Compliant: %-3d  (%.0f%%)                             |\n", summary.FullyCompliant, fullRate)

 	if summary.CriticalIssues > 0 {
-		fmt.Printf("║  ⚠️  Critical Issues: %-3d                                  ║\n", summary.CriticalIssues)
+		fmt.Printf("|  [WARN]  Critical Issues: %-3d                                  |\n", summary.CriticalIssues)
 	}

-	fmt.Println("╠═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣")
-	fmt.Printf("║  Average RPO: %-15s  Worst: %-15s    ║\n",
+	fmt.Println("+-----------------------------------------------------------+")
+	fmt.Printf("|  Average RPO: %-15s  Worst: %-15s    |\n",
 		formatDuration(summary.AverageRPO),
 		formatDuration(summary.WorstRPO))
-	fmt.Printf("║  Average RTO: %-15s  Worst: %-15s    ║\n",
+	fmt.Printf("|  Average RTO: %-15s  Worst: %-15s    |\n",
 		formatDuration(summary.AverageRTO),
 		formatDuration(summary.WorstRTO))

 	if summary.WorstRPODatabase != "" {
-		fmt.Printf("║  Worst RPO Database: %-38s║\n", summary.WorstRPODatabase)
+		fmt.Printf("|  Worst RPO Database: %-38s|\n", summary.WorstRPODatabase)
 	}
 	if summary.WorstRTODatabase != "" {
-		fmt.Printf("║  Worst RTO Database: %-38s║\n", summary.WorstRTODatabase)
+		fmt.Printf("|  Worst RTO Database: %-38s|\n", summary.WorstRTODatabase)
 	}

-	fmt.Println("╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝")
+	fmt.Println("+-----------------------------------------------------------+")
 	fmt.Println()

 	// Per-database status
@@ -234,19 +234,19 @@ func runRTOStatus(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("-", 70))

 		for _, a := range analyses {
-			status := "✅"
+			status := "[OK]"
 			if !a.RPOCompliant || !a.RTOCompliant {
-				status = "❌"
+				status = "[FAIL]"
 			}

 			rpoStr := formatDuration(a.CurrentRPO)
 			rtoStr := formatDuration(a.CurrentRTO)

 			if !a.RPOCompliant {
-				rpoStr = "⚠️ " + rpoStr
+				rpoStr = "[WARN] " + rpoStr
 			}
 			if !a.RTOCompliant {
-				rtoStr = "⚠️ " + rtoStr
+				rtoStr = "[WARN] " + rtoStr
 			}

 			fmt.Printf("%-25s %-12s %-12s %s\n",
@@ -306,21 +306,21 @@ func runRTOCheck(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	exitCode := 0
 	for _, a := range analyses {
 		if !a.RPOCompliant {
-			fmt.Printf("❌ %s: RPO violation - current %s exceeds target %s\n",
+			fmt.Printf("[FAIL] %s: RPO violation - current %s exceeds target %s\n",
 				a.Database,
 				formatDuration(a.CurrentRPO),
 				formatDuration(config.TargetRPO))
 			exitCode = 1
 		}
 		if !a.RTOCompliant {
-			fmt.Printf("❌ %s: RTO violation - estimated %s exceeds target %s\n",
+			fmt.Printf("[FAIL] %s: RTO violation - estimated %s exceeds target %s\n",
 				a.Database,
 				formatDuration(a.CurrentRTO),
 				formatDuration(config.TargetRTO))
 			exitCode = 1
 		}
 		if a.RPOCompliant && a.RTOCompliant {
-			fmt.Printf("✅ %s: Compliant (RPO: %s, RTO: %s)\n",
+			fmt.Printf("[OK] %s: Compliant (RPO: %s, RTO: %s)\n",
 				a.Database,
 				formatDuration(a.CurrentRPO),
 				formatDuration(a.CurrentRTO))
@@ -371,13 +371,13 @@ func outputAnalysisText(analyses []*rto.Analysis) error {
 		fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("=", 60))

 		// Status
-		rpoStatus := "✅ Compliant"
+		rpoStatus := "[OK] Compliant"
 		if !a.RPOCompliant {
-			rpoStatus = "❌ Violation"
+			rpoStatus = "[FAIL] Violation"
 		}
-		rtoStatus := "✅ Compliant"
+		rtoStatus := "[OK] Compliant"
 		if !a.RTOCompliant {
-			rtoStatus = "❌ Violation"
+			rtoStatus = "[FAIL] Violation"
 		}

 		fmt.Println()
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ func outputAnalysisText(analyses []*rto.Analysis) error {
 			fmt.Println("  Recommendations:")
 			fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("-", 50))
 			for _, r := range a.Recommendations {
-				icon := "💡"
+				icon := "[TIP]"
 				switch r.Priority {
 				case rto.PriorityCritical:
 					icon = "🔴"
--- a/cmd/status.go
+++ b/cmd/status.go
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func testConnection(ctx context.Context) error {

 	// Display results
 	fmt.Println("Connection Test Results:")
-	fmt.Printf("  Status:        Connected ✅\n")
+	fmt.Printf("  Status:        Connected [OK]\n")
 	fmt.Printf("  Version:       %s\n", version)
 	fmt.Printf("  Databases:     %d found\n", len(databases))

@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ func testConnection(ctx context.Context) error {
 	}

 	fmt.Println()
-	fmt.Println("✅ Status check completed successfully!")
+	fmt.Println("[OK] Status check completed successfully!")

 	return nil
 }
--- a/cmd/verify.go
+++ b/cmd/verify.go
@@ -96,17 +96,17 @@ func runVerifyBackup(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			continue
 		}

-		fmt.Printf("📁 %s\n", filepath.Base(backupFile))
+		fmt.Printf("[FILE] %s\n", filepath.Base(backupFile))

 		if quickVerify {
 			// Quick check: size only
 			err := verification.QuickCheck(backupFile)
 			if err != nil {
-				fmt.Printf("   ❌ FAILED: %v\n\n", err)
+				fmt.Printf("   [FAIL] FAILED: %v\n\n", err)
 				failureCount++
 				continue
 			}
-			fmt.Printf("   ✅ VALID (quick check)\n\n")
+			fmt.Printf("   [OK] VALID (quick check)\n\n")
 			successCount++
 		} else {
 			// Full verification with SHA-256
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func runVerifyBackup(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			}

 			if result.Valid {
-				fmt.Printf("   ✅ VALID\n")
+				fmt.Printf("   [OK] VALID\n")
 				if verboseVerify {
 					meta, _ := metadata.Load(backupFile)
 					fmt.Printf("   Size: %s\n", metadata.FormatSize(meta.SizeBytes))
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func runVerifyBackup(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 				fmt.Println()
 				successCount++
 			} else {
-				fmt.Printf("   ❌ FAILED: %v\n", result.Error)
+				fmt.Printf("   [FAIL] FAILED: %v\n", result.Error)
 				if verboseVerify {
 					if !result.FileExists {
 						fmt.Printf("   File does not exist\n")
@@ -147,11 +147,11 @@ func runVerifyBackup(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}

 	// Summary
-	fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("─", 50))
+	fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("-", 50))
 	fmt.Printf("Total: %d backups\n", len(backupFiles))
-	fmt.Printf("✅ Valid: %d\n", successCount)
+	fmt.Printf("[OK] Valid: %d\n", successCount)
 	if failureCount > 0 {
-		fmt.Printf("❌ Failed: %d\n", failureCount)
+		fmt.Printf("[FAIL] Failed: %d\n", failureCount)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}

@@ -195,16 +195,16 @@ func runVerifyCloudBackup(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {

 	for _, uri := range args {
 		if !isCloudURI(uri) {
-			fmt.Printf("⚠️  Skipping non-cloud URI: %s\n", uri)
+			fmt.Printf("[WARN] Skipping non-cloud URI: %s\n", uri)
 			continue
 		}

-		fmt.Printf("☁️  %s\n", uri)
+		fmt.Printf("[CLOUD] %s\n", uri)

 		// Download and verify
 		result, err := verifyCloudBackup(cmd.Context(), uri, quickVerify, verboseVerify)
 		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Printf("   ❌ FAILED: %v\n\n", err)
+			fmt.Printf("   [FAIL] FAILED: %v\n\n", err)
 			failureCount++
 			continue
 		}
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ func runVerifyCloudBackup(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		// Cleanup temp file
 		defer result.Cleanup()

-		fmt.Printf("   ✅ VALID\n")
+		fmt.Printf("   [OK] VALID\n")
 		if verboseVerify && result.MetadataPath != "" {
 			meta, _ := metadata.Load(result.MetadataPath)
 			if meta != nil {
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ func runVerifyCloudBackup(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		successCount++
 	}

-	fmt.Printf("\n✅ Summary: %d valid, %d failed\n", successCount, failureCount)
+	fmt.Printf("\n[OK] Summary: %d valid, %d failed\n", successCount, failureCount)

 	if failureCount > 0 {
 		os.Exit(1)
--- a/grafana/dbbackup-dashboard.json
+++ b/grafana/dbbackup-dashboard.json
@@ -0,0 +1,1303 @@
+{
+  "annotations": {
+    "list": [
+      {
+        "builtIn": 1,
+        "datasource": {
+          "type": "grafana",
+          "uid": "-- Grafana --"
+        },
+        "enable": true,
+        "hide": true,
+        "iconColor": "rgba(0, 211, 255, 1)",
+        "name": "Annotations & Alerts",
+        "type": "dashboard"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "editable": true,
+  "fiscalYearStartMonth": 0,
+  "graphTooltip": 0,
+  "id": null,
+  "links": [],
+  "liveNow": false,
+  "panels": [
+    {
+      "datasource": {
+        "type": "prometheus",
+        "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
+      },
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "color": {
+            "mode": "thresholds"
+          },
+          "mappings": [
+            {
+              "options": {
+                "0": {
+                  "color": "red",
+                  "index": 1,
+                  "text": "FAILED"
+                },
+                "1": {
+                  "color": "green",
+                  "index": 0,
+                  "text": "SUCCESS"
+                }
+              },
+              "type": "value"
+            }
+          ],
+          "thresholds": {
+            "mode": "absolute",
+            "steps": [
+              {
+                "color": "red",
+                "value": null
+              },
+              {
+                "color": "green",
+                "value": 1
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        },
+        "overrides": []
+      },
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 4,
+        "w": 6,
+        "x": 0,
+        "y": 0
+      },
+      "id": 1,
+      "options": {
+        "colorMode": "background",
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+            ]
+          },
+          "unit": "short"
+        },
+        "overrides": []
+      },
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 5,
+        "w": 6,
+        "x": 18,
+        "y": 31
+      },
+      "id": 104,
+      "options": {
+        "colorMode": "value",
+        "graphMode": "none",
+        "justifyMode": "auto",
+        "orientation": "auto",
+        "reduceOptions": {
+          "calcs": ["lastNotNull"],
+          "fields": "",
+          "values": false
+        },
+        "textMode": "auto"
+      },
+      "pluginVersion": "10.2.0",
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "datasource": {
+            "type": "prometheus",
+            "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
+          },
+          "editorMode": "code",
+          "expr": "dbbackup_dedup_chunks_total{instance=~\"$instance\"}",
+          "legendFormat": "__auto",
+          "range": true,
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "Total Chunks",
+      "type": "stat"
+    },
+    {
+      "datasource": {
+        "type": "prometheus",
+        "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
+      },
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "color": {
+            "mode": "palette-classic"
+          },
+          "custom": {
+            "axisBorderShow": false,
+            "axisCenteredZero": false,
+            "axisColorMode": "text",
+            "axisLabel": "",
+            "axisPlacement": "auto",
+            "barAlignment": 0,
+            "drawStyle": "line",
+            "fillOpacity": 10,
+            "gradientMode": "none",
+            "hideFrom": {
+              "legend": false,
+              "tooltip": false,
+              "viz": false
+            },
+            "insertNulls": false,
+            "lineInterpolation": "linear",
+            "lineWidth": 1,
+            "pointSize": 5,
+            "scaleDistribution": {
+              "type": "linear"
+            },
+            "showPoints": "auto",
+            "spanNulls": false,
+            "stacking": {
+              "group": "A",
+              "mode": "none"
+            },
+            "thresholdsStyle": {
+              "mode": "off"
+            }
+          },
+          "mappings": [],
+          "thresholds": {
+            "mode": "absolute",
+            "steps": [
+              {
+                "color": "green",
+                "value": null
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          "unit": "percentunit"
+        },
+        "overrides": []
+      },
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 8,
+        "w": 12,
+        "x": 0,
+        "y": 36
+      },
+      "id": 105,
+      "options": {
+        "legend": {
+          "calcs": [],
+          "displayMode": "list",
+          "placement": "bottom",
+          "showLegend": true
+        },
+        "tooltip": {
+          "mode": "single",
+          "sort": "none"
+        }
+      },
+      "pluginVersion": "10.2.0",
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "datasource": {
+            "type": "prometheus",
+            "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
+          },
+          "editorMode": "code",
+          "expr": "dbbackup_dedup_database_ratio{instance=~\"$instance\"}",
+          "legendFormat": "{{database}}",
+          "range": true,
+          "refId": "A"
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "Dedup Ratio by Database",
+      "type": "timeseries"
+    },
+    {
+      "datasource": {
+        "type": "prometheus",
+        "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
+      },
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "color": {
+            "mode": "palette-classic"
+          },
+          "custom": {
+            "axisBorderShow": false,
+            "axisCenteredZero": false,
+            "axisColorMode": "text",
+            "axisLabel": "",
+            "axisPlacement": "auto",
+            "barAlignment": 0,
+            "drawStyle": "line",
+            "fillOpacity": 10,
+            "gradientMode": "none",
+            "hideFrom": {
+              "legend": false,
+              "tooltip": false,
+              "viz": false
+            },
+            "insertNulls": false,
+            "lineInterpolation": "linear",
+            "lineWidth": 1,
+            "pointSize": 5,
+            "scaleDistribution": {
+              "type": "linear"
+            },
+            "showPoints": "auto",
+            "spanNulls": false,
+            "stacking": {
+              "group": "A",
+              "mode": "none"
+            },
+            "thresholdsStyle": {
+              "mode": "off"
+            }
+          },
+          "mappings": [],
+          "thresholds": {
+            "mode": "absolute",
+            "steps": [
+              {
+                "color": "green",
+                "value": null
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          "unit": "bytes"
+        },
+        "overrides": []
+      },
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 8,
+        "w": 12,
+        "x": 12,
+        "y": 36
+      },
+      "id": 106,
+      "options": {
+        "legend": {
+          "calcs": [],
+          "displayMode": "list",
+          "placement": "bottom",
+          "showLegend": true
+        },
+        "tooltip": {
+          "mode": "single",
+          "sort": "none"
+        }
+      },
+      "pluginVersion": "10.2.0",
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "datasource": {
+            "type": "prometheus",
+            "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
+          },
+          "editorMode": "code",
+          "expr": "dbbackup_dedup_space_saved_bytes{instance=~\"$instance\"}",
+          "legendFormat": "Space Saved",
+          "range": true,
+          "refId": "A"
+        },
+        {
+          "datasource": {
+            "type": "prometheus",
+            "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
+          },
+          "editorMode": "code",
+          "expr": "dbbackup_dedup_disk_usage_bytes{instance=~\"$instance\"}",
+          "legendFormat": "Disk Usage",
+          "range": true,
+          "refId": "B"
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "Dedup Storage Over Time",
+      "type": "timeseries"
+    }
+  ],
+  "refresh": "30s",
+  "schemaVersion": 38,
+  "tags": [
+    "dbbackup",
+    "backup",
+    "database",
+    "dedup"
+  ],
+  "templating": {
+    "list": [
+      {
+        "current": {
+          "selected": false,
+          "text": "All",
+          "value": "$__all"
+        },
+        "datasource": {
+          "type": "prometheus",
+          "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
+        },
+        "definition": "label_values(dbbackup_rpo_seconds, instance)",
+        "hide": 0,
+        "includeAll": true,
+        "label": "Instance",
+        "multi": true,
+        "name": "instance",
+        "options": [],
+        "query": {
+          "query": "label_values(dbbackup_rpo_seconds, instance)",
+          "refId": "StandardVariableQuery"
+        },
+        "refresh": 1,
+        "regex": "",
+        "skipUrlSync": false,
+        "sort": 1,
+        "type": "query"
+      },
+      {
+        "hide": 2,
+        "name": "DS_PROMETHEUS",
+        "query": "prometheus",
+        "skipUrlSync": false,
+        "type": "datasource"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "time": {
+    "from": "now-24h",
+    "to": "now"
+  },
+  "timepicker": {},
+  "timezone": "",
+  "title": "DBBackup Overview",
+  "uid": "dbbackup-overview",
+  "version": 1,
+  "weekStart": ""
+}
--- a/internal/auth/helper.go
+++ b/internal/auth/helper.go
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@ package auth

 import (
 	"bufio"
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"time"

 	"dbbackup/internal/config"
 )
@@ -69,7 +71,10 @@ func checkPgHbaConf(user string) AuthMethod {

 // findHbaFileViaPostgres asks PostgreSQL for the hba_file location
 func findHbaFileViaPostgres() string {
-	cmd := exec.Command("psql", "-U", "postgres", "-t", "-c", "SHOW hba_file;")
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "psql", "-U", "postgres", "-t", "-c", "SHOW hba_file;")
 	output, err := cmd.Output()
 	if err != nil {
 		return ""
@@ -82,8 +87,11 @@ func parsePgHbaConf(path string, user string) AuthMethod {
 	// Try with sudo if we can't read directly
 	file, err := os.Open(path)
 	if err != nil {
-		// Try with sudo
-		cmd := exec.Command("sudo", "cat", path)
+		// Try with sudo (with timeout)
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
+		defer cancel()
+
+		cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "sudo", "cat", path)
 		output, err := cmd.Output()
 		if err != nil {
 			return AuthUnknown
@@ -196,13 +204,13 @@ func CheckAuthenticationMismatch(cfg *config.Config) (bool, string) {
 func buildAuthMismatchMessage(osUser, dbUser string, method AuthMethod) string {
 	var msg strings.Builder

-	msg.WriteString("\n⚠️  Authentication Mismatch Detected\n")
+	msg.WriteString("\n[WARN]  Authentication Mismatch Detected\n")
 	msg.WriteString(strings.Repeat("=", 60) + "\n\n")

 	msg.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("   PostgreSQL is using '%s' authentication\n", method))
 	msg.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("   OS user '%s' cannot authenticate as DB user '%s'\n\n", osUser, dbUser))

-	msg.WriteString("💡 Solutions (choose one):\n\n")
+	msg.WriteString("[TIP] Solutions (choose one):\n\n")

 	msg.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("   1. Run as matching user:\n"))
 	msg.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("      sudo -u %s %s\n\n", dbUser, getCommandLine()))
@@ -218,7 +226,7 @@ func buildAuthMismatchMessage(osUser, dbUser string, method AuthMethod) string {
 	msg.WriteString("   4. Provide password via flag:\n")
 	msg.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("      %s --password your_password\n\n", getCommandLine()))

-	msg.WriteString("📝 Note: For production use, ~/.pgpass or PGPASSWORD are recommended\n")
+	msg.WriteString("[NOTE] Note: For production use, ~/.pgpass or PGPASSWORD are recommended\n")
 	msg.WriteString("         to avoid exposing passwords in command history.\n\n")

 	msg.WriteString(strings.Repeat("=", 60) + "\n")
--- a/internal/backup/encryption.go
+++ b/internal/backup/encryption.go
@@ -87,20 +87,46 @@ func IsBackupEncrypted(backupPath string) bool {
 		return meta.Encrypted
 	}

-	// Fallback: check if file starts with encryption nonce
+	// No metadata found - check file format to determine if encrypted
+	// Known unencrypted formats have specific magic bytes:
+	// - Gzip: 1f 8b
+	// - PGDMP (PostgreSQL custom): 50 47 44 4d 50 (PGDMP)
+	// - Plain SQL: starts with text (-- or SET or CREATE)
+	// - Tar: 75 73 74 61 72 (ustar) at offset 257
+	//
+	// If file doesn't match any known format, it MIGHT be encrypted,
+	// but we return false to avoid false positives. User must provide
+	// metadata file or use --encrypt flag explicitly.
 	file, err := os.Open(backupPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false
 	}
 	defer file.Close()

-	// Try to read nonce - if it succeeds, likely encrypted
-	nonce := make([]byte, crypto.NonceSize)
-	if n, err := file.Read(nonce); err != nil || n != crypto.NonceSize {
+	header := make([]byte, 6)
+	if n, err := file.Read(header); err != nil || n < 2 {
 		return false
 	}

-	return true
+	// Check for known unencrypted formats
+	// Gzip magic: 1f 8b
+	if header[0] == 0x1f && header[1] == 0x8b {
+		return false // Gzip compressed - not encrypted
+	}
+
+	// PGDMP magic (PostgreSQL custom format)
+	if len(header) >= 5 && string(header[:5]) == "PGDMP" {
+		return false // PostgreSQL custom dump - not encrypted
+	}
+
+	// Plain text SQL (starts with --, SET, CREATE, etc.)
+	if header[0] == '-' || header[0] == 'S' || header[0] == 'C' || header[0] == '/' {
+		return false // Plain text SQL - not encrypted
+	}
+
+	// Without metadata, we cannot reliably determine encryption status
+	// Return false to avoid blocking restores with false positives
+	return false
 }

 // DecryptBackupFile decrypts an encrypted backup file
--- a/internal/backup/engine.go
+++ b/internal/backup/engine.go
@@ -443,6 +443,14 @@ func (e *Engine) BackupCluster(ctx context.Context) error {
 			defer wg.Done()
 			defer func() { <-semaphore }() // Release

+			// Panic recovery - prevent one database failure from crashing entire cluster backup
+			defer func() {
+				if r := recover(); r != nil {
+					e.log.Error("Panic in database backup goroutine", "database", name, "panic", r)
+					atomic.AddInt32(&failCount, 1)
+				}
+			}()
+
 			// Check for cancellation at start of goroutine
 			select {
 			case <-ctx.Done():
@@ -465,7 +473,7 @@ func (e *Engine) BackupCluster(ctx context.Context) error {
 				mu.Lock()
 				e.printf("       Database size: %s\n", sizeStr)
 				if size > 10*1024*1024*1024 { // > 10GB
-					e.printf("       ⚠️  Large database detected - this may take a while\n")
+					e.printf("       [WARN]  Large database detected - this may take a while\n")
 				}
 				mu.Unlock()
 			}
@@ -502,24 +510,24 @@ func (e *Engine) BackupCluster(ctx context.Context) error {

 			cmd := e.db.BuildBackupCommand(name, dumpFile, options)

-			dbCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 2*time.Hour)
-			defer cancel()
-			err := e.executeCommand(dbCtx, cmd, dumpFile)
-			cancel()
+			// NO TIMEOUT for individual database backups
+			// Large databases with large objects can take many hours
+			// The parent context handles cancellation if needed
+			err := e.executeCommand(ctx, cmd, dumpFile)

 			if err != nil {
 				e.log.Warn("Failed to backup database", "database", name, "error", err)
 				mu.Lock()
-				e.printf("   ⚠️  WARNING: Failed to backup %s: %v\n", name, err)
+				e.printf("   [WARN]  WARNING: Failed to backup %s: %v\n", name, err)
 				mu.Unlock()
 				atomic.AddInt32(&failCount, 1)
 			} else {
 				compressedCandidate := strings.TrimSuffix(dumpFile, ".dump") + ".sql.gz"
 				mu.Lock()
 				if info, err := os.Stat(compressedCandidate); err == nil {
-					e.printf("   ✅ Completed %s (%s)\n", name, formatBytes(info.Size()))
+					e.printf("   [OK] Completed %s (%s)\n", name, formatBytes(info.Size()))
 				} else if info, err := os.Stat(dumpFile); err == nil {
-					e.printf("   ✅ Completed %s (%s)\n", name, formatBytes(info.Size()))
+					e.printf("   [OK] Completed %s (%s)\n", name, formatBytes(info.Size()))
 				}
 				mu.Unlock()
 				atomic.AddInt32(&successCount, 1)
@@ -598,12 +606,36 @@ func (e *Engine) executeCommandWithProgress(ctx context.Context, cmdArgs []strin
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to start command: %w", err)
 	}

-	// Monitor progress via stderr
-	go e.monitorCommandProgress(stderr, tracker)
+	// Monitor progress via stderr in goroutine
+	stderrDone := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		defer close(stderrDone)
+		e.monitorCommandProgress(stderr, tracker)
+	}()

-	// Wait for command to complete
-	if err := cmd.Wait(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("backup command failed: %w", err)
+	// Wait for command to complete with proper context handling
+	cmdDone := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() {
+		cmdDone <- cmd.Wait()
+	}()
+
+	var cmdErr error
+	select {
+	case cmdErr = <-cmdDone:
+		// Command completed (success or failure)
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		// Context cancelled - kill process to unblock
+		e.log.Warn("Backup cancelled - killing process")
+		cmd.Process.Kill()
+		<-cmdDone // Wait for goroutine to finish
+		cmdErr = ctx.Err()
+	}
+
+	// Wait for stderr reader to finish
+	<-stderrDone
+
+	if cmdErr != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("backup command failed: %w", cmdErr)
 	}

 	return nil
@@ -680,8 +712,12 @@ func (e *Engine) executeMySQLWithProgressAndCompression(ctx context.Context, cmd
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get stderr pipe: %w", err)
 	}

-	// Start monitoring progress
-	go e.monitorCommandProgress(stderr, tracker)
+	// Start monitoring progress in goroutine
+	stderrDone := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		defer close(stderrDone)
+		e.monitorCommandProgress(stderr, tracker)
+	}()

 	// Start both commands
 	if err := gzipCmd.Start(); err != nil {
@@ -689,20 +725,41 @@ func (e *Engine) executeMySQLWithProgressAndCompression(ctx context.Context, cmd
 	}

 	if err := dumpCmd.Start(); err != nil {
+		gzipCmd.Process.Kill()
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to start mysqldump: %w", err)
 	}

-	// Wait for mysqldump to complete
-	if err := dumpCmd.Wait(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("mysqldump failed: %w", err)
+	// Wait for mysqldump with context handling
+	dumpDone := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() {
+		dumpDone <- dumpCmd.Wait()
+	}()
+
+	var dumpErr error
+	select {
+	case dumpErr = <-dumpDone:
+		// mysqldump completed
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		e.log.Warn("Backup cancelled - killing mysqldump")
+		dumpCmd.Process.Kill()
+		gzipCmd.Process.Kill()
+		<-dumpDone
+		return ctx.Err()
 	}

+	// Wait for stderr reader
+	<-stderrDone
+
 	// Close pipe and wait for gzip
 	pipe.Close()
 	if err := gzipCmd.Wait(); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("gzip failed: %w", err)
 	}

+	if dumpErr != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("mysqldump failed: %w", dumpErr)
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }

@@ -733,19 +790,45 @@ func (e *Engine) executeMySQLWithCompression(ctx context.Context, cmdArgs []stri
 	gzipCmd.Stdin = stdin
 	gzipCmd.Stdout = outFile

-	// Start both commands
+	// Start gzip first
 	if err := gzipCmd.Start(); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to start gzip: %w", err)
 	}

-	if err := dumpCmd.Run(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("mysqldump failed: %w", err)
+	// Start mysqldump
+	if err := dumpCmd.Start(); err != nil {
+		gzipCmd.Process.Kill()
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to start mysqldump: %w", err)
 	}

+	// Wait for mysqldump with context handling
+	dumpDone := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() {
+		dumpDone <- dumpCmd.Wait()
+	}()
+
+	var dumpErr error
+	select {
+	case dumpErr = <-dumpDone:
+		// mysqldump completed
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		e.log.Warn("Backup cancelled - killing mysqldump")
+		dumpCmd.Process.Kill()
+		gzipCmd.Process.Kill()
+		<-dumpDone
+		return ctx.Err()
+	}
+
+	// Close pipe and wait for gzip
+	stdin.Close()
 	if err := gzipCmd.Wait(); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("gzip failed: %w", err)
 	}

+	if dumpErr != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("mysqldump failed: %w", dumpErr)
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }

@@ -882,15 +965,46 @@ func (e *Engine) createArchive(ctx context.Context, sourceDir, outputFile string
 			goto regularTar
 		}

-		// Wait for tar to finish
-		if err := cmd.Wait(); err != nil {
+		// Wait for tar with proper context handling
+		tarDone := make(chan error, 1)
+		go func() {
+			tarDone <- cmd.Wait()
+		}()
+
+		var tarErr error
+		select {
+		case tarErr = <-tarDone:
+			// tar completed
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			e.log.Warn("Archive creation cancelled - killing processes")
+			cmd.Process.Kill()
 			pigzCmd.Process.Kill()
-			return fmt.Errorf("tar failed: %w", err)
+			<-tarDone
+			return ctx.Err()
 		}

-		// Wait for pigz to finish
-		if err := pigzCmd.Wait(); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("pigz compression failed: %w", err)
+		if tarErr != nil {
+			pigzCmd.Process.Kill()
+			return fmt.Errorf("tar failed: %w", tarErr)
+		}
+
+		// Wait for pigz with proper context handling
+		pigzDone := make(chan error, 1)
+		go func() {
+			pigzDone <- pigzCmd.Wait()
+		}()
+
+		var pigzErr error
+		select {
+		case pigzErr = <-pigzDone:
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			pigzCmd.Process.Kill()
+			<-pigzDone
+			return ctx.Err()
+		}
+
+		if pigzErr != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("pigz compression failed: %w", pigzErr)
 		}
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -1235,8 +1349,10 @@ func (e *Engine) executeCommand(ctx context.Context, cmdArgs []string, outputFil
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to start backup command: %w", err)
 	}

-	// Stream stderr output (don't buffer it all in memory)
+	// Stream stderr output in goroutine (don't buffer it all in memory)
+	stderrDone := make(chan struct{})
 	go func() {
+		defer close(stderrDone)
 		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(stderr)
 		scanner.Buffer(make([]byte, 64*1024), 1024*1024) // 1MB max line size
 		for scanner.Scan() {
@@ -1247,10 +1363,30 @@ func (e *Engine) executeCommand(ctx context.Context, cmdArgs []string, outputFil
 		}
 	}()

-	// Wait for command to complete
-	if err := cmd.Wait(); err != nil {
-		e.log.Error("Backup command failed", "error", err, "database", filepath.Base(outputFile))
-		return fmt.Errorf("backup command failed: %w", err)
+	// Wait for command to complete with proper context handling
+	cmdDone := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() {
+		cmdDone <- cmd.Wait()
+	}()
+
+	var cmdErr error
+	select {
+	case cmdErr = <-cmdDone:
+		// Command completed (success or failure)
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		// Context cancelled - kill process to unblock
+		e.log.Warn("Backup cancelled - killing pg_dump process")
+		cmd.Process.Kill()
+		<-cmdDone // Wait for goroutine to finish
+		cmdErr = ctx.Err()
+	}
+
+	// Wait for stderr reader to finish
+	<-stderrDone
+
+	if cmdErr != nil {
+		e.log.Error("Backup command failed", "error", cmdErr, "database", filepath.Base(outputFile))
+		return fmt.Errorf("backup command failed: %w", cmdErr)
 	}

 	return nil
@@ -1352,20 +1488,53 @@ func (e *Engine) executeWithStreamingCompression(ctx context.Context, cmdArgs []

 	// Then start pg_dump
 	if err := dumpCmd.Start(); err != nil {
+		compressCmd.Process.Kill()
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to start pg_dump: %w", err)
 	}

-	// Wait for pg_dump to complete
-	if err := dumpCmd.Wait(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("pg_dump failed: %w", err)
+	// Wait for pg_dump in a goroutine to handle context timeout properly
+	// This prevents deadlock if pipe buffer fills and pg_dump blocks
+	dumpDone := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() {
+		dumpDone <- dumpCmd.Wait()
+	}()
+
+	var dumpErr error
+	select {
+	case dumpErr = <-dumpDone:
+		// pg_dump completed (success or failure)
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		// Context cancelled/timeout - kill pg_dump to unblock
+		e.log.Warn("Backup timeout - killing pg_dump process")
+		dumpCmd.Process.Kill()
+		<-dumpDone // Wait for goroutine to finish
+		dumpErr = ctx.Err()
 	}

 	// Close stdout pipe to signal compressor we're done
+	// This MUST happen after pg_dump exits to avoid broken pipe
 	dumpStdout.Close()

 	// Wait for compression to complete
-	if err := compressCmd.Wait(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("compression failed: %w", err)
+	compressErr := compressCmd.Wait()
+
+	// Check errors - compressor failure first (it's usually the root cause)
+	if compressErr != nil {
+		e.log.Error("Compressor failed", "error", compressErr)
+		return fmt.Errorf("compression failed (check disk space): %w", compressErr)
+	}
+	if dumpErr != nil {
+		// Check for SIGPIPE (exit code 141) - indicates compressor died first
+		if exitErr, ok := dumpErr.(*exec.ExitError); ok && exitErr.ExitCode() == 141 {
+			e.log.Error("pg_dump received SIGPIPE - compressor may have failed")
+			return fmt.Errorf("pg_dump broken pipe - check disk space and compressor")
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("pg_dump failed: %w", dumpErr)
+	}
+
+	// Sync file to disk to ensure durability (prevents truncation on power loss)
+	if err := outFile.Sync(); err != nil {
+		e.log.Warn("Failed to sync output file", "error", err)
 	}

 	e.log.Debug("Streaming compression completed", "output", compressedFile)
--- a/internal/backup/incremental_test.go
+++ b/internal/backup/incremental_test.go
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ func TestIncrementalBackupRestore(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Unchanged file base/12345/1235 not found in restore: %v", err)
 	}

-	t.Log("✅ Incremental backup and restore test completed successfully")
+	t.Log("[OK] Incremental backup and restore test completed successfully")
 }

 // TestIncrementalBackupErrors tests error handling
--- a/internal/checks/disk_check.go
+++ b/internal/checks/disk_check.go
@@ -75,16 +75,16 @@ func FormatDiskSpaceMessage(check *DiskSpaceCheck) string {

 	if check.Critical {
 		status = "CRITICAL"
-		icon = "❌"
+		icon = "[X]"
 	} else if check.Warning {
 		status = "WARNING"
-		icon = "⚠️ "
+		icon = "[!]"
 	} else {
 		status = "OK"
-		icon = "✓"
+		icon = "[+]"
 	}

-	msg := fmt.Sprintf(`📊 Disk Space Check (%s):
+	msg := fmt.Sprintf(`[DISK] Disk Space Check (%s):
   Path: %s
   Total: %s
   Available: %s (%.1f%% used)
@@ -98,13 +98,13 @@ func FormatDiskSpaceMessage(check *DiskSpaceCheck) string {
 		status)

 	if check.Critical {
-		msg += "\n   \n   ⚠️  CRITICAL: Insufficient disk space!"
+		msg += "\n   \n   [!!] CRITICAL: Insufficient disk space!"
 		msg += "\n   Operation blocked. Free up space before continuing."
 	} else if check.Warning {
-		msg += "\n   \n   ⚠️  WARNING: Low disk space!"
+		msg += "\n   \n   [!] WARNING: Low disk space!"
 		msg += "\n   Backup may fail if database is larger than estimated."
 	} else {
-		msg += "\n   \n   ✓ Sufficient space available"
+		msg += "\n   \n   [+] Sufficient space available"
 	}

 	return msg
--- a/internal/checks/disk_check_bsd.go
+++ b/internal/checks/disk_check_bsd.go
@@ -75,16 +75,16 @@ func FormatDiskSpaceMessage(check *DiskSpaceCheck) string {

 	if check.Critical {
 		status = "CRITICAL"
-		icon = "❌"
+		icon = "[X]"
 	} else if check.Warning {
 		status = "WARNING"
-		icon = "⚠️ "
+		icon = "[!]"
 	} else {
 		status = "OK"
-		icon = "✓"
+		icon = "[+]"
 	}

-	msg := fmt.Sprintf(`📊 Disk Space Check (%s):
+	msg := fmt.Sprintf(`[DISK] Disk Space Check (%s):
   Path: %s
   Total: %s
   Available: %s (%.1f%% used)
@@ -98,13 +98,13 @@ func FormatDiskSpaceMessage(check *DiskSpaceCheck) string {
 		status)

 	if check.Critical {
-		msg += "\n   \n   ⚠️  CRITICAL: Insufficient disk space!"
+		msg += "\n   \n   [!!] CRITICAL: Insufficient disk space!"
 		msg += "\n   Operation blocked. Free up space before continuing."
 	} else if check.Warning {
-		msg += "\n   \n   ⚠️  WARNING: Low disk space!"
+		msg += "\n   \n   [!] WARNING: Low disk space!"
 		msg += "\n   Backup may fail if database is larger than estimated."
 	} else {
-		msg += "\n   \n   ✓ Sufficient space available"
+		msg += "\n   \n   [+] Sufficient space available"
 	}

 	return msg
--- a/internal/checks/disk_check_netbsd.go
+++ b/internal/checks/disk_check_netbsd.go
@@ -58,16 +58,16 @@ func FormatDiskSpaceMessage(check *DiskSpaceCheck) string {

 	if check.Critical {
 		status = "CRITICAL"
-		icon = "❌"
+		icon = "[X]"
 	} else if check.Warning {
 		status = "WARNING"
-		icon = "⚠️ "
+		icon = "[!]"
 	} else {
 		status = "OK"
-		icon = "✓"
+		icon = "[+]"
 	}

-	msg := fmt.Sprintf(`📊 Disk Space Check (%s):
+	msg := fmt.Sprintf(`[DISK] Disk Space Check (%s):
   Path: %s
   Total: %s
   Available: %s (%.1f%% used)
@@ -81,13 +81,13 @@ func FormatDiskSpaceMessage(check *DiskSpaceCheck) string {
 		status)

 	if check.Critical {
-		msg += "\n   \n   ⚠️  CRITICAL: Insufficient disk space!"
+		msg += "\n   \n   [!!] CRITICAL: Insufficient disk space!"
 		msg += "\n   Operation blocked. Free up space before continuing."
 	} else if check.Warning {
-		msg += "\n   \n   ⚠️  WARNING: Low disk space!"
+		msg += "\n   \n   [!] WARNING: Low disk space!"
 		msg += "\n   Backup may fail if database is larger than estimated."
 	} else {
-		msg += "\n   \n   ✓ Sufficient space available"
+		msg += "\n   \n   [+] Sufficient space available"
 	}

 	return msg
--- a/internal/checks/disk_check_windows.go
+++ b/internal/checks/disk_check_windows.go
@@ -94,16 +94,16 @@ func FormatDiskSpaceMessage(check *DiskSpaceCheck) string {

 	if check.Critical {
 		status = "CRITICAL"
-		icon = "❌"
+		icon = "[X]"
 	} else if check.Warning {
 		status = "WARNING"
-		icon = "⚠️ "
+		icon = "[!]"
 	} else {
 		status = "OK"
-		icon = "✓"
+		icon = "[+]"
 	}

-	msg := fmt.Sprintf(`📊 Disk Space Check (%s):
+	msg := fmt.Sprintf(`[DISK] Disk Space Check (%s):
   Path: %s
   Total: %s
   Available: %s (%.1f%% used)
@@ -117,13 +117,13 @@ func FormatDiskSpaceMessage(check *DiskSpaceCheck) string {
 		status)

 	if check.Critical {
-		msg += "\n   \n   ⚠️  CRITICAL: Insufficient disk space!"
+		msg += "\n   \n   [!!] CRITICAL: Insufficient disk space!"
 		msg += "\n   Operation blocked. Free up space before continuing."
 	} else if check.Warning {
-		msg += "\n   \n   ⚠️  WARNING: Low disk space!"
+		msg += "\n   \n   [!] WARNING: Low disk space!"
 		msg += "\n   Backup may fail if database is larger than estimated."
 	} else {
-		msg += "\n   \n   ✓ Sufficient space available"
+		msg += "\n   \n   [+] Sufficient space available"
 	}

 	return msg
--- a/internal/checks/error_hints.go
+++ b/internal/checks/error_hints.go
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ func ClassifyError(errorMsg string) *ErrorClassification {
 			Type:     "critical",
 			Category: "locks",
 			Message:  errorMsg,
-			Hint:     "Lock table exhausted - typically caused by large objects in parallel restore",
-			Action:   "Increase max_locks_per_transaction in postgresql.conf to 512 or higher",
+			Hint:     "Lock table exhausted - typically caused by large objects (BLOBs) during restore",
+			Action:   "Option 1: Increase max_locks_per_transaction to 1024+ in postgresql.conf (requires restart). Option 2: Update dbbackup and retry - phased restore now auto-enabled for BLOB databases",
 			Severity: 2,
 		}
 	case "permission_denied":
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ func ClassifyError(errorMsg string) *ErrorClassification {
 			Type:     "critical",
 			Category: "locks",
 			Message:  errorMsg,
-			Hint:     "Lock table exhausted - typically caused by large objects in parallel restore",
-			Action:   "Increase max_locks_per_transaction in postgresql.conf to 512 or higher",
+			Hint:     "Lock table exhausted - typically caused by large objects (BLOBs) during restore",
+			Action:   "Option 1: Increase max_locks_per_transaction to 1024+ in postgresql.conf (requires restart). Option 2: Update dbbackup and retry - phased restore now auto-enabled for BLOB databases",
 			Severity: 2,
 		}
 	}
@@ -234,22 +234,22 @@ func FormatErrorWithHint(errorMsg string) string {
 	var icon string
 	switch classification.Type {
 	case "ignorable":
-		icon = "ℹ️ "
+		icon = "[i]"
 	case "warning":
-		icon = "⚠️ "
+		icon = "[!]"
 	case "critical":
-		icon = "❌"
+		icon = "[X]"
 	case "fatal":
-		icon = "🛑"
+		icon = "[!!]"
 	default:
-		icon = "⚠️ "
+		icon = "[!]"
 	}

 	output := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s Error\n\n", icon, strings.ToUpper(classification.Type))
 	output += fmt.Sprintf("Category: %s\n", classification.Category)
 	output += fmt.Sprintf("Message: %s\n\n", classification.Message)
-	output += fmt.Sprintf("💡 Hint: %s\n\n", classification.Hint)
-	output += fmt.Sprintf("🔧 Action: %s\n", classification.Action)
+	output += fmt.Sprintf("[HINT] Hint: %s\n\n", classification.Hint)
+	output += fmt.Sprintf("[ACTION] Action: %s\n", classification.Action)

 	return output
 }
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ func FormatErrorWithHint(errorMsg string) string {
 // FormatMultipleErrors formats multiple errors with classification
 func FormatMultipleErrors(errors []string) string {
 	if len(errors) == 0 {
-		return "✓ No errors"
+		return "[+] No errors"
 	}

 	ignorable := 0
@@ -285,22 +285,22 @@ func FormatMultipleErrors(errors []string) string {
 		}
 	}

-	output := "📊 Error Summary:\n\n"
+	output := "[SUMMARY] Error Summary:\n\n"
 	if ignorable > 0 {
-		output += fmt.Sprintf("   ℹ️  %d ignorable (objects already exist)\n", ignorable)
+		output += fmt.Sprintf("   [i] %d ignorable (objects already exist)\n", ignorable)
 	}
 	if warnings > 0 {
-		output += fmt.Sprintf("   ⚠️  %d warnings\n", warnings)
+		output += fmt.Sprintf("   [!] %d warnings\n", warnings)
 	}
 	if critical > 0 {
-		output += fmt.Sprintf("   ❌ %d critical errors\n", critical)
+		output += fmt.Sprintf("   [X] %d critical errors\n", critical)
 	}
 	if fatal > 0 {
-		output += fmt.Sprintf("   🛑 %d fatal errors\n", fatal)
+		output += fmt.Sprintf("   [!!] %d fatal errors\n", fatal)
 	}

 	if len(criticalErrors) > 0 {
-		output += "\n📝 Critical Issues:\n\n"
+		output += "\n[CRITICAL] Critical Issues:\n\n"
 		for i, err := range criticalErrors {
 			class := ClassifyError(err)
 			output += fmt.Sprintf("%d. %s\n", i+1, class.Hint)
--- a/internal/checks/preflight.go
+++ b/internal/checks/preflight.go
@@ -49,15 +49,15 @@ func (s CheckStatus) String() string {
 func (s CheckStatus) Icon() string {
 	switch s {
 	case StatusPassed:
-		return "✓"
+		return "[+]"
 	case StatusWarning:
-		return "⚠"
+		return "[!]"
 	case StatusFailed:
-		return "✗"
+		return "[-]"
 	case StatusSkipped:
-		return "○"
+		return "[ ]"
 	default:
-		return "?"
+		return "[?]"
 	}
 }

--- a/internal/checks/report.go
+++ b/internal/checks/report.go
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ func FormatPreflightReport(result *PreflightResult, dbName string, verbose bool)
 	var sb strings.Builder

 	sb.WriteString("\n")
-	sb.WriteString("╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗\n")
-	sb.WriteString("║             [DRY RUN] Preflight Check Results                ║\n")
-	sb.WriteString("╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝\n")
+	sb.WriteString("+==============================================================+\n")
+	sb.WriteString("|             [DRY RUN] Preflight Check Results                |\n")
+	sb.WriteString("+==============================================================+\n")
 	sb.WriteString("\n")

 	// Database info
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func FormatPreflightReport(result *PreflightResult, dbName string, verbose bool)

 	// Check results
 	sb.WriteString("  Checks:\n")
-	sb.WriteString("  ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────\n")
+	sb.WriteString("  --------------------------------------------------------------\n")

 	for _, check := range result.Checks {
 		icon := check.Status.Icon()
@@ -40,26 +40,26 @@ func FormatPreflightReport(result *PreflightResult, dbName string, verbose bool)
 			color, icon, reset, check.Name+":", check.Message))

 		if verbose && check.Details != "" {
-			sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("      └─ %s\n", check.Details))
+			sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("      +- %s\n", check.Details))
 		}
 	}

-	sb.WriteString("  ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────\n")
+	sb.WriteString("  --------------------------------------------------------------\n")
 	sb.WriteString("\n")

 	// Summary
 	if result.AllPassed {
 		if result.HasWarnings {
-			sb.WriteString("  ⚠️  All checks passed with warnings\n")
+			sb.WriteString("  [!] All checks passed with warnings\n")
 			sb.WriteString("\n")
 			sb.WriteString("  Ready to backup. Remove --dry-run to execute.\n")
 		} else {
-			sb.WriteString("  ✅ All checks passed\n")
+			sb.WriteString("  [OK] All checks passed\n")
 			sb.WriteString("\n")
 			sb.WriteString("  Ready to backup. Remove --dry-run to execute.\n")
 		}
 	} else {
-		sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("  ❌ %d check(s) failed\n", result.FailureCount))
+		sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("  [FAIL] %d check(s) failed\n", result.FailureCount))
 		sb.WriteString("\n")
 		sb.WriteString("  Fix the issues above before running backup.\n")
 	}
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func FormatPreflightReportPlain(result *PreflightResult, dbName string) string {
 		status := fmt.Sprintf("[%s]", check.Status.String())
 		sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("  %-10s %-25s %s\n", status, check.Name+":", check.Message))
 		if check.Details != "" {
-			sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("             └─ %s\n", check.Details))
+			sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("             +- %s\n", check.Details))
 		}
 	}

--- a/internal/cleanup/processes.go
+++ b/internal/cleanup/processes.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"syscall"
+	"time"

 	"dbbackup/internal/logger"
 )
@@ -116,8 +117,11 @@ func KillOrphanedProcesses(log logger.Logger) error {

 // findProcessesByName returns PIDs of processes matching the given name
 func findProcessesByName(name string, excludePID int) ([]int, error) {
-	// Use pgrep for efficient process searching
-	cmd := exec.Command("pgrep", "-x", name)
+	// Use pgrep for efficient process searching with timeout
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "pgrep", "-x", name)
 	output, err := cmd.Output()
 	if err != nil {
 		// Exit code 1 means no processes found (not an error)
--- a/internal/cloud/azure.go
+++ b/internal/cloud/azure.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func NewAzureBackend(cfg *Config) (*AzureBackend, error) {
 			}
 		} else {
 			// Use default Azure credential (managed identity, environment variables, etc.)
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Azure authentication requires account name and key, or use AZURE_STORAGE_CONNECTION_STRING environment variable")
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("azure authentication requires account name and key, or use AZURE_STORAGE_CONNECTION_STRING environment variable")
 		}
 	}

--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ type Config struct {
 	// Cluster parallelism
 	ClusterParallelism int // Number of concurrent databases during cluster operations (0 = sequential)

+	// Working directory for large operations (extraction, diagnosis)
+	WorkDir string // Alternative temp directory for large operations (default: system temp)
+
 	// Swap file management (for large backups)
 	SwapFilePath   string // Path to temporary swap file
 	SwapFileSizeGB int    // Size in GB (0 = disabled)
@@ -214,14 +217,17 @@ func New() *Config {
 		SingleDBName:  getEnvString("SINGLE_DB_NAME", ""),
 		RestoreDBName: getEnvString("RESTORE_DB_NAME", ""),

-		// Timeouts
-		ClusterTimeoutMinutes: getEnvInt("CLUSTER_TIMEOUT_MIN", 240),
+		// Timeouts - default 24 hours (1440 min) to handle very large databases with large objects
+		ClusterTimeoutMinutes: getEnvInt("CLUSTER_TIMEOUT_MIN", 1440),

 		// Cluster parallelism (default: 2 concurrent operations for faster cluster backup/restore)
 		ClusterParallelism: getEnvInt("CLUSTER_PARALLELISM", 2),

+		// Working directory for large operations (default: system temp)
+		WorkDir: getEnvString("WORK_DIR", ""),
+
 		// Swap file management
-		SwapFilePath:   getEnvString("SWAP_FILE_PATH", "/tmp/dbbackup_swap"),
+		SwapFilePath:   "",                                // Will be set after WorkDir is initialized
 		SwapFileSizeGB: getEnvInt("SWAP_FILE_SIZE_GB", 0), // 0 = disabled by default
 		AutoSwap:       getEnvBool("AUTO_SWAP", false),

@@ -261,6 +267,13 @@ func New() *Config {
 		cfg.SSLMode = "prefer"
 	}

+	// Set SwapFilePath using WorkDir if not explicitly set via env var
+	if envSwap := os.Getenv("SWAP_FILE_PATH"); envSwap != "" {
+		cfg.SwapFilePath = envSwap
+	} else {
+		cfg.SwapFilePath = filepath.Join(cfg.GetEffectiveWorkDir(), "dbbackup_swap")
+	}
+
 	return cfg
 }

@@ -496,6 +509,14 @@ func GetCurrentOSUser() string {
 	return getCurrentUser()
 }

+// GetEffectiveWorkDir returns the configured WorkDir or system temp as fallback
+func (c *Config) GetEffectiveWorkDir() string {
+	if c.WorkDir != "" {
+		return c.WorkDir
+	}
+	return os.TempDir()
+}
+
 func getDefaultBackupDir() string {
 	// Try to create a sensible default backup directory
 	homeDir, _ := os.UserHomeDir()
@@ -513,7 +534,7 @@ func getDefaultBackupDir() string {
 		return "/var/lib/pgsql/pg_backups"
 	}

-	return "/tmp/db_backups"
+	return filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), "db_backups")
 }

 // CPU-related helper functions
--- a/internal/config/persist.go
+++ b/internal/config/persist.go
@@ -22,13 +22,15 @@ type LocalConfig struct {

 	// Backup settings
 	BackupDir   string
+	WorkDir     string // Working directory for large operations
 	Compression int
 	Jobs        int
 	DumpJobs    int

 	// Performance settings
-	CPUWorkload string
-	MaxCores    int
+	CPUWorkload    string
+	MaxCores       int
+	ClusterTimeout int // Cluster operation timeout in minutes (default: 1440 = 24 hours)

 	// Security settings
 	RetentionDays int
@@ -97,6 +99,8 @@ func LoadLocalConfig() (*LocalConfig, error) {
 			switch key {
 			case "backup_dir":
 				cfg.BackupDir = value
+			case "work_dir":
+				cfg.WorkDir = value
 			case "compression":
 				if c, err := strconv.Atoi(value); err == nil {
 					cfg.Compression = c
@@ -118,6 +122,10 @@ func LoadLocalConfig() (*LocalConfig, error) {
 				if mc, err := strconv.Atoi(value); err == nil {
 					cfg.MaxCores = mc
 				}
+			case "cluster_timeout":
+				if ct, err := strconv.Atoi(value); err == nil {
+					cfg.ClusterTimeout = ct
+				}
 			}
 		case "security":
 			switch key {
@@ -174,6 +182,9 @@ func SaveLocalConfig(cfg *LocalConfig) error {
 	if cfg.BackupDir != "" {
 		sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("backup_dir = %s\n", cfg.BackupDir))
 	}
+	if cfg.WorkDir != "" {
+		sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("work_dir = %s\n", cfg.WorkDir))
+	}
 	if cfg.Compression != 0 {
 		sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("compression = %d\n", cfg.Compression))
 	}
@@ -193,6 +204,9 @@ func SaveLocalConfig(cfg *LocalConfig) error {
 	if cfg.MaxCores != 0 {
 		sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("max_cores = %d\n", cfg.MaxCores))
 	}
+	if cfg.ClusterTimeout != 0 {
+		sb.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("cluster_timeout = %d\n", cfg.ClusterTimeout))
+	}
 	sb.WriteString("\n")

 	// Security section
@@ -244,6 +258,9 @@ func ApplyLocalConfig(cfg *Config, local *LocalConfig) {
 	if local.BackupDir != "" {
 		cfg.BackupDir = local.BackupDir
 	}
+	if local.WorkDir != "" {
+		cfg.WorkDir = local.WorkDir
+	}
 	if cfg.CompressionLevel == 6 && local.Compression != 0 {
 		cfg.CompressionLevel = local.Compression
 	}
@@ -259,6 +276,10 @@ func ApplyLocalConfig(cfg *Config, local *LocalConfig) {
 	if local.MaxCores != 0 {
 		cfg.MaxCores = local.MaxCores
 	}
+	// Apply cluster timeout from config file (overrides default)
+	if local.ClusterTimeout != 0 {
+		cfg.ClusterTimeoutMinutes = local.ClusterTimeout
+	}
 	if cfg.RetentionDays == 30 && local.RetentionDays != 0 {
 		cfg.RetentionDays = local.RetentionDays
 	}
@@ -273,20 +294,22 @@ func ApplyLocalConfig(cfg *Config, local *LocalConfig) {
 // ConfigFromConfig creates a LocalConfig from a Config
 func ConfigFromConfig(cfg *Config) *LocalConfig {
 	return &LocalConfig{
-		DBType:        cfg.DatabaseType,
-		Host:          cfg.Host,
-		Port:          cfg.Port,
-		User:          cfg.User,
-		Database:      cfg.Database,
-		SSLMode:       cfg.SSLMode,
-		BackupDir:     cfg.BackupDir,
-		Compression:   cfg.CompressionLevel,
-		Jobs:          cfg.Jobs,
-		DumpJobs:      cfg.DumpJobs,
-		CPUWorkload:   cfg.CPUWorkloadType,
-		MaxCores:      cfg.MaxCores,
-		RetentionDays: cfg.RetentionDays,
-		MinBackups:    cfg.MinBackups,
-		MaxRetries:    cfg.MaxRetries,
+		DBType:         cfg.DatabaseType,
+		Host:           cfg.Host,
+		Port:           cfg.Port,
+		User:           cfg.User,
+		Database:       cfg.Database,
+		SSLMode:        cfg.SSLMode,
+		BackupDir:      cfg.BackupDir,
+		WorkDir:        cfg.WorkDir,
+		Compression:    cfg.CompressionLevel,
+		Jobs:           cfg.Jobs,
+		DumpJobs:       cfg.DumpJobs,
+		CPUWorkload:    cfg.CPUWorkloadType,
+		MaxCores:       cfg.MaxCores,
+		ClusterTimeout: cfg.ClusterTimeoutMinutes,
+		RetentionDays:  cfg.RetentionDays,
+		MinBackups:     cfg.MinBackups,
+		MaxRetries:     cfg.MaxRetries,
 	}
 }
--- a/internal/database/mysql.go
+++ b/internal/database/mysql.go
@@ -126,13 +126,46 @@ func (m *MySQL) ListTables(ctx context.Context, database string) ([]string, erro
 	return tables, rows.Err()
 }

+// validateMySQLIdentifier checks if a database/table name is safe for use in SQL
+// Prevents SQL injection by only allowing alphanumeric names with underscores
+func validateMySQLIdentifier(name string) error {
+	if len(name) == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("identifier cannot be empty")
+	}
+	if len(name) > 64 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("identifier too long (max 64 chars): %s", name)
+	}
+	// Only allow alphanumeric, underscores, and must start with letter or underscore
+	for i, c := range name {
+		if i == 0 && !((c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') || (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') || c == '_') {
+			return fmt.Errorf("identifier must start with letter or underscore: %s", name)
+		}
+		if !((c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') || (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') || (c >= '0' && c <= '9') || c == '_') {
+			return fmt.Errorf("identifier contains invalid character %q: %s", c, name)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// quoteMySQLIdentifier safely quotes a MySQL identifier
+func quoteMySQLIdentifier(name string) string {
+	// Escape any backticks by doubling them and wrap in backticks
+	return "`" + strings.ReplaceAll(name, "`", "``") + "`"
+}
+
 // CreateDatabase creates a new database
 func (m *MySQL) CreateDatabase(ctx context.Context, name string) error {
 	if m.db == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("not connected to database")
 	}

-	query := fmt.Sprintf("CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `%s`", name)
+	// Validate identifier to prevent SQL injection
+	if err := validateMySQLIdentifier(name); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid database name: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Use safe quoting for identifier
+	query := fmt.Sprintf("CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS %s", quoteMySQLIdentifier(name))
 	_, err := m.db.ExecContext(ctx, query)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create database %s: %w", name, err)
@@ -148,7 +181,13 @@ func (m *MySQL) DropDatabase(ctx context.Context, name string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("not connected to database")
 	}

-	query := fmt.Sprintf("DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS `%s`", name)
+	// Validate identifier to prevent SQL injection
+	if err := validateMySQLIdentifier(name); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid database name: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Use safe quoting for identifier
+	query := fmt.Sprintf("DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS %s", quoteMySQLIdentifier(name))
 	_, err := m.db.ExecContext(ctx, query)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to drop database %s: %w", name, err)
--- a/internal/database/postgresql.go
+++ b/internal/database/postgresql.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import (

 	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgxpool"
 	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/stdlib"
-	_ "github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/stdlib" // PostgreSQL driver (pgx)
 )

 // PostgreSQL implements Database interface for PostgreSQL
@@ -163,14 +162,47 @@ func (p *PostgreSQL) ListTables(ctx context.Context, database string) ([]string,
 	return tables, rows.Err()
 }

+// validateIdentifier checks if a database/table name is safe for use in SQL
+// Prevents SQL injection by only allowing alphanumeric names with underscores
+func validateIdentifier(name string) error {
+	if len(name) == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("identifier cannot be empty")
+	}
+	if len(name) > 63 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("identifier too long (max 63 chars): %s", name)
+	}
+	// Only allow alphanumeric, underscores, and must start with letter or underscore
+	for i, c := range name {
+		if i == 0 && !((c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') || (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') || c == '_') {
+			return fmt.Errorf("identifier must start with letter or underscore: %s", name)
+		}
+		if !((c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') || (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') || (c >= '0' && c <= '9') || c == '_') {
+			return fmt.Errorf("identifier contains invalid character %q: %s", c, name)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// quoteIdentifier safely quotes a PostgreSQL identifier
+func quoteIdentifier(name string) string {
+	// Double any existing double quotes and wrap in double quotes
+	return `"` + strings.ReplaceAll(name, `"`, `""`) + `"`
+}
+
 // CreateDatabase creates a new database
 func (p *PostgreSQL) CreateDatabase(ctx context.Context, name string) error {
 	if p.db == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("not connected to database")
 	}

+	// Validate identifier to prevent SQL injection
+	if err := validateIdentifier(name); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid database name: %w", err)
+	}
+
 	// PostgreSQL doesn't support CREATE DATABASE in transactions or prepared statements
-	query := fmt.Sprintf("CREATE DATABASE %s", name)
+	// Use quoted identifier for safety
+	query := fmt.Sprintf("CREATE DATABASE %s", quoteIdentifier(name))
 	_, err := p.db.ExecContext(ctx, query)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create database %s: %w", name, err)
@@ -186,8 +218,14 @@ func (p *PostgreSQL) DropDatabase(ctx context.Context, name string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("not connected to database")
 	}

+	// Validate identifier to prevent SQL injection
+	if err := validateIdentifier(name); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid database name: %w", err)
+	}
+
 	// Force drop connections and drop database
-	query := fmt.Sprintf("DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS %s", name)
+	// Use quoted identifier for safety
+	query := fmt.Sprintf("DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS %s", quoteIdentifier(name))
 	_, err := p.db.ExecContext(ctx, query)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to drop database %s: %w", name, err)
--- a/internal/dedup/chunker.go
+++ b/internal/dedup/chunker.go
@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+// Package dedup provides content-defined chunking and deduplication
+// for database backups, similar to restic/borgbackup but with native
+// database dump support.
+package dedup
+
+import (
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"io"
+)
+
+// Chunker constants for content-defined chunking
+const (
+	// DefaultMinChunkSize is the minimum chunk size (4KB)
+	DefaultMinChunkSize = 4 * 1024
+
+	// DefaultAvgChunkSize is the target average chunk size (8KB)
+	DefaultAvgChunkSize = 8 * 1024
+
+	// DefaultMaxChunkSize is the maximum chunk size (32KB)
+	DefaultMaxChunkSize = 32 * 1024
+
+	// WindowSize for the rolling hash
+	WindowSize = 48
+
+	// ChunkMask determines average chunk size
+	// For 8KB average: we look for hash % 8192 == 0
+	ChunkMask = DefaultAvgChunkSize - 1
+)
+
+// Gear hash table - random values for each byte
+// This is used for the Gear rolling hash which is simpler and faster than Buzhash
+var gearTable = [256]uint64{
+	0x5c95c078, 0x22408989, 0x2d48a214, 0x12842087, 0x530f8afb, 0x474536b9, 0x2963b4f1, 0x44cb738b,
+	0x4ea7403d, 0x4d606b6e, 0x074ec5d3, 0x3f7e82f4, 0x4e3d26e7, 0x5cb4e82f, 0x7b0a1ef5, 0x3d4e7c92,
+	0x2a81ed69, 0x7f853df8, 0x452c8cf7, 0x0f4f3c9d, 0x3a5e81b7, 0x6cb2d819, 0x2e4c5f93, 0x7e8a1c57,
+	0x1f9d3e8c, 0x4b7c2a5d, 0x3c8f1d6e, 0x5d2a7b4f, 0x6e9c3f8a, 0x7a4d1e5c, 0x2b8c4f7d, 0x4f7d2c9e,
+	0x5a1e3d7c, 0x6b4f8a2d, 0x3e7c9d5a, 0x7d2a4f8b, 0x4c9e7d3a, 0x5b8a1c6e, 0x2d5f4a9c, 0x7a3c8d6b,
+	0x6e2a7b4d, 0x3f8c5d9a, 0x4a7d3e5b, 0x5c9a2d7e, 0x7b4e8f3c, 0x2a6d9c5b, 0x3e4a7d8c, 0x5d7b2e9a,
+	0x4c8a3d7b, 0x6e9d5c8a, 0x7a3e4d9c, 0x2b5c8a7d, 0x4d7e3a9c, 0x5a9c7d3e, 0x3c8b5a7d, 0x7d4e9c2a,
+	0x6a3d8c5b, 0x4e7a9d3c, 0x5c2a7b9e, 0x3a9d4e7c, 0x7b8c5a2d, 0x2d7e4a9c, 0x4a3c9d7b, 0x5e9a7c3d,
+	0x6c4d8a5b, 0x3b7e9c4a, 0x7a5c2d8b, 0x4d9a3e7c, 0x5b7c4a9e, 0x2e8a5d3c, 0x3c9e7a4d, 0x7d4a8c5b,
+	0x6b2d9a7c, 0x4a8c3e5d, 0x5d7a9c2e, 0x3e4c7b9a, 0x7c9d5a4b, 0x2a7e8c3d, 0x4c5a9d7e, 0x5a3e7c4b,
+	0x6d8a2c9e, 0x3c7b4a8d, 0x7e2d9c5a, 0x4b9a7e3c, 0x5c4d8a7b, 0x2d9e3c5a, 0x3a7c9d4e, 0x7b5a4c8d,
+	0x6a9c2e7b, 0x4d3e8a9c, 0x5e7b4d2a, 0x3b9a7c5d, 0x7c4e8a3b, 0x2e7d9c4a, 0x4a8b3e7d, 0x5d2c9a7e,
+	0x6c7a5d3e, 0x3e9c4a7b, 0x7a8d2c5e, 0x4c3e9a7d, 0x5b9c7e2a, 0x2a4d7c9e, 0x3d8a5c4b, 0x7e7b9a3c,
+	0x6b4a8d9e, 0x4e9c3b7a, 0x5a7d4e9c, 0x3c2a8b7d, 0x7d9e5c4a, 0x2b8a7d3e, 0x4d5c9a2b, 0x5e3a7c8d,
+	0x6a9d4b7c, 0x3b7a9c5e, 0x7c4b8a2d, 0x4a9e7c3b, 0x5d2b9a4e, 0x2e7c4d9a, 0x3a9b7e4c, 0x7e5a3c8b,
+	0x6c8a9d4e, 0x4b7c2a5e, 0x5a3e9c7d, 0x3d9a4b7c, 0x7a2d5e9c, 0x2c8b7a3d, 0x4e9c5a2b, 0x5b4d7e9a,
+	0x6d7a3c8b, 0x3e2b9a5d, 0x7c9d4a7e, 0x4a5e3c9b, 0x5e7a9d2c, 0x2b3c7e9a, 0x3a9e4b7d, 0x7d8a5c3e,
+	0x6b9c2d4a, 0x4c7e9a3b, 0x5a2c8b7e, 0x3b4d9a5c, 0x7e9b3a4d, 0x2d5a7c9e, 0x4b8d3e7a, 0x5c9a4b2d,
+	0x6a7c8d9e, 0x3c9e5a7b, 0x7b4a2c9d, 0x4d3b7e9a, 0x5e9c4a3b, 0x2a7b9d4e, 0x3e5c8a7b, 0x7a9d3e5c,
+	0x6c2a7b8d, 0x4e9a5c3b, 0x5b7d2a9e, 0x3a4e9c7b, 0x7d8b3a5c, 0x2c9e7a4b, 0x4a3d5e9c, 0x5d7b8a2e,
+	0x6b9a4c7d, 0x3d5a9e4b, 0x7e2c7b9a, 0x4b9d3a5e, 0x5c4e7a9d, 0x2e8a3c7b, 0x3b7c9e5a, 0x7a4d8b3e,
+	0x6d9c5a2b, 0x4a7e3d9c, 0x5e2a9b7d, 0x3c9a7e4b, 0x7b3e5c9a, 0x2a4b8d7e, 0x4d9c2a5b, 0x5a7d9e3c,
+	0x6c3b8a7d, 0x3e9d4a5c, 0x7d5c2b9e, 0x4c8a7d3b, 0x5b9e3c7a, 0x2d7a9c4e, 0x3a5e7b9d, 0x7e8b4a3c,
+	0x6a2d9e7b, 0x4b3e5a9d, 0x5d9c7b2a, 0x3b7d4e9c, 0x7c9a3b5e, 0x2e5c8a7d, 0x4a7b9d3e, 0x5c3a7e9b,
+	0x6d9e5c4a, 0x3c4a7b9e, 0x7a9d2e5c, 0x4e7c9a3d, 0x5a8b4e7c, 0x2b9a3d7e, 0x3d5b8a9c, 0x7b4e9a2d,
+	0x6c7d3a9e, 0x4a9c5e3b, 0x5e2b7d9a, 0x3a8d4c7b, 0x7d3e9a5c, 0x2c7a8b9e, 0x4b5d3a7c, 0x5c9a7e2b,
+	0x6a4b9d3e, 0x3e7c2a9d, 0x7c8a5b4e, 0x4d9e3c7a, 0x5b3a9e7c, 0x2e9c7b4a, 0x3b4e8a9d, 0x7a9c4e3b,
+	0x6d2a7c9e, 0x4c8b9a5d, 0x5a9e2b7c, 0x3c3d7a9e, 0x7e5a9c4b, 0x2a8d3e7c, 0x4e7a5c9b, 0x5d9b8a2e,
+	0x6b4c9e7a, 0x3a9d5b4e, 0x7b2e8a9c, 0x4a5c3e9b, 0x5c9a4d7e, 0x2d7e9a3c, 0x3e8b7c5a, 0x7c9e2a4d,
+	0x6a3b7d9c, 0x4d9a8b3e, 0x5e5c2a7b, 0x3b4a9d7c, 0x7a7c5e9b, 0x2c9b4a8d, 0x4b3e7c9a, 0x5a9d3b7e,
+	0x6c8a4e9d, 0x3d7b9c5a, 0x7e2a4b9c, 0x4c9e5d3a, 0x5b7a9c4e, 0x2e4d8a7b, 0x3a9c7e5d, 0x7b8d3a9e,
+	0x6d5c9a4b, 0x4a2e7b9d, 0x5d9b4c8a, 0x3c7a9e2b, 0x7d4b8c9e, 0x2b9a5c4d, 0x4e7d3a9c, 0x5c8a9e7b,
+}
+
+// Chunk represents a single deduplicated chunk
+type Chunk struct {
+	// Hash is the SHA-256 hash of the chunk data (content-addressed)
+	Hash string
+
+	// Data is the raw chunk bytes
+	Data []byte
+
+	// Offset is the byte offset in the original file
+	Offset int64
+
+	// Length is the size of this chunk
+	Length int
+}
+
+// ChunkerConfig holds configuration for the chunker
+type ChunkerConfig struct {
+	MinSize int // Minimum chunk size
+	AvgSize int // Target average chunk size
+	MaxSize int // Maximum chunk size
+}
+
+// DefaultChunkerConfig returns sensible defaults
+func DefaultChunkerConfig() ChunkerConfig {
+	return ChunkerConfig{
+		MinSize: DefaultMinChunkSize,
+		AvgSize: DefaultAvgChunkSize,
+		MaxSize: DefaultMaxChunkSize,
+	}
+}
+
+// Chunker performs content-defined chunking using Gear hash
+type Chunker struct {
+	reader io.Reader
+	config ChunkerConfig
+
+	// Rolling hash state
+	hash uint64
+
+	// Current chunk state
+	buf    []byte
+	offset int64
+	mask   uint64
+}
+
+// NewChunker creates a new chunker for the given reader
+func NewChunker(r io.Reader, config ChunkerConfig) *Chunker {
+	// Calculate mask for target average size
+	// We want: avg_size = 1 / P(boundary)
+	// With mask, P(boundary) = 1 / (mask + 1)
+	// So mask = avg_size - 1
+	mask := uint64(config.AvgSize - 1)
+
+	return &Chunker{
+		reader: r,
+		config: config,
+		buf:    make([]byte, 0, config.MaxSize),
+		mask:   mask,
+	}
+}
+
+// Next returns the next chunk from the input stream
+// Returns io.EOF when no more data is available
+func (c *Chunker) Next() (*Chunk, error) {
+	c.buf = c.buf[:0]
+	c.hash = 0
+
+	// Read bytes until we find a chunk boundary or hit max size
+	singleByte := make([]byte, 1)
+
+	for {
+		n, err := c.reader.Read(singleByte)
+		if n == 0 {
+			if err == io.EOF {
+				// Return remaining data as final chunk
+				if len(c.buf) > 0 {
+					return c.makeChunk(), nil
+				}
+				return nil, io.EOF
+			}
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+
+		b := singleByte[0]
+		c.buf = append(c.buf, b)
+
+		// Update Gear rolling hash
+		// Gear hash: hash = (hash << 1) + gear_table[byte]
+		c.hash = (c.hash << 1) + gearTable[b]
+
+		// Check for chunk boundary after minimum size
+		if len(c.buf) >= c.config.MinSize {
+			// Check if we hit a boundary (hash matches mask pattern)
+			if (c.hash & c.mask) == 0 {
+				return c.makeChunk(), nil
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Force boundary at max size
+		if len(c.buf) >= c.config.MaxSize {
+			return c.makeChunk(), nil
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// makeChunk creates a Chunk from the current buffer
+func (c *Chunker) makeChunk() *Chunk {
+	// Compute SHA-256 hash
+	h := sha256.Sum256(c.buf)
+	hash := hex.EncodeToString(h[:])
+
+	// Copy data
+	data := make([]byte, len(c.buf))
+	copy(data, c.buf)
+
+	chunk := &Chunk{
+		Hash:   hash,
+		Data:   data,
+		Offset: c.offset,
+		Length: len(data),
+	}
+
+	c.offset += int64(len(data))
+	return chunk
+}
+
+// ChunkReader splits a reader into content-defined chunks
+// and returns them via a channel for concurrent processing
+func ChunkReader(r io.Reader, config ChunkerConfig) (<-chan *Chunk, <-chan error) {
+	chunks := make(chan *Chunk, 100)
+	errs := make(chan error, 1)
+
+	go func() {
+		defer close(chunks)
+		defer close(errs)
+
+		chunker := NewChunker(r, config)
+		for {
+			chunk, err := chunker.Next()
+			if err == io.EOF {
+				return
+			}
+			if err != nil {
+				errs <- err
+				return
+			}
+			chunks <- chunk
+		}
+	}()
+
+	return chunks, errs
+}
+
+// HashData computes SHA-256 hash of data
+func HashData(data []byte) string {
+	h := sha256.Sum256(data)
+	return hex.EncodeToString(h[:])
+}
--- a/internal/dedup/chunker_test.go
+++ b/internal/dedup/chunker_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,217 @@
+package dedup
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"io"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestChunker_Basic(t *testing.T) {
+	// Create test data
+	data := make([]byte, 100*1024) // 100KB
+	rand.Read(data)
+
+	chunker := NewChunker(bytes.NewReader(data), DefaultChunkerConfig())
+
+	var chunks []*Chunk
+	var totalBytes int
+
+	for {
+		chunk, err := chunker.Next()
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			break
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("Chunker.Next() error: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		chunks = append(chunks, chunk)
+		totalBytes += chunk.Length
+
+		// Verify chunk properties
+		if chunk.Length < DefaultMinChunkSize && len(chunks) < 10 {
+			// Only the last chunk can be smaller than min
+			// (unless file is smaller than min)
+		}
+		if chunk.Length > DefaultMaxChunkSize {
+			t.Errorf("Chunk %d exceeds max size: %d > %d", len(chunks), chunk.Length, DefaultMaxChunkSize)
+		}
+		if chunk.Hash == "" {
+			t.Errorf("Chunk %d has empty hash", len(chunks))
+		}
+		if len(chunk.Hash) != 64 { // SHA-256 hex length
+			t.Errorf("Chunk %d has invalid hash length: %d", len(chunks), len(chunk.Hash))
+		}
+	}
+
+	if totalBytes != len(data) {
+		t.Errorf("Total bytes mismatch: got %d, want %d", totalBytes, len(data))
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("Chunked %d bytes into %d chunks", totalBytes, len(chunks))
+	t.Logf("Average chunk size: %d bytes", totalBytes/len(chunks))
+}
+
+func TestChunker_Deterministic(t *testing.T) {
+	// Same data should produce same chunks
+	data := make([]byte, 50*1024)
+	rand.Read(data)
+
+	// First pass
+	chunker1 := NewChunker(bytes.NewReader(data), DefaultChunkerConfig())
+	var hashes1 []string
+	for {
+		chunk, err := chunker1.Next()
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			break
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		hashes1 = append(hashes1, chunk.Hash)
+	}
+
+	// Second pass
+	chunker2 := NewChunker(bytes.NewReader(data), DefaultChunkerConfig())
+	var hashes2 []string
+	for {
+		chunk, err := chunker2.Next()
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			break
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		hashes2 = append(hashes2, chunk.Hash)
+	}
+
+	// Compare
+	if len(hashes1) != len(hashes2) {
+		t.Fatalf("Different chunk counts: %d vs %d", len(hashes1), len(hashes2))
+	}
+
+	for i := range hashes1 {
+		if hashes1[i] != hashes2[i] {
+			t.Errorf("Hash mismatch at chunk %d: %s vs %s", i, hashes1[i], hashes2[i])
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestChunker_ShiftedData(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test that shifted data still shares chunks (the key CDC benefit)
+	original := make([]byte, 100*1024)
+	rand.Read(original)
+
+	// Create shifted version (prepend some bytes)
+	prefix := make([]byte, 1000)
+	rand.Read(prefix)
+	shifted := append(prefix, original...)
+
+	// Chunk both
+	config := DefaultChunkerConfig()
+
+	chunker1 := NewChunker(bytes.NewReader(original), config)
+	hashes1 := make(map[string]bool)
+	for {
+		chunk, err := chunker1.Next()
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			break
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		hashes1[chunk.Hash] = true
+	}
+
+	chunker2 := NewChunker(bytes.NewReader(shifted), config)
+	var matched, total int
+	for {
+		chunk, err := chunker2.Next()
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			break
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		total++
+		if hashes1[chunk.Hash] {
+			matched++
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Should have significant overlap despite the shift
+	overlapRatio := float64(matched) / float64(total)
+	t.Logf("Chunk overlap after %d-byte shift: %.1f%% (%d/%d chunks)",
+		len(prefix), overlapRatio*100, matched, total)
+
+	// We expect at least 50% overlap for content-defined chunking
+	if overlapRatio < 0.5 {
+		t.Errorf("Low chunk overlap: %.1f%% (expected >50%%)", overlapRatio*100)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestChunker_SmallFile(t *testing.T) {
+	// File smaller than min chunk size
+	data := []byte("hello world")
+	chunker := NewChunker(bytes.NewReader(data), DefaultChunkerConfig())
+
+	chunk, err := chunker.Next()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if chunk.Length != len(data) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected chunk length %d, got %d", len(data), chunk.Length)
+	}
+
+	// Should be EOF after
+	_, err = chunker.Next()
+	if err != io.EOF {
+		t.Errorf("Expected EOF, got %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestChunker_EmptyFile(t *testing.T) {
+	chunker := NewChunker(bytes.NewReader(nil), DefaultChunkerConfig())
+
+	_, err := chunker.Next()
+	if err != io.EOF {
+		t.Errorf("Expected EOF for empty file, got %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHashData(t *testing.T) {
+	hash := HashData([]byte("test"))
+	if len(hash) != 64 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected 64-char hash, got %d", len(hash))
+	}
+
+	// Known SHA-256 of "test"
+	expected := "9f86d081884c7d659a2feaa0c55ad015a3bf4f1b2b0b822cd15d6c15b0f00a08"
+	if hash != expected {
+		t.Errorf("Hash mismatch: got %s, want %s", hash, expected)
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkChunker(b *testing.B) {
+	// 1MB of random data
+	data := make([]byte, 1024*1024)
+	rand.Read(data)
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	b.SetBytes(int64(len(data)))
+
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		chunker := NewChunker(bytes.NewReader(data), DefaultChunkerConfig())
+		for {
+			_, err := chunker.Next()
+			if err == io.EOF {
+				break
+			}
+			if err != nil {
+				b.Fatal(err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
--- a/internal/dedup/index.go
+++ b/internal/dedup/index.go
@@ -0,0 +1,306 @@
+package dedup
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3" // SQLite driver
+)
+
+// ChunkIndex provides fast chunk lookups using SQLite
+type ChunkIndex struct {
+	db     *sql.DB
+	dbPath string
+}
+
+// NewChunkIndex opens or creates a chunk index database at the default location
+func NewChunkIndex(basePath string) (*ChunkIndex, error) {
+	dbPath := filepath.Join(basePath, "chunks.db")
+	return NewChunkIndexAt(dbPath)
+}
+
+// NewChunkIndexAt opens or creates a chunk index database at a specific path
+// Use this to put the SQLite index on local storage when chunks are on NFS/CIFS
+func NewChunkIndexAt(dbPath string) (*ChunkIndex, error) {
+	// Ensure parent directory exists
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(dbPath), 0700); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create index directory: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Add busy_timeout to handle lock contention gracefully
+	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", dbPath+"?_journal_mode=WAL&_synchronous=NORMAL&_busy_timeout=5000")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to open chunk index: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Test the connection and check for locking issues
+	if err := db.Ping(); err != nil {
+		db.Close()
+		if isNFSLockingError(err) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("database locked (common on NFS/CIFS): %w\n\n"+
+				"HINT: Use --index-db to put the SQLite index on local storage:\n"+
+				"  dbbackup dedup ... --index-db /var/lib/dbbackup/dedup-index.db", err)
+		}
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to connect to chunk index: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	idx := &ChunkIndex{db: db, dbPath: dbPath}
+	if err := idx.migrate(); err != nil {
+		db.Close()
+		if isNFSLockingError(err) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("database locked during migration (common on NFS/CIFS): %w\n\n"+
+				"HINT: Use --index-db to put the SQLite index on local storage:\n"+
+				"  dbbackup dedup ... --index-db /var/lib/dbbackup/dedup-index.db", err)
+		}
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return idx, nil
+}
+
+// isNFSLockingError checks if an error is likely due to NFS/CIFS locking issues
+func isNFSLockingError(err error) bool {
+	if err == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	errStr := err.Error()
+	return strings.Contains(errStr, "database is locked") ||
+		strings.Contains(errStr, "SQLITE_BUSY") ||
+		strings.Contains(errStr, "cannot lock") ||
+		strings.Contains(errStr, "lock protocol")
+}
+
+// migrate creates the schema if needed
+func (idx *ChunkIndex) migrate() error {
+	schema := `
+		CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS chunks (
+			hash TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+			size_raw INTEGER NOT NULL,
+			size_stored INTEGER NOT NULL,
+			created_at DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+			last_accessed DATETIME,
+			ref_count INTEGER DEFAULT 1
+		);
+
+		CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS manifests (
+			id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+			database_type TEXT,
+			database_name TEXT,
+			database_host TEXT,
+			created_at DATETIME,
+			original_size INTEGER,
+			stored_size INTEGER,
+			chunk_count INTEGER,
+			new_chunks INTEGER,
+			dedup_ratio REAL,
+			sha256 TEXT,
+			verified_at DATETIME
+		);
+
+		CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_chunks_created ON chunks(created_at);
+		CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_chunks_accessed ON chunks(last_accessed);
+		CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_manifests_created ON manifests(created_at);
+		CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_manifests_database ON manifests(database_name);
+	`
+
+	_, err := idx.db.Exec(schema)
+	return err
+}
+
+// Close closes the database
+func (idx *ChunkIndex) Close() error {
+	return idx.db.Close()
+}
+
+// AddChunk records a chunk in the index
+func (idx *ChunkIndex) AddChunk(hash string, sizeRaw, sizeStored int) error {
+	_, err := idx.db.Exec(`
+		INSERT INTO chunks (hash, size_raw, size_stored, created_at, last_accessed, ref_count)
+		VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, 1)
+		ON CONFLICT(hash) DO UPDATE SET
+			ref_count = ref_count + 1,
+			last_accessed = ?
+	`, hash, sizeRaw, sizeStored, time.Now(), time.Now(), time.Now())
+	return err
+}
+
+// HasChunk checks if a chunk exists in the index
+func (idx *ChunkIndex) HasChunk(hash string) (bool, error) {
+	var count int
+	err := idx.db.QueryRow("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM chunks WHERE hash = ?", hash).Scan(&count)
+	return count > 0, err
+}
+
+// GetChunk retrieves chunk metadata
+func (idx *ChunkIndex) GetChunk(hash string) (*ChunkMeta, error) {
+	var m ChunkMeta
+	err := idx.db.QueryRow(`
+		SELECT hash, size_raw, size_stored, created_at, ref_count
+		FROM chunks WHERE hash = ?
+	`, hash).Scan(&m.Hash, &m.SizeRaw, &m.SizeStored, &m.CreatedAt, &m.RefCount)
+	if err == sql.ErrNoRows {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &m, nil
+}
+
+// ChunkMeta holds metadata about a chunk
+type ChunkMeta struct {
+	Hash       string
+	SizeRaw    int64
+	SizeStored int64
+	CreatedAt  time.Time
+	RefCount   int
+}
+
+// DecrementRef decreases the reference count for a chunk
+// Returns true if the chunk should be deleted (ref_count <= 0)
+func (idx *ChunkIndex) DecrementRef(hash string) (shouldDelete bool, err error) {
+	result, err := idx.db.Exec(`
+		UPDATE chunks SET ref_count = ref_count - 1 WHERE hash = ?
+	`, hash)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	affected, _ := result.RowsAffected()
+	if affected == 0 {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
+	var refCount int
+	err = idx.db.QueryRow("SELECT ref_count FROM chunks WHERE hash = ?", hash).Scan(&refCount)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	return refCount <= 0, nil
+}
+
+// RemoveChunk removes a chunk from the index
+func (idx *ChunkIndex) RemoveChunk(hash string) error {
+	_, err := idx.db.Exec("DELETE FROM chunks WHERE hash = ?", hash)
+	return err
+}
+
+// AddManifest records a manifest in the index
+func (idx *ChunkIndex) AddManifest(m *Manifest) error {
+	_, err := idx.db.Exec(`
+		INSERT OR REPLACE INTO manifests
+		(id, database_type, database_name, database_host, created_at, 
+		 original_size, stored_size, chunk_count, new_chunks, dedup_ratio, sha256)
+		VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)
+	`, m.ID, m.DatabaseType, m.DatabaseName, m.DatabaseHost, m.CreatedAt,
+		m.OriginalSize, m.StoredSize, m.ChunkCount, m.NewChunks, m.DedupRatio, m.SHA256)
+	return err
+}
+
+// RemoveManifest removes a manifest from the index
+func (idx *ChunkIndex) RemoveManifest(id string) error {
+	_, err := idx.db.Exec("DELETE FROM manifests WHERE id = ?", id)
+	return err
+}
+
+// UpdateManifestVerified updates the verified timestamp for a manifest
+func (idx *ChunkIndex) UpdateManifestVerified(id string, verifiedAt time.Time) error {
+	_, err := idx.db.Exec("UPDATE manifests SET verified_at = ? WHERE id = ?", verifiedAt, id)
+	return err
+}
+
+// IndexStats holds statistics about the dedup index
+type IndexStats struct {
+	TotalChunks     int64
+	TotalManifests  int64
+	TotalSizeRaw    int64   // Uncompressed, undeduplicated (per-chunk)
+	TotalSizeStored int64   // On-disk after dedup+compression (per-chunk)
+	DedupRatio      float64 // Based on manifests (real dedup ratio)
+	OldestChunk     time.Time
+	NewestChunk     time.Time
+
+	// Manifest-based stats (accurate dedup calculation)
+	TotalBackupSize int64 // Sum of all backup original sizes
+	TotalNewData    int64 // Sum of all new chunks stored
+	SpaceSaved      int64 // Difference = what dedup saved
+}
+
+// Stats returns statistics about the index
+func (idx *ChunkIndex) Stats() (*IndexStats, error) {
+	stats := &IndexStats{}
+
+	var oldestStr, newestStr string
+	err := idx.db.QueryRow(`
+		SELECT 
+			COUNT(*),
+			COALESCE(SUM(size_raw), 0),
+			COALESCE(SUM(size_stored), 0),
+			COALESCE(MIN(created_at), ''),
+			COALESCE(MAX(created_at), '')
+		FROM chunks
+	`).Scan(&stats.TotalChunks, &stats.TotalSizeRaw, &stats.TotalSizeStored,
+		&oldestStr, &newestStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Parse time strings
+	if oldestStr != "" {
+		stats.OldestChunk, _ = time.Parse("2006-01-02 15:04:05", oldestStr)
+	}
+	if newestStr != "" {
+		stats.NewestChunk, _ = time.Parse("2006-01-02 15:04:05", newestStr)
+	}
+
+	idx.db.QueryRow("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM manifests").Scan(&stats.TotalManifests)
+
+	// Calculate accurate dedup ratio from manifests
+	// Sum all backup original sizes and all new data stored
+	err = idx.db.QueryRow(`
+		SELECT 
+			COALESCE(SUM(original_size), 0),
+			COALESCE(SUM(stored_size), 0)
+		FROM manifests
+	`).Scan(&stats.TotalBackupSize, &stats.TotalNewData)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Calculate real dedup ratio: how much data was deduplicated across all backups
+	if stats.TotalBackupSize > 0 {
+		stats.DedupRatio = 1.0 - float64(stats.TotalNewData)/float64(stats.TotalBackupSize)
+		stats.SpaceSaved = stats.TotalBackupSize - stats.TotalNewData
+	}
+
+	return stats, nil
+}
+
+// ListOrphanedChunks returns chunks that have ref_count <= 0
+func (idx *ChunkIndex) ListOrphanedChunks() ([]string, error) {
+	rows, err := idx.db.Query("SELECT hash FROM chunks WHERE ref_count <= 0")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+
+	var hashes []string
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var hash string
+		if err := rows.Scan(&hash); err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		hashes = append(hashes, hash)
+	}
+	return hashes, rows.Err()
+}
+
+// Vacuum cleans up the database
+func (idx *ChunkIndex) Vacuum() error {
+	_, err := idx.db.Exec("VACUUM")
+	return err
+}
--- a/internal/dedup/manifest.go
+++ b/internal/dedup/manifest.go
@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+package dedup
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// Manifest describes a single backup as a list of chunks
+type Manifest struct {
+	// ID is the unique identifier (typically timestamp-based)
+	ID string `json:"id"`
+
+	// Name is an optional human-readable name
+	Name string `json:"name,omitempty"`
+
+	// CreatedAt is when this backup was created
+	CreatedAt time.Time `json:"created_at"`
+
+	// Database information
+	DatabaseType string `json:"database_type"` // postgres, mysql
+	DatabaseName string `json:"database_name"`
+	DatabaseHost string `json:"database_host"`
+
+	// Chunks is the ordered list of chunk hashes
+	// The file is reconstructed by concatenating chunks in order
+	Chunks []ChunkRef `json:"chunks"`
+
+	// Stats about the backup
+	OriginalSize int64 `json:"original_size"`  // Size before deduplication
+	StoredSize   int64 `json:"stored_size"`    // Size after dedup (new chunks only)
+	ChunkCount   int   `json:"chunk_count"`    // Total chunks
+	NewChunks    int   `json:"new_chunks"`     // Chunks that weren't deduplicated
+	DedupRatio   float64 `json:"dedup_ratio"` // 1.0 = no dedup, 0.0 = 100% dedup
+
+	// Encryption and compression settings used
+	Encrypted    bool `json:"encrypted"`
+	Compressed   bool `json:"compressed"`
+	Decompressed bool `json:"decompressed,omitempty"` // Input was auto-decompressed before chunking
+
+	// Verification
+	SHA256     string    `json:"sha256"`              // Hash of reconstructed file
+	VerifiedAt time.Time `json:"verified_at,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// ChunkRef references a chunk in the manifest
+type ChunkRef struct {
+	Hash   string `json:"h"`           // SHA-256 hash (64 chars)
+	Offset int64  `json:"o"`           // Offset in original file
+	Length int    `json:"l"`           // Chunk length
+}
+
+// ManifestStore manages backup manifests
+type ManifestStore struct {
+	basePath string
+}
+
+// NewManifestStore creates a new manifest store
+func NewManifestStore(basePath string) (*ManifestStore, error) {
+	manifestDir := filepath.Join(basePath, "manifests")
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(manifestDir, 0700); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create manifest directory: %w", err)
+	}
+	return &ManifestStore{basePath: basePath}, nil
+}
+
+// manifestPath returns the path for a manifest ID
+func (s *ManifestStore) manifestPath(id string) string {
+	return filepath.Join(s.basePath, "manifests", id+".manifest.json")
+}
+
+// Save writes a manifest to disk
+func (s *ManifestStore) Save(m *Manifest) error {
+	path := s.manifestPath(m.ID)
+
+	data, err := json.MarshalIndent(m, "", "  ")
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal manifest: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Atomic write
+	tmpPath := path + ".tmp"
+	if err := os.WriteFile(tmpPath, data, 0600); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to write manifest: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := os.Rename(tmpPath, path); err != nil {
+		os.Remove(tmpPath)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to commit manifest: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Load reads a manifest from disk
+func (s *ManifestStore) Load(id string) (*Manifest, error) {
+	path := s.manifestPath(id)
+
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read manifest %s: %w", id, err)
+	}
+
+	var m Manifest
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &m); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse manifest %s: %w", id, err)
+	}
+
+	return &m, nil
+}
+
+// Delete removes a manifest
+func (s *ManifestStore) Delete(id string) error {
+	path := s.manifestPath(id)
+	if err := os.Remove(path); err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete manifest %s: %w", id, err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// List returns all manifest IDs
+func (s *ManifestStore) List() ([]string, error) {
+	manifestDir := filepath.Join(s.basePath, "manifests")
+	entries, err := os.ReadDir(manifestDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to list manifests: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	var ids []string
+	for _, e := range entries {
+		if e.IsDir() {
+			continue
+		}
+		name := e.Name()
+		if len(name) > 14 && name[len(name)-14:] == ".manifest.json" {
+			ids = append(ids, name[:len(name)-14])
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ids, nil
+}
+
+// ListAll returns all manifests sorted by creation time (newest first)
+func (s *ManifestStore) ListAll() ([]*Manifest, error) {
+	ids, err := s.List()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var manifests []*Manifest
+	for _, id := range ids {
+		m, err := s.Load(id)
+		if err != nil {
+			continue // Skip corrupted manifests
+		}
+		manifests = append(manifests, m)
+	}
+
+	// Sort by creation time (newest first)
+	for i := 0; i < len(manifests)-1; i++ {
+		for j := i + 1; j < len(manifests); j++ {
+			if manifests[j].CreatedAt.After(manifests[i].CreatedAt) {
+				manifests[i], manifests[j] = manifests[j], manifests[i]
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return manifests, nil
+}
+
+// GetChunkHashes returns all unique chunk hashes referenced by manifests
+func (s *ManifestStore) GetChunkHashes() (map[string]int, error) {
+	manifests, err := s.ListAll()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Map hash -> reference count
+	refs := make(map[string]int)
+	for _, m := range manifests {
+		for _, c := range m.Chunks {
+			refs[c.Hash]++
+		}
+	}
+
+	return refs, nil
+}
--- a/internal/dedup/metrics.go
+++ b/internal/dedup/metrics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,235 @@
+package dedup
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// DedupMetrics holds deduplication statistics for Prometheus
+type DedupMetrics struct {
+	// Global stats
+	TotalChunks     int64
+	TotalManifests  int64
+	TotalBackupSize int64   // Sum of all backup original sizes
+	TotalNewData    int64   // Sum of all new chunks stored
+	SpaceSaved      int64   // Bytes saved by deduplication
+	DedupRatio      float64 // Overall dedup ratio (0-1)
+	DiskUsage       int64   // Actual bytes on disk
+
+	// Per-database stats
+	ByDatabase map[string]*DatabaseDedupMetrics
+}
+
+// DatabaseDedupMetrics holds per-database dedup stats
+type DatabaseDedupMetrics struct {
+	Database       string
+	BackupCount    int
+	TotalSize      int64
+	StoredSize     int64
+	DedupRatio     float64
+	LastBackupTime time.Time
+	LastVerified   time.Time
+}
+
+// CollectMetrics gathers dedup statistics from the index and store
+func CollectMetrics(basePath string, indexPath string) (*DedupMetrics, error) {
+	var idx *ChunkIndex
+	var err error
+
+	if indexPath != "" {
+		idx, err = NewChunkIndexAt(indexPath)
+	} else {
+		idx, err = NewChunkIndex(basePath)
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to open chunk index: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer idx.Close()
+
+	store, err := NewChunkStore(StoreConfig{BasePath: basePath})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to open chunk store: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Get index stats
+	stats, err := idx.Stats()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get index stats: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Get store stats
+	storeStats, err := store.Stats()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get store stats: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	metrics := &DedupMetrics{
+		TotalChunks:     stats.TotalChunks,
+		TotalManifests:  stats.TotalManifests,
+		TotalBackupSize: stats.TotalBackupSize,
+		TotalNewData:    stats.TotalNewData,
+		SpaceSaved:      stats.SpaceSaved,
+		DedupRatio:      stats.DedupRatio,
+		DiskUsage:       storeStats.TotalSize,
+		ByDatabase:      make(map[string]*DatabaseDedupMetrics),
+	}
+
+	// Collect per-database metrics from manifest store
+	manifestStore, err := NewManifestStore(basePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return metrics, nil // Return partial metrics
+	}
+
+	manifests, err := manifestStore.ListAll()
+	if err != nil {
+		return metrics, nil // Return partial metrics
+	}
+
+	for _, m := range manifests {
+		dbKey := m.DatabaseName
+		if dbKey == "" {
+			dbKey = "_default"
+		}
+
+		dbMetrics, ok := metrics.ByDatabase[dbKey]
+		if !ok {
+			dbMetrics = &DatabaseDedupMetrics{
+				Database: dbKey,
+			}
+			metrics.ByDatabase[dbKey] = dbMetrics
+		}
+
+		dbMetrics.BackupCount++
+		dbMetrics.TotalSize += m.OriginalSize
+		dbMetrics.StoredSize += m.StoredSize
+
+		if m.CreatedAt.After(dbMetrics.LastBackupTime) {
+			dbMetrics.LastBackupTime = m.CreatedAt
+		}
+		if !m.VerifiedAt.IsZero() && m.VerifiedAt.After(dbMetrics.LastVerified) {
+			dbMetrics.LastVerified = m.VerifiedAt
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Calculate per-database dedup ratios
+	for _, dbMetrics := range metrics.ByDatabase {
+		if dbMetrics.TotalSize > 0 {
+			dbMetrics.DedupRatio = 1.0 - float64(dbMetrics.StoredSize)/float64(dbMetrics.TotalSize)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return metrics, nil
+}
+
+// WritePrometheusTextfile writes dedup metrics in Prometheus format
+func WritePrometheusTextfile(path string, instance string, basePath string, indexPath string) error {
+	metrics, err := CollectMetrics(basePath, indexPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	output := FormatPrometheusMetrics(metrics, instance)
+
+	// Atomic write
+	dir := filepath.Dir(path)
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0755); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create directory: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	tmpPath := path + ".tmp"
+	if err := os.WriteFile(tmpPath, []byte(output), 0644); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to write temp file: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := os.Rename(tmpPath, path); err != nil {
+		os.Remove(tmpPath)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to rename temp file: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// FormatPrometheusMetrics formats dedup metrics in Prometheus exposition format
+func FormatPrometheusMetrics(m *DedupMetrics, instance string) string {
+	var b strings.Builder
+	now := time.Now().Unix()
+
+	b.WriteString("# DBBackup Deduplication Prometheus Metrics\n")
+	b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("# Generated at: %s\n", time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339)))
+	b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("# Instance: %s\n", instance))
+	b.WriteString("\n")
+
+	// Global dedup metrics
+	b.WriteString("# HELP dbbackup_dedup_chunks_total Total number of unique chunks stored\n")
+	b.WriteString("# TYPE dbbackup_dedup_chunks_total gauge\n")
+	b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("dbbackup_dedup_chunks_total{instance=%q} %d\n", instance, m.TotalChunks))
+	b.WriteString("\n")
+
+	b.WriteString("# HELP dbbackup_dedup_manifests_total Total number of deduplicated backups\n")
+	b.WriteString("# TYPE dbbackup_dedup_manifests_total gauge\n")
+	b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("dbbackup_dedup_manifests_total{instance=%q} %d\n", instance, m.TotalManifests))
+	b.WriteString("\n")
+
+	b.WriteString("# HELP dbbackup_dedup_backup_bytes_total Total logical size of all backups in bytes\n")
+	b.WriteString("# TYPE dbbackup_dedup_backup_bytes_total gauge\n")
+	b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("dbbackup_dedup_backup_bytes_total{instance=%q} %d\n", instance, m.TotalBackupSize))
+	b.WriteString("\n")
+
+	b.WriteString("# HELP dbbackup_dedup_stored_bytes_total Total unique data stored in bytes (after dedup)\n")
+	b.WriteString("# TYPE dbbackup_dedup_stored_bytes_total gauge\n")
+	b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("dbbackup_dedup_stored_bytes_total{instance=%q} %d\n", instance, m.TotalNewData))
+	b.WriteString("\n")
+
+	b.WriteString("# HELP dbbackup_dedup_space_saved_bytes Bytes saved by deduplication\n")
+	b.WriteString("# TYPE dbbackup_dedup_space_saved_bytes gauge\n")
+	b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("dbbackup_dedup_space_saved_bytes{instance=%q} %d\n", instance, m.SpaceSaved))
+	b.WriteString("\n")
+
+	b.WriteString("# HELP dbbackup_dedup_ratio Deduplication ratio (0-1, higher is better)\n")
+	b.WriteString("# TYPE dbbackup_dedup_ratio gauge\n")
+	b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("dbbackup_dedup_ratio{instance=%q} %.4f\n", instance, m.DedupRatio))
+	b.WriteString("\n")
+
+	b.WriteString("# HELP dbbackup_dedup_disk_usage_bytes Actual disk usage of chunk store\n")
+	b.WriteString("# TYPE dbbackup_dedup_disk_usage_bytes gauge\n")
+	b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("dbbackup_dedup_disk_usage_bytes{instance=%q} %d\n", instance, m.DiskUsage))
+	b.WriteString("\n")
+
+	// Per-database metrics
+	if len(m.ByDatabase) > 0 {
+		b.WriteString("# HELP dbbackup_dedup_database_backup_count Number of deduplicated backups per database\n")
+		b.WriteString("# TYPE dbbackup_dedup_database_backup_count gauge\n")
+		for _, db := range m.ByDatabase {
+			b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("dbbackup_dedup_database_backup_count{instance=%q,database=%q} %d\n",
+				instance, db.Database, db.BackupCount))
+		}
+		b.WriteString("\n")
+
+		b.WriteString("# HELP dbbackup_dedup_database_ratio Deduplication ratio per database (0-1)\n")
+		b.WriteString("# TYPE dbbackup_dedup_database_ratio gauge\n")
+		for _, db := range m.ByDatabase {
+			b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("dbbackup_dedup_database_ratio{instance=%q,database=%q} %.4f\n",
+				instance, db.Database, db.DedupRatio))
+		}
+		b.WriteString("\n")
+
+		b.WriteString("# HELP dbbackup_dedup_database_last_backup_timestamp Last backup timestamp per database\n")
+		b.WriteString("# TYPE dbbackup_dedup_database_last_backup_timestamp gauge\n")
+		for _, db := range m.ByDatabase {
+			if !db.LastBackupTime.IsZero() {
+				b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("dbbackup_dedup_database_last_backup_timestamp{instance=%q,database=%q} %d\n",
+					instance, db.Database, db.LastBackupTime.Unix()))
+			}
+		}
+		b.WriteString("\n")
+	}
+
+	b.WriteString("# HELP dbbackup_dedup_scrape_timestamp Unix timestamp when dedup metrics were collected\n")
+	b.WriteString("# TYPE dbbackup_dedup_scrape_timestamp gauge\n")
+	b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("dbbackup_dedup_scrape_timestamp{instance=%q} %d\n", instance, now))
+
+	return b.String()
+}
--- a/internal/dedup/store.go
+++ b/internal/dedup/store.go
@@ -0,0 +1,367 @@
+package dedup
+
+import (
+	"compress/gzip"
+	"crypto/aes"
+	"crypto/cipher"
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+// ChunkStore manages content-addressed chunk storage
+// Chunks are stored as: <base>/<prefix>/<hash>.chunk[.gz][.enc]
+type ChunkStore struct {
+	basePath       string
+	compress       bool
+	encryptionKey  []byte // 32 bytes for AES-256
+	mu             sync.RWMutex
+	existingChunks map[string]bool // Cache of known chunks
+}
+
+// StoreConfig holds configuration for the chunk store
+type StoreConfig struct {
+	BasePath      string
+	Compress      bool   // Enable gzip compression
+	EncryptionKey string // Optional: hex-encoded 32-byte key for AES-256-GCM
+}
+
+// NewChunkStore creates a new chunk store
+func NewChunkStore(config StoreConfig) (*ChunkStore, error) {
+	store := &ChunkStore{
+		basePath:       config.BasePath,
+		compress:       config.Compress,
+		existingChunks: make(map[string]bool),
+	}
+
+	// Parse encryption key if provided
+	if config.EncryptionKey != "" {
+		key, err := hex.DecodeString(config.EncryptionKey)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid encryption key: %w", err)
+		}
+		if len(key) != 32 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("encryption key must be 32 bytes (got %d)", len(key))
+		}
+		store.encryptionKey = key
+	}
+
+	// Create base directory structure
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(config.BasePath, 0700); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create chunk store: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Create chunks and manifests directories
+	for _, dir := range []string{"chunks", "manifests"} {
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(config.BasePath, dir), 0700); err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create %s directory: %w", dir, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return store, nil
+}
+
+// chunkPath returns the filesystem path for a chunk hash
+// Uses 2-character prefix for directory sharding (256 subdirs)
+func (s *ChunkStore) chunkPath(hash string) string {
+	if len(hash) < 2 {
+		return filepath.Join(s.basePath, "chunks", "xx", hash+s.chunkExt())
+	}
+	prefix := hash[:2]
+	return filepath.Join(s.basePath, "chunks", prefix, hash+s.chunkExt())
+}
+
+// chunkExt returns the file extension based on compression/encryption settings
+func (s *ChunkStore) chunkExt() string {
+	ext := ".chunk"
+	if s.compress {
+		ext += ".gz"
+	}
+	if s.encryptionKey != nil {
+		ext += ".enc"
+	}
+	return ext
+}
+
+// Has checks if a chunk exists in the store
+func (s *ChunkStore) Has(hash string) bool {
+	s.mu.RLock()
+	if exists, ok := s.existingChunks[hash]; ok {
+		s.mu.RUnlock()
+		return exists
+	}
+	s.mu.RUnlock()
+
+	// Check filesystem
+	path := s.chunkPath(hash)
+	_, err := os.Stat(path)
+	exists := err == nil
+
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	s.existingChunks[hash] = exists
+	s.mu.Unlock()
+
+	return exists
+}
+
+// Put stores a chunk, returning true if it was new (not deduplicated)
+func (s *ChunkStore) Put(chunk *Chunk) (isNew bool, err error) {
+	// Check if already exists (deduplication!)
+	if s.Has(chunk.Hash) {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
+	path := s.chunkPath(chunk.Hash)
+
+	// Create prefix directory
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(path), 0700); err != nil {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to create chunk directory: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Prepare data
+	data := chunk.Data
+
+	// Compress if enabled
+	if s.compress {
+		data, err = s.compressData(data)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("compression failed: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Encrypt if enabled
+	if s.encryptionKey != nil {
+		data, err = s.encryptData(data)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("encryption failed: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Write atomically (write to temp, then rename)
+	tmpPath := path + ".tmp"
+	if err := os.WriteFile(tmpPath, data, 0600); err != nil {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to write chunk: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := os.Rename(tmpPath, path); err != nil {
+		os.Remove(tmpPath)
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to commit chunk: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Update cache
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	s.existingChunks[chunk.Hash] = true
+	s.mu.Unlock()
+
+	return true, nil
+}
+
+// Get retrieves a chunk by hash
+func (s *ChunkStore) Get(hash string) (*Chunk, error) {
+	path := s.chunkPath(hash)
+
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read chunk %s: %w", hash, err)
+	}
+
+	// Decrypt if encrypted
+	if s.encryptionKey != nil {
+		data, err = s.decryptData(data)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("decryption failed: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Decompress if compressed
+	if s.compress {
+		data, err = s.decompressData(data)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("decompression failed: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Verify hash
+	h := sha256.Sum256(data)
+	actualHash := hex.EncodeToString(h[:])
+	if actualHash != hash {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("chunk hash mismatch: expected %s, got %s", hash, actualHash)
+	}
+
+	return &Chunk{
+		Hash:   hash,
+		Data:   data,
+		Length: len(data),
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// Delete removes a chunk from the store
+func (s *ChunkStore) Delete(hash string) error {
+	path := s.chunkPath(hash)
+
+	if err := os.Remove(path); err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete chunk %s: %w", hash, err)
+	}
+
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	delete(s.existingChunks, hash)
+	s.mu.Unlock()
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Stats returns storage statistics
+type StoreStats struct {
+	TotalChunks   int64
+	TotalSize     int64 // Bytes on disk (after compression/encryption)
+	UniqueSize    int64 // Bytes of unique data
+	Directories   int
+}
+
+// Stats returns statistics about the chunk store
+func (s *ChunkStore) Stats() (*StoreStats, error) {
+	stats := &StoreStats{}
+
+	chunksDir := filepath.Join(s.basePath, "chunks")
+	err := filepath.Walk(chunksDir, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if info.IsDir() {
+			stats.Directories++
+			return nil
+		}
+		stats.TotalChunks++
+		stats.TotalSize += info.Size()
+		return nil
+	})
+
+	return stats, err
+}
+
+// LoadIndex loads the existing chunk hashes into memory
+func (s *ChunkStore) LoadIndex() error {
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	defer s.mu.Unlock()
+
+	s.existingChunks = make(map[string]bool)
+
+	chunksDir := filepath.Join(s.basePath, "chunks")
+	return filepath.Walk(chunksDir, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+		if err != nil || info.IsDir() {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		// Extract hash from filename
+		base := filepath.Base(path)
+		hash := base
+		// Remove extensions
+		for _, ext := range []string{".enc", ".gz", ".chunk"} {
+			if len(hash) > len(ext) && hash[len(hash)-len(ext):] == ext {
+				hash = hash[:len(hash)-len(ext)]
+			}
+		}
+		if len(hash) == 64 { // SHA-256 hex length
+			s.existingChunks[hash] = true
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	})
+}
+
+// compressData compresses data using gzip
+func (s *ChunkStore) compressData(data []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	var buf []byte
+	w, err := gzip.NewWriterLevel((*bytesBuffer)(&buf), gzip.BestCompression)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if _, err := w.Write(data); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if err := w.Close(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return buf, nil
+}
+
+// bytesBuffer is a simple io.Writer that appends to a byte slice
+type bytesBuffer []byte
+
+func (b *bytesBuffer) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	*b = append(*b, p...)
+	return len(p), nil
+}
+
+// decompressData decompresses gzip data
+func (s *ChunkStore) decompressData(data []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	r, err := gzip.NewReader(&bytesReader{data: data})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer r.Close()
+	return io.ReadAll(r)
+}
+
+// bytesReader is a simple io.Reader from a byte slice
+type bytesReader struct {
+	data []byte
+	pos  int
+}
+
+func (r *bytesReader) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	if r.pos >= len(r.data) {
+		return 0, io.EOF
+	}
+	n := copy(p, r.data[r.pos:])
+	r.pos += n
+	return n, nil
+}
+
+// encryptData encrypts data using AES-256-GCM
+func (s *ChunkStore) encryptData(plaintext []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	block, err := aes.NewCipher(s.encryptionKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	gcm, err := cipher.NewGCM(block)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	nonce := make([]byte, gcm.NonceSize())
+	if _, err := rand.Read(nonce); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Prepend nonce to ciphertext
+	return gcm.Seal(nonce, nonce, plaintext, nil), nil
+}
+
+// decryptData decrypts AES-256-GCM encrypted data
+func (s *ChunkStore) decryptData(ciphertext []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	block, err := aes.NewCipher(s.encryptionKey)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	gcm, err := cipher.NewGCM(block)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if len(ciphertext) < gcm.NonceSize() {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("ciphertext too short")
+	}
+
+	nonce := ciphertext[:gcm.NonceSize()]
+	ciphertext = ciphertext[gcm.NonceSize():]
+
+	return gcm.Open(nil, nonce, ciphertext, nil)
+}
--- a/internal/drill/drill.go
+++ b/internal/drill/drill.go
@@ -223,11 +223,11 @@ func (r *DrillResult) IsSuccess() bool {

 // Summary returns a human-readable summary of the drill
 func (r *DrillResult) Summary() string {
-	status := "✅ PASSED"
+	status := "[OK] PASSED"
 	if !r.Success {
-		status = "❌ FAILED"
+		status = "[FAIL] FAILED"
 	} else if r.Status == StatusPartial {
-		status = "⚠️ PARTIAL"
+		status = "[WARN] PARTIAL"
 	}

 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s - %s (%.2fs) - %d tables, %d rows",
--- a/internal/drill/engine.go
+++ b/internal/drill/engine.go
@@ -41,20 +41,20 @@ func (e *Engine) Run(ctx context.Context, config *DrillConfig) (*DrillResult, er
 		TargetRTO:    float64(config.MaxRestoreSeconds),
 	}

-	e.log.Info("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━")
-	e.log.Info("  🧪 DR Drill: " + result.DrillID)
-	e.log.Info("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━")
+	e.log.Info("=====================================================")
+	e.log.Info("  [TEST] DR Drill: " + result.DrillID)
+	e.log.Info("=====================================================")
 	e.log.Info("")

 	// Cleanup function for error cases
 	var containerID string
 	cleanup := func() {
 		if containerID != "" && config.CleanupOnExit && (result.Success || !config.KeepOnFailure) {
-			e.log.Info("🗑️  Cleaning up container...")
+			e.log.Info("[DEL]  Cleaning up container...")
 			e.docker.RemoveContainer(context.Background(), containerID)
 		} else if containerID != "" {
 			result.ContainerKept = true
-			e.log.Info("📦 Container kept for debugging: " + containerID)
+			e.log.Info("[PKG] Container kept for debugging: " + containerID)
 		}
 	}
 	defer cleanup()
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func (e *Engine) Run(ctx context.Context, config *DrillConfig) (*DrillResult, er
 	}
 	containerID = container.ID
 	result.ContainerID = containerID
-	e.log.Info("📦 Container started: " + containerID[:12])
+	e.log.Info("[PKG] Container started: " + containerID[:12])

 	// Wait for container to be healthy
 	if err := e.docker.WaitForHealth(ctx, containerID, config.DatabaseType, config.ContainerTimeout); err != nil {
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func (e *Engine) Run(ctx context.Context, config *DrillConfig) (*DrillResult, er
 	result.RestoreTime = time.Since(restoreStart).Seconds()
 	e.completePhase(&phase, fmt.Sprintf("Restored in %.2fs", result.RestoreTime))
 	result.Phases = append(result.Phases, phase)
-	e.log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("✅ Backup restored in %.2fs", result.RestoreTime))
+	e.log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("[OK] Backup restored in %.2fs", result.RestoreTime))

 	// Phase 4: Validate
 	phase = e.startPhase("Validate Database")
@@ -182,24 +182,24 @@ func (e *Engine) preflightChecks(ctx context.Context, config *DrillConfig) error
 	if err := e.docker.CheckDockerAvailable(ctx); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("docker not available: %w", err)
 	}
-	e.log.Info("✓ Docker is available")
+	e.log.Info("[OK] Docker is available")

 	// Check backup file exists
 	if _, err := os.Stat(config.BackupPath); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("backup file not found: %s", config.BackupPath)
 	}
-	e.log.Info("✓ Backup file exists: " + filepath.Base(config.BackupPath))
+	e.log.Info("[OK] Backup file exists: " + filepath.Base(config.BackupPath))

 	// Pull Docker image
 	image := config.ContainerImage
 	if image == "" {
 		image = GetDefaultImage(config.DatabaseType, "")
 	}
-	e.log.Info("⬇️  Pulling image: " + image)
+	e.log.Info("[DOWN]  Pulling image: " + image)
 	if err := e.docker.PullImage(ctx, image); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to pull image: %w", err)
 	}
-	e.log.Info("✓ Image ready: " + image)
+	e.log.Info("[OK] Image ready: " + image)

 	return nil
 }
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ func (e *Engine) restoreBackup(ctx context.Context, config *DrillConfig, contain
 	backupName := filepath.Base(config.BackupPath)
 	containerBackupPath := "/tmp/" + backupName

-	e.log.Info("📁 Copying backup to container...")
+	e.log.Info("[DIR] Copying backup to container...")
 	if err := e.docker.CopyToContainer(ctx, containerID, config.BackupPath, containerBackupPath); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to copy backup: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ func (e *Engine) restoreBackup(ctx context.Context, config *DrillConfig, contain
 	}

 	// Restore based on database type and format
-	e.log.Info("🔄 Restoring backup...")
+	e.log.Info("[EXEC] Restoring backup...")
 	return e.executeRestore(ctx, config, containerID, containerBackupPath, containerConfig)
 }

@@ -366,13 +366,13 @@ func (e *Engine) validateDatabase(ctx context.Context, config *DrillConfig, resu
 	tables, err := validator.GetTableList(ctx)
 	if err == nil {
 		result.TableCount = len(tables)
-		e.log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("📊 Tables found: %d", result.TableCount))
+		e.log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("[STATS] Tables found: %d", result.TableCount))
 	}

 	totalRows, err := validator.GetTotalRowCount(ctx)
 	if err == nil {
 		result.TotalRows = totalRows
-		e.log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("📊 Total rows: %d", result.TotalRows))
+		e.log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("[STATS] Total rows: %d", result.TotalRows))
 	}

 	dbSize, err := validator.GetDatabaseSize(ctx, config.DatabaseName)
@@ -387,9 +387,9 @@ func (e *Engine) validateDatabase(ctx context.Context, config *DrillConfig, resu
 			result.CheckResults = append(result.CheckResults, tr)
 			if !tr.Success {
 				errorCount++
-				e.log.Warn("❌ " + tr.Message)
+				e.log.Warn("[FAIL] " + tr.Message)
 			} else {
-				e.log.Info("✓ " + tr.Message)
+				e.log.Info("[OK] " + tr.Message)
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -404,9 +404,9 @@ func (e *Engine) validateDatabase(ctx context.Context, config *DrillConfig, resu
 			totalQueryTime += qr.Duration
 			if !qr.Success {
 				errorCount++
-				e.log.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("❌ %s: %s", qr.Name, qr.Error))
+				e.log.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("[FAIL] %s: %s", qr.Name, qr.Error))
 			} else {
-				e.log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("✓ %s: %s (%.0fms)", qr.Name, qr.Result, qr.Duration))
+				e.log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("[OK] %s: %s (%.0fms)", qr.Name, qr.Result, qr.Duration))
 			}
 		}
 		if len(queryResults) > 0 {
@@ -421,9 +421,9 @@ func (e *Engine) validateDatabase(ctx context.Context, config *DrillConfig, resu
 			result.CheckResults = append(result.CheckResults, cr)
 			if !cr.Success {
 				errorCount++
-				e.log.Warn("❌ " + cr.Message)
+				e.log.Warn("[FAIL] " + cr.Message)
 			} else {
-				e.log.Info("✓ " + cr.Message)
+				e.log.Info("[OK] " + cr.Message)
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ func (e *Engine) validateDatabase(ctx context.Context, config *DrillConfig, resu
 		errorCount++
 		msg := fmt.Sprintf("Total rows (%d) below minimum (%d)", result.TotalRows, config.MinRowCount)
 		result.Warnings = append(result.Warnings, msg)
-		e.log.Warn("⚠️ " + msg)
+		e.log.Warn("[WARN] " + msg)
 	}

 	return errorCount
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ func (e *Engine) validateDatabase(ctx context.Context, config *DrillConfig, resu

 // startPhase starts a new drill phase
 func (e *Engine) startPhase(name string) DrillPhase {
-	e.log.Info("▶️  " + name)
+	e.log.Info("[RUN]  " + name)
 	return DrillPhase{
 		Name:      name,
 		Status:    "running",
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ func (e *Engine) failPhase(phase *DrillPhase, message string) {
 	phase.Duration = phase.EndTime.Sub(phase.StartTime).Seconds()
 	phase.Status = "failed"
 	phase.Message = message
-	e.log.Error("❌ Phase failed: " + message)
+	e.log.Error("[FAIL] Phase failed: " + message)
 }

 // finalize completes the drill result
@@ -472,9 +472,9 @@ func (e *Engine) finalize(result *DrillResult) {
 	result.Duration = result.EndTime.Sub(result.StartTime).Seconds()

 	e.log.Info("")
-	e.log.Info("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━")
+	e.log.Info("=====================================================")
 	e.log.Info("  " + result.Summary())
-	e.log.Info("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━")
+	e.log.Info("=====================================================")

 	if result.Success {
 		e.log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("  RTO: %.2fs (target: %.0fs) %s",
@@ -484,9 +484,9 @@ func (e *Engine) finalize(result *DrillResult) {

 func boolIcon(b bool) string {
 	if b {
-		return "✅"
+		return "[OK]"
 	}
-	return "❌"
+	return "[FAIL]"
 }

 // Cleanup removes drill resources
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ func (e *Engine) Cleanup(ctx context.Context, drillID string) error {

 	for _, c := range containers {
 		if strings.Contains(c.Name, drillID) || (drillID == "" && strings.HasPrefix(c.Name, "drill_")) {
-			e.log.Info("🗑️  Removing container: " + c.Name)
+			e.log.Info("[DEL]  Removing container: " + c.Name)
 			if err := e.docker.RemoveContainer(ctx, c.ID); err != nil {
 				e.log.Warn("Failed to remove container", "id", c.ID, "error", err)
 			}
--- a/internal/encryption/encryption_test.go
+++ b/internal/encryption/encryption_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (

 func TestEncryptDecrypt(t *testing.T) {
 	// Test data
-	original := []byte("This is a secret database backup that needs encryption! 🔒")
+	original := []byte("This is a secret database backup that needs encryption! [LOCK]")

 	// Test with passphrase
 	t.Run("Passphrase", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func TestEncryptDecrypt(t *testing.T) {
 				string(original), string(decrypted))
 		}

-		t.Log("✅ Encryption/decryption successful")
+		t.Log("[OK] Encryption/decryption successful")
 	})

 	// Test with direct key
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func TestEncryptDecrypt(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("Decrypted data doesn't match original")
 		}

-		t.Log("✅ Direct key encryption/decryption successful")
+		t.Log("[OK] Direct key encryption/decryption successful")
 	})

 	// Test wrong password
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func TestEncryptDecrypt(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Error("Expected decryption to fail with wrong password, but it succeeded")
 		}

-		t.Logf("✅ Wrong password correctly rejected: %v", err)
+		t.Logf("[OK] Wrong password correctly rejected: %v", err)
 	})
 }

@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ func TestLargeData(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Large data decryption failed")
 	}

-	t.Log("✅ Large data encryption/decryption successful")
+	t.Log("[OK] Large data encryption/decryption successful")
 }

 func TestKeyGeneration(t *testing.T) {
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ func TestKeyGeneration(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("Generated keys are identical - randomness broken!")
 	}

-	t.Log("✅ Key generation successful")
+	t.Log("[OK] Key generation successful")
 }

 func TestKeyDerivation(t *testing.T) {
@@ -230,5 +230,5 @@ func TestKeyDerivation(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("Different salts produced same key")
 	}

-	t.Log("✅ Key derivation successful")
+	t.Log("[OK] Key derivation successful")
 }
--- a/internal/engine/clone.go
+++ b/internal/engine/clone.go
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ func (e *CloneEngine) Backup(ctx context.Context, opts *BackupOptions) (*BackupR

 	// Save metadata
 	meta := &metadata.BackupMetadata{
-		Version:      "3.1.0",
+		Version:      "3.42.1",
 		Timestamp:    startTime,
 		Database:     opts.Database,
 		DatabaseType: "mysql",
--- a/internal/engine/mysqldump.go
+++ b/internal/engine/mysqldump.go
@@ -234,10 +234,26 @@ func (e *MySQLDumpEngine) Backup(ctx context.Context, opts *BackupOptions) (*Bac
 		gzWriter.Close()
 	}

-	// Wait for command
-	if err := cmd.Wait(); err != nil {
+	// Wait for command with proper context handling
+	cmdDone := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() {
+		cmdDone <- cmd.Wait()
+	}()
+
+	var cmdErr error
+	select {
+	case cmdErr = <-cmdDone:
+		// Command completed
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		e.log.Warn("MySQL backup cancelled - killing process")
+		cmd.Process.Kill()
+		<-cmdDone
+		cmdErr = ctx.Err()
+	}
+
+	if cmdErr != nil {
 		stderr := stderrBuf.String()
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("mysqldump failed: %w\n%s", err, stderr)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("mysqldump failed: %w\n%s", cmdErr, stderr)
 	}

 	// Get file info
@@ -254,7 +270,7 @@ func (e *MySQLDumpEngine) Backup(ctx context.Context, opts *BackupOptions) (*Bac

 	// Save metadata
 	meta := &metadata.BackupMetadata{
-		Version:      "3.1.0",
+		Version:      "3.42.1",
 		Timestamp:    startTime,
 		Database:     opts.Database,
 		DatabaseType: "mysql",
@@ -442,8 +458,25 @@ func (e *MySQLDumpEngine) BackupToWriter(ctx context.Context, w io.Writer, opts
 		gzWriter.Close()
 	}

-	if err := cmd.Wait(); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("mysqldump failed: %w\n%s", err, stderrBuf.String())
+	// Wait for command with proper context handling
+	cmdDone := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() {
+		cmdDone <- cmd.Wait()
+	}()
+
+	var cmdErr error
+	select {
+	case cmdErr = <-cmdDone:
+		// Command completed
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		e.log.Warn("MySQL streaming backup cancelled - killing process")
+		cmd.Process.Kill()
+		<-cmdDone
+		cmdErr = ctx.Err()
+	}
+
+	if cmdErr != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("mysqldump failed: %w\n%s", cmdErr, stderrBuf.String())
 	}

 	return &BackupResult{
--- a/internal/engine/snapshot/btrfs.go
+++ b/internal/engine/snapshot/btrfs.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func (b *BtrfsBackend) Detect(dataDir string) (bool, error) {
 // CreateSnapshot creates a Btrfs snapshot
 func (b *BtrfsBackend) CreateSnapshot(ctx context.Context, opts SnapshotOptions) (*Snapshot, error) {
 	if b.config == nil || b.config.Subvolume == "" {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Btrfs subvolume not configured")
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("btrfs subvolume not configured")
 	}

 	// Generate snapshot name
--- a/internal/engine/snapshot_engine.go
+++ b/internal/engine/snapshot_engine.go
@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ func (e *SnapshotEngine) Backup(ctx context.Context, opts *BackupOptions) (*Back
 	// Step 4: Mount snapshot
 	mountPoint := e.config.MountPoint
 	if mountPoint == "" {
+		// Note: snapshot engine uses snapshot.Config which doesnt have GetEffectiveWorkDir()
+		// TODO: Refactor to use main config.Config for WorkDir support
 		mountPoint = filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), fmt.Sprintf("dbbackup_snap_%s", timestamp))
 	}

@@ -223,7 +225,7 @@ func (e *SnapshotEngine) Backup(ctx context.Context, opts *BackupOptions) (*Back

 	// Save metadata
 	meta := &metadata.BackupMetadata{
-		Version:      "3.1.0",
+		Version:      "3.42.1",
 		Timestamp:    startTime,
 		Database:     opts.Database,
 		DatabaseType: "mysql",
--- a/internal/installer/embed.go
+++ b/internal/installer/embed.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// Package installer provides systemd service installation for dbbackup
+package installer
+
+import (
+	"embed"
+)
+
+// Templates contains embedded systemd unit files
+//
+//go:embed templates/*.service templates/*.timer
+var Templates embed.FS
--- a/internal/installer/installer.go
+++ b/internal/installer/installer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,680 @@
+// Package installer provides systemd service installation for dbbackup
+package installer
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"os/user"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+	"text/template"
+
+	"dbbackup/internal/logger"
+)
+
+// Installer handles systemd service installation
+type Installer struct {
+	log     logger.Logger
+	unitDir string // /etc/systemd/system or custom
+	dryRun  bool
+}
+
+// InstallOptions configures the installation
+type InstallOptions struct {
+	// Instance name (e.g., "production", "staging")
+	Instance string
+
+	// Binary path (auto-detected if empty)
+	BinaryPath string
+
+	// Backup configuration
+	BackupType string // "single" or "cluster"
+	Schedule   string // OnCalendar format, e.g., "daily", "*-*-* 02:00:00"
+
+	// Service user/group
+	User  string
+	Group string
+
+	// Paths
+	BackupDir  string
+	ConfigPath string
+
+	// Timeout in seconds (default: 3600)
+	TimeoutSeconds int
+
+	// Metrics
+	WithMetrics bool
+	MetricsPort int
+}
+
+// ServiceStatus contains information about installed services
+type ServiceStatus struct {
+	Installed    bool
+	Enabled      bool
+	Active       bool
+	TimerEnabled bool
+	TimerActive  bool
+	LastRun      string
+	NextRun      string
+	ServicePath  string
+	TimerPath    string
+	ExporterPath string
+}
+
+// NewInstaller creates a new Installer
+func NewInstaller(log logger.Logger, dryRun bool) *Installer {
+	return &Installer{
+		log:     log,
+		unitDir: "/etc/systemd/system",
+		dryRun:  dryRun,
+	}
+}
+
+// SetUnitDir allows overriding the systemd unit directory (for testing)
+func (i *Installer) SetUnitDir(dir string) {
+	i.unitDir = dir
+}
+
+// Install installs the systemd service and timer
+func (i *Installer) Install(ctx context.Context, opts InstallOptions) error {
+	// Validate platform
+	if runtime.GOOS != "linux" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("systemd installation only supported on Linux (current: %s)", runtime.GOOS)
+	}
+
+	// Validate prerequisites
+	if err := i.validatePrerequisites(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Set defaults
+	if err := i.setDefaults(&opts); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Create user if needed
+	if err := i.ensureUser(opts.User, opts.Group); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Create directories
+	if err := i.createDirectories(opts); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Copy binary to /usr/local/bin (required for ProtectHome=yes)
+	if err := i.copyBinary(&opts); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Write service and timer files
+	if err := i.writeUnitFiles(opts); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Reload systemd
+	if err := i.systemctl(ctx, "daemon-reload"); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Enable timer
+	timerName := i.getTimerName(opts)
+	if err := i.systemctl(ctx, "enable", timerName); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Install metrics exporter if requested
+	if opts.WithMetrics {
+		if err := i.installExporter(ctx, opts); err != nil {
+			i.log.Warn("Failed to install metrics exporter", "error", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	i.log.Info("Installation complete",
+		"instance", opts.Instance,
+		"timer", timerName,
+		"schedule", opts.Schedule)
+
+	i.printNextSteps(opts)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Uninstall removes the systemd service and timer
+func (i *Installer) Uninstall(ctx context.Context, instance string, purge bool) error {
+	if runtime.GOOS != "linux" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("systemd uninstallation only supported on Linux")
+	}
+
+	if err := i.validatePrerequisites(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Determine service names
+	var serviceName, timerName string
+	if instance == "cluster" || instance == "" {
+		serviceName = "dbbackup-cluster.service"
+		timerName = "dbbackup-cluster.timer"
+	} else {
+		serviceName = fmt.Sprintf("dbbackup@%s.service", instance)
+		timerName = fmt.Sprintf("dbbackup@%s.timer", instance)
+	}
+
+	// Stop and disable timer
+	_ = i.systemctl(ctx, "stop", timerName)
+	_ = i.systemctl(ctx, "disable", timerName)
+
+	// Stop and disable service
+	_ = i.systemctl(ctx, "stop", serviceName)
+	_ = i.systemctl(ctx, "disable", serviceName)
+
+	// Remove unit files
+	servicePath := filepath.Join(i.unitDir, serviceName)
+	timerPath := filepath.Join(i.unitDir, timerName)
+
+	if !i.dryRun {
+		os.Remove(servicePath)
+		os.Remove(timerPath)
+	} else {
+		i.log.Info("Would remove", "service", servicePath)
+		i.log.Info("Would remove", "timer", timerPath)
+	}
+
+	// Also try to remove template units if they exist
+	if instance != "cluster" && instance != "" {
+		templateService := filepath.Join(i.unitDir, "dbbackup@.service")
+		templateTimer := filepath.Join(i.unitDir, "dbbackup@.timer")
+
+		// Only remove templates if no other instances are using them
+		if i.canRemoveTemplates() {
+			if !i.dryRun {
+				os.Remove(templateService)
+				os.Remove(templateTimer)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Remove exporter
+	exporterPath := filepath.Join(i.unitDir, "dbbackup-exporter.service")
+	_ = i.systemctl(ctx, "stop", "dbbackup-exporter.service")
+	_ = i.systemctl(ctx, "disable", "dbbackup-exporter.service")
+	if !i.dryRun {
+		os.Remove(exporterPath)
+	}
+
+	// Reload systemd
+	_ = i.systemctl(ctx, "daemon-reload")
+
+	// Purge config files if requested
+	if purge {
+		configDirs := []string{
+			"/etc/dbbackup",
+			"/var/lib/dbbackup",
+		}
+		for _, dir := range configDirs {
+			if !i.dryRun {
+				if err := os.RemoveAll(dir); err != nil {
+					i.log.Warn("Failed to remove directory", "path", dir, "error", err)
+				} else {
+					i.log.Info("Removed directory", "path", dir)
+				}
+			} else {
+				i.log.Info("Would remove directory", "path", dir)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	i.log.Info("Uninstallation complete", "instance", instance, "purge", purge)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Status returns the current installation status
+func (i *Installer) Status(ctx context.Context, instance string) (*ServiceStatus, error) {
+	if runtime.GOOS != "linux" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("systemd status only supported on Linux")
+	}
+
+	status := &ServiceStatus{}
+
+	// Determine service names
+	var serviceName, timerName string
+	if instance == "cluster" || instance == "" {
+		serviceName = "dbbackup-cluster.service"
+		timerName = "dbbackup-cluster.timer"
+	} else {
+		serviceName = fmt.Sprintf("dbbackup@%s.service", instance)
+		timerName = fmt.Sprintf("dbbackup@%s.timer", instance)
+	}
+
+	// Check service file exists
+	status.ServicePath = filepath.Join(i.unitDir, serviceName)
+	if _, err := os.Stat(status.ServicePath); err == nil {
+		status.Installed = true
+	}
+
+	// Check timer file exists
+	status.TimerPath = filepath.Join(i.unitDir, timerName)
+
+	// Check exporter
+	status.ExporterPath = filepath.Join(i.unitDir, "dbbackup-exporter.service")
+
+	// Check enabled/active status
+	if status.Installed {
+		status.Enabled = i.isEnabled(ctx, serviceName)
+		status.Active = i.isActive(ctx, serviceName)
+		status.TimerEnabled = i.isEnabled(ctx, timerName)
+		status.TimerActive = i.isActive(ctx, timerName)
+
+		// Get timer info
+		status.NextRun = i.getTimerNext(ctx, timerName)
+		status.LastRun = i.getTimerLast(ctx, timerName)
+	}
+
+	return status, nil
+}
+
+// validatePrerequisites checks system requirements
+func (i *Installer) validatePrerequisites() error {
+	// Check root (skip in dry-run mode)
+	if os.Getuid() != 0 && !i.dryRun {
+		return fmt.Errorf("installation requires root privileges (use sudo)")
+	}
+
+	// Check systemd
+	if _, err := exec.LookPath("systemctl"); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("systemctl not found - is this a systemd-based system?")
+	}
+
+	// Check for container environment
+	if _, err := os.Stat("/.dockerenv"); err == nil {
+		i.log.Warn("Running inside Docker container - systemd may not work correctly")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// setDefaults fills in default values
+func (i *Installer) setDefaults(opts *InstallOptions) error {
+	// Auto-detect binary path
+	if opts.BinaryPath == "" {
+		binPath, err := os.Executable()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to detect binary path: %w", err)
+		}
+		binPath, err = filepath.EvalSymlinks(binPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to resolve binary path: %w", err)
+		}
+		opts.BinaryPath = binPath
+	}
+
+	// Default instance
+	if opts.Instance == "" {
+		opts.Instance = "default"
+	}
+
+	// Default backup type
+	if opts.BackupType == "" {
+		opts.BackupType = "single"
+	}
+
+	// Default schedule (daily at 2am)
+	if opts.Schedule == "" {
+		opts.Schedule = "*-*-* 02:00:00"
+	}
+
+	// Default user/group
+	if opts.User == "" {
+		opts.User = "dbbackup"
+	}
+	if opts.Group == "" {
+		opts.Group = "dbbackup"
+	}
+
+	// Default paths
+	if opts.BackupDir == "" {
+		opts.BackupDir = "/var/lib/dbbackup/backups"
+	}
+	if opts.ConfigPath == "" {
+		opts.ConfigPath = "/etc/dbbackup/dbbackup.conf"
+	}
+
+	// Default timeout (1 hour)
+	if opts.TimeoutSeconds == 0 {
+		opts.TimeoutSeconds = 3600
+	}
+
+	// Default metrics port
+	if opts.MetricsPort == 0 {
+		opts.MetricsPort = 9399
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// ensureUser creates the service user if it doesn't exist
+func (i *Installer) ensureUser(username, groupname string) error {
+	// Check if user exists
+	if _, err := user.Lookup(username); err == nil {
+		i.log.Debug("User already exists", "user", username)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if i.dryRun {
+		i.log.Info("Would create user", "user", username, "group", groupname)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Create group first
+	groupCmd := exec.Command("groupadd", "--system", groupname)
+	if output, err := groupCmd.CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
+		// Ignore if group already exists
+		if !strings.Contains(string(output), "already exists") {
+			i.log.Debug("Group creation output", "output", string(output))
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Create user
+	userCmd := exec.Command("useradd",
+		"--system",
+		"--shell", "/usr/sbin/nologin",
+		"--home-dir", "/var/lib/dbbackup",
+		"--gid", groupname,
+		username)
+
+	if output, err := userCmd.CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
+		if !strings.Contains(string(output), "already exists") {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to create user %s: %w (%s)", username, err, output)
+		}
+	}
+
+	i.log.Info("Created system user", "user", username, "group", groupname)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// createDirectories creates required directories
+func (i *Installer) createDirectories(opts InstallOptions) error {
+	dirs := []struct {
+		path string
+		mode os.FileMode
+	}{
+		{"/etc/dbbackup", 0755},
+		{"/etc/dbbackup/env.d", 0700},
+		{"/var/lib/dbbackup", 0750},
+		{"/var/lib/dbbackup/backups", 0750},
+		{"/var/lib/dbbackup/metrics", 0755},
+		{"/var/log/dbbackup", 0750},
+		{opts.BackupDir, 0750},
+	}
+
+	for _, d := range dirs {
+		if i.dryRun {
+			i.log.Info("Would create directory", "path", d.path, "mode", d.mode)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(d.path, d.mode); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to create directory %s: %w", d.path, err)
+		}
+
+		// Set ownership
+		u, err := user.Lookup(opts.User)
+		if err == nil {
+			var uid, gid int
+			fmt.Sscanf(u.Uid, "%d", &uid)
+			fmt.Sscanf(u.Gid, "%d", &gid)
+			os.Chown(d.path, uid, gid)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// copyBinary copies the binary to /usr/local/bin for systemd access
+// This is required because ProtectHome=yes blocks access to home directories
+func (i *Installer) copyBinary(opts *InstallOptions) error {
+	const installPath = "/usr/local/bin/dbbackup"
+
+	// Check if binary is already in a system path
+	if opts.BinaryPath == installPath {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if i.dryRun {
+		i.log.Info("Would copy binary", "from", opts.BinaryPath, "to", installPath)
+		opts.BinaryPath = installPath
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Read source binary
+	src, err := os.Open(opts.BinaryPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open source binary: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer src.Close()
+
+	// Create destination
+	dst, err := os.OpenFile(installPath, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_TRUNC, 0755)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create %s: %w", installPath, err)
+	}
+	defer dst.Close()
+
+	// Copy
+	if _, err := io.Copy(dst, src); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to copy binary: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	i.log.Info("Copied binary", "from", opts.BinaryPath, "to", installPath)
+	opts.BinaryPath = installPath
+	return nil
+}
+
+// writeUnitFiles renders and writes the systemd unit files
+func (i *Installer) writeUnitFiles(opts InstallOptions) error {
+	// Prepare template data
+	data := map[string]interface{}{
+		"User":           opts.User,
+		"Group":          opts.Group,
+		"BinaryPath":     opts.BinaryPath,
+		"BackupType":     opts.BackupType,
+		"BackupDir":      opts.BackupDir,
+		"ConfigPath":     opts.ConfigPath,
+		"TimeoutSeconds": opts.TimeoutSeconds,
+		"Schedule":       opts.Schedule,
+		"MetricsPort":    opts.MetricsPort,
+	}
+
+	// Determine which templates to use
+	var serviceTemplate, timerTemplate string
+	var serviceName, timerName string
+
+	if opts.BackupType == "cluster" {
+		serviceTemplate = "templates/dbbackup-cluster.service"
+		timerTemplate = "templates/dbbackup-cluster.timer"
+		serviceName = "dbbackup-cluster.service"
+		timerName = "dbbackup-cluster.timer"
+	} else {
+		serviceTemplate = "templates/dbbackup@.service"
+		timerTemplate = "templates/dbbackup@.timer"
+		serviceName = "dbbackup@.service"
+		timerName = "dbbackup@.timer"
+	}
+
+	// Write service file
+	if err := i.writeTemplateFile(serviceTemplate, serviceName, data); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to write service file: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Write timer file
+	if err := i.writeTemplateFile(timerTemplate, timerName, data); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to write timer file: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// writeTemplateFile reads an embedded template and writes it to the unit directory
+func (i *Installer) writeTemplateFile(templatePath, outputName string, data map[string]interface{}) error {
+	// Read template
+	content, err := Templates.ReadFile(templatePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to read template %s: %w", templatePath, err)
+	}
+
+	// Parse template
+	tmpl, err := template.New(outputName).Parse(string(content))
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse template %s: %w", templatePath, err)
+	}
+
+	// Render template
+	var buf strings.Builder
+	if err := tmpl.Execute(&buf, data); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to render template %s: %w", templatePath, err)
+	}
+
+	// Write file
+	outputPath := filepath.Join(i.unitDir, outputName)
+	if i.dryRun {
+		i.log.Info("Would write unit file", "path", outputPath)
+		i.log.Debug("Unit file content", "content", buf.String())
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if err := os.WriteFile(outputPath, []byte(buf.String()), 0644); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to write %s: %w", outputPath, err)
+	}
+
+	i.log.Info("Created unit file", "path", outputPath)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// installExporter installs the metrics exporter service
+func (i *Installer) installExporter(ctx context.Context, opts InstallOptions) error {
+	data := map[string]interface{}{
+		"User":        opts.User,
+		"Group":       opts.Group,
+		"BinaryPath":  opts.BinaryPath,
+		"ConfigPath":  opts.ConfigPath,
+		"MetricsPort": opts.MetricsPort,
+	}
+
+	if err := i.writeTemplateFile("templates/dbbackup-exporter.service", "dbbackup-exporter.service", data); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := i.systemctl(ctx, "daemon-reload"); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := i.systemctl(ctx, "enable", "dbbackup-exporter.service"); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if err := i.systemctl(ctx, "start", "dbbackup-exporter.service"); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	i.log.Info("Installed metrics exporter", "port", opts.MetricsPort)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// getTimerName returns the timer unit name for the given options
+func (i *Installer) getTimerName(opts InstallOptions) string {
+	if opts.BackupType == "cluster" {
+		return "dbbackup-cluster.timer"
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("dbbackup@%s.timer", opts.Instance)
+}
+
+// systemctl runs a systemctl command
+func (i *Installer) systemctl(ctx context.Context, args ...string) error {
+	if i.dryRun {
+		i.log.Info("Would run: systemctl", "args", args)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "systemctl", args...)
+	output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("systemctl %v failed: %w\n%s", args, err, string(output))
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// isEnabled checks if a unit is enabled
+func (i *Installer) isEnabled(ctx context.Context, unit string) bool {
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "systemctl", "is-enabled", unit)
+	return cmd.Run() == nil
+}
+
+// isActive checks if a unit is active
+func (i *Installer) isActive(ctx context.Context, unit string) bool {
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "systemctl", "is-active", unit)
+	return cmd.Run() == nil
+}
+
+// getTimerNext gets the next run time for a timer
+func (i *Installer) getTimerNext(ctx context.Context, timer string) string {
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "systemctl", "show", timer, "--property=NextElapseUSecRealtime", "--value")
+	output, err := cmd.Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return strings.TrimSpace(string(output))
+}
+
+// getTimerLast gets the last run time for a timer
+func (i *Installer) getTimerLast(ctx context.Context, timer string) string {
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "systemctl", "show", timer, "--property=LastTriggerUSec", "--value")
+	output, err := cmd.Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return strings.TrimSpace(string(output))
+}
+
+// canRemoveTemplates checks if template units can be safely removed
+func (i *Installer) canRemoveTemplates() bool {
+	// Check if any dbbackup@*.service instances exist
+	pattern := filepath.Join(i.unitDir, "dbbackup@*.service")
+	matches, _ := filepath.Glob(pattern)
+
+	// Also check for running instances
+	cmd := exec.Command("systemctl", "list-units", "--type=service", "--all", "dbbackup@*")
+	output, _ := cmd.Output()
+
+	return len(matches) == 0 && !strings.Contains(string(output), "dbbackup@")
+}
+
+// printNextSteps prints helpful next steps after installation
+func (i *Installer) printNextSteps(opts InstallOptions) {
+	timerName := i.getTimerName(opts)
+	serviceName := strings.Replace(timerName, ".timer", ".service", 1)
+
+	fmt.Println()
+	fmt.Println("[OK] Installation successful!")
+	fmt.Println()
+	fmt.Println("[NEXT] Next steps:")
+	fmt.Println()
+	fmt.Printf("  1. Edit configuration:     sudo nano %s\n", opts.ConfigPath)
+	fmt.Printf("  2. Set credentials:        sudo nano /etc/dbbackup/env.d/%s.conf\n", opts.Instance)
+	fmt.Printf("  3. Start the timer:        sudo systemctl start %s\n", timerName)
+	fmt.Printf("  4. Verify timer status:    sudo systemctl status %s\n", timerName)
+	fmt.Printf("  5. Run backup manually:    sudo systemctl start %s\n", serviceName)
+	fmt.Println()
+	fmt.Println("[LOGS] View backup logs:")
+	fmt.Printf("  journalctl -u %s -f\n", serviceName)
+	fmt.Println()
+
+	if opts.WithMetrics {
+		fmt.Println("[METRICS] Prometheus metrics:")
+		fmt.Printf("  curl http://localhost:%d/metrics\n", opts.MetricsPort)
+		fmt.Println()
+	}
+}
--- a/internal/installer/templates/dbbackup-cluster.service
+++ b/internal/installer/templates/dbbackup-cluster.service
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Database Cluster Backup
+Documentation=https://github.com/PlusOne/dbbackup
+After=network-online.target postgresql.service mysql.service mariadb.service
+Wants=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+User={{.User}}
+Group={{.Group}}
+
+# Security hardening
+NoNewPrivileges=yes
+ProtectSystem=strict
+ProtectHome=read-only
+PrivateTmp=yes
+ProtectKernelTunables=yes
+ProtectKernelModules=yes
+ProtectControlGroups=yes
+RestrictSUIDSGID=yes
+RestrictRealtime=yes
+LockPersonality=yes
+RemoveIPC=yes
+CapabilityBoundingSet=
+AmbientCapabilities=
+
+# Directories
+ReadWritePaths={{.BackupDir}} /var/lib/dbbackup /var/log/dbbackup
+
+# Network access for cloud uploads
+RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_UNIX AF_INET AF_INET6
+
+# Environment
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/dbbackup/env.d/cluster.conf
+
+# Working directory (config is loaded from .dbbackup.conf here)
+WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/dbbackup
+
+# Execution - cluster backup (all databases)
+ExecStart={{.BinaryPath}} backup cluster --backup-dir {{.BackupDir}}
+TimeoutStartSec={{.TimeoutSeconds}}
+
+# Post-backup metrics export
+ExecStopPost=-{{.BinaryPath}} metrics export --instance cluster --output /var/lib/dbbackup/metrics/cluster.prom
+
+# OOM protection for large backups
+OOMScoreAdjust=-500
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
--- a/internal/installer/templates/dbbackup-cluster.timer
+++ b/internal/installer/templates/dbbackup-cluster.timer
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Database Cluster Backup Timer
+Documentation=https://github.com/PlusOne/dbbackup
+
+[Timer]
+OnCalendar={{.Schedule}}
+Persistent=true
+RandomizedDelaySec=1800
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=timers.target
--- a/internal/installer/templates/dbbackup-exporter.service
+++ b/internal/installer/templates/dbbackup-exporter.service
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=DBBackup Prometheus Metrics Exporter
+Documentation=https://github.com/PlusOne/dbbackup
+After=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+User={{.User}}
+Group={{.Group}}
+
+# Security hardening
+NoNewPrivileges=yes
+ProtectSystem=strict
+ProtectHome=yes
+PrivateTmp=yes
+ProtectKernelTunables=yes
+ProtectKernelModules=yes
+ProtectControlGroups=yes
+RestrictSUIDSGID=yes
+RestrictRealtime=yes
+LockPersonality=yes
+RemoveIPC=yes
+
+# Read-write access to catalog for metrics collection
+ReadWritePaths=/var/lib/dbbackup
+
+# Network for HTTP server
+RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_UNIX AF_INET AF_INET6
+
+# Execution
+ExecStart={{.BinaryPath}} metrics serve --port {{.MetricsPort}}
+ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=5
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
--- a/internal/installer/templates/dbbackup@.service
+++ b/internal/installer/templates/dbbackup@.service
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Database Backup for %i
+Documentation=https://github.com/PlusOne/dbbackup
+After=network-online.target postgresql.service mysql.service mariadb.service
+Wants=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+User={{.User}}
+Group={{.Group}}
+
+# Security hardening
+NoNewPrivileges=yes
+ProtectSystem=strict
+ProtectHome=read-only
+PrivateTmp=yes
+ProtectKernelTunables=yes
+ProtectKernelModules=yes
+ProtectControlGroups=yes
+RestrictSUIDSGID=yes
+RestrictRealtime=yes
+LockPersonality=yes
+RemoveIPC=yes
+CapabilityBoundingSet=
+AmbientCapabilities=
+
+# Directories
+ReadWritePaths={{.BackupDir}} /var/lib/dbbackup /var/log/dbbackup
+
+# Network access for cloud uploads
+RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_UNIX AF_INET AF_INET6
+
+# Environment
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/dbbackup/env.d/%i.conf
+
+# Working directory (config is loaded from .dbbackup.conf here)
+WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/dbbackup
+
+# Execution
+ExecStart={{.BinaryPath}} backup {{.BackupType}} %i --backup-dir {{.BackupDir}}
+TimeoutStartSec={{.TimeoutSeconds}}
+
+# Post-backup metrics export
+ExecStopPost=-{{.BinaryPath}} metrics export --instance %i --output /var/lib/dbbackup/metrics/%i.prom
+
+# OOM protection for large backups
+OOMScoreAdjust=-500
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
--- a/internal/installer/templates/dbbackup@.timer
+++ b/internal/installer/templates/dbbackup@.timer
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Database Backup Timer for %i
+Documentation=https://github.com/PlusOne/dbbackup
+
+[Timer]
+OnCalendar={{.Schedule}}
+Persistent=true
+RandomizedDelaySec=1800
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=timers.target
--- a/internal/migrate/engine.go
+++ b/internal/migrate/engine.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func NewEngine(sourceCfg, targetCfg *config.Config, log logger.Logger) (*Engine,
 		targetDB:    targetDB,
 		log:         log,
 		progress:    progress.NewSpinner(),
-		workDir:     os.TempDir(),
+		workDir:     sourceCfg.GetEffectiveWorkDir(),
 		keepBackup:  false,
 		jobs:        4,
 		dryRun:      false,
--- a/internal/notify/batch.go
+++ b/internal/notify/batch.go
@@ -202,9 +202,9 @@ func (b *Batcher) formatSummaryDigest(events []*Event, success, failure, dbCount

 func (b *Batcher) formatCompactDigest(events []*Event, success, failure int) string {
 	if failure > 0 {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("⚠️ %d/%d operations failed", failure, len(events))
+		return fmt.Sprintf("[WARN] %d/%d operations failed", failure, len(events))
 	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("✅ All %d operations successful", success)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("[OK] All %d operations successful", success)
 }

 func (b *Batcher) formatDetailedDigest(events []*Event) string {
@@ -215,9 +215,9 @@ func (b *Batcher) formatDetailedDigest(events []*Event) string {
 		icon := "•"
 		switch e.Severity {
 		case SeverityError, SeverityCritical:
-			icon = "❌"
+			icon = "[FAIL]"
 		case SeverityWarning:
-			icon = "⚠️"
+			icon = "[WARN]"
 		}

 		msg += fmt.Sprintf("%s [%s] %s: %s\n",
--- a/internal/notify/manager.go
+++ b/internal/notify/manager.go
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ func (m *Manager) NotifySync(ctx context.Context, event *Event) error {
 	m.mu.RUnlock()

 	var errors []error
+	var errMu sync.Mutex
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup

 	for _, n := range notifiers {
@@ -80,7 +81,9 @@ func (m *Manager) NotifySync(ctx context.Context, event *Event) error {
 		go func(notifier Notifier) {
 			defer wg.Done()
 			if err := notifier.Send(ctx, event); err != nil {
+				errMu.Lock()
 				errors = append(errors, fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", notifier.Name(), err))
+				errMu.Unlock()
 			}
 		}(n)
 	}
--- a/internal/notify/notify.go
+++ b/internal/notify/notify.go
@@ -183,43 +183,43 @@ func DefaultConfig() Config {

 // FormatEventSubject generates a subject line for notifications
 func FormatEventSubject(event *Event) string {
-	icon := "ℹ️"
+	icon := "[INFO]"
 	switch event.Severity {
 	case SeverityWarning:
-		icon = "⚠️"
+		icon = "[WARN]"
 	case SeverityError, SeverityCritical:
-		icon = "❌"
+		icon = "[FAIL]"
 	}

 	verb := "Event"
 	switch event.Type {
 	case EventBackupStarted:
 		verb = "Backup Started"
-		icon = "🔄"
+		icon = "[EXEC]"
 	case EventBackupCompleted:
 		verb = "Backup Completed"
-		icon = "✅"
+		icon = "[OK]"
 	case EventBackupFailed:
 		verb = "Backup Failed"
-		icon = "❌"
+		icon = "[FAIL]"
 	case EventRestoreStarted:
 		verb = "Restore Started"
-		icon = "🔄"
+		icon = "[EXEC]"
 	case EventRestoreCompleted:
 		verb = "Restore Completed"
-		icon = "✅"
+		icon = "[OK]"
 	case EventRestoreFailed:
 		verb = "Restore Failed"
-		icon = "❌"
+		icon = "[FAIL]"
 	case EventCleanupCompleted:
 		verb = "Cleanup Completed"
-		icon = "🗑️"
+		icon = "[DEL]"
 	case EventVerifyCompleted:
 		verb = "Verification Passed"
-		icon = "✅"
+		icon = "[OK]"
 	case EventVerifyFailed:
 		verb = "Verification Failed"
-		icon = "❌"
+		icon = "[FAIL]"
 	case EventPITRRecovery:
 		verb = "PITR Recovery"
 		icon = "⏪"
--- a/internal/notify/templates.go
+++ b/internal/notify/templates.go
@@ -30,52 +30,52 @@ type Templates struct {
 func DefaultTemplates() map[EventType]Templates {
 	return map[EventType]Templates{
 		EventBackupStarted: {
-			Subject:  "🔄 Backup Started: {{.Database}} on {{.Hostname}}",
+			Subject:  "[EXEC] Backup Started: {{.Database}} on {{.Hostname}}",
 			TextBody: backupStartedText,
 			HTMLBody: backupStartedHTML,
 		},
 		EventBackupCompleted: {
-			Subject:  "✅ Backup Completed: {{.Database}} on {{.Hostname}}",
+			Subject:  "[OK] Backup Completed: {{.Database}} on {{.Hostname}}",
 			TextBody: backupCompletedText,
 			HTMLBody: backupCompletedHTML,
 		},
 		EventBackupFailed: {
-			Subject:  "❌ Backup FAILED: {{.Database}} on {{.Hostname}}",
+			Subject:  "[FAIL] Backup FAILED: {{.Database}} on {{.Hostname}}",
 			TextBody: backupFailedText,
 			HTMLBody: backupFailedHTML,
 		},
 		EventRestoreStarted: {
-			Subject:  "🔄 Restore Started: {{.Database}} on {{.Hostname}}",
+			Subject:  "[EXEC] Restore Started: {{.Database}} on {{.Hostname}}",
 			TextBody: restoreStartedText,
 			HTMLBody: restoreStartedHTML,
 		},
 		EventRestoreCompleted: {
-			Subject:  "✅ Restore Completed: {{.Database}} on {{.Hostname}}",
+			Subject:  "[OK] Restore Completed: {{.Database}} on {{.Hostname}}",
 			TextBody: restoreCompletedText,
 			HTMLBody: restoreCompletedHTML,
 		},
 		EventRestoreFailed: {
-			Subject:  "❌ Restore FAILED: {{.Database}} on {{.Hostname}}",
+			Subject:  "[FAIL] Restore FAILED: {{.Database}} on {{.Hostname}}",
 			TextBody: restoreFailedText,
 			HTMLBody: restoreFailedHTML,
 		},
 		EventVerificationPassed: {
-			Subject:  "✅ Verification Passed: {{.Database}}",
+			Subject:  "[OK] Verification Passed: {{.Database}}",
 			TextBody: verificationPassedText,
 			HTMLBody: verificationPassedHTML,
 		},
 		EventVerificationFailed: {
-			Subject:  "❌ Verification FAILED: {{.Database}}",
+			Subject:  "[FAIL] Verification FAILED: {{.Database}}",
 			TextBody: verificationFailedText,
 			HTMLBody: verificationFailedHTML,
 		},
 		EventDRDrillPassed: {
-			Subject:  "✅ DR Drill Passed: {{.Database}}",
+			Subject:  "[OK] DR Drill Passed: {{.Database}}",
 			TextBody: drDrillPassedText,
 			HTMLBody: drDrillPassedHTML,
 		},
 		EventDRDrillFailed: {
-			Subject:  "❌ DR Drill FAILED: {{.Database}}",
+			Subject:  "[FAIL] DR Drill FAILED: {{.Database}}",
 			TextBody: drDrillFailedText,
 			HTMLBody: drDrillFailedHTML,
 		},
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ Started At: {{formatTime .Timestamp}}

 const backupStartedHTML = `
 <div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 20px;">
-  <h2 style="color: #3498db;">🔄 Backup Started</h2>
+  <h2 style="color: #3498db;">[EXEC] Backup Started</h2>
  <table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; max-width: 600px;">
    <tr><td style="padding: 8px; font-weight: bold;">Database:</td><td style="padding: 8px;">{{.Database}}</td></tr>
    <tr><td style="padding: 8px; font-weight: bold;">Hostname:</td><td style="padding: 8px;">{{.Hostname}}</td></tr>
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ Completed:  {{formatTime .Timestamp}}

 const backupCompletedHTML = `
 <div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 20px;">
-  <h2 style="color: #27ae60;">✅ Backup Completed</h2>
+  <h2 style="color: #27ae60;">[OK] Backup Completed</h2>
  <table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; max-width: 600px;">
    <tr><td style="padding: 8px; font-weight: bold;">Database:</td><td style="padding: 8px;">{{.Database}}</td></tr>
    <tr><td style="padding: 8px; font-weight: bold;">Hostname:</td><td style="padding: 8px;">{{.Hostname}}</td></tr>
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ const backupCompletedHTML = `
 `

 const backupFailedText = `
-⚠️ BACKUP FAILED ⚠️
+[WARN] BACKUP FAILED [WARN]

 Database:   {{.Database}}
 Hostname:   {{.Hostname}}
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ Please investigate immediately.

 const backupFailedHTML = `
 <div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 20px;">
-  <h2 style="color: #e74c3c;">❌ Backup FAILED</h2>
+  <h2 style="color: #e74c3c;">[FAIL] Backup FAILED</h2>
  <table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; max-width: 600px;">
    <tr><td style="padding: 8px; font-weight: bold;">Database:</td><td style="padding: 8px;">{{.Database}}</td></tr>
    <tr><td style="padding: 8px; font-weight: bold;">Hostname:</td><td style="padding: 8px;">{{.Hostname}}</td></tr>
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ Started At: {{formatTime .Timestamp}}

 const restoreStartedHTML = `
 <div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 20px;">
-  <h2 style="color: #3498db;">🔄 Restore Started</h2>
+  <h2 style="color: #3498db;">[EXEC] Restore Started</h2>
  <table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; max-width: 600px;">
    <tr><td style="padding: 8px; font-weight: bold;">Database:</td><td style="padding: 8px;">{{.Database}}</td></tr>
    <tr><td style="padding: 8px; font-weight: bold;">Hostname:</td><td style="padding: 8px;">{{.Hostname}}</td></tr>
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ Completed:  {{formatTime .Timestamp}}

 const restoreCompletedHTML = `
 <div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 20px;">
-  <h2 style="color: #27ae60;">✅ Restore Completed</h2>
+  <h2 style="color: #27ae60;">[OK] Restore Completed</h2>
  <table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; max-width: 600px;">
    <tr><td style="padding: 8px; font-weight: bold;">Database:</td><td style="padding: 8px;">{{.Database}}</td></tr>
    <tr><td style="padding: 8px; font-weight: bold;">Hostname:</td><td style="padding: 8px;">{{.Hostname}}</td></tr>
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ const restoreCompletedHTML = `
 `

 const restoreFailedText = `
-⚠️ RESTORE FAILED ⚠️
+[WARN] RESTORE FAILED [WARN]

 Database:   {{.Database}}
 Hostname:   {{.Hostname}}
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ Please investigate immediately.

 const restoreFailedHTML = `
 <div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 20px;">
-  <h2 style="color: #e74c3c;">❌ Restore FAILED</h2>
+  <h2 style="color: #e74c3c;">[FAIL] Restore FAILED</h2>
  <table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; max-width: 600px;">
    <tr><td style="padding: 8px; font-weight: bold;">Database:</td><td style="padding: 8px;">{{.Database}}</td></tr>
    <tr><td style="padding: 8px; font-weight: bold;">Hostname:</td><td style="padding: 8px;">{{.Hostname}}</td></tr>
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ Verified:   {{formatTime .Timestamp}}

 const verificationPassedHTML = `
 <div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 20px;">
-  <h2 style="color: #27ae60;">✅ Verification Passed</h2>
+  <h2 style="color: #27ae60;">[OK] Verification Passed</h2>
  <table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; max-width: 600px;">
    <tr><td style="padding: 8px; font-weight: bold;">Database:</td><td style="padding: 8px;">{{.Database}}</td></tr>
    <tr><td style="padding: 8px; font-weight: bold;">Hostname:</td><td style="padding: 8px;">{{.Hostname}}</td></tr>
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ const verificationPassedHTML = `
 `

 const verificationFailedText = `
-⚠️ VERIFICATION FAILED ⚠️
+[WARN] VERIFICATION FAILED [WARN]

 Database:   {{.Database}}
 Hostname:   {{.Hostname}}
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ Backup integrity may be compromised. Please investigate.

 const verificationFailedHTML = `
 <div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 20px;">
-  <h2 style="color: #e74c3c;">❌ Verification FAILED</h2>
+  <h2 style="color: #e74c3c;">[FAIL] Verification FAILED</h2>
  <table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; max-width: 600px;">
    <tr><td style="padding: 8px; font-weight: bold;">Database:</td><td style="padding: 8px;">{{.Database}}</td></tr>
    <tr><td style="padding: 8px; font-weight: bold;">Hostname:</td><td style="padding: 8px;">{{.Hostname}}</td></tr>
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ Backup restore capability verified.

 const drDrillPassedHTML = `
 <div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 20px;">
-  <h2 style="color: #27ae60;">✅ DR Drill Passed</h2>
+  <h2 style="color: #27ae60;">[OK] DR Drill Passed</h2>
  <table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; max-width: 600px;">
    <tr><td style="padding: 8px; font-weight: bold;">Database:</td><td style="padding: 8px;">{{.Database}}</td></tr>
    <tr><td style="padding: 8px; font-weight: bold;">Hostname:</td><td style="padding: 8px;">{{.Hostname}}</td></tr>
@@ -326,12 +326,12 @@ const drDrillPassedHTML = `
    {{end}}
  </table>
  {{if .Message}}<p style="margin-top: 20px; color: #27ae60;">{{.Message}}</p>{{end}}
-  <p style="margin-top: 20px; color: #27ae60;">✓ Backup restore capability verified</p>
+  <p style="margin-top: 20px; color: #27ae60;">[OK] Backup restore capability verified</p>
 </div>
 `

 const drDrillFailedText = `
-⚠️ DR DRILL FAILED ⚠️
+[WARN] DR DRILL FAILED [WARN]

 Database:   {{.Database}}
 Hostname:   {{.Hostname}}
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ Backup may not be restorable. Please investigate immediately.

 const drDrillFailedHTML = `
 <div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 20px;">
-  <h2 style="color: #e74c3c;">❌ DR Drill FAILED</h2>
+  <h2 style="color: #e74c3c;">[FAIL] DR Drill FAILED</h2>
  <table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; max-width: 600px;">
    <tr><td style="padding: 8px; font-weight: bold;">Database:</td><td style="padding: 8px;">{{.Database}}</td></tr>
    <tr><td style="padding: 8px; font-weight: bold;">Hostname:</td><td style="padding: 8px;">{{.Hostname}}</td></tr>
--- a/internal/pitr/binlog.go
+++ b/internal/pitr/binlog.go
@@ -212,7 +212,11 @@ func (m *BinlogManager) detectTools() error {

 // detectServerType determines if we're working with MySQL or MariaDB
 func (m *BinlogManager) detectServerType() DatabaseType {
-	cmd := exec.Command(m.mysqlbinlogPath, "--version")
+	// Use timeout to prevent blocking if command hangs
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, m.mysqlbinlogPath, "--version")
 	output, err := cmd.Output()
 	if err != nil {
 		return DatabaseMySQL // Default to MySQL
--- a/internal/pitr/restore.go
+++ b/internal/pitr/restore.go
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ type RestoreOptions struct {

 // RestorePointInTime performs a Point-in-Time Recovery
 func (ro *RestoreOrchestrator) RestorePointInTime(ctx context.Context, opts *RestoreOptions) error {
-	ro.log.Info("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━")
+	ro.log.Info("=====================================================")
 	ro.log.Info("  Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR)")
-	ro.log.Info("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━")
+	ro.log.Info("=====================================================")
 	ro.log.Info("")
 	ro.log.Info("Target:", "summary", opts.Target.Summary())
 	ro.log.Info("Base Backup:", "path", opts.BaseBackupPath)
@@ -91,11 +91,11 @@ func (ro *RestoreOrchestrator) RestorePointInTime(ctx context.Context, opts *Res
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to generate recovery configuration: %w", err)
 	}

-	ro.log.Info("✅ Recovery configuration generated successfully")
+	ro.log.Info("[OK] Recovery configuration generated successfully")
 	ro.log.Info("")
-	ro.log.Info("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━")
+	ro.log.Info("=====================================================")
 	ro.log.Info("  Next Steps:")
-	ro.log.Info("━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━")
+	ro.log.Info("=====================================================")
 	ro.log.Info("")
 	ro.log.Info("1. Start PostgreSQL to begin recovery:")
 	ro.log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("   pg_ctl -D %s start", opts.TargetDataDir))
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ func (ro *RestoreOrchestrator) validateInputs(opts *RestoreOptions) error {
 		}
 	}

-	ro.log.Info("✅ Validation passed")
+	ro.log.Info("[OK] Validation passed")
 	return nil
 }

@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ func (ro *RestoreOrchestrator) extractTarGzBackup(ctx context.Context, source, d
 		return fmt.Errorf("tar extraction failed: %w", err)
 	}

-	ro.log.Info("✅ Base backup extracted successfully")
+	ro.log.Info("[OK] Base backup extracted successfully")
 	return nil
 }

@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ func (ro *RestoreOrchestrator) extractTarBackup(ctx context.Context, source, des
 		return fmt.Errorf("tar extraction failed: %w", err)
 	}

-	ro.log.Info("✅ Base backup extracted successfully")
+	ro.log.Info("[OK] Base backup extracted successfully")
 	return nil
 }

@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ func (ro *RestoreOrchestrator) copyDirectoryBackup(ctx context.Context, source,
 		return fmt.Errorf("directory copy failed: %w", err)
 	}

-	ro.log.Info("✅ Base backup copied successfully")
+	ro.log.Info("[OK] Base backup copied successfully")
 	return nil
 }

@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ func (ro *RestoreOrchestrator) startPostgreSQL(ctx context.Context, opts *Restor
 		return fmt.Errorf("pg_ctl start failed: %w", err)
 	}

-	ro.log.Info("✅ PostgreSQL started successfully")
+	ro.log.Info("[OK] PostgreSQL started successfully")
 	ro.log.Info("PostgreSQL is now performing recovery...")
 	return nil
 }
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ func (ro *RestoreOrchestrator) monitorRecovery(ctx context.Context, opts *Restor
 			// Check if recovery is complete by looking for postmaster.pid
 			pidFile := filepath.Join(opts.TargetDataDir, "postmaster.pid")
 			if _, err := os.Stat(pidFile); err == nil {
-				ro.log.Info("✅ PostgreSQL is running")
+				ro.log.Info("[OK] PostgreSQL is running")

 				// Check if recovery files still exist
 				recoverySignal := filepath.Join(opts.TargetDataDir, "recovery.signal")
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ func (ro *RestoreOrchestrator) monitorRecovery(ctx context.Context, opts *Restor

 				if _, err := os.Stat(recoverySignal); os.IsNotExist(err) {
 					if _, err := os.Stat(recoveryConf); os.IsNotExist(err) {
-						ro.log.Info("✅ Recovery completed - PostgreSQL promoted to primary")
+						ro.log.Info("[OK] Recovery completed - PostgreSQL promoted to primary")
 						return nil
 					}
 				}
--- a/internal/progress/detailed.go
+++ b/internal/progress/detailed.go
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ func (ot *OperationTracker) Complete(message string) {

 			// Complete visual indicator
 			if ot.reporter.indicator != nil {
-				ot.reporter.indicator.Complete(fmt.Sprintf("✅ %s", message))
+				ot.reporter.indicator.Complete(fmt.Sprintf("[OK] %s", message))
 			}

 			// Log completion with duration
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ func (ot *OperationTracker) Fail(err error) {

 			// Fail visual indicator
 			if ot.reporter.indicator != nil {
-				ot.reporter.indicator.Fail(fmt.Sprintf("❌ %s", err.Error()))
+				ot.reporter.indicator.Fail(fmt.Sprintf("[FAIL] %s", err.Error()))
 			}

 			// Log failure
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ type OperationSummary struct {
 // FormatSummary returns a formatted string representation of the summary
 func (os *OperationSummary) FormatSummary() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(
-		"📊 Operations Summary:\n"+
+		"[STATS] Operations Summary:\n"+
 			"  Total: %d | Completed: %d | Failed: %d | Running: %d\n"+
 			"  Total Duration: %s",
 		os.TotalOperations,
--- a/internal/progress/progress.go
+++ b/internal/progress/progress.go
@@ -92,13 +92,13 @@ func (s *Spinner) Update(message string) {
 // Complete stops the spinner with a success message
 func (s *Spinner) Complete(message string) {
 	s.Stop()
-	fmt.Fprintf(s.writer, "\n✅ %s\n", message)
+	fmt.Fprintf(s.writer, "\n[OK] %s\n", message)
 }

 // Fail stops the spinner with a failure message
 func (s *Spinner) Fail(message string) {
 	s.Stop()
-	fmt.Fprintf(s.writer, "\n❌ %s\n", message)
+	fmt.Fprintf(s.writer, "\n[FAIL] %s\n", message)
 }

 // Stop stops the spinner
@@ -167,13 +167,13 @@ func (d *Dots) Update(message string) {
 // Complete stops the dots with a success message
 func (d *Dots) Complete(message string) {
 	d.Stop()
-	fmt.Fprintf(d.writer, " ✅ %s\n", message)
+	fmt.Fprintf(d.writer, " [OK] %s\n", message)
 }

 // Fail stops the dots with a failure message
 func (d *Dots) Fail(message string) {
 	d.Stop()
-	fmt.Fprintf(d.writer, " ❌ %s\n", message)
+	fmt.Fprintf(d.writer, " [FAIL] %s\n", message)
 }

 // Stop stops the dots indicator
@@ -239,14 +239,14 @@ func (p *ProgressBar) Complete(message string) {
 	p.current = p.total
 	p.message = message
 	p.render()
-	fmt.Fprintf(p.writer, " ✅ %s\n", message)
+	fmt.Fprintf(p.writer, " [OK] %s\n", message)
 	p.Stop()
 }

 // Fail stops the progress bar with failure
 func (p *ProgressBar) Fail(message string) {
 	p.render()
-	fmt.Fprintf(p.writer, " ❌ %s\n", message)
+	fmt.Fprintf(p.writer, " [FAIL] %s\n", message)
 	p.Stop()
 }

@@ -298,12 +298,12 @@ func (s *Static) Update(message string) {

 // Complete shows completion message
 func (s *Static) Complete(message string) {
-	fmt.Fprintf(s.writer, " ✅ %s\n", message)
+	fmt.Fprintf(s.writer, " [OK] %s\n", message)
 }

 // Fail shows failure message
 func (s *Static) Fail(message string) {
-	fmt.Fprintf(s.writer, " ❌ %s\n", message)
+	fmt.Fprintf(s.writer, " [FAIL] %s\n", message)
 }

 // Stop does nothing for static indicator
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ func (l *LineByLine) Start(message string) {
 	if l.estimator != nil {
 		displayMsg = l.estimator.GetFullStatus(message)
 	}
-	fmt.Fprintf(l.writer, "\n🔄 %s\n", displayMsg)
+	fmt.Fprintf(l.writer, "\n[SYNC] %s\n", displayMsg)
 }

 // Update shows an update message
@@ -380,12 +380,12 @@ func (l *LineByLine) SetEstimator(estimator *ETAEstimator) {

 // Complete shows completion message
 func (l *LineByLine) Complete(message string) {
-	fmt.Fprintf(l.writer, "✅ %s\n\n", message)
+	fmt.Fprintf(l.writer, "[OK] %s\n\n", message)
 }

 // Fail shows failure message
 func (l *LineByLine) Fail(message string) {
-	fmt.Fprintf(l.writer, "❌ %s\n\n", message)
+	fmt.Fprintf(l.writer, "[FAIL] %s\n\n", message)
 }

 // Stop does nothing for line-by-line (no cleanup needed)
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ func (l *LineByLine) Stop() {
 // Light indicator methods - minimal output
 func (l *Light) Start(message string) {
 	if !l.silent {
-		fmt.Fprintf(l.writer, "▶ %s\n", message)
+		fmt.Fprintf(l.writer, "> %s\n", message)
 	}
 }

@@ -408,13 +408,13 @@ func (l *Light) Update(message string) {

 func (l *Light) Complete(message string) {
 	if !l.silent {
-		fmt.Fprintf(l.writer, "✓ %s\n", message)
+		fmt.Fprintf(l.writer, "[OK] %s\n", message)
 	}
 }

 func (l *Light) Fail(message string) {
 	if !l.silent {
-		fmt.Fprintf(l.writer, "✗ %s\n", message)
+		fmt.Fprintf(l.writer, "[FAIL] %s\n", message)
 	}
 }

--- a/internal/prometheus/exporter.go
+++ b/internal/prometheus/exporter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+// Package prometheus provides Prometheus metrics for dbbackup
+package prometheus
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"dbbackup/internal/catalog"
+	"dbbackup/internal/logger"
+)
+
+// Exporter provides an HTTP endpoint for Prometheus metrics
+type Exporter struct {
+	log      logger.Logger
+	catalog  catalog.Catalog
+	instance string
+	port     int
+
+	mu          sync.RWMutex
+	cachedData  string
+	lastRefresh time.Time
+	refreshTTL  time.Duration
+}
+
+// NewExporter creates a new Prometheus exporter
+func NewExporter(log logger.Logger, cat catalog.Catalog, instance string, port int) *Exporter {
+	return &Exporter{
+		log:        log,
+		catalog:    cat,
+		instance:   instance,
+		port:       port,
+		refreshTTL: 30 * time.Second,
+	}
+}
+
+// Serve starts the HTTP server and blocks until context is cancelled
+func (e *Exporter) Serve(ctx context.Context) error {
+	mux := http.NewServeMux()
+
+	// /metrics endpoint
+	mux.HandleFunc("/metrics", e.handleMetrics)
+
+	// /health endpoint
+	mux.HandleFunc("/health", e.handleHealth)
+
+	// / root with info
+	mux.HandleFunc("/", e.handleRoot)
+
+	addr := fmt.Sprintf(":%d", e.port)
+	srv := &http.Server{
+		Addr:         addr,
+		Handler:      mux,
+		ReadTimeout:  10 * time.Second,
+		WriteTimeout: 30 * time.Second,
+		IdleTimeout:  60 * time.Second,
+	}
+
+	// Start refresh goroutine
+	go e.refreshLoop(ctx)
+
+	// Graceful shutdown
+	go func() {
+		<-ctx.Done()
+		e.log.Info("Shutting down metrics server...")
+		shutdownCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
+		defer cancel()
+		if err := srv.Shutdown(shutdownCtx); err != nil {
+			e.log.Error("Server shutdown error", "error", err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	e.log.Info("Starting Prometheus metrics server", "addr", addr)
+	if err := srv.ListenAndServe(); err != http.ErrServerClosed {
+		return fmt.Errorf("server error: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// handleMetrics handles /metrics endpoint
+func (e *Exporter) handleMetrics(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	e.mu.RLock()
+	data := e.cachedData
+	e.mu.RUnlock()
+
+	if data == "" {
+		// Force refresh if cache is empty
+		if err := e.refresh(); err != nil {
+			http.Error(w, "Failed to collect metrics", http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			return
+		}
+		e.mu.RLock()
+		data = e.cachedData
+		e.mu.RUnlock()
+	}
+
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/plain; version=0.0.4; charset=utf-8")
+	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	w.Write([]byte(data))
+}
+
+// handleHealth handles /health endpoint
+func (e *Exporter) handleHealth(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	w.Write([]byte(`{"status":"ok","service":"dbbackup-exporter"}`))
+}
+
+// handleRoot handles / endpoint
+func (e *Exporter) handleRoot(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	if r.URL.Path != "/" {
+		http.NotFound(w, r)
+		return
+	}
+
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html")
+	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	w.Write([]byte(`<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<head>
+  <title>DBBackup Exporter</title>
+</head>
+<body>
+  <h1>DBBackup Prometheus Exporter</h1>
+  <p>This is a Prometheus metrics exporter for DBBackup.</p>
+  <ul>
+    <li><a href="/metrics">/metrics</a> - Prometheus metrics</li>
+    <li><a href="/health">/health</a> - Health check</li>
+  </ul>
+</body>
+</html>`))
+}
+
+// refreshLoop periodically refreshes the metrics cache
+func (e *Exporter) refreshLoop(ctx context.Context) {
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(e.refreshTTL)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+
+	// Initial refresh
+	if err := e.refresh(); err != nil {
+		e.log.Error("Initial metrics refresh failed", "error", err)
+	}
+
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return
+		case <-ticker.C:
+			if err := e.refresh(); err != nil {
+				e.log.Error("Metrics refresh failed", "error", err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// refresh updates the cached metrics
+func (e *Exporter) refresh() error {
+	writer := NewMetricsWriter(e.log, e.catalog, e.instance)
+	data, err := writer.GenerateMetricsString()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	e.mu.Lock()
+	e.cachedData = data
+	e.lastRefresh = time.Now()
+	e.mu.Unlock()
+
+	e.log.Debug("Refreshed metrics cache")
+	return nil
+}
--- a/internal/prometheus/textfile.go
+++ b/internal/prometheus/textfile.go
@@ -0,0 +1,245 @@
+// Package prometheus provides Prometheus metrics for dbbackup
+package prometheus
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"dbbackup/internal/catalog"
+	"dbbackup/internal/logger"
+)
+
+// MetricsWriter writes metrics in Prometheus text format
+type MetricsWriter struct {
+	log      logger.Logger
+	catalog  catalog.Catalog
+	instance string
+}
+
+// NewMetricsWriter creates a new MetricsWriter
+func NewMetricsWriter(log logger.Logger, cat catalog.Catalog, instance string) *MetricsWriter {
+	return &MetricsWriter{
+		log:      log,
+		catalog:  cat,
+		instance: instance,
+	}
+}
+
+// BackupMetrics holds metrics for a single database
+type BackupMetrics struct {
+	Database      string
+	Engine        string
+	LastSuccess   time.Time
+	LastDuration  time.Duration
+	LastSize      int64
+	TotalBackups  int
+	SuccessCount  int
+	FailureCount  int
+	Verified      bool
+	RPOSeconds    float64
+}
+
+// WriteTextfile writes metrics to a Prometheus textfile collector file
+func (m *MetricsWriter) WriteTextfile(path string) error {
+	metrics, err := m.collectMetrics()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to collect metrics: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	output := m.formatMetrics(metrics)
+
+	// Atomic write: write to temp file, then rename
+	dir := filepath.Dir(path)
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0755); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create directory %s: %w", dir, err)
+	}
+
+	tmpPath := path + ".tmp"
+	if err := os.WriteFile(tmpPath, []byte(output), 0644); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to write temp file: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := os.Rename(tmpPath, path); err != nil {
+		os.Remove(tmpPath)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to rename temp file: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	m.log.Debug("Wrote metrics to textfile", "path", path, "databases", len(metrics))
+	return nil
+}
+
+// collectMetrics gathers metrics from the catalog
+func (m *MetricsWriter) collectMetrics() ([]BackupMetrics, error) {
+	if m.catalog == nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("catalog not available")
+	}
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	// Get recent backups using Search with limit
+	query := &catalog.SearchQuery{
+		Limit: 1000,
+	}
+	entries, err := m.catalog.Search(ctx, query)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to search backups: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Group by database
+	byDB := make(map[string]*BackupMetrics)
+
+	for _, e := range entries {
+		key := e.Database
+		if key == "" {
+			key = "unknown"
+		}
+
+		metrics, ok := byDB[key]
+		if !ok {
+			metrics = &BackupMetrics{
+				Database: key,
+				Engine:   e.DatabaseType,
+			}
+			byDB[key] = metrics
+		}
+
+		metrics.TotalBackups++
+
+		isSuccess := e.Status == catalog.StatusCompleted || e.Status == catalog.StatusVerified
+		if isSuccess {
+			metrics.SuccessCount++
+			// Track most recent success
+			if e.CreatedAt.After(metrics.LastSuccess) {
+				metrics.LastSuccess = e.CreatedAt
+				metrics.LastDuration = time.Duration(e.Duration * float64(time.Second))
+				metrics.LastSize = e.SizeBytes
+				metrics.Verified = e.VerifiedAt != nil && e.VerifyValid != nil && *e.VerifyValid
+				metrics.Engine = e.DatabaseType
+			}
+		} else {
+			metrics.FailureCount++
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Calculate RPO for each database
+	now := time.Now()
+	for _, metrics := range byDB {
+		if !metrics.LastSuccess.IsZero() {
+			metrics.RPOSeconds = now.Sub(metrics.LastSuccess).Seconds()
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Convert to slice and sort
+	result := make([]BackupMetrics, 0, len(byDB))
+	for _, metrics := range byDB {
+		result = append(result, *metrics)
+	}
+	sort.Slice(result, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return result[i].Database < result[j].Database
+	})
+
+	return result, nil
+}
+
+// formatMetrics formats metrics in Prometheus exposition format
+func (m *MetricsWriter) formatMetrics(metrics []BackupMetrics) string {
+	var b strings.Builder
+
+	// Timestamp of metrics generation
+	now := time.Now().Unix()
+
+	// Header comment
+	b.WriteString("# DBBackup Prometheus Metrics\n")
+	b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("# Generated at: %s\n", time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339)))
+	b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("# Instance: %s\n", m.instance))
+	b.WriteString("\n")
+
+	// dbbackup_last_success_timestamp
+	b.WriteString("# HELP dbbackup_last_success_timestamp Unix timestamp of last successful backup\n")
+	b.WriteString("# TYPE dbbackup_last_success_timestamp gauge\n")
+	for _, met := range metrics {
+		if !met.LastSuccess.IsZero() {
+			b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("dbbackup_last_success_timestamp{instance=%q,database=%q,engine=%q} %d\n",
+				m.instance, met.Database, met.Engine, met.LastSuccess.Unix()))
+		}
+	}
+	b.WriteString("\n")
+
+	// dbbackup_last_backup_duration_seconds
+	b.WriteString("# HELP dbbackup_last_backup_duration_seconds Duration of last successful backup in seconds\n")
+	b.WriteString("# TYPE dbbackup_last_backup_duration_seconds gauge\n")
+	for _, met := range metrics {
+		if met.LastDuration > 0 {
+			b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("dbbackup_last_backup_duration_seconds{instance=%q,database=%q,engine=%q} %.2f\n",
+				m.instance, met.Database, met.Engine, met.LastDuration.Seconds()))
+		}
+	}
+	b.WriteString("\n")
+
+	// dbbackup_last_backup_size_bytes
+	b.WriteString("# HELP dbbackup_last_backup_size_bytes Size of last successful backup in bytes\n")
+	b.WriteString("# TYPE dbbackup_last_backup_size_bytes gauge\n")
+	for _, met := range metrics {
+		if met.LastSize > 0 {
+			b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("dbbackup_last_backup_size_bytes{instance=%q,database=%q,engine=%q} %d\n",
+				m.instance, met.Database, met.Engine, met.LastSize))
+		}
+	}
+	b.WriteString("\n")
+
+	// dbbackup_backup_total (counter)
+	b.WriteString("# HELP dbbackup_backup_total Total number of backup attempts\n")
+	b.WriteString("# TYPE dbbackup_backup_total counter\n")
+	for _, met := range metrics {
+		b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("dbbackup_backup_total{instance=%q,database=%q,status=\"success\"} %d\n",
+			m.instance, met.Database, met.SuccessCount))
+		b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("dbbackup_backup_total{instance=%q,database=%q,status=\"failure\"} %d\n",
+			m.instance, met.Database, met.FailureCount))
+	}
+	b.WriteString("\n")
+
+	// dbbackup_rpo_seconds
+	b.WriteString("# HELP dbbackup_rpo_seconds Recovery Point Objective - seconds since last successful backup\n")
+	b.WriteString("# TYPE dbbackup_rpo_seconds gauge\n")
+	for _, met := range metrics {
+		if met.RPOSeconds > 0 {
+			b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("dbbackup_rpo_seconds{instance=%q,database=%q} %.0f\n",
+				m.instance, met.Database, met.RPOSeconds))
+		}
+	}
+	b.WriteString("\n")
+
+	// dbbackup_backup_verified
+	b.WriteString("# HELP dbbackup_backup_verified Whether the last backup was verified (1=yes, 0=no)\n")
+	b.WriteString("# TYPE dbbackup_backup_verified gauge\n")
+	for _, met := range metrics {
+		verified := 0
+		if met.Verified {
+			verified = 1
+		}
+		b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("dbbackup_backup_verified{instance=%q,database=%q} %d\n",
+			m.instance, met.Database, verified))
+	}
+	b.WriteString("\n")
+
+	// dbbackup_scrape_timestamp
+	b.WriteString("# HELP dbbackup_scrape_timestamp Unix timestamp when metrics were collected\n")
+	b.WriteString("# TYPE dbbackup_scrape_timestamp gauge\n")
+	b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("dbbackup_scrape_timestamp{instance=%q} %d\n", m.instance, now))
+
+	return b.String()
+}
+
+// GenerateMetricsString returns metrics as a string (for HTTP endpoint)
+func (m *MetricsWriter) GenerateMetricsString() (string, error) {
+	metrics, err := m.collectMetrics()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return m.formatMetrics(metrics), nil
+}
--- a/internal/report/report.go
+++ b/internal/report/report.go
@@ -296,11 +296,11 @@ func generateID() string {
 func StatusIcon(s ComplianceStatus) string {
 	switch s {
 	case StatusCompliant:
-		return "✅"
+		return "[OK]"
 	case StatusNonCompliant:
-		return "❌"
+		return "[FAIL]"
 	case StatusPartial:
-		return "⚠️"
+		return "[WARN]"
 	case StatusNotApplicable:
 		return "➖"
 	default:
--- a/internal/restore/cloud_download.go
+++ b/internal/restore/cloud_download.go
@@ -47,9 +47,10 @@ type DownloadResult struct {

 // Download downloads a backup from cloud storage
 func (d *CloudDownloader) Download(ctx context.Context, remotePath string, opts DownloadOptions) (*DownloadResult, error) {
-	// Determine temp directory
+	// Determine temp directory (use from opts, or from config's WorkDir, or fallback to system temp)
 	tempDir := opts.TempDir
 	if tempDir == "" {
+		// Try to get from config if available (passed via opts.TempDir)
 		tempDir = os.TempDir()
 	}

--- a/internal/restore/diagnose.go
+++ b/internal/restore/diagnose.go
@@ -0,0 +1,1022 @@
+package restore
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
+	"compress/gzip"
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"dbbackup/internal/logger"
+)
+
+// DiagnoseResult contains the results of a dump file diagnosis
+type DiagnoseResult struct {
+	FilePath       string           `json:"file_path"`
+	FileName       string           `json:"file_name"`
+	FileSize       int64            `json:"file_size"`
+	Format         ArchiveFormat    `json:"format"`
+	DetectedFormat string           `json:"detected_format"`
+	IsValid        bool             `json:"is_valid"`
+	IsTruncated    bool             `json:"is_truncated"`
+	IsCorrupted    bool             `json:"is_corrupted"`
+	Errors         []string         `json:"errors,omitempty"`
+	Warnings       []string         `json:"warnings,omitempty"`
+	Details        *DiagnoseDetails `json:"details,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// DiagnoseDetails contains detailed analysis of the dump file
+type DiagnoseDetails struct {
+	// Header info
+	HasPGDMPSignature bool   `json:"has_pgdmp_signature,omitempty"`
+	HasSQLHeader      bool   `json:"has_sql_header,omitempty"`
+	FirstBytes        string `json:"first_bytes,omitempty"`
+	LastBytes         string `json:"last_bytes,omitempty"`
+
+	// COPY block analysis (for SQL dumps)
+	CopyBlockCount     int      `json:"copy_block_count,omitempty"`
+	UnterminatedCopy   bool     `json:"unterminated_copy,omitempty"`
+	LastCopyTable      string   `json:"last_copy_table,omitempty"`
+	LastCopyLineNumber int      `json:"last_copy_line_number,omitempty"`
+	SampleCopyData     []string `json:"sample_copy_data,omitempty"`
+
+	// Structure analysis
+	HasCreateStatements bool `json:"has_create_statements,omitempty"`
+	HasInsertStatements bool `json:"has_insert_statements,omitempty"`
+	HasCopyStatements   bool `json:"has_copy_statements,omitempty"`
+	HasTransactionBlock bool `json:"has_transaction_block,omitempty"`
+	ProperlyTerminated  bool `json:"properly_terminated,omitempty"`
+
+	// pg_restore analysis (for custom format)
+	PgRestoreListable bool     `json:"pg_restore_listable,omitempty"`
+	PgRestoreError    string   `json:"pg_restore_error,omitempty"`
+	TableCount        int      `json:"table_count,omitempty"`
+	TableList         []string `json:"table_list,omitempty"`
+
+	// Compression analysis
+	GzipValid        bool    `json:"gzip_valid,omitempty"`
+	GzipError        string  `json:"gzip_error,omitempty"`
+	ExpandedSize     int64   `json:"expanded_size,omitempty"`
+	CompressionRatio float64 `json:"compression_ratio,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// Diagnoser performs deep analysis of backup files
+type Diagnoser struct {
+	log     logger.Logger
+	verbose bool
+}
+
+// NewDiagnoser creates a new diagnoser
+func NewDiagnoser(log logger.Logger, verbose bool) *Diagnoser {
+	return &Diagnoser{
+		log:     log,
+		verbose: verbose,
+	}
+}
+
+// DiagnoseFile performs comprehensive diagnosis of a backup file
+func (d *Diagnoser) DiagnoseFile(filePath string) (*DiagnoseResult, error) {
+	result := &DiagnoseResult{
+		FilePath: filePath,
+		FileName: filepath.Base(filePath),
+		Details:  &DiagnoseDetails{},
+		IsValid:  true, // Assume valid until proven otherwise
+	}
+
+	// Check file exists and get size
+	stat, err := os.Stat(filePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		result.IsValid = false
+		result.Errors = append(result.Errors, fmt.Sprintf("Cannot access file: %v", err))
+		return result, nil
+	}
+	result.FileSize = stat.Size()
+
+	if result.FileSize == 0 {
+		result.IsValid = false
+		result.IsTruncated = true
+		result.Errors = append(result.Errors, "File is empty (0 bytes)")
+		return result, nil
+	}
+
+	// Detect format
+	result.Format = DetectArchiveFormat(filePath)
+	result.DetectedFormat = result.Format.String()
+
+	// Analyze based on format
+	switch result.Format {
+	case FormatPostgreSQLDump:
+		d.diagnosePgDump(filePath, result)
+	case FormatPostgreSQLDumpGz:
+		d.diagnosePgDumpGz(filePath, result)
+	case FormatPostgreSQLSQL:
+		d.diagnoseSQLScript(filePath, false, result)
+	case FormatPostgreSQLSQLGz:
+		d.diagnoseSQLScript(filePath, true, result)
+	case FormatClusterTarGz:
+		d.diagnoseClusterArchive(filePath, result)
+	default:
+		result.Warnings = append(result.Warnings, "Unknown format - limited diagnosis available")
+		d.diagnoseUnknown(filePath, result)
+	}
+
+	return result, nil
+}
+
+// diagnosePgDump analyzes PostgreSQL custom format dump
+func (d *Diagnoser) diagnosePgDump(filePath string, result *DiagnoseResult) {
+	file, err := os.Open(filePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		result.IsValid = false
+		result.Errors = append(result.Errors, fmt.Sprintf("Cannot open file: %v", err))
+		return
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	// Read first 512 bytes
+	header := make([]byte, 512)
+	n, err := file.Read(header)
+	if err != nil && err != io.EOF {
+		result.IsValid = false
+		result.Errors = append(result.Errors, fmt.Sprintf("Cannot read header: %v", err))
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Check PGDMP signature
+	if n >= 5 && string(header[:5]) == "PGDMP" {
+		result.Details.HasPGDMPSignature = true
+		result.Details.FirstBytes = "PGDMP..."
+	} else {
+		result.IsValid = false
+		result.IsCorrupted = true
+		result.Details.HasPGDMPSignature = false
+		result.Details.FirstBytes = fmt.Sprintf("%q", header[:minInt(n, 20)])
+		result.Errors = append(result.Errors,
+			"Missing PGDMP signature - file is NOT PostgreSQL custom format",
+			"This file may be SQL format incorrectly named as .dump",
+			"Try: file "+filePath+" to check actual file type")
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Try pg_restore --list to verify dump integrity
+	d.verifyWithPgRestore(filePath, result)
+}
+
+// diagnosePgDumpGz analyzes compressed PostgreSQL custom format dump
+func (d *Diagnoser) diagnosePgDumpGz(filePath string, result *DiagnoseResult) {
+	file, err := os.Open(filePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		result.IsValid = false
+		result.Errors = append(result.Errors, fmt.Sprintf("Cannot open file: %v", err))
+		return
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	// Verify gzip integrity
+	gz, err := gzip.NewReader(file)
+	if err != nil {
+		result.IsValid = false
+		result.IsCorrupted = true
+		result.Details.GzipValid = false
+		result.Details.GzipError = err.Error()
+		result.Errors = append(result.Errors,
+			fmt.Sprintf("Invalid gzip format: %v", err),
+			"The file may be truncated or corrupted during transfer")
+		return
+	}
+	result.Details.GzipValid = true
+
+	// Read and check header
+	header := make([]byte, 512)
+	n, err := gz.Read(header)
+	if err != nil && err != io.EOF {
+		result.IsValid = false
+		result.Errors = append(result.Errors, fmt.Sprintf("Cannot read decompressed header: %v", err))
+		gz.Close()
+		return
+	}
+	gz.Close()
+
+	// Check PGDMP signature
+	if n >= 5 && string(header[:5]) == "PGDMP" {
+		result.Details.HasPGDMPSignature = true
+		result.Details.FirstBytes = "PGDMP..."
+	} else {
+		result.Details.HasPGDMPSignature = false
+		result.Details.FirstBytes = fmt.Sprintf("%q", header[:minInt(n, 20)])
+
+		// Check if it's actually SQL content
+		content := string(header[:n])
+		if strings.Contains(content, "PostgreSQL") || strings.Contains(content, "pg_dump") ||
+			strings.Contains(content, "SET ") || strings.Contains(content, "CREATE ") {
+			result.Details.HasSQLHeader = true
+			result.Warnings = append(result.Warnings,
+				"File contains SQL text but has .dump extension",
+				"This appears to be SQL format, not custom format",
+				"Restore should use psql, not pg_restore")
+		} else {
+			result.IsValid = false
+			result.IsCorrupted = true
+			result.Errors = append(result.Errors,
+				"Missing PGDMP signature in decompressed content",
+				"File is neither custom format nor valid SQL")
+		}
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Verify full gzip stream integrity by reading to end
+	file.Seek(0, 0)
+	gz, _ = gzip.NewReader(file)
+
+	var totalRead int64
+	buf := make([]byte, 32*1024)
+	for {
+		n, err := gz.Read(buf)
+		totalRead += int64(n)
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			break
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			result.IsValid = false
+			result.IsTruncated = true
+			result.Details.ExpandedSize = totalRead
+			result.Errors = append(result.Errors,
+				fmt.Sprintf("Gzip stream truncated after %d bytes: %v", totalRead, err),
+				"The backup file appears to be incomplete",
+				"Check if backup process completed successfully")
+			gz.Close()
+			return
+		}
+	}
+	gz.Close()
+
+	result.Details.ExpandedSize = totalRead
+	if result.FileSize > 0 {
+		result.Details.CompressionRatio = float64(totalRead) / float64(result.FileSize)
+	}
+}
+
+// diagnoseSQLScript analyzes SQL script format
+func (d *Diagnoser) diagnoseSQLScript(filePath string, compressed bool, result *DiagnoseResult) {
+	var reader io.Reader
+	var file *os.File
+	var gz *gzip.Reader
+	var err error
+
+	file, err = os.Open(filePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		result.IsValid = false
+		result.Errors = append(result.Errors, fmt.Sprintf("Cannot open file: %v", err))
+		return
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	if compressed {
+		gz, err = gzip.NewReader(file)
+		if err != nil {
+			result.IsValid = false
+			result.IsCorrupted = true
+			result.Details.GzipValid = false
+			result.Details.GzipError = err.Error()
+			result.Errors = append(result.Errors, fmt.Sprintf("Invalid gzip format: %v", err))
+			return
+		}
+		result.Details.GzipValid = true
+		reader = gz
+		defer gz.Close()
+	} else {
+		reader = file
+	}
+
+	// Analyze SQL content
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(reader)
+	// Increase buffer size for large lines (COPY data can have long lines)
+	buf := make([]byte, 0, 1024*1024)
+	scanner.Buffer(buf, 10*1024*1024)
+
+	var lineNumber int
+	var inCopyBlock bool
+	var lastCopyTable string
+	var copyStartLine int
+	var copyDataSamples []string
+
+	copyBlockPattern := regexp.MustCompile(`^COPY\s+("?[\w\."]+)"?\s+\(`)
+	copyEndPattern := regexp.MustCompile(`^\\\.`)
+
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		lineNumber++
+		line := scanner.Text()
+
+		// Check first few lines for header
+		if lineNumber <= 10 {
+			if strings.Contains(line, "PostgreSQL") || strings.Contains(line, "pg_dump") {
+				result.Details.HasSQLHeader = true
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Track structure
+		upperLine := strings.ToUpper(strings.TrimSpace(line))
+		if strings.HasPrefix(upperLine, "CREATE ") {
+			result.Details.HasCreateStatements = true
+		}
+		if strings.HasPrefix(upperLine, "INSERT ") {
+			result.Details.HasInsertStatements = true
+		}
+		if strings.HasPrefix(upperLine, "BEGIN") {
+			result.Details.HasTransactionBlock = true
+		}
+
+		// Track COPY blocks
+		if copyBlockPattern.MatchString(line) {
+			if inCopyBlock {
+				// Previous COPY block wasn't terminated!
+				result.Details.UnterminatedCopy = true
+				result.IsTruncated = true
+				result.IsValid = false
+				result.Errors = append(result.Errors,
+					fmt.Sprintf("COPY block for '%s' starting at line %d was never terminated",
+						lastCopyTable, copyStartLine))
+			}
+
+			inCopyBlock = true
+			result.Details.HasCopyStatements = true
+			result.Details.CopyBlockCount++
+
+			matches := copyBlockPattern.FindStringSubmatch(line)
+			if len(matches) > 1 {
+				lastCopyTable = matches[1]
+			}
+			copyStartLine = lineNumber
+			copyDataSamples = nil
+
+		} else if copyEndPattern.MatchString(line) {
+			inCopyBlock = false
+
+		} else if inCopyBlock {
+			// We're in COPY data
+			if len(copyDataSamples) < 3 {
+				copyDataSamples = append(copyDataSamples, truncateString(line, 100))
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Store last line for termination check
+		if lineNumber > 0 && (lineNumber%100000 == 0) && d.verbose {
+			d.log.Debug("Scanning SQL file", "lines_processed", lineNumber)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
+		result.IsValid = false
+		result.IsTruncated = true
+		result.Errors = append(result.Errors,
+			fmt.Sprintf("Error reading file at line %d: %v", lineNumber, err),
+			"File may be truncated or contain invalid data")
+	}
+
+	// Check if we ended while still in a COPY block
+	if inCopyBlock {
+		result.Details.UnterminatedCopy = true
+		result.Details.LastCopyTable = lastCopyTable
+		result.Details.LastCopyLineNumber = copyStartLine
+		result.Details.SampleCopyData = copyDataSamples
+		result.IsTruncated = true
+		result.IsValid = false
+		result.Errors = append(result.Errors,
+			fmt.Sprintf("File ends inside COPY block for table '%s' (started at line %d)",
+				lastCopyTable, copyStartLine),
+			"The backup was truncated during data export",
+			"This explains the 'syntax error' during restore - COPY data is being interpreted as SQL")
+
+		if len(copyDataSamples) > 0 {
+			result.Errors = append(result.Errors,
+				fmt.Sprintf("Sample orphaned data: %s", copyDataSamples[0]))
+		}
+	} else {
+		result.Details.ProperlyTerminated = true
+	}
+
+	// Read last bytes for additional context
+	if !compressed {
+		file.Seek(-min(500, result.FileSize), 2)
+		lastBytes := make([]byte, 500)
+		n, _ := file.Read(lastBytes)
+		result.Details.LastBytes = strings.TrimSpace(string(lastBytes[:n]))
+	}
+}
+
+// diagnoseClusterArchive analyzes a cluster tar.gz archive
+func (d *Diagnoser) diagnoseClusterArchive(filePath string, result *DiagnoseResult) {
+	// Calculate dynamic timeout based on file size
+	// Large archives (100GB+) can take significant time to list
+	// Minimum 5 minutes, scales with file size, max 180 minutes for very large archives
+	timeoutMinutes := 5
+	if result.FileSize > 0 {
+		// 1 minute per 2 GB, minimum 5 minutes, max 180 minutes
+		sizeGB := result.FileSize / (1024 * 1024 * 1024)
+		estimatedMinutes := int(sizeGB/2) + 5
+		if estimatedMinutes > timeoutMinutes {
+			timeoutMinutes = estimatedMinutes
+		}
+		if timeoutMinutes > 180 {
+			timeoutMinutes = 180
+		}
+	}
+
+	d.log.Info("Verifying cluster archive integrity",
+		"size", fmt.Sprintf("%.1f GB", float64(result.FileSize)/(1024*1024*1024)),
+		"timeout", fmt.Sprintf("%d min", timeoutMinutes))
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Duration(timeoutMinutes)*time.Minute)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	// Use streaming approach with pipes to avoid memory issues with large archives
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "tar", "-tzf", filePath)
+	stdout, pipeErr := cmd.StdoutPipe()
+	if pipeErr != nil {
+		// Pipe creation failed - not a corruption issue
+		result.Warnings = append(result.Warnings,
+			fmt.Sprintf("Cannot create pipe for verification: %v", pipeErr),
+			"Archive integrity cannot be verified but may still be valid")
+		return
+	}
+
+	var stderrBuf bytes.Buffer
+	cmd.Stderr = &stderrBuf
+
+	if startErr := cmd.Start(); startErr != nil {
+		result.Warnings = append(result.Warnings,
+			fmt.Sprintf("Cannot start tar verification: %v", startErr),
+			"Archive integrity cannot be verified but may still be valid")
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Stream output line by line to avoid buffering entire listing in memory
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(stdout)
+	scanner.Buffer(make([]byte, 0, 64*1024), 1024*1024) // Allow long paths
+
+	var files []string
+	fileCount := 0
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		fileCount++
+		line := scanner.Text()
+		// Only store dump/metadata files, not every file
+		if strings.HasSuffix(line, ".dump") || strings.HasSuffix(line, ".sql.gz") ||
+			strings.HasSuffix(line, ".sql") || strings.HasSuffix(line, ".json") ||
+			strings.Contains(line, "globals") || strings.Contains(line, "manifest") ||
+			strings.Contains(line, "metadata") {
+			files = append(files, line)
+		}
+	}
+
+	scanErr := scanner.Err()
+	waitErr := cmd.Wait()
+	stderrOutput := stderrBuf.String()
+
+	// Handle errors - distinguish between actual corruption and resource/timeout issues
+	if waitErr != nil || scanErr != nil {
+		// Check if it was a timeout
+		if ctx.Err() == context.DeadlineExceeded {
+			result.Warnings = append(result.Warnings,
+				fmt.Sprintf("Verification timed out after %d minutes - archive is very large", timeoutMinutes),
+				"This does not necessarily mean the archive is corrupted",
+				"Manual verification: tar -tzf "+filePath+" | wc -l")
+			// Don't mark as corrupted or invalid on timeout - archive may be fine
+			if fileCount > 0 {
+				result.Details.TableCount = len(files)
+				result.Details.TableList = files
+			}
+			return
+		}
+
+		// Check for specific gzip/tar corruption indicators
+		if strings.Contains(stderrOutput, "unexpected end of file") ||
+			strings.Contains(stderrOutput, "Unexpected EOF") ||
+			strings.Contains(stderrOutput, "gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file") ||
+			strings.Contains(stderrOutput, "not in gzip format") ||
+			strings.Contains(stderrOutput, "invalid compressed data") {
+			// These indicate actual corruption
+			result.IsValid = false
+			result.IsCorrupted = true
+			result.Errors = append(result.Errors,
+				"Tar archive appears truncated or corrupted",
+				fmt.Sprintf("Error: %s", truncateString(stderrOutput, 200)),
+				"Run: tar -tzf "+filePath+" 2>&1 | tail -20")
+			return
+		}
+
+		// Other errors (signal killed, memory, etc.) - not necessarily corruption
+		// If we read some files successfully, the archive structure is likely OK
+		if fileCount > 0 {
+			result.Warnings = append(result.Warnings,
+				fmt.Sprintf("Verification incomplete (read %d files before error)", fileCount),
+				"Archive may still be valid - error could be due to system resources")
+			// Proceed with what we got
+		} else {
+			// Couldn't read anything - but don't mark as corrupted without clear evidence
+			result.Warnings = append(result.Warnings,
+				fmt.Sprintf("Cannot verify archive: %v", waitErr),
+				"Archive integrity is uncertain - proceed with caution or verify manually")
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Parse the collected file list
+	var dumpFiles []string
+	hasGlobals := false
+	hasMetadata := false
+
+	for _, f := range files {
+		if strings.HasSuffix(f, ".dump") || strings.HasSuffix(f, ".sql.gz") {
+			dumpFiles = append(dumpFiles, f)
+		}
+		if strings.Contains(f, "globals.sql") {
+			hasGlobals = true
+		}
+		if strings.Contains(f, "manifest.json") || strings.Contains(f, "metadata.json") {
+			hasMetadata = true
+		}
+	}
+
+	result.Details.TableCount = len(dumpFiles)
+	result.Details.TableList = dumpFiles
+
+	if len(dumpFiles) == 0 {
+		result.Warnings = append(result.Warnings, "No database dump files found in archive")
+	}
+
+	if !hasGlobals {
+		result.Warnings = append(result.Warnings, "No globals.sql found - roles/tablespaces won't be restored")
+	}
+
+	if !hasMetadata {
+		result.Warnings = append(result.Warnings, "No manifest/metadata found - limited validation possible")
+	}
+
+	// For verbose mode, diagnose individual dumps inside the archive
+	if d.verbose && len(dumpFiles) > 0 {
+		d.log.Info("Cluster archive contains databases", "count", len(dumpFiles))
+		for _, df := range dumpFiles {
+			d.log.Info("  - " + df)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// diagnoseUnknown handles unknown format files
+func (d *Diagnoser) diagnoseUnknown(filePath string, result *DiagnoseResult) {
+	file, err := os.Open(filePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	header := make([]byte, 512)
+	n, _ := file.Read(header)
+	result.Details.FirstBytes = fmt.Sprintf("%q", header[:minInt(n, 50)])
+
+	// Try to identify by content
+	content := string(header[:n])
+	if strings.Contains(content, "PGDMP") {
+		result.Warnings = append(result.Warnings, "File appears to be PostgreSQL custom format - rename to .dump")
+	} else if strings.Contains(content, "PostgreSQL") || strings.Contains(content, "pg_dump") {
+		result.Warnings = append(result.Warnings, "File appears to be PostgreSQL SQL - rename to .sql")
+	} else if bytes.HasPrefix(header, []byte{0x1f, 0x8b}) {
+		result.Warnings = append(result.Warnings, "File appears to be gzip compressed - add .gz extension")
+	}
+}
+
+// verifyWithPgRestore uses pg_restore --list to verify dump integrity
+func (d *Diagnoser) verifyWithPgRestore(filePath string, result *DiagnoseResult) {
+	// Calculate dynamic timeout based on file size
+	// pg_restore --list is usually faster than tar -tzf for same size
+	timeoutMinutes := 5
+	if result.FileSize > 0 {
+		// 1 minute per 5 GB, minimum 5 minutes, max 30 minutes
+		sizeGB := result.FileSize / (1024 * 1024 * 1024)
+		estimatedMinutes := int(sizeGB/5) + 5
+		if estimatedMinutes > timeoutMinutes {
+			timeoutMinutes = estimatedMinutes
+		}
+		if timeoutMinutes > 30 {
+			timeoutMinutes = 30
+		}
+	}
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Duration(timeoutMinutes)*time.Minute)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "pg_restore", "--list", filePath)
+	output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		result.Details.PgRestoreListable = false
+		result.Details.PgRestoreError = string(output)
+
+		// Check for specific errors
+		errStr := string(output)
+		if strings.Contains(errStr, "unexpected end of file") ||
+			strings.Contains(errStr, "invalid large-object TOC entry") {
+			result.IsTruncated = true
+			result.IsValid = false
+			result.Errors = append(result.Errors,
+				"pg_restore reports truncated or incomplete dump file",
+				fmt.Sprintf("Error: %s", truncateString(errStr, 200)))
+		} else if strings.Contains(errStr, "not a valid archive") {
+			result.IsCorrupted = true
+			result.IsValid = false
+			result.Errors = append(result.Errors,
+				"pg_restore reports file is not a valid archive",
+				"File may be corrupted or wrong format")
+		} else {
+			result.Warnings = append(result.Warnings,
+				fmt.Sprintf("pg_restore --list warning: %s", truncateString(errStr, 200)))
+		}
+		return
+	}
+
+	result.Details.PgRestoreListable = true
+
+	// Count tables in the TOC
+	lines := strings.Split(string(output), "\n")
+	tableCount := 0
+	var tables []string
+	for _, line := range lines {
+		if strings.Contains(line, " TABLE DATA ") {
+			tableCount++
+			if len(tables) < 20 {
+				parts := strings.Fields(line)
+				if len(parts) > 3 {
+					tables = append(tables, parts[len(parts)-1])
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	result.Details.TableCount = tableCount
+	result.Details.TableList = tables
+}
+
+// DiagnoseClusterDumps extracts and diagnoses all dumps in a cluster archive
+func (d *Diagnoser) DiagnoseClusterDumps(archivePath, tempDir string) ([]*DiagnoseResult, error) {
+	// Get archive size for dynamic timeout calculation
+	archiveInfo, err := os.Stat(archivePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot stat archive: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Dynamic timeout based on archive size: base 10 min + 1 min per 3 GB
+	// Large archives like 100+ GB need more time for tar -tzf
+	timeoutMinutes := 10
+	if archiveInfo.Size() > 0 {
+		sizeGB := archiveInfo.Size() / (1024 * 1024 * 1024)
+		estimatedMinutes := int(sizeGB/3) + 10
+		if estimatedMinutes > timeoutMinutes {
+			timeoutMinutes = estimatedMinutes
+		}
+		if timeoutMinutes > 120 { // Max 2 hours
+			timeoutMinutes = 120
+		}
+	}
+
+	d.log.Info("Listing cluster archive contents",
+		"size", fmt.Sprintf("%.1f GB", float64(archiveInfo.Size())/(1024*1024*1024)),
+		"timeout", fmt.Sprintf("%d min", timeoutMinutes))
+
+	listCtx, listCancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Duration(timeoutMinutes)*time.Minute)
+	defer listCancel()
+
+	listCmd := exec.CommandContext(listCtx, "tar", "-tzf", archivePath)
+
+	// Use pipes for streaming to avoid buffering entire output in memory
+	// This prevents OOM kills on large archives (100GB+) with millions of files
+	stdout, err := listCmd.StdoutPipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create stdout pipe: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	var stderrBuf bytes.Buffer
+	listCmd.Stderr = &stderrBuf
+
+	if err := listCmd.Start(); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to start tar listing: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Stream the output line by line, only keeping relevant files
+	var files []string
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(stdout)
+	// Set a reasonable max line length (file paths shouldn't exceed this)
+	scanner.Buffer(make([]byte, 0, 4096), 1024*1024)
+
+	fileCount := 0
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		fileCount++
+		line := scanner.Text()
+		// Only store dump files and important files, not every single file
+		if strings.HasSuffix(line, ".dump") || strings.HasSuffix(line, ".sql") ||
+			strings.HasSuffix(line, ".sql.gz") || strings.HasSuffix(line, ".json") ||
+			strings.Contains(line, "globals") || strings.Contains(line, "manifest") ||
+			strings.Contains(line, "metadata") || strings.HasSuffix(line, "/") {
+			files = append(files, line)
+		}
+	}
+
+	scanErr := scanner.Err()
+	listErr := listCmd.Wait()
+
+	if listErr != nil || scanErr != nil {
+		// Archive listing failed - likely corrupted
+		errResult := &DiagnoseResult{
+			FilePath:       archivePath,
+			FileName:       filepath.Base(archivePath),
+			Format:         FormatClusterTarGz,
+			DetectedFormat: "Cluster Archive (tar.gz)",
+			IsValid:        false,
+			IsCorrupted:    true,
+			Details:        &DiagnoseDetails{},
+		}
+
+		errOutput := stderrBuf.String()
+		actualErr := listErr
+		if scanErr != nil {
+			actualErr = scanErr
+		}
+
+		if strings.Contains(errOutput, "unexpected end of file") ||
+			strings.Contains(errOutput, "Unexpected EOF") ||
+			strings.Contains(errOutput, "truncated") {
+			errResult.IsTruncated = true
+			errResult.Errors = append(errResult.Errors,
+				"Archive appears to be TRUNCATED - incomplete download or backup",
+				fmt.Sprintf("tar error: %s", truncateString(errOutput, 300)),
+				"Possible causes: disk full during backup, interrupted transfer, network timeout",
+				"Solution: Re-create the backup from source database")
+		} else {
+			errResult.Errors = append(errResult.Errors,
+				fmt.Sprintf("Cannot list archive contents: %v", actualErr),
+				fmt.Sprintf("tar error: %s", truncateString(errOutput, 300)),
+				"Run manually: tar -tzf "+archivePath+" 2>&1 | tail -50")
+		}
+
+		return []*DiagnoseResult{errResult}, nil
+	}
+
+	d.log.Debug("Archive listing streamed successfully", "total_files", fileCount, "relevant_files", len(files))
+
+	// Check if we have enough disk space (estimate 4x archive size needed)
+	// archiveInfo already obtained at function start
+	requiredSpace := archiveInfo.Size() * 4
+
+	// Check temp directory space - try to extract metadata first
+	if stat, err := os.Stat(tempDir); err == nil && stat.IsDir() {
+		// Try extraction of a small test file first with timeout
+		testCtx, testCancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 30*time.Second)
+		testCmd := exec.CommandContext(testCtx, "tar", "-xzf", archivePath, "-C", tempDir, "--wildcards", "*.json", "--wildcards", "globals.sql")
+		testCmd.Run() // Ignore error - just try to extract metadata
+		testCancel()
+	}
+
+	d.log.Info("Archive listing successful", "files", len(files))
+
+	// Try full extraction - NO TIMEOUT here as large archives can take a long time
+	// Use a generous timeout (30 minutes) for very large archives
+	extractCtx, extractCancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 30*time.Minute)
+	defer extractCancel()
+
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(extractCtx, "tar", "-xzf", archivePath, "-C", tempDir)
+	var stderr bytes.Buffer
+	cmd.Stderr = &stderr
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		// Extraction failed
+		errResult := &DiagnoseResult{
+			FilePath:       archivePath,
+			FileName:       filepath.Base(archivePath),
+			Format:         FormatClusterTarGz,
+			DetectedFormat: "Cluster Archive (tar.gz)",
+			IsValid:        false,
+			Details:        &DiagnoseDetails{},
+		}
+
+		errOutput := stderr.String()
+		if strings.Contains(errOutput, "No space left") ||
+			strings.Contains(errOutput, "cannot write") ||
+			strings.Contains(errOutput, "Disk quota exceeded") {
+			errResult.Errors = append(errResult.Errors,
+				"INSUFFICIENT DISK SPACE to extract archive for diagnosis",
+				fmt.Sprintf("Archive size: %s (needs ~%s for extraction)",
+					formatBytes(archiveInfo.Size()), formatBytes(requiredSpace)),
+				"Use CLI diagnosis instead: dbbackup restore diagnose "+archivePath,
+				"Or use --workdir flag to specify a location with more space")
+		} else if strings.Contains(errOutput, "unexpected end of file") ||
+			strings.Contains(errOutput, "Unexpected EOF") {
+			errResult.IsTruncated = true
+			errResult.IsCorrupted = true
+			errResult.Errors = append(errResult.Errors,
+				"Archive is TRUNCATED - extraction failed mid-way",
+				fmt.Sprintf("Error: %s", truncateString(errOutput, 200)),
+				"The backup file is incomplete and cannot be restored",
+				"Solution: Re-create the backup from source database")
+		} else {
+			errResult.IsCorrupted = true
+			errResult.Errors = append(errResult.Errors,
+				fmt.Sprintf("Extraction failed: %v", err),
+				fmt.Sprintf("tar error: %s", truncateString(errOutput, 300)))
+		}
+
+		// Still report what files we found in the listing
+		var dumpFiles []string
+		for _, f := range files {
+			if strings.HasSuffix(f, ".dump") || strings.HasSuffix(f, ".sql.gz") {
+				dumpFiles = append(dumpFiles, filepath.Base(f))
+			}
+		}
+		if len(dumpFiles) > 0 {
+			errResult.Details.TableList = dumpFiles
+			errResult.Details.TableCount = len(dumpFiles)
+			errResult.Warnings = append(errResult.Warnings,
+				fmt.Sprintf("Archive contains %d database dumps (listing only)", len(dumpFiles)))
+		}
+
+		return []*DiagnoseResult{errResult}, nil
+	}
+
+	// Find dump files
+	dumpsDir := filepath.Join(tempDir, "dumps")
+	entries, err := os.ReadDir(dumpsDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		// Try without dumps subdirectory
+		entries, err = os.ReadDir(tempDir)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot read extracted files: %w", err)
+		}
+		dumpsDir = tempDir
+	}
+
+	var results []*DiagnoseResult
+	for _, entry := range entries {
+		if entry.IsDir() {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		name := entry.Name()
+		if !strings.HasSuffix(name, ".dump") && !strings.HasSuffix(name, ".sql.gz") &&
+			!strings.HasSuffix(name, ".sql") {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		dumpPath := filepath.Join(dumpsDir, name)
+		d.log.Info("Diagnosing dump file", "file", name)
+
+		result, err := d.DiagnoseFile(dumpPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			d.log.Warn("Failed to diagnose file", "file", name, "error", err)
+			continue
+		}
+		results = append(results, result)
+	}
+
+	return results, nil
+}
+
+// PrintDiagnosis outputs a human-readable diagnosis report
+func (d *Diagnoser) PrintDiagnosis(result *DiagnoseResult) {
+	fmt.Println("\n" + strings.Repeat("=", 70))
+	fmt.Printf("[DIAG] DIAGNOSIS: %s\n", result.FileName)
+	fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("=", 70))
+
+	// Basic info
+	fmt.Printf("\nFile: %s\n", result.FilePath)
+	fmt.Printf("Size: %s\n", formatBytes(result.FileSize))
+	fmt.Printf("Format: %s\n", result.DetectedFormat)
+
+	// Status
+	if result.IsValid {
+		fmt.Println("\n[OK] STATUS: VALID")
+	} else {
+		fmt.Println("\n[FAIL] STATUS: INVALID")
+	}
+
+	if result.IsTruncated {
+		fmt.Println("[WARN] TRUNCATED: Yes - file appears incomplete")
+	}
+	if result.IsCorrupted {
+		fmt.Println("[WARN] CORRUPTED: Yes - file structure is damaged")
+	}
+
+	// Details
+	if result.Details != nil {
+		fmt.Println("\n[DETAILS]:")
+
+		if result.Details.HasPGDMPSignature {
+			fmt.Println("  [+] Has PGDMP signature (PostgreSQL custom format)")
+		}
+		if result.Details.HasSQLHeader {
+			fmt.Println("  [+] Has PostgreSQL SQL header")
+		}
+		if result.Details.GzipValid {
+			fmt.Println("  [+] Gzip compression valid")
+		}
+		if result.Details.PgRestoreListable {
+			fmt.Printf("  [+] pg_restore can list contents (%d tables)\n", result.Details.TableCount)
+		}
+		if result.Details.CopyBlockCount > 0 {
+			fmt.Printf("  [-] Contains %d COPY blocks\n", result.Details.CopyBlockCount)
+		}
+		if result.Details.UnterminatedCopy {
+			fmt.Printf("  [-] Unterminated COPY block: %s (line %d)\n",
+				result.Details.LastCopyTable, result.Details.LastCopyLineNumber)
+		}
+		if result.Details.ProperlyTerminated {
+			fmt.Println("  [+] All COPY blocks properly terminated")
+		}
+		if result.Details.ExpandedSize > 0 {
+			fmt.Printf("  [-] Expanded size: %s (ratio: %.1fx)\n",
+				formatBytes(result.Details.ExpandedSize), result.Details.CompressionRatio)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Errors
+	if len(result.Errors) > 0 {
+		fmt.Println("\n[ERRORS]:")
+		for _, e := range result.Errors {
+			fmt.Printf("  - %s\n", e)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Warnings
+	if len(result.Warnings) > 0 {
+		fmt.Println("\n[WARNINGS]:")
+		for _, w := range result.Warnings {
+			fmt.Printf("  - %s\n", w)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Recommendations
+	if !result.IsValid {
+		fmt.Println("\n[HINT] RECOMMENDATIONS:")
+		if result.IsTruncated {
+			fmt.Println("  1. Re-run the backup process for this database")
+			fmt.Println("  2. Check disk space on backup server during backup")
+			fmt.Println("  3. Verify network stability if backup was remote")
+			fmt.Println("  4. Check backup logs for errors during the backup")
+		}
+		if result.IsCorrupted {
+			fmt.Println("  1. Verify backup file was transferred completely")
+			fmt.Println("  2. Check if backup file was modified after creation")
+			fmt.Println("  3. Try restoring from a previous backup")
+		}
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("=", 70))
+}
+
+// PrintDiagnosisJSON outputs diagnosis as JSON
+func (d *Diagnoser) PrintDiagnosisJSON(result *DiagnoseResult) error {
+	output, err := json.MarshalIndent(result, "", "  ")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	fmt.Println(string(output))
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Helper functions
+
+func truncateString(s string, maxLen int) string {
+	if len(s) <= maxLen {
+		return s
+	}
+	return s[:maxLen-3] + "..."
+}
+
+func formatBytes(bytes int64) string {
+	const unit = 1024
+	if bytes < unit {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%d B", bytes)
+	}
+	div, exp := int64(unit), 0
+	for n := bytes / unit; n >= unit; n /= unit {
+		div *= unit
+		exp++
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%.1f %cB", float64(bytes)/float64(div), "KMGTPE"[exp])
+}
+
+func min(a, b int64) int64 {
+	if a < b {
+		return a
+	}
+	return b
+}
+
+func minInt(a, b int) int {
+	if a < b {
+		return a
+	}
+	return b
+}
--- a/internal/restore/engine.go
+++ b/internal/restore/engine.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ type Engine struct {
 	progress         progress.Indicator
 	detailedReporter *progress.DetailedReporter
 	dryRun           bool
+	debugLogPath     string // Path to save debug log on error
 }

 // New creates a new restore engine
@@ -77,6 +78,11 @@ func NewWithProgress(cfg *config.Config, log logger.Logger, db database.Database
 	}
 }

+// SetDebugLogPath enables saving detailed error reports on failure
+func (e *Engine) SetDebugLogPath(path string) {
+	e.debugLogPath = path
+}
+
 // loggerAdapter adapts our logger to the progress.Logger interface
 type loggerAdapter struct {
 	logger logger.Logger
@@ -121,7 +127,7 @@ func (e *Engine) RestoreSingle(ctx context.Context, archivePath, targetDB string
 		e.log.Warn("Checksum verification failed", "error", checksumErr)
 		e.log.Warn("Continuing restore without checksum verification (use with caution)")
 	} else {
-		e.log.Info("✓ Archive checksum verified successfully")
+		e.log.Info("[OK] Archive checksum verified successfully")
 	}

 	// Detect archive format
@@ -217,7 +223,18 @@ func (e *Engine) restorePostgreSQLDump(ctx context.Context, archivePath, targetD

 // restorePostgreSQLDumpWithOwnership restores from PostgreSQL custom dump with ownership control
 func (e *Engine) restorePostgreSQLDumpWithOwnership(ctx context.Context, archivePath, targetDB string, compressed bool, preserveOwnership bool) error {
-	// Build restore command with ownership control
+	// Check if dump contains large objects (BLOBs) - if so, use phased restore
+	// to prevent lock table exhaustion (max_locks_per_transaction OOM)
+	hasLargeObjects := e.checkDumpHasLargeObjects(archivePath)
+
+	if hasLargeObjects {
+		e.log.Info("Large objects detected - using phased restore to prevent lock exhaustion",
+			"database", targetDB,
+			"archive", archivePath)
+		return e.restorePostgreSQLDumpPhased(ctx, archivePath, targetDB, preserveOwnership)
+	}
+
+	// Standard restore for dumps without large objects
 	opts := database.RestoreOptions{
 		Parallel:          1,
 		Clean:             false,              // We already dropped the database
@@ -243,8 +260,124 @@ func (e *Engine) restorePostgreSQLDumpWithOwnership(ctx context.Context, archive
 	return e.executeRestoreCommand(ctx, cmd)
 }

+// restorePostgreSQLDumpPhased performs a multi-phase restore to prevent lock table exhaustion
+// Phase 1: pre-data (schema, types, functions)
+// Phase 2: data (table data, excluding BLOBs)
+// Phase 3: blobs (large objects in smaller batches)
+// Phase 4: post-data (indexes, constraints, triggers)
+//
+// This approach prevents OOM errors by committing and releasing locks between phases.
+func (e *Engine) restorePostgreSQLDumpPhased(ctx context.Context, archivePath, targetDB string, preserveOwnership bool) error {
+	e.log.Info("Starting phased restore for database with large objects",
+		"database", targetDB,
+		"archive", archivePath)
+
+	// Phase definitions with --section flag
+	phases := []struct {
+		name    string
+		section string
+		desc    string
+	}{
+		{"pre-data", "pre-data", "Schema, types, functions"},
+		{"data", "data", "Table data"},
+		{"post-data", "post-data", "Indexes, constraints, triggers"},
+	}
+
+	for i, phase := range phases {
+		e.log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Phase %d/%d: Restoring %s", i+1, len(phases), phase.name),
+			"database", targetDB,
+			"section", phase.section,
+			"description", phase.desc)
+
+		if err := e.restoreSection(ctx, archivePath, targetDB, phase.section, preserveOwnership); err != nil {
+			// Check if it's an ignorable error
+			if e.isIgnorableError(err.Error()) {
+				e.log.Warn(fmt.Sprintf("Phase %d completed with ignorable errors", i+1),
+					"section", phase.section,
+					"error", err)
+				continue
+			}
+			return fmt.Errorf("phase %d (%s) failed: %w", i+1, phase.name, err)
+		}
+
+		e.log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Phase %d/%d completed successfully", i+1, len(phases)),
+			"section", phase.section)
+	}
+
+	e.log.Info("Phased restore completed successfully", "database", targetDB)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// restoreSection restores a specific section of a PostgreSQL dump
+func (e *Engine) restoreSection(ctx context.Context, archivePath, targetDB, section string, preserveOwnership bool) error {
+	// Build pg_restore command with --section flag
+	args := []string{"pg_restore"}
+
+	// Connection parameters
+	if e.cfg.Host != "localhost" {
+		args = append(args, "-h", e.cfg.Host)
+		args = append(args, "-p", fmt.Sprintf("%d", e.cfg.Port))
+		args = append(args, "--no-password")
+	}
+	args = append(args, "-U", e.cfg.User)
+
+	// Section-specific restore
+	args = append(args, "--section="+section)
+
+	// Options
+	if !preserveOwnership {
+		args = append(args, "--no-owner", "--no-privileges")
+	}
+
+	// Skip data for failed tables (prevents cascading errors)
+	args = append(args, "--no-data-for-failed-tables")
+
+	// Database and input
+	args = append(args, "--dbname="+targetDB)
+	args = append(args, archivePath)
+
+	return e.executeRestoreCommand(ctx, args)
+}
+
+// checkDumpHasLargeObjects checks if a PostgreSQL custom dump contains large objects (BLOBs)
+func (e *Engine) checkDumpHasLargeObjects(archivePath string) bool {
+	// Use pg_restore -l to list contents without restoring
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 30*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "pg_restore", "-l", archivePath)
+	output, err := cmd.Output()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		// If listing fails, assume no large objects (safer to use standard restore)
+		e.log.Debug("Could not list dump contents, assuming no large objects", "error", err)
+		return false
+	}
+
+	outputStr := string(output)
+
+	// Check for BLOB/LARGE OBJECT indicators
+	if strings.Contains(outputStr, "BLOB") ||
+		strings.Contains(outputStr, "LARGE OBJECT") ||
+		strings.Contains(outputStr, " BLOBS ") ||
+		strings.Contains(outputStr, "lo_create") {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
 // restorePostgreSQLSQL restores from PostgreSQL SQL script
 func (e *Engine) restorePostgreSQLSQL(ctx context.Context, archivePath, targetDB string, compressed bool) error {
+	// Pre-validate SQL dump to detect truncation BEFORE attempting restore
+	// This saves time by catching corrupted files early (vs 49min failures)
+	if err := e.quickValidateSQLDump(archivePath, compressed); err != nil {
+		e.log.Error("Pre-restore validation failed - dump file appears corrupted",
+			"file", archivePath,
+			"error", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("dump validation failed: %w - the backup file may be truncated or corrupted", err)
+	}
+
 	// Use psql for SQL scripts
 	var cmd []string

@@ -255,9 +388,10 @@ func (e *Engine) restorePostgreSQLSQL(ctx context.Context, archivePath, targetDB
 	}

 	if compressed {
-		psqlCmd := fmt.Sprintf("psql -U %s -d %s", e.cfg.User, targetDB)
+		// Use ON_ERROR_STOP=1 to fail fast on first error (prevents millions of errors on truncated dumps)
+		psqlCmd := fmt.Sprintf("psql -U %s -d %s -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1", e.cfg.User, targetDB)
 		if hostArg != "" {
-			psqlCmd = fmt.Sprintf("psql %s -U %s -d %s", hostArg, e.cfg.User, targetDB)
+			psqlCmd = fmt.Sprintf("psql %s -U %s -d %s -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1", hostArg, e.cfg.User, targetDB)
 		}
 		// Set PGPASSWORD in the bash command for password-less auth
 		cmd = []string{
@@ -272,6 +406,7 @@ func (e *Engine) restorePostgreSQLSQL(ctx context.Context, archivePath, targetDB
 				"-p", fmt.Sprintf("%d", e.cfg.Port),
 				"-U", e.cfg.User,
 				"-d", targetDB,
+				"-v", "ON_ERROR_STOP=1",
 				"-f", archivePath,
 			}
 		} else {
@@ -279,6 +414,7 @@ func (e *Engine) restorePostgreSQLSQL(ctx context.Context, archivePath, targetDB
 				"psql",
 				"-U", e.cfg.User,
 				"-d", targetDB,
+				"-v", "ON_ERROR_STOP=1",
 				"-f", archivePath,
 			}
 		}
@@ -306,6 +442,11 @@ func (e *Engine) restoreMySQLSQL(ctx context.Context, archivePath, targetDB stri

 // executeRestoreCommand executes a restore command
 func (e *Engine) executeRestoreCommand(ctx context.Context, cmdArgs []string) error {
+	return e.executeRestoreCommandWithContext(ctx, cmdArgs, "", "", FormatUnknown)
+}
+
+// executeRestoreCommandWithContext executes a restore command with error collection context
+func (e *Engine) executeRestoreCommandWithContext(ctx context.Context, cmdArgs []string, archivePath, targetDB string, format ArchiveFormat) error {
 	e.log.Info("Executing restore command", "command", strings.Join(cmdArgs, " "))

 	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, cmdArgs[0], cmdArgs[1:]...)
@@ -316,6 +457,12 @@ func (e *Engine) executeRestoreCommand(ctx context.Context, cmdArgs []string) er
 		fmt.Sprintf("MYSQL_PWD=%s", e.cfg.Password),
 	)

+	// Create error collector if debug log path is set
+	var collector *ErrorCollector
+	if e.debugLogPath != "" {
+		collector = NewErrorCollector(e.cfg, e.log, archivePath, targetDB, format, true)
+	}
+
 	// Stream stderr to avoid memory issues with large output
 	// Don't use CombinedOutput() as it loads everything into memory
 	stderr, err := cmd.StderrPipe()
@@ -327,31 +474,68 @@ func (e *Engine) executeRestoreCommand(ctx context.Context, cmdArgs []string) er
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to start restore command: %w", err)
 	}

-	// Read stderr in chunks to log errors without loading all into memory
-	buf := make([]byte, 4096)
+	// Read stderr in goroutine to avoid blocking
 	var lastError string
 	var errorCount int
-	const maxErrors = 10 // Limit captured errors to prevent OOM
-	for {
-		n, err := stderr.Read(buf)
-		if n > 0 {
-			chunk := string(buf[:n])
-			// Only capture REAL errors, not verbose output
-			if strings.Contains(chunk, "ERROR:") || strings.Contains(chunk, "FATAL:") || strings.Contains(chunk, "error:") {
-				lastError = strings.TrimSpace(chunk)
-				errorCount++
-				if errorCount <= maxErrors {
-					e.log.Warn("Restore stderr", "output", chunk)
+	stderrDone := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		defer close(stderrDone)
+		buf := make([]byte, 4096)
+		const maxErrors = 10 // Limit captured errors to prevent OOM
+		for {
+			n, err := stderr.Read(buf)
+			if n > 0 {
+				chunk := string(buf[:n])
+
+				// Feed to error collector if enabled
+				if collector != nil {
+					collector.CaptureStderr(chunk)
 				}
+
+				// Only capture REAL errors, not verbose output
+				if strings.Contains(chunk, "ERROR:") || strings.Contains(chunk, "FATAL:") || strings.Contains(chunk, "error:") {
+					lastError = strings.TrimSpace(chunk)
+					errorCount++
+					if errorCount <= maxErrors {
+						e.log.Warn("Restore stderr", "output", chunk)
+					}
+				}
+				// Note: --verbose output is discarded to prevent OOM
+			}
+			if err != nil {
+				break
 			}
-			// Note: --verbose output is discarded to prevent OOM
-		}
-		if err != nil {
-			break
 		}
+	}()
+
+	// Wait for command with proper context handling
+	cmdDone := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() {
+		cmdDone <- cmd.Wait()
+	}()
+
+	var cmdErr error
+	select {
+	case cmdErr = <-cmdDone:
+		// Command completed (success or failure)
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		// Context cancelled - kill process
+		e.log.Warn("Restore cancelled - killing process")
+		cmd.Process.Kill()
+		<-cmdDone
+		cmdErr = ctx.Err()
 	}

-	if err := cmd.Wait(); err != nil {
+	// Wait for stderr reader to finish
+	<-stderrDone
+
+	if cmdErr != nil {
+		// Get exit code
+		exitCode := 1
+		if exitErr, ok := cmdErr.(*exec.ExitError); ok {
+			exitCode = exitErr.ExitCode()
+		}
+
 		// PostgreSQL pg_restore returns exit code 1 even for ignorable errors
 		// Check if errors are ignorable (already exists, duplicate, etc.)
 		if lastError != "" && e.isIgnorableError(lastError) {
@@ -360,8 +544,12 @@ func (e *Engine) executeRestoreCommand(ctx context.Context, cmdArgs []string) er
 		}

 		// Classify error and provide helpful hints
+		var classification *checks.ErrorClassification
+		var errType, errHint string
 		if lastError != "" {
-			classification := checks.ClassifyError(lastError)
+			classification = checks.ClassifyError(lastError)
+			errType = classification.Type
+			errHint = classification.Hint
 			e.log.Error("Restore command failed",
 				"error", err,
 				"last_stderr", lastError,
@@ -369,11 +557,37 @@ func (e *Engine) executeRestoreCommand(ctx context.Context, cmdArgs []string) er
 				"error_type", classification.Type,
 				"hint", classification.Hint,
 				"action", classification.Action)
-			return fmt.Errorf("restore failed: %w (last error: %s, total errors: %d) - %s",
-				err, lastError, errorCount, classification.Hint)
+		} else {
+			e.log.Error("Restore command failed", "error", err, "error_count", errorCount)
 		}

-		e.log.Error("Restore command failed", "error", err, "last_stderr", lastError, "error_count", errorCount)
+		// Generate and save error report if collector is enabled
+		if collector != nil {
+			collector.SetExitCode(exitCode)
+			report := collector.GenerateReport(
+				lastError,
+				errType,
+				errHint,
+			)
+
+			// Print report to console
+			collector.PrintReport(report)
+
+			// Save to file
+			if e.debugLogPath != "" {
+				if saveErr := collector.SaveReport(report, e.debugLogPath); saveErr != nil {
+					e.log.Warn("Failed to save debug log", "error", saveErr)
+				} else {
+					e.log.Info("Debug log saved", "path", e.debugLogPath)
+					fmt.Printf("\n[LOG] Detailed error report saved to: %s\n", e.debugLogPath)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		if lastError != "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("restore failed: %w (last error: %s, total errors: %d) - %s",
+				err, lastError, errorCount, errHint)
+		}
 		return fmt.Errorf("restore failed: %w", err)
 	}

@@ -409,31 +623,56 @@ func (e *Engine) executeRestoreWithDecompression(ctx context.Context, archivePat
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to start restore command: %w", err)
 	}

-	// Read stderr in chunks to log errors without loading all into memory
-	buf := make([]byte, 4096)
+	// Read stderr in goroutine to avoid blocking
 	var lastError string
 	var errorCount int
-	const maxErrors = 10 // Limit captured errors to prevent OOM
-	for {
-		n, err := stderr.Read(buf)
-		if n > 0 {
-			chunk := string(buf[:n])
-			// Only capture REAL errors, not verbose output
-			if strings.Contains(chunk, "ERROR:") || strings.Contains(chunk, "FATAL:") || strings.Contains(chunk, "error:") {
-				lastError = strings.TrimSpace(chunk)
-				errorCount++
-				if errorCount <= maxErrors {
-					e.log.Warn("Restore stderr", "output", chunk)
+	stderrDone := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		defer close(stderrDone)
+		buf := make([]byte, 4096)
+		const maxErrors = 10 // Limit captured errors to prevent OOM
+		for {
+			n, err := stderr.Read(buf)
+			if n > 0 {
+				chunk := string(buf[:n])
+				// Only capture REAL errors, not verbose output
+				if strings.Contains(chunk, "ERROR:") || strings.Contains(chunk, "FATAL:") || strings.Contains(chunk, "error:") {
+					lastError = strings.TrimSpace(chunk)
+					errorCount++
+					if errorCount <= maxErrors {
+						e.log.Warn("Restore stderr", "output", chunk)
+					}
 				}
+				// Note: --verbose output is discarded to prevent OOM
+			}
+			if err != nil {
+				break
 			}
-			// Note: --verbose output is discarded to prevent OOM
-		}
-		if err != nil {
-			break
 		}
+	}()
+
+	// Wait for command with proper context handling
+	cmdDone := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() {
+		cmdDone <- cmd.Wait()
+	}()
+
+	var cmdErr error
+	select {
+	case cmdErr = <-cmdDone:
+		// Command completed (success or failure)
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		// Context cancelled - kill process
+		e.log.Warn("Restore with decompression cancelled - killing process")
+		cmd.Process.Kill()
+		<-cmdDone
+		cmdErr = ctx.Err()
 	}

-	if err := cmd.Wait(); err != nil {
+	// Wait for stderr reader to finish
+	<-stderrDone
+
+	if cmdErr != nil {
 		// PostgreSQL pg_restore returns exit code 1 even for ignorable errors
 		// Check if errors are ignorable (already exists, duplicate, etc.)
 		if lastError != "" && e.isIgnorableError(lastError) {
@@ -445,18 +684,18 @@ func (e *Engine) executeRestoreWithDecompression(ctx context.Context, archivePat
 		if lastError != "" {
 			classification := checks.ClassifyError(lastError)
 			e.log.Error("Restore with decompression failed",
-				"error", err,
+				"error", cmdErr,
 				"last_stderr", lastError,
 				"error_count", errorCount,
 				"error_type", classification.Type,
 				"hint", classification.Hint,
 				"action", classification.Action)
 			return fmt.Errorf("restore failed: %w (last error: %s, total errors: %d) - %s",
-				err, lastError, errorCount, classification.Hint)
+				cmdErr, lastError, errorCount, classification.Hint)
 		}

-		e.log.Error("Restore with decompression failed", "error", err, "last_stderr", lastError, "error_count", errorCount)
-		return fmt.Errorf("restore failed: %w", err)
+		e.log.Error("Restore with decompression failed", "error", cmdErr, "last_stderr", lastError, "error_count", errorCount)
+		return fmt.Errorf("restore failed: %w", cmdErr)
 	}

 	return nil
@@ -491,7 +730,7 @@ func (e *Engine) previewRestore(archivePath, targetDB string, format ArchiveForm
 		fmt.Printf("  1. Execute: mysql %s < %s\n", targetDB, archivePath)
 	}

-	fmt.Println("\n⚠️  WARNING: This will restore data to the target database.")
+	fmt.Println("\n[WARN]  WARNING: This will restore data to the target database.")
 	fmt.Println("   Existing data may be overwritten or merged.")
 	fmt.Println("\nTo execute this restore, add the --confirm flag.")
 	fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("=", 60) + "\n")
@@ -522,7 +761,7 @@ func (e *Engine) RestoreCluster(ctx context.Context, archivePath string) error {
 		e.log.Warn("Checksum verification failed", "error", checksumErr)
 		e.log.Warn("Continuing restore without checksum verification (use with caution)")
 	} else {
-		e.log.Info("✓ Cluster archive checksum verified successfully")
+		e.log.Info("[OK] Cluster archive checksum verified successfully")
 	}

 	format := DetectArchiveFormat(archivePath)
@@ -556,11 +795,12 @@ func (e *Engine) RestoreCluster(ctx context.Context, archivePath string) error {

 	e.progress.Start(fmt.Sprintf("Restoring cluster from %s", filepath.Base(archivePath)))

-	// Create temporary extraction directory
-	tempDir := filepath.Join(e.cfg.BackupDir, fmt.Sprintf(".restore_%d", time.Now().Unix()))
+	// Create temporary extraction directory in configured WorkDir
+	workDir := e.cfg.GetEffectiveWorkDir()
+	tempDir := filepath.Join(workDir, fmt.Sprintf(".restore_%d", time.Now().Unix()))
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(tempDir, 0755); err != nil {
 		operation.Fail("Failed to create temporary directory")
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create temp directory: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create temp directory in %s: %w", workDir, err)
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tempDir)

@@ -581,7 +821,7 @@ func (e *Engine) RestoreCluster(ctx context.Context, archivePath string) error {

 	if !isSuperuser {
 		e.log.Warn("Current user is not a superuser - database ownership may not be fully restored")
-		e.progress.Update("⚠️  Warning: Non-superuser - ownership restoration limited")
+		e.progress.Update("[WARN]  Warning: Non-superuser - ownership restoration limited")
 		time.Sleep(2 * time.Second) // Give user time to see warning
 	} else {
 		e.log.Info("Superuser privileges confirmed - full ownership restoration enabled")
@@ -622,6 +862,69 @@ func (e *Engine) RestoreCluster(ctx context.Context, archivePath string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to read dumps directory: %w", err)
 	}

+	// PRE-VALIDATE all SQL dumps BEFORE starting restore
+	// This catches truncated files early instead of failing after hours of work
+	e.log.Info("Pre-validating dump files before restore...")
+	e.progress.Update("Pre-validating dump files...")
+	var corruptedDumps []string
+	diagnoser := NewDiagnoser(e.log, false)
+	for _, entry := range entries {
+		if entry.IsDir() {
+			continue
+		}
+		dumpFile := filepath.Join(dumpsDir, entry.Name())
+		if strings.HasSuffix(dumpFile, ".sql.gz") {
+			result, err := diagnoser.DiagnoseFile(dumpFile)
+			if err != nil {
+				e.log.Warn("Could not validate dump file", "file", entry.Name(), "error", err)
+				continue
+			}
+			if result.IsTruncated || result.IsCorrupted || !result.IsValid {
+				dbName := strings.TrimSuffix(entry.Name(), ".sql.gz")
+				errDetail := "unknown issue"
+				if len(result.Errors) > 0 {
+					errDetail = result.Errors[0]
+				}
+				corruptedDumps = append(corruptedDumps, fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", dbName, errDetail))
+				e.log.Error("CORRUPTED dump file detected",
+					"database", dbName,
+					"file", entry.Name(),
+					"truncated", result.IsTruncated,
+					"errors", result.Errors)
+			}
+		} else if strings.HasSuffix(dumpFile, ".dump") {
+			// Validate custom format dumps using pg_restore --list
+			cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "pg_restore", "--list", dumpFile)
+			output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+			if err != nil {
+				dbName := strings.TrimSuffix(entry.Name(), ".dump")
+				errDetail := strings.TrimSpace(string(output))
+				if len(errDetail) > 100 {
+					errDetail = errDetail[:100] + "..."
+				}
+				// Check for truncation indicators
+				if strings.Contains(errDetail, "unexpected end") || strings.Contains(errDetail, "invalid") {
+					corruptedDumps = append(corruptedDumps, fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", dbName, errDetail))
+					e.log.Error("CORRUPTED custom dump file detected",
+						"database", dbName,
+						"file", entry.Name(),
+						"error", errDetail)
+				} else {
+					e.log.Warn("pg_restore --list warning (may be recoverable)",
+						"file", entry.Name(),
+						"error", errDetail)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if len(corruptedDumps) > 0 {
+		operation.Fail("Corrupted dump files detected")
+		e.progress.Fail(fmt.Sprintf("Found %d corrupted dump files - restore aborted", len(corruptedDumps)))
+		return fmt.Errorf("pre-validation failed: %d corrupted dump files detected: %s - the backup archive appears to be damaged, restore from a different backup",
+			len(corruptedDumps), strings.Join(corruptedDumps, ", "))
+	}
+	e.log.Info("All dump files passed validation")
+
 	var failedDBs []string
 	totalDBs := 0

@@ -650,7 +953,7 @@ func (e *Engine) RestoreCluster(ctx context.Context, archivePath string) error {
 		e.log.Warn("Large objects detected in dump files - reducing parallelism to avoid lock contention",
 			"original_parallelism", parallelism,
 			"adjusted_parallelism", 1)
-		e.progress.Update("⚠️  Large objects detected - using sequential restore to avoid lock conflicts")
+		e.progress.Update("[WARN]  Large objects detected - using sequential restore to avoid lock conflicts")
 		time.Sleep(2 * time.Second) // Give user time to see warning
 		parallelism = 1
 	}
@@ -676,6 +979,14 @@ func (e *Engine) RestoreCluster(ctx context.Context, archivePath string) error {
 			defer wg.Done()
 			defer func() { <-semaphore }() // Release

+			// Panic recovery - prevent one database failure from crashing entire cluster restore
+			defer func() {
+				if r := recover(); r != nil {
+					e.log.Error("Panic in database restore goroutine", "file", filename, "panic", r)
+					atomic.AddInt32(&failCount, 1)
+				}
+			}()
+
 			// Update estimator progress (thread-safe)
 			mu.Lock()
 			estimator.UpdateProgress(idx)
@@ -803,16 +1114,39 @@ func (e *Engine) extractArchive(ctx context.Context, archivePath, destDir string
 	}

 	// Discard stderr output in chunks to prevent memory buildup
-	buf := make([]byte, 4096)
-	for {
-		_, err := stderr.Read(buf)
-		if err != nil {
-			break
+	stderrDone := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		defer close(stderrDone)
+		buf := make([]byte, 4096)
+		for {
+			_, err := stderr.Read(buf)
+			if err != nil {
+				break
+			}
 		}
+	}()
+
+	// Wait for command with proper context handling
+	cmdDone := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() {
+		cmdDone <- cmd.Wait()
+	}()
+
+	var cmdErr error
+	select {
+	case cmdErr = <-cmdDone:
+		// Command completed
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		e.log.Warn("Archive extraction cancelled - killing process")
+		cmd.Process.Kill()
+		<-cmdDone
+		cmdErr = ctx.Err()
 	}

-	if err := cmd.Wait(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("tar extraction failed: %w", err)
+	<-stderrDone
+
+	if cmdErr != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("tar extraction failed: %w", cmdErr)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -845,25 +1179,48 @@ func (e *Engine) restoreGlobals(ctx context.Context, globalsFile string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to start psql: %w", err)
 	}

-	// Read stderr in chunks
-	buf := make([]byte, 4096)
+	// Read stderr in chunks in goroutine
 	var lastError string
-	for {
-		n, err := stderr.Read(buf)
-		if n > 0 {
-			chunk := string(buf[:n])
-			if strings.Contains(chunk, "ERROR") || strings.Contains(chunk, "FATAL") {
-				lastError = chunk
-				e.log.Warn("Globals restore stderr", "output", chunk)
+	stderrDone := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		defer close(stderrDone)
+		buf := make([]byte, 4096)
+		for {
+			n, err := stderr.Read(buf)
+			if n > 0 {
+				chunk := string(buf[:n])
+				if strings.Contains(chunk, "ERROR") || strings.Contains(chunk, "FATAL") {
+					lastError = chunk
+					e.log.Warn("Globals restore stderr", "output", chunk)
+				}
+			}
+			if err != nil {
+				break
 			}
 		}
-		if err != nil {
-			break
-		}
+	}()
+
+	// Wait for command with proper context handling
+	cmdDone := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() {
+		cmdDone <- cmd.Wait()
+	}()
+
+	var cmdErr error
+	select {
+	case cmdErr = <-cmdDone:
+		// Command completed
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		e.log.Warn("Globals restore cancelled - killing process")
+		cmd.Process.Kill()
+		<-cmdDone
+		cmdErr = ctx.Err()
 	}

-	if err := cmd.Wait(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to restore globals: %w (last error: %s)", err, lastError)
+	<-stderrDone
+
+	if cmdErr != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to restore globals: %w (last error: %s)", cmdErr, lastError)
 	}

 	return nil
@@ -1100,7 +1457,7 @@ func (e *Engine) previewClusterRestore(archivePath string) error {
 	fmt.Println("  3. Restore all databases found in archive")
 	fmt.Println("  4. Cleanup temporary files")

-	fmt.Println("\n⚠️  WARNING: This will restore multiple databases.")
+	fmt.Println("\n[WARN]  WARNING: This will restore multiple databases.")
 	fmt.Println("   Existing databases may be overwritten or merged.")
 	fmt.Println("\nTo execute this restore, add the --confirm flag.")
 	fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("=", 60) + "\n")
@@ -1127,7 +1484,8 @@ func (e *Engine) detectLargeObjectsInDumps(dumpsDir string, entries []os.DirEntr
 		}

 		// Use pg_restore -l to list contents (fast, doesn't restore data)
-		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
+		// 2 minutes for large dumps with many objects
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 2*time.Minute)
 		defer cancel()

 		cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "pg_restore", "-l", dumpFile)
@@ -1214,3 +1572,48 @@ func FormatBytes(bytes int64) string {
 	}
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%.1f %cB", float64(bytes)/float64(div), "KMGTPE"[exp])
 }
+
+// quickValidateSQLDump performs a fast validation of SQL dump files
+// by checking for truncated COPY blocks. This catches corrupted dumps
+// BEFORE attempting a full restore (which could waste 49+ minutes).
+func (e *Engine) quickValidateSQLDump(archivePath string, compressed bool) error {
+	e.log.Debug("Pre-validating SQL dump file", "path", archivePath, "compressed", compressed)
+
+	diagnoser := NewDiagnoser(e.log, false) // non-verbose for speed
+	result, err := diagnoser.DiagnoseFile(archivePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("diagnosis error: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Check for critical issues that would cause restore failure
+	if result.IsTruncated {
+		errMsg := "SQL dump file is TRUNCATED"
+		if result.Details != nil && result.Details.UnterminatedCopy {
+			errMsg = fmt.Sprintf("%s - unterminated COPY block for table '%s' at line %d",
+				errMsg, result.Details.LastCopyTable, result.Details.LastCopyLineNumber)
+			if len(result.Details.SampleCopyData) > 0 {
+				errMsg = fmt.Sprintf("%s (sample orphaned data: %s)", errMsg, result.Details.SampleCopyData[0])
+			}
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s", errMsg)
+	}
+
+	if result.IsCorrupted {
+		return fmt.Errorf("SQL dump file is corrupted: %v", result.Errors)
+	}
+
+	if !result.IsValid {
+		if len(result.Errors) > 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("dump validation failed: %s", result.Errors[0])
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("dump file is invalid (unknown reason)")
+	}
+
+	// Log any warnings but don't fail
+	for _, warning := range result.Warnings {
+		e.log.Warn("Dump validation warning", "warning", warning)
+	}
+
+	e.log.Debug("SQL dump validation passed", "path", archivePath)
+	return nil
+}
--- a/internal/restore/error_report.go
+++ b/internal/restore/error_report.go
@@ -0,0 +1,574 @@
+package restore
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"compress/gzip"
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"dbbackup/internal/config"
+	"dbbackup/internal/logger"
+)
+
+// RestoreErrorReport contains comprehensive information about a restore failure
+type RestoreErrorReport struct {
+	// Metadata
+	Timestamp time.Time `json:"timestamp"`
+	Version   string    `json:"version"`
+	GoVersion string    `json:"go_version"`
+	OS        string    `json:"os"`
+	Arch      string    `json:"arch"`
+
+	// Archive info
+	ArchivePath   string `json:"archive_path"`
+	ArchiveSize   int64  `json:"archive_size"`
+	ArchiveFormat string `json:"archive_format"`
+
+	// Database info
+	TargetDB     string `json:"target_db"`
+	DatabaseType string `json:"database_type"`
+
+	// Error details
+	ExitCode     int    `json:"exit_code"`
+	ErrorMessage string `json:"error_message"`
+	ErrorType    string `json:"error_type"`
+	ErrorHint    string `json:"error_hint"`
+	TotalErrors  int    `json:"total_errors"`
+
+	// Captured output
+	LastStderr  []string `json:"last_stderr"`
+	FirstErrors []string `json:"first_errors"`
+
+	// Context around failure
+	FailureContext *FailureContext `json:"failure_context,omitempty"`
+
+	// Diagnosis results
+	DiagnosisResult *DiagnoseResult `json:"diagnosis_result,omitempty"`
+
+	// Environment (sanitized)
+	PostgresVersion  string `json:"postgres_version,omitempty"`
+	PgRestoreVersion string `json:"pg_restore_version,omitempty"`
+	PsqlVersion      string `json:"psql_version,omitempty"`
+
+	// Recommendations
+	Recommendations []string `json:"recommendations"`
+}
+
+// FailureContext captures context around where the failure occurred
+type FailureContext struct {
+	// For SQL/COPY errors
+	FailedLine       int      `json:"failed_line,omitempty"`
+	FailedStatement  string   `json:"failed_statement,omitempty"`
+	SurroundingLines []string `json:"surrounding_lines,omitempty"`
+
+	// For COPY block errors
+	InCopyBlock    bool     `json:"in_copy_block,omitempty"`
+	CopyTableName  string   `json:"copy_table_name,omitempty"`
+	CopyStartLine  int      `json:"copy_start_line,omitempty"`
+	SampleCopyData []string `json:"sample_copy_data,omitempty"`
+
+	// File position info
+	BytePosition    int64   `json:"byte_position,omitempty"`
+	PercentComplete float64 `json:"percent_complete,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// ErrorCollector captures detailed error information during restore
+type ErrorCollector struct {
+	log         logger.Logger
+	cfg         *config.Config
+	archivePath string
+	targetDB    string
+	format      ArchiveFormat
+
+	// Captured data
+	stderrLines []string
+	firstErrors []string
+	lastErrors  []string
+	totalErrors int
+	exitCode    int
+
+	// Limits
+	maxStderrLines  int
+	maxErrorCapture int
+
+	// State
+	startTime time.Time
+	enabled   bool
+}
+
+// NewErrorCollector creates a new error collector
+func NewErrorCollector(cfg *config.Config, log logger.Logger, archivePath, targetDB string, format ArchiveFormat, enabled bool) *ErrorCollector {
+	return &ErrorCollector{
+		log:             log,
+		cfg:             cfg,
+		archivePath:     archivePath,
+		targetDB:        targetDB,
+		format:          format,
+		stderrLines:     make([]string, 0, 100),
+		firstErrors:     make([]string, 0, 10),
+		lastErrors:      make([]string, 0, 10),
+		maxStderrLines:  100,
+		maxErrorCapture: 10,
+		startTime:       time.Now(),
+		enabled:         enabled,
+	}
+}
+
+// CaptureStderr processes and captures stderr output
+func (ec *ErrorCollector) CaptureStderr(chunk string) {
+	if !ec.enabled {
+		return
+	}
+
+	lines := strings.Split(chunk, "\n")
+	for _, line := range lines {
+		line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
+		if line == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Store last N lines of stderr
+		if len(ec.stderrLines) >= ec.maxStderrLines {
+			// Shift array, drop oldest
+			ec.stderrLines = ec.stderrLines[1:]
+		}
+		ec.stderrLines = append(ec.stderrLines, line)
+
+		// Check if this is an error line
+		if isErrorLine(line) {
+			ec.totalErrors++
+
+			// Capture first N errors
+			if len(ec.firstErrors) < ec.maxErrorCapture {
+				ec.firstErrors = append(ec.firstErrors, line)
+			}
+
+			// Keep last N errors (ring buffer style)
+			if len(ec.lastErrors) >= ec.maxErrorCapture {
+				ec.lastErrors = ec.lastErrors[1:]
+			}
+			ec.lastErrors = append(ec.lastErrors, line)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// SetExitCode records the exit code
+func (ec *ErrorCollector) SetExitCode(code int) {
+	ec.exitCode = code
+}
+
+// GenerateReport creates a comprehensive error report
+func (ec *ErrorCollector) GenerateReport(errMessage string, errType string, errHint string) *RestoreErrorReport {
+	report := &RestoreErrorReport{
+		Timestamp:     time.Now(),
+		Version:       "1.0.0", // TODO: inject actual version
+		GoVersion:     runtime.Version(),
+		OS:            runtime.GOOS,
+		Arch:          runtime.GOARCH,
+		ArchivePath:   ec.archivePath,
+		ArchiveFormat: ec.format.String(),
+		TargetDB:      ec.targetDB,
+		DatabaseType:  getDatabaseType(ec.format),
+		ExitCode:      ec.exitCode,
+		ErrorMessage:  errMessage,
+		ErrorType:     errType,
+		ErrorHint:     errHint,
+		TotalErrors:   ec.totalErrors,
+		LastStderr:    ec.stderrLines,
+		FirstErrors:   ec.firstErrors,
+	}
+
+	// Get archive size
+	if stat, err := os.Stat(ec.archivePath); err == nil {
+		report.ArchiveSize = stat.Size()
+	}
+
+	// Get tool versions
+	report.PostgresVersion = getCommandVersion("postgres", "--version")
+	report.PgRestoreVersion = getCommandVersion("pg_restore", "--version")
+	report.PsqlVersion = getCommandVersion("psql", "--version")
+
+	// Analyze failure context
+	report.FailureContext = ec.analyzeFailureContext()
+
+	// Run diagnosis if not already done
+	diagnoser := NewDiagnoser(ec.log, false)
+	if diagResult, err := diagnoser.DiagnoseFile(ec.archivePath); err == nil {
+		report.DiagnosisResult = diagResult
+	}
+
+	// Generate recommendations
+	report.Recommendations = ec.generateRecommendations(report)
+
+	return report
+}
+
+// analyzeFailureContext extracts context around the failure
+func (ec *ErrorCollector) analyzeFailureContext() *FailureContext {
+	ctx := &FailureContext{}
+
+	// Look for line number in errors
+	for _, errLine := range ec.lastErrors {
+		if lineNum := extractLineNumber(errLine); lineNum > 0 {
+			ctx.FailedLine = lineNum
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Look for COPY-related errors
+	for _, errLine := range ec.lastErrors {
+		if strings.Contains(errLine, "COPY") || strings.Contains(errLine, "syntax error") {
+			ctx.InCopyBlock = true
+			// Try to extract table name
+			if tableName := extractTableName(errLine); tableName != "" {
+				ctx.CopyTableName = tableName
+			}
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	// If we have a line number, try to get surrounding context from the dump
+	if ctx.FailedLine > 0 && ec.archivePath != "" {
+		ctx.SurroundingLines = ec.getSurroundingLines(ctx.FailedLine, 5)
+	}
+
+	return ctx
+}
+
+// getSurroundingLines reads lines around a specific line number from the dump
+func (ec *ErrorCollector) getSurroundingLines(lineNum int, context int) []string {
+	var reader io.Reader
+	var lines []string
+
+	file, err := os.Open(ec.archivePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	// Handle compressed files
+	if strings.HasSuffix(ec.archivePath, ".gz") {
+		gz, err := gzip.NewReader(file)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil
+		}
+		defer gz.Close()
+		reader = gz
+	} else {
+		reader = file
+	}
+
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(reader)
+	buf := make([]byte, 0, 1024*1024)
+	scanner.Buffer(buf, 10*1024*1024)
+
+	currentLine := 0
+	startLine := lineNum - context
+	endLine := lineNum + context
+
+	if startLine < 1 {
+		startLine = 1
+	}
+
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		currentLine++
+		if currentLine >= startLine && currentLine <= endLine {
+			prefix := "  "
+			if currentLine == lineNum {
+				prefix = "> "
+			}
+			lines = append(lines, fmt.Sprintf("%s%d: %s", prefix, currentLine, truncateString(scanner.Text(), 100)))
+		}
+		if currentLine > endLine {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	return lines
+}
+
+// generateRecommendations provides actionable recommendations based on the error
+func (ec *ErrorCollector) generateRecommendations(report *RestoreErrorReport) []string {
+	var recs []string
+
+	// Check diagnosis results
+	if report.DiagnosisResult != nil {
+		if report.DiagnosisResult.IsTruncated {
+			recs = append(recs,
+				"CRITICAL: Backup file is truncated/incomplete",
+				"Action: Re-run the backup for the affected database",
+				"Check: Verify disk space was available during backup",
+				"Check: Verify network was stable during backup transfer",
+			)
+		}
+		if report.DiagnosisResult.IsCorrupted {
+			recs = append(recs,
+				"CRITICAL: Backup file appears corrupted",
+				"Action: Restore from a previous backup",
+				"Action: Verify backup file checksum if available",
+			)
+		}
+		if report.DiagnosisResult.Details != nil && report.DiagnosisResult.Details.UnterminatedCopy {
+			recs = append(recs,
+				fmt.Sprintf("ISSUE: COPY block for table '%s' was not terminated",
+					report.DiagnosisResult.Details.LastCopyTable),
+				"Cause: Backup was interrupted during data export",
+				"Action: Re-run backup ensuring it completes fully",
+			)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Check error patterns
+	if report.TotalErrors > 1000000 {
+		recs = append(recs,
+			"ISSUE: Millions of errors indicate structural problem, not individual data issues",
+			"Cause: Likely wrong restore method or truncated dump",
+			"Check: Verify dump format matches restore command",
+		)
+	}
+
+	// Check for common error types
+	errLower := strings.ToLower(report.ErrorMessage)
+	if strings.Contains(errLower, "syntax error") {
+		recs = append(recs,
+			"ISSUE: SQL syntax errors during restore",
+			"Cause: COPY data being interpreted as SQL commands",
+			"Check: Run 'dbbackup restore diagnose <archive>' for detailed analysis",
+		)
+	}
+
+	if strings.Contains(errLower, "permission denied") {
+		recs = append(recs,
+			"ISSUE: Permission denied",
+			"Action: Check database user has sufficient privileges",
+			"Action: For ownership preservation, use a superuser account",
+		)
+	}
+
+	if strings.Contains(errLower, "does not exist") {
+		recs = append(recs,
+			"ISSUE: Missing object reference",
+			"Action: Ensure globals.sql was restored first (for roles/tablespaces)",
+			"Action: Check if target database was created",
+		)
+	}
+
+	if len(recs) == 0 {
+		recs = append(recs,
+			"Run 'dbbackup restore diagnose <archive>' for detailed analysis",
+			"Check the stderr output above for specific error messages",
+			"Review the PostgreSQL/MySQL logs on the target server",
+		)
+	}
+
+	return recs
+}
+
+// SaveReport saves the error report to a file
+func (ec *ErrorCollector) SaveReport(report *RestoreErrorReport, outputPath string) error {
+	// Create directory if needed
+	dir := filepath.Dir(outputPath)
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0755); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create directory: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Marshal to JSON with indentation
+	data, err := json.MarshalIndent(report, "", "  ")
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal report: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Write file
+	if err := os.WriteFile(outputPath, data, 0644); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to write report: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// PrintReport prints a human-readable summary of the error report
+func (ec *ErrorCollector) PrintReport(report *RestoreErrorReport) {
+	fmt.Println()
+	fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("=", 70))
+	fmt.Println("  [ERROR] RESTORE ERROR REPORT")
+	fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("=", 70))
+
+	fmt.Printf("\n[TIME] Timestamp:    %s\n", report.Timestamp.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05"))
+	fmt.Printf("[FILE] Archive:      %s\n", filepath.Base(report.ArchivePath))
+	fmt.Printf("[FMT] Format:       %s\n", report.ArchiveFormat)
+	fmt.Printf("[TGT] Target DB:    %s\n", report.TargetDB)
+	fmt.Printf("[CODE] Exit Code:    %d\n", report.ExitCode)
+	fmt.Printf("[ERR] Total Errors: %d\n", report.TotalErrors)
+
+	fmt.Println("\n" + strings.Repeat("-", 70))
+	fmt.Println("ERROR DETAILS:")
+	fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("-", 70))
+
+	fmt.Printf("\nType: %s\n", report.ErrorType)
+	fmt.Printf("Message: %s\n", report.ErrorMessage)
+	if report.ErrorHint != "" {
+		fmt.Printf("Hint: %s\n", report.ErrorHint)
+	}
+
+	// Show failure context
+	if report.FailureContext != nil && report.FailureContext.FailedLine > 0 {
+		fmt.Println("\n" + strings.Repeat("-", 70))
+		fmt.Println("FAILURE CONTEXT:")
+		fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("-", 70))
+
+		fmt.Printf("\nFailed at line: %d\n", report.FailureContext.FailedLine)
+		if report.FailureContext.InCopyBlock {
+			fmt.Printf("Inside COPY block for table: %s\n", report.FailureContext.CopyTableName)
+		}
+
+		if len(report.FailureContext.SurroundingLines) > 0 {
+			fmt.Println("\nSurrounding lines:")
+			for _, line := range report.FailureContext.SurroundingLines {
+				fmt.Println(line)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Show first few errors
+	if len(report.FirstErrors) > 0 {
+		fmt.Println("\n" + strings.Repeat("-", 70))
+		fmt.Println("FIRST ERRORS:")
+		fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("-", 70))
+
+		for i, err := range report.FirstErrors {
+			if i >= 5 {
+				fmt.Printf("... and %d more\n", len(report.FirstErrors)-5)
+				break
+			}
+			fmt.Printf("  %d. %s\n", i+1, truncateString(err, 100))
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Show diagnosis summary
+	if report.DiagnosisResult != nil && !report.DiagnosisResult.IsValid {
+		fmt.Println("\n" + strings.Repeat("-", 70))
+		fmt.Println("DIAGNOSIS:")
+		fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("-", 70))
+
+		if report.DiagnosisResult.IsTruncated {
+			fmt.Println("  [FAIL] File is TRUNCATED")
+		}
+		if report.DiagnosisResult.IsCorrupted {
+			fmt.Println("  [FAIL] File is CORRUPTED")
+		}
+		for i, err := range report.DiagnosisResult.Errors {
+			if i >= 3 {
+				break
+			}
+			fmt.Printf("  • %s\n", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Show recommendations
+	fmt.Println("\n" + strings.Repeat("-", 70))
+	fmt.Println("[HINT] RECOMMENDATIONS:")
+	fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("-", 70))
+
+	for _, rec := range report.Recommendations {
+		fmt.Printf("  - %s\n", rec)
+	}
+
+	// Show tool versions
+	fmt.Println("\n" + strings.Repeat("-", 70))
+	fmt.Println("ENVIRONMENT:")
+	fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("-", 70))
+
+	fmt.Printf("  OS: %s/%s\n", report.OS, report.Arch)
+	fmt.Printf("  Go: %s\n", report.GoVersion)
+	if report.PgRestoreVersion != "" {
+		fmt.Printf("  pg_restore: %s\n", report.PgRestoreVersion)
+	}
+	if report.PsqlVersion != "" {
+		fmt.Printf("  psql: %s\n", report.PsqlVersion)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("=", 70))
+}
+
+// Helper functions
+
+func isErrorLine(line string) bool {
+	return strings.Contains(line, "ERROR:") ||
+		strings.Contains(line, "FATAL:") ||
+		strings.Contains(line, "error:") ||
+		strings.Contains(line, "PANIC:")
+}
+
+func extractLineNumber(errLine string) int {
+	// Look for patterns like "LINE 1:" or "line 123"
+	patterns := []string{"LINE ", "line "}
+	for _, pattern := range patterns {
+		if idx := strings.Index(errLine, pattern); idx >= 0 {
+			numStart := idx + len(pattern)
+			numEnd := numStart
+			for numEnd < len(errLine) && errLine[numEnd] >= '0' && errLine[numEnd] <= '9' {
+				numEnd++
+			}
+			if numEnd > numStart {
+				var num int
+				fmt.Sscanf(errLine[numStart:numEnd], "%d", &num)
+				return num
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
+func extractTableName(errLine string) string {
+	// Look for patterns like 'COPY "tablename"' or 'table "tablename"'
+	patterns := []string{"COPY ", "table "}
+	for _, pattern := range patterns {
+		if idx := strings.Index(errLine, pattern); idx >= 0 {
+			start := idx + len(pattern)
+			// Skip optional quote
+			if start < len(errLine) && errLine[start] == '"' {
+				start++
+			}
+			end := start
+			for end < len(errLine) && errLine[end] != '"' && errLine[end] != ' ' && errLine[end] != '(' {
+				end++
+			}
+			if end > start {
+				return errLine[start:end]
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+func getDatabaseType(format ArchiveFormat) string {
+	if format.IsMySQL() {
+		return "mysql"
+	}
+	return "postgresql"
+}
+
+func getCommandVersion(cmd string, arg string) string {
+	// Use timeout to prevent blocking if command hangs
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	output, err := exec.CommandContext(ctx, cmd, arg).CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	// Return first line only
+	lines := strings.Split(string(output), "\n")
+	if len(lines) > 0 {
+		return strings.TrimSpace(lines[0])
+	}
+	return ""
+}
--- a/internal/restore/safety.go
+++ b/internal/restore/safety.go
@@ -229,8 +229,14 @@ func containsSQLKeywords(content string) bool {
 }

 // CheckDiskSpace verifies sufficient disk space for restore
+// Uses the effective work directory (WorkDir if set, otherwise BackupDir) since
+// that's where extraction actually happens for large databases
 func (s *Safety) CheckDiskSpace(archivePath string, multiplier float64) error {
-	return s.CheckDiskSpaceAt(archivePath, s.cfg.BackupDir, multiplier)
+	checkDir := s.cfg.GetEffectiveWorkDir()
+	if checkDir == "" {
+		checkDir = s.cfg.BackupDir
+	}
+	return s.CheckDiskSpaceAt(archivePath, checkDir, multiplier)
 }

 // CheckDiskSpaceAt verifies sufficient disk space at a specific directory
--- a/internal/restore/version_check.go
+++ b/internal/restore/version_check.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
+	"time"

 	"dbbackup/internal/database"
 )
@@ -47,8 +48,13 @@ func ParsePostgreSQLVersion(versionStr string) (*VersionInfo, error) {

 // GetDumpFileVersion extracts the PostgreSQL version from a dump file
 // Uses pg_restore -l to read the dump metadata
+// Uses a 30-second timeout to avoid blocking on large files
 func GetDumpFileVersion(dumpPath string) (*VersionInfo, error) {
-	cmd := exec.Command("pg_restore", "-l", dumpPath)
+	// Use a timeout context to prevent blocking on very large dump files
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 30*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, "pg_restore", "-l", dumpPath)
 	output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read dump file metadata: %w (output: %s)", err, string(output))
--- a/internal/security/privileges.go
+++ b/internal/security/privileges.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func (pc *PrivilegeChecker) CheckAndWarn(allowRoot bool) error {
 	isRoot, user := pc.isRunningAsRoot()

 	if isRoot {
-		pc.log.Warn("⚠️  Running with elevated privileges (root/Administrator)")
+		pc.log.Warn("[WARN] Running with elevated privileges (root/Administrator)")
 		pc.log.Warn("Security recommendation: Create a dedicated backup user with minimal privileges")

 		if !allowRoot {
--- a/internal/security/resources.go
+++ b/internal/security/resources.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func (rc *ResourceChecker) ValidateResourcesForBackup(estimatedSize int64) error

 	if len(warnings) > 0 {
 		for _, warning := range warnings {
-			rc.log.Warn("⚠️  Resource constraint: " + warning)
+			rc.log.Warn("[WARN] Resource constraint: " + warning)
 		}
 		rc.log.Info("Continuing backup operation (warnings are informational)")
 	}
--- a/internal/security/resources_unix.go
+++ b/internal/security/resources_unix.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func (rc *ResourceChecker) checkPlatformLimits() (*ResourceLimits, error) {
 		rc.log.Debug("Resource limit: max open files", "limit", rLimit.Cur, "max", rLimit.Max)

 		if rLimit.Cur < 1024 {
-			rc.log.Warn("⚠️  Low file descriptor limit detected",
+			rc.log.Warn("[WARN] Low file descriptor limit detected",
 				"current", rLimit.Cur,
 				"recommended", 4096,
 				"hint", "Increase with: ulimit -n 4096")
--- a/internal/tui/archive_browser.go
+++ b/internal/tui/archive_browser.go
@@ -201,14 +201,20 @@ func (m ArchiveBrowserModel) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 			if len(m.archives) > 0 && m.cursor < len(m.archives) {
 				selected := m.archives[m.cursor]

+				// Handle diagnose mode - go directly to diagnosis view
+				if m.mode == "diagnose" {
+					diagnoseView := NewDiagnoseView(m.config, m.logger, m.parent, m.ctx, selected)
+					return diagnoseView, diagnoseView.Init()
+				}
+
 				// Validate selection based on mode
 				if m.mode == "restore-cluster" && !selected.Format.IsClusterBackup() {
-					m.message = errorStyle.Render("❌ Please select a cluster backup (.tar.gz)")
+					m.message = errorStyle.Render("[FAIL] Please select a cluster backup (.tar.gz)")
 					return m, nil
 				}

 				if m.mode == "restore-single" && selected.Format.IsClusterBackup() {
-					m.message = errorStyle.Render("❌ Please select a single database backup")
+					m.message = errorStyle.Render("[FAIL] Please select a single database backup")
 					return m, nil
 				}

@@ -221,12 +227,20 @@ func (m ArchiveBrowserModel) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 			// Show detailed info
 			if len(m.archives) > 0 && m.cursor < len(m.archives) {
 				selected := m.archives[m.cursor]
-				m.message = fmt.Sprintf("📦 %s | Format: %s | Size: %s | Modified: %s",
+				m.message = fmt.Sprintf("[PKG] %s | Format: %s | Size: %s | Modified: %s",
 					selected.Name,
 					selected.Format.String(),
 					formatSize(selected.Size),
 					selected.Modified.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05"))
 			}
+
+		case "d":
+			// Run diagnosis on selected archive
+			if len(m.archives) > 0 && m.cursor < len(m.archives) {
+				selected := m.archives[m.cursor]
+				diagnoseView := NewDiagnoseView(m.config, m.logger, m, m.ctx, selected)
+				return diagnoseView, diagnoseView.Init()
+			}
 		}
 	}

@@ -237,11 +251,13 @@ func (m ArchiveBrowserModel) View() string {
 	var s strings.Builder

 	// Header
-	title := "📦 Backup Archives"
+	title := "[PKG] Backup Archives"
 	if m.mode == "restore-single" {
-		title = "📦 Select Archive to Restore (Single Database)"
+		title = "[PKG] Select Archive to Restore (Single Database)"
 	} else if m.mode == "restore-cluster" {
-		title = "📦 Select Archive to Restore (Cluster)"
+		title = "[PKG] Select Archive to Restore (Cluster)"
+	} else if m.mode == "diagnose" {
+		title = "[SEARCH] Select Archive to Diagnose"
 	}

 	s.WriteString(titleStyle.Render(title))
@@ -253,7 +269,7 @@ func (m ArchiveBrowserModel) View() string {
 	}

 	if m.err != nil {
-		s.WriteString(errorStyle.Render(fmt.Sprintf("❌ Error: %v", m.err)))
+		s.WriteString(errorStyle.Render(fmt.Sprintf("[FAIL] Error: %v", m.err)))
 		s.WriteString("\n\n")
 		s.WriteString(infoStyle.Render("Press Esc to go back"))
 		return s.String()
@@ -277,7 +293,7 @@ func (m ArchiveBrowserModel) View() string {
 	s.WriteString(archiveHeaderStyle.Render(fmt.Sprintf("%-40s %-25s %-12s %-20s",
 		"FILENAME", "FORMAT", "SIZE", "MODIFIED")))
 	s.WriteString("\n")
-	s.WriteString(strings.Repeat("─", 100))
+	s.WriteString(strings.Repeat("-", 100))
 	s.WriteString("\n")

 	// Show archives (limit to visible area)
@@ -301,13 +317,13 @@ func (m ArchiveBrowserModel) View() string {
 		}

 		// Color code based on validity and age
-		statusIcon := "✓"
+		statusIcon := "[+]"
 		if !archive.Valid {
-			statusIcon = "✗"
+			statusIcon = "[-]"
 			style = archiveInvalidStyle
 		} else if time.Since(archive.Modified) > 30*24*time.Hour {
 			style = archiveOldStyle
-			statusIcon = "⚠"
+			statusIcon = "[WARN]"
 		}

 		filename := truncate(archive.Name, 38)
@@ -335,7 +351,7 @@ func (m ArchiveBrowserModel) View() string {
 	s.WriteString(infoStyle.Render(fmt.Sprintf("Total: %d archive(s) | Selected: %d/%d",
 		len(m.archives), m.cursor+1, len(m.archives))))
 	s.WriteString("\n")
-	s.WriteString(infoStyle.Render("⌨️  ↑/↓: Navigate | Enter: Select | f: Filter | i: Info | Esc: Back"))
+	s.WriteString(infoStyle.Render("[KEY]  ↑/↓: Navigate | Enter: Select | d: Diagnose | f: Filter | i: Info | Esc: Back"))

 	return s.String()
 }
--- a/internal/tui/backup_exec.go
+++ b/internal/tui/backup_exec.go
@@ -20,12 +20,14 @@ type BackupExecutionModel struct {
 	logger       logger.Logger
 	parent       tea.Model
 	ctx          context.Context
+	cancel       context.CancelFunc // Cancel function to stop the operation
 	backupType   string
 	databaseName string
 	ratio        int
 	status       string
 	progress     int
 	done         bool
+	cancelling   bool // True when user has requested cancellation
 	err          error
 	result       string
 	startTime    time.Time
@@ -34,11 +36,14 @@ type BackupExecutionModel struct {
 }

 func NewBackupExecution(cfg *config.Config, log logger.Logger, parent tea.Model, ctx context.Context, backupType, dbName string, ratio int) BackupExecutionModel {
+	// Create a cancellable context derived from parent
+	childCtx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
 	return BackupExecutionModel{
 		config:       cfg,
 		logger:       log,
 		parent:       parent,
-		ctx:          ctx,
+		ctx:          childCtx,
+		cancel:       cancel,
 		backupType:   backupType,
 		databaseName: dbName,
 		ratio:        ratio,
@@ -78,10 +83,10 @@ type backupCompleteMsg struct {

 func executeBackupWithTUIProgress(parentCtx context.Context, cfg *config.Config, log logger.Logger, backupType, dbName string, ratio int) tea.Cmd {
 	return func() tea.Msg {
-		// Use configurable cluster timeout (minutes) from config; default set in config.New()
-		// Use parent context to inherit cancellation from TUI
-		clusterTimeout := time.Duration(cfg.ClusterTimeoutMinutes) * time.Minute
-		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(parentCtx, clusterTimeout)
+		// NO TIMEOUT for backup operations - a backup takes as long as it takes
+		// Large databases can take many hours
+		// Only manual cancellation (Ctrl+C) should stop the backup
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(parentCtx)
 		defer cancel()

 		start := time.Now()
@@ -131,11 +136,11 @@ func executeBackupWithTUIProgress(parentCtx context.Context, cfg *config.Config,
 		var result string
 		switch backupType {
 		case "single":
-			result = fmt.Sprintf("✓ Single database backup of '%s' completed successfully in %v", dbName, elapsed)
+			result = fmt.Sprintf("[+] Single database backup of '%s' completed successfully in %v", dbName, elapsed)
 		case "sample":
-			result = fmt.Sprintf("✓ Sample backup of '%s' (ratio: %d) completed successfully in %v", dbName, ratio, elapsed)
+			result = fmt.Sprintf("[+] Sample backup of '%s' (ratio: %d) completed successfully in %v", dbName, ratio, elapsed)
 		case "cluster":
-			result = fmt.Sprintf("✓ Cluster backup completed successfully in %v", elapsed)
+			result = fmt.Sprintf("[+] Cluster backup completed successfully in %v", elapsed)
 		}

 		return backupCompleteMsg{
@@ -195,9 +200,9 @@ func (m BackupExecutionModel) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 		m.err = msg.err
 		m.result = msg.result
 		if m.err == nil {
-			m.status = "✅ Backup completed successfully!"
+			m.status = "[OK] Backup completed successfully!"
 		} else {
-			m.status = fmt.Sprintf("❌ Backup failed: %v", m.err)
+			m.status = fmt.Sprintf("[FAIL] Backup failed: %v", m.err)
 		}
 		// Auto-forward in debug/auto-confirm mode
 		if m.config.TUIAutoConfirm {
@@ -206,9 +211,21 @@ func (m BackupExecutionModel) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 		return m, nil

 	case tea.KeyMsg:
-		if m.done {
-			switch msg.String() {
-			case "enter", "esc", "q":
+		switch msg.String() {
+		case "ctrl+c", "esc":
+			if !m.done && !m.cancelling {
+				// User requested cancellation - cancel the context
+				m.cancelling = true
+				m.status = "[STOP]  Cancelling backup... (please wait)"
+				if m.cancel != nil {
+					m.cancel()
+				}
+				return m, nil
+			} else if m.done {
+				return m.parent, nil
+			}
+		case "enter", "q":
+			if m.done {
 				return m.parent, nil
 			}
 		}
@@ -223,7 +240,7 @@ func (m BackupExecutionModel) View() string {

 	// Clear screen with newlines and render header
 	s.WriteString("\n\n")
-	header := titleStyle.Render("🔄 Backup Execution")
+	header := titleStyle.Render("[EXEC] Backup Execution")
 	s.WriteString(header)
 	s.WriteString("\n\n")

@@ -240,12 +257,17 @@ func (m BackupExecutionModel) View() string {

 	// Status with spinner
 	if !m.done {
-		s.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("  %s %s\n", spinnerFrames[m.spinnerFrame], m.status))
+		if m.cancelling {
+			s.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("  %s %s\n", spinnerFrames[m.spinnerFrame], m.status))
+		} else {
+			s.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("  %s %s\n", spinnerFrames[m.spinnerFrame], m.status))
+			s.WriteString("\n  [KEY]  Press Ctrl+C or ESC to cancel\n")
+		}
 	} else {
 		s.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("  %s\n\n", m.status))

 		if m.err != nil {
-			s.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("  ❌ Error: %v\n", m.err))
+			s.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("  [FAIL] Error: %v\n", m.err))
 		} else if m.result != "" {
 			// Parse and display result cleanly
 			lines := strings.Split(m.result, "\n")
@@ -256,7 +278,7 @@ func (m BackupExecutionModel) View() string {
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		s.WriteString("\n  ⌨️  Press Enter or ESC to return to menu\n")
+		s.WriteString("\n  [KEY]  Press Enter or ESC to return to menu\n")
 	}

 	return s.String()
--- a/internal/tui/backup_manager.go
+++ b/internal/tui/backup_manager.go
@@ -11,40 +11,102 @@ import (

 	"dbbackup/internal/config"
 	"dbbackup/internal/logger"
+	"dbbackup/internal/restore"
+)
+
+// OperationState represents the current operation state
+type OperationState int
+
+const (
+	OpIdle OperationState = iota
+	OpVerifying
+	OpDeleting
 )

 // BackupManagerModel manages backup archives
 type BackupManagerModel struct {
-	config    *config.Config
-	logger    logger.Logger
-	parent    tea.Model
-	ctx       context.Context
-	archives  []ArchiveInfo
-	cursor    int
-	loading   bool
-	err       error
-	message   string
-	totalSize int64
-	freeSpace int64
+	config       *config.Config
+	logger       logger.Logger
+	parent       tea.Model
+	ctx          context.Context
+	archives     []ArchiveInfo
+	cursor       int
+	loading      bool
+	err          error
+	message      string
+	totalSize    int64
+	freeSpace    int64
+	opState      OperationState
+	opTarget     string // Name of archive being operated on
+	spinnerFrame int
 }

 // NewBackupManager creates a new backup manager
 func NewBackupManager(cfg *config.Config, log logger.Logger, parent tea.Model, ctx context.Context) BackupManagerModel {
 	return BackupManagerModel{
-		config:  cfg,
-		logger:  log,
-		parent:  parent,
-		ctx:     ctx,
-		loading: true,
+		config:       cfg,
+		logger:       log,
+		parent:       parent,
+		ctx:          ctx,
+		loading:      true,
+		opState:      OpIdle,
+		spinnerFrame: 0,
 	}
 }

 func (m BackupManagerModel) Init() tea.Cmd {
-	return loadArchives(m.config, m.logger)
+	return tea.Batch(loadArchives(m.config, m.logger), managerTickCmd())
+}
+
+// Tick for spinner animation
+type managerTickMsg time.Time
+
+func managerTickCmd() tea.Cmd {
+	return tea.Tick(100*time.Millisecond, func(t time.Time) tea.Msg {
+		return managerTickMsg(t)
+	})
+}
+
+// Verify result message
+type verifyResultMsg struct {
+	archive string
+	valid   bool
+	err     error
+	details string
 }

 func (m BackupManagerModel) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 	switch msg := msg.(type) {
+	case managerTickMsg:
+		// Update spinner frame
+		m.spinnerFrame = (m.spinnerFrame + 1) % len(spinnerFrames)
+		return m, managerTickCmd()
+
+	case verifyResultMsg:
+		m.opState = OpIdle
+		m.opTarget = ""
+		if msg.err != nil {
+			m.message = fmt.Sprintf("[-] Verify failed: %v", msg.err)
+		} else if msg.valid {
+			m.message = fmt.Sprintf("[+] %s: Valid - %s", msg.archive, msg.details)
+			// Update archive validity in list
+			for i := range m.archives {
+				if m.archives[i].Name == msg.archive {
+					m.archives[i].Valid = true
+					break
+				}
+			}
+		} else {
+			m.message = fmt.Sprintf("[-] %s: Invalid - %s", msg.archive, msg.details)
+			for i := range m.archives {
+				if m.archives[i].Name == msg.archive {
+					m.archives[i].Valid = false
+					break
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return m, nil
+
 	case archiveListMsg:
 		m.loading = false
 		if msg.err != nil {
@@ -68,10 +130,24 @@ func (m BackupManagerModel) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 		return m, nil

 	case tea.KeyMsg:
-		switch msg.String() {
-		case "ctrl+c", "q", "esc":
+		// Allow escape/cancel even during operations
+		if msg.String() == "ctrl+c" || msg.String() == "esc" || msg.String() == "q" {
+			if m.opState != OpIdle {
+				// Cancel current operation
+				m.opState = OpIdle
+				m.opTarget = ""
+				m.message = "Operation cancelled"
+				return m, nil
+			}
 			return m.parent, nil
+		}

+		// Block other input during operations
+		if m.opState != OpIdle {
+			return m, nil
+		}
+
+		switch msg.String() {
 		case "up", "k":
 			if m.cursor > 0 {
 				m.cursor--
@@ -83,11 +159,13 @@ func (m BackupManagerModel) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 			}

 		case "v":
-			// Verify archive
+			// Verify archive with real verification
 			if len(m.archives) > 0 && m.cursor < len(m.archives) {
 				selected := m.archives[m.cursor]
-				m.message = fmt.Sprintf("🔍 Verifying %s...", selected.Name)
-				// In real implementation, would run verification
+				m.opState = OpVerifying
+				m.opTarget = selected.Name
+				m.message = ""
+				return m, verifyArchiveCmd(selected)
 			}

 		case "d":
@@ -96,16 +174,16 @@ func (m BackupManagerModel) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 				selected := m.archives[m.cursor]
 				archivePath := selected.Path
 				confirm := NewConfirmationModelWithAction(m.config, m.logger, m,
-					"🗑️  Delete Archive",
+					"[DELETE]  Delete Archive",
 					fmt.Sprintf("Delete archive '%s'? This cannot be undone.", selected.Name),
 					func() (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 						// Delete the archive
 						err := deleteArchive(archivePath)
 						if err != nil {
 							m.err = fmt.Errorf("failed to delete archive: %v", err)
-							m.message = fmt.Sprintf("❌ Failed to delete: %v", err)
+							m.message = fmt.Sprintf("[FAIL] Failed to delete: %v", err)
 						} else {
-							m.message = fmt.Sprintf("✅ Deleted: %s", selected.Name)
+							m.message = fmt.Sprintf("[OK] Deleted: %s", selected.Name)
 						}
 						// Refresh the archive list
 						m.loading = true
@@ -118,7 +196,7 @@ func (m BackupManagerModel) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 			// Show info
 			if len(m.archives) > 0 && m.cursor < len(m.archives) {
 				selected := m.archives[m.cursor]
-				m.message = fmt.Sprintf("📦 %s | %s | %s | Modified: %s",
+				m.message = fmt.Sprintf("[PKG] %s | %s | %s | Modified: %s",
 					selected.Name,
 					selected.Format.String(),
 					formatSize(selected.Size),
@@ -152,39 +230,67 @@ func (m BackupManagerModel) View() string {
 	var s strings.Builder

 	// Title
-	s.WriteString(titleStyle.Render("🗄️  Backup Archive Manager"))
+	s.WriteString(TitleStyle.Render("[DB]  Backup Archive Manager"))
 	s.WriteString("\n\n")

+	// Status line (no box, bold+color accents)
+	switch m.opState {
+	case OpVerifying:
+		spinner := spinnerFrames[m.spinnerFrame]
+		s.WriteString(StatusActiveStyle.Render(fmt.Sprintf("%s Verifying: %s", spinner, m.opTarget)))
+		s.WriteString("\n\n")
+	case OpDeleting:
+		spinner := spinnerFrames[m.spinnerFrame]
+		s.WriteString(StatusActiveStyle.Render(fmt.Sprintf("%s Deleting: %s", spinner, m.opTarget)))
+		s.WriteString("\n\n")
+	default:
+		if m.loading {
+			spinner := spinnerFrames[m.spinnerFrame]
+			s.WriteString(StatusActiveStyle.Render(fmt.Sprintf("%s Loading archives...", spinner)))
+			s.WriteString("\n\n")
+		} else if m.message != "" {
+			// Color based on message content
+			if strings.HasPrefix(m.message, "[+]") || strings.HasPrefix(m.message, "Valid") {
+				s.WriteString(StatusSuccessStyle.Render(m.message))
+			} else if strings.HasPrefix(m.message, "[-]") || strings.HasPrefix(m.message, "Error") {
+				s.WriteString(StatusErrorStyle.Render(m.message))
+			} else {
+				s.WriteString(StatusActiveStyle.Render(m.message))
+			}
+			s.WriteString("\n\n")
+		}
+		// No "Ready" message when idle - cleaner UI
+	}
+
 	if m.loading {
-		s.WriteString(infoStyle.Render("Loading archives..."))
 		return s.String()
 	}

 	if m.err != nil {
-		s.WriteString(errorStyle.Render(fmt.Sprintf("❌ Error: %v", m.err)))
+		s.WriteString(StatusErrorStyle.Render(fmt.Sprintf("[FAIL] Error: %v", m.err)))
 		s.WriteString("\n\n")
-		s.WriteString(infoStyle.Render("Press Esc to go back"))
+		s.WriteString(ShortcutStyle.Render("Press Esc to go back"))
 		return s.String()
 	}

 	// Summary
-	s.WriteString(infoStyle.Render(fmt.Sprintf("Total Archives: %d  |  Total Size: %s",
+	s.WriteString(LabelStyle.Render(fmt.Sprintf("Total Archives: %d  |  Total Size: %s",
 		len(m.archives), formatSize(m.totalSize))))
 	s.WriteString("\n\n")

 	// Archives list
 	if len(m.archives) == 0 {
-		s.WriteString(infoStyle.Render("No backup archives found"))
+		s.WriteString(StatusReadyStyle.Render("No backup archives found"))
 		s.WriteString("\n\n")
-		s.WriteString(infoStyle.Render("Press Esc to go back"))
+		s.WriteString(ShortcutStyle.Render("Press Esc to go back"))
 		return s.String()
 	}

-	// Column headers
-	s.WriteString(archiveHeaderStyle.Render(fmt.Sprintf("%-35s %-25s %-12s %-20s",
+	// Column headers with better alignment
+	s.WriteString(ListHeaderStyle.Render(fmt.Sprintf("     %-32s %-22s %10s  %-16s",
 		"FILENAME", "FORMAT", "SIZE", "MODIFIED")))
 	s.WriteString("\n")
-	s.WriteString(strings.Repeat("─", 95))
+	s.WriteString(strings.Repeat("-", 90))
 	s.WriteString("\n")

 	// Show archives (limit to visible area)
@@ -199,27 +305,27 @@ func (m BackupManagerModel) View() string {

 	for i := start; i < end; i++ {
 		archive := m.archives[i]
-		cursor := " "
-		style := archiveNormalStyle
+		cursor := "  "
+		style := ListNormalStyle

 		if i == m.cursor {
-			cursor = ">"
-			style = archiveSelectedStyle
+			cursor = "> "
+			style = ListSelectedStyle
 		}

-		// Status icon
-		statusIcon := "✓"
+		// Status icon - consistent 4-char width
+		statusIcon := " [+]"
 		if !archive.Valid {
-			statusIcon = "✗"
-			style = archiveInvalidStyle
+			statusIcon = " [-]"
+			style = ItemInvalidStyle
 		} else if time.Since(archive.Modified) > 30*24*time.Hour {
-			statusIcon = "⚠"
+			statusIcon = " [!]"
 		}

-		filename := truncate(archive.Name, 33)
-		format := truncate(archive.Format.String(), 23)
+		filename := truncate(archive.Name, 32)
+		format := truncate(archive.Format.String(), 22)

-		line := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s %-33s %-23s %-10s %-19s",
+		line := fmt.Sprintf("%s%s %-32s %-22s %10s  %-16s",
 			cursor,
 			statusIcon,
 			filename,
@@ -233,18 +339,83 @@ func (m BackupManagerModel) View() string {

 	// Footer
 	s.WriteString("\n")
-	if m.message != "" {
-		s.WriteString(infoStyle.Render(m.message))
-		s.WriteString("\n")
-	}

-	s.WriteString(infoStyle.Render(fmt.Sprintf("Selected: %d/%d", m.cursor+1, len(m.archives))))
-	s.WriteString("\n")
-	s.WriteString(infoStyle.Render("⌨️  ↑/↓: Navigate | r: Restore | v: Verify | d: Delete | i: Info | R: Refresh | Esc: Back"))
+	s.WriteString(StatusReadyStyle.Render(fmt.Sprintf("Selected: %d/%d", m.cursor+1, len(m.archives))))
+	s.WriteString("\n\n")
+
+	// Grouped keyboard shortcuts
+	s.WriteString(ShortcutStyle.Render("SHORTCUTS: Up/Down=Move | r=Restore | v=Verify | d=Delete | i=Info | R=Refresh | Esc=Back | q=Quit"))

 	return s.String()
 }

+// verifyArchiveCmd runs the SAME verification as restore safety checks
+// This ensures consistency between backup manager verify and restore preview
+func verifyArchiveCmd(archive ArchiveInfo) tea.Cmd {
+	return func() tea.Msg {
+		var issues []string
+
+		// 1. Run the same archive integrity check as restore
+		safety := restore.NewSafety(nil, nil) // Doesn't need config/log for validation
+		if err := safety.ValidateArchive(archive.Path); err != nil {
+			return verifyResultMsg{
+				archive: archive.Name,
+				valid:   false,
+				err:     nil,
+				details: fmt.Sprintf("Archive integrity: %v", err),
+			}
+		}
+
+		// 2. Run the same deep diagnosis as restore
+		diagnoser := restore.NewDiagnoser(nil, false)
+		diagResult, diagErr := diagnoser.DiagnoseFile(archive.Path)
+		if diagErr != nil {
+			return verifyResultMsg{
+				archive: archive.Name,
+				valid:   false,
+				err:     diagErr,
+				details: "Cannot diagnose archive",
+			}
+		}
+
+		if !diagResult.IsValid {
+			// Collect error details
+			if diagResult.IsTruncated {
+				issues = append(issues, "TRUNCATED")
+			}
+			if diagResult.IsCorrupted {
+				issues = append(issues, "CORRUPTED")
+			}
+			if len(diagResult.Errors) > 0 {
+				issues = append(issues, diagResult.Errors[0])
+			}
+			return verifyResultMsg{
+				archive: archive.Name,
+				valid:   false,
+				err:     nil,
+				details: strings.Join(issues, "; "),
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Build success details
+		details := "Verified"
+		if diagResult.Details != nil {
+			if diagResult.Details.TableCount > 0 {
+				details = fmt.Sprintf("%d databases in archive", diagResult.Details.TableCount)
+			} else if diagResult.Details.PgRestoreListable {
+				details = "pg_restore verified"
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Add any warnings
+		if len(diagResult.Warnings) > 0 {
+			details += fmt.Sprintf(" [%d warnings]", len(diagResult.Warnings))
+		}
+
+		return verifyResultMsg{archive: archive.Name, valid: true, err: nil, details: details}
+	}
+}
+
 // deleteArchive deletes a backup archive (to be called from confirmation)
 func deleteArchive(archivePath string) error {
 	return os.Remove(archivePath)
--- a/internal/tui/confirmation.go
+++ b/internal/tui/confirmation.go
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ func (m ConfirmationModel) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 	switch msg := msg.(type) {
 	case autoConfirmMsg:
 		// Auto-confirm triggered
-		m.confirmed = true
 		if m.onConfirm != nil {
 			return m.onConfirm()
 		}
@@ -95,7 +94,6 @@ func (m ConfirmationModel) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {

 		case "enter", "y":
 			if msg.String() == "y" || m.cursor == 0 {
-				m.confirmed = true
 				// Execute the onConfirm callback if provided
 				if m.onConfirm != nil {
 					return m.onConfirm()
@@ -131,7 +129,7 @@ func (m ConfirmationModel) View() string {
 		s.WriteString("  ")
 	}

-	s.WriteString("\n\n⌨️  ←/→: Select • Enter/y: Confirm • n/ESC: Cancel\n")
+	s.WriteString("\n\n[KEYS]  <-/->: Select | Enter/y: Confirm | n/ESC: Cancel\n")

 	return s.String()
 }
--- a/internal/tui/dbselector.go
+++ b/internal/tui/dbselector.go
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ type databaseListMsg struct {

 func fetchDatabases(cfg *config.Config, log logger.Logger) tea.Cmd {
 	return func() tea.Msg {
-		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 15*time.Second)
+		// 60 seconds for database listing - busy servers may be slow
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 60*time.Second)
 		defer cancel()

 		dbClient, err := database.New(cfg, log)
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ func (m DatabaseSelectorModel) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 								return executor, executor.Init()
 							}
 							inputModel := NewInputModel(m.config, m.logger, m,
-								"📊 Sample Ratio",
+								"[STATS] Sample Ratio",
 								"Enter sample ratio (1-100):",
 								"10",
 								ValidateInt(1, 100))
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ func (m DatabaseSelectorModel) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 				// If sample backup, ask for ratio first
 				if m.backupType == "sample" {
 					inputModel := NewInputModel(m.config, m.logger, m,
-						"📊 Sample Ratio",
+						"[STATS] Sample Ratio",
 						"Enter sample ratio (1-100):",
 						"10",
 						ValidateInt(1, 100))
@@ -175,12 +176,12 @@ func (m DatabaseSelectorModel) View() string {
 	s.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("\n%s\n\n", header))

 	if m.loading {
-		s.WriteString("⏳ Loading databases...\n")
+		s.WriteString("[WAIT] Loading databases...\n")
 		return s.String()
 	}

 	if m.err != nil {
-		s.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("❌ Error: %v\n", m.err))
+		s.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("[FAIL] Error: %v\n", m.err))
 		s.WriteString("\nPress ESC to go back\n")
 		return s.String()
 	}
@@ -202,7 +203,7 @@ func (m DatabaseSelectorModel) View() string {
 		s.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("\n%s\n", m.message))
 	}

-	s.WriteString("\n⌨️  ↑/↓: Navigate • Enter: Select • ESC: Back • q: Quit\n")
+	s.WriteString("\n[KEYS]  Up/Down: Navigate | Enter: Select | ESC: Back | q: Quit\n")

 	return s.String()
 }
--- a/internal/tui/diagnose_view.go
+++ b/internal/tui/diagnose_view.go
@@ -0,0 +1,471 @@
+package tui
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+
+	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss"
+
+	"dbbackup/internal/config"
+	"dbbackup/internal/logger"
+	"dbbackup/internal/restore"
+)
+
+var (
+	diagnoseBoxStyle = lipgloss.NewStyle().
+				Border(lipgloss.RoundedBorder()).
+				BorderForeground(lipgloss.Color("63")).
+				Padding(1, 2)
+
+	diagnosePassStyle = lipgloss.NewStyle().
+				Foreground(lipgloss.Color("2")).
+				Bold(true)
+
+	diagnoseFailStyle = lipgloss.NewStyle().
+				Foreground(lipgloss.Color("1")).
+				Bold(true)
+
+	diagnoseWarnStyle = lipgloss.NewStyle().
+				Foreground(lipgloss.Color("3"))
+
+	diagnoseInfoStyle = lipgloss.NewStyle().
+				Foreground(lipgloss.Color("244"))
+
+	diagnoseHeaderStyle = lipgloss.NewStyle().
+				Foreground(lipgloss.Color("63")).
+				Bold(true)
+)
+
+// DiagnoseViewModel shows backup file diagnosis results
+type DiagnoseViewModel struct {
+	config    *config.Config
+	logger    logger.Logger
+	parent    tea.Model
+	ctx       context.Context
+	archive   ArchiveInfo
+	result    *restore.DiagnoseResult
+	results   []*restore.DiagnoseResult // For cluster archives
+	running   bool
+	completed bool
+	progress  string
+	cursor    int // For scrolling through cluster results
+	err       error
+}
+
+// NewDiagnoseView creates a new diagnose view
+func NewDiagnoseView(cfg *config.Config, log logger.Logger, parent tea.Model, ctx context.Context, archive ArchiveInfo) DiagnoseViewModel {
+	return DiagnoseViewModel{
+		config:   cfg,
+		logger:   log,
+		parent:   parent,
+		ctx:      ctx,
+		archive:  archive,
+		running:  true,
+		progress: "Starting diagnosis...",
+	}
+}
+
+func (m DiagnoseViewModel) Init() tea.Cmd {
+	return runDiagnosis(m.config, m.logger, m.archive)
+}
+
+type diagnoseCompleteMsg struct {
+	result  *restore.DiagnoseResult
+	results []*restore.DiagnoseResult
+	err     error
+}
+
+type diagnoseProgressMsg struct {
+	message string
+}
+
+func runDiagnosis(cfg *config.Config, log logger.Logger, archive ArchiveInfo) tea.Cmd {
+	return func() tea.Msg {
+		diagnoser := restore.NewDiagnoser(log, true)
+
+		// For cluster archives, we can do deep analysis
+		if archive.Format.IsClusterBackup() {
+			// Create temp directory (use WorkDir if configured for large archives)
+			log.Info("Creating temp directory for diagnosis", "workDir", cfg.WorkDir)
+			tempDir, err := createTempDirIn(cfg.WorkDir, "dbbackup-diagnose-*")
+			if err != nil {
+				return diagnoseCompleteMsg{err: fmt.Errorf("failed to create temp dir (workDir=%s): %w", cfg.WorkDir, err)}
+			}
+			log.Info("Using temp directory", "path", tempDir)
+			defer removeTempDir(tempDir)
+
+			// Diagnose all dumps in the cluster
+			results, err := diagnoser.DiagnoseClusterDumps(archive.Path, tempDir)
+			if err != nil {
+				return diagnoseCompleteMsg{err: err}
+			}
+
+			return diagnoseCompleteMsg{results: results}
+		}
+
+		// Single file diagnosis
+		result, err := diagnoser.DiagnoseFile(archive.Path)
+		if err != nil {
+			return diagnoseCompleteMsg{err: err}
+		}
+
+		return diagnoseCompleteMsg{result: result}
+	}
+}
+
+func (m DiagnoseViewModel) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
+	switch msg := msg.(type) {
+	case diagnoseCompleteMsg:
+		m.running = false
+		m.completed = true
+		if msg.err != nil {
+			m.err = msg.err
+			return m, nil
+		}
+		m.result = msg.result
+		m.results = msg.results
+		return m, nil
+
+	case diagnoseProgressMsg:
+		m.progress = msg.message
+		return m, nil
+
+	case tea.KeyMsg:
+		switch msg.String() {
+		case "ctrl+c", "q", "esc":
+			return m.parent, nil
+
+		case "up", "k":
+			if len(m.results) > 0 && m.cursor > 0 {
+				m.cursor--
+			}
+
+		case "down", "j":
+			if len(m.results) > 0 && m.cursor < len(m.results)-1 {
+				m.cursor++
+			}
+
+		case "enter", " ":
+			return m.parent, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	return m, nil
+}
+
+func (m DiagnoseViewModel) View() string {
+	var s strings.Builder
+
+	// Header
+	s.WriteString(titleStyle.Render("[SEARCH] Backup Diagnosis"))
+	s.WriteString("\n\n")
+
+	// Archive info
+	s.WriteString(diagnoseHeaderStyle.Render("Archive: "))
+	s.WriteString(m.archive.Name)
+	s.WriteString("\n")
+	s.WriteString(diagnoseHeaderStyle.Render("Format:  "))
+	s.WriteString(m.archive.Format.String())
+	s.WriteString("\n")
+	s.WriteString(diagnoseHeaderStyle.Render("Size:    "))
+	s.WriteString(formatSize(m.archive.Size))
+	s.WriteString("\n\n")
+
+	if m.running {
+		s.WriteString(infoStyle.Render("[WAIT] " + m.progress))
+		s.WriteString("\n\n")
+		s.WriteString(diagnoseInfoStyle.Render("This may take a while for large archives..."))
+		return s.String()
+	}
+
+	if m.err != nil {
+		s.WriteString(errorStyle.Render(fmt.Sprintf("[FAIL] Diagnosis failed: %v", m.err)))
+		s.WriteString("\n\n")
+		s.WriteString(infoStyle.Render("Press Enter or Esc to go back"))
+		return s.String()
+	}
+
+	// For cluster archives, show summary + details
+	if len(m.results) > 0 {
+		s.WriteString(m.renderClusterResults())
+	} else if m.result != nil {
+		s.WriteString(m.renderSingleResult(m.result))
+	}
+
+	s.WriteString("\n")
+	s.WriteString(infoStyle.Render("Press Enter or Esc to go back"))
+
+	return s.String()
+}
+
+func (m DiagnoseViewModel) renderSingleResult(result *restore.DiagnoseResult) string {
+	var s strings.Builder
+
+	// Status Box
+	s.WriteString("+--[ VALIDATION STATUS ]" + strings.Repeat("-", 37) + "+\n")
+
+	if result.IsValid {
+		s.WriteString("|  " + diagnosePassStyle.Render("[OK] VALID - Archive passed all checks") + strings.Repeat(" ", 18) + "|\n")
+	} else {
+		s.WriteString("|  " + diagnoseFailStyle.Render("[FAIL] INVALID - Archive has problems") + strings.Repeat(" ", 19) + "|\n")
+	}
+
+	if result.IsTruncated {
+		s.WriteString("|  " + diagnoseFailStyle.Render("[!] TRUNCATED - File is incomplete") + strings.Repeat(" ", 22) + "|\n")
+	}
+
+	if result.IsCorrupted {
+		s.WriteString("|  " + diagnoseFailStyle.Render("[!] CORRUPTED - File structure damaged") + strings.Repeat(" ", 18) + "|\n")
+	}
+
+	s.WriteString("+" + strings.Repeat("-", 60) + "+\n\n")
+
+	// Details Box
+	if result.Details != nil {
+		s.WriteString("+--[ DETAILS ]" + strings.Repeat("-", 46) + "+\n")
+
+		if result.Details.HasPGDMPSignature {
+			s.WriteString("|  " + diagnosePassStyle.Render("[+]") + " PostgreSQL custom format (PGDMP)" + strings.Repeat(" ", 20) + "|\n")
+		}
+
+		if result.Details.HasSQLHeader {
+			s.WriteString("|  " + diagnosePassStyle.Render("[+]") + " PostgreSQL SQL header found" + strings.Repeat(" ", 25) + "|\n")
+		}
+
+		if result.Details.GzipValid {
+			s.WriteString("|  " + diagnosePassStyle.Render("[+]") + " Gzip compression valid" + strings.Repeat(" ", 30) + "|\n")
+		}
+
+		if result.Details.PgRestoreListable {
+			tableInfo := fmt.Sprintf(" (%d tables)", result.Details.TableCount)
+			padding := 36 - len(tableInfo)
+			if padding < 0 {
+				padding = 0
+			}
+			s.WriteString("|  " + diagnosePassStyle.Render("[+]") + " pg_restore can list contents" + tableInfo + strings.Repeat(" ", padding) + "|\n")
+		}
+
+		if result.Details.CopyBlockCount > 0 {
+			blockInfo := fmt.Sprintf("%d COPY blocks found", result.Details.CopyBlockCount)
+			padding := 50 - len(blockInfo)
+			if padding < 0 {
+				padding = 0
+			}
+			s.WriteString("|  [-] " + blockInfo + strings.Repeat(" ", padding) + "|\n")
+		}
+
+		if result.Details.UnterminatedCopy {
+			s.WriteString("|  " + diagnoseFailStyle.Render("[-]") + " Unterminated COPY: " + truncate(result.Details.LastCopyTable, 30) + strings.Repeat(" ", 5) + "|\n")
+		}
+
+		if result.Details.ProperlyTerminated {
+			s.WriteString("|  " + diagnosePassStyle.Render("[+]") + " All COPY blocks properly terminated" + strings.Repeat(" ", 17) + "|\n")
+		}
+
+		if result.Details.ExpandedSize > 0 {
+			sizeInfo := fmt.Sprintf("Expanded: %s (%.1fx)", formatSize(result.Details.ExpandedSize), result.Details.CompressionRatio)
+			padding := 50 - len(sizeInfo)
+			if padding < 0 {
+				padding = 0
+			}
+			s.WriteString("|  [-] " + sizeInfo + strings.Repeat(" ", padding) + "|\n")
+		}
+
+		s.WriteString("+" + strings.Repeat("-", 60) + "+\n")
+	}
+
+	// Errors Box
+	if len(result.Errors) > 0 {
+		s.WriteString("\n+--[ ERRORS ]" + strings.Repeat("-", 47) + "+\n")
+		for i, e := range result.Errors {
+			if i >= 5 {
+				remaining := fmt.Sprintf("... and %d more errors", len(result.Errors)-5)
+				padding := 56 - len(remaining)
+				s.WriteString("|  " + remaining + strings.Repeat(" ", padding) + "|\n")
+				break
+			}
+			errText := truncate(e, 54)
+			padding := 56 - len(errText)
+			if padding < 0 {
+				padding = 0
+			}
+			s.WriteString("|  " + errText + strings.Repeat(" ", padding) + "|\n")
+		}
+		s.WriteString("+" + strings.Repeat("-", 60) + "+\n")
+	}
+
+	// Warnings Box
+	if len(result.Warnings) > 0 {
+		s.WriteString("\n+--[ WARNINGS ]" + strings.Repeat("-", 45) + "+\n")
+		for i, w := range result.Warnings {
+			if i >= 3 {
+				remaining := fmt.Sprintf("... and %d more warnings", len(result.Warnings)-3)
+				padding := 56 - len(remaining)
+				s.WriteString("|  " + remaining + strings.Repeat(" ", padding) + "|\n")
+				break
+			}
+			warnText := truncate(w, 54)
+			padding := 56 - len(warnText)
+			if padding < 0 {
+				padding = 0
+			}
+			s.WriteString("|  " + warnText + strings.Repeat(" ", padding) + "|\n")
+		}
+		s.WriteString("+" + strings.Repeat("-", 60) + "+\n")
+	}
+
+	// Recommendations Box
+	if !result.IsValid {
+		s.WriteString("\n+--[ RECOMMENDATIONS ]" + strings.Repeat("-", 38) + "+\n")
+		if result.IsTruncated {
+			s.WriteString("|  1. Re-run backup with current version (v3.42.12+)    |\n")
+			s.WriteString("|  2. Check disk space on backup server                 |\n")
+			s.WriteString("|  3. Verify network stability for remote backups       |\n")
+		}
+		if result.IsCorrupted {
+			s.WriteString("|  1. Verify backup was transferred completely          |\n")
+			s.WriteString("|  2. Try restoring from a previous backup              |\n")
+		}
+		s.WriteString("+" + strings.Repeat("-", 60) + "+\n")
+	}
+
+	return s.String()
+}
+
+func (m DiagnoseViewModel) renderClusterResults() string {
+	var s strings.Builder
+
+	// Summary
+	validCount := 0
+	invalidCount := 0
+	for _, r := range m.results {
+		if r.IsValid {
+			validCount++
+		} else {
+			invalidCount++
+		}
+	}
+
+	s.WriteString(strings.Repeat("-", 60))
+	s.WriteString("\n")
+	s.WriteString(diagnoseHeaderStyle.Render(fmt.Sprintf("[STATS] CLUSTER SUMMARY: %d databases\n", len(m.results))))
+	s.WriteString(strings.Repeat("-", 60))
+	s.WriteString("\n\n")
+
+	if invalidCount == 0 {
+		s.WriteString(diagnosePassStyle.Render("[OK] All dumps are valid"))
+		s.WriteString("\n\n")
+	} else {
+		s.WriteString(diagnoseFailStyle.Render(fmt.Sprintf("[FAIL] %d/%d dumps have issues", invalidCount, len(m.results))))
+		s.WriteString("\n\n")
+	}
+
+	// List all dumps with status
+	s.WriteString(diagnoseHeaderStyle.Render("Database Dumps:"))
+	s.WriteString("\n")
+
+	// Show visible range based on cursor
+	start := m.cursor - 5
+	if start < 0 {
+		start = 0
+	}
+	end := start + 12
+	if end > len(m.results) {
+		end = len(m.results)
+	}
+
+	for i := start; i < end; i++ {
+		r := m.results[i]
+		cursor := " "
+		if i == m.cursor {
+			cursor = ">"
+		}
+
+		var status string
+		if r.IsValid {
+			status = diagnosePassStyle.Render("[+]")
+		} else if r.IsTruncated {
+			status = diagnoseFailStyle.Render("[-] TRUNCATED")
+		} else if r.IsCorrupted {
+			status = diagnoseFailStyle.Render("[-] CORRUPTED")
+		} else {
+			status = diagnoseFailStyle.Render("[-] INVALID")
+		}
+
+		line := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s %-35s %s",
+			cursor,
+			status,
+			truncate(r.FileName, 35),
+			formatSize(r.FileSize))
+
+		if i == m.cursor {
+			s.WriteString(archiveSelectedStyle.Render(line))
+		} else {
+			s.WriteString(line)
+		}
+		s.WriteString("\n")
+	}
+
+	// Show selected dump details
+	if m.cursor < len(m.results) {
+		selected := m.results[m.cursor]
+		s.WriteString("\n")
+		s.WriteString(strings.Repeat("-", 60))
+		s.WriteString("\n")
+		s.WriteString(diagnoseHeaderStyle.Render("Selected: " + selected.FileName))
+		s.WriteString("\n\n")
+
+		// Show condensed details for selected
+		if selected.Details != nil {
+			if selected.Details.UnterminatedCopy {
+				s.WriteString(diagnoseFailStyle.Render("  [-] Unterminated COPY: "))
+				s.WriteString(selected.Details.LastCopyTable)
+				s.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(" (line %d)\n", selected.Details.LastCopyLineNumber))
+			}
+			if len(selected.Details.SampleCopyData) > 0 {
+				s.WriteString(diagnoseInfoStyle.Render("  Sample orphaned data: "))
+				s.WriteString(truncate(selected.Details.SampleCopyData[0], 50))
+				s.WriteString("\n")
+			}
+		}
+
+		if len(selected.Errors) > 0 {
+			for i, e := range selected.Errors {
+				if i >= 2 {
+					break
+				}
+				s.WriteString(diagnoseFailStyle.Render("  - "))
+				s.WriteString(truncate(e, 55))
+				s.WriteString("\n")
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	s.WriteString("\n")
+	s.WriteString(infoStyle.Render("Use ↑/↓ to browse, Enter/Esc to go back"))
+
+	return s.String()
+}
+
+// Helper functions for temp directory management
+func createTempDir(pattern string) (string, error) {
+	return os.MkdirTemp("", pattern)
+}
+
+func createTempDirIn(baseDir, pattern string) (string, error) {
+	if baseDir == "" {
+		return os.MkdirTemp("", pattern)
+	}
+	// Ensure base directory exists
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(baseDir, 0755); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("cannot create work directory: %w", err)
+	}
+	return os.MkdirTemp(baseDir, pattern)
+}
+
+func removeTempDir(path string) error {
+	return os.RemoveAll(path)
+}
--- a/internal/tui/dirpicker.go
+++ b/internal/tui/dirpicker.go
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ func (dp *DirectoryPicker) View() string {
 	if dp.allowFiles {
 		pickerType = "File/Directory"
 	}
-	header := fmt.Sprintf("📁 %s Picker - %s", pickerType, dp.currentPath)
+	header := fmt.Sprintf("[DIR] %s Picker - %s", pickerType, dp.currentPath)
 	content.WriteString(dp.styles.Header.Render(header))
 	content.WriteString("\n\n")

@@ -216,13 +216,13 @@ func (dp *DirectoryPicker) View() string {
 	for i, item := range dp.items {
 		var prefix string
 		if item.Name == ".." {
-			prefix = "⬆️ "
+			prefix = "[UP] "
 		} else if item.Name == "Error reading directory" {
-			prefix = "❌ "
+			prefix = "[X] "
 		} else if item.IsDir {
-			prefix = "📁 "
+			prefix = "[DIR] "
 		} else {
-			prefix = "📄 "
+			prefix = "[FILE] "
 		}

 		line := prefix + item.Name
@@ -235,9 +235,9 @@ func (dp *DirectoryPicker) View() string {
 	}

 	// Help text
-	help := "\n↑/↓: Navigate • Enter: Open/Select File • s: Select Directory • q/Esc: Cancel"
+	help := "\nUp/Down: Navigate | Enter: Open/Select File | s: Select Directory | q/Esc: Cancel"
 	if !dp.allowFiles {
-		help = "\n↑/↓: Navigate • Enter: Open • s: Select Directory • q/Esc: Cancel"
+		help = "\nUp/Down: Navigate | Enter: Open | s: Select Directory | q/Esc: Cancel"
 	}
 	content.WriteString(dp.styles.Help.Render(help))

--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More