diff --git a/STATUS.md b/STATUS.md
index 6458d05..b8db394 100644
--- a/STATUS.md
+++ b/STATUS.md
@@ -346,9 +346,15 @@ Order (least → most blast radius):
    docker-ce 29 is renumbered v5.x (was v2.x with 26-28); same Compose
    v2 codebase, just realigned major. Playbook's compose-version verify
    was hardcoded to `v2.X.Y` and false-failed — now accepts any major ≥ 2.
-3. **ana-docker** — pending. Largest blast radius (homepage, miniflux,
-   news-digest, synapse, seafile, vaultwarden, gitea, openwebui, …).
-   Verify each card / service after.
+3. ~~**ana-docker**~~ — **done 2026-04-24.** docker-ce 29.4.1, all 29
+   containers back up clean. Traefik routing live (200s for
+   matrix.phasefinal.com presence + seafile.phasefinal.com syncs
+   verified post-restart). One sub-finding: seafile's internal
+   `seahub` (the python web frontend at port 8000) failed on first
+   start because mysql wasn't accepting connections yet, and one
+   `docker restart seafile` didn't recover it — needs a separate
+   triage pass on seafile's compose `depends_on` wiring or seahub's
+   retry behavior. Other 28 containers fine.
 
 Also during the nh3-docker debug: `configs/homepage/docker.yaml`
 commented out the `irv-ml1-docker` provider — the 20s-per-poll
@@ -356,6 +362,41 @@ ETIMEDOUTs from the stalled host were drowning homepage's logs and
 appeared to block ana-pfi-docker discovery (News group's Miniflux card
 wouldn't render until removal). Re-enable when irv-ml1 is back.
 
+## traefik-postboot — host-level recovery for daemon-restart routing races
+
+Installed 2026-04-24 on both hosts that run traefik (esh-docker-vm,
+ana-docker). One-shot systemd unit (`traefik-postboot.service`,
+After=docker.service, Type=oneshot, sleep 60 → `docker restart
+traefik`) that fires once per boot. Forces a clean cold scan after
+the topology has settled, fixing the long-standing "traefik misses
+backends after host reboot" symptom (events-stream debounce + network-
+attach race when 30+ containers start in a burst).
+
+Playbook: `playbooks/install-traefik-postboot.yaml`. Tunables: 
+`--var delay_seconds=N` (default 60), `--var container=NAME`
+(default `traefik`). Runs `systemd-analyze verify` non-disruptively
+so installing on a healthy host doesn't blip traefik.
+
+## autorestic decommission — redundant with the new two-layer pipeline
+
+Hosts with autorestic detected 2026-04-24: `esh-docker-vm`, `esh-vm-db`.
+Both are pre-pipeline ESH manual installs at `/usr/local/bin/autorestic`
++ four systemd units backing up to `/mnt/backup/restic/repo/esh`.
+The new two-layer pipeline (PBS for VM images, structured restic
+profiles via `configs/restic/<host>/profiles.yaml`) covers everything
+autorestic was doing. Trigger: a typo on esh-docker-vm's
+`autorestic-backup.timer` line 2 (`D:escription` instead of
+`Description`) surfaced during the traefik-postboot install verify.
+
+Playbook: `playbooks/remove-autorestic.yaml`. Pending user run:
+`scripts/elway esh-docker-vm --playbook playbooks/remove-autorestic.yaml`
+`scripts/elway esh-vm-db --playbook playbooks/remove-autorestic.yaml`
+
+Deliberately untouched (decide separately):
+- `/srv/backups/autorestic/.autorestic.yml` — config; archival value
+- `/mnt/backup/restic/repo/esh` — historical autorestic snapshots;
+  prune via `restic forget` once comfortable with new pipeline coverage.
+
 ## Session milestones — 2026-04-24 (the "tooling day" + housekeeping pm)
 
 Morning / early afternoon — the original tooling day:
diff --git a/playbooks/remove-autorestic.yaml b/playbooks/remove-autorestic.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc613e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/remove-autorestic.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+# remove-autorestic — fully decommission autorestic on a host.
+#
+# Why: autorestic was the original ESH home-lab backup tool (manual install
+# at /usr/local/bin/autorestic, daily + monthly systemd timers). The new
+# two-layer pipeline (PBS for VM images via the hypervisor, structured
+# restic profiles via configs/restic/<host>/profiles.yaml) covers
+# everything autorestic was doing, so it's redundant — and the typo
+# `D:escription` in autorestic-backup.timer caught during the
+# traefik-postboot install on esh-docker-vm prompted ripping it out
+# rather than fixing it.
+#
+# Hosts in scope (autorestic detected 2026-04-26):
+#   esh-docker-vm, esh-vm-db
+# Skips on hosts without it (every step is `creates:`-/`when:`-gated).
+#
+# What this DOES remove:
+#   - /etc/systemd/system/autorestic-{backup,prune}.{service,timer}
+#   - /usr/local/bin/autorestic
+#
+# What this DOES NOT touch (decide separately):
+#   - /srv/backups/autorestic/.autorestic.yml — the config; archival
+#     value (records what was being backed up + the restic key)
+#   - /mnt/backup/restic/repo/esh — historical autorestic snapshots
+#     (real backup data; user can prune with `restic forget` once they're
+#     comfortable the new pipeline has equivalent coverage)
+#
+# Usage:
+#   scripts/elway esh-docker-vm --playbook playbooks/remove-autorestic.yaml
+#   scripts/elway esh-vm-db --playbook playbooks/remove-autorestic.yaml
+
+steps:
+  - name: Stop + disable autorestic-backup.timer
+    shell: systemctl disable --now autorestic-backup.timer
+    sudo: true
+    when: "systemctl list-unit-files autorestic-backup.timer --no-legend 2>/dev/null | grep -q ."
+
+  - name: Stop + disable autorestic-prune.timer
+    shell: systemctl disable --now autorestic-prune.timer
+    sudo: true
+    when: "systemctl list-unit-files autorestic-prune.timer --no-legend 2>/dev/null | grep -q ."
+
+  - name: Stop autorestic-backup.service (if running)
+    # Should be a no-op after disable --now above, but a long-running
+    # backup invocation triggered manually could still be live. Safe
+    # to call on a stopped unit.
+    shell: systemctl stop autorestic-backup.service 2>/dev/null || true
+    sudo: true
+
+  - name: Stop autorestic-prune.service (if running)
+    shell: systemctl stop autorestic-prune.service 2>/dev/null || true
+    sudo: true
+
+  - name: Remove autorestic systemd unit files
+    shell: rm -f /etc/systemd/system/autorestic-backup.service \
+                 /etc/systemd/system/autorestic-backup.timer \
+                 /etc/systemd/system/autorestic-prune.service \
+                 /etc/systemd/system/autorestic-prune.timer
+    sudo: true
+    removes: /etc/systemd/system/autorestic-backup.timer
+
+  - name: systemctl daemon-reload (drop the removed units from systemd's view)
+    shell: systemctl daemon-reload
+    sudo: true
+
+  - name: systemctl reset-failed (clear any leftover failed-state for autorestic-*)
+    shell: systemctl reset-failed 'autorestic-*' 2>/dev/null || true
+    sudo: true
+
+  - name: Remove the autorestic binary
+    shell: rm -f /usr/local/bin/autorestic
+    sudo: true
+    removes: /usr/local/bin/autorestic
+
+verify:
+  - name: No autorestic systemd units remain
+    shell: |
+      n=$(ls /etc/systemd/system/autorestic-* 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
+      [ "$n" = "0" ]
+    changed_when: "false"
+
+  - name: No autorestic binary on PATH
+    shell: ! command -v autorestic >/dev/null
+    changed_when: "false"
+
+  - name: systemd no longer knows about autorestic units
+    shell: |
+      n=$(systemctl list-unit-files 'autorestic-*' --no-legend 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
+      [ "$n" = "0" ]
+    changed_when: "false"