diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/dind-fuse-image.yml b/.gitea/workflows/dind-fuse-image.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..817962a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/dind-fuse-image.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+---
+name: dind-fuse-image
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+    paths:
+      - platform/gitea-runner/images/dind-fuse/**
+      - .gitea/workflows/dind-fuse-image.yml
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, pod]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Log in to the Gitea container registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          registry: git.ddupan.top
+          username: ${{ gitea.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Build and publish
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+        with:
+          context: platform/gitea-runner/images/dind-fuse
+          push: true
+          tags: |
+            git.ddupan.top/panxiao81/dind-fuse:29.7.1
+            git.ddupan.top/panxiao81/dind-fuse:latest
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/kata-runner-smoke.yml b/.gitea/workflows/kata-runner-smoke.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bb1707
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/kata-runner-smoke.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+---
+name: kata-runner-smoke
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - poc/kata-runner-smoke
+    paths:
+      - .gitea/workflows/kata-runner-smoke.yml
+
+jobs:
+  smoke:
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, pod]
+    steps:
+      - name: Verify isolated job environment
+        shell: sh
+        run: |
+          set -eu
+          uname -a
+          grep -q '^ID=alpine$' /etc/os-release
+          test -f /.dockerenv
+          test ! -e /dev/kvm
+          printf 'kata ephemeral runner job ok\n'
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/kind-on-kata-smoke.yml b/.gitea/workflows/kind-on-kata-smoke.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b49d070
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/kind-on-kata-smoke.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+---
+name: kind-on-kata-smoke
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - poc/kind-on-kata
+    paths:
+      - .gitea/workflows/kind-on-kata-smoke.yml
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  smoke:
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, pod]
+    steps:
+      - name: Create nested kind cluster
+        shell: sh
+        env:
+          KIND_VERSION: v0.27.0
+          KIND_NODE_IMAGE: kindest/node:v1.32.2@sha256:f226345927d7e348497136874b6d207e0b32cc52154ad8323129352923a3142f
+        run: |
+          set -eu
+          apk add --no-cache ca-certificates curl docker-cli
+          curl --retry 5 --retry-all-errors --connect-timeout 15 -fsSLo /tmp/kind \
+            "https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/dl/${KIND_VERSION}/kind-linux-amd64"
+          curl --retry 5 --retry-all-errors --connect-timeout 15 -fsSLo /tmp/kind.sha256sum \
+            "https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/dl/${KIND_VERSION}/kind-linux-amd64.sha256sum"
+          expected="$(awk '{print $1}' /tmp/kind.sha256sum)"
+          printf '%s  %s\n' "$expected" /tmp/kind | sha256sum -c -
+          install -m 0755 /tmp/kind /usr/local/bin/kind
+          docker info --format 'kernel={{.KernelVersion}} driver={{.Driver}}'
+          test "$(docker info --format '{{.Driver}}')" = overlay2
+
+          cleanup() {
+            kind delete cluster --name nested >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+          }
+          trap cleanup EXIT
+
+          cat >/tmp/kind-config.yaml <<'EOF'
+          kind: Cluster
+          apiVersion: kind.x-k8s.io/v1alpha4
+          name: nested
+          nodes:
+            - role: control-plane
+              extraMounts:
+                - hostPath: /dev/kmsg
+                  containerPath: /dev/kmsg
+          EOF
+          kind create cluster -v 9 --retain --config /tmp/kind-config.yaml --image "$KIND_NODE_IMAGE" --wait 5m
+          docker exec nested-control-plane kubectl \
+            --kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/admin.conf wait \
+            --for=condition=Ready node/nested-control-plane --timeout=2m
+          docker exec nested-control-plane kubectl \
+            --kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/admin.conf run smoke \
+            --image=docker.io/library/busybox:1.37 --restart=Never \
+            --command -- sh -c 'echo kind-on-kata-ok'
+          docker exec nested-control-plane kubectl \
+            --kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/admin.conf wait \
+            --for=jsonpath='{.status.phase}'=Succeeded pod/smoke --timeout=2m
+          test "$(docker exec nested-control-plane kubectl \
+            --kubeconfig=/etc/kubernetes/admin.conf logs smoke)" = kind-on-kata-ok
+          kind delete cluster --name nested
+          trap - EXIT
diff --git a/infrastructure/kata-lab/README.md b/infrastructure/kata-lab/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0765ce8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/kata-lab/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+# kata-lab
+
+`kata-lab` 是位于 Proxmox `pve2` 的可销毁验证环境，用来验证 nested KVM、k3s、
+Kata Containers，以及后续一 job 一 Kata Pod 的 Gitea Runner。它不是 dev/stg
+长期服务，也不承载持久数据。
+
+> 状态：VMID 147 已于 2026-09-14 销毁，Terraform state 为空。目录保留首次验证结果
+> 与可复现配置；后续验证转向跨 PVE 节点的轻量 LXC worker 方案。
+
+## Terraform bootstrap
+
+1. 将 Proxmox API token 写入被 Git 忽略且权限为 `0600` 的
+   `terraform/credentials.auto.tfvars`。
+2. 取得内部 CA，并仅为当前 Terraform 进程设置 Go TLS trust：
+
+   ```bash
+   curl -fsSL https://bao.ad.ddupan.top:8200/v1/pki/ca/pem \
+     -o /tmp/kata-lab-ddupan-ca.pem
+   export SSL_CERT_FILE=/tmp/kata-lab-ddupan-ca.pem
+   ```
+
+3. 初始化并审阅 plan：
+
+   ```bash
+   cd infrastructure/kata-lab/terraform
+   terraform init
+   terraform plan
+   ```
+
+Terraform 使用 `laptop:import/noble-server-cloudimg-amd64.qcow2`（40 GiB
+virtual size），在
+`pve-rg-hdd` 创建 VM root disk，并把 cloud-init snippet 放到 `laptop`
+datastore。VM root disk 设为 41 GiB，以容纳 PVE import 的块对齐增量。VM 使用
+DHCP、`cpu.type = host`、4 vCPU 和 4 GiB 内存；cloud-init
+安装 `qemu-guest-agent`、单节点 k3s，并记录 `/dev/kvm` 检查结果。
+
+## Kata Containers
+
+Ansible 使用 Kata Containers 4.1.0 官方 `kata-deploy` chart。配置明确选择 k3s，
+只安装 `qemu-runtime-rs`，不安装额外 snapshotter，并采用 `job` 模式，安装结束后
+不保留 privileged DaemonSet。默认 `RuntimeClass` 名为 `kata`。
+
+Terraform 输出的 DHCP 地址变化时，先更新 `ansible/inventory/hosts.yml`，然后运行：
+
+```bash
+cd infrastructure/kata-lab/ansible
+ansible-playbook kata.yml
+ansible-playbook verify.yml
+```
+
+`verify.yml` 首先创建一个 `runtimeClassName: kata` 的短生命周期 Pod，并确认 Pod 内
+看到的 Kata guest kernel 与 k3s node 的宿主 kernel 不同。随后它在另一个 Kata Pod
+内启动 privileged `dockerd` sidecar，让普通 Docker client 容器通过共享网络命名空间
+的 `127.0.0.1:2375` 运行一个嵌套容器。这对应后续 Gitea Runner 的目标形态：runner
+直接执行 job，只在需要 Docker API 时连接同 Pod 的 daemon，而不把 Docker executor
+作为 job 的外层。Kata 下共享 volume 中的 Unix socket 文件虽然双方可见，但不能跨
+容器连接，因此不能在这里沿用普通 Pod 常见的 `/var/run/docker.sock` 方案；loopback
+端口没有通过 Service 暴露到 Pod 外。
+验证 Pod 会保留以供排查；再次运行时会先替换它们。
+
+2026-09-13 的首次验证结果：Kata guest kernel 为 `6.18.35`，node host kernel 为
+`6.8.0-90-generic`；sidecar daemon 成功运行 `busybox:1.37` 嵌套容器。Docker 27.5.1
+在当前 Kata guest 中无法挂载 overlay2，自动回退到 `vfs`；功能验证通过，但正式用于
+CI 前需要解决或接受其镜像层复制与磁盘性能开销。
+
+不要提交 `credentials.auto.tfvars`、Terraform state 或 saved plan。销毁前确认目标
+仍然是 VMID 147 / `kata-lab`：
+
+```bash
+terraform plan -destroy
+terraform destroy
+```
diff --git a/infrastructure/kata-lab/ansible/ansible.cfg b/infrastructure/kata-lab/ansible/ansible.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7403f6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/kata-lab/ansible/ansible.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[defaults]
+inventory = inventory/hosts.yml
+host_key_checking = True
+interpreter_python = auto_silent
+retry_files_enabled = False
+local_tmp = /tmp/ansible-kata-lab-local
+remote_tmp = /tmp/ansible-kata-lab-remote
+
+[ssh_connection]
+pipelining = True
diff --git a/infrastructure/kata-lab/ansible/inventory/hosts.yml b/infrastructure/kata-lab/ansible/inventory/hosts.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8135023
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/kata-lab/ansible/inventory/hosts.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+all:
+  hosts:
+    kata-lab:
+      ansible_host: 192.168.10.13
+      ansible_user: ansible
+  vars:
+    ansible_become: true
diff --git a/infrastructure/kata-lab/ansible/kata.yml b/infrastructure/kata-lab/ansible/kata.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39df4b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/kata-lab/ansible/kata.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+---
+- name: Install Kata Containers in the disposable k3s lab
+  hosts: kata-lab
+  gather_facts: false
+  vars:
+    kata_version: "4.1.0"
+    kata_chart_url: >-
+      https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/releases/download/{{ kata_version }}/kata-deploy-{{ kata_version }}.tgz
+  tasks:
+    - name: Check nested KVM is usable
+      ansible.builtin.stat:
+        path: /dev/kvm
+      register: kata_kvm
+
+    - name: Require nested KVM
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that:
+          - kata_kvm.stat.exists
+          - kata_kvm.stat.ischr
+        fail_msg: /dev/kvm is unavailable; Kata QEMU cannot start efficiently
+
+    - name: Install Kata through the k3s Helm controller
+      ansible.builtin.copy:
+        dest: /var/lib/rancher/k3s/server/manifests/kata-deploy.yaml
+        owner: root
+        group: root
+        mode: "0644"
+        content: |
+          apiVersion: helm.cattle.io/v1
+          kind: HelmChart
+          metadata:
+            name: kata-deploy
+            namespace: kube-system
+          spec:
+            chart: {{ kata_chart_url }}
+            targetNamespace: kata-system
+            createNamespace: true
+            timeout: 15m
+            failurePolicy: abort
+            valuesContent: |-
+              deploymentMode: job
+              k8sDistribution: k3s
+              snapshotter:
+                setup: []
+              shims:
+                disableAll: true
+                qemu-runtime-rs:
+                  enabled: true
+              runtimeClasses:
+                enabled: true
+                createDefault: true
+              node-feature-discovery:
+                enabled: false
+
+    - name: Wait for the Helm installation job to appear
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: k3s kubectl get job/helm-install-kata-deploy -n kube-system
+      register: kata_helm_job
+      retries: 60
+      delay: 2
+      until: kata_helm_job.rc == 0
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: Wait for the Helm installation job to finish
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: >-
+          k3s kubectl wait --for=condition=complete
+          job/helm-install-kata-deploy -n kube-system --timeout=20m
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: Wait for Kata node installation jobs
+      ansible.builtin.shell:
+        cmd: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          jobs=$(k3s kubectl get jobs -n kata-system -l app.kubernetes.io/instance=kata-deploy -o name)
+          test -n "${jobs}"
+          k3s kubectl wait --for=condition=complete -n kata-system $jobs --timeout=20m
+        executable: /bin/bash
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: Wait for the default Kata RuntimeClass
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: k3s kubectl get runtimeclass kata
+      register: kata_runtime_class
+      retries: 30
+      delay: 2
+      until: kata_runtime_class.rc == 0
+      changed_when: false
diff --git a/infrastructure/kata-lab/ansible/verify.yml b/infrastructure/kata-lab/ansible/verify.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..664a5c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/kata-lab/ansible/verify.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+---
+- name: Verify Kata isolation with a disposable Pod
+  hosts: kata-lab
+  gather_facts: false
+  tasks:
+    - name: Remove an earlier smoke Pod
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: k3s kubectl delete pod kata-smoke --ignore-not-found --wait=true
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: Create the Kata smoke Pod
+      ansible.builtin.shell:
+        cmd: |
+          set -o pipefail
+          k3s kubectl apply -f - <<'EOF'
+          apiVersion: v1
+          kind: Pod
+          metadata:
+            name: kata-smoke
+          spec:
+            runtimeClassName: kata
+            restartPolicy: Never
+            containers:
+              - name: smoke
+                image: docker.io/library/busybox:1.37
+                command:
+                  - sh
+                  - -c
+                  - 'printf "guest-kernel="; uname -r; test -c /dev/kvm && exit 1 || true'
+          EOF
+        executable: /bin/bash
+      changed_when: true
+
+    - name: Wait for the Kata Pod to finish
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: k3s kubectl wait --for=jsonpath='{.status.phase}'=Succeeded pod/kata-smoke --timeout=10m
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: Read the guest kernel version
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: k3s kubectl logs kata-smoke
+      register: kata_smoke_log
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: Read the host kernel version
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: uname -r
+      register: kata_host_kernel
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: Require a distinct guest kernel
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that:
+          - kata_smoke_log.stdout is match('^guest-kernel=.+')
+          - kata_smoke_log.stdout | regex_replace('^guest-kernel=', '') != kata_host_kernel.stdout
+        success_msg: >-
+          Kata guest {{ kata_smoke_log.stdout }} differs from host-kernel={{ kata_host_kernel.stdout }}
+
+    - name: Remove an earlier Docker sidecar smoke Pod
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: k3s kubectl delete pod kata-docker-smoke --ignore-not-found --wait=true
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: Create a Kata Pod with a Docker daemon sidecar
+      ansible.builtin.shell:
+        cmd: |
+          set -o pipefail
+          k3s kubectl apply -f - <<'EOF'
+          apiVersion: v1
+          kind: Pod
+          metadata:
+            name: kata-docker-smoke
+          spec:
+            runtimeClassName: kata
+            restartPolicy: Never
+            volumes:
+              - name: docker-run
+                emptyDir: {}
+            containers:
+              - name: dockerd
+                image: docker.io/library/docker:27-dind
+                securityContext:
+                  privileged: true
+                env:
+                  - name: DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR
+                    value: ""
+                volumeMounts:
+                  - name: docker-run
+                    mountPath: /var/run
+              - name: client
+                image: docker.io/library/docker:27-cli
+                env:
+                  - name: DOCKER_HOST
+                    value: tcp://127.0.0.1:2375
+                volumeMounts:
+                  - name: docker-run
+                    mountPath: /var/run
+                command:
+                  - sh
+                  - -c
+                  - |
+                    until docker info >/dev/null 2>&1; do sleep 1; done
+                    docker run --rm docker.io/library/busybox:1.37 echo nested-docker-ok
+          EOF
+        executable: /bin/bash
+      changed_when: true
+
+    - name: Wait for the Docker client to finish
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: >-
+          k3s kubectl wait --for=jsonpath='{.status.containerStatuses[?(@.name=="client")].state.terminated.exitCode}'=0
+          pod/kata-docker-smoke --timeout=10m
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: Read the Docker client result
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: k3s kubectl logs kata-docker-smoke -c client
+      register: kata_docker_smoke_log
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: Require Docker to run a nested container
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that:
+          - "'nested-docker-ok' in kata_docker_smoke_log.stdout"
+        success_msg: Docker daemon sidecar completed a nested container inside the Kata VM
diff --git a/infrastructure/kata-lab/terraform/.terraform.lock.hcl b/infrastructure/kata-lab/terraform/.terraform.lock.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4794735
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/kata-lab/terraform/.terraform.lock.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# This file is maintained automatically by "terraform init".
+# Manual edits may be lost in future updates.
+
+provider "registry.terraform.io/bpg/proxmox" {
+  version     = "0.111.1"
+  constraints = "0.111.1"
+  hashes = [
+    "h1:ML2D3UUZTM99yrll/EBXj7wBYMb8xmQgomqFNybEoxY=",
+    "zh:18fb7c31a08dde6bffa1a4d4a211e604d6d17eec7092fd59331b3db3c6f3742c",
+    "zh:1cd60761538289d4dd2a1086b3ae62a7b0bdd4b1a2f824e9a44e243413168dba",
+    "zh:2eb76f6fc8299b6820ff678c8252332cc3366e226b5ae2e61748fd2449c1ed92",
+    "zh:45e6f7ebd0bf48911d37060359a4f359b5743b3092e985295733990e406d0416",
+    "zh:4aa8ba912eae37975d2e983394d173e595ca34fc76b5bf220b37d0e99d76e98c",
+    "zh:58e0789923103a77d502a0a9fc3eb920625e8eb935ec2d4ac0d006aebd1d186c",
+    "zh:6df8aa85fb8865915537e946c19b02538ad188018a629759c213c6f03730f642",
+    "zh:6ed47bc00d0913a1d0880618fa1376115e9edab6b4a658c081061a7f0e4ca360",
+    "zh:c5b10ff4f33df7e4c29e8f1127d49845b561b37b57517e844fb0954d7923d65e",
+    "zh:d016510e14b738499f0db9d9b3aafe82fc6877fb4ab4e9f831fb68a8d70a1385",
+    "zh:d941f394069bbf24351b363da1c64383f487067aaee0a84f9b96476d4912e212",
+    "zh:ddf271dbc2632ae8ffa8de3972f243ee47d260cb2ac90aa784f2746d98e21a0f",
+    "zh:ed0caa3501c42f611b7e9622c9b1df69fd85dc25a3cd88d3076381829688cd62",
+    "zh:f26e0763dbe6a6b2195c94b44696f2110f7f55433dc142839be16b9697fa5597",
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/infrastructure/kata-lab/terraform/cloud-init.yaml.tftpl b/infrastructure/kata-lab/terraform/cloud-init.yaml.tftpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2adfb00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/kata-lab/terraform/cloud-init.yaml.tftpl
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#cloud-config
+hostname: ${hostname}
+manage_etc_hosts: true
+timezone: Etc/UTC
+
+users:
+  - default
+  - name: ansible
+    groups: [adm, sudo]
+    shell: /bin/bash
+    lock_passwd: true
+    sudo: ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL
+    ssh_authorized_keys:
+      - ${ssh_public_key}
+
+package_update: true
+package_upgrade: false
+packages:
+  - ca-certificates
+  - curl
+  - jq
+  - qemu-guest-agent
+
+runcmd:
+  - [systemctl, enable, --now, qemu-guest-agent]
+  - [modprobe, kvm_amd]
+  - [sh, -c, 'test -c /dev/kvm && echo available > /var/lib/cloud/nested-kvm.status || echo unavailable > /var/lib/cloud/nested-kvm.status']
+  - [sh, -c, 'curl -sfL https://get.k3s.io -o /tmp/install-k3s.sh']
+  - [chmod, '0755', /tmp/install-k3s.sh]
+  - [sh, -c, 'INSTALL_K3S_VERSION="${k3s_version}" INSTALL_K3S_EXEC="server --disable=traefik --write-kubeconfig-mode=0644" /tmp/install-k3s.sh']
+  - [sh, -c, 'kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready node/${hostname} --timeout=180s']
+  - [touch, /var/lib/cloud/kata-lab-bootstrap.done]
+
+final_message: "kata-lab bootstrap completed after $UPTIME seconds"
diff --git a/infrastructure/kata-lab/terraform/credentials.auto.tfvars.example b/infrastructure/kata-lab/terraform/credentials.auto.tfvars.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff27f53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/kata-lab/terraform/credentials.auto.tfvars.example
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Copy this file to credentials.auto.tfvars and replace the placeholder.
+# Format: user@realm!token-id=token-secret
+proxmox_api_token = "REPLACE_ME"
diff --git a/infrastructure/kata-lab/terraform/main.tf b/infrastructure/kata-lab/terraform/main.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b94cbe3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/kata-lab/terraform/main.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+locals {
+  ssh_public_key = trimspace(file(pathexpand(var.ssh_public_key_file)))
+  cloud_init = templatefile("${path.module}/cloud-init.yaml.tftpl", {
+    hostname       = var.vm_name
+    ssh_public_key = local.ssh_public_key
+    k3s_version    = var.k3s_version
+  })
+}
+
+data "proxmox_file" "ubuntu_noble" {
+  content_type = "import"
+  datastore_id = var.snippet_datastore_id
+  node_name    = var.node_name
+  file_name    = "noble-server-cloudimg-amd64.qcow2"
+}
+
+resource "proxmox_virtual_environment_file" "cloud_init" {
+  content_type = "snippets"
+  datastore_id = var.snippet_datastore_id
+  node_name    = var.node_name
+
+  source_raw {
+    data      = local.cloud_init
+    file_name = "${var.vm_name}-cloud-init.yaml"
+  }
+}
+
+resource "proxmox_virtual_environment_vm" "kata_lab" {
+  name        = var.vm_name
+  description = "Disposable single-node k3s and Kata Containers validation environment."
+  tags        = ["terraform", "disposable", "kata"]
+
+  node_name = var.node_name
+  vm_id     = var.vm_id
+
+  started         = true
+  on_boot         = false
+  stop_on_destroy = true
+
+  agent {
+    enabled = true
+    timeout = "15m"
+  }
+
+  cpu {
+    cores = var.vm_cores
+    type  = "host"
+  }
+
+  memory {
+    dedicated = var.vm_memory_mb
+  }
+
+  operating_system {
+    type = "l26"
+  }
+
+  scsi_hardware = "virtio-scsi-single"
+
+  disk {
+    datastore_id = var.disk_datastore_id
+    import_from  = data.proxmox_file.ubuntu_noble.id
+    interface    = "scsi0"
+    iothread     = true
+    discard      = "on"
+    size         = var.vm_disk_gb
+  }
+
+  initialization {
+    datastore_id      = var.disk_datastore_id
+    user_data_file_id = proxmox_virtual_environment_file.cloud_init.id
+
+    ip_config {
+      ipv4 {
+        address = "dhcp"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  network_device {
+    bridge = var.network_bridge
+    model  = "virtio"
+  }
+
+  serial_device {}
+}
diff --git a/infrastructure/kata-lab/terraform/outputs.tf b/infrastructure/kata-lab/terraform/outputs.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d4dd31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/kata-lab/terraform/outputs.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+output "vm_id" {
+  value = proxmox_virtual_environment_vm.kata_lab.vm_id
+}
+
+output "vm_ipv4_addresses" {
+  description = "QEMU guest agent 报告的地址；忽略 loopback 和 CNI 地址后再用于 SSH。"
+  value       = proxmox_virtual_environment_vm.kata_lab.ipv4_addresses
+}
+
+output "ssh_user" {
+  value = "ansible"
+}
diff --git a/infrastructure/kata-lab/terraform/provider.tf b/infrastructure/kata-lab/terraform/provider.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb13ad4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/kata-lab/terraform/provider.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+provider "proxmox" {
+  endpoint  = var.proxmox_endpoint
+  api_token = var.proxmox_api_token
+
+  # Snippet uploads use SSH. The provider deliberately does not read
+  # ~/.ssh/config, so map the PVE node explicitly and use the current agent.
+  ssh {
+    agent       = false
+    username    = "root"
+    private_key = file(pathexpand(var.proxmox_ssh_private_key_file))
+
+    node {
+      name    = "pve2"
+      address = "192.168.10.7"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/infrastructure/kata-lab/terraform/variables.tf b/infrastructure/kata-lab/terraform/variables.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e1461e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/kata-lab/terraform/variables.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+variable "proxmox_endpoint" {
+  description = "Proxmox VE API endpoint，不包含 /api2/json。"
+  type        = string
+  default     = "https://pve1.ad.ddupan.top:8006/"
+}
+
+variable "proxmox_api_token" {
+  description = "Proxmox API token，格式为 user@realm!token-id=secret。"
+  type        = string
+  sensitive   = true
+}
+
+variable "node_name" {
+  description = "承载 disposable kata-lab VM 的 PVE 节点。"
+  type        = string
+  default     = "pve2"
+}
+
+variable "vm_id" {
+  description = "kata-lab VMID。"
+  type        = number
+  default     = 147
+}
+
+variable "vm_name" {
+  description = "kata-lab VM 名称和 guest hostname。"
+  type        = string
+  default     = "kata-lab"
+}
+
+variable "vm_memory_mb" {
+  description = "VM 固定内存；pve2 只有约 7.4 GiB 可见内存。"
+  type        = number
+  default     = 4096
+}
+
+variable "vm_cores" {
+  description = "VM vCPU 数量。"
+  type        = number
+  default     = 4
+}
+
+variable "vm_disk_gb" {
+  description = "VM root disk 大小。"
+  type        = number
+  default     = 41
+}
+
+variable "disk_datastore_id" {
+  description = "VM root disk 所在 datastore。"
+  type        = string
+  default     = "pve-rg-hdd"
+}
+
+variable "snippet_datastore_id" {
+  description = "启用 snippets 的共享 datastore。"
+  type        = string
+  default     = "laptop"
+}
+
+variable "network_bridge" {
+  description = "连接 kata-lab VM 的 PVE bridge。"
+  type        = string
+  default     = "vmbr0"
+}
+
+variable "ssh_public_key_file" {
+  description = "注入 cloud-init 用户的 SSH 公钥路径。"
+  type        = string
+  default     = "~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub"
+}
+
+variable "proxmox_ssh_private_key_file" {
+  description = "provider 上传 snippet 时登录 PVE 节点使用的私钥路径。"
+  type        = string
+  default     = "~/.ssh/id_ed25519"
+}
+
+variable "k3s_version" {
+  description = "可选的固定 k3s 版本；空值使用 stable channel。"
+  type        = string
+  default     = ""
+}
diff --git a/infrastructure/kata-lab/terraform/versions.tf b/infrastructure/kata-lab/terraform/versions.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd891e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/kata-lab/terraform/versions.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+terraform {
+  required_version = ">= 1.10.0"
+
+  required_providers {
+    proxmox = {
+      source  = "bpg/proxmox"
+      version = "0.111.1"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/README.md b/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83b451d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+# kata-lxc-lab
+
+在 `pve2` 上验证 privileged LXC 内运行 k3s、Kata/QEMU，并直接使用 PVE host 的
+`/dev/kvm`、`/dev/vhost-net` 与 `/dev/vhost-vsock`。这是可销毁 PoC，不承载持久数据。
+
+Terraform 复用原 VM PoC 的 ignored credential 文件，不复制 token：
+
+```bash
+cd infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/terraform
+export SSL_CERT_FILE=/tmp/kata-lab-ddupan-ca.pem
+terraform init
+terraform plan \
+  -var-file=../../kata-lab/terraform/credentials.auto.tfvars
+terraform apply \
+  -var-file=../../kata-lab/terraform/credentials.auto.tfvars
+```
+
+当前 PoC 使用 `pve2`、VMID 147、Ubuntu 24.04 LXC template 和 16 GiB
+`local-lvm` rootfs。容器为 privileged，并开启 nesting、keyctl、FUSE、mknod；
+Kata 所需的 KVM、vhost 与 `/dev/net/tun` 设备显式透传；另透传 `/dev/kmsg`，因为
+kubelet 启动时会打开该设备。
+PVE 9 的 `force_rw_sys=1` feature 用于开放 kubelet 所需的少量 `/proc/sys` 写操作；
+provider 0.111.1 尚未暴露该 feature，因此同样由 `pct` 设置。
+
+k3s/Kata worker 还使用以下 privileged LXC 原生配置；PVE 9 使用 cgroup v2，因此设备
+规则采用 `lxc.cgroup2.devices.allow`：
+
+```text
+lxc.apparmor.profile: unconfined
+lxc.cgroup2.devices.allow: a
+lxc.cap.drop:
+lxc.mount.auto: proc:rw sys:rw
+```
+
+这些设置让容器内 kubelet、containerd 和 Kata shim 能管理 mount、cgroup、设备与
+共享宿主 sysctl。因此外层 LXC 不是安全边界；不可信 CI 的安全边界是内层 Kata VM。
+`/dev/kmsg` 当前直接透传，没有使用 `/dev/console` symlink fallback。
+
+PVE 将 privileged LXC 的创建限制为 `root@pam`（API token 即使拥有 `PVEAdmin` 也
+缺少 root-only 的 `Sys.Modify`）。因此实际创建入口使用 root SSH 上的 Ansible/pct：
+
+```bash
+cd infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/ansible
+ansible-playbook create.yml
+ansible-playbook bootstrap.yml
+ansible-playbook kata.yml
+ansible-playbook verify.yml
+ansible-playbook verify-fuse.yml
+```
+
+Terraform 文件保留用于记录 provider 权限边界与声明式目标；当前 token 执行 apply 会
+在创建前返回 403，不会产生资源或 state。
+
+## 验证结果
+
+当前管理地址为 `192.168.10.128`：2026-09-14 主 LAN DHCP 池调整后，从 `.11`
+续租迁移到 `.128`，并同步 Ansible inventory。它仍是动态租约，不是固定地址。
+
+2026-09-14，pve2 VMID 147 / `192.168.10.11` 验证通过：
+
+- LXC 内 k3s `v1.36.4+k3s1` node Ready；
+- Kata Containers 4.1.0 `qemu-runtime-rs` 安装成功；
+- Kata guest kernel `6.18.35`，外层共享的 PVE kernel `7.0.2-6-pve`；
+- Kata Pod 内的 Docker 27.5.1 daemon 成功运行 `busybox:1.37` 嵌套容器；
+- `/dev/net/tun` 是 Kata 创建 TAP/link 的必要设备，未透传时 runtime-rs 在
+  `create link` 返回 `ENOENT`；
+- `fuse-overlayfs` smoke test 成功：Docker 报告
+  `storage-driver=fuse-overlayfs`，并成功运行嵌套容器。
+
+正式方案保持 Kata 默认 `emptydir_mode = "shared-fs"`，不向 LXC 暴露 host
+`/dev/loop-control` 或 `/dev/loopN`。dockerd 镜像需要包含 `fuse-overlayfs`；启动前在
+Kata guest 内创建临时设备节点 `mknod /dev/fuse c 10 229`，随后强制传入
+`--storage-driver=fuse-overlayfs`。该 `/dev/fuse` 属于内层 guest kernel，不是 PVE
+host 设备透传，并随 Kata Pod 一起销毁。
+
+删除三个 smoke Pod 后，LXC cgroup 统计约 505 MB anonymous memory、1.34 GB file
+cache；后者主要来自刚拉取的 Kata/Docker images，可由宿主回收。也就是说常驻 worker
+的不可回收 working set 约 500 MB，8 GiB 配置是 cgroup 上限而非预分配。
+
+## Gitea ephemeral runner PoC
+
+`runner/` 定义一次性 Gitea runner Pod。整个 Pod 使用 `runtimeClassName: kata`；
+runner 通过 guest 内同 Pod 的 dockerd 创建 job container，不连接 LXC/PVE host 的
+Docker socket。dockerd 使用 zot 中预先发布的 `dind-fuse:29.7.1`，其
+`/var/lib/docker` 是随 Kata Pod 删除的 `emptyDir`。
+
+runner 以 `GITEA_RUNNER_EPHEMERAL=1` 注册，只接收一个 `runs-on: kata-poc` job；接单
+后 Gitea 撤销其 runner credential，job 完成后进程与 Kata VM 一起退出。当前 PoC
+手动创建一个 runner 等待 `.gitea/workflows/kata-runner-smoke.yml`，尚未部署
+`workflow_job` webhook controller，因此不会保留常驻空闲 runner。
+
+注册 token 只在运行时从现有 OpenBao/ESO 消费副本投递到 PoC 集群的临时 Secret，
+不写入此目录。两个 Pod image 使用 `imagePullPolicy: Never`，部署前从可信工作站将
+已验证镜像导入 PoC k3s containerd；这是当前 zot 拉取仍要求 SPIFFE 身份时的
+bootstrap 边界，不是正式镜像分发方案。
+
+正式接入 zot 前需要把这个 cluster 注册到 SPIRE，并为 runner Pod 创建专用
+`ClusterSPIFFEID`。届时 runner 与 dockerd sidecar 在同一路径只读挂载 CSI Workload
+API socket，runner 的 `container.options` 再把该路径 bind-mount 到 job container。
+zot 只对最终 SPIFFE ID 的 `panxiao81/dind-fuse` 仓库授予
+`read/create/update`；禁止授予 namespace 或整个 trust domain 写权限。
+
+2026-09-14 已完成真实 Gitea job 验收：Actions run `242` / job `445` 使用
+`alpine:3.22`，10 秒成功；runner container 退出码为 `0`，原生 dockerd sidecar 随后
+由 kubelet 终止，Pod 最终为 `Succeeded`，没有保留空闲 Kata VM。guest 内核为
+`6.18.35`，dockerd `29.7.1` 使用 `fuse-overlayfs`。
+
+首次尝试暴露了两个部署陷阱：`COPY` 默认保留源文件 mode，入口脚本原为 `0664`，
+必须在 Dockerfile 使用 `COPY --chmod=0755`；只配置 `ephemeral-storage: 20Gi` limit
+会形成同值 request，使 12 GiB PoC 节点无法调度。当前 manifest 显式 request 1 GiB、
+limit 8 GiB。完整 `ubuntu-latest` job image 也不适合这个小 rootfs，基础生命周期验收
+改用 Alpine；正式 worker 必须扩容本地 image/cache 空间或使用更精简的 job image。
+
+## Cloud Hypervisor 内存记账验证
+
+2026-09-17 在 pve2 的一次性 VMID 148 中安装 k3s v1.36.4+k3s1 与 Kata 4.1.0，
+只启用 `clh-runtime-rs`，验证 Cloud Hypervisor 在 privileged LXC 内不会重现早期
+microVM PoC 的 private memfd 双重记账问题。测试完成后已删除 VMID 148。
+
+Cloud Hypervisor `/api/v1/vm.info` 报告：
+
+```json
+{"size":3254779904,"shared":true,"hugepages":false,"prefault":false,"thp":true}
+```
+
+Kata guest 在 memory-backed `emptyDir` 中写入 1 GiB 后：
+
+- VMM `Pss_Shmem` 从约 247 MiB 增至约 1269 MiB；
+- VMM `Pss_Anon` 写入前后均约 1.2 MiB；
+- 外层 LXC `shmem` 增加约 1 GiB，`anon` 基本不变；
+- LXC `memory.events` 的 `max`、`oom` 与 `oom_kill` 均为 0；
+- 删除 Pod 后 VMM 退出，LXC `shmem` 回落到约 1.6 MiB。
+
+因此 Kata 的 Cloud Hypervisor handler 已使用 shared memfd，等价于独立 launcher 的
+`--memory shared=on` 修复；后续 OpenSandbox/Kata 方案无需为 guest RAM 预留近似双倍
+的 LXC cgroup 内存。部署验收仍应检查 `vm.info.config.memory.shared=true`，防止上游
+配置或 runtime handler 变化造成回归。
+
+测试期间还发现 pve2 `local-lvm` thin pool 已达到 100%；临时 rootfs 必须放到
+`pve-rg-hdd`，不能根据容器内部 `df` 的剩余空间判断 thin pool 是否可写。
+
+## Block-backed emptyDir 与 CI 构建验证
+
+2026-09-17 又在 pve2 的一次性 VMID 148 中验证 Kata 4.1.0
+`clh-runtime-rs` 的以下 drop-in：
+
+```toml
+[runtime]
+emptydir_mode = "block-plain"
+```
+
+结果如下：
+
+- 普通 Kubernetes `emptyDir` 被创建为稀疏 `disk.img`，由 Cloud Hypervisor 直接作为
+  block device 热插拔；guest 内 `/var/lib/docker` 是 `/dev/vdb` 上的 ext4。
+- Docker 29.1.5 成功强制使用原生 `overlay2`，不再需要 `fuse-overlayfs`；整个过程
+  没有使用 PVE host 或 LXC 的 loop device。
+- `emptyDir.sizeLimit: 8Gi` 没有决定虚拟磁盘容量。由于 kubelet 所在文件系统约
+  12 GiB，guest 看到的 ext4 约 11.7 GiB；这与 Kata 已知的 block-backed emptyDir
+  限制一致。
+- 包含 256 MiB payload、2000 个小文件和一个额外复制层的冷 BuildKit 构建耗时
+  46 秒；同一 LXC、同一 DRBD HDD 存储上的 runc 对照为 34 秒，Kata 约慢 35%。
+- 在 overlay2 容器层内写入并 fsync 512 MiB：Kata 为 12 秒（40.5 MB/s），runc 为
+  10 秒（50.3 MB/s）；创建一万个小文件两者均约 2 秒。
+- kind v0.27.0 / Kubernetes v1.32.2 首次启动失败是因为 Kata guest 内的 dockerd
+  容器没有 `/dev/kmsg`，不是 block storage 或 cgroup 故障。在 privileged dockerd
+  启动前执行 `mknod /dev/kmsg c 1 11` 后，kind 创建成功：总计 122 秒，进入等待阶段
+  后 23 秒 control-plane Ready，随后可正常删除。
+- 测试时稀疏 backing file 逻辑大小约 12 GiB，构建和 kind 后实际占用约 1.8 GiB。
+  删除 Pod 后 backing file、Cloud Hypervisor 进程和 kind 容器全部消失；host/LXC
+  均无 loop device 残留，LXC 没有 OOM 事件。
+
+因此 `block-plain` 能解决 virtio-fs 不能作为 overlayfs upperdir 的问题，并满足
+BuildKit 与 kind 的功能要求。正式 CI RuntimeClass 必须使用独立的 block-backed
+配置，并在 dockerd bootstrap 中创建 guest `/dev/kmsg`。它仍比同机 runc 构建慢约
+20–35%，且 `emptyDir.sizeLimit` 不能可靠限制虚拟磁盘容量。PoC 曾据此建议为 kubelet
+目录提供独立文件系统；正式 sandbox 集群最终没有采用该设计：独立 volume 增加了
+DRBD 与 LXC 挂载生命周期复杂度，却没有隔离 containerd 等其他节点数据。正式节点
+改用单一、容量明确的 rootfs，并以磁盘占用监控、Pod 删除后的 backing-file 回收检查
+和实际构建基准作为上线门槛。
diff --git a/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/ansible/ansible.cfg b/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/ansible/ansible.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7763a8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/ansible/ansible.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[defaults]
+inventory = inventory/hosts.yml
+host_key_checking = True
+interpreter_python = auto_silent
+retry_files_enabled = False
+local_tmp = /tmp/ansible-kata-lxc-local
+remote_tmp = /tmp/ansible-kata-lxc-remote
+
+[ssh_connection]
+pipelining = True
diff --git a/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/ansible/bootstrap.yml b/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/ansible/bootstrap.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09fbbb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/ansible/bootstrap.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+---
+- name: Bootstrap k3s in the Kata LXC worker
+  hosts: pve2
+  gather_facts: false
+  vars:
+    kata_lxc_id: 147
+  tasks:
+    - name: Check base packages in LXC
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: >-
+          pct exec {{ kata_lxc_id }} -- dpkg-query -W
+          ca-certificates curl jq openssh-server
+      register: kata_lxc_packages
+      changed_when: false
+      failed_when: false
+
+    - name: Install base packages and SSH server in LXC
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: >-
+          pct exec {{ kata_lxc_id }} -- bash -lc
+          'apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y
+          ca-certificates curl jq openssh-server'
+      when: kata_lxc_packages.rc != 0
+
+    - name: Install k3s in LXC
+      ansible.builtin.shell:
+        cmd: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          pct exec {{ kata_lxc_id }} -- bash -lc '
+            if ! command -v k3s >/dev/null; then
+              curl -sfL https://get.k3s.io -o /tmp/install-k3s.sh
+              chmod 0755 /tmp/install-k3s.sh
+              INSTALL_K3S_EXEC="server --disable=traefik --write-kubeconfig-mode=0644" /tmp/install-k3s.sh
+            fi
+          '
+        executable: /bin/bash
+      register: kata_lxc_k3s_install
+      changed_when: "'No change detected' not in kata_lxc_k3s_install.stdout"
+
+    - name: Wait for k3s node readiness
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: >-
+          pct exec {{ kata_lxc_id }} -- /usr/local/bin/k3s kubectl wait
+          --for=condition=Ready node/kata-lxc-lab --timeout=180s
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: Check LXC virtualization and devices
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: >-
+          pct exec {{ kata_lxc_id }} -- bash -lc
+          'systemd-detect-virt; ls -l /dev/kvm /dev/vhost-net /dev/vhost-vsock;
+          /usr/local/bin/k3s kubectl get node -o wide'
+      register: kata_lxc_ready
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: Report k3s readiness
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        var: kata_lxc_ready.stdout_lines
diff --git a/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/ansible/create.yml b/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/ansible/create.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7cd6ad8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/ansible/create.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+---
+- name: Create the disposable Kata LXC worker
+  hosts: pve2
+  gather_facts: false
+  vars:
+    kata_lxc_id: 147
+    kata_lxc_template: laptop:vztmpl/ubuntu-24.04-standard_24.04-2_amd64.tar.zst
+  tasks:
+    - name: Check whether the LXC already exists
+      ansible.builtin.stat:
+        path: /etc/pve/lxc/{{ kata_lxc_id }}.conf
+      register: kata_lxc_config
+
+    - name: Create privileged LXC with Kata host devices
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        argv:
+          - pct
+          - create
+          - "{{ kata_lxc_id }}"
+          - "{{ kata_lxc_template }}"
+          - --hostname
+          - kata-lxc-lab
+          - --ostype
+          - ubuntu
+          - --rootfs
+          - local-lvm:12
+          - --cores
+          - "4"
+          - --memory
+          - "8192"
+          - --swap
+          - "0"
+          - --net0
+          - name=eth0,bridge=vmbr0,ip=dhcp
+          - --features
+          - nesting=1,keyctl=1,fuse=1,mknod=1,force_rw_sys=1
+          - --unprivileged
+          - "0"
+          - --onboot
+          - "0"
+          - --ssh-public-keys
+          - /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
+          - --dev0
+          - path=/dev/kvm,mode=0660
+          - --dev1
+          - path=/dev/vhost-net,mode=0660
+          - --dev2
+          - path=/dev/vhost-vsock,mode=0660
+          - --dev3
+          - path=/dev/kmsg,mode=0660
+          - --dev4
+          - path=/dev/net/tun,mode=0666
+          - --tags
+          - disposable;kata;lxc;ansible
+      when: not kata_lxc_config.stat.exists
+
+    - name: Read LXC status
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: pct status {{ kata_lxc_id }}
+      register: kata_lxc_status
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: Read current LXC configuration
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: pct config {{ kata_lxc_id }}
+      register: kata_lxc_current_config
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: Ensure kubelet kernel log device is present
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: pct set {{ kata_lxc_id }} --dev3 path=/dev/kmsg,mode=0660
+      register: kata_lxc_kmsg
+      when: "'/dev/kmsg' not in kata_lxc_current_config.stdout"
+
+    - name: Enable writable sysctls required by kubelet
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: >-
+          pct set {{ kata_lxc_id }} --features
+          nesting=1,keyctl=1,fuse=1,mknod=1,force_rw_sys=1
+      register: kata_lxc_rw_sys
+      when: "'force_rw_sys=1' not in kata_lxc_current_config.stdout"
+
+    - name: Ensure TUN device required by Kata networking is present
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: pct set {{ kata_lxc_id }} --dev4 path=/dev/net/tun,mode=0666
+      register: kata_lxc_tun
+      when: "'/dev/net/tun' not in kata_lxc_current_config.stdout"
+
+    - name: Configure privileged nested-runtime LXC directives
+      ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
+        path: /etc/pve/lxc/{{ kata_lxc_id }}.conf
+        regexp: "^{{ item.key | regex_escape }}:"
+        line: "{{ item.key }}: {{ item.value }}"
+      loop:
+        - key: lxc.apparmor.profile
+          value: unconfined
+        - key: lxc.cgroup2.devices.allow
+          value: a
+        - key: lxc.cap.drop
+          value: ""
+        - key: lxc.mount.auto
+          value: proc:rw sys:rw
+      register: kata_lxc_raw_config
+
+    - name: Restart LXC after device configuration change
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: pct reboot {{ kata_lxc_id }}
+      when: >-
+        kata_lxc_kmsg.changed or kata_lxc_rw_sys.changed or kata_lxc_tun.changed or
+        kata_lxc_raw_config.changed
+
+    - name: Start LXC
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: pct start {{ kata_lxc_id }}
+      when: "'status: stopped' in kata_lxc_status.stdout"
+
+    - name: Wait for systemd in LXC
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: pct exec {{ kata_lxc_id }} -- systemctl is-system-running --wait
+      register: kata_lxc_systemd
+      retries: 30
+      delay: 2
+      until: kata_lxc_systemd.rc in [0, 1]
+      changed_when: false
+      failed_when: kata_lxc_systemd.rc not in [0, 1]
+
+    - name: Show LXC address and Kata devices
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: >-
+          pct exec {{ kata_lxc_id }} -- sh -c
+          'hostname -I; ls -l /dev/kvm /dev/vhost-net /dev/vhost-vsock /dev/net/tun'
+      register: kata_lxc_facts
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: Report LXC address and devices
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        var: kata_lxc_facts.stdout_lines
diff --git a/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/ansible/inventory/hosts.yml b/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/ansible/inventory/hosts.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be2b2aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/ansible/inventory/hosts.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+all:
+  hosts:
+    pve2:
+      ansible_host: 192.168.10.7
+      ansible_user: root
+    kata-lab:
+      ansible_host: 192.168.10.128
+      ansible_user: root
diff --git a/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/ansible/kata.yml b/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/ansible/kata.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80f1769
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/ansible/kata.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+# Reuse the proven Kata 4.1.0 installation playbook against the LXC inventory.
+- import_playbook: ../../kata-lab/ansible/kata.yml
diff --git a/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/ansible/verify-fuse.yml b/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/ansible/verify-fuse.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63e9602
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/ansible/verify-fuse.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+---
+- name: Verify fuse-overlayfs for Docker inside Kata
+  hosts: kata-lab
+  gather_facts: false
+  tasks:
+    - name: Remove an earlier fuse-overlayfs smoke Pod
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: k3s kubectl delete pod kata-fuse-smoke --ignore-not-found --wait=true
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: Create Kata Docker Pod using fuse-overlayfs
+      ansible.builtin.shell:
+        cmd: |
+          set -o pipefail
+          k3s kubectl apply -f - <<'EOF'
+          apiVersion: v1
+          kind: Pod
+          metadata:
+            name: kata-fuse-smoke
+          spec:
+            runtimeClassName: kata
+            restartPolicy: Never
+            containers:
+              - name: dockerd
+                image: docker.io/library/docker:27-dind
+                securityContext:
+                  privileged: true
+                env:
+                  - name: DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR
+                    value: ""
+                command:
+                  - sh
+                  - -c
+                  - |
+                    apk add --no-cache fuse-overlayfs
+                    test -e /dev/fuse || mknod /dev/fuse c 10 229
+                    chmod 0666 /dev/fuse
+                    exec dockerd-entrypoint.sh --storage-driver=fuse-overlayfs
+              - name: client
+                image: docker.io/library/docker:27-cli
+                env:
+                  - name: DOCKER_HOST
+                    value: tcp://127.0.0.1:2375
+                command:
+                  - sh
+                  - -c
+                  - |
+                    until docker info >/dev/null 2>&1; do sleep 1; done
+                    docker info --format 'storage-driver={{ "{{" }}.Driver{{ "}}" }}'
+                    docker run --rm docker.io/library/busybox:1.37 echo fuse-nested-docker-ok
+          EOF
+        executable: /bin/bash
+      changed_when: true
+
+    - name: Wait for the Docker client to finish
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: >-
+          k3s kubectl wait --for=jsonpath='{.status.containerStatuses[?(@.name=="client")].state.terminated.exitCode}'=0
+          pod/kata-fuse-smoke --timeout=10m
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: Read Docker client result
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        cmd: k3s kubectl logs kata-fuse-smoke -c client
+      register: kata_fuse_smoke_log
+      changed_when: false
+
+    - name: Require fuse-overlayfs and nested Docker
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that:
+          - "'storage-driver=fuse-overlayfs' in kata_fuse_smoke_log.stdout"
+          - "'fuse-nested-docker-ok' in kata_fuse_smoke_log.stdout"
+        success_msg: Docker used fuse-overlayfs and completed a nested container inside Kata
diff --git a/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/ansible/verify.yml b/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/ansible/verify.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72680f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/ansible/verify.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+# Reuse the guest-kernel and Docker sidecar smoke tests against the LXC worker.
+- import_playbook: ../../kata-lab/ansible/verify.yml
diff --git a/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/runner/namespace.yaml b/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/runner/namespace.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7baf6c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/runner/namespace.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: gitea-actions
+  labels:
+    pod-security.kubernetes.io/enforce: privileged
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: kata-ephemeral-runner-config
+  namespace: gitea-actions
+data:
+  config.yaml: |
+    log:
+      level: info
+    runner:
+      file: /runner-state/.runner
+      capacity: 1
+      envs:
+        DOCKER_HOST: tcp://host.docker.internal:2375
+      timeout: 3h
+      shutdown_timeout: 5m
+      labels:
+        - kata-poc:docker://docker.io/library/alpine:3.22
+    cache:
+      enabled: false
+    container:
+      network: ""
+      options: --add-host=host.docker.internal:host-gateway
+      docker_host: tcp://127.0.0.1:2375
+      require_docker: true
+      docker_timeout: 5m
+      force_pull: true
+      bind_workdir: false
diff --git a/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/runner/runner.yaml b/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/runner/runner.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0bd924b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/runner/runner.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  generateName: kata-ephemeral-runner-
+  namespace: gitea-actions
+  labels:
+    app.kubernetes.io/name: kata-ephemeral-runner
+spec:
+  runtimeClassName: kata
+  restartPolicy: Never
+  terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 330
+  automountServiceAccountToken: false
+  initContainers:
+    # Native sidecar: startupProbe gates the runner, and kubelet terminates this
+    # container after the ephemeral runner exits so the Kata sandbox can end.
+    - name: docker
+      image: zot.ad.ddupan.top/panxiao81/dind-fuse:29.7.1
+      imagePullPolicy: Never
+      restartPolicy: Always
+      env:
+        - name: DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR
+          value: ""
+        - name: DIND_LOOPBACK_SIZE
+          value: 6G
+        - name: DIND_LOOPBACK_FILE
+          value: /loopback/docker.img
+      args:
+        - --host=tcp://0.0.0.0:2375
+        - --tls=false
+        - --mtu=1450
+        - --default-network-opt=bridge=com.docker.network.driver.mtu=1450
+      securityContext:
+        privileged: true
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          cpu: 250m
+          memory: 512Mi
+          ephemeral-storage: 1Gi
+        limits:
+          cpu: "4"
+          memory: 6Gi
+          ephemeral-storage: 8Gi
+      volumeMounts:
+        - name: docker-data
+          mountPath: /var/lib/docker
+        - name: loopback-data
+          mountPath: /loopback
+      startupProbe:
+        tcpSocket:
+          port: 2375
+        periodSeconds: 2
+        failureThreshold: 150
+      readinessProbe:
+        tcpSocket:
+          port: 2375
+        periodSeconds: 5
+  containers:
+    - name: runner
+      image: docker.io/gitea/runner:2.3.0
+      imagePullPolicy: Never
+      env:
+        - name: CONFIG_FILE
+          value: /config/config.yaml
+        - name: DOCKER_HOST
+          value: tcp://127.0.0.1:2375
+        - name: GITEA_INSTANCE_URL
+          value: https://git.ddupan.top
+        - name: GITEA_RUNNER_EPHEMERAL
+          value: "1"
+        - name: GITEA_RUNNER_NAME
+          valueFrom:
+            fieldRef:
+              fieldPath: metadata.name
+        - name: GITEA_RUNNER_LABELS
+          value: kata-poc:docker://docker.io/library/alpine:3.22
+        - name: GITEA_RUNNER_REGISTRATION_TOKEN_FILE
+          value: /registration/token
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          cpu: 100m
+          memory: 128Mi
+        limits:
+          cpu: "1"
+          memory: 1Gi
+      volumeMounts:
+        - name: config
+          mountPath: /config
+          readOnly: true
+        - name: registration
+          mountPath: /registration
+          readOnly: true
+        - name: runner-state
+          mountPath: /runner-state
+  volumes:
+    - name: config
+      configMap:
+        name: kata-ephemeral-runner-config
+    - name: registration
+      secret:
+        secretName: gitea-runner-registration
+    - name: runner-state
+      emptyDir:
+        medium: Memory
+        sizeLimit: 16Mi
+    - name: docker-data
+      emptyDir:
+        sizeLimit: 8Gi
+    - name: loopback-data
+      emptyDir:
+        medium: Memory
+        sizeLimit: 6Gi
diff --git a/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/terraform/.terraform.lock.hcl b/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/terraform/.terraform.lock.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4794735
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/terraform/.terraform.lock.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# This file is maintained automatically by "terraform init".
+# Manual edits may be lost in future updates.
+
+provider "registry.terraform.io/bpg/proxmox" {
+  version     = "0.111.1"
+  constraints = "0.111.1"
+  hashes = [
+    "h1:ML2D3UUZTM99yrll/EBXj7wBYMb8xmQgomqFNybEoxY=",
+    "zh:18fb7c31a08dde6bffa1a4d4a211e604d6d17eec7092fd59331b3db3c6f3742c",
+    "zh:1cd60761538289d4dd2a1086b3ae62a7b0bdd4b1a2f824e9a44e243413168dba",
+    "zh:2eb76f6fc8299b6820ff678c8252332cc3366e226b5ae2e61748fd2449c1ed92",
+    "zh:45e6f7ebd0bf48911d37060359a4f359b5743b3092e985295733990e406d0416",
+    "zh:4aa8ba912eae37975d2e983394d173e595ca34fc76b5bf220b37d0e99d76e98c",
+    "zh:58e0789923103a77d502a0a9fc3eb920625e8eb935ec2d4ac0d006aebd1d186c",
+    "zh:6df8aa85fb8865915537e946c19b02538ad188018a629759c213c6f03730f642",
+    "zh:6ed47bc00d0913a1d0880618fa1376115e9edab6b4a658c081061a7f0e4ca360",
+    "zh:c5b10ff4f33df7e4c29e8f1127d49845b561b37b57517e844fb0954d7923d65e",
+    "zh:d016510e14b738499f0db9d9b3aafe82fc6877fb4ab4e9f831fb68a8d70a1385",
+    "zh:d941f394069bbf24351b363da1c64383f487067aaee0a84f9b96476d4912e212",
+    "zh:ddf271dbc2632ae8ffa8de3972f243ee47d260cb2ac90aa784f2746d98e21a0f",
+    "zh:ed0caa3501c42f611b7e9622c9b1df69fd85dc25a3cd88d3076381829688cd62",
+    "zh:f26e0763dbe6a6b2195c94b44696f2110f7f55433dc142839be16b9697fa5597",
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/terraform/main.tf b/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/terraform/main.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85177d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/terraform/main.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+locals {
+  ssh_public_key = trimspace(file(pathexpand(var.ssh_public_key_file)))
+}
+
+data "proxmox_file" "ubuntu_noble" {
+  content_type = "vztmpl"
+  datastore_id = var.template_datastore
+  node_name    = var.proxmox_node
+  file_name    = var.template_file_name
+}
+
+resource "proxmox_virtual_environment_container" "kata_lxc_lab" {
+  node_name = var.proxmox_node
+  vm_id     = var.container_id
+
+  description   = "Disposable privileged LXC for validating k3s and Kata with direct host KVM access."
+  unprivileged  = false
+  started       = true
+  start_on_boot = false
+  tags          = ["disposable", "kata", "lxc", "terraform"]
+
+  cpu {
+    cores = 4
+  }
+
+  memory {
+    dedicated = 8192
+    swap      = 0
+  }
+
+  disk {
+    datastore_id = var.root_datastore
+    size         = 16
+  }
+
+  features {
+    fuse    = true
+    keyctl  = true
+    mknod   = true
+    nesting = true
+  }
+
+  device_passthrough {
+    path = "/dev/kvm"
+    mode = "0660"
+  }
+
+  device_passthrough {
+    path = "/dev/vhost-net"
+    mode = "0660"
+  }
+
+  device_passthrough {
+    path = "/dev/vhost-vsock"
+    mode = "0660"
+  }
+
+  device_passthrough {
+    path = "/dev/kmsg"
+    mode = "0660"
+  }
+
+  device_passthrough {
+    path = "/dev/net/tun"
+    mode = "0666"
+  }
+
+  initialization {
+    hostname = var.container_name
+
+    ip_config {
+      ipv4 {
+        address = "dhcp"
+      }
+    }
+
+    user_account {
+      keys = [local.ssh_public_key]
+    }
+  }
+
+  network_interface {
+    name   = "eth0"
+    bridge = "vmbr0"
+  }
+
+  operating_system {
+    template_file_id = data.proxmox_file.ubuntu_noble.id
+    type             = "ubuntu"
+  }
+
+  wait_for_ip {
+    ipv4 = true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/terraform/outputs.tf b/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/terraform/outputs.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7f464a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/terraform/outputs.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+output "container_id" {
+  value = proxmox_virtual_environment_container.kata_lxc_lab.vm_id
+}
+
+output "ipv4" {
+  value = proxmox_virtual_environment_container.kata_lxc_lab.ipv4
+}
diff --git a/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/terraform/provider.tf b/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/terraform/provider.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0150857
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/terraform/provider.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+provider "proxmox" {
+  endpoint  = var.proxmox_endpoint
+  api_token = var.proxmox_api_token
+
+  ssh {
+    agent       = false
+    username    = "root"
+    private_key = file(pathexpand(var.proxmox_ssh_private_key_file))
+
+    node {
+      name    = var.proxmox_node
+      address = var.proxmox_node_address
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/terraform/variables.tf b/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/terraform/variables.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..717af1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/terraform/variables.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+variable "proxmox_endpoint" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "https://pve1.ad.ddupan.top:8006"
+}
+
+variable "proxmox_api_token" {
+  type      = string
+  sensitive = true
+}
+
+variable "proxmox_node" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "pve2"
+}
+
+variable "proxmox_node_address" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "192.168.10.7"
+}
+
+variable "proxmox_ssh_private_key_file" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "~/.ssh/id_ed25519"
+}
+
+variable "ssh_public_key_file" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub"
+}
+
+variable "container_id" {
+  type    = number
+  default = 147
+}
+
+variable "container_name" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "kata-lxc-lab"
+}
+
+variable "template_datastore" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "laptop"
+}
+
+variable "template_file_name" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "ubuntu-24.04-standard_24.04-2_amd64.tar.zst"
+}
+
+variable "root_datastore" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "local-lvm"
+}
diff --git a/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/terraform/versions.tf b/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/terraform/versions.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a6a8b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/kata-lxc-lab/terraform/versions.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+terraform {
+  required_version = ">= 1.10"
+
+  required_providers {
+    proxmox = {
+      source  = "bpg/proxmox"
+      version = "0.111.1"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/infrastructure/microvm-runner/README.md b/infrastructure/microvm-runner/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..deb56cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/microvm-runner/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# Gitea kind microVM runner
+
+`kind-microvm` 是专门运行 kind / nested Kubernetes CI 的 runner label。每个 job
+独占一台 Cloud Hypervisor VM；guest 内直接运行 Docker 与 ephemeral Gitea Runner，
+不经过 Kata。VM 完成一个 job 后关机，临时 COW 磁盘随即删除。
+
+集群内的 `controller.py` 消费 Gitea `workflow_job` webhook。仅当
+`action=queued` 且 `workflow_job.labels` 包含 `kind-microvm` 时，向 NATS JetStream
+的 `ci.runner.kind-microvm` subject 发布消息。`workflow_job.id` 写入
+`Nats-Msg-Id`，重复 webhook 不会生成第二个任务。
+
+pve2 LXC 内的 `worker.py` 使用 durable pull consumer 领取消息。领取后启动一台
+microVM，运行期间每分钟发送 `InProgress`；VM/ephemeral runner 正常退出才 ACK，
+启动失败则 NAK 并延迟重试。当前 `RUNNER_CAPACITY=1` 只是 pve2 的资源配置；以后可
+提高单 worker capacity，或在其他宿主机增加共享同一 durable consumer 的 worker，
+而无需修改 webhook/controller。相同 runner 类型必须共享 durable；WorkQueue stream
+不允许多个 consumer 使用重叠的 subject filter。
+
+worker 的凭据位于：
+
+```text
+/etc/microvm-runner/registration-token
+/etc/microvm-runner/nats-password
+```
+
+二者必须为 root-only 文件，不能写入镜像、cloud-init seed 或仓库。worker 为每次
+启动生成一次性 nonce；guest 只能从 TAP 网段请求一次 registration token，请求后
+立即从 worker 内存删除。runner 注册成功后删除 guest 内的 token 文件，再启动
+daemon。这样 job 无法从 seed disk 或 Docker inspect 取回可复用 registration token。
+
+NATS stream 使用 `WorkQueuePolicy`，ACK 后立即删除消息；同时限制为 24 小时、
+10000 条和 256 MiB，异常积压也不会无限增长。NATS 平台配置见
+`../../platform/nats/`。
+
+2026-09-16 PoC 已验证：Cloud Hypervisor v52.0、Ubuntu 24.04、4 vCPU、3 GiB RAM、
+10 GiB COW disk 中，Docker 29.1.3 成功创建 kind v0.27.0 / Kubernetes v1.32.2
+集群，并运行 `busybox:1.37` smoke Pod。冷启动约 20 秒。pve2 资源只允许一台：
+VMM cgroup（guest RAM 与 page cache）峰值约 6.2 GiB。
+
+正式启用前还需要安装 launcher、制作不含凭据的基础镜像、部署 controller，并在
+Gitea 配置只发送 `workflow_job` 的 instance/organization webhook。workflow 使用：
+
+```yaml
+runs-on: kind-microvm
+```
+
+当前 pve2 配置：
+
+```ini
+RUNNER_CAPACITY=1
+NATS_DURABLE=kind-microvm
+RUNNER_MAX_INFLIGHT=64
+```
diff --git a/infrastructure/microvm-runner/controller.py b/infrastructure/microvm-runner/controller.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59d6079
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/microvm-runner/controller.py
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Gitea workflow_job webhook to NATS JetStream producer."""
+
+import hashlib
+import hmac
+import json
+import os
+import ssl
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import nats
+from aiohttp import web
+from nats.js.api import DiscardPolicy, RetentionPolicy, StorageType, StreamConfig
+from nats.js.errors import NotFoundError
+
+LABEL = os.environ.get("RUNNER_LABEL", "kind-microvm")
+SUBJECT = os.environ.get("NATS_SUBJECT", f"ci.runner.{LABEL}")
+STREAM = os.environ.get("NATS_STREAM", "CI_RUNNER")
+NATS_URL = os.environ.get("NATS_URL", "tls://nats.nats.svc.cluster.local:4222")
+NATS_USER = os.environ.get("NATS_USER", "ci-producer")
+NATS_PASSWORD_FILE = Path(os.environ.get("NATS_PASSWORD_FILE", "/run/secrets/nats/password"))
+NATS_CA_FILE = os.environ.get("NATS_CA_FILE", "/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt")
+WEBHOOK_SECRET_FILE = Path(os.environ.get("WEBHOOK_SECRET_FILE", "/run/secrets/gitea/webhook-secret"))
+
+
+def accepts(payload: object) -> tuple[bool, str | None]:
+    if not isinstance(payload, dict) or payload.get("action") != "queued":
+        return False, None
+    job = payload.get("workflow_job")
+    if not isinstance(job, dict) or LABEL not in job.get("labels", []):
+        return False, None
+    job_id = job.get("id")
+    if not isinstance(job_id, int):
+        return False, None
+    return True, str(job_id)
+
+
+def valid_signature(body: bytes, signature: str) -> bool:
+    expected = hmac.new(WEBHOOK_SECRET_FILE.read_bytes().strip(), body, hashlib.sha256).hexdigest()
+    return hmac.compare_digest(signature, expected)
+
+
+async def ensure_stream(js: object) -> None:
+    config = StreamConfig(
+        name=STREAM,
+        subjects=["ci.runner.*"],
+        retention=RetentionPolicy.WORK_QUEUE,
+        storage=StorageType.FILE,
+        discard=DiscardPolicy.OLD,
+        max_age=24 * 60 * 60,
+        max_msgs=10_000,
+        max_bytes=256 * 1024 * 1024,
+        duplicate_window=24 * 60 * 60,
+    )
+    try:
+        await js.stream_info(STREAM)
+    except NotFoundError:
+        await js.add_stream(config=config)
+    else:
+        await js.update_stream(config=config)
+
+
+async def webhook(request: web.Request) -> web.Response:
+    body = await request.read()
+    if not valid_signature(body, request.headers.get("X-Gitea-Signature", "")):
+        raise web.HTTPUnauthorized()
+    try:
+        payload = json.loads(body)
+    except json.JSONDecodeError as error:
+        raise web.HTTPBadRequest(text="invalid JSON\n") from error
+    accepted, job_id = accepts(payload)
+    if not accepted:
+        return web.Response(status=204)
+    await request.app["js"].publish(
+        SUBJECT,
+        body,
+        headers={"Nats-Msg-Id": f"gitea-workflow-job-{job_id}"},
+    )
+    return web.Response(status=202, text="queued\n")
+
+
+async def health(request: web.Request) -> web.Response:
+    return web.Response(text="ok\n" if request.app["nc"].is_connected else "disconnected\n",
+                        status=200 if request.app["nc"].is_connected else 503)
+
+
+async def nats_context(app: web.Application):
+    tls = ssl.create_default_context(cafile=NATS_CA_FILE)
+    nc = await nats.connect(
+        NATS_URL,
+        user=NATS_USER,
+        password=NATS_PASSWORD_FILE.read_text().strip(),
+        tls=tls,
+        name="microvm-runner-controller",
+    )
+    app["nc"] = nc
+    app["js"] = nc.jetstream()
+    await ensure_stream(app["js"])
+    yield
+    await nc.drain()
+
+
+def create_app() -> web.Application:
+    app = web.Application(client_max_size=1024 * 1024)
+    app.cleanup_ctx.append(nats_context)
+    app.router.add_post("/webhook", webhook)
+    app.router.add_get("/healthz", health)
+    return app
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    web.run_app(create_app(), host=os.environ.get("LISTEN", "0.0.0.0"),
+                port=int(os.environ.get("PORT", "8787")))
diff --git a/infrastructure/microvm-runner/microvm-runner-worker.service b/infrastructure/microvm-runner/microvm-runner-worker.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81ce8c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/microvm-runner/microvm-runner-worker.service
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Gitea kind microVM runner worker
+After=network-online.target
+Wants=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+EnvironmentFile=-/etc/microvm-runner/worker.env
+ExecStart=/opt/microvm-runner/venv/bin/python /opt/microvm-runner/worker.py
+Restart=on-failure
+RestartSec=5s
+SupplementaryGroups=kvm
+PrivateTmp=yes
+ProtectHome=yes
+ProtectSystem=strict
+ReadWritePaths=/var/lib/microvm-runner /run/microvm-runner
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/infrastructure/microvm-runner/requirements.txt b/infrastructure/microvm-runner/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..747670a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/microvm-runner/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+aiohttp==3.12.15
+nats-py==2.11.0
diff --git a/infrastructure/microvm-runner/worker.py b/infrastructure/microvm-runner/worker.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a10e48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/microvm-runner/worker.py
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Capacity-bounded JetStream consumer that launches one ephemeral VM per job."""
+
+import asyncio
+import os
+import secrets
+import ssl
+import uuid
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import nats
+from aiohttp import web
+from nats.errors import TimeoutError
+from nats.js.api import AckPolicy, ConsumerConfig
+
+CAPACITY = int(os.environ.get("RUNNER_CAPACITY", "1"))
+SUBJECT = os.environ.get("NATS_SUBJECT", "ci.runner.kind-microvm")
+STREAM = os.environ.get("NATS_STREAM", "CI_RUNNER")
+DURABLE = os.environ.get("NATS_DURABLE", "kind-microvm")
+MAX_INFLIGHT = int(os.environ.get("RUNNER_MAX_INFLIGHT", "64"))
+NATS_URL = os.environ.get("NATS_URL", "tls://nats.ad.ddupan.top:4222")
+NATS_USER = os.environ.get("NATS_USER", "ci-worker")
+NATS_PASSWORD_FILE = Path(os.environ.get("NATS_PASSWORD_FILE", "/etc/microvm-runner/nats-password"))
+NATS_CA_FILE = os.environ.get("NATS_CA_FILE", "/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt")
+REGISTRATION_TOKEN_FILE = Path(os.environ.get("REGISTRATION_TOKEN_FILE", "/etc/microvm-runner/registration-token"))
+LAUNCHER = os.environ.get("LAUNCHER", "/usr/local/libexec/microvm-runner-launch")
+TOKEN_LISTEN = os.environ.get("TOKEN_LISTEN", "172.30.0.1")
+TOKEN_PORT = int(os.environ.get("TOKEN_PORT", "8787"))
+
+tokens: dict[str, bytes] = {}
+token_lock = asyncio.Lock()
+
+
+async def token(request: web.Request) -> web.Response:
+    nonce = request.match_info["nonce"]
+    async with token_lock:
+        value = tokens.pop(nonce, None)
+    if value is None:
+        raise web.HTTPNotFound()
+    return web.Response(body=value, headers={"Cache-Control": "no-store"})
+
+
+async def heartbeat(message: object, stop: asyncio.Event) -> None:
+    while True:
+        try:
+            await asyncio.wait_for(stop.wait(), timeout=60)
+            return
+        except asyncio.TimeoutError:
+            await message.in_progress()
+
+
+async def run_one(message: object) -> None:
+    instance_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
+    nonce = secrets.token_urlsafe(32)
+    async with token_lock:
+        tokens[nonce] = REGISTRATION_TOKEN_FILE.read_bytes().strip()
+    stop = asyncio.Event()
+    pulse = asyncio.create_task(heartbeat(message, stop))
+    try:
+        process = await asyncio.create_subprocess_exec(LAUNCHER, instance_id, nonce)
+        return_code = await process.wait()
+        if return_code == 0:
+            await message.ack()
+        else:
+            await message.nak(delay=30)
+    except Exception:
+        await message.nak(delay=30)
+        raise
+    finally:
+        stop.set()
+        await pulse
+        async with token_lock:
+            tokens.pop(nonce, None)
+
+
+async def consume() -> None:
+    if CAPACITY < 1:
+        raise ValueError("RUNNER_CAPACITY must be at least 1")
+    tls = ssl.create_default_context(cafile=NATS_CA_FILE)
+    nc = await nats.connect(
+        NATS_URL,
+        user=NATS_USER,
+        password=NATS_PASSWORD_FILE.read_text().strip(),
+        tls=tls,
+        name=DURABLE,
+    )
+    js = nc.jetstream()
+    subscription = await js.pull_subscribe(
+        SUBJECT,
+        durable=DURABLE,
+        stream=STREAM,
+        config=ConsumerConfig(
+            durable_name=DURABLE,
+            filter_subject=SUBJECT,
+            ack_policy=AckPolicy.EXPLICIT,
+            ack_wait=5 * 60,
+            # This durable consumer is shared by every host of this runner type.
+            # Local CAPACITY controls each host; this is only a global safety cap.
+            max_ack_pending=MAX_INFLIGHT,
+            max_deliver=5,
+        ),
+    )
+    active: set[asyncio.Task[None]] = set()
+    try:
+        while True:
+            active = {task for task in active if not task.done()}
+            free = CAPACITY - len(active)
+            if free == 0:
+                await asyncio.wait(active, return_when=asyncio.FIRST_COMPLETED)
+                continue
+            try:
+                messages = await subscription.fetch(batch=free, timeout=5)
+            except TimeoutError:
+                continue
+            for message in messages:
+                task = asyncio.create_task(run_one(message))
+                task.add_done_callback(lambda done: done.exception())
+                active.add(task)
+    finally:
+        if active:
+            await asyncio.gather(*active, return_exceptions=True)
+        await nc.drain()
+
+
+async def main() -> None:
+    app = web.Application()
+    app.router.add_get("/token/{nonce}", token)
+    runner = web.AppRunner(app)
+    await runner.setup()
+    await web.TCPSite(runner, TOKEN_LISTEN, TOKEN_PORT).start()
+    try:
+        await consume()
+    finally:
+        await runner.cleanup()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main())
diff --git a/platform/gitea-runner/images/dind-fuse/Dockerfile b/platform/gitea-runner/images/dind-fuse/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a00a38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/gitea-runner/images/dind-fuse/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+ARG DOCKER_VERSION=29.7.1
+FROM docker:${DOCKER_VERSION}-dind
+
+RUN apk add --no-cache fuse-overlayfs
+
+COPY --chmod=0755 entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/dind-fuse-entrypoint
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/dind-fuse-entrypoint"]
+CMD []
diff --git a/platform/gitea-runner/images/dind-fuse/entrypoint.sh b/platform/gitea-runner/images/dind-fuse/entrypoint.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..beacb49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/gitea-runner/images/dind-fuse/entrypoint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
+
+# /dev belongs to the Kata guest. A privileged dockerd container can create
+# this standard FUSE node without exposing the PVE host's /dev/fuse to the LXC.
+if [ ! -e /dev/fuse ]; then
+    mknod /dev/fuse c 10 229
+fi
+chmod 0666 /dev/fuse
+
+# kind's nested kubelet opens /dev/kmsg. This node belongs to the Kata guest;
+# exposing it to a kind node does not expose the LXC or PVE host kernel log.
+if [ ! -e /dev/kmsg ]; then
+    mknod /dev/kmsg c 1 11
+fi
+chmod 0600 /dev/kmsg
+
+storage_driver=fuse-overlayfs
+
+# kind's kubelet/cAdvisor cannot map a virtiofs-backed fuse-overlayfs root to a
+# block device. When requested, create an ext4 filesystem on a guest-local loop
+# device. The backing file, loop device and filesystem all die with the Kata VM.
+if [ -n "${DIND_LOOPBACK_SIZE:-}" ]; then
+    [ -e /dev/loop-control ] || mknod /dev/loop-control c 10 237
+    i=0
+    while [ "$i" -lt 8 ]; do
+        [ -e "/dev/loop$i" ] || mknod "/dev/loop$i" b 7 "$i"
+        i=$((i + 1))
+    done
+
+    backing_file="${DIND_LOOPBACK_FILE:-/var/lib/docker-loopback.img}"
+    truncate -s "$DIND_LOOPBACK_SIZE" "$backing_file"
+    # Alpine's BusyBox losetup supports -f, but not util-linux's
+    # --find/--show long options.
+    loop_device="$(losetup -f)"
+    losetup "$loop_device" "$backing_file"
+    mkfs.ext4 -q -F -m 0 "$loop_device"
+    mount "$loop_device" /var/lib/docker
+    storage_driver=overlay2
+fi
+
+exec dockerd-entrypoint.sh --storage-driver="$storage_driver" "$@"