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+---
+- name: Remove storage-level PBS prune policy from pbs storage
+  hosts: mini-pc
+  gather_facts: false
+  tasks:
+    - name: Read current PBS storage configuration
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        argv:
+          - pvesh
+          - get
+          - /storage/pbs
+          - --output-format
+          - json
+      register: pbs_storage_current_raw
+      changed_when: false
+      no_log: true
+
+    - name: Parse current PBS storage configuration
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        pbs_storage_current: "{{ pbs_storage_current_raw.stdout | from_json }}"
+      no_log: true
+
+    - name: Assert current PBS storage is safe to modify
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that:
+          - pbs_storage_current.storage | default('') == 'pbs'
+          - pbs_storage_current.type | default('') == 'pbs'
+          - pbs_storage_current.digest | default('') | length > 0
+        fail_msg: Refusing to modify /storage/pbs because the returned storage metadata is unexpected or missing a digest.
+      no_log: true
+
+    - name: Remove storage-level prune policy from PBS storage
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        argv:
+          - pvesh
+          - set
+          - /storage/pbs
+          - --delete
+          - prune-backups
+          - --digest
+          - "{{ pbs_storage_current.digest }}"
+      when: pbs_storage_current.get('prune-backups') is not none
+      changed_when: true
+      no_log: true
+
+    - name: Read back PBS storage configuration
+      ansible.builtin.command:
+        argv:
+          - pvesh
+          - get
+          - /storage/pbs
+          - --output-format
+          - json
+      register: pbs_storage_after_raw
+      changed_when: false
+      no_log: true
+
+    - name: Parse read-back PBS storage configuration
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        pbs_storage_after: "{{ pbs_storage_after_raw.stdout | from_json }}"
+      no_log: true
+
+    - name: Assert storage-level prune policy is absent
+      ansible.builtin.assert:
+        that:
+          - pbs_storage_after.storage | default('') == 'pbs'
+          - pbs_storage_after.type | default('') == 'pbs'
+          - pbs_storage_after.get('prune-backups') is none
+        fail_msg: Storage-level prune policy still exists on /storage/pbs after the declarative fix.
+      no_log: true