diff --git a/RESUME-cubefs-daemon.md b/RESUME-cubefs-daemon.md
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--- a/RESUME-cubefs-daemon.md
+++ b/RESUME-cubefs-daemon.md
@@ -62,16 +62,24 @@ Two separate bugs hid behind the "FUSE write didn't reach the daemon" symptom:
   filesystem work; it is the only stage exercising the real kernel VFS path.
 
 ## NEXT STEPS (current)
-1. Repeat the single-daemon + single-mount e2e INSIDE the VM to confirm the
-   deployed artifact behaves identically (host proof is on the shared code path).
-   NOTE: the VM's `cubefs.service` currently launches `cubefs-mount /cubefs
-   --seed` WITHOUT `--socket`, so it is in-memory there too — update the unit to
-   `cubefs-mount /cubefs --socket /run/cube/cube.sock --seed` (and ensure the
-   daemon is ordered Before= cubefs.service) so the VM FUSE is durable.
-2. Add a `--features mount` build to the VM image's build step and to `./check`
-   so the durable mount can't silently regress to in-memory again.
+1. ~~Repeat the single-daemon + single-mount e2e INSIDE the VM...~~ DONE 2026-08-13
+   (this session):
+   - VM qcow2 was pre-fix (written 04:49, before 8f9e7e0/0300def). Rebuilt
+     cubefs-mount from the fixed source inside the VM (~13s, deps cached).
+   - Rewired /etc/systemd/system/cubefs.service from `--seed` (in-memory) to
+     `--socket /run/cube/cube.sock` with `Requires=cube-server.service`.
+   - E2E proven: wrote /cubefs/c011/z007/y003/x009 -> reached daemon store
+     (cube-store.json + .wal grew); record SURVIVED a `systemctl restart
+     cube-server` (read back through FUSE after restart). Durable-mount
+     contract holds inside the VM. ./check also passes there (after adding
+     rustfmt+clippy components to the VM stable toolchain).
+2. Add a `--features mount` build to the VM image's build step / `./check` so the
+   durable mount can't silently regress to in-memory again. (DONE on host ./check;
+   VM image build step not yet updated.)
 3. Optionally surface `DaemonBackend::put` failures as FUSE EIO instead of
    eprintln-only (best-effort today, acceptable).
+4. Confirm the desktop "CUBE Shell" launcher execs `cubec` (not `cube repl`) and
+   reaches the daemon (skill's #1 gotcha). Not yet visually verified.
 
 ## KEY FILES
 - /home/CUBELinux/CUBELinux-2/cubesys/src/commands.rs  (raw* commands + helpers)