From 38207e8b2f7715a06547efb9b9b61252b0fbc171 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:18:04 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Harden GUI timechain detection temp mount handling

Agent-Logs-Url: https://github.com/naturallaw777/staging_alpha/sessions/8a51f052-83d0-4079-8338-5cfdbb849aa2

Co-authored-by: naturallaw777 <99053422+naturallaw777@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 iso/installer.py | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/iso/installer.py b/iso/installer.py
index dee3f0d..65c67ec 100644
--- a/iso/installer.py
+++ b/iso/installer.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import os
 import secrets
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import tempfile
 import threading
 import time
 
@@ -816,10 +817,9 @@ class InstallerWindow(Adw.ApplicationWindow):
         if label != "BTCEcoandBackup":
             return False
 
-        check_mount = "/tmp/sovran-installer-data-check"
+        check_mount = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="sovran-installer-data-check-")
         mounted = False
         try:
-            run(["sudo", "mkdir", "-p", check_mount])
             run(["sudo", "mount", "-o", "ro", data_p1, check_mount])
             mounted = True
 
@@ -834,7 +834,8 @@ class InstallerWindow(Adw.ApplicationWindow):
                     )
                 return True
             return False
-        except Exception:
+        except Exception as e:
+            log(f"Timechain detection failed for {data_p1} at mount/check step ({check_mount}): {e}")
             return False
         finally:
             if mounted: