diff --git a/scripts/felhom-host-install.sh b/scripts/felhom-host-install.sh
index 6c45a80b..5761ee3c 100644
--- a/scripts/felhom-host-install.sh
+++ b/scripts/felhom-host-install.sh
@@ -667,6 +667,17 @@ eligible_backup_drive() {
     return 1
 }
 
+# _archive_storage_granted — true when the agent's token will hold the Store role on ARCHIVE_STORAGE by
+# step 8 (R-180): it is in PVE_STORAGES (granted in step 4/5), or it is the backup target, which
+# configure_backup_target grants in step 6 whenever it exists (R-185) — and it exists, because the
+# preflight has just found it. Pure: reads the two variables only. Pinned by scripts/test_hostinstall.py
+# (test_archive_storage_*).
+_archive_storage_granted() {
+    local s
+    for s in "${PVE_STORAGES[@]}"; do [[ "$s" == "$ARCHIVE_STORAGE" ]] && return 0; done
+    [[ -n "$BACKUP_TARGET_ID" && "$ARCHIVE_STORAGE" == "$BACKUP_TARGET_ID" ]]
+}
+
 # configure_backup_target — Case A/B. Idempotent and SCENARIO-F SAFE.
 configure_backup_target() {
     # SCENARIO F, the hard rule: never touch a box that already has a target. The agent.json write
@@ -1926,6 +1937,13 @@ step_preflight() {
         else
             die "archive storage '$ARCHIVE_STORAGE' not found (pvesm status). Pass --archive-storage NAME."
         fi
+        # R-180: the agent restores the golden FROM this storage in step 8, as its token — so the token
+        # must be granted there. Checked HERE, because by step 8 the token is minted, root@pam rotated
+        # and the agent installed (demo-hp 2026-08-03: HTTP 403 at /storage/felhom-backup at step 8/8).
+        _archive_storage_granted \
+            || die "archive storage '$ARCHIVE_STORAGE' is not one the agent's token will be granted on (${PVE_STORAGES[*]}${BACKUP_TARGET_ID:+, and $BACKUP_TARGET_ID via the backup target}).
+  The restore in step 8 would fail with HTTP 403 — after the token is minted and (appliance) root@pam is rotated.
+  Move the golden to one of those storages (default: local), or pass --acl-storages with '$ARCHIVE_STORAGE' added."
     fi
 
     # --acl-storages existence (GL-2): the scoped ACL grants Datastore.* at each of these paths — a
diff --git a/scripts/test_hostinstall.py b/scripts/test_hostinstall.py
index bdf7e5f1..0384f742 100644
--- a/scripts/test_hostinstall.py
+++ b/scripts/test_hostinstall.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ functions act on are variables the test points into the temp directory. Nothing
 Where behaviour cannot be isolated, a STATIC test checks the wiring (the function is CALLED, from the
 right place) — a helper defined and never called is the seam-built-never-wired shape.
 
-Rows: R-275, R-276, R-881 (uninstall residue); R-306 (--preflight-only writes no state); R-130 (lvm minimum wording).
+Rows: R-275, R-276, R-881 (uninstall residue); R-306 (--preflight-only writes no state); R-130 (lvm minimum wording); R-180 (archive storage outside the ACL set).
 Run: python3 scripts/test_hostinstall.py
 """
 import os
@@ -381,6 +381,46 @@ def test_lvm_minimum_is_named_as_what_it_does():
     assert "recommended" in m.group(0) and "continues" in m.group(0), m.group(0)
 
 
+# ── R-180: the archive storage must be one the agent's token is granted on ─────────────────────
+def _granted(storages, archive, target="felhom-backup"):
+    sb = Sandbox()
+    try:
+        rc, out = sb.run(func("_archive_storage_granted") +
+                         'PVE_STORAGES=(%s); ARCHIVE_STORAGE="%s"; BACKUP_TARGET_ID="%s"\n'
+                         'if _archive_storage_granted; then echo GRANTED; else echo REFUSED; fi\n'
+                         % (storages, archive, target))
+        assert rc == 0, out
+        return out.strip()
+    finally:
+        sb.close()
+
+
+def test_archive_storage_in_the_acl_set_is_granted():
+    assert _granted("local local-lvm felhom-pbs", "local") == "GRANTED", "archive storage case ('local local-lvm felhom-pbs', 'local') -> %s, want GRANTED" % _granted("local local-lvm felhom-pbs", "local")
+    assert _granted("local nvme-scratch", "nvme-scratch") == "GRANTED", "archive storage case ('local nvme-scratch', 'nvme-scratch') -> %s, want GRANTED" % _granted("local nvme-scratch", "nvme-scratch")   # --acl-storages adds it
+
+
+def test_archive_storage_outside_the_acl_set_is_refused():
+    # the demo-hp 2026-08-03 shape with a storage that is not the backup target
+    assert _granted("local local-lvm felhom-pbs", "nvme-scratch") == "REFUSED", "archive storage case ('local local-lvm felhom-pbs', 'nvme-scratch') -> %s, want REFUSED" % _granted("local local-lvm felhom-pbs", "nvme-scratch")
+    assert _granted("local local-lvm felhom-pbs", "local-lvm2") == "REFUSED", "archive storage case ('local local-lvm felhom-pbs', 'local-lvm2') -> %s, want REFUSED" % _granted("local local-lvm felhom-pbs", "local-lvm2")   # no prefix match
+    assert _granted("local local-lvm felhom-pbs", "felhom-backup", target="") == "REFUSED", "archive storage case ('local local-lvm felhom-pbs', 'felhom-backup', target='') -> %s, want REFUSED" % _granted("local local-lvm felhom-pbs", "felhom-backup", target="")
+
+
+def test_archive_storage_on_the_backup_target_is_granted_in_step_6():
+    assert _granted("local local-lvm felhom-pbs", "felhom-backup") == "GRANTED", "archive storage case ('local local-lvm felhom-pbs', 'felhom-backup') -> %s, want GRANTED" % _granted("local local-lvm felhom-pbs", "felhom-backup")
+
+
+def test_archive_storage_check_is_wired_into_preflight():
+    body = func("step_preflight")
+    m = re.search(r"archive storage '\$ARCHIVE_STORAGE' present.*?_archive_storage_granted[^\n]*\n[^\n]*\|\| die", body, re.S)
+    assert m, "step_preflight does not refuse when _archive_storage_granted fails"
+    # and before anything is minted: the call sits in step_preflight, which runs before step_token.
+    pre = [m.start() for m in re.finditer(r"^\s*step_preflight\s*$", SRC, re.M)]
+    tok = re.search(r"^step_token\s*$", SRC, re.M)
+    assert pre and tok and max(pre) < tok.start(), "preflight no longer runs before the token step"
+
+
 def main():
     tests = [(n, f) for n, f in sorted(globals().items()) if n.startswith("test_") and callable(f)]
     fails = 0