From 0d3206c9739527939204c63bef5c7edf63080d22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kroese <kroese@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2026 02:37:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Preserve product key structure in answer files (#2066)

---
 src/answer.sh | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/answer.sh b/src/answer.sh
index 60f85e59..0e862e3a 100644
--- a/src/answer.sh
+++ b/src/answer.sh
@@ -1184,8 +1184,15 @@ removeEmbeddedProductKeys() {
       continue
     fi
 
-    [ -z "$delete_xpath" ] || delete_xpath+=" | "
-    delete_xpath+="($product_keys)[$position]"
+    if [[ "$child_key" =~ ^[A-Za-z0-9]{5}(-[A-Za-z0-9]{5}){4}$ ]]; then
+      [ -z "$delete_xpath" ] || delete_xpath+=" | "
+      delete_xpath+="($product_keys)[$position]/u:Key[normalize-space(.)][1]"
+    fi
+
+    if [[ "$direct_key" =~ ^[A-Za-z0-9]{5}(-[A-Za-z0-9]{5}){4}$ ]]; then
+      [ -z "$delete_xpath" ] || delete_xpath+=" | "
+      delete_xpath+="($product_keys)[$position]/text()[normalize-space()][1]"
+    fi
   done <<< "$records"
 
   [ -n "$delete_xpath" ] || return 0