From 84eabc07fb0dc455b19d118e7ddc8bc9d9197b54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kroese <kroese@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2026 07:26:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Fail on answer file generation errors (#2100)

---
 src/install.sh | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/install.sh b/src/install.sh
index ea33f397..41e7e6ac 100644
--- a/src/install.sh
+++ b/src/install.sh
@@ -49,9 +49,7 @@ selectWindowsImage() {
   if resolveImage "$VERSION"; then
 
     if ! setImage; then
-      skipUnattended "$dir" "$iso" "$boot" || return 70
-      handled=1
-      return 0
+      return 70
     fi
 
     if ! needsExtraction "$DETECTED" "$iso"; then
@@ -689,8 +687,11 @@ setImage() {
   setXML "" && return 0
   enabled "$MANUAL" && return 0
 
-  # A missing answer file is a supported manual-install path, not a hard media
-  # failure.
+  # If a usable source template exists, setXML failed while preparing it.
+  # That is an installation error and must not fall back to manual setup.
+  hasAnswerFile "$DETECTED" && return 1
+
+  # A genuinely missing answer file is a supported manual-install path.
   MANUAL="Y"
 
   local desc