diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 022f2a27..882357c2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v1.7.48-alpha (2026-04-29)
+
+- archipelago.service no longer fails to start with "Failed to set up mount namespacing: /run/containers: No such file or directory" on nodes where /run/containers wasn't pre-created. ExecStartPre now creates it. Existing nodes need a one-time `systemctl edit archipelago` to add the mkdir; ISO installs from this version forward have the fix baked in.
+
 ## v1.7.47-alpha (2026-04-29)
 
 - Bitcoin Knots/Core sync is now significantly faster. The container now uses every available core for script verification (was capped at 2) and has 8GB of memory instead of 4GB so its 4GB UTXO cache has headroom for the mempool and peer connections. Existing nodes pick up the new limits on next install/update; freshly-installed nodes start at full speed.
diff --git a/core/Cargo.lock b/core/Cargo.lock
index ef63a988..e99b97b3 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.lock
+++ b/core/Cargo.lock
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ checksum = "a23eb6b1614318a8071c9b2521f36b424b2c83db5eb3a0fead4a6c0809af6e61"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "archipelago"
-version = "1.7.47-alpha"
+version = "1.7.48-alpha"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "archipelago-container",
diff --git a/core/archipelago/Cargo.toml b/core/archipelago/Cargo.toml
index e4ec5d63..5d4c4d2a 100644
--- a/core/archipelago/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/archipelago/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "archipelago"
-version = "1.7.47-alpha"
+version = "1.7.48-alpha"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Archipelago Bitcoin Node OS - Native backend"
 authors = ["Archipelago Team"]
diff --git a/image-recipe/configs/archipelago.service b/image-recipe/configs/archipelago.service
index 99d472fb..3f8919d1 100644
--- a/image-recipe/configs/archipelago.service
+++ b/image-recipe/configs/archipelago.service
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Environment="ARCHIPELAGO_BIND=127.0.0.1:5678"
 # DEV_MODE disabled in production — enabled via override.conf on dev servers
 Environment="XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000"
 # + prefix runs these as root (needed for chown/mkdir outside ReadWritePaths)
-ExecStartPre=+/bin/bash -c 'mkdir -p /run/user/1000 && chown archipelago:archipelago /run/user/1000 && chmod 700 /run/user/1000'
+ExecStartPre=+/bin/bash -c 'mkdir -p /run/user/1000 /run/containers /var/lib/containers && chown archipelago:archipelago /run/user/1000 && chmod 700 /run/user/1000'
 ExecStartPre=+/bin/bash -c 'mkdir -p /var/lib/archipelago && chown archipelago:archipelago /var/lib/archipelago && echo "ARCHIPELAGO_HOST_IP=$(hostname -I 2>/dev/null | awk "{print $$1}")" > /var/lib/archipelago/host-ip.env && chown archipelago:archipelago /var/lib/archipelago/host-ip.env'
 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/archipelago
 Restart=on-failure
diff --git a/neode-ui/package.json b/neode-ui/package.json
index d559d709..7c45d1b3 100644
--- a/neode-ui/package.json
+++ b/neode-ui/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "neode-ui",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "1.7.47-alpha",
+  "version": "1.7.48-alpha",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "start": "./start-dev.sh",
diff --git a/releases/manifest.json b/releases/manifest.json
index 37d63063..1b2fba44 100644
--- a/releases/manifest.json
+++ b/releases/manifest.json
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 {
-  "version": "1.7.47-alpha",
+  "version": "1.7.48-alpha",
   "release_date": "2026-04-29",
   "changelog": [
-    "Bitcoin Knots/Core sync is now significantly faster. The container uses every available core for script verification (was capped at 2) and has 8GB of memory instead of 4GB so its 4GB UTXO cache has headroom for the mempool and peer connections. Existing nodes pick up the new limits on next install/update; freshly-installed nodes start at full speed.",
-    "ElectrumX initial indexing is faster too. Its container memory bumped from 1GB to 2GB and its internal cache is now 2GB (default was 1.2GB)."
+    "archipelago.service no longer fails to start on nodes where /run/containers wasn't pre-created. Existing nodes need a one-time `systemctl edit archipelago` to add a small mkdir directive; ISO installs from this version forward have the fix baked in.",
+    "Bitcoin Knots/Core sync significantly faster — uses every available core (was capped at 2) and 8GB memory headroom for the dbcache. ElectrumX initial indexing also faster (2GB cache, 2GB memory).",
+    "Health monitor stops paging \"Auto-restart failed\" for orphaned containers (after variant switches like bitcoin-core ↔ bitcoin-knots).",
+    "Apps don't disappear from My Apps when an install fails — card stays visible with the failure reason.",
+    "Multi-image stack pulls advance the progress bar through the actual phases instead of sitting at 0%."
   ],
   "components": [
-    { "name": "archipelago", "current_version": "1.7.47-alpha", "new_version": "1.7.47-alpha", "download_url": "https://git.tx1138.com/lfg2025/archy/raw/branch/main/releases/v1.7.47-alpha/archipelago", "sha256": "d332f934c89d9e67f2499fd304aab6ac2a9f7784052711d32a90a3f751aeb6ca", "size_bytes": 41621664 },
-    { "name": "archipelago-frontend-1.7.47-alpha.tar.gz", "current_version": "1.7.47-alpha", "new_version": "1.7.47-alpha", "download_url": "https://git.tx1138.com/lfg2025/archy/raw/branch/main/releases/v1.7.47-alpha/archipelago-frontend-1.7.47-alpha.tar.gz", "sha256": "08718970fa865230fbc10b2ca5dbed99863ddd283f5693ccba8ec9222c4cf7f2", "size_bytes": 77026364 }
+    { "name": "archipelago", "current_version": "1.7.48-alpha", "new_version": "1.7.48-alpha", "download_url": "https://git.tx1138.com/lfg2025/archy/raw/branch/main/releases/v1.7.48-alpha/archipelago", "sha256": "95dc655bc51e6827577b0ae6a50dd78d3fed8116a89e87f3197b3d244737bc10", "size_bytes": 41619544 },
+    { "name": "archipelago-frontend-1.7.48-alpha.tar.gz", "current_version": "1.7.48-alpha", "new_version": "1.7.48-alpha", "download_url": "https://git.tx1138.com/lfg2025/archy/raw/branch/main/releases/v1.7.48-alpha/archipelago-frontend-1.7.48-alpha.tar.gz", "sha256": "c0462fe23a45758c2b952be2ee2260d77bfff6cd7b5d0454afeec3af2ac7c2b5", "size_bytes": 77026434 }
   ]
 }
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