diff --git a/lib/disinto/backup.sh b/lib/disinto/backup.sh
index 6e25e83..2c34bba 100644
--- a/lib/disinto/backup.sh
+++ b/lib/disinto/backup.sh
@@ -252,33 +252,32 @@ backup_import_disinto_ops_repo() {
 }
 
 # ── Step 4: Import issues from backup ────────────────────────────────────────
-# Usage: backup_import_issues <slug> <issues_file>
-#        issues_file is a JSON array of issues (per create schema)
+# Usage: backup_import_issues <slug> <issues_dir>
 # Returns: 0 on success
 backup_import_issues() {
   local slug="$1"
-  local issues_file="$2"
+  local issues_dir="$2"
 
-  if [ ! -f "$issues_file" ]; then
-    backup_log "No issues file found, skipping"
+  if [ ! -d "$issues_dir" ]; then
+    backup_log "No issues directory found, skipping"
     return 0
   fi
 
-  local count
-  count=$(jq 'length' "$issues_file")
-  backup_log "Importing ${count} issues from ${issues_file}"
-
   local created=0
   local skipped=0
 
-  for i in $(seq 0 $((count - 1))); do
+  for issue_file in "${issues_dir}"/*.json; do
+    [ -f "$issue_file" ] || continue
+
+    backup_log "Processing issue file: $(basename "$issue_file")"
+
     local issue_num title body
-    issue_num=$(jq -r ".[${i}].number" "$issues_file")
-    title=$(jq -r ".[${i}].title" "$issues_file")
-    body=$(jq -r ".[${i}].body" "$issues_file")
+    issue_num=$(jq -r '.number // empty' "$issue_file")
+    title=$(jq -r '.title // empty' "$issue_file")
+    body=$(jq -r '.body // empty' "$issue_file")
 
     if [ -z "$issue_num" ] || [ "$issue_num" = "null" ]; then
-      backup_log "WARNING: skipping issue without number at index ${i}"
+      backup_log "WARNING: skipping issue without number: $(basename "$issue_file")"
       continue
     fi
 
@@ -293,7 +292,7 @@ backup_import_issues() {
     local -a labels=()
     while IFS= read -r label; do
       [ -n "$label" ] && labels+=("$label")
-    done < <(jq -r ".[${i}].labels[]? // empty" "$issues_file")
+    done < <(jq -r '.labels[]? // empty' "$issue_file")
 
     # Create issue
     local new_num
@@ -346,24 +345,19 @@ backup_import() {
     exit 1
   fi
 
-  # Step 4: Import issues — iterate issues/<slug>.json files, each is a JSON array
-  for issues_file in "${BACKUP_TEMP_DIR}/issues"/*.json; do
-    [ -f "$issues_file" ] || continue
+  # Step 4: Import issues for each repo with issues/*.json
+  for repo_dir in "${BACKUP_TEMP_DIR}/repos"/*/; do
+    [ -d "$repo_dir" ] || continue
 
-    local slug_filename
-    slug_filename=$(basename "$issues_file" .json)
-
-    # Map slug-filename → forgejo-slug: "disinto" → "disinto-admin/disinto",
-    #                                    "disinto-ops" → "disinto-admin/disinto-ops"
     local slug
-    case "$slug_filename" in
-      "disinto") slug="${FORGE_REPO}" ;;
-      "disinto-ops") slug="${FORGE_OPS_REPO}" ;;
-      *) slug="disinto-admin/${slug_filename}" ;;
-    esac
+    slug=$(basename "$repo_dir")
 
-    backup_log "Processing issues from ${slug_filename}.json (${slug})"
-    backup_import_issues "$slug" "$issues_file"
+    backup_log "Processing repo: ${slug}"
+
+    local issues_dir="${repo_dir}issues"
+    if [ -d "$issues_dir" ]; then
+      backup_import_issues "$slug" "$issues_dir"
+    fi
   done
 
   # Summary
diff --git a/lib/init/nomad/deploy.sh b/lib/init/nomad/deploy.sh
index 453b122..f1f1b72 100755
--- a/lib/init/nomad/deploy.sh
+++ b/lib/init/nomad/deploy.sh
@@ -19,12 +19,10 @@
 #   JOB_READY_TIMEOUT_SECS — poll timeout in seconds (default: 360)
 #   JOB_READY_TIMEOUT_<JOBNAME> — per-job timeout override (e.g.,
 #                            JOB_READY_TIMEOUT_FORGEJO=300)
-#                            Built-in: JOB_READY_TIMEOUT_CHAT=600
 #
 # Exit codes:
 #   0  success (all jobs deployed and healthy, or dry-run completed)
-#   1  failure (validation error, or one or more jobs unhealthy after all
-#      jobs submitted — deploy does NOT cascade-skip on timeout)
+#   1  failure (validation error, timeout, or nomad command failure)
 #
 # Idempotency:
 #   Running twice back-to-back on a healthy cluster is a no-op. Jobs that are
@@ -37,11 +35,7 @@ SCRIPT_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 REPO_ROOT="${REPO_ROOT:-$(cd "${SCRIPT_ROOT}/../../.." && pwd)}"
 JOB_READY_TIMEOUT_SECS="${JOB_READY_TIMEOUT_SECS:-360}"
 
-# Per-job built-in defaults (override with JOB_READY_TIMEOUT_<JOBNAME> env var)
-JOB_READY_TIMEOUT_CHAT="${JOB_READY_TIMEOUT_CHAT:-600}"
-
 DRY_RUN=0
-FAILED_JOBS=()  # jobs that timed out or failed deployment
 
 log() { printf '[deploy] %s\n' "$*" >&2; }
 die() { printf '[deploy] ERROR: %s\n' "$*" >&2; exit 1; }
@@ -261,8 +255,7 @@ for job_name in "${JOBS[@]}"; do
 
   # 4. Wait for healthy state
   if ! _wait_job_running "$job_name" "$job_timeout"; then
-    log "WARNING: deployment for job '${job_name}' did not reach successful state — continuing with remaining jobs"
-    FAILED_JOBS+=("$job_name")
+    die "deployment for job '${job_name}' did not reach successful state"
   fi
 
   # 5. Run post-deploy scripts
@@ -275,17 +268,4 @@ if [ "$DRY_RUN" -eq 1 ]; then
   log "dry-run complete"
 fi
 
-# ── Final health summary ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-if [ "${#FAILED_JOBS[@]}" -gt 0 ]; then
-  log ""
-  log "=== DEPLOY SUMMARY ==="
-  log "The following jobs did NOT reach healthy state:"
-  for failed in "${FAILED_JOBS[@]}"; do
-    log "  - ${failed}"
-  done
-  log "All other jobs were submitted and healthy."
-  log "======================"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
 exit 0