diff --git a/.gitea/trigger/t_generate_PRIVATE_trixie_0.yaml b/.gitea/trigger/t_generate_PRIVATE_trixie_0.yaml
index 8f65393..cece650 100644
--- a/.gitea/trigger/t_generate_PRIVATE_trixie_0.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/trigger/t_generate_PRIVATE_trixie_0.yaml
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@
 
 build:
   counter: 1023
-  version: V8.13.296.2025.10.29
+  version: V8.13.400.2025.11.08
 # vim: number et ts=2 sw=2 sts=2 ai tw=128 ft=yaml
diff --git a/.gitea/trigger/t_generate_PRIVATE_trixie_1.yaml b/.gitea/trigger/t_generate_PRIVATE_trixie_1.yaml
index 4dac30c..cece650 100644
--- a/.gitea/trigger/t_generate_PRIVATE_trixie_1.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/trigger/t_generate_PRIVATE_trixie_1.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 # SPDX-Security-Contact: security@coresecret.eu
 
 build:
-  counter: 1024
+  counter: 1023
   version: V8.13.400.2025.11.08
 # vim: number et ts=2 sw=2 sts=2 ai tw=128 ft=yaml
diff --git a/.gitea/trigger/t_generate_PUBLIC.yaml b/.gitea/trigger/t_generate_PUBLIC.yaml
index dc81ba4..3c06eac 100644
--- a/.gitea/trigger/t_generate_PUBLIC.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/trigger/t_generate_PUBLIC.yaml
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@
 
 build:
   counter: 1023
-  version: V8.13.296.2025.10.29
+  version: V8.13.400.2025.11.08
 # vim: number et ts=2 sw=2 sts=2 ai tw=128 ft=yaml
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/generate_PRIVATE_trixie_0.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/generate_PRIVATE_trixie_0.yaml
index a1de38c..7862535 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/generate_PRIVATE_trixie_0.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/generate_PRIVATE_trixie_0.yaml
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ jobs:
             --trixie
 
       - name: 📥 Checking Centurion Cloud for existing LIVE ISOs.
+        shell: bash
         env:
           NC_BASE: "https://cloud.e2ee.li"
           SHARE_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.CENTURION_CLOUD_UL_USER }}"
@@ -228,8 +229,11 @@ jobs:
           SHARE_SUBDIR=""
 
           echo "📥 Get directory listing via PROPFIND ..."
-
-          curl -s --user "${SHARE_TOKEN}:${SHARE_PASS}" -X PROPFIND -H "Depth: 1" "${NC_BASE}/public.php/webdav/${SHARE_SUBDIR}" \
+          curl -s \
+          --user "${SHARE_TOKEN}:${SHARE_PASS}" \
+          -X PROPFIND \
+          -H "Depth: 1" \
+          "${NC_BASE}/public.php/webdav/${SHARE_SUBDIR}" \
           -o propfind_public.xml
 
           echo "📥 Filter .iso files from the PROPFIND response ..."
@@ -237,65 +241,46 @@ jobs:
           grep -oP '(?<=<d:href>)[^<]+\.iso(?=</d:href>)' propfind_public.xml >| public_iso_list.txt || true
 
           if [[ -f public_iso_list.txt && -s public_iso_list.txt ]]; then
-
             echo "💡 Old ISO files found and deleted :"
-
             while IFS= read -r href; do
-
               FILE_URL="${NC_BASE}${href}"
               echo "  Delete: ${FILE_URL}"
-
-              if curl -s --user "${SHARE_TOKEN}:${SHARE_PASS}" -X DELETE "${FILE_URL}"; then
-
+              if curl -s \
+                --user "${SHARE_TOKEN}:${SHARE_PASS}" \
+                  -X DELETE "${FILE_URL}"; then
                 echo "    ✅ Successfully deleted: $(basename "${href}")"
-
               else
-
                 echo "    ❌ Error: $(basename "${href}") could not be deleted"
-
               fi
-
             done < public_iso_list.txt
-
           else
-
             echo "💡 No old ISO files found to delete."
-
           fi
 
       - name: ⬆️ Upload the ISO file to the Centurion Cloud (cloud.e2ee.li) via WebDAV.
+        shell: bash
         env:
           NC_BASE: "https://cloud.e2ee.li"
           SHARE_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.CENTURION_CLOUD_UL_USER }}"
           SHARE_PASS: "${{ secrets.CENTURION_CLOUD_UL_PASSWD }}"
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
-
           if [[ $(ls /opt/cdlb/*.iso 2>/dev/null | wc -l) -ne 1 ]]; then
-
             echo "❌ There must be exactly one .iso file in the directory!"
             exit 1
-
           else
-
             VAR_ISO_FILE_PATH=$(ls /opt/cdlb/*.iso)
             VAR_ISO_FILE_NAME=$(basename "${VAR_ISO_FILE_PATH}")
             echo "✅ ISO file found: ${VAR_ISO_FILE_NAME}"
-
           fi
 
           AUTH="${SHARE_TOKEN}:${SHARE_PASS}"
-
-          if curl --retry 2 "${NC_BASE}"/public.php/webdav/"${VAR_ISO_FILE_NAME}"
+          if curl --retry 2 "${NC_BASE}"/public.php/webdav/"${VAR_ISO_FILE_NAME}" \
           --upload-file "${VAR_ISO_FILE_PATH}" --user "${AUTH}" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-
             echo "✅ New ISO successfully uploaded."
-
           else
-
             echo "❌ Uploading the new ISO failed."
             exit 1
-
           fi
 
       - name: 🔑 Generating a sha512 Hash of ISO, signing with the 'CI PGP DEPLOY ONLY' key, generate a success message file.
diff --git a/ciss_live_builder.sh b/ciss_live_builder.sh
index 425da04..ca8b367 100644
--- a/ciss_live_builder.sh
+++ b/ciss_live_builder.sh
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ init_gnupg
 ### Integrate primordial SSH identity files.
 init_primordial
 
-### Integrate CISS.debian.live.builder repository into build dir.
+### Integrate CISS.debian.live.builder repository into the build dir.
 hardening_ultra
 
 ### CISS.debian.installer 'GRUB' and 'autostart' generator.
diff --git a/config/includes.chroot/usr/lib/live/boot/0030-verify-checksums b/config/includes.chroot/usr/lib/live/boot/0030-verify-checksums
index f0ab2e3..9fbb28a 100644
--- a/config/includes.chroot/usr/lib/live/boot/0030-verify-checksums
+++ b/config/includes.chroot/usr/lib/live/boot/0030-verify-checksums
@@ -102,22 +102,20 @@ Verify_checksums() {
   ### CDLB verification of script integrity itself -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   if [ "${LIVE_VERIFY_CHECKSUMS_SIGNATURES}" = "true" ]; then
 
-    log_begin_msg "Verifying integrity of: [0030-verify-checksums] "
+    log_begin_msg "Verifying integrity of: [0030-verify-checksums]"
     printf "\n"
-    printf "\e[95m[INFO] Verifying integrity of: [0030-verify-checksums] ... \n\e[0m"
 
     _CAND=""
     CDLB_SCRIPT_SELF=""  CDLB_CMD="" CDLB_COMPUTED="" CDLB_EXPECTED="" CDLB_HASHFILE="" CDLB_SIG_FILE=""
 
+    CDLB_CMD="/usr/bin/sha512sum"
+    CDLB_SHA="sha512"
+
     for _CAND in /scripts/live-bottom/0030-verify-checksums /usr/lib/live/boot/0030-verify-checksums; do
 
       [ -e "${_CAND}" ] && { CDLB_SCRIPT_SELF="${_CAND}"; break; }
 
     done
-    [ -n "${CDLB_SCRIPT_SELF}" ] || { echo "cannot locate 0030-verify-checksums"; exit 1; }
-
-    CDLB_CMD="/usr/bin/sha512sum"
-    CDLB_SHA="sha512"
 
     CDLB_SCRIPT_FILE="${CDLB_SCRIPT_SELF##*/}"
     CDLB_SCRIPT_PATH="${CDLB_SCRIPT_SELF%/*}"
@@ -125,13 +123,16 @@ Verify_checksums() {
     CDLB_HASHFILE="${CDLB_SCRIPT_FILE}.${CDLB_SHA}sum.txt"
     CDLB_SIG_FILE="${CDLB_HASHFILE}.sig"
 
+
+    printf "\e[95m[INFO] Verifying integrity of: [%s] ... \n\e[0m" "${CDLB_SCRIPT_FULL}"
+
     printf "\e[95m[INFO] Verifying signature of: [%s] ... \n\e[0m" "${CDLB_SIG_FILE}"
 
-    if ! /usr/bin/gpgv --no-default-keyring --keyring "${_KEYFILE}" --status-fd 1 "${CDLB_SIG_FILE}" "${CDLB_HASHFILE}"; then
+    if ! /usr/bin/gpgv --keyring "${_KEYFILE}" --status-fd 1 "${CDLB_SIG_FILE}" "${CDLB_HASHFILE}"; then
 
       printf "\e[91m[FATAL] Verifying signature of: [%s] failed. \n\e[0m" "${CDLB_SIG_FILE}"
       sleep 16
-      # TODO panic "[FATAL] Verifying signature of: [0030-verify-checksums.sha512sum.txt.sig] failed. "
+      panic        "[FATAL] Verifying signature of: [${CDLB_SIG_FILE}] failed."
 
     else
 
@@ -148,12 +149,12 @@ Verify_checksums() {
 
       printf "\e[91m[FATAL] Recomputing hash for: [%s] failed. \n\e[0m" "${CDLB_SHA}"
       sleep 16
-      # TODO panic "[FATAL] Recomputing hash for: [sha512] failed."
+      panic        "[FATAL] Recomputing hash for: [${CDLB_SHA}] failed."
 
     fi
 
     printf "\e[92m[INFO] Recomputing hash for: [%s] successful. \n\e[0m" "${CDLB_SHA}"
-    printf "\e[92m[INFO] Verification of authenticity and integrity of [%s] successfully completed. \n\e[0m" "${CDLB_SHA}"
+    printf "\e[92m[INFO] Verification of authenticity and integrity of [%s] successfully completed. \n\e[0m" "${CDLB_SCRIPT_FULL}"
     log_end_msg
     printf "\n"
 
@@ -174,22 +175,29 @@ Verify_checksums() {
 
       if [ -e "${_CHECKSUM}" ]; then
 
-        printf "\e[95m[INFO] Found [%s] ... \n\e[0m" "${_CHECKSUM}"
+        printf "\e[95m[INFO] Found: [%s] ... \n\e[0m" "${_CHECKSUM}"
 
         if [ -e "/usr/bin/${_DIGEST}sum" ]; then
 
-          printf "\e[95m[INFO] Found [%s] ... \n\e[0m" "/usr/bin/${_DIGEST}sum"
+          printf "\e[95m[INFO] Found: [%s] ... \n\e[0m" "/usr/bin/${_DIGEST}sum"
 
           if [ "${LIVE_VERIFY_CHECKSUMS_SIGNATURES}" = "true" ]; then
 
-            printf "\e[95m[INFO] Checking signature of [%s] ... \n\e[0m" "${_CHECKSUM}"
+            printf "\e[95m[INFO] Checking signature of: [%s] ... \n\e[0m" "${_CHECKSUM}"
 
             _CHECKSUM_SIGNATURE="${_CHECKSUM}.sig"
 
-            /usr/bin/gpgv --no-default-keyring --keyring "${_KEYFILE}" --status-fd 1 "${_CHECKSUM_SIGNATURE}" "${_CHECKSUM}"
-            _RETURN_PGP="${?}"
+            if /usr/bin/gpgv --keyring "${_KEYFILE}" --status-fd 1 "${_CHECKSUM_SIGNATURE}" "${_CHECKSUM}"; then
 
-            printf "\e[92m[INFO] Checking signature of [%s] successful. \n\e[0m" "${_CHECKSUM}"
+              _RETURN_PGP="${?}"
+              printf "\e[92m[INFO] Checking signature of: [%s] successful. \n\e[0m" "${_CHECKSUM}"
+
+            else
+
+              _RETURN_PGP="${?}"
+              printf "\e[91m[FATAL] Checking signature of: [%s] failed. \n\e[0m" "${_CHECKSUM}"
+
+            fi
 
           else
 
@@ -197,17 +205,25 @@ Verify_checksums() {
 
           fi
 
-          printf "\e[92m[INFO] Found [%s] done. \n\e[0m" "/usr/bin/${_DIGEST}sum"
-
           # shellcheck disable=SC2312
-          grep -v '^#' "${_CHECKSUM}" | /bin/"${_DIGEST}"sum -c > "${_TTY}"
-          _RETURN_SHA="${?}"
+          if grep -v '^#' "${_CHECKSUM}" | /usr/bin/"${_DIGEST}"sum -c > "${_TTY}"; then
+
+            _RETURN_SHA="${?}"
+            printf "\e[92m[INFO] Found: [%s] successful done, for: [%s] \n\e[0m" "/usr/bin/${_DIGEST}sum" "${_CHECKSUM}"
+
+          else
+
+            _RETURN_SHA="${?}"
+            printf "\e[91m[FATAL] Found: [%s] failed, for: [%s] \n\e[0m" "/usr/bin/${_DIGEST}sum" "${_CHECKSUM}"
+
+          fi
 
           # Stop after the first verification.
           break 2
 
         else
 
+          _RETURN_SHA="255"
           printf "\e[93m[WARN] NOT Found [%s]. \n\e[0m" "/usr/bin/${_DIGEST}sum"
 
         fi