diff --git a/defaults.inc b/defaults.inc
index 83b56fd..e39ee32 100755
--- a/defaults.inc
+++ b/defaults.inc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 action="${1:-}"
 FOLDER='/opt/idssys/ta-proxmenu'
-VERS='2026.7.25-61'
+VERS='2026.7.25-63'
 
 noupdate=' '
 
diff --git a/inc/deploy-pulse-lxc.sh b/inc/deploy-pulse-lxc.sh
index 1d6bc3e..842c227 100644
--- a/inc/deploy-pulse-lxc.sh
+++ b/inc/deploy-pulse-lxc.sh
@@ -202,6 +202,31 @@ raise SystemExit(1)
 ' 2>/dev/null
 }
 
+TAPM_PULSE_RESOURCE_INSTALLED_FROM_CONFIGS() {
+	local nodes_directory="${1:-/etc/pve/nodes}"
+	local config hostname tags
+	local -a configs
+
+	[[ -d "$nodes_directory" ]] || return 2
+	configs=("$nodes_directory"/*/lxc/*.conf)
+	for config in "${configs[@]}"; do
+		[[ -f "$config" ]] || continue
+		hostname="$(
+			awk -F':[[:space:]]*' '$1 == "hostname" { print $2; exit }' "$config"
+		)"
+		tags="$(
+			awk -F':[[:space:]]*' '$1 == "tags" { print $2; exit }' "$config"
+		)"
+		case "$hostname" in
+			[Pp][Uu][Ll][Ss][Ee]|[Pp][Uu][Ll][Ss][Ee]-[Mm][Oo][Nn][Ii][Tt][Oo][Rr])
+				return 0
+				;;
+		esac
+		[[ ";${tags};" == *";pulse;"* ]] && return 0
+	done
+	return 1
+}
+
 TAPM_PULSE_PROMPT() {
 	local variable="$1"
 	local label="$2"
diff --git a/proxmenu-scripts.sh b/proxmenu-scripts.sh
index 3777f0a..f2ba36a 100755
--- a/proxmenu-scripts.sh
+++ b/proxmenu-scripts.sh
@@ -1219,11 +1219,30 @@ for guest in json.load(sys.stdin):
 TAPM_QEMU_CPU_MODEL() {
 	local vmid="$1"
 	local node="$2"
+	local config_file
 	local config_output
 	local cpu_model
 
 	[[ "$vmid" =~ ^[1-9][0-9]{2,8}$ ]] || return 1
 	[[ "$node" =~ ^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._-]{0,62}$ ]] || return 1
+	config_file="/etc/pve/nodes/${node}/qemu-server/${vmid}.conf"
+	if [[ -r "$config_file" ]]; then
+		cpu_model="$(
+			awk '
+$1 == "cpu:" {
+    sub(/^[^:]*:[[:space:]]*/, "")
+    print
+    exit
+}
+' "$config_file"
+		)" || return 1
+		[[ -n "$cpu_model" ]] || cpu_model='kvm64'
+		printf '%s\n' "$cpu_model"
+		return 0
+	fi
+
+	# Fall back to the node-aware API if the shared pmxcfs entry is briefly
+	# unavailable, such as while cluster membership is changing.
 	config_output="$(
 		pvesh get "/nodes/${node}/qemu/${vmid}/config" \
 			--output-format json 2>/dev/null
@@ -1696,7 +1715,11 @@ FORCE_UPDATE_CHECK() {
 MENU_HEADER() {
 	local version_display
 
-	LOAD_UPDATE_STATUS
+	# Reuse a settled update result instead of running Git checks on every
+	# arrow-key redraw. Continue refreshing only while the worker is pending.
+	if [[ "$UPDATE_STATUS" == 'unknown' || "$UPDATE_STATUS" == 'checking' ]]; then
+		LOAD_UPDATE_STATUS
+	fi
 	case "$UPDATE_STATUS" in
 		behind)
 			version_display="${idsCL[LightYellow]}${VERS}  ** UPDATE AVAILABLE **${idsCL[Default]}"
@@ -1844,12 +1867,8 @@ HOST_SETUP_MENU() {
 		labels+=("Detect CPU model for live migrations")
 		values+=("cpu")
 
-		TAPM_REFRESH_ISO_STORAGES >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-		if TAPM_ANY_LOCAL_VIRTIO_ISOS; then
-			labels+=("VirtIO driver downloads (local ISOs available)")
-		else
-			labels+=("VirtIO driver downloads")
-		fi
+		# Discover ISO storage only after the VirtIO submenu is selected.
+		labels+=("VirtIO driver downloads")
 		values+=("virtio")
 
 		command -v glances >/dev/null 2>&1 &&
@@ -1881,10 +1900,19 @@ MONITORING_MENU() {
 	local -a labels
 	local -a values=("pulse" "rmm" "acronis" "sentinelone" "screenconnect")
 	local cluster_resources
+	local pulse_status
 
 	while true; do
-		cluster_resources="$(pvesh get /cluster/resources --type vm --output-format json 2>/dev/null)"
-		TAPM_PULSE_RESOURCE_INSTALLED "$cluster_resources" &&
+		TAPM_PULSE_RESOURCE_INSTALLED_FROM_CONFIGS
+		pulse_status=$?
+		if (( pulse_status == 2 )); then
+			cluster_resources="$(
+				pvesh get /cluster/resources --type vm --output-format json 2>/dev/null
+			)"
+			TAPM_PULSE_RESOURCE_INSTALLED "$cluster_resources"
+			pulse_status=$?
+		fi
+		(( pulse_status == 0 )) &&
 			labels=("Pulse monitoring (installed)") ||
 			labels=("Install Pulse monitoring")
 
diff --git a/tests/test-pulse.sh b/tests/test-pulse.sh
index 68705d4..9be6d75 100644
--- a/tests/test-pulse.sh
+++ b/tests/test-pulse.sh
@@ -185,6 +185,26 @@ assert_success "untagged default Pulse hostname detected" \
 assert_failure "unrelated resource not detected" \
 	TAPM_PULSE_RESOURCE_INSTALLED '[{"type":"qemu","name":"pulse"}]'
 
+test_pulse_config_detection() {
+	local fixture_root status
+
+	fixture_root="$(mktemp -d /tmp/tapm-pulse-configs.XXXXXX)" || return 1
+	mkdir -p "${fixture_root}/pve1/lxc" || return 1
+	printf '%s\n' \
+		'arch: amd64' \
+		'hostname: Pulse-Monitor' \
+		'memory: 2048' >"${fixture_root}/pve1/lxc/200.conf"
+	TAPM_PULSE_RESOURCE_INSTALLED_FROM_CONFIGS "$fixture_root"
+	status=$?
+	rm -rf -- "$fixture_root"
+	return "$status"
+}
+
+assert_success "Pulse LXC detected from shared Proxmox configuration" \
+	test_pulse_config_detection
+assert_failure "missing Pulse configuration directory is not installed" \
+	TAPM_PULSE_RESOURCE_INSTALLED_FROM_CONFIGS /does/not/exist
+
 ha_status=$'quorum OK\nmaster pve1 (active, Sat Jul 25 12:00:00 2026)\nlrm pve1 (active, Sat Jul 25 12:00:00 2026)'
 assert_success "active Proxmox HA detected" TAPM_PULSE_HA_STATUS_ENABLED "$ha_status"
 assert_failure "inactive Proxmox HA rejected" \