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 ## 2025-12-15
 
+### 💾 Core
+
+  - #### 🐞 Bug Fixes
+
+    - core: load app defaults before applying base_settings / fix composer cleanup after install/update [@MickLesk](https://github.com/MickLesk) ([#9965](https://github.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/pull/9965))
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 ## 2025-12-14
 
 ### 🚀 Updated Scripts