diff --git a/core/archipelago/src/api/rpc/package/install.rs b/core/archipelago/src/api/rpc/package/install.rs
index eef2e000..046ee746 100644
--- a/core/archipelago/src/api/rpc/package/install.rs
+++ b/core/archipelago/src/api/rpc/package/install.rs
@@ -1395,6 +1395,24 @@ impl RpcHandler {
         // the bridge get connection refused (fresh-install LND crash-loop +
         // bitcoin-rpc 502, seen on the 1.7.99 ISO). The port publish stays
         // 127.0.0.1-only on the host, so exposure is unchanged.
+        // Prune sized to the data volume. A full archive needs ~810 GB and
+        // grows; silently writing an unpruned config onto a small disk fills
+        // it mid-IBD (framework node 2026-07-14: unpruned mainnet on a 205 GB
+        // volume). Volumes with real archival headroom (≥1.2 TB) stay full
+        // archive; smaller ones get prune = 25% of the volume, clamped to
+        // [550 MB, 100 GB], leaving room for LND/apps sharing the disk.
+        let prune_line = match bitcoin_data_volume_gb().await {
+            Some(total_gb) if total_gb > 0 && total_gb < 1200 => {
+                let prune_mb = ((total_gb as f64 * 0.25 * 1024.0) as u64).clamp(550, 100_000);
+                info!(
+                    volume_gb = total_gb,
+                    prune_mb, "Data volume below archival size — enabling sized bitcoin prune"
+                );
+                format!("prune={}\n", prune_mb)
+            }
+            _ => String::new(),
+        };
+
         let bitcoin_conf = format!(
             "\
 # rpcauth: salted hash only - no plaintext password in config or CLI\n\
@@ -1405,8 +1423,9 @@ rpcallowip=0.0.0.0/0\n\
 listen=1\n\
 rpcthreads=16\n\
 rpcworkqueue=256\n\
-printtoconsole=0\n",
-            rpcauth_line
+printtoconsole=0\n\
+{}",
+            rpcauth_line, prune_line
         );
         tokio::fs::create_dir_all(bitcoin_dir)
             .await
@@ -2491,6 +2510,29 @@ async fn wait_for_adopted_container(package_id: &str, container_name: &str) -> R
     ))
 }
 
+/// Total size (GB) of the filesystem holding the bitcoin data dir, via
+/// `df -k`. None when df fails (containers, exotic mounts) — callers treat
+/// unknown as "don't prune" to preserve archival defaults on big iron.
+async fn bitcoin_data_volume_gb() -> Option<u64> {
+    let target = if std::path::Path::new("/var/lib/archipelago").exists() {
+        "/var/lib/archipelago"
+    } else {
+        "/"
+    };
+    let output = tokio::process::Command::new("df")
+        .args(["-k", target])
+        .output()
+        .await
+        .ok()?;
+    if !output.status.success() {
+        return None;
+    }
+    let stdout = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout);
+    let line = stdout.lines().nth(1)?;
+    let kb: u64 = line.split_whitespace().nth(1)?.parse().ok()?;
+    Some(kb / 1024 / 1024)
+}
+
 /// One-shot probe: does bitcoind answer an authenticated getblockchaininfo?
 /// Works during IBD (the call answers with progress while syncing). Goes via
 /// the host-published RPC port, which fails in exactly the same conditions