diff --git a/scripts/installtests/install_sh_test.go b/scripts/installtests/install_sh_test.go
index b460c4424..e6de37d6f 100644
--- a/scripts/installtests/install_sh_test.go
+++ b/scripts/installtests/install_sh_test.go
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ func TestInstallSHAgentDownloadIsServerVersionAware(t *testing.T) {
 		`SERVER_VERSION="$(printf '%s' "$server_version_json" | sed -n 's/.*"version"`,
 		`DOWNLOAD_QUERY="${DOWNLOAD_QUERY}&serverVersion=${SERVER_VERSION}"`,
 		`log_info "Pulse server version: ${SERVER_VERSION}"`,
+		`NEW_VERSION_NORMALIZED="${NEW_VERSION#v}"`,
+		`SERVER_VERSION_NORMALIZED="${SERVER_VERSION#v}"`,
+		`"$NEW_VERSION_NORMALIZED" != "$SERVER_VERSION_NORMALIZED"`,
 		`Downloaded agent version (${NEW_VERSION}) does not match Pulse server version (${SERVER_VERSION})`,
 	}
 	for _, needle := range required {
@@ -141,6 +144,41 @@ func TestInstallSHAgentDownloadIsServerVersionAware(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Regression test for #1527: the agent binary reports its version as "v6.0.4"
+// while the server /api/version reports "6.0.4", so the mismatch check must
+// strip a leading "v" before comparing and only warn on a genuine difference.
+func TestInstallSHAgentVersionMismatchIgnoresVPrefix(t *testing.T) {
+	harness := `
+set -euo pipefail
+log_warn() { echo "WARN:$*"; }
+SERVER_VERSION="$1"
+NEW_VERSION="$2"
+NEW_VERSION_NORMALIZED="${NEW_VERSION#v}"
+SERVER_VERSION_NORMALIZED="${SERVER_VERSION#v}"
+if [[ -n "$SERVER_VERSION" && -n "$NEW_VERSION" && "$NEW_VERSION" != "unknown" && "$NEW_VERSION_NORMALIZED" != "$SERVER_VERSION_NORMALIZED" ]]; then
+    log_warn "Downloaded agent version (${NEW_VERSION}) does not match Pulse server version (${SERVER_VERSION})."
+fi
+echo DONE
+`
+	run := func(server, agent string) string {
+		out, err := exec.Command("bash", "-c", harness, "_", server, agent).CombinedOutput()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("bash: %v\n%s", err, out)
+		}
+		return string(out)
+	}
+
+	if got := run("6.0.4", "v6.0.4"); strings.Contains(got, "WARN:") {
+		t.Fatalf("equal versions differing only by a leading v warned:\n%s", got)
+	}
+	if got := run("6.0.4", "6.0.4"); strings.Contains(got, "WARN:") {
+		t.Fatalf("identical versions warned:\n%s", got)
+	}
+	if got := run("6.0.4", "v6.0.3"); !strings.Contains(got, "WARN:") {
+		t.Fatalf("genuine version mismatch did not warn:\n%s", got)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestInstallSHAgentServiceSecurityDefaults(t *testing.T) {
 	content, err := os.ReadFile(repoFile("scripts", "install.sh"))
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/scripts/installtests/root_install_sh_test.go b/scripts/installtests/root_install_sh_test.go
index 5c0ed51fd..83fb199b3 100644
--- a/scripts/installtests/root_install_sh_test.go
+++ b/scripts/installtests/root_install_sh_test.go
@@ -1242,3 +1242,40 @@ func TestRootInstallScriptUpdateFlowsRefreshExistingAutoUpdateAssets(t *testing.
 		t.Fatalf("expected at least 5 install flows to refresh existing auto-update assets, found %d", got)
 	}
 }
+
+// Regression test for #1526 (and the earlier #1396): when the installer is piped
+// to bash (curl ... | bash) there is no source file, so BASH_SOURCE is unset.
+// The "am I being sourced?" guard must default the lookup or `set -u` aborts the
+// whole run before the installer body with "BASH_SOURCE[0]: unbound variable".
+func TestRootInstallScriptSourceGuardSurvivesPipedExecution(t *testing.T) {
+	content, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join("..", "..", "install.sh"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read root install.sh: %v", err)
+	}
+	script := string(content)
+
+	if strings.Contains(script, `[[ "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" == "$0" ]] || return 0`) {
+		t.Fatal("install.sh still uses the unguarded BASH_SOURCE source check that aborts under curl | bash")
+	}
+	guard := `if [[ -n "${BASH_SOURCE[0]:-}" && "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" != "$0" ]]; then`
+	if !strings.Contains(script, guard) {
+		t.Fatalf("install.sh missing piped-safe source guard: %s", guard)
+	}
+
+	// Run the guard the way `curl ... | bash` does: fed through stdin with no
+	// source file, so BASH_SOURCE is empty. It must fall through to the body.
+	harness := "set -euo pipefail\n" + guard + "\n    return 0\nfi\necho INSTALLER_BODY_REACHED\n"
+	cmd := exec.Command("bash")
+	cmd.Stdin = strings.NewReader(harness)
+	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("piped source guard failed: %v\n%s", err, out)
+	}
+	got := string(out)
+	if strings.Contains(got, "unbound variable") {
+		t.Fatalf("source guard aborted piped execution with unbound variable:\n%s", got)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(got, "INSTALLER_BODY_REACHED") {
+		t.Fatalf("source guard did not fall through to the installer body when piped:\n%s", got)
+	}
+}