diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 0987f6a..4d21fbf 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ HF_TOKEN=
 
 # ---- host paths -------------------------------------------------------------
 
-# Where your recordings live, laid out as <date>/<batch>.mp4. Mounted read-only
-# into the container; nothing is ever written back into it.
-# must be absolute for the copy-path buttons (REQ-172)
-VIDEO_ARCHIVE_HOST=/home/araaraenjoyer/dbs_project/reTraining/data/archive
+# Where your recordings live, laid out as <date>/<batch>.mp4. Mounted read-write
+# into the container; written only by user-initiated upload / date-folder
+# creation (REQ-178), nothing else.
+# must be absolute for the copy-path buttons (REQ-179)
+VIDEO_ARCHIVE_HOST=/absolute/path/to/reTraining/data/archive
 WSL_DISTRO_NAME=Ubuntu
 
 # ---- ports ------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/backend/config.py b/backend/config.py
index fb19211..79bab79 100644
--- a/backend/config.py
+++ b/backend/config.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ VIDEO_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.environ.get("VIDEO_ARCHIVE", os.path.join(DATA_D
 
 
 def archive_host_paths() -> dict:
-    """Where the archive sits on the host — for the copy-path buttons (REQ-172).
+    """Where the archive sits on the host — for the copy-path buttons (REQ-179).
 
     ponytail: relative VIDEO_ARCHIVE_HOST (./data/archive) cannot be resolved
     inside the container; set it absolute in .env or the buttons stay hidden."""
diff --git a/backend/library.py b/backend/library.py
index 30989ed..2dff068 100644
--- a/backend/library.py
+++ b/backend/library.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 """The video archive, read as `<video_root>/<date>/<batch>.<ext>` (REQ-010…012).
 
-Read-only by construction: this module only ever lists and stats files, never
-writes into the user's recordings (REQ-074).
+Reads the archive and appends user-initiated uploads and date folders
+(REQ-178); nothing that exists is ever moved, renamed or deleted
+(REQ-163/074 as revised).
 """
 
 import os
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ArchiveControls.jsx b/frontend/src/components/ArchiveControls.jsx
index a9ecce6..6fbab4f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ArchiveControls.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ArchiveControls.jsx
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ export default function ArchiveControls({ project, projectId, onChanged }) {
         />
       </div>
 
-      <div aria-live="polite" style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 4, alignItems: 'flex-end', maxWidth: 420 }}>
-        {folderError && <p className="hint" style={{ ...status, color: 'var(--danger)' }}>{folderError}</p>}
+      <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', gap: 4, alignItems: 'flex-end', maxWidth: 420 }}>
+        {folderError && <p aria-live="polite" className="hint" style={{ ...status, color: 'var(--danger)' }}>{folderError}</p>}
         {progress && (
           <div style={{ width: 280 }}>
             <p className="hint" style={{ ...status, color: 'var(--text-muted)', marginBottom: 3, overflow: 'hidden', textOverflow: 'ellipsis', whiteSpace: 'nowrap' }}>
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ export default function ArchiveControls({ project, projectId, onChanged }) {
           </div>
         )}
         {uploadErrors.map((err, i) => (
-          <p key={`${err.name}-${i}`} className="hint" style={{ ...status, color: 'var(--danger)' }}>
+          <p key={`${err.name}-${i}`} aria-live="polite" className="hint" style={{ ...status, color: 'var(--danger)' }}>
             {err.name}: {err.message}
           </p>
         ))}
diff --git a/scripts/generate_panduan_md.py b/scripts/generate_panduan_md.py
index 42dac61..fdce830 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_panduan_md.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_panduan_md.py
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ Pemisahan tegas diterapkan antara direktori kode sumber dan volume penyimpanan s
 reTraining/
 ├── data/                                 # Volume utama persistensi data aplikasi
 │   ├── app.db                            # Database SQLite (mode WAL, 14 tabel relasional)
-│   ├── archive/                          # Arsip video CCTV read-only (<date>/<batch>.mp4)
+│   ├── archive/                          # Arsip video CCTV (<date>/<batch>.mp4); ditulis hanya oleh upload/pembuatan folder dari halaman Video Archive
 │   ├── live-count/                       # Berkas jejak trajektori sesi hitung (.jsonl)
 │   └── projects/<slug>/                  # Ruang kerja terisolasi per proyek
 │       ├── base/model.pt                 # Bobot checkpoint model dasar aktif