diff --git a/infrastructure/vps-standby/authentik/manifests/cnpg-cluster.yaml b/infrastructure/vps-standby/authentik/manifests/cnpg-cluster.yaml
index 14cbb16..09ac590 100644
--- a/infrastructure/vps-standby/authentik/manifests/cnpg-cluster.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/vps-standby/authentik/manifests/cnpg-cluster.yaml
@@ -50,6 +50,15 @@ spec:
   externalClusters:
     - name: home-backup
       barmanObjectStore:
+        # serverName defaults to the externalClusters[].name ("home-backup")
+        # here, NOT the source Postgres cluster's actual name - but home's
+        # barmanObjectStore backup: block (on the pg-authentik Cluster
+        # itself) defaults serverName to its own metadata.name
+        # ("pg-authentik"). Without this override, recovery looks for
+        # backups under the wrong server-name prefix and finds none -
+        # "no target backup found" despite the backup genuinely existing
+        # (confirmed live 2026-08-18).
+        serverName: pg-authentik
         destinationPath: s3://cnpg-backups/pg-authentik
         endpointURL: http://vps-minio.minio.svc.cluster.local:9000
         s3Credentials:
diff --git a/infrastructure/vps-standby/n8n/manifests/cnpg-cluster.yaml b/infrastructure/vps-standby/n8n/manifests/cnpg-cluster.yaml
index 0022f95..8c8b119 100644
--- a/infrastructure/vps-standby/n8n/manifests/cnpg-cluster.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/vps-standby/n8n/manifests/cnpg-cluster.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ spec:
   externalClusters:
     - name: home-backup
       barmanObjectStore:
+        # See infrastructure/vps-standby/authentik/manifests/cnpg-cluster.yaml
+        # for why this override is required (serverName defaults to the
+        # externalClusters[].name, not the source cluster's real name).
+        serverName: pg-n8n
         destinationPath: s3://cnpg-backups/pg-n8n
         endpointURL: http://vps-minio.minio.svc.cluster.local:9000
         s3Credentials:
diff --git a/infrastructure/vps-standby/nextcloud/manifests/cnpg-cluster.yaml b/infrastructure/vps-standby/nextcloud/manifests/cnpg-cluster.yaml
index d8b7f6f..d33d2f1 100644
--- a/infrastructure/vps-standby/nextcloud/manifests/cnpg-cluster.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/vps-standby/nextcloud/manifests/cnpg-cluster.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ spec:
   externalClusters:
     - name: home-backup
       barmanObjectStore:
+        # See infrastructure/vps-standby/authentik/manifests/cnpg-cluster.yaml
+        # for why this override is required (serverName defaults to the
+        # externalClusters[].name, not the source cluster's real name).
+        serverName: pg-nextcloud
         destinationPath: s3://cnpg-backups/pg-nextcloud
         endpointURL: http://vps-minio.minio.svc.cluster.local:9000
         s3Credentials: