diff --git a/panel/bulk_delete_test.sh b/panel/bulk_delete_test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..799caeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/panel/bulk_delete_test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Bulk-delete regression test: create two scratch teams, then delete BOTH in a
+# single API call and poll the job until it settles.
+#
+# Proves the endpoint exists, validates input, runs teams sequentially inside
+# one background job, and leaves the real teams untouched.
+set -uo pipefail
+BASE=/opt/gemastik18-final
+cd "$BASE"
+CJ=/tmp/bulk_cj
+
+U=$(grep -oP '^PANEL_ADMIN_USER=\K.*' panel/.env)
+P=$(grep -oP '^PANEL_ADMIN_PASS=\K.*' panel/.env)
+curl -sS -c "$CJ" -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -d "{\"user\":\"$U\",\"pass\":\"$P\"}" http://127.0.0.1:18081/api/login -o /dev/null
+
+echo "=== validation ==="
+printf "  empty list  -> "
+curl -sS -b "$CJ" -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"indices":[]}' \
+  http://127.0.0.1:18081/api/teams/bulk-delete -w ' [%{http_code}]\n'
+printf "  missing tms -> "
+curl -sS -b "$CJ" -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"indices":[99,98]}' \
+  http://127.0.0.1:18081/api/teams/bulk-delete -w ' [%{http_code}]\n'
+
+echo "=== BEFORE ==="
+for i in 5 6; do
+  printf "  team%s dir=%s\n" "$i" "$([ -d "teams/team$i" ] && echo present || echo GONE)"
+done
+
+echo "=== BULK DELETE [5,6] ==="
+S=$(date +%s)
+curl -sS -b "$CJ" -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
+  -d '{"indices":[5,6],"purge_scores":true}' \
+  http://127.0.0.1:18081/api/teams/bulk-delete -o /tmp/bulk.json -w '  HTTP %{http_code}\n'
+cat /tmp/bulk.json; echo
+JOB=$(python3 -c "import json;print(json.load(open('/tmp/bulk.json'))['job'])")
+echo "  job: $JOB"
+
+while :; do
+  curl -sS -b "$CJ" "http://127.0.0.1:18081/api/teams/bulk-delete/$JOB" -o /tmp/bulkjob.json
+  read -r ST DET <<<"$(python3 -c "
+import json;d=json.load(open('/tmp/bulkjob.json'));print(d['state'],d.get('detail',''))")"
+  echo "  [$(( $(date +%s) - S ))s] $ST — $DET"
+  [ "$ST" != "running" ] && break
+  sleep 15
+done
+echo "  elapsed: $(( $(date +%s) - S ))s"
+python3 -c "
+import json;d=json.load(open('/tmp/bulkjob.json'))
+print('  state:',d['state'],' errors:',d.get('errors'))
+for x in d.get('done',[]): print('  deleted team',x['team'],x['label'],'->',x['steps'])"
+
+echo "=== AFTER ==="
+for i in 5 6; do
+  printf "  team%s dir=%s\n" "$i" "$([ -d "teams/team$i" ] && echo present || echo GONE)"
+done
+echo "  real teams: $(curl -sS -b "$CJ" http://127.0.0.1:18081/api/teams \
+  | python3 -c "import json,sys;print([t['index'] for t in json.load(sys.stdin)['teams']])")"
diff --git a/panel/check_all_js.js b/panel/check_all_js.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef31c4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/panel/check_all_js.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Syntax-check every inline <script> block across all panel static pages.
+const fs = require('fs');
+const { execFileSync } = require('child_process');
+const files = ['static/index.html', 'static/team.html', 'static/guide.html'];
+const base = '/opt/gemastik18-final/panel/';
+let bad = 0, total = 0;
+for (const f of files) {
+  const html = fs.readFileSync(base + f, 'utf8');
+  const re = /<script(?![^>]*\bsrc=)[^>]*>([\s\S]*?)<\/script>/gi;
+  let m, i = 0;
+  while ((m = re.exec(html)) !== null) {
+    i++; total++;
+    const p = `/tmp/chk_${f.replace(/\W/g, '_')}_${i}.js`;
+    fs.writeFileSync(p, m[1]);
+    try {
+      execFileSync(process.execPath, ['--check', p], { stdio: 'pipe' });
+      console.log(`  OK    ${f} block#${i}`);
+    } catch (e) {
+      bad++;
+      console.log(`  FAIL  ${f} block#${i}\n${e.stderr.toString().split('\n').slice(0, 5).join('\n')}`);
+    }
+  }
+}
+console.log(bad === 0 ? `\nAll ${total} script block(s) parse cleanly.` : `\n${bad}/${total} FAILED.`);
+process.exit(bad ? 1 : 0);
diff --git a/panel/check_ui_js.js b/panel/check_ui_js.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a60362
--- /dev/null
+++ b/panel/check_ui_js.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Extract every <script> block from index.html and syntax-check each with node.
+const fs = require('fs');
+const { execFileSync } = require('child_process');
+const html = fs.readFileSync('/opt/gemastik18-final/panel/static/index.html', 'utf8');
+const re = /<script(?![^>]*\bsrc=)[^>]*>([\s\S]*?)<\/script>/gi;
+let m, i = 0, bad = 0;
+while ((m = re.exec(html)) !== null) {
+  i++;
+  const code = m[1];
+  const f = `/tmp/blk_${i}.js`;
+  fs.writeFileSync(f, code);
+  try {
+    execFileSync(process.execPath, ['--check', f], { stdio: 'pipe' });
+    console.log(`  script #${i}: OK (${code.split('\n').length} lines)`);
+  } catch (e) {
+    bad++;
+    console.log(`  script #${i}: SYNTAX ERROR -> ${e.stderr.toString().split('\n').slice(0, 6).join('\n')}`);
+  }
+}
+console.log(bad === 0 ? `\nAll ${i} inline script block(s) parse cleanly.` : `\n${bad} block(s) FAILED.`);
diff --git a/panel/gen_receiver_services.py b/panel/gen_receiver_services.py
index 2361d05..d253cf4 100644
--- a/panel/gen_receiver_services.py
+++ b/panel/gen_receiver_services.py
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ def write_unit(idx: int, st: dict):
     # normalize the name to underscores here. main.py looks up the same key.
     # Same normalization applies to CHALLENGE_SCHEME_<NAME>.
     schemes = {c["name"]: c.get("scheme") for c in load_registry().get("challenges", [])}
+    # SSH login user per challenge. The panel already chpasswds the right
+    # account from this field (teams.challenge_ssh_users); the receiver must
+    # report the SAME user via /credential/<name> or participants get a login
+    # that cannot work. Registry is the single source of truth for both sides.
+    ssh_users = {c["name"]: c.get("ssh_user", "ctfuser")
+                 for c in load_registry().get("challenges", [])}
     for ch in st["ports"]:
         if ch in ("receiver", "panel"):
             continue
@@ -41,6 +47,8 @@ def write_unit(idx: int, st: dict):
         env[f"CHALLENGE_CONTAINER_{key}"] = f"{ch}_container_team{idx}"
         if schemes.get(ch):
             env[f"CHALLENGE_SCHEME_{key}"] = schemes[ch]
+        if ssh_users.get(ch):
+            env[f"SSH_USER_{st['ports'][ch]['chall']}"] = ssh_users[ch]
         # SSH passwords: checker Challenge.credentials() reads PASSWORD_<self.port>
         # where self.port is the team challenge port.
         pwd = st.get("chall_passwords", {}).get(ch)
diff --git a/panel/inject_receiver_ssh_users.py b/panel/inject_receiver_ssh_users.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8000a42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/panel/inject_receiver_ssh_users.py
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Inject SSH_USER_<port> env into the GLOBAL receiver unit (gemastik-receiver).
+
+Why: the panel's /api/credential proxy targets the global receiver on :18080,
+not the per-team receivers. That unit had no Environment= lines at all, so
+Challenge.credentials() fell back to the hardcoded 'ctfuser' literal and every
+imported XVI/XVII challenge reported a login that could never work.
+
+The registry's `ssh_user` per challenge is the single source of truth (the
+panel already chpasswds that same account). Read the port each challenge runs
+on from the global receiver's own config so the keys line up with self.port.
+"""
+import json
+import re
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+BASE = Path("/opt/gemastik18-final")
+UNIT = Path("/etc/systemd/system/gemastik-receiver.service")
+REGISTRY = BASE / "teams/challenge_registry.json"
+RECV_CONFIG = BASE / "receiver/config.py"
+
+reg = json.loads(REGISTRY.read_text())
+ssh_users = {c["name"]: c.get("ssh_user", "ctfuser") for c in reg.get("challenges", [])}
+
+# Challenge -> port used by the GLOBAL receiver. main.py builds the challenge
+# objects from CHALLENGE_PORT_* / PASSWORD_* env; with none set it falls back to
+# the pydantic settings PASSWORD_<port> in config.py, so mirror those ports.
+text = RECV_CONFIG.read_text()
+ports = {}
+for m in re.finditer(r"PASSWORD_(\d+)\s*[:=]", text):
+    ports.setdefault(m.group(1), int(m.group(1)))
+# name -> port needs the CHALLENGE_PORT mapping; take it from registry order +
+# the receiver main.py template, else fall back to PASSWORD_<port> keys.
+name_to_port = {}
+for m in re.finditer(r'"PASSWORD_(\d+)"', text):
+    name_to_port.setdefault(m.group(1), m.group(1))
+print(f"registry challenges: {len(ssh_users)}")
+
+# Build Environment lines for every challenge whose port we can resolve.
+env_lines = []
+resolved = 0
+for name, user in sorted(ssh_users.items()):
+    # The global receiver uses the node-range ports from config.py; find the
+    # port by matching the challenge name against the receiver's own mapping.
+    port = None
+    m = re.search(rf"{re.escape(name)}.*?(\d{{4,5}})", text)
+    if m:
+        port = m.group(1)
+    if not port:
+        continue
+    env_lines.append(f'Environment="SSH_USER_{port}={user}"')
+    resolved += 1
+
+if not env_lines:
+    print("ERROR: could not resolve any challenge port from config.py", file=sys.stderr)
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+body = UNIT.read_text()
+# Drop any SSH_USER_ lines we previously injected (idempotent re-runs).
+kept = [ln for ln in body.splitlines() if "SSH_USER_" not in ln]
+# Insert right after the existing Environment=PYTHONUNBUFFERED line.
+out = []
+for ln in kept:
+    out.append(ln)
+    if ln.startswith("Environment=PYTHONUNBUFFERED"):
+        out.extend(env_lines)
+if not any(ln.startswith("Environment=PYTHONUNBUFFERED") for ln in out):
+    out.extend(env_lines)
+UNIT.write_text("\n".join(out) + "\n")
+print(f"injected {resolved} SSH_USER_* lines into {UNIT}")
+
+subprocess.run(["systemctl", "daemon-reload"], check=True)
+subprocess.run(["systemctl", "restart", "gemastik-receiver"], check=True)
+print("reloaded + restarted gemastik-receiver")
diff --git a/panel/main.py b/panel/main.py
index 58bda93..d35dec3 100644
--- a/panel/main.py
+++ b/panel/main.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ async def _start_background():
 
 # Toggle jobs: Docker builds take minutes, so PATCH /api/challenges runs the
 # work on a background thread and the client polls /api/challenges/jobs/<id>.
+_DELETE_JOBS = {}
 _TOGGLE_JOBS: dict[str, dict] = {}
 
 CHALLENGES = [
@@ -216,6 +217,32 @@ async def api_team_session(idx: int, req: Request):
     """True when this browser has a valid team session for idx."""
     return {"authed": _team_authorized(req, idx)}
 
+@app.get("/api/team/{idx}/own-challenges")
+async def api_team_own_challenges(idx: int, req: Request):
+    """The challenges THIS team runs, each with the SSH login it provisions.
+
+    The terminal's challenge picker used to be a hardcoded list of only the 6
+    native GEMASTIK XVIII entries, so the 10 imported XVI/XVII challenges could
+    not be selected at all. Names + per-challenge ssh_user only -- no passwords.
+    """
+    td = orch.TEAMS_DIR / f"team{idx}"
+    if not (td / "state.json").exists():
+        raise HTTPException(404, "Team not found")
+    st = json.loads((td / "state.json").read_text())
+    if not _check_team_host(req, st):
+        raise HTTPException(403, "Akses team lain tidak diizinkan")
+    if not _team_authorized(req, idx):
+        raise HTTPException(401, "Login portal team dulu")
+    users = orch.challenge_ssh_users()
+    out = []
+    for name, _coff, _soff in orch.CHALLENGES:
+        p = st.get("ports", {}).get(name)
+        if not p:
+            continue
+        out.append({"name": name, "ssh_user": users.get(name, "ctfuser"),
+                    "port": p.get("chall"), "ssh_port": p.get("ssh")})
+    return {"challenges": out}
+
 @app.get("/api/team/{idx}/targets")
 async def api_team_targets(idx: int, req: Request):
     """Team targets — requires team login + own host. Only domain + port."""
@@ -228,6 +255,7 @@ async def api_team_targets(idx: int, req: Request):
     if not _team_authorized(req, idx):
         raise HTTPException(401, "Login portal team dulu")
     out = []
+    ssh_users = orch.challenge_ssh_users()
     for d in sorted(orch.TEAMS_DIR.glob("team*")):
         if not (d / "state.json").exists():
             continue
@@ -241,8 +269,12 @@ async def api_team_targets(idx: int, req: Request):
             out.append({
                 "team_idx": st.get("index"),
                 "team_label": st.get("label", f"Team {st.get('index')}"),
+                "challenge": name,
                 "domain": st.get("domain") or (st.get("slug", f"team{st.get('index')}") + ".attackdefense.imrnes.team"),
                 "port": p["chall"],
+                # attackers need the same login the victim container provisions;
+                # it is per-challenge, so surface it instead of assuming ctfuser
+                "ssh_user": ssh_users.get(name, "ctfuser"),
             })
     return {"targets": out}
 
@@ -496,8 +528,26 @@ async def api_deactivate(challenge: str, req: Request):
     return {"receiver_status": resp.status_code, "receiver_body": resp.text}
 
 @app.get("/api/credential/{challenge}")
-async def api_credential(challenge: str, req: Request):
+async def api_credential(challenge: str, req: Request, team: int = None):
     require_login(req)
+    # The global receiver on :18080 only knows the 6 native GEMASTIK XVIII
+    # challenges, so proxying everything there returns "Invalid challenge" for the
+    # 10 imported XVI/XVII ones -- participants saw no SSH creds at all. A team's
+    # state.json is the authority for BOTH the password and the SSH login user
+    # (the same `ssh_user` the panel chpasswds), plus the team-specific port.
+    # `?team=N` selects the team; team portal hosts imply their own index.
+    idx = team
+    if idx is None:
+        host = (req.headers.get("host") or "").split(":")[0]
+        for t in orch.all_teams():
+            dom = (t.get("domain") or "").split(":")[0]
+            if dom and dom == host:
+                idx = t.get("index")
+                break
+    if idx is not None:
+        cred = orch.challenge_credential(idx, challenge)
+        if cred:
+            return cred
     resp = await _proxy("GET", f"/credential/{challenge}")
     if resp.status_code == 200:
         return resp.json()
@@ -598,6 +648,98 @@ async def api_team_delete(idx: int, req: Request):
         raise HTTPException(500, str(e))
 
 
+@app.post("/api/teams/bulk-delete")
+async def api_teams_bulk_delete(req: Request):
+    """Delete SEVERAL teams in one background job.
+
+    Body: {"indices": [5, 6], "purge_scores": true}
+
+    Why a job and not a loop of DELETE /api/teams/{idx}: a single team takes
+    ~100 s (compose down of 16 services), so deleting four teams inline would
+    hold the request open for ~7 minutes and trip every proxy/browser timeout
+    in front of the panel. Each team is therefore deleted sequentially inside
+    ONE background thread, and the client polls a single job id.
+
+    Teams are processed one at a time on purpose. delete_team() runs
+    `docker compose -p teamN down` and regenerates shared artifacts
+    (receiver main.py, systemd units) afterwards, so running several in
+    parallel would race on those shared files.
+
+    A team that fails does NOT abort the rest: the job records the error and
+    moves on, because the point of a bulk delete is to clear stale teams and
+    one broken compose shouldn't strand the others.
+    """
+    require_login(req)
+    data = await req.json()
+    raw = data.get("indices") or data.get("indices[]") or []
+    try:
+        indices = sorted({int(i) for i in raw})
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        raise HTTPException(400, "indices must be a list of team numbers")
+    if not indices:
+        raise HTTPException(400, "No team selected")
+    if len(indices) > 20:
+        raise HTTPException(400, "Refusing to delete more than 20 teams at once")
+
+    purge = bool(data.get("purge_scores", True))
+    existing = [i for i in indices
+                if (orch.TEAMS_DIR / f"team{i}" / "state.json").exists()]
+    skipped = [i for i in indices if i not in existing]
+    if not existing:
+        raise HTTPException(404, "None of the selected teams exist")
+
+    job_id = f"bulkdel-{int(time.time())}-{len(existing)}"
+    _DELETE_JOBS[job_id] = {
+        "job": job_id, "indices": existing, "skipped": skipped,
+        "state": "running", "done": [], "errors": {},
+        "detail": "queued", "started": int(time.time()),
+    }
+
+    def _worker():
+        job = _DELETE_JOBS[job_id]
+        try:
+            for n, i in enumerate(existing, 1):
+                job["detail"] = f"menghapus team {i} ({n}/{len(existing)})"
+                try:
+                    # delete_team is blocking (subprocess + shutil), and this
+                    # runs in a plain thread, so call it directly.
+                    res = orch.delete_team(i, purge)
+                    job["done"].append({
+                        "team": i,
+                        "label": res.get("label", f"Team {i}"),
+                        "steps": res.get("steps", []),
+                        "purged": res.get("purged", {}),
+                    })
+                except Exception as e:
+                    job["errors"][str(i)] = str(e)
+            # regenerate shared artifacts once at the end, so the remaining
+            # teams' receiver main.py / systemd units stop referencing deleted ones
+            subprocess.run(
+                [sys.executable, str(orch.BASE / "panel" / "gen_receiver_services.py"), "start"],
+                check=False, capture_output=True)
+            job["state"] = "done" if not job["errors"] else "partial"
+            job["detail"] = "complete" if not job["errors"] else "completed with errors"
+        except Exception as e:
+            job["state"] = "error"
+            job["detail"] = str(e)
+        finally:
+            job["finished"] = int(time.time())
+
+    threading.Thread(target=_worker, name=f"bulkdel-{job_id}", daemon=True).start()
+    return {"ok": True, "job": job_id, "state": "running",
+            "indices": existing, "skipped": skipped}
+
+
+@app.get("/api/teams/bulk-delete/{job_id}")
+async def api_teams_bulk_delete_job(job_id: str, req: Request):
+    """Poll a bulk team delete started by POST /api/teams/bulk-delete."""
+    require_login(req)
+    job = _DELETE_JOBS.get(job_id)
+    if not job:
+        raise HTTPException(404, "Unknown job")
+    return job
+
+
 @app.post("/api/teams/{idx}/ufw")
 async def api_team_ufw(idx: int, req: Request):
     """Reconcile UFW rules for a team's port block.
@@ -858,7 +1000,14 @@ async def team_ssh_ws(ws: WebSocket, idx: int):
         await ws.close(code=4002, reason="unknown challenge")
         return
     recv_port = st["ports"][chall]["ssh"]
-    user = st.get("ssh_user", "ctfuser")
+    # The SSH login is PER-CHALLENGE, not per-team. Only the 6 native GEMASTIK
+    # XVIII images provision `ctfuser`; every imported XVI/XVII image does
+    # `RUN echo root:${PASSWORD} | chpasswd`. Reading st["ssh_user"] (a single
+    # team-wide value, default ctfuser) made the web terminal log in as ctfuser
+    # for all 16 challenges, so 10 of them always failed with "Permission denied".
+    # challenge_ssh_users() reads the registry -- the same field set_ssh_passwords()
+    # chpasswds -- so the login and the password can never drift apart.
+    user = orch.challenge_ssh_users().get(chall) or st.get("ssh_user", "ctfuser")
     # each challenge container has its own password (chall_passwords);
     # ssh_pass is the portal login password (may differ).
     pw = st.get("chall_passwords", {}).get(chall) or st.get("ssh_pass", "")
diff --git a/panel/static/guide.html b/panel/static/guide.html
index 989c5f0..2aa79c8 100644
--- a/panel/static/guide.html
+++ b/panel/static/guide.html
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@
       <li>Buka <b>portal tim kamu</b> (domain dari panitia).</li>
       <li>Login dengan <b>password SSH tim</b>.</li>
       <li>Tab <b>🖥️ Terminal SSH</b> → pilih challenge → <b>Sambung</b>.</li>
-      <li>Langsung masuk sebagai <code>ctfuser</code> — tanpa perlu aplikasi SSH.</li>
+      <li>Langsung masuk sebagai user yang tertera di dropdown — <code>ctfuser</code> untuk 6 challenge native GEMASTIK XVIII, <code>root</code> untuk challenge XVI/XVII import — tanpa perlu aplikasi SSH.</li>
     </ol>
     <h3>Cara 2 — SSH Client (opsional)</h3>
-    <div class="sshbox">ssh ctfuser@43.134.105.109 -p &lt;PORT_SSH&gt;</div>
+    <div class="sshbox">ssh &lt;USER&gt;@43.134.105.109 -p &lt;PORT_SSH&gt;</div>
     <p>Contoh: untuk challenge <code>blogpost</code> tim 1, port SSH = <code>31022</code>.</p>
   </div>
 
diff --git a/panel/static/index.html b/panel/static/index.html
index 678c57b..4ef3b67 100644
--- a/panel/static/index.html
+++ b/panel/static/index.html
@@ -171,6 +171,12 @@
       <button class="danger" onclick="stopAllTeams()">⏹ Stop CTF (semua)</button>
     </div>
   </div>
+  <div id="bulkDelBar" style="display:none;margin:10px 0"></div>
+  <div class="card" style="margin-bottom:10px;display:flex;gap:10px;align-items:center;flex-wrap:wrap">
+    <button onclick="selectAllTeams(true)">☑️ Pilih semua</button>
+    <button onclick="clearTeamSelection()">☐ Kosongkan</button>
+    <span style="font-size:11px;color:#718096">Centang tim di kiri nama untuk hapus massal sekaligus</span>
+  </div>
   <div class="grid" id="teamsGrid"></div>
   <div class="card" style="margin-top:16px">
     <div class="team-head">
@@ -445,6 +451,11 @@ async function toggleChallenge(name, enabled) {
   }
 }
 // ---------- Challenges ----------
+// The admin challenge grid is a global node view with no team of its own, so it
+// asks for credentials without ?team= and the server falls back to the receiver.
+// Team-scoped pages pass their own index instead.
+function TEAM_Q() { return ''; }
+
 async function refresh() {
   const grid = document.getElementById('grid');
   try {
@@ -474,9 +485,11 @@ async function refresh() {
           <button onclick="viewCred('${esc(ch.name)}')">SSH</button>
         </div>
       </div>`;
-      fetch(`/api/credential/${ch.name}`).then(r=>r.json()).then(c => {
+      fetch(`/api/credential/${ch.name}${TEAM_Q()}`).then(r=>r.json()).then(c => {
         const el = document.getElementById('creds-' + ch.name);
-        if (el && c.username) el.innerHTML = `<b>ctfuser</b> / <b>${esc(c.password)}</b>`;
+        // Use the username the server reports: it is per-challenge (ctfuser for
+        // the 6 native XVIII images, root for the imported XVI/XVII ones).
+        if (el && c.username) el.innerHTML = `<b>${esc(c.username)}</b> / <b>${esc(c.password)}</b>`;
       }).catch(()=>{});
     }
     grid.innerHTML = html;
@@ -515,12 +528,17 @@ async function submitFlag() {
 
 async function viewCred(ch) {
   try {
-    const c = await api(`/api/credential/${ch}`);
+    const c = await api(`/api/credential/${ch}${TEAM_Q()}`);
+    // user + port both come from the server: the SSH login is per-challenge and
+    // the port is per-team, so a hardcoded table went stale for every imported
+    // challenge and for any team other than the first.
+    const user = c.username || 'ctfuser';
+    const port = c.port || 10022;
+    const host = `${ch}.attackdefense.imrnes.team`;
     document.getElementById('mcTitle').textContent = 'SSH Credentials — ' + ch;
-    const sshPort = {blogpost:10022, carbeat:11022, cdn:12022, phew:13022, sheesh:14022, warmup:15022}[ch] || 10022;
-    const cmd = `ssh ctfuser@${ch}.attackdefense.imrnes.team -p ${sshPort}`;
+    const cmd = `ssh ${user}@${host} -p ${port}`;
     document.getElementById('mcBody').innerHTML =
-      `<div>User: <b>ctfuser</b></div>
+      `<div>User: <b>${esc(user)}</b></div>
        <div>Pass: <b>${esc(c.password)}</b></div>
        <div style="margin-top:10px">SSH:</div>
        <div class="flag" style="margin-top:6px">${esc(cmd)}</div>`;
@@ -721,6 +739,87 @@ function topoReset() { topoScale = 1; topoPanX = 0; topoPanY = 0; applyTopoView(
 
 // ---------- Teams ----------
 let TEAM_LABELS = {};   // idx -> label, filled by loadTeams (for confirm dialogs)
+let TEAM_SELECTED = new Set();   // idx ticked for bulk delete
+
+function renderTeamSelectBar() {
+  const bar = document.getElementById('bulkDelBar');
+  if (!bar) return;
+  const n = TEAM_SELECTED.size;
+  if (!n) { bar.style.display = 'none'; bar.innerHTML = ''; return; }
+  const names = [...TEAM_SELECTED].sort((a, b) => a - b)
+    .map(i => `#${i} ${esc(TEAM_LABELS[i] || '')}`).join(', ');
+  bar.style.display = 'block';
+  bar.innerHTML =
+    `<div style="display:flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;flex-wrap:wrap">
+       <b style="color:#f6ad55">${n} tim dipilih</b>
+       <span style="color:#a0aec0;font-size:12px">${esc(names)}</span>
+       <button class="danger" onclick="bulkDeleteTeams()">🗑️ Hapus ${n} Tim Sekaligus</button>
+       <button onclick="clearTeamSelection()">Batalkan pilihan</button>
+     </div>`;
+}
+
+function toggleTeamSelect(idx, on) {
+  if (on) TEAM_SELECTED.add(idx); else TEAM_SELECTED.delete(idx);
+  const cb = document.getElementById(`teamSel${idx}`);
+  if (cb) cb.checked = on;
+  renderTeamSelectBar();
+}
+
+function selectAllTeams(on) {
+  TEAM_SELECTED.clear();
+  if (on) for (const k of Object.keys(TEAM_LABELS)) TEAM_SELECTED.add(Number(k));
+  for (const k of Object.keys(TEAM_LABELS)) {
+    const cb = document.getElementById(`teamSel${k}`);
+    if (cb) cb.checked = on && TEAM_SELECTED.has(Number(k));
+  }
+  renderTeamSelectBar();
+}
+
+function clearTeamSelection() { selectAllTeams(false); }
+
+async function bulkDeleteTeams() {
+  const idx = [...TEAM_SELECTED].sort((a, b) => a - b);
+  if (!idx.length) { toast('Pilih minimal satu tim dulu', true); return; }
+  const names = idx.map(i => `#${i} ${TEAM_LABELS[i] || ''}`).join(', ');
+  if (!confirm(
+    `🗑️ HAPUS ${idx.length} TIM SEKALIGUS?\n\n${names}\n\n` +
+    `Yang akan dihapus (semua tim di atas):\n` +
+    `• Semua container challenge\n• Receiver + systemd unit\n` +
+    `• Folder team (port, flag, kredensial)\n• Port firewall UFW\n` +
+    `• Domain Traefik\n• Skor & riwayat leaderboard\n\n` +
+    `⚠️ TIDAK BISA dibatalkan.`)) return;
+  showLoading(`Menghapus ${idx.length} tim (${names})…<br>Compose down 16 service per tim, bisa beberapa menit`);
+  try {
+    const d = await api('/api/teams/bulk-delete', {
+      method: 'POST', headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
+      body: JSON.stringify({indices: idx, purge_scores: true})
+    });
+    // One team takes ~100s, so poll a single job instead of blocking here.
+    const final = await pollJob(`/api/teams/bulk-delete/${d.job}`, 1500);
+    const done = final.done || [];
+    const errs = final.errors || {};
+    let msg = `Terhapus ${done.length}/${idx.length} tim`;
+    if (Object.keys(errs).length) msg += ` · gagal: ${Object.keys(errs).join(', ')}`;
+    const purged = done.reduce((a, x) =>
+      a + Object.values(x.purged || {}).reduce((p, q) => p + q, 0), 0);
+    if (purged) msg += ` · ${purged} skor dibersihkan`;
+    toast(msg, Object.keys(errs).length > 0);
+    TEAM_SELECTED.clear();
+    loadTeams();
+    if (document.getElementById('view-topo').classList.contains('active')) loadTopo();
+  } catch (e) { toast('Bulk delete gagal: ' + e.message, true); }
+  finally { hideLoading(); }
+}
+
+async function pollJob(url, everyMs) {
+  for (;;) {
+    const j = await api(url);
+    if (j.state !== 'running') return j;
+    const el = document.querySelector('#loadingText');
+    if (el && j.detail) el.innerHTML = `${esc(j.detail)}…<br><span style="font-size:11px">${esc(url.split('/').pop())}</span>`;
+    await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, everyMs));
+  }
+}
 
 async function loadTeams() {
   try {
@@ -729,15 +828,22 @@ async function loadTeams() {
     loadLeaderboard();
     TEAM_LABELS = {};
     for (const t of d.teams) TEAM_LABELS[t.index] = t.label || ('Team ' + t.index);
+    // drop selections for teams that no longer exist
+    for (const i of [...TEAM_SELECTED]) if (!(i in TEAM_LABELS)) TEAM_SELECTED.delete(i);
     const grid = document.getElementById('teamsGrid');
-    if (!d.teams.length) { grid.innerHTML = '<div class="card"><span style="color:#718096">Belum ada team. Set jumlah team untuk auto-create.</span></div>'; return; }
+    if (!d.teams.length) { grid.innerHTML = '<div class="card"><span style="color:#718096">Belum ada team. Set jumlah team untuk auto-create.</span></div>'; renderTeamSelectBar(); return; }
     let html = '';
     for (const t of d.teams) {
       const alive = t.status === 'running';
       const dom = t.domain || '';
+      const sel = TEAM_SELECTED.has(t.index);
       html += `<div class="card ${alive ? '' : 'dead'}">
         <div class="team-head">
-          <span class="ch-name">${esc(t.label || ('Team ' + t.index))}</span>
+          <label style="display:flex;align-items:center;gap:6px;cursor:pointer;user-select:none" title="Pilih untuk hapus massal">
+            <input type="checkbox" id="teamSel${t.index}" ${sel ? 'checked' : ''}
+                   onchange="toggleTeamSelect(${t.index}, this.checked)">
+            <span class="ch-name">${esc(t.label || ('Team ' + t.index))}</span>
+          </label>
           <span class="status ${alive ? 'up' : 'down'}">${alive ? '● RUNNING' : '● STOPPED'}</span>
         </div>
         <div class="kv">
@@ -758,6 +864,7 @@ async function loadTeams() {
       </div>`;
     }
     grid.innerHTML = html;
+    renderTeamSelectBar();
   } catch (e) { toast('Teams gagal: ' + e.message, true); }
 }
 
diff --git a/panel/static/team.html b/panel/static/team.html
index 73343dd..abbbd71 100644
--- a/panel/static/team.html
+++ b/panel/static/team.html
@@ -126,20 +126,13 @@
       <div class="card">
         <h2>🖥️ SSH Terminal — pilih challenge</h2>
         <div class="term-toolbar">
-          <select id="termChall" style="width:200px" onchange="connectTerm()">
-            <option value="blogpost">blogpost (web)</option>
-            <option value="carbeat">carbeat (pwn)</option>
-            <option value="cdn">cdn (web)</option>
-            <option value="phew">phew (crypto)</option>
-            <option value="sheesh">sheesh (crypto)</option>
-            <option value="warmup">warmup</option>
-          </select>
+          <select id="termChall" style="width:200px" onchange="connectTerm()"></select>
           <button class="ghost" onclick="connectTerm()">🔄 Sambung</button>
           <span id="termStatus">Belum tersambung</span>
         </div>
         <div id="termWrap"><div id="term"></div></div>
         <div style="margin-top:10px;font-size:12px;color:var(--dim)">
-          SSH otomatis login sebagai <code>ctfuser</code> ke container challenge timmu. Koneksi diputus setelah idle.
+          SSH otomatis login ke container challenge timmu. User <b>ctfuser</b> untuk 6 challenge native GEMASTIK XVIII, <b>root</b> untuk challenge XVI/XVII hasil import — user shown di dropdown. Koneksi diputus setelah idle.
         </div>
       </div>
     </div>
@@ -214,12 +207,13 @@
         <h3>2. Login via Web Terminal</h3>
         <ol>
           <li>Buka tab <b>🖥️ Terminal SSH</b>.</li>
-          <li>Pilih challenge (misal <code>blogpost</code>).</li>
-          <li>Klik <b>Sambung</b> — otomatis login sebagai <code>ctfuser</code>.</li>
+          <li>Pilih challenge (misal <code>blogpost</code>) — user SSH-nya tercetak di dropdown.</li>
+          <li>Klik <b>Sambung</b> — otomatis login sebagai user yang tertera.</li>
         </ol>
 
         <h3>3. Login via SSH biasa (opsional)</h3>
-        <div class="sshbox">ssh ctfuser@43.134.105.109 -p &lt;PORT_SSH&gt;
+        <div class="sshbox">ssh &lt;USER&gt;@43.134.105.109 -p &lt;PORT_SSH&gt;
+# user: ctfuser (XVIII native) atau root (XVI/XVII import)
 # password = password tim kamu</div>
 
         <h3>4. Command yang berguna</h3>
@@ -294,6 +288,7 @@ async function doLogin() {
     loadInfo();
     loadTargetDropdown();  // target dropdown needs auth — refresh after login
     loadTargets();
+    loadTermChallenges();  // SSH picker: all challenges this team has, not just 6
   } else {
     err.textContent = 'Password salah. Coba lagi.';
     err.style.display = 'block';
@@ -322,6 +317,40 @@ async function loadInfo() {
   } catch (e) {}
 }
 
+// Populate the SSH challenge picker from the challenges THIS team actually has.
+// It used to be a hardcoded list of only the 6 native GEMASTIK XVIII entries,
+// so the 10 imported XVI/XVII challenges were unreachable from the terminal.
+async function loadTermChallenges() {
+  const sel = document.getElementById('termChall');
+  try {
+    const d = await api(`/api/team/${TEAM_ID}/targets`);
+    const all = (d.targets || []);
+    // /targets lists OTHER teams; union it with this team's own challenge set so
+    // the picker reflects the full local roster.
+    const names = new Map();
+    for (const t of all) if (t.challenge) names.set(t.challenge, t.ssh_user || 'ctfuser');
+    const own = await api(`/api/team/${TEAM_ID}/own-challenges`);
+    for (const c of (own.challenges || [])) {
+      names.set(c.name, c.ssh_user || 'ctfuser');
+    }
+    const keep = sel.value;
+    sel.innerHTML = '';
+    for (const [name, user] of [...names.entries()].sort()) {
+      const o = document.createElement('option');
+      o.value = name;
+      o.textContent = `${name} (${user})`;
+      o.dataset.sshUser = user;
+      sel.appendChild(o);
+    }
+    if (keep && names.has(keep)) sel.value = keep;
+    SSH_USERS = Object.fromEntries(names);
+  } catch (e) {
+    sel.innerHTML = '<option value="">gagal memuat challenge</option>';
+  }
+}
+
+let SSH_USERS = {};
+
 async function loadTargets() {
   const box = document.getElementById('targetList');
   const d = await api(`/api/team/${TEAM_ID}/targets`);
@@ -329,7 +358,10 @@ async function loadTargets() {
   if (!targets.length) { box.textContent = 'Belum ada tim musuh.'; return; }
   let html = '=== TARGET MUSUH ===\n\n';
   for (const t of targets) {
-    html += `${esc(t.domain)}:${t.port}\n`;
+    // The login is per-challenge: ctfuser for the 6 native XVIII images, root
+    // for the imported XVI/XVII ones. Showing a fixed ctfuser sent attackers to
+    // a login that could never work.
+    html += `${esc(t.domain)}:${t.port}  (${esc(t.ssh_user || 'ctfuser')})\n`;
   }
   box.textContent = html;
 }
@@ -348,7 +380,8 @@ function connectTerm() {
 
   ws = new WebSocket(url);
   status.textContent = 'Menghubungkan…';
-  ws.onopen = () => { status.textContent = `● tersambung ke ${chall} (ctfuser)`; term.focus(); };
+  const asUser = (SSH_USERS[chall] || 'ctfuser');
+  ws.onopen = () => { status.textContent = `● tersambung ke ${chall} (${asUser})`; term.focus(); };
   ws.onmessage = ev => term.write(ev.data);
   ws.onclose = ev => { status.textContent = '✖ terputus (' + (ev.reason || 'closed') + ')'; };
   ws.onerror = () => { status.textContent = '✖ error koneksi'; };
diff --git a/panel/teams.py b/panel/teams.py
index 0bc0408..76ae0bd 100644
--- a/panel/teams.py
+++ b/panel/teams.py
@@ -607,6 +607,56 @@ def challenge_ssh_users() -> dict:
     return out
 
 
+def all_teams() -> list:
+    """Every team that still has a state.json, newest index last."""
+    out = []
+    for d in sorted(TEAMS_DIR.glob("team*")):
+        sf = d / "state.json"
+        if not sf.exists():
+            continue
+        try:
+            st = json.loads(sf.read_text())
+        except Exception:
+            continue
+        if "index" in st:
+            out.append(st)
+    return out
+
+
+def team_state(idx: int):
+    """state.json for one team, or None if that team doesn't exist."""
+    sf = TEAMS_DIR / f"team{idx}" / "state.json"
+    if not sf.exists():
+        return None
+    try:
+        return json.loads(sf.read_text())
+    except Exception:
+        return None
+
+
+def challenge_credential(idx: int, name: str):
+    """{username, password, port} a participant should actually use for SSH.
+
+    Reads the TEAM's state.json rather than the receiver: the global receiver on
+    :18080 only knows the 6 native GEMASTIK XVIII challenges, so asking it for
+    an imported XVI/XVII challenge returns "Invalid challenge" and the UI showed
+    participants nothing at all. The registry `ssh_user` is the same field the
+    panel chpasswds, so the two can never drift.
+    """
+    st = team_state(idx)
+    if not st:
+        return None
+    pwd = (st.get("chall_passwords") or {}).get(name)
+    if not pwd:
+        return None
+    return {
+        "username": challenge_ssh_users().get(name, "ctfuser"),
+        "password": pwd,
+        "port": ((st.get("ports") or {}).get(name) or {}).get("chall"),
+        "team": idx,
+    }
+
+
 def set_ssh_passwords(idx: int):
     """Set the SSH password for the CORRECT login of each challenge container.
 
diff --git a/panel/test_bulk_delete_ui.js b/panel/test_bulk_delete_ui.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..464b973
--- /dev/null
+++ b/panel/test_bulk_delete_ui.js
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+// Functional DOM test of the bulk-delete checkbox UI.
+// Loads the REAL index.html into jsdom, stubs fetch, and drives the actual
+// render + selection functions. Proves: checkboxes render, select-all works,
+// the bar appears only when a selection exists, and the payload is right.
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+const { JSDOM } = require(path.join('/tmp/uitest/node_modules/jsdom'));
+
+const html = fs.readFileSync('/opt/gemastik18-final/panel/static/index.html', 'utf8');
+
+// Fake 4 teams, mirroring the real API shape.
+const FAKE_TEAMS = {
+  teams: [
+    { index: 1, label: 'Max',    status: 'running', ports: {}, domain: 'max.attackdefense.imrnes.team' },
+    { index: 2, label: 'Aryma',  status: 'running', ports: {}, domain: 'aryma.attackdefense.imrnes.team' },
+    { index: 3, label: 'Ken',    status: 'running', ports: {}, domain: 'ken.attackdefense.imrnes.team' },
+  ],
+};
+
+const calls = [];
+const dom = new JSDOM(html, { runScripts: 'dangerously', url: 'https://attackdefense.imrnes.team/' });
+
+dom.window.fetch = async (url, opts) => {
+  calls.push({ url: String(url), method: (opts && opts.method) || 'GET', body: opts && opts.body });
+  const u = String(url);
+  if (u.endsWith('/api/teams') && !(opts && opts.method)) {
+    return { ok: true, json: async () => FAKE_TEAMS };
+  }
+  if (u.includes('/api/teams/bulk-delete/') && !(opts && opts.method)) {
+    return { ok: true, json: async () => ({ state: 'done', done: [{ team: 2 }], errors: {} }) };
+  }
+  return { ok: true, json: async () => ({ ok: true }) };
+};
+dom.window.confirm = () => true;
+
+const w = dom.window, d = w.document;
+// jsdom keeps top-level `let` out of window, so read it through eval in the page.
+const sel_set = () => w.eval('TEAM_SELECTED');
+const call = (fn) => w.eval(`${fn}()`);
+let pass = 0, fail = 0;
+const ok = (name, cond, extra) => {
+  if (cond) { pass++; console.log('  PASS  ' + name); }
+  else { fail++; console.log('  FAIL  ' + name + (extra ? '  -> ' + extra : '')); }
+};
+
+(async () => {
+  // Drive the real page init: it calls loadTeams on DOMContentLoaded.
+  await w.loadTeams();
+
+  const boxes = () => Array.from(d.querySelectorAll('input[id^="teamSel"]'));
+  ok('one checkbox per team rendered', boxes().length === 3, 'got ' + boxes().length);
+  ok('checkbox id encodes the team index', boxes()[0] && boxes()[0].id === 'teamSel1',
+     boxes()[0] && boxes()[0].id);
+  ok('checkbox onchange passes the index', boxes()[0] && /toggleTeamSelect\(1,/.test(boxes()[0].getAttribute('onchange') || ''),
+     boxes()[0] && boxes()[0].getAttribute('onchange'));
+
+  // Bar hidden with no selection.
+  const bar = d.getElementById('bulkDelBar');
+  ok('bar exists', !!bar);
+  ok('bar hidden when nothing selected', bar && bar.style.display === 'none',
+     bar && bar.style.display);
+
+  // Tick team 2 -> bar appears, count updates.
+  boxes()[1].checked = true;
+  boxes()[1].dispatchEvent(new w.Event('change', { bubbles: true }));
+  ok('bar shows after first tick', bar.style.display !== 'none', bar.style.display);
+  ok('TEAM_SELECTED holds team2', sel_set().has(2) && sel_set().size === 1,
+     'size=' + sel_set().size);
+  ok('bar mentions 1 team', /1\b/.test(bar.textContent), JSON.stringify(bar.textContent.trim().slice(0, 60)));
+
+  // Select all -> every team ticked. The button drives selectAllTeams(true).
+  const allBtn = Array.from(d.querySelectorAll('button'))
+    .find(b => /selectAllTeams\(true\)/.test(b.getAttribute('onclick') || ''));
+  ok('select-all button exists', !!allBtn);
+  allBtn.click();
+  ok('select-all ticks every box', boxes().every(b => b.checked));
+  ok('TEAM_SELECTED has all 3', sel_set().size === 3, 'size=' + sel_set().size);
+  ok('bar shows 3 teams', /3/.test(bar.textContent));
+
+  // Bulk delete issues ONE POST with the selected indices.
+  calls.length = 0;
+  const goBtn = Array.from(d.querySelectorAll('#bulkDelBar button'))
+    .find(b => /bulkDeleteTeams\(\)/.test(b.getAttribute('onclick') || ''));
+  ok('bulk delete button appears in the bar', !!goBtn);
+  goBtn.click();
+  await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 400));
+  const post = calls.find(c => c.url.includes('bulk-delete') && c.method === 'POST');
+  ok('bulk delete POSTs once', !!post, JSON.stringify(calls.map(c => c.method + ' ' + c.url)));
+  if (post) {
+    const payload = JSON.parse(post.body);
+    ok('payload carries all 3 indices', JSON.stringify(payload.indices) === '[1,2,3]',
+       JSON.stringify(payload));
+  }
+
+  // Clear selection hides the bar again.
+  call('clearTeamSelection');
+  ok('clear empties selection', sel_set().size === 0);
+  ok('bar hidden after clear', bar.style.display === 'none', bar.style.display);
+  ok('checkboxes cleared too', boxes().every(b => !b.checked));
+
+  console.log(`\n  ${pass} passed, ${fail} failed`);
+  process.exit(fail === 0 ? 0 : 1);
+})();
diff --git a/panel/verify_cred_users.py b/panel/verify_cred_users.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c598439
--- /dev/null
+++ b/panel/verify_cred_users.py
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Verify /api/credential reports the SSH user the container ACTUALLY has.
+
+The panel proxies to the global receiver, which only knows the 6 native
+GEMASTIK XVIII challenges -- the 10 imported XVI/XVII ones 500 there. For those
+the UI must read the credential from the TEAM's own receiver (which is the
+one that actually runs the checkers), not from :18080.
+
+This test reports, per team, the username /credential would show vs the
+`ssh_user` the registry (and chpasswd) uses.
+"""
+import json
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import urllib.request
+import urllib.error
+import base64
+from pathlib import Path
+
+BASE = Path("/opt/gemastik18-final")
+ENV = BASE / "panel/.env"
+cfg = {}
+for line in ENV.read_text().splitlines():
+    if "=" in line and not line.startswith("#"):
+        k, v = line.split("=", 1)
+        cfg[k.strip()] = v.strip()
+
+PANEL = "http://127.0.0.1:18081"
+
+def post(path, payload, cookie=None):
+    data = json.dumps(payload).encode()
+    req = urllib.request.Request(PANEL + path, data=data, method="POST",
+                                 headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"})
+    if cookie:
+        req.add_header("Cookie", cookie)
+    with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30) as r:
+        return r.read().decode(), r.headers.get("Set-Cookie", "")
+
+body, setc = post("/api/login", {"user": cfg.get("PANEL_ADMIN_USER", "admin"),
+                                 "pass": cfg.get("PANEL_ADMIN_PASS", "")})
+cookie = "; ".join(s.split(";")[0] for s in setc.split(",") if "=" in s)
+print("login:", body)
+
+def get(path):
+    req = urllib.request.Request(PANEL + path, headers={"Cookie": cookie})
+    try:
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=60) as r:
+            return r.read().decode()
+    except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+        return f"HTTP {e.code}"
+
+reg = json.loads((BASE / "teams/challenge_registry.json").read_text())
+ssh_users = {c["name"]: c.get("ssh_user", "ctfuser") for c in reg.get("challenges", [])}
+
+teams = json.loads(get("/api/teams"))["teams"]
+ok = bad = 0
+for t in teams:
+    idx = t["index"]
+    st = json.loads((BASE / f"teams/team{idx}/state.json").read_text())
+    names = list(st["ports"].keys())
+    names = [n for n in names if n not in ("receiver", "panel")]
+    print(f"\n=== team{idx} ({t.get('label')}) — {len(names)} challenges ===")
+    for n in sorted(names):
+        raw = get(f"/api/credential/{n}?team={idx}")
+        try:
+            d = json.loads(raw)
+        except Exception:
+            d = {"error": raw[:40]}
+        want = ssh_users.get(n, "?")
+        got = d.get("username")
+        haspw = bool(d.get("password"))
+        if got == want and haspw:
+            print(f"  {n:<15} {got:<8} pw={'yes' if haspw else 'NO '}  OK")
+            ok += 1
+        else:
+            note = "" if got else f"  <- {d.get('error', raw)[:30]}"
+            print(f"  {n:<15} {str(got):<8} want={want:<8} pw={'yes' if haspw else 'NO '}{note}")
+            bad += 1
+
+print(f"\n{ok} correct, {bad} wrong/missing")
+sys.exit(0)
diff --git a/panel/verify_ssh_e2e.py b/panel/verify_ssh_e2e.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6848b85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/panel/verify_ssh_e2e.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""End-to-end: does the credential the panel SHOWS actually log in over SSH?
+
+The bug being regression-tested: the panel/terminal reported `ctfuser` for all
+16 challenges, but 10 of them (the imported XVI/XVII images) only provision
+`root`, so every participant login was refused. A correct-looking JSON payload
+proves nothing -- this opens a real paramiko session per challenge with exactly
+the username/password/port the UI hands out.
+"""
+import json
+import sys
+import paramiko
+from pathlib import Path
+
+BASE = Path("/opt/gemastik18-final")
+sys.path.insert(0, str(BASE / "panel"))
+import teams  # noqa: E402
+
+TEAM = int(sys.argv[1]) if len(sys.argv) > 1 else 1
+st = teams.team_state(TEAM)
+if not st:
+    print(f"team{TEAM} has no state.json")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+users = teams.challenge_ssh_users()
+ok = bad = 0
+failures = []
+
+for name, _coff, _soff in teams.CHALLENGES:
+    p = st.get("ports", {}).get(name)
+    if not p:
+        continue
+    user = users.get(name, "ctfuser")
+    pw = st.get("chall_passwords", {}).get(name) or ""
+    port = p["ssh"]
+    cli = paramiko.SSHClient()
+    cli.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
+    try:
+        cli.connect("127.0.0.1", port=port, username=user, password=pw,
+                    timeout=12, allow_agent=False, look_for_keys=False)
+        _, out, _ = cli.exec_command("whoami; hostname", timeout=12)
+        got = out.read().decode().strip().replace("\n", " | ")
+        # The container must actually be the account we claim it is.
+        actual = got.split(" | ")[0].strip() if got else "?"
+        if actual == user:
+            print(f"  {name:<15} {user:<8} :{port}  OK   -> {got}")
+            ok += 1
+        else:
+            print(f"  {name:<15} {user:<8} :{port}  WHOAMI MISMATCH -> {got}")
+            failures.append((name, user, actual))
+            bad += 1
+    except Exception as e:
+        msg = type(e).__name__
+        print(f"  {name:<15} {user:<8} :{port}  LOGIN FAILED ({msg})")
+        failures.append((name, user, msg))
+        bad += 1
+    finally:
+        try:
+            cli.close()
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+print(f"\nteam{TEAM}: {ok} logins OK, {bad} failed")
+if failures:
+    print("failures:")
+    for f in failures:
+        print("  ", f)
+sys.exit(1 if bad else 0)
diff --git a/receiver/challenges/Challenge.py b/receiver/challenges/Challenge.py
index 1038407..9b4384f 100644
--- a/receiver/challenges/Challenge.py
+++ b/receiver/challenges/Challenge.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import logging
+import os
 import random
 import string
 
@@ -30,7 +31,13 @@ class Challenge(object):
         pwd = os.environ.get(f'PASSWORD_{self.port}')
         if not pwd:
             pwd = getattr(self.settings, f'PASSWORD_{self.port}', '')
+        # SSH login user is PER-CHALLENGE, not per-package: the imported XVI/XVII
+        # Dockerfiles do `echo root:${PASSWORD} | chpasswd`, so a hardcoded
+        # ctfuser here handed participants a login that could never work.
+        # gen_receiver_services.py injects SSH_USER_<port> from the registry,
+        # which is the single source of truth; the literal is only a fallback.
+        user = os.environ.get(f'SSH_USER_{self.port}', 'ctfuser')
         return {
-            'username': 'ctfuser',
+            'username': user,
             'password': pwd,
         }
diff --git a/receiver/challenges/xvii/Challenge.py b/receiver/challenges/xvii/Challenge.py
index 8be6cae..cde6a0c 100644
--- a/receiver/challenges/xvii/Challenge.py
+++ b/receiver/challenges/xvii/Challenge.py
@@ -42,7 +42,13 @@ class Challenge(object):
         pwd = os.environ.get(f'PASSWORD_{self.port}')
         if not pwd:
             pwd = getattr(self.settings, f'PASSWORD_{self.port}', '')
+        # SSH login user is PER-CHALLENGE, not per-package: the imported XVII
+        # Dockerfiles also do `echo root:${PASSWORD} | chpasswd`, so reporting
+        # ctfuser here handed participants a login that could never work.
+        # gen_receiver_services.py injects SSH_USER_<port> from the registry,
+        # which is the single source of truth; the literal is only a fallback.
+        user = os.environ.get(f'SSH_USER_{self.port}', 'ctfuser')
         return {
-            'username': 'ctfuser',
+            'username': user,
             'password': pwd,
         }
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