diff --git a/apps/dao/sqlite.go b/apps/dao/sqlite.go
index 7179097..1e68919 100644
--- a/apps/dao/sqlite.go
+++ b/apps/dao/sqlite.go
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func ensureSecureBootstrapPeer() error {
 	name := "bootstrap-admin-peer"
 	authID := "bootstrap-admin-peer"
 	remark := "bootstrap peer seeded from HY2XS_ADMIN_CON_PASS"
-	quota := int64(0)
+	quota := int64(-1)
 	download := int64(0)
 	upload := int64(0)
 	expires := int64(0)
diff --git a/tools/build/lib/acceptance.sh b/tools/build/lib/acceptance.sh
index e33d0cf..642a156 100644
--- a/tools/build/lib/acceptance.sh
+++ b/tools/build/lib/acceptance.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ run_fix20_acceptance_subset() {
   grep -q 'unexpected auth status without machine token' orchestrator/src/steps/smoke.ts || fail "acceptance: missing 403 negative smoke for auth without machine token"
   grep -q 'hysteria2/auth?access_token=\${context.config.hysteriaTrafficStatsSecret}' orchestrator/src/steps/smoke.ts || fail "acceptance: smoke auth URL is not tokenized"
 
+  log_step "Acceptance: bootstrap peer can pass auth smoke"
+  grep -q 'quota := int64(-1)' apps/dao/sqlite.go || fail "acceptance: bootstrap peer quota must be unlimited (-1), otherwise install auth smoke fails"
+
   log_step "Acceptance: env rendering maps machine token and fails on unresolved placeholders"
   grep -q 'HYSTERIA_API_SECRET: context.config.hysteriaTrafficStatsSecret' orchestrator/src/steps/env.ts || fail "acceptance: writePostInstallEnv must pass HYSTERIA_API_SECRET"
   grep -q 'template render failed: unresolved placeholders' orchestrator/src/lib/fs.ts || fail "acceptance: renderTemplate must fail on unresolved placeholders"