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Various CLI commands used inconsistent handling of the --limit/node parameter, sometimes not even reporting an error when the resulting nodeset was empty. This commit introduces a consistent handling of the --limit parameter (sometimes derived from 'node' parameter).

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🟡 Changes recommended

Explicit configuration limits bypass unmanaged and unprovisioned node filtering, allowing excluded targets into deployment.

1 open issue

• Preserve unmanaged and unprovisioned node filtering with --limit · New

3 resolved since last review

• Reject explicitly empty node selectors
• Allow lifecycle operations on unprovisioned nodes
• Allow inspection of unprovisioned and unmanaged nodes

_{Review effort: Balanced}