A partner's conf is in the RAM cache, not CONF_DIR, and a commented-out template entry is not configuration

Plugin/unraid/include/watchdog.php

@@ -138,7 +138,15 @@ function vv_wd_bash_assoc(string $raw, string $varname): array {
     // declare -A VARNAME=( ["key"]=val ["key2"]=val2 )
     if (!preg_match('/^\s*declare\s+-A\s+' . preg_quote($varname, '/') . '\s*=\s*\(\s*(.*?)\s*\)/ms', $raw, $m))
         return [];
-    preg_match_all('/\["([^"]+)"\]\s*=\s*"?([^"\s\)]*)"?/', $m[1], $pairs);
+    // Strip comments before matching, from # to end of line. Without this a commented-out
+    // template entry — `# ["Emby"]=18432`, which is how every host*.conf ships — parses as a
+    // live memory limit. It never showed on this host because this host's entries are real; it
+    // appeared the moment a PARTNER's conf became readable and its whole commented block was
+    // read as configuration. Cut per line, so a trailing comment on a real entry still keeps it:
+    // `["Emby"]=24576  # 24GB — raised 2026-07-11` must survive. vv_parse_bash_array(), which
+    // the list form delegates to, has always done this.
+    $body = preg_replace('/#.*$/m', '', $m[1]);
+    preg_match_all('/\["([^"]+)"\]\s*=\s*"?([^"\s\)]*)"?/', $body, $pairs);
     $out = [];
     foreach ($pairs[1] as $i => $k) $out[$k] = $pairs[2][$i];
     return $out;
@@ -560,7 +568,7 @@ function vv_wd_all(): array {
         // "No data" while HOST2's own page showed the same watchdogs reporting OK.
         $ts      = vv_pt_peer_lookup($tsPeers, $hostname);
         $ip      = $ts['ip'] ?? null;
-        $raw     = vv_read_conf_raw($slot . '.conf');
+        $raw     = vv_read_host_conf_raw($slot);   // partner conf lives in the RAM cache, not CONF_DIR
 
         $remoteApiKey = vv_wd_scalar($raw, strtoupper($slot) . '_UNRAID_API_KEY');