diff --git a/backend/tests/test_helm_init_containers.py b/backend/tests/test_helm_init_containers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71681805b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/tests/test_helm_init_containers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+"""The gateway's init containers must follow the chart's image and resource values.
+
+``init-home`` and ``init-extensions`` hard-coded ``busybox:1.36`` and set no
+resources. Clusters that pull only from a mirror could not start the gateway, and
+a namespace ResourceQuota on ``limits.*`` rejected the pod, while every main
+container already has configurable images and requests+limits.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+import yaml
+
+REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
+CHART = REPO_ROOT / "deploy" / "helm" / "deer-flow"
+
+
+def _init_containers(*settings: str) -> list[dict]:
+    helm = shutil.which("helm")
+    if helm is None:
+        pytest.skip("helm is unavailable")
+    command = [helm, "template", "deer-flow", str(CHART)]
+    for setting in settings:
+        command.extend(["--set", setting])
+    rendered = subprocess.run(command, check=True, capture_output=True, text=True, encoding="utf-8").stdout
+    gateways = [document for document in yaml.safe_load_all(rendered) if isinstance(document, dict) and document.get("kind") == "Deployment" and document["metadata"]["name"].endswith("-gateway")]
+    assert len(gateways) == 1
+    init_containers = gateways[0]["spec"]["template"]["spec"]["initContainers"]
+    assert [container["name"] for container in init_containers] == ["init-home", "init-extensions"]
+    return init_containers
+
+
+def test_init_containers_keep_busybox_with_requests_and_limits_by_default() -> None:
+    for container in _init_containers():
+        assert container["image"] == "busybox:1.36"
+        assert set(container["resources"]) == {"requests", "limits"}
+        assert set(container["resources"]["limits"]) == {"cpu", "memory"}
+
+
+def test_init_containers_use_configured_image_and_resources() -> None:
+    for container in _init_containers(
+        "gateway.initContainers.image.repository=registry.example.com/mirror/busybox",
+        "gateway.initContainers.image.tag=1.36.1",
+        "gateway.initContainers.resources.limits.memory=32Mi",
+    ):
+        assert container["image"] == "registry.example.com/mirror/busybox:1.36.1"
+        assert container["resources"]["limits"]["memory"] == "32Mi"
diff --git a/deploy/helm/deer-flow/README.md b/deploy/helm/deer-flow/README.md
index 4260d043cd..c4e10d1e00 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/deer-flow/README.md
+++ b/deploy/helm/deer-flow/README.md
@@ -119,6 +119,21 @@ secrets:
   # add channel tokens, search keys, etc. as needed
 ```
 
+`image.registry` prefixes the DeerFlow gateway, frontend, and provisioner
+images. In a cluster that pulls only from a mirror, set the full BusyBox
+repository for `init-home` and `init-extensions` in the same values file.
+
+```yaml
+gateway:
+  initContainers:
+    image:
+      repository: registry.example.com/mirror/busybox
+      tag: "1.36"
+```
+
+Set `nginx.image.repository`, `postgresql.image.repository`, and
+`redis.image.repository` separately for the corresponding bundled services.
+
 The default ingress annotations permit a 100 MiB local `.skill` archive plus
 multipart framing, stream request bodies without ingress buffering, and allow
 up to 600 seconds for a response, which the API requests that wait on a model
@@ -485,7 +500,8 @@ triggers a rolling restart.
 **Resource defaults.** Every workload ships with modest requests+limits in
 `values.yaml`; override per workload (`gateway.resources`, `frontend.resources`,
 `nginx.resources`, `provisioner.resources`, `postgresql.primary.resources`,
-`redis.primary.resources`).
+`redis.primary.resources`). The gateway's init containers have their own
+`gateway.initContainers.resources` and `gateway.initContainers.image`.
 
 ### Not yet enforced (deferred hardening)
 
diff --git a/deploy/helm/deer-flow/templates/_helpers.tpl b/deploy/helm/deer-flow/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 8812a73c88..7e079f6817 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/deer-flow/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/deploy/helm/deer-flow/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ imagePullSecrets:
 {{- printf "%s:%s" .Values.nginx.image.repository .Values.nginx.image.tag -}}
 {{- end -}}
 
+{{/* Image of the gateway's init containers (init-home, init-extensions). */}}
+{{- define "deer-flow.initImage" -}}
+{{- printf "%s:%s" .Values.gateway.initContainers.image.repository .Values.gateway.initContainers.image.tag -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
 {{/* PVC name for the .deer-flow home directory. */}}
 {{- define "deer-flow.homePVC" -}}
 {{- printf "%s-home" (include "deer-flow.fullname" .) -}}
diff --git a/deploy/helm/deer-flow/templates/gateway-deployment.yaml b/deploy/helm/deer-flow/templates/gateway-deployment.yaml
index df1d73aa05..77924d344e 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/deer-flow/templates/gateway-deployment.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/deer-flow/templates/gateway-deployment.yaml
@@ -51,17 +51,19 @@ spec:
       # API updates land in the home volume (PVC or pod-local emptyDir).
       initContainers:
         - name: init-home
-          image: busybox:1.36
+          image: {{ include "deer-flow.initImage" . }}
           command: ["sh", "-c", "mkdir -p /home-pvc/deer-flow/data /home-pvc/deer-flow/extensions-config"]
           securityContext:
             allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
             capabilities:
               drop: ["ALL"]
+          resources:
+            {{- toYaml .Values.gateway.initContainers.resources | nindent 12 }}
           volumeMounts:
             - name: home
               mountPath: /home-pvc
         - name: init-extensions
-          image: busybox:1.36
+          image: {{ include "deer-flow.initImage" . }}
           command: ["sh", "-c"]
           args:
             - |
@@ -73,6 +75,8 @@ spec:
             allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
             capabilities:
               drop: ["ALL"]
+          resources:
+            {{- toYaml .Values.gateway.initContainers.resources | nindent 12 }}
           volumeMounts:
             - name: extensions-seed
               mountPath: /extensions-seed
diff --git a/deploy/helm/deer-flow/values.yaml b/deploy/helm/deer-flow/values.yaml
index 142a5f187e..4ca23cd42c 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/deer-flow/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/deer-flow/values.yaml
@@ -104,6 +104,20 @@ gateway:
     limits:
       cpu: "2"
       memory: 2Gi
+  # Init containers (init-home, init-extensions) that prepare the home volume
+  # before the gateway starts. Point `image` at a mirror if your nodes cannot
+  # pull from Docker Hub.
+  initContainers:
+    image:
+      repository: busybox
+      tag: "1.36"
+    resources:
+      requests:
+        cpu: 10m
+        memory: 16Mi
+      limits:
+        cpu: 100m
+        memory: 64Mi
 
 # -- Frontend (Next.js) deployment.
 frontend: