diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index e926df3..288378b 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ pub mod deb;
 pub mod distro_info;
 /// Obtain information about one or multiple packages
 pub mod package_info;
+/// Prune residual pkh build artifacts and caches
+pub mod prune;
 /// Download a source package locally
 pub mod pull;
 /// Handle package-specific quirks and workarounds
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 6e893d7..e0093f9 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -101,6 +101,26 @@ fn main() {
                         .arg(arg!(<name> "Context name"))
                 )
         )
+        .subcommand(
+            Command::new("prune")
+                .about("Prune residual pkh build artifacts and caches")
+                // NOTE: --dry-run is defined via the builder API because clap's
+                // `arg!` macro mis-tokenizes hyphenated long names (it would
+                // parse `--dry-run` as long="dry" plus a spurious short flag,
+                // tripping the "Short flags should precede long flags" assert).
+                .arg(
+                    clap::Arg::new("dry_run")
+                        .long("dry-run")
+                        .action(clap::ArgAction::SetTrue)
+                        .help("List what would be removed without removing anything"),
+                )
+                .arg(
+                    clap::Arg::new("all")
+                        .long("all")
+                        .action(clap::ArgAction::SetTrue)
+                        .help("Also remove cached chroot tarballs (expensive to re-download)"),
+                )
+        )
         .get_matches();
 
     match matches.subcommand() {
@@ -359,6 +379,58 @@ fn main() {
                 _ => unreachable!(),
             }
         }
+        Some(("prune", sub_matches)) => {
+            let dry_run = sub_matches
+                .get_one::<bool>("dry_run")
+                .copied()
+                .unwrap_or(false);
+            let all = sub_matches.get_one::<bool>("all").copied().unwrap_or(false);
+
+            let options = pkh::prune::PruneOptions { dry_run, all };
+            match pkh::prune::prune(options) {
+                Ok(report) => {
+                    if report.is_empty() {
+                        info!("Nothing to prune.");
+                    } else {
+                        let action = if report.dry_run {
+                            "Would remove"
+                        } else {
+                            "Removed"
+                        };
+                        for path in &report.removed {
+                            info!("{} {}", action, path.display());
+                        }
+                        for (path, err) in &report.failed {
+                            error!("Failed to remove {}: {}", path.display(), err);
+                        }
+                        if report.dry_run {
+                            info!(
+                                "(dry run) {} item(s) would be removed.",
+                                report.removed.len()
+                            );
+                        } else {
+                            info!(
+                                "Pruned {} item(s){} ({} failure(s)).",
+                                report.removed.len(),
+                                if all {
+                                    " including cached chroot tarballs"
+                                } else {
+                                    ""
+                                },
+                                report.failed.len()
+                            );
+                        }
+                    }
+                    if !report.failed.is_empty() {
+                        std::process::exit(1);
+                    }
+                }
+                Err(e) => {
+                    error!("{}", e);
+                    std::process::exit(1);
+                }
+            }
+        }
         _ => unreachable!("Exhausted list of subcommands and subcommand_required prevents `None`"),
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/prune.rs b/src/prune.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0fc287
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/prune.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,613 @@
+//! Cleanup of residual pkh build artifacts and caches.
+//!
+//! `pkh` leaves behind several kinds of artifacts while operating:
+//!
+//! - **Residual build/chroot directories** under the system temp directory,
+//!   named `pkh-<timestamp>` (or `pkh-<timestamp>-<attempt>` on collision).
+//!   They are created by the local and ephemeral build contexts and are
+//!   *intentionally kept* when a build fails so they can be inspected. They
+//!   may contain root-owned device nodes (created via `mknod`), a
+//!   bind-mounted `/proc` and overlay filesystems, so they require careful
+//!   unmounting before they can be removed.
+//! - **Cached chroot tarballs** (`~/.cache/pkh/*-buildd.tar.xz`) and their
+//!   **stale download lockfiles** (`~/.cache/pkh/*.lock`).
+//! - **The shared apt keyring directory** (`/tmp/pkh-keyrings`), used by
+//!   mmdebstrap runs.
+//!
+//! The [`prune()`] function discovers and removes all of the above. By
+//! default it removes everything that is cheap to regenerate (residual
+//! directories, keyrings, stale lockfiles); pass [`PruneOptions::all`] to also
+//! discard the cached chroot tarballs, which are expensive to re-download.
+
+use std::fs;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::process::Command;
+
+use directories::ProjectDirs;
+
+/// Options controlling the prune operation.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Default)]
+pub struct PruneOptions {
+    /// When true, do not remove anything; only report what would be removed.
+    pub dry_run: bool,
+    /// When true, also remove cached chroot tarballs (which are expensive to
+    /// re-download). Without this, tarballs are kept and only stale lockfiles
+    /// are removed from the cache directory.
+    pub all: bool,
+}
+
+/// Summary of a prune run.
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct PruneReport {
+    /// Whether this was a dry run (nothing was actually removed).
+    pub dry_run: bool,
+    /// Paths that were removed, or that *would* be removed in dry-run mode.
+    pub removed: Vec<PathBuf>,
+    /// Paths that could not be removed, with associated error messages.
+    pub failed: Vec<(PathBuf, String)>,
+}
+
+impl PruneReport {
+    /// Returns true if nothing was removed and nothing failed.
+    pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
+        self.removed.is_empty() && self.failed.is_empty()
+    }
+}
+
+/// One discovered artifact that prune can act on.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+enum Artifact {
+    /// A residual build/chroot directory under the system temp dir.
+    TempDir(PathBuf),
+    /// The shared apt keyring directory (`/tmp/pkh-keyrings`).
+    KeyringDir(PathBuf),
+    /// A stale chroot tarball download lockfile.
+    LockFile(PathBuf),
+    /// A cached chroot tarball.
+    Tarball(PathBuf),
+}
+
+impl Artifact {
+    fn path(&self) -> &Path {
+        match self {
+            Artifact::TempDir(p)
+            | Artifact::KeyringDir(p)
+            | Artifact::LockFile(p)
+            | Artifact::Tarball(p) => p,
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn kind(&self) -> &'static str {
+        match self {
+            Artifact::TempDir(_) => "residual build directory",
+            Artifact::KeyringDir(_) => "apt keyring cache",
+            Artifact::LockFile(_) => "stale lockfile",
+            Artifact::Tarball(_) => "cached chroot tarball",
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Determine the pkh cache directory (e.g. `~/.cache/pkh`), if project dirs
+/// can be resolved on this platform.
+pub fn cache_dir() -> Option<PathBuf> {
+    ProjectDirs::from("com", "pkh", "pkh").map(|d| d.cache_dir().to_path_buf())
+}
+
+/// Check whether a directory entry name is a residual pkh build directory,
+/// i.e. it matches `pkh-<digits>` or `pkh-<digits>-<digits>`.
+///
+/// This deliberately rejects the `pkh-keyrings` and `pkh-build-*` names so they
+/// are not mistaken for residual build chroots.
+fn is_residual_temp_dir(name: &str) -> bool {
+    let Some(rest) = name.strip_prefix("pkh-") else {
+        return false;
+    };
+    let mut parts = rest.splitn(2, '-');
+    let first = parts.next().unwrap_or("");
+    if first.is_empty() || !first.bytes().all(|b| b.is_ascii_digit()) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    match parts.next() {
+        None => true,
+        Some(second) => !second.is_empty() && second.bytes().all(|b| b.is_ascii_digit()),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Unescape the octal escape sequences used in `/proc/mounts` mount points
+/// (e.g. `\040` for space, `\011` for tab, `\012` for newline, `\134` for
+/// backslash).
+fn unescape_mountpath(s: &str) -> String {
+    let bytes = s.as_bytes();
+    let mut out = String::with_capacity(s.len());
+    let mut i = 0;
+    while i < bytes.len() {
+        if bytes[i] == b'\\' && i + 3 < bytes.len() {
+            let o1 = (bytes[i + 1] as char).to_digit(8);
+            let o2 = (bytes[i + 2] as char).to_digit(8);
+            let o3 = (bytes[i + 3] as char).to_digit(8);
+            if let (Some(a), Some(b), Some(c)) = (o1, o2, o3) {
+                let val = (a << 6) | (b << 3) | c;
+                out.push(val as u8 as char);
+                i += 4;
+                continue;
+            }
+        }
+        out.push(bytes[i] as char);
+        i += 1;
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+/// Parse `/proc/mounts`-style content and return mount points whose target is
+/// located strictly *under* `path` (i.e. nested inside it, not `path` itself).
+///
+/// The list is returned ordered with the deepest paths first, so callers can
+/// unmount children before their parents.
+fn mounts_under_from_content(content: &str, path: &Path) -> Vec<String> {
+    let mut mounts: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
+    for line in content.lines() {
+        let mut fields = line.split_whitespace();
+        let _device = fields.next();
+        let Some(mountpoint) = fields.next() else {
+            continue;
+        };
+        let unescaped = unescape_mountpath(mountpoint);
+        let mp = PathBuf::from(&unescaped);
+        // starts_with is component-based, so /tmp/pkh-1234 is NOT considered
+        // under /tmp/pkh-123. We additionally exclude the dir itself.
+        if mp != path && mp.starts_with(path) {
+            mounts.push(unescaped);
+        }
+    }
+    // Deepest (longest) first so nested mounts are unmounted before parents.
+    mounts.sort_by_key(|m| std::cmp::Reverse(m.len()));
+    mounts
+}
+
+/// Discover all prune-able artifacts given the temp dir and cache dir roots.
+fn discover_artifacts(temp_dir: &Path, cache_dir: Option<&Path>) -> Vec<Artifact> {
+    let mut artifacts = Vec::new();
+
+    if let Ok(entries) = fs::read_dir(temp_dir) {
+        for entry in entries.flatten() {
+            let path = entry.path();
+            let name = entry.file_name().to_string_lossy().into_owned();
+            if !path.is_dir() {
+                continue;
+            }
+            if is_residual_temp_dir(&name) {
+                artifacts.push(Artifact::TempDir(path));
+            } else if name == "pkh-keyrings" {
+                artifacts.push(Artifact::KeyringDir(path));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if let Some(cache) = cache_dir
+        && let Ok(entries) = fs::read_dir(cache)
+    {
+        for entry in entries.flatten() {
+            let path = entry.path();
+            let name = entry.file_name().to_string_lossy().into_owned();
+            if name.ends_with(".lock") {
+                artifacts.push(Artifact::LockFile(path));
+            } else if name.ends_with("-buildd.tar.xz") {
+                artifacts.push(Artifact::Tarball(path));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    artifacts
+}
+
+/// Remove a path, first attempting a direct removal and only escalating to a
+/// privileged `rm -rf` when the direct attempt fails.
+///
+/// User-writable artifacts (keyring dir, stale lockfiles) are removed directly
+/// without shelling out. Residual build directories may contain root-owned
+/// device nodes created via `mknod`, so the direct `remove_dir_all` will fail
+/// with `EACCES` and we transparently retry with `sudo rm -rf` (or `rm -rf` when
+/// already running as root).
+fn remove_path(path: &Path) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    let direct = if path.is_dir() {
+        fs::remove_dir_all(path)
+    } else {
+        fs::remove_file(path)
+    };
+    if direct.is_ok() {
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+    remove_with_privilege(path)
+}
+
+/// Run an `rm -rf <path>` removal, transparently using `sudo` when the current
+/// process does not run as root. This is required because residual build
+/// directories may contain root-owned device nodes.
+fn remove_with_privilege(path: &Path) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    let is_root = crate::utils::root::is_root().unwrap_or(false);
+    let mut cmd = if is_root {
+        Command::new("rm")
+    } else {
+        let mut c = Command::new("sudo");
+        c.arg("rm");
+        c
+    };
+    let status = cmd.arg("-rf").arg(path).status()?;
+    if status.success() {
+        Ok(())
+    } else {
+        Err(std::io::Error::other(format!(
+            "rm -rf {} failed with status {}",
+            path.display(),
+            status
+        )))
+    }
+}
+
+/// Unmount a single mount point, transparently using `sudo` when not root.
+fn unmount(mountpoint: &str) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    let is_root = crate::utils::root::is_root().unwrap_or(false);
+    let mut cmd = if is_root {
+        Command::new("umount")
+    } else {
+        let mut c = Command::new("sudo");
+        c.arg("umount");
+        c
+    };
+    let status = cmd.arg(mountpoint).status()?;
+    if status.success() {
+        Ok(())
+    } else {
+        Err(std::io::Error::other(format!(
+            "umount {} failed with status {}",
+            mountpoint, status
+        )))
+    }
+}
+
+/// Execute the prune operation against the given roots, removing residual pkh
+/// artifacts.
+///
+/// This is the testable core of [`prune()`]: callers pass in the temp
+/// directory and optional cache directory to scan. See the
+/// [module documentation](self) for what is removed. Returns a [`PruneReport`]
+/// describing what was removed (or, in dry-run mode, what would be removed).
+pub fn prune_in(
+    temp_dir: &Path,
+    cache_dir: Option<&Path>,
+    options: PruneOptions,
+) -> Result<PruneReport, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let artifacts = discover_artifacts(temp_dir, cache_dir);
+
+    let mut report = PruneReport {
+        dry_run: options.dry_run,
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+
+    for artifact in &artifacts {
+        // Cached tarballs are only removed when --all is requested: they are
+        // expensive to re-download.
+        if matches!(artifact, Artifact::Tarball(_)) && !options.all {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        let path = artifact.path();
+        log::info!("{}: {}", artifact.kind(), path.display());
+
+        if options.dry_run {
+            report.removed.push(path.to_path_buf());
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        // Residual build directories may hold bind-mounted /proc and overlay
+        // filesystems that must be unmounted before the directory can be
+        // removed, otherwise `rm -rf` will fail or leave dangling mounts.
+        if let Artifact::TempDir(_) = artifact {
+            let mounts_content = fs::read_to_string("/proc/mounts").unwrap_or_default();
+            for mp in mounts_under_from_content(&mounts_content, path) {
+                log::debug!("Unmounting {} under {}", mp, path.display());
+                if let Err(e) = unmount(&mp) {
+                    log::warn!("Failed to unmount {}: {}", mp, e);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        match remove_path(path) {
+            Ok(()) => report.removed.push(path.to_path_buf()),
+            Err(e) => report.failed.push((path.to_path_buf(), e.to_string())),
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(report)
+}
+
+/// Execute the prune operation, removing residual pkh artifacts.
+///
+/// Convenience wrapper around [`prune_in()`] that uses the system temp
+/// directory and the pkh cache directory. See the
+/// [module documentation](self) for what is removed. Returns a [`PruneReport`]
+/// describing what was removed (or, in dry-run mode, what would be removed).
+pub fn prune(options: PruneOptions) -> Result<PruneReport, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let temp_dir = std::env::temp_dir();
+    let cache = cache_dir();
+    prune_in(&temp_dir, cache.as_deref(), options)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use std::fs;
+    use tempfile::tempdir;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_is_residual_temp_dir() {
+        assert!(is_residual_temp_dir("pkh-1700000000"));
+        assert!(is_residual_temp_dir("pkh-1700000000-1"));
+        assert!(is_residual_temp_dir("pkh-1700000000-12"));
+
+        // Keyrings and unshare work dirs must NOT match.
+        assert!(!is_residual_temp_dir("pkh-keyrings"));
+        assert!(!is_residual_temp_dir("pkh-build-1700000000"));
+
+        // Non-numeric / malformed names.
+        assert!(!is_residual_temp_dir("pkh-"));
+        assert!(!is_residual_temp_dir("pkh-abc"));
+        assert!(!is_residual_temp_dir("pkh-123-abc"));
+        assert!(!is_residual_temp_dir("pkh-123-"));
+        assert!(!is_residual_temp_dir("pkh"));
+        assert!(!is_residual_temp_dir("other-123"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_unescape_mountpath() {
+        assert_eq!(unescape_mountpath("/tmp/simple"), "/tmp/simple");
+        assert_eq!(unescape_mountpath("/tmp/with\\040space"), "/tmp/with space");
+        assert_eq!(unescape_mountpath("/tmp/with\\011tab"), "/tmp/with\ttab");
+        assert_eq!(
+            unescape_mountpath("/tmp/with\\134backslash"),
+            "/tmp/with\\backslash"
+        );
+        // Incomplete escape sequence is left untouched.
+        assert_eq!(unescape_mountpath("/tmp/with\\04"), "/tmp/with\\04");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_mounts_under_from_content() {
+        let path = PathBuf::from("/tmp/pkh-100");
+        let content = "\
+proc /proc proc rw 0 0
+proc /tmp/pkh-100/proc proc rw,bind 0 0
+overlay /tmp/pkh-100/pkh-overlay/mnt overlay rw 0 0
+overlay /tmp/pkh-1000/pkh-overlay/mnt overlay rw 0 0
+none /tmp/other proc rw 0 0
+";
+        let mounts = mounts_under_from_content(content, &path);
+        // Only mounts strictly under /tmp/pkh-100 should match, deepest first.
+        assert_eq!(mounts.len(), 2);
+        assert_eq!(mounts[0], "/tmp/pkh-100/pkh-overlay/mnt");
+        assert_eq!(mounts[1], "/tmp/pkh-100/proc");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_discover_artifacts() {
+        let temp = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let cache = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let temp_path = temp.path();
+        let cache_path = cache.path();
+
+        // Residual build dirs.
+        fs::create_dir_all(temp_path.join("pkh-1700000000")).unwrap();
+        fs::create_dir_all(temp_path.join("pkh-1700000001-2")).unwrap();
+        // Keyring dir.
+        fs::create_dir_all(temp_path.join("pkh-keyrings")).unwrap();
+        // Non-matching entries that should be ignored.
+        fs::create_dir_all(temp_path.join("pkh-build-1700000000")).unwrap();
+        fs::create_dir_all(temp_path.join("other-dir")).unwrap();
+        fs::write(temp_path.join("pkh-123-file"), "not a dir").unwrap();
+
+        // Cache entries.
+        fs::write(cache_path.join("noble-buildd.tar.xz"), "tarball").unwrap();
+        fs::write(cache_path.join("noble-amd64-buildd.tar.xz"), "tarball").unwrap();
+        fs::write(cache_path.join("noble-buildd.tar.lock"), "lock").unwrap();
+        fs::write(cache_path.join("stray.txt"), "ignore me").unwrap();
+
+        let artifacts = discover_artifacts(temp_path, Some(cache_path));
+
+        let mut temp_dirs = 0;
+        let mut keyring = false;
+        let mut locks = 0;
+        let mut tarballs = 0;
+        for a in &artifacts {
+            match a {
+                Artifact::TempDir(_) => temp_dirs += 1,
+                Artifact::KeyringDir(_) => keyring = true,
+                Artifact::LockFile(_) => locks += 1,
+                Artifact::Tarball(_) => tarballs += 1,
+            }
+        }
+        assert_eq!(temp_dirs, 2);
+        assert!(keyring);
+        assert_eq!(locks, 1);
+        assert_eq!(tarballs, 2);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_prune_dry_run_keeps_artifacts() {
+        let temp = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let cache = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let temp_path = temp.path();
+        let cache_path = cache.path();
+
+        let dir = temp_path.join("pkh-1700000000");
+        fs::create_dir_all(&dir).unwrap();
+        fs::create_dir_all(temp_path.join("pkh-keyrings")).unwrap();
+        fs::write(cache_path.join("noble-buildd.tar.xz"), "tarball").unwrap();
+        fs::write(cache_path.join("noble-buildd.tar.lock"), "lock").unwrap();
+
+        let report = prune_in(
+            temp_path,
+            Some(cache_path),
+            PruneOptions {
+                dry_run: true,
+                all: false,
+            },
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+        // Dry run reports all discovered artifacts as "removed" without
+        // touching the filesystem.
+        assert!(report.dry_run);
+        assert!(report.removed.iter().any(|p| p == &dir));
+        assert!(
+            report
+                .removed
+                .iter()
+                .any(|p| p == &temp_path.join("pkh-keyrings"))
+        );
+        assert!(
+            report
+                .removed
+                .iter()
+                .any(|p| p == &cache_path.join("noble-buildd.tar.lock"))
+        );
+        // Tarballs require --all, so not reported here.
+        assert!(
+            !report
+                .removed
+                .iter()
+                .any(|p| p == &cache_path.join("noble-buildd.tar.xz"))
+        );
+
+        // Nothing was actually removed.
+        assert!(dir.exists());
+        assert!(temp_path.join("pkh-keyrings").exists());
+        assert!(cache_path.join("noble-buildd.tar.xz").exists());
+        assert!(cache_path.join("noble-buildd.tar.lock").exists());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_prune_removes_user_writable_cache() {
+        // Removing the keyring dir and stale lockfiles does not require
+        // privilege escalation since they are user-writable; exercise the real
+        // prune_in() against controlled temp roots without needing sudo.
+        let temp = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let cache = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let temp_path = temp.path();
+        let cache_path = cache.path();
+
+        fs::create_dir_all(temp_path.join("pkh-keyrings")).unwrap();
+        fs::write(cache_path.join("noble-buildd.tar.lock"), "lock").unwrap();
+        fs::write(cache_path.join("noble-buildd.tar.xz"), "tarball").unwrap();
+
+        let report = prune_in(
+            temp_path,
+            Some(cache_path),
+            PruneOptions {
+                dry_run: false,
+                all: false,
+            },
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+        assert!(!report.dry_run);
+        assert!(
+            report
+                .removed
+                .iter()
+                .any(|p| p == &temp_path.join("pkh-keyrings"))
+        );
+        assert!(
+            report
+                .removed
+                .iter()
+                .any(|p| p == &cache_path.join("noble-buildd.tar.lock"))
+        );
+
+        assert!(!temp_path.join("pkh-keyrings").exists());
+        assert!(!cache_path.join("noble-buildd.tar.lock").exists());
+        // Tarball is preserved when --all is not set.
+        assert!(cache_path.join("noble-buildd.tar.xz").exists());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_prune_all_removes_tarballs() {
+        let temp = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let cache = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let cache_path = cache.path();
+
+        fs::write(cache_path.join("noble-buildd.tar.xz"), "tarball").unwrap();
+        fs::write(cache_path.join("noble-amd64-buildd.tar.xz"), "tarball").unwrap();
+        fs::write(cache_path.join("noble-buildd.tar.lock"), "lock").unwrap();
+
+        let report = prune_in(
+            temp.path(),
+            Some(cache_path),
+            PruneOptions {
+                dry_run: false,
+                all: true,
+            },
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+        assert!(
+            report
+                .removed
+                .iter()
+                .any(|p| p == &cache_path.join("noble-buildd.tar.xz"))
+        );
+        assert!(
+            report
+                .removed
+                .iter()
+                .any(|p| p == &cache_path.join("noble-amd64-buildd.tar.xz"))
+        );
+        assert!(
+            report
+                .removed
+                .iter()
+                .any(|p| p == &cache_path.join("noble-buildd.tar.lock"))
+        );
+
+        assert!(!cache_path.join("noble-buildd.tar.xz").exists());
+        assert!(!cache_path.join("noble-amd64-buildd.tar.xz").exists());
+        assert!(!cache_path.join("noble-buildd.tar.lock").exists());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_prune_removes_user_writable_temp_dirs() {
+        // Residual build dirs created by the tests are user-writable, so the
+        // direct fs::remove_dir_all path should succeed without sudo.
+        let temp = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let temp_path = temp.path();
+
+        fs::create_dir_all(temp_path.join("pkh-1700000000")).unwrap();
+        fs::create_dir_all(temp_path.join("pkh-1700000001-2")).unwrap();
+
+        let report = prune_in(temp_path, None, PruneOptions::default()).unwrap();
+
+        assert!(
+            report
+                .removed
+                .iter()
+                .any(|p| p == &temp_path.join("pkh-1700000000"))
+        );
+        assert!(
+            report
+                .removed
+                .iter()
+                .any(|p| p == &temp_path.join("pkh-1700000001-2"))
+        );
+
+        assert!(!temp_path.join("pkh-1700000000").exists());
+        assert!(!temp_path.join("pkh-1700000001-2").exists());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_prune_empty_report_when_nothing_found() {
+        let temp = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let cache = tempdir().unwrap();
+        // No pkh artifacts at all.
+        let report = prune_in(temp.path(), Some(cache.path()), PruneOptions::default()).unwrap();
+        assert!(report.is_empty());
+    }
+}