diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
index bf5f0bb7..70c68abb 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: "\U0001F41E Bug report"
+type: Bug
 description: Report a bug in Warewulf (command not working as expected, etc.)
-labels: [bug]
 body:
   - type: textarea
     id: reproduce
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml
index d41274ba..9c8a2873 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: "\U0001F38A Feature request"
+type: Feature
 description: Suggest adding a feature
-labels: [enhancement]
 body:
   - type: textarea
     id: summary
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a0f496de..95939dcb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Don't mount /run during wwinit. #1566
 - Simpler permissions in official RPM packages. #1696
 - Only calculate image chroot size when requested. #1504
+- Create temporary files in overlay directory during `wwctl overlay edit`. #1473
 
 ### Fixed
 
@@ -34,6 +35,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Specify init=/init when booting with Grub+dracut. #1573
 - Fix a warewulfd panic when no kernel fields are specified. #1689
 - Create site overlay directory. #1690
+- Urlencode asset keys during dracut boot. #1610
+- Set execute permissions for intermediate directories during `wwctl overlay import --parents`. #1655
+- Fix log output formatting during overlay build.
+- Prevent merging of zero-value net.IP fields. #1710
 
 ## v4.6.0rc1, 2025-01-29
 
diff --git a/dracut/modules.d/90wwinit/load-wwinit.sh b/dracut/modules.d/90wwinit/load-wwinit.sh
index b434dacd..2def30f0 100755
--- a/dracut/modules.d/90wwinit/load-wwinit.sh
+++ b/dracut/modules.d/90wwinit/load-wwinit.sh
@@ -3,18 +3,25 @@
 info "Mounting tmpfs at $NEWROOT"
 mount -t tmpfs -o mpol=interleave ${wwinit_tmpfs_size_option} tmpfs "$NEWROOT"
 
-for archive in "${wwinit_image}" "${wwinit_system}" "${wwinit_runtime}"
+for stage in "image" "system" "runtime"
 do
-    if [ -n "${archive}" ]
+    info "Loading stage: ${stage}"
+    # Load runtime overlay from a static privledged port.
+    # Others use default settings.
+    localport=""
+    if [[ "${stage}" == "runtime" ]]
     then
-        info "Loading ${archive}"
-        # Load runtime overlay from a static privledged port.
-        # Others use default settings.
-        localport=""
-        if [[ "${archive}" == "${wwinit_runtime}" ]]
-        then
-            localport="--local-port 1-1023"
-        fi
-        (curl --retry 60 --retry-delay 1 --silent ${localport} -L "${archive}" | gzip -d | cpio -im --directory="${NEWROOT}") || die "Unable to load ${archive}"
+        localport="--local-port 1-1023"
     fi
+    (
+        curl --location --silent --get ${localport} \
+            --retry 60 --retry-delay 1 \
+            --data-urlencode "assetkey=${wwinit_assetkey}" \
+            --data-urlencode "uuid=${wwinit_uuid}" \
+            --data-urlencode "stage=${stage}" \
+            --data-urlencode "compress=gz" \
+            "${wwinit_uri}" \
+        | gzip -d \
+        | cpio -im --directory="${NEWROOT}"
+    ) || die "Unable to load stage: ${stage}"
 done
diff --git a/dracut/modules.d/90wwinit/parse-wwinit.sh b/dracut/modules.d/90wwinit/parse-wwinit.sh
index b9e7446f..65bc6349 100755
--- a/dracut/modules.d/90wwinit/parse-wwinit.sh
+++ b/dracut/modules.d/90wwinit/parse-wwinit.sh
@@ -6,12 +6,9 @@
 if [ "${root}" = "wwinit" ]
 then
     info "root=${root}"
-    uuid=$(dmidecode -s system-uuid)
-    assetkey=$(dmidecode -s chassis-asset-tag | sed -E -e 's/(^ +| +$)//g' -e 's/^(Unknown|Not Specified)$//g' -e 's/ /_/g')
-    wwinit_uri="$(getarg wwinit.uri)?assetkey=${assetkey}&uuid=${uuid}"
-    export wwinit_image="${wwinit_uri}&stage=image&compress=gz"; info "wwinit_image=${wwinit_image}"
-    export wwinit_system="${wwinit_uri}&stage=system&compress=gz"; info "wwinit_system=${wwinit_system}"
-    export wwinit_runtime="${wwinit_uri}&stage=runtime&compress=gz"; info "wwinit_runtime=${wwinit_runtime}"
+    export wwinit_uuid=$(dmidecode -s system-uuid)
+    export wwinit_assetkey=$(dmidecode -s chassis-asset-tag)
+    export wwinit_uri="$(getarg wwinit.uri)"
 
     wwinit_tmpfs_size=$(getarg wwinit.tmpfs.size=)
     if [ -n "$wwinit_tmpfs_size" ]
@@ -20,11 +17,11 @@ then
         export wwinit_tmpfs_size_option="-o size=${wwinit_tmpfs_size}"
     fi
 
-    if [ -n "${wwinit_image}" ]
+    if [ -n "${wwinit_uri}" ]
     then
-        info "Found root=${root} and a Warewulf image. Will boot from Warewulf."
+        info "Found root=${root} and a Warewulf server uri. Will boot from Warewulf."
         rootok=1
     else
-        die "Found root=${root} but no image. Cannot boot from Warewulf."
+        die "Found root=${root} but no Warewulf server uri. Cannot boot from Warewulf."
     fi
 fi
diff --git a/internal/app/wwctl/overlay/edit/main.go b/internal/app/wwctl/overlay/edit/main.go
index bb54d563..65c930ca 100644
--- a/internal/app/wwctl/overlay/edit/main.go
+++ b/internal/app/wwctl/overlay/edit/main.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func CobraRunE(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (err error) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%s does not exist. Use '--parents' option to create automatically", overlayFileDir)
 	}
 
-	tempFile, tempFileErr := os.CreateTemp("", "ww-overlay-edit-")
+	tempFile, tempFileErr := os.CreateTemp(overlay_.Path(), "ww-overlay-edit-")
 	if tempFileErr != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to create temporary file for editing: %s", tempFileErr)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/app/wwctl/overlay/imprt/main.go b/internal/app/wwctl/overlay/imprt/main.go
index f53144f8..890950bc 100644
--- a/internal/app/wwctl/overlay/imprt/main.go
+++ b/internal/app/wwctl/overlay/imprt/main.go
@@ -51,11 +51,13 @@ func CobraRunE(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (err error) {
 			wwlog.Debug("Create dir: %s", parent)
 			srcInfo, err := os.Stat(source)
 			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("could not retrieve the stat for file: %s", err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("could not retrieve the stat for file: %w", err)
 			}
-			err = os.MkdirAll(parent, srcInfo.Mode())
+			mode := srcInfo.Mode()
+			mode |= ((mode & 0444) >> 2) // add execute permission wherever srcInfo has read
+			err = os.MkdirAll(parent, mode)
 			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("could not create parent dif: %s: %v", parent, err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("could not create parent dir: %s: %w", parent, err)
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/internal/pkg/node/mergo.go b/internal/pkg/node/mergo.go
index 7f0b3cce..cb92c5e9 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/node/mergo.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/node/mergo.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ type Transformer struct{}
 func (t Transformer) Transformer(typ reflect.Type) func(dst, src reflect.Value) error {
 	if typ == reflect.TypeOf(net.IP{}) {
 		return func(dst, src reflect.Value) error {
-			if !src.IsValid() || !src.CanSet() {
+			if !src.IsValid() || src.IsZero() {
 				return nil
 			}
 			dst.Set(src)
diff --git a/internal/pkg/node/mergo_test.go b/internal/pkg/node/mergo_test.go
index 9b507d39..ac569a82 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/node/mergo_test.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/node/mergo_test.go
@@ -935,11 +935,14 @@ nodeprofiles:
 nodes:
   n1:
     profiles:
-    - p1`,
-			node:   "n1",
-			field:  "NetDevs[default].Netmask",
-			source: "p1",
-			value:  "255.255.255.0",
+    - p1
+    network devices:
+      default:
+        ipaddr: 192.168.1.1`,
+			nodes:   []string{"n1", "n1"},
+			fields:  []string{"NetDevs[default].Netmask", "NetDevs[default].Ipaddr"},
+			sources: []string{"p1", ""},
+			values:  []string{"255.255.255.0", "192.168.1.1"},
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/pkg/overlay/overlay.go b/internal/pkg/overlay/overlay.go
index fa80ee36..3f3995f7 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/overlay/overlay.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/overlay/overlay.go
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func BuildSpecificOverlays(nodes []node.Node, allNodes []node.Node, overlayNames
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	worker := func() {
 		for n := range nodeChan {
-			wwlog.Info("Building overlay for %s: %v", n, overlayNames)
+			wwlog.Info("Building overlay for %s: %v", n.Id(), overlayNames)
 			for _, overlayName := range overlayNames {
 				err := BuildOverlay(n, allNodes, "", []string{overlayName})
 				if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/pkg/warewulfd/provision.go b/internal/pkg/warewulfd/provision.go
index 5a9e408a..ab1d16da 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/warewulfd/provision.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/warewulfd/provision.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func ProvisionSend(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 
 	if remoteNode.AssetKey != "" && remoteNode.AssetKey != rinfo.assetkey {
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusUnauthorized)
-		wwlog.Denied("Incorrect asset key for node: %s", remoteNode.Id())
+		wwlog.Denied("incorrect asset key: node %s: %s", remoteNode.Id(), rinfo.assetkey)
 		updateStatus(remoteNode.Id(), status_stage, "BAD_ASSET", rinfo.ipaddr)
 		return
 	}