diff --git a/agent/lib/proxmox_agent/collectors/host.ex b/agent/lib/proxmox_agent/collectors/host.ex
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+++ b/agent/lib/proxmox_agent/collectors/host.ex
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+defmodule ProxmoxAgent.Collectors.Host do
+  @moduledoc """
+  Reads host metrics from /proc. Accepts `proc_dir:` option for testability.
+  Never raises — on read failure, populates `:errors` and leaves the field nil.
+  """
+
+  @type sample :: %{
+          hostname: String.t(),
+          load1: float() | nil,
+          load5: float() | nil,
+          load15: float() | nil,
+          mem_total_bytes: non_neg_integer() | nil,
+          mem_available_bytes: non_neg_integer() | nil,
+          mem_used_bytes: non_neg_integer() | nil,
+          uptime_seconds: non_neg_integer() | nil,
+          errors: [term()]
+        }
+
+  @spec collect(keyword()) :: sample()
+  def collect(opts \\ []) do
+    proc_dir = Keyword.get(opts, :proc_dir, "/proc")
+
+    {load, e1} = safe(fn -> read_loadavg(proc_dir) end, {nil, nil, nil}, :loadavg)
+    {mem, e2} = safe(fn -> read_meminfo(proc_dir) end, %{total: nil, available: nil}, :meminfo)
+    {uptime, e3} = safe(fn -> read_uptime(proc_dir) end, nil, :uptime)
+
+    total = mem.total
+    avail = mem.available
+    used = if total && avail, do: total - avail, else: nil
+    {load1, load5, load15} = load
+
+    %{
+      hostname: hostname(),
+      load1: load1,
+      load5: load5,
+      load15: load15,
+      mem_total_bytes: total,
+      mem_available_bytes: avail,
+      mem_used_bytes: used,
+      uptime_seconds: uptime,
+      errors: Enum.filter([e1, e2, e3], & &1)
+    }
+  end
+
+  defp safe(fun, fallback, tag) do
+    try do
+      {fun.(), nil}
+    rescue
+      e -> {fallback, {tag, Exception.message(e)}}
+    catch
+      :error, reason -> {fallback, {tag, reason}}
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp read_loadavg(proc_dir) do
+    body = File.read!(Path.join(proc_dir, "loadavg"))
+    [l1, l5, l15 | _] = String.split(body, ~r/\s+/, trim: true)
+    {to_float(l1), to_float(l5), to_float(l15)}
+  end
+
+  defp read_meminfo(proc_dir) do
+    body = File.read!(Path.join(proc_dir, "meminfo"))
+
+    parsed =
+      body
+      |> String.split("\n", trim: true)
+      |> Enum.reduce(%{}, fn line, acc ->
+        case String.split(line, ~r/:\s+/, parts: 2) do
+          [key, val] -> Map.put(acc, key, val)
+          _ -> acc
+        end
+      end)
+
+    %{
+      total: kb_to_bytes(parsed["MemTotal"]),
+      available: kb_to_bytes(parsed["MemAvailable"])
+    }
+  end
+
+  defp read_uptime(proc_dir) do
+    body = File.read!(Path.join(proc_dir, "uptime"))
+    [secs | _] = String.split(body, " ", trim: true)
+    secs |> to_float() |> trunc()
+  end
+
+  defp kb_to_bytes(nil), do: nil
+
+  defp kb_to_bytes(str) do
+    case Regex.run(~r/(\d+)\s*kB/, str) do
+      [_, kb] -> String.to_integer(kb) * 1024
+      _ -> nil
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp to_float(s) do
+    {f, _} = Float.parse(s)
+    f
+  end
+
+  defp hostname do
+    case :inet.gethostname() do
+      {:ok, name} -> List.to_string(name)
+      _ -> "unknown-host"
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/agent/test/fixtures/proc/loadavg b/agent/test/fixtures/proc/loadavg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3e5e36
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+++ b/agent/test/fixtures/proc/loadavg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.42 0.55 0.31 3/512 12345
diff --git a/agent/test/fixtures/proc/meminfo b/agent/test/fixtures/proc/meminfo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e860d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agent/test/fixtures/proc/meminfo
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+MemTotal:       16384000 kB
+MemFree:         2048000 kB
+MemAvailable:    8192000 kB
+Buffers:          256000 kB
+Cached:          4096000 kB
+SwapTotal:       4194304 kB
+SwapFree:        4194304 kB
diff --git a/agent/test/fixtures/proc/uptime b/agent/test/fixtures/proc/uptime
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67c01f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agent/test/fixtures/proc/uptime
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+123456.78 987654.32
diff --git a/agent/test/proxmox_agent/collectors/host_test.exs b/agent/test/proxmox_agent/collectors/host_test.exs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3cf9a2e
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+++ b/agent/test/proxmox_agent/collectors/host_test.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+defmodule ProxmoxAgent.Collectors.HostTest do
+  use ExUnit.Case, async: true
+
+  alias ProxmoxAgent.Collectors.Host
+
+  @proc Path.expand("../../fixtures/proc", __DIR__)
+
+  test "collects load average" do
+    sample = Host.collect(proc_dir: @proc)
+    assert sample.load1 == 0.42
+    assert sample.load5 == 0.55
+    assert sample.load15 == 0.31
+  end
+
+  test "collects memory in bytes" do
+    sample = Host.collect(proc_dir: @proc)
+    assert sample.mem_total_bytes == 16_384_000 * 1024
+    assert sample.mem_available_bytes == 8_192_000 * 1024
+    assert sample.mem_used_bytes == sample.mem_total_bytes - sample.mem_available_bytes
+  end
+
+  test "collects uptime seconds" do
+    sample = Host.collect(proc_dir: @proc)
+    assert sample.uptime_seconds == 123_456
+  end
+
+  test "includes hostname string" do
+    sample = Host.collect(proc_dir: @proc)
+    assert is_binary(sample.hostname)
+    assert sample.hostname != ""
+  end
+
+  test "missing proc files yield :errors field, not a crash" do
+    sample = Host.collect(proc_dir: "/nonexistent/path/xyz")
+    assert sample.errors != []
+  end
+end