Linked clones
Labs boot copy-on-write linked clones backed by a template's sealed disk; the template itself is never written to.
A lab VM does not boot a template's disk directly — it boots a linked clone: a fresh copy-on-write qcow2 whose backing file is the template's sealed disk.qcow2. Writes land in the clone, so the template stays pristine and is shared read-only across every VM and lab that references it. Clones live under .vmlab/ beside the lab and are deleted by vmlab destroy (kept by vmlab down).