diff --git a/app/Livewire/Project/Service/FileStorage.php b/app/Livewire/Project/Service/FileStorage.php
index 2ce4374a0..8a61e3c38 100644
--- a/app/Livewire/Project/Service/FileStorage.php
+++ b/app/Livewire/Project/Service/FileStorage.php
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ public function convertToDirectory()
     public function loadStorageOnServer()
     {
         try {
-            $this->authorize('update', $this->resource);
+            // Loading content is a read operation, so we use 'view' permission
+            $this->authorize('view', $this->resource);
 
             $this->fileStorage->loadStorageOnServer();
             $this->syncData();
diff --git a/app/Models/LocalFileVolume.php b/app/Models/LocalFileVolume.php
index 96170dbd6..dda5de194 100644
--- a/app/Models/LocalFileVolume.php
+++ b/app/Models/LocalFileVolume.php
@@ -239,22 +239,32 @@ public function isReadOnlyVolume(): bool
             $volumes = $compose['services'][$serviceName]['volumes'];
 
             // Check each volume to find a match
+            // Note: We match on mount_path (container path) only, since fs_path gets transformed
+            // from relative (./file) to absolute (/data/coolify/services/uuid/file) during parsing
             foreach ($volumes as $volume) {
                 // Volume can be string like "host:container:ro" or "host:container"
                 if (is_string($volume)) {
                     $parts = explode(':', $volume);
 
-                    // Check if this volume matches our fs_path and mount_path
+                    // Check if this volume matches our mount_path
                     if (count($parts) >= 2) {
-                        $hostPath = $parts[0];
                         $containerPath = $parts[1];
                         $options = $parts[2] ?? null;
 
-                        // Match based on fs_path and mount_path
-                        if ($hostPath === $this->fs_path && $containerPath === $this->mount_path) {
+                        // Match based on mount_path (container path)
+                        if ($containerPath === $this->mount_path) {
                             return $options === 'ro';
                         }
                     }
+                } elseif (is_array($volume)) {
+                    // Long-form syntax: { type: bind, source: ..., target: ..., read_only: true }
+                    $containerPath = data_get($volume, 'target');
+                    $readOnly = data_get($volume, 'read_only', false);
+
+                    // Match based on mount_path (container path)
+                    if ($containerPath === $this->mount_path) {
+                        return $readOnly === true;
+                    }
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/app/Models/LocalPersistentVolume.php b/app/Models/LocalPersistentVolume.php
index e7862478b..26e9b3e85 100644
--- a/app/Models/LocalPersistentVolume.php
+++ b/app/Models/LocalPersistentVolume.php
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ public function isReadOnlyVolume(): bool
             $volumes = $compose['services'][$serviceName]['volumes'];
 
             // Check each volume to find a match
+            // Note: We match on mount_path (container path) only, since host paths get transformed
             foreach ($volumes as $volume) {
                 // Volume can be string like "host:container:ro" or "host:container"
                 if (is_string($volume)) {
@@ -104,6 +105,19 @@ public function isReadOnlyVolume(): bool
                             return $options === 'ro';
                         }
                     }
+                } elseif (is_array($volume)) {
+                    // Long-form syntax: { type: bind/volume, source: ..., target: ..., read_only: true }
+                    $containerPath = data_get($volume, 'target');
+                    $readOnly = data_get($volume, 'read_only', false);
+
+                    // Match based on mount_path
+                    // Remove leading slash from mount_path if present for comparison
+                    $mountPath = str($this->mount_path)->ltrim('/')->toString();
+                    $containerPathClean = str($containerPath)->ltrim('/')->toString();
+
+                    if ($mountPath === $containerPathClean || $this->mount_path === $containerPath) {
+                        return $readOnly === true;
+                    }
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/resources/views/livewire/project/service/file-storage.blade.php b/resources/views/livewire/project/service/file-storage.blade.php
index 4ab966ec3..1dd58fe17 100644
--- a/resources/views/livewire/project/service/file-storage.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/livewire/project/service/file-storage.blade.php
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
                         @endif
                         <x-forms.textarea
                             label="{{ $fileStorage->is_based_on_git ? 'Content (refreshed after a successful deployment)' : 'Content' }}"
+                            helper="The content shown may be outdated. Click 'Load from server' to fetch the latest version."
                             rows="20" id="content"
                             readonly="{{ $fileStorage->is_based_on_git || $fileStorage->is_binary }}"></x-forms.textarea>
                         @if (!$fileStorage->is_based_on_git && !$fileStorage->is_binary)
@@ -79,12 +80,19 @@
                         @endif
                         <x-forms.textarea
                             label="{{ $fileStorage->is_based_on_git ? 'Content (refreshed after a successful deployment)' : 'Content' }}"
+                            helper="The content shown may be outdated. Click 'Load from server' to fetch the latest version."
                             rows="20" id="content" disabled></x-forms.textarea>
                     @endcan
                 @endif
             @else
                 {{-- Read-only view --}}
                 @if (!$fileStorage->is_directory)
+                    @can('view', $resource)
+                        <div class="flex gap-2">
+                            <x-forms.button type="button" wire:click="loadStorageOnServer">Load from
+                                server</x-forms.button>
+                        </div>
+                    @endcan
                     @if (data_get($resource, 'settings.is_preserve_repository_enabled'))
                         <div class="w-96">
                             <x-forms.checkbox disabled label="Is this based on the Git repository?"
@@ -93,6 +101,7 @@
                     @endif
                     <x-forms.textarea
                         label="{{ $fileStorage->is_based_on_git ? 'Content (refreshed after a successful deployment)' : 'Content' }}"
+                        helper="The content shown may be outdated. Click 'Load from server' to fetch the latest version."
                         rows="20" id="content" disabled></x-forms.textarea>
                 @endif
             @endif
diff --git a/tests/Unit/LocalFileVolumeReadOnlyTest.php b/tests/Unit/LocalFileVolumeReadOnlyTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c2237e62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/LocalFileVolumeReadOnlyTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests to verify LocalFileVolume::isReadOnlyVolume() correctly detects
+ * read-only volumes in both short-form and long-form Docker Compose syntax.
+ *
+ * Related Issue: Volumes with read_only: true in long-form syntax were not
+ * being detected as read-only, allowing UI edits on files that should be protected.
+ *
+ * Related Files:
+ *  - app/Models/LocalFileVolume.php
+ *  - app/Livewire/Project/Service/FileStorage.php
+ */
+
+use Symfony\Component\Yaml\Yaml;
+
+/**
+ * Helper function to parse volumes and detect read-only status.
+ * This mirrors the logic in LocalFileVolume::isReadOnlyVolume()
+ *
+ * Note: We match on mount_path (container path) only, since fs_path gets transformed
+ * from relative (./file) to absolute (/data/coolify/services/uuid/file) during parsing
+ */
+function isVolumeReadOnly(string $dockerComposeRaw, string $serviceName, string $mountPath): bool
+{
+    $compose = Yaml::parse($dockerComposeRaw);
+
+    if (! isset($compose['services'][$serviceName]['volumes'])) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    $volumes = $compose['services'][$serviceName]['volumes'];
+
+    foreach ($volumes as $volume) {
+        // Volume can be string like "host:container:ro" or "host:container"
+        if (is_string($volume)) {
+            $parts = explode(':', $volume);
+
+            if (count($parts) >= 2) {
+                $containerPath = $parts[1];
+                $options = $parts[2] ?? null;
+
+                if ($containerPath === $mountPath) {
+                    return $options === 'ro';
+                }
+            }
+        } elseif (is_array($volume)) {
+            // Long-form syntax: { type: bind, source: ..., target: ..., read_only: true }
+            $containerPath = data_get($volume, 'target');
+            $readOnly = data_get($volume, 'read_only', false);
+
+            if ($containerPath === $mountPath) {
+                return $readOnly === true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+test('detects read-only with short-form syntax using :ro', function () {
+    $compose = <<<'YAML'
+services:
+  garage:
+    image: example/image
+    volumes:
+      - ./config.toml:/etc/config.toml:ro
+YAML;
+
+    expect(isVolumeReadOnly($compose, 'garage', '/etc/config.toml'))->toBeTrue();
+});
+
+test('detects writable with short-form syntax without :ro', function () {
+    $compose = <<<'YAML'
+services:
+  garage:
+    image: example/image
+    volumes:
+      - ./config.toml:/etc/config.toml
+YAML;
+
+    expect(isVolumeReadOnly($compose, 'garage', '/etc/config.toml'))->toBeFalse();
+});
+
+test('detects read-only with long-form syntax and read_only: true', function () {
+    $compose = <<<'YAML'
+services:
+  garage:
+    image: example/image
+    volumes:
+      - type: bind
+        source: ./garage.toml
+        target: /etc/garage.toml
+        read_only: true
+YAML;
+
+    expect(isVolumeReadOnly($compose, 'garage', '/etc/garage.toml'))->toBeTrue();
+});
+
+test('detects writable with long-form syntax and read_only: false', function () {
+    $compose = <<<'YAML'
+services:
+  garage:
+    image: example/image
+    volumes:
+      - type: bind
+        source: ./garage.toml
+        target: /etc/garage.toml
+        read_only: false
+YAML;
+
+    expect(isVolumeReadOnly($compose, 'garage', '/etc/garage.toml'))->toBeFalse();
+});
+
+test('detects writable with long-form syntax without read_only key', function () {
+    $compose = <<<'YAML'
+services:
+  garage:
+    image: example/image
+    volumes:
+      - type: bind
+        source: ./garage.toml
+        target: /etc/garage.toml
+YAML;
+
+    expect(isVolumeReadOnly($compose, 'garage', '/etc/garage.toml'))->toBeFalse();
+});
+
+test('handles mixed short-form and long-form volumes in same service', function () {
+    $compose = <<<'YAML'
+services:
+  garage:
+    image: example/image
+    volumes:
+      - ./data:/var/data
+      - type: bind
+        source: ./config.toml
+        target: /etc/config.toml
+        read_only: true
+YAML;
+
+    expect(isVolumeReadOnly($compose, 'garage', '/var/data'))->toBeFalse();
+    expect(isVolumeReadOnly($compose, 'garage', '/etc/config.toml'))->toBeTrue();
+});
+
+test('handles same file mounted in multiple services with different read_only settings', function () {
+    $compose = <<<'YAML'
+services:
+  garage:
+    image: example/garage
+    volumes:
+      - type: bind
+        source: ./garage.toml
+        target: /etc/garage.toml
+  garage-webui:
+    image: example/webui
+    volumes:
+      - type: bind
+        source: ./garage.toml
+        target: /etc/garage.toml
+        read_only: true
+YAML;
+
+    // Same file, different services, different read_only status
+    expect(isVolumeReadOnly($compose, 'garage', '/etc/garage.toml'))->toBeFalse();
+    expect(isVolumeReadOnly($compose, 'garage-webui', '/etc/garage.toml'))->toBeTrue();
+});
+
+test('handles volume mount type', function () {
+    $compose = <<<'YAML'
+services:
+  app:
+    image: example/app
+    volumes:
+      - type: volume
+        source: mydata
+        target: /data
+        read_only: true
+YAML;
+
+    expect(isVolumeReadOnly($compose, 'app', '/data'))->toBeTrue();
+});
+
+test('returns false when service has no volumes', function () {
+    $compose = <<<'YAML'
+services:
+  garage:
+    image: example/image
+YAML;
+
+    expect(isVolumeReadOnly($compose, 'garage', '/etc/config.toml'))->toBeFalse();
+});
+
+test('returns false when service does not exist', function () {
+    $compose = <<<'YAML'
+services:
+  garage:
+    image: example/image
+    volumes:
+      - ./config.toml:/etc/config.toml:ro
+YAML;
+
+    expect(isVolumeReadOnly($compose, 'nonexistent', '/etc/config.toml'))->toBeFalse();
+});
+
+test('returns false when mount path does not match', function () {
+    $compose = <<<'YAML'
+services:
+  garage:
+    image: example/image
+    volumes:
+      - type: bind
+        source: ./other.toml
+        target: /etc/other.toml
+        read_only: true
+YAML;
+
+    expect(isVolumeReadOnly($compose, 'garage', '/etc/config.toml'))->toBeFalse();
+});