diff --git a/cmd/incusd/api_cluster.go b/cmd/incusd/api_cluster.go
index 465acb3a3e2..9444e0c9754 100644
--- a/cmd/incusd/api_cluster.go
+++ b/cmd/incusd/api_cluster.go
@@ -623,6 +623,7 @@ func clusterPutJoin(d *Daemon, r *http.Request, req api.ClusterPut) response.Res
 
 		d.events.SetLocalLocation(d.serverName)
 
+		// Create all storage pools and networks.
 		err = clusterInitMember(localClient, client, req.MemberConfig)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("Failed to initialize member: %w", err)
@@ -765,13 +766,8 @@ func clusterPutJoin(d *Daemon, r *http.Request, req api.ClusterPut) response.Res
 			return err
 		}
 
-		// Start clustering tasks.
-		d.startClusterTasks()
-		revert.Add(func() { d.stopClusterTasks() })
-
-		// Handle optional service integration on cluster join
+		// Add the new node to the default cluster group.
 		err = s.DB.Cluster.Transaction(context.TODO(), func(ctx context.Context, tx *db.ClusterTx) error {
-			// Add the new node to the default cluster group.
 			err := tx.AddNodeToClusterGroup(ctx, "default", req.ServerName)
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("Failed to add new member to the default cluster group: %w", err)
@@ -783,6 +779,11 @@ func clusterPutJoin(d *Daemon, r *http.Request, req api.ClusterPut) response.Res
 			return err
 		}
 
+		// Start clustering tasks.
+		d.startClusterTasks()
+		revert.Add(func() { d.stopClusterTasks() })
+
+		// Load the configuration.
 		var nodeConfig *node.Config
 		err = s.DB.Node.Transaction(context.TODO(), func(ctx context.Context, tx *db.NodeTx) error {
 			var err error
@@ -1045,6 +1046,11 @@ func clusterInitMember(d incus.InstanceServer, client incus.InstanceServer, memb
 				continue
 			}
 
+			// OVN networks don't need local creation.
+			if network.Type == "ovn" {
+				continue
+			}
+
 			post := api.InitNetworksProjectPost{
 				NetworksPost: api.NetworksPost{
 					NetworkPut: network.NetworkPut,
@@ -2422,13 +2428,13 @@ func internalClusterPostAccept(d *Daemon, r *http.Request) response.Response {
 	d.clusterMembershipMutex.Lock()
 	defer d.clusterMembershipMutex.Unlock()
 
-	// Check that the pools and networks provided by the joining node have
-	// configs that match the cluster ones.
+	// Make sure we have all the expected storage pools.
 	err = clusterCheckStoragePoolsMatch(r.Context(), s.DB.Cluster, req.StoragePools)
 	if err != nil {
 		return response.SmartError(err)
 	}
 
+	// Make sure we have all the expected networks.
 	err = clusterCheckNetworksMatch(r.Context(), s.DB.Cluster, req.Networks)
 	if err != nil {
 		return response.SmartError(err)
@@ -2844,8 +2850,18 @@ func clusterCheckNetworksMatch(ctx context.Context, clusterDB *db.Cluster, reqNe
 			}
 
 			for _, networkName := range networkNames {
-				found := false
+				_, network, _, err := tx.GetNetworkInAnyState(ctx, networkProjectName, networkName)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+
+				// OVN networks don't need local creation.
+				if network.Type == "ovn" {
+					continue
+				}
 
+				// Check that the network is present locally.
+				found := false
 				for _, reqNetwork := range reqNetworks {
 					if reqNetwork.Name != networkName || reqNetwork.Project != networkProjectName {
 						continue
@@ -2853,11 +2869,6 @@ func clusterCheckNetworksMatch(ctx context.Context, clusterDB *db.Cluster, reqNe
 
 					found = true
 
-					_, network, _, err := tx.GetNetworkInAnyState(ctx, networkProjectName, networkName)
-					if err != nil {
-						return err
-					}
-
 					if reqNetwork.Type != network.Type {
 						return fmt.Errorf("Mismatching type for network %q in project %q", networkName, networkProjectName)
 					}
diff --git a/internal/server/cluster/membership.go b/internal/server/cluster/membership.go
index c3f48ba0037..b1745ecf80a 100644
--- a/internal/server/cluster/membership.go
+++ b/internal/server/cluster/membership.go
@@ -524,7 +524,8 @@ func Join(state *state.State, gateway *Gateway, networkCert *localtls.CertInfo,
 			for name, id := range network {
 				config, ok := networks[name]
 				if !ok {
-					return fmt.Errorf("Joining member has no config for network %s", name)
+					// Not all networks are present as virtual networks (OVN) don't need entries.
+					continue
 				}
 
 				err := tx.NetworkNodeJoin(id, node.ID)
diff --git a/shared/archive/detect.go b/shared/archive/detect.go
index e14b62fcadf..f7768b1ec33 100644
--- a/shared/archive/detect.go
+++ b/shared/archive/detect.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func DetectCompressionFile(f io.Reader) ([]string, string, []string, error) {
 	// bz2 - 2 bytes, 'BZ' signature/magic number
 	// gz - 2 bytes, 0x1f 0x8b
 	// lzma - 6 bytes, { [0x000, 0xE0], '7', 'z', 'X', 'Z', 0x00 } -
-	// xy - 6 bytes,  header format { 0xFD, '7', 'z', 'X', 'Z', 0x00 }
+	// xz - 6 bytes,  header format { 0xFD, '7', 'z', 'X', 'Z', 0x00 }
 	// tar - 263 bytes, trying to get ustar from 257 - 262
 	header := make([]byte, 263)
 	_, err := f.Read(header)