I am on Volla Quintus running now 24.04-01 and I got Waydroid running without issues.
However was there not an upgrade in support after the 24.04 update for Halium? or was it Waydroid?

Since Waydroid is using Linage you can still limit what the apps and services in the Android OS, such as Google Services, can access.

Ive also noticed that both F-droid and Play Store auto updates when Waydroid is running, however
they can lock up when booting Waydroid freshly since they seem to complain about time not being correct.

I might be forced to use waydroid since my country have apps I need that only exists on iOS or Android. So this Topic is very relevant for me as in needing setup waydroid and make it a dev device
since Waydroid is not certified ( Waydroid: Google Play Certification )

As an FYI, I had major problems to get my account verified with my normal @hotmail.com. Tried multiple times and ofc checked spam but never received anything.
Finally I tried an @Gmail.com mail which worked.

@bestenaizena There is the Waydroid file access helper app;
https://open-store.io/app/waydroid-files.jcm
Have not tried it myself yet.

Otherwise its still waydroid, so their official instructions should work;
https://docs.waydro.id/faq/setting-up-a-shared-folder