Media Stack called every node local, and a host whose watchdogs never ran reported all clear

Plugin/unraid/include/arrs.php

@@ -460,6 +460,12 @@ function vv_arrs_all(): array {
         $cacheFile = VV_CACHE_DIR . '/arrs_remote_' . $h . '.json';
         if (file_exists($cacheFile)) {
             $node = json_decode(file_get_contents($cacheFile), true) ?: [];
+            // The cache file was written by vv_arrs_local_node() ON THAT HOST, where the node is by
+            // definition local — so it arrives claiming 'local' => true and, re-emitted verbatim,
+            // made every node on every host report as this one. Ownership is decided here, by who
+            // is reading the file, not by who wrote it.
+            $node['local']     = false;
+            $node['host']      = $h;
             $node['cached']    = true;
             $node['cache_age'] = time() - (int)filemtime($cacheFile);
             $result[] = $node;

Plugin/unraid/include/monitor.php

@@ -310,8 +310,27 @@ function vv_watchdog_summary(): array {
         && $rwLevel === 0 && $daemonStrikes === 0 && $oomCount === 0 && $reboots === 0
         && $npmStrikes === 0 && $nicState === 'up' && $sshdOk;
 
+    // "No strikes" and "never ran" are not the same fact. Every strike file read above defaults an
+    // absent file to zero, so a host where the watchdogs have never executed reports exactly like
+    // one they just swept clean — a green card standing in for no information at all. HOST2 showed
+    // that green for four days on a STATE_DIR holding no watchdog file whatsoever, because its
+    // schedule.json never had the orchestrator enabled.
+    //
+    // $healthy stays a verdict about strikes; the caller is told separately whether there was
+    // anything to form a verdict from.
+    $lastRun = 0;
+    foreach ([
+        'watchdog_orch_hb.count', 'container_watchdog_state.db', 'resource_watchdog_state.db',
+        'system_watchdog_state.db', 'storage_watchdog_state.db', 'network_watchdog_state.db',
+    ] as $f) {
+        $p = STATE_DIR . '/' . $f;
+        if (is_file($p)) $lastRun = max($lastRun, (int)@filemtime($p));
+    }
+
     return [
         'healthy'        => $healthy,
+        'last_run'       => $lastRun ?: null,
+        'never_ran'      => $lastRun === 0,
         'ctr_strikes'    => $ctrStrikes,
         'rw_level'       => $rwLevel,
         'rw_paused'      => array_values(array_filter(explode(',', $rw['rm_paused_containers'] ?? ''))),

Plugin/unraid/pages/monitor.php

@@ -1476,8 +1476,16 @@ function vvPollMonitor(live) {
         const issueCount   = ctrNames.length + stabNames.length + storIssues
                            + (daemonHit ? 1 : 0) + (oom > 0 ? 1 : 0)
                            + (reboots > 0 ? 1 : 0) + (npmStrikes > 0 ? 1 : 0);
-        const bannerCls    = healthy ? 'vv-banner-ok' : (reboots || oom || daemonHit ? 'vv-banner-err' : 'vv-banner-warn');
+        // A host whose watchdogs have never executed has no verdict to report. Every strike set
-        const bannerTxt    = healthy ? '✓ All clear' : `⚠ ${issueCount} issue${issueCount !== 1 ? 's' : ''}`;
+        // reads absent state as zero, so "All clear" here would be standing in for no data —
+        // which is the failure this card's own header warns about. Said plainly instead.
+        const neverRan     = wd.never_ran === true;
+        const bannerCls    = neverRan ? 'vv-banner-warn'
+                           : healthy  ? 'vv-banner-ok'
+                           : (reboots || oom || daemonHit ? 'vv-banner-err' : 'vv-banner-warn');
+        const bannerTxt    = neverRan ? '○ Never run on this host'
+                           : healthy  ? '✓ All clear'
+                           : `⚠ ${issueCount} issue${issueCount !== 1 ? 's' : ''}`;
 
         let html = `<div class="vv-banner ${bannerCls}">${bannerTxt}`;
         if (reboots > 0) html += `<span style="font-size:10px;">${reboots} reboot${reboots !== 1 ? 's' : ''}/12h</span>`;
@@ -1601,7 +1609,7 @@ function vvPollMonitor(live) {
         const wdCard = document.getElementById('vv-watchdog-card');
         if (wdCard) {
           wdCard.classList.remove('vv-accent-ok','vv-accent-warn','vv-accent-err');
-          if (healthy) wdCard.classList.add('vv-accent-ok');
+          if (healthy && !neverRan) wdCard.classList.add('vv-accent-ok');
           else if (reboots > 0 || oom > 0 || daemonHit) wdCard.classList.add('vv-accent-err');
           else wdCard.classList.add('vv-accent-warn');
         }