diff --git a/Plugin/unraid/include/watchdog.php b/Plugin/unraid/include/watchdog.php
index ff43af1..da3e710 100644
--- a/Plugin/unraid/include/watchdog.php
+++ b/Plugin/unraid/include/watchdog.php
@@ -84,6 +84,25 @@ function vv_wd_installed_containers(): array {
return array_values(array_filter(array_map('trim', $out), fn($n) => $n !== ''));
}
+// How many minutes are supposed to pass between watchdog cycles.
+//
+// Parsed from varaverk.cron, which the scheduler regenerates at array start and is the only place
+// the answer exists — the interval is a schedule, not a conf key. Reading it rather than assuming
+// 15 means that changing the schedule also moves the point at which the page calls a cycle
+// overdue, instead of leaving a constant here to drift out of agreement with reality.
+//
+// Falls back to 15 when the cron is missing or the entry is written in a form this does not
+// recognise. A wrong-but-sane interval produces a slightly early or late warning; refusing to
+// answer would remove the liveness check altogether, which is the failure being fixed.
+function vv_wd_cycle_interval_min(): int {
+ $cron = @file_get_contents('/boot/config/plugins/varaverk/varaverk.cron') ?: '';
+ foreach (explode("\n", $cron) as $line) {
+ if (!str_contains($line, 'watchdog_orchestrator')) continue;
+ if (preg_match('#^\s*\*/(\d+)\s#', $line, $m)) return max(1, (int)$m[1]);
+ }
+ return 15;
+}
+
// ── Conf array parser (bash arrays) ──────────────────────────────────────────
function vv_wd_bash_array(string $raw, string $varname): array {
@@ -272,6 +291,9 @@ function vv_wd_local_states(string $restartLogPath): array {
'ctr_strikes' => $strikes,
'skiplist' => vv_wd_parse_skiplist($skipRaw),
'sys_strikes' => $sysStrikes,
+ // The heartbeat, not a strike — see VV_WD_SYS_BOOKKEEPING. stability_watchdog.sh writes it
+ // last in the chain, so a fresh value means a whole cycle completed rather than started.
+ 'last_cycle' => (int)($sys['watchdog_cycle'] ?? 0),
'reboots' => vv_wd_parse_reboot_log($rebootRaw),
'restarts' => vv_wd_parse_restart_log($restartRaw),
'storage_wd' => vv_wd_parse_storage_state($storRaw) + [
@@ -391,6 +413,7 @@ function vv_wd_remote_data(string $ip, string $sshKey, string $restartLogPath):
'ctr_strikes' => $strikes,
'skiplist' => vv_wd_parse_skiplist($skipRaw),
'sys_strikes' => $sysStrikes,
+ 'last_cycle' => (int)($sys['watchdog_cycle'] ?? 0),
'reboots' => vv_wd_parse_reboot_log($rebootRaw),
'restarts' => vv_wd_parse_restart_log($restartRaw),
'storage_wd' => vv_wd_parse_storage_state($storRaw) + [
@@ -465,6 +488,10 @@ function vv_wd_all(): array {
// than omit a member of SYSTEM_WATCHDOG_SCRIPTS entirely and let its absence read as fine.
'fallback_on' => vv_wd_scalar($masterRaw, 'FALLBACK_ENABLED') === 'true',
'conf_sync_on' => vv_wd_scalar($masterRaw, 'CONF_SYNC_ENABLED') !== 'false',
+ // How often a cycle is supposed to happen, so "overdue" is measured against the schedule
+ // in force rather than a number written here. Read from the cron because that is where
+ // the answer lives — there is no conf key for it.
+ 'cycle_min' => vv_wd_cycle_interval_min(),
];
// SSH key from current host conf
diff --git a/Plugin/unraid/pages/watchdog.php b/Plugin/unraid/pages/watchdog.php
index bcded00..6711a9b 100644
--- a/Plugin/unraid/pages/watchdog.php
+++ b/Plugin/unraid/pages/watchdog.php
@@ -419,6 +419,27 @@ function _systemCard(node, cfg) {
? 'off — CONF_SYNC_ENABLED'
: 'active';
+ // ── Is anything still running? ──────────────────────────────────────────────
+ // Every other number on this card is only meaningful if a cycle actually happened. If the
+ // orchestrator stopped, the strike maps stop changing and the whole page renders zeros, "all
+ // clear" pills and green dots — its healthiest possible appearance, describing a machine with
+ // no watchdogs at all. This is the one reading that distinguishes quiet from absent, and the
+ // page's own contract says absence must never be drawn as an all-clear.
+ //
+ // stability_watchdog.sh writes the heartbeat last in the chain, so a fresh value means a whole
+ // cycle finished rather than one that started and died halfway. Overdue is measured against the
+ // schedule in force (cfg.cycle_min, read from the cron), not a constant: one missed cycle is
+ // worth noticing, two is worth alarming about.
+ const cycleMin = cfg.cycle_min || 15;
+ const lastCyc = (node.states || {}).last_cycle || 0;
+ const cycAge = lastCyc ? Math.max(0, Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) - lastCyc) : null;
+ const cycCol = cycAge == null ? '#555'
+ : cycAge > cycleMin * 60 * 3 ? '#ef5350'
+ : cycAge > cycleMin * 60 * 2 ? '#ffb74d' : '#4caf50';
+ const cycTxt = cycAge == null ? 'never' : _relTime(lastCyc);
+ const cycNote = cycAge == null ? ' — no cycle has completed'
+ : cycAge > cycleMin * 60 * 2 ? ' — overdue, expected every ' + cycleMin + 'm' : '';
+
const apiOnly = sys.api_only === true;
const daemonDot = sys.daemon_ok === null ? '#555' : sys.daemon_ok ? '#4caf50' : '#ef5350';
const daemonTxt = sys.daemon_ok === null ? '—' : sys.daemon_ok ? 'daemon ok' : 'daemon err';
@@ -439,6 +460,8 @@ function _systemCard(node, cfg) {
>${apiOnly ? 'API ONLY' : _levelLabel(level)}
System
+ ${!apiOnly ? _row('Last cycle', `${vvEscHtml(cycTxt)}`
+ + `${vvEscHtml(cycNote)}`) : ''}
${_row('RAM free', `${_fmtBytes(sys.mem_avail)} / ${_fmtBytes(sys.mem_total)}`)}
${_bar(usedPct, memCol)}