From facbf9629f45b95d34a4d0844e617f87a35be5ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hermes Agent <hermes@localhost>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:57:51 +0000
Subject: Add autonomous build progress heartbeat

---
 scripts/progress-heartbeat.sh | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 scripts/progress-heartbeat.sh

diff --git a/scripts/progress-heartbeat.sh b/scripts/progress-heartbeat.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ed4a7fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/progress-heartbeat.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+repo=/mnt/hermes-workspace/alt-controller-image-rs
+printf 'Native image-builder heartbeat\n'
+printf 'UTC: '; date -u '+%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'
+printf 'HEAD: '; git -C "$repo" log -1 --format='%h %ad %s' --date=iso-strict
+printf 'Worker: '
+if pgrep -af 'hermes verify --json|alt-controller-image|hsh-install|hsh --initroot' >/dev/null; then
+  printf 'active\n'
+else
+  printf 'idle between scheduled runs\n'
+fi
+printf 'Working tree: '
+if test -n "$(git -C "$repo" status --porcelain)"; then
+  printf 'uncommitted changes present\n'
+else
+  printf 'clean\n'
+fi
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