feat: add Watchdog recovery and drift rebuild workflows

README.md

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ The schedule and jobs survive app restarts. Missed days become one run, and a
 server can have only one pending maintenance restart. Disabling the schedule
 does not cancel work already queued; use **Cancel** for those jobs.
 
-Maintenance waits for a fresh zero-player RCON response and for existing
+Maintenance waits for a fresh zero-player RCON or telemetry report and for existing
 deployment/beta work, then uses the shared rolling restart limit. Unreachable or
 occupied servers remain queued. After container and RCON recovery, Electric
 Cherry queries the running revision again. If a fresh published revision was
@@ -100,6 +100,13 @@ behavior on your live T5/T6 servers before relying on unattended maintenance.
 
 ## How restarts stay safe
 
+**Operations → Watchdog** automatically detects unhealthy servers and file drift.
+Health incidents receive one restart followed by one rebuild if recovery fails;
+drift queues a rebuild with the promoted setup and a linked Campaign. Incidents,
+evidence, and attempts survive application restarts. Pause automation, inspect
+failures, and explicitly retry from Watchdog. Intentional stops and active beta or
+campaign work are respected. See [Watchdog](docs/watchdog.md) for timing and recovery behavior.
+
 Betas support configurable gameplay, participation, stability and manual-review
 requirements, saved presets, coverage rules and staged waves. See
 [Beta test plans](docs/beta-test-plans.md) for usage and the four-event game telemetry contract.
@@ -300,8 +307,10 @@ the full player data, updates Fleet, and applies gameplay progress to active
 betas automatically. No discovery request or beta-specific fields are needed.
 
 See [Game reporter protocol](docs/beta-test-plans.md#game-reporter-protocol) for
-complete payload examples. Telemetry does not replace RCON's empty-server
+complete payload examples. Fresh telemetry can verify player count and game
-check before an automated restart.
+activity alongside RCON during provisioning and Watchdog recovery. Occupied
+reports prevent interruptions; stale reports cannot authorize them. Komodo still
+verifies container readiness.
 
 For a missing scoreboard, open the server's **Diagnostics → Telemetry API requests**.
 The log shows received requests for that exact server name, including accepted

docs/provisioning.md

@@ -30,12 +30,16 @@ failures before making another request.
 
 Start and Restart share the rolling restart limit with campaigns, betas, and
 maintenance. A successful API reply is followed by a recovery delay and actual
-container/RCON checks. Failed or ambiguous restart requests retain their recovery
+container and game-status checks. Failed or ambiguous restart requests retain their recovery
 slot and are not automatically replayed. Stop requires an explicit stopped container state; an
 unreachable Komodo API is not evidence that a stop succeeded.
 
-Disruptive operations require a fresh zero-player RCON result, unless Komodo
+Disruptive operations require a fresh zero-player result from RCON or accepted
-positively reports a stopped container. Runtime actions wait for conflicting
+telemetry, unless Komodo positively reports a stopped container. Fresh occupied
+telemetry vetoes a conflicting empty RCON reading. Reports must be received within
+45 seconds; recovery verification also excludes reports from before the submitted
+operation. Telemetry can verify the game's activity and selected map after Komodo
+reports healthy. Runtime actions wait for conflicting
 campaign, beta, maintenance, or provisioning work. Duplicate pending requests for
 the same action return the existing operation; a different action returns a
 conflict. Requests and events survive application restarts.
@@ -48,6 +52,12 @@ health verification. The callers retain file deployment, beta evidence, and
 Plutonium revision verification. Jobs remain visible while waiting for players,
 other work, or integration configuration.
 
+[Watchdog](watchdog.md) also submits recovery operations and links each attempt
+to its incident. A failed Watchdog restart can hand its reserved slot to a rebuild
+after five minutes; unrelated recovery slots remain held. Drift campaigns follow
+their linked rebuild without requesting another restart. Their file evidence and
+history remain available after the instance is removed.
+
 Campaign changes queued before submission can share one restart. Changes arriving
 after submission require a new operation. A failed or interrupted request keeps
 its original ID and never automatically replays. An explicit beta retry starts a

docs/watchdog.md

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# Watchdog
+
+**Operations → Watchdog** detects unhealthy servers and drift, records each
+incident, and links its recovery attempts to Provisioning. File drift also opens
+a Campaign with the observed file differences. Automation is enabled by default;
+**Pause automation** persists across application restarts. Scanning and verification
+continue while paused, but new actions and queued Watchdog actions are held.
+Already submitted actions continue to completion.
+
+The worker scans once per minute while Electric Cherry is running. **Scan now**
+requests a scan immediately. Repeated button presses do not count as independent
+health failures. A health incident must have three observations spanning at least
+two minutes before an automatic restart is queued. Starting or restarting
+containers get five minutes before recovery is requested. Unknown Komodo responses
+are recorded without interpreting them as a stopped container.
+
+## Recovery
+
+A health incident gets one restart, then one rebuild if the restart has not
+recovered within five minutes. Both are normal Provisioning jobs with durable
+history and shared capacity limits. Escalation transfers only that incident's
+restart recovery slot to the rebuild. An unsuccessful rebuild requires operator
+attention; Watchdog does not start an endless restart/rebuild loop. Verification
+of an already submitted rebuild continues, including after the incident is marked
+as needing attention.
+
+An intentional **Stop** is retained as the server's desired state. Watchdog leaves
+it stopped until an explicit Start, Restart, or Rebuild request changes that intent.
+Active creations, removals, betas, and campaigns defer new Watchdog actions.
+
+Provisioning checks current container health before using game status. A disruptive
+action requires a confirmed stopped container or a fresh zero-player reading from
+RCON or accepted telemetry. A positive player count from either source prevents
+an interruption. Telemetry evidence must have been received within 45 seconds;
+future, malformed, stale, and pre-restart reports cannot verify a new process.
+A game-end event retains its reported roster; it does not imply zero players.
+Fresh telemetry can also verify game activity and the selected engine map after
+Komodo reports the container healthy. A healthy container with neither current
+RCON status nor current telemetry remains queued for player-count verification.
+
+## Drift
+
+Drift includes missing promoted files, changed bytes, and extra files in managed
+script, config, and plugin destinations. Config comparison uses the composed
+baseline and overlays with the server's selected map. Plutainer's unmanaged default
+config remains exempt until a baseline is promoted. Active betas are deferred;
+missing server mounts are reported as scan errors instead of being treated as
+empty directories.
+
+Watchdog rebuilds a drifting server in place using the same identity, map, port,
+and saved server key. **Rebuild deletes all old instance files.** The new instance
+uses the latest promoted setup when provisioning starts. A missing saved key
+leaves the incident needing attention without deleting the old server.
+
+The linked Campaign captures before/after evidence at detection time. Its activity
+identifies this as the detected plan, and it follows the rebuild's outcome without
+queuing an additional restart. Promotions can change while the rebuild is queued;
+the Provisioning launch recipe records the files actually selected for that launch.
+Campaign evidence and Watchdog history survive subsequent rebuilds and removals.
+
+## Review and retry
+
+The list can be filtered by server, incident type, and status. Each detail page
+shows the triggering evidence, timestamped events, and links to every attempt.
+**Dismiss** suppresses further automatic attempts until the condition clears.
+**Retry** explicitly starts a new bounded attempt after inspecting a dismissed or
+failed incident. Active Provisioning operations must finish or be cancelled first.
+A verified recovery resolves the incident automatically.
+
+## API
+
+- `GET /api/watchdog`: automation setting, last scan, scan errors, and latest incidents.
+- `POST /api/watchdog` with `{ "action": "scan" }`: run a scan now.
+- `POST /api/watchdog` with `{ "enabled": false }` (or `true`): pause/resume automation.
+- `GET /api/watchdog/:id`: incident, event history, and linked actions.
+- `POST /api/watchdog/:id` with `{ "action": "retry" }` or `{ "action": "dismiss" }`.
+
+The legacy `/api/drift` GET and dry-run POST still return previews. Mutating POST
+requests return HTTP 410 and direct clients to Watchdog; file repair is now a
+provisioning rebuild instead of an immediate rewrite.

src/lib/server/db/index.ts

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ let _db: Database.Database | null = null;
 // backfill columns; this can.
 const SERVERS_COLUMNS: Array<{ name: string; ddl: string }> = [
     { name: 'container_state', ddl: 'ALTER TABLE servers ADD COLUMN container_state TEXT' },
+    { name: 'desired_state', ddl: "ALTER TABLE servers ADD COLUMN desired_state TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'running' CHECK (desired_state IN ('running','stopped'))" },
     // Base columns that shipped in the very first schema stay here for parity
     // with fresh installs — no ALTER is issued if they're already present.
     { name: 'komodo_server', ddl: 'ALTER TABLE servers ADD COLUMN komodo_server TEXT' },
@@ -246,6 +247,44 @@ function migrateProvisioningActions(handle: Database.Database): void {
     } finally { handle.pragma('foreign_keys = ON'); }
 }
 
+/** Rebuild constrained tables while preserving links, indexes, triggers, and row order. */
+function migrateWatchdogConstraints(handle: Database.Database): void {
+    for (const name of ['provisioning_sources', 'deployment_servers']) {
+        const { sql } = handle.prepare("SELECT sql FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = 'table' AND name = ?").get(name) as { sql: string };
+        const replacement = name === 'provisioning_sources'
+            ? (sql.includes("'watchdog'") ? sql : sql.replace("'campaign','beta','maintenance'", "'campaign','beta','maintenance','watchdog'"))
+            : sql.replace(/server\s+TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES servers\(name\)/, 'server TEXT NOT NULL');
+        if (sql === replacement) continue;
+        const dependent = handle.prepare("SELECT sql FROM sqlite_master WHERE tbl_name = ? AND type IN ('index','trigger') AND sql IS NOT NULL")
+            .all(name) as { sql: string }[];
+        handle.pragma('foreign_keys = OFF');
+        try {
+            handle.transaction(() => {
+                handle.exec(replacement.replace(name, name + '_watchdog_new'));
+                handle.exec(`INSERT INTO ${name}_watchdog_new (rowid, ${
+                    (handle.prepare(`PRAGMA table_info(${name})`).all() as { name: string }[]).map(col => col.name).join(', ')
+                }) SELECT rowid, ${
+                    (handle.prepare(`PRAGMA table_info(${name})`).all() as { name: string }[]).map(col => col.name).join(', ')
+                } FROM ${name}; DROP TABLE ${name}; ALTER TABLE ${name}_watchdog_new RENAME TO ${name};`);
+                for (const object of dependent) handle.exec(object.sql);
+                if ((handle.pragma('foreign_key_check') as unknown[]).length) throw new Error('Watchdog migration found broken references');
+            })();
+        } finally { handle.pragma('foreign_keys = ON'); }
+    }
+}
+
+function backfillDesiredState(handle: Database.Database): void {
+    if (handle.prepare("SELECT 1 FROM settings WHERE key = 'watchdog_desired_state_v1'").get()) return;
+    handle.transaction(() => {
+        // A failed stop may have reached Komodo. Preserve that explicit intent.
+        handle.exec(`UPDATE servers SET desired_state = 'stopped' WHERE 'stop' = (
+            SELECT action FROM server_deployments d WHERE d.server = servers.name AND d.state != 'cancelled'
+            AND d.action IN ('create','start','restart','rebuild','stop')
+            ORDER BY d.rowid DESC LIMIT 1);
+            INSERT INTO settings (key, value) VALUES ('watchdog_desired_state_v1', '1');`);
+    })();
+}
+
 export function db(): Database.Database {
     if (_db) return _db;
 
@@ -260,6 +299,7 @@ export function db(): Database.Database {
         dropLegacyBetaTables(handle);
         handle.exec(schemaSql);
         migrateProvisioningActions(handle);
+        migrateWatchdogConstraints(handle);
         migrateTable(handle, 'restart_rollout', [{ name: 'operation_id', ddl: 'ALTER TABLE restart_rollout ADD COLUMN operation_id TEXT' }]);
         migrateTable(handle, 'server_deployments', [
             { name: 'submitted_at', ddl: 'ALTER TABLE server_deployments ADD COLUMN submitted_at TEXT' },
@@ -270,6 +310,7 @@ export function db(): Database.Database {
             migrateTable(handle, table, [{ name: 'provisioning_id', ddl: `ALTER TABLE ${table} ADD COLUMN provisioning_id TEXT` }]);
         }
         migrateServers(handle);
+        backfillDesiredState(handle);
         // Column additions must run BEFORE any statement that references the
         // new columns. schema.sql cannot include those references — see the
         // comment there.

src/lib/server/db/schema.sql

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS servers (
     komodo_name      TEXT NOT NULL,
     komodo_server    TEXT,
     container_state TEXT,                                -- last observed Komodo runtime state
+    desired_state TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'running' CHECK (desired_state IN ('running','stopped')),
     game_port        INTEGER,                             -- UDP RCON port; lazy-filled from Komodo
     rcon_host        TEXT,                                -- optional per-server override of RCON_HOST
     game             TEXT,                                -- 't5' etc.; static per-server (no map rotation)
@@ -299,7 +300,7 @@ CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_deployments_started ON deployments(started_at DES
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS deployment_servers (
     deployment_id TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES deployments(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
-    server        TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES servers(name),
+    server        TEXT NOT NULL, -- Campaign observation survives a rebuild's registry gap.
     files_changed INTEGER NOT NULL,
     restart_state TEXT NOT NULL,     -- pending | done | failed | manual | held
     players       INTEGER,
@@ -445,7 +446,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS server_rebuild_jobs (
 -- history retention, while current pointers live on the caller's server rows.
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS provisioning_sources (
     operation_id TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES server_deployments(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
-    kind TEXT NOT NULL CHECK (kind IN ('campaign','beta','maintenance')),
+    kind TEXT NOT NULL CHECK (kind IN ('campaign','beta','maintenance','watchdog')),
     source_id TEXT NOT NULL,
     server TEXT NOT NULL,
     PRIMARY KEY (operation_id, kind, source_id, server)
@@ -622,3 +623,36 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS metric_samples (
     capacity INTEGER,
     PRIMARY KEY (at, server)
 );
+
+-- Watchdog history deliberately survives server destruction/rebuild.
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS watchdog_incidents (
+    id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+    server TEXT NOT NULL,
+    kind TEXT NOT NULL CHECK (kind IN ('health','drift')),
+    state TEXT NOT NULL CHECK (state IN ('open','recovering','attention','resolved','dismissed')),
+    summary TEXT NOT NULL,
+    details TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '{}',
+    first_seen_at TEXT NOT NULL,
+    last_seen_at TEXT NOT NULL,
+    finished_at TEXT,
+    failures INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
+    cycle INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1
+);
+CREATE UNIQUE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_watchdog_active ON watchdog_incidents(server,kind) WHERE state != 'resolved';
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS watchdog_events (
+    id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+    incident_id TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES watchdog_incidents(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    created_at TEXT NOT NULL,
+    message TEXT NOT NULL
+);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_watchdog_events ON watchdog_events(incident_id,id);
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS watchdog_actions (
+    id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
+    incident_id TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES watchdog_incidents(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
+    action TEXT NOT NULL CHECK (action IN ('restart','rebuild')),
+    operation_id TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE,
+    campaign_id TEXT,
+    created_at TEXT NOT NULL,
+    cycle INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1,
+    UNIQUE(incident_id,cycle,action)
+);

src/lib/server/fleet/drift.ts

@@ -1,22 +1,20 @@
 import { mkdir, readdir, readFile, rm, stat, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto';
 import type { DriftPlan, DriftPlanFile } from '$lib/drift-plan.js';
-import { existsSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { dirname, join, posix, relative, sep } from 'node:path';
-import { configFileOf, destOfKind, type ArtifactKind } from '../config.js';
+import { configFileOf, destOfKind, serverDir, type ArtifactKind } from '../config.js';
 import { db } from '../db/index.js';
 import { emit } from '../pipeline/bus.js';
 import { sha256Buffer } from './files.js';
 import {
     getServerScript,
-    listServerScripts,
     recordScript,
     removeScript
 } from './inventory.js';
 import { getBaselineForScope, getVersion } from './scripts.js';
 import { getPromotedServerConfig, getServerMapConfig, MAP_CONFIG_FILE } from './server-config.js';
 import { selectedZombieMap } from './map-aliases.js';
-import { serverDirectories, getServer, listServers } from './servers.js';
+import { getServer, listServers } from './servers.js';
 import { promotedArtifacts } from './promoted-artifacts.js';
 
 // Destinations drift scans, in a stable order so the UI shows scripts first.
@@ -54,14 +52,35 @@ function toPosix(p: string): string {
     return p.split(sep).join(posix.sep);
 }
 
+function hasActiveBeta(server: string): boolean {
+    return !!db().prepare(`SELECT 1 FROM beta_servers bs JOIN betas b ON b.id = bs.beta_id
+        WHERE bs.server = ? AND b.state IN ('running', 'ready-promote') LIMIT 1`).get(server);
+}
+
+async function requireServerDirectory(server: string): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+        if (!(await stat(serverDir(server))).isDirectory()) throw new Error('path is not a directory');
+    } catch (error) {
+        throw new Error(`Server files unavailable for ${server}: ${(error as Error).message}`);
+    }
+}
+
+async function readExistingFile(path: string): Promise<Buffer | null> {
+    return readFile(path).catch((error: NodeJS.ErrnoException) => {
+        if (error.code === 'ENOENT') return null;
+        throw error;
+    });
+}
+
 async function walkFiles(root: string): Promise<string[]> {
     const out: string[] = [];
     async function recur(dir: string): Promise<void> {
         let entries;
         try {
             entries = await readdir(dir, { withFileTypes: true });
-        } catch {
+        } catch (error) {
-            return;
+            if ((error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code === 'ENOENT') return;
+            throw error;
         }
         for (const e of entries) {
             if (DRIFT_IGNORE_FILENAMES.has(e.name)) continue;
@@ -76,27 +95,28 @@ async function walkFiles(root: string): Promise<string[]> {
 
 /**
  * Scan every managed destination tree on a server (scripts, configs, plugins)
- * and return every file that isn't tracked in server_scripts. During a beta,
+ * and compare disk contents with promoted artifacts and inventory. An active
- * the beta bytes live at the actual target filename and the inventory row is
+ * beta owns its server's files until promotion or rollback; defer the whole
- * updated to reflect them, so beta files register as tracked with no
+ * server so reconciliation cannot replace experimental config or missing beta
- * special-casing (pre-beta bytes are snapshotted to beta_file_snapshots for
+ * artifacts with the promoted versions.
- * rollback rather than left on disk as .OLD).
- *
- * The inventory table (server_scripts) keys on (server, rel_path) with no
- * destination discriminator. Rel_paths across destinations don't collide in
- * practice (`.gsc` for scripts, `.cfg` for configs, `.dll` for plugins), so
- * a shared tracked-set is safe.
  */
 export async function scanServerDrift(server: string): Promise<DriftEntry[]> {
-    const tracked = new Set(listServerScripts(server).map((r) => r.rel_path));
-    const drift = await scanManagedForServer(server);
-    const managed = new Set(drift.map((entry) => `${entry.kind}:${entry.relPath}`));
     const srv = getServer(server);
+    if (!srv || srv.destroyed_at || hasActiveBeta(server)) return [];
+    // A missing mount is unavailable evidence, not an empty managed tree.
+    await requireServerDirectory(server);
+    const drift = await scanManagedForServer(server);
+    // Previous inventory is an audit of installed bytes, not permission to
+    // retain artifacts whose scope was moved or removed from the library.
+    const managed = new Set(promotedArtifacts(srv.game, srv.map)
+        .map(({ kind, script }) => `${kind}:${script.target_rel_path}`));
+    const baseline = srv.game ? getBaselineForScope('game', srv.game) : undefined;
+    if (baseline?.current_version_id) managed.add(`config:${configFileOf(server)}`);
     // Without a promoted baseline, Plutainer owns the seeded config. Keep it
     // until a baseline is promoted; startup arguments handle map selection.
     const keepDefaultConfig = srv?.game
         && selectedZombieMap(srv.game, srv.map, srv.map_slug)
-        && !getBaselineForScope('game', srv.game)?.current_version_id;
+        && !baseline?.current_version_id;
 
     // Scan for untracked files only after resolving managed targets.
     for (const kind of DRIFT_DESTS) {
@@ -105,7 +125,7 @@ export async function scanServerDrift(server: string): Promise<DriftEntry[]> {
         if (onDisk.length === 0) continue;
 
         for (const relPath of onDisk) {
-            if (tracked.has(relPath) || managed.has(`${kind}:${relPath}`)) continue;
+            if (managed.has(`${kind}:${relPath}`)) continue;
             if (keepDefaultConfig && kind === 'config' && relPath === configFileOf(server)) continue;
             if (kind === 'config' && relPath === MAP_CONFIG_FILE && srv?.created_by
                 && srv.game_mode === 'zombie' && getServerMapConfig(srv.game, srv.map, srv.map_slug)) continue;
@@ -120,13 +140,15 @@ export async function scanServerDrift(server: string): Promise<DriftEntry[]> {
                     kind,
                     driftKind: 'untracked'
                 });
-            } catch {
+            } catch (error) {
-                /* file disappeared between walk and stat — skip */
+                if ((error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code !== 'ENOENT') throw error;
+                // A file disappeared between walk and stat; the next scan sees it.
             }
         }
     }
 
-    return drift;
+    await requireServerDirectory(server);
+    return hasActiveBeta(server) ? [] : drift;
 }
 
 // Every promoted artifact whose scope matches this server's game/map should
@@ -143,21 +165,23 @@ async function scanManagedForServer(server: string): Promise<DriftEntry[]> {
         ? getServerMapConfig(srv.game, srv.map, srv.map_slug) : null;
     if (mapConfig) {
         const abs = join(destOfKind(server, 'config'), MAP_CONFIG_FILE);
-        const content = await readFile(abs).catch(() => null);
+        const content = await readExistingFile(abs);
         if (!content?.equals(mapConfig)) {
             out.push({ server, relPath: MAP_CONFIG_FILE, kind: 'config', driftKind: content ? 'replace' : 'missing',
                 size: mapConfig.byteLength, sha256: sha256Buffer(mapConfig) });
         }
     }
 
-    // Existing files without inventory must be installed/tracked in one pass,
+    // Inventory records the last managed write, not the current disk bytes.
-    // never deleted first. Preserve tracked files (including beta versions).
+    // Check both so edits and outdated versions are detected on tracked files.
     for (const { kind, script, version } of promotedArtifacts(srv.game, srv.map)) {
-        const present = existsSync(join(destOfKind(server, kind), script.target_rel_path));
+        const content = await readExistingFile(join(destOfKind(server, kind), script.target_rel_path));
-        if (present && getServerScript(server, script.target_rel_path)) continue;
+        const inventory = getServerScript(server, script.target_rel_path);
+        if (content?.equals(version.content) && inventory?.sha256 === version.sha256
+            && inventory.script_version_id === version.id) continue;
         out.push({
             server, relPath: script.target_rel_path, kind,
-            driftKind: present ? 'replace' : 'missing',
+            driftKind: content ? 'replace' : 'missing',
             size: version.size, sha256: version.sha256,
             scriptId: script.id, scriptVersionId: version.id
         });
@@ -176,13 +200,14 @@ async function scanManagedForServer(server: string): Promise<DriftEntry[]> {
                 const targetRel = configFileOf(server);
                 const abs = join(dest, targetRel);
                 const inv = getServerScript(server, targetRel);
-                const onDiskMatches = existsSync(abs) && inv?.sha256 === composed.sha256;
+                const content = await readExistingFile(abs);
+                const onDiskMatches = content?.equals(composed.content) && inv?.sha256 === composed.sha256;
                 if (!onDiskMatches) {
                     out.push({
                         server,
                         relPath: targetRel,
                         kind: 'config',
-                        driftKind: existsSync(abs) ? 'replace' : 'missing',
+                        driftKind: content ? 'replace' : 'missing',
                         size: composed.content.byteLength,
                         sha256: composed.sha256,
                         scriptId: baseline.id,
@@ -230,12 +255,8 @@ function composeExpectedCfg(
  */
 export async function scanFleetDrift(): Promise<DriftEntry[]> {
     const servers = listServers().map((s) => s.name);
-    const registered = new Set(servers);
-    const allDirs = new Set(await serverDirectories());
-    // Only touch server dirs that are both registered AND present on disk.
-    const eligible = servers.filter((n) => registered.has(n) && allDirs.has(n));
     const out: DriftEntry[] = [];
-    for (const name of eligible) {
+    for (const name of servers) {
         const rows = await scanServerDrift(name);
         out.push(...rows);
     }
@@ -271,6 +292,10 @@ async function describePlan(servers: string[], entries: DriftEntry[]): Promise<D
             beforeSha256: before ? sha256Buffer(before) : null, afterSha256: after ? sha256Buffer(after) : null,
             beforeSize: before?.byteLength ?? null, afterSize: after?.byteLength ?? null });
     }
+    return buildPlan(servers, files);
+}
+
+function buildPlan(servers: string[], files: DriftPlanFile[]): DriftPlan {
     files.sort((a, b) => `${a.server}:${a.kind}:${a.relPath}`.localeCompare(`${b.server}:${b.kind}:${b.relPath}`));
     return { servers, files, scannedAt: new Date().toISOString(), fingerprint: sha256Buffer(Buffer.from(JSON.stringify({ servers, files }))) };
 }
@@ -298,6 +323,62 @@ function deploymentIdNow(): string {
     return `dep-${stamp}-drift-${randomUUID().slice(0, 8)}`;
 }
 
+export interface PreparedDriftCampaign {
+    plan: DriftPlan;
+    files: Array<{ file: DriftPlanFile; before: Buffer | null; after: Buffer | null }>;
+}
+
+/** Capture a rebuild's file evidence without changing the running instance. */
+export async function prepareDriftCampaign(server: string): Promise<PreparedDriftCampaign> {
+    const servers = driftTargets([server]);
+    const entries = await scanServerDrift(server);
+    const files: PreparedDriftCampaign['files'] = [];
+    for (const entry of entries) {
+        const before = await readExistingFile(join(destOfKind(server, entry.kind), entry.relPath));
+        const after = entry.driftKind === 'untracked' ? null : await resolveManagedEntry(server, entry);
+        if (entry.driftKind !== 'untracked' && !after) throw new Error(`Cannot resolve promoted content for ${entry.relPath}`);
+        files.push({ before, after, file: { server, relPath: entry.relPath, kind: entry.kind, driftKind: entry.driftKind,
+            beforeSha256: before ? sha256Buffer(before) : null, afterSha256: after ? sha256Buffer(after) : null,
+            beforeSize: before?.byteLength ?? null, afterSize: after?.byteLength ?? null } });
+    }
+    await requireServerDirectory(server);
+    if (hasActiveBeta(server)) throw new Error('Active beta owns this server; reconciliation deferred');
+    return { plan: buildPlan(servers, files.map(({ file }) => file)), files };
+}
+
+/** Record the audited plan atomically with a queued rebuild, never a second restart. */
+export function createDriftRebuildCampaign(
+    server: string, operationId: string, incidentId: string | number, prepared: PreparedDriftCampaign
+): string | null {
+    if (!prepared.files.length) return null;
+    if (prepared.plan.servers.length !== 1 || prepared.plan.servers[0] !== server
+        || prepared.files.some(({ file }) => file.server !== server)) throw new Error('Drift evidence belongs to another server');
+    if (hasActiveBeta(server)) throw new Error('Active beta owns this server; reconciliation deferred');
+    return db().transaction(() => {
+        if (!db().prepare("SELECT 1 FROM server_deployments WHERE id = ? AND server = ? AND action = 'rebuild'").get(operationId, server)) {
+            throw new Error('Drift campaign requires the matching rebuild operation');
+        }
+        const id = deploymentIdNow();
+        db().prepare("INSERT INTO deployments (id, action, started_at, triggered_by) VALUES (?, 'drift', ?, 'watchdog')")
+            .run(id, new Date().toISOString());
+        const insertFile = db().prepare(`INSERT INTO deployment_files
+            (deployment_id, server, verb, rel_path, sha256_before, sha256_after, content_before, content_after)
+            VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)`);
+        for (const { file, before, after } of prepared.files) {
+            insertFile.run(id, server, after === null ? 'removed' : before === null ? 'added' : 'updated',
+                file.relPath, file.beforeSha256, file.afterSha256, before, after);
+        }
+        db().prepare(`INSERT INTO deployment_servers (deployment_id, server, files_changed, restart_state, provisioning_id)
+            VALUES (?, ?, ?, 'pending', ?)`).run(id, server, prepared.files.length, operationId);
+        db().prepare("INSERT INTO provisioning_sources (operation_id, kind, source_id, server) VALUES (?, 'campaign', ?, ?)")
+            .run(operationId, id, server);
+        db().prepare('INSERT INTO campaign_events (deployment_id, message) VALUES (?, ?)')
+            .run(id, `Watchdog ${incidentId}: captured drift evidence; rebuild ${operationId} will install the latest promoted setup. Files remain unchanged until provisioning rebuilds the instance.`);
+        emit({ type: 'deployment-opened', deploymentId: id, action: 'drift', servers: [server] });
+        return id;
+    })();
+}
+
 /**
  * Detect drift on the requested servers (or the whole fleet) and either
  * report the plan (dryRun) or remove untracked files and install managed
@@ -368,10 +449,19 @@ export async function runDriftDeployment(input: RunDriftInput = {}): Promise<Run
     const affected: string[] = [];
     for (const s of perServer) {
         if (s.entries.length === 0) continue;
+        if (hasActiveBeta(s.server)) {
+            s.skipped.push('Active beta owns this server; reconciliation deferred');
+            continue;
+        }
         for (const entry of s.entries) {
             const dest = destOfKind(s.server, entry.kind);
             const abs = join(dest, entry.relPath);
             try {
+                await requireServerDirectory(s.server);
+                if (hasActiveBeta(s.server)) {
+                    s.skipped.push(`${entry.relPath}: active beta owns this server; reconciliation deferred`);
+                    continue;
+                }
                 const reviewed = plan?.files.find(file => file.server === s.server && file.kind === entry.kind && file.relPath === entry.relPath);
                 if (reviewed) {
                     const current = await readFile(abs).catch((error: NodeJS.ErrnoException) => { if (error.code === 'ENOENT') return null; throw error; });
@@ -383,6 +473,7 @@ export async function runDriftDeployment(input: RunDriftInput = {}): Promise<Run
                 if (entry.driftKind === 'untracked') {
                     // Delete a file inventory doesn't know about.
                     const content = await readFile(abs);
+                    if (hasActiveBeta(s.server)) throw new Error('active beta owns this server; reconciliation deferred');
                     await rm(abs, { force: true });
                     removeScript(s.server, entry.relPath);
                     s.removed.push(entry.relPath);
@@ -403,6 +494,7 @@ export async function runDriftDeployment(input: RunDriftInput = {}): Promise<Run
                         throw err;
                     });
                     await mkdir(dirname(abs), { recursive: true });
+                    if (hasActiveBeta(s.server)) throw new Error('active beta owns this server; reconciliation deferred');
                     await writeFile(abs, written);
                     recordScript(
                         s.server,

src/lib/server/fleet/servers.ts

@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ export interface ServerRow {
     komodo_name: string;
     komodo_server: string | null;
     container_state: string | null;
+    desired_state: 'running' | 'stopped';
     game_port: number | null;
     rcon_host: string | null;
     game: string | null;

src/lib/server/fleet/status-evidence.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import { db } from '../db/index.js';
+import { parseGameEvent } from '../../telemetry.js';
+import { ONLINE_MAX_MS } from '../../server-freshness.js';
+import { rconGetPlayerCount, rconStatusResult } from '../integrations/rcon.js';
+
+export interface TelemetryEvidence { players: number; map: string; receivedAt: string }
+
+/** Only validated, recently received reports can establish current game state. */
+export function telemetryEvidence(server: string, after?: string | null): TelemetryEvidence | null {
+    const row = db().prepare('SELECT received_at, payload FROM server_telemetry WHERE server = ?').get(server) as
+        { received_at: string; payload: string | null } | undefined;
+    if (!row?.payload) return null;
+    const received = Date.parse(row.received_at);
+    const age = Date.now() - received;
+    if (!Number.isFinite(age) || age < 0 || age > ONLINE_MAX_MS) return null;
+    if (after && (!Number.isFinite(Date.parse(after)) || received <= Date.parse(after))) return null;
+    try {
+        const event = parseGameEvent(JSON.parse(row.payload));
+        if (event.server !== server) return null;
+        return { players: event.players.length, map: event.map, receivedAt: row.received_at };
+    } catch { return null; }
+}
+
+/** Positive occupancy from either source always vetoes an empty-server claim. */
+export async function probePlayerCount(server: string): Promise<number | null> {
+    const players = await rconGetPlayerCount(server).catch(() => null);
+    // Read after the network request: a player may join while RCON is pending.
+    const telemetry = telemetryEvidence(server);
+    if (players !== null && players > 0) return players;
+    if (telemetry && telemetry.players > 0) return telemetry.players;
+    return players === 0 || telemetry?.players === 0 ? 0 : null;
+}
+
+/** Komodo readiness remains a caller prerequisite. Old-process telemetry is excluded. */
+export async function probeServerStatus(server: string, after?: string | null): Promise<
+    { ok: true; players: number; map: string | null; source: 'rcon' | 'telemetry' } | { ok: false; reason: string }
+> {
+    let reason = 'RCON unavailable';
+    try {
+        const rcon = await rconStatusResult(server);
+        if (rcon.ok) return { ok: true, players: Math.max(rcon.status.players, telemetryEvidence(server, after)?.players ?? 0), map: rcon.status.map, source: 'rcon' };
+        reason = rcon.reason;
+    } catch (err) { reason = (err as Error).message; }
+    const telemetry = telemetryEvidence(server, after);
+    return telemetry ? { ok: true, ...telemetry, source: 'telemetry' } : { ok: false, reason };
+}

src/lib/server/pipeline/sweep.ts

@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ async function runSweep(): Promise<SweepResult> {
     }
     db().prepare(`UPDATE deployments SET finished_at = ? WHERE finished_at IS NULL AND NOT EXISTS (
         SELECT 1 FROM deployment_servers WHERE deployment_id = deployments.id AND restart_state IN ('pending','failed','held'))`).run(nowIso());
-    db().prepare(`DELETE FROM deployments WHERE started_at < ? AND NOT EXISTS (
+    db().prepare(`DELETE FROM deployments WHERE started_at < ?
+        AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM watchdog_actions WHERE campaign_id = deployments.id) AND NOT EXISTS (
         SELECT 1 FROM deployment_servers WHERE deployment_id = deployments.id AND restart_state IN ('pending','failed','held'))`)
         .run(new Date(Date.now() - config.deployKeepDays * 86_400_000).toISOString());
     emit({ type: 'sweep-tick', frozen: false });

src/lib/server/pipeline/worker.ts

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { STATUS_REFRESH_MS } from '../../server-freshness.js';
 import { recordMetrics } from '../fleet/metrics.js';
 import { selectedZombieMap } from '../../map-aliases.js';
 import { maintenanceTick } from '../fleet/plutonium.js';
+import { watchdogTick } from '../watchdog/index.js';
 
 const TICK_MS = 15_000;
 // Cap concurrent UDP RCON calls so a 15-server fleet doesn't blast the
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ async function reconcileRequesters(): Promise<void> {
     try { await sweep(); } catch (err) { console.error('[worker] campaign error:', err); }
     try { await betaTick(); } catch (err) { console.error('[worker] beta error:', err); }
     try { await maintenanceTick(); } catch (err) { console.error('[worker] maintenance error:', err); }
+    try { await watchdogTick(); } catch (err) { console.error('[worker] watchdog error:', err); }
 }
 
 async function runTick(): Promise<void> {

src/lib/server/provisioning/index.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Request/observation boundary used by APIs, campaigns, beta tests, and schedules.
 // Execution is driven exclusively by the provisioning worker.
-export { requestLifecycle, requestRestart, provisioningOperation, cancelProvisioning, releaseRestartRequest } from './requests.js';
+export { requestLifecycle, requestRestart, requestWatchdogLifecycle, escalateWatchdogRestart, provisioningOperation, cancelProvisioning, releaseRestartRequest } from './requests.js';
 export type { LifecycleOperation, RestartSource } from './requests.js';
 export { queueCreateServer, destroyServer, previewCreation, creationQueue, nextAvailablePort, nextLobbyNumber } from './instances.js';
 export { getDeployment, listDeployments, resumeVerification, resumeCleanup, resumeRebuild, cancelRemoval } from './history.js';

src/lib/server/provisioning/instances.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { rconGetPlayerCount, rconStatusResult } from '../integrations/rcon.js';
+import { probePlayerCount, probeServerStatus } from '../fleet/status-evidence.js';
 import { beginDeployment, deploymentStage, finishDeployment, recordDeploymentEvent, REMOVING_SERVER, resumeCleanup, resumeVerification, claimRemoval } from './history.js';
 import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto';
 import type { LaunchPreview } from '$lib/deployment-plan.js';
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ export function queueCreateServer(input: CreateServerInput, releasingServers: st
 }
 
 /** Reserve the same identity and port before removing any part of the instance. */
-export function queueRebuildServer(name: string): CreateServerResult {
+export function queueRebuildServer(name: string, triggeredBy = 'ui'): CreateServerResult {
     const server = getServer(name);
     const game = gameOfServer(name);
     const map = server?.map_slug && zombieMapBySlug(game, server.map_slug);
@@ -237,12 +237,12 @@ export function queueRebuildServer(name: string): CreateServerResult {
         || (server.host_dir && server.host_dir !== serverDir(name))) {
         return { ok: false, kind: 'bad-request', message: 'Rebuild requires a managed server with its original map, directory, and port.' };
     }
-    if (!config.komodo.targetServer || !config.rcon.password) return { ok: false, kind: 'unconfigured', message: 'Configure the Komodo target host and RCON before rebuilding.' };
+    if (!config.komodo.targetServer || (!config.rcon.password && !triggeredBy.startsWith('watchdog:'))) return { ok: false, kind: 'unconfigured', message: 'Configure the Komodo target host and RCON before rebuilding.' };
     if (!getServerKey(name)) return { ok: false, kind: 'bad-request', message: `Save a server key for ${name} in Keys before rebuilding.` };
     // Validate that the replacement setup can be composed before destruction.
     const recipe = captureRecipe(game, map.slug);
     return db().transaction(() => {
-        const id = beginDeployment(name, 'rebuild');
+        const id = beginDeployment(name, 'rebuild', triggeredBy);
         db().prepare("UPDATE server_deployments SET state = 'waiting' WHERE id = ?").run(id);
         db().prepare('INSERT INTO server_creation_jobs (deployment_id, server, port, game_mode, map_slug, expected_map) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)')
             .run(id, name, server.game_port, 'zombie', map.slug, map.canonical);
@@ -436,6 +436,7 @@ async function createServerUnlocked(input: CreateServerInput, prepared: Prepared
 
     // Step 5: execute/Deploy — actually start the container.
     deploymentStage(operation, 'Starting container');
+    db().prepare('UPDATE server_deployments SET submitted_at = ? WHERE id = ?').run(new Date().toISOString(), operation);
     const deployRes = await komodoDeploy(name);
     if (!deployRes.ok) {
         if (deployRes.kind === 'unreachable' || (deployRes.httpStatus !== undefined && deployRes.httpStatus >= 500)) {
@@ -541,7 +542,7 @@ async function runDestructions(): Promise<void> {
                 continue;
             }
             // A fresh successful zero is required; cached occupancy and timeouts are not evidence of emptiness.
-            let players = await rconGetPlayerCount(operation.server);
+            let players = await probePlayerCount(operation.server);
             if (players === null) {
                 const health = await komodoInspectHealthy(operation.server);
                 if (['stopped','exited','created','dead'].includes(health.state?.toLowerCase() ?? '')) players = 0;
@@ -621,8 +622,13 @@ async function cleanupDestroyedServer(name: string, operation: string): Promise<
     // Test evidence cascades from runs; inventory and snapshots cascade from servers.
     try {
         const tx = db().transaction((n: string) => {
-            db().prepare('DELETE FROM deployment_servers WHERE server = ?').run(n);
+            // The Watchdog's rebuild campaign observes this exact operation
-            db().prepare('DELETE FROM deployment_files WHERE server = ?').run(n);
+            // through the registry gap and retains its before/after file audit.
+            for (const table of ['deployment_servers', 'deployment_files']) {
+                db().prepare(`DELETE FROM ${table} WHERE server = ? AND deployment_id NOT IN (
+                    SELECT campaign_id FROM watchdog_actions WHERE campaign_id IS NOT NULL)`)
+                    .run(n);
+            }
             db().prepare('DELETE FROM beta_servers WHERE server = ?').run(n);
             db().prepare('DELETE FROM beta_server_scripts WHERE server = ?').run(n);
             db().prepare('DELETE FROM beta_test_runs WHERE server = ?').run(n);
@@ -647,6 +653,7 @@ async function cleanupDestroyedServer(name: string, operation: string): Promise<
 }
 interface CreationJob {
     deployment_id: string; server: string; port: number; game_mode: GameMode; map_slug: string; expected_map: string; triggered_by?: string;
+    submitted_at?: string | null;
 }
 
 async function provisionCreation(id: string): Promise<CreateServerResult> {
@@ -739,7 +746,7 @@ async function runCreations(): Promise<CreationOutcomes> {
 
     // Check only previously started servers. Newly launched servers keep their
     // slot until a later pass, even if a health probe would answer immediately.
-    const checking = db().prepare(`SELECT j.* FROM server_creation_jobs j JOIN server_deployments d ON d.id = j.deployment_id
+    const checking = db().prepare(`SELECT j.*, COALESCE(d.submitted_at, d.started_at) AS submitted_at FROM server_creation_jobs j JOIN server_deployments d ON d.id = j.deployment_id
         WHERE d.state = 'awaiting-health' ORDER BY d.started_at, d.rowid`).all() as CreationJob[];
     for (const job of checking) {
         const id = job.deployment_id;
@@ -751,14 +758,14 @@ async function runCreations(): Promise<CreationOutcomes> {
         try {
             const komodo = await komodoInspectHealthy(job.server);
             if (!komodo.ok) { deploymentStage(id, 'Waiting for Komodo health: ' + komodo.reason); continue; }
-            const rcon = await rconStatusResult(job.server);
+            const status = await probeServerStatus(job.server, job.submitted_at);
-            if (!rcon.ok) { deploymentStage(id, 'Waiting for RCON health: ' + rcon.reason); continue; }
+            if (!status.ok) { deploymentStage(id, 'Waiting for RCON or fresh telemetry health: ' + status.reason); continue; }
-            const actualMap = rcon.status.map;
+            const actualMap = status.map;
             if (actualMap !== job.expected_map) {
-                deploymentStage(id, 'Waiting for selected map: expected ' + job.expected_map + ', RCON reports ' + (actualMap ?? 'no map'));
+                deploymentStage(id, 'Waiting for selected map: expected ' + job.expected_map + ', ' + (status.source === 'rcon' ? 'RCON' : 'telemetry') + ' reports ' + (actualMap ?? 'no map'));
                 continue;
             }
-            deploymentStage(id, 'Verified Komodo healthy, RCON healthy, and map ' + actualMap);
+            deploymentStage(id, 'Verified Komodo healthy, ' + (status.source === 'rcon' ? 'RCON healthy' : 'fresh telemetry') + ', and map ' + actualMap);
             finishDeployment(id, { ok: true });
         } catch (err) {
             deploymentStage(id, 'Waiting for health verification: ' + (err as Error).message);

src/lib/server/provisioning/requests.ts

@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 import { db } from '../db/index.js';
 import { komodoConfigured, rconConfigured } from '../config.js';
 import { getServer } from '../fleet/servers.js';
-import { beginDeployment, deploymentStage, recordDeploymentEvent } from './history.js';
+import { beginDeployment, deploymentStage, finishDeployment, recordDeploymentEvent } from './history.js';
 import { queueRebuildServer } from './instances.js';
+import { restartRequestInFlight } from './restarts.js';
 import { runtimeActions, type RuntimeAction } from '../../provisioning.js';
 
 export interface LifecycleOperation {
     id: string; server: string; action: string; state: string; stage: string;
     submitted_at: string | null; finished_at: string | null; checked_at: string | null;
     players: number | null; error: string | null;
+    started_at: string;
 }
 export interface RestartSource { kind: 'campaign' | 'beta' | 'maintenance'; id: string }
 export function provisioningOperation(id: string): LifecycleOperation | undefined {
@@ -115,19 +117,131 @@ export function requestLifecycle(server: string, action: RuntimeAction) {
     return db().transaction(() => {
         const existing = db().prepare(`SELECT id, action FROM server_deployments WHERE server = ?
             AND state IN ('queued','waiting','running','awaiting-health') ORDER BY rowid DESC LIMIT 1`).get(server) as { id: string; action: string } | undefined;
-        if (existing) return existing.action === action
+        if (existing) {
-            ? { ok: true as const, deploymentId: existing.id }
+            if (existing.action !== action) return { ok: false as const, status: 409, error: 'Another provisioning operation is already pending for this server.' };
-            : { ok: false as const, status: 409, error: 'Another provisioning operation is already pending for this server.' };
+            db().prepare('UPDATE servers SET desired_state = ? WHERE name = ?').run(action === 'stop' ? 'stopped' : 'running', server);
+            return { ok: true as const, deploymentId: existing.id };
+        }
         const row = getServer(server);
         if (!row || row.destroyed_at) return { ok: false as const, status: 404, error: 'Server not found.' };
         if (action === 'rebuild') {
             const result = queueRebuildServer(server);
+            if (result.ok) db().prepare("UPDATE servers SET desired_state = 'running' WHERE name = ?").run(server);
             return result.ok ? { ok: true as const, deploymentId: result.deploymentId }
                 : { ok: false as const, status: 400, error: result.message };
         }
         const id = beginDeployment(server, action);
+        db().prepare('UPDATE servers SET desired_state = ? WHERE name = ?').run(action === 'stop' ? 'stopped' : 'running', server);
         db().prepare("UPDATE server_deployments SET state = 'waiting' WHERE id = ?").run(id);
         deploymentStage(id, action === 'start' ? 'Waiting to start the container' : 'Waiting to verify the server is empty');
         return { ok: true as const, deploymentId: id };
     })();
 }
+
+type LifecycleRequestResult = { ok: true; deploymentId: string } | { ok: false; status: number; error: string };
+
+function watchdogRequestGuard(server: string, incidentId: string): Extract<LifecycleRequestResult, { ok: false }> | null {
+    const incident = db().prepare("SELECT 1 FROM watchdog_incidents WHERE id = ? AND server = ? AND state IN ('open','recovering')").get(incidentId, server);
+    if (!incident) return { ok: false, status: 409, error: 'The Watchdog incident is no longer active.' };
+    if (db().prepare("SELECT 1 FROM settings WHERE key = 'watchdog_enabled' AND value = '0'").get()) {
+        return { ok: false, status: 409, error: 'Watchdog is paused.' };
+    }
+    const row = getServer(server);
+    if (!row || row.destroyed_at) return { ok: false, status: 404, error: 'Server not found.' };
+    if (row.desired_state === 'stopped') return { ok: false, status: 409, error: 'This server is intentionally stopped.' };
+    if (!komodoConfigured()) return { ok: false, status: 503, error: 'Configure Komodo before provisioning.' };
+    return null;
+}
+
+function existingWatchdogAction(incidentId: string, action: 'restart' | 'rebuild'): string | undefined {
+    return (db().prepare(`SELECT a.operation_id FROM watchdog_actions a JOIN watchdog_incidents i ON i.id = a.incident_id
+        WHERE a.incident_id = ? AND a.action = ? AND a.cycle = i.cycle`).get(incidentId, action) as { operation_id: string } | undefined)?.operation_id;
+}
+
+function queueWatchdogAction(server: string, action: 'restart' | 'rebuild', incidentId: string): LifecycleRequestResult {
+    let id: string;
+    if (action === 'rebuild') {
+        const result = queueRebuildServer(server, `watchdog:${incidentId}`);
+        if (!result.ok) return { ok: false, status: 400, error: result.message };
+        id = result.deploymentId;
+    } else {
+        id = beginDeployment(server, action, `watchdog:${incidentId}`);
+        db().prepare("UPDATE server_deployments SET state = 'waiting' WHERE id = ?").run(id);
+        deploymentStage(id, 'Waiting to verify the server is empty');
+    }
+    db().prepare("INSERT INTO provisioning_sources (operation_id, kind, source_id, server) VALUES (?, 'watchdog', ?, ?)").run(id, incidentId, server);
+    return { ok: true, deploymentId: id };
+}
+
+/** Watchdog submits durable work; Provisioning remains the only execution owner. */
+export function requestWatchdogLifecycle(server: string, action: 'restart' | 'rebuild', incidentId: string): LifecycleRequestResult {
+    return db().transaction(() => {
+        const previous = existingWatchdogAction(incidentId, action);
+        if (previous) return { ok: true as const, deploymentId: previous };
+        const error = watchdogRequestGuard(server, incidentId);
+        if (error) return error;
+        const pending = db().prepare(`SELECT d.id, d.action, s.source_id FROM server_deployments d
+            LEFT JOIN provisioning_sources s ON s.operation_id = d.id AND s.kind = 'watchdog'
+            WHERE d.server = ? AND d.state IN ('queued','waiting','running','awaiting-health') ORDER BY d.rowid DESC LIMIT 1`)
+            .get(server) as { id: string; action: string; source_id: string | null } | undefined;
+        if (pending) return pending.source_id === incidentId && pending.action === action
+            ? { ok: true as const, deploymentId: pending.id }
+            : { ok: false as const, status: 409, error: 'Another provisioning operation is already pending for this server.' };
+        const next = queueWatchdogAction(server, action, incidentId);
+        if (!next.ok) return next;
+        // An operator retry starts a new incident cycle. Keep the previous
+        // failed attempt's capacity, but let that new attempt use it instead
+        // of waiting forever behind its own incident's terminal operation.
+        const retained = db().prepare(`SELECT r.operation_id FROM restart_rollout r
+            JOIN server_deployments d ON d.id = r.operation_id
+            JOIN watchdog_actions a ON a.operation_id = d.id AND a.incident_id = ?
+            JOIN watchdog_incidents i ON i.id = a.incident_id
+            WHERE r.server = ? AND r.healthy_at IS NULL AND d.state IN ('failed','interrupted','cancelled')
+            AND a.cycle < i.cycle`).get(incidentId, server) as { operation_id: string } | undefined;
+        if (retained && !restartRequestInFlight(server)) {
+            db().prepare('UPDATE restart_rollout SET operation_id = ? WHERE server = ? AND operation_id = ? AND healthy_at IS NULL')
+                .run(next.deploymentId, server, retained.operation_id);
+            recordDeploymentEvent(retained.operation_id, 'Recovery capacity handed to explicit Watchdog retry ' + next.deploymentId);
+            recordDeploymentEvent(next.deploymentId, 'Retained recovery capacity from prior incident attempt ' + retained.operation_id);
+        }
+        return next;
+    })();
+}
+
+/** Atomically reserve a replacement before handing it the failed restart's capacity. */
+export function escalateWatchdogRestart(incidentId: string, operationId: string, recoveryTimeoutMs = 300_000): LifecycleRequestResult {
+    return db().transaction(() => {
+        const previous = existingWatchdogAction(incidentId, 'rebuild');
+        if (previous) return { ok: true as const, deploymentId: previous };
+        const operation = provisioningOperation(operationId);
+        if (!operation || operation.action !== 'restart' || !['awaiting-health','failed'].includes(operation.state)
+            || !db().prepare("SELECT 1 FROM provisioning_sources WHERE operation_id = ? AND kind = 'watchdog' AND source_id = ?").get(operationId, incidentId)) {
+            return { ok: false as const, status: 409, error: 'The restart is not eligible for Watchdog escalation.' };
+        }
+        const error = watchdogRequestGuard(operation.server, incidentId);
+        if (error) return error;
+        const pending = db().prepare(`SELECT d.id, d.action, s.source_id FROM server_deployments d
+            LEFT JOIN provisioning_sources s ON s.operation_id = d.id AND s.kind = 'watchdog'
+            WHERE d.server = ? AND d.id != ? AND d.state IN ('queued','waiting','running','awaiting-health') LIMIT 1`)
+            .get(operation.server, operationId) as { id: string; action: string; source_id: string | null } | undefined;
+        if (pending) return pending.action === 'rebuild' && pending.source_id === incidentId
+            ? { ok: true as const, deploymentId: pending.id }
+            : { ok: false as const, status: 409, error: 'Another provisioning operation is already pending for this server.' };
+        const slot = db().prepare('SELECT operation_id, requested_at, healthy_at FROM restart_rollout WHERE server = ?').get(operation.server) as
+            { operation_id: string | null; requested_at: string; healthy_at: string | null } | undefined;
+        const anchor = Date.parse(slot?.requested_at ?? operation.submitted_at ?? operation.started_at);
+        if (restartRequestInFlight(operation.server) || (slot && (slot.operation_id !== operationId || slot.healthy_at))
+            || !Number.isFinite(anchor) || Date.now() - anchor < Math.max(300_000, recoveryTimeoutMs)) {
+            return { ok: false as const, status: 409, error: 'Waiting for the submitted restart to finish its recovery window.' };
+        }
+        const replacement = queueWatchdogAction(operation.server, 'rebuild', incidentId);
+        if (!replacement.ok) return replacement;
+        const reason = 'Watchdog restart recovery timed out; handed recovery to rebuild ' + replacement.deploymentId;
+        if (operation.state === 'awaiting-health') finishDeployment(operationId, { ok: false, message: reason });
+        else recordDeploymentEvent(operationId, reason);
+        if (slot) db().prepare('UPDATE restart_rollout SET operation_id = ?, error = ? WHERE server = ? AND operation_id = ? AND healthy_at IS NULL')
+            .run(replacement.deploymentId, reason, operation.server, operationId);
+        recordDeploymentEvent(replacement.deploymentId, 'Recovery handed off from restart ' + operationId + '; waiting for a fresh empty or stopped server');
+        return replacement;
+    })();
+}

src/lib/server/provisioning/restarts.ts

@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 import { config } from '../config.js';
 import { db } from '../db/index.js';
 import { komodoInspectHealthy, komodoRestart, komodoRuntimeAction } from '../integrations/komodo.js';
-import { rconStatusResult } from '../integrations/rcon.js';
+import { probeServerStatus } from '../fleet/status-evidence.js';
 import { deploymentStage, finishDeployment } from './history.js';
 
 // Komodo queues restart work. Don't mistake the still-running old container
 // for a completed restart when an API kick immediately follows the request.
 const HEALTH_POLL_MS = 15_000;
 const requestsInFlight = new Set<string>();
+export const restartRequestInFlight = (server: string) => requestsInFlight.has(server);
 
 interface RestartSlot {
     server: string;
@@ -41,11 +42,14 @@ export function rolloutWaitReason(server: string, operationId = ''): string | nu
         return 'Waiting for the current provisioning operation';
     }
     const slot = slotFor(server);
-    if (slot?.healthy_at === null) {
+    const ownHandoff = slot?.operation_id === operationId && !!db().prepare(`SELECT 1 FROM server_deployments d
+        WHERE d.id = ? AND d.action IN ('restart','rebuild') AND EXISTS (
+            SELECT 1 FROM provisioning_sources s WHERE s.operation_id = d.id AND s.kind = 'watchdog')`).get(operationId);
+    if (slot?.healthy_at === null && !ownHandoff) {
         return `Waiting for the previous restart of this server to recover${slot.error ? `: ${slot.error}` : ''}`;
     }
     const { n } = db().prepare('SELECT COUNT(*) AS n FROM restart_rollout WHERE healthy_at IS NULL').get() as { n: number };
-    return n >= config.restartConcurrency ? 'Queued for a rolling restart; waiting for another server to recover' : null;
+    return n - (ownHandoff && slot?.healthy_at === null ? 1 : 0) >= config.restartConcurrency ? 'Queued for a rolling restart; waiting for another server to recover' : null;
 }
 
 export type RolloutRestartResult =
@@ -76,7 +80,7 @@ export async function restartInRollout(server: string, options: { operationId: s
         const result = options.action === 'start' ? await komodoRuntimeAction(server, 'start') : await komodoRestart(server);
         if (result.ok) {
             db().prepare("UPDATE server_deployments SET state = 'awaiting-health' WHERE id = ?").run(operationId);
-            deploymentStage(operationId!, 'Waiting for container and RCON health');
+            deploymentStage(operationId!, 'Waiting for container and game health (RCON or fresh telemetry)');
             return { kind: 'started' };
         }
         // These failures cannot have queued a remote restart. Other failures
@@ -115,6 +119,13 @@ async function refresh(): Promise<void> {
         .all() as RestartSlot[];
     for (const slot of slots) {
         if (requestsInFlight.has(slot.server)) continue;
+        // Recovery capacity transferred to a rebuild remains reserved until
+        // teardown. Its health is verified by the creation worker, never here.
+        if (slot.operation_id && db().prepare(`SELECT 1 FROM server_deployments d WHERE d.id = ? AND (
+            (d.action = 'rebuild' AND d.state IN ('waiting','queued','running','awaiting-health'))
+            OR (d.action = 'restart' AND d.state = 'waiting' AND d.submitted_at IS NULL AND EXISTS (
+                SELECT 1 FROM provisioning_sources s WHERE s.operation_id = d.id AND s.kind = 'watchdog')))`)
+            .get(slot.operation_id)) continue;
         if (Date.now() - Date.parse(slot.checked_at ?? slot.requested_at) < HEALTH_POLL_MS) continue;
         let error: string | null = null;
         let players: number | null = null;
@@ -123,22 +134,23 @@ async function refresh(): Promise<void> {
             if (!health.ok) {
                 error = `unhealthy: ${health.reason}${health.snippet ? ` snippet=${health.snippet.slice(0, 400)}` : ''}`;
             } else {
-                const rcon = await rconStatusResult(slot.server);
+                const status = await probeServerStatus(slot.server, slot.requested_at);
-                if (!rcon.ok) error = `rcon not answering: ${rcon.reason}`;
+                if (!status.ok) error = `rcon not answering and no fresh telemetry: ${status.reason}`;
-                else players = rcon.status.players;
+                else players = status.players;
             }
         } catch (err) {
             error = `health check: ${(err as Error).message}`;
         }
         const now = new Date().toISOString();
-        db().prepare(`UPDATE restart_rollout SET checked_at = ?, healthy_at = ?, players = ?, error = ?
+        const checked = db().prepare(`UPDATE restart_rollout SET checked_at = ?, healthy_at = ?, players = ?, error = ?
-            WHERE server = ? AND requested_at = ? AND healthy_at IS NULL`)
+            WHERE server = ? AND requested_at = ? AND operation_id IS ? AND healthy_at IS NULL`)
-            .run(now, error ? null : now, players, error, slot.server, slot.requested_at);
+            .run(now, error ? null : now, players, error, slot.server, slot.requested_at, slot.operation_id);
+        if (!checked.changes) continue;
         if (slot.operation_id && db().prepare("SELECT 1 FROM server_deployments WHERE id = ? AND state = 'awaiting-health'").get(slot.operation_id)) {
             db().prepare('UPDATE server_deployments SET checked_at = ?, players = ? WHERE id = ?').run(now, players, slot.operation_id);
             if (error) deploymentStage(slot.operation_id, 'Waiting for health: ' + error);
             else {
-                deploymentStage(slot.operation_id, 'Verified container and RCON health');
+                deploymentStage(slot.operation_id, 'Verified container and game health (RCON or fresh telemetry)');
                 finishDeployment(slot.operation_id, { ok: true });
             }
         }

src/lib/server/provisioning/worker.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { getServer } from '../fleet/servers.js';
 import { deploymentStage, finishDeployment, REMOVING_SERVER } from './history.js';
 import { processCreations, processDestructions, rebuildServer } from './instances.js';
 import { komodoInspectHealthy, komodoRuntimeAction } from '../integrations/komodo.js';
-import { rconGetPlayerCount } from '../integrations/rcon.js';
+import { probePlayerCount } from '../fleet/status-evidence.js';
 import { refreshRestartRollout, restartInRollout, rolloutWaitReason } from './restarts.js';
 import { cancelProvisioning } from './requests.js';
 import type { RuntimeAction } from '../../provisioning.js';
@@ -12,14 +12,20 @@ import type { RuntimeAction } from '../../provisioning.js';
 const stoppedStates = new Set(['stopped', 'exited', 'created', 'dead']);
 export const isStopped = (state?: string) => stoppedStates.has(state?.toLowerCase() ?? '');
 
-interface Source { kind: 'campaign' | 'beta' | 'maintenance'; source_id: string }
+interface Source { kind: 'campaign' | 'beta' | 'maintenance' | 'watchdog'; source_id: string }
 const sourcesFor = (id: string) => db().prepare('SELECT kind, source_id FROM provisioning_sources WHERE operation_id = ?').all(id) as Source[];
-const priority = (sources: Source[]) => sources.some(s => s.kind === 'beta') ? 0 : sources.some(s => s.kind === 'campaign') ? 1 : sources.some(s => s.kind === 'maintenance') ? 3 : 2;
+const priority = (sources: Source[]) => sources.some(s => s.kind === 'watchdog') ? 2 : sources.some(s => s.kind === 'beta') ? 0 : sources.some(s => s.kind === 'campaign') ? 1 : sources.some(s => s.kind === 'maintenance') ? 3 : 2;
 
 /** Source work may hold or withdraw a request, but never executes it. */
 function sourceEligibility(operation: Operation): 'ready' | 'held' | 'cancelled' {
     const sources = sourcesFor(operation.id);
     if (!sources.length) return 'ready';
+    // Watchdog intent gates every linked source, including its drift campaign.
+    for (const source of sources.filter(source => source.kind === 'watchdog')) {
+        if (!db().prepare("SELECT 1 FROM watchdog_incidents WHERE id = ? AND server = ? AND state IN ('open','recovering')").get(source.source_id, operation.server)
+            || getServer(operation.server)?.desired_state === 'stopped') return 'cancelled';
+        if (db().prepare("SELECT 1 FROM settings WHERE key = 'watchdog_enabled' AND value = '0'").get()) return 'held';
+    }
     let held = false;
     for (const source of sources) {
         if (source.kind === 'campaign') {
@@ -36,10 +42,10 @@ function sourceEligibility(operation: Operation): 'ready' | 'held' | 'cancelled'
             if (!['awaiting-empty','restarting','awaiting-health'].includes(row.stage)) continue;
             if (!row.outcome || ['active','passed'].includes(row.outcome)) return 'ready';
             if (row.outcome === 'paused') held = true;
-        } else {
+        } else if (source.kind === 'maintenance') {
             const row = db().prepare('SELECT state, provisioning_id FROM maintenance_jobs WHERE id = ?').get(source.source_id) as { state: string; provisioning_id: string } | undefined;
             if (row?.provisioning_id === operation.id && ['queued','restarting'].includes(row.state)) return 'ready';
-        }
+        } else return 'ready';
     }
     return held ? 'held' : 'cancelled';
 }
@@ -61,7 +67,8 @@ function blocker(server: string, id: string): string | null {
     if (rank > 1 && db().prepare(`SELECT 1 FROM deployment_servers ds WHERE ds.server = ?
         AND ds.restart_state IN ('pending','failed','held') AND (ds.provisioning_id IS NULL OR EXISTS (
             SELECT 1 FROM server_deployments d WHERE d.id = ds.provisioning_id AND d.state IN ('queued','waiting','running','awaiting-health')))
-        LIMIT 1`).get(server)) return 'Waiting for campaign work on this server';
+        AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM watchdog_actions a WHERE a.operation_id = ? AND a.campaign_id = ds.deployment_id)
+        LIMIT 1`).get(server, id)) return 'Waiting for campaign work on this server';
     return rolloutWaitReason(server, id);
 }
 
@@ -93,14 +100,18 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
 
 async function processOperation(operation: Operation): Promise<void> {
     const { id, server, action } = operation;
+    // An explicit cleanup resume follows confirmed remote deletion. Complete
+    // that durable checkpoint even if the incident now needs attention or the
+    // Watchdog is paused; never strand the reserved replacement identity.
+    if (action === 'rebuild' && operation.stage === REMOVING_SERVER) { await rebuildServer(id); return; }
     if (operation.state === 'waiting') {
         const eligibility = sourceEligibility(operation);
         if (eligibility === 'cancelled') { cancelProvisioning(id, 'Requester cancelled or replaced this operation'); return; }
         if (eligibility === 'held') { deploymentStage(id, 'Waiting for the requester to resume'); return; }
     }
-    if (action === 'rebuild' && operation.stage === REMOVING_SERVER) { await rebuildServer(id); return; }
     if (!getServer(server)) { finishDeployment(id, { ok: false, message: 'Server is no longer registered.' }); return; }
-    if (!komodoConfigured() || !rconConfigured()) { deploymentStage(id, 'Waiting for Komodo and RCON configuration'); return; }
+    const watchdog = sourcesFor(id).some(source => source.kind === 'watchdog');
+    if (!komodoConfigured() || (!rconConfigured() && !watchdog)) { deploymentStage(id, 'Waiting for Komodo and RCON configuration'); return; }
     if (operation.state === 'awaiting-health') {
         const health = await komodoInspectHealthy(server);
         if (isStopped(health.state)) {
@@ -114,7 +125,7 @@ async function processOperation(operation: Operation): Promise<void> {
     if (reason) { deploymentStage(id, reason); return; }
     const health = await komodoInspectHealthy(server);
     if (action !== 'start' && !isStopped(health.state)) {
-        const players = await rconGetPlayerCount(server);
+        const players = await probePlayerCount(server);
         db().prepare('UPDATE server_deployments SET players = ?, checked_at = ? WHERE id = ?').run(players, new Date().toISOString(), id);
         if (players !== 0) {
             deploymentStage(id, players === null ? 'Waiting for a fresh player count' : `Waiting for ${players} player(s) to leave`);

src/lib/server/watchdog/index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
+import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto';
+import { db } from '../db/index.js';
+import { komodoConfigured } from '../config.js';
+import { getServer, listServers } from '../fleet/servers.js';
+import { komodoInspectHealthy } from '../integrations/komodo.js';
+import { rconStatusResult } from '../integrations/rcon.js';
+import { telemetryEvidence } from '../fleet/status-evidence.js';
+import { prepareDriftCampaign, createDriftRebuildCampaign, previewDrift } from '../fleet/drift.js';
+import { requestWatchdogLifecycle, escalateWatchdogRestart } from '../provisioning/requests.js';
+import type { WatchdogAction, WatchdogDetail, WatchdogEvidence, WatchdogIncident, WatchdogOverview, WatchdogState } from '../../watchdog.js';
+
+export const WATCHDOG_SCAN_MS = 60_000;
+export const WATCHDOG_FAILURE_MS = 120_000;
+export const WATCHDOG_RECOVERY_MS = 300_000;
+const iso = () => new Date().toISOString();
+const pendingStates = ['queued', 'waiting', 'running', 'awaiting-health'];
+const setting = (key: string) => (db().prepare('SELECT value FROM settings WHERE key = ?').get(key) as { value: string } | undefined)?.value ?? null;
+function setSetting(key: string, value: string) { db().prepare('INSERT INTO settings(key,value) VALUES (?,?) ON CONFLICT(key) DO UPDATE SET value=excluded.value').run(key, value); }
+export const watchdogEnabled = () => setting('watchdog_enabled') !== '0';
+export function setWatchdogEnabled(enabled: boolean) { setSetting('watchdog_enabled', enabled ? '1' : '0'); }
+
+function incident(id: string) { return db().prepare('SELECT * FROM watchdog_incidents WHERE id = ?').get(id) as WatchdogIncident | undefined; }
+function active(server: string, kind: 'health' | 'drift') { return db().prepare("SELECT * FROM watchdog_incidents WHERE server = ? AND kind = ? AND state != 'resolved'").get(server, kind) as WatchdogIncident | undefined; }
+function event(id: string, message: string) { db().prepare('INSERT INTO watchdog_events(incident_id,created_at,message) VALUES (?,?,?)').run(id, iso(), message); }
+function transition(id: string, state: WatchdogState, summary: string) {
+    const previous = incident(id);
+    if (!previous || (previous.state === state && previous.summary === summary)) return;
+    db().prepare('UPDATE watchdog_incidents SET state=?, summary=?, finished_at=? WHERE id=?')
+        .run(state, summary, state === 'resolved' || state === 'dismissed' ? iso() : null, id);
+    event(id, summary);
+}
+function detect(server: string, kind: 'health' | 'drift', summary: string, details: WatchdogEvidence): WatchdogIncident {
+    const previous = active(server, kind);
+    if (previous) {
+        // Repeated UI scans must not manufacture a sustained failure.
+        const newSample = Date.now() - Date.parse(previous.last_seen_at) >= WATCHDOG_SCAN_MS;
+        const actionable = (details as WatchdogEvidence & { actionable?: boolean }).actionable;
+        const priorActionable = (JSON.parse(previous.details) as { actionable?: boolean }).actionable;
+        const reset = kind === 'health' && actionable === true && priorActionable !== true;
+        db().prepare('UPDATE watchdog_incidents SET details=?, last_seen_at=?, failures=?, first_seen_at=? WHERE id=?')
+            .run(JSON.stringify(details), newSample || reset ? iso() : previous.last_seen_at,
+                reset ? 1 : previous.failures + (newSample ? 1 : 0), reset ? iso() : previous.first_seen_at, previous.id);
+        if (previous.state === 'open') transition(previous.id, 'open', summary);
+        return incident(previous.id)!;
+    }
+    const id = randomUUID();
+    db().prepare(`INSERT INTO watchdog_incidents(id,server,kind,state,summary,details,first_seen_at,last_seen_at)
+        VALUES (?,?,?,'open',?,?,?,?)`).run(id, server, kind, summary, JSON.stringify(details), iso(), iso());
+    event(id, summary);
+    return incident(id)!;
+}
+function actions(id: string): WatchdogAction[] {
+    return db().prepare(`SELECT a.*, d.state AS operation_state, d.stage AS operation_stage, d.error AS operation_error
+        FROM watchdog_actions a LEFT JOIN server_deployments d ON d.id=a.operation_id
+        WHERE a.incident_id=? ORDER BY a.rowid`).all(id) as WatchdogAction[];
+}
+export function watchdogOverview(): WatchdogOverview {
+    return { enabled: watchdogEnabled(), lastScanAt: setting('watchdog_last_scan'), scanError: setting('watchdog_scan_error') || null,
+        incidents: db().prepare(`SELECT * FROM watchdog_incidents WHERE state != 'resolved' OR id IN (
+            SELECT id FROM watchdog_incidents WHERE state = 'resolved' ORDER BY first_seen_at DESC, rowid DESC LIMIT 100)
+            ORDER BY CASE WHEN state='resolved' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END, first_seen_at DESC, rowid DESC`).all() as WatchdogIncident[] };
+}
+export function watchdogDetail(id: string): WatchdogDetail | null {
+    const row = incident(id);
+    return row ? { incident: row, actions: actions(id), events: db().prepare('SELECT id,created_at,message FROM watchdog_events WHERE incident_id=? ORDER BY id').all(id) as WatchdogDetail['events'] } : null;
+}
+function hasPending(server: string) {
+    return !!db().prepare("SELECT 1 FROM server_deployments WHERE server=? AND state IN ('queued','waiting','running','awaiting-health') LIMIT 1").get(server);
+}
+function protectedWork(server: string): boolean {
+    return !!db().prepare(`SELECT 1 FROM beta_servers bs JOIN betas b ON b.id=bs.beta_id WHERE bs.server=? AND b.state IN ('running','ready-promote') LIMIT 1`).get(server)
+        || !!db().prepare(`SELECT 1 FROM deployment_servers ds WHERE ds.server=? AND ds.restart_state IN ('pending','held','failed','manual')
+            AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM watchdog_actions a WHERE a.campaign_id=ds.deployment_id) LIMIT 1`).get(server);
+}
+function addAction(row: WatchdogIncident, operationId: string, action: 'restart' | 'rebuild', campaignId: string | null = null) {
+    db().prepare('INSERT INTO watchdog_actions(id,incident_id,action,operation_id,campaign_id,created_at,cycle) VALUES (?,?,?,?,?,?,?)')
+        .run(randomUUID(), row.id, action, operationId, campaignId, iso(), row.cycle);
+    transition(row.id, 'recovering', action === 'restart' ? 'Restart queued; waiting for safe recovery' : 'Rebuild queued with the latest promoted setup');
+    event(row.id, `${action === 'restart' ? 'Restart' : 'Rebuild'} requested: ${operationId}${campaignId ? `; campaign ${campaignId}` : ''}`);
+}
+export function updateWatchdogIncident(id: string, action: 'retry' | 'dismiss') {
+    return db().transaction(() => {
+        const row = incident(id);
+        if (!row) return { ok: false as const, status: 404, error: 'Watchdog incident not found.' };
+        if (actions(id).some(a => pendingStates.includes(a.operation_state ?? ''))) return { ok: false as const, status: 409, error: 'Provisioning is still active. Complete or cancel that operation first.' };
+        if (action === 'dismiss') {
+            if (!['open','attention'].includes(row.state)) return { ok: false as const, status: 409, error: 'Only detected incidents or incidents needing attention can be dismissed.' };
+            transition(id, 'dismissed', 'Dismissed by operator; automatic attempts remain suppressed until the condition clears');
+        } else {
+            if (!['attention','dismissed'].includes(row.state)) return { ok: false as const, status: 409, error: 'Only incidents needing attention or dismissed incidents can be retried.' };
+            if (!getServer(row.server)) return { ok: false as const, status: 409, error: 'The server is no longer registered; inspect its provisioning history.' };
+            db().prepare('UPDATE watchdog_incidents SET cycle=cycle+1, failures=1, first_seen_at=?, last_seen_at=? WHERE id=?').run(iso(), iso(), id);
+            transition(id, 'open', 'Operator requested a fresh recovery attempt; checking current conditions');
+        }
+        return { ok: true as const };
+    })();
+}
+
+async function reconcileActions(): Promise<void> {
+    const rows = db().prepare("SELECT * FROM watchdog_incidents WHERE state IN ('recovering','attention')").all() as WatchdogIncident[];
+    for (const row of rows) {
+        const action = actions(row.id).filter(a => a.cycle === row.cycle).at(-1);
+        if (!action) continue;
+        const operation = db().prepare('SELECT state,submitted_at,started_at,stage,error FROM server_deployments WHERE id=?').get(action.operation_id) as
+            { state: string; submitted_at: string | null; started_at: string; stage: string; error: string | null } | undefined;
+        if (!operation) { transition(row.id, 'attention', 'Provisioning history is missing; inspect the server before retrying'); continue; }
+        if (['done','warning'].includes(operation.state)) {
+            if (row.kind === 'drift') {
+                try {
+                    const plan = await previewDrift([row.server]);
+                    if (incident(row.id)?.cycle !== row.cycle) continue;
+                    if (plan.files.length) { transition(row.id, 'attention', 'Rebuild completed but drift remains; inspect the campaign and server files'); continue; }
+                } catch (err) { transition(row.id, 'attention', `Cannot verify rebuilt files: ${(err as Error).message}`); continue; }
+            }
+            transition(row.id, 'resolved', action.action === 'restart' ? 'Server recovered after restart' : 'Server recovered after rebuild');
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (row.state === 'attention') continue; // Exhausted attempts stay latched, including across app restarts.
+        if (['cancelled','interrupted'].includes(operation.state)) {
+            transition(row.id, 'attention', `Provisioning ${operation.state}; inspect the recorded operation before retrying`); continue;
+        }
+        if (action.action === 'rebuild') {
+            if (operation.state === 'failed') transition(row.id, 'attention', `Rebuild failed: ${operation.error ?? operation.stage}`);
+            else if (operation.state === 'awaiting-health' && Date.now() - Date.parse(operation.submitted_at ?? operation.started_at) >= WATCHDOG_RECOVERY_MS)
+                transition(row.id, 'attention', 'Rebuild has not recovered within five minutes; provisioning continues verification');
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (!['awaiting-health','failed'].includes(operation.state)) continue;
+        if (Date.now() - Date.parse(operation.submitted_at ?? operation.started_at) < WATCHDOG_RECOVERY_MS) continue;
+        if (!watchdogEnabled()) continue;
+        const current = getServer(row.server);
+        if (!current || current.desired_state === 'stopped' || protectedWork(row.server)) continue;
+        const result = db().transaction(() => {
+            const next = escalateWatchdogRestart(row.id, action.operation_id, WATCHDOG_RECOVERY_MS);
+            if (next.ok) addAction(row, next.deploymentId, 'rebuild');
+            return next;
+        })();
+        if (!result.ok && result.status !== 409 && result.status !== 503) transition(row.id, 'attention', `Could not queue rebuild: ${result.error}`);
+    }
+}
+
+interface Observation { healthy: boolean; actionable: boolean; reason: string; containerState: string | null }
+async function observe(server: string): Promise<Observation> {
+    const health = await komodoInspectHealthy(server);
+    const state = health.state?.toLowerCase() ?? null;
+    if (!health.ok) return { healthy: false, actionable: !!state && ['stopped','exited','created','dead','unhealthy','restarting','starting'].includes(state), reason: health.reason, containerState: state };
+    if (telemetryEvidence(server)) return { healthy: true, actionable: false, reason: 'Komodo healthy with fresh telemetry', containerState: state };
+    const rcon = await rconStatusResult(server);
+    if (rcon.ok || telemetryEvidence(server)) return { healthy: true, actionable: false, reason: 'Komodo healthy with fresh game status', containerState: state };
+    return { healthy: false, actionable: true, reason: `Game status unavailable: ${rcon.reason}; waiting for player-count verification before recovery`, containerState: state };
+}
+async function scanServer(server: string): Promise<void> {
+    const row = getServer(server);
+    if (!row || row.desired_state === 'stopped') return;
+    if (hasPending(server) || protectedWork(server)) return;
+    const observation = await observe(server);
+    // Probes can overlap an API request; recheck ownership before queuing anything.
+    if (hasPending(server) || protectedWork(server) || getServer(server)?.desired_state === 'stopped') return;
+    if (observation.healthy) {
+        const current = active(server, 'health');
+        if (current) transition(current.id, 'resolved', 'Fresh game status and Komodo health verified');
+    } else {
+        const problem = detect(server, 'health', observation.reason, observation);
+        const startup = ['starting','restarting'].includes(observation.containerState ?? '');
+        const oldEnough = Date.now() - Date.parse(problem.first_seen_at) >= (startup ? WATCHDOG_RECOVERY_MS : WATCHDOG_FAILURE_MS);
+        if (problem.state === 'open' && observation.actionable && oldEnough && problem.failures >= 3 && watchdogEnabled()) {
+            const result = db().transaction(() => {
+                const next = requestWatchdogLifecycle(server, 'restart', problem.id);
+                if (next.ok) addAction(problem, next.deploymentId, 'restart');
+                return next;
+            })();
+            if (!result.ok && result.status !== 409 && result.status !== 503) transition(problem.id, 'attention', result.error);
+        }
+        // Unknown container health is an observation failure, not proof that a rebuild is safe.
+        if (!observation.actionable || hasPending(server)) return;
+    }
+    const prepared = await prepareDriftCampaign(server);
+    if (hasPending(server) || protectedWork(server) || getServer(server)?.desired_state === 'stopped') return;
+    if (!prepared.plan.files.length) {
+        const current = active(server, 'drift');
+        if (current) transition(current.id, 'resolved', 'Server files match the promoted setup');
+        return;
+    }
+    const problem = detect(server, 'drift', `${prepared.plan.files.length} file difference(s) from the promoted setup`, { files: prepared.plan.files, fingerprint: prepared.plan.fingerprint });
+    if (problem.state !== 'open' || !watchdogEnabled()) return;
+    const result = db().transaction(() => {
+        const next = requestWatchdogLifecycle(server, 'rebuild', problem.id);
+        if (next.ok) {
+            const campaignId = createDriftRebuildCampaign(server, next.deploymentId, problem.id, prepared);
+            addAction(problem, next.deploymentId, 'rebuild', campaignId);
+        }
+        return next;
+    })();
+    if (!result.ok && result.status !== 409 && result.status !== 503) transition(problem.id, 'attention', `Could not queue drift rebuild: ${result.error}`);
+}
+
+let inFlight: Promise<void> | null = null;
+export function watchdogTick(forceScan = false): Promise<void> {
+    if (inFlight) return inFlight;
+    inFlight = run(forceScan).finally(() => { inFlight = null; });
+    return inFlight;
+}
+async function run(forceScan: boolean): Promise<void> {
+    await reconcileActions();
+    const lastScan = setting('watchdog_last_scan');
+    if (!forceScan && lastScan && Date.now() - Date.parse(lastScan) < WATCHDOG_SCAN_MS) return;
+    setSetting('watchdog_last_scan', iso());
+    if (!komodoConfigured()) {
+        setSetting('watchdog_scan_error', 'Configure Komodo before automatic recovery. RCON or fresh telemetry verifies game status.'); return;
+    }
+    const errors: string[] = [];
+    const servers = listServers();
+    let cursor = 0;
+    async function pump() {
+        while (cursor < servers.length) {
+            const server = servers[cursor++];
+            try { await scanServer(server.name); }
+            catch (err) { errors.push(`${server.name}: ${(err as Error).message}`); }
+        }
+    }
+    await Promise.all(Array.from({ length: Math.min(4, servers.length) }, pump));
+    // Preserve incidents for temporarily absent rebuild instances, but close retired registrations.
+    const abandoned = db().prepare("SELECT * FROM watchdog_incidents WHERE state != 'resolved'").all() as WatchdogIncident[];
+    for (const row of abandoned) {
+        if (getServer(row.server) || hasPending(row.server)) continue;
+        const last = db().prepare('SELECT action,state FROM server_deployments WHERE server=? ORDER BY rowid DESC LIMIT 1').get(row.server) as { action: string; state: string } | undefined;
+        // An absent registry can also mean a failed rebuild. Only a completed
+        // destruction retires that failure without requiring inspection.
+        if (['open','dismissed'].includes(row.state) || (last?.action === 'destroy' && ['done','warning'].includes(last.state)))
+            transition(row.id, 'resolved', 'Server is no longer registered');
+    }
+    setSetting('watchdog_scan_error', errors.join('\n'));
+}

src/lib/ui/components/ArtifactDetail.svelte

@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
                 flash = body.error ?? `HTTP ${res.status}`;
                 return;
             }
-            scopeComplete = { count: scopeImpact.affected.length, composed: scopeImpact.composed, detached: body.detached?.length ?? 0, href: scopeImpact.affected.length === 1 ? '/campaigns?server=' + encodeURIComponent(scopeImpact.affected[0]) : '/campaigns' };
+            scopeComplete = { count: scopeImpact.affected.length, composed: scopeImpact.composed, detached: body.detached?.length ?? 0, href: scopeImpact.affected.length === 1 ? '/watchdog?kind=drift&server=' + encodeURIComponent(scopeImpact.affected[0]) : '/watchdog?kind=drift' };
             scopeReviewOpen = false; scopeDialog?.close();
             await load();
         } catch (error) { flash = (error as Error).message; } finally {
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
             {/snippet}
         </SectionHeader>
 
-        {#if scopeComplete}<div class="scope-complete" role="status"><strong>Scope saved.</strong> {scopeComplete.composed ? `Intended configuration may change on ${scopeComplete.count} eligible servers.` : scopeComplete.detached ? `Inventory tracking detached on ${scopeComplete.detached} servers; live files remain.` : `${scopeComplete.count} servers are in the old or new scope.`} Running servers have not been changed. <a href={scopeComplete.href}>Review reconciliation →</a></div>{/if}
+        {#if scopeComplete}<div class="scope-complete" role="status"><strong>Scope saved.</strong> {scopeComplete.composed ? `Intended configuration may change on ${scopeComplete.count} eligible servers.` : scopeComplete.detached ? `Inventory tracking detached on ${scopeComplete.detached} servers; live files remain.` : `${scopeComplete.count} servers are in the old or new scope.`} Watchdog detects resulting drift and rebuilds eligible servers when automation is enabled. <a href={scopeComplete.href}>View drift recovery →</a></div>{/if}
         {#if latestVersion}<Card padding="lg"><div class="release-summary"><div><h2>Latest {artifactVersionLabel(latestVersion)}</h2><StatusBadge state={latestVersion.id === a.current_version_id ? 'promoted' : latestVersion.state} /><p>{latestVersion.notes || 'No version notes provided.'}</p></div>{#if runningBetaId !== null}<Button variant="primary" href={`/betas/${runningBetaId}`}>View active beta</Button>{:else if latestVersion.id !== a.current_version_id}<Button variant="primary" href={betaSelectionHref([{ scriptId: id, versionId: latestVersion.id }])}>Test latest version</Button>{:else}<span class="dim">Latest version is promoted</span>{/if}</div></Card>{/if}
 
         {#if runningBetaId}
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@
                         {/if}
                     </div>
                 </Field>
-                {#if scopePreviewLoading}<p role="status">Reviewing eligible servers…</p>{:else if scopePreviewError}<p role="alert">{scopePreviewError}</p>{:else if scopeImpact}<section class="scope-impact" aria-label="Scope change review"><strong>{scopeImpact.after.length} eligible · {scopeImpact.added.length} added · {scopeImpact.removed.length} removed</strong>{#if scopeImpact.added.length}<p>Added: {scopeImpact.added.join(', ')}</p>{/if}{#if scopeImpact.removed.length}<p>Removed: {scopeImpact.removed.join(', ')}</p>{/if}<p>{scopeImpact.composed ? 'This changes intended configuration composition. Live configuration files remain unchanged until a deployment or reconciliation.' : scopeType === 'none' ? `${scopeImpact.detached.length} recorded installations will become untracked. Files remain on servers; review reconciliation to remove orphaned files.` : 'Scope describes eligibility. Saving does not install files or restart servers; review reconciliation for existing promoted files.'}</p></section>{/if}
+                {#if scopePreviewLoading}<p role="status">Reviewing eligible servers…</p>{:else if scopePreviewError}<p role="alert">{scopePreviewError}</p>{:else if scopeImpact}<section class="scope-impact" aria-label="Scope change review"><strong>{scopeImpact.after.length} eligible · {scopeImpact.added.length} added · {scopeImpact.removed.length} removed</strong>{#if scopeImpact.added.length}<p>Added: {scopeImpact.added.join(', ')}</p>{/if}{#if scopeImpact.removed.length}<p>Removed: {scopeImpact.removed.join(', ')}</p>{/if}<p>{scopeImpact.composed ? 'This changes intended configuration composition.' : scopeType === 'none' ? `${scopeImpact.detached.length} recorded installations will become untracked. Watchdog will detect orphaned files as drift.` : 'Scope describes eligibility for promoted files.'}</p><p>When automation is enabled, Watchdog rebuilds servers with drift after verifying a safe server state. Rebuilds delete the existing instance and all of its files.</p></section>{/if}
                 <div class="dlg-actions">
                     <Button variant="ghost" onclick={cancelScopeModal} disabled={updatingScope}>Cancel</Button>
                     <Button type="submit" variant="primary" disabled={updatingScope || scopePreviewLoading || !scopeImpact} loading={updatingScope}>

src/lib/ui/components/WatchdogStatus.svelte

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+    import { watchdogStateLabels, type WatchdogState } from '$lib/watchdog.js';
+    import Badge from './primitives/Badge.svelte';
+    let { state }: { state: WatchdogState } = $props();
+    const tone = $derived(state === 'attention' ? 'warning' : state === 'resolved' ? 'online' : state === 'recovering' ? 'info' : 'neutral');
+</script>
+
+<Badge variant={tone}>{watchdogStateLabels[state]}</Badge>

src/lib/watchdog.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import type { DriftPlanFile } from './drift-plan.js';
+
+export type WatchdogState = 'open' | 'recovering' | 'attention' | 'resolved' | 'dismissed';
+export interface WatchdogIncident {
+    id: string;
+    server: string;
+    kind: 'health' | 'drift';
+    state: WatchdogState;
+    summary: string;
+    details: string;
+    first_seen_at: string;
+    last_seen_at: string;
+    finished_at: string | null;
+    failures: number;
+    cycle: number;
+}
+export interface WatchdogEvidence {
+    reason?: string;
+    containerState?: string | null;
+    files?: DriftPlanFile[];
+    fingerprint?: string;
+}
+export interface WatchdogAction {
+    id: string;
+    incident_id: string;
+    action: 'restart' | 'rebuild';
+    operation_id: string;
+    campaign_id: string | null;
+    created_at: string;
+    cycle: number;
+    operation_state: string | null;
+    operation_stage: string | null;
+    operation_error: string | null;
+}
+export interface WatchdogOverview {
+    enabled: boolean;
+    lastScanAt: string | null;
+    scanError: string | null;
+    incidents: WatchdogIncident[];
+}
+export interface WatchdogDetail {
+    incident: WatchdogIncident;
+    events: { id: number; created_at: string; message: string }[];
+    actions: WatchdogAction[];
+}
+export const watchdogStateLabels: Record<WatchdogState, string> = {
+    open: 'Detected', recovering: 'Recovering', attention: 'Needs attention', resolved: 'Resolved', dismissed: 'Dismissed'
+};

src/routes/+layout.svelte

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         // Two-key nav shortcuts (Gmail-style): `g f` fleet, `g d` provisioning,
         // `g b` betas, `g s` scripts. Ignored while typing in inputs.
         const shortcuts: Record<string, string> = {
-            f: '/', d: '/provisioning', a: '/campaigns', b: '/betas',
+            f: '/', d: '/provisioning', a: '/campaigns', w: '/watchdog', b: '/betas',
             k: '/server-keys', s: '/scripts', c: '/configs', p: '/plugins', l: '/leaderboard', h: '/settings', m: '/metrics'
         };
         let armed = false;
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
     const tabs = [
         { href: '/', label: 'Fleet', match: (p: string) => p === '/' || p.startsWith('/servers/') },
         { href: '/scripts', label: 'Library', match: (p: string) => /^\/(scripts|configs|plugins)(\/|$)/.test(p) },
-        { href: '/provisioning', label: 'Operations', match: (p: string) => /^\/(provisioning|deployments|collections|campaigns|server-keys)(\/|$)/.test(p) },
+        { href: '/provisioning', label: 'Operations', match: (p: string) => /^\/(provisioning|deployments|collections|campaigns|watchdog|server-keys)(\/|$)/.test(p) },
         { href: '/betas', label: 'Betas', match: (p: string) => p.startsWith('/betas') },
         { href: '/settings', label: 'Settings', match: (p: string) => p.startsWith('/settings') },
         { href: '/leaderboard', label: 'Leaderboard', match: (p: string) => p.startsWith('/leaderboard') },
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
     const secondary = $derived(tabs[1].match($page.url.pathname)
         ? [{ href: '/scripts', label: 'Scripts' }, { href: '/configs', label: 'Configs' }, { href: '/plugins', label: 'Plugins' }]
         : tabs[2].match($page.url.pathname)
-        ? [{ href: '/provisioning', label: 'Provisioning' }, { href: '/collections', label: 'Collections' }, { href: '/campaigns', label: 'Campaigns' }, { href: '/server-keys', label: 'Keys' }]
+        ? [{ href: '/provisioning', label: 'Provisioning' }, { href: '/collections', label: 'Collections' }, { href: '/campaigns', label: 'Campaigns' }, { href: '/watchdog', label: 'Watchdog' }, { href: '/server-keys', label: 'Keys' }]
         : tabs[4].match($page.url.pathname) ? [{ href: '/settings', label: 'Preferences' }] : []);
 </script>
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
     <Confirmation />
     <NotificationHistory bind:open={notificationsOpen} />
     <Dialog bind:open={helpOpen} title="Keyboard shortcuts" description="Press g, then the destination key. Shortcuts are inactive while typing or using a dialog.">
-        <dl class="shortcuts">{#each [['g f','Fleet'],['g s','Scripts'],['g c','Configs'],['g p','Plugins'],['g d','Provisioning'],['g a','Campaigns'],['g b','Betas'],['g h','Settings'],['g k','Keys'],['g l','Leaderboard'],['g m','Metrics'],['?','This help']] as [keys,label]}<div><dt><kbd>{keys}</kbd></dt><dd>{label}</dd></div>{/each}</dl>
+        <dl class="shortcuts">{#each [['g f','Fleet'],['g s','Scripts'],['g c','Configs'],['g p','Plugins'],['g d','Provisioning'],['g a','Campaigns'],['g w','Watchdog'],['g b','Betas'],['g h','Settings'],['g k','Keys'],['g l','Leaderboard'],['g m','Metrics'],['?','This help']] as [keys,label]}<div><dt><kbd>{keys}</kbd></dt><dd>{label}</dd></div>{/each}</dl>
     </Dialog>
 </div>
 

src/routes/api/campaigns/[id]/+server.ts

@@ -39,5 +39,6 @@ export async function GET({ params }: { params: { id: string } }) {
         .all(params.id);
 
     const events = db().prepare('SELECT id, created_at, message FROM campaign_events WHERE deployment_id = ? ORDER BY id').all(params.id);
-    return json({ deployment: dep, servers, files, scripts, events });
+    const watchdog = db().prepare('SELECT incident_id FROM watchdog_actions WHERE campaign_id = ? LIMIT 1').get(params.id) as { incident_id: string } | undefined;
+    return json({ deployment: dep, servers, files, scripts, events, watchdogIncidentId: watchdog?.incident_id ?? null });
 }

src/routes/api/drift/+server.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { json } from '@sveltejs/kit';
-import { DriftPlanChanged, previewDrift, runDriftDeployment } from '$lib/server/fleet/drift.js';
+import { previewDrift } from '$lib/server/fleet/drift.js';
-import { kick } from '$lib/server/pipeline/worker.js';
 
 // GET returns the current drift plan for the whole fleet without touching disk.
 export async function GET() {
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ export async function GET() {
     });
 }
 
-// POST removes drift and creates a drift deployment. Body: { servers?: string[], dryRun?: boolean }
+// Legacy previews remain readable. Watchdog owns all new reconciliation requests.
 export async function POST({ request }: { request: Request }) {
     const body = await request.json().catch(() => null);
     if (!body || (body.servers !== undefined && (!Array.isArray(body.servers) || !body.servers.every((server: unknown) => typeof server === 'string')))) {
@@ -35,12 +34,8 @@ export async function POST({ request }: { request: Request }) {
     }
     try {
         if (body.dryRun === true) return json({ ok: true, plan: await previewDrift(body.servers) });
-        if (typeof body.expectedFingerprint !== 'string' || !body.expectedFingerprint) return json({ ok: false, error: 'Review a reconciliation plan before applying changes.' }, { status: 400 });
+        return json({ ok: false, error: 'Drift reconciliation has moved to Watchdog. Scan there to queue a rebuild and campaign.', watchdogUrl: '/watchdog' }, { status: 410 });
-        const result = await runDriftDeployment({ servers: body.servers, expectedFingerprint: body.expectedFingerprint, triggeredBy: 'ui' });
-        if (result.deploymentId) void kick();
-        return json({ ok: true, result });
     } catch (error) {
-        if (error instanceof DriftPlanChanged) return json({ ok: false, error: error.message, plan: error.plan }, { status: 409 });
         return json({ ok: false, error: (error as Error).message }, { status: 400 });
     }
 }

src/routes/api/watchdog/+server.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { json } from '@sveltejs/kit';
+import { watchdogOverview, watchdogTick, setWatchdogEnabled } from '$lib/server/watchdog/index.js';
+import { kick } from '$lib/server/pipeline/worker.js';
+
+export function GET() { return json(watchdogOverview()); }
+export async function POST({ request }: { request: Request }) {
+    const body = await request.json().catch(() => null);
+    if (!body || typeof body !== 'object' || Array.isArray(body)
+        || (body.enabled !== undefined && typeof body.enabled !== 'boolean')
+        || (body.action !== 'scan' && typeof body.enabled !== 'boolean')
+        || (body.action !== undefined && body.action !== 'scan')) {
+        return json({ error: 'Provide action: scan or an enabled boolean.' }, { status: 400 });
+    }
+    if (typeof body.enabled === 'boolean') setWatchdogEnabled(body.enabled);
+    if (body.action === 'scan') await watchdogTick(true);
+    void kick().catch(err => console.error('[watchdog] worker kick failed:', err));
+    return json(watchdogOverview());
+}

src/routes/api/watchdog/[id]/+server.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { json } from '@sveltejs/kit';
+import { watchdogDetail, updateWatchdogIncident } from '$lib/server/watchdog/index.js';
+import { kick } from '$lib/server/pipeline/worker.js';
+
+export function GET({ params }: { params: { id: string } }) {
+    const detail = watchdogDetail(params.id);
+    return detail ? json(detail) : json({ error: 'Watchdog incident not found.' }, { status: 404 });
+}
+export async function POST({ params, request }: { params: { id: string }; request: Request }) {
+    const body = await request.json().catch(() => null);
+    if (!body || !['retry','dismiss'].includes(body.action)) return json({ error: 'Choose retry or dismiss.' }, { status: 400 });
+    const result = updateWatchdogIncident(params.id, body.action);
+    if (!result.ok) return json({ error: result.error }, { status: result.status });
+    void kick().catch(err => console.error('[watchdog] worker kick failed:', err));
+    return json(watchdogDetail(params.id));
+}

src/routes/campaigns/+page.svelte

@@ -3,12 +3,9 @@
     import { onMount } from 'svelte';
     import { page } from '$app/stores';
     import { goto } from '$app/navigation';
-    import Dialog from '$ui/components/primitives/Dialog.svelte';
-    import type { DriftPlan, DriftResult } from '$lib/drift-plan.js';
     import { pollVisible } from '$ui/poll.js';
     import { confirmAction } from '$ui/confirm.js';
     import { serverTitle } from '$ui/server-labels.js';
-    import ServerIdentity from '$ui/components/ServerIdentity.svelte';
     import StatusBadge from '$ui/components/primitives/StatusBadge.svelte';
     import ListFooter from '$ui/components/primitives/ListFooter.svelte';
     import Card from '$ui/components/primitives/Card.svelte';
@@ -48,45 +45,23 @@
         prior_version: number | null;
         scripts: DepScript[];
     }
-    interface DriftFile {
-        relPath: string;
-        size: number;
-        sha256: string;
-        kind: 'script' | 'config' | 'plugin' | 'baseline';
-        driftKind: 'untracked' | 'missing' | 'replace';
-    }
-    interface DriftServer { server: string; files: DriftFile[] }
-    interface DriftPreview { totalDrift: number; servers: DriftServer[]; scannedAt: string }
-
     let loadError = $state('');
     let limit = $state(25);
-    let driftLimit = $state(25);
-    $effect(() => { driftFilter; driftLimit = 25; });
     let deployments = $state<Deployment[]>([]);
     let loading = $state(true);
-    let drift = $state<DriftPreview | null>(null);
-    let scanning = $state(false);
-    let running = $state(false);
     let rollingBack = $state<string | null>(null);
     let flash = $state<string | null>(null);
     let flashError = $state(false);
     let flashId = $state('');
-    let selected = $state<string[]>([]);
+    let serverFilter = $state('');
-    let reviewOpen = $state(false);
+    $effect(() => {
-    let plan = $state<DriftPlan | null>(null);
+        serverFilter = $page.url.searchParams.get('server') ?? '';
-    let planError = $state('');
+        limit = Math.max(25, Number($page.url.searchParams.get('limit')) || 25);
-    let reviewing = $state(false);
+    });
-    let reviewAll = $state(false);
+    function saveContext(reset = false) {
-    let result = $state<DriftResult | null>(null);
+        if (reset) limit = 25;
-    const skipped = $derived(result?.perServer.filter(server => server.skipped.length) ?? []);
-    let driftError = $state('');
-    // Drift panel opens automatically when there's a problem; collapses when clean.
-    let driftOpen = $state(false);
-    let driftFilter = $state('');
-    $effect(() => { driftFilter = $page.url.searchParams.get('server') ?? ''; limit = Math.max(25, Number($page.url.searchParams.get('limit')) || 25); });
-    function saveContext() {
         const url = new URL($page.url);
-        if (driftFilter) url.searchParams.set('server', driftFilter); else url.searchParams.delete('server');
+        if (serverFilter) url.searchParams.set('server', serverFilter); else url.searchParams.delete('server');
         if (limit > 25) url.searchParams.set('limit', String(limit)); else url.searchParams.delete('limit');
         void goto(url, { replaceState: true, noScroll: true, keepFocus: true });
     }
@@ -99,69 +74,7 @@
         } catch (error) { loadError = (error as Error).message; }
         finally { loading = false; }
     }
-    async function scanDrift(): Promise<void> {
+    onMount(() => pollVisible(loadCampaigns, 5000));
-        if (scanning) return;
-        scanning = true;
-        try {
-            const res = await fetch('/api/drift');
-            if (!res.ok) throw new Error('Could not scan drift.');
-            drift = (await res.json()) as DriftPreview;
-            selected = selected.filter(name => drift!.servers.some(server => server.server === name));
-            driftError = '';
-        } catch (error) { driftError = (error as Error).message;
-        } finally {
-            scanning = false;
-        }
-    }
-
-    let driftCounts = $derived.by(() => {
-        if (!drift) return { untracked: 0, missing: 0, replace: 0 };
-        let u = 0, m = 0, r = 0;
-        for (const s of drift.servers) for (const f of s.files) {
-            if (f.driftKind === 'untracked') u++; else if (f.driftKind === 'replace') r++; else m++;
-        }
-        return { untracked: u, missing: m, replace: r };
-    });
-
-    // Auto-open on first scan if there's drift; leave user's toggle alone after.
-    let firstScan = $state(true);
-    $effect(() => {
-        if (drift && firstScan) {
-            firstScan = false;
-            if (drift.totalDrift > 0) driftOpen = true;
-        }
-    });
-
-    async function reviewDrift(all: boolean, targets = selected): Promise<void> {
-        reviewOpen = true; reviewing = true; plan = null; planError = ''; reviewAll = all;
-        try {
-            const response = await fetch('/api/drift', { method: 'POST', headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }, body: JSON.stringify({ dryRun: true, servers: all ? undefined : targets }) });
-            const body = await response.json();
-            if (!response.ok) throw new Error(body.error ?? 'Could not prepare the reconciliation plan.');
-            plan = body.plan;
-        } catch (error) { planError = (error as Error).message; }
-        finally { reviewing = false; }
-    }
-
-    async function runDrift(): Promise<void> {
-        if (!plan || running) return;
-        running = true; planError = ''; result = null;
-        try {
-            const res = await fetch('/api/drift', {
-                method: 'POST',
-                headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-                body: JSON.stringify({ servers: reviewAll ? undefined : plan.servers, expectedFingerprint: plan.fingerprint })
-            });
-            const body = await res.json();
-            if (!res.ok || !body.ok) { if (body.plan) plan = body.plan; throw new Error(body.error ?? 'Reconciliation failed.'); }
-            result = body.result; reviewOpen = false;
-            await Promise.all([loadCampaigns(), scanDrift()]);
-        } catch (error) { planError = (error as Error).message; } finally {
-            running = false;
-        }
-    }
-
-    onMount(() => { void scanDrift(); return pollVisible(loadCampaigns, 5000); });
 
     function isActive(d: Deployment): boolean {
         return d.servers.some((s) => s.restart_state === 'pending' || s.restart_state === 'failed');
@@ -174,8 +87,11 @@
         return `${Math.floor(d / 86_400_000)}d ago`;
     }
 
-    let active = $derived(deployments.filter(isActive));
+    const matching = $derived(deployments.filter(d => !serverFilter || d.servers.some(server =>
-    let history = $derived(deployments.filter((d) => !isActive(d)));
+        (server.server + ' ' + serverTitle(server.server)).toLowerCase().includes(serverFilter.toLowerCase())
+    )));
+    let active = $derived(matching.filter(isActive));
+    let history = $derived(matching.filter((d) => !isActive(d)));
 
     function scriptSummary(d: Deployment): string {
         if (d.scripts && d.scripts.length > 0) {
@@ -218,12 +134,6 @@
         return Array.from(groups.entries());
     });
 
-    // Drift filtering — spare the operator's eyes on huge fleets.
-    let filteredDriftServers = $derived(
-        drift?.servers.filter((s) =>
-            !driftFilter || (s.server + ' ' + serverTitle(s.server)).toLowerCase().includes(driftFilter.toLowerCase())
-        ) ?? []
-    );
 </script>
 
 <svelte:head><title>Campaigns | Electric Cherry</title></svelte:head>
@@ -231,106 +141,20 @@
 <div class="page">
     <SectionHeader
         title="Campaigns"
-        subtitle="Track file campaigns, reconcile drift, and review rollbacks."
+        subtitle="Track file campaigns, server activation, and rollbacks."
     />
 
     {#if loadError}<div class="ui-error" role="alert">{loadError}<Button size="sm" onclick={loadCampaigns}>Retry</Button></div>{/if}
     {#if loading}
         <div class="loading">Loading…</div>
     {:else}
-        <!-- Drift summary — collapsed by default when there's no problem. -->
         <Card padding="lg">
-            {#if driftError}<div class="ui-error" role="alert">{driftError}<Button size="sm" onclick={scanDrift} disabled={scanning}>Retry scan</Button></div>{/if}
+            <div class="watchdog-link">
-            <div class="drift-summary">
+                <div><h2>Automatic drift repair</h2><p>Watchdog detects drift and rebuilds affected servers with the promoted setup. Repair campaigns remain in this history.</p></div>
-                <button class="drift-summary-l" aria-expanded={driftOpen} aria-controls="drift-body" onclick={() => driftOpen = !driftOpen}>
+                <Button href={serverFilter ? `/watchdog?kind=drift&server=${encodeURIComponent(serverFilter)}` : '/watchdog?kind=drift'}>Open Watchdog</Button>
-
-                    <span class="chev" class:open={driftOpen} aria-hidden="true">›</span>
-                    <span class="drift-title">Drift</span>
-                    {#if drift === null}
-                        <Badge variant="neutral" size="sm">Not scanned</Badge>
-                    {:else if drift.totalDrift === 0}
-                        <Badge variant="online" size="sm">In sync</Badge>
-                    {:else}
-                        {#if driftCounts.untracked > 0}
-                            <Badge variant="danger" size="sm">{driftCounts.untracked} untracked</Badge>
-                        {/if}
-                        {#if driftCounts.missing > 0}
-                            <Badge variant="warning" size="sm">{driftCounts.missing} missing</Badge>
-                        {/if}
-                        {#if driftCounts.replace > 0}
-                            <Badge variant="warning" size="sm">{driftCounts.replace} to replace</Badge>
-                        {/if}
-                        <span class="drift-servers">
-                            across {drift.servers.length} server{drift.servers.length === 1 ? '' : 's'}
-                        </span>
-                    {/if}
-                </button>
-                <div class="drift-summary-r">
-                    <Button variant="ghost" size="sm" onclick={scanDrift} disabled={scanning || running} loading={scanning}>
-                        Rescan
-                    </Button>
-                    <Button
-                        variant="danger"
-                        size="sm"
-                        onclick={() => reviewDrift(false)}
-                        disabled={running || scanning || reviewing || !selected.length}
-                        loading={running}
-                    >
-                        Review {selected.length} selected
-                    </Button>
-                    <Button size="sm" variant="ghost" onclick={() => reviewDrift(true)} disabled={running || scanning || reviewing || !drift?.totalDrift}>Review entire fleet</Button>
             </div>
-            </div>
-
-            {#if driftOpen}
-                <div class="drift-body" id="drift-body">
-                    {#if drift}<p class="scan-context">Scanned {$timeFormat.dateTime(drift.scannedAt)}. Selection controls the action scope; search only changes the visible list.</p>{/if}
-                    {#if drift && drift.totalDrift > 0}
-                        <input
-                            class="drift-filter" aria-label="Filter drift by server"
-                            type="search"
-                            placeholder="Filter by server name…"
-                            bind:value={driftFilter}
-                            oninput={event => { driftFilter = event.currentTarget.value; saveContext(); }}
-                        />
-                        <div class="selection-actions"><Button size="sm" onclick={() => selected = [...new Set([...selected, ...filteredDriftServers.map(server => server.server)])]}>Select visible</Button><Button size="sm" variant="ghost" disabled={!selected.length} onclick={() => selected = []}>Clear selection</Button><span>{selected.length} selected</span></div>
-                        {#each filteredDriftServers.slice(0,driftLimit) as s (s.server)}
-                            <div class="drift-server">
-                                <div class="drift-server-head">
-                                    <label class="server-name"><input type="checkbox" checked={selected.includes(s.server)} onchange={event => selected = event.currentTarget.checked ? [...selected, s.server] : selected.filter(name => name !== s.server)} /> <ServerIdentity name={s.server} /></label>
-                                    <span class="server-count">{s.files.length} entr{s.files.length === 1 ? 'y' : 'ies'}</span>
-                                </div>
-                                <div class="drift-files">
-                                    {#each s.files as f (f.driftKind + ':' + f.kind + ':' + f.relPath)}
-                                        <Badge
-                                            variant={f.driftKind === 'untracked' ? 'danger' : 'warning'}
-                                            size="sm"
-                                            mono
-                                            title="[{f.kind}] {f.driftKind} · {f.size}B · {f.sha256.slice(0, 12)}"
-                                        >
-                                            [{f.driftKind === 'missing' ? '+' : f.driftKind === 'replace' ? '↻' : '−'} {f.kind}] {f.relPath}
-                                        </Badge>
-                                    {/each}
-                                </div>
-                            </div>
-                        {/each}
-                        <ListFooter total={filteredDriftServers.length} bind:limit={driftLimit} label="servers" />
-                    {:else if drift?.totalDrift === 0}
-                        <EmptyState title="Inventory matches disk" description="Nothing to reconcile." />
-                    {:else}
-                        <EmptyState title="Scan hasn't run yet" description="Click Rescan to look for drift." />
-                    {/if}
-                </div>
-            {/if}
-
-            {#if result}<div class="result" class:result-error={skipped.length > 0} role={skipped.length ? 'alert' : 'status'}>
-                <strong>{result.totalServers} server{result.totalServers === 1 ? '' : 's'} updated{skipped.length ? `, ${skipped.length} with skipped files` : ''}</strong>
-                <p>{result.totalRemoved} files removed; {result.totalRestored} installed. {result.totalServers ? 'Affected servers restart when empty, then health is verified.' : skipped.length ? 'No changes could be applied. Review the reasons below.' : 'The reviewed servers already match the intended files.'}</p>
-                {#if result.deploymentId}<a href="/campaigns/{result.deploymentId}">View campaign →</a>{/if}
-                {#each skipped as server}<div><a href="/servers/{encodeURIComponent(server.server)}?tab=diagnostics"><ServerIdentity name={server.server} /></a><ul>{#each server.skipped as reason}<li>{reason}</li>{/each}</ul></div>{/each}
-                {#if skipped.length}<Button onclick={() => reviewDrift(false, skipped.map(server => server.server))}>Review unresolved servers</Button>{/if}
-            </div>{/if}
         </Card>
+        <label class="server-filter">Server <input type="search" bind:value={serverFilter} oninput={event => { serverFilter = event.currentTarget.value; saveContext(true); }} placeholder="Filter campaigns by server name" /></label>
 
         <!-- Active pipelines -->
         <section class="section">
@@ -376,22 +200,10 @@
                 {/each}
             {/if}
         </section>
-        <ListFooter total={history.length} bind:limit onchange={saveContext} label="campaigns" />
+        <ListFooter total={history.length} bind:limit onchange={() => saveContext()} label="campaigns" />
     {/if}
 </div>
 
-<Dialog bind:open={reviewOpen} title="Review reconciliation" busy={running || reviewing} wide>
-    {#if planError}<p class="ui-error" role="alert">{planError}</p>{/if}
-    {#if reviewing}<p role="status">Comparing current files with their intended versions…</p>
-    {:else if plan}
-        <p><strong>{reviewAll ? 'Entire fleet' : 'Selected servers'}: {plan.servers.length} server{plan.servers.length === 1 ? '' : 's'}, {plan.files.length} file change{plan.files.length === 1 ? '' : 's'}.</strong></p>
-        <p>Files change immediately. Each affected server restarts after a fresh check confirms it is empty, then waits for health verification. Untracked files will be removed.</p>
-        <p class="scan-context">Reviewed {$timeFormat.dateTime(plan.scannedAt)}. Changes to this plan require another review.</p>
-        <div class="plan-files">{#each plan.servers as server}{@const files = plan.files.filter(file => file.server === server)}{#if files.length}<section><h3><ServerIdentity name={server} /></h3>{#each files as file}<div class="plan-file"><strong>{file.driftKind === 'untracked' ? 'Remove' : file.driftKind === 'missing' ? 'Restore' : 'Replace'} <code>{file.relPath}</code></strong><span>{file.beforeSize === null ? 'Absent' : `${file.beforeSize} bytes`} → {file.afterSize === null ? 'Removed' : `${file.afterSize} bytes`}</span><details><summary>File fingerprints</summary><p>Before: {file.beforeSha256 ?? 'Absent'}<br />After: {file.afterSha256 ?? 'Removed'}</p></details></div>{/each}</section>{/if}{/each}</div>
-    {/if}
-    {#snippet actions()}<Button variant="ghost" disabled={running || reviewing} onclick={() => reviewOpen = false}>Cancel</Button><Button variant="danger" disabled={running || reviewing || !plan?.files.length} loading={running} onclick={runDrift}>Apply {plan?.files.length ?? 0} reviewed changes</Button>{/snippet}
-</Dialog>
-
 {#snippet deployRow(d: Deployment)}
     <article class="deploy-row">
         {#if flash && flashId === d.id}<div class="result" class:result-error={flashError} role={flashError ? 'alert' : 'status'}>{flash}</div>{/if}
@@ -447,16 +259,13 @@
 {/snippet}
 
 <style>
-    .scan-context { color: var(--text-secondary); font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6; }
+    .watchdog-link { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 24px; flex-wrap: wrap; }
-    .selection-actions { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: center; gap: 12px; margin-block: 12px; }
+    .watchdog-link h2 { margin: 0 0 8px; font-size: var(--text-md); }
-    .result { padding: 16px; margin-top: 16px; border: 1px solid var(--state-online); border-radius: var(--radius-md); line-height: 1.6; }
+    .watchdog-link p { margin: 0; max-width: 680px; font-size: var(--text-sm); color: var(--text-secondary); line-height: 1.6; }
+    .server-filter { display: grid; gap: 8px; max-width: 400px; font-size: var(--text-sm); color: var(--text-secondary); }
+    .server-filter input { padding: 10px 12px; background: var(--surface-sunken); color: var(--text-primary); border: 1px solid var(--border-control); border-radius: var(--radius-sm); font: inherit; }
+    .result { padding: 16px; border: 1px solid var(--state-online); border-radius: var(--radius-md); line-height: 1.6; }
     .result-error { border-color: var(--state-warning); }
-    .result p { margin-block: 8px; }
-    .result a { color: var(--accent-primary-hover); }
-    .plan-files { display: grid; gap: 20px; }
-    .plan-file { display: grid; gap: 8px; padding-block: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-subtle); overflow-wrap: anywhere; }
-    .plan-file span, .plan-file details { font-size: 13px; color: var(--text-secondary); }
-    .server-name { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px; }
     .page {
         display: flex;
         flex-direction: column;
@@ -468,98 +277,6 @@
         color: var(--text-tertiary);
     }
 
-    /* Drift summary bar */
-    .drift-summary {
-        display: flex;
-        align-items: center;
-        justify-content: space-between;
-        gap: var(--space-3);
-        width: 100%;
-        padding: 0;
-        background: transparent;
-        border: none;
-        cursor: pointer;
-        color: inherit;
-        text-align: left;
-        font: inherit;
-    }
-    .drift-summary:focus-visible { outline: none; box-shadow: var(--focus-ring); border-radius: var(--radius-md); }
-    .drift-summary-l {
-        display: flex;
-        align-items: center;
-        gap: var(--space-3);
-        min-width: 0;
-        flex-wrap: wrap;
-    }
-    .drift-summary-r {
-        display: flex;
-        align-items: center;
-        gap: var(--space-2);
-        flex-shrink: 0;
-    }
-    .drift-title {
-        font-size: var(--text-md);
-        font-weight: var(--weight-semibold);
-        color: var(--text-primary);
-    }
-    .drift-servers {
-        font-size: var(--text-sm);
-        color: var(--text-tertiary);
-    }
-    .chev {
-        color: var(--text-tertiary);
-        font-size: var(--text-lg);
-        line-height: 1;
-        transition: transform var(--dur-base) var(--ease-standard);
-        display: inline-block;
-    }
-    .chev.open { transform: rotate(90deg); }
-
-    .drift-body {
-        margin-top: var(--space-5);
-        padding-top: var(--space-5);
-        border-top: 1px solid var(--border-subtle);
-    }
-    .drift-filter {
-        width: 100%;
-        padding: var(--space-3) var(--space-4);
-        margin-bottom: var(--space-4);
-        background: var(--surface-sunken);
-        border: 1px solid var(--border-subtle);
-        border-radius: var(--radius-md);
-        color: var(--text-primary);
-        font-family: var(--font-body);
-        font-size: var(--text-sm);
-        transition: border-color var(--dur-fast) var(--ease-standard);
-    }
-    .drift-filter:focus {
-        outline: none;
-        border-color: var(--accent-primary);
-    }
-    .drift-server {
-        padding: var(--space-3) var(--space-4);
-        margin: var(--space-2) 0;
-        background: var(--surface-sunken);
-        border: 1px solid var(--border-subtle);
-        border-radius: var(--radius-md);
-    }
-    .drift-server-head {
-        display: flex;
-        justify-content: space-between;
-        align-items: baseline;
-        margin-bottom: var(--space-2);
-        font-family: var(--font-mono);
-        font-size: var(--text-sm);
-    }
-    .server-name { color: var(--text-primary); }
-    .server-count { color: var(--text-tertiary); font-size: var(--text-xs); }
-    .drift-files {
-        display: flex;
-        flex-wrap: wrap;
-        gap: var(--space-1);
-    }
-
-
     /* Sections */
     .section {
         display: flex;
@@ -709,10 +426,7 @@
 
     @media (max-width: 640px) {
         .row-head, .row-foot { flex-direction: column; align-items: flex-start; }
-        .drift-summary { flex-direction: column; align-items: flex-start; }
-        .drift-summary-r { width: 100%; justify-content: flex-end; }
     }
-    .drift-summary-l { padding:0; background:transparent; border:0; color:inherit; text-align:left; cursor:pointer; }
     .state-count { display:inline-flex; align-items:center; gap:5px; }
     .action { color:var(--text-primary); text-decoration:underline; text-underline-offset:4px; }
 </style>

src/routes/campaigns/[id]/+page.svelte

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
         servers: ServerRow[];
         files: FileRow[];
         events: ActivityEvent[];
+        watchdogIncidentId?: string | null;
     }
 
     let detail = $state<Detail | null>(null);
@@ -121,7 +122,9 @@
             {/snippet}
         </SectionHeader>
 
-        <section class="outcome" aria-label="Campaign outcome"><h2>{completed} / {detail.servers.length} servers activated{unresolved ? ` · ${unresolved} unresolved` : ''}</h2><p>Files are staged before activation. Servers restart when empty, then their health is verified.</p>{#if unresolved}<p>Review failed or waiting servers below. Diagnose connectivity or inspect startup logs from the affected row.</p>{:else}<p>Every recorded server completed activation.</p>{/if}</section>
+        <section class="outcome" aria-label="Campaign outcome"><h2>{completed} / {detail.servers.length} servers activated{unresolved ? ` · ${unresolved} unresolved` : ''}</h2><p>{detail.watchdogIncidentId ? 'Watchdog repairs drift by deleting the existing instance files and rebuilding with the latest promoted setup after verifying a safe server state.' : 'Files are staged before activation. Servers restart when empty, then their health is verified.'}</p>{#if unresolved}<p>Review failed or waiting servers below. Diagnose connectivity or inspect startup logs from the affected row.</p>{:else}<p>Every recorded server completed activation.</p>{/if}</section>
+
+        {#if detail.watchdogIncidentId}<p class="watchdog-source">Started by Watchdog · <a href={`/watchdog/${encodeURIComponent(detail.watchdogIncidentId)}`}>View incident and recovery history</a></p>{/if}
 
         <Card padding="lg">
             <div class="meta-grid">
@@ -204,6 +207,7 @@
 {/if}
 
 <style>
+    .watchdog-source { margin: 0; color: var(--text-secondary); font-size: var(--text-sm); }.watchdog-source a { color: var(--accent-primary-hover); }
     .outcome { padding: 20px; border: 1px solid var(--border-strong); border-radius: var(--radius-md); background: var(--surface); }.outcome h2 { font-size: 20px; margin: 0; }.outcome p { color: var(--text-secondary); line-height: 1.6; margin: 10px 0 0; }.srv-r a { color: var(--accent-primary-hover); font-size: 13px; }
     .page {
         display: flex;

src/routes/provisioning/[id]/+page.svelte

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         stage: string; started_at: string; finished_at: string | null;
         triggered_by: string; error: string | null; warnings: string; server_exists: number;
     }
-    interface Detail { deployment: Deployment; events: { id: number; created_at: string; message: string }[]; sources: { kind: 'campaign' | 'beta' | 'maintenance'; source_id: string }[]; recipe: LaunchRecipeSummary | null; blueprintName: string | null; canResumeVerification: boolean; canResumeCleanup: boolean; canResumeRebuild: boolean; canCancelRemoval: boolean; collection: { id: string; name: string } | null }
+    interface Detail { deployment: Deployment; events: { id: number; created_at: string; message: string }[]; sources: { kind: 'campaign' | 'beta' | 'maintenance' | 'watchdog'; source_id: string }[]; recipe: LaunchRecipeSummary | null; blueprintName: string | null; canResumeVerification: boolean; canResumeCleanup: boolean; canResumeRebuild: boolean; canCancelRemoval: boolean; collection: { id: string; name: string } | null }
     let detail = $state<Detail | null>(null);
     let error = $state('');
     let refreshing = false;
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
             {#each warnings as warning}<p class="warning">{warning}</p>{/each}
             {#if deployment.expected_map}<p>Expected map: <strong>{deployment.expected_map}</strong></p>{/if}
             <dl><div><dt>Started</dt><dd>{fmt(deployment.started_at)}</dd></div><div><dt>Finished</dt><dd>{deployment.finished_at ? fmt(deployment.finished_at) : 'In progress'}</dd></div><div><dt>Requested by</dt><dd>{deployment.triggered_by}</dd></div></dl>
-            {#if detail?.sources.length}<div class="recovery-links" aria-label="Requesting work">{#each detail.sources as source}<a href={source.kind === 'campaign' ? `/campaigns/${encodeURIComponent(source.source_id)}` : source.kind === 'beta' ? `/betas/${encodeURIComponent(source.source_id)}` : '/settings#plutonium'}>{source.kind === 'campaign' ? 'Campaign' : source.kind === 'beta' ? 'Beta' : 'Maintenance'} {source.source_id}</a>{/each}</div>{/if}
+            {#if detail?.sources.length}<div class="recovery-links" aria-label="Requesting work">{#each detail.sources as source}<a href={source.kind === 'campaign' ? `/campaigns/${encodeURIComponent(source.source_id)}` : source.kind === 'beta' ? `/betas/${encodeURIComponent(source.source_id)}` : source.kind === 'watchdog' ? `/watchdog/${encodeURIComponent(source.source_id)}` : '/settings#plutonium'}>{source.kind === 'campaign' ? 'Campaign' : source.kind === 'beta' ? 'Beta' : source.kind === 'watchdog' ? 'Watchdog incident' : 'Maintenance'} {source.source_id}</a>{/each}</div>{/if}
         </section>
         {#if detail?.recipe}<section class="saved-recipe"><div class="top"><h2>{detail.blueprintName ? `Launched from ${detail.blueprintName}` : 'Recorded launch files'}</h2><Button variant="ghost" onclick={() => open = true}>Launch another server →</Button></div><p class="muted">Launch this map with the latest promoted files using a fresh server ID and port. This does not repair the existing server.</p><LaunchRecipe recipe={detail.recipe} historical /></section><DeployServerDialog bind:open sourceDeploymentId={deployment.id} />{/if}
         <OperationHistory steps={steps.map((label,index): OperationStep => ({label,state:deployment.state === 'cancelled' ? 'pending' : index < currentStep ? 'done' : index === currentStep ? (!active && ['failed','interrupted'].includes(deployment.state) ? 'failed' : 'current') : 'pending'}))} events={detail?.events ?? []} {active} />

src/routes/watchdog/+page.svelte

@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+    import { onMount } from 'svelte';
+    import { page } from '$app/stores';
+    import { goto } from '$app/navigation';
+    import { watchdogStateLabels, type WatchdogOverview, type WatchdogState } from '$lib/watchdog.js';
+    import { pollVisible } from '$ui/poll.js';
+    import { timeFormat } from '$ui/stores/time-zone.js';
+    import { serverTitle } from '$ui/server-labels.js';
+    import ServerIdentity from '$ui/components/ServerIdentity.svelte';
+    import WatchdogStatus from '$ui/components/WatchdogStatus.svelte';
+    import Badge from '$ui/components/primitives/Badge.svelte';
+    import Button from '$ui/components/primitives/Button.svelte';
+    import EmptyState from '$ui/components/primitives/EmptyState.svelte';
+    import ListFooter from '$ui/components/primitives/ListFooter.svelte';
+    import SectionHeader from '$ui/components/primitives/SectionHeader.svelte';
+
+    let overview = $state<WatchdogOverview | null>(null);
+    let loadError = $state('');
+    let actionError = $state('');
+    let notice = $state('');
+    let busy = $state<'scan' | 'toggle' | null>(null);
+    let filterState = $state('active');
+    let kind = $state('all');
+    let server = $state('');
+    let limit = $state(25);
+    let request = 0;
+    const states = Object.keys(watchdogStateLabels) as WatchdogState[];
+    const activeStates = ['open', 'recovering', 'attention'];
+    const active = $derived(overview?.incidents.filter(incident => activeStates.includes(incident.state)).length ?? 0);
+    const attention = $derived(overview?.incidents.filter(incident => incident.state === 'attention').length ?? 0);
+    const matching = $derived(overview?.incidents.filter(incident =>
+        (filterState === 'all' || (filterState === 'active' ? activeStates.includes(incident.state) : incident.state === filterState)) &&
+        (kind === 'all' || incident.kind === kind) &&
+        (!server || `${incident.server} ${serverTitle(incident.server)}`.toLowerCase().includes(server.toLowerCase()))
+    ) ?? []);
+
+    $effect(() => {
+        const params = $page.url.searchParams;
+        const selectedState = params.get('state') ?? 'active';
+        filterState = ['active', 'all', ...states].includes(selectedState) ? selectedState : 'active';
+        kind = ['health', 'drift'].includes(params.get('kind') ?? '') ? params.get('kind')! : 'all';
+        server = params.get('server') ?? '';
+        limit = Math.max(25, Number(params.get('limit')) || 25);
+    });
+
+    function saveContext(reset = false) {
+        if (reset) limit = 25;
+        const url = new URL($page.url);
+        for (const [key, value] of Object.entries({ state: filterState === 'active' ? '' : filterState, kind: kind === 'all' ? '' : kind, server, limit: limit > 25 ? String(limit) : '' })) {
+            if (value) url.searchParams.set(key, value); else url.searchParams.delete(key);
+        }
+        void goto(url, { replaceState: true, noScroll: true, keepFocus: true });
+    }
+
+    async function load() {
+        if (busy) return;
+        const current = ++request;
+        try {
+            const response = await fetch('/api/watchdog');
+            if (!response.ok) throw new Error('Could not refresh Watchdog.');
+            const body = await response.json() as WatchdogOverview;
+            if (current !== request) return;
+            overview = body; loadError = '';
+        } catch (error) {
+            if (current === request) loadError = (error as Error).message;
+        }
+    }
+
+    async function update(action: 'scan' | 'toggle') {
+        if (busy || !overview) return;
+        busy = action; actionError = ''; notice = '';
+        const current = ++request;
+        const enabled = !overview.enabled;
+        try {
+            const response = await fetch('/api/watchdog', {
+                method: 'POST', headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+                body: JSON.stringify(action === 'scan' ? { action: 'scan' } : { enabled })
+            });
+            const body = await response.json();
+            if (!response.ok) throw new Error(body.error ?? 'Could not update Watchdog.');
+            if (current !== request) return;
+            overview = body; loadError = '';
+            notice = action === 'scan' ? (body.scanError ? 'Scan finished with errors. Review the scan details below.' : 'Scan complete.') : enabled ? 'Automatic recovery resumed.' : 'Automatic recovery paused. Queued Watchdog recovery is held; already submitted operations continue.';
+        } catch (error) {
+            if (current === request) actionError = (error as Error).message;
+        } finally { if (current === request) busy = null; }
+    }
+
+    onMount(() => {
+        const stop = pollVisible(load, 5000);
+        return () => { stop(); request++; };
+    });
+</script>
+
+<svelte:head><title>Watchdog | Electric Cherry</title></svelte:head>
+
+<div class="page">
+    <SectionHeader title="Watchdog" subtitle="Automatic server recovery and drift repair.">
+        {#snippet actions()}
+            <Button disabled={!overview || !!busy} loading={busy === 'scan'} onclick={() => update('scan')}>Scan now</Button>
+            <Button disabled={!overview || !!busy} loading={busy === 'toggle'} onclick={() => update('toggle')}>{overview?.enabled ? 'Pause automation' : 'Resume automation'}</Button>
+        {/snippet}
+    </SectionHeader>
+
+    {#if loadError}<div class="ui-error" role="alert">{loadError} {overview ? 'Showing the last successful refresh.' : ''}<Button size="sm" disabled={!!busy} onclick={load}>Retry</Button></div>{/if}
+    {#if actionError}<p class="ui-error" role="alert">{actionError}</p>{/if}
+    {#if notice}<p class="notice" role="status">{notice}</p>{/if}
+
+    {#if overview}
+        <section class="automation" aria-label="Automation status">
+            <div class="automation-heading"><h2>Automatic recovery</h2><Badge variant={overview.enabled ? 'online' : 'warning'}>{overview.enabled ? 'Enabled' : 'Paused'}</Badge></div>
+            <p>{overview.enabled ? 'Watchdog restarts unhealthy servers, then rebuilds if recovery fails.' : 'Watchdog continues detecting incidents while automatic recovery is paused. Queued Watchdog recovery is held; already submitted operations continue.'}</p>
+            <p>Drift repair rebuilds the server with the latest promoted setup and records a campaign. <strong>Rebuilds delete the existing instance and all of its files.</strong> Interruption requires a confirmed stopped container or a fresh zero-player count from RCON or telemetry.</p>
+            <div class="meta"><span>{active} active incident{active === 1 ? '' : 's'} · {attention} need attention</span><span>Last scan: {overview.lastScanAt ? $timeFormat.dateTime(overview.lastScanAt) : 'Not yet scanned'}</span></div>
+            {#if overview.scanError}<p class="ui-error" role="alert">Last scan: {overview.scanError}</p>{/if}
+        </section>
+
+        <section aria-label="Incidents">
+            <div class="filters">
+                <label>Status<select bind:value={filterState} onchange={event => { filterState = event.currentTarget.value; saveContext(true); }}><option value="active">Active incidents</option><option value="all">All incidents</option>{#each states as value}<option value={value}>{watchdogStateLabels[value]}</option>{/each}</select></label>
+                <label>Reason<select bind:value={kind} onchange={event => { kind = event.currentTarget.value; saveContext(true); }}><option value="all">All reasons</option><option value="health">Server health</option><option value="drift">File drift</option></select></label>
+                <label class="server-filter">Server<input type="search" bind:value={server} oninput={event => { server = event.currentTarget.value; saveContext(true); }} placeholder="Filter by server name" /></label>
+            </div>
+            <h2>Incidents <span class="muted">{matching.length}</span></h2>
+            {#if !matching.length}
+                <EmptyState title={filterState === 'active' && kind === 'all' && !server ? 'No active incidents' : 'No matching incidents'} description={filterState === 'active' && kind === 'all' && !server ? 'Detected health and drift problems will appear here automatically.' : 'Change the filters to review other incidents.'} />
+            {:else}
+                <div class="incidents">
+                    {#each matching.slice(0, limit) as incident (incident.id)}
+                        <article class="incident">
+                            <div class="row-heading"><a class="incident-link" href={`/watchdog/${encodeURIComponent(incident.id)}`}><ServerIdentity name={incident.server} /><span class="sr-only">Watchdog incident {incident.id}</span></a><WatchdogStatus state={incident.state} /></div>
+                            <p>{incident.summary}</p>
+                            <div class="meta"><Badge variant="neutral">{incident.kind === 'drift' ? 'File drift' : 'Server health'}</Badge><span>Detected {$timeFormat.dateTime(incident.first_seen_at)}</span><span>Last seen {$timeFormat.dateTime(incident.last_seen_at)}</span></div>
+                            <div class="links"><a href={`/watchdog/${encodeURIComponent(incident.id)}`}>View recovery and activity</a><a href={`/servers/${encodeURIComponent(incident.server)}?tab=diagnostics`}>Diagnose server</a></div>
+                        </article>
+                    {/each}
+                </div>
+                <ListFooter total={matching.length} bind:limit onchange={() => saveContext()} label="incidents" />
+            {/if}
+        </section>
+    {:else if !loadError}<p class="muted" role="status">Loading Watchdog…</p>{/if}
+</div>
+
+<style>
+    .page, section, .incidents { display: grid; gap: 20px; }
+    .page { gap: 28px; }
+    .automation, .incident { border: 1px solid var(--border-subtle); border-radius: var(--radius-md); background: var(--surface); padding: 24px; }
+    .automation { gap: 12px; }
+    .automation-heading, .row-heading, .meta, .links, .filters { display: flex; gap: 12px 20px; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: center; }
+    .row-heading { justify-content: space-between; }
+    .incident { display: grid; gap: 14px; }
+    .incident-link { color: var(--text-primary); text-decoration: none; font-weight: var(--weight-semibold); }
+    .incident-link:hover { color: var(--accent-primary-hover); text-decoration: underline; }
+    h2 { margin: 0; font-size: var(--text-md); }
+    h2 .muted { margin-left: 8px; }
+    p { margin: 0; line-height: 1.6; overflow-wrap: anywhere; }
+    .automation p { max-width: 960px; font-size: var(--text-sm); color: var(--text-secondary); }
+    .automation strong { color: var(--text-primary); font-weight: var(--weight-medium); }
+    .meta, .muted { color: var(--text-secondary); font-size: var(--text-xs); }
+    .links { font-size: var(--text-sm); }
+    a { color: var(--accent-primary-hover); }
+    .filters { align-items: flex-end; }
+    label { display: grid; gap: 8px; font-size: var(--text-xs); color: var(--text-secondary); }
+    .server-filter { flex: 1; min-width: 200px; }
+    input, select { font: inherit; font-size: var(--text-sm); min-height: 40px; color: var(--text-primary); background: var(--surface-sunken); border: 1px solid var(--border-control); border-radius: var(--radius-sm); padding: 9px 12px; }
+    .notice { color: var(--text-secondary); font-size: var(--text-sm); }
+    @media (max-width: 640px) { .automation, .incident { padding: 18px; } label { width: 100%; } }
+</style>

src/routes/watchdog/[id]/+page.svelte

@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+    import { onMount, untrack } from 'svelte';
+    import { page } from '$app/stores';
+    import type { WatchdogDetail, WatchdogEvidence } from '$lib/watchdog.js';
+    import { pollVisible } from '$ui/poll.js';
+    import { timeFormat } from '$ui/stores/time-zone.js';
+    import { serverTitle } from '$ui/server-labels.js';
+    import WatchdogStatus from '$ui/components/WatchdogStatus.svelte';
+    import Badge from '$ui/components/primitives/Badge.svelte';
+    import Breadcrumbs from '$ui/components/primitives/Breadcrumbs.svelte';
+    import Button from '$ui/components/primitives/Button.svelte';
+    import EmptyState from '$ui/components/primitives/EmptyState.svelte';
+    import ListFooter from '$ui/components/primitives/ListFooter.svelte';
+    import SectionHeader from '$ui/components/primitives/SectionHeader.svelte';
+    import StatusBadge from '$ui/components/primitives/StatusBadge.svelte';
+
+    let detail = $state<WatchdogDetail | null>(null);
+    let loadError = $state('');
+    let actionError = $state('');
+    let notice = $state('');
+    let busy = $state<'retry' | 'dismiss' | null>(null);
+    let eventLimit = $state(25);
+    let fileLimit = $state(25);
+    let request = 0;
+    const incident = $derived(detail?.incident);
+    const evidence = $derived.by((): WatchdogEvidence => {
+        try {
+            const value = JSON.parse(incident?.details ?? '{}');
+            return value && typeof value === 'object' && !Array.isArray(value) ? value : {};
+        } catch { return {}; }
+    });
+    const files = $derived(evidence.files ?? []);
+    const actions = $derived(detail?.actions.slice().reverse() ?? []);
+    const events = $derived(detail?.events.slice().reverse() ?? []);
+    const activeOperation = $derived(actions.some(action => ['queued', 'waiting', 'running', 'awaiting-health'].includes(action.operation_state ?? '')));
+    const canRetry = $derived(incident?.state === 'attention' || incident?.state === 'dismissed');
+    const canDismiss = $derived(incident?.state === 'open' || incident?.state === 'attention');
+    const explanation = $derived.by(() => {
+        if (!incident) return '';
+        if (incident.state === 'resolved') return incident.kind === 'drift' ? 'The observed file drift has cleared.' : 'The server passed the checks for this incident.';
+        if (incident.state === 'dismissed') return 'This incident was dismissed. Retry to allow automatic recovery again.';
+        if (incident.state === 'attention') return 'Automatic recovery needs attention. Review the failed operation and server diagnostics before retrying.';
+        if (incident.state === 'recovering') return 'Recovery is in progress. Follow the provisioning operations below for eligibility checks, progress, and health verification.';
+        return 'Watchdog detected this problem. Automatic recovery requires a confirmed stopped container or a fresh zero-player count from RCON or telemetry before interrupting the server.';
+    });
+
+    async function load() {
+        if (busy) return;
+        const id = $page.params.id ?? '';
+        const current = ++request;
+        try {
+            const response = await fetch(`/api/watchdog/${encodeURIComponent(id)}`);
+            if (!response.ok) throw new Error(response.status === 404 ? 'Watchdog incident not found.' : 'Could not refresh this incident.');
+            const body = await response.json() as WatchdogDetail;
+            if (current !== request || id !== $page.params.id) return;
+            detail = body; loadError = '';
+        } catch (error) {
+            if (current === request && id === $page.params.id) loadError = (error as Error).message;
+        }
+    }
+
+    async function update(action: 'retry' | 'dismiss') {
+        if (busy || !incident) return;
+        const id = incident.id;
+        const current = ++request;
+        busy = action; actionError = ''; notice = '';
+        try {
+            const response = await fetch(`/api/watchdog/${encodeURIComponent(id)}`, {
+                method: 'POST', headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }, body: JSON.stringify({ action })
+            });
+            const body = await response.json();
+            if (!response.ok) throw new Error(body.error ?? 'Could not update this incident.');
+            if (current !== request || id !== $page.params.id) return;
+            detail = body; loadError = '';
+            notice = action === 'retry' ? 'Recovery retry requested. Watchdog will recheck the server before taking action.' : 'Incident dismissed.';
+        } catch (error) {
+            if (current === request && id === $page.params.id) actionError = (error as Error).message;
+        } finally { if (current === request) busy = null; }
+    }
+
+    $effect(() => {
+        $page.params.id;
+        request++; detail = null; loadError = ''; actionError = ''; notice = ''; busy = null;
+        eventLimit = 25; fileLimit = 25;
+        untrack(() => { void load(); });
+    });
+    onMount(() => {
+        const stop = pollVisible(load, 5000, false);
+        return () => { stop(); request++; };
+    });
+</script>
+
+<svelte:head><title>{incident ? `${serverTitle(incident.server)} · Watchdog` : 'Watchdog incident'} | Electric Cherry</title></svelte:head>
+
+<div class="page">
+    <SectionHeader title={incident ? `${incident.kind === 'drift' ? 'File drift' : 'Server health'} · ${serverTitle(incident.server)}` : 'Watchdog incident'} subtitle={incident?.id}>
+        {#snippet crumbs()}<Breadcrumbs items={[{ label: 'Watchdog', href: '/watchdog' }, { label: 'Incident' }]} />{/snippet}
+        {#snippet actions()}
+            {#if canRetry}<Button disabled={!!busy || activeOperation} loading={busy === 'retry'} onclick={() => update('retry')}>Retry recovery</Button>{/if}
+            {#if canDismiss}<Button variant="ghost" disabled={!!busy || activeOperation} loading={busy === 'dismiss'} onclick={() => update('dismiss')}>Dismiss incident</Button>{/if}
+        {/snippet}
+    </SectionHeader>
+
+    {#if loadError}<div class="ui-error" role="alert">{loadError} {detail ? 'Showing the last successful refresh.' : ''}<Button size="sm" disabled={!!busy} onclick={load}>Retry refresh</Button></div>{/if}
+    {#if actionError}<p class="ui-error" role="alert">{actionError}</p>{/if}
+    {#if notice}<p class="notice" role="status">{notice}</p>{/if}
+
+    {#if incident && detail}
+        <section class="summary" aria-label="Incident status">
+            <div class="row-heading"><WatchdogStatus state={incident.state} /><a href={`/servers/${encodeURIComponent(incident.server)}`}>View server</a></div>
+            <h2>{incident.summary}</h2>
+            <p>{explanation}</p>
+            {#if activeOperation && (canRetry || canDismiss)}<p>Complete or cancel the active provisioning operation before retrying or dismissing this incident.</p>{/if}
+            {#if incident.kind === 'drift'}<p><strong>Drift repair deletes the existing instance and all of its files, then rebuilds it with the latest promoted setup.</strong> The repair is recorded as a campaign.</p>{:else if incident.state !== 'resolved'}<p>Automatic health recovery first tries a restart, then rebuilds if needed. A rebuild deletes the existing instance and all of its files and installs the latest promoted setup.</p>{/if}
+            <dl>
+                <div><dt>First detected</dt><dd>{$timeFormat.dateTime(incident.first_seen_at)}</dd></div>
+                <div><dt>Last observed</dt><dd>{$timeFormat.dateTime(incident.last_seen_at)}</dd></div>
+                {#if incident.finished_at}<div><dt>Finished</dt><dd>{$timeFormat.dateTime(incident.finished_at)}</dd></div>{/if}
+                {#if evidence.containerState}<div><dt>Observed Komodo state</dt><dd>{evidence.containerState}</dd></div>{/if}
+            </dl>
+            {#if evidence.reason && evidence.reason !== incident.summary}<p class="observed-reason">Observed reason: {evidence.reason}</p>{/if}
+            <div class="links"><a href={`/servers/${encodeURIComponent(incident.server)}?tab=diagnostics`}>Diagnose connection</a><a href={`/servers/${encodeURIComponent(incident.server)}?tab=logs`}>Open server logs</a></div>
+        </section>
+
+        <section aria-labelledby="recovery-title">
+            <h2 id="recovery-title">Recovery operations</h2>
+            {#if !actions.length}<EmptyState title="No recovery operations yet" description="Provisioning operations and drift campaigns will appear here when recovery starts." />
+            {:else}<div class="operations">
+                {#each actions as action (action.id)}
+                    <article class="operation">
+                        <div class="row-heading"><h3>{action.action === 'restart' ? 'Restart server' : 'Rebuild server'}</h3>{#if action.operation_state}<StatusBadge state={action.operation_state} />{/if}</div>
+                        {#if action.operation_stage}<p>{action.operation_stage}</p>{/if}
+                        {#if action.operation_error}<p class="error">{action.operation_error}</p>{/if}
+                        <time datetime={action.created_at}>{$timeFormat.dateTime(action.created_at)}</time>
+                        <div class="links"><a href={`/provisioning/${encodeURIComponent(action.operation_id)}`}>View provisioning</a>{#if action.campaign_id}<a href={`/campaigns/${encodeURIComponent(action.campaign_id)}`}>View repair campaign</a>{/if}</div>
+                    </article>
+                {/each}
+            </div>{/if}
+        </section>
+
+        {#if incident.kind === 'drift'}
+            <section aria-labelledby="files-title">
+                <h2 id="files-title">Observed file drift <span class="muted">{files.length}</span></h2>
+                <p class="muted">These differences describe the observed problem. Recovery rebuilds the whole server instance.</p>
+                {#if !files.length}<EmptyState title="No file differences recorded" />
+                {:else}<div class="files">
+                    {#each files.slice(0, fileLimit) as file (`${file.kind}:${file.driftKind}:${file.relPath}`)}
+                        <article class="file">
+                            <div class="file-heading"><Badge variant={file.driftKind === 'untracked' ? 'danger' : 'warning'}>{file.driftKind === 'replace' ? 'Modified' : file.driftKind === 'missing' ? 'Missing' : 'Untracked'}</Badge><code>{file.relPath}</code><span class="muted">{file.kind}</span></div>
+                            <details><summary>Observed and expected file</summary><dl>
+                                <div><dt>Observed</dt><dd>{file.beforeSize === null ? 'Absent' : `${file.beforeSize} bytes`}{#if file.beforeSha256}<code>{file.beforeSha256}</code>{/if}</dd></div>
+                                <div><dt>Expected</dt><dd>{file.afterSize === null ? 'Absent' : `${file.afterSize} bytes`}{#if file.afterSha256}<code>{file.afterSha256}</code>{/if}</dd></div>
+                            </dl></details>
+                        </article>
+                    {/each}
+                </div><ListFooter total={files.length} bind:limit={fileLimit} label="files" />{/if}
+            </section>
+        {/if}
+
+        <section aria-labelledby="activity-title">
+            <h2 id="activity-title">Activity history <span class="muted">{events.length}</span></h2>
+            <p class="muted">Newest first · updates automatically</p>
+            {#if !events.length}<EmptyState title="No activity recorded yet" />
+            {:else}<ol class="timeline">
+                {#each events.slice(0, eventLimit) as event (event.id)}
+                    <li><time datetime={event.created_at}>{$timeFormat.dateTime(event.created_at)}</time><p>{event.message}</p></li>
+                {/each}
+            </ol><ListFooter total={events.length} bind:limit={eventLimit} label="events" />{/if}
+        </section>
+    {:else if !loadError}<p class="muted" role="status">Loading incident…</p>{/if}
+</div>
+
+<style>
+    .page, section, .operations, .files { display: grid; gap: 20px; }
+    .page { gap: 28px; }
+    .summary, .operation, .file { padding: 24px; border: 1px solid var(--border-subtle); border-radius: var(--radius-md); background: var(--surface); }
+    .operation, .file { display: grid; gap: 12px; }
+    .summary { gap: 16px; }
+    .row-heading, .links, .file-heading { display: flex; gap: 12px 20px; align-items: center; flex-wrap: wrap; }
+    .row-heading { justify-content: space-between; }
+    h2, h3, p { margin: 0; }
+    h2 { font-size: var(--text-md); }
+    h3 { font-size: var(--text-sm); }
+    p { line-height: 1.6; overflow-wrap: anywhere; }
+    h2 .muted { margin-left: 8px; }
+    .summary p, .operation p { font-size: var(--text-sm); color: var(--text-secondary); }
+    .summary strong { color: var(--text-primary); font-weight: var(--weight-medium); }
+    .links, .row-heading a { font-size: var(--text-sm); }
+    a { color: var(--accent-primary-hover); }
+    dl { display: flex; gap: 16px 32px; flex-wrap: wrap; margin: 0; }
+    dt, .muted, time, summary, .notice { color: var(--text-secondary); font-size: var(--text-xs); }
+    dd { margin: 6px 0 0; font-size: var(--text-sm); overflow-wrap: anywhere; }
+    code { font-family: var(--font-mono); font-size: var(--text-xs); overflow-wrap: anywhere; }
+    dd code { display: block; margin-top: 8px; color: var(--text-secondary); }
+    details { border-top: 1px solid var(--border-subtle); padding-top: 12px; }
+    summary { cursor: pointer; }
+    details[open] summary { margin-bottom: 16px; }
+    .operation .error { color: var(--state-danger); }
+    .timeline { list-style: none; padding: 0 0 0 18px; margin: 0 0 0 6px; border-left: 2px solid var(--border-strong); }
+    .timeline li { position: relative; padding: 0 0 24px 12px; }
+    .timeline li:last-child { padding-bottom: 0; }
+    .timeline li::before { content: ''; position: absolute; left: -24px; top: 5px; width: 10px; height: 10px; border-radius: 50%; background: var(--accent-primary); }
+    .timeline p { margin-top: 6px; font-size: var(--text-sm); }
+    @media (max-width: 640px) { .summary, .operation, .file { padding: 18px; } }
+</style>

tests/unit/beta-plans.test.ts

@@ -54,6 +54,19 @@ async function tick(seconds = 15, players = 4, healthy = true) {
 const scriptPath = (name: string) => join(fixture.t5, name, 'runtime/plutonium/storage/t5/raw/scripts/sp/test.gsc');
 
 describe('durable beta test plans', () => {
+    it('waits for occupied telemetry to clear before restarting a beta despite an empty RCON response', async () => {
+        const id = await openPlan(defaultPlan());
+        const { listBetaServers } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/beta.js');
+        const { komodoRestart } = await import('../../src/lib/server/integrations/komodo.js');
+        await postTelemetry(gameEvent('heartbeat', 4, 2));
+        await tick();
+        expect(komodoRestart).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(listBetaServers(id)[0].stage).toBe('awaiting-empty');
+        await postTelemetry(gameEvent('heartbeat', 4, 0));
+        await tick();
+        expect(komodoRestart).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
     it('holds file deployment until each wave passes, and rollback leaves undeployed files alone', async () => {
         await writeFile(scriptPath(names[1]), 'original untracked file');
         const id = await openPlan({ ...defaultPlan(), waveSize: 1 }, names);
@@ -81,7 +94,7 @@ describe('durable beta test plans', () => {
     it('uses script events instead of logs and keeps match progress across app restarts', async () => {
         await postTelemetry(gameEvent('game_end'));
         const id = await openPlan({ ...defaultPlan(), requirements: [requirement('matches', 'matches')] });
-        await tick(); await tick();
+        await tick(46); await tick();
         const { testView } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/beta-tests.js');
         await appendFile(join(fixture.t5, names[0], 'logs/games_sp.log'), 'InitGame:\n 0:00 J;new;1;Josh\nExitLevel: executed\n');
         await tick();
@@ -98,7 +111,7 @@ describe('durable beta test plans', () => {
     it('automatically credits ordinary rounds only to active deployed beta servers', async () => {
         const id = await openPlan({ ...defaultPlan(), waveSize: 1, requirements: [requirement('round', 'round')] }, names);
         await postTelemetry(gameEvent('round_change'));
-        await tick(); await tick();
+        await tick(46); await tick();
         const { testView } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/beta-tests.js');
         expect(testView(id)?.servers[0].progress[0].current).toBe(0);
         await postTelemetry(gameEvent('round_change', 99, 4, names[1]));
@@ -117,7 +130,7 @@ describe('durable beta test plans', () => {
         const first = currentRun(id, names[0])!;
         expect(testView(id)?.servers[0].progress[0].current).toBe(0);
         await postTelemetry(gameEvent('game_start'));
-        await tick(); await tick();
+        await tick(46); await tick();
         expect(currentRun(id, names[0])?.id).not.toBe(first.id);
         expect(currentRun(id, names[0])?.phase).toBe(1);
         expect(testView(id)?.servers[0].progress[0].current).toBe(0);
@@ -212,7 +225,7 @@ describe('durable beta test plans', () => {
         expect(retry.status).toBe(200);
         await postTelemetry(gameEvent('round_change'));
         expect(testView(id)?.servers).toHaveLength(0);
-        await tick(); await tick();
+        await tick(46); await tick();
         expect(testView(id)?.servers[0].progress[0].current).toBe(0);
         await postTelemetry(gameEvent('round_change'));
         expect(testView(id)?.servers[0].progress[0].current).toBe(25);

tests/unit/create-server.test.ts

@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ describe('server creation map selection', () => {
         vi.mocked(komodoInspectHealthy).mockResolvedValueOnce({ ok: true, state: 'running' });
         vi.mocked(rconStatusResult).mockResolvedValueOnce({ ok: false, endpoint: null, reason: 'timeout', detail: 'not ready' });
         await processCreations();
-        expect(getDeployment(id)?.deployment).toMatchObject({ state: 'awaiting-health', stage: 'Waiting for RCON health: timeout' });
+        expect(getDeployment(id)?.deployment).toMatchObject({ state: 'awaiting-health', stage: 'Waiting for RCON or fresh telemetry health: timeout' });
         for (const map of [null, 'zombie_moon']) {
             vi.mocked(komodoInspectHealthy).mockResolvedValueOnce({ ok: true, state: 'running' });
             vi.mocked(rconStatusResult).mockResolvedValueOnce({ ok: true, endpoint: { host: 'localhost', port: created.port }, rawReply: '', status: { players: 0, map, gametype: null, roster: [] } });

tests/unit/creation-queue.test.ts

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ describe('shared creation queue', () => {
         expect(getDeployment(jobs[0].deploymentId)?.deployment).toMatchObject({ stage: 'Waiting for Komodo health: starting' });
         vi.mocked(rconStatusResult).mockResolvedValueOnce({ ok: false, reason: 'timeout', endpoint: null, detail: 'booting' });
         await processCreations();
-        expect(getDeployment(jobs[0].deploymentId)?.deployment).toMatchObject({ stage: 'Waiting for RCON health: timeout' });
+        expect(getDeployment(jobs[0].deploymentId)?.deployment).toMatchObject({ stage: 'Waiting for RCON or fresh telemetry health: timeout' });
         vi.mocked(rconStatusResult).mockResolvedValueOnce(status(jobs[0].name, 'zombie_moon'));
         await processCreations();
         expect(getDeployment(jobs[0].deploymentId)?.deployment).toMatchObject({ stage: expect.stringContaining('expected zombie_theater') });

tests/unit/drift-kinds.test.ts

@@ -73,6 +73,112 @@ describe('reviewed drift plans', () => {
 });
 
 describe('drift scanning', () => {
+    it.each([
+        ['script', 'moved'], ['script', 'unset'], ['plugin', 'moved'], ['plugin', 'unset']
+    ] as const)('detects formerly tracked %s files after their scope is %s', async (kind, change) => {
+        const { seedServerRegistry } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/servers.js');
+        const { createScript, setScope } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/scripts.js');
+        const { scanServerDrift, runDriftDeployment } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/drift.js');
+        const { getServerScript } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/inventory.js');
+        const { db } = await import('../../src/lib/server/db/index.js');
+        const { destOfKind } = await import('../../src/lib/server/config.js');
+        await seedServerRegistry();
+        const server = 't5_zombie_theater_1';
+        const relPath = kind === 'script' ? 'outdated.gsc' : 'outdated.dll';
+        const { script, version } = createScript({ name: `outdated ${kind}`, kind, scopeType: 'game', scopeValue: 't5', targetRelPath: relPath, content: Buffer.from('previously promoted') });
+        db().prepare('UPDATE scripts SET current_version_id = ? WHERE id = ?').run(version.id, script.id);
+        await runDriftDeployment({ servers: [server] });
+        setScope({ scriptId: script.id, scopeType: change === 'moved' ? 'game' : null, scopeValue: change === 'moved' ? 't6' : null });
+        expect(getServerScript(server, relPath)).toBeDefined();
+        expect(await scanServerDrift(server)).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ kind, relPath, driftKind: 'untracked' })]);
+        await runDriftDeployment({ servers: [server] });
+        expect(existsSync(join(destOfKind(server, kind), relPath))).toBe(false);
+        expect(getServerScript(server, relPath)).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
+    it.each(['script', 'plugin'] as const)('detects edited tracked %s bytes and restores their promoted version', async (kind) => {
+        const { seedServerRegistry } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/servers.js');
+        const { createScript } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/scripts.js');
+        const { scanServerDrift, runDriftDeployment } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/drift.js');
+        const { getServerScript } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/inventory.js');
+        const { db } = await import('../../src/lib/server/db/index.js');
+        const { destOfKind } = await import('../../src/lib/server/config.js');
+        await seedServerRegistry();
+        const server = 't5_zombie_theater_1';
+        const relPath = kind === 'script' ? 'managed.gsc' : 'managed.dll';
+        const content = Buffer.from('promoted content');
+        const { script, version } = createScript({ name: `managed ${kind}`, kind, scopeType: 'game', scopeValue: 't5', targetRelPath: relPath, content });
+        db().prepare('UPDATE scripts SET current_version_id = ? WHERE id = ?').run(version.id, script.id);
+        await runDriftDeployment({ servers: [server] });
+        const inventory = getServerScript(server, relPath);
+        const path = join(destOfKind(server, kind), relPath);
+        await writeFile(path, 'changed outside Electric Cherry');
+        expect(getServerScript(server, relPath)).toEqual(inventory);
+        expect(await scanServerDrift(server)).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ relPath, kind, driftKind: 'replace' })]);
+        await runDriftDeployment({ servers: [server] });
+        expect(await readFile(path)).toEqual(content);
+        expect(await scanServerDrift(server)).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    it('compares composed config with disk even when inventory still has the promoted hash', async () => {
+        const { seedServerRegistry } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/servers.js');
+        const { createScript } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/scripts.js');
+        const { scanServerDrift, runDriftDeployment } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/drift.js');
+        const { db } = await import('../../src/lib/server/db/index.js');
+        const { getPromotedServerConfig } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/server-config.js');
+        await seedServerRegistry();
+        const server = 't5_zombie_theater_1';
+        const { script, version } = createScript({ name: 'baseline', kind: 'baseline', scopeType: 'game', scopeValue: 't5', content: Buffer.from('set sv_voice "1"\n') });
+        db().prepare('UPDATE scripts SET current_version_id = ? WHERE id = ?').run(version.id, script.id);
+        await runDriftDeployment({ servers: [server] });
+        const path = join(fixture.t5, server, 'configs', 'dedicated_sp.cfg');
+        await writeFile(path, 'changed outside Electric Cherry');
+        expect(await scanServerDrift(server)).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ relPath: 'dedicated_sp.cfg', driftKind: 'replace' })]);
+        await runDriftDeployment({ servers: [server] });
+        expect(await readFile(path)).toEqual(getPromotedServerConfig('t5', 'zombie_theater'));
+    });
+
+    it.each(['running', 'ready-promote'])('defers all drift for a server with a %s beta', async (state) => {
+        const { seedServerRegistry } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/servers.js');
+        const { createScript, uploadNewVersion } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/scripts.js');
+        const { openBeta } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/beta.js');
+        const { scanServerDrift, runDriftDeployment } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/drift.js');
+        const { db } = await import('../../src/lib/server/db/index.js');
+        await seedServerRegistry();
+        const server = 't5_zombie_theater_1';
+        const { script, version } = createScript({ name: 'baseline', kind: 'baseline', scopeType: 'game', scopeValue: 't5', content: Buffer.from('set sv_voice "1"\n') });
+        db().prepare('UPDATE scripts SET current_version_id = ? WHERE id = ?').run(version.id, script.id);
+        const experimental = uploadNewVersion(script.id, Buffer.from('set sv_voice "0"\n'));
+        const { betaId } = await openBeta({ scripts: [{ scriptId: script.id, scriptVersionId: experimental.id }], servers: [server], waitForHealth: false, waitForMatch: false });
+        db().prepare('UPDATE betas SET state = ? WHERE id = ?').run(state, betaId);
+        const path = join(fixture.t5, server, 'configs', 'dedicated_sp.cfg');
+        const betaBytes = await readFile(path);
+        const stray = join(fixture.t5, server, 'configs', 'stray.cfg');
+        await writeFile(stray, 'also deferred');
+        expect(await scanServerDrift(server)).toEqual([]);
+        expect(await runDriftDeployment({ servers: [server] })).toMatchObject({ deploymentId: null, totalServers: 0 });
+        expect(await readFile(path)).toEqual(betaBytes);
+        expect(await readFile(stray, 'utf8')).toBe('also deferred');
+        db().prepare("UPDATE betas SET state = 'rolled-back' WHERE id = ?").run(betaId);
+        expect((await scanServerDrift(server)).map(entry => entry.relPath)).toEqual(['dedicated_sp.cfg', 'stray.cfg']);
+    });
+
+    it('reports an unavailable registered directory without hiding drift on another game root', async () => {
+        const { seedServerRegistry } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/servers.js');
+        const { scanServerDrift, runDriftDeployment } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/drift.js');
+        const { db } = await import('../../src/lib/server/db/index.js');
+        const other = 't6_zombie_tranzit_1';
+        await mkdir(join(fixture.t6, other, 'configs'), { recursive: true });
+        await writeFile(join(fixture.t6, other, 'configs', 'stray.cfg'), 'untracked');
+        await seedServerRegistry();
+        await rm(fixture.t5, { recursive: true });
+        await expect(scanServerDrift('t5_zombie_theater_1')).rejects.toThrow('Server files unavailable');
+        await expect(runDriftDeployment({ servers: ['t5_zombie_theater_1'] })).rejects.toThrow('Server files unavailable');
+        expect(existsSync(fixture.t5)).toBe(false);
+        expect(db().prepare('SELECT * FROM deployments').all()).toEqual([]);
+        expect(await scanServerDrift(other)).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ server: other, relPath: 'stray.cfg', driftKind: 'untracked' })]);
+    });
+
     it('replaces a seeded config once instead of planning both removal and installation', async () => {
         const { seedServerRegistry } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/servers.js');
         const { createScript } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/scripts.js');
@@ -152,6 +258,47 @@ describe('drift scanning', () => {
     });
 });
 
+describe('drift rebuild campaigns', () => {
+    it('captures intended changes without writing and follows the linked rebuild without another restart', async () => {
+        const { seedServerRegistry } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/servers.js');
+        const { createScript } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/scripts.js');
+        const { prepareDriftCampaign, createDriftRebuildCampaign } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/drift.js');
+        const { beginDeployment } = await import('../../src/lib/server/provisioning/history.js');
+        const { sweep } = await import('../../src/lib/server/pipeline/sweep.js');
+        const { db } = await import('../../src/lib/server/db/index.js');
+        const { destOfKind } = await import('../../src/lib/server/config.js');
+        await seedServerRegistry();
+        const server = 't5_zombie_theater_1';
+        const { script, version } = createScript({ name: 'managed', kind: 'script', scopeType: 'game', scopeValue: 't5', targetRelPath: 'managed.gsc', content: Buffer.from('promoted content') });
+        db().prepare('UPDATE scripts SET current_version_id = ? WHERE id = ?').run(version.id, script.id);
+        const target = join(destOfKind(server, 'script'), 'managed.gsc');
+        await writeFile(target, 'old content');
+        const stray = join(destOfKind(server, 'config'), 'stray.cfg');
+        await writeFile(stray, 'untracked');
+        const prepared = await prepareDriftCampaign(server);
+        const operationId = beginDeployment(server, 'rebuild', 'watchdog');
+        db().prepare("UPDATE server_deployments SET state = 'waiting' WHERE id = ?").run(operationId);
+        const campaignId = createDriftRebuildCampaign(server, operationId, 42, prepared);
+        expect(campaignId).toBeTruthy();
+        expect(await readFile(target, 'utf8')).toBe('old content');
+        expect(await readFile(stray, 'utf8')).toBe('untracked');
+        expect(db().prepare('SELECT rel_path, verb, content_before, content_after FROM deployment_files WHERE deployment_id = ? ORDER BY rel_path').all(campaignId))
+            .toEqual([
+                { rel_path: 'managed.gsc', verb: 'updated', content_before: Buffer.from('old content'), content_after: version.content },
+                { rel_path: 'stray.cfg', verb: 'removed', content_before: Buffer.from('untracked'), content_after: null }
+            ]);
+        await sweep();
+        expect(db().prepare('SELECT action FROM server_deployments').all()).toEqual([{ action: 'rebuild' }]);
+        expect(db().prepare('SELECT provisioning_id, restart_state FROM deployment_servers WHERE deployment_id = ?').get(campaignId))
+            .toEqual({ provisioning_id: operationId, restart_state: 'pending' });
+        db().prepare("UPDATE server_deployments SET state = 'done', submitted_at = ?, finished_at = ? WHERE id = ?")
+            .run(new Date().toISOString(), new Date().toISOString(), operationId);
+        await sweep();
+        expect(db().prepare('SELECT restart_state FROM deployment_servers WHERE deployment_id = ?').get(campaignId)).toEqual({ restart_state: 'done' });
+        expect(db().prepare('SELECT finished_at FROM deployments WHERE id = ?').get(campaignId)).toMatchObject({ finished_at: expect.any(String) });
+    });
+});
+
 // Deploys a promoted artifact to a scope-matching server, then deletes it
 // off disk so drift's "missing" pass has something to find.
 async function promoteAndOrphan(

tests/unit/provisioning.test.ts

@@ -29,10 +29,13 @@ beforeEach(async () => {
     // Exercise the upgrade path, with history and references present before migration.
     const old = new Database(fixture.dbPath);
     const schema = await readFile(new URL('../../src/lib/server/db/schema.sql', import.meta.url), 'utf8');
-    old.exec(schema.replace("'create', 'start', 'restart', 'rebuild', 'stop', 'destroy'", "'create', 'destroy'"));
+    old.exec(schema.replace("'create', 'start', 'restart', 'rebuild', 'stop', 'destroy'", "'create', 'destroy'")
+        .replace("'campaign','beta','maintenance','watchdog'", "'campaign','beta','maintenance'")
+        .replace("server        TEXT NOT NULL, -- Campaign observation survives a rebuild's registry gap.", 'server        TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES servers(name),'));
     old.prepare(`INSERT INTO server_deployments (rowid,id,server,action,state,stage,started_at,triggered_by) VALUES (42,'old','old-server','create','done','Complete','2026-09-01','test')`).run();
     old.prepare("INSERT INTO server_deployment_events (deployment_id,created_at,message) VALUES ('old','2026-09-01','Old activity')").run();
     old.prepare("INSERT INTO server_creation_jobs VALUES ('old','old-server',28961,'zombie','theater','zombie_theater')").run();
+    old.prepare("INSERT INTO provisioning_sources VALUES ('old','campaign','legacy-campaign','old-server')").run();
     old.close();
     const { db } = await import('../../src/lib/server/db/index.js');
     db().prepare(`INSERT INTO servers (name,komodo_type,komodo_name,game,map,game_mode,map_slug,game_port,host_dir)
@@ -73,6 +76,7 @@ describe('provisioning operations', () => {
         expect(db().prepare("SELECT rowid FROM server_deployments WHERE id = 'old'").get()).toEqual({ rowid: 42 });
         expect(db().prepare("SELECT message FROM server_deployment_events WHERE deployment_id = 'old'").get()).toEqual({ message: 'Old activity' });
         expect(db().prepare("SELECT server FROM server_creation_jobs WHERE deployment_id = 'old'").get()).toEqual({ server: 'old-server' });
+        expect(db().prepare("SELECT kind, source_id FROM provisioning_sources WHERE operation_id = 'old'").get()).toEqual({ kind: 'campaign', source_id: 'legacy-campaign' });
         expect(db().pragma('foreign_key_check')).toEqual([]);
         expect(db().pragma('foreign_keys', { simple: true })).toBe(1);
     });
@@ -244,3 +248,279 @@ describe('provisioning operations', () => {
         expect(komodoCreateDeployment).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
 });
+
+async function incident(id = 'incident') {
+    const { db } = await import('../../src/lib/server/db/index.js');
+    const now = new Date().toISOString();
+    db().prepare(`INSERT INTO watchdog_incidents (id,server,kind,state,summary,first_seen_at,last_seen_at)
+        VALUES (?,?,'health','open','Server down',?,?)`).run(id, server, now, now);
+    return id;
+}
+
+async function report(players: number, timestamp = new Date().toISOString(), map = 'zombie_theater') {
+    const { db } = await import('../../src/lib/server/db/index.js');
+    const { gameEvent } = await import('../helpers/telemetry.js');
+    db().prepare(`INSERT INTO server_telemetry (server,round,players,received_at,payload) VALUES (?,1,?,?,?)
+        ON CONFLICT(server) DO UPDATE SET players=excluded.players, received_at=excluded.received_at, payload=excluded.payload`)
+        .run(server, players, timestamp, JSON.stringify({ ...gameEvent('heartbeat', 1, players, server, map), receivedAt: timestamp }));
+}
+
+describe('Watchdog provisioning and telemetry evidence', () => {
+    it('keeps the original running intent when a queued removal is cancelled', async () => {
+        const { destroyServer, cancelRemoval } = await import('../../src/lib/server/provisioning/index.js');
+        const { db } = await import('../../src/lib/server/db/index.js');
+        const removal = destroyServer(server);
+        if (!removal.ok || !removal.deploymentId) throw new Error('Could not queue removal');
+        expect(cancelRemoval(removal.deploymentId)).toBe(true);
+        expect(db().prepare('SELECT desired_state FROM servers WHERE name = ?').get(server)).toEqual({ desired_state: 'running' });
+    });
+
+    it('preserves stop intent across process restarts, including an uncertain stop request', async () => {
+        const { db, closeDb } = await import('../../src/lib/server/db/index.js');
+        const { finishDeployment } = await import('../../src/lib/server/provisioning/history.js');
+        const id = await queue('stop');
+        finishDeployment(id, { ok: false, message: 'lost response' });
+        expect(db().prepare('SELECT desired_state FROM servers WHERE name = ?').get(server)).toEqual({ desired_state: 'stopped' });
+        // Exercise a legacy upgrade where the stop exists but intent was not stored.
+        db().prepare("UPDATE servers SET desired_state = 'running'").run();
+        db().prepare("DELETE FROM settings WHERE key = 'watchdog_desired_state_v1'").run();
+        closeDb();
+        expect(db().prepare('SELECT desired_state FROM servers WHERE name = ?').get(server)).toEqual({ desired_state: 'stopped' });
+        const { requestWatchdogLifecycle } = await import('../../src/lib/server/provisioning/index.js');
+        await incident();
+        expect(requestWatchdogLifecycle(server, 'restart', 'incident')).toMatchObject({ ok: false, error: 'This server is intentionally stopped.' });
+        await queue('start');
+        expect(db().prepare('SELECT desired_state FROM servers WHERE name = ?').get(server)).toEqual({ desired_state: 'running' });
+    });
+
+    it('deduplicates Watchdog requests, records attribution, and holds paused work', async () => {
+        const { requestWatchdogLifecycle, getDeployment } = await import('../../src/lib/server/provisioning/index.js');
+        const { processProvisioning } = await import('../../src/lib/server/provisioning/worker.js');
+        const { komodoRestart } = await import('../../src/lib/server/integrations/komodo.js');
+        const { db } = await import('../../src/lib/server/db/index.js');
+        await incident();
+        const result = requestWatchdogLifecycle(server, 'restart', 'incident');
+        expect(result.ok).toBe(true);
+        if (!result.ok) throw new Error(result.error);
+        expect(requestWatchdogLifecycle(server, 'restart', 'incident')).toEqual(result);
+        expect(getDeployment(result.deploymentId)?.sources).toEqual([{ kind: 'watchdog', source_id: 'incident', server }]);
+        expect(await operation(result.deploymentId)).toMatchObject({ triggered_by: 'watchdog:incident' });
+        db().prepare("INSERT INTO settings (key,value) VALUES ('watchdog_enabled','0')").run();
+        await processProvisioning();
+        expect(komodoRestart).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        db().prepare("UPDATE settings SET value = '1' WHERE key = 'watchdog_enabled'").run();
+        await processProvisioning();
+        expect(komodoRestart).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    it('accepts fresh telemetry for occupancy and restart recovery without RCON, while rejecting old-process reports', async () => {
+        const { requestWatchdogLifecycle } = await import('../../src/lib/server/provisioning/index.js');
+        const { processProvisioning } = await import('../../src/lib/server/provisioning/worker.js');
+        const { rconGetPlayerCount, rconStatusResult } = await import('../../src/lib/server/integrations/rcon.js');
+        const { komodoRestart } = await import('../../src/lib/server/integrations/komodo.js');
+        const { config } = await import('../../src/lib/server/config.js');
+        vi.spyOn(config.rcon, 'password', 'get').mockReturnValue('');
+        vi.mocked(rconGetPlayerCount).mockResolvedValue(null);
+        vi.mocked(rconStatusResult).mockResolvedValue({ ok: false, reason: 'no-config', detail: 'No RCON', endpoint: null });
+        await incident(); await report(0);
+        const result = requestWatchdogLifecycle(server, 'restart', 'incident');
+        if (!result.ok) throw new Error(result.error);
+        await processProvisioning();
+        expect(komodoRestart).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        vi.setSystemTime(Date.now() + 15_000);
+        await processProvisioning();
+        expect(await operation(result.deploymentId)).toMatchObject({ state: 'awaiting-health' });
+        await report(0);
+        vi.setSystemTime(Date.now() + 15_000);
+        await processProvisioning();
+        expect(await operation(result.deploymentId)).toMatchObject({ state: 'done' });
+    });
+
+    it('uses fresh occupied telemetry arriving during RCON to veto a zero-player restart', async () => {
+        const { processProvisioning } = await import('../../src/lib/server/provisioning/worker.js');
+        const { rconGetPlayerCount } = await import('../../src/lib/server/integrations/rcon.js');
+        const { komodoRestart } = await import('../../src/lib/server/integrations/komodo.js');
+        const id = await queue('restart');
+        vi.mocked(rconGetPlayerCount).mockImplementationOnce(async () => { await report(2); return 0; });
+        await processProvisioning();
+        expect(komodoRestart).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(await operation(id)).toMatchObject({ state: 'waiting', players: 2 });
+        await report(0);
+        vi.mocked(rconGetPlayerCount).mockResolvedValueOnce(3);
+        await processProvisioning();
+        expect(komodoRestart).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(await operation(id)).toMatchObject({ state: 'waiting', players: 3 });
+    });
+
+    it('rejects stale, future, pre-submission, and invalid telemetry evidence', async () => {
+        const { telemetryEvidence, probePlayerCount } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/status-evidence.js');
+        const { rconGetPlayerCount } = await import('../../src/lib/server/integrations/rcon.js');
+        const { db } = await import('../../src/lib/server/db/index.js');
+        vi.mocked(rconGetPlayerCount).mockResolvedValue(null);
+        for (const offset of [-45_001, 1]) {
+            await report(0, new Date(Date.now() + offset).toISOString());
+            expect(telemetryEvidence(server)).toBeNull();
+            expect(await probePlayerCount(server)).toBeNull();
+        }
+        await report(0);
+        expect(telemetryEvidence(server, new Date().toISOString())).toBeNull();
+        db().prepare("UPDATE server_telemetry SET payload = '{}' WHERE server = ?").run(server);
+        expect(telemetryEvidence(server)).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('reserves a rebuild before transferring its exact restart slot and requires fresh emptiness', async () => {
+        const { requestWatchdogLifecycle, escalateWatchdogRestart } = await import('../../src/lib/server/provisioning/index.js');
+        const { processProvisioning } = await import('../../src/lib/server/provisioning/worker.js');
+        const { komodoInspectHealthy, komodoDestroyDeployment, komodoRestart } = await import('../../src/lib/server/integrations/komodo.js');
+        const { rconGetPlayerCount, rconStatusResult } = await import('../../src/lib/server/integrations/rcon.js');
+        const { db, closeDb } = await import('../../src/lib/server/db/index.js');
+        await incident();
+        const restart = requestWatchdogLifecycle(server, 'restart', 'incident');
+        if (!restart.ok) throw new Error(restart.error);
+        await processProvisioning();
+        expect(escalateWatchdogRestart('incident', restart.deploymentId)).toMatchObject({ ok: false });
+        vi.setSystemTime(Date.now() + 300_000);
+        const rebuild = escalateWatchdogRestart('incident', restart.deploymentId);
+        if (!rebuild.ok) throw new Error(rebuild.error);
+        expect(escalateWatchdogRestart('incident', restart.deploymentId)).toEqual(rebuild);
+        expect(await operation(restart.deploymentId)).toMatchObject({ state: 'failed' });
+        expect(db().prepare('SELECT operation_id, healthy_at FROM restart_rollout WHERE server = ?').get(server))
+            .toEqual({ operation_id: rebuild.deploymentId, healthy_at: null });
+        closeDb();
+        vi.mocked(rconGetPlayerCount).mockResolvedValue(null);
+        vi.mocked(rconStatusResult).mockResolvedValue({ ok: false, reason: 'timeout', detail: 'No reply', endpoint: null });
+        await processProvisioning();
+        expect(komodoDestroyDeployment).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(await operation(rebuild.deploymentId)).toMatchObject({ state: 'waiting' });
+        expect(komodoRestart).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        vi.mocked(komodoInspectHealthy).mockResolvedValue({ ok: false, state: 'exited', reason: 'Stopped' });
+        await processProvisioning();
+        expect(komodoDestroyDeployment).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(await operation(rebuild.deploymentId)).toMatchObject({ state: 'queued' });
+        expect(db().prepare('SELECT 1 FROM restart_rollout WHERE server = ?').get(server)).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+
+    it('retains recovery capacity when a rebuild prerequisite fails or a different operation owns the slot', async () => {
+        const { requestWatchdogLifecycle, escalateWatchdogRestart } = await import('../../src/lib/server/provisioning/index.js');
+        const { processProvisioning } = await import('../../src/lib/server/provisioning/worker.js');
+        const { removeServerKey, saveServerKey } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/server-keys.js');
+        const { db } = await import('../../src/lib/server/db/index.js');
+        await incident();
+        const restart = requestWatchdogLifecycle(server, 'restart', 'incident');
+        if (!restart.ok) throw new Error(restart.error);
+        await processProvisioning(); vi.setSystemTime(Date.now() + 300_000);
+        removeServerKey(server);
+        expect(escalateWatchdogRestart('incident', restart.deploymentId)).toMatchObject({ ok: false });
+        expect(await operation(restart.deploymentId)).toMatchObject({ state: 'awaiting-health' });
+        expect(db().prepare('SELECT operation_id FROM restart_rollout WHERE server = ?').get(server)).toEqual({ operation_id: restart.deploymentId });
+        saveServerKey(server, 'saved-key');
+        db().prepare("UPDATE restart_rollout SET operation_id = 'another-operation' WHERE server = ?").run(server);
+        expect(escalateWatchdogRestart('incident', restart.deploymentId)).toMatchObject({ ok: false });
+        expect(db().prepare('SELECT operation_id FROM restart_rollout WHERE server = ?').get(server)).toEqual({ operation_id: 'another-operation' });
+        expect(db().prepare("SELECT COUNT(*) AS n FROM server_deployments WHERE action = 'rebuild'").get()).toEqual({ n: 0 });
+    });
+
+    it('does not let an in-flight old restart observation release a transferred rebuild slot', async () => {
+        const { requestWatchdogLifecycle, escalateWatchdogRestart } = await import('../../src/lib/server/provisioning/index.js');
+        const { processProvisioning } = await import('../../src/lib/server/provisioning/worker.js');
+        const { refreshRestartRollout } = await import('../../src/lib/server/provisioning/restarts.js');
+        const { komodoInspectHealthy } = await import('../../src/lib/server/integrations/komodo.js');
+        const { db } = await import('../../src/lib/server/db/index.js');
+        await incident();
+        const restart = requestWatchdogLifecycle(server, 'restart', 'incident');
+        if (!restart.ok) throw new Error(restart.error);
+        await processProvisioning(); vi.setSystemTime(Date.now() + 300_000);
+        let reportHealthy!: (value: { ok: true; state: string }) => void;
+        vi.mocked(komodoInspectHealthy).mockImplementationOnce(() => new Promise(resolve => { reportHealthy = resolve; }));
+        const observation = refreshRestartRollout();
+        const rebuild = escalateWatchdogRestart('incident', restart.deploymentId);
+        if (!rebuild.ok) throw new Error(rebuild.error);
+        reportHealthy({ ok: true, state: 'running' });
+        await observation;
+        expect(db().prepare('SELECT operation_id,healthy_at FROM restart_rollout WHERE server = ?').get(server))
+            .toEqual({ operation_id: rebuild.deploymentId, healthy_at: null });
+        expect(await operation(restart.deploymentId)).toMatchObject({ state: 'failed' });
+        expect(await operation(rebuild.deploymentId)).toMatchObject({ state: 'waiting' });
+    });
+
+    it('resumes explicitly requested rebuild cleanup after the incident needs attention, even when Watchdog is paused', async () => {
+        const { requestWatchdogLifecycle, resumeRebuild } = await import('../../src/lib/server/provisioning/index.js');
+        const { deploymentStage, finishDeployment, REMOVING_SERVER } = await import('../../src/lib/server/provisioning/history.js');
+        const { processProvisioning } = await import('../../src/lib/server/provisioning/worker.js');
+        const { komodoDestroyDeployment } = await import('../../src/lib/server/integrations/komodo.js');
+        const { db } = await import('../../src/lib/server/db/index.js');
+        await incident();
+        const rebuild = requestWatchdogLifecycle(server, 'rebuild', 'incident');
+        if (!rebuild.ok) throw new Error(rebuild.error);
+        deploymentStage(rebuild.deploymentId, REMOVING_SERVER);
+        finishDeployment(rebuild.deploymentId, { ok: false, message: 'Cleanup interrupted' });
+        db().prepare("UPDATE watchdog_incidents SET state = 'attention' WHERE id = 'incident'").run();
+        db().prepare("INSERT INTO settings (key,value) VALUES ('watchdog_enabled','0')").run();
+        db().prepare('DELETE FROM servers WHERE name = ?').run(server);
+        expect(resumeRebuild(rebuild.deploymentId)).toBe(true);
+        await processProvisioning();
+        expect(await operation(rebuild.deploymentId)).toMatchObject({ state: 'queued' });
+        expect(komodoDestroyDeployment).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it.each(['restart','rebuild'] as const)('hands retained failed-rebuild capacity to an explicit new-cycle %s attempt', async action => {
+        const { requestWatchdogLifecycle, escalateWatchdogRestart } = await import('../../src/lib/server/provisioning/index.js');
+        const { processProvisioning } = await import('../../src/lib/server/provisioning/worker.js');
+        const { refreshRestartRollout } = await import('../../src/lib/server/provisioning/restarts.js');
+        const { komodoDestroyDeployment, komodoInspectHealthy, komodoRestart } = await import('../../src/lib/server/integrations/komodo.js');
+        const { db } = await import('../../src/lib/server/db/index.js');
+        await incident();
+        const restart = requestWatchdogLifecycle(server, 'restart', 'incident');
+        if (!restart.ok) throw new Error(restart.error);
+        await processProvisioning(); vi.setSystemTime(Date.now() + 300_000);
+        const rebuild = escalateWatchdogRestart('incident', restart.deploymentId);
+        if (!rebuild.ok) throw new Error(rebuild.error);
+        db().prepare("INSERT INTO watchdog_actions (id,incident_id,action,operation_id,created_at) VALUES ('failed-rebuild','incident','rebuild',?,?)")
+            .run(rebuild.deploymentId, new Date().toISOString());
+        vi.mocked(komodoDestroyDeployment).mockResolvedValueOnce({ ok: false, kind: 'unreachable', message: 'Teardown failed' });
+        await processProvisioning();
+        expect(await operation(rebuild.deploymentId)).toMatchObject({ state: 'failed' });
+        db().prepare("UPDATE watchdog_incidents SET cycle = 2, state = 'open' WHERE id = 'incident'").run();
+        const retry = requestWatchdogLifecycle(server, action, 'incident');
+        if (!retry.ok) throw new Error(retry.error);
+        expect(db().prepare('SELECT operation_id,healthy_at FROM restart_rollout WHERE server = ?').get(server))
+            .toEqual({ operation_id: retry.deploymentId, healthy_at: null });
+        await refreshRestartRollout();
+        // Old process health cannot release capacity before this retry submits.
+        expect(db().prepare('SELECT healthy_at FROM restart_rollout WHERE server = ?').get(server)).toEqual({ healthy_at: null });
+        if (action === 'rebuild') vi.mocked(komodoInspectHealthy).mockResolvedValue({ ok: false, state: 'exited', reason: 'Stopped' });
+        await processProvisioning();
+        expect(await operation(retry.deploymentId)).toMatchObject({ state: action === 'restart' ? 'awaiting-health' : 'queued' });
+        expect(komodoRestart).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(action === 'restart' ? 2 : 1);
+    });
+
+    it('keeps its linked drift campaign and file audit throughout rebuild, and verifies the replacement through telemetry', async () => {
+        const { requestWatchdogLifecycle } = await import('../../src/lib/server/provisioning/index.js');
+        const { processProvisioning } = await import('../../src/lib/server/provisioning/worker.js');
+        const { komodoInspectHealthy } = await import('../../src/lib/server/integrations/komodo.js');
+        const { rconStatusResult } = await import('../../src/lib/server/integrations/rcon.js');
+        const { db } = await import('../../src/lib/server/db/index.js');
+        await incident();
+        const rebuild = requestWatchdogLifecycle(server, 'rebuild', 'incident');
+        if (!rebuild.ok) throw new Error(rebuild.error);
+        const now = new Date().toISOString();
+        db().prepare("INSERT INTO deployments (id,action,started_at) VALUES ('drift-audit','drift',?)").run(now);
+        db().prepare("INSERT INTO deployment_servers (deployment_id,server,files_changed,restart_state,provisioning_id) VALUES ('drift-audit',?,1,'pending',?)").run(server, rebuild.deploymentId);
+        db().prepare("INSERT INTO deployment_files (deployment_id,server,verb,rel_path) VALUES ('drift-audit',?,'updated','script.gsc')").run(server);
+        db().prepare("INSERT INTO provisioning_sources VALUES (?,'campaign','drift-audit',?)").run(rebuild.deploymentId, server);
+        db().prepare("INSERT INTO watchdog_actions (id,incident_id,action,operation_id,campaign_id,created_at) VALUES ('action','incident','rebuild',?,'drift-audit',?)").run(rebuild.deploymentId, now);
+        vi.mocked(komodoInspectHealthy).mockResolvedValue({ ok: false, state: 'exited', reason: 'Stopped' });
+        await processProvisioning();
+        expect(await operation(rebuild.deploymentId)).toMatchObject({ state: 'queued' });
+        expect(db().prepare("SELECT provisioning_id FROM deployment_servers WHERE deployment_id = 'drift-audit'").get()).toEqual({ provisioning_id: rebuild.deploymentId });
+        expect(db().prepare("SELECT COUNT(*) AS n FROM deployment_files WHERE deployment_id = 'drift-audit'").get()).toEqual({ n: 1 });
+        expect(db().pragma('foreign_key_check')).toEqual([]);
+        await processProvisioning();
+        expect(await operation(rebuild.deploymentId)).toMatchObject({ state: 'awaiting-health' });
+        vi.setSystemTime(Date.now() + 15_000); await report(0);
+        vi.mocked(komodoInspectHealthy).mockResolvedValue({ ok: true, state: 'running' });
+        vi.mocked(rconStatusResult).mockResolvedValue({ ok: false, reason: 'timeout', detail: 'No reply', endpoint: null });
+        await processProvisioning();
+        expect(await operation(rebuild.deploymentId)).toMatchObject({ state: 'done' });
+    });
+});

tests/unit/telemetry-diagnostics.test.ts

@@ -183,9 +183,9 @@ it('still accepts and broadcasts telemetry if storing diagnostics fails', async
 
     expect(response.status).toBe(200);
     const { listTelemetry } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/telemetry.js');
-    expect(listTelemetry()).toEqual([{ ...payload, receivedAt: expect.any(String) }]);
+    expect(listTelemetry()).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ ...payload, receivedAt: expect.any(String) })]);
     expect(listener).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-        type: 'server-telemetry', entries: [{ ...payload, receivedAt: expect.any(String) }]
+        type: 'server-telemetry', entries: [expect.objectContaining({ ...payload, receivedAt: expect.any(String) })]
     });
 });
 

tests/unit/watchdog.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,397 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { access, mkdir, readFile, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { join } from 'node:path';
+import { newFixture, type Fixture } from '../helpers/fixture.js';
+import { gameEvent } from '../helpers/telemetry.js';
+
+vi.mock('../../src/lib/server/integrations/komodo.js', () => ({
+    komodoRestart: vi.fn(), komodoRuntimeAction: vi.fn(), komodoInspectHealthy: vi.fn(),
+    komodoCreateDeployment: vi.fn(), komodoDeploy: vi.fn(), komodoDestroyDeployment: vi.fn(), komodoDeleteDeployment: vi.fn(),
+    komodoEnsureTag: vi.fn(), komodoUpdateTagsOnResource: vi.fn()
+}));
+vi.mock('../../src/lib/server/integrations/rcon.js', () => ({ rconGetPlayerCount: vi.fn(), rconStatusResult: vi.fn() }));
+vi.mock('../../src/lib/server/pipeline/worker.js', () => ({ kick: vi.fn(async () => {}) }));
+
+const server = 't5_zombie_theater_1';
+const healthyRcon = { ok: true as const, endpoint: { host: 'test', port: 28960 }, rawReply: '',
+    status: { players: 0, map: 'zombie_theater', gametype: 'zom', roster: [] } };
+const missingRcon = { ok: false as const, endpoint: { host: 'test', port: 28960 }, reason: 'timeout' as const, detail: 'No reply' };
+let fixture: Fixture;
+type Engine = typeof import('../../src/lib/server/watchdog/index.js');
+let watchdog: Engine;
+let database: typeof import('../../src/lib/server/db/index.js');
+let komodo: typeof import('../../src/lib/server/integrations/komodo.js');
+let rcon: typeof import('../../src/lib/server/integrations/rcon.js');
+
+beforeEach(async () => {
+    vi.resetModules(); vi.resetAllMocks();
+    vi.useFakeTimers({ toFake: ['Date'] });
+    vi.setSystemTime(new Date('2026-09-27T12:00:00Z'));
+    fixture = await newFixture([server]);
+    for (const [key, value] of Object.entries({ KOMODO_ADDRESS: 'http://komodo.test', KOMODO_API_KEY: 'test', KOMODO_API_SECRET: 'test',
+        KOMODO_TARGET_SERVER: 'host', RCON_PASSWORD: 'test', DEPLOYMENT_CREATE_CONCURRENCY: '1', DEPLOYMENT_RESTART_CONCURRENCY: '1',
+        SERVER_PORT_MIN: '28960', SERVER_PORT_MAX: '28970' })) vi.stubEnv(key, value);
+    database = await import('../../src/lib/server/db/index.js');
+    const { seedServerRegistry } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/servers.js');
+    await seedServerRegistry();
+    database.db().prepare('UPDATE servers SET game_port = 28960 WHERE name = ?').run(server);
+    const { saveServerKey } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/server-keys.js');
+    saveServerKey(server, 'saved-key');
+    komodo = await import('../../src/lib/server/integrations/komodo.js');
+    for (const name of ['komodoRestart', 'komodoRuntimeAction', 'komodoCreateDeployment', 'komodoDeploy', 'komodoDestroyDeployment', 'komodoDeleteDeployment'] as const) {
+        vi.mocked(komodo[name]).mockResolvedValue({ ok: true });
+    }
+    vi.mocked(komodo.komodoEnsureTag).mockImplementation(async name => ({ ok: true, id: name }));
+    vi.mocked(komodo.komodoUpdateTagsOnResource).mockResolvedValue({ ok: true });
+    vi.mocked(komodo.komodoInspectHealthy).mockResolvedValue({ ok: true, state: 'running' });
+    rcon = await import('../../src/lib/server/integrations/rcon.js');
+    vi.mocked(rcon.rconGetPlayerCount).mockResolvedValue(0);
+    vi.mocked(rcon.rconStatusResult).mockResolvedValue(healthyRcon);
+    watchdog = await import('../../src/lib/server/watchdog/index.js');
+});
+afterEach(async () => { await fixture.cleanup(); vi.useRealTimers(); vi.unstubAllEnvs(); });
+
+const incidents = () => watchdog.watchdogOverview().incidents;
+const onlyIncident = () => { expect(incidents()).toHaveLength(1); return incidents()[0]; };
+const operations = () => database.db().prepare('SELECT id, action, state FROM server_deployments ORDER BY rowid').all() as { id: string; action: string; state: string }[];
+function advance(ms: number) { vi.setSystemTime(Date.now() + ms); }
+function down() { vi.mocked(komodo.komodoInspectHealthy).mockResolvedValue({ ok: false, state: 'exited', reason: 'Container exited' }); }
+async function sustainedFailure() {
+    down();
+    await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+    advance(watchdog.WATCHDOG_SCAN_MS); await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+    advance(watchdog.WATCHDOG_SCAN_MS); await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+    expect(operations()).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ action: 'restart', state: 'waiting' })]);
+    return onlyIncident();
+}
+
+describe('Watchdog detection and ownership', () => {
+    it('defaults to automatic recovery and debounces manual scans without accelerating the failure window', async () => {
+        expect(watchdog.watchdogOverview().enabled).toBe(true);
+        down();
+        await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+        expect(onlyIncident()).toMatchObject({ state: 'open', failures: 1 });
+        for (let n = 0; n < 5; n++) await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+        expect(onlyIncident().failures).toBe(1);
+        expect(operations()).toEqual([]);
+        advance(watchdog.WATCHDOG_SCAN_MS);
+        await watchdog.watchdogTick();
+        expect(onlyIncident().failures).toBe(2);
+        advance(watchdog.WATCHDOG_SCAN_MS - 1);
+        await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+        expect(operations()).toEqual([]);
+        advance(1);
+        await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+        const row = onlyIncident();
+        expect(row).toMatchObject({ state: 'recovering', failures: 3 });
+        expect(watchdog.watchdogDetail(row.id)?.actions).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ action: 'restart', operation_state: 'waiting' })]);
+        await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+        expect(operations()).toHaveLength(1);
+        expect(komodo.komodoRestart).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('keeps paused recovery observational and resumes one pending incident', async () => {
+        watchdog.setWatchdogEnabled(false);
+        down();
+        for (let n = 0; n < 4; n++) { await watchdog.watchdogTick(true); advance(watchdog.WATCHDOG_SCAN_MS); }
+        expect(onlyIncident()).toMatchObject({ state: 'open', failures: 4 });
+        expect(operations()).toEqual([]);
+        database.closeDb();
+        expect(watchdog.watchdogOverview().enabled).toBe(false);
+        watchdog.setWatchdogEnabled(true);
+        await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+        expect(operations()).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ action: 'restart' })]);
+        const { processProvisioning } = await import('../../src/lib/server/provisioning/worker.js');
+        watchdog.setWatchdogEnabled(false);
+        await processProvisioning();
+        expect(operations()[0].state).toBe('waiting');
+        expect(komodo.komodoRestart).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        watchdog.setWatchdogEnabled(true);
+        await processProvisioning();
+        expect(komodo.komodoRestart).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    it('does not restart an unknown Komodo state even after repeated sustained observations', async () => {
+        vi.mocked(komodo.komodoInspectHealthy).mockResolvedValue({ ok: false, reason: 'Komodo request timed out' });
+        for (let n = 0; n < 8; n++) { await watchdog.watchdogTick(true); advance(watchdog.WATCHDOG_SCAN_MS); }
+        expect(onlyIncident()).toMatchObject({ kind: 'health', state: 'open' });
+        expect(operations()).toEqual([]);
+        expect(rcon.rconStatusResult).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        down();
+        await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+        expect(onlyIncident().failures).toBe(1);
+        expect(operations()).toEqual([]);
+        advance(watchdog.WATCHDOG_SCAN_MS); await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+        expect(operations()).toEqual([]);
+        advance(watchdog.WATCHDOG_SCAN_MS); await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+        expect(operations()).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ action: 'restart' })]);
+    });
+
+    it('allows a longer initial startup grace period before requesting recovery', async () => {
+        vi.mocked(komodo.komodoInspectHealthy).mockResolvedValue({ ok: false, state: 'starting', reason: 'Starting' });
+        for (let n = 0; n < 5; n++) { await watchdog.watchdogTick(true); advance(watchdog.WATCHDOG_SCAN_MS); }
+        expect(operations()).toEqual([]);
+        await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+        expect(operations()).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ action: 'restart' })]);
+    });
+
+    it('accepts fresh validated telemetry when RCON is unavailable and rechecks after it becomes stale', async () => {
+        const { saveTelemetry } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/telemetry.js');
+        vi.mocked(rcon.rconStatusResult).mockResolvedValue(missingRcon);
+        saveTelemetry({ ...gameEvent('heartbeat', 17, 4, server), receivedAt: new Date().toISOString() });
+        await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+        expect(incidents()).toEqual([]);
+        expect(rcon.rconStatusResult).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        advance(60_000);
+        await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+        expect(onlyIncident()).toMatchObject({ kind: 'health', state: 'open', failures: 1 });
+        saveTelemetry({ ...gameEvent('heartbeat', 18, 4, server), receivedAt: new Date().toISOString() });
+        await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+        expect(onlyIncident().state).toBe('resolved');
+        expect(operations()).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    it('preserves intentional stop intent after completion and database reopening', async () => {
+        const { requestLifecycle } = await import('../../src/lib/server/provisioning/requests.js');
+        const stop = requestLifecycle(server, 'stop');
+        expect(stop.ok).toBe(true);
+        if (!stop.ok) throw new Error(stop.error);
+        database.db().prepare("UPDATE server_deployments SET state = 'done', finished_at = ? WHERE id = ?").run(new Date().toISOString(), stop.deploymentId);
+        down();
+        database.closeDb();
+        for (let n = 0; n < 4; n++) { await watchdog.watchdogTick(true); advance(watchdog.WATCHDOG_SCAN_MS); }
+        expect(incidents()).toEqual([]);
+        expect(operations()).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ action: 'stop' })]);
+        expect(komodo.komodoInspectHealthy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it.each(['beta', 'campaign'] as const)('defers a server owned by %s work', async (owner) => {
+        if (owner === 'beta') {
+            const { createScript } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/scripts.js');
+            const { openBeta } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/beta.js');
+            const { script, version } = createScript({ name: 'beta', content: Buffer.from('experimental'), targetRelPath: 'beta.gsc' });
+            await openBeta({ scripts: [{ scriptId: script.id, scriptVersionId: version.id }], servers: [server], waitForHealth: false, waitForMatch: false });
+        } else {
+            database.db().prepare("INSERT INTO deployments (id, action, started_at) VALUES ('campaign', 'promote', ?)").run(new Date().toISOString());
+            database.db().prepare("INSERT INTO deployment_servers (deployment_id, server, files_changed, restart_state) VALUES ('campaign', ?, 1, 'held')").run(server);
+        }
+        down();
+        for (let n = 0; n < 4; n++) { await watchdog.watchdogTick(true); advance(watchdog.WATCHDOG_SCAN_MS); }
+        expect(incidents()).toEqual([]);
+        expect(operations()).toEqual([]);
+        expect(komodo.komodoInspectHealthy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('rechecks lifecycle ownership after a health probe yields to an operator stop', async () => {
+        const { requestLifecycle } = await import('../../src/lib/server/provisioning/requests.js');
+        vi.mocked(komodo.komodoInspectHealthy).mockImplementationOnce(async () => {
+            expect(requestLifecycle(server, 'stop').ok).toBe(true);
+            return { ok: false, state: 'exited', reason: 'Container exited' };
+        });
+        await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+        expect(incidents()).toEqual([]);
+        expect(operations()).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ action: 'stop' })]);
+    });
+});
+
+describe('Watchdog recovery persistence', () => {
+    it('resolves an attention incident after an intentional successful destroy', async () => {
+        const { removeServerKey } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/server-keys.js');
+        const { destroyServer, processDestructions } = await import('../../src/lib/server/provisioning/instances.js');
+        removeServerKey(server);
+        await writeFile(join(fixture.t5, server, 'runtime/plutonium/storage/t5/raw/scripts/sp', 'stray.gsc'), 'unexpected');
+        await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+        const id = onlyIncident().id;
+        expect(onlyIncident().state).toBe('attention');
+        expect(destroyServer(server)).toMatchObject({ ok: true });
+        down();
+        await processDestructions();
+        expect(operations()).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ action: 'destroy', state: 'done' })]);
+        expect(database.db().prepare('SELECT name FROM servers WHERE name = ?').get(server)).toBeUndefined();
+        await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+        expect(watchdog.watchdogDetail(id)?.incident).toMatchObject({ state: 'resolved', finished_at: expect.any(String) });
+        expect(watchdog.watchdogDetail(id)?.events.at(-1)?.message).toMatch(/destroyed|registered|retired/i);
+    });
+
+    it('requests one restart, escalates once to rebuild, and retains exhausted attention across reopening', async () => {
+        const row = await sustainedFailure();
+        const { processProvisioning } = await import('../../src/lib/server/provisioning/worker.js');
+        await processProvisioning();
+        expect(komodo.komodoRestart).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(operations()[0].state).toBe('awaiting-health');
+        advance(watchdog.WATCHDOG_RECOVERY_MS - 1);
+        await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+        expect(operations()).toHaveLength(1);
+        advance(1);
+        await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+        expect(operations().map(op => op.action)).toEqual(['restart', 'rebuild']);
+        expect(watchdog.watchdogDetail(row.id)?.actions).toHaveLength(2);
+        vi.mocked(komodo.komodoDestroyDeployment).mockResolvedValue({ ok: false, kind: 'unreachable', message: 'Host unavailable' });
+        await processProvisioning();
+        expect(operations()[1].state).toBe('failed');
+        await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+        expect(watchdog.watchdogDetail(row.id)?.incident.state).toBe('attention');
+        database.closeDb();
+        for (let n = 0; n < 4; n++) { advance(watchdog.WATCHDOG_RECOVERY_MS); await watchdog.watchdogTick(true); }
+        expect(operations().map(op => op.action)).toEqual(['restart', 'rebuild']);
+        expect(watchdog.watchdogDetail(row.id)?.incident.state).toBe('attention');
+        expect(komodo.komodoRestart).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(komodo.komodoDestroyDeployment).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    it('does not escalate a timed out restart while automatic recovery is paused', async () => {
+        await sustainedFailure();
+        const { processProvisioning } = await import('../../src/lib/server/provisioning/worker.js');
+        await processProvisioning();
+        watchdog.setWatchdogEnabled(false);
+        advance(watchdog.WATCHDOG_RECOVERY_MS);
+        await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+        expect(operations()).toHaveLength(1);
+        watchdog.setWatchdogEnabled(true);
+        await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+        expect(operations().map(op => op.action)).toEqual(['restart', 'rebuild']);
+    });
+
+    it('resumes a persisted detection window and does not duplicate queued work after reopening', async () => {
+        down();
+        await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+        advance(watchdog.WATCHDOG_SCAN_MS); await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+        const id = onlyIncident().id;
+        database.closeDb();
+        advance(watchdog.WATCHDOG_SCAN_MS); await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+        expect(onlyIncident().id).toBe(id);
+        const queued = operations();
+        expect(queued).toHaveLength(1);
+        database.closeDb();
+        advance(watchdog.WATCHDOG_SCAN_MS); await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+        expect(operations()).toEqual(queued);
+        expect(watchdog.watchdogDetail(id)?.actions).toHaveLength(1);
+    });
+
+    it('permits an explicit new attempt after dismissal without silently rearming a sustained condition', async () => {
+        down();
+        await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+        const id = onlyIncident().id;
+        expect(watchdog.updateWatchdogIncident(id, 'dismiss')).toEqual({ ok: true });
+        for (let n = 0; n < 4; n++) { advance(watchdog.WATCHDOG_SCAN_MS); await watchdog.watchdogTick(true); }
+        expect(operations()).toEqual([]);
+        expect(onlyIncident().state).toBe('dismissed');
+        expect(watchdog.updateWatchdogIncident(id, 'retry')).toEqual({ ok: true });
+        await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+        expect(operations()).toEqual([]);
+        advance(watchdog.WATCHDOG_SCAN_MS); await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+        advance(watchdog.WATCHDOG_SCAN_MS); await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+        expect(onlyIncident()).toMatchObject({ id, state: 'recovering', cycle: 2 });
+        expect(watchdog.watchdogDetail(id)?.actions).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ action: 'restart', cycle: 2 })]);
+    });
+});
+
+describe('Watchdog APIs', () => {
+    const request = (body: unknown, raw = false) => new Request('http://localhost/api/watchdog', {
+        method: 'POST', headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }, body: raw ? String(body) : JSON.stringify(body)
+    });
+
+    it('returns overview state and validates scan actions and pause booleans', async () => {
+        const { GET, POST } = await import('../../src/routes/api/watchdog/+server.js');
+        expect(await GET().json()).toEqual({ enabled: true, lastScanAt: null, scanError: null, incidents: [] });
+        expect((await POST({ request: request('{', true) })).status).toBe(400);
+        for (const body of [null, [], {}, { action: 'restart' }, { enabled: 'false' }, { enabled: 0 }, { action: 'scan', enabled: 'false' }]) {
+            expect((await POST({ request: request(body) })).status).toBe(400);
+        }
+        expect(await (await POST({ request: request({ enabled: false }) })).json()).toMatchObject({ enabled: false });
+        database.closeDb();
+        expect(await GET().json()).toMatchObject({ enabled: false });
+        down();
+        const scanned = await POST({ request: request({ action: 'scan' }) });
+        expect(scanned.status).toBe(200);
+        expect(await scanned.json()).toMatchObject({ enabled: false, lastScanAt: expect.any(String), incidents: [expect.objectContaining({ kind: 'health', state: 'open' })] });
+        expect(operations()).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    it('validates incident actions and refuses retries while provisioning is pending', async () => {
+        const { GET, POST } = await import('../../src/routes/api/watchdog/[id]/+server.js');
+        expect(GET({ params: { id: 'missing' } }).status).toBe(404);
+        expect((await POST({ params: { id: 'missing' }, request: request({ action: 'retry' }) })).status).toBe(404);
+        for (const body of [null, {}, [], { action: 'restart' }]) {
+            expect((await POST({ params: { id: 'missing' }, request: request(body) })).status).toBe(400);
+        }
+        expect((await POST({ params: { id: 'missing' }, request: request('{', true) })).status).toBe(400);
+        const row = await sustainedFailure();
+        expect(await GET({ params: { id: row.id } }).json()).toMatchObject({
+            incident: { id: row.id, state: 'recovering' }, actions: [expect.objectContaining({ action: 'restart' })], events: expect.any(Array)
+        });
+        for (const action of ['retry', 'dismiss']) {
+            const response = await POST({ params: { id: row.id }, request: request({ action }) });
+            expect(response.status).toBe(409);
+            expect(await response.json()).toMatchObject({ error: expect.stringContaining('Provisioning is still active') });
+        }
+        expect(operations()).toHaveLength(1);
+    });
+
+    it('keeps legacy drift previews readable and directs mutations to Watchdog without changing files', async () => {
+        const { GET, POST } = await import('../../src/routes/api/drift/+server.js');
+        const path = join(fixture.t5, server, 'runtime/plutonium/storage/t5/raw/scripts/sp', 'stray.gsc');
+        await writeFile(path, 'unexpected content');
+        expect(await (await GET()).json()).toMatchObject({ totalDrift: 1, servers: [{ server, files: [expect.objectContaining({ relPath: 'stray.gsc' })] }] });
+        const preview = await POST({ request: request({ dryRun: true, servers: [server] }) });
+        expect(preview.status).toBe(200);
+        const body = await preview.json();
+        expect(body).toMatchObject({ ok: true, plan: { servers: [server], fingerprint: expect.any(String), files: [expect.objectContaining({ relPath: 'stray.gsc' })] } });
+        const mutation = await POST({ request: request({ servers: [server], expectedFingerprint: body.plan.fingerprint }) });
+        expect(mutation.status).toBe(410);
+        expect(await mutation.json()).toMatchObject({ ok: false, watchdogUrl: '/watchdog', error: expect.stringContaining('Watchdog') });
+        expect(await readFile(path, 'utf8')).toBe('unexpected content');
+        expect(operations()).toEqual([]);
+        expect(database.db().prepare('SELECT id FROM deployments').all()).toEqual([]);
+    });
+});
+
+describe('Watchdog drift campaigns', () => {
+    it('queues an audited rebuild without changing files until provisioning executes and retains its campaign through cleanup', async () => {
+        await mkdir(join(fixture.t5, server, 'configs'), { recursive: true });
+        const path = join(fixture.t5, server, 'configs', 'stray.cfg');
+        await writeFile(path, 'unexpected content');
+        await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+        const row = onlyIncident();
+        expect(row).toMatchObject({ kind: 'drift', state: 'recovering' });
+        const action = watchdog.watchdogDetail(row.id)!.actions[0];
+        expect(action).toMatchObject({ action: 'rebuild', campaign_id: expect.any(String), operation_state: 'waiting' });
+        expect(await readFile(path, 'utf8')).toBe('unexpected content');
+        expect(komodo.komodoDestroyDeployment).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(database.db().prepare('SELECT rel_path, content_before, content_after FROM deployment_files WHERE deployment_id = ?').all(action.campaign_id))
+            .toEqual([{ rel_path: 'stray.cfg', content_before: Buffer.from('unexpected content'), content_after: null }]);
+        const { processProvisioning } = await import('../../src/lib/server/provisioning/worker.js');
+        const { processCreations } = await import('../../src/lib/server/provisioning/instances.js');
+        const { sweep } = await import('../../src/lib/server/pipeline/sweep.js');
+        down();
+        await processProvisioning();
+        expect(operations()).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ action: 'rebuild', state: 'queued' })]);
+        await expect(access(path)).rejects.toThrow();
+        expect(database.db().prepare('SELECT name FROM servers WHERE name = ?').get(server)).toBeUndefined();
+        database.closeDb();
+        await sweep(); await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+        expect(watchdog.watchdogDetail(row.id)?.incident.state).toBe('recovering');
+        expect(database.db().prepare('SELECT provisioning_id, restart_state FROM deployment_servers WHERE deployment_id = ?').get(action.campaign_id))
+            .toEqual({ provisioning_id: action.operation_id, restart_state: 'pending' });
+        await processCreations();
+        vi.mocked(komodo.komodoInspectHealthy).mockResolvedValue({ ok: true, state: 'running' });
+        await processCreations(); await sweep(); await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+        expect(watchdog.watchdogDetail(row.id)?.incident.state).toBe('resolved');
+        expect(database.db().prepare('SELECT restart_state FROM deployment_servers WHERE deployment_id = ?').get(action.campaign_id)).toEqual({ restart_state: 'done' });
+        expect(operations()).toEqual([expect.objectContaining({ action: 'rebuild', state: 'done' })]);
+        expect(komodo.komodoRestart).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('keeps a missing rebuild key visible as attention without deleting files or retrying automatically', async () => {
+        const { removeServerKey } = await import('../../src/lib/server/fleet/server-keys.js');
+        removeServerKey(server);
+        const path = join(fixture.t5, server, 'runtime/plutonium/storage/t5/raw/scripts/sp', 'stray.gsc');
+        await writeFile(path, 'unexpected');
+        await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+        expect(onlyIncident()).toMatchObject({ kind: 'drift', state: 'attention', summary: expect.stringContaining('Save a server key') });
+        advance(watchdog.WATCHDOG_SCAN_MS); await watchdog.watchdogTick(true);
+        expect(operations()).toEqual([]);
+        expect(await readFile(path, 'utf8')).toBe('unexpected');
+        expect(komodo.komodoDestroyDeployment).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+});