diff --git a/scripts/src/hwlab-node/status.ts b/scripts/src/hwlab-node/status.ts
index ec7cb962..4806a7d3 100644
--- a/scripts/src/hwlab-node/status.ts
+++ b/scripts/src/hwlab-node/status.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ export function nodeRuntimeGitMirrorStatus(scoped: ReturnType<typeof parseNodeSc
     `write_svc=${shellQuote(mirror.serviceWriteName)}`,
     `cache_pvc=${shellQuote(mirror.cachePvcName)}`,
     `cache_host_path=${shellQuote(mirror.cacheHostPath ?? "")}`,
+    `source_repository=${shellQuote(mirror.sourceRepository)}`,
+    `source_branch=${shellQuote(mirror.sourceBranch)}`,
+    `gitops_branch=${shellQuote(mirror.gitopsBranch)}`,
     `github_transport_mode=${shellQuote(mirror.githubTransport.mode)}`,
     `github_ssh_secret=${shellQuote(mirror.githubTransport.mode === "ssh" ? mirror.secretName : "")}`,
     `github_ssh_private_key=${shellQuote(mirror.githubTransport.mode === "ssh" ? mirror.githubTransport.privateKeySecretKey : "")}`,
@@ -114,6 +117,40 @@ export function nodeRuntimeGitMirrorStatus(scoped: ReturnType<typeof parseNodeSc
     "PY",
     ")",
     "summary_json=$(kubectl -n \"$namespace\" exec deploy/\"$read_deploy\" -- sh -lc '/etc/git-mirror/status.sh' 2>/tmp/hwlab-node-gitmirror-status.err || true)",
+    "if ! printf '%s' \"$summary_json\" | node -e 'let s=\"\"; process.stdin.on(\"data\", c => s += c); process.stdin.on(\"end\", () => { try { const o = JSON.parse(s || \"{}\"); process.exit(o && o.localSource ? 0 : 1); } catch { process.exit(1); } });'; then",
+    "  summary_json=$(kubectl -n \"$namespace\" exec deploy/\"$read_deploy\" -- sh -lc \"source_repository=\\$1 source_branch=\\$2 gitops_branch=\\$3 node <<'NODE'",
+    "const { execFileSync } = require('node:child_process');",
+    "const { readFileSync, existsSync } = require('node:fs');",
+    "const repository = process.env.source_repository;",
+    "const sourceBranch = process.env.source_branch;",
+    "const gitopsBranch = process.env.gitops_branch;",
+    "const repoPath = '/cache/' + repository + '.git';",
+    "function readJson(path) { try { return existsSync(path) ? JSON.parse(readFileSync(path, 'utf8')) : null; } catch { return null; } }",
+    "function rev(ref) { try { return execFileSync('git', ['--git-dir=' + repoPath, 'rev-parse', '--verify', ref + '^{commit}'], { encoding: 'utf8' }).trim(); } catch { return null; } }",
+    "const localSource = rev('refs/heads/' + sourceBranch);",
+    "const githubSource = rev('refs/mirror-stage/heads/' + sourceBranch);",
+    "const localGitops = rev('refs/heads/' + gitopsBranch);",
+    "const githubGitops = rev('refs/mirror-stage/heads/' + gitopsBranch);",
+    "const pendingFlush = Boolean(localGitops && (!githubGitops || localGitops !== githubGitops));",
+    "console.log(JSON.stringify({",
+    "  localSource, githubSource, localGitops, githubGitops,",
+    "  refSources: {",
+    "    localSource: 'refs/heads/' + sourceBranch,",
+    "    githubSource: 'refs/mirror-stage/heads/' + sourceBranch,",
+    "    localGitops: 'refs/heads/' + gitopsBranch,",
+    "    githubGitops: 'refs/mirror-stage/heads/' + gitopsBranch,",
+    "    githubFieldsAreMirrorStageCache: true",
+    "  },",
+    "  pendingFlush,",
+    "  flushNeeded: pendingFlush,",
+    "  githubInSync: Boolean(localSource && githubSource && localSource === githubSource && localGitops && githubGitops && localGitops === githubGitops),",
+    "  statusSource: 'cache-ref-fallback',",
+    "  lastSync: readJson('/cache/HWLAB.last-sync.json'),",
+    "  lastFlush: readJson('/cache/HWLAB.last-flush.json')",
+    "}));",
+    "NODE",
+    "\" sh \"$source_repository\" \"$source_branch\" \"$gitops_branch\" 2>>/tmp/hwlab-node-gitmirror-status.err || true)",
+    "fi",
     "if [ -z \"$summary_json\" ]; then summary_json='{}'; fi",
     "read_deployment_ready=$(deploy_ready \"$namespace\" \"$read_deploy\")",
     "write_deployment_ready=$(deploy_ready \"$namespace\" \"$write_deploy\")",