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+#!/bin/bash
+# Daily maintenance sweep (#777) — run from the pfv workstation.
+# Checks HA health, pipeline, sensor freshness, NUT, DNS, runner.
+# Exit code = number of failures. Designed for a daily cron + report.
+set -uo pipefail
+cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." || exit 1
+
+PASS=0
+FAIL=0
+FAILED_ITEMS=""
+
+ok() {
+  PASS=$((PASS + 1))
+  echo "  OK   $1"
+}
+
+bad() {
+  FAIL=$((FAIL + 1))
+  FAILED_ITEMS="${FAILED_ITEMS}  - $1"$'\n'
+  echo "  FAIL $1"
+}
+
+chk() {
+  # $1 = label, $2 = shell command string to evaluate
+  if eval "$2" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    ok "$1"
+  else
+    bad "$1"
+  fi
+}
+
+# optional: environment overrides for remote.sh routing
+set -a
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+[ -f ~/.creds/homeassistant.env ] && source ~/.creds/homeassistant.env
+set +a
+
+ha_api() {
+  timeout 20 curl -sS -H "Authorization: Bearer $HASS_TOKEN" \
+    "$HASS_URL$1" 2>/dev/null
+}
+
+echo "=== Home Assistant ==="
+MSG=$(ha_api /api/ | jq -r .message 2>/dev/null)
+if [ "$MSG" = "API running." ]; then ok "HA API up"; else bad "HA API: '$MSG'"; fi
+
+W=$(ha_api /api/states/input_boolean.pfv_watchdog_auto_restart 2>/dev/null | jq -r .state)
+if [ "$W" = "on" ] || [ "$W" = "off" ]; then ok "watchdog present ($W)"; else bad "watchdog switch state: $W"; fi
+
+STALE=$(ha_api /api/states 2>/dev/null | jq -r '
+  def epoch: sub("\\.[0-9]+"; "") | sub("\\+00:00$"; "Z") | fromdateiso8601;
+  [ .[]
+    | select(.entity_id | test("tsys1_ups_status|tsys1_triplite_status|pfv_tsys[0-9]_cpu_temperature"))
+    | select(.last_updated != null)
+    | {e: .entity_id, age: ((now - (.last_updated | epoch)) / 60)} ]
+  | map(select(.age > 20))
+  | if length > 0 then (map(.e) | join(", ")) else "0" end' 2>/dev/null)
+if [ "$STALE" = "0" ]; then ok "critical sensors fresh"; else bad "stale critical sensors: ${STALE:-query-failed}"; fi
+
+REL=$(ha_api /api/states/sensor.pfv_deploy_gitea_release_head 2>/dev/null)
+RELSTATE=$(echo "$REL" | jq -r '.state[:7]' 2>/dev/null)
+RELAGE=$(echo "$REL" | jq -r '
+  def epoch: sub("\\.[0-9]+"; "") | sub("\\+00:00$"; "Z") | fromdateiso8601;
+  ((now - (.last_updated | epoch)) / 60) | floor' 2>/dev/null)
+if [ -n "$RELSTATE" ] && [ "${RELAGE:-999}" -le 30 ]; then
+  ok "deploy sensor fresh (release ${RELSTATE}, ${RELAGE} min)"
+else
+  bad "deploy sensor stale/missing (${RELSTATE:-?} @ ${RELAGE:-?} min)"
+fi
+
+echo "=== Pipeline / CI ==="
+chk "gitea reachable" "curl -sS -o /dev/null https://git.knownelement.com/api/v1/version"
+chk "runner container up" "docker ps --format '{{.Names}}' | grep -q ukrrs-pfv-gitea-runner"
+
+cd /home/reachableceo/projects/KNEL/pfv-bms 2>/dev/null && {
+  D=$(git rev-parse --short=7 dev 2>/dev/null)
+  R=$(git rev-parse --short=7 origin/release 2>/dev/null)
+  if [ -n "$D" ] && [ "$D" = "$R" ]; then ok "dev == release (${D})"; else
+    echo "  NOTE dev ${D:-?} != release ${R:-?} (pending promotion)"
+  fi
+  cd - >/dev/null || true
+}
+
+echo "=== Infra ==="
+chk "DNS pfv-bms.knel.net" "getent hosts pfv-bms.knel.net"
+chk "DNS git.knownelement.com" "getent hosts git.knownelement.com"
+chk "gitea version API" "curl -sS https://git.knownelement.com/api/v1/version"
+
+NUTCHK=$(VM_IP=pfv-tsys1.knel.net VM_USER=root timeout 45 bash tests/remote.sh vm \
+  'upsc tsys1_ups@localhost battery.charge >/dev/null 2>&1 && upsc tsys1_triplite@localhost battery.charge >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo NUT-OK' 2>/dev/null | grep -c NUT-OK)
+if [ "${NUTCHK:-0}" -ge 1 ]; then
+  ok "NUT: both UPSes responding on tsys1"
+else
+  bad "NUT check on tsys1"
+fi
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC2016  # remote awk must see literal $5 on the far side
+DISKCHK=$(VM_IP=pfv-bms-lan.knel.net VM_USER=root VM_PORT=22222 timeout 45 bash tests/remote.sh vm \
+  'df -m /mnt/data | awk "NR==2 {if (\$5+0 < 80) print \"DISK-OK\"}"' 2>/dev/null | grep -c DISK-OK)
+if [ "${DISKCHK:-0}" -ge 1 ]; then
+  ok "pfv-bms data disk <80% used"
+else
+  bad "pfv-bms data disk >=80% or unreachable"
+fi
+
+echo
+echo "=== SWEEP SUMMARY: $PASS pass, $FAIL fail ==="
+if [ -n "$FAILED_ITEMS" ]; then
+  echo "FAILED ITEMS:"
+  echo "$FAILED_ITEMS"
+fi
+exit "$FAIL"