diff --git a/dot_config/quickshell/scripts/executable_k8s-status.sh b/dot_config/quickshell/scripts/executable_k8s-status.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Outputs pod ready status for a namespace as JSON.
+# Usage: k8s-status.sh <namespace>
+set -euo pipefail
+
+NS="${1:-tenant-5}"
+
+pods_json=$(kubectl get pods -n "$NS" -o json 2>/dev/null) || exit 0
+
+echo "$pods_json" | jq -c '
+  [.items[] | {
+    app: (.metadata.labels["app.kubernetes.io/instance"] // .metadata.name),
+    ready: ((.status.conditions // [])
+            | map(select(.type == "Ready"))
+            | if length > 0 then .[0].status == "True" else false end)
+  }] as $pods |
+  {
+    pods: $pods,
+    readyCount: ($pods | map(select(.ready)) | length),
+    totalCount: ($pods | length)
+  }
+'