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+pragma Singleton
+
+import Quickshell
+import Quickshell.Io
+import QtQuick
+
+Singleton {
+    id: root
+
+    property string status: "loading"  // "loading" | "ok" | "degraded" | "error" | "stale"
+    property var pods: []              // Array of {app, ready, cpuM, memMi}
+    property int readyCount: 0
+    property int totalCount: 0
+    property var quota: null           // quota object from metrics script
+    property int lastUpdatedSecs: 0    // seconds since last successful status fetch
+
+    Process {
+        id: statusProc
+        command: ["bash", Config.scriptsDir + "/k8s-status.sh", Config.kubeNamespace]
+        stdout: StdioCollector {
+            onStreamFinished: {
+                if (this.text.trim() === "") {
+                    root.status = (root.status === "ok" || root.status === "degraded") ? "stale" : "error";
+                    return;
+                }
+                try {
+                    let data = JSON.parse(this.text);
+                    // Preserve existing cpuM/memMi from last metrics fetch
+                    let byApp = {};
+                    for (let p of root.pods) byApp[p.app] = p;
+                    root.pods = data.pods.map(p => ({
+                        app:   p.app,
+                        ready: p.ready,
+                        cpuM:  byApp[p.app]?.cpuM  ?? -1,
+                        memMi: byApp[p.app]?.memMi ?? -1
+                    }));
+                    root.readyCount = data.readyCount;
+                    root.totalCount = data.totalCount;
+                    root.status = data.pods.every(p => p.ready) ? "ok" : "degraded";
+                    root.lastUpdatedSecs = 0;
+                } catch(e) {
+                    console.warn("Kubernetes: status parse error:", e);
+                    root.status = (root.status === "ok" || root.status === "degraded") ? "stale" : "error";
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    Process {
+        id: metricsProc
+        command: ["bash", Config.scriptsDir + "/k8s-metrics.sh", Config.kubeNamespace]
+        stdout: StdioCollector {
+            onStreamFinished: {
+                if (this.text.trim() === "") return;
+                try {
+                    let data = JSON.parse(this.text);
+                    let byApp = {};
+                    for (let m of data.podMetrics) byApp[m.app] = m;
+                    root.pods = root.pods.map(p => ({
+                        app:   p.app,
+                        ready: p.ready,
+                        cpuM:  byApp[p.app]?.cpuM  ?? -1,
+                        memMi: byApp[p.app]?.memMi ?? -1
+                    }));
+                    root.quota = data.quota;
+                } catch(e) {
+                    console.warn("Kubernetes: metrics parse error:", e);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Ticker: increments lastUpdatedSecs every second (only once status is known)
+    Timer {
+        interval: 1000
+        running: root.status !== "loading"
+        repeat: true
+        onTriggered: root.lastUpdatedSecs++
+    }
+
+    // Status poller
+    Timer {
+        interval: Config.kubeStatusRefreshMs
+        running: true
+        repeat: true
+        onTriggered: statusProc.running = true
+    }
+
+    // Metrics poller
+    Timer {
+        interval: Config.kubeMetricsRefreshMs
+        running: true
+        repeat: true
+        onTriggered: metricsProc.running = true
+    }
+
+    // Stagger: fire metricsProc once at startup (500ms after status)
+    Timer {
+        id: metricsStagger
+        interval: 500
+        repeat: false
+        onTriggered: metricsProc.running = true
+    }
+
+    // Staleness check: flip to "stale" if no successful fetch for >60s
+    Timer {
+        interval: 10000
+        running: true
+        repeat: true
+        onTriggered: {
+            if (root.lastUpdatedSecs > 60 && (root.status === "ok" || root.status === "degraded"))
+                root.status = "stale";
+        }
+    }
+
+    Component.onCompleted: {
+        statusProc.running = true;
+        metricsStagger.running = true;
+    }
+}