diff --git a/docs/v1-redeploy-changelog.md b/docs/v1-redeploy-changelog.md
index bbc1021..ff41367 100644
--- a/docs/v1-redeploy-changelog.md
+++ b/docs/v1-redeploy-changelog.md
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@
 - **Juju spaces are per-model.** `juju spaces` / `juju reload-spaces` cannot run until after
   `juju add-model`; the old phase-01 CHECK 5 ran pre-model and failed with "model not found".
   Split into `juju-spaces-check.sh`, gated to run post-add-model.
+<<<<<<< HEAD
 
 - **Default-space globally poisons network-get (deploy root cause).** The full D-052
   binding deploy failed universally (`network-get ... ERROR space "metal" not found`,
@@ -191,3 +192,5 @@
 - Pending next artifact: the Strategy-B interface-carve script (built once all four are Ready;
   bridge_type pulled verbatim from captured release JSON) -> then consolidate into
   `runbooks/phase-00b-host-reenrollment.md`.
+=======
+>>>>>>> b67a7082af31ddead1249b487b6c94098dd290bc
diff --git a/scripts/deploy-watch.sh b/scripts/deploy-watch.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9af4aae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/deploy-watch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# scripts/deploy-watch.sh [MODEL] [INTERVAL]
+#
+# Compact "signal" watch for a deploy/settle arc: machine + unit state COUNTS plus a
+# named list of principal units in error/blocked. Does NOT descend into subordinates;
+# does NOT replace the phase gates. Read-only. Companion to the "detail" window
+# (`juju status -m MODEL --watch 5s`).
+#
+# Usage:  scripts/deploy-watch.sh openstack 15
+# Stop with Ctrl-C. Tolerant of transient juju-status failures during settle.
+#
+# Health-at-a-glance: the error/blocked section stays EMPTY until the expected late
+# blocks (vault "needs init", octavia "awaiting configure-resources").
+#
+# Exit codes: 2 if jq is missing; otherwise runs until interrupted.
+
+set -uo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+# shellcheck source=scripts/lib-net.sh
+. "$SCRIPT_DIR/lib-net.sh"
+need_jq || exit 2
+
+MODEL="${1:-openstack}"
+INTERVAL="${2:-15}"
+
+while :; do
+  ts="$(date '+%H:%M:%S')"
+  J="$(juju status -m "$MODEL" --format json 2>/dev/null)" || J=""
+  if [ -z "$J" ]; then
+    printf '[%s] juju status unavailable (transient?) -- retry in %ss\n' "$ts" "$INTERVAL"
+    sleep "$INTERVAL"; continue
+  fi
+
+  mach="$(printf '%s' "$J" | jq -r '.machines // {} | to_entries[] | .value."juju-status".current' \
+          | sort | uniq -c | awk '{printf "%s=%s ",$2,$1}')"
+  unit="$(printf '%s' "$J" | jq -r '.applications // {} | to_entries[] | .value.units // {} | to_entries[] | .value."workload-status".current' \
+          | sort | uniq -c | awk '{printf "%s=%s ",$2,$1}')"
+  prob="$(printf '%s' "$J" | jq -r '
+    .applications // {} | to_entries[] | .value.units // {} | to_entries[]
+    | select((.value."workload-status".current=="blocked")
+          or (.value."workload-status".current=="error")
+          or (.value."juju-status".current=="error"))
+    | "    \(.key) [\(.value."workload-status".current)] \(.value."workload-status".message // "")"')"
+
+  echo "================ [$ts] model=$MODEL ================"
+  echo "machines: ${mach:-(none)}"
+  echo "units:    ${unit:-(none)}"
+  if [ -n "$prob" ]; then echo "error/blocked principals:"; echo "$prob"; else echo "error/blocked principals: (none)"; fi
+  sleep "$INTERVAL"
+done