CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [8.5.3] - 2026-05-07
+
+### Added
+
+- Report `busy` and `st` fields in the periodic heartbeat ping to ogCore, so ogCore can update the client status without waiting for a command response. `busy` is `true` while a job is running; `st` indicates the base OS type (`OGL`, `LNX`, `WIN`, `OSX`)
+
 ## [8.5.2] - 2026-04-28
 
 ### Fixed

src/opengnsys/modules/server/OpenGnSys/__init__.py

@@ -125,9 +125,12 @@ class OpenGnSysWorker(ServerWorker):
             time.sleep(1)
             n += 1
             if not n % 10:
+                _st_map = {'linux': 'LNX', 'macos': 'OSX', 'windows': 'WIN'}
                 body = {
                     "iph": self.interface.ip,
                     "timestamp": int(time.time()),
+                    "busy": any(j['p'].poll() is None for j in self.jobmgr.jobs.values()),
+                    "st": _st_map.get(operations.os_type.lower(), 'UNK'),
                 }
                 result = self.REST.sendMessage('clients/status/webhook', body)
                 if result is None:

src/opengnsys/workers/oglive_worker.py

@@ -260,6 +260,8 @@ class ogLiveWorker(ServerWorker):
                 body = {
                     'iph': self.IPlocal,
                     'timestamp': int (time.time()),
+                    'busy': any(elem['running'] for elem in self.thread_list.values()),
+                    'st': 'OGL',
                 }
                 #logger.debug (f'about to send ping ({body})')
                 self.REST.sendMessage ('clients/status/webhook', body)