diff --git a/scripts/ops-health.sh b/scripts/ops-health.sh
index 42daf66..d612806 100755
--- a/scripts/ops-health.sh
+++ b/scripts/ops-health.sh
@@ -140,8 +140,12 @@ else
       throttled)
         p "      ${DIM}→ batching to save Netlify credits; it deploys automatically when the window elapses.${N}" ;;
       dirty-tree)
-        p "      ${R}→ tracked files are modified — COMMIT them or the deploy stays skipped.${N}"
-        problems+=("deploy blocked: working tree is dirty"); signature+="dirty;" ;;
+        if [ -n "$(git status --porcelain --untracked-files=no)" ]; then
+          p "      ${R}→ tracked files are modified — COMMIT them or the deploy stays skipped.${N}"
+          problems+=("deploy blocked: working tree is dirty"); signature+="dirty;"
+        else
+          p "      ${DIM}→ the tree was dirty earlier and is clean now — the next tick will deploy.${N}"
+        fi ;;
       smoke-failed)
         p "      ${R}→ the built bundle failed the smoke test (real breakage — check the journal).${N}"
         problems+=("smoke test failed during deploy"); signature+="smoke;" ;;
@@ -182,7 +186,7 @@ p ""
 p "${B}▸ Timer${N}"
 timer_state="$(systemctl --user is-active skatespots-deploy.timer 2>/dev/null || echo unknown)"
 if [ "$timer_state" = "active" ]; then
-  next_at="$(systemctl --user list-timers skatespots-deploy.timer --no-legend --no-pager 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $1" "$2" "$3}')"
+  next_at="$(systemctl --user list-timers skatespots-deploy.timer --no-legend --no-pager 2>/dev/null | awk '$1 != "-" {print $1" "$2" "$3}')"
   p "  ${G}✓${N} skatespots-deploy.timer active${next_at:+ ${DIM}next $next_at${N}}"
 else
   p "  ${R}✗${N} skatespots-deploy.timer: ${timer_state}"