diff --git a/scripts/zcode-agent/active-run-deploy-check.sql b/scripts/zcode-agent/active-run-deploy-check.sql
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+-- Application timestamps are UTC stored without time zone. Compare them to an
+-- explicit UTC clock; an implicit cast uses the database session's time zone
+-- and can incorrectly report active tasks as eight hours old.
+SELECT json_build_object(
+  'images', (SELECT count(*) FROM "CanvasImageTask"
+    WHERE status IN ('pending', 'running')
+      AND "updatedAt" > timezone('UTC', clock_timestamp()) - interval '90 minutes'),
+  'agents', (SELECT count(*) FROM "CanvasAgentRun"
+    WHERE status = 'running'
+      AND "updatedAt" > timezone('UTC', clock_timestamp()) - interval '2 minutes')
+);