diff --git a/routlin/core.py b/routlin/core.py
index 705c695..bfda7cf 100644
--- a/routlin/core.py
+++ b/routlin/core.py
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ PRODUCT_NAME      = "routlin"
 
 SCRIPT_DIR        = Path(__file__).parent
 CONFIG_FILE       = SCRIPT_DIR / "config.json"
+DASHBOARD_PENDING = SCRIPT_DIR / ".dashboard-pending"
 BLOCKLIST_DIR     = SCRIPT_DIR / "blocklists"
 METRICS_FILE      = SCRIPT_DIR / ".dns-metrics"
 DNSMASQ_CONF_DIR  = Path(f"/etc/dnsmasq-{PRODUCT_NAME}")
@@ -2133,9 +2134,21 @@ def disable_avahi():
         print("avahi-daemon: not running, skipping.")
 
 
+def _remove_pending_cmd(cmd):
+    try:
+        if not DASHBOARD_PENDING.exists():
+            return
+        lines = DASHBOARD_PENDING.read_text().splitlines()
+        kept = [l for l in lines if f'[{cmd}]' not in l]
+        DASHBOARD_PENDING.write_text('\n'.join(kept) + ('\n' if kept else ''))
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+
+
 def show_status(data):
     import health as _health
-    _health.print_table(_health.run_and_write(data))
+    _, _status = _health.run_and_write(data)
+    _health.print_table(_status)
 
 def show_configs(data):
     for vlan in data["vlans"]:
@@ -3093,7 +3106,12 @@ def cmd_apply(data, dry_run=False):
     print("Done.")
 
     import health as _health
-    _health.print_table(_health.run_and_write(data))
+    _healthy, _status = _health.run_and_write(data)
+    _health.print_table(_status)
+
+    _remove_pending_cmd('core apply')
+    if _healthy:
+        _remove_pending_cmd('fix problems')
 
 
 def main():
diff --git a/routlin/health.py b/routlin/health.py
index 2430385..1965e48 100644
--- a/routlin/health.py
+++ b/routlin/health.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Reads config.json, checks services, configuration files, and logs, then writes
 .health JSON.  Imported by core.py; also runnable standalone.
 
 Public API:
-    run_and_write(data) -> dict    run all checks, write .health, return dict
+    run_and_write(data) -> (bool, dict)    run all checks, write .health, return (all_healthy, status)
     print_table(status: dict)      render the CLI service table from status dict
 """
 import hashlib
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ def _next_blocklist_update():
 # ===================================================================
 
 def run_and_write(data):
-    """Run all checks, write .health atomically, return the status dict."""
+    """Run all checks, write .health atomically, return (all_healthy, status_dict)."""
     status = {
         "checked_at":           datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"),
         "services":             check_services(data),
@@ -722,7 +722,12 @@ def run_and_write(data):
     tmp = HEALTH_FILE.with_suffix(".tmp")
     tmp.write_text(json.dumps(status, indent=2))
     tmp.replace(HEALTH_FILE)
-    return status
+    healthy = all(
+        item.get('status') != 'problem'
+        for section in ('services', 'configurations', 'logs')
+        for item in status.get(section, [])
+    )
+    return healthy, status
 
 
 def print_table(status):
@@ -797,5 +802,5 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     except Exception as ex:
         print(f"Error loading {CONFIG_FILE}: {ex}", file=sys.stderr)
         sys.exit(1)
-    status = run_and_write(data)
+    _, status = run_and_write(data)
     print_table(status)