diff --git a/server/db/database.js b/server/db/database.js
index d0e2ccb..94a00f0 100644
--- a/server/db/database.js
+++ b/server/db/database.js
@@ -772,10 +772,13 @@ const { applyTenantDeleteCascade } = require('../lib/tenant-cascade-migration');
 //     table self-heals on next deploy without a restart.
 // Rides idx_device_status_log_device_ts(device_id, timestamp).
 let _statusPruneRunning = false;
+let _lastPrune = { deleted: 0, ms: 0, at: 0 };        // #146 P3.8: soak observability
+function getMaintenanceStats() { return { ..._lastPrune, running: _statusPruneRunning }; }
 async function pruneStatusLog(opts = {}) {
   if (_statusPruneRunning) return 0;                  // re-entrancy: work runs once
   if (opts.bandGate && config.maintenanceBandGateEnabled && currentBand() !== 'normal') return 0;
   _statusPruneRunning = true;
+  const _t0 = Date.now();
   try {
     const batch = config.statusLogPruneBatch;
     const cap = config.statusLogMaxRowsPerDevice;
@@ -796,6 +799,7 @@ async function pruneStatusLog(opts = {}) {
       await yieldTick();                              // breathe between devices
     }
     if (total > 0) console.log(`[status-log] pruned ${total} row(s) (per-device, newest ${cap}/device + ${config.statusLogRetentionDays}d retention, batches of ${batch})`);
+    _lastPrune = { deleted: total, ms: Date.now() - _t0, at: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) };
     return total;
   } catch (_) { return 0; } finally { _statusPruneRunning = false; }
 }
@@ -873,4 +877,4 @@ try {
 const { verifyAndRepairSchema } = require('../lib/schema-check');
 verifyAndRepairSchema(db);
 
-module.exports = { db, pruneTelemetry, pruneScreenshots, pruneStatusLog };
+module.exports = { db, pruneTelemetry, pruneScreenshots, pruneStatusLog, getMaintenanceStats };
diff --git a/server/lib/flap-limiter.js b/server/lib/flap-limiter.js
index fc5857f..96e63c4 100644
--- a/server/lib/flap-limiter.js
+++ b/server/lib/flap-limiter.js
@@ -88,4 +88,10 @@ function startSweep() {
 
 function reset() { state.clear(); }        // tests
 function _size() { return state.size; }
-module.exports = { check, sweep, startSweep, reset, _size };
+// #146 P3.8: soak observability — bucket count + currently-quarantined count.
+function stats(now = Date.now()) {
+  let quarantined = 0;
+  for (const [, s] of state) if (now < s.quarantinedUntil) quarantined++;
+  return { buckets: state.size, quarantined };
+}
+module.exports = { check, sweep, startSweep, reset, _size, stats };
diff --git a/server/lib/ota-download-guard.js b/server/lib/ota-download-guard.js
index e6bb749..dd5a911 100644
--- a/server/lib/ota-download-guard.js
+++ b/server/lib/ota-download-guard.js
@@ -42,4 +42,10 @@ function admit(state, band, now = Date.now()) {
 // release() — call when a served response finishes/closes (once).
 function release(state) { state.inFlight = Math.max(0, state.inFlight - 1); }
 
-module.exports = { newState, admit, release };
+// #146 P3.8: the production singleton state + a stats view for /api/status. Tests use
+// newState() for isolation.
+const _prod = newState();
+function prodState() { return _prod; }
+function stats() { return { inFlight: _prod.inFlight, servedThisWindow: _prod.served, shedThisWindow: _prod.shed, windowCount: _prod.windowCount }; }
+
+module.exports = { newState, admit, release, prodState, stats };
diff --git a/server/routes/status.js b/server/routes/status.js
index e2c62ea..b207ba8 100644
--- a/server/routes/status.js
+++ b/server/routes/status.js
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ const config = require('../config');
 const VERSION = require('../version');
 const { PLATFORM_ROLES } = require('../middleware/auth');
 const loopLag = require('../services/loop-lag');
+// #146 P3.8: soak observability — internal limiter/maintenance states.
+const flapLimiter = require('../lib/flap-limiter');
+const otaDownloadGuard = require('../lib/ota-download-guard');
+const logCoalescer = require('../lib/log-coalescer');
+const { getMaintenanceStats } = require('../db/database');
 
 // Public status page
 router.get('/', (req, res) => {
@@ -28,6 +33,14 @@ router.get('/', (req, res) => {
     // #142: current event-loop lag snapshot, so site lag is diagnosable from the
     // health endpoint independent of any throttling. Cheap (in-memory read).
     loop_lag: loopLag.getLag(),
+    // #146 P3.8: soak observability — see the limiters biting without grepping logs.
+    // Aggregate counts only (no device ids / secrets); cheap in-memory reads.
+    debug: {
+      flap: flapLimiter.stats(),                  // { buckets, quarantined }
+      ota_download: otaDownloadGuard.stats(),     // { inFlight, servedThisWindow, shedThisWindow, windowCount }
+      maintenance: getMaintenanceStats(),         // { deleted, ms, at, running } of the last status-log prune
+      log_coalescer_buffer: logCoalescer._size(),
+    },
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/server/server.js b/server/server.js
index 6a2e794..7c34561 100644
--- a/server/server.js
+++ b/server/server.js
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ function logOtaCheck(deviceId, client, latest, available, reason) {
 // #146 Item C: GLOBAL download admission (lib/ota-download-guard) — concurrency + rate
 // caps + critical-band shed, NEVER per-IP (SNAT). Single bounded rolling state.
 const otaDownloadGuard = require('./lib/ota-download-guard');
-const otaDownloadState = otaDownloadGuard.newState();
+const otaDownloadState = otaDownloadGuard.prodState();   // #146 P3.8: shared singleton so /api/status can read stats
 
 app.get('/download/apk', (req, res) => {
   const apk = apkCache.get();
diff --git a/server/test/loop-lag-integration.test.js b/server/test/loop-lag-integration.test.js
index 8dbb35a..1ff5fba 100644
--- a/server/test/loop-lag-integration.test.js
+++ b/server/test/loop-lag-integration.test.js
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ test('/api/status exposes a current loop_lag snapshot', async () => {
   assert.ok(['normal', 'elevated', 'critical'].includes(body.loop_lag.band), 'band is a valid level');
   assert.equal(typeof body.loop_lag.p99_ms, 'number', 'p99_ms is numeric');
   assert.equal(typeof body.loop_lag.mean_ms, 'number', 'mean_ms is numeric');
+  // #146 P3.8: soak observability block
+  assert.ok(body.debug, 'debug block present');
+  assert.equal(typeof body.debug.flap.buckets, 'number', 'flap bucket count exposed');
+  assert.equal(typeof body.debug.flap.quarantined, 'number', 'flap quarantine count exposed');
+  assert.equal(typeof body.debug.ota_download.inFlight, 'number', 'download in-flight exposed');
+  assert.ok('maintenance' in body.debug && typeof body.debug.maintenance.ms === 'number', 'last-prune stats exposed');
+  assert.equal(typeof body.debug.log_coalescer_buffer, 'number', 'coalescer buffer size exposed');
 });
 
 test('lag samples are persisted AND bounded by retention prune (not unbounded)', async () => {