diff --git a/examples/config.py b/examples/config.py
index 1ed0de51..e46116db 100644
--- a/examples/config.py
+++ b/examples/config.py
@@ -173,10 +173,14 @@ The repository of older versions of applications from the main demo repository.
 #     'bar.info:/var/www/fdroid',
 #     }
 
-# Uncomment this option if you want to logs of builds and other processes to
-# your repository server(s). Logs get published to all servers configured in
-# 'serverwebroot'. The name scheme is: .../repo/$APPID_$VERCODE.log.gz
-# Only logs from build-jobs running inside a buildserver VM are supported.
+# When running fdroid processes on a remote server, it is possible to
+# publish extra information about the status.  Each fdroid sub-command
+# can create repo/status/running.json when it starts, then a
+# repo/status/<sub-command>.json when it completes.  The builds logs
+# and other processes will also get published, if they are running in
+# a buildserver VM.  The build logs name scheme is:
+# .../repo/$APPID_$VERCODE.log.gz.  These files are also pushed to all
+# servers configured in 'serverwebroot'.
 #
 # deploy_process_logs = True
 
diff --git a/fdroidserver/build.py b/fdroidserver/build.py
index 6d8a1ce8..733af34a 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/build.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/build.py
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ def build_server(app, build, vcs, build_dir, output_dir, log_dir, force):
                 buildserverid = subprocess.check_output(['vagrant', 'ssh', '-c',
                                                          'cat /home/vagrant/buildserverid'],
                                                         cwd='builder').strip().decode()
+                status_output['buildserverid'] = buildserverid
                 logging.debug(_('Fetched buildserverid from VM: {buildserverid}')
                               .format(buildserverid=buildserverid))
             except Exception as e:
@@ -912,6 +913,7 @@ config = None
 buildserverid = None
 fdroidserverid = None
 start_timestamp = time.gmtime()
+status_output = None
 timeout_event = threading.Event()
 
 
@@ -978,6 +980,8 @@ def main():
     else:
         also_check_dir = None
 
+    status_output = common.setup_status_output(start_timestamp)
+
     repo_dir = 'repo'
 
     build_dir = 'build'
@@ -1029,6 +1033,8 @@ def main():
     # Build applications...
     failed_apps = {}
     build_succeeded = []
+    status_output['failedBuilds'] = failed_apps
+    status_output['successfulBuilds'] = build_succeeded
     # Only build for 36 hours, then stop gracefully.
     endtime = time.time() + 36 * 60 * 60
     max_build_time_reached = False
@@ -1201,10 +1207,12 @@ def main():
                 except Exception as e:
                     logging.error("Error while attempting to publish build log: %s" % e)
 
+            common.write_running_status_json(status_output)
             if timer:
                 timer.cancel()  # kill the watchdog timer
 
         if max_build_time_reached:
+            status_output['maxBuildTimeReached'] = True
             logging.info("Stopping after global build timeout...")
             break
 
@@ -1263,6 +1271,8 @@ def main():
         newpage = site.Pages['build']
         newpage.save('#REDIRECT [[' + wiki_page_path + ']]', summary='Update redirect')
 
+    common.write_status_json(status_output, options.pretty)
+
     # hack to ensure this exits, even is some threads are still running
     common.force_exit()
 
diff --git a/fdroidserver/checkupdates.py b/fdroidserver/checkupdates.py
index 881f9f48..52f1ceb4 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/checkupdates.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/checkupdates.py
@@ -543,6 +543,18 @@ def checkupdates_app(app):
                 raise FDroidException("Git commit failed")
 
 
+def status_update_json(processed, failed):
+    """Output a JSON file with metadata about this run"""
+
+    logging.debug(_('Outputting JSON'))
+    output = common.setup_status_output(start_timestamp)
+    if processed:
+        output['processed'] = processed
+    if failed:
+        output['failed'] = failed
+    common.write_status_json(output)
+
+
 def update_wiki(gplaylog, locallog):
     if config.get('wiki_server') and config.get('wiki_path'):
         try:
@@ -644,6 +656,8 @@ def main():
         return
 
     locallog = ''
+    processed = []
+    failed = dict()
     for appid, app in apps.items():
 
         if options.autoonly and app.AutoUpdateMode in ('None', 'Static'):
@@ -656,13 +670,15 @@ def main():
 
         try:
             checkupdates_app(app)
+            processed.append(appid)
         except Exception as e:
             msg = _("...checkupdate failed for {appid} : {error}").format(appid=appid, error=e)
             logging.error(msg)
             locallog += msg + '\n'
+            failed[appid] = str(e)
 
     update_wiki(None, locallog)
-
+    status_update_json(processed, failed)
     logging.info(_("Finished"))
 
 
diff --git a/fdroidserver/common.py b/fdroidserver/common.py
index a3e5108f..3697fec4 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/common.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/common.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 # common.py is imported by all modules, so do not import third-party
 # libraries here as they will become a requirement for all commands.
 
+import git
 import io
 import os
 import sys
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ except ImportError:
     import xml.etree.ElementTree as XMLElementTree  # nosec this is a fallback only
 
 from binascii import hexlify
-from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
 from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 from queue import Queue
 from zipfile import ZipFile
@@ -587,17 +588,13 @@ def read_app_args(appid_versionCode_pairs, allapps, allow_vercodes=False):
 
 
 def get_extension(filename):
+    """get name and extension of filename, with extension always lower case"""
     base, ext = os.path.splitext(filename)
     if not ext:
         return base, ''
     return base, ext.lower()[1:]
 
 
-def has_extension(filename, ext):
-    _ignored, f_ext = get_extension(filename)
-    return ext == f_ext
-
-
 publish_name_regex = re.compile(r"^(.+)_([0-9]+)\.(apk|zip)$")
 
 
@@ -674,6 +671,66 @@ def get_build_dir(app):
     return os.path.join('build', app.id)
 
 
+class Encoder(json.JSONEncoder):
+    def default(self, obj):
+        if isinstance(obj, set):
+            return sorted(obj)
+        return super().default(obj)
+
+
+def setup_status_output(start_timestamp):
+    """Create the common output dictionary for public status updates"""
+    output = {
+        'commandLine': sys.argv,
+        'startTimestamp': int(time.mktime(start_timestamp) * 1000),
+        'subcommand': sys.argv[0].split()[1],
+    }
+    if os.path.isdir('.git'):
+        git_repo = git.repo.Repo(os.getcwd())
+        output['fdroiddata'] = {
+            'commitId': get_head_commit_id(git_repo),
+            'isDirty': git_repo.is_dirty(),
+        }
+    fdroidserver_dir = os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0])
+    if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(fdroidserver_dir, '.git')):
+        git_repo = git.repo.Repo(fdroidserver_dir)
+        output['fdroidserver'] = {
+            'commitId': get_head_commit_id(git_repo),
+            'isDirty': git_repo.is_dirty(),
+        }
+    write_running_status_json(output)
+    return output
+
+
+def write_running_status_json(output):
+    write_status_json(output, pretty=True, name='running')
+
+
+def write_status_json(output, pretty=False, name=None):
+    """Write status out as JSON, and rsync it to the repo server"""
+    status_dir = os.path.join('repo', 'status')
+    if not os.path.exists(status_dir):
+        os.mkdir(status_dir)
+    if not name:
+        output['endTimestamp'] = int(datetime.now(timezone.utc).timestamp() * 1000)
+        name = sys.argv[0].split()[1]  # fdroid subcommand
+    path = os.path.join(status_dir, name + '.json')
+    with open(path, 'w') as fp:
+        if pretty:
+            json.dump(output, fp, sort_keys=True, cls=Encoder, indent=2)
+        else:
+            json.dump(output, fp, sort_keys=True, cls=Encoder, separators=(',', ':'))
+    rsync_status_file_to_repo(path, repo_subdir='status')
+
+
+def get_head_commit_id(git_repo):
+    """Get git commit ID for HEAD as a str
+
+    repo.head.commit.binsha is a bytearray stored in a str
+    """
+    return hexlify(bytearray(git_repo.head.commit.binsha)).decode()
+
+
 def setup_vcs(app):
     '''checkout code from VCS and return instance of vcs and the build dir'''
     build_dir = get_build_dir(app)
@@ -1316,7 +1373,7 @@ def manifest_paths(app_dir, flavours):
 def fetch_real_name(app_dir, flavours):
     '''Retrieve the package name. Returns the name, or None if not found.'''
     for path in manifest_paths(app_dir, flavours):
-        if not has_extension(path, 'xml') or not os.path.isfile(path):
+        if not path.endswith('.xml') or not os.path.isfile(path):
             continue
         logging.debug("fetch_real_name: Checking manifest at " + path)
         xml = parse_xml(path)
@@ -1808,11 +1865,11 @@ def prepare_source(vcs, app, build, build_dir, srclib_dir, extlib_dir, onserver=
         for path in manifest_paths(root_dir, flavours):
             if not os.path.isfile(path):
                 continue
-            if has_extension(path, 'xml'):
+            if path.endswith('.xml'):
                 regsub_file(r'android:versionName="[^"]*"',
                             r'android:versionName="%s"' % build.versionName,
                             path)
-            elif has_extension(path, 'gradle'):
+            elif path.endswith('.gradle'):
                 regsub_file(r"""(\s*)versionName[\s'"=]+.*""",
                             r"""\1versionName '%s'""" % build.versionName,
                             path)
@@ -1822,11 +1879,11 @@ def prepare_source(vcs, app, build, build_dir, srclib_dir, extlib_dir, onserver=
         for path in manifest_paths(root_dir, flavours):
             if not os.path.isfile(path):
                 continue
-            if has_extension(path, 'xml'):
+            if path.endswith('.xml'):
                 regsub_file(r'android:versionCode="[^"]*"',
                             r'android:versionCode="%s"' % build.versionCode,
                             path)
-            elif has_extension(path, 'gradle'):
+            elif path.endswith('.gradle'):
                 regsub_file(r'versionCode[ =]+[0-9]+',
                             r'versionCode %s' % build.versionCode,
                             path)
@@ -3300,11 +3357,6 @@ def deploy_build_log_with_rsync(appid, vercode, log_content):
                         be decoded as 'utf-8')
     """
 
-    # check if deploying logs is enabled in config
-    if not config.get('deploy_process_logs', False):
-        logging.debug(_('skip deploying full build logs: not enabled in config'))
-        return
-
     if not log_content:
         logging.warning(_('skip deploying full build logs: log content is empty'))
         return
@@ -3322,13 +3374,17 @@ def deploy_build_log_with_rsync(appid, vercode, log_content):
             f.write(bytes(log_content, 'utf-8'))
         else:
             f.write(log_content)
+    rsync_status_file_to_repo(log_gz_path)
 
-    # TODO: sign compressed log file, if a signing key is configured
+
+def rsync_status_file_to_repo(path, repo_subdir=None):
+    """Copy a build log or status JSON to the repo using rsync"""
+
+    if not config.get('deploy_process_logs', False):
+        logging.debug(_('skip deploying full build logs: not enabled in config'))
+        return
 
     for webroot in config.get('serverwebroot', []):
-        dest_path = os.path.join(webroot, "repo")
-        if not dest_path.endswith('/'):
-            dest_path += '/'  # make sure rsync knows this is a directory
         cmd = ['rsync',
                '--archive',
                '--delete-after',
@@ -3339,15 +3395,21 @@ def deploy_build_log_with_rsync(appid, vercode, log_content):
             cmd += ['--quiet']
         if 'identity_file' in config:
             cmd += ['-e', 'ssh -oBatchMode=yes -oIdentitiesOnly=yes -i ' + config['identity_file']]
-        cmd += [log_gz_path, dest_path]
 
-        # TODO: also deploy signature file if present
+        dest_path = os.path.join(webroot, "repo")
+        if repo_subdir is not None:
+            dest_path = os.path.join(dest_path, repo_subdir)
+        if not dest_path.endswith('/'):
+            dest_path += '/'  # make sure rsync knows this is a directory
+        cmd += [path, dest_path]
 
         retcode = subprocess.call(cmd)
         if retcode:
-            logging.warning(_("failed deploying build logs to '{path}'").format(path=webroot))
+            logging.error(_('process log deploy {path} to {dest} failed!')
+                          .format(path=path, dest=webroot))
         else:
-            logging.info(_("deployed build logs to '{path}'").format(path=webroot))
+            logging.debug(_('deployed process log {path} to {dest}')
+                          .format(path=path, dest=webroot))
 
 
 def get_per_app_repos():
diff --git a/fdroidserver/gpgsign.py b/fdroidserver/gpgsign.py
index b942a21b..a224c3f7 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/gpgsign.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/gpgsign.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import os
 import glob
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
 import logging
+import time
 
 from . import _
 from . import common
@@ -28,6 +29,17 @@ from .exception import FDroidException
 
 config = None
 options = None
+start_timestamp = time.gmtime()
+
+
+def status_update_json(signed):
+    """Output a JSON file with metadata about this run"""
+
+    logging.debug(_('Outputting JSON'))
+    output = common.setup_status_output(start_timestamp)
+    if signed:
+        output['signed'] = signed
+    common.write_status_json(output)
 
 
 def main():
@@ -45,6 +57,7 @@ def main():
     if config['archive_older'] != 0:
         repodirs.append('archive')
 
+    signed = []
     for output_dir in repodirs:
         if not os.path.isdir(output_dir):
             raise FDroidException(_("Missing output directory") + " '" + output_dir + "'")
@@ -72,7 +85,9 @@ def main():
                 if p.returncode != 0:
                     raise FDroidException("Signing failed.")
 
+                signed.append(filename)
                 logging.info('Signed ' + filename)
+    status_update_json(signed)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/fdroidserver/import.py b/fdroidserver/import.py
index 44d6ec32..42ba55e3 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/import.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/import.py
@@ -17,12 +17,13 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-import binascii
+import git
 import glob
 import json
 import os
 import re
 import shutil
+import sys
 import urllib.parse
 import urllib.request
 import yaml
@@ -230,7 +231,7 @@ def main():
     apps = metadata.read_metadata()
     app = None
 
-    build_dir = None
+    tmp_importer_dir = None
 
     local_metadata_files = common.get_local_metadata_files()
     if local_metadata_files != []:
@@ -241,35 +242,34 @@ def main():
         app = metadata.App()
         app.AutoName = os.path.basename(os.getcwd())
         app.RepoType = 'git'
-        app.UpdateCheckMode = "Tags"
 
         if os.path.exists('build.gradle') or os.path.exists('build.gradle.kts'):
             build.gradle = ['yes']
 
-        import git
-        repo = git.repo.Repo(os.getcwd())  # git repo
-        for remote in git.Remote.iter_items(repo):
+        git_repo = git.repo.Repo(os.getcwd())
+        for remote in git.Remote.iter_items(git_repo):
             if remote.name == 'origin':
-                url = repo.remotes.origin.url
+                url = git_repo.remotes.origin.url
                 if url.startswith('https://git'):  # github, gitlab
                     app.SourceCode = url.rstrip('.git')
                 app.Repo = url
                 break
-        # repo.head.commit.binsha is a bytearray stored in a str
-        build.commit = binascii.hexlify(bytearray(repo.head.commit.binsha))
         write_local_file = True
     elif options.url:
         app = get_app_from_url(options.url)
-        build_dir = clone_to_tmp_dir(app)
-        build.commit = '?'
+        tmp_importer_dir = clone_to_tmp_dir(app)
+        git_repo = git.repo.Repo(tmp_importer_dir)
         build.disable = 'Generated by import.py - check/set version fields and commit id'
         write_local_file = False
     else:
         raise FDroidException("Specify project url.")
 
+    app.UpdateCheckMode = 'Tags'
+    build.commit = common.get_head_commit_id(git_repo)
+
     # Extract some information...
-    paths = get_all_gradle_and_manifests(build_dir)
-    subdir = get_gradle_subdir(build_dir, paths)
+    paths = get_all_gradle_and_manifests(tmp_importer_dir)
+    subdir = get_gradle_subdir(tmp_importer_dir, paths)
     if paths:
         versionName, versionCode, package = common.parse_androidmanifests(paths, app)
         if not package:
@@ -303,8 +303,8 @@ def main():
        or os.path.exists(os.path.join(subdir, 'build.gradle')):
         build.gradle = ['yes']
 
-    package_json = os.path.join(build_dir, 'package.json')  # react-native
-    pubspec_yaml = os.path.join(build_dir, 'pubspec.yaml')  # flutter
+    package_json = os.path.join(tmp_importer_dir, 'package.json')  # react-native
+    pubspec_yaml = os.path.join(tmp_importer_dir, 'pubspec.yaml')  # flutter
     if os.path.exists(package_json):
         build.sudo = ['apt-get install npm', 'npm install -g react-native-cli']
         build.init = ['npm install']
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ def main():
         app.License = data.get('license', app.License)
         app.Description = data.get('description', app.Description)
         app.WebSite = data.get('homepage', app.WebSite)
-        app_json = os.path.join(build_dir, 'app.json')
+        app_json = os.path.join(tmp_importer_dir, 'app.json')
         if os.path.exists(app_json):
             with open(app_json) as fp:
                 data = json.load(fp)
@@ -343,8 +343,13 @@ def main():
         # Keep the repo directory to save bandwidth...
         if not os.path.exists('build'):
             os.mkdir('build')
-        if build_dir is not None:
-            shutil.move(build_dir, os.path.join('build', package))
+        build_dir = os.path.join('build', package)
+        if os.path.exists(build_dir):
+            logging.warning(_('{path} already exists, ignoring import results!')
+                            .format(path=build_dir))
+            sys.exit(1)
+        elif tmp_importer_dir is not None:
+            shutil.move(tmp_importer_dir, build_dir)
         with open('build/.fdroidvcs-' + package, 'w') as f:
             f.write(app.RepoType + ' ' + app.Repo)
 
diff --git a/fdroidserver/publish.py b/fdroidserver/publish.py
index 1369d177..d69e3656 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/publish.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/publish.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ from collections import OrderedDict
 import logging
 from gettext import ngettext
 import json
+import time
 import zipfile
 
 from . import _
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ from .exception import BuildException, FDroidException
 
 config = None
 options = None
+start_timestamp = time.gmtime()
 
 
 def publish_source_tarball(apkfilename, unsigned_dir, output_dir):
@@ -138,6 +140,20 @@ def store_stats_fdroid_signing_key_fingerprints(appids, indent=None):
     sign_sig_key_fingerprint_list(jar_file)
 
 
+def status_update_json(newKeyAliases, generatedKeys, signedApks):
+    """Output a JSON file with metadata about this run"""
+
+    logging.debug(_('Outputting JSON'))
+    output = common.setup_status_output(start_timestamp)
+    if newKeyAliases:
+        output['newKeyAliases'] = newKeyAliases
+    if generatedKeys:
+        output['generatedKeys'] = generatedKeys
+    if signedApks:
+        output['signedApks'] = signedApks
+    common.write_status_json(output)
+
+
 def main():
 
     global config, options
@@ -195,6 +211,9 @@ def main():
     # collisions, and refuse to do any publishing if that's the case...
     allapps = metadata.read_metadata()
     vercodes = common.read_pkg_args(options.appid, True)
+    signed_apks = dict()
+    new_key_aliases = []
+    generated_keys = dict()
     allaliases = []
     for appid in allapps:
         m = hashlib.md5()  # nosec just used to generate a keyalias
@@ -314,6 +333,7 @@ def main():
                     m = hashlib.md5()  # nosec just used to generate a keyalias
                     m.update(appid.encode('utf-8'))
                     keyalias = m.hexdigest()[:8]
+                    new_key_aliases.append(keyalias)
                 logging.info("Key alias: " + keyalias)
 
                 # See if we already have a key for this application, and
@@ -336,6 +356,9 @@ def main():
                                      '-dname', config['keydname']], envs=env_vars)
                     if p.returncode != 0:
                         raise BuildException("Failed to generate key", p.output)
+                    if appid not in generated_keys:
+                        generated_keys[appid] = set()
+                    generated_keys[appid].add(appid)
 
                 signed_apk_path = os.path.join(output_dir, apkfilename)
                 if os.path.exists(signed_apk_path):
@@ -353,6 +376,9 @@ def main():
                                  apkfile, keyalias], envs=env_vars)
                 if p.returncode != 0:
                     raise BuildException(_("Failed to sign application"), p.output)
+                if appid not in signed_apks:
+                    signed_apks[appid] = []
+                signed_apks[appid].append(apkfile)
 
                 # Zipalign it...
                 common._zipalign(apkfile, os.path.join(output_dir, apkfilename))
@@ -362,6 +388,7 @@ def main():
                 logging.info('Published ' + apkfilename)
 
     store_stats_fdroid_signing_key_fingerprints(allapps.keys())
+    status_update_json(new_key_aliases, generated_keys, signed_apks)
     logging.info('published list signing-key fingerprints')
 
 
diff --git a/fdroidserver/server.py b/fdroidserver/server.py
index d00dd2da..c01c1f26 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/server.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/server.py
@@ -809,6 +809,7 @@ def main():
     if config.get('wiki_server') and config.get('wiki_path'):
         update_wiki()
 
+    common.write_status_json(common.setup_status_output(start_timestamp))
     sys.exit(0)
 
 
diff --git a/fdroidserver/signindex.py b/fdroidserver/signindex.py
index cbd55239..1f02d0f9 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/signindex.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/signindex.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 import os
+import time
 import zipfile
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
 import logging
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ from .exception import FDroidException
 
 config = None
 options = None
+start_timestamp = time.gmtime()
 
 
 def sign_jar(jar):
@@ -75,6 +77,16 @@ def sign_index_v1(repodir, json_name):
     sign_jar(jar_file)
 
 
+def status_update_json(signed):
+    """Output a JSON file with metadata about this run"""
+
+    logging.debug(_('Outputting JSON'))
+    output = common.setup_status_output(start_timestamp)
+    if signed:
+        output['signed'] = signed
+    common.write_status_json(output)
+
+
 def main():
 
     global config, options
@@ -94,7 +106,7 @@ def main():
     if config['archive_older'] != 0:
         repodirs.append('archive')
 
-    signed = 0
+    signed = []
     for output_dir in repodirs:
         if not os.path.isdir(output_dir):
             raise FDroidException("Missing output directory '" + output_dir + "'")
@@ -102,9 +114,10 @@ def main():
         unsigned = os.path.join(output_dir, 'index_unsigned.jar')
         if os.path.exists(unsigned):
             sign_jar(unsigned)
-            os.rename(unsigned, os.path.join(output_dir, 'index.jar'))
+            index_jar = os.path.join(output_dir, 'index.jar')
+            os.rename(unsigned, index_jar)
             logging.info('Signed index in ' + output_dir)
-            signed += 1
+            signed.append(index_jar)
 
         json_name = 'index-v1.json'
         index_file = os.path.join(output_dir, json_name)
@@ -112,10 +125,11 @@ def main():
             sign_index_v1(output_dir, json_name)
             os.remove(index_file)
             logging.info('Signed ' + index_file)
-            signed += 1
+            signed.append(index_file)
 
-    if signed == 0:
+    if not signed:
         logging.info(_("Nothing to do"))
+    status_update_json(signed)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/fdroidserver/update.py b/fdroidserver/update.py
index ae4a4bfa..13947570 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/update.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/update.py
@@ -121,6 +121,57 @@ def disabled_algorithms_allowed():
     return options.allow_disabled_algorithms or config['allow_disabled_algorithms']
 
 
+def status_update_json(apps, sortedids, apks):
+    """Output a JSON file with metadata about this `fdroid update` run
+
+    :param apps: fully populated list of all applications
+    :param apks: all to be published apks
+
+    """
+
+    logging.debug(_('Outputting JSON'))
+    output = common.setup_status_output(start_timestamp)
+    output['antiFeatures'] = dict()
+    output['disabled'] = []
+    output['failedBuilds'] = dict()
+    output['noPackages'] = []
+
+    for appid in sortedids:
+        app = apps[appid]
+        for af in app.get('AntiFeatures', []):
+            antiFeatures = output['antiFeatures']  # JSON camelCase
+            if af not in antiFeatures:
+                antiFeatures[af] = dict()
+            if appid not in antiFeatures[af]:
+                antiFeatures[af]['apps'] = set()
+            antiFeatures[af]['apps'].add(appid)
+
+        apklist = []
+        for apk in apks:
+            if apk['packageName'] == appid:
+                apklist.append(apk)
+        builds = app.get('builds', [])
+        validapks = 0
+        for build in builds:
+            if not build.get('disable'):
+                builtit = False
+                for apk in apklist:
+                    if apk['versionCode'] == int(build.versionCode):
+                        builtit = True
+                        validapks += 1
+                        break
+                if not builtit:
+                    failedBuilds = output['failedBuilds']
+                    if appid not in failedBuilds:
+                        failedBuilds[appid] = []
+                    failedBuilds[appid].append(build.versionCode)
+        if validapks == 0:
+            output['noPackages'].append(appid)
+        if app.get('Disabled'):
+            output['disabled'].append(appid)
+    common.write_status_json(output, options.pretty)
+
+
 def update_wiki(apps, sortedids, apks):
     """Update the wiki
 
@@ -2200,6 +2251,7 @@ def main():
     # Update the wiki...
     if options.wiki:
         update_wiki(apps, sortedids, apks + archapks)
+    status_update_json(apps, sortedids, apks + archapks)
 
     logging.info(_("Finished"))
 
diff --git a/fdroidserver/verify.py b/fdroidserver/verify.py
index 8025b054..bd1433d2 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/verify.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/verify.py
@@ -64,13 +64,6 @@ class Decoder(json.JSONDecoder):
         return set(values), end
 
 
-class Encoder(json.JSONEncoder):
-    def default(self, obj):
-        if isinstance(obj, set):
-            return sorted(obj)
-        return super().default(obj)
-
-
 def write_json_report(url, remote_apk, unsigned_apk, compare_result):
     """write out the results of the verify run to JSON
 
@@ -118,7 +111,7 @@ def write_json_report(url, remote_apk, unsigned_apk, compare_result):
             data['packages'][packageName] = set()
         data['packages'][packageName].add(output)
         with open(jsonfile, 'w') as fp:
-            json.dump(data, fp, cls=Encoder, sort_keys=True)
+            json.dump(data, fp, cls=common.Encoder, sort_keys=True)
 
 
 def main():
diff --git a/jenkins-test b/jenkins-test
index d6ce9659..945d5d37 100755
--- a/jenkins-test
+++ b/jenkins-test
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ fi
 gpg --import $GNUPGHOME/secring.gpg
 
 echo "build_server_always = True" >> config.py
+echo "deploy_process_logs = True" >> config.py
 echo "make_current_version_link = False" >> config.py
 echo "gpghome = '$GNUPGHOME'" >> config.py
 echo "gpgkey = 'CE71F7FB'" >> config.py
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ test -d repo || mkdir repo
 test -d archive || mkdir archive
 # when everything is copied over to run on SIGN machine
 ../fdroid publish
+
 ../fdroid gpgsign
 # when everything is copied over to run on BUILD machine,
 # which does not have a keyring, only a cached pubkey
diff --git a/tests/common.TestCase b/tests/common.TestCase
index 799455f0..856b71e7 100755
--- a/tests/common.TestCase
+++ b/tests/common.TestCase
@@ -5,13 +5,16 @@
 import difflib
 import glob
 import inspect
+import json
 import logging
 import optparse
 import os
 import re
 import shutil
+import subprocess
 import sys
 import tempfile
+import time
 import unittest
 import textwrap
 import yaml
@@ -1131,6 +1134,55 @@ class CommonTest(unittest.TestCase):
                 with gzip.open(expected_log_path, 'r') as f:
                     self.assertEqual(f.read(), mocklogcontent)
 
+    def test_deploy_status_json(self):
+        testdir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix=inspect.currentframe().f_code.co_name, dir=self.tmpdir)
+
+        fakesubcommand = 'fakesubcommand'
+        fake_timestamp = 1234567890
+        fakeserver = 'example.com:/var/www/fbot/'
+        expected_dir = os.path.join(testdir, fakeserver.replace(':', ''), 'repo', 'status')
+
+        fdroidserver.common.options = mock.Mock()
+        fdroidserver.common.config = {}
+        fdroidserver.common.config['serverwebroot'] = [fakeserver]
+        fdroidserver.common.config['identity_file'] = 'ssh/id_rsa'
+
+        def assert_subprocess_call(cmd):
+            dest_path = os.path.join(testdir, cmd[-1].replace(':', ''))
+            if not os.path.exists(dest_path):
+                os.makedirs(dest_path)
+            return subprocess.run(cmd[:-1] + [dest_path]).returncode
+
+        with mock.patch('subprocess.call', side_effect=assert_subprocess_call):
+            with mock.patch.object(sys, 'argv', ['fdroid ' + fakesubcommand]):
+                output = fdroidserver.common.setup_status_output(time.localtime(fake_timestamp))
+                self.assertFalse(os.path.exists(os.path.join(expected_dir, 'running.json')))
+                with mock.patch.object(sys, 'argv', ['fdroid ' + fakesubcommand]):
+                    fdroidserver.common.write_status_json(output)
+                self.assertFalse(os.path.exists(os.path.join(expected_dir, fakesubcommand + '.json')))
+
+                fdroidserver.common.config['deploy_process_logs'] = True
+
+                output = fdroidserver.common.setup_status_output(time.localtime(fake_timestamp))
+                expected_path = os.path.join(expected_dir, 'running.json')
+                self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(expected_path))
+                with open(expected_path) as fp:
+                    data = json.load(fp)
+                self.assertEqual(fake_timestamp * 1000, data['startTimestamp'])
+                self.assertFalse('endTimestamp' in data)
+
+                testvalue = 'asdfasd'
+                output['testvalue'] = testvalue
+
+                fdroidserver.common.write_status_json(output)
+                expected_path = os.path.join(expected_dir, fakesubcommand + '.json')
+                self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(expected_path))
+                with open(expected_path) as fp:
+                    data = json.load(fp)
+                self.assertEqual(fake_timestamp * 1000, data['startTimestamp'])
+                self.assertTrue('endTimestamp' in data)
+                self.assertEqual(testvalue, output.get('testvalue'))
+
     def test_string_is_integer(self):
         self.assertTrue(fdroidserver.common.string_is_integer('0x10'))
         self.assertTrue(fdroidserver.common.string_is_integer('010'))
diff --git a/tests/publish.TestCase b/tests/publish.TestCase
index 2e658c1e..ac00d6d9 100755
--- a/tests/publish.TestCase
+++ b/tests/publish.TestCase
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import sys
 import unittest
 import tempfile
 import textwrap
+from unittest import mock
 
 localmodule = os.path.realpath(
     os.path.join(os.path.dirname(inspect.getfile(inspect.currentframe())), '..'))
@@ -158,7 +159,8 @@ class PublishTest(unittest.TestCase):
                     os.path.join(testdir, 'unsigned', 'binaries', 'com.politedroid_6.binary.apk'))
 
         os.chdir(testdir)
-        publish.main()
+        with mock.patch.object(sys, 'argv', ['fdroid fakesubcommand']):
+            publish.main()
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":