1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/app/backends/servers.py b/app/backends/servers.py
index a5a6829..63f37ce 100644
--- a/app/backends/servers.py
+++ b/app/backends/servers.py
@@ -233,6 +233,22 @@ def stop(name: str) -> bool:
     return killed
 
 
+def manages(specs) -> bool:
+    """True when any SPEC in the list was started (and is kept alive) by us.
+
+    A server counts as ours when ``start`` recorded a pid file for it and
+    that pid is still alive — the same ownership rule ``stop`` applies
+    before refusing ("not started by this tool"). Used by the backends'
+    ``detect()`` so the hub's status table can tag an up server as
+    "[remote]" when it was launched outside this tool.
+    """
+    for spec in specs:
+        pid = pid_for(spec.name)
+        if pid is not None and _pid_alive(pid):
+            return True
+    return False
+
+
 def pid_for(name: str):
     """Return the recorded pid for NAME, or None when no pid file exists."""
     pid_file = _pid_path(name)