diff --git a/app/server/api.py b/app/server/api.py
index 1acdb3d..6f4cc51 100644
--- a/app/server/api.py
+++ b/app/server/api.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def page_json(page: status.Page) -> dict[str, Any]:
         "dir": page.dir,
         "rows": [asdict(row) for row in page.rows],
         "hosts": page.hosts,
-        "deploy": page.deploy,
+        "deploy": asdict(page.deploy) if page.deploy else None,
         "log": page.log,
         "template_moved": page.template_moved,
     }
@@ -866,9 +866,10 @@ async def app_deploy_get(self, c: Context, w: Writer) -> None:
             # No deploy runs: the deploy container is the record. A skipped deploy has none.
             record = await status.last_deploy(self.yard, name)
             if record is not None:
-                if record["status"] == "ok":
-                    record["port"] = await apps.exposed_port(self.yard, name)
-                w.json(cast(JsonValue, {"deploy": record}))
+                body = asdict(record)
+                if record.status == "ok":
+                    body["port"] = await apps.exposed_port(self.yard, name)
+                w.json(cast(JsonValue, {"deploy": body}))
                 return
             if job is None:
                 raise YardError(404, "not_found", f"{name} has no deploy yet", context={"app": name})
diff --git a/app/server/apps.py b/app/server/apps.py
index b1e5a01..fc387f1 100644
--- a/app/server/apps.py
+++ b/app/server/apps.py
@@ -210,9 +210,9 @@ async def _join(yard: Yard, job: Job) -> Outcome:
     job.push(f"== {deploy_container(job.app)} is running. This deploy follows it.")
     await compose.follow(yard.config, job.app, job.push)
     record = await status.last_deploy(yard, job.app)
-    if record is None or record["status"] == "running":
+    if record is None or record.status == "running":
         return Outcome("failed", error=f"lost {deploy_container(job.app)} while it ran", joined=True)
-    return Outcome(record["status"], record["image"], record["error"], record["previous"], joined=True)
+    return Outcome(record.status, record.image, record.error, record.previous, joined=True)
 
 
 @dataclass(slots=True)
@@ -241,24 +241,19 @@ async def _ready_repo(yard: Yard, app: App, job: Job, ready: Ready) -> Ready:
     # Label the tried pair before the plan can fail, or the check loop retries every round.
     ready.deployed = Deployed(revision=ready.revision, template=_template_at(checkout, app))
     plan = _plan(yard, app, ready.before)
-    ready.image = compose.image_tag(app.name, ready.revision, plan.template)
-    dockerfile = ""
-    if plan.kind == "containerfile":
-        dockerfile = str(config.app_dir(app.name) / "Containerfile") if plan.answer.startswith("yard:") else plan.answer
+    ready.deployed = Deployed(
+        revision=ready.revision, runs=plan.answer, kind=plan.kind, reason=plan.reason, template=plan.template
+    )
     try:
-        project = compose.project(
-            config, app, plan.kind, plan.answer, ready.revision, ready.image, checkout, dockerfile
-        )
+        project = compose.project(config, app, ready.deployed)
     except OSError as exc:
         raise YardError(502, "compose", str(exc)) from exc
+    ready.image = project.image
     job.push(f"== runs {plan.answer} ({plan.kind}" + (f"; {plan.reason}" if plan.reason else "") + ")")
     # A deploy of a sha whose image is still local skips the build.
     if await _image_exists(yard, ready.image):
         project.env["SKIP_BUILD"] = "1"
     ready.project = project
-    ready.deployed = Deployed(
-        revision=ready.revision, runs=plan.answer, kind=plan.kind, reason=plan.reason, template=plan.template
-    )
     return ready
 
 
@@ -273,12 +268,13 @@ async def _ready_source(yard: Yard, app: App, job: Job, ready: Ready) -> Ready:
     previous_copy = None
     if kind == "image":
         ready.revision = await sources.digest(app.runs)
-        ready.deployed = Deployed(revision=ready.revision)
-        ready.image = f"{app.runs.split('@', 1)[0]}@{ready.revision}"
+        ready.deployed = Deployed(revision=ready.revision, runs=app.runs, kind="image")
+        ready.image = compose.plan_image(app, ready.deployed)
     else:
         body = await sources.fetch_file(app.runs)
         ready.revision = "sha256:" + hashlib.sha256(body).hexdigest()
-        ready.deployed = Deployed(revision=ready.revision)
+        ready.deployed = Deployed(revision=ready.revision, runs=app.runs, kind="compose")
+        ready.image = compose.plan_image(app, ready.deployed)
         text = body.decode("utf-8", "replace")
         if detect.classify(text) != "compose":
             raise YardError(502, "detect", "a Containerfile needs a repo to build; a URL can name a compose file")
@@ -289,8 +285,6 @@ async def _ready_source(yard: Yard, app: App, job: Job, ready: Ready) -> Ready:
                 "a compose file from a URL cannot build: there is no checkout",
                 help_text="Build the image elsewhere, or give the app a repo.",
             )
-        kind = "compose"
-        ready.image = f"compose:{ready.revision[7:19]}"
         ready.revert_image = False
         if ready.before.revision:
             previous_copy = config.compose_copy(app.name, ready.before.revision)
@@ -301,12 +295,11 @@ async def _ready_source(yard: Yard, app: App, job: Job, ready: Ready) -> Ready:
         for path in copy.parent.glob("*.yml"):
             if path not in (copy, previous_copy):
                 path.unlink()
-    project = compose.project(config, app, kind, app.runs, ready.revision, ready.image, config.app_dir(app.name))
+    project = compose.project(config, app, ready.deployed)
     project.env["SKIP_BUILD"] = "1"
     if previous_copy is not None and previous_copy.is_file():
         project.env["PREVIOUS_COMPOSE_FILE"] = str(previous_copy)
     ready.project = project
-    ready.deployed = Deployed(revision=ready.revision, runs=app.runs, kind=kind)
     return ready
 
 
@@ -325,13 +318,7 @@ async def _apply(yard: Yard, app: App, job: Job, ready: Ready) -> Outcome:
     code, _text = await compose.apply(config, app.name, "up", project, labels=labels, detach=detach, on_line=job.push)
     if detach:
         return Outcome("pending", ready.image, previous=previous)
-    if code == 3:
-        outcome = Outcome("reverted", ready.image, f"unhealthy; reverted to {previous}", previous)
-    elif code:
-        outcome = Outcome("failed", ready.image, f"apply exited {code}", previous)
-    else:
-        outcome = Outcome("ok", ready.image, previous=previous)
-    return outcome
+    return Outcome(status.deploy_status(code), ready.image, status.deploy_error(code, previous), previous)
 
 
 def _labels(job: Job, ready: Ready, outcome: Outcome) -> dict[str, str]:
diff --git a/app/server/compose.py b/app/server/compose.py
index 9ec5ed0..22aa10e 100644
--- a/app/server/compose.py
+++ b/app/server/compose.py
@@ -35,6 +35,17 @@ class Project:
     name: str
     files: list[str]
     env: dict[str, str]
+    image: str = ""
+
+
+def plan_image(app: App, plan: Deployed) -> str:
+    """The image a plan runs: a local tag for a repo app, the pinned digest for an image app,
+    and a compose:<12 hex> name for a compose file from a URL."""
+    if app.repo:
+        return image_tag(app.name, plan.revision, plan.template)
+    if plan.kind == "image":
+        return f"{plan.runs.split('@', 1)[0]}@{plan.revision}"
+    return f"compose:{plan.revision[7:19]}"
 
 
 def run_env(config: Config, app: App, checkout: Path, image: str, sha: str) -> dict[str, str]:
@@ -58,56 +69,41 @@ def run_env(config: Config, app: App, checkout: Path, image: str, sha: str) -> d
     return env
 
 
-def project(
-    config: Config,
-    app: App,
-    kind: str,
-    runs: str,
-    revision: str,
-    image: str,
-    checkout: Path,
-    dockerfile: str = "",
-) -> Project:
-    """The project a deploy or purge runs.
+def project(config: Config, app: App, plan: Deployed) -> Project:
+    """The project a deploy or purge runs, with the image it runs.
 
     kind "containerfile" composes Yard's app+build files; "image" composes app
     only; "compose" runs the file itself: the clone path or the fetched copy.
     """
-    env = run_env(config, app, checkout, image, revision)
+    checkout = config.clone(app.name) if app.repo else config.app_dir(app.name)
+    image = plan_image(app, plan)
+    env = run_env(config, app, checkout, image, plan.revision)
     ensure_file(config.env(app.name))
-    if kind == "containerfile":
+    if plan.kind == "containerfile":
         files = [APP_COMPOSE, BUILD_COMPOSE]
-        env["DOCKERFILE"] = dockerfile
+        # A written Containerfile lives beside the clone; a repo one is a path in it.
+        written = plan.runs.startswith("yard:")
+        env["DOCKERFILE"] = str(config.app_dir(app.name) / "Containerfile") if written else plan.runs
         env["YARD_FILES"] = "1"
-    elif kind == "image":
+    elif plan.kind == "image":
         files = [APP_COMPOSE]
         env["YARD_FILES"] = "1"
-    elif runs.startswith("https://"):
-        files = [str(config.compose_copy(app.name, revision))]
+    elif not app.repo:
+        files = [str(config.compose_copy(app.name, plan.revision))]
     else:
-        files = [str(checkout / runs)]
-    return Project(app.name, files, env)
+        files = [str(checkout / plan.runs)]
+    return Project(app.name, files, env, image)
 
 
-def saved_project(config: Config, app: App, deployed: Deployed | None) -> Project | None:
-    """Rebuild the project for a purge from the running plan; None when there is none."""
-    if deployed is None or not deployed.revision:
+def saved_project(config: Config, app: App, plan: Deployed | None) -> Project | None:
+    """The project for a purge from the running plan; None when its files are gone."""
+    if plan is None or not plan.revision:
+        return None
+    if app.repo and not (config.clone(app.name) / ".git").exists():
         return None
-    if deployed.kind == "image":
-        image = f"{deployed.runs.split('@', 1)[0]}@{deployed.revision}"
-        return project(config, app, "image", "", deployed.revision, image, config.app_dir(app.name))
-    if deployed.kind == "compose" and deployed.runs.startswith("https://"):
-        copy = config.compose_copy(app.name, deployed.revision)
-        if not copy.is_file():
-            return None
-        image = f"compose:{deployed.revision[7:19]}"
-        return project(config, app, "compose", deployed.runs, deployed.revision, image, config.app_dir(app.name))
-    checkout = config.clone(app.name)
-    if not (checkout / ".git").exists():
+    if not app.repo and plan.kind == "compose" and not config.compose_copy(app.name, plan.revision).is_file():
         return None
-    image = image_tag(app.name, deployed.revision, deployed.template)
-    dockerfile = str(config.app_dir(app.name) / "Containerfile") if deployed.runs.startswith("yard:") else deployed.runs
-    return project(config, app, deployed.kind, deployed.runs, deployed.revision, image, checkout, dockerfile)
+    return project(config, app, plan)
 
 
 async def apply(
diff --git a/app/server/status.py b/app/server/status.py
index dcb253a..9389877 100644
--- a/app/server/status.py
+++ b/app/server/status.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import os
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from app.server import journal, podman, sites
 from app.server.podman import Container, Sample
@@ -15,6 +15,32 @@
     from app.server.yard import Yard
 
 
+@dataclass(slots=True)
+class Record:
+    """The last deploy, read from the deploy container: its labels and its exit code."""
+
+    app: str
+    sha: str
+    image: str
+    status: str
+    cause: str
+    actor: str
+    previous: str
+    error: str
+    started: str
+    ended: str
+
+
+def deploy_status(code: int) -> str:
+    """The end of a deploy from the apply exit code: 0 ok, 3 reverted, any other code failed."""
+    return "ok" if code == 0 else "reverted" if code == 3 else "failed"
+
+
+def deploy_error(code: int, previous: str) -> str:
+    """The error text of an apply that did not end ok."""
+    return f"unhealthy; reverted to {previous}" if code == 3 else f"apply exited {code}" if code else ""
+
+
 @dataclass(slots=True)
 class Row:
     app: str = ""
@@ -38,7 +64,7 @@ class Row:
     cpu: str = ""
     mem: str = ""
     data: int = 0
-    deploy: dict[str, Any] | None = None
+    deploy: Record | None = None
     template_moved: bool = False
 
 
@@ -70,7 +96,7 @@ class Page:
     dir: str
     rows: list[Row]
     hosts: list[str]
-    deploy: dict[str, Any] | None
+    deploy: Record | None
     log: str
     deployed: Deployed | None = None
     template_moved: bool = False
@@ -213,37 +239,25 @@ def _image_plan(app: App, listed: dict[str, Container]) -> Deployed | None:
     return Deployed(revision=revision, template=tag[len(revision) + 1 :])
 
 
-def deploy_record(listed: dict[str, Container], name: str) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
+def deploy_record(listed: dict[str, Container], name: str) -> Record | None:
     """The deploy container is the record of the last deploy: its labels and its exit code."""
     item = listed.get(deploy_container(name))
     if item is None:
         return None
-    if item.running:
-        state = "running"
-    elif item.exit_code == 0:
-        state = "ok"
-    elif item.exit_code == 3:
-        state = "reverted"
-    else:
-        state = "failed"
     labels = item.labels
-    error = labels.get("error", "")
-    if not error and state == "failed":
-        error = f"apply exited {item.exit_code}"
-    elif not error and state == "reverted":
-        error = f"unhealthy; reverted to {labels.get('previous', '')}"
-    return {
-        "app": name,
-        "sha": labels.get("sha", ""),
-        "image": labels.get("image", ""),
-        "status": state,
-        "cause": labels.get("cause", ""),
-        "actor": labels.get("actor", ""),
-        "previous": labels.get("previous", ""),
-        "error": error,
-        "started": stamp(item.started) if item.started else "",
-        "ended": stamp(item.exited) if item.exited and not item.running else "",
-    }
+    previous = labels.get("previous", "")
+    return Record(
+        app=name,
+        sha=labels.get("sha", ""),
+        image=labels.get("image", ""),
+        status="running" if item.running else deploy_status(item.exit_code),
+        cause=labels.get("cause", ""),
+        actor=labels.get("actor", ""),
+        previous=previous,
+        error=labels.get("error", "") or ("" if item.running else deploy_error(item.exit_code, previous)),
+        started=stamp(item.started) if item.started else "",
+        ended=stamp(item.exited) if item.exited and not item.running else "",
+    )
 
 
 def _site_target(app: App, items: list[Container]) -> str:
@@ -259,7 +273,7 @@ def _app_rows(
     samples: dict[str, Sample],
     tip: Tip | None,
     deployed: Deployed | None,
-    note: dict[str, Any] | None,
+    note: Record | None,
     hosts: list[str],
     crashes: dict[str, tuple[bool, str]],
     running_only: bool,
@@ -338,7 +352,7 @@ def _row(
     sample: Sample | None,
     tip: Tip | None,
     deployed: Deployed | None,
-    note: dict[str, Any] | None,
+    note: Record | None,
     hosts: list[str],
     crashes: dict[str, tuple[bool, str]],
 ) -> Row:
@@ -415,7 +429,7 @@ async def _container_tail(yard: Yard, name: str) -> str:
             return ""
 
 
-async def last_deploy(yard: Yard, name: str) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
+async def last_deploy(yard: Yard, name: str) -> Record | None:
     """The record of the last deploy, read from its container; None before the first deploy."""
     try:
         listed = podman.parse_ps(await yard.podman.run("ps", "-a", "--format", "json"))
diff --git a/tests/server/test_apps.py b/tests/server/test_apps.py
index 8036f04..f6b5f9e 100644
--- a/tests/server/test_apps.py
+++ b/tests/server/test_apps.py
@@ -752,7 +752,8 @@ async def test_check_repo_debounces(tmp_path: Path, monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPa
     yard = make_yard(tmp_path)
     yard.store.create_app("heldso", "https://origin.cursor.com/org/app", "main", "push")
     _connect(monkeypatch)
-    monkeypatch.setattr(apps, "_DEBOUNCE", 0.05)
+    # The window must outlast one check: each check also asks Podman for the deploy record.
+    monkeypatch.setattr(apps, "_DEBOUNCE", 0.5)
     seen: list[str] = []
 
     async def fake_tip(clone, url, ref, token=""):
@@ -764,7 +765,7 @@ async def fake_tip(clone, url, ref, token=""):
     await apps.check_repo(yard, "https://origin.cursor.com/org/app")
     await apps.check_repo(yard, "https://origin.cursor.com/org/app")
     assert seen == ["tip"]
-    await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
+    await asyncio.sleep(0.7)
     assert seen == ["tip", "tip"]
 
 
diff --git a/tests/server/test_compose.py b/tests/server/test_compose.py
index ce74da4..49294dc 100644
--- a/tests/server/test_compose.py
+++ b/tests/server/test_compose.py
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ def _app(name: str, trigger: str = "") -> App:
     return App(name, "https://origin.cursor.com/org/heldso", "main", trigger or "push", "")
 
 
-def _checkout(root: Path, files: dict[str, str]) -> Path:
-    directory = root / "src" / "heldso" / "abc"
+def _checkout(root: Path, files: dict[str, str], name: str = "heldso") -> Path:
+    """The app's clone, where compose.project reads a repo app's files."""
+    directory = root / "apps" / name / "repo"
     directory.mkdir(parents=True)
     for name, text in files.items():
         path = directory / name
@@ -73,18 +74,16 @@ def test_run_env_is_the_interpolation_env(tmp_path: Path):
 def test_project_containerfile_composes_app_and_build(tmp_path: Path):
     config = _config(tmp_path)
     checkout = _checkout(tmp_path, {"Containerfile": "FROM scratch\n"})
-    found = project(
-        config,
-        _app("heldso"),
-        "containerfile",
-        "Containerfile",
-        "abc",
-        "localhost/heldso:abc",
-        checkout,
-        "Containerfile",
-    )
+    found = project(config, _app("heldso"), Deployed(revision="abc", runs="Containerfile", kind="containerfile"))
     assert found.files == [APP_COMPOSE, BUILD_COMPOSE]
     assert found.env["DOCKERFILE"] == "Containerfile"
+    assert found.env["CHECKOUT"] == str(checkout)
+    assert found.image == "localhost/heldso:abc"
+    written = project(
+        config, _app("heldso"), Deployed(revision="abc", runs="yard:go", kind="containerfile", template="3f9a1c2e")
+    )
+    assert written.env["DOCKERFILE"] == str(tmp_path / "apps" / "heldso" / "Containerfile")
+    assert written.image == "localhost/heldso:abc-3f9a1c2e"
     assert found.env["YARD_FILES"] == "1"
     env_file = tmp_path / "apps" / "heldso" / "env"
     assert env_file.read_text() == ""
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ def test_project_containerfile_composes_app_and_build(tmp_path: Path):
 def test_project_repo_compose_is_one_file(tmp_path: Path):
     config = _config(tmp_path)
     checkout = _checkout(tmp_path, {"compose.yml": FULL})
-    found = project(config, _app("heldso"), "compose", "compose.yml", "abc", "localhost/heldso:abc", checkout)
+    found = project(config, _app("heldso"), Deployed(revision="abc", runs="compose.yml", kind="compose"))
     assert found.files == [str(checkout / "compose.yml")]
     assert "YARD_FILES" not in found.env
 
@@ -101,10 +100,10 @@ def test_project_repo_compose_is_one_file(tmp_path: Path):
 def test_project_image_app_is_app_only(tmp_path: Path):
     config = _config(tmp_path)
     app = App("db", "", "main", "push", "", "postgres:17")
-    found = project(
-        config, app, "image", "", "sha256:" + "a" * 64, f"postgres:17@sha256:{'a' * 64}", config.app_dir("db")
-    )
+    found = project(config, app, Deployed(revision="sha256:" + "a" * 64, runs=app.runs, kind="image"))
     assert found.files == [APP_COMPOSE]
+    assert found.image == f"postgres:17@sha256:{'a' * 64}"
+    assert found.env["CHECKOUT"] == str(config.app_dir("db"))
     assert found.env["YARD_FILES"] == "1"
 
 
@@ -112,14 +111,15 @@ def test_project_url_compose_is_the_copy(tmp_path: Path):
     config = _config(tmp_path)
     app = App("u", "", "main", "push", "", "https://example.com/x.yml")
     rev = "sha256:" + "b" * 64
-    found = project(config, app, "compose", app.runs, rev, f"compose:{rev[7:19]}", config.app_dir("u"))
+    found = project(config, app, Deployed(revision=rev, runs=app.runs, kind="compose"))
+    assert found.image == f"compose:{rev[7:19]}"
     assert found.files == [str(tmp_path / "apps" / "u" / "compose" / f"{rev[7:19]}.yml")]
 
 
 def test_the_yard_app_gets_its_host_paths_from_config(tmp_path: Path):
     config = _config(tmp_path)
-    checkout = _checkout(tmp_path, {"ops/compose.yml": FULL})
-    found = project(config, _app("yard"), "compose", "ops/compose.yml", "abc", "localhost/yard:abc", checkout)
+    checkout = _checkout(tmp_path, {"ops/compose.yml": FULL}, "yard")
+    found = project(config, _app("yard"), Deployed(revision="abc", runs="ops/compose.yml", kind="compose"))
     assert found.env["YARD_ROOT"] == str(tmp_path)
     assert found.env["YARD_PODMAN_SOCK"] == "/run/podman.sock"
     assert found.env["YARD_PODMAN_DIR"] == "/run"
@@ -284,8 +284,8 @@ async def fake_run(argv, env, on_line=None):
         return 0, ""
 
     monkeypatch.setattr(compose, "_run", fake_run)
-    checkout = _checkout(tmp_path, {"ops/compose.yml": FULL})
-    found = project(config, _app("yard"), "compose", "ops/compose.yml", "abc", "localhost/yard:abc", checkout)
+    _checkout(tmp_path, {"ops/compose.yml": FULL}, "yard")
+    found = project(config, _app("yard"), Deployed(revision="abc", runs="ops/compose.yml", kind="compose"))
     asyncio.run(compose.apply(config, "yard", "up", found))
     argv, _env = calls[-1]
     python_names = {value.split("=", 1)[0] for flag, value in zip(argv, argv[1:], strict=False) if flag == "-e"}
diff --git a/tests/server/test_status.py b/tests/server/test_status.py
index 78d9ecb..6bffcf6 100644
--- a/tests/server/test_status.py
+++ b/tests/server/test_status.py
@@ -256,6 +256,6 @@ def test_deploy_record_reads_the_labels_and_the_exit_code(state, code, status_,
     raw = json.dumps([{"Names": ["deploy-heldso"], "State": state, "ExitCode": code, "Labels": labels}])
     record = status.deploy_record(parse_ps(raw), "heldso")
     assert record is not None
-    assert record["sha"] == "abc123" and record["image"] == "localhost/heldso:abc123"
-    assert record["status"] == status_
-    assert record["error"] == error
+    assert record.sha == "abc123" and record.image == "localhost/heldso:abc123"
+    assert record.status == status_
+    assert record.error == error