diff --git a/.cache/gatsby-source-git/categories b/.cache/gatsby-source-git/categories
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..a74c4062c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cache/gatsby-source-git/categories
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit a74c4062cc3eb40c01e0e0ad0d0740b453c99f94
diff --git a/app/[filename]/ServerRulePage.tsx b/app/[filename]/ServerRulePage.tsx
index 062dd02d9..7f5418fc1 100644
--- a/app/[filename]/ServerRulePage.tsx
+++ b/app/[filename]/ServerRulePage.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import RuleActionButtons from "@/components/RuleActionButtons";
 import { YouTubeShorts } from "@/components/shared/Youtube";
 import { getMarkdownComponentMapping } from "@/components/tina-markdown/markdown-component-mapping";
 import { Card } from "@/components/ui/card";
+import IsrStatusBadge from "@/components/ui/isr-status-badge";
 
 export interface ServerRulePageProps {
   rule: any;
@@ -83,8 +84,11 @@ export default function ServerRulePage({ serverRulePageProps, tinaProps }: Serve
                 {rule?.title}
               </h1>
 
-              <div className="flex justify-between my-2 flex-col md:flex-row">
-                <GitHubMetadata owner="SSWConsulting" repo="SSW.Rules.Content" path={rule?.id} className="mt-2" />
+              <div className="flex justify-between my-2 flex-col items-center md:flex-row">
+                <div className="flex gap-2 items-center">
+                  <IsrStatusBadge />
+                  <GitHubMetadata owner="SSWConsulting" repo="SSW.Rules.Content" path={rule?.id} />
+                </div>
                 <RuleActionButtons rule={rule} />
               </div>
             </div>
diff --git a/components/last-updated-by/index.tsx b/components/last-updated-by/index.tsx
index 419f59467..1eea0817e 100644
--- a/components/last-updated-by/index.tsx
+++ b/components/last-updated-by/index.tsx
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export default function GitHubMetadata({ owner = "tinacms", repo = "tina.io", pa
   }, [owner, repo, path]);
 
   if (loading) {
-    return <div className={`text-slate-500 text-sm mb-2 ${className}`}>Loading last updated info...</div>;
+    return <div className={`text-slate-500 text-sm ${className}`}>Loading last updated info...</div>;
   }
 
   // If we have data with historyUrl, show it even if there's an error
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ export default function GitHubMetadata({ owner = "tinacms", repo = "tina.io", pa
                 ) : (
                   displayAuthorName
                 )}
-              </span>
-              {" "}<Tooltip text={lastUpdateInAbsoluteTime} showDelay={0} hideDelay={0} opaque={true}>
+              </span>{" "}
+              <Tooltip text={lastUpdateInAbsoluteTime} showDelay={0} hideDelay={0} opaque={true}>
                 <span>{` ${lastUpdateInRelativeTime}.`}</span>
               </Tooltip>
             </span>
diff --git a/components/ui/isr-status-badge.tsx b/components/ui/isr-status-badge.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a72609198
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/ui/isr-status-badge.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+"use client";
+
+import { usePathname } from "next/navigation";
+import React from "react";
+import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
+import Tooltip from "../tooltip/tooltip";
+
+// x-nextjs-cache header values:
+// - HIT: Served from cache (valid)
+// - MISS: Just generated (fresh)
+// - STALE: Serving old content while rebuilding
+type CacheStatus = "live" | "stale" | "loading";
+
+export default function IsrStatusBadge() {
+  const pathname = usePathname();
+  const [status, setStatus] = React.useState<CacheStatus>("loading");
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    let cancelled = false;
+    setStatus("loading");
+
+    const checkCache = async () => {
+      try {
+        const res = await fetch(window.location.href, {
+          method: "HEAD",
+          cache: "no-store",
+        });
+
+        const cacheHeader = res.headers.get("x-nextjs-cache")?.toUpperCase();
+
+        if (cancelled) return;
+
+        // HIT or MISS = Live (green), STALE = Stale (orange)
+        if (cacheHeader === "STALE") {
+          setStatus("stale");
+        } else {
+          setStatus("live");
+        }
+      } catch {
+        if (!cancelled) setStatus("live"); // Default to live on error
+      }
+    };
+
+    checkCache();
+    return () => { cancelled = true; };
+  }, [pathname]);
+
+  if (status === "loading") {
+    return <span className="inline-block h-2 w-2 rounded-full bg-zinc-300 animate-pulse" aria-hidden="true" />;
+  }
+
+  const isLive = status === "live";
+  const tooltip = isLive ? "Live" : "Stale - Refresh for latest";
+  const style = isLive ? "bg-green-500" : "bg-orange-500";
+
+  return (
+    <Tooltip text={tooltip} showDelay={false} hideDelay={false} opaque={true}>
+      <span className={cn("inline-block h-2 w-2 rounded-full", style)} aria-label={tooltip} />
+    </Tooltip>
+  );
+}