diff --git a/app/api/health.py b/app/api/health.py
index 2cc670e..e6734c6 100644
--- a/app/api/health.py
+++ b/app/api/health.py
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ from src.repositories.sync_state import SyncStateRepository
 
 router = APIRouter(tags=["health"])
 
+# Captured at module import (i.e., app process start) — proxy for "deployed at".
+# When the cron auto-upgrade pulls a new digest and recreates the container,
+# this resets. Accurate enough for a UI "last updated" badge.
+_DEPLOYED_AT = datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat()
+
 
 @router.get("/api/health")
 async def health_check(conn: duckdb.DuckDBPyConnection = Depends(_get_db)):
@@ -73,7 +78,23 @@ async def health_check(conn: duckdb.DuckDBPyConnection = Depends(_get_db)):
         "status": overall,
         "version": os.environ.get("AGNES_VERSION", "dev"),
         "channel": os.environ.get("RELEASE_CHANNEL", "dev"),
+        "image_tag": os.environ.get("AGNES_TAG", "unknown"),
+        "commit_sha": os.environ.get("AGNES_COMMIT_SHA", "unknown"),
         "schema_version": SCHEMA_VERSION,
+        "deployed_at": _DEPLOYED_AT,
         "timestamp": datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat(),
         "services": checks,
     }
+
+
+@router.get("/api/version")
+async def version_info():
+    """Lightweight version info — cacheable, no DB touch. Used by UI footer badge."""
+    return {
+        "version": os.environ.get("AGNES_VERSION", "dev"),
+        "channel": os.environ.get("RELEASE_CHANNEL", "dev"),
+        "image_tag": os.environ.get("AGNES_TAG", "unknown"),
+        "commit_sha": os.environ.get("AGNES_COMMIT_SHA", "unknown"),
+        "schema_version": SCHEMA_VERSION,
+        "deployed_at": _DEPLOYED_AT,
+    }
diff --git a/app/web/templates/base.html b/app/web/templates/base.html
index 4f9c8ac..6fce72f 100644
--- a/app/web/templates/base.html
+++ b/app/web/templates/base.html
@@ -46,7 +46,31 @@
 
         <footer>
             <p>&copy; {{ now().year if now is defined else 2024 }} {{ config.INSTANCE_COPYRIGHT or 'AI Data Analyst' }}</p>
+            <p class="version-badge" style="font-size: 0.75rem; color: var(--muted, #888); margin-top: 0.5rem;">
+                <span id="agnes-version-badge">Loading version…</span>
+            </p>
         </footer>
     </div>
+    <script>
+    // Version badge — fetched from /api/version, no auth needed.
+    (function() {
+      fetch('/api/version').then(r => r.ok ? r.json() : null).then(v => {
+        if (!v) return;
+        const el = document.getElementById('agnes-version-badge');
+        if (!el) return;
+        const deployed = new Date(v.deployed_at);
+        const relative = (() => {
+          const s = Math.floor((Date.now() - deployed.getTime()) / 1000);
+          if (s < 60) return s + 's ago';
+          if (s < 3600) return Math.floor(s/60) + 'm ago';
+          if (s < 86400) return Math.floor(s/3600) + 'h ago';
+          return Math.floor(s/86400) + 'd ago';
+        })();
+        const tag = v.image_tag && v.image_tag !== 'unknown' ? ' · ' + v.image_tag : '';
+        el.textContent = `${v.channel}-${v.version}${tag} · deployed ${relative} (${deployed.toISOString().slice(0,19).replace('T',' ')}Z)`;
+        el.title = `version ${v.version}\nchannel ${v.channel}\nimage tag ${v.image_tag}\ncommit ${v.commit_sha}\nschema v${v.schema_version}\ndeployed at ${v.deployed_at}`;
+      }).catch(() => {});
+    })();
+    </script>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/infra/modules/customer-instance/startup-script.sh.tpl b/infra/modules/customer-instance/startup-script.sh.tpl
index ef4b1ef..01e0a40 100644
--- a/infra/modules/customer-instance/startup-script.sh.tpl
+++ b/infra/modules/customer-instance/startup-script.sh.tpl
@@ -68,6 +68,25 @@ if [ "$DATA_SOURCE" = "keboola" ]; then
 fi
 JWT_KEY=$(gcloud secrets versions access latest --secret=agnes-$${CUSTOMER_NAME}-jwt-secret)
 
+# Resolve the actual version/commit behind the requested tag so the UI can
+# show specific `stable-2026.04.47` + commit SHA instead of just `stable`.
+IMAGE_DIGEST=$(docker pull "$IMAGE_REPO:$IMAGE_TAG" 2>/dev/null | grep -o 'sha256:[a-f0-9]*' | head -1 || echo "unknown")
+IMAGE_INFO=$(curl -fsSL "https://ghcr.io/v2/keboola/agnes-the-ai-analyst/manifests/$IMAGE_TAG" -H "Accept: application/vnd.oci.image.manifest.v1+json" 2>/dev/null || echo "{}")
+
+# Channel derived from tag prefix (stable-*/dev-*/release-*) — simple heuristic.
+case "$IMAGE_TAG" in
+    stable*) RELEASE_CHANNEL="stable" ;;
+    dev*)    RELEASE_CHANNEL="dev" ;;
+    release*) RELEASE_CHANNEL="release" ;;
+    *)       RELEASE_CHANNEL="custom" ;;
+esac
+
+# Version extracted from versioned tags (stable-2026.04.N); floating tags stay "dev".
+case "$IMAGE_TAG" in
+    *-[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*) AGNES_VERSION="$${IMAGE_TAG#*-}" ;;
+    *)                      AGNES_VERSION="$IMAGE_TAG" ;;
+esac
+
 cat > "$APP_DIR/.env" <<ENVEOF
 JWT_SECRET_KEY=$JWT_KEY
 DATA_DIR=$DATA_MNT
@@ -78,6 +97,9 @@ SEED_ADMIN_EMAIL=$SEED_ADMIN_EMAIL
 LOG_LEVEL=info
 DOMAIN=$DOMAIN
 AGNES_TAG=$IMAGE_TAG
+AGNES_VERSION=$AGNES_VERSION
+RELEASE_CHANNEL=$RELEASE_CHANNEL
+AGNES_COMMIT_SHA=$IMAGE_DIGEST
 ACME_EMAIL=$ACME_EMAIL
 ENVEOF
 chmod 600 "$APP_DIR/.env"