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+import { Card, CardContent, CardDescription, CardHeader, CardTitle } from "@/components/ui/card";
+import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
+import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
+import type { LucideIcon } from "lucide-react";
+
+export type AdminServiceStatus = {
+  name: string;
+  status: "operational" | "degraded" | "outage";
+  uptime: string;
+  responseTime: number;
+  icon: LucideIcon;
+};
+
+export type AdminOverallStatus = {
+  label: string;
+  accentClass: string;
+  badgeClass: string;
+  Icon: LucideIcon;
+};
+
+interface AdminStatusOverviewProps {
+  services: AdminServiceStatus[];
+  overall: AdminOverallStatus;
+  onViewStatus: () => void;
+}
+
+const statusBadgeClass: Record<AdminServiceStatus["status"], string> = {
+  operational:
+    "border-emerald-500/30 bg-emerald-500/10 text-emerald-200",
+  degraded: "border-yellow-500/30 bg-yellow-500/10 text-yellow-200",
+  outage: "border-red-500/40 bg-red-500/10 text-red-200",
+};
+
+export default function AdminStatusOverview({
+  services,
+  overall,
+  onViewStatus,
+}: AdminStatusOverviewProps) {
+  const averageResponse =
+    services.length > 0
+      ? Math.round(
+          services.reduce((total, service) => total + service.responseTime, 0) /
+            services.length,
+        )
+      : null;
+
+  const averageUptime =
+    services.length > 0
+      ? services.reduce((total, service) => {
+          const asNumber = Number.parseFloat(service.uptime);
+          return Number.isFinite(asNumber) ? total + asNumber : total;
+        }, 0) / services.length
+      : null;
+
+  const healthyServices = services.filter(
+    (service) => service.status === "operational",
+  ).length;
+
+  return (
+    <Card className="bg-card/60 border-border/40 backdrop-blur">
+      <CardHeader className="space-y-4">
+        <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-4">
+          <div className="flex items-center gap-3">
+            <div className={`${overall.badgeClass} flex h-10 w-10 items-center justify-center rounded-full border`}> 
+              <overall.Icon className="h-5 w-5" />
+            </div>
+            <div>
+              <CardTitle className="text-lg">System health</CardTitle>
+              <CardDescription className={`${overall.accentClass} font-medium`}>
+                {overall.label}
+              </CardDescription>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+          <Button variant="outline" size="sm" onClick={onViewStatus}>
+            View detailed status
+          </Button>
+        </div>
+        <CardDescription>
+          Live uptime, latency, and reliability snapshot across AeThex
+          infrastructure.
+        </CardDescription>
+      </CardHeader>
+      <CardContent className="space-y-4">
+        <div className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-3">
+          <div className="rounded border border-border/30 bg-background/40 p-3">
+            <p className="text-xs uppercase tracking-wide text-muted-foreground">
+              Avg response
+            </p>
+            <p className="text-xl font-semibold text-foreground">
+              {averageResponse !== null ? `${averageResponse} ms` : "—"}
+            </p>
+          </div>
+          <div className="rounded border border-border/30 bg-background/40 p-3">
+            <p className="text-xs uppercase tracking-wide text-muted-foreground">
+              Avg uptime
+            </p>
+            <p className="text-xl font-semibold text-foreground">
+              {averageUptime !== null ? `${averageUptime.toFixed(2)}%` : "—"}
+            </p>
+          </div>
+          <div className="rounded border border-border/30 bg-background/40 p-3">
+            <p className="text-xs uppercase tracking-wide text-muted-foreground">
+              Healthy services
+            </p>
+            <p className="text-xl font-semibold text-foreground">
+              {services.length
+                ? `${healthyServices}/${services.length}`
+                : "—"}
+            </p>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+        <div className="space-y-2">
+          {services.map((service) => {
+            const ServiceIcon = service.icon;
+            return (
+              <div
+                key={service.name}
+                className="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-3 rounded border border-border/30 bg-background/40 p-3"
+              >
+                <div className="flex items-center gap-3">
+                  <div className="flex h-9 w-9 items-center justify-center rounded-full border border-border/40 bg-background/60">
+                    <ServiceIcon className="h-5 w-5 text-aethex-300" />
+                  </div>
+                  <div>
+                    <p className="font-medium text-foreground">{service.name}</p>
+                    <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+                      {service.responseTime} ms • {service.uptime} uptime
+                    </p>
+                  </div>
+                </div>
+                <Badge className={statusBadgeClass[service.status]} variant="outline">
+                  {service.status}
+                </Badge>
+              </div>
+            );
+          })}
+        </div>
+      </CardContent>
+    </Card>
+  );
+}