diff --git a/plugins/scheduler-k3s/Makefile b/plugins/scheduler-k3s/Makefile
index 0efc49c332c..8935c769df0 100644
--- a/plugins/scheduler-k3s/Makefile
+++ b/plugins/scheduler-k3s/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 SUBCOMMANDS = subcommands/annotations:set subcommands/autoscaling-auth:set subcommands/autoscaling-auth:report subcommands/cluster-add subcommands/cluster-list subcommands/cluster-remove subcommands/initialize subcommands/labels:set subcommands/report subcommands/set subcommands/show-kubeconfig subcommands/uninstall
-TRIGGERS = triggers/install triggers/post-app-clone-setup triggers/post-app-rename-setup triggers/post-delete triggers/report triggers/scheduler-deploy triggers/scheduler-enter triggers/scheduler-logs triggers/scheduler-post-delete triggers/scheduler-run triggers/scheduler-run-list triggers/scheduler-stop
+TRIGGERS = triggers/install triggers/post-app-clone-setup triggers/post-app-rename-setup triggers/post-delete triggers/report triggers/scheduler-app-status triggers/scheduler-deploy triggers/scheduler-enter triggers/scheduler-logs triggers/scheduler-post-delete triggers/scheduler-run triggers/scheduler-run-list triggers/scheduler-stop
 BUILD = commands subcommands triggers
 PLUGIN_NAME = scheduler-k3s
 
diff --git a/plugins/scheduler-k3s/src/triggers/triggers.go b/plugins/scheduler-k3s/src/triggers/triggers.go
index ee171e767df..314a212fc5b 100644
--- a/plugins/scheduler-k3s/src/triggers/triggers.go
+++ b/plugins/scheduler-k3s/src/triggers/triggers.go
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ func main() {
 	case "report":
 		appName := flag.Arg(0)
 		err = scheduler_k3s.ReportSingleApp(appName, "", "")
+	case "scheduler-app-status":
+		scheduler := flag.Arg(0)
+		appName := flag.Arg(1)
+		err = scheduler_k3s.TriggerSchedulerAppStatus(scheduler, appName)
 	case "scheduler-deploy":
 		scheduler := flag.Arg(0)
 		appName := flag.Arg(1)
diff --git a/plugins/scheduler-k3s/triggers.go b/plugins/scheduler-k3s/triggers.go
index 86a5cb6c652..82c03ca2b17 100644
--- a/plugins/scheduler-k3s/triggers.go
+++ b/plugins/scheduler-k3s/triggers.go
@@ -75,6 +75,50 @@ func TriggerPostDelete(appName string) error {
 	return propertyErr
 }
 
+// TriggerSchedulerAppStatus returns the status of an app on the scheduler
+func TriggerSchedulerAppStatus(scheduler string, appName string) error {
+	if scheduler != "k3s" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	clientset, err := NewKubernetesClient()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Error creating kubernetes client: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := clientset.Ping(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("kubernetes api not available: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	namespace := getComputedNamespace(appName)
+	deployments, err := clientset.ListDeployments(context.Background(), ListDeploymentsInput{
+		Namespace:     namespace,
+		LabelSelector: fmt.Sprintf("app.kubernetes.io/part-of=%s", appName),
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Error listing pods: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	processCount := 0
+	expectedProcesses := 0
+	runningProcesses := 0
+	for _, deployment := range deployments {
+		processCount += int(*deployment.Spec.Replicas)
+		expectedProcesses += int(*deployment.Spec.Replicas)
+		runningProcesses += int(deployment.Status.AvailableReplicas)
+	}
+
+	running := "true"
+	if expectedProcesses == 0 || runningProcesses == 0 {
+		running = "false"
+	} else if runningProcesses < expectedProcesses {
+		running = "mixed"
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("%d %s", processCount, running)
+	return nil
+}
+
 // TriggerSchedulerDeploy deploys an image tag for a given application
 func TriggerSchedulerDeploy(scheduler string, appName string, imageTag string) error {
 	if scheduler != "k3s" {