diff --git a/defaults.inc b/defaults.inc
index e39ee32..48c82fb 100755
--- a/defaults.inc
+++ b/defaults.inc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 action="${1:-}"
 FOLDER='/opt/idssys/ta-proxmenu'
-VERS='2026.7.25-63'
+VERS='2026.7.25-64'
 
 noupdate=' '
 
diff --git a/inc/ha-status.inc b/inc/ha-status.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db0dc6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inc/ha-status.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+TAPM_HA_NODE_IN_MAINTENANCE() {
+	local node="${1:-}"
+	local status_file="${2:-/etc/pve/ha/manager_status}"
+
+	[[ "$node" =~ ^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9._-]{0,62}$ ]] || return 2
+	[[ -r "$status_file" ]] || return 2
+	TAPM_HA_NODE="$node" python3 - "$status_file" <<'PY'
+import json
+import os
+import sys
+
+try:
+    with open(sys.argv[1], encoding="utf-8") as status_handle:
+        status = json.load(status_handle)
+except (OSError, TypeError, ValueError):
+    raise SystemExit(2)
+
+node = os.environ["TAPM_HA_NODE"].strip().lower()
+
+def contains_maintenance(value):
+    if isinstance(value, str):
+        return "maintenance" in value.lower()
+    if isinstance(value, dict):
+        return any(contains_maintenance(item) for item in value.values())
+    if isinstance(value, list):
+        return any(contains_maintenance(item) for item in value)
+    return False
+
+def node_is_in_maintenance(value):
+    if isinstance(value, dict):
+        for key, item in value.items():
+            if str(key).strip().lower() == node and contains_maintenance(item):
+                return True
+        identity = next(
+            (
+                value.get(key)
+                for key in ("node", "name", "id")
+                if isinstance(value.get(key), str)
+            ),
+            "",
+        )
+        if identity.strip().lower() == node and contains_maintenance(value):
+            return True
+        return any(node_is_in_maintenance(item) for item in value.values())
+    if isinstance(value, list):
+        return any(node_is_in_maintenance(item) for item in value)
+    return False
+
+raise SystemExit(0 if node_is_in_maintenance(status) else 1)
+PY
+}
diff --git a/proxmenu-scripts.sh b/proxmenu-scripts.sh
index f2ba36a..55e1530 100755
--- a/proxmenu-scripts.sh
+++ b/proxmenu-scripts.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 source /opt/idssys/defaults/default.inc
 source /opt/idssys/ta-proxmenu/defaults.inc
 source /opt/idssys/ta-proxmenu/inc/git-update.inc
+source /opt/idssys/ta-proxmenu/inc/ha-status.inc
 source /opt/idssys/ta-proxmenu/inc/deploy-iso-nfs-lxc.sh
 source /opt/idssys/ta-proxmenu/inc/deploy-pulse-lxc.sh
 source /opt/idssys/ta-proxmenu/inc/virtio-helpers.inc
@@ -1948,9 +1949,20 @@ MONITORING_MENU() {
 CLUSTER_MENU() {
 	local -a labels
 	local -a values=("maintenance" "services" "keepalived" "iso_nfs")
+	local maintenance_status
+	local node
 
 	while true; do
-		if ha-manager status | grep -F "$(hostname -s)" | grep -q "maintenance mode"; then
+		node="$(hostname -s)"
+		TAPM_HA_NODE_IN_MAINTENANCE "$node"
+		maintenance_status=$?
+		if (( maintenance_status == 2 )); then
+			ha-manager status |
+				grep -F "$node" |
+				grep -q "maintenance mode"
+			maintenance_status=$?
+		fi
+		if (( maintenance_status == 0 )); then
 			labels=("Take this host out of maintenance mode")
 		else
 			labels=("Put this host into maintenance mode and evacuate guests")
diff --git a/tests/test-ha-status.sh b/tests/test-ha-status.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bec801c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-ha-status.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -u -o pipefail
+
+TEST_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
+source "${TEST_ROOT}/tests/testlib.sh"
+source "${TEST_ROOT}/inc/ha-status.inc"
+
+STATUS_FILE="$(mktemp /tmp/tapm-ha-status.XXXXXX)"
+cleanup_ha_status_test() {
+	[[ "$STATUS_FILE" == /tmp/tapm-ha-status.* ]] && rm -f -- "$STATUS_FILE"
+}
+trap cleanup_ha_status_test EXIT
+
+printf '%s\n' \
+	'{"node_status":{"pve1":"online","pve2":"maintenance mode"}}' \
+	>"$STATUS_FILE"
+assert_success "maintenance node detected in HA manager state" \
+	TAPM_HA_NODE_IN_MAINTENANCE pve2 "$STATUS_FILE"
+assert_failure "active node is not reported as maintenance" \
+	TAPM_HA_NODE_IN_MAINTENANCE pve1 "$STATUS_FILE"
+
+printf '%s\n' \
+	'{"nodes":[{"node":"pve3","state":"maintenance"}]}' \
+	>"$STATUS_FILE"
+assert_success "structured HA node state detected" \
+	TAPM_HA_NODE_IN_MAINTENANCE pve3 "$STATUS_FILE"
+
+printf '%s\n' 'not-json' >"$STATUS_FILE"
+assert_failure "malformed HA state is rejected" \
+	TAPM_HA_NODE_IN_MAINTENANCE pve1 "$STATUS_FILE"
+
+finish_tests