diff --git a/server/src/main.rs b/server/src/main.rs
index 9c02d514..7c75ab47 100644
--- a/server/src/main.rs
+++ b/server/src/main.rs
@@ -171,6 +171,11 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
         }
     });
 
+    // Log the build hash so we can verify which commit is running.
+    let build_hash = std::fs::read_to_string(".huskies/build_hash")
+        .unwrap_or_else(|_| "unknown".to_string());
+    slog!("[startup] Running build: {}", build_hash.trim());
+
     let app_state = Arc::new(SessionState::default());
     let cwd = std::env::current_dir().unwrap_or_else(|_| PathBuf::from("."));
     // Migrate legacy root-level store.json into .huskies/ if the new path does
diff --git a/server/src/rebuild.rs b/server/src/rebuild.rs
index 9ab8074d..b4f5af0e 100644
--- a/server/src/rebuild.rs
+++ b/server/src/rebuild.rs
@@ -175,7 +175,18 @@ pub async fn rebuild_and_restart(
         return Err(format!("Build failed:\n{stderr}"));
     }
 
-    slog!("[rebuild] Build succeeded, re-execing with new binary");
+    // Write the current git HEAD to a file so we can verify which commit is running.
+    if let Ok(head) = std::process::Command::new("git")
+        .args(["rev-parse", "--short", "HEAD"])
+        .current_dir(workspace_root)
+        .output()
+    {
+        let hash = String::from_utf8_lossy(&head.stdout).trim().to_string();
+        let _ = std::fs::write(workspace_root.join(".huskies/build_hash"), &hash);
+        slog!("[rebuild] Build succeeded (commit {hash}), re-execing with new binary");
+    } else {
+        slog!("[rebuild] Build succeeded, re-execing with new binary");
+    }
 
     // 5. Send shutdown notification before replacing the process so that chat
     //    participants know the bot is going offline.  Best-effort only — we