diff --git a/hscontrol/types/node.go b/hscontrol/types/node.go
index 5060dde2..cc0a51d0 100644
--- a/hscontrol/types/node.go
+++ b/hscontrol/types/node.go
@@ -181,10 +181,21 @@ type Node struct {
 	// online. Written by the HA prober. Runtime-only.
 	Unhealthy bool `gorm:"-"`
 
-	// SessionEpoch identifies a poll session. Connect bumps it; a
-	// Disconnect carrying a stale value is dropped, so a deferred
-	// disconnect from a previous session cannot overwrite a newer
-	// Connect. Runtime-only.
+	// ActiveSessions counts live poll sessions for this node.
+	// [State.Connect] increments it and every session release
+	// ([State.Disconnect]) decrements it, so the node goes offline
+	// exactly when its last session ends — regardless of the order in
+	// which overlapping sessions' cleanups run. Never persisted, like
+	// SessionEpoch.
+	ActiveSessions int `gorm:"-"`
+
+	// SessionEpoch identifies a poll session generation; Connect bumps
+	// it. It complements ActiveSessions rather than duplicating it:
+	// the epoch is monotonic, which the HA prober needs to detect that
+	// a probe target reconnected mid-cycle — a refcount can return to
+	// its old value, a generation cannot. poll.go also uses the epoch
+	// returned by Connect as a "Connect ran" sentinel for its cleanup,
+	// and Disconnect logs it. Runtime-only.
 	SessionEpoch uint64 `gorm:"-"`
 }
 
diff --git a/hscontrol/types/types_clone.go b/hscontrol/types/types_clone.go
index a14dc6fd..315cabf8 100644
--- a/hscontrol/types/types_clone.go
+++ b/hscontrol/types/types_clone.go
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ var _NodeCloneNeedsRegeneration = Node(struct {
 	DeletedAt      *time.Time
 	IsOnline       *bool
 	Unhealthy      bool
+	ActiveSessions int
 	SessionEpoch   uint64
 }{})
 
diff --git a/hscontrol/types/types_view.go b/hscontrol/types/types_view.go
index 3a9b3b42..51db6253 100644
--- a/hscontrol/types/types_view.go
+++ b/hscontrol/types/types_view.go
@@ -262,10 +262,21 @@ func (v NodeView) IsOnline() views.ValuePointer[bool] { return views.ValuePointe
 // online. Written by the HA prober. Runtime-only.
 func (v NodeView) Unhealthy() bool { return v.ж.Unhealthy }
 
-// SessionEpoch identifies a poll session. Connect bumps it; a
-// Disconnect carrying a stale value is dropped, so a deferred
-// disconnect from a previous session cannot overwrite a newer
-// Connect. Runtime-only.
+// ActiveSessions counts live poll sessions for this node.
+// [State.Connect] increments it and every session release
+// ([State.Disconnect]) decrements it, so the node goes offline
+// exactly when its last session ends — regardless of the order in
+// which overlapping sessions' cleanups run. Never persisted, like
+// SessionEpoch.
+func (v NodeView) ActiveSessions() int { return v.ж.ActiveSessions }
+
+// SessionEpoch identifies a poll session generation; Connect bumps
+// it. It complements ActiveSessions rather than duplicating it:
+// the epoch is monotonic, which the HA prober needs to detect that
+// a probe target reconnected mid-cycle — a refcount can return to
+// its old value, a generation cannot. poll.go also uses the epoch
+// returned by Connect as a "Connect ran" sentinel for its cleanup,
+// and Disconnect logs it. Runtime-only.
 func (v NodeView) SessionEpoch() uint64 { return v.ж.SessionEpoch }
 func (v NodeView) String() string       { return v.ж.String() }
 
@@ -295,6 +306,7 @@ var _NodeViewNeedsRegeneration = Node(struct {
 	DeletedAt      *time.Time
 	IsOnline       *bool
 	Unhealthy      bool
+	ActiveSessions int
 	SessionEpoch   uint64
 }{})