diff --git a/.woodpecker.yml b/.woodpecker.yml
index 43d8d49..8eca8cf 100644
--- a/.woodpecker.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker.yml
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ steps:
       ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR: "False"
       ANSIBLE_RETRY_FILES_ENABLED: "False"
       ANSIBLE_UNSAFE_WRITES: "True"
+      ANSIBLE_FORKS: "1"
     commands:
       - |
         # Increase file descriptor limit for Ansible (max safe value)
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ steps:
       ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR: "False"
       ANSIBLE_RETRY_FILES_ENABLED: "False"
       ANSIBLE_UNSAFE_WRITES: "True"
+      ANSIBLE_FORKS: "1"
     commands:
       - |
         # Increase file descriptor limit for Ansible (max safe value)
diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/drift-check.yml b/ansible/playbooks/drift-check.yml
index 9cb69b9..dd290c9 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/drift-check.yml
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/drift-check.yml
@@ -79,6 +79,29 @@
       ansible.builtin.set_fact:
         drift_detected: "{{ main_config_check.changed or rsyslogd_check.changed or (extra_files_on_server | default(false)) }}"
 
+    # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    # Debug: Show WHAT changed (for troubleshooting)
+    # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    - name: Show main config change status
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: "Main config (rsyslog.conf) changed: {{ main_config_check.changed }}"
+      when: drift_detected
+
+    - name: Show rsyslog.d change status
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        msg: "rsyslog.d directory changed: {{ rsyslogd_check.changed }}"
+      when: drift_detected
+
+    - name: Show main config diff if changed
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        var: main_config_check.diff
+      when: main_config_check.changed and main_config_check.diff is defined
+
+    - name: Show rsyslog.d diff if changed
+      ansible.builtin.debug:
+        var: rsyslogd_check.diff
+      when: rsyslogd_check.changed and rsyslogd_check.diff is defined
+
     # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
     # Build structured list of changed files for GitOps status server
     # This data is parsed by the update-gitops-status.sh wrapper script
diff --git a/update-gitops-status.sh b/update-gitops-status.sh
index a674ded..2c4b30c 100644
--- a/update-gitops-status.sh
+++ b/update-gitops-status.sh
@@ -68,16 +68,19 @@ KEEP_LOG="${KEEP_PLAYBOOK_LOG:-false}"
 if [ "$KEEP_LOG" = "true" ]; then
   PLAYBOOK_LOG="./drift-check-output.log"
   echo "  Playbook output will be saved to: $PLAYBOOK_LOG"
-else
-  trap "rm -f $PLAYBOOK_LOG" EXIT
 fi
 
+# Set up cleanup trap (will be updated later with RESPONSE_BODY)
+trap "rm -f $PLAYBOOK_LOG" EXIT
+
 # Run playbook (no -v flag to avoid file descriptor exhaustion in containers)
 # Exit code: 0 = synced, non-zero = drift detected (expected)
-# Use default callback for consistent debug output format
+# Use YAML callback for consistent debug output format
+# Limit forks to 1 to reduce file descriptor usage
 set +e
 ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR=false \
 ANSIBLE_STDOUT_CALLBACK=yaml \
+ANSIBLE_FORKS=1 \
 ansible-playbook \
   -i "$INVENTORY_FILE" \
   "$PLAYBOOK" \
@@ -218,23 +221,55 @@ echo ""
 echo "Step 4/4: Sending status to gitops-status-server..."
 echo "  URL: $GITOPS_STATUS_SERVER_URL/api/status"
 echo "  Method: POST"
+echo "  Payload size: $(echo "$STATUS_JSON" | wc -c) bytes"
+echo ""
+
+# Test connectivity first
+echo "  Testing connectivity to gitops-status-server..."
+if ! curl -s -m 5 "$GITOPS_STATUS_SERVER_URL/health" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "  ✗ WARNING: Cannot reach $GITOPS_STATUS_SERVER_URL/health"
+  echo "  Attempting DNS resolution..."
+  nslookup gitops-status-server.observability-stack.svc.cluster.local || true
+  echo ""
+else
+  echo "  ✓ Server is reachable"
+fi
 echo ""
 
 # Create temporary files for response
 RESPONSE_BODY=$(mktemp)
-trap "rm -f $RESPONSE_BODY" EXIT
+trap "rm -f $RESPONSE_BODY $PLAYBOOK_LOG" EXIT
 
+echo "  Sending POST request..."
 # POST the JSON to the gitops-status-server API with full error reporting
 # Capture both response code and body for debugging
-HTTP_CODE=$(curl -s -w "%{http_code}" \
+set +e
+HTTP_RESPONSE=$(curl -s -w "\n%{http_code}" \
   -X POST \
   -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
   -d "$STATUS_JSON" \
   "$GITOPS_STATUS_SERVER_URL/api/status" \
-  -o "$RESPONSE_BODY" 2>&1 || true)
+  2>&1)
+CURL_EXIT=$?
+set -e
 
-# Extract HTTP code (last 3 digits)
-HTTP_CODE="${HTTP_CODE: -3}"
+if [ $CURL_EXIT -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "  ✗ CURL FAILED with exit code $CURL_EXIT"
+  echo "  Error output: $HTTP_RESPONSE"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Split response: body is everything except last line, code is last line
+HTTP_CODE=$(echo "$HTTP_RESPONSE" | tail -1)
+RESPONSE_CONTENT=$(echo "$HTTP_RESPONSE" | head -n -1)
+echo "$RESPONSE_CONTENT" > "$RESPONSE_BODY"
+
+# Validate HTTP code is numeric
+if ! [[ "$HTTP_CODE" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+  echo "  ✗ ERROR: Invalid HTTP response code: $HTTP_CODE"
+  echo "  Full response: $HTTP_RESPONSE"
+  exit 1
+fi
 
 echo "  Response: HTTP $HTTP_CODE"