diff --git a/internal/grpc/pb/vantage.pb.go b/internal/grpc/pb/vantage.pb.go
index a914114..5f6a9a8 100644
--- a/internal/grpc/pb/vantage.pb.go
+++ b/internal/grpc/pb/vantage.pb.go
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-
-
 package pb
 
 import (
@@ -83,8 +81,6 @@ type UploadKeyResponse struct {
 	KeyId string `json:"key_id"`
 }
 
-
-
 type PackageUpdate struct {
 	Name           string `json:"name"`
 	CurrentVersion string `json:"current_version,omitempty"`
@@ -99,8 +95,6 @@ type ReportUpdatesRequest struct {
 
 type ReportUpdatesResponse struct{}
 
-
-
 type CPUReport struct {
 	Model    string  `json:"model,omitempty"`
 	Cores    int     `json:"cores,omitempty"`
@@ -119,20 +113,19 @@ type PartitionReport struct {
 	UsedBytes  uint64 `json:"used_bytes"`
 }
 type InventoryReport struct {
-	ServerId      string            `json:"server_id"`
-	AgentToken    string            `json:"agent_token"`
-	IncludeStatic bool              `json:"include_static"`
-	CPU           *CPUReport        `json:"cpu,omitempty"`
-	Memory        *MemReport        `json:"memory,omitempty"`
-	SwapTotal     uint64            `json:"swap_total"`
-	SwapUsed      uint64            `json:"swap_used"`
-	Partitions    []PartitionReport `json:"partitions,omitempty"`
-	Kernel        string            `json:"kernel,omitempty"`
+	ServerId       string            `json:"server_id"`
+	AgentToken     string            `json:"agent_token"`
+	IncludeStatic  bool              `json:"include_static"`
+	CPU            *CPUReport        `json:"cpu,omitempty"`
+	Memory         *MemReport        `json:"memory,omitempty"`
+	SwapTotal      uint64            `json:"swap_total"`
+	SwapUsed       uint64            `json:"swap_used"`
+	Partitions     []PartitionReport `json:"partitions,omitempty"`
+	Kernel         string            `json:"kernel,omitempty"`
+	RebootRequired bool              `json:"reboot_required,omitempty"`
 }
 type InventoryReportResponse struct{}
 
-
-
 type MonitorSpec struct {
 	MonitorId      string `json:"monitor_id"`
 	Type           string `json:"type"`
@@ -217,8 +210,6 @@ type ServerCommand struct {
 // keepalive is not sufficient on its own.
 type PingCmd struct{}
 
-
-
 type CleanupWorkspaceCmd struct {
 	WorkspaceId string `json:"workspace_id"`
 }
@@ -241,12 +232,12 @@ type GenerateKeyCmd struct {
 }
 
 type AgentMessage struct {
-	ServerId   string            `json:"server_id"`
-	AgentToken string            `json:"agent_token"`
-	Ready      *AgentReady       `json:"ready,omitempty"`
-	Result     *CommandResult    `json:"result,omitempty"`
-	StepResult *StepResult       `json:"step_result,omitempty"`
-	StepOutput *StepOutputChunk  `json:"step_output,omitempty"`
+	ServerId   string           `json:"server_id"`
+	AgentToken string           `json:"agent_token"`
+	Ready      *AgentReady      `json:"ready,omitempty"`
+	Result     *CommandResult   `json:"result,omitempty"`
+	StepResult *StepResult      `json:"step_result,omitempty"`
+	StepOutput *StepOutputChunk `json:"step_output,omitempty"`
 
 	WorkloadLogsResult *WorkloadLogsResult `json:"workload_logs_result,omitempty"`
 }
@@ -264,8 +255,7 @@ type RunStepCmd struct {
 	Script         string            `json:"script"`
 	Env            map[string]string `json:"env,omitempty"`
 	TimeoutSeconds int               `json:"timeout_seconds,omitempty"`
-	
-	
+
 	WorkspaceId string `json:"workspace_id,omitempty"`
 }
 
@@ -284,8 +274,6 @@ type StepOutputChunk struct {
 	Eof       bool   `json:"eof,omitempty"`
 }
 
-
-
 type Vantage_CommandStreamClient interface {
 	Send(*AgentMessage) error
 	Recv() (*ServerCommand, error)
@@ -308,8 +296,6 @@ func (c *vantageCommandStreamClient) Recv() (*ServerCommand, error) {
 	return m, nil
 }
 
-
-
 type Vantage_CommandStreamServer interface {
 	Send(*ServerCommand) error
 	Recv() (*AgentMessage, error)
diff --git a/internal/sync/sync.go b/internal/sync/sync.go
index 0fa6bd0..14c7cd7 100644
--- a/internal/sync/sync.go
+++ b/internal/sync/sync.go
@@ -450,6 +450,16 @@ func runInventory(ctx context.Context, cfg *config.Config) {
 		r := inventory.Collect(static)
 		r.ServerId = cfg.ServerID
 		r.AgentToken = cfg.AgentToken
+		// Static snapshots only — every 15 minutes, not every 30 seconds. On
+		// Windows this spawns a PowerShell process, which is not something to
+		// do twice a minute forever, and a host rebooted by hand clearing the
+		// flag within a quarter of an hour is soon enough.
+		//
+		// Computed here rather than inside inventory.Collect so the inventory
+		// package gains no dependency on updates.
+		if static {
+			r.RebootRequired = updates.RebootRequired()
+		}
 		if err := client.ReportInventory(r); err != nil {
 			log.Printf("report inventory: %v", err)
 		}