diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 63871da..cf61654 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -364,3 +364,8 @@ LADDER_LOAD=0 ./taler-monitoring.sh ladder
 ## Languages (i18n)
 
 Default **English**. FrancPaysan stacks use **French** (`TALER_MON_LANG=fr`, auto for `*lefrancpaysan*`). See `VERSIONS.md` and `i18n.sh`.
+
+## Version on monitoring pages (v1.3.0+)
+
+The sticky bar shows the suite **tag** (e.g. `v1.3.0`) and links to that tag on Forgejo.
+Planned **v1.4.0**: fuller L10n (fr-CH for FrancPaysan, de-CH for hacktivism/Taler CH).
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 867e524..589268e 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.2.0
\ No newline at end of file
+1.3.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/VERSIONS.md b/VERSIONS.md
index 21ddb28..3c100cd 100644
--- a/VERSIONS.md
+++ b/VERSIONS.md
@@ -5,10 +5,21 @@ Release history for the standalone **taler-monitoring** suite
 
 | Tag | Date (UTC) | Notes |
 |-----|------------|--------|
+| **v1.4.0** | *planned* | **L10n** for user-facing outputs that need localization: **fr-CH** (FrancPaysan, Suisse romande) and **de-CH** (hacktivism / Taler CH German). Not implemented yet — after **1.3**. |
+| **v1.3.0** | 2026-07-18 | Sticky bar shows **suite version** and links to the Forgejo **tag** (`…/src/tag/vX.Y.Z`). |
 | **v1.2** | 2026-07-18 | Language selection: `--lang` / `TALER_MON_LANG` (en\|fr). |
 | **v1.1** | 2026-07-18 | i18n chrome: English default; French for FrancPaysan. |
 | **v1.0** / **v1** | 2026-07-18 | Initial standalone release (split from `koopa-admin-log`). |
 
+## Sticky bar version (v1.3.0+)
+
+Generated HTML shows the installed release tag (e.g. `v1.3.0`) next to the host line.  
+Clicking opens the tag page on Forgejo:
+
+`https://git.hacktivism.ch/hernani/taler-monitoring/src/tag/<tag>`
+
+Resolved via `git describe --tags` after `update-suite.sh`, with fallback to the `VERSION` file.
+
 ## Language (v1.2+)
 
 | Method | Example |
@@ -17,9 +28,11 @@ Release history for the standalone **taler-monitoring** suite
 | Env | `TALER_MON_LANG=en` or `fr` |
 | Auto | `*lefrancpaysan*` → fr, else en |
 
+**Note:** Full locale packs (fr-CH / de-CH) for all check messages are scheduled for **v1.4.0**, not 1.3.
+
 ## Pin a release
 
 ```bash
 git clone https://git.hacktivism.ch/hernani/taler-monitoring.git ~/src/taler-monitoring
-cd ~/src/taler-monitoring && git checkout v1.2
+cd ~/src/taler-monitoring && git checkout v1.3.0
 ```
diff --git a/host-agent/run-host-report.sh b/host-agent/run-host-report.sh
index 81d06bb..ee74302 100755
--- a/host-agent/run-host-report.sh
+++ b/host-agent/run-host-report.sh
@@ -103,6 +103,23 @@ HTML_ERR_DIR="${HTML_ERR_DIR:-monitoring_err}"
 HTML_URL_OK="${HTML_URL_OK:-/monitoring/}"
 HTML_URL_ERR="${HTML_URL_ERR:-/monitoring_err/}"
 PAGE_LABEL="${PAGE_LABEL:-monitoring}"
+SUITE_VERSION="${SUITE_VERSION:-}"
+SUITE_VERSION_URL="${SUITE_VERSION_URL:-}"
+if [ -z "$SUITE_VERSION" ] && [ -d "${ROOT:-$AGENT_MON}/.git" ]; then
+  _vd="${ROOT:-$AGENT_MON}"
+  SUITE_VERSION=$(git -C "$_vd" describe --tags --exact-match 2>/dev/null     || git -C "$_vd" describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || true)
+fi
+if [ -z "$SUITE_VERSION" ] && [ -f "${ROOT:-$AGENT_MON}/VERSION" ]; then
+  SUITE_VERSION="v$(tr -d '[:space:]' <"${ROOT:-$AGENT_MON}/VERSION" | sed 's/^v//')"
+fi
+[ -z "$SUITE_VERSION" ] && SUITE_VERSION="unknown"
+case "$SUITE_VERSION" in unknown|v*) ;; *) SUITE_VERSION="v$SUITE_VERSION" ;; esac
+if [ -z "$SUITE_VERSION_URL" ] && [ "$SUITE_VERSION" != "unknown" ]; then
+  _web="${SOURCE_REPO_WEB:-https://git.hacktivism.ch/hernani/taler-monitoring}"
+  SUITE_VERSION_URL="${_web}/src/tag/${SUITE_VERSION}"
+fi
+export SUITE_VERSION SUITE_VERSION_URL
+
 
 # Sensible MON_HOSTS from domain if not set
 if [ -z "$MON_HOSTS" ]; then
@@ -308,6 +325,8 @@ htmlify_host() {
       --mode err \
       --commit "${COMMIT:-}" \
       --commit-url "${COMMIT_URL:-}" \
+      --suite-version "${SUITE_VERSION:-unknown}" \
+      --suite-version-url "${SUITE_VERSION_URL:-}" \
       --suite-path "$SUITE_PATH" \
       --page-label "$PAGE_LABEL" \
       --path-err "$HTML_URL_ERR" \
@@ -321,6 +340,8 @@ htmlify_host() {
         --mode ok \
         --commit "${COMMIT:-}" \
         --commit-url "${COMMIT_URL:-}" \
+      --suite-version "${SUITE_VERSION:-unknown}" \
+      --suite-version-url "${SUITE_VERSION_URL:-}" \
         --suite-path "$SUITE_PATH" \
         --page-label "$PAGE_LABEL" \
         --path-err "$HTML_URL_ERR" \
@@ -336,6 +357,8 @@ htmlify_host() {
         --mode redirect \
         --commit "${COMMIT:-}" \
         --commit-url "${COMMIT_URL:-}" \
+      --suite-version "${SUITE_VERSION:-unknown}" \
+      --suite-version-url "${SUITE_VERSION_URL:-}" \
         --suite-path "$SUITE_PATH" \
         --page-label "$PAGE_LABEL" \
         --path-err "$HTML_URL_ERR"
diff --git a/host-agent/update-suite.sh b/host-agent/update-suite.sh
index 883079e..37393cb 100755
--- a/host-agent/update-suite.sh
+++ b/host-agent/update-suite.sh
@@ -39,6 +39,33 @@ COMMIT_SHORT=$(git rev-parse --short=12 HEAD)
 SOURCE_REPO_WEB="${SOURCE_REPO_WEB:-https://git.hacktivism.ch/hernani/taler-monitoring}"
 COMMIT_URL="${SOURCE_REPO_WEB}/src/commit/${COMMIT}"
 export COMMIT COMMIT_SHORT COMMIT_URL SOURCE_REPO_WEB
+
+# Release tag for sticky bar (exact tag if HEAD is tagged, else nearest)
+SUITE_VERSION=""
+if command -v git >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  SUITE_VERSION=$(git describe --tags --exact-match 2>/dev/null || true)
+  if [ -z "$SUITE_VERSION" ]; then
+    SUITE_VERSION=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || true)
+  fi
+fi
+if [ -z "$SUITE_VERSION" ] && [ -f "$SUITE_DIR/VERSION" ]; then
+  SUITE_VERSION="v$(tr -d '[:space:]' <"$SUITE_DIR/VERSION" | sed 's/^v//')"
+  case "$SUITE_VERSION" in v*) ;; *) SUITE_VERSION="v${SUITE_VERSION#v}" ;; esac
+fi
+[ -z "$SUITE_VERSION" ] && SUITE_VERSION="unknown"
+# normalize: ensure leading v for tags
+case "$SUITE_VERSION" in
+  unknown) ;;
+  v*) ;;
+  *) SUITE_VERSION="v${SUITE_VERSION}" ;;
+esac
+SUITE_VERSION_URL=""
+if [ -n "$SOURCE_REPO_WEB" ] && [ "$SUITE_VERSION" != "unknown" ]; then
+  SUITE_VERSION_URL="${SOURCE_REPO_WEB}/src/tag/${SUITE_VERSION}"
+fi
+export SUITE_VERSION SUITE_VERSION_URL
+echo "  version=$SUITE_VERSION ${SUITE_VERSION_URL:+· $SUITE_VERSION_URL}"
+
 echo "suite @ $COMMIT_SHORT  $COMMIT_URL"
 echo "  dir=$SUITE_DIR"
 ln -sfn "$SUITE_DIR" "$HOME/taler-monitoring" 2>/dev/null || true
diff --git a/site-gen/console_to_html.py b/site-gen/console_to_html.py
index 4c4927f..d9bb75e 100755
--- a/site-gen/console_to_html.py
+++ b/site-gen/console_to_html.py
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ def ui(lang: str, key: str, **kwargs) -> str:
         "jump_first_error": "Jump to first error",
         "jump_first_warn": "Jump to first warning",
         "generated": "generated",
+        "version": "version",
+
         "source": "source",
         "what_monitors": "What this monitors",
         "what_monitors_title": "Expand: what this page checks",
@@ -83,6 +85,8 @@ def ui(lang: str, key: str, **kwargs) -> str:
         "jump_first_error": "Aller à la première erreur",
         "jump_first_warn": "Aller au premier avertissement",
         "generated": "généré",
+        "version": "version",
+
         "source": "source",
         "what_monitors": "Ce que cette page contrôle",
         "what_monitors_title": "Déplier : ce que cette page vérifie",
@@ -412,6 +416,8 @@ def sticky_bar_html(
     first_err_href: str | None,
     first_warn_href: str | None,
     scope: dict[str, object] | None = None,
+    suite_version: str = "",
+    suite_version_url: str = "",
 ) -> str:
     level = status_level(n_err, n_warn)
     lang = "en"
@@ -469,6 +475,20 @@ def sticky_bar_html(
         f" · <code>{html.escape(suite_path)}</code>" if suite_path else ""
     )
 
+    # Version badge (linked to Forgejo tag when available)
+    ver = (suite_version or "").strip()
+    ver_url = (suite_version_url or "").strip()
+    if ver:
+        if ver_url:
+            version_html = (
+                f'<a class="version-link" href="{html.escape(ver_url)}" '
+                f'title="{html.escape(ui(lang, "version"))} {html.escape(ver)}" '
+                f'rel="noopener noreferrer">{html.escape(ver)}</a>'
+            )
+        else:
+            version_html = f'<span class="version-link muted">{html.escape(ver)}</span>'
+    else:
+        version_html = ""
     # Compact sticky row always visible; "Was geprüft wird" expands inside sticky-bar
     return f"""
 <div class="sticky-bar sticky-{level}" id="status-bar" role="status"
@@ -482,6 +502,8 @@ def sticky_bar_html(
     <span class="sep">·</span>
     {warn_stat}
     <span class="sep">·</span>
+    {version_html}
+    <span class="sep">·</span>
     <span class="generated"
           data-generated-iso="{html.escape(generated_iso)}"
           title="{html.escape(generated_at)}">
@@ -562,6 +584,13 @@ STICKY_CSS = """
 .stat.warn { color: var(--warn); border-color: #664; background: #1a1608; }
 .stat.muted { opacity: 0.55; font-weight: 600; }
 a.stat:hover { text-decoration: underline; filter: brightness(1.15); }
+.version-link {
+  font-weight: 700; font-size: 12px; color: var(--info);
+  text-decoration: none; padding: 1px 8px; border-radius: 3px;
+  border: 1px solid #234; background: #0a1520;
+}
+.version-link:hover { text-decoration: underline; filter: brightness(1.15); }
+.version-link.muted { opacity: 0.7; color: #8ab; }
 .generated { color: var(--dim); font-size: 12px; }
 .generated time { color: #bbb; }
 .generated .age { color: #888; margin-left: 4px; }
@@ -739,6 +768,8 @@ def build_html(
     generated_iso: str,
     link_other: str | None,
     page_label: str = "monitoring",
+    suite_version: str = "",
+    suite_version_url: str = "",
 ) -> str:
     raw_lines = [strip_ansi(l).rstrip("\n") for l in log_text.splitlines()]
     while raw_lines and not raw_lines[-1].strip():
@@ -854,6 +885,8 @@ def build_html(
         first_err_href=first_err_href,
         first_warn_href=first_warn_href,
         scope=scope,
+        suite_version=suite_version,
+        suite_version_url=suite_version_url,
     )
 
     return f"""<!DOCTYPE html>
@@ -955,6 +988,8 @@ def build_redirect_html(
     n_err: int = 0,
     n_warn: int = 0,
     log_text: str = "",
+    suite_version: str = "",
+    suite_version_url: str = "",
 ) -> str:
     commit_short = commit[:12] if commit else "unknown"
     link = path_err if path_err.endswith("/") else path_err + "/"
@@ -985,6 +1020,8 @@ def build_redirect_html(
         first_err_href=link,
         first_warn_href=None,
         scope=scope,
+        suite_version=suite_version,
+        suite_version_url=suite_version_url,
     )
     return f"""<!DOCTYPE html>
 <html lang="{html.escape(lang if "lang" in dir() else "en")}">
@@ -1039,6 +1076,16 @@ def main() -> None:
         default="/monitoring_err/",
         help="URL path for error page (redirect target)",
     )
+    ap.add_argument(
+        "--suite-version",
+        default="",
+        help="Release tag shown in sticky bar (e.g. v1.3.0)",
+    )
+    ap.add_argument(
+        "--suite-version-url",
+        default="",
+        help="URL to tag on Forgejo (src/tag/...)",
+    )
     ap.add_argument(
         "--lang",
         default="",
@@ -1075,6 +1122,8 @@ def main() -> None:
             n_err=n_err,
             n_warn=n_warn,
             log_text=log_text,
+            suite_version=getattr(args, "suite_version", "") or "",
+            suite_version_url=getattr(args, "suite_version_url", "") or "",
         )
     else:
         html_out = build_html(
@@ -1089,6 +1138,8 @@ def main() -> None:
             generated_iso=generated_iso,
             link_other=args.link_other or None,
             page_label=args.page_label,
+            suite_version=getattr(args, "suite_version", "") or "",
+            suite_version_url=getattr(args, "suite_version_url", "") or "",
         )
 
     args.out.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)