diff --git a/bin/container b/bin/container
index 137bf72cb7..5dbe79a2f8 100755
--- a/bin/container
+++ b/bin/container
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ ROOT=$(dirname $0)/..
 
 function usage {
     echo Error: $*
-    echo Usage: $0 target { prep, build } [--no-check] [repo]
-    echo Project: $GCP_PROJECT
-    echo Try starting with: $0 build
+    echo Usage: $0 target { prep, build, push, apply } [--no-check] [repo]
     exit 1
 }
 
@@ -30,6 +28,7 @@ git_repo=${git_prefix#*.com:}
 
 GCP_PROJECT=$(gcloud config get project)
 REPOSITORY=ghcr.io/${git_repo}
+TEMPLATES=$(cd etc; ls k8s_*.yaml)
 
 if [[ $1 == "--no-check" ]]; then
     NOCHECK=1
@@ -77,7 +76,21 @@ version=`git describe`
 
 RUNARGS="--rm -ti -v $PWD/var:/udmi -v $HOME/.config:/root/.config --tmpfs /tmp"
 
-if [[ $cmd == prep || $cmd == build ]]; then
+prep=
+build=
+push=
+apply=
+
+[[ $cmd == apply ]] && apply=y
+[[ $cmd == push || -n $apply ]] && push=y
+[[ $cmd == build || -n $push ]] && build=y
+[[ $cmd == prep || -n $build ]] && prep=y
+
+if [[ -z $prep ]]; then
+    usage Unknown command $cmd
+fi
+
+if [[ -n $prep ]]; then
     rm -rf var tmp && mkdir -p var tmp
 
     cp -f etc/*.json var/ || true
@@ -97,14 +110,13 @@ EOF
     more var/deployed_version.json | cat
 fi
 
-if [[ $cmd == build ]]; then
+if [[ -n $build ]]; then
     echo Building Dockerfile.$target
     docker build -f Dockerfile.$target -t $target .
+    docker tag $target $udmi_ref
 fi
 
-TEMPLATES=$(cd etc; ls k8s_*.yaml)
-if [[ $cmd == build && $REPOSITORY != local ]]; then
-    docker tag $target $udmi_ref
+if [[ -n $push ]]; then
     docker push $udmi_ref
     hash=$(docker images --digests ${udmi_ref%:*} | fgrep $udmi_tag | awk '{print $3}')
     ihash=$udmi_ref@$hash
@@ -120,15 +132,14 @@ if [[ $cmd == build && $REPOSITORY != local ]]; then
             echo Customized output in tmp/$file
         fi
     done
+    echo Done with container build.
+    for file in tmp/k8s_*.yaml; do
+        echo "    kubectl apply -f $target/$file"
+    done
 fi
 
-if [[ $cmd == prep ]]; then
-    echo Done with container prep.
-elif [[ $cmd == build ]]; then
-    echo Done with container build.
+if [[ -n $apply ]]; then
     for file in tmp/k8s_*.yaml; do
-        echo kubectl apply -f $target/$file
+        kubectl apply -f ../$target/$file
     done
-else
-    fail Unknown container command $cmd
 fi
diff --git a/bin/set_project b/bin/set_project
index 557d25c49b..f6574ec407 100755
--- a/bin/set_project
+++ b/bin/set_project
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 if [[ $# != 1 ]]; then
     echo Usage: $0 gcp_project[/udmi_namespace]
+    echo
+    echo Current context/project is $(kubectl config current-context)
+    echo
     false
 fi
 
diff --git a/validator/bin/automate b/validator/bin/automate
index 4301b7d188..8edbc78271 100755
--- a/validator/bin/automate
+++ b/validator/bin/automate
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash -e
+#!/bin/bash -ex
 #
 # Automation of tools using PubSub triggers.
 #
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ UDMI_PREFIX=${UDMI_NAMESPACE}~
 PUBSUB_FILE=pubsub.json
 MESSAGE_FILE=message.json
 RETRY_DELAY_SEC=60
-MODEL_DIR=source_model
+CLONE_DIR=source_model/
+MODEL_SUBDIR=udmi/
 CONFIG_FILE=registrar_config.json
 REGISTRAR_TRIGGER=run-registrar
 
@@ -60,14 +61,14 @@ while true; do
     repo_url=$(jq -r .url $MESSAGE_FILE)
     repo_name=${repo_url##*/}
 
-    echo Cloning repo $repo_name from $repo_url into $MODEL_DIR
+    echo Cloning repo $repo_name from $repo_url into $CLONE_DIR
 
-    rm -rf $MODEL_DIR
+    rm -rf $CLONE_DIR
 
-    echo gcloud source repos clone $repo_name $MODEL_DIR --project=$GCP_PROJECT
-    gcloud source repos clone $repo_name $MODEL_DIR --project=$GCP_PROJECT || true
+    echo gcloud source repos clone $repo_name $CLONE_DIR --project=$GCP_PROJECT
+    gcloud source repos clone $repo_name $CLONE_DIR --project=$GCP_PROJECT || true
 
-    if [[ ! -d $MODEL_DIR ]]; then
+    if [[ ! -d $CLONE_DIR ]]; then
         echo
         echo Error cloning repo, try again!
         echo
@@ -75,14 +76,39 @@ while true; do
     fi
 
     (
-        cd $MODEL_DIR
+        cd $CLONE_DIR
         git checkout main || true
         pwd
         ls -l
     )
 
-    if [[ ! -f $MODEL_DIR/$REGISTRAR_TRIGGER ]]; then
-        echo Missing $MODEL_DIR/$REGISTRAR_TRIGGER trigger file, doing nothing!
+    if [[ ! -f $CLONE_DIR/$REGISTRAR_TRIGGER ]]; then
+        echo Missing $CLONE_DIR/$REGISTRAR_TRIGGER trigger file, doing nothing!
+        continue
+    fi
+
+    MODEL_DIR=$(realpath $CLONE_DIR/$MODEL_SUBDIR/)
+    HISTORY_DIR=$MODEL_DIR/history
+    SUMMARY_FILE=$MODEL_DIR/out/registration_summary.json
+
+    TIMESTAMP=$(date --utc +%y%m%d%H%M%S)
+    mkdir -p $HISTORY_DIR
+    HISTORY_FILE=$HISTORY_DIR/registration_summary_${TIMESTAMP}.json
+    touch $HISTORY_FILE
+    rm -f $CLONE_DIR/$REGISTRAR_TRIGGER $SUMMARY_FILE
+
+    echo
+    echo Updating site model with start-of-action:
+    (
+        cd $CLONE_DIR
+        git add .
+        git status
+        git commit -m "Starting registration run $HISTORY_FILE on $HOSTNAME"
+        git push || touch failed
+    )
+
+    if [[ -f $CLONE_DIR/failed ]]; then
+        echo Run start push failed, aborting.
         continue
     fi
 
@@ -92,7 +118,7 @@ while true; do
   "project_id": "$GCP_PROJECT",
   "udmi_namespace": "$UDMI_NAMESPACE",
   "bridge_host": "${host_suffix}",
-  "site_model": "$MODEL_DIR/udmi"
+  "site_model": "$MODEL_DIR"
 }
 EOF
     echo Registrar config $CONFIG_FILE:
@@ -102,14 +128,15 @@ EOF
     echo validator/bin/registrar $CONFIG_FILE
     validator/bin/registrar $CONFIG_FILE || true
 
+    cp $SUMMARY_FILE $HISTORY_FILE
+
     echo
-    echo Site model status:
+    echo Updating site model with completion results:
     (
-        cd $MODEL_DIR
-        rm -f $REGISTRAR_TRIGGER
-        git status
+        cd $CLONE_DIR
         git add .
-        git commit -F udmi/out/registration_summary.json
+        git status
+        git commit -F $SUMMARY_FILE
         git push || true
     )
 done