diff --git a/.github/workflows/hydra_status.yml b/.github/workflows/hydra_status.yml
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+name: Hydra status
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "12,42 * * * *"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+jobs:
+  check_hydra_status:
+    name: Check Hydra status
+    if: github.repository_owner == 'NixOS'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2.4.0
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
+    - run: bash scripts/check-hydra-status.sh
+
diff --git a/scripts/check-hydra-status.sh b/scripts/check-hydra-status.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+# set -x
+
+
+# mapfile BUILDS_FOR_LATEST_EVAL < <(
+# curl -H 'Accept: application/json' https://hydra.nixos.org/jobset/nix/master/evals | \
+#   jq -r '.evals[0].builds[] | @sh')
+BUILDS_FOR_LATEST_EVAL=$(
+curl -sS -H 'Accept: application/json' https://hydra.nixos.org/jobset/nix/master/evals | \
+  jq -r '.evals[0].builds[]')
+
+someBuildFailed=0
+
+for buildId in $BUILDS_FOR_LATEST_EVAL; do
+  buildInfo=$(curl -sS -H 'Accept: application/json' "https://hydra.nixos.org/build/$buildId")
+
+  buildStatus=$(echo "$buildInfo" | \
+    jq -r '.buildstatus')
+
+  if [[ "$buildStatus" -ne 0 ]]; then
+    someBuildFailed=1
+    echo "Job “$(echo "$buildInfo" | jq -r '.job')” failed on hydra"
+  fi
+done
+
+exit "$someBuildFailed"