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+# Copyright 2022-2024 The Ramble Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+# https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+# <LICENSE-MIT or https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+# option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+# except according to those terms.
+
+import os
+import llnl.util.filesystem as fs
+
+from ramble.modkit import *
+
+
+class StatusMarkers(BasicModifier):
+    """Modifier to create a marker file when the experiment has started and
+    ended.
+
+    This modifier will create a .started and .finished file within the
+    experiment run dir.
+    """
+
+    name = "status-markers"
+
+    tags("status", "info")
+
+    _started_marker = ".started"
+    _finished_marker = ".finished"
+
+    maintainers("douglasjacobsen")
+
+    mode("standard", description="Standard execution mode")
+
+    register_builtin(
+        "write_started_marker", required=True, injection_method="prepend"
+    )
+
+    def write_started_marker(self):
+        cmds = [
+            'echo "Started" &> {experiment_run_dir}/' + self._started_marker,
+            "rm -f {experiment_run_dir}/" + self.finished_marker,
+        ]
+
+        return cmds
+
+    register_builtin(
+        "write_finished_marker", required=True, injection_method="append"
+    )
+
+    def write_finished_marker(self):
+        cmds = [
+            'echo "Finished" &> {experiment_run_dir}/' + self._finished_marker
+        ]
+
+        return cmds
+
+    register_phase(
+        "clean_markers", pipeline="setup", run_after=["make_experiments"]
+    )
+
+    def _clean_markers(self, workspace, app_inst=None):
+        exp_dir = self.expander.expand_var_name(
+            app_inst.keywords.experiment_run_dir
+        )
+
+        started_marker = os.path.join(exp_dir, self._started_marker)
+        finished_marker = os.path.join(exp_dir, self._finished_marker)
+
+        for marker in [started_marker, finished_marker]:
+            if os.path.isfile(marker):
+                fs.force_remove(marker)