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+import { useMemo } from 'react';
+import type { DeploymentPageFormState } from './useDeploymentPageState';
+
+export interface PerTabDirty {
+  monitoring: boolean;
+  resources: boolean;
+  variables: boolean;
+  sensitiveKeys: boolean;
+  anyLocalEdit: boolean;
+}
+
+export function useFormDirty(
+  form: DeploymentPageFormState,
+  serverState: DeploymentPageFormState,
+  stagedJar: File | null,
+): PerTabDirty {
+  return useMemo(() => {
+    const monitoring = JSON.stringify(form.monitoring) !== JSON.stringify(serverState.monitoring);
+    const resources = JSON.stringify(form.resources) !== JSON.stringify(serverState.resources);
+    const variables = JSON.stringify(form.variables) !== JSON.stringify(serverState.variables);
+    const sensitiveKeys = JSON.stringify(form.sensitiveKeys) !== JSON.stringify(serverState.sensitiveKeys);
+    const anyLocalEdit = monitoring || resources || variables || sensitiveKeys || !!stagedJar;
+    return { monitoring, resources, variables, sensitiveKeys, anyLocalEdit };
+  }, [form, serverState, stagedJar]);
+}