diff --git a/include/nc_connector_scheduler.inc.php b/include/nc_connector_scheduler.inc.php
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+<?php
+if (!defined('PHPWG_ROOT_PATH'))
+{
+  die('Hacking attempt!');
+}
+
+function bratonien_tools_nc_scheduler_paths()
+{
+  $base = rtrim(PHPWG_ROOT_PATH, '/').'/_data/bratonien-tools';
+  return array(
+    'base'=>$base,
+    'runtime'=>$base.'/nc-connector-runtime',
+    'state_root'=>$base.'/nc-connector-state',
+    'scheduler'=>$base.'/nc-connector-scheduler',
+    'state'=>$base.'/nc-connector-scheduler/state.json',
+    'trigger_lock'=>$base.'/nc-connector-scheduler/trigger.lock',
+    'worker_lock'=>$base.'/nc-connector-scheduler/worker.lock',
+    'log'=>$base.'/nc-connector-scheduler/last-worker.log',
+  );
+}
+
+function bratonien_tools_nc_scheduler_interval()
+{
+  global $conf;
+  $interval = isset($conf['bratonien_nc_scheduler_interval']) ? (int)$conf['bratonien_nc_scheduler_interval'] : 60;
+  return max(60, $interval);
+}
+
+function bratonien_tools_nc_scheduler_ensure_dirs()
+{
+  foreach (bratonien_tools_nc_scheduler_paths() as $key=>$path)
+  {
+    if (in_array($key, array('state','trigger_lock','worker_lock','log'), true)) continue;
+    if (!is_dir($path) && !@mkdir($path, 0750, true) && !is_dir($path))
+    {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+function bratonien_tools_nc_scheduler_read_state()
+{
+  $paths = bratonien_tools_nc_scheduler_paths();
+  if (!is_readable($paths['state'])) return array();
+  $decoded = json_decode((string)@file_get_contents($paths['state']), true);
+  return is_array($decoded) ? $decoded : array();
+}
+
+function bratonien_tools_nc_scheduler_write_state(array $state)
+{
+  $paths = bratonien_tools_nc_scheduler_paths();
+  if (!bratonien_tools_nc_scheduler_ensure_dirs()) return false;
+  $json = json_encode($state, JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE | JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES | JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);
+  if (!is_string($json)) return false;
+  $tmp = $paths['state'].'.tmp';
+  if (@file_put_contents($tmp, $json."\n", LOCK_EX) === false) return false;
+  @chmod($tmp, 0640);
+  return @rename($tmp, $paths['state']);
+}
+
+function bratonien_tools_nc_scheduler_install()
+{
+  if (!bratonien_tools_nc_scheduler_ensure_dirs()) return false;
+  $state = bratonien_tools_nc_scheduler_read_state();
+  if (empty($state['next_due']))
+  {
+    $state['next_due'] = time();
+    $state['enabled'] = true;
+    $state['mode'] = 'piwigo-native';
+    bratonien_tools_nc_scheduler_write_state($state);
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+function bratonien_tools_nc_scheduler_php_binary()
+{
+  foreach (array('/usr/bin/php', '/usr/local/bin/php', PHP_BINARY) as $candidate)
+  {
+    if (is_string($candidate) && $candidate !== '' && is_executable($candidate)) return $candidate;
+  }
+  return '';
+}
+
+function bratonien_tools_nc_scheduler_spawn($force = false)
+{
+  $paths = bratonien_tools_nc_scheduler_paths();
+  if (!bratonien_tools_nc_scheduler_ensure_dirs())
+  {
+    throw new RuntimeException('Der native NC-Scheduler kann sein Laufzeitverzeichnis nicht anlegen.');
+  }
+
+  $lock = @fopen($paths['trigger_lock'], 'c+');
+  if (!is_resource($lock) || !@flock($lock, LOCK_EX | LOCK_NB))
+  {
+    if (is_resource($lock)) fclose($lock);
+    return array('started'=>false, 'message'=>'Ein NC-Abgleich wird bereits vorbereitet.');
+  }
+
+  $state = bratonien_tools_nc_scheduler_read_state();
+  $now = time();
+  $next_due = (int)($state['next_due'] ?? 0);
+  if (!$force && $next_due > $now)
+  {
+    @flock($lock, LOCK_UN);
+    fclose($lock);
+    return array('started'=>false, 'message'=>'Der nächste NC-Abgleich ist noch nicht fällig.');
+  }
+
+  $php = bratonien_tools_nc_scheduler_php_binary();
+  if ($php === '')
+  {
+    @flock($lock, LOCK_UN);
+    fclose($lock);
+    throw new RuntimeException('Kein ausführbares PHP-CLI für den nativen NC-Scheduler gefunden.');
+  }
+
+  $state['enabled'] = true;
+  $state['mode'] = 'piwigo-native';
+  $state['queued_at'] = $now;
+  $state['next_due'] = $now + bratonien_tools_nc_scheduler_interval();
+  bratonien_tools_nc_scheduler_write_state($state);
+
+  $runner = BRATONIEN_TOOLS_PATH.'runtime/native-runner.php';
+  $command = escapeshellarg($php).' '.escapeshellarg($runner).' >> '.escapeshellarg($paths['log']).' 2>&1 &';
+  $spec = array(
+    0=>array('file','/dev/null','r'),
+    1=>array('file','/dev/null','a'),
+    2=>array('file','/dev/null','a'),
+  );
+  $process = function_exists('proc_open') ? @proc_open(array('/bin/sh','-c',$command), $spec, $pipes) : false;
+  $exit = is_resource($process) ? proc_close($process) : 1;
+
+  @flock($lock, LOCK_UN);
+  fclose($lock);
+
+  if ($exit !== 0)
+  {
+    throw new RuntimeException('Der native NC-Abgleich konnte nicht gestartet werden.');
+  }
+
+  return array('started'=>true, 'message'=>'NC-Abgleich wurde gestartet.');
+}
+
+function bratonien_tools_nc_scheduler_tick()
+{
+  $state = bratonien_tools_nc_scheduler_read_state();
+  if (isset($state['enabled']) && !$state['enabled']) return;
+  $next_due = (int)($state['next_due'] ?? 0);
+  if ($next_due > time()) return;
+
+  try
+  {
+    bratonien_tools_nc_scheduler_spawn(false);
+  }
+  catch (Throwable $e)
+  {
+    $state = bratonien_tools_nc_scheduler_read_state();
+    $state['state'] = 'error';
+    $state['message'] = $e->getMessage();
+    $state['timestamp'] = time();
+    $state['next_due'] = time() + bratonien_tools_nc_scheduler_interval();
+    bratonien_tools_nc_scheduler_write_state($state);
+  }
+}