diff --git a/hk/housekeeper.go b/hk/housekeeper.go
index 12d3886ac5..cd03c5a13a 100644
--- a/hk/housekeeper.go
+++ b/hk/housekeeper.go
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 // Package hk provides mechanism for registering cleanup
 // functions which are invoked at specified intervals.
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2018-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2018-2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION. All rights reserved.
  */
 package hk
 
 import (
 	"container/heap"
 	"os"
-	"os/signal"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ func _init(mustRun bool) {
 	if mustRun {
 		HK.running.Store(false)
 	} else {
-		HK.running.Store(true) // tests only
+		HK.running.Store(true) // mustRun == false: tests only
 	}
 	heap.Init(HK.actions)
 }
@@ -121,11 +120,8 @@ func (hk *hk) terminate() {
 func (*hk) Stop(error) { HK.stopCh.Close() }
 
 func (hk *hk) Run() (err error) {
-	signal.Notify(hk.sigCh,
-		syscall.SIGINT,  // kill -SIGINT (Ctrl-C)
-		syscall.SIGTERM, // kill -SIGTERM
-		syscall.SIGQUIT, // kill -SIGQUIT
-	)
+	hk.setSignal() // SIGINT, et al. - see handleSignal() below
+
 	hk.timer = time.NewTimer(time.Hour)
 	hk.running.Store(true)
 	err = hk._run()
@@ -198,10 +194,9 @@ func (hk *hk) _run() error {
 
 		case s, ok := <-hk.sigCh:
 			if ok {
-				signal.Stop(hk.sigCh)
-				err := cos.NewSignalError(s.(syscall.Signal))
-				hk.Stop(err)
-				return err
+				if err := hk.handleSignal(s.(syscall.Signal)); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/hk/sig_darwin.go b/hk/sig_darwin.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f256809e5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hk/sig_darwin.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// Package hk provides mechanism for registering cleanup
+// functions which are invoked at specified intervals.
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION. All rights reserved.
+ */
+package hk
+
+import "errors"
+
+func numOpenFiles() (int, error) {
+	return 0, errors.New("num-open-files not implemented yet")
+}
diff --git a/hk/sig_linux.go b/hk/sig_linux.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e20cbfe7dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hk/sig_linux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// Package hk provides mechanism for registering cleanup
+// functions which are invoked at specified intervals.
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION. All rights reserved.
+ */
+package hk
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+// TODO: consider moving to `cos` and logging (`stats`) every 4h or so
+func numOpenFiles() (int, error) {
+	var (
+		pid      = os.Getpid()
+		proddir  = filepath.Join("/proc", strconv.Itoa(pid), "fd")
+		dir, err = os.Open(proddir)
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	defer dir.Close()
+
+	// read just the names
+	names, e := dir.Readdirnames(0)
+	if e != nil {
+		return 0, e
+	}
+	return len(names), nil
+}
diff --git a/hk/sigprod.go b/hk/sigprod.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c355305cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hk/sigprod.go
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// Package hk provides mechanism for registering cleanup
+// functions which are invoked at specified intervals.
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018-2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION. All rights reserved.
+ */
+package hk
+
+import (
+	"os/signal"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+	"syscall"
+
+	"github.com/NVIDIA/aistore/cmn/cos"
+	"github.com/NVIDIA/aistore/cmn/nlog"
+	"github.com/NVIDIA/aistore/sys"
+)
+
+func (hk *hk) setSignal() {
+	signal.Notify(hk.sigCh,
+		// ignore
+		syscall.SIGHUP, // kill -SIGHUP
+		// terminate
+		syscall.SIGINT,  // kill -SIGINT (Ctrl-C)
+		syscall.SIGTERM, // kill -SIGTERM
+		syscall.SIGQUIT, // kill -SIGQUIT
+	)
+}
+
+func (hk *hk) handleSignal(s syscall.Signal) error {
+	if s == syscall.SIGHUP {
+		// no-op: show up in the log with some useful info
+		var (
+			sb  strings.Builder
+			mem sys.MemStat
+			ngr = runtime.NumGoroutine()
+		)
+		erm := mem.Get()
+		mem.Str(&sb)
+		nfd, erf := numOpenFiles()
+		nlog.Infoln("ngr [", ngr, sys.NumCPU(), "] mem [", sb.String(), erm, "]", "num-fd [", nfd, erf, "]")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	signal.Stop(hk.sigCh)
+	err := cos.NewSignalError(s)
+	hk.Stop(err)
+	return err
+}