bin/phd status attempts to synthesize pidfile and database records, but does so awkwardly in a way that isn't very explicit. In particular, it may produce output like this:

Log  Daemon  Host              Overseer ...
1    999:x   localhost         111      ...
2    888:x   host.company.com  222      ...

This is misleading. The "localhost" on the first line is because a matching daemon was found in local pidfiles. A more faithful and explicit output would be something like this:

Log  Daemon  Pidfile?   Host              Overseer ...
1    999:x   YES        host.company.com  111      ...
2    888:x   NO         host.company.com  222      ...

...although this isn't necessarily useful. Generally, this output could be significantly more useful and explicit in the modern era of autoscale pools.

The "Started" column is also pretty misleading.