diff --git a/patchoulene/README.md b/patchoulene/README.md
index 1b578ce..2a621be 100644
--- a/patchoulene/README.md
+++ b/patchoulene/README.md
@@ -62,6 +62,26 @@ Currently, these problems are diagnosed:
 
   The message contains content that would confuse `git mailsplit` or `git mailinfo`, which means that a patch generated from `git format-patch` on this commit would not be correctly handled by `git am`.
 
+### `status`
+
+```console
+$ ./patl status <rev>
+```
+
+Check patches in `rev` for possibly outdated patches, based on information in the database.
+
+An example output item is as follows:
+
+```
+Commit 677c9368d444 ("riscv: dts: spacemit: k3: add rfkill node for WLAN on Pico-ITX board"):
+  mail:20260716213314.3027969-5-aurelien@aurel32.net
+  has replacement:
+  - "riscv: dts: spacemit: k3: add rfkill node for WLAN"
+    mail:20260729172450.1660418-5-aurelien@aurel32.net
+```
+
+This shows that the commit `677c9368d444` (which is an ancestor of `rev`) is identified and, according to the database, it has a replacement.
+
 ### `walk`
 
 ```console
diff --git a/patchoulene/src/patchoulene/__init__.py b/patchoulene/src/patchoulene/__init__.py
index 8ccc580..f23915e 100644
--- a/patchoulene/src/patchoulene/__init__.py
+++ b/patchoulene/src/patchoulene/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import difflib
 import json
+import os
 import pathlib
 import re
 import shlex
@@ -213,6 +214,94 @@ def msg_merged(commit: GitCommit, primary: str) -> str:
             db[primary]["merged"].append(rev2)
 
 
+NO_COLOR = os.getenv("NO_COLOR", "") or not sys.stdout.isatty()
+
+
+def color_sel(color_msg: str, msg: str) -> str:
+    return msg if NO_COLOR else color_msg
+
+
+def dim(msg: str) -> str:
+    return color_sel(f"\x1b[90m{msg}\x1b[m", msg)
+
+
+def do_status(db: dict, commits: list[GitCommit], rev: str):
+    def msg_unrecorded(commit: GitCommit) -> str:
+        clean = clean_subject(commit.message)
+
+        msgs = [
+            f'Warning: Commit {commit.commit[:12]} ("{clean}"):',
+            f"- This patch has not been recorded, please run './patl walk {rev}'",
+            "",
+        ]
+
+        return "\n".join(msgs)
+
+    def msg_replacement_header(commit: GitCommit) -> str:
+        clean = clean_subject(commit.message)
+        guessed = guess_id(commit.message)
+        primary = guessed[0]
+
+        msgs = [
+            f'Commit {commit.commit[:12]} ("{clean}"):',
+            f"  {dim(primary)}",
+            f"  has replacement:",
+        ]
+
+        return "\n".join(msgs)
+
+    def msg_replacement(
+        commit: GitCommit, pid: str, subject: str | None, merged: list[str]
+    ) -> str:
+        clean = clean_subject(commit.message)
+        subject_suffix = ""
+        if subject == clean:
+            subject_suffix = " (identical subject)"
+        suffix = ""
+        if merged := info.get("merged", []):
+            suffix = f" (merged {', '.join(merged)})"
+        msgs = [f'  - "{subject}"{subject_suffix}', f"    {dim(pid)}{suffix}"]
+        return "\n".join(msgs)
+
+    for c in commits:
+        guessed = guess_id(c.message)
+        if not guessed:
+            continue
+        primary = guessed[0]
+
+        if primary not in db:
+            print(msg_unrecorded(c), file=sys.stderr)
+            continue
+
+        # Walk the replacment graph to find the set of patches that replaces c
+
+        replacements = set()
+        todo = {primary}
+
+        while todo:
+            pid = todo.pop()
+
+            if pid not in db or not db[pid].get("replacement", None):
+                replacements.add(pid)
+                continue
+
+            repl = db[pid]["replacement"]
+            if not isinstance(repl, list):
+                repl = [repl]
+
+            todo.update(repl)
+
+        if replacements != {primary}:
+            print(msg_replacement_header(c))
+            for pid in replacements:
+                info = db.get(pid, {})
+                subject: str = info.get("subject", None)
+                merged: list[str] = info.get("merged", [])
+
+                print(msg_replacement(c, pid, subject, merged))
+            print()
+
+
 def main():
     repo = GitRepo(".")
     match sys.argv[1:]:
@@ -220,6 +309,12 @@ def main():
             base = guess_base(repo, ref)
             print(f"Base for {ref} is {base}", file=sys.stderr)
             do_check_messages(repo, [f"^refs/tags/{base}", ref])
+        case ["status", rev]:
+            base = guess_base(repo, rev)
+            print(f"Base for {rev} is {base}", file=sys.stderr)
+            commits = repo.commit_list([f"^refs/tags/{base}", rev])
+            db = read_patch_db()
+            do_status(db, commits, rev)
         case ["diff", rev1, rev2]:
             base1 = guess_base(repo, rev1)
             print(f"Base for {rev1} is {base1}", file=sys.stderr)