diff --git a/backend-api/__tests__/readinessWarning.test.js b/backend-api/__tests__/readinessWarning.test.js
index 989b159..8ef0d70 100644
--- a/backend-api/__tests__/readinessWarning.test.js
+++ b/backend-api/__tests__/readinessWarning.test.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const { buildReadinessWarningDetail, buildReadinessWarningMetadata } = require("../../workers/provisioner/readinessWarning");
+const { buildReadinessWarningDetail, buildReadinessWarningMetadata, buildReadinessWarningState } = require("../../workers/provisioner/readinessWarning");
 
 describe("buildReadinessWarningDetail", () => {
   it("formats a runtime-only readiness warning", () => {
@@ -78,3 +78,40 @@ describe("buildReadinessWarningMetadata", () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+describe("buildReadinessWarningState", () => {
+  it("builds deterministic warning state transitions and event payloads", () => {
+    const readiness = {
+      runtime: {
+        ok: false,
+        url: "http://agent.internal:9090/health",
+        error: "connection refused",
+      },
+      gateway: {
+        ok: false,
+        url: "http://host.docker.internal:19123/",
+        error: "timeout after 5000ms",
+      },
+    };
+
+    expect(buildReadinessWarningState({
+      agentId: "agent-123",
+      name: "Nora QA",
+      host: "agent.internal",
+      readiness,
+    })).toEqual({
+      agentStatus: "warning",
+      deploymentStatus: "warning",
+      event: {
+        type: "agent_runtime_warning",
+        message: "Agent \"Nora QA\" deployed with readiness warning: runtime unavailable at http://agent.internal:9090/health (connection refused); gateway unavailable at http://host.docker.internal:19123/ (timeout after 5000ms)",
+        metadata: {
+          agentId: "agent-123",
+          host: "agent.internal",
+          detail: "runtime unavailable at http://agent.internal:9090/health (connection refused); gateway unavailable at http://host.docker.internal:19123/ (timeout after 5000ms)",
+          readiness,
+        },
+      },
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/workers/provisioner/readinessWarning.js b/workers/provisioner/readinessWarning.js
index 7821a9d..7150d0f 100644
--- a/workers/provisioner/readinessWarning.js
+++ b/workers/provisioner/readinessWarning.js
@@ -25,4 +25,17 @@ function buildReadinessWarningMetadata({ agentId, host, readiness }) {
   };
 }
 
-module.exports = { buildReadinessWarningDetail, buildReadinessWarningMetadata };
+function buildReadinessWarningState({ agentId, name, host, readiness }) {
+  const metadata = buildReadinessWarningMetadata({ agentId, host, readiness });
+  return {
+    agentStatus: 'warning',
+    deploymentStatus: 'warning',
+    event: {
+      type: 'agent_runtime_warning',
+      message: `Agent "${name}" deployed with readiness warning: ${metadata.detail}`,
+      metadata,
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+module.exports = { buildReadinessWarningDetail, buildReadinessWarningMetadata, buildReadinessWarningState };
diff --git a/workers/provisioner/worker.js b/workers/provisioner/worker.js
index 59bbc96..a491d8e 100644
--- a/workers/provisioner/worker.js
+++ b/workers/provisioner/worker.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const IORedis = require('ioredis');
 const { Pool } = require('pg');
 const { agentRuntimeUrl } = require('../../agent-runtime/lib/contracts');
 const { waitForAgentReadiness } = require('./healthChecks');
-const { buildReadinessWarningDetail, buildReadinessWarningMetadata } = require('./readinessWarning');
+const { buildReadinessWarningDetail, buildReadinessWarningState } = require('./readinessWarning');
 
 // ── Connections ──────────────────────────────────────────
 const connection = new IORedis({
@@ -385,12 +385,13 @@ const worker = new Worker('deployments', async (job) => {
     });
     if (!readiness.ok) {
       const detail = buildReadinessWarningDetail(readiness);
+      const warningState = buildReadinessWarningState({ agentId: id, name, host, readiness });
       console.warn(`[provisioner] Readiness check failed for agent ${id}: ${detail}`);
-      await db.query("UPDATE agents SET status = 'warning' WHERE id = $1", [id]);
-      await db.query("UPDATE deployments SET status = 'warning' WHERE agent_id = $1", [id]);
+      await db.query(`UPDATE agents SET status = '${warningState.agentStatus}' WHERE id = $1`, [id]);
+      await db.query(`UPDATE deployments SET status = '${warningState.deploymentStatus}' WHERE agent_id = $1`, [id]);
       await db.query(
         "INSERT INTO events(type, message, metadata) VALUES($1, $2, $3)",
-        ['agent_runtime_warning', `Agent "${name}" deployed with readiness warning: ${detail}`, JSON.stringify(buildReadinessWarningMetadata({ agentId: id, host, readiness }))]
+        [warningState.event.type, warningState.event.message, JSON.stringify(warningState.event.metadata)]
       );
     }