diff --git a/backend-api/__tests__/readinessWarning.test.js b/backend-api/__tests__/readinessWarning.test.js
index 8ef0d70..70c68ec 100644
--- a/backend-api/__tests__/readinessWarning.test.js
+++ b/backend-api/__tests__/readinessWarning.test.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const { buildReadinessWarningDetail, buildReadinessWarningMetadata, buildReadinessWarningState } = require("../../workers/provisioner/readinessWarning");
+const { buildReadinessWarningDetail, buildReadinessWarningMetadata, buildReadinessWarningState, persistReadinessWarning } = require("../../workers/provisioner/readinessWarning");
 
 describe("buildReadinessWarningDetail", () => {
   it("formats a runtime-only readiness warning", () => {
@@ -115,3 +115,53 @@ describe("buildReadinessWarningState", () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+describe("persistReadinessWarning", () => {
+  it("writes warning agent status, warning deployment status, and the runtime warning event in order", async () => {
+    const db = { query: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({}) };
+    const readiness = {
+      runtime: {
+        ok: false,
+        url: "http://agent.internal:9090/health",
+        error: "connection refused",
+      },
+      gateway: { ok: true },
+    };
+
+    const result = await persistReadinessWarning(db, {
+      agentId: "agent-123",
+      name: "Nora QA",
+      host: "agent.internal",
+      readiness,
+    });
+
+    expect(db.query).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
+      1,
+      "UPDATE agents SET status = 'warning' WHERE id = $1",
+      ["agent-123"]
+    );
+    expect(db.query).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
+      2,
+      "UPDATE deployments SET status = 'warning' WHERE agent_id = $1",
+      ["agent-123"]
+    );
+    expect(db.query).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
+      3,
+      "INSERT INTO events(type, message, metadata) VALUES($1, $2, $3)",
+      [
+        "agent_runtime_warning",
+        "Agent \"Nora QA\" deployed with readiness warning: runtime unavailable at http://agent.internal:9090/health (connection refused)",
+        JSON.stringify({
+          agentId: "agent-123",
+          host: "agent.internal",
+          detail: "runtime unavailable at http://agent.internal:9090/health (connection refused)",
+          readiness,
+        }),
+      ]
+    );
+    expect(result).toEqual(expect.objectContaining({
+      agentStatus: "warning",
+      deploymentStatus: "warning",
+    }));
+  });
+});
diff --git a/workers/provisioner/readinessWarning.js b/workers/provisioner/readinessWarning.js
index 7150d0f..10da50e 100644
--- a/workers/provisioner/readinessWarning.js
+++ b/workers/provisioner/readinessWarning.js
@@ -38,4 +38,17 @@ function buildReadinessWarningState({ agentId, name, host, readiness }) {
   };
 }
 
-module.exports = { buildReadinessWarningDetail, buildReadinessWarningMetadata, buildReadinessWarningState };
+async function persistReadinessWarning(db, { agentId, name, host, readiness }) {
+  const warningState = buildReadinessWarningState({ agentId, name, host, readiness });
+
+  await db.query(`UPDATE agents SET status = '${warningState.agentStatus}' WHERE id = $1`, [agentId]);
+  await db.query(`UPDATE deployments SET status = '${warningState.deploymentStatus}' WHERE agent_id = $1`, [agentId]);
+  await db.query(
+    "INSERT INTO events(type, message, metadata) VALUES($1, $2, $3)",
+    [warningState.event.type, warningState.event.message, JSON.stringify(warningState.event.metadata)]
+  );
+
+  return warningState;
+}
+
+module.exports = { buildReadinessWarningDetail, buildReadinessWarningMetadata, buildReadinessWarningState, persistReadinessWarning };
diff --git a/workers/provisioner/worker.js b/workers/provisioner/worker.js
index a491d8e..a174331 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, buildReadinessWarningState } = require('./readinessWarning');
+const { buildReadinessWarningDetail, persistReadinessWarning } = require('./readinessWarning');
 
 // ── Connections ──────────────────────────────────────────
 const connection = new IORedis({
@@ -385,14 +385,8 @@ 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}: ${detail}`);
-      await db.query(`UPDATE agents SET status = '${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)",
-        [warningState.event.type, warningState.event.message, JSON.stringify(warningState.event.metadata)]
-      );
+      await persistReadinessWarning(db, { agentId: id, name, host, readiness });
     }
 
     // Sync integrations to newly deployed agent container