diff --git a/scripts/src/hwlab-node-impl.ts b/scripts/src/hwlab-node-impl.ts
index 244f42cd..76dc05f0 100644
--- a/scripts/src/hwlab-node-impl.ts
+++ b/scripts/src/hwlab-node-impl.ts
@@ -3214,11 +3214,13 @@ function nodeRuntimeGitMirrorStatus(scoped: ReturnType<typeof parseNodeScopedDel
     "NODE",
   ].join("\n");
   const result = runNodeK3sScript(spec, script, scoped.timeoutSeconds);
-  const parsed = parseJsonObject(statusText(result));
+  const parsed = record(parseJsonObject(statusText(result)));
   const summary = record(parsed.summary);
   const resources = record(parsed.resources);
   const githubTransport = record(parsed.githubTransport);
   const ok = result.exitCode === 0 && parsed.ok === true;
+  const remoteText = `${result.stderr ?? ""}\n${result.stdout ?? ""}`;
+  const remoteUnavailable = /provider is not online|UNIDESK_SSH_PROVIDER_OFFLINE|ssh.*unreachable/iu.test(remoteText);
   return {
     ok,
     command: `hwlab nodes git-mirror status --node ${scoped.node} --lane ${scoped.lane}`,
@@ -3236,7 +3238,7 @@ function nodeRuntimeGitMirrorStatus(scoped: ReturnType<typeof parseNodeScopedDel
     summary,
     refSources: nodeRuntimeGitMirrorRefSources(scoped, mirror),
     result: compactRuntimeCommand(result),
-    degradedReason: ok ? undefined : "node-runtime-git-mirror-not-ready",
+    degradedReason: ok ? undefined : remoteUnavailable ? "node-provider-unavailable" : "node-runtime-git-mirror-not-ready",
     valuesPrinted: false,
     next: {
       sync: `bun scripts/cli.ts hwlab nodes git-mirror sync --node ${scoped.node} --lane ${scoped.lane} --confirm`,