diff --git a/scripts/src/platform-infra-kafka.ts b/scripts/src/platform-infra-kafka.ts
index dd3f2c05..0d1c1891 100644
--- a/scripts/src/platform-infra-kafka.ts
+++ b/scripts/src/platform-infra-kafka.ts
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ ${listeners}
     topicOperator: {}
     userOperator: {}
 ---
-${topicDocs}${userDocs}`;
+${topicDocs}---\n${userDocs}`;
 }
 
 function kafkaTopicManifest(kafka: PlatformKafkaConfig, target: KafkaTarget, topic: KafkaTopicSpec): string {
@@ -817,6 +817,12 @@ operator = deployment_ready(load("operator") or {})
 kafka_obj = load("kafka") or {}
 topics = [topic_summary(item) for item in items("topics")]
 users = [user_summary(item) for item in items("users")]
+for name in expected_topics:
+    if not any(item["topicName"] == name for item in topics):
+        topics.append({"resource": "missing", "topicName": name, "ready": False})
+for name in expected_clients:
+    if not any(item["name"] == name for item in users):
+        users.append({"name": name, "ready": False, "secret": None})
 topic_ready = all(any(item["topicName"] == name and item["ready"] for item in topics) for name in expected_topics)
 user_ready = all(any(item["name"] == name and item["ready"] for item in users) for name in expected_clients)
 secrets = items("secrets")