diff --git a/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/ArgoCDCommitStatus/health.lua b/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/ArgoCDCommitStatus/health.lua
index 1f8f8de686490..6a237467a8553 100644
--- a/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/ArgoCDCommitStatus/health.lua
+++ b/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/ArgoCDCommitStatus/health.lua
@@ -25,9 +25,17 @@ if obj.status.conditions then
                 hs.message = "Waiting for Argo CD commit status spec update to be observed"
                 return hs
             end
-            if condition.status == "False" and condition.reason == "ReconciliationError" then
+            -- Check for any False condition status
+            if condition.status == "False" then
                 hs.status = "Degraded"
-                hs.message = "Argo CD commit status reconciliation failed: " .. (condition.message or "Unknown error")
+                local msg = condition.message or "Unknown error"
+                local reason = condition.reason or "Unknown"
+                -- Don't include ReconciliationError in the message since it's redundant
+                if reason == "ReconciliationError" then
+                    hs.message = "Argo CD commit status reconciliation failed: " .. msg
+                else
+                    hs.message = "Argo CD commit status reconciliation failed (" .. reason .. "): " .. msg
+                end
                 return hs
             end
         end
diff --git a/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/ArgoCDCommitStatus/health_test.yaml b/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/ArgoCDCommitStatus/health_test.yaml
index c00c08b9561d9..fa3427e1e4bc7 100644
--- a/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/ArgoCDCommitStatus/health_test.yaml
+++ b/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/ArgoCDCommitStatus/health_test.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ tests:
     status: Degraded
     message: "Argo CD commit status reconciliation failed: Something went wrong"
   inputPath: testdata/reconcile-error.yaml
+- healthStatus:
+    status: Degraded
+    message: "Argo CD commit status reconciliation failed: Failed to query Argo CD applications: connection timeout"
+  inputPath: testdata/non-reconciliation-error.yaml
 - healthStatus:
     status: Progressing
     message: Argo CD commit status is not ready yet
diff --git a/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/ArgoCDCommitStatus/testdata/non-reconciliation-error.yaml b/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/ArgoCDCommitStatus/testdata/non-reconciliation-error.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c8f54677670f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/ArgoCDCommitStatus/testdata/non-reconciliation-error.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+apiVersion: promoter.argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: ArgoCDCommitStatus
+metadata:
+  name: test-commit-status
+  namespace: test
+  generation: 1
+spec:
+  applicationSelector:
+    matchLabels:
+      environment: production
+  promotionStrategyRef:
+    name: test
+status:
+  conditions:
+    - lastTransitionTime: '2025-10-15T16:00:00Z'
+      message: 'Failed to query Argo CD applications: connection timeout'
+      observedGeneration: 1
+      reason: ReconciliationError
+      status: 'False'
+      type: Ready
+
diff --git a/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/ChangeTransferPolicy/health.lua b/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/ChangeTransferPolicy/health.lua
index 04fb63bc38419..a02ee5596bf1f 100644
--- a/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/ChangeTransferPolicy/health.lua
+++ b/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/ChangeTransferPolicy/health.lua
@@ -26,9 +26,17 @@ if obj.status.conditions then
                 hs.message = "Waiting for change transfer policy spec update to be observed"
                 return hs
             end
-            if condition.status == "False" and condition.reason == "ReconciliationError" then
+            -- Check for any False condition status
+            if condition.status == "False" then
                 hs.status = "Degraded"
-                hs.message = "Change transfer policy reconciliation failed: " .. (condition.message or "Unknown error")
+                local msg = condition.message or "Unknown error"
+                local reason = condition.reason or "Unknown"
+                -- Don't include ReconciliationError in the message since it's redundant
+                if reason == "ReconciliationError" then
+                    hs.message = "Change transfer policy reconciliation failed: " .. msg
+                else
+                    hs.message = "Change transfer policy reconciliation failed (" .. reason .. "): " .. msg
+                end
                 return hs
             end
         end
diff --git a/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/ChangeTransferPolicy/health_test.yaml b/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/ChangeTransferPolicy/health_test.yaml
index 0ea0bdf319418..279d44ec73f5e 100644
--- a/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/ChangeTransferPolicy/health_test.yaml
+++ b/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/ChangeTransferPolicy/health_test.yaml
@@ -39,3 +39,7 @@ tests:
     status: Healthy
     message: "Environment is up-to-date, but there are non-successful active commit statuses: 1 pending, 0 successful, 0 failed. Pending commit statuses: argocd-health. "
   inputPath: testdata/non-successful-environments.yaml
+- healthStatus:
+    status: Degraded
+    message: "Change transfer policy reconciliation failed (PullRequestNotReady): PullRequest \"deployment-environments-qal-usw2-next-environments-qal-usw2-7a8e7b70\" is not Ready because \"ReconciliationError\": Reconciliation failed: failed to merge pull request: failed to merge pull request: failed to merge pull request: PUT https://github.example.com/api/v3/repos/org/deployment/pulls/3/merge: 405 At least 2 approving reviews are required by reviewers with write access. Required status check \"continuous-integration/jenkins/pr-head\" is expected. You're not authorized to push to this branch."
+  inputPath: testdata/missing-sha-and-not-ready.yaml
diff --git a/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/ChangeTransferPolicy/testdata/missing-sha-and-not-ready.yaml b/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/ChangeTransferPolicy/testdata/missing-sha-and-not-ready.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..dbe59ddbe41f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/ChangeTransferPolicy/testdata/missing-sha-and-not-ready.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+apiVersion: promoter.argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: ChangeTransferPolicy
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    promoter.argoproj.io/reconcile-at: '2025-10-15T17:11:51.672763364Z'
+  creationTimestamp: '2025-10-15T16:26:17Z'
+  generation: 1
+  labels:
+    promoter.argoproj.io/environment: environments-qal-usw2
+    promoter.argoproj.io/promotion-strategy: strategy
+  name: strategy-environments-qal-usw2-27894e05
+  namespace: test
+  ownerReferences:
+    - apiVersion: promoter.argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+      blockOwnerDeletion: true
+      controller: true
+      kind: PromotionStrategy
+      name: strategy
+      uid: 146aaaba-72d5-4155-bf5b-b5fd03b8a6d0
+  resourceVersion: '116412858'
+  uid: 62e1ed12-d808-4c78-9217-f80822f930ae
+spec:
+  activeBranch: environments/qal-usw2
+  activeCommitStatuses:
+    - key: argocd-health
+  autoMerge: true
+  gitRepositoryRef:
+    name: repo
+  proposedBranch: environments/qal-usw2-next
+status:
+  active:
+    commitStatuses:
+      - key: argocd-health
+        phase: pending
+    dry: {}
+    hydrated:
+      author: ServiceAccount
+      commitTime: '2025-10-15T15:38:20Z'
+      sha: b060fc7f5079a5aa7364a3844cfe26ee3084e282
+      subject: '[Changed] - infrastructure deployment'
+  conditions:
+    - lastTransitionTime: '2025-10-15T17:34:14Z'
+      message: 'PullRequest "deployment-environments-qal-usw2-next-environments-qal-usw2-7a8e7b70" is not Ready because "ReconciliationError": Reconciliation failed: failed to merge pull request: failed to merge pull request: failed to merge pull request: PUT https://github.example.com/api/v3/repos/org/deployment/pulls/3/merge: 405 At least 2 approving reviews are required by reviewers with write access. Required status check "continuous-integration/jenkins/pr-head" is expected. You''re not authorized to push to this branch.'
+      observedGeneration: 1
+      reason: PullRequestNotReady
+      status: 'False'
+      type: Ready
+  history:
+    - active:
+        dry: {}
+        hydrated:
+          author: ServiceAccount
+          commitTime: '2025-10-15T15:38:20Z'
+          sha: b060fc7f5079a5aa7364a3844cfe26ee3084e282
+          subject: '[Changed] - infrastructure deployment'
+      proposed:
+        hydrated: {}
+      pullRequest: {}
+    - active:
+        dry: {}
+        hydrated:
+          author: ServiceAccount
+          commitTime: '2025-10-15T15:15:27Z'
+          sha: bb607f8854d83de1724bcc5515f685adf9d8a704
+          subject: Initial commit
+      proposed:
+        hydrated: {}
+      pullRequest: {}
+  proposed:
+    dry:
+      author: user <user@example.com>
+      commitTime: '2025-10-15T16:24:35Z'
+      repoURL: https://github.example.com/org/deployment.git
+      sha: ac7866685e376f32aaf09dced3cf2d39dc1ba50e
+      subject: Create promotion-strategy.yaml
+    hydrated:
+      author: Argo CD
+      body: 'Co-authored-by: user <user@example.com>'
+      commitTime: '2025-10-15T16:26:18Z'
+      sha: 2e8097c049a97c05e6f787f46aabfe3cc2a8af21
+      subject: 'ac78666: Create promotion-strategy.yaml'
+  pullRequest:
+    id: '3'
+    prCreationTime: '2025-10-15T17:11:53Z'
+    state: open
+    url: https://github.example.com/org/deployment/pull/3
+
diff --git a/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/CommitStatus/health.lua b/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/CommitStatus/health.lua
index 0150d3de53e29..0c94377be933e 100644
--- a/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/CommitStatus/health.lua
+++ b/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/CommitStatus/health.lua
@@ -25,9 +25,17 @@ if obj.status.conditions then
                 hs.message = "Waiting for commit status spec update to be observed"
                 return hs
             end
-            if condition.status == "False" and condition.reason == "ReconciliationError" then
+            -- Check for any False condition status
+            if condition.status == "False" then
                 hs.status = "Degraded"
-                hs.message = "Commit status reconciliation failed: " .. (condition.message or "Unknown error")
+                local msg = condition.message or "Unknown error"
+                local reason = condition.reason or "Unknown"
+                -- Don't include ReconciliationError in the message since it's redundant
+                if reason == "ReconciliationError" then
+                    hs.message = "Commit status reconciliation failed: " .. msg
+                else
+                    hs.message = "Commit status reconciliation failed (" .. reason .. "): " .. msg
+                end
                 return hs
             end
         end
diff --git a/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/CommitStatus/health_test.yaml b/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/CommitStatus/health_test.yaml
index f64d63703c589..babdc5bd0aba8 100644
--- a/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/CommitStatus/health_test.yaml
+++ b/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/CommitStatus/health_test.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ tests:
     status: Degraded
     message: "Commit status reconciliation failed: Something went wrong"
   inputPath: testdata/reconcile-error.yaml
+- healthStatus:
+    status: Degraded
+    message: "Commit status reconciliation failed: Failed to update commit status: API request failed"
+  inputPath: testdata/non-reconciliation-error.yaml
 - healthStatus:
     status: Progressing
     message: Commit status is not ready yet
diff --git a/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/CommitStatus/testdata/non-reconciliation-error.yaml b/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/CommitStatus/testdata/non-reconciliation-error.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5fda63e8bded3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/CommitStatus/testdata/non-reconciliation-error.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+apiVersion: promoter.argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: CommitStatus
+metadata:
+  name: test-commit-status
+  namespace: test
+  generation: 1
+spec:
+  sha: abc1234567890
+  url: https://example.com/ci/test
+  gitRepositoryRef:
+    name: repo
+  description: example
+  name: example
+  phase: success
+status:
+  conditions:
+    - lastTransitionTime: '2025-10-15T16:00:00Z'
+      message: 'Failed to update commit status: API request failed'
+      observedGeneration: 1
+      reason: ReconciliationError
+      status: 'False'
+      type: Ready
+  id: "1"
+  sha: abc1234567890
+
diff --git a/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/PromotionStrategy/health.lua b/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/PromotionStrategy/health.lua
index ba5b290906817..7a660c72f4f28 100644
--- a/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/PromotionStrategy/health.lua
+++ b/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/PromotionStrategy/health.lua
@@ -26,9 +26,17 @@ if obj.status.conditions then
                 hs.message = "Waiting for promotion strategy spec update to be observed"
                 return hs
             end
-            if condition.status == "False" and condition.reason == "ReconciliationError" then
+            -- Check for any False condition status
+            if condition.status == "False" then
                 hs.status = "Degraded"
-                hs.message = "Promotion strategy reconciliation failed: " .. (condition.message or "Unknown error")
+                local msg = condition.message or "Unknown error"
+                local reason = condition.reason or "Unknown"
+                -- Don't include ReconciliationError in the message since it's redundant
+                if reason == "ReconciliationError" then
+                    hs.message = "Promotion strategy reconciliation failed: " .. msg
+                else
+                    hs.message = "Promotion strategy reconciliation failed (" .. reason .. "): " .. msg
+                end
                 return hs
             end
         end
diff --git a/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/PromotionStrategy/health_test.yaml b/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/PromotionStrategy/health_test.yaml
index 7d331113a9ebc..698cc5134f4da 100644
--- a/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/PromotionStrategy/health_test.yaml
+++ b/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/PromotionStrategy/health_test.yaml
@@ -43,3 +43,7 @@ tests:
     status: Progressing
     message: Not all environments have the same proposed commit SHA. This likely means the hydrator has not run for all environments yet.
   inputPath: testdata/different-proposed-commits.yaml
+- healthStatus:
+    status: Degraded
+    message: "Promotion strategy reconciliation failed (ChangeTransferPolicyNotReady): ChangeTransferPolicy \"strategy-environments-qal-usw2-27894e05\" is not Ready because \"ReconciliationError\": Reconciliation failed: failed to calculate ChangeTransferPolicy status: failed to get SHAs for proposed branch \"environments/qal-usw2-next\": exit status 128: fatal: 'origin/environments/qal-usw2-next' is not a commit and a branch 'environments/qal-usw2-next' cannot be created from it"
+  inputPath: testdata/missing-sha-and-not-ready.yaml
diff --git a/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/PromotionStrategy/testdata/missing-sha-and-not-ready.yaml b/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/PromotionStrategy/testdata/missing-sha-and-not-ready.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d1f8db8e9221b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/PromotionStrategy/testdata/missing-sha-and-not-ready.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+apiVersion: promoter.argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: PromotionStrategy
+metadata:
+  name: strategy
+  namespace: test
+spec:
+  activeCommitStatuses:
+    - key: argocd-health
+  environments:
+    - autoMerge: true
+      branch: environments/qal-usw2
+    - autoMerge: true
+      branch: environments/e2e-usw2
+  gitRepositoryRef:
+    name: repo
+status:
+  conditions:
+    - lastTransitionTime: '2025-10-15T16:31:47Z'
+      message: 'ChangeTransferPolicy "strategy-environments-qal-usw2-27894e05" is not Ready because "ReconciliationError": Reconciliation failed: failed to calculate ChangeTransferPolicy status: failed to get SHAs for proposed branch "environments/qal-usw2-next": exit status 128: fatal: ''origin/environments/qal-usw2-next'' is not a commit and a branch ''environments/qal-usw2-next'' cannot be created from it'
+      observedGeneration: 1
+      reason: ChangeTransferPolicyNotReady
+      status: 'False'
+      type: Ready
+  environments:
+    - active:
+        dry: {}
+        hydrated: {}
+      branch: environments/qal-usw2
+      proposed:
+        dry: {}
+        hydrated: {}
+    - active:
+        dry: {}
+        hydrated: {}
+      branch: environments/e2e-usw2
+      proposed:
+        dry: {}
+        hydrated: {}
diff --git a/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/PullRequest/health.lua b/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/PullRequest/health.lua
index 1878fbd9cdbea..9a401e489f033 100644
--- a/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/PullRequest/health.lua
+++ b/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/PullRequest/health.lua
@@ -28,7 +28,14 @@ if obj.status.conditions then
             end
             if condition.status == "False" then
                 hs.status = "Degraded"
-                hs.message = "Pull request reconciliation failed: " .. (condition.message or "Unknown error")
+                local msg = condition.message or "Unknown error"
+                local reason = condition.reason or "Unknown"
+                -- Don't include ReconciliationError in the message since it's redundant
+                if reason == "ReconciliationError" then
+                    hs.message = "Pull request reconciliation failed: " .. msg
+                else
+                    hs.message = "Pull request reconciliation failed (" .. reason .. "): " .. msg
+                end
                 return hs
             end
         end
diff --git a/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/PullRequest/health_test.yaml b/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/PullRequest/health_test.yaml
index 162e1a0225a8f..dd0d3aa6f4bf7 100644
--- a/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/PullRequest/health_test.yaml
+++ b/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/PullRequest/health_test.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ tests:
     status: Degraded
     message: "Pull request reconciliation failed: Something went wrong"
   inputPath: testdata/reconciliation-error.yaml
+- healthStatus:
+    status: Degraded
+    message: "Pull request reconciliation failed: Failed to create pull request: authentication failed"
+  inputPath: testdata/non-reconciliation-error.yaml
 - healthStatus:
     status: Progressing
     message: Pull request is not ready yet
diff --git a/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/PullRequest/testdata/non-reconciliation-error.yaml b/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/PullRequest/testdata/non-reconciliation-error.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..adf04237f0384
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resource_customizations/promoter.argoproj.io/PullRequest/testdata/non-reconciliation-error.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+apiVersion: promoter.argoproj.io/v1alpha1
+kind: PullRequest
+metadata:
+  name: test-pr
+  namespace: test
+  generation: 1
+spec:
+  sourceBranch: app-next
+  targetBranch: app
+  gitRepositoryRef:
+    name: repo
+  title: Test Pull Request
+  state: open
+status:
+  conditions:
+    - lastTransitionTime: '2025-10-15T16:00:00Z'
+      message: 'Failed to create pull request: authentication failed'
+      observedGeneration: 1
+      reason: ReconciliationError
+      status: 'False'
+      type: Ready
+