diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c7432705..544fa056 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -191,7 +191,9 @@ it does not fetch changes to this Git-built CMS. Use the updater for releases.
 A clone does **not** install an automatic scheduler. If desired, explicitly add a
 cron entry with the absolute path of **your** checkout; keep logs in its `logs`
 directory. Do not configure both CI and Compose updates for the same instance.
-The updater refuses an active `epicnext-cms-app` CI-managed container.
+On a CI-managed host (either slot container running, or the nginx upstream
+pointing at a blue/green slot) the updater skips with exit 0, so a cron run
+that legitimately has nothing to do does not look like a failed deployment.
 
 Logs: `logs/docker-update.log`. After cutover, a startup, image or HTTP check
 failure automatically recreates the CMS with its previous image and verifies its
@@ -898,7 +900,8 @@ that:
 - `scripts/docker-update.sh` refuses to run on a CI host. It used to test only
   `epicnext-cms-app`, but after a cutover to the green slot that container is
   stopped and deleted, so the guard stopped firing while the host stayed
-  CI-managed. It now checks both slot containers and the nginx upstream.
+  CI-managed. It now checks both slot containers and the nginx upstream, and
+  reports the skip with exit 0 instead of failing the cron.
 - `ci-deploy.sh` retires a compose replica of *this* checkout
   (`com.docker.compose.project.config_files`) from the candidate port before
   starting the candidate — but never a slot container, and never the port nginx
diff --git a/src/lib/docker-update.test.ts b/src/lib/docker-update.test.ts
index 9f3aa7c1..4db9590f 100644
--- a/src/lib/docker-update.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/docker-update.test.ts
@@ -188,29 +188,27 @@ describe("Docker clone updates", () => {
 		expect(r.calls).not.toContain("docker volume prune");
 		expect(r.calls).not.toContain("docker system prune");
 	});
-	it.each([
-		"dirty",
-		"ci-active",
-		"ci-green",
-		"ci-upstream",
-		"pull-failure",
-		"build-failure",
-		"migration-failure",
-	])("does not replace the container after %s", (scenario) => {
-		const r = simulate(scenario);
-		expect(r.status, r.output).not.toBe(0);
-		expect(r.calls).not.toContain("compose up");
-	});
+	it.each(["dirty", "pull-failure", "build-failure", "migration-failure"])(
+		"does not replace the container after %s",
+		(scenario) => {
+			const r = simulate(scenario);
+			expect(r.status, r.output).not.toBe(0);
+			expect(r.calls).not.toContain("compose up");
+		},
+	);
 	// Regressie: na een cutover naar het groene slot bestaat epicnext-cms-app
 	// niet meer en zag deze controle alleen een vrijgekomen blauwe container. De
 	// dagelijkse `docker-update.sh` startte toen een compose-replica op poort
 	// 3002 en blokkeerde elke volgende release. De blauwe container alleen
 	// controleren is dus geen bewijs dat de host niet door CI beheerd wordt.
-	it.each(["ci-green", "ci-upstream"])(
-		"refuses a compose deployment while CI owns the host (%s)",
+	//
+	// A host owned by CI is a legitimate no-op, not an error: the cron run must
+	// exit 0 so it does not look like a failed deployment.
+	it.each(["ci-active", "ci-green", "ci-upstream"])(
+		"skips the compose deployment while CI owns the host (%s)",
 		(scenario) => {
 			const r = simulate(scenario);
-			expect(r.status, r.output).not.toBe(0);
+			expect(r.status, r.output).toBe(0);
 			expect(r.output).toContain("This host is managed by CI");
 			expect(r.calls).not.toContain("compose up");
 		},