diff --git a/src/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Commons/Messages/Deploy/ApplyAck.cs b/src/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Commons/Messages/Deploy/ApplyAck.cs
index 6cb593cd..2431bd41 100644
--- a/src/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Commons/Messages/Deploy/ApplyAck.cs
+++ b/src/Core/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Commons/Messages/Deploy/ApplyAck.cs
@@ -27,4 +27,12 @@ public sealed record ApplyAck(
     string? FailureReason,
     CorrelationId CorrelationId,
     bool Degraded = false,
-    string? DegradedReason = null);
+    string? DegradedReason = null)
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Gitea #601 — prefix of <c>NodeDeploymentState.FailureReason</c> on an <b>Applied</b> row whose
+    ///     address-space apply was degraded. Shared by central (which writes it from the ack) and a node with
+    ///     a ConfigDb (which writes its own row), so both spell the row identically.
+    /// </summary>
+    public const string DegradedReasonPrefix = "Applied degraded: ";
+}
diff --git a/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.ControlPlane/Coordinators/ConfigPublishCoordinator.cs b/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.ControlPlane/Coordinators/ConfigPublishCoordinator.cs
index c35fd0d5..d45a20e4 100644
--- a/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.ControlPlane/Coordinators/ConfigPublishCoordinator.cs
+++ b/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.ControlPlane/Coordinators/ConfigPublishCoordinator.cs
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public sealed class ConfigPublishCoordinator : ReceiveActor, IWithTimers
     ///     degraded node DID apply the revision, so its status stays <see cref="NodeDeploymentStatus.Applied"/>
     ///     and the degradation rides the existing reason column, which <c>/fleet</c> already renders.
     /// </summary>
-    public const string DegradedReasonPrefix = "Applied degraded: ";
+    public const string DegradedReasonPrefix = ApplyAck.DegradedReasonPrefix;
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     Gitea #601 — whether a <c>NodeDeploymentState</c> row records a degraded apply: status
diff --git a/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime/Drivers/DriverHostActor.cs b/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime/Drivers/DriverHostActor.cs
index af119dc4..6bb1f3f4 100644
--- a/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime/Drivers/DriverHostActor.cs
+++ b/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime/Drivers/DriverHostActor.cs
@@ -2588,6 +2588,11 @@ public sealed class DriverHostActor : ReceiveActor, IWithTimers, IWithUnboundedS
 
         if (degraded)
         {
+            // #601 review — the apply wrote this node's own row Applied/null before the outcome was known. Central
+            // adds the reason from the ack only when it ACCEPTS the ack (a timed-out or superseded deployment's ack
+            // is discarded), so a node with a ConfigDb records it itself; a driver-only node no-ops here.
+            UpsertNodeDeploymentState(pending.DeploymentId, NodeDeploymentStatus.Applied,
+                ApplyAck.DegradedReasonPrefix + (reason ?? "address-space apply degraded"));
             OtOpcUaTelemetry.DeploymentApplied.Add(1, new KeyValuePair<string, object?>("outcome", "degraded"));
             _log.Warning(
                 "DriverHost {Node}: deployment {Id} (rev {Rev}) applied DEGRADED — {Reason}. Acking Applied+degraded; re-dispatching the same revision re-applies it",
diff --git a/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests/Drivers/DriverHostActorDegradedAckTests.cs b/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests/Drivers/DriverHostActorDegradedAckTests.cs
index 570d4e48..5da97d25 100644
--- a/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests/Drivers/DriverHostActorDegradedAckTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Runtime.Tests/Drivers/DriverHostActorDegradedAckTests.cs
@@ -172,6 +172,33 @@ public sealed class DriverHostActorDegradedAckTests : RuntimeActorTestBase
         publish.ExpectNoMsg(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(200));
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void A_degraded_apply_records_its_reason_on_the_local_NodeDeploymentState_row()
+    {
+        // #601 review — a node WITH a ConfigDb writes its own row Applied/null before the outcome is known.
+        // Central later adds the reason from the ack, but only when it accepts that ack (a stale/timed-out
+        // deployment's ack is discarded), so the node must not leave its own row reading clean.
+        var (db, deploymentId) = SeedOneTagDeployment();
+        var coordinator = CreateTestProbe();
+        var publish = CreateTestProbe();
+        var actor = Sys.ActorOf(DriverHostActor.Props(
+            db, TestNode, coordinator.Ref, localRoles: new HashSet<string> { "driver" },
+            opcUaPublishActor: publish.Ref));
+
+        actor.Tell(new DispatchDeployment(deploymentId, RevA, CorrelationId.NewId()));
+        var rebuild = publish.FishForMessage<OpcUaPublishActor.RebuildAddressSpace>(_ => true, PresenceBudget);
+        publish.Reply(new OpcUaPublishActor.RebuildCompleted(rebuild.Correlation, rebuild.DeploymentId, true, "failedNodes=3"));
+        coordinator.ExpectMsg<ApplyAck>(PresenceBudget).Degraded.ShouldBeTrue();
+
+        AwaitAssert(() =>
+        {
+            using var ctx = db.CreateDbContext();
+            var row = ctx.NodeDeploymentStates.Single(r => r.NodeId == TestNode.Value && r.DeploymentId == deploymentId.Value);
+            row.Status.ShouldBe(ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Configuration.Enums.NodeDeploymentStatus.Applied);
+            row.FailureReason.ShouldBe(ApplyAck.DegradedReasonPrefix + "failedNodes=3");
+        }, PresenceBudget);
+    }
+
     private (IDbContextFactory<OtOpcUaConfigDbContext> Db, DeploymentId Id) SeedOneTagDeployment()
     {
         var db = NewInMemoryDbFactory();