diff --git a/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.OpcUaServer/AddressSpaceApplier.cs b/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.OpcUaServer/AddressSpaceApplier.cs
index c577ad77..8439636b 100644
--- a/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.OpcUaServer/AddressSpaceApplier.cs
+++ b/src/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.OpcUaServer/AddressSpaceApplier.cs
@@ -246,10 +246,12 @@ public sealed class AddressSpaceApplier
             _ = dispatch.ContinueWith(
                 t =>
                 {
-                    if (t.IsFaulted)
+                    if (!t.IsCompletedSuccessfully)
                     {
+                        // Faulted OR canceled — never reach t.Result (which would re-throw and
+                        // leave this discarded continuation unobserved).
                         _logger.LogWarning(t.Exception?.GetBaseException(),
-                            "AddressSpaceApplier: historian provisioning of {Count} tag(s) faulted; deploy unaffected", provisionCount);
+                            "AddressSpaceApplier: historian provisioning of {Count} tag(s) did not complete; deploy unaffected", provisionCount);
                         return;
                     }