diff --git a/src/lib/deployment/status.ts b/src/lib/deployment/status.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7293bcc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/deployment/status.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+type DeploymentStatusFields = {
+	action: Api.DeploymentAction
+	status: Api.DeploymentStatus
+}
+
+export type DeploymentStatusTone = 'positive' | 'warning' | 'negative'
+
+export type DeploymentStatusView = {
+	label: string
+	tone: DeploymentStatusTone
+}
+
+/**
+ * Canonical status copy + tone for a deployment. Shared by the list page and
+ * the detail header so the two cannot drift.
+ *
+ * Action is checked before status: a pending delete also has `status: 'pending'`,
+ * which would otherwise label as Pending.
+ */
+export function deploymentStatus (d: DeploymentStatusFields): DeploymentStatusView {
+	let label: string
+	if (d.action === 'pause') label = 'Paused'
+	else if (d.action === 'delete') label = 'Deleting'
+	else if (d.status === 'pending') label = 'Pending'
+	else if (d.status === 'error') label = 'Error'
+	else if (d.status === 'cancelled') label = 'Cancelled'
+	else label = 'Success'
+
+	let tone: DeploymentStatusTone
+	if (d.status === 'success' && d.action === 'pause') tone = 'warning'
+	else if (d.status === 'success') tone = 'positive'
+	else if (d.status === 'pending') tone = 'warning'
+	else tone = 'negative'
+
+	return { label, tone }
+}
+
+/** Pill next to the name. Hidden for a healthy running deployment. */
+export function deploymentStatusPill (d: DeploymentStatusFields): DeploymentStatusView | null {
+	if (d.action === 'deploy' && d.status === 'success') return null
+	return deploymentStatus(d)
+}
diff --git a/src/routes/(auth)/(project)/deployment/+page.svelte b/src/routes/(auth)/(project)/deployment/+page.svelte
index 5ed0afd8..192f57c2 100644
--- a/src/routes/(auth)/(project)/deployment/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/(auth)/(project)/deployment/+page.svelte
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 	import { onMount } from 'svelte'
 	import { getPermissionContext } from '$lib/permission'
 	import { registerPageActions } from '$lib/pageactions/store.svelte'
+	import { deploymentStatusPill } from '$lib/deployment/status'
 	import type { PageData } from './$types'
 
 	const { data }: { data: PageData } = $props()
@@ -55,31 +56,6 @@
 		Worker: { icon: 'fa-gears', label: 'Worker' },
 		CronJob: { icon: 'fa-clock', label: 'Cron Job' }
 	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Static status label for the pill next to the name. A healthy running
-	 * deployment returns null so its row stays clean — only noteworthy states
-	 * (deleting / paused / deploying / failed / cancelled) get a labelled pill,
-	 * mirroring the live icon to its left.
-	 *
-	 * A pending delete reuses the same `status: 'pending'` as a fresh deploy, so
-	 * the action has to be checked first — otherwise a deployment being torn down
-	 * would mislabel as "Deploying".
-	 */
-	function statusPill (it: Api.DeploymentListItem): { label: string, tone: string } | null {
-		if (it.action === 'delete') {
-			return { label: 'Deleting', tone: 'negative' }
-		}
-		if (it.action === 'pause') {
-			return { label: 'Paused', tone: 'warning' }
-		}
-		switch (it.status) {
-		case 'pending': return { label: 'Deploying', tone: 'info' }
-		case 'error': return { label: 'Failed', tone: 'negative' }
-		case 'cancelled': return { label: 'Cancelled', tone: 'muted' }
-		default: return null
-		}
-	}
 </script>
 
 <style>
@@ -139,7 +115,7 @@
 			<tbody>
 				{#each deployments as it (`${it.name}-${it.location}`)}
 					{@const type = typeMeta[it.type] ?? { icon: 'fa-cube', label: it.type }}
-					{@const pill = statusPill(it)}
+					{@const pill = deploymentStatusPill(it)}
 					{@const autoscale = it.minReplicas > 0 && it.minReplicas !== it.maxReplicas}
 					<tr>
 						<td>
diff --git a/src/routes/(auth)/(project)/deployment/_components/Header.svelte b/src/routes/(auth)/(project)/deployment/_components/Header.svelte
index f947d48b..63e3b424 100644
--- a/src/routes/(auth)/(project)/deployment/_components/Header.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/(auth)/(project)/deployment/_components/Header.svelte
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <script lang="ts">
 	import DeploymentStatusIcon from '$lib/components/DeploymentStatusIcon.svelte'
 	import DeploymentPodErrors from '$lib/deployment/DeploymentPodErrors.svelte'
+	import { deploymentStatusPill } from '$lib/deployment/status'
 	import { page } from '$app/stores'
 	import api from '$lib/api'
 	import * as modal from '$lib/modal'
@@ -33,32 +34,7 @@
 	// apiserver rejects static, cronjob, paused, and mid-deploy.
 	const canRestart = $derived(canPause && deployment.type !== 'CronJob')
 
-	const statusTone = $derived(
-		deployment.status === 'success' && deployment.action === 'pause'
-			? 'warn'
-			: deployment.status === 'success'
-				? 'positive'
-				: deployment.status === 'pending'
-					? 'warn'
-					: 'negative'
-	)
-
-	const statusLabel = $derived.by(() => {
-		if (deployment.action === 'pause') return 'Paused'
-		if (deployment.action === 'delete') return 'Deleting'
-		if (deployment.status === 'pending') return 'Pending'
-		if (deployment.status === 'error') return 'Error'
-		if (deployment.status === 'cancelled') return 'Cancelled'
-		return 'Success'
-	})
-
-	// The DeploymentStatusIcon next to the name already carries the visual
-	// signal for a healthy running deployment. Only surface the status pill
-	// in the meta row when it tells you something the icon can't (paused,
-	// deleting, pending, error). Keeps the common running case clean.
-	const showStatusPill = $derived(
-		deployment.action !== 'deploy' || deployment.status !== 'success'
-	)
+	const statusPill = $derived(deploymentStatusPill(deployment))
 
 	function pause () {
 		modal.confirm({
@@ -302,7 +278,7 @@
 		font-weight: 600;
 	}
 
-	.status-pill[data-tone='warn'] {
+	.status-pill[data-tone='warning'] {
 		background: hsl(var(--hsl-warning) / 0.12);
 		color: hsl(var(--hsl-warning));
 	}
@@ -323,7 +299,7 @@
 		background: hsl(var(--hsl-positive));
 		animation: live-pulse 1.8s ease-out infinite;
 	}
-	.meta__dot[data-tone='warn'] { background: hsl(var(--hsl-warning)); }
+	.meta__dot[data-tone='warning'] { background: hsl(var(--hsl-warning)); }
 	.meta__dot[data-tone='negative'] { background: hsl(var(--hsl-negative)); }
 
 	@keyframes live-pulse {
@@ -401,10 +377,10 @@
 	</div>
 
 	<div class="masthead__meta">
-		{#if showStatusPill}
-			<span class="status-pill" data-tone={statusTone}>
-				<span class="meta__dot" data-tone={statusTone}></span>
-				{statusLabel}
+		{#if statusPill}
+			<span class="status-pill" data-tone={statusPill.tone}>
+				<span class="meta__dot" data-tone={statusPill.tone}></span>
+				{statusPill.label}
 			</span>
 			<span class="meta__divider"></span>
 		{/if}
diff --git a/tests/deployment.spec.js b/tests/deployment.spec.js
index 5ac8c007..ffec70ce 100644
--- a/tests/deployment.spec.js
+++ b/tests/deployment.spec.js
@@ -52,6 +52,67 @@ test.describe('deployments', () => {
 		await expect(main.getByText(/Something went wrong while loading this data/)).toBeVisible()
 		await expect(main.getByRole('button', { name: 'Try again' })).toBeVisible()
 	})
+
+	test('list status pills match the detail page', async ({ page }) => {
+		const cases = [
+			{ name: 'web', status: 'success', action: 'deploy', pill: null },
+			{ name: 'web-pending', status: 'pending', action: 'deploy', pill: 'Pending' },
+			{ name: 'web-error', status: 'error', action: 'deploy', pill: 'Error' },
+			{ name: 'web-paused', status: 'success', action: 'pause', pill: 'Paused' },
+			{ name: 'web-deleting', status: 'pending', action: 'delete', pill: 'Deleting' },
+			{ name: 'web-cancelled', status: 'cancelled', action: 'deploy', pill: 'Cancelled' }
+		]
+
+		await setMocks({
+			'deployment.list': {
+				ok: true,
+				result: {
+					items: cases.map((c) => ({
+						...sampleDeployment,
+						name: c.name,
+						status: c.status,
+						action: c.action
+					}))
+				}
+			}
+		})
+
+		await page.goto('/deployment?project=test-project')
+		const main = page.locator('.content-wrapper')
+
+		for (const c of cases) {
+			const row = main.locator('tr', { has: page.getByRole('link', { name: c.name, exact: true }) })
+			if (c.pill) {
+				await expect(row.locator('.status-pill')).toHaveText(c.pill)
+			} else {
+				await expect(row.locator('.status-pill')).toHaveCount(0)
+			}
+		}
+		await expect(main.getByText('Deploying')).toHaveCount(0)
+		await expect(main.getByText('Failed')).toHaveCount(0)
+
+		for (const c of cases) {
+			await setMocks({
+				'deployment.get': {
+					ok: true,
+					result: {
+						...sampleDeployment,
+						name: c.name,
+						status: c.status,
+						action: c.action
+					}
+				},
+				'location.get': { ok: true, result: defaultLocation }
+			})
+			await page.goto(`/deployment/detail?project=test-project&location=gke&name=${c.name}`)
+			const pill = page.locator('.masthead .status-pill')
+			if (c.pill) {
+				await expect(pill).toHaveText(c.pill)
+			} else {
+				await expect(pill).toHaveCount(0)
+			}
+		}
+	})
 })
 
 test.describe('deployment detail — sidecars', () => {