diff --git a/src/mount/relayfile-integration-preflight.test.ts b/src/mount/relayfile-integration-preflight.test.ts
index eb66a3d6..d72d626b 100644
--- a/src/mount/relayfile-integration-preflight.test.ts
+++ b/src/mount/relayfile-integration-preflight.test.ts
@@ -131,4 +131,53 @@ describe('Relayfile integration preflight', () => {
     expect(terminal.confirm).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
     expect(relayfile.connect).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
+
+  it('directs completed-but-degraded integrations to an authorized repair instead of waiting', async () => {
+    const relayfile = connections(async () => ({
+      ready: false,
+      state: 'degraded',
+      initialSyncState: 'complete',
+    }))
+    const terminal = io()
+
+    await expect(ensureFactoryIntegrations({
+      connections: relayfile,
+      providers: ['github'],
+      workspaceId: 'rw_test',
+      interactive: false,
+      dryRun: true,
+      io: terminal,
+    })).rejects.toThrow(
+      /degraded after its initial sync completed \(degraded, complete\).*workspace owner.*repair or reconnect github/u,
+    )
+    expect(relayfile.connect).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(relayfile.waitForConnection).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('classifies a degraded completed integration by its normalized state, echoing the reported values', async () => {
+    const relayfile = connections(async () => ({
+      ready: false,
+      state: '  DeGraded ',
+      initialSyncState: '\tComplete  ',
+    }))
+    const terminal = io()
+
+    // Only `.trim().toLowerCase()` routes this to the repair branch; without it
+    // the provider falls back to "wait for its initial sync", which is the
+    // advice #203 is about. The details string deliberately echoes the values
+    // as the provider reported them, so the operator can match them to what
+    // the dashboard shows -- normalization decides the branch, not the text.
+    await expect(ensureFactoryIntegrations({
+      connections: relayfile,
+      providers: ['github'],
+      workspaceId: 'rw_test',
+      interactive: false,
+      dryRun: true,
+      io: terminal,
+    })).rejects.toThrow(
+      /degraded after its initial sync completed \(  DeGraded ,\s+Complete  \).*workspace owner.*repair or reconnect github/u,
+    )
+    expect(relayfile.connect).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(relayfile.waitForConnection).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/mount/relayfile-integration-preflight.ts b/src/mount/relayfile-integration-preflight.ts
index e3ad5c33..c52af375 100644
--- a/src/mount/relayfile-integration-preflight.ts
+++ b/src/mount/relayfile-integration-preflight.ts
@@ -125,6 +125,13 @@ const notReadyMessage = (
   const details = [observation.state, observation.initialSyncState]
     .filter((value): value is string => Boolean(value))
     .join(', ')
+  const state = observation.state?.trim().toLowerCase()
+  const initialSyncState = observation.initialSyncState?.trim().toLowerCase()
+  if (state === 'degraded' && initialSyncState === 'complete') {
+    return `[factory] ${provider} is connected but degraded after its initial sync completed` +
+      `${details ? ` (${details})` : ''}; ask an Agent Relay workspace owner to repair or reconnect ` +
+      `${provider}, then retry.`
+  }
   return `[factory] ${provider} is connected but not ready${details ? ` (${details})` : ''}; wait for its initial sync, then retry.`
 }