diff --git a/.woodpecker.yml b/.woodpecker.yml
index f560ec80..73da923c 100644
--- a/.woodpecker.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker.yml
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ steps:
       - kubectl rollout status deployment/scraper -n dispensary-scraper --timeout=300s
       # Note: Migrations run automatically at startup via auto-migrate
       # Deploy remaining services
+      # Resilience: ensure workers are scaled up if at 0
+      - REPLICAS=$(kubectl get deployment scraper-worker -n dispensary-scraper -o jsonpath='{.spec.replicas}'); if [ "$REPLICAS" = "0" ]; then echo "Scaling workers from 0 to 5"; kubectl scale deployment/scraper-worker --replicas=5 -n dispensary-scraper; fi
       - kubectl set image deployment/scraper-worker worker=code.cannabrands.app/creationshop/dispensary-scraper:${CI_COMMIT_SHA:0:8} -n dispensary-scraper
       - kubectl set image deployment/cannaiq-frontend cannaiq-frontend=code.cannabrands.app/creationshop/cannaiq-frontend:${CI_COMMIT_SHA:0:8} -n dispensary-scraper
       - kubectl set image deployment/findadispo-frontend findadispo-frontend=code.cannabrands.app/creationshop/findadispo-frontend:${CI_COMMIT_SHA:0:8} -n dispensary-scraper
diff --git a/.woodpecker/ci.yml b/.woodpecker/ci.yml
index f560ec80..73da923c 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/ci.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/ci.yml
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ steps:
       - kubectl rollout status deployment/scraper -n dispensary-scraper --timeout=300s
       # Note: Migrations run automatically at startup via auto-migrate
       # Deploy remaining services
+      # Resilience: ensure workers are scaled up if at 0
+      - REPLICAS=$(kubectl get deployment scraper-worker -n dispensary-scraper -o jsonpath='{.spec.replicas}'); if [ "$REPLICAS" = "0" ]; then echo "Scaling workers from 0 to 5"; kubectl scale deployment/scraper-worker --replicas=5 -n dispensary-scraper; fi
       - kubectl set image deployment/scraper-worker worker=code.cannabrands.app/creationshop/dispensary-scraper:${CI_COMMIT_SHA:0:8} -n dispensary-scraper
       - kubectl set image deployment/cannaiq-frontend cannaiq-frontend=code.cannabrands.app/creationshop/cannaiq-frontend:${CI_COMMIT_SHA:0:8} -n dispensary-scraper
       - kubectl set image deployment/findadispo-frontend findadispo-frontend=code.cannabrands.app/creationshop/findadispo-frontend:${CI_COMMIT_SHA:0:8} -n dispensary-scraper