diff --git a/lib/App/Netdisco/Backend/Job.pm b/lib/App/Netdisco/Backend/Job.pm
index d1d31d08..ea28c258 100644
--- a/lib/App/Netdisco/Backend/Job.pm
+++ b/lib/App/Netdisco/Backend/Job.pm
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ phase.
 
 sub finalise_status {
   my $job = shift;
-  # use DDP; p $job->_statuslist;
+  # use DDP; p $job->_statuslist;
 
   # fallback
   $job->status('error');
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ sub finalise_status {
 
   foreach my $status (reverse @{ $job->_statuslist }) {
     next if $status->phase 
-      and $status->phase !~ m/^(?:check|early|main)$/;
+      and $status->phase !~ m/^(?:check|early|main|store|late)$/;
 
     # done() from check phase should not be the action's done()
     next if $status->phase eq 'check' and $status->is_ok;
diff --git a/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Loader.pm b/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Loader.pm
index dc87d977..f8a94d1e 100644
--- a/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Loader.pm
+++ b/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Loader.pm
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ use namespace::clean;
 has [qw/workers_check
         workers_early
         workers_main
-        workers_user/] => ( is => 'rw' );
+        workers_user
+        workers_store
+        workers_late/] => ( is => 'rw' );
 
 sub load_workers {
   my $self = shift;
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ sub load_workers {
   my $workers = vars->{'workers'}->{$action} || {};
   #use DDP; p vars->{'workers'};
 
-  foreach my $phase (qw/check early main user/) {
+  foreach my $phase (qw/check early main user store late/) {
     my $pname = "workers_${phase}";
     my @wset = ();
 
diff --git a/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/Arpnip/Nodes.pm b/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/Arpnip/Nodes.pm
index e303f0dc..50af14c6 100644
--- a/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/Arpnip/Nodes.pm
+++ b/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/Arpnip/Nodes.pm
@@ -1,15 +1,43 @@
 package App::Netdisco::Worker::Plugin::Arpnip::Nodes;
 
 use Dancer ':syntax';
+use Dancer::Plugin::DBIC 'schema';
+
 use App::Netdisco::Worker::Plugin;
 use aliased 'App::Netdisco::Worker::Status';
+
 use App::Netdisco::Transport::SSH ();
 use App::Netdisco::Transport::SNMP ();
+
 use App::Netdisco::Util::Node qw/check_mac store_arp/;
 use App::Netdisco::Util::FastResolver 'hostnames_resolve_async';
-use Dancer::Plugin::DBIC 'schema';
+
+use NetAddr::IP::Lite ':lower';
 use Time::HiRes 'gettimeofday';
 
+register_worker({ phase => 'store' }, sub {
+  my ($job, $workerconf) = @_;
+  my $device = $job->device;
+
+  # would be possible just to use now() on updated records, but by using this
+  # same value for them all, we _can_ if we want add a job at the end to
+  # select and do something with the updated set (no reason to yet, though)
+  my $now = 'to_timestamp('. (join '.', gettimeofday) .')';
+
+  # update node_ip with ARP and Neighbor Cache entries
+
+  store_arp(\%$_, $now) for @{ vars->{'v4arps'} };
+  debug sprintf ' [%s] arpnip - processed %s ARP Cache entries',
+    $device->ip, scalar @{ vars->{'v4arps'} };
+
+  store_arp(\%$_, $now) for @{ vars->{'v6arps'} };
+  debug sprintf ' [%s] arpnip - processed %s IPv6 Neighbor Cache entries',
+    $device->ip, scalar @{ vars->{'v6arps'} };
+
+  $device->update({last_arpnip => \$now});
+  return Status->done("Ended arpnip for $device");
+});
+
 register_worker({ phase => 'main', driver => 'snmp' }, sub {
   my ($job, $workerconf) = @_;
 
@@ -17,27 +45,15 @@ register_worker({ phase => 'main', driver => 'snmp' }, sub {
   my $snmp = App::Netdisco::Transport::SNMP->reader_for($device)
     or return Status->defer("arpnip failed: could not SNMP connect to $device");
 
-  # get v4 arp table
-  my $v4 = get_arps_snmp($device, $snmp->at_paddr, $snmp->at_netaddr);
-  # get v6 neighbor cache
-  my $v6 = get_arps_snmp($device, $snmp->ipv6_n2p_mac, $snmp->ipv6_n2p_addr);
+  # cache v4 arp table
+  push @{ vars->{'v4arps'} },
+    @{ get_arps_snmp($device, $snmp->at_paddr, $snmp->at_netaddr) };
 
-  # would be possible just to use now() on updated records, but by using this
-  # same value for them all, we _can_ if we want add a job at the end to
-  # select and do something with the updated set (no reason to yet, though)
-  my $now = 'to_timestamp('. (join '.', gettimeofday) .')';
+  # cache v6 neighbor cache
+  push @{ vars->{'v6arps'} },
+    @{get_arps_snmp($device, $snmp->ipv6_n2p_mac, $snmp->ipv6_n2p_addr) };
 
-  # update node_ip with ARP and Neighbor Cache entries
-  store_arp(\%$_, $now) for @$v4;
-  debug sprintf ' [%s] arpnip - processed %s ARP Cache entries',
-    $device->ip, scalar @$v4;
-
-  store_arp(\%$_, $now) for @$v6;
-  debug sprintf ' [%s] arpnip - processed %s IPv6 Neighbor Cache entries',
-    $device->ip, scalar @$v6;
-
-  $device->update({last_arpnip => \$now});
-  return Status->done("Ended arpnip for $device");
+  return Status->info("Gathered arp caches from $device");
 });
 
 # get an arp table (v4 or v6)
@@ -71,16 +87,17 @@ register_worker({ phase => 'main', driver => 'cli' }, sub {
       or return Status->defer("arpnip failed: could not SSH connect to $device");
 
     # should be both v4 and v6
-    my $arps = get_arps_cli($device, [$cli->arpnip]);
+    my @arps = @{ get_arps_cli($device, [$cli->arpnip]) };
 
-    # update node_ip with ARP and Neighbor Cache entries
-    my $now = 'to_timestamp('. (join '.', gettimeofday) .')';
-    store_arp(\%$_, $now) for @$arps;
-    debug sprintf ' [%s] arpnip - processed %s ARP / IPv6 Neighbor Cache entries',
-      $device->ip, scalar @$arps;
+    # cache v4 arp table
+    push @{ vars->{'v4arps'} },
+      grep { NetAddr::IP::Lite->new($_->{ip})->bits ==  32 } @arps;
 
-    $device->update({last_arpnip => \$now});
-    return Status->done("Ended arpnip for $device");
+    # cache v6 neighbor cache
+    push @{ vars->{'v6arps'} },
+      grep { NetAddr::IP::Lite->new($_->{ip})->bits == 128 } @arps;
+
+    return Status->info("Gathered arp caches from $device");
 });
 
 sub get_arps_cli {
diff --git a/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Runner.pm b/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Runner.pm
index 193281ca..2c5e21ef 100644
--- a/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Runner.pm
+++ b/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Runner.pm
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ sub run {
 
     # run other phases
     if ($job->check_passed) {
-      $self->run_workers("workers_${_}") for qw/early main user/;
+      $self->run_workers("workers_${_}") for qw/early main user store late/;
     }
   };