diff --git a/lib/App/Netdisco/Backend/Job.pm b/lib/App/Netdisco/Backend/Job.pm
index ea28c258..75879326 100644
--- a/lib/App/Netdisco/Backend/Job.pm
+++ b/lib/App/Netdisco/Backend/Job.pm
@@ -81,14 +81,35 @@ sub cancel {
   return Status->error($msg);
 }
 
+=head2 best_status
+
+Find the best status so far. The process is to track back from the last worker
+and find the highest scoring status, skipping the check phase.
+
+=cut
+
+sub best_status {
+  my $job = shift;
+  my $cur_level = 0;
+  my $cur_status = '';
+
+  foreach my $status (reverse @{ $job->_statuslist }) {
+    next if $status->phase 
+      and $status->phase !~ m/^(?:early|main|store|late)$/;
+
+    if ($status->level >= $cur_level) {
+      $cur_level = $status->level;
+      $cur_status = $status->status;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return $cur_status;
+}
+
 =head2 finalise_status
 
 Find the best status and log it into the job's C<status> and C<log> slots.
 
-The process is to track back from the last worker and find the best status,
-which is C<done> in early or main phases, or else any status in any non-user
-phase.
-
 =cut
 
 sub finalise_status {
diff --git a/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/Arpnip/Nodes.pm b/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/Arpnip/Nodes.pm
index 50af14c6..b6122f35 100644
--- a/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/Arpnip/Nodes.pm
+++ b/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/Arpnip/Nodes.pm
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ register_worker({ phase => 'store' }, sub {
     $device->ip, scalar @{ vars->{'v6arps'} };
 
   $device->update({last_arpnip => \$now});
-  return Status->done("Ended arpnip for $device");
+
+  my $status = $job->best_status;
+  return Status->$status("Ended arpnip for $device");
 });
 
 register_worker({ phase => 'main', driver => 'snmp' }, sub {
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ register_worker({ phase => 'main', driver => 'snmp' }, sub {
   push @{ vars->{'v6arps'} },
     @{get_arps_snmp($device, $snmp->ipv6_n2p_mac, $snmp->ipv6_n2p_addr) };
 
-  return Status->info("Gathered arp caches from $device");
+  return Status->done("Gathered arp caches from $device");
 });
 
 # get an arp table (v4 or v6)
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ register_worker({ phase => 'main', driver => 'cli' }, sub {
     push @{ vars->{'v6arps'} },
       grep { NetAddr::IP::Lite->new($_->{ip})->bits == 128 } @arps;
 
-    return Status->info("Gathered arp caches from $device");
+    return Status->done("Gathered arp caches from $device");
 });
 
 sub get_arps_cli {