diff --git a/apis/actions.github.com/v1alpha1/autoscalingrunnerset_types.go b/apis/actions.github.com/v1alpha1/autoscalingrunnerset_types.go
index 23ff3d5b..8cff49c8 100644
--- a/apis/actions.github.com/v1alpha1/autoscalingrunnerset_types.go
+++ b/apis/actions.github.com/v1alpha1/autoscalingrunnerset_types.go
@@ -341,13 +341,11 @@ func (ars *AutoscalingRunnerSet) Hash() string {
 	type data struct {
 		Spec   *AutoscalingRunnerSetSpec
 		Labels map[string]string
-		Phase  AutoscalingRunnerSetPhase
 	}
 
 	d := &data{
 		Spec:   ars.Spec.DeepCopy(),
 		Labels: ars.Labels,
-		Phase:  ars.Status.Phase,
 	}
 
 	return hash.ComputeTemplateHash(d)
diff --git a/controllers/actions.github.com/ephemeralrunner_controller.go b/controllers/actions.github.com/ephemeralrunner_controller.go
index bec0eb7e..616c0e04 100644
--- a/controllers/actions.github.com/ephemeralrunner_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/actions.github.com/ephemeralrunner_controller.go
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ func (r *EphemeralRunnerReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Requ
 		case 7:
 			if err := r.markAsOutdated(ctx, ephemeralRunner, log); err != nil {
 				log.Error(err, "Failed to set ephemeral runner to phase Outdated")
+				return ctrl.Result{}, err
 			}
 			return ctrl.Result{}, nil
 		}
@@ -366,6 +367,7 @@ func (r *EphemeralRunnerReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Requ
 	case cs.State.Terminated.ExitCode == 7: // outdated
 		if err := r.markAsOutdated(ctx, ephemeralRunner, log); err != nil {
 			log.Error(err, "Failed to set ephemeral runner to phase Outdated")
+			return ctrl.Result{}, err
 		}
 		return ctrl.Result{}, nil
 
diff --git a/controllers/actions.github.com/ephemeralrunnerset_controller.go b/controllers/actions.github.com/ephemeralrunnerset_controller.go
index 48f03bf1..7f81216d 100644
--- a/controllers/actions.github.com/ephemeralrunnerset_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/actions.github.com/ephemeralrunnerset_controller.go
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func (r *EphemeralRunnerSetReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.R
 	ephemeralRunnersByState := newEphemeralRunnersByStates(ephemeralRunnerList)
 
 	log.Info("Ephemeral runner counts",
-		"outdated", ephemeralRunnersByState.outdated,
+		"outdated", len(ephemeralRunnersByState.outdated),
 		"pending", len(ephemeralRunnersByState.pending),
 		"running", len(ephemeralRunnersByState.running),
 		"finished", len(ephemeralRunnersByState.finished),
@@ -240,10 +240,10 @@ func (r *EphemeralRunnerSetReconciler) updateStatus(ctx context.Context, ephemer
 	total := state.scaleTotal()
 	var phase v1alpha1.EphemeralRunnerSetPhase
 	switch {
-	case ephemeralRunnerSet.Status.Phase == "":
-		phase = v1alpha1.EphemeralRunnerSetPhaseRunning
 	case len(state.outdated) > 0:
 		phase = v1alpha1.EphemeralRunnerSetPhaseOutdated
+	case ephemeralRunnerSet.Status.Phase == "":
+		phase = v1alpha1.EphemeralRunnerSetPhaseRunning
 	default:
 		phase = ephemeralRunnerSet.Status.Phase
 	}