diff --git a/scripts/check-production-api-deploy.mjs b/scripts/check-production-api-deploy.mjs
index 9e7e76044..36ebece13 100644
--- a/scripts/check-production-api-deploy.mjs
+++ b/scripts/check-production-api-deploy.mjs
@@ -907,6 +907,7 @@ function prepareFixture(name) {
   const maintenanceFile = path.join(root, 'maintenance', 'enabled');
   const fakeBin = path.join(root, 'bin');
   const commandsLog = path.join(root, 'commands.log');
+  const workerStateFile = path.join(root, 'worker-service-enabled');
   const version = `20260614-${name}`;
 
   mkdirSync(sourceDir, { recursive: true });
@@ -1086,8 +1087,21 @@ function prepareFixture(name) {
     path.join(fakeBin, 'systemctl'),
     [
       '#!/usr/bin/env bash',
+      'set -euo pipefail',
       `printf 'systemctl %s\\n' "$*" >> ${shellQuote(commandsLog)}`,
-      'if [[ "$1 $2 $3" == "is-active --quiet genarrative-pingora-gateway.service" && "${FAKE_PINGORA_ACTIVE:-true}" == "false" ]]; then',
+      'worker_state_file="${FAKE_WORKER_STATE_FILE}"',
+      'if [[ "$1" == "list-units" ]]; then',
+      '  pattern="${@: -1}"',
+      '  if [[ "${pattern}" == "genarrative-external-generation-worker@*.service" && -f "${worker_state_file}" ]]; then',
+      '    printf "genarrative-external-generation-worker@1.service loaded active running Genarrative external generation worker\\n"',
+      '  fi',
+      '  exit 0',
+      'fi',
+      'if [[ "$1 $2" == "enable --now" && "${3:-}" == "genarrative-external-generation-worker@1.service" ]]; then',
+      '  printf "enabled\\n" > "${worker_state_file}"',
+      '  exit 0',
+      'fi',
+      'if [[ "$1 $2 ${3:-}" == "is-active --quiet genarrative-pingora-gateway.service" && "${FAKE_PINGORA_ACTIVE:-true}" == "false" ]]; then',
       '  exit 3',
       'fi',
       'exit 0',
@@ -1136,6 +1150,7 @@ function prepareFixture(name) {
     maintenanceFile,
     fakeBin,
     commandsLog,
+    workerStateFile,
     version,
   };
 }
@@ -1204,6 +1219,7 @@ function runDeploy(fixture, options = {}) {
           options.createReleaseDuringCopy === true ? 'true' : 'false',
         FAKE_RELEASE_ROOT: fixture.releaseRoot,
         FAKE_RELEASE_VERSION: fixture.version,
+        FAKE_WORKER_STATE_FILE: fixture.workerStateFile,
       },
     },
   );