diff --git a/services/comms/atlasbot-deployment.yaml b/services/comms/atlasbot-deployment.yaml
index 69aef2f..802021f 100644
--- a/services/comms/atlasbot-deployment.yaml
+++ b/services/comms/atlasbot-deployment.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app: atlasbot
       annotations:
-        checksum/atlasbot-configmap: manual-atlasbot-15
+        checksum/atlasbot-configmap: manual-atlasbot-16
         vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject: "true"
         vault.hashicorp.com/role: "comms"
         vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-secret-turn-secret: "kv/data/atlas/comms/turn-shared-secret"
diff --git a/services/comms/scripts/atlasbot/bot.py b/services/comms/scripts/atlasbot/bot.py
index 3b9082d..7153723 100644
--- a/services/comms/scripts/atlasbot/bot.py
+++ b/services/comms/scripts/atlasbot/bot.py
@@ -1118,6 +1118,8 @@ def sync_loop(token: str, room_id: str):
                             )
                             if missing_hint and "no missing" not in missing_hint:
                                 msg += f" {missing_hint}"
+                            elif "should" in lower_body:
+                                msg += " I don’t have an expected worker inventory in the KB; this is the current cluster state."
                             send_msg(token, rid, msg)
                             continue
                 if "missing" in lower_body and "node" in lower_body: