diff --git a/workers/agentpay-landing/worker.js b/workers/agentpay-landing/worker.js
index cb7d5473..57ddd6b2 100644
--- a/workers/agentpay-landing/worker.js
+++ b/workers/agentpay-landing/worker.js
@@ -25,23 +25,40 @@ function mergeHeaders(headers) {
   return { ...SECURITY_HEADERS, ...headers };
 }
 
+// Declared state for /health. This is an edge worker with no backend probe, so it may
+// only attest to what it serves itself. 'green' requires a deployed, tested implementation
+// on this worker; every capability without one is 'not_implemented'.
+//
+// Do not hard-code 'green' here. This endpoint previously reported database, agentrank,
+// escrow, kya and behavioral_oracle as green while none of them were verifiably live,
+// which is the specific claim #165 exists to remove. Backend state belongs to the origin,
+// which now answers /api/health directly.
+const EDGE_SERVICE_STATUS = {
+  landing: 'green',
+  agentrank: 'demo_only',
+  database: 'not_probed',
+  escrow: 'not_implemented',
+  kya: 'not_implemented',
+  behavioral_oracle: 'not_implemented'
+};
+
 async function handleRequest(request) {
   const url = new URL(request.url)
 
-  // Preserve health endpoint
-  if (url.pathname === '/health' || url.pathname === '/api/health') {
+  // Edge health. /api/health is deliberately not handled here — it falls through to the
+  // origin below so the real backend health check is reachable instead of shadowed.
+  if (url.pathname === '/health') {
     return new Response(JSON.stringify({
       status: 'ok',
-      services: {
-        database: 'green',
-        agentrank: 'green',
-        escrow: 'green',
-        kya: 'green',
-        behavioral_oracle: 'green'
-      },
+      scope: 'edge',
+      services: EDGE_SERVICE_STATUS,
+      note: 'Edge worker status only. Backend health is served by the origin at /api/health.',
       timestamp: new Date().toISOString()
     }), {
-      headers: mergeHeaders({ 'Content-Type': 'application/json' })
+      headers: mergeHeaders({
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+        'Cache-Control': 'no-store'
+      })
     })
   }
 
diff --git a/workers/agentpay-landing/worker.test.mjs b/workers/agentpay-landing/worker.test.mjs
index c34ed12c..556a2153 100644
--- a/workers/agentpay-landing/worker.test.mjs
+++ b/workers/agentpay-landing/worker.test.mjs
@@ -61,7 +61,29 @@ try {
   const healthResponse = await handleRequest(new Request('https://agentpay.so/health'))
   assert.equal(healthResponse.status, 200)
   assert.equal(healthResponse.headers.get('content-type'), 'application/json')
-  assert.equal((await healthResponse.json()).services.agentrank, 'green')
+  assert.equal(healthResponse.headers.get('cache-control'), 'no-store')
+  const healthBody = await healthResponse.json()
+  assert.equal(healthBody.scope, 'edge')
+  assert.equal(healthBody.services.landing, 'green')
+
+  // The edge worker cannot verify backend capabilities, so it must not claim them.
+  // Reporting these as 'green' is the exact defect #165 exists to remove.
+  assert.equal(healthBody.services.escrow, 'not_implemented')
+  assert.equal(healthBody.services.kya, 'not_implemented')
+  assert.equal(healthBody.services.behavioral_oracle, 'not_implemented')
+  assert.equal(healthBody.services.database, 'not_probed')
+  assert.equal(healthBody.services.agentrank, 'demo_only')
+  for (const [name, state] of Object.entries(healthBody.services)) {
+    if (name !== 'landing') {
+      assert.notEqual(state, 'green', `${name} is not verifiable from the edge and must not report green`)
+    }
+  }
+
+  // /api/health must reach the origin rather than being shadowed by the edge stub.
+  fetchCalled = false
+  const apiHealthResponse = await handleRequest(new Request('https://agentpay.so/api/health'))
+  assert.equal(apiHealthResponse.status, 299)
+  assert.equal(fetchCalled, true)
 
   const postizzzResponse = await handleRequest(new Request('https://agentpay.so/postizzz'))
   assert.equal(postizzzResponse.status, 200)