diff --git a/operator/resourceclaim.py b/operator/resourceclaim.py
index 655d502..b1f513f 100644
--- a/operator/resourceclaim.py
+++ b/operator/resourceclaim.py
@@ -503,6 +503,27 @@ async def update_status_from_handle(self,
         logger: kopf.ObjectLogger,
         resource_handle: ResourceHandleT,
         resource_states: List[Mapping]|None=None,
+    ) -> None:
+        attempt = 0
+        while True:
+            try:
+                await self.__update_status_from_handle(
+                    logger=logger,
+                    resource_handle=resource_handle,
+                    resource_states=resource_states,
+                )
+                break
+            except kubernetes_asyncio.client.exceptions.ApiException as exception:
+                if exception.status == 422 and attempt <= 10:
+                    await self.refetch()
+                    attempt += 1
+                else:
+                    raise
+
+    async def __update_status_from_handle(self,
+        logger: kopf.ObjectLogger,
+        resource_handle: ResourceHandleT,
+        resource_states: List[Mapping]|None=None,
     ) -> None:
         async with self.lock:
             logger.debug(f"Updating {self} from {resource_handle}")
@@ -660,8 +681,6 @@ async def update_status_from_handle(self,
                     logger.info(
                         f"Attempt to update status from {resource_handle} on deleted {self}"
                     )
-                elif exception.status == 422:
-                    logger.warning(f"Failed to apply patch {patch} to {self}")
                 else:
                     raise
 
diff --git a/test/unittest-resourceclaim_status_retry.py b/test/unittest-resourceclaim_status_retry.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b7bf96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unittest-resourceclaim_status_retry.py
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import logging
+import sys
+import unittest
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock
+
+sys.path.append('../operator')
+
+import kubernetes_asyncio.client.exceptions
+
+
+class FakeApiException(kubernetes_asyncio.client.exceptions.ApiException):
+    def __init__(self, status):
+        self.status = status
+
+
+K8sApiException = kubernetes_asyncio.client.exceptions.ApiException
+
+
+class FakeResourceClaim:
+    """Minimal ResourceClaim stub matching the new wrapper pattern in resourceclaim.py."""
+
+    def __init__(self, update_side_effects):
+        self._update_impl = AsyncMock(side_effect=update_side_effects)
+        self.refetch = AsyncMock()
+        self.refetch_count = 0
+
+        original_refetch = self.refetch
+        async def counting_refetch():
+            self.refetch_count += 1
+            await original_refetch()
+        self.refetch = counting_refetch
+
+    async def update_status_from_handle(self, logger, resource_handle, resource_states):
+        """Public wrapper with retry — mirrors resourceclaim.py."""
+        attempt = 0
+        while True:
+            try:
+                await self._update_impl(
+                    logger=logger,
+                    resource_handle=resource_handle,
+                    resource_states=resource_states,
+                )
+                break
+            except K8sApiException as exception:
+                if exception.status == 422 and attempt <= 10:
+                    await self.refetch()
+                    attempt += 1
+                else:
+                    raise
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return "ResourceClaim test-claim"
+
+
+class TestResourceClaimStatusRetry(unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.logger = logging.getLogger('test')
+        self.resource_handle = MagicMock()
+        self.resource_states = [{'kind': 'AnarchySubject', 'metadata': {'name': 'test-as'}}]
+
+    async def test_success_no_retry(self):
+        """Successful update should not trigger any retry."""
+        rc = FakeResourceClaim(update_side_effects=[None])
+        await rc.update_status_from_handle(
+            self.logger, self.resource_handle, self.resource_states,
+        )
+        rc._update_impl.assert_called_once()
+        self.assertEqual(rc.refetch_count, 0)
+
+    async def test_422_retries_and_succeeds(self):
+        """422 on first call should refetch and retry, then succeed."""
+        rc = FakeResourceClaim(update_side_effects=[
+            FakeApiException(status=422),
+            FakeApiException(status=422),
+            None,
+        ])
+        await rc.update_status_from_handle(
+            self.logger, self.resource_handle, self.resource_states,
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(rc._update_impl.call_count, 3)
+        self.assertEqual(rc.refetch_count, 2)
+
+    async def test_422_exhausts_retries(self):
+        """More than 10 consecutive 422s should raise the exception."""
+        rc = FakeResourceClaim(
+            update_side_effects=[FakeApiException(status=422)] * 12
+        )
+        with self.assertRaises(K8sApiException) as ctx:
+            await rc.update_status_from_handle(
+                self.logger, self.resource_handle, self.resource_states,
+            )
+        self.assertEqual(ctx.exception.status, 422)
+        self.assertEqual(rc._update_impl.call_count, 12)
+        self.assertEqual(rc.refetch_count, 11)
+
+    async def test_404_raises_without_retry(self):
+        """404 is not retried — it propagates immediately (in production, caught inside __update_status_from_handle)."""
+        rc = FakeResourceClaim(update_side_effects=[FakeApiException(status=404)])
+        with self.assertRaises(K8sApiException) as ctx:
+            await rc.update_status_from_handle(
+                self.logger, self.resource_handle, self.resource_states,
+            )
+        self.assertEqual(ctx.exception.status, 404)
+        rc._update_impl.assert_called_once()
+        self.assertEqual(rc.refetch_count, 0)
+
+    async def test_other_exception_raises_immediately(self):
+        """Non-422/404 exceptions should raise immediately."""
+        rc = FakeResourceClaim(update_side_effects=[FakeApiException(status=500)])
+        with self.assertRaises(K8sApiException) as ctx:
+            await rc.update_status_from_handle(
+                self.logger, self.resource_handle, self.resource_states,
+            )
+        self.assertEqual(ctx.exception.status, 500)
+        rc._update_impl.assert_called_once()
+        self.assertEqual(rc.refetch_count, 0)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()