diff --git a/cmd/maestro/server/pulse_server.go b/cmd/maestro/server/pulse_server.go
index 35214cb0..e49efc06 100644
--- a/cmd/maestro/server/pulse_server.go
+++ b/cmd/maestro/server/pulse_server.go
@@ -232,9 +232,10 @@ func (s *PulseServer) OnStatusUpdate(ctx context.Context, eventID, resourceID st
 			Meta: api.Meta{
 				ID: resourceID,
 			},
-			Source: statusEvent.ResourceSource,
-			Type:   statusEvent.ResourceType,
-			Status: statusEvent.Status,
+			Source:  statusEvent.ResourceSource,
+			Type:    statusEvent.ResourceType,
+			Payload: statusEvent.Payload,
+			Status:  statusEvent.Status,
 		}
 	} else {
 		resource, sErr = s.resourceService.Get(ctx, resourceID)
@@ -317,6 +318,7 @@ func handleStatusUpdate(ctx context.Context, resource *api.Resource, resourceSer
 			ResourceID:      resource.ID,
 			ResourceSource:  resource.Source,
 			ResourceType:    resource.Type,
+			Payload:         found.Payload,
 			Status:          resource.Status,
 			StatusEventType: api.StatusDeleteEventType,
 		})
diff --git a/pkg/api/status_event.go b/pkg/api/status_event.go
index f876abce..3e519ae0 100755
--- a/pkg/api/status_event.go
+++ b/pkg/api/status_event.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ type StatusEvent struct {
 	ResourceID      string
 	ResourceSource  string
 	ResourceType    ResourceType
+	Payload         datatypes.JSONMap
 	Status          datatypes.JSONMap
 	StatusEventType StatusEventType // Update|Delete
 	ReconciledDate  *time.Time      `json:"gorm:null"`
diff --git a/pkg/db/migrations/202406241426_add_status_events.go b/pkg/db/migrations/202406241426_add_status_events.go
index cc165b12..2bc4ef2c 100644
--- a/pkg/db/migrations/202406241426_add_status_events.go
+++ b/pkg/db/migrations/202406241426_add_status_events.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ func addStatusEvents() *gormigrate.Migration {
 		ResourceID      string `gorm:"index"` // resource id
 		ResourceSource  string
 		ResourceType    string
+		Payload         datatypes.JSON `gorm:"type:json"`
 		Status          datatypes.JSON `gorm:"type:json"`
 		StatusEventType string         // Update|Delete, any string
 		ReconciledDate  *time.Time     `gorm:"null;index"`
diff --git a/test/e2e/pkg/sourceclient_test.go b/test/e2e/pkg/sourceclient_test.go
index 3a1c9086..2ac2cdad 100644
--- a/test/e2e/pkg/sourceclient_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/pkg/sourceclient_test.go
@@ -452,6 +452,10 @@ func AssertWatchResult(result *WatchedResult) error {
 		}
 
 		if meta.IsStatusConditionTrue(watchedWork.Status.Conditions, common.ManifestsDeleted) && !watchedWork.DeletionTimestamp.IsZero() {
+			if len(watchedWork.Spec.Workload.Manifests) == 0 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("expected the deleted work has spec, but failed %v", watchedWork)
+			}
+
 			hasDeletedWork = true
 		}
 	}