diff --git a/controllers/postgresql/grantstatement_controller.go b/controllers/postgresql/grantstatement_controller.go
index 80d9157..7795069 100644
--- a/controllers/postgresql/grantstatement_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/postgresql/grantstatement_controller.go
@@ -63,6 +63,13 @@ var (
 type GrantStatementReconciler struct {
 	client.Client
 	Scheme *runtime.Scheme
+	// APIReader bypasses the manager's cache. The skip-if-unchanged check below
+	// must never evaluate against a status the cache hasn't caught up on yet -
+	// otherwise a reconcile that just ran REVOKE ALL can be immediately followed
+	// by another reconcile that reads the pre-revoke cached status, wrongly
+	// concludes nothing changed, and skips re-granting, leaving the role with
+	// no privileges. Reading the object live here closes that race.
+	APIReader client.Reader
 }
 
 //+kubebuilder:rbac:groups=postgresql.facets.cloud,resources=grantstatements,verbs=get;list;watch;create;update;patch;delete
@@ -84,9 +91,14 @@ func (r *GrantStatementReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Reque
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
-	// get grantstatement resource
+	// get grantstatement resource - read live (not from the cache) since the
+	// skip-if-unchanged decision below depends on this object's latest status
+	reader := r.APIReader
+	if reader == nil {
+		reader = r.Client
+	}
 	grantStatement := &postgresqlv1alpha1.GrantStatement{}
-	err = r.Get(ctx, req.NamespacedName, grantStatement)
+	err = reader.Get(ctx, req.NamespacedName, grantStatement)
 	if err != nil {
 		return ctrl.Result{}, nil
 	}
diff --git a/controllers/postgresql/role_controller.go b/controllers/postgresql/role_controller.go
index 8f385ed..49ee0d6 100644
--- a/controllers/postgresql/role_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/postgresql/role_controller.go
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ func (r *RoleReconciler) appendRoleStatusCondition(ctx context.Context, role *po
 
 		getLastItem := roleStatusConditions[len(roleStatusConditions)-1]
 		if getLastItem.Reason != condition.Reason {
-			role.Status.Conditions = append(role.Status.Conditions, condition)
+			role.Status.Conditions = append(roleStatusConditions, condition)
 			err := r.Status().Update(ctx, role)
 			if err != nil {
 				roleLogger.Error(err, fmt.Sprintf("Resource status update failed for role `%s`", role.Name))
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index e16d27d..ccaf0c4 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -106,8 +106,9 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 	if err = (&postgresqlcontrollers.GrantStatementReconciler{
-		Client: mgr.GetClient(),
-		Scheme: mgr.GetScheme(),
+		Client:    mgr.GetClient(),
+		Scheme:    mgr.GetScheme(),
+		APIReader: mgr.GetAPIReader(),
 	}).SetupWithManager(mgr); err != nil {
 		setupLog.Error(err, "unable to create controller", "controller", "GrantStatement")
 		os.Exit(1)