diff --git a/agent-office/app/node_monitor.py b/agent-office/app/node_monitor.py
index b623a09..87adbf0 100644
--- a/agent-office/app/node_monitor.py
+++ b/agent-office/app/node_monitor.py
@@ -55,29 +55,34 @@ async def collect_status(redis=None) -> dict:
         return out
 
     for w in WORKER_REGISTRY:
-        info = {"name": w["name"], "kind": w["kind"], "alive": False, "state": None,
-                "last_beat_age_s": None, "queue_depth": 0, "dead_letter": 0,
-                "processing": 0, "jobs_done": 0, "jobs_failed": 0, "last_job_at": None}
-        raw = await r.get(f"worker:{w['name']}:heartbeat")
-        if raw:
-            try:
-                hb = json.loads(raw)
-                info.update(alive=True, state=hb.get("state"),
-                            jobs_done=hb.get("jobs_done", 0), jobs_failed=hb.get("jobs_failed", 0),
-                            last_job_at=hb.get("last_job_at"),
-                            last_beat_age_s=_beat_age(hb.get("ts", ""), now))
-                if w["kind"] == "watcher" and hb.get("mode"):
-                    out["paused_reason"] = hb["mode"]
-            except json.JSONDecodeError:
-                logger.warning("heartbeat JSON 파싱 실패 name=%s", w["name"])
-        if w["queue"]:
-            info["queue_depth"] = await r.llen(w["queue"])
-            info["dead_letter"] = await r.llen(f"dead_letter:{w['queue']}")
-            proc = 0
-            async for key in r.scan_iter(match=f"processing:{w['queue']}:*"):
-                proc += await r.llen(key)
-            info["processing"] = proc
-        out["workers"].append(info)
+        try:
+            info = {"name": w["name"], "kind": w["kind"], "alive": False, "state": None,
+                    "last_beat_age_s": None, "queue_depth": 0, "dead_letter": 0,
+                    "processing": 0, "jobs_done": 0, "jobs_failed": 0, "last_job_at": None}
+            raw = await r.get(f"worker:{w['name']}:heartbeat")
+            if raw:
+                try:
+                    hb = json.loads(raw)
+                    info.update(alive=True, state=hb.get("state"),
+                                jobs_done=hb.get("jobs_done", 0), jobs_failed=hb.get("jobs_failed", 0),
+                                last_job_at=hb.get("last_job_at"),
+                                last_beat_age_s=_beat_age(hb.get("ts") or "", now))
+                    if w["kind"] == "watcher" and hb.get("mode"):
+                        out["paused_reason"] = hb["mode"]
+                except (json.JSONDecodeError, UnicodeDecodeError):
+                    logger.warning("heartbeat JSON 파싱 실패 name=%s", w["name"])
+            if w["queue"]:
+                info["queue_depth"] = await r.llen(w["queue"])
+                info["dead_letter"] = await r.llen(f"dead_letter:{w['queue']}")
+                proc = 0
+                async for key in r.scan_iter(match=f"processing:{w['queue']}:*"):
+                    proc += await r.llen(key)
+                info["processing"] = proc
+            out["workers"].append(info)
+        except Exception:
+            logger.exception("워커 상태 수집 실패 name=%s", w["name"])
+            out["redis_ok"] = False
+            break
 
     for w in out["workers"]:
         if w["kind"] == "trader":
diff --git a/agent-office/tests/test_node_monitor.py b/agent-office/tests/test_node_monitor.py
index a0ab2ac..d1864e7 100644
--- a/agent-office/tests/test_node_monitor.py
+++ b/agent-office/tests/test_node_monitor.py
@@ -62,3 +62,37 @@ async def test_trader_http_pull_link():
     st = await node_monitor.collect_status(redis=r)
     link = next(l for l in st["links"] if l["from"] == "ai_trade")
     assert link["type"] == "http-pull" and link["status"] == "healthy"
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_paused_no_watcher_heartbeat_fallback_reason():
+    """paused=True인데 watcher heartbeat 없으면 paused_reason == 'trading' 폴백."""
+    r = FakeRedis(kv={"queue:paused": b"1"})  # watcher heartbeat 없음
+    st = await node_monitor.collect_status(redis=r)
+    assert st["paused"] is True
+    assert st["paused_reason"] == "trading"
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_processing_count_image_render():
+    """processing:<queue>:<worker_id> 리스트가 있으면 processing 필드에 합산된다."""
+    worker_id = "abc123"
+    proc_key = f"processing:queue:image-render:{worker_id}"
+    r = FakeRedis(
+        kv={"worker:image-render:heartbeat": _hb("image-render", "render", "busy")},
+        lists={proc_key: 3},
+    )
+    st = await node_monitor.collect_status(redis=r)
+    img = next(w for w in st["workers"] if w["name"] == "image-render")
+    assert img["processing"] == 3
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_llen_exception_returns_redis_ok_false():
+    """워커 루프 중 llen 예외 발생 시 예외를 전파하지 않고 redis_ok=False 반환 (Blocker 회귀)."""
+    class BrokenLlenRedis(FakeRedis):
+        async def llen(self, key):
+            raise ConnectionError("Redis 연결 끊김")
+
+    r = BrokenLlenRedis(
+        kv={"worker:music-render:heartbeat": _hb("music-render", "render", "idle")}
+    )
+    st = await node_monitor.collect_status(redis=r)
+    assert st["redis_ok"] is False