diff --git a/src/alert-manager/src/alert-parser/node_alert_monitor.py b/src/alert-manager/src/alert-parser/node_alert_monitor.py
index cb3f4435..6a2024e9 100644
--- a/src/alert-manager/src/alert-parser/node_alert_monitor.py
+++ b/src/alert-manager/src/alert-parser/node_alert_monitor.py
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ def handle_node_status_change(self, node: str, timestamp: float, status: float,
                 elif period_alerts['alertname'].str.contains('CordonValidationFailedNodes').any():
                     validation_alerts = period_alerts[period_alerts['alertname'].str.contains('CordonValidationFailedNodes')]
                     validation_time = validation_alerts['timestamp'].max()
-                    to_status = NodeStatus.CORDONED.value
+                    to_status = NodeStatus.TRIAGED_UNKNOWN.value
                     reason, detail = self.alert_mapper.summary_events_into_reason_detail(shrinked_alerts)
                     self.node_updater.update_status_action(node, from_status, to_status, validation_time, reason, detail)
                 elif period_alerts['alertname'].str.contains('RecoverValidatedNodes').any():
diff --git a/src/alert-manager/src/alert-parser/tests/test_alert_monitor.py b/src/alert-manager/src/alert-parser/tests/test_alert_monitor.py
index dc64bd0d..a98fefd8 100644
--- a/src/alert-manager/src/alert-parser/tests/test_alert_monitor.py
+++ b/src/alert-manager/src/alert-parser/tests/test_alert_monitor.py
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ def test_handle_node_status_change(monitor, mock_alert_fetcher, mock_alert_mappe
     mock_alert_fetcher.reset_mock()
     mock_alert_mapper.reset_mock()
     
-    # case 3: Node status change from validating to cordoned
+    # case 4: Validation failure moves the node to triaged_unknown
     status = -1 
     node_status = NodeStatusRecord(
         Timestamp=datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp - 100, tz=timezone.utc),
@@ -204,7 +204,31 @@ def test_handle_node_status_change(monitor, mock_alert_fetcher, mock_alert_mappe
     args = mock_node_updater.update_status_action.call_args.args
     assert args[0] == node
     assert args[1] == 'validating'
-    assert args[2] == 'cordoned'
+    assert args[2] == 'triaged_unknown'
+
+    # Reset mocks for next test
+    mock_node_updater.reset_mock()
+    mock_alert_fetcher.reset_mock()
+    mock_alert_mapper.reset_mock()
+
+    # case 5: Validation success moves the node to available_nodata
+    alerts = pd.DataFrame({
+        'alertname': ['RecoverValidatedNodes'],
+        'timestamp': [datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp, tz=timezone.utc)],
+        'node_name': [node],
+        'summary': [f'{node} passed validation']
+    })
+    mock_alert_fetcher.find_node_alerts.return_value = alerts
+    mock_alert_fetcher.shrink_alerts.return_value = alerts
+    mock_alert_mapper.summary_events_into_reason_detail.return_value = ("reason", "detail")
+
+    monitor.handle_node_status_change(node, timestamp, status, alerts, node_status)
+
+    assert mock_node_updater.update_status_action.called
+    args = mock_node_updater.update_status_action.call_args.args
+    assert args[0] == node
+    assert args[1] == 'validating'
+    assert args[2] == 'available_nodata'
     
 
 def test_handle_validating_node_with_empty_alerts(monitor, mock_alert_fetcher, mock_alert_mapper, mock_node_updater):
diff --git a/src/alert-manager/src/job-status-change-notification/controllers/alert.js b/src/alert-manager/src/job-status-change-notification/controllers/alert.js
index c4ba363b..48b6f840 100644
--- a/src/alert-manager/src/job-status-change-notification/controllers/alert.js
+++ b/src/alert-manager/src/job-status-change-notification/controllers/alert.js
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ const uncordonNodes = async (nodeList) => {
     status: "firing",
     labels: {
       alertname: "RecoverValidatedNodes",
-      severity: "info",
+      severity: "error",
       node_name: node,
     },
     annotations: {
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ const cordonNodes = async (nodeList) => {
     status: "firing",
     labels: {
       alertname: "CordonValidationFailedNodes",
-      severity: "info",
+      severity: "error",
       node_name: node.name,
     },
     annotations: {