diff --git a/src/applications/daemon/controller/PhabricatorDaemonConsoleController.php b/src/applications/daemon/controller/PhabricatorDaemonConsoleController.php
index 97242969b0..70eb3c78d3 100644
--- a/src/applications/daemon/controller/PhabricatorDaemonConsoleController.php
+++ b/src/applications/daemon/controller/PhabricatorDaemonConsoleController.php
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ final class PhabricatorDaemonConsoleController
     $logs = id(new PhabricatorDaemonLogQuery())
       ->setViewer($user)
       ->withStatus(PhabricatorDaemonLogQuery::STATUS_ALIVE)
+      ->setAllowStatusWrites(true)
       ->execute();
 
     $taskmasters = 0;
diff --git a/src/applications/daemon/controller/PhabricatorDaemonLogListController.php b/src/applications/daemon/controller/PhabricatorDaemonLogListController.php
index e97220a243..0e5552dcf7 100644
--- a/src/applications/daemon/controller/PhabricatorDaemonLogListController.php
+++ b/src/applications/daemon/controller/PhabricatorDaemonLogListController.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ final class PhabricatorDaemonLogListController
 
     $logs = id(new PhabricatorDaemonLogQuery())
       ->setViewer($viewer)
+      ->setAllowStatusWrites(true)
       ->executeWithCursorPager($pager);
 
     $daemon_table = new PhabricatorDaemonLogListView();
diff --git a/src/applications/daemon/controller/PhabricatorDaemonLogViewController.php b/src/applications/daemon/controller/PhabricatorDaemonLogViewController.php
index 5116c46223..9da72ceb01 100644
--- a/src/applications/daemon/controller/PhabricatorDaemonLogViewController.php
+++ b/src/applications/daemon/controller/PhabricatorDaemonLogViewController.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ final class PhabricatorDaemonLogViewController
     $log = id(new PhabricatorDaemonLogQuery())
       ->setViewer($user)
       ->withIDs(array($this->id))
+      ->setAllowStatusWrites(true)
       ->executeOne();
     if (!$log) {
       return new Aphront404Response();
diff --git a/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementLogWorkflow.php b/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementLogWorkflow.php
index 8613ef6de4..4c65c74e8f 100644
--- a/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementLogWorkflow.php
+++ b/src/applications/daemon/management/PhabricatorDaemonManagementLogWorkflow.php
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ final class PhabricatorDaemonManagementLogWorkflow
     $daemon = id(new PhabricatorDaemonLogQuery())
       ->setViewer($this->getViewer())
       ->withIDs(array($id))
+      ->setAllowStatusWrites(true)
       ->executeOne();
 
     if (!$daemon) {
diff --git a/src/applications/daemon/query/PhabricatorDaemonLogQuery.php b/src/applications/daemon/query/PhabricatorDaemonLogQuery.php
index 656edd7bdc..c3f2ddf7f0 100644
--- a/src/applications/daemon/query/PhabricatorDaemonLogQuery.php
+++ b/src/applications/daemon/query/PhabricatorDaemonLogQuery.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ final class PhabricatorDaemonLogQuery
   private $ids;
   private $status = self::STATUS_ALL;
   private $daemonClasses;
+  private $allowStatusWrites;
 
   public static function getTimeUntilUnknown() {
     return 3 * PhutilDaemonOverseer::HEARTBEAT_WAIT;
@@ -33,6 +34,11 @@ final class PhabricatorDaemonLogQuery
     return $this;
   }
 
+  public function setAllowStatusWrites($allow) {
+    $this->allowStatusWrites = $allow;
+    return $this;
+  }
+
   public function loadPage() {
     $table = new PhabricatorDaemonLog();
     $conn_r = $table->establishConnection('r');
@@ -80,11 +86,16 @@ final class PhabricatorDaemonLogQuery
         $status = $status_dead;
       }
 
-      // If we changed the daemon's status, update it.
+      // If we changed the daemon's status, adjust it.
       if ($status != $daemon->getStatus()) {
-        $guard = AphrontWriteGuard::beginScopedUnguardedWrites();
-        $daemon->setStatus($status)->save();
-        unset($guard);
+        $daemon->setStatus($status);
+
+        // ...and write it, if we're in a context where that's reasonable.
+        if ($this->allowStatusWrites) {
+          $guard = AphrontWriteGuard::beginScopedUnguardedWrites();
+            $daemon->save();
+          unset($guard);
+        }
       }
 
       // If the daemon no longer matches the filter, get rid of it.