diff --git a/modules/minio/provisioner/index.ts b/modules/minio/provisioner/index.ts
index fc999a1..a69a37d 100644
--- a/modules/minio/provisioner/index.ts
+++ b/modules/minio/provisioner/index.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ runProvisioner("s3-bucket", {
     try { await minio.removeAccessKey(accessKeyId); } catch { /* none yet — first provision */ }
     const key = await minio.createAccessKey(bucket, accessKeyId);
 
-    await emit("module.minio.bucket.created", {
+    await announce("module.minio.bucket.created", {
       bucket,
       consumer: grant.consumer,
       node: grant.node,
@@ -61,6 +61,16 @@ runProvisioner("s3-bucket", {
       console.error(`[minio] bucket ${bucket} not removed (likely non-empty), access revoked: ${err}`);
     }
 
-    await emit("module.minio.bucket.removed", { bucket, consumer: grant.consumer, node: grant.node });
+    await announce("module.minio.bucket.removed", { bucket, consumer: grant.consumer, node: grant.node });
   },
 });
+
+/** Emit best-effort: with no broker bound (a provisioner is not yet a runtime — novox/hq ADR 0052)
+ *  the event is logged and dropped, never allowed to throw back and fail a bucket that was made. */
+async function announce(type: string, body: unknown): Promise<void> {
+  try {
+    await emit(type, body);
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error(`[minio] could not emit ${type}: ${err}`);
+  }
+}