diff --git a/config/milo/activity/policies/httpproxy-policy.yaml b/config/milo/activity/policies/httpproxy-policy.yaml
index b7c2a653..d929014d 100644
--- a/config/milo/activity/policies/httpproxy-policy.yaml
+++ b/config/milo/activity/policies/httpproxy-policy.yaml
@@ -37,15 +37,15 @@ spec:
       summary: "{{ actor }} created {{ link('a load balancer', audit.objectRef) }}"
 
     - name: delete-annotated
-      match: "!audit.user.username.startsWith('system:') && audit.verb == 'delete' && has(audit.responseObject.metadata.annotations) && 'networking.datumapis.com/display-name' in audit.responseObject.metadata.annotations"
+      match: "!audit.user.username.startsWith('system:') && audit.verb == 'delete' && has(audit.responseStatus) && audit.responseStatus.code >= 200 && audit.responseStatus.code < 300 && has(audit.responseObject) && type(audit.responseObject) == map && has(audit.responseObject.metadata) && has(audit.responseObject.metadata.annotations) && 'networking.datumapis.com/display-name' in audit.responseObject.metadata.annotations"
       summary: "{{ actor }} deleted load balancer {{ audit.responseObject.metadata.annotations['networking.datumapis.com/display-name'] }}"
 
     - name: delete-name
-      match: "!audit.user.username.startsWith('system:') && audit.verb == 'delete' && has(audit.objectRef.name)"
+      match: "!audit.user.username.startsWith('system:') && audit.verb == 'delete' && has(audit.responseStatus) && audit.responseStatus.code >= 200 && audit.responseStatus.code < 300 && has(audit.objectRef.name)"
       summary: "{{ actor }} deleted load balancer {{ audit.objectRef.name }}"
 
     - name: delete-fallback
-      match: "!audit.user.username.startsWith('system:') && audit.verb == 'delete'"
+      match: "!audit.user.username.startsWith('system:') && audit.verb == 'delete' && has(audit.responseStatus) && audit.responseStatus.code >= 200 && audit.responseStatus.code < 300"
       summary: "{{ actor }} deleted a load balancer"
 
     - name: update-hostname-added
diff --git a/internal/activitypolicy/httpproxy_delete_test.go b/internal/activitypolicy/httpproxy_delete_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f2e4a13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/activitypolicy/httpproxy_delete_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+
+package activitypolicy_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestHTTPProxyDeleteOutcomes(t *testing.T) {
+	policy := loadPolicy(t, "config/milo/activity/policies/httpproxy-policy.yaml")
+	cases := []struct {
+		name     string
+		code     int
+		response any
+		want     string
+	}{
+		{"failed delete without response", 500, nil, ""},
+		{"forbidden delete", 403, nil, ""},
+		{"not found", 404, nil, ""},
+		{"failed delete with annotations", 500, map[string]any{"metadata": map[string]any{"annotations": map[string]any{"networking.datumapis.com/display-name": "storefront"}}}, ""},
+		{"successful delete without response", 200, nil, "delete-name"},
+		{"accepted delete with status response", 202, map[string]any{"kind": "Status", "status": "Success"}, "delete-name"},
+		{"successful delete without annotations", 200, map[string]any{"metadata": map[string]any{}}, "delete-name"},
+		{"successful annotated delete", 200, map[string]any{"metadata": map[string]any{"annotations": map[string]any{"networking.datumapis.com/display-name": "storefront"}}}, "delete-annotated"},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range cases {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			audit := map[string]any{"verb": "delete", "user": map[string]any{"username": "alice@example.com"}, "objectRef": map[string]any{"name": "proxy"}, "responseStatus": map[string]any{"code": tt.code}}
+			if tt.response != nil {
+				audit["responseObject"] = tt.response
+			}
+			rule := firstMatchingAuditRule(t, policy, audit)
+			require.Equal(t, tt.want, rule)
+			if rule != "" {
+				require.NotEmpty(t, auditSummary(t, policy, rule, audit))
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}