diff --git a/README.ko.md b/README.ko.md
index 30a8626..1f96a05 100644
--- a/README.ko.md
+++ b/README.ko.md
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Runtime은 Forge `agent_manifest.json`을 선택적으로 읽어 기존 Lab-comp
 
 이 기능은 reliable edge agent runtime 방향의 첫 Runtime-side contract입니다. `agent_id`, `task_id`, `agent_type`, priority, latency budget, queue wait, fallback usage, telemetry context를 기록하지만 기존 `result.json`의 top-level compare/report 필드는 변경하지 않습니다.
 
-Runtime result JSON에는 `runtime_health_snapshot`, `runtime_error_classification`, `runtime_events`도 additive evidence로 기록됩니다. 이제 health snapshot은 backend availability, latency budget/deadline observation, tegrastats evidence availability를 함께 남기고, runtime events는 sequential `event_index`를 가진 lifecycle trace로 기록됩니다. `--timeout-ms`는 latency timeout 관측 기준을 남기는 옵션이며, production request cancellation을 의미하지 않습니다.
+Runtime result JSON에는 `runtime_health_snapshot`, `runtime_error_classification`, `runtime_events`도 additive evidence로 기록됩니다. 이제 health snapshot은 backend availability, latency budget/deadline observation, tegrastats evidence availability를 함께 남기고, runtime events는 sequential `event_index`를 가진 lifecycle trace로 기록됩니다. `--timeout-ms`는 latency timeout 관측 기준을 남기는 옵션이며, production request cancellation을 의미하지 않습니다. 실행이 `skipped`로 끝나면 Runtime은 `runtime_execution_skipped`, `retryable: true`, `retry_hint: check_backend_availability`를 남겨 Lab/Orchestrator가 failure handling evidence로 해석할 수 있게 합니다.
 
 예시:
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 11e5b26..a709fa7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ This is the first bridge toward the reliable edge agent runtime direction. It re
 Runtime result JSON also includes additive operation evidence blocks:
 
 - `runtime_health_snapshot`: execution health, backend/device context, backend availability, run count, latency/FPS summary, latency-budget/deadline observation, tegrastats evidence availability, and explicit timeout observation status. `--timeout-ms` records an observation threshold; it does not claim production request cancellation.
-- `runtime_error_classification`: structured success/error category, severity, retry hint, observed mean latency, and timeout budget for downstream report context.
+- `runtime_error_classification`: structured success/error category, severity, retryability, retry hint, observed mean latency, and timeout budget for downstream report context. Skipped execution is recorded as `runtime_execution_skipped` with `retry_hint: check_backend_availability` so Lab/Orchestrator can explain runtime failure handling without treating Runtime as a worker daemon.
 - `runtime_events`: compact indexed lifecycle event log for configuration, benchmark completion, error classification, optional agent context, and tegrastats parsing.
 
 These fields are evidence for Orchestrator/Lab analysis. Runtime still does not schedule tasks or own deployment decisions.
diff --git a/docs/agent_runtime_result_contract.md b/docs/agent_runtime_result_contract.md
index 6f0a161..9ea286a 100644
--- a/docs/agent_runtime_result_contract.md
+++ b/docs/agent_runtime_result_contract.md
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ When provided, Runtime appends:
 - `runtime_health_snapshot` includes backend availability, latency-budget/deadline observation, timeout observation, and tegrastats evidence availability when those values are known.
 - `runtime_events` uses additive `inferedge-runtime-event-v1` entries with sequential `event_index` values so Lab/Orchestrator reports can show a compact lifecycle trace.
 - Runtime does not claim production request cancellation. `--timeout-ms` is an observation threshold: if a successful benchmark mean latency exceeds the configured threshold, Runtime records `timeout_observed: true`, `runtime_error_classification.category: runtime_timeout_observed`, and `retryable: true` for downstream reliability reporting.
+- If execution is skipped because Runtime cannot complete the configured benchmark, Runtime records `runtime_error_classification.category: runtime_execution_skipped`, `severity: warning`, `retryable: true`, and `retry_hint: check_backend_availability`. This is failure-handling evidence for Lab/Orchestrator reporting, not a production worker retry loop.
 - Without `--timeout-ms`, results record `timeout_policy: not_configured`, `timeout_budget_ms: null`, and `timeout_observed: false`.
 
 ## Current Boundary
diff --git a/scripts/smoke_default.sh b/scripts/smoke_default.sh
index b621717..ed04b52 100755
--- a/scripts/smoke_default.sh
+++ b/scripts/smoke_default.sh
@@ -59,6 +59,20 @@ assert data["success"] is False, data["success"]
 assert data["run_config"]["power_mode"] == "unknown", data["run_config"]
 assert data["run_config"]["jetson_clocks"] == "unknown", data["run_config"]
 assert data["jetson_evidence"]["tegrastats_summary"]["status"] == "not_provided"
+health = data["runtime_health_snapshot"]
+assert health["status"] == "degraded", health
+assert health["success"] is False
+assert health["timeout_policy"] == "not_configured"
+assert health["timeout_observed"] is False
+error = data["runtime_error_classification"]
+assert error["status"] == "classified", error
+assert error["category"] == "runtime_execution_skipped", error
+assert error["severity"] == "warning", error
+assert error["retryable"] is True, error
+assert error["retry_hint"] == "check_backend_availability", error
+events = {event["type"]: event for event in data["runtime_events"]}
+assert events["runtime_error_classified"]["category"] == "runtime_execution_skipped"
+assert events["runtime_error_classified"]["retryable"] is True
 PY
 
 INFEREDGE_RUNTIME_RESULT_JSON="${OUTPUT_PATH}" python3 tests/test_lab_result_schema.py
diff --git a/src/result_writer.cpp b/src/result_writer.cpp
index 58fa252..28c6c75 100644
--- a/src/result_writer.cpp
+++ b/src/result_writer.cpp
@@ -388,6 +388,10 @@ std::string runtime_retry_hint(const RuntimeConfig& config, const BenchmarkResul
     return "check_runtime_error";
 }
 
+bool runtime_retryable(const RuntimeConfig& config, const BenchmarkResult& benchmark_result) {
+    return timeout_observed(config, benchmark_result) || benchmark_result.status == "skipped";
+}
+
 bool latency_budget_exceeded(const RuntimeConfig& config, const BenchmarkResult& benchmark_result) {
     return benchmark_result.success &&
            config.agent_latency_budget_ms > 0 &&
@@ -476,7 +480,7 @@ void write_runtime_error_classification_json(
     output
         << ",\n"
         << indent << "  \"timeout_observed\": " << (observed_timeout ? "true" : "false") << ",\n"
-        << indent << "  \"retryable\": " << (observed_timeout ? "true" : "false") << ",\n"
+        << indent << "  \"retryable\": " << (runtime_retryable(config, benchmark_result) ? "true" : "false") << ",\n"
         << indent << "  \"retry_hint\": " << json_string(runtime_retry_hint(config, benchmark_result)) << "\n"
         << indent << "}";
 }
@@ -551,7 +555,7 @@ void write_runtime_events_json(
         << ",\n"
         << item_indent << "  \"observed_mean_ms\": " << benchmark_result.mean_ms << ",\n"
         << item_indent << "  \"timeout_observed\": " << (observed_timeout ? "true" : "false") << ",\n"
-        << item_indent << "  \"retryable\": " << (observed_timeout ? "true" : "false") << ",\n"
+        << item_indent << "  \"retryable\": " << (runtime_retryable(config, benchmark_result) ? "true" : "false") << ",\n"
         << item_indent << "  \"retry_hint\": " << json_string(runtime_retry_hint(config, benchmark_result)) << "\n"
         << item_indent << "},\n";
 
diff --git a/tests/test_agent_runtime_result_contract.py b/tests/test_agent_runtime_result_contract.py
index 521aaa9..641bd41 100644
--- a/tests/test_agent_runtime_result_contract.py
+++ b/tests/test_agent_runtime_result_contract.py
@@ -103,6 +103,14 @@ def test_runtime_output_records_optional_agent_block_when_manifest_is_provided(s
         if result["success"]:
             self.assertEqual(error["status"], "none")
             self.assertEqual(error["category"], "none")
+            self.assertFalse(error["retryable"])
+        elif result["status"] == "skipped":
+            self.assertEqual(health["status"], "degraded")
+            self.assertEqual(error["status"], "classified")
+            self.assertEqual(error["category"], "runtime_execution_skipped")
+            self.assertEqual(error["severity"], "warning")
+            self.assertTrue(error["retryable"])
+            self.assertEqual(error["retry_hint"], "check_backend_availability")
         else:
             self.assertEqual(error["status"], "classified")
             self.assertNotEqual(error["category"], "none")
@@ -125,6 +133,7 @@ def test_runtime_output_records_optional_agent_block_when_manifest_is_provided(s
         self.assertEqual(error_event["timeout_budget_ms"], 1)
         self.assertIn("retry_hint", error_event)
         self.assertFalse(error_event["timeout_observed"])
+        self.assertEqual(error_event["retryable"], error["retryable"])
 
         extra = result["extra"]
         self.assertTrue(extra["agent_manifest_recorded"])