diff --git a/.github/actions/trigger-coolify-deploy/action.yml b/.github/actions/trigger-coolify-deploy/action.yml
index 39ad8f8..85e161c 100644
--- a/.github/actions/trigger-coolify-deploy/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/trigger-coolify-deploy/action.yml
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ runs:
             raw=$(trigger_deploy)
             http_code=$(printf '%s' "$raw" | tail -1)
             response=$(printf '%s' "$raw" | sed '$d')
-            if [ "$http_code" -ge 200 ] && [ "$http_code" -lt 300 ]; then
+            if [ "$http_code" -ge 200 ] && [ "$http_code" -lt 300 ] && printf '%s' "$response" | jq -e '.deployments[0].deployment_uuid' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
               break
             fi
             if printf '%s' "$response" | grep -qi "not found"; then
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d2f52cf..361bd66 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ All contributors (including maintainers) should update `CHANGELOG.md` when creat
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- **trigger-coolify-deploy**: the PR-preview deploy trigger's retry loop now also retries when Coolify returns HTTP 200 with a "not found" error embedded in the JSON body (no `deployment_uuid`) instead of a non-2xx status. Previously this broke out of the retry loop on the first attempt and hard-failed instead of retrying for up to `PREVIEW_NOT_FOUND_TIMEOUT_SECONDS` while the preview resource was still being provisioned.
+
 ## [4.3.3] - 2026-09-15
 
 ### Fixed