diff --git a/scripts/artifact-publish.mjs b/scripts/artifact-publish.mjs
index 02d67754..ebbb9f8b 100644
--- a/scripts/artifact-publish.mjs
+++ b/scripts/artifact-publish.mjs
@@ -738,12 +738,19 @@ function bootShForService(deployManifest, serviceId, lane) {
   return text;
 }
 
-function normalizeCatalogForLane(catalog, lane, deployManifest) {
+function normalizeCatalogForLane(catalog, args, deployManifest, commitId) {
+  const lane = args?.lane;
   if (!catalog || !isRuntimeArtifactLane(lane)) return catalog;
-  const allowed = new Set(runtimeLaneServiceIdsFromDeploy(deployManifest, lane));
+  const serviceIds = runtimeLaneServiceIdsFromDeploy(deployManifest, lane);
+  const allowed = new Set(serviceIds);
+  const existingById = new Map((catalog.services ?? [])
+    .filter((service) => allowed.has(service.serviceId))
+    .map((service) => [service.serviceId, service]));
+  const tag = imageTagForCommit(args, commitId);
   return {
     ...catalog,
-    services: (catalog.services ?? []).filter((service) => allowed.has(service.serviceId))
+    services: serviceIds.map((serviceId) => existingById.get(serviceId)
+      ?? artifactCatalogSkeletonService({ args, deployManifest, serviceId, tag, commitId }))
   };
 }
 
@@ -2297,7 +2304,7 @@ async function main() {
   let catalog = await readConfigIfPresent(args.catalogPath, null);
   const catalogWasMissing = !catalog;
   if (!catalog && isRuntimeArtifactLane(args.lane)) catalog = artifactCatalogSkeleton({ args, deployManifest, commitId });
-  catalog = normalizeCatalogForLane(catalog, args.lane, deployManifest);
+  catalog = normalizeCatalogForLane(catalog, args, deployManifest, commitId);
   assert.ok(catalog, `${args.catalogPath} is required for ${args.lane} artifact publish`);
   const shortCommit = imageTagForCommit(args, commitId);
   let effectiveCatalogPath = args.catalogPath;