diff --git a/tests/api/topology/test_events_stream.py b/tests/api/topology/test_events_stream.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8109f3ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/api/topology/test_events_stream.py
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+"""SSE events stream — GET /topologies/{id}/events (DEBT-030)."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+
+import httpx
+import pytest
+
+from decnet.bus import app as _bus_app
+from decnet.bus import topics as _topics
+from decnet.bus.fake import FakeBus
+from decnet.topology.config import TopologyConfig
+from decnet.topology.generator import generate
+from decnet.topology.persistence import persist, transition_status
+from decnet.topology.status import TopologyStatus
+from decnet.web.api import app
+from decnet.web.dependencies import repo as _repo
+
+_V1 = "/api/v1/topologies"
+
+
+def _cfg(name: str) -> TopologyConfig:
+    return TopologyConfig(
+        name=name, depth=1, branching_factor=1,
+        deckies_per_lan_min=1, deckies_per_lan_max=1,
+        services_explicit=["ssh"], randomize_services=False, seed=0,
+    )
+
+
+async def _seed_active(name: str) -> str:
+    tid = await persist(_repo, generate(_cfg(name)))
+    await transition_status(_repo, tid, TopologyStatus.DEPLOYING)
+    await transition_status(_repo, tid, TopologyStatus.ACTIVE)
+    return tid
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def _fake_app_bus(monkeypatch):
+    bus = FakeBus()
+
+    async def _get() -> FakeBus:
+        if not bus._connected:
+            await bus.connect()
+        return bus
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(_bus_app, "get_app_bus", _get)
+    from decnet.web.router.topology import api_events as _ev
+    from decnet.web.router.topology import api_mutations as _mu
+    monkeypatch.setattr(_ev, "get_app_bus", _get)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(_mu, "get_app_bus", _get)
+    return bus
+
+
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_events_unauthenticated_401():
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(
+        transport=httpx.ASGITransport(app=app), base_url="http://test",
+    ) as ac:
+        r = await ac.get(f"{_V1}/any/events")
+        assert r.status_code == 401
+
+
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_events_missing_topology_404(auth_token, _fake_app_bus):
+    async with httpx.AsyncClient(
+        transport=httpx.ASGITransport(app=app), base_url="http://test",
+    ) as ac:
+        r = await ac.get(
+            f"{_V1}/nope/events",
+            params={"token": auth_token},
+        )
+        assert r.status_code == 404
+
+
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_events_emits_snapshot_and_live_event(auth_token, _fake_app_bus):
+    """Drive the generator directly — avoids the full httpx streaming
+    roundtrip, which is painful under ASGITransport + an infinite SSE loop.
+
+    The route is thin glue: if the generator yields snapshot + mapped
+    bus events, the handler works.  Auth/404 paths are covered above.
+    """
+    from decnet.web.router.topology import api_events as _ev
+
+    tid = await _seed_active("evt-live")
+
+    class _FakeRequest:
+        async def is_disconnected(self) -> bool:
+            return False
+
+    # Patch out the role gate so we can call the async endpoint directly.
+    response = await _ev.api_topology_events(
+        topology_id=tid,
+        request=_FakeRequest(),  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+        _user={"role": "admin"},
+    )
+    gen = response.body_iterator
+
+    def _as_text(frame) -> str:
+        return frame if isinstance(frame, str) else frame.decode()
+
+    async def _publish_after_snapshot() -> None:
+        # Wait for the generator to reach its blocking subscribe state.
+        # We don't have a synchronization primitive, so a short sleep is
+        # good enough — the test-level timeout catches any real hang.
+        await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
+        await _fake_app_bus.publish(
+            _topics.topology_mutation(tid, _topics.MUTATION_APPLIED),
+            {"mutation_id": "m1", "op": "add_lan"},
+            event_type=_topics.MUTATION_APPLIED,
+        )
+
+    pub_task = asyncio.create_task(_publish_after_snapshot())
+
+    async def _drive() -> tuple[bool, bool]:
+        saw_snapshot = False
+        saw_live = False
+        # Bounded — real loop produces keepalive, snapshot, (waits), then
+        # forwarded event.  Max 5 iterations covers pathological orderings.
+        for _ in range(5):
+            frame = _as_text(await gen.__anext__())
+            if "event: snapshot" in frame:
+                saw_snapshot = True
+            if "event: mutation.applied" in frame:
+                saw_live = True
+                break
+        return saw_snapshot, saw_live
+
+    try:
+        saw_snapshot, saw_live = await asyncio.wait_for(_drive(), timeout=5.0)
+    finally:
+        pub_task.cancel()
+        try:
+            await pub_task
+        except (asyncio.CancelledError, Exception):
+            pass
+        await gen.aclose()
+
+    assert saw_snapshot
+    assert saw_live
diff --git a/tests/api/topology/test_mutations.py b/tests/api/topology/test_mutations.py
index 4bbaa00d..9284812c 100644
--- a/tests/api/topology/test_mutations.py
+++ b/tests/api/topology/test_mutations.py
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import pytest
 
+from decnet.bus import app as _bus_app
+from decnet.bus import topics as _topics
+from decnet.bus.fake import FakeBus
 from decnet.topology.config import TopologyConfig
 from decnet.topology.generator import generate
 from decnet.topology.persistence import persist, transition_status
@@ -157,3 +160,44 @@ async def test_list_viewer_ok(client, viewer_token):
         headers=_hdr(viewer_token),
     )
     assert r.status_code == 200
+
+
+# ── Bus publish on enqueue (DEBT-030) ─────────────────────────────
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def _fake_app_bus(monkeypatch):
+    """Replace the process-wide app bus with an in-process FakeBus."""
+    bus = FakeBus()
+
+    async def _get() -> FakeBus:
+        if not bus._connected:
+            await bus.connect()
+        return bus
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(_bus_app, "get_app_bus", _get)
+    # Also patch the re-export in the route module.
+    from decnet.web.router.topology import api_mutations as _mod
+    monkeypatch.setattr(_mod, "get_app_bus", _get)
+    return bus
+
+
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_enqueue_publishes_on_bus(client, auth_token, _fake_app_bus):
+    topology_id = await _seed_active("enq-pub")
+    sub = _fake_app_bus.subscribe(
+        _topics.topology_mutation(topology_id, _topics.MUTATION_ENQUEUED),
+    )
+    async with sub:
+        r = await client.post(
+            f"{_V1}/{topology_id}/mutations",
+            json={"op": "add_lan", "payload": {"name": "pub-lan"}},
+            headers=_hdr(auth_token),
+        )
+        assert r.status_code == 202
+        mutation_id = r.json()["mutation_id"]
+        import asyncio
+        event = await asyncio.wait_for(sub.__aiter__().__anext__(), timeout=1.0)
+    assert event.type == _topics.MUTATION_ENQUEUED
+    assert event.payload["mutation_id"] == mutation_id
+    assert event.payload["op"] == "add_lan"
diff --git a/tests/topology/test_mutator.py b/tests/topology/test_mutator.py
index 3b38cd6e..65508b2c 100644
--- a/tests/topology/test_mutator.py
+++ b/tests/topology/test_mutator.py
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 """Step 7 — topology_mutations queue + mutator reconciler branch."""
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import asyncio
 import json
 
 import pytest
 
+from decnet.bus import topics as _topics
+from decnet.bus.fake import FakeBus
 from decnet.mutator import engine as _engine
 from decnet.mutator.ops import MutationError, apply_add_lan, apply_update_decky
 from decnet.topology.config import TopologyConfig
@@ -272,3 +275,104 @@ def test_ops_payload_shape_docstring_present():
 
 def _payload_json(d: dict) -> str:
     return json.dumps(d)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------- bus publishing (DEBT-030)
+
+
+async def _drain(sub, expected: int, timeout: float = 2.0) -> list:
+    """Collect up to *expected* events from *sub* with a hard timeout.
+
+    Used to assert bus publishes without racing against the in-process
+    FakeBus queue — drains are short by construction (the reconciler
+    produces a bounded number of events per claim).
+    """
+    events: list = []
+    sub_iter = sub.__aiter__()
+    for _ in range(expected):
+        events.append(await asyncio.wait_for(sub_iter.__anext__(), timeout=timeout))
+    return events
+
+
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_reconcile_publishes_applying_and_applied(repo):
+    tid = await _make_active(repo)
+    await repo.enqueue_topology_mutation(
+        tid, "add_lan",
+        {"name": "LAN-PUB", "subnet": "172.20.45.0/24"},
+    )
+    bus = FakeBus()
+    await bus.connect()
+    sub = bus.subscribe(f"{_topics.TOPOLOGY}.{tid}.>")
+    try:
+        async with sub:
+            drained = await _engine.reconcile_topologies(repo, bus=bus)
+            assert drained == 1
+            events = await _drain(sub, expected=2)
+    finally:
+        await bus.close()
+    types = [e.type for e in events]
+    assert types == [_topics.MUTATION_APPLYING, _topics.MUTATION_APPLIED]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_reconcile_publishes_failed_and_status(repo):
+    tid = await _make_active(repo)
+    existing = (await repo.list_lans_for_topology(tid))[0]["name"]
+    await repo.enqueue_topology_mutation(
+        tid, "add_lan", {"name": existing, "subnet": "172.20.89.0/24"},
+    )
+    bus = FakeBus()
+    await bus.connect()
+    sub = bus.subscribe(f"{_topics.TOPOLOGY}.{tid}.>")
+    try:
+        async with sub:
+            await _engine.reconcile_topologies(repo, bus=bus)
+            # applying + failed + status(degraded)
+            events = await _drain(sub, expected=3)
+    finally:
+        await bus.close()
+    types = [e.type for e in events]
+    assert types == [
+        _topics.MUTATION_APPLYING, _topics.MUTATION_FAILED, _topics.TOPOLOGY_STATUS,
+    ]
+    assert events[-1].payload["state"] == TopologyStatus.DEGRADED
+
+
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_reconcile_with_null_bus_is_safe(repo):
+    """Passing ``bus=None`` must not break the reconciler — publish is
+    a fire-and-forget nicety, the DB is the source of truth."""
+    tid = await _make_active(repo)
+    await repo.enqueue_topology_mutation(
+        tid, "add_lan",
+        {"name": "LAN-NULL", "subnet": "172.20.46.0/24"},
+    )
+    drained = await _engine.reconcile_topologies(repo, bus=None)
+    assert drained == 1
+
+
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_wake_on_enqueue_sets_event(repo):
+    """``_wake_on_enqueue`` flips the asyncio.Event on every matching event."""
+    bus = FakeBus()
+    await bus.connect()
+    wake = asyncio.Event()
+    task = asyncio.create_task(_engine._wake_on_enqueue(bus, wake))
+    try:
+        # Give the subscription a tick to register.
+        await asyncio.sleep(0)
+        await bus.publish(
+            _topics.topology_mutation("abc", _topics.MUTATION_ENQUEUED),
+            {"mutation_id": "m1", "op": "add_lan"},
+            event_type=_topics.MUTATION_ENQUEUED,
+        )
+        await asyncio.wait_for(wake.wait(), timeout=1.0)
+        assert wake.is_set()
+    finally:
+        task.cancel()
+        try:
+            await task
+        except (asyncio.CancelledError, Exception):
+            pass
+        await bus.close()