diff --git a/.changeset/happy-plum-gnomes.md b/.changeset/happy-plum-gnomes.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d58726cdc72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/happy-plum-gnomes.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"chainlink": patch
+---
+
+#fix Workflow Registry Syncer v2 cleans up orphaned pending events
diff --git a/core/services/workflows/syncer/v2/workflow_registry.go b/core/services/workflows/syncer/v2/workflow_registry.go
index 86db09ac9da..7466fd7d2d4 100644
--- a/core/services/workflows/syncer/v2/workflow_registry.go
+++ b/core/services/workflows/syncer/v2/workflow_registry.go
@@ -319,6 +319,23 @@ func (w *workflowRegistry) generateReconciliationEvents(_ context.Context, pendi
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Clean up create events which no longer need to be attempted because
+	// the workflow no longer exists in the workflow registry contract
+	for id, event := range pendingEvents {
+		if event.Name == WorkflowRegistered {
+			existsInMetadata := false
+			for _, wfMeta := range workflowMetadata {
+				if wfMeta.WorkflowID.Hex() == event.Data.(WorkflowRegisteredEvent).WorkflowID.Hex() {
+					existsInMetadata = true
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			if !existsInMetadata {
+				delete(pendingEvents, id)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	if len(pendingEvents) != 0 {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invariant violation: some pending events were not handled in the reconcile loop: keys=%+v, len=%d", maps.Keys(pendingEvents), len(pendingEvents))
 	}
diff --git a/core/services/workflows/syncer/v2/workflow_registry_test.go b/core/services/workflows/syncer/v2/workflow_registry_test.go
index cfa1a3b10d8..2ddc18346c1 100644
--- a/core/services/workflows/syncer/v2/workflow_registry_test.go
+++ b/core/services/workflows/syncer/v2/workflow_registry_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package v2
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -642,4 +643,123 @@ func Test_generateReconciliationEventsV2(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Equal(t, events[0].Name, WorkflowDeleted)
 		require.Equal(t, events[1].Name, WorkflowRegistered)
 	})
+
+	t.Run("pending delete events are handled when workflow metadata no longer exists", func(t *testing.T) {
+		lggr := logger.TestLogger(t)
+		ctx := testutils.Context(t)
+		workflowDonNotifier := capabilities.NewDonNotifier()
+		// Engine already in the workflow registry
+		er := NewEngineRegistry()
+		wfID := [32]byte{1}
+		err := er.Add(wfID, &mockService{})
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		wr, err := NewWorkflowRegistry(
+			lggr,
+			func(ctx context.Context, bytes []byte) (types.ContractReader, error) {
+				return nil, nil
+			},
+			"",
+			Config{
+				QueryCount:   20,
+				SyncStrategy: SyncStrategyReconciliation,
+			},
+			&eventHandler{},
+			workflowDonNotifier,
+			er,
+		)
+		fakeClock := clockwork.NewFakeClock()
+		wr.clock = fakeClock
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		// A workflow is to be removed, but hits a failure, causing it to stay pending
+		event := WorkflowDeletedEvent{
+			WorkflowID: wfID,
+		}
+		pendingEvents := map[string]*reconciliationEvent{
+			hex.EncodeToString(wfID[:]): {
+				Event: Event{
+					Data: event,
+					Name: WorkflowDeleted,
+				},
+				id:          hex.EncodeToString(wfID[:]),
+				signature:   fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s-%s", WorkflowDeleted, hex.EncodeToString(wfID[:]), toSpecStatus(WorkflowStatusActive)),
+				nextRetryAt: time.Now(),
+				retryCount:  5,
+			},
+		}
+
+		// No workflows in metadata
+		metadata := []WorkflowMetadataView{}
+
+		events, err := wr.generateReconciliationEvents(ctx, pendingEvents, metadata)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Len(t, events, 1)
+		require.Equal(t, WorkflowDeleted, events[0].Name)
+		require.Empty(t, pendingEvents)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("pending create events are handled when workflow metadata no longer exists", func(t *testing.T) {
+		lggr := logger.TestLogger(t)
+		ctx := testutils.Context(t)
+		workflowDonNotifier := capabilities.NewDonNotifier()
+		er := NewEngineRegistry()
+		wr, err := NewWorkflowRegistry(
+			lggr,
+			func(ctx context.Context, bytes []byte) (types.ContractReader, error) {
+				return nil, nil
+			},
+			"",
+			Config{
+				QueryCount:   20,
+				SyncStrategy: SyncStrategyReconciliation,
+			},
+			&eventHandler{},
+			workflowDonNotifier,
+			er,
+		)
+		fakeClock := clockwork.NewFakeClock()
+		wr.clock = fakeClock
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		// A workflow is added, but hits a failure during creation, causing it to stay pending
+		binaryURL := "b1"
+		configURL := "c1"
+		wfID := [32]byte{1}
+		owner := []byte{}
+		wfName := "wf name 1"
+		createdAt := uint64(1000000)
+		tag := "tag1"
+		attributes := []byte{}
+		event := WorkflowRegisteredEvent{
+			WorkflowID:    wfID,
+			WorkflowOwner: owner,
+			CreatedAt:     createdAt,
+			Status:        WorkflowStatusActive,
+			WorkflowName:  wfName,
+			BinaryURL:     binaryURL,
+			ConfigURL:     configURL,
+			Tag:           tag,
+			Attributes:    attributes,
+		}
+		pendingEvents := map[string]*reconciliationEvent{
+			hex.EncodeToString(wfID[:]): {
+				Event: Event{
+					Data: event,
+					Name: WorkflowRegistered,
+				},
+				id:          hex.EncodeToString(wfID[:]),
+				signature:   fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s-%s", WorkflowRegistered, hex.EncodeToString(wfID[:]), toSpecStatus(WorkflowStatusActive)),
+				nextRetryAt: time.Now(),
+				retryCount:  5,
+			},
+		}
+
+		// The workflow then gets removed
+		metadata := []WorkflowMetadataView{}
+
+		events, err := wr.generateReconciliationEvents(ctx, pendingEvents, metadata)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Empty(t, events)
+		require.Empty(t, pendingEvents)
+	})
 }