diff --git a/db/db.sql b/db/db.sql
index 1c19e70b5..1f07d22ef 100644
--- a/db/db.sql
+++ b/db/db.sql
@@ -47,12 +47,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `job_errors` (
     'warning'
   )
   ) not null default 'error',
-  `category` varchar(255) check (
-    `category` in (
-      'generic',
-      'no-data'
-    )
-  ) not null default 'generic',
+  `category` varchar(255) not null default 'generic',
   `createdAt` datetime not null,
   `updatedAt` datetime not null,
   FOREIGN KEY(jobID) REFERENCES jobs(jobID)
@@ -93,7 +88,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `work_items` (
   `scrollID` varchar(4096),
   `serviceID` varchar(255) not null,
   `status` varchar(255) check (`status` in ('ready', 'queued', 'running', 'successful', 'failed', 'canceled', 'warning')) not null,
-  `subStatus` varchar(255) check (`subStatus` in ('no-data')),
+  `sub_status` varchar(255) check (`sub_status` in ('no-data')),
   `stacCatalogLocation` varchar(255),
   `totalItemsSize` double precision not null default 0,
   `outputItemSizesJson` text,
@@ -201,7 +196,7 @@ CREATE INDEX job_errors_category_idx ON job_errors(category);
 CREATE INDEX work_items_jobID_idx ON work_items(jobID);
 CREATE INDEX work_items_serviceID_idx ON work_items(serviceID);
 CREATE INDEX work_items_status_idx ON work_items(status);
-CREATE INDEX work_items_subStatus_idx ON work_items(subStatus);
+CREATE INDEX work_items_sub_status_idx ON work_items(sub_status);
 CREATE INDEX workflow_steps_jobID_idx ON workflow_steps(jobID);
 CREATE INDEX workflow_steps_jobID_StepIndex_idx ON workflow_steps(jobID, stepIndex);
 CREATE INDEX workflow_steps_serviceID_idx ON workflow_steps(serviceID);
diff --git a/db/migrations/20250124155544_add_level_and_category_to_job_errors.js b/db/migrations/20250124155544_add_level_and_category_to_job_errors.js
index 7ffcbc981..df0b7e376 100644
--- a/db/migrations/20250124155544_add_level_and_category_to_job_errors.js
+++ b/db/migrations/20250124155544_add_level_and_category_to_job_errors.js
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ exports.up = function (knex, Promise) {
     ADD COLUMN "level" VARCHAR(255) DEFAULT 'error' NOT NULL,
     ADD CONSTRAINT "job_errors_level_check"
     CHECK (level IN ('error', 'warning')),
-    ADD COLUMN "category" VARCHAR(255) DEFAULT 'generic' NOT NULL,
-    ADD CONSTRAINT "job_errors_category_check"
-    CHECK (category IN ('generic', 'no-data'));
+    ADD COLUMN "category" VARCHAR(255) DEFAULT 'generic' NOT NULL;
 
     CREATE INDEX job_errors_level ON job_errors (level);
     CREATE INDEX job_errors_category ON job_errors (category)
diff --git a/services/harmony/app/backends/workflow-orchestration/work-item-updates.ts b/services/harmony/app/backends/workflow-orchestration/work-item-updates.ts
index 423fbf455..67e4d2771 100644
--- a/services/harmony/app/backends/workflow-orchestration/work-item-updates.ts
+++ b/services/harmony/app/backends/workflow-orchestration/work-item-updates.ts
@@ -609,13 +609,13 @@ export async function processWorkItem(
 ): Promise<void> {
   const { jobID } = job;
   const { status, errorMessage, catalogItems, outputItemSizes } = preprocessResult;
-  const { workItemID, hits, results, scrollID, subStatus } = update;
+  const { workItemID, hits, results, scrollID, sub_status } = update;
   const startTime = new Date().getTime();
   let durationMs;
   let jobSaveStartTime;
   let didCreateWorkItem = false;
   if (status === WorkItemStatus.SUCCESSFUL || status === WorkItemStatus.WARNING) {
-    logger.info(`Updating work item ${workItemID} to ${status} | ${subStatus}`);
+    logger.info(`Updating work item ${workItemID} to ${status} | ${sub_status}`);
   }
 
   try {
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ export async function processWorkItem(
       tx,
       workItemID,
       status,
-      subStatus,
+      sub_status,
       duration,
       totalItemsSize,
       outputItemSizes);
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ export async function processWorkItem(
     logger.info(`Updated work item. Duration (ms) was: ${duration}`);
 
     workItem.status = status;
-    workItem.subStatus = subStatus;
+    workItem.sub_status = sub_status;
 
     let allWorkItemsForStepComplete = false;
 
diff --git a/services/harmony/app/backends/workflow-orchestration/workflow-orchestration.ts b/services/harmony/app/backends/workflow-orchestration/workflow-orchestration.ts
index a8e50161f..2c4e4e6c8 100644
--- a/services/harmony/app/backends/workflow-orchestration/workflow-orchestration.ts
+++ b/services/harmony/app/backends/workflow-orchestration/workflow-orchestration.ts
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export async function updateWorkItem(req: HarmonyRequest, res: Response): Promis
   const { id } = req.params;
   const {
     status,
-    subStatus,
+    sub_status,
     hits,
     results,
     scrollID,
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ export async function updateWorkItem(req: HarmonyRequest, res: Response): Promis
   const update = {
     workItemID: parseInt(id),
     status,
-    subStatus,
+    sub_status,
     hits,
     results,
     scrollID,
diff --git a/services/harmony/app/models/work-item-interface.ts b/services/harmony/app/models/work-item-interface.ts
index f91e28089..e14023bd5 100644
--- a/services/harmony/app/models/work-item-interface.ts
+++ b/services/harmony/app/models/work-item-interface.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export interface WorkItemRecord {
   status?: WorkItemStatus;
 
   // The sub-status of the operation - see WorkItemSubStatus
-  subStatus?: WorkItemSubStatus;
+  sub_status?: WorkItemSubStatus;
 
   // error message if status === FAILED
   errorMessage?: string;
diff --git a/services/harmony/app/models/work-item-update.ts b/services/harmony/app/models/work-item-update.ts
index a3e256736..938589535 100644
--- a/services/harmony/app/models/work-item-update.ts
+++ b/services/harmony/app/models/work-item-update.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export default interface WorkItemUpdate {
   status?: WorkItemStatus;
 
   // The sub-status of the operation - see WorkItemSubStatus
-  subStatus?: WorkItemSubStatus;
+  sub_status?: WorkItemSubStatus;
 
   // The ID of the scroll session (only used for the query cmr service)
   scrollID?: string;
diff --git a/services/harmony/app/models/work-item.ts b/services/harmony/app/models/work-item.ts
index ea25b95f3..d1bf10882 100644
--- a/services/harmony/app/models/work-item.ts
+++ b/services/harmony/app/models/work-item.ts
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export default class WorkItem extends Record implements WorkItemRecord {
   status?: WorkItemStatus;
 
   // The sub-status of the operation - see WorkItemSubStatus
-  subStatus?: WorkItemSubStatus;
+  sub_status?: WorkItemSubStatus;
 
   // error message if status === FAILED
   errorMessage?: string;
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ export async function getWorkItemStatus(
  * @param tx - the transaction to use for querying
  * @param id - the id of the WorkItem
  * @param status - the status to set for the WorkItem
- * @param subStatus - the sub-status to set for the WorkItem
+ * @param sub_status - the sub-status to set for the WorkItem
  * @param duration - how long the work item took to process
  * @param totalItemsSize - the combined sizes of all the input granules for this work item
  * @param outputItemSizes - the separate size of each granule in the output for this work item
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ export async function updateWorkItemStatus(
   tx: Transaction,
   id: number,
   status: WorkItemStatus,
-  subStatus: WorkItemSubStatus,
+  sub_status: WorkItemSubStatus,
   duration: number,
   totalItemsSize: number,
   outputItemSizes: number[],
@@ -318,11 +318,11 @@ export async function updateWorkItemStatus(
   const outputItemSizesJson = JSON.stringify(outputItemSizes);
   try {
     await tx(WorkItem.table)
-      .update({ status, subStatus, duration, totalItemsSize, outputItemSizesJson: outputItemSizesJson, updatedAt: new Date() })
+      .update({ status, sub_status, duration, totalItemsSize, outputItemSizesJson: outputItemSizesJson, updatedAt: new Date() })
       .where({ id });
-    logger.debug(`Status for work item ${id} set to ${status} | ${subStatus}`);
+    logger.debug(`Status for work item ${id} set to ${status} | ${sub_status}`);
   } catch (e) {
-    logger.error(`Failed to update work item ${id} status to ${status} | ${subStatus}`);
+    logger.error(`Failed to update work item ${id} status to ${status} | ${sub_status}`);
     logger.error(e);
     throw e;
   }
@@ -333,16 +333,16 @@ export async function updateWorkItemStatus(
  * @param tx - the transaction to use for querying
  * @param ids - the ids of the WorkItems
  * @param status - the status to set for the WorkItems
- * @param subStatus - the sub-status to set for the WorkItems
+ * @param sub_status - the sub-status to set for the WorkItems
  */
 export async function updateWorkItemStatuses(
   tx: Transaction,
   ids: number[],
   status: WorkItemStatus,
-  subStatus?: WorkItemSubStatus,
+  sub_status?: WorkItemSubStatus,
 ): Promise<void> {
   const now = new Date();
-  let update = { status, subStatus, updatedAt: now };
+  let update = { status, sub_status, updatedAt: now };
   // if we are setting the status to running, also set the startedAt time
   if (status === WorkItemStatus.RUNNING) {
     update = { ...update, ...{ startedAt: now } };
diff --git a/services/harmony/test/work-items/work-backends.ts b/services/harmony/test/work-items/work-backends.ts
index beb0e08ca..0f5d770f0 100644
--- a/services/harmony/test/work-items/work-backends.ts
+++ b/services/harmony/test/work-items/work-backends.ts
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ describe('Work Backends', function () {
         ...workItemRecord,
         ...{
           status: WorkItemStatus.WARNING,
-          subStatus: WorkItemSubStatus.NO_DATA,
+          sub_status: WorkItemSubStatus.NO_DATA,
           results: [getStacLocation({ id: workItemRecord.id, jobID: workItemRecord.jobID }, 'catalog.json')],
           outputItemSizes: [],
           duration: 0,
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ describe('Work Backends', function () {
       it('sets the work item status to warning with no-data', async function () {
         const updatedWorkItem = await getWorkItemById(db, this.workItem.id);
         expect(updatedWorkItem.status).to.equal(WorkItemStatus.WARNING);
-        expect(updatedWorkItem.subStatus).to.equal(WorkItemSubStatus.NO_DATA);
+        expect(updatedWorkItem.sub_status).to.equal(WorkItemSubStatus.NO_DATA);
       });
 
       describe('and the worker computed duration is less than the harmony computed duration', async function () {