diff --git a/build/Dockerfile b/build/Dockerfile
index 68fd6e869..f8d9019b5 100644
--- a/build/Dockerfile
+++ b/build/Dockerfile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ RUN GOOS=$GOOS GOARCH=$TARGETARCH CGO_ENABLED=$CGO_ENABLED GO_LDFLAGS=$GO_LDFLAG
 RUN GOOS=$GOOS GOARCH=$TARGETARCH CGO_ENABLED=$CGO_ENABLED GO_LDFLAGS=$GO_LDFLAGS \
     go build -ldflags "-w -s -X main.GitCommit=$GIT_COMMIT -X main.GitBranch=$GIT_BRANCH -X main.BuildTime=$BUILD_TIME" \
     -o build/_output/bin/healthcheck \
-    cmd/healthcheck/main.go \
+    ./cmd/healthcheck/ \
     && cp -r build/_output/bin/healthcheck /usr/local/bin/healthcheck
 RUN GOOS=$GOOS GOARCH=$TARGETARCH CGO_ENABLED=$CGO_ENABLED GO_LDFLAGS=$GO_LDFLAGS \
     go build -ldflags "-w -s -X main.GitCommit=$GIT_COMMIT -X main.GitBranch=$GIT_BRANCH -X main.BuildTime=$BUILD_TIME" \
diff --git a/cmd/healthcheck/bypass.go b/cmd/healthcheck/bypass.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..25a173aae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/healthcheck/bypass.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"log"
+)
+
+func isFullClusterCrash() bool {
+	fullClusterCrash, err := fileExists("/var/lib/mysql/full-cluster-crash")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("check /var/lib/mysql/full-cluster-crash: %s", err)
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return fullClusterCrash
+}
+
+func isManualRecovery() bool {
+	manualRecovery, err := fileExists("/var/lib/mysql/sleep-forever")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("check /var/lib/mysql/sleep-forever: %s", err)
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return manualRecovery
+}
diff --git a/cmd/healthcheck/main.go b/cmd/healthcheck/main.go
index 66d3e3416..4c781d094 100644
--- a/cmd/healthcheck/main.go
+++ b/cmd/healthcheck/main.go
@@ -18,33 +18,16 @@ import (
 	mysqldb "github.com/percona/percona-server-mysql-operator/pkg/db"
 	"github.com/percona/percona-server-mysql-operator/pkg/k8s"
 	"github.com/percona/percona-server-mysql-operator/pkg/mysql"
-	"github.com/percona/percona-server-mysql-operator/pkg/naming"
 )
 
 func main() {
-	fullClusterCrash, err := fileExists("/var/lib/mysql/full-cluster-crash")
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("check /var/lib/mysql/full-cluster-crash: %s", err)
-	}
-	if fullClusterCrash {
-		os.Exit(0)
-	}
-
-	manualRecovery, err := fileExists("/var/lib/mysql/sleep-forever")
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("check /var/lib/mysql/sleep-forever: %s", err)
-	}
-	if manualRecovery {
+	if isManualRecovery() {
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 
-	stateFilePath, ok := os.LookupEnv(naming.EnvMySQLStateFile)
-	if !ok {
-		log.Fatalln("MYSQL_STATE_FILE env variable is required")
-	}
-	mysqlState, err := os.ReadFile(stateFilePath)
+	mysqlState, err := getMySQLState()
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatalf("read mysql state: %s", err)
+		log.Fatalf("failed to get MySQL state: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
@@ -52,10 +35,16 @@ func main() {
 
 	switch os.Args[1] {
 	case "readiness":
-		if string(mysqlState) != string(state.MySQLReady) {
+		if mysqlState != string(state.MySQLReady) {
 			log.Println("MySQL state is not ready...")
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
+
+		// mysqld must be up and running during crash recovery
+		if isFullClusterCrash() {
+			os.Exit(0)
+		}
+
 		switch os.Getenv("CLUSTER_TYPE") {
 		case "async":
 			if err := checkReadinessAsync(ctx); err != nil {
@@ -67,7 +56,11 @@ func main() {
 			}
 		}
 	case "liveness":
-		if string(mysqlState) == string(state.MySQLStartup) {
+		if isFullClusterCrash() {
+			os.Exit(0)
+		}
+
+		if mysqlState == string(state.MySQLStartup) {
 			log.Println("MySQL is starting up, not killing it...")
 			os.Exit(0)
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/healthcheck/state.go b/cmd/healthcheck/state.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c36eb3119
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/healthcheck/state.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/percona/percona-server-mysql-operator/pkg/naming"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+func getMySQLState() (string, error) {
+	stateFilePath, ok := os.LookupEnv(naming.EnvMySQLStateFile)
+	if !ok {
+		return "", errors.New("MYSQL_STATE_FILE env variable is required")
+	}
+
+	mysqlState, err := os.ReadFile(stateFilePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", errors.Wrap(err, "read mysql state")
+	}
+
+	return string(mysqlState), nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/ps/controller.go b/pkg/controller/ps/controller.go
index d792cf4a5..a31697e5a 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/ps/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/ps/controller.go
@@ -1309,6 +1309,25 @@ func (r *PerconaServerMySQLReconciler) getPrimaryHost(ctx context.Context, cr *a
 	return primary.Key.Hostname, nil
 }
 
+func (r *PerconaServerMySQLReconciler) getPrimaryPod(ctx context.Context, cr *apiv1alpha1.PerconaServerMySQL) (*corev1.Pod, error) {
+	primaryHost, err := r.getPrimaryHost(ctx, cr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "get primary host")
+	}
+
+	idx, err := getPodIndexFromHostname(primaryHost)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "get pod index from %s", primaryHost)
+	}
+
+	primPod, err := getMySQLPod(ctx, r.Client, cr, idx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "get primary pod by index %d", idx)
+	}
+
+	return primPod, nil
+}
+
 func (r *PerconaServerMySQLReconciler) stopAsyncReplication(ctx context.Context, cr *apiv1alpha1.PerconaServerMySQL, primary *orchestrator.Instance) error {
 	log := logf.FromContext(ctx).WithName("stopAsyncReplication")
 
diff --git a/pkg/controller/ps/crash_recovery.go b/pkg/controller/ps/crash_recovery.go
index 90cb07643..c6d6cdcf3 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/ps/crash_recovery.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/ps/crash_recovery.go
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ func (r *PerconaServerMySQLReconciler) reconcileFullClusterCrash(ctx context.Con
 			continue
 		}
 
+		if !k8s.IsPodReady(pod) {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		operatorPass, err := k8s.UserPassword(ctx, r.Client, cr, apiv1alpha1.UserOperator)
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, "get operator password")
@@ -79,6 +83,7 @@ func (r *PerconaServerMySQLReconciler) reconcileFullClusterCrash(ctx context.Con
 
 		status, err := mysh.ClusterStatusWithExec(ctx, cr.InnoDBClusterName())
 		if err == nil && status.DefaultReplicaSet.Status == innodbcluster.ClusterStatusOK {
+			log.Info("Cluster is healthy", "pod", pod.Name, "host", podFQDN)
 			err := r.cleanupFullClusterCrashFile(ctx, cr)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Error(err, "failed to remove /var/lib/mysql/full-cluster-crash")
@@ -86,20 +91,48 @@ func (r *PerconaServerMySQLReconciler) reconcileFullClusterCrash(ctx context.Con
 			continue
 		}
 
-		log.Info("Attempting to reboot cluster from complete outage")
+		log.Info("Attempting to reboot cluster from complete outage", "pod", pod.Name, "host", podFQDN)
 		err = mysh.RebootClusterFromCompleteOutageWithExec(ctx, cr.InnoDBClusterName())
 		if err == nil {
-			log.Info("Cluster was successfully rebooted")
+			log.Info("Cluster was successfully rebooted", "pod", pod.Name, "host", podFQDN)
 			r.Recorder.Event(cr, "Normal", "FullClusterCrashRecovered", "Cluster recovered from full cluster crash")
 			err := r.cleanupFullClusterCrashFile(ctx, cr)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Error(err, "failed to remove /var/lib/mysql/full-cluster-crash")
+				break
 			}
+
+			primary, err := r.getPrimaryPod(ctx, cr)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Error(err, "failed to get primary pod")
+				break
+			}
+
+			log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Primary pod is %s", primary.Name))
+
+			pods, err := k8s.PodsByLabels(ctx, r.Client, mysql.MatchLabels(cr), cr.Namespace)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Error(err, "failed to get mysql pods")
+				break
+			}
+
+			for _, pod := range pods {
+				if pod.Name == primary.Name {
+					continue
+				}
+
+				log.Info("Deleting secondary pod", "pod", pod.Name)
+				if err := r.Client.Delete(ctx, &pod); err != nil {
+					log.Error(err, "failed to delete pod", "pod", pod.Name)
+				}
+			}
+
 			break
 		}
 
+		// TODO: This needs to reconsidered.
 		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "The Cluster is ONLINE") {
-			log.Info("Tried to reboot the cluster but MySQL says the cluster is already online")
+			log.Info("Tried to reboot the cluster but MySQL says the cluster is already online", "pod", pod.Name, "host", podFQDN)
 			log.Info("Deleting all MySQL pods")
 			err := r.Client.DeleteAllOf(ctx, &corev1.Pod{}, &client.DeleteAllOfOptions{
 				ListOptions: client.ListOptions{
@@ -113,7 +146,7 @@ func (r *PerconaServerMySQLReconciler) reconcileFullClusterCrash(ctx context.Con
 			break
 		}
 
-		log.Error(err, "failed to reboot cluster from complete outage")
+		log.Error(err, "failed to reboot cluster from complete outage", "pod", pod.Name, "host", podFQDN)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/pkg/controller/ps/status.go b/pkg/controller/ps/status.go
index df1599a73..04c67b462 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/ps/status.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/ps/status.go
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ func (r *PerconaServerMySQLReconciler) reconcileCRStatus(ctx context.Context, cr
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	initialState := cr.Status.State
+
 	clusterCondition := metav1.Condition{
 		Status:             metav1.ConditionTrue,
 		Type:               apiv1alpha1.StateInitializing.String(),
@@ -48,6 +50,8 @@ func (r *PerconaServerMySQLReconciler) reconcileCRStatus(ctx context.Context, cr
 			meta.SetStatusCondition(&cr.Status.Conditions, clusterCondition)
 
 			cr.Status.State = apiv1alpha1.StateError
+
+			r.Recorder.Event(cr, "Error", "ReconcileError", "Failed to reconcile cluster")
 		}
 
 		nn := types.NamespacedName{Name: cr.Name, Namespace: cr.Namespace}
@@ -207,17 +211,10 @@ func (r *PerconaServerMySQLReconciler) reconcileCRStatus(ctx context.Context, cr
 		}
 	}
 
-	log.V(1).Info(
-		"Writing CR status",
-		"mysql", cr.Status.MySQL,
-		"orchestrator", cr.Status.Orchestrator,
-		"router", cr.Status.Router,
-		"haproxy", cr.Status.HAProxy,
-		"host", cr.Status.Host,
-		"loadbalancers", loadBalancersReady,
-		"conditions", cr.Status.Conditions,
-		"state", cr.Status.State,
-	)
+	if cr.Status.State != initialState {
+		log.Info("Cluster state changed", "previous", initialState, "current", cr.Status.State)
+		r.Recorder.Event(cr, "Warning", "ClusterStateChanged", fmt.Sprintf("%s -> %s", initialState, cr.Status.State))
+	}
 
 	nn := types.NamespacedName{Name: cr.Name, Namespace: cr.Namespace}
 	return writeStatus(ctx, r.Client, nn, cr.Status)
diff --git a/pkg/controller/ps/status_test.go b/pkg/controller/ps/status_test.go
index 0869e450e..03c84d7ca 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/ps/status_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/ps/status_test.go
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ func TestReconcileStatusAsync(t *testing.T) {
 				Client:    cb.Build(),
 				Scheme:    scheme,
 				ClientCmd: cliCmd,
+				Recorder:  new(record.FakeRecorder),
 				ServerVersion: &platform.ServerVersion{
 					Platform: platform.PlatformKubernetes,
 				},
@@ -963,8 +964,9 @@ func TestReconcileErrorStatus(t *testing.T) {
 		WithStatusSubresource(objects...)
 
 	r := &PerconaServerMySQLReconciler{
-		Client: cb.Build(),
-		Scheme: scheme,
+		Client:   cb.Build(),
+		Scheme:   scheme,
+		Recorder: new(record.FakeRecorder),
 		ServerVersion: &platform.ServerVersion{
 			Platform: platform.PlatformKubernetes,
 		},
diff --git a/pkg/controller/ps/suite_test.go b/pkg/controller/ps/suite_test.go
index 5eba1dc18..f5747ba0c 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/ps/suite_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/ps/suite_test.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/yaml"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/record"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/envtest"
 	logf "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log"
@@ -103,7 +104,8 @@ func reconciler() *PerconaServerMySQLReconciler {
 		ServerVersion: &platform.ServerVersion{
 			Platform: platform.PlatformKubernetes,
 		},
-		Crons: NewCronRegistry(),
+		Crons:    NewCronRegistry(),
+		Recorder: new(record.FakeRecorder),
 	}
 }