diff --git a/apis/v1alpha1/ack-generate-metadata.yaml b/apis/v1alpha1/ack-generate-metadata.yaml
index 08147ac..dab985e 100755
--- a/apis/v1alpha1/ack-generate-metadata.yaml
+++ b/apis/v1alpha1/ack-generate-metadata.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ack_generate_info:
-  build_date: "2025-10-10T17:21:27Z"
+  build_date: "2025-10-15T17:26:29Z"
   build_hash: eaabefb6bd7b2be8a1baf4478f22b3310e6921c8
   go_version: go1.25.0
   version: v0.52.0-6-geaabefb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ api_directory_checksum: c2a05f6479bd52a75cd0edad0268006c9c330238
 api_version: v1alpha1
 aws_sdk_go_version: v1.39.0
 generator_config_info:
-  file_checksum: d05d6b6dae697b39793019251b54bcf9766f0238
+  file_checksum: 52a529428a3927a25df922fa900a75630016a7c7
   original_file_name: generator.yaml
 last_modification:
   reason: API generation
diff --git a/apis/v1alpha1/generator.yaml b/apis/v1alpha1/generator.yaml
index 0d06bc3..5204bc8 100644
--- a/apis/v1alpha1/generator.yaml
+++ b/apis/v1alpha1/generator.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ resources:
   InferenceProfile:
     is_arn_primary_key: true
     update_operation: 
-      custom_method_name: custom_update
+      custom_method_name: customUpdate
 
     fields:
       Description:
@@ -56,4 +56,10 @@ resources:
       sdk_delete_post_build_request:
         template_path: hooks/inference_profile/sdk_delete_post_build_request.go.tpl
 
+    synced:
+      when:
+        - path: Status.Status
+          in:
+            - ACTIVE
+
 
diff --git a/generator.yaml b/generator.yaml
index 0d06bc3..5204bc8 100644
--- a/generator.yaml
+++ b/generator.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ resources:
   InferenceProfile:
     is_arn_primary_key: true
     update_operation: 
-      custom_method_name: custom_update
+      custom_method_name: customUpdate
 
     fields:
       Description:
@@ -56,4 +56,10 @@ resources:
       sdk_delete_post_build_request:
         template_path: hooks/inference_profile/sdk_delete_post_build_request.go.tpl
 
+    synced:
+      when:
+        - path: Status.Status
+          in:
+            - ACTIVE
+
 
diff --git a/pkg/resource/inference_profile/hooks.go b/pkg/resource/inference_profile/hooks.go
index 2f068b9..a5130d4 100644
--- a/pkg/resource/inference_profile/hooks.go
+++ b/pkg/resource/inference_profile/hooks.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 
 	svcapitypes "github.com/aws-controllers-k8s/bedrock-controller/apis/v1alpha1"
-	"github.com/aws-controllers-k8s/bedrock-controller/pkg/resource/tags"
+	"github.com/aws-controllers-k8s/bedrock-controller/pkg/tags"
 	ackcompare "github.com/aws-controllers-k8s/runtime/pkg/compare"
 )
 
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ func (rm *resourceManager) customCheckRequired(r *resource) bool {
 	return r.ko.Status.ACKResourceMetadata == nil || r.ko.Status.ACKResourceMetadata.ARN == nil
 }
 
-// custom_update handles updates for inference profiles. Since inference profiles
+// customUpdate handles updates for inference profiles. Since inference profiles
 // are immutable resources, only tag updates are supported.
-func (rm *resourceManager) custom_update(
+func (rm *resourceManager) customUpdate(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	desired *resource,
 	latest *resource,
diff --git a/pkg/resource/inference_profile/manager.go b/pkg/resource/inference_profile/manager.go
index ec0f10f..3a2ffd6 100644
--- a/pkg/resource/inference_profile/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/resource/inference_profile/manager.go
@@ -268,6 +268,14 @@ func (rm *resourceManager) IsSynced(ctx context.Context, res acktypes.AWSResourc
 		panic("resource manager's IsSynced() method received resource with nil CR object")
 	}
 
+	if r.ko.Status.Status == nil {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+	statusCandidates := []string{"ACTIVE"}
+	if !ackutil.InStrings(*r.ko.Status.Status, statusCandidates) {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
 	return true, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/resource/inference_profile/sdk.go b/pkg/resource/inference_profile/sdk.go
index 6c0ee1f..e779457 100644
--- a/pkg/resource/inference_profile/sdk.go
+++ b/pkg/resource/inference_profile/sdk.go
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ func (rm *resourceManager) sdkUpdate(
 	latest *resource,
 	delta *ackcompare.Delta,
 ) (*resource, error) {
-	return rm.custom_update(ctx, desired, latest, delta)
+	return rm.customUpdate(ctx, desired, latest, delta)
 }
 
 // sdkDelete deletes the supplied resource in the backend AWS service API
diff --git a/pkg/resource/tags/sync.go b/pkg/tags/sync.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/resource/tags/sync.go
rename to pkg/tags/sync.go
diff --git a/pkg/resource/tags/sync_test.go b/pkg/tags/sync_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/resource/tags/sync_test.go
rename to pkg/tags/sync_test.go
diff --git a/test/e2e/tests/test_inference_profile.py b/test/e2e/tests/test_inference_profile.py
index 2100b61..7de9df9 100644
--- a/test/e2e/tests/test_inference_profile.py
+++ b/test/e2e/tests/test_inference_profile.py
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ def test_create_delete_inference_profile(self, simple_inference_profile, bedrock
         assert inference_profile_arn is not None
         assert cr["spec"]["description"] == TEST_DESCRIPTION
         assert cr["spec"]["modelSource"]["copyFrom"] == TEST_MODEL_ID
+        assert cr["status"]["status"] == "ACTIVE"
 
         expected_tags = [
             {"key": TAG_KEY_1, "value": TAG_VALUE_1},