diff --git a/internal/api/ws/codeocean_writer.go b/internal/api/ws/codeocean_writer.go
index cc8c667..011b40f 100644
--- a/internal/api/ws/codeocean_writer.go
+++ b/internal/api/ws/codeocean_writer.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
+	"github.com/openHPI/poseidon/internal/nomad"
 	"github.com/openHPI/poseidon/internal/runner"
 	"github.com/openHPI/poseidon/pkg/dto"
 	"io"
@@ -81,17 +82,22 @@ func (cw *codeOceanOutputWriter) StdErr() io.Writer {
 // Close forwards the kind of exit (timeout, error, normal) to CodeOcean.
 // This results in the closing of the WebSocket connection.
 func (cw *codeOceanOutputWriter) Close(info *runner.ExitInfo) {
+	// Mask the internal stop reason before disclosing/forwarding it externally/to CodeOcean.
 	switch {
+	case info.Err == nil:
+		cw.send(&dto.WebSocketMessage{Type: dto.WebSocketExit, ExitCode: info.Code})
 	case errors.Is(info.Err, context.DeadlineExceeded) || errors.Is(info.Err, runner.ErrorRunnerInactivityTimeout):
 		cw.send(&dto.WebSocketMessage{Type: dto.WebSocketMetaTimeout})
 	case errors.Is(info.Err, runner.ErrOOMKilled):
 		cw.send(&dto.WebSocketMessage{Type: dto.WebSocketOutputError, Data: runner.ErrOOMKilled.Error()})
-	case info.Err != nil:
+	case errors.Is(info.Err, nomad.ErrorAllocationCompleted), errors.Is(info.Err, runner.ErrDestroyedByAPIRequest):
+		message := "the allocation stopped as expected"
+		log.WithContext(cw.ctx).WithError(info.Err).Debug(message)
+		cw.send(&dto.WebSocketMessage{Type: dto.WebSocketOutputError, Data: message})
+	default:
 		errorMessage := "Error executing the request"
 		log.WithContext(cw.ctx).WithError(info.Err).Warn(errorMessage)
 		cw.send(&dto.WebSocketMessage{Type: dto.WebSocketOutputError, Data: errorMessage})
-	default:
-		cw.send(&dto.WebSocketMessage{Type: dto.WebSocketExit, ExitCode: info.Code})
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/runner/nomad_manager.go b/internal/runner/nomad_manager.go
index e9ffec7..4deda3f 100644
--- a/internal/runner/nomad_manager.go
+++ b/internal/runner/nomad_manager.go
@@ -189,15 +189,6 @@ func (m *NomadRunnerManager) onAllocationStopped(runnerID string, reason error)
 
 	r, stillActive := m.usedRunners.Get(runnerID)
 	if stillActive {
-		// Mask the internal stop reason because the runner might disclose/forward it to CodeOcean/externally.
-		switch {
-		case errors.Is(reason, nomad.ErrorOOMKilled):
-			reason = ErrOOMKilled
-		default:
-			log.WithField(dto.KeyRunnerID, runnerID).WithField("reason", reason).Debug("Internal reason for allocation stop")
-			reason = ErrAllocationStopped
-		}
-
 		m.usedRunners.Delete(runnerID)
 		if err := r.Destroy(reason); err != nil {
 			log.WithError(err).Warn("Runner of stopped allocation cannot be destroyed")
diff --git a/internal/runner/nomad_runner.go b/internal/runner/nomad_runner.go
index 69f28ad..e5d0eb6 100644
--- a/internal/runner/nomad_runner.go
+++ b/internal/runner/nomad_runner.go
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ var (
 	ErrorUnknownExecution                  = errors.New("unknown execution")
 	ErrorFileCopyFailed                    = errors.New("file copy failed")
 	ErrFileNotFound                        = errors.New("file not found or insufficient permissions")
-	ErrAllocationStopped     DestroyReason = errors.New("the allocation stopped")
 	ErrOOMKilled             DestroyReason = nomad.ErrorOOMKilled
 	ErrDestroyedByAPIRequest DestroyReason = errors.New("the client wants to stop the runner")
 	ErrCannotStopExecution   DestroyReason = errors.New("the execution did not stop after SIGQUIT")
@@ -244,7 +243,7 @@ func (r *NomadJob) Destroy(reason DestroyReason) (err error) {
 		err = r.onDestroy(r)
 	}
 
-	if err == nil && (!errors.Is(reason, ErrAllocationStopped) || !errors.Is(reason, ErrOOMKilled)) {
+	if err == nil && !errors.Is(reason, ErrOOMKilled) {
 		err = util.RetryExponential(time.Second, func() (err error) {
 			if err = r.api.DeleteJob(r.ID()); err != nil {
 				err = fmt.Errorf("error deleting runner in Nomad: %w", err)
@@ -331,7 +330,7 @@ func (r *NomadJob) handleContextDone(exitInternal <-chan ExitInfo, exit chan<- E
 	exit <- ExitInfo{255, err}
 
 	// This condition prevents further interaction with a stopped / dead allocation.
-	if errors.Is(err, ErrAllocationStopped) || errors.Is(err, ErrOOMKilled) {
+	if errors.Is(err, nomad.ErrorOOMKilled) {
 		return
 	}