diff --git a/hive-c0re/src/dashboard/tombstones.rs b/hive-c0re/src/dashboard/tombstones.rs
index eebf7c49..365496ba 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/src/dashboard/tombstones.rs
+++ b/hive-c0re/src/dashboard/tombstones.rs
@@ -189,10 +189,13 @@ pub(super) async fn post_purge_tombstone(
             errors.push(format!("{}: {e}", dir.display()));
         }
     }
-    let _ = state
+    if let Err(e) = state
         .coord
         .approvals
-        .fail_pending_for_agent(name.as_str(), "agent state purged");
+        .fail_pending_for_agent(name.as_str(), "agent state purged")
+    {
+        tracing::warn!(%name, error = ?e, "approvals: failing pending on tombstone purge failed");
+    }
     if errors.is_empty() {
         tracing::info!(%name, "tombstone purged");
         // Fire the post-purge tombstones snapshot so dashboards