diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/publish-workspace-server-image.yml b/.gitea/workflows/publish-workspace-server-image.yml
index 0e04397e..7385de98 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/publish-workspace-server-image.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/publish-workspace-server-image.yml
@@ -234,6 +234,8 @@ jobs:
     name: Production auto-deploy
     needs: build-and-push
     if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
+    # Side-effect deploy only; image publish success is the durable artifact. mc#774
+    continue-on-error: true
     # Publish/release lane (internal#462) — production deploy of a merged
     # fix; reserved capacity, never queued behind PR-CI.
     runs-on: publish