diff --git a/migrations/1787515927.sh b/migrations/1787515927.sh
index f1f33869..9adae003 100644
--- a/migrations/1787515927.sh
+++ b/migrations/1787515927.sh
@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@ for dir in "${BROWSER_POLICY_MANAGED_DIRS[@]}"; do
   repaired=1
 done
 
+# Repainting the policy color is cosmetic and the next theme change redoes it.
+# Under bash -euo pipefail a failure here would abort the migration before the
+# Firefox directories below are hardened, and the marker would never be written.
 if (( repaired )); then
-  omarchy-theme-set-browser
+  omarchy-theme-set-browser || true
 fi
 
 for dir in "${BROWSER_POLICY_FIREFOX_DIRS[@]}"; do
diff --git a/test/shell.d/browser-policy-dir-test.sh b/test/shell.d/browser-policy-dir-test.sh
index 39a87c2b..0d66d216 100755
--- a/test/shell.d/browser-policy-dir-test.sh
+++ b/test/shell.d/browser-policy-dir-test.sh
@@ -294,6 +294,10 @@ cleanup || fail "omarchy-theme-set-browser-policy's EXIT trap succeeds with a st
 unset -f cleanup
 pass "omarchy-theme-set-browser-policy's EXIT trap never leaks a failure status"
 
+grep -F 'omarchy-theme-set-browser || true' "$ROOT/migrations/1787515927.sh" >/dev/null ||
+  fail "the policy-directory migration hardens Firefox even when the theme refresh fails"
+pass "the policy-directory migration does not abort on a failed theme refresh"
+
 policy_files=(
   "$ROOT/bin/omarchy-install-browser"
   "$ROOT/bin/omarchy-provision-owner"