diff --git a/.tangled/workflows/deploy-docs.yml b/.tangled/workflows/deploy-docs.yml
index 352bf54..142295d 100644
--- a/.tangled/workflows/deploy-docs.yml
+++ b/.tangled/workflows/deploy-docs.yml
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ steps:
 
   - name: deploy docs to wisp
     command: |
+      set -e
       if [ -z "$WISP_APP_PASSWORD" ]; then
-        echo "WISP_APP_PASSWORD is not set; skipping wisp docs deploy"
-        exit 0
+        echo "WISP_APP_PASSWORD is not set; cannot deploy docs" >&2
+        exit 1
       fi
       curl -sSL https://sites.wisp.place/nekomimi.pet/wisp-cli-binaries/wisp-cli-x86_64-linux -o wisp-cli
       chmod +x wisp-cli
@@ -34,7 +35,4 @@ steps:
       if [ -n "$INTERP" ]; then
         patchelf --set-interpreter "$INTERP" --set-rpath "$(dirname "$INTERP")" wisp-cli
       fi
-      if ! ./wisp-cli deploy "$WISP_DID" --path ./site-out --site "$WISP_SITE_NAME" --password "$WISP_APP_PASSWORD"; then
-        echo "wisp docs deploy failed; skipping temporarily"
-        exit 0
-      fi
+      ./wisp-cli deploy "$WISP_DID" --path ./site-out --site "$WISP_SITE_NAME" --password "$WISP_APP_PASSWORD"
diff --git a/.tangled/workflows/publish-docs.yml b/.tangled/workflows/publish-docs.yml
index 228eebd..29d0ce2 100644
--- a/.tangled/workflows/publish-docs.yml
+++ b/.tangled/workflows/publish-docs.yml
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ steps:
   - name: build and publish docs to ATProto
     command: |
       if [ -z "$ATPROTO_PASSWORD" ]; then
-        echo "ATPROTO_PASSWORD is not set; skipping ATProto docs publish"
-        exit 0
+        echo "ATPROTO_PASSWORD is not set; cannot publish docs" >&2
+        exit 1
       fi
       # branch pushes publish only when docs, devlog, or the publish tooling
       # changed; tag pushes always publish. pure shell — grep is not in the image.
@@ -43,7 +43,4 @@ steps:
         fi
       fi
       /tangled/workspace/.zig/zig build
-      if ! ./zig-out/bin/publish-docs; then
-        echo "ATProto docs publish failed; skipping temporarily"
-        exit 0
-      fi
+      ./zig-out/bin/publish-docs