diff --git a/bt-daemon/src/lib.rs b/bt-daemon/src/lib.rs
index 3fadfc9..8e3fa52 100644
--- a/bt-daemon/src/lib.rs
+++ b/bt-daemon/src/lib.rs
@@ -516,11 +516,10 @@ pub async fn run_traced(
     };
     let socket = paths::socket_path(None);
     match flush_managed_run(&managed_run_id, &socket, MANAGED_RUN_FLUSH_TIMEOUT_MS).await {
-        Ok(result) if result.accepted_sessions == 0 => {
-            anyhow::bail!(
-                "managed run produced no accepted trace events; verify hook output and `bt trace status`"
-            )
-        }
+        Ok(result) if result.accepted_sessions == 0 => tracing::warn!(
+            managed_run_id,
+            "managed run produced no accepted trace events"
+        ),
         Ok(result) if result.flushed => {}
         Ok(result) => tracing::warn!(
             managed_run_id,
diff --git a/bt-daemon/tests/pipeline.rs b/bt-daemon/tests/pipeline.rs
index 183b00f..e4a4cd2 100644
--- a/bt-daemon/tests/pipeline.rs
+++ b/bt-daemon/tests/pipeline.rs
@@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@ impl Drop for EnvVarGuard {
 
 #[cfg(all(feature = "cli", unix))]
 #[tokio::test]
-async fn managed_run_flushes_after_success_failure_and_signal_exit() {
+async fn managed_run_flushes_and_preserves_agent_exit_status() {
     use std::os::unix::fs::PermissionsExt;
 
     let version = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
@@ -1081,12 +1081,19 @@ for argument in "$@"; do
 done
 session_id=$previous
 mode=$last
-printf '{"session_id":"%s","hook_event_name":"SessionStart"}\n' "$session_id" |
-  "$BT_DAEMON_TEST_BIN" hook --source debug --managed-run-hook --no-spawn
+case "$mode" in
+  untraced-success|untraced-failure) ;;
+  *)
+    printf '{"session_id":"%s","hook_event_name":"SessionStart"}\n' "$session_id" |
+      "$BT_DAEMON_TEST_BIN" hook --source debug --managed-run-hook --no-spawn
+    ;;
+esac
 case "$mode" in
   success) exit 0 ;;
   failure) exit 7 ;;
   signal) kill -TERM "$$" ;;
+  untraced-success) exit 0 ;;
+  untraced-failure) exit 7 ;;
   *) exit 99 ;;
 esac
 "#,
@@ -1127,6 +1134,18 @@ esac
     assert!(!signal_status.success());
     assert_eq!(signal_status.code(), None);
 
+    assert!(run("managed-untraced", "untraced-success")
+        .await
+        .unwrap()
+        .success());
+    assert_eq!(
+        run("managed-untraced", "untraced-failure")
+            .await
+            .unwrap()
+            .code(),
+        Some(7)
+    );
+
     assert_eq!(
         *flushes.lock().unwrap(),
         HashMap::from([