diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual-strategy-switch.yml b/.github/workflows/manual-strategy-switch.yml
index 63e9de8..0ae728a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manual-strategy-switch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual-strategy-switch.yml
@@ -377,7 +377,8 @@ jobs:
           base_url = os.environ["STRATEGY_SWITCH_CONSOLE_URL"].rstrip("/")
           token = os.environ["STRATEGY_SWITCH_SYNC_TOKEN"]
           if not token:
-              raise SystemExit("STRATEGY_SWITCH_SYNC_TOKEN is required when STRATEGY_SWITCH_CONSOLE_URL is set")
+              print("::warning::STRATEGY_SWITCH_SYNC_TOKEN is missing; account default sync skipped")
+              raise SystemExit(0)
           with open(os.environ["TARGET_FILE"], encoding="utf-8") as handle:
               target = json.load(handle)
           runtime_target = target["runtime_target"]
@@ -412,7 +413,10 @@ jobs:
                   body = response.read().decode("utf-8")
           except urllib.error.HTTPError as exc:
               body = exc.read().decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
-              print(body, file=sys.stderr)
-              raise
+              print(f"::warning::Strategy switch account default sync failed: HTTP {exc.code}: {body[:1000]}")
+              raise SystemExit(0)
+          except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001
+              print(f"::warning::Strategy switch account default sync failed: {exc}")
+              raise SystemExit(0)
           print(body)
           PY
diff --git a/tests/test_runtime_settings.py b/tests/test_runtime_settings.py
index 684e952..8a42d44 100644
--- a/tests/test_runtime_settings.py
+++ b/tests/test_runtime_settings.py
@@ -128,6 +128,15 @@ def test_empty_assignment_deletes_variable_instead_of_setting_empty_body(self):
         self.assertNotIn("--body", assignment.shell_command())
         self.assertEqual(runtime_settings.assignment_payload(assignment)["action"], "delete")
 
+    def test_manual_switch_account_default_sync_is_warning_only(self):
+        workflow = (ROOT / ".github" / "workflows" / "manual-strategy-switch.yml").read_text(
+            encoding="utf-8"
+        )
+
+        self.assertIn("Strategy switch account default sync failed", workflow)
+        self.assertIn("::warning::", workflow)
+        self.assertIn("raise SystemExit(0)", workflow)
+
     def test_plugin_mount_schema_version_must_be_non_empty_string(self):
         _, target = self.load_target("examples/targets/schwab/live.example.json")
         target["plugin_mounts"][0]["expected_schema_version"] = ""