diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index d22f1e4..13a79ff 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ var (
 	cmdFullPath string
 )
 
+// childExitCode is the exit code of a wrapped child command that failed
+// after producing output. runWrap records it via recordChildExit; Execute
+// applies it with os.Exit only after the completion event has fired and
+// analytics have been flushed.
+var childExitCode int
+
 const (
 	autoUpdateInterval = 24 * time.Hour
 	autoUpdateTimeout  = 2 * time.Second
@@ -78,6 +84,11 @@ func Execute() error {
 		analytics.Capture(event, props)
 	}
 	analytics.Shutdown()
+	// A wrapped child failed; propagate its exit code now that the
+	// completion event has fired and the analytics queue is flushed.
+	if err == nil && childExitCode != 0 {
+		os.Exit(childExitCode)
+	}
 	return err
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/wrap.go b/cmd/wrap.go
index 7f21c8b..858cdb0 100644
--- a/cmd/wrap.go
+++ b/cmd/wrap.go
@@ -224,13 +224,21 @@ func runWrap(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 
 	// If the child failed, surface its exit code so callers/agents see it.
 	// (No-op for the stdin path — `err` is nil there.)
-	if err != nil {
-		if exitErr, ok := err.(*osexec.ExitError); ok {
-			os.Exit(exitErr.ExitCode())
-		}
-		return err
+	return recordChildExit(err)
+}
+
+// recordChildExit defers a failed child's exit code to Execute instead of
+// os.Exit-ing here. Exiting mid-command skips the cli_command_completed
+// event and the analytics flush in Execute, so the PostHog client (which
+// batches on a 5s interval) silently drops the events for exactly the
+// failed-child runs. Non-exit errors pass through unchanged.
+func recordChildExit(err error) error {
+	var exitErr *osexec.ExitError
+	if errors.As(err, &exitErr) {
+		childExitCode = exitErr.ExitCode()
+		return nil
 	}
-	return nil
+	return err
 }
 
 func readChildOutput(args []string) (lines []string, runErr error, fatalErr error) {
diff --git a/cmd/wrap_test.go b/cmd/wrap_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70c14a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/wrap_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// TestRecordChildExitDefersExitCode verifies that a failed child's exit
+// code is recorded for Execute to apply after the analytics flush instead
+// of os.Exit-ing inside the command, which would skip the completion event
+// and drop buffered telemetry for exactly the failed-child runs.
+func TestRecordChildExitDefersExitCode(t *testing.T) {
+	cmd := exec.Command(os.Args[0], "-test.run=TestTelemetryExitHelper")
+	cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), "CODAG_TELEMETRY_TEST_EXIT=1")
+	runErr := cmd.Run()
+
+	var exitErr *exec.ExitError
+	if !errors.As(runErr, &exitErr) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected ExitError, got %T", runErr)
+	}
+
+	childExitCode = 0
+	t.Cleanup(func() { childExitCode = 0 })
+
+	if got := recordChildExit(runErr); got != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("recordChildExit(ExitError) = %v, want nil", got)
+	}
+	if childExitCode != 7 {
+		t.Fatalf("childExitCode = %d, want 7", childExitCode)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRecordChildExitPassesThroughOtherErrors(t *testing.T) {
+	childExitCode = 0
+	t.Cleanup(func() { childExitCode = 0 })
+
+	sentinel := errors.New("not an exit error")
+	if got := recordChildExit(sentinel); !errors.Is(got, sentinel) {
+		t.Fatalf("recordChildExit(non-exit error) = %v, want passthrough", got)
+	}
+	if childExitCode != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("childExitCode = %d, want 0 for non-exit error", childExitCode)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRecordChildExitNilIsNoop(t *testing.T) {
+	childExitCode = 0
+	t.Cleanup(func() { childExitCode = 0 })
+
+	if got := recordChildExit(nil); got != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("recordChildExit(nil) = %v, want nil", got)
+	}
+	if childExitCode != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("childExitCode = %d, want 0 for nil error", childExitCode)
+	}
+}