diff --git a/scripts/profile_sync.py b/scripts/profile_sync.py
index 405228d35..4a4bcf376 100644
--- a/scripts/profile_sync.py
+++ b/scripts/profile_sync.py
@@ -1591,7 +1591,11 @@ def build_report(
 
     try:
         views = select_views(profile, cache_dir, offline)
-    except upstream.GoneError:
+    except upstream.RateLimitError:
+        raise
+    except upstream.UpstreamError:
+        # citron's dead domain now resolves to an unrelated host that fails
+        # TLS: for a forge the profile declares gone, any refusal agrees.
         if stated_gone:
             # The profile says the forge is gone and the forge agrees. That is
             # a recorded fact, not an open problem: the refs describe the last
diff --git a/tests/test_profile_sync.py b/tests/test_profile_sync.py
index 61f51538b..00ddc8c05 100644
--- a/tests/test_profile_sync.py
+++ b/tests/test_profile_sync.py
@@ -1840,6 +1840,15 @@ class TestDeclaredDeadUpstream(TestBuildReport):
         self.assertIn("withdrawn, HTTP 451", report.skipped)
         self.assertEqual(report.needs_review(), 0)
 
+    def test_any_refusal_of_a_declared_dead_forge_agrees(self):
+        # citron's taken domain now resolves and fails TLS.
+        def tls(*a, **k):
+            raise profile_sync.upstream.UpstreamError("TLSV1_UNRECOGNIZED_NAME")
+
+        profile_sync.upstream.resolve_head = tls
+        report = build_report("test", self._profile_with("domain taken"), self.dir)
+        self.assertIn("declared", report.skipped)
+
     def test_a_declaration_the_forge_contradicts_is_reported(self):
         """The forge answered: the declaration has outlived its truth."""
         self.files[("pinsha", "a.c")] = ["hit"]