diff --git a/scripts/profile_sync.py b/scripts/profile_sync.py
index 19c522b1..4683835a 100644
--- a/scripts/profile_sync.py
+++ b/scripts/profile_sync.py
@@ -3422,27 +3422,36 @@ def _print_triage(args, selected: dict, reports: list[ProfileReport]) -> None:
         profile = selected[report.name]
         version = None
         commits = 0
+        refused = ""
         repo = select_repo(profile)
         if report.head and repo is not None:
-            version = check_version(profile, repo, args.cache_dir, args.offline)
             paths = _cited_paths(report)
-            for path in paths[:TRIAGE_PATH_SAMPLE]:
-                commits += upstream.commits_touching(
-                    repo, path, report.pin, args.cache_dir, args.offline,
-                    head=report.head,
-                )
-            if len(paths) > TRIAGE_PATH_SAMPLE:
+            try:
+                version = check_version(profile, repo, args.cache_dir, args.offline)
+                for path in paths[:TRIAGE_PATH_SAMPLE]:
+                    commits += upstream.commits_touching(
+                        repo, path, report.pin, args.cache_dir, args.offline,
+                        head=report.head,
+                    )
+            except upstream.UpstreamError as exc:
+                # One forge refusing a request (Eden's answers 403 to commit
+                # lookups) leaves this profile unscored, not the whole ranking.
+                refused = "commit history unreachable"
+                print(f"{report.name}: {exc}", file=sys.stderr)
+            if len(paths) > TRIAGE_PATH_SAMPLE and not refused:
                 print(
                     f"{report.name}: commit count sampled on "
                     f"{TRIAGE_PATH_SAMPLE} of {len(paths)} paths",
                     file=sys.stderr,
                 )
-        ranked.append((drift_score(report, version, commits), report))
-    for score, report in sorted(ranked, key=lambda item: -item[0]):
+        ranked.append((drift_score(report, version, commits), report, refused))
+    for score, report, refused in sorted(ranked, key=lambda item: -item[0]):
         state = report.skipped or f"{report.needs_review()} to review"
         unchecked = (report.counts or {}).get("UNCHECKED", 0)
         if unchecked and not report.skipped:
             state += f", {unchecked} unchecked"
+        if refused:
+            state += f", {refused}"
         print(f"{score:5d}  {report.name:30s}  {state}")
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_audit_regressions.py b/tests/test_audit_regressions.py
index d0a7f10e..3a12e17d 100644
--- a/tests/test_audit_regressions.py
+++ b/tests/test_audit_regressions.py
@@ -3040,3 +3040,38 @@ class ACitationInsideASourceRefIsTracked(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(len(masked), len(ref))
         self.assertEqual(masked.index("b.c:7"), ref.index("b.c:7"))
         self.assertNotIn("a.c", masked)
+
+
+class TriageSurvivesAForgeRefusal(unittest.TestCase):
+    """git.eden-emu.dev answers 403 to commit lookups: `--all --triage`
+    died on the traceback after half an hour and printed no ranking."""
+
+    def test_the_ranking_is_printed_with_the_profile_marked(self):
+        from types import SimpleNamespace
+
+        from scripts import profile_sync
+
+        reports = [
+            profile_sync.ProfileReport(name="eden", pin="a" * 40, head="b" * 40),
+            profile_sync.ProfileReport(name="vice", pin="c" * 40, head="d" * 40),
+        ]
+        selected = {
+            "eden": {"source": "https://git.eden-emu.dev/eden-emu/eden"},
+            "vice": {"source": "https://github.com/libretro/vice-libretro"},
+        }
+
+        def check_version(profile, *_args):
+            if "eden" in profile["source"]:
+                raise profile_sync.upstream.UpstreamError("HTTP 403")
+            return None
+
+        args = SimpleNamespace(cache_dir="", offline=True)
+        out = io.StringIO()
+        with mock.patch.object(profile_sync, "check_version", check_version), \
+                mock.patch.object(profile_sync, "select_repo", lambda p: object()), \
+                contextlib.redirect_stdout(out), \
+                contextlib.redirect_stderr(io.StringIO()):
+            profile_sync._print_triage(args, selected, reports)
+        lines = out.getvalue().splitlines()
+        self.assertEqual(len(lines), 2)
+        self.assertTrue(any("eden" in l and "unreachable" in l for l in lines))