diff --git a/src/internal/operations/backup.go b/src/internal/operations/backup.go
index 7ef7fd505..884dc2ec0 100644
--- a/src/internal/operations/backup.go
+++ b/src/internal/operations/backup.go
@@ -235,24 +235,24 @@ func (op *BackupOperation) Run(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
 	// -----
 
 	err = op.persistResults(startTime, &opStats)
-	if err != nil {
+	if err != nil && (deets == nil || deets.Empty()) {
 		op.Errors.Fail(clues.Wrap(err, "persisting backup results"))
 		return op.Errors.Failure()
 	}
 
 	// force exit without backup in certain cases.
 	// see: https://github.com/alcionai/corso/pull/2510#discussion_r1113532530
-	for _, e := range op.Errors.Recovered() {
-		if clues.HasLabel(e, fault.LabelForceNoBackupCreation) {
-			logger.Ctx(ctx).
-				With("error", e).
-				With(clues.InErr(err).Slice()...).
-				Infow("completed backup; conditional error forcing exit without model persistence",
-					"results", op.Results)
+	// for _, e := range op.Errors.Recovered() {
+	// 	if clues.HasLabel(e, fault.LabelForceNoBackupCreation) {
+	// 		logger.Ctx(ctx).
+	// 			With("error", e).
+	// 			With(clues.InErr(err).Slice()...).
+	// 			Infow("completed backup; conditional error forcing exit without model persistence",
+	// 				"results", op.Results)
 
-			return op.Errors.Fail(clues.Wrap(e, "forced backup")).Failure()
-		}
-	}
+	// 		return op.Errors.Fail(clues.Wrap(e, "forced backup")).Failure()
+	// 	}
+	// }
 
 	err = op.createBackupModels(
 		ctx,