diff --git a/functions/_agents_repo_sync.fish b/functions/_agents_repo_sync.fish
index 513d888..876ee33 100644
--- a/functions/_agents_repo_sync.fish
+++ b/functions/_agents_repo_sync.fish
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
 #   left clean at local HEAD for the user to resolve by hand.
 #
 #   Commits are made with commit.gpgsign=false so a pinentry prompt can
-#   never block a shell or an agent launch.
+#   never block a shell or an agent launch. If a pre-commit or commit-msg
+#   hook rejects the commit (e.g. a secret scanner), that failure is
+#   surfaced too: nothing is committed and a diagnostic goes to stderr.
 #
 # ARGUMENTS
 #   dir      Absolute path to the git repository
@@ -22,7 +24,8 @@
 #
 # EXIT STATUS
 #   0  Committed, or nothing needed committing
-#   1  <dir> is not a git repository
+#   1  <dir> is not a git repository, arguments were missing, or the commit
+#      itself failed (e.g. a pre-commit/commit-msg hook rejected it)
 #   2  Rebase conflict; aborted, nothing committed
 #
 # RETURNS
@@ -51,5 +54,9 @@ function _agents_repo_sync --argument-names dir msg
         set -l sha (git -C "$dir" rev-parse --short HEAD 2>/dev/null)
         set -l subject (git -C "$dir" log -1 --pretty=%s 2>/dev/null)
         echo "→ Committed ($sha) $subject"
+        return 0
+    else
+        echo "_agents_repo_sync: commit failed in $dir (hook rejected it?); nothing committed" >&2
+        return 1
     end
 end
diff --git a/tests/test-agents-vault.fish b/tests/test-agents-vault.fish
index 0c50b02..d1827dc 100644
--- a/tests/test-agents-vault.fish
+++ b/tests/test-agents-vault.fish
@@ -183,6 +183,25 @@ check "conflict commits nothing" $before_count (git -C $s rev-list --count HEAD)
 check "conflict content survives" ours (cat $s/a.md)
 check "conflict left no markers" false (grep -q '<<<<<<<' $s/a.md; and echo true; or echo false)
 
+# Commit-hook rejection: the commit call itself fails (e.g. a secret
+# scanner in a pre-commit hook), distinct from "not a git repository" --
+# both currently map to exit 1, so this must not fall through silently or
+# report success.
+set -l h (new_repo)
+echo first >$h/a.md
+_agents_repo_sync $h "chore: init" >/dev/null
+
+set -l hooks (mktemp -d); set -ga TMPDIRS $hooks
+printf '#!/bin/sh\nexit 1\n' >$hooks/pre-commit
+chmod +x $hooks/pre-commit
+git -C $h config core.hooksPath $hooks
+
+echo second >$h/a.md
+set -l before_hook_count (git -C $h rev-list --count HEAD)
+set -l hrc (_agents_repo_sync $h "chore: blocked" 2>/dev/null; echo $status)
+check "commit hook rejection returns 1" 1 "$hrc"
+check "commit hook rejection commits nothing" $before_hook_count (git -C $h rev-list --count HEAD)
+
 cleanup
 echo ""
 echo (math $TESTS_RUN - $TESTS_FAILED)"/$TESTS_RUN passed"