diff --git a/apps/worker/src/commands/__tests__/snapshot.test.ts b/apps/worker/src/commands/__tests__/snapshot.test.ts
index 559d1c3b8..c97e11262 100644
--- a/apps/worker/src/commands/__tests__/snapshot.test.ts
+++ b/apps/worker/src/commands/__tests__/snapshot.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ const {
   mockFindTaskRun,
   mockFindEnvironment,
   mockDone,
-  mockUpdateSnapshotStatus,
   mockSetup,
   mockInjectEnvVars,
   mockWorkerEnvFromProcessEnv,
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ const {
   mockFindTaskRun: vi.fn(),
   mockFindEnvironment: vi.fn(),
   mockDone: vi.fn(),
-  mockUpdateSnapshotStatus: vi.fn(),
   mockSetup: vi.fn(),
   mockInjectEnvVars: vi.fn(),
   mockWorkerEnvFromProcessEnv: vi.fn(),
@@ -38,10 +36,7 @@ vi.mock('@roomote/sdk/client', () => ({
       findFirstById: mockFindTaskRun,
       done: mockDone,
     },
-    environments: {
-      findEnvironment: mockFindEnvironment,
-      updateSnapshotStatus: mockUpdateSnapshotStatus,
-    },
+    environments: { findEnvironment: mockFindEnvironment },
   },
 }));
 
@@ -104,7 +99,6 @@ describe('snapshot', () => {
     mockWorkerEnvFromProcessEnv.mockReturnValue({});
     mockCreateStartupLogger.mockReturnValue({ userLog: { log: vi.fn() } });
     mockDone.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
-    mockUpdateSnapshotStatus.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
     mockSetup.mockRejectedValue(new Error('setup failed'));
   });
 
@@ -113,7 +107,7 @@ describe('snapshot', () => {
     expect(EXPLICIT_SNAPSHOT_TIMEOUT_MS).toBe(10 * 60 * 1_000);
   });
 
-  it('treats the failure cleanup status write as a best-effort no-op when it succeeds idempotently', async () => {
+  it('delegates snapshot failure state to the terminal run path', async () => {
     const result = await snapshot({
       runId: 42,
       environmentId: 'env-1',
@@ -126,10 +120,6 @@ describe('snapshot', () => {
       status: RunStatus.Failed,
       error: 'setup failed',
     });
-    expect(mockUpdateSnapshotStatus).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-      environmentId: 'env-1',
-      snapshotStatus: 'failed',
-    });
     expect(mockSetup).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       expect.objectContaining({
         workspace: expect.objectContaining({
diff --git a/apps/worker/src/commands/snapshot.ts b/apps/worker/src/commands/snapshot.ts
index f5ad71d92..be8a9433a 100644
--- a/apps/worker/src/commands/snapshot.ts
+++ b/apps/worker/src/commands/snapshot.ts
@@ -159,24 +159,6 @@ export async function snapshot({
       error: message,
     });
 
-    // Mark the environment snapshot as failed so the UI stops showing "Snapshotting..."
-    try {
-      await sdk.environments.updateSnapshotStatus({
-        environmentId,
-        snapshotStatus: 'failed',
-      });
-    } catch (envError) {
-      captureWorkerException(envError, {
-        runId,
-        environmentId,
-        stage: 'snapshot.updateSnapshotStatus',
-      });
-
-      console.error(
-        `Failed to update environment snapshot status: ${envError instanceof Error ? envError.message : String(envError)}`,
-      );
-    }
-
     captureWorkerException(error, {
       runId,
       environmentId,
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/server/lib/task-runs/__tests__/finish-run.test.ts b/packages/sdk/src/server/lib/task-runs/__tests__/finish-run.test.ts
index 5b88e99b2..32fb80e41 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/server/lib/task-runs/__tests__/finish-run.test.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/server/lib/task-runs/__tests__/finish-run.test.ts
@@ -764,6 +764,21 @@ describe('finishRun', () => {
       );
     });
 
+    it.each([
+      RunStatus.Completed,
+      RunStatus.Failed,
+      RunStatus.Canceled,
+    ] as const)(
+      'excludes %s snapshot maintenance from task settlement analytics',
+      async (status) => {
+        mockFindFirstRun.mockResolvedValue(makeSnapshotRun());
+
+        await finishRun({ id: 55, status, error: 'boom' });
+
+        expect(mockCaptureTaskSettled).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      },
+    );
+
     it('flips the pending row to failed when the run is canceled', async () => {
       mockFindFirstRun.mockResolvedValue(makeSnapshotRun());
 
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/server/lib/task-runs/finish-run.ts b/packages/sdk/src/server/lib/task-runs/finish-run.ts
index 60b722b4f..0cd9cc2f0 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/server/lib/task-runs/finish-run.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/server/lib/task-runs/finish-run.ts
@@ -289,11 +289,14 @@ export const finishRun = async ({
   );
 
   // Anonymous analytics (no-op unless enabled): terminal task outcome with
-  // non-identifying routing facts only.
+  // non-identifying routing facts only. Snapshot maintenance is excluded from
+  // task_created, so exclude it here too to keep task reliability denominators
+  // aligned.
   if (
-    status === RunStatus.Completed ||
-    status === RunStatus.Failed ||
-    status === RunStatus.Canceled
+    payloadKind !== TaskPayloadKind.SnapshotEnvironment &&
+    (status === RunStatus.Completed ||
+      status === RunStatus.Failed ||
+      status === RunStatus.Canceled)
   ) {
     void captureTaskSettled(run.id, status, errorCode);
   }