diff --git a/.github/workflows/theme_momentum_snapshot.yml b/.github/workflows/theme_momentum_snapshot.yml
index c832f27..a1558f4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/theme_momentum_snapshot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/theme_momentum_snapshot.yml
@@ -93,7 +93,20 @@ jobs:
             echo "No theme momentum changes to commit."
           else
             git commit -m "Update theme momentum snapshot [skip ci]"
-            git push
+            push_log="$(mktemp)"
+            if git push 2>"${push_log}"; then
+              rm -f "${push_log}"
+            else
+              if grep -Eq 'GH013|repository rule violations|required status check' "${push_log}"; then
+                echo "Push blocked by repository rules; keeping artifact-only output."
+                cat "${push_log}"
+                rm -f "${push_log}"
+              else
+                cat "${push_log}" >&2
+                rm -f "${push_log}"
+                exit 1
+              fi
+            fi
           fi
       - name: Upload theme momentum artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
diff --git a/tests/test_theme_momentum_snapshot_workflow.py b/tests/test_theme_momentum_snapshot_workflow.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e0a965
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_theme_momentum_snapshot_workflow.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def test_theme_momentum_snapshot_workflow_tolerates_repo_rule_push_rejection() -> None:
+    workflow = Path(".github/workflows/theme_momentum_snapshot.yml").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+
+    assert "Push blocked by repository rules; keeping artifact-only output." in workflow
+    assert "GH013|repository rule violations|required status check" in workflow
+    assert "git push 2>\"${push_log}\"" in workflow