diff --git a/apps/ai-game-creator-shell/src-tauri/src/agent/direct_project_turn_history.rs b/apps/ai-game-creator-shell/src-tauri/src/agent/direct_project_turn_history.rs
index 62e161d0b..c2c317692 100644
--- a/apps/ai-game-creator-shell/src-tauri/src/agent/direct_project_turn_history.rs
+++ b/apps/ai-game-creator-shell/src-tauri/src/agent/direct_project_turn_history.rs
@@ -41,8 +41,14 @@ pub(crate) fn persist_direct_project_partial_items_at(
     root: &Path,
     accumulator: &mut DirectProjectHistoryAccumulator,
 ) -> Result<(), String> {
-    for item in accumulator.take_partial_items() {
-        append_direct_project_history_item_at(root, &item)?;
+    let items = accumulator.take_partial_items().collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    let mut first_error = None;
+    for item in items {
+        if let Err(error) = append_direct_project_history_item_at(root, &item) {
+            if first_error.is_none() {
+                first_error = Some(error);
+            }
+        }
     }
-    Ok(())
+    first_error.map_or(Ok(()), Err)
 }