diff --git a/lib/core/storage/connection_repository.dart b/lib/core/storage/connection_repository.dart
index 6d49ead5..0567bcae 100644
--- a/lib/core/storage/connection_repository.dart
+++ b/lib/core/storage/connection_repository.dart
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 import 'package:querya_desktop/core/storage/connection_secrets_store.dart';
 import 'package:sqflite_common_ffi/sqflite_ffi.dart';
 import 'package:querya_desktop/core/storage/local_db_models.dart';
+import 'package:querya_desktop/core/util/log_ignored.dart';
 
 /// Saved connections: rows, secrets and SSH configuration kept in step.
 /// Part of [LocalDb], which keeps the same methods and delegates here.
@@ -154,12 +155,21 @@ class ConnectionRepository {
         await ConnectionSecretsStore.writeSshSecretsForConnection(row.id!);
       }
     } catch (e) {
-      await db.update(
-        'connections',
-        previousRow.toPersistenceMap(),
-        where: 'id = ?',
-        whereArgs: [row.id],
-      );
+      // Best effort, but never silent: when the restore fails as well, the row
+      // and the keyring can disagree (old row, new password), and this line is
+      // what explains it. The original error is the one reported.
+      final where = 'ConnectionRepository.updateConnection restore of '
+          'connection ${row.id}';
+      try {
+        await db.update(
+          'connections',
+          previousRow.toPersistenceMap(),
+          where: 'id = ?',
+          whereArgs: [row.id],
+        );
+      } catch (restoreError, stack) {
+        logIgnored('$where (row)', restoreError, stack);
+      }
       try {
         await ConnectionSecretsStore.writeForConnection(
           row.id!,
@@ -174,8 +184,8 @@ class ConnectionRepository {
           passphrase: previousSsh.passphrase,
           jumpPassword: previousSsh.jumpPassword,
         );
-      } catch (_) {
-        // Best-effort restore of previous secrets; surface the original error.
+      } catch (restoreError, stack) {
+        logIgnored('$where (secrets)', restoreError, stack);
       }
       rethrow;
     }
diff --git a/test/core/storage/secrets_failure_test.dart b/test/core/storage/secrets_failure_test.dart
index f2d06528..3e71a340 100644
--- a/test/core/storage/secrets_failure_test.dart
+++ b/test/core/storage/secrets_failure_test.dart
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import 'dart:io';
 
+import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
 import 'package:path_provider_platform_interface/path_provider_platform_interface.dart';
 import 'package:querya_desktop/core/security/ssh_tunnel_config.dart';
@@ -158,6 +159,44 @@ void main() {
     });
   });
 
+  test(
+      'updateConnection: when the restore is refused as well the first error '
+      'is reported and the failed restore is logged (#1778)', () async {
+    final id = await LocalDb.instance.addConnection(row('Before'));
+    testMemorySecrets.resetCounts();
+    final error = StateError('connection string refused');
+    testMemorySecrets.failOnCall(SecretsOp.write, 2, error);
+    // The restore writes the old password first (call 3).
+    testMemorySecrets.failOnCall(
+        SecretsOp.write, 3, StateError('keyring went away'));
+    final printed = <String>[];
+    final original = debugPrint;
+    debugPrint = (message, {wrapWidth}) => printed.add(message ?? '');
+    addTearDown(() => debugPrint = original);
+
+    await expectLater(
+      LocalDb.instance.updateConnection(ConnectionRow(
+        id: id,
+        type: 'postgresql',
+        name: 'After',
+        host: 'other-host',
+        port: 5433,
+        username: 'root',
+        password: 'new-password',
+        connectionString: 'postgres://root@other-host/db',
+        createdAt: '2026-01-01T00:00:00Z',
+      )),
+      throwsA(same(error)),
+    );
+
+    expect(
+      printed.where((l) => l.contains('restore of connection $id')),
+      isNotEmpty,
+    );
+    expect(printed.join('\n'), contains('keyring went away'));
+    expect((await rowsNamed('Before')), hasLength(1));
+  });
+
   group('a read that fails', () {
     test(
         'a refusal on the second key is "could not read", not "no password", '