diff --git a/lib/crates/fabro-cli/src/args.rs b/lib/crates/fabro-cli/src/args.rs
index 82ba57d9a..0cf3ca9f8 100644
--- a/lib/crates/fabro-cli/src/args.rs
+++ b/lib/crates/fabro-cli/src/args.rs
@@ -585,6 +585,9 @@ pub(crate) struct PrCreateArgs {
     /// LLM model for generating PR description
     #[arg(long)]
     pub(crate) model: Option<String>,
+    /// Create PR even if the run status is not success/partial_success
+    #[arg(short, long)]
+    pub(crate) force: bool,
 }
 
 #[derive(Args)]
diff --git a/lib/crates/fabro-cli/src/commands/pr/create.rs b/lib/crates/fabro-cli/src/commands/pr/create.rs
index 873630cba..7a1fa16e0 100644
--- a/lib/crates/fabro-cli/src/commands/pr/create.rs
+++ b/lib/crates/fabro-cli/src/commands/pr/create.rs
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ async fn create_from(
 
     match conclusion.status {
         StageStatus::Success | StageStatus::PartialSuccess => {}
+        status if args.force => {
+            tracing::warn!("Run status is '{status}', proceeding because --force was specified");
+        }
         status => bail!("Run status is '{status}', expected success or partial_success"),
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/crates/fabro-cli/tests/it/cmd/pr_create.rs b/lib/crates/fabro-cli/tests/it/cmd/pr_create.rs
index 99a468c14..e414f19b1 100644
--- a/lib/crates/fabro-cli/tests/it/cmd/pr_create.rs
+++ b/lib/crates/fabro-cli/tests/it/cmd/pr_create.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use fabro_test::{fabro_snapshot, test_context};
 
-use super::support::{setup_completed_dry_run, setup_created_dry_run};
+use super::support::{setup_completed_dry_run, setup_created_dry_run, setup_failed_run};
 
 #[test]
 fn help() {
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ fn help() {
           --json                       Output as JSON [env: FABRO_JSON=]
           --model <MODEL>              LLM model for generating PR description
           --debug                      Enable DEBUG-level logging (default is INFO) [env: FABRO_DEBUG=]
+      -f, --force                      Create PR even if the run status is not success/partial_success
           --no-upgrade-check           Disable automatic upgrade check [env: FABRO_NO_UPGRADE_CHECK=true]
           --quiet                      Suppress non-essential output [env: FABRO_QUIET=]
           --verbose                    Enable verbose output [env: FABRO_VERBOSE=]
@@ -63,3 +64,35 @@ fn pr_create_completed_dry_run_without_run_branch_errors() {
     error: Run has no run_branch — was it run with git push enabled?
     ");
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn pr_create_failed_run_rejects_without_force() {
+    let context = test_context!();
+    let run = setup_failed_run(&context);
+    let mut cmd = context.command();
+    cmd.args(["pr", "create", &run.run_id]);
+
+    fabro_snapshot!(context.filters(), cmd, @"
+    success: false
+    exit_code: 1
+    ----- stdout -----
+    ----- stderr -----
+    error: Run status is 'fail', expected success or partial_success
+    ");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn pr_create_failed_run_proceeds_with_force() {
+    let context = test_context!();
+    let run = setup_failed_run(&context);
+    let mut cmd = context.command();
+    cmd.args(["pr", "create", "--force", &run.run_id]);
+
+    fabro_snapshot!(context.filters(), cmd, @"
+    success: false
+    exit_code: 1
+    ----- stdout -----
+    ----- stderr -----
+    error: Run has no run_branch — was it run with git push enabled?
+    ");
+}
diff --git a/lib/crates/fabro-cli/tests/it/cmd/support.rs b/lib/crates/fabro-cli/tests/it/cmd/support.rs
index 0a6d5ab36..e36b74d61 100644
--- a/lib/crates/fabro-cli/tests/it/cmd/support.rs
+++ b/lib/crates/fabro-cli/tests/it/cmd/support.rs
@@ -288,6 +288,66 @@ worktree_mode = "never"
     WorkspaceRunSetup { run, workspace_dir }
 }
 
+pub(crate) fn setup_failed_run(context: &TestContext) -> RunSetup {
+    let workspace_dir = context.temp_dir.join("failed-run");
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(&workspace_dir)
+        .unwrap_or_else(|err| panic!("failed to create {}: {err}", workspace_dir.display()));
+
+    write_text_file(
+        &workspace_dir.join("fail.fabro"),
+        r#"digraph Fail {
+  graph [goal="Always fail", default_max_retries=0]
+  start [shape=Mdiamond]
+  exit [shape=Msquare]
+  boom [shape=parallelogram, script="exit 1", goal_gate=true]
+  start -> boom -> exit
+}
+"#,
+    );
+    write_text_file(
+        &workspace_dir.join("run.toml"),
+        r#"version = 1
+graph = "fail.fabro"
+goal = "Always fail"
+
+[sandbox]
+provider = "local"
+
+[sandbox.local]
+worktree_mode = "never"
+"#,
+    );
+
+    let mut cmd = context.command();
+    cmd.current_dir(&workspace_dir);
+    cmd.timeout(COMMAND_TIMEOUT);
+    cmd.env("OPENAI_API_KEY", "test");
+    cmd.args([
+        "run",
+        "--auto-approve",
+        "--no-retro",
+        "--sandbox",
+        "local",
+        "--provider",
+        "openai",
+        "run.toml",
+    ]);
+    // The workflow is expected to fail (script exits 1), but the CLI may still
+    // exit 0.  We only care that conclusion.json records a non-success status.
+    let _output = cmd.output().expect("command should execute");
+
+    let run = only_run(context);
+    let conclusion = read_json(&run.run_dir.join("conclusion.json"));
+    let status = conclusion["status"]
+        .as_str()
+        .expect("conclusion.json should have a status field");
+    assert_eq!(
+        status, "fail",
+        "setup_failed_run should produce a failed conclusion"
+    );
+    run
+}
+
 fn run_local_workflow(context: &TestContext, workspace_dir: &Path, workflow: &str) -> RunSetup {
     let mut cmd = context.command();
     cmd.current_dir(workspace_dir);