diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 38dcfaf..ab89229 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1373,6 +1373,8 @@ python -m automation_file --execute_str '[["FA_create_dir",{"dir_path":"x"}]]'
 python -m automation_file --create_project ./my_project
 ```
 
+The legacy flags exit with status 1 when an action of the list failed, after the rest of the list has run, and print `error: N action(s) failed` on stderr.
+
 ## JSON action format
 
 Each entry is either a bare command name, a `[name, kwargs]` pair, or a
diff --git a/README.zh-CN.md b/README.zh-CN.md
index 344ca72..aa0b9ed 100644
--- a/README.zh-CN.md
+++ b/README.zh-CN.md
@@ -1328,6 +1328,8 @@ python -m automation_file --execute_str '[["FA_create_dir",{"dir_path":"x"}]]'
 python -m automation_file --create_project ./my_project
 ```
 
+旧式标志在清单中有动作失败时，会在其余动作执行完之后以状态 1 结束，并在 stderr 打印 `error: N action(s) failed`。
+
 ## JSON 动作格式
 
 每一项动作可以是单纯的命令名称、`[name, kwargs]` 组合，或 `[name, args]`
diff --git a/README.zh-TW.md b/README.zh-TW.md
index 896d2b7..d702ffa 100644
--- a/README.zh-TW.md
+++ b/README.zh-TW.md
@@ -1329,6 +1329,8 @@ python -m automation_file --execute_str '[["FA_create_dir",{"dir_path":"x"}]]'
 python -m automation_file --create_project ./my_project
 ```
 
+舊式旗標在清單中有動作失敗時，會在其餘動作執行完之後以狀態 1 結束，並在 stderr 印出 `error: N action(s) failed`。
+
 ## JSON 動作格式
 
 每一項動作可以是單純的指令名稱、`[name, kwargs]` 組合，或 `[name, args]`
diff --git a/architecture.md b/architecture.md
index 785fa4a..d500aaa 100644
--- a/architecture.md
+++ b/architecture.md
@@ -239,7 +239,10 @@ storage.observe → events.storage_bridge → StorageError (only for a failing b
   contract, guarded by `tests/test_legacy_cli_contract.py`. PyBreeze declares `automation-file` and, now that the SDKs and the GUI are extras, needs `automation-file[all]` to keep what it had (`progress.md` #29); it lists the package as
   a dependency.
 - **TestPioneer** imports `download_file` and `unzip_all` from the facade in-process
-  (`test_pioneer/executor/file/file_processing.py`). Its `parallel_run` does not spawn this package.
+  (`test_pioneer/executor/file/file_processing.py`). Its `file-runner` runs an action file through
+  `execute_action` in-process, and `parallel_run` spawns `python -m automation_file --execute_file <script>`
+  and reads the exit status: 1 when an action failed (`ActionExecutor.failure_count`, compared by
+  `__main__.main`), guarded by `tests/test_legacy_cli_contract.py`.
 - **Names inherited from AutoControl**: the TCP starter is still called `start_autocontrol_socket_server`
   and the action-dict key is `auto_control`. MailThunder has renamed both (`start_mail_thunder_socket_server`, `mail_thunder` key) and keeps the old names as deprecated aliases. MailThunder's
   socket-server default is 9942, so it runs next to this package's servers (TCP 9943, HTTP 9944,
diff --git a/automation_file/__main__.py b/automation_file/__main__.py
index 79479ef..0e336ff 100644
--- a/automation_file/__main__.py
+++ b/automation_file/__main__.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 from automation_file.cli_operations import add_operation_commands
 from automation_file.cli_storage import add_storage_commands
-from automation_file.core.action_executor import execute_action, execute_files
+from automation_file.core.action_executor import execute_action, execute_files, executor
 from automation_file.core.json_store import read_action_json
 from automation_file.exceptions import ArgparseException
 from automation_file.local.file_ops import create_file
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
         return args.handler(args)
 
     ran = False
+    failed_before = executor.failure_count
     for key, handler in _LEGACY_DISPATCH.items():
         value = getattr(args, key, None)
         if value is None:
@@ -257,6 +258,11 @@ def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
         ran = True
     if not ran:
         raise ArgparseException("no argument supplied; try --help")
+    # A failed action does not stop the batch, so it is reported once the batch is done.
+    failed = executor.failure_count - failed_before
+    if failed:
+        print(f"error: {failed} action(s) failed", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 1
     return 0
 
 
diff --git a/automation_file/core/action_executor.py b/automation_file/core/action_executor.py
index fac3101..4e66671 100644
--- a/automation_file/core/action_executor.py
+++ b/automation_file/core/action_executor.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import threading
 import time
 from collections.abc import Mapping
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
@@ -65,6 +66,8 @@ class ActionExecutor(_CoreActionExecutor):
 
     def __init__(self, registry: ActionRegistry | None = None) -> None:
         super().__init__(_SETTINGS, registry or build_default_registry())
+        self._failures = 0
+        self._failures_lock = threading.Lock()
         self.registry.register_many(
             {
                 "FA_execute_action": self.execute_action,
@@ -87,6 +90,18 @@ def _parse_action(action: list) -> ParsedAction:
         return _PARSER.parse(action)
 
     # Public API --------------------------------------------------------
+    @property
+    def failure_count(self) -> int:
+        """How many actions have failed in this executor since it was created.
+
+        A failed action is recorded as ``repr(error)`` and the batch goes on, so
+        the return value of ``execute_action`` does not say whether anything
+        failed. A caller that must know (the CLI, for its exit status) compares
+        this count before and after. Dry runs are not counted.
+        """
+        with self._failures_lock:
+            return self._failures
+
     def validate(self, action_list: list | Mapping[str, Any]) -> list[str]:
         """Validate shape and resolve every name; return the list of action names.
 
@@ -182,6 +197,9 @@ def _run_one(self, action: list, dry_run: bool, display: list | None = None) ->
             return repr(error)
         finally:
             record_action(name, time.monotonic() - started, ok)
+            if not ok:
+                with self._failures_lock:
+                    self._failures += 1
 
     def _run_dry(self, action: list, display: list | None = None) -> Any:
         display_action = action if display is None else display
diff --git a/dev_requirements.txt b/dev_requirements.txt
index f88c603..8ac06dc 100644
--- a/dev_requirements.txt
+++ b/dev_requirements.txt
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ google-api-python-client
 google-auth-httplib2
 google-auth-oauthlib
 APScheduler
-cryptography>=50.0.1
-prometheus_client>=0.25.0
+cryptography>=50.0.2
+prometheus_client>=0.26.0
 defusedxml>=0.7.1
 twine
 build
diff --git a/docs/source/Eng/usage/cli.rst b/docs/source/Eng/usage/cli.rst
index 35efe9b..9873a51 100644
--- a/docs/source/Eng/usage/cli.rst
+++ b/docs/source/Eng/usage/cli.rst
@@ -128,3 +128,10 @@ offset is read as local time.
 ``purge`` deletes the records older than a number of days and prints how many it
 removed. A pipeline run's ID is its correlation ID, so one search shows everything
 a run did.
+
+Exit status of the legacy flags
+-------------------------------
+
+``-e``, ``-d`` and ``--execute_str`` exit with status 1 when an action of the list failed. A failed
+action does not stop the list: the rest runs first, and ``error: N action(s) failed`` is printed on
+stderr at the end. A script that cannot be read exits with 1 as before.
diff --git a/docs/source/Zh-CN/usage/cli.rst b/docs/source/Zh-CN/usage/cli.rst
index 0ac4781..0938d5b 100644
--- a/docs/source/Zh-CN/usage/cli.rst
+++ b/docs/source/Zh-CN/usage/cli.rst
@@ -118,3 +118,10 @@ CLI
 ``--offset``。``count`` 接受相同的筛选条件。``--since`` 与 ``--until`` 接受 ISO 8601 的
 日期或时间，没有 UTC 偏移时视为本地时间。``purge`` 会删除早于指定天数的记录，并输出
 删除的条数。流水线运行的 ID 就是它的关联 ID，因此一次搜索就能看到一次运行所做的一切。
+
+旧式标志的结束状态
+------------------
+
+``-e``、``-d`` 与 ``--execute_str`` 在清单中有动作失败时以状态 1 结束。失败的动作不会中止清单：
+其余动作会先执行完，最后在 stderr 打印 ``error: N action(s) failed``。
+无法读取的脚本和以前一样以 1 结束。
diff --git a/docs/source/Zh-TW/usage/cli.rst b/docs/source/Zh-TW/usage/cli.rst
index d4cfad7..2e01c6f 100644
--- a/docs/source/Zh-TW/usage/cli.rst
+++ b/docs/source/Zh-TW/usage/cli.rst
@@ -118,3 +118,10 @@ CLI
 ``--offset``。``count`` 接受相同的篩選條件。``--since`` 與 ``--until`` 接受 ISO 8601 的
 日期或時間，沒有 UTC 偏移時視為本地時間。``purge`` 會刪除早於指定天數的紀錄，並輸出
 刪除的筆數。管線執行的 ID 就是它的關聯 ID，因此一次搜尋就能看到一次執行所做的一切。
+
+舊式旗標的結束狀態
+------------------
+
+``-e``、``-d`` 與 ``--execute_str`` 在清單中有動作失敗時以狀態 1 結束。失敗的動作不會中止清單：
+其餘動作會先執行完，最後在 stderr 印出 ``error: N action(s) failed``。
+無法讀取的腳本和以前一樣以 1 結束。
diff --git a/docs/updates/2026-10.md b/docs/updates/2026-10.md
index 7c342dc..a59a9cb 100644
--- a/docs/updates/2026-10.md
+++ b/docs/updates/2026-10.md
@@ -734,3 +734,25 @@ Index and query commands: [README.md](README.md). New entries go at the end.
 - **Merge order**: PyBreeze #142 must pass and merge before FileAutomation #110 publishes the stable extras split.
 - **Files**: `progress.md` and the update-log index.
 - **Evidence**: https://github.com/Integration-Automation/PyBreeze/pull/142
+
+## U-20261008-39 · 2026-10-08 · The legacy CLI flags exit 1 when an action failed · #feature #cli #testpioneer
+
+- **What**: `python -m automation_file` with `-e`, `-d` or `--execute_str` ended with status 0 whatever happened, because the executor records a failed action as `repr(error)` and runs the next one. `ActionExecutor` now counts the actions that failed (`failure_count`, thread-safe, dry runs excluded), `__main__.main` compares the count before and after the legacy dispatch, and the process exits 1 with `error: N action(s) failed` on stderr. The rest of the list still runs first.
+- **Why**: TestPioneer's `parallel_run` starts `--execute_file` and reads the exit status (its `docs/artifacts.rst`, "Native Support"), and a CI job does the same. LoadDensity made the same change in its PR #118.
+- **Effect on callers**: a script with a failing action ends with status 1 where it ended with 0. PyBreeze only displays the status. `execute_action` and its return value are unchanged.
+- **Also**: `architecture.md` §6 said TestPioneer's `parallel_run` does not spawn this package; it does, for its `file-runner`.
+- **Tests**: `tests/test_legacy_cli_contract.py` +4 (real child processes), `tests/test_cli_main.py` +3.
+- **Docs**: `README.md`, `README.zh-TW.md`, `README.zh-CN.md`, `docs/source/{Eng,Zh-TW,Zh-CN}/usage/cli.rst`, `architecture.md` §6.
+- **Files**: `automation_file/core/action_executor.py`, `automation_file/__main__.py`, the tests and docs above.
+
+## U-20261011-01 · 2026-10-11 · Integrate open pull requests and stabilize circuit breaker tests · #ci #tests #dependencies
+
+- **What**: integrate the dependency updates, the legacy CLI failure exit status (#108), and the roadmap (#107) into the storage implementation branch (#109). Resolve adjacent dependency edits without losing either minimum version, retain the CLI and storage documentation in all three languages, and give the CLI update log its own ID (`U-20261008-39`).
+- **CI finding**: main run 38042168722 failed `test_opens_after_threshold_failures` after the 0.1-second recovery timeout elapsed before the assertion. Replace wall-clock timing with a controlled monotonic clock in the threshold and recovery tests; production behavior is unchanged.
+- **Validation**: The full Windows/Python 3.11 suite passes (5776 passed, 257 skipped); the updated circuit breaker tests separately pass all eight cases. Also verified 52 CLI/executor tests, 43 dependency-related tests against the five updated package versions, and 32 metadata/release tests after synchronizing main versions. Ruff lint/format and mypy checks pass. New GitHub Actions runs were queued during review; the original PR checks passed.
+- **Files**: `tests/test_circuit_breaker.py`, the merged CLI code and documentation, dependency requirement files, and the update-log index.
+
+
+## U-20261011-02 · 2026-10-11 · Keep circuit breaker clock fixtures lint clean · #done #ci
+
+Name the clock fixture explicitly and request its side effect through usefixtures where no clock value is used. All eight circuit breaker regression tests pass.
diff --git a/docs/updates/README.md b/docs/updates/README.md
index 254bad6..302e9af 100644
--- a/docs/updates/README.md
+++ b/docs/updates/README.md
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ In the same commit: delete the item from `progress.md`, add a `#done` entry here
 
 | ID | Date | Title | Tags | Batch |
 |---|---|---|---|---|
+| U-20261011-02 | 2026-10-11 | Keep circuit breaker clock fixtures lint clean | #done #ci | [2026-10](2026-10.md) |
+| U-20261011-01 | 2026-10-11 | Integrate open pull requests and stabilize circuit breaker tests | #ci #tests #dependencies | [2026-10](2026-10.md) |
+| U-20261008-39 | 2026-10-08 | The legacy CLI flags exit 1 when an action failed | #feature #cli #testpioneer | [2026-10](2026-10.md) |
 | U-20261008-38 | 2026-10-08 | Integrate the PyBreeze all-extras dependency before stable release | #done #dependencies | [2026-10](2026-10.md) |
 | U-20261008-37 | 2026-10-08 | Main PR validation passes the full CI and analysis gates | #done #ci #security | [2026-10](2026-10.md) |
 | U-20261008-36 | 2026-10-08 | Keep the GUI on the tested Qt 6.11 series | #incident #gui #ci | [2026-10](2026-10.md) |
@@ -133,5 +136,5 @@ In the same commit: delete the item from `progress.md`, add a `#done` entry here
 
 | File | Period | Entries |
 |---|---|---:|
-| [2026-10.md](2026-10.md) | 2026-10 | 44 |
+| [2026-10.md](2026-10.md) | 2026-10 | 52 |
 | [2026-09.md](2026-09.md) | 2026-09 | 21 |
diff --git a/progress.md b/progress.md
index eb580cf..9049408 100644
--- a/progress.md
+++ b/progress.md
@@ -31,4 +31,3 @@ Items #10 to #26 are what is left of the 1.0 roadmap (`docs/FILEAUTOMATION-1.0-R
 - **#34** [BLOCKED] PyPI Trusted Publishing (roadmap §13). `publish.yml` and `publish-dev` still upload with the `PYPI_API_TOKEN` secret. Switching needs the owner to add a trusted publisher for each project on PyPI (`automation_file`: workflow `publish.yml`; `automation_file_dev`: workflow `ci-dev.yml`; an environment name if one is wanted) before the workflows can drop the token for `id-token: write` and `pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish`. Changing the workflows first would break both channels.
 
 ### Packaging follow-ups
-
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index abb6ac9..fc7b76d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ watchdog
 defusedxml>=0.7.1
 PyYAML>=6.0.3
 pyarrow>=25.0.1
-opentelemetry-api>=1.44.0
-opentelemetry-sdk>=1.44.0
+opentelemetry-api>=1.45.0
+opentelemetry-sdk>=1.45.0
 msal>=1.39.0
-boxsdk>=10.15.0,<11
+boxsdk>=10.17.0,<11
 tomli; python_version<"3.11"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_circuit_breaker.py b/tests/test_circuit_breaker.py
index eee5592..f377742 100644
--- a/tests/test_circuit_breaker.py
+++ b/tests/test_circuit_breaker.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import time
+from types import SimpleNamespace
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -10,12 +10,23 @@
 from automation_file.exceptions import CircuitOpenException
 
 
+@pytest.fixture(name="breaker_clock")
+def _breaker_clock(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> list[float]:
+    clock = [100.0]
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        "automation_file.core.circuit_breaker.time",
+        SimpleNamespace(monotonic=lambda: clock[0]),
+    )
+    return clock
+
+
 def test_closed_passes_through() -> None:
     cb = CircuitBreaker(failure_threshold=3, recovery_timeout=0.1)
     assert cb.call(lambda x: x + 1, 1) == 2
     assert cb.state == "closed"
 
 
+@pytest.mark.usefixtures("breaker_clock")
 def test_opens_after_threshold_failures() -> None:
     cb = CircuitBreaker(failure_threshold=2, recovery_timeout=0.1)
 
@@ -38,23 +49,23 @@ def _raise_value_error(msg: str = "v") -> None:
     raise ValueError(msg)
 
 
-def test_half_open_allows_probe_and_closes_on_success() -> None:
+def test_half_open_allows_probe_and_closes_on_success(breaker_clock: list[float]) -> None:
     cb = CircuitBreaker(failure_threshold=1, recovery_timeout=0.05)
     with pytest.raises(ConnectionError):
         cb.call(_raise_connection_error)
     assert cb.state == "open"
 
-    time.sleep(0.08)
+    breaker_clock[0] += 0.08
     assert cb.state == "half_open"
     assert cb.call(lambda: "ok") == "ok"
     assert cb.state == "closed"
 
 
-def test_half_open_failure_reopens() -> None:
+def test_half_open_failure_reopens(breaker_clock: list[float]) -> None:
     cb = CircuitBreaker(failure_threshold=1, recovery_timeout=0.05)
     with pytest.raises(ConnectionError):
         cb.call(_raise_connection_error)
-    time.sleep(0.08)
+    breaker_clock[0] += 0.08
     assert cb.state == "half_open"
     with pytest.raises(ConnectionError):
         cb.call(_raise_connection_error, "y")
diff --git a/tests/test_cli_main.py b/tests/test_cli_main.py
index a0c9389..2277431 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli_main.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli_main.py
@@ -95,3 +95,38 @@ def test_execute_str_accepts_double_encoded_payload(
 
     assert rc == 0
     assert received == [actions]
+
+
+def test_legacy_flag_returns_1_when_an_action_failed(
+    tmp_path: Any, capsys: pytest.CaptureFixture[str]
+) -> None:
+    actions = tmp_path / "actions.json"
+    actions.write_text(json.dumps([["FA_no_such_action"], ["FA_no_such_action"]]), encoding="utf-8")
+
+    assert cli_main.main(["--execute_file", str(actions)]) == 1
+    assert "error: 2 action(s) failed" in capsys.readouterr().err
+
+
+def test_legacy_flag_returns_0_when_every_action_passed(tmp_path: Any) -> None:
+    target = tmp_path / "created.txt"
+    actions = tmp_path / "actions.json"
+    actions.write_text(
+        json.dumps([["FA_create_file", {"file_path": str(target), "content": "x"}]]),
+        encoding="utf-8",
+    )
+
+    assert cli_main.main(["--execute_file", str(actions)]) == 0
+    assert target.exists()
+
+
+def test_failures_of_an_earlier_run_are_not_counted_again(tmp_path: Any) -> None:
+    bad = tmp_path / "bad.json"
+    bad.write_text(json.dumps([["FA_no_such_action"]]), encoding="utf-8")
+    good = tmp_path / "good.json"
+    good.write_text(
+        json.dumps([["FA_create_file", {"file_path": str(tmp_path / "x.txt"), "content": "x"}]]),
+        encoding="utf-8",
+    )
+
+    assert cli_main.main(["--execute_file", str(bad)]) == 1
+    assert cli_main.main(["--execute_file", str(good)]) == 0
diff --git a/tests/test_legacy_cli_contract.py b/tests/test_legacy_cli_contract.py
index c1285f7..f5f1789 100644
--- a/tests/test_legacy_cli_contract.py
+++ b/tests/test_legacy_cli_contract.py
@@ -90,6 +90,39 @@ def test_create_project(tmp_path, flag):
     assert any(project.rglob("*.json")), result.stdout + result.stderr
 
 
+def _failing_actions(target: Path) -> list:
+    """An action that fails (no command has that name), then one that writes *target*."""
+    return [["FA_no_such_action"], *_actions(target)]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("flag", ["-e", "--execute_file"])
+def test_a_failed_action_exits_1_after_the_rest_ran(tmp_path, flag):
+    target = tmp_path / "created.txt"
+    action_file = tmp_path / "actions.json"
+    action_file.write_text(json.dumps(_failing_actions(target)), encoding="utf-8")
+    result = _run_cli(tmp_path, flag, str(action_file))
+    assert result.returncode == 1
+    assert "error: 1 action(s) failed" in result.stderr
+    assert target.exists(), result.stdout + result.stderr
+
+
+def test_a_failed_action_in_a_directory_exits_1(tmp_path):
+    action_dir = tmp_path / "actions"
+    action_dir.mkdir()
+    (action_dir / "a_ok.json").write_text(
+        json.dumps(_actions(tmp_path / "a.txt")), encoding="utf-8"
+    )
+    (action_dir / "b_bad.json").write_text(
+        json.dumps(_failing_actions(tmp_path / "b.txt")), encoding="utf-8"
+    )
+    assert _run_cli(tmp_path, "--execute_dir", str(action_dir)).returncode == 1
+
+
+def test_a_failed_action_in_execute_str_exits_1(tmp_path):
+    payload = _pybreeze_execute_str(_failing_actions(tmp_path / "created.txt"))
+    assert _run_cli(tmp_path, "--execute_str", payload).returncode == 1
+
+
 def test_no_flag_exits_non_zero(tmp_path):
     assert _run_cli(tmp_path).returncode != 0