diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 3f4de269..75d403ed 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ repository: https://github.com/postmeridiem/clide
 
 # Pre-push line-coverage floor. Ratchets up only — see D-66.
 # Reading: `awk -F: '/^coverage_floor:/ {gsub(/ /,"",$2); print $2}' pubspec.yaml`.
-coverage_floor: 91
+coverage_floor: 92
 
 # Project metadata (was project.yaml, folded in per D-056).
 # version: above is the single source of truth. The Makefile reads
diff --git a/test/daemon/git_commands_errors_test.dart b/test/daemon/git_commands_errors_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3699730e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/daemon/git_commands_errors_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/// Drives every git.* daemon handler with a GitClient whose toolchain
+/// points at a non-existent binary. Each underlying call throws
+/// GitException, exercising the catch branches in
+/// `lib/src/daemon/git_commands.dart` that the happy-path suite can't
+/// reach.
+library;
+
+import 'dart:io';
+
+import 'package:clide/clide.dart';
+import 'package:clide/kernel/src/toolchain.dart';
+import 'package:clide/src/daemon/git_commands.dart';
+import 'package:test/test.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  late DaemonDispatcher dispatcher;
+  late Directory sandbox;
+
+  setUp(() async {
+    sandbox = await Directory.systemTemp.createTemp('clide-git-cmd-err-');
+    final toolchain = Toolchain();
+    toolchain.applyResolved(const ResolvedPaths(git: '/tmp/clide-no-such-git-binary'));
+    final git = GitClient(toolchain: toolchain, workDir: sandbox);
+    dispatcher = DaemonDispatcher();
+    final sink = RecordingEventSink();
+    registerGitCommands(dispatcher, git, sink);
+  });
+
+  tearDown(() async {
+    if (sandbox.existsSync()) sandbox.deleteSync(recursive: true);
+  });
+
+  Future<IpcResponse> call(String cmd, [Map<String, Object?> args = const {}]) {
+    return dispatcher.dispatch(IpcRequest(id: '1', cmd: cmd, args: args));
+  }
+
+  final cases = [
+    ('git.status', const <String, Object?>{}),
+    ('git.diff', const <String, Object?>{}),
+    ('git.log', const <String, Object?>{}),
+    (
+      'git.stage',
+      const {
+        'paths': ['file.txt']
+      }
+    ),
+    ('git.stage-all', const <String, Object?>{}),
+    ('git.unstage', const <String, Object?>{}),
+    // git.stage-hunk / git.unstage-hunk go through GitClient._applyPatch
+    // which uses Process.start (not Process.run) — that throws
+    // ProcessException directly without wrapping in GitException.
+    // Leaving them out so the fault-injection harness stays clean;
+    // separate ticket if we ever want to catch + rewrap there.
+    (
+      'git.discard',
+      const {
+        'paths': ['file.txt']
+      }
+    ),
+    ('git.commit', const {'message': 'hi'}),
+    ('git.stash', const <String, Object?>{}),
+    ('git.stash-pop', const <String, Object?>{}),
+    ('git.pull', const <String, Object?>{}),
+    ('git.push', const <String, Object?>{}),
+    ('git.branches', const <String, Object?>{}),
+    ('git.checkout', const {'branch': 'main'}),
+  ];
+
+  for (final (cmd, args) in cases) {
+    test('$cmd surfaces GitException as a toolError', () async {
+      final r = await call(cmd, args);
+      // Some commands have happy fallbacks (git.diff returns empty on
+      // non-zero exit; git.log similar) — those return ok=true with
+      // empty data. Only assert ok=false for the ones that throw.
+      if (!r.ok) {
+        expect(r.error?.kind, IpcErrorKind.toolError, reason: cmd);
+      }
+    });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/daemon/pql_commands_errors_test.dart b/test/daemon/pql_commands_errors_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a2072bd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/daemon/pql_commands_errors_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/// Drives every pql.* daemon handler with a PqlClient whose toolchain
+/// points at a non-existent binary. Each underlying call throws
+/// PqlException, exercising the catch branches in
+/// `lib/src/daemon/pql_commands.dart` that the happy-path suite can't
+/// reach.
+library;
+
+import 'dart:io';
+
+import 'package:clide/clide.dart';
+import 'package:clide/kernel/src/toolchain.dart';
+import 'package:clide/src/daemon/pql_commands.dart';
+import 'package:clide/src/pql/client.dart';
+import 'package:test/test.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  late DaemonDispatcher dispatcher;
+
+  setUp(() {
+    final toolchain = Toolchain();
+    toolchain.applyResolved(const ResolvedPaths(pql: '/tmp/clide-no-such-pql-binary'));
+    final pql = PqlClient(workDir: Directory.current, toolchain: toolchain);
+    dispatcher = DaemonDispatcher();
+    registerPqlCommands(dispatcher, pql);
+  });
+
+  Future<IpcResponse> call(String cmd, [Map<String, Object?> args = const {}]) {
+    return dispatcher.dispatch(IpcRequest(id: '1', cmd: cmd, args: args));
+  }
+
+  // Each pql.* command, when the underlying binary is missing, should
+  // surface a toolError with the pql operation name in the message.
+  final commandsWithSimpleArgs = [
+    ('pql.files', const <String, Object?>{}),
+    ('pql.meta', const {'path': 'CLAUDE.md'}),
+    ('pql.backlinks', const {'path': 'CLAUDE.md'}),
+    ('pql.outlinks', const {'path': 'CLAUDE.md'}),
+    ('pql.tags', const <String, Object?>{}),
+    ('pql.schema', const <String, Object?>{}),
+    ('pql.query', const {'query': 'SELECT name'}),
+    ('pql.search', const {'terms': 'clide'}),
+    ('pql.doctor', const <String, Object?>{}),
+    ('pql.decisions.sync', const <String, Object?>{}),
+    ('pql.decisions.list', const <String, Object?>{}),
+    ('pql.decisions.read', const {'id': 'D-1'}),
+    ('pql.decisions.show', const {'id': 'D-1'}),
+    ('pql.tickets.list', const <String, Object?>{}),
+    ('pql.tickets.show', const {'id': 'T-1'}),
+    (
+      'pql.tickets.status',
+      const {
+        'ids': ['T-1'],
+        'status': 'done',
+      }
+    ),
+    ('pql.tickets.board', const <String, Object?>{}),
+    ('pql.plan.status', const <String, Object?>{}),
+  ];
+
+  for (final (cmd, args) in commandsWithSimpleArgs) {
+    test('$cmd surfaces PqlException as a toolError', () async {
+      final r = await call(cmd, args);
+      expect(r.ok, isFalse, reason: cmd);
+      expect(r.error?.kind, IpcErrorKind.toolError, reason: cmd);
+    });
+  }
+}