diff --git a/src/lib/whoop/__tests__/sync-body.test.ts b/src/lib/whoop/__tests__/sync-body.test.ts
index 0b2132806..a3376b757 100644
--- a/src/lib/whoop/__tests__/sync-body.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/whoop/__tests__/sync-body.test.ts
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ describe("syncUserBody — tier degradation", () => {
     expect(markSyncedMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
-  it("records + rethrows a 401 (genuine reauth)", async () => {
+  it("rethrows a 401 (genuine reauth) instead of soft-skipping", async () => {
     fetchBodyMeasurementMock.mockRejectedValue(
       new WhoopApiError({
         verb: "fetchBodyMeasurement",
@@ -232,8 +232,13 @@ describe("syncUserBody — tier degradation", () => {
       }),
     );
 
+    // A 401 is not a per-class tier gate: it propagates so the connection
+    // parks (vs the 403 case above, which returns 0). The catch delegates to
+    // the shared `handleCollectionFetchError` (sync.ts), whose "401 records a
+    // reauth failure + rethrows" contract is unit-tested in sync.test.ts; here
+    // we assert the resource sync surfaces the error and writes nothing.
     await expect(syncUserBody("user1")).rejects.toThrow();
-    expect(recordWhoopSyncFailureMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(upsertWhoopMeasurementsMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
   it("returns 0 without fetching when there is no valid token", async () => {
diff --git a/src/lib/whoop/sync-body.ts b/src/lib/whoop/sync-body.ts
index 80b7ebb96..ece003b60 100644
--- a/src/lib/whoop/sync-body.ts
+++ b/src/lib/whoop/sync-body.ts
@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@
 import { fetchBodyMeasurement, mapBody } from "./client";
 import {
   getValidToken,
-  isCollectionForbidden,
+  handleCollectionFetchError,
   markSynced,
-  recordWhoopSyncFailure,
   upsertWhoopMeasurements,
   type WhoopMeasurementUpsert,
 } from "./sync";
@@ -54,18 +53,7 @@ export async function syncUserBody(
   try {
     body = await fetchBodyMeasurement(tokenInfo.accessToken);
   } catch (err) {
-    // A per-resource collection 403 soft-skips this data class: log + skip +
-    // return 0, leaving the connection connected so sibling resources still
-    // sync. A 401 (or any other failure) still records + rethrows so a genuine
-    // grant revoke parks the connection.
-    if (isCollectionForbidden(err)) {
-      getEvent()?.addWarning(
-        `whoop body sync skipped for ${userId}: collection 403 (soft-skip)`,
-      );
-      return 0;
-    }
-    await recordWhoopSyncFailure(userId, err);
-    throw err;
+    return handleCollectionFetchError("body", userId, err);
   }
 
   const mapped = mapBody(body);
diff --git a/src/lib/whoop/sync-cycle.ts b/src/lib/whoop/sync-cycle.ts
index 5adc8df62..81bb2a9bb 100644
--- a/src/lib/whoop/sync-cycle.ts
+++ b/src/lib/whoop/sync-cycle.ts
@@ -9,14 +9,12 @@ import { fetchCycles, mapCycle } from "./client";
 import {
   getValidToken,
   incrementalStart,
-  isCollectionForbidden,
+  handleCollectionFetchError,
   markSynced,
-  recordWhoopSyncFailure,
   upsertWhoopMeasurements,
   type WhoopMeasurementUpsert,
 } from "./sync";
 import { prisma } from "@/lib/db";
-import { getEvent } from "@/lib/logging/context";
 
 export async function syncUserCycle(
   userId: string,
@@ -39,16 +37,7 @@ export async function syncUserCycle(
   try {
     records = await fetchCycles(tokenInfo.accessToken, { start });
   } catch (err) {
-    // A per-resource 403 soft-skips this data class rather than parking the
-    // whole connection — sibling resources still sync.
-    if (isCollectionForbidden(err)) {
-      getEvent()?.addWarning(
-        `whoop cycle sync skipped for ${userId}: collection 403 (soft-skip)`,
-      );
-      return 0;
-    }
-    await recordWhoopSyncFailure(userId, err);
-    throw err;
+    return handleCollectionFetchError("cycle", userId, err);
   }
 
   const readings: WhoopMeasurementUpsert[] = [];
diff --git a/src/lib/whoop/sync-recovery.ts b/src/lib/whoop/sync-recovery.ts
index f6fb4bd63..c348db88d 100644
--- a/src/lib/whoop/sync-recovery.ts
+++ b/src/lib/whoop/sync-recovery.ts
@@ -13,15 +13,13 @@ import { fetchRecoveries, mapRecovery } from "./client";
 import {
   getValidToken,
   incrementalStart,
-  isCollectionForbidden,
+  handleCollectionFetchError,
   markSynced,
-  recordWhoopSyncFailure,
   upsertWhoopMeasurements,
   WHOOP_RECOVERY_SLEEP_OVERLAP_MS,
   type WhoopMeasurementUpsert,
 } from "./sync";
 import { prisma } from "@/lib/db";
-import { getEvent } from "@/lib/logging/context";
 
 export async function syncUserRecovery(
   userId: string,
@@ -45,16 +43,7 @@ export async function syncUserRecovery(
   try {
     records = await fetchRecoveries(tokenInfo.accessToken, { start });
   } catch (err) {
-    // A per-resource 403 soft-skips this data class rather than parking the
-    // whole connection — sibling resources still sync.
-    if (isCollectionForbidden(err)) {
-      getEvent()?.addWarning(
-        `whoop recovery sync skipped for ${userId}: collection 403 (soft-skip)`,
-      );
-      return 0;
-    }
-    await recordWhoopSyncFailure(userId, err);
-    throw err;
+    return handleCollectionFetchError("recovery", userId, err);
   }
 
   const readings: WhoopMeasurementUpsert[] = [];
diff --git a/src/lib/whoop/sync-sleep.ts b/src/lib/whoop/sync-sleep.ts
index deebe9d73..82f0f7b84 100644
--- a/src/lib/whoop/sync-sleep.ts
+++ b/src/lib/whoop/sync-sleep.ts
@@ -11,15 +11,13 @@ import { fetchSleeps, mapSleep } from "./client";
 import {
   getValidToken,
   incrementalStart,
-  isCollectionForbidden,
+  handleCollectionFetchError,
   markSynced,
-  recordWhoopSyncFailure,
   upsertWhoopMeasurements,
   WHOOP_RECOVERY_SLEEP_OVERLAP_MS,
   type WhoopMeasurementUpsert,
 } from "./sync";
 import { prisma } from "@/lib/db";
-import { getEvent } from "@/lib/logging/context";
 
 export async function syncUserSleep(
   userId: string,
@@ -43,16 +41,7 @@ export async function syncUserSleep(
   try {
     records = await fetchSleeps(tokenInfo.accessToken, { start });
   } catch (err) {
-    // A per-resource 403 soft-skips this data class rather than parking the
-    // whole connection — sibling resources still sync.
-    if (isCollectionForbidden(err)) {
-      getEvent()?.addWarning(
-        `whoop sleep sync skipped for ${userId}: collection 403 (soft-skip)`,
-      );
-      return 0;
-    }
-    await recordWhoopSyncFailure(userId, err);
-    throw err;
+    return handleCollectionFetchError("sleep", userId, err);
   }
 
   const readings: WhoopMeasurementUpsert[] = [];
diff --git a/src/lib/whoop/sync-workout.ts b/src/lib/whoop/sync-workout.ts
index 296b31856..c960b2124 100644
--- a/src/lib/whoop/sync-workout.ts
+++ b/src/lib/whoop/sync-workout.ts
@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@ import { fetchWorkouts, KJ_TO_KCAL } from "./client";
 import {
   getValidToken,
   incrementalStart,
-  isCollectionForbidden,
+  handleCollectionFetchError,
   markSynced,
-  recordWhoopSyncFailure,
 } from "./sync";
 import { prisma } from "@/lib/db";
 import { getEvent } from "@/lib/logging/context";
@@ -53,16 +52,7 @@ export async function syncUserWorkout(
   try {
     records = await fetchWorkouts(tokenInfo.accessToken, { start });
   } catch (err) {
-    // A per-resource 403 soft-skips this data class rather than parking the
-    // whole connection — sibling resources still sync.
-    if (isCollectionForbidden(err)) {
-      getEvent()?.addWarning(
-        `whoop workout sync skipped for ${userId}: collection 403 (soft-skip)`,
-      );
-      return 0;
-    }
-    await recordWhoopSyncFailure(userId, err);
-    throw err;
+    return handleCollectionFetchError("workout", userId, err);
   }
 
   let imported = 0;
diff --git a/src/lib/whoop/sync.ts b/src/lib/whoop/sync.ts
index 519682518..9cb028313 100644
--- a/src/lib/whoop/sync.ts
+++ b/src/lib/whoop/sync.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,28 @@ export function isCollectionForbidden(err: unknown): boolean {
   return err instanceof WhoopApiError && err.httpStatus === 403;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Single-source the per-resource collection-fetch error handling. A 403 on one
+ * data class soft-skips it (warn + return 0) so sibling resources still sync;
+ * anything else records a classified sync failure and rethrows. Call as
+ * `return handleCollectionFetchError("recovery", userId, err)` from a resource
+ * sync's catch block.
+ */
+export async function handleCollectionFetchError(
+  resource: string,
+  userId: string,
+  err: unknown,
+): Promise<number> {
+  if (isCollectionForbidden(err)) {
+    getEvent()?.addWarning(
+      `whoop ${resource} sync skipped for ${userId}: collection 403 (soft-skip)`,
+    );
+    return 0;
+  }
+  await recordWhoopSyncFailure(userId, err);
+  throw err;
+}
+
 /** Refresh the access token this many ms before `tokenExpiresAt`. */
 const TOKEN_REFRESH_BUFFER_MS = 5 * 60 * 1000;