diff --git a/pkg/usecase/pipeline.go b/pkg/usecase/pipeline.go
index f2e25f4..efc558f 100644
--- a/pkg/usecase/pipeline.go
+++ b/pkg/usecase/pipeline.go
@@ -68,26 +68,57 @@ func NewPipeline(config domain.ScanConfig, repo *database.Repository) (*Pipeline
 	}, nil
 }
 
+// scanStats tracks per-operation outcomes for ScanAll.
+type scanStats struct {
+	attempted int
+	failed    int
+}
+
+// result returns an error when every attempt failed. Partial failure is OK.
+func (s *scanStats) result() error {
+	if s.attempted == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if s.failed == s.attempted {
+		return fmt.Errorf("all %d scan operations failed", s.attempted)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // ScanAll loads repositories from config, discovers tags, and scans all images.
+// Individual image failures are logged and scanning continues. Returns an error
+// only when every scan attempt failed (total outage), so partial success still
+// allows report generation from newly scanned images.
 func (p *Pipeline) ScanAll() error {
+	stats := &scanStats{}
+
 	for _, group := range p.repoCfg.Repositories {
 		repos, singleImages := scanner.ParseImagePatterns(group.Images)
 		log.Infof("Group %q: %d repositories, %d single images", group.Description, len(repos), len(singleImages))
 
 		for _, repo := range repos {
-			if err := p.scanRepository(repo, group.Category); err != nil {
-				log.Errorf("Error scanning repository %s: %v", repo, err)
-			}
+			p.scanRepository(repo, group.Category, stats)
 		}
 
 		for _, img := range singleImages {
+			stats.attempted++
 			if err := p.scanSingleImage(img, group.Category); err != nil {
+				stats.failed++
 				log.Errorf("Error scanning image %s: %v", img, err)
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	return nil
+	if stats.attempted == 0 {
+		log.Warn("No scan operations were attempted")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if stats.failed > 0 && stats.failed < stats.attempted {
+		log.Warnf("Scan completed with %d/%d failures", stats.failed, stats.attempted)
+	}
+
+	return stats.result()
 }
 
 // ScanImage scans a single image by name.
@@ -116,12 +147,16 @@ func (p *Pipeline) GenerateReport() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (p *Pipeline) scanRepository(repo string, category string) error {
+func (p *Pipeline) scanRepository(repo string, category string, stats *scanStats) {
 	log.Infof("Scanning repository: %s", repo)
 
 	tags, err := p.registry.GetTags(repo)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("getting tags for %s: %w", repo, err)
+		// Count tag discovery failure as a single failed attempt for this repo.
+		stats.attempted++
+		stats.failed++
+		log.Errorf("Error scanning repository %s: getting tags: %v", repo, err)
+		return
 	}
 
 	filtered := scanner.FilterTags(tags, p.repoCfg.TagFilter)
@@ -132,13 +167,12 @@ func (p *Pipeline) scanRepository(repo string, category string) error {
 	defaultRegistry := p.repoCfg.Defaults.Registry
 	for _, tag := range limited {
 		imageName := scanner.BuildFullImageName(defaultRegistry, repo, tag)
-
+		stats.attempted++
 		if err := p.scanSingleImage(imageName, category); err != nil {
+			stats.failed++
 			log.Errorf("Error scanning %s: %v", imageName, err)
 		}
 	}
-
-	return nil
 }
 
 func (p *Pipeline) scanSingleImage(imageName string, category string) error {
diff --git a/pkg/usecase/pipeline_test.go b/pkg/usecase/pipeline_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5873b10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/usecase/pipeline_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+//     MIT License
+//
+//     Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+//
+//     Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+//     of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+//     in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+//     to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+//     copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+//     furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+//
+//     The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+//     copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+//     THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+//     IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+//     FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+//     AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+//     LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+//     OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+//     SOFTWARE
+
+package usecase
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestScanStatsResult(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		attempted int
+		failed    int
+		wantErr   bool
+		errSubstr string
+	}{
+		{"no attempts", 0, 0, false, ""},
+		{"all success", 5, 0, false, ""},
+		{"partial failure", 5, 2, false, ""},
+		{"total failure", 3, 3, true, "all 3 scan operations failed"},
+		{"single total failure", 1, 1, true, "all 1 scan operations failed"},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			s := &scanStats{attempted: tt.attempted, failed: tt.failed}
+			err := s.result()
+			if tt.wantErr {
+				require.Error(t, err)
+				assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), tt.errSubstr)
+			} else {
+				assert.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}