diff --git a/tools/thothctl/internal/workspaceops/operations.go b/tools/thothctl/internal/workspaceops/operations.go
index 96bc78a0..cde79731 100644
--- a/tools/thothctl/internal/workspaceops/operations.go
+++ b/tools/thothctl/internal/workspaceops/operations.go
@@ -357,11 +357,13 @@ func validateResult(result Result) error {
 	if !workspacePattern.MatchString(result.WorkspaceID) {
 		return errors.New("workspace maintenance returned an invalid workspace identity")
 	}
-	if len(result.WorkspaceRevision) != 40 || !isLowerHex(result.WorkspaceRevision) {
-		return errors.New("workspace maintenance returned an invalid workspace revision")
-	}
-	if !strings.HasPrefix(result.DescriptorBlob, "sha256:") || len(result.DescriptorBlob) != len("sha256:")+64 || !isLowerHex(strings.TrimPrefix(result.DescriptorBlob, "sha256:")) {
-		return errors.New("workspace maintenance returned an invalid descriptor digest")
+	if result.Status != "failed" {
+		if len(result.WorkspaceRevision) != 40 || !isLowerHex(result.WorkspaceRevision) {
+			return errors.New("workspace maintenance returned an invalid workspace revision")
+		}
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(result.DescriptorBlob, "sha256:") || len(result.DescriptorBlob) != len("sha256:")+64 || !isLowerHex(strings.TrimPrefix(result.DescriptorBlob, "sha256:")) {
+			return errors.New("workspace maintenance returned an invalid descriptor digest")
+		}
 	}
 	validStatuses := map[string]struct{}{"succeeded": {}, "unchanged": {}, "dry_run": {}, "blocked": {}, "failed": {}}
 	if _, ok := validStatuses[result.Status]; !ok {
@@ -370,9 +372,11 @@ func validateResult(result Result) error {
 	if strings.TrimSpace(result.Code) == "" || strings.TrimSpace(result.Operation) == "" || result.CompletedStages == nil {
 		return errors.New("workspace maintenance omitted required fields")
 	}
-	for _, digest := range result.ArtifactIdentities {
-		if strings.TrimSpace(digest.Kind) == "" || !strings.HasPrefix(digest.Digest, "sha256:") {
-			return errors.New("workspace maintenance returned an invalid artifact identity")
+	if result.Status != "failed" {
+		for _, digest := range result.ArtifactIdentities {
+			if strings.TrimSpace(digest.Kind) == "" || !strings.HasPrefix(digest.Digest, "sha256:") {
+				return errors.New("workspace maintenance returned an invalid artifact identity")
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return nil