diff --git a/.changeset/telemetry-poller-safe-invoke.md b/.changeset/telemetry-poller-safe-invoke.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..288517fe47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/telemetry-poller-safe-invoke.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+'@core/electric-telemetry': patch
+'@core/sync-service': patch
+---
+
+Wrap telemetry-poller MFAs in `ElectricTelemetry.Poller.safe_invoke/3` so that transient collector failures (`:noproc`, `:timeout`, `:shutdown`/`:normal` exits, `ArgumentError` from not-yet-created ETS tables) no longer cause `:telemetry_poller` to permanently remove the measurement from its polling list. Unexpected errors are now logged as warnings with the offending MFA and the collector keeps being polled on subsequent ticks. Strips now-redundant defensive `try/catch` / `with`-fallthrough code from `count_shapes/2` and `report_retained_wal_size/3`.
+
+Note: user-supplied periodic measurement functions no longer have exceptions propagated up to `:telemetry_poller`'s own error logger — they are caught and logged via `ElectricTelemetry.Poller` instead.
diff --git a/packages/electric-telemetry/lib/electric/telemetry/poller.ex b/packages/electric-telemetry/lib/electric/telemetry/poller.ex
index 12607ac9d1..93af93c60c 100644
--- a/packages/electric-telemetry/lib/electric/telemetry/poller.ex
+++ b/packages/electric-telemetry/lib/electric/telemetry/poller.ex
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 defmodule ElectricTelemetry.Poller do
+  require Logger
+
   @callback builtin_periodic_measurements(map) :: list()
 
   def child_spec(telemetry_opts, poller_opts) do
@@ -25,19 +27,72 @@ defmodule ElectricTelemetry.Poller do
 
   def periodic_measurements(%{periodic_measurements: measurements} = telemetry_opts, module) do
     Enum.flat_map(measurements, fn
-      :builtin -> module.builtin_periodic_measurements(telemetry_opts)
+      :builtin ->
+        module.builtin_periodic_measurements(telemetry_opts)
+
       # These are implemented by telemetry_poller
-      f when f in [:memory, :persistent_term, :system_counts, :total_run_queue_lengths] -> [f]
+      f when f in [:memory, :persistent_term, :system_counts, :total_run_queue_lengths] ->
+        [f]
+
       # Bare function names are assumed to be referring to functions defined in the caller module
-      f when is_atom(f) -> {module, f, [telemetry_opts]}
-      f when is_function(f, 1) -> {__MODULE__, :user_measurement, [f, telemetry_opts]}
-      {m, f, a} when is_atom(m) and is_atom(f) and is_list(a) -> [{m, f, a ++ [telemetry_opts]}]
+      f when is_atom(f) ->
+        [wrap(module, f, [telemetry_opts])]
+
+      f when is_function(f, 1) ->
+        [wrap(__MODULE__, :user_measurement, [f, telemetry_opts])]
+
+      {m, f, a} when is_atom(m) and is_atom(f) and is_list(a) ->
+        [wrap(m, f, a ++ [telemetry_opts])]
     end)
   end
 
   def periodic_measurements(telemetry_opts, module),
-    do: module.builtin_periodic_measurements(telemetry_opts)
+    do: Enum.map(module.builtin_periodic_measurements(telemetry_opts), &wrap_mfa/1)
+
+  defp wrap_mfa({m, f, a}), do: wrap(m, f, a)
+  defp wrap_mfa(other), do: other
+
+  defp wrap(m, f, a), do: {__MODULE__, :safe_invoke, [m, f, a]}
 
   # Helper function to enable telemetry_poller to call a user-provided anonymous function
   def user_measurement(f, telemetry_opts), do: f.(telemetry_opts)
+
+  @doc """
+  Invoke a periodic measurement MFA, absorbing common failure modes.
+
+  `:telemetry_poller` removes a measurement permanently from its polling list
+  after the first failure. Wrapping every MFA in `safe_invoke/3` prevents that:
+  transient errors (GenServer restart races, ETS tables not yet created, DB
+  unavailability) are logged as warnings and swallowed so the measurement keeps
+  being polled on subsequent ticks.
+  """
+  def safe_invoke(m, f, a) do
+    apply(m, f, a)
+    :ok
+  rescue
+    ArgumentError ->
+      :ok
+
+    e ->
+      Logger.warning(
+        "Telemetry collector #{inspect(m)}.#{f}/#{length(a)} crashed: " <>
+          Exception.message(e)
+      )
+
+      :ok
+  catch
+    :exit, {reason, _} when reason in [:noproc, :timeout, :shutdown, :normal] ->
+      :ok
+
+    :exit, reason when reason in [:noproc, :shutdown, :normal] ->
+      :ok
+
+    kind, reason ->
+      Logger.warning(
+        "Telemetry collector #{inspect(m)}.#{f}/#{length(a)} #{kind}: " <>
+          inspect(reason)
+      )
+
+      :ok
+  end
 end
diff --git a/packages/electric-telemetry/test/electric/telemetry/poller_test.exs b/packages/electric-telemetry/test/electric/telemetry/poller_test.exs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..db8363a7fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/electric-telemetry/test/electric/telemetry/poller_test.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+defmodule ElectricTelemetry.PollerTest do
+  use ExUnit.Case, async: true
+
+  import ExUnit.CaptureLog
+
+  alias ElectricTelemetry.Poller
+
+  defmodule Fixture do
+    def ok(), do: :done
+    def raise_argument(), do: raise(ArgumentError, "boom")
+    def raise_runtime(), do: raise(RuntimeError, "kaboom")
+    def exit_noproc(), do: exit({:noproc, {GenServer, :call, [:nowhere, :hi]}})
+    def exit_timeout(), do: exit({:timeout, {GenServer, :call, [:slow, :hi]}})
+    def exit_shutdown(), do: exit({:shutdown, :foo})
+    def exit_normal_atom(), do: exit(:normal)
+    def exit_shutdown_atom(), do: exit(:shutdown)
+    def exit_weird(), do: exit(:weird)
+    def throw_it(), do: throw(:nope)
+  end
+
+  describe "safe_invoke/3" do
+    test "returns :ok and runs the function on success" do
+      assert Poller.safe_invoke(Fixture, :ok, []) == :ok
+    end
+
+    test "swallows ArgumentError (ETS missing, etc.) silently" do
+      log = capture_log(fn -> assert Poller.safe_invoke(Fixture, :raise_argument, []) == :ok end)
+      refute log =~ "crashed"
+    end
+
+    test "swallows generic exceptions with a warning" do
+      log = capture_log(fn -> assert Poller.safe_invoke(Fixture, :raise_runtime, []) == :ok end)
+      assert log =~ "crashed"
+      assert log =~ "kaboom"
+    end
+
+    test "swallows :noproc exit silently" do
+      log = capture_log(fn -> assert Poller.safe_invoke(Fixture, :exit_noproc, []) == :ok end)
+      refute log =~ "exit"
+    end
+
+    test "swallows :timeout exit silently" do
+      log = capture_log(fn -> assert Poller.safe_invoke(Fixture, :exit_timeout, []) == :ok end)
+      refute log =~ "exit"
+    end
+
+    test "swallows :shutdown exit silently" do
+      log = capture_log(fn -> assert Poller.safe_invoke(Fixture, :exit_shutdown, []) == :ok end)
+      refute log =~ "exit"
+    end
+
+    test "swallows bare :normal exit silently" do
+      log =
+        capture_log(fn -> assert Poller.safe_invoke(Fixture, :exit_normal_atom, []) == :ok end)
+
+      refute log =~ "exit"
+    end
+
+    test "swallows bare :shutdown exit silently" do
+      log =
+        capture_log(fn -> assert Poller.safe_invoke(Fixture, :exit_shutdown_atom, []) == :ok end)
+
+      refute log =~ "exit"
+    end
+
+    test "logs a warning for unexpected exits" do
+      log = capture_log(fn -> assert Poller.safe_invoke(Fixture, :exit_weird, []) == :ok end)
+      assert log =~ "exit"
+      assert log =~ "weird"
+    end
+
+    test "logs a warning for throws" do
+      log = capture_log(fn -> assert Poller.safe_invoke(Fixture, :throw_it, []) == :ok end)
+      assert log =~ "throw"
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "periodic_measurements/2 wrapping" do
+    defmodule CallbackMod do
+      @behaviour ElectricTelemetry.Poller
+      def builtin_periodic_measurements(_opts), do: []
+      def some_measurement(_opts), do: :ok
+    end
+
+    test "wraps {m, f, a} tuples in safe_invoke" do
+      opts = %{periodic_measurements: [{CallbackMod, :some_measurement, []}]}
+
+      assert [{ElectricTelemetry.Poller, :safe_invoke, [CallbackMod, :some_measurement, [_]]}] =
+               Poller.periodic_measurements(opts, CallbackMod)
+    end
+
+    test "wraps bare function atoms in safe_invoke" do
+      opts = %{periodic_measurements: [:some_measurement]}
+
+      assert [{ElectricTelemetry.Poller, :safe_invoke, [CallbackMod, :some_measurement, [_]]}] =
+               Poller.periodic_measurements(opts, CallbackMod)
+    end
+
+    test "wraps anonymous functions in safe_invoke around user_measurement" do
+      f = fn _ -> :ok end
+      opts = %{periodic_measurements: [f]}
+
+      assert [
+               {ElectricTelemetry.Poller, :safe_invoke,
+                [ElectricTelemetry.Poller, :user_measurement, [^f, _]]}
+             ] =
+               Poller.periodic_measurements(opts, CallbackMod)
+    end
+
+    test "leaves telemetry_poller builtins unwrapped" do
+      opts = %{periodic_measurements: [:memory, :persistent_term]}
+      assert Poller.periodic_measurements(opts, CallbackMod) == [:memory, :persistent_term]
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/packages/sync-service/lib/electric/stack_supervisor/telemetry.ex b/packages/sync-service/lib/electric/stack_supervisor/telemetry.ex
index ed74295ed5..1e8f1715a7 100644
--- a/packages/sync-service/lib/electric/stack_supervisor/telemetry.ex
+++ b/packages/sync-service/lib/electric/stack_supervisor/telemetry.ex
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ defmodule Electric.StackSupervisor.Telemetry do
   end
 
   def count_shapes(stack_id, _telemetry_opts) do
-    # Telemetry is started before everything else in the stack, so we need to handle
-    # the case where the shape cache is not started yet.
+    # Telemetry is started before everything else in the stack, so handle the case where the
+    # shape cache is not started yet: emit what we can and skip what we can't independently.
     with %{total: num_shapes, indexed: indexed_shapes, unindexed: unindexed_shapes} <-
            Electric.ShapeCache.shape_counts(stack_id) do
       Electric.Telemetry.OpenTelemetry.execute(
@@ -104,16 +104,10 @@ defmodule Electric.StackSupervisor.Telemetry do
         %{stack_id: stack_id}
       )
     catch
-      :exit, {:noproc, _} ->
-        :ok
+      kind, reason when kind in [:error, :exit] ->
+        Logger.debug("report_retained_wal_size/3 skipped: #{kind} #{inspect(reason)}")
 
-      # catch all errors to not log them as errors, those are reporing issues at best
-      type, reason ->
-        Logger.warning(
-          "Failed to query retained WAL size\nError: #{Exception.format(type, reason)}",
-          stack_id: stack_id,
-          slot_name: slot_name
-        )
+        :ok
     end
   end