diff --git a/src/gui_2.py b/src/gui_2.py
index 5fd000a3..0392f046 100644
--- a/src/gui_2.py
+++ b/src/gui_2.py
@@ -1690,12 +1690,36 @@ def _focus_response_window_result() -> Result[None]:
  now = time.time()
  if now - app._last_autosave >= app._autosave_interval:
   app._last_autosave = now
-  try:
-   app._flush_to_project()
-   app._flush_to_config()
-   app.save_config()
-  except Exception:
-   pass  # silent — don't disrupt the GUI loop
+  autosave_result = _autosave_flush_result(app)
+  if not autosave_result.ok:
+   if not hasattr(app, '_last_request_errors'): app._last_request_errors = []
+   app._last_request_errors.append(("render_main_interface.autosave", autosave_result.errors[0]))
+
+def _autosave_flush_result(app: "App") -> Result[None]:
+ """Drain-aware variant of render_main_interface auto-save try block (L1693 INTERNAL_SILENT_SWALLOW).
+
+ Extracts the auto-save flush_to_project + flush_to_config + save_config
+ try/except from render_main_interface into a Result-returning helper. On
+ exception (disk full, JSON parse error), converts to ErrorInfo (logging
+ NOT a drain per the user's principle 2026-06-17). The caller drains to
+ app._last_request_errors and continues with the GUI loop, preserving
+ the original "don't disrupt the GUI loop" intent via the data plane
+ rather than silent swallow.
+
+ [C: src/gui_2.py:render_main_interface (L1693 legacy wrapper)]
+ """
+ try:
+  app._flush_to_project()
+  app._flush_to_config()
+  app.save_config()
+  return Result(data=None)
+ except Exception as e:
+  return Result(data=None, errors=[ErrorInfo(
+   kind=ErrorKind.INTERNAL,
+   message=f"autosave flush failed: {e}",
+   source="gui_2._autosave_flush_result",
+   original=e,
+  )])
  
  # Sync pending comms
  with app._pending_comms_lock:
diff --git a/tests/test_gui_2_result.py b/tests/test_gui_2_result.py
index 19d2592d..304a5b93 100644
--- a/tests/test_gui_2_result.py
+++ b/tests/test_gui_2_result.py
@@ -2068,4 +2068,47 @@ def test_phase_10_l1647_focus_response_window_result_failure():
  assert "IM_ASSERT" in err.message
 
 
+def test_phase_10_l1693_autosave_flush_result_success():
+ """
+ L1693 _autosave_flush_result returns Result(data=None) on success.
+
+ The helper extracts the auto-save flush_to_project + flush_to_config +
+ save_config try/except from render_main_interface into a Result-returning
+ helper. On success, returns Result(data=None). The legacy wrapper
+ continues with the GUI loop.
+ """
+ from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+ import src.gui_2 as gui2_mod
+ app = MagicMock()
+ result = gui2_mod._autosave_flush_result(app)
+ assert result.ok, f"Expected ok=True on success, got errors: {result.errors}"
+ assert result.data is None
+ app._flush_to_project.assert_called_once()
+ app._flush_to_config.assert_called_once()
+ app.save_config.assert_called_once()
+
+
+def test_phase_10_l1693_autosave_flush_result_failure():
+ """
+ L1693 _autosave_flush_result returns Result(data=None, errors=[ErrorInfo]) on failure.
+
+ When any of _flush_to_project/_flush_to_config/save_config raises
+ (disk full, JSON parse error), the helper converts to ErrorInfo. The
+ caller (render_main_interface) drains to self._last_request_errors and
+ continues with the GUI loop (preserving the original "don't disrupt the
+ GUI loop" intent via the data plane rather than silent swallow).
+ """
+ from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+ import src.gui_2 as gui2_mod
+ app = MagicMock()
+ app._flush_to_project.side_effect = OSError("disk full")
+ result = gui2_mod._autosave_flush_result(app)
+ assert not result.ok, f"Expected ok=False on failure, got data: {result.data}"
+ assert result.data is None
+ assert result.errors, "Expected at least one error on failure"
+ err = result.errors[0]
+ assert err.source == "gui_2._autosave_flush_result"
+ assert "disk full" in err.message
+
+