diff --git a/crates/vite_task/src/session/mod.rs b/crates/vite_task/src/session/mod.rs
index eb9ca6411..c5aea1a1b 100644
--- a/crates/vite_task/src/session/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/vite_task/src/session/mod.rs
@@ -244,15 +244,20 @@ impl<'a> Session<'a> {
 
     /// Primary entry point for CLI usage. Plans and executes the given command.
     ///
-    /// # Errors
-    ///
-    /// Returns an error if planning or execution fails.
+    /// This function prints user-facing errors itself and returns an exit status
+    /// code only. This allows downstream CLIs (like `vp run`) to simply
+    /// `std::process::exit(i32::from(status.0))` without duplicating error
+    /// reporting.
     #[tracing::instrument(level = "debug", skip_all)]
-    pub async fn main(mut self, command: Command) -> anyhow::Result<ExitStatus> {
+    pub async fn main(mut self, command: Command) -> ExitStatus {
         match self.main_inner(command).await {
-            Ok(()) => Ok(ExitStatus::SUCCESS),
-            Err(SessionError::EarlyExit(status)) => Ok(status),
-            Err(SessionError::Anyhow(err)) => Err(err),
+            Ok(()) => ExitStatus::SUCCESS,
+            Err(SessionError::EarlyExit(status)) => status,
+            #[expect(clippy::print_stderr, reason = "top-level error reporting")]
+            Err(SessionError::Anyhow(err)) => {
+                eprintln!("Error: {err:?}");
+                ExitStatus::FAILURE
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/vite_task_bin/src/main.rs b/crates/vite_task_bin/src/main.rs
index d627e2c32..626c4acfd 100644
--- a/crates/vite_task_bin/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/vite_task_bin/src/main.rs
@@ -3,24 +3,24 @@ use vite_task::{Command, ExitStatus, Session};
 use vite_task_bin::OwnedSessionConfig;
 
 fn main() -> ! {
-    let exit_code: i32 =
-        tokio::runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread().enable_all().build().unwrap().block_on(async {
-            match run().await {
-                Ok(status) => i32::from(status.0),
-                #[expect(clippy::print_stderr, reason = "top-level error reporting")]
-                Err(err) => {
-                    eprintln!("Error: {err:?}");
-                    1
-                }
-            }
-        });
+    let exit_code: i32 = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread()
+        .enable_all()
+        .build()
+        .unwrap()
+        .block_on(async { i32::from(run().await.0) });
 
     std::process::exit(exit_code);
 }
 
-async fn run() -> anyhow::Result<ExitStatus> {
+async fn run() -> ExitStatus {
     let args = Command::parse();
     let mut owned_config = OwnedSessionConfig::default();
-    let session = Session::init(owned_config.as_config())?;
-    session.main(args).await
+    match Session::init(owned_config.as_config()) {
+        Ok(session) => session.main(args).await,
+        #[expect(clippy::print_stderr, reason = "top-level error reporting")]
+        Err(err) => {
+            eprintln!("Error: {err:?}");
+            ExitStatus::FAILURE
+        }
+    }
 }