diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/figma/asset.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/figma/asset.test.ts
index 6e0e1d44d..9afdca47e 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/figma/asset.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/figma/asset.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
   runAssetImportMany,
   type AssetImportDeps,
 } from "./asset.js";
-import type { FigmaClient } from "@hyperframes/core/figma";
+import { FigmaClientError, type FigmaClient } from "@hyperframes/core/figma";
 
 const dirs: string[] = [];
 function scratch(): string {
@@ -179,6 +179,24 @@ describe("runAssetImport", () => {
     expect(new Set(results.map((r) => r.record.id)).size).toBe(3);
   });
 
+  it("labels a batch-miss RENDER_FAILED with the images endpoint (telemetry parity with client.ts)", async () => {
+    const dir = scratch();
+    const missClient = fakeClient({
+      renderNodes: (fileKey, nodeIds) =>
+        Promise.resolve(nodeIds.map((nodeId) => ({ nodeId, url: null, ext: "png" }))),
+    });
+    const err = await runAssetImportMany(
+      ["KEY:1-2"],
+      { format: "png" },
+      deps(dir, { client: missClient }),
+    ).catch((e: unknown) => e);
+    expect(err).toBeInstanceOf(FigmaClientError);
+    if (err instanceof FigmaClientError) {
+      expect(err.code).toBe("RENDER_FAILED");
+      expect(err.endpoint).toBe("images");
+    }
+  });
+
   it("gatherAssetRefs splits bare comma-joined ids but keeps URLs whole", () => {
     // bare tokens comma-split
     expect(gatherAssetRefs(["KEY:1-2,KEY:3-4"])).toEqual(["KEY:1-2", "KEY:3-4"]);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/figma/asset.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/figma/asset.ts
index d1a307ea3..5d5c76a23 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/figma/asset.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/figma/asset.ts
@@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ export async function runAssetImportMany(
           throw new FigmaClientError(
             "RENDER_FAILED",
             `figma could not render node ${nodeId} as ${opts.format}`,
+            undefined,
+            "images",
           );
         slots[i] = await freezeAndRecord(
           fileKey,