diff --git a/src/gitea/comments-api.ts b/src/gitea/comments-api.ts
index 437ff6d..ea31573 100644
--- a/src/gitea/comments-api.ts
+++ b/src/gitea/comments-api.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { GiteaClient } from "./client.js";
+import { runBestEffort } from "./run-best-effort.js";
 
 export const PROGRESS_COMMENT_MARKER = "<!-- gitea-pr-review-bot-progress -->";
 
@@ -26,8 +27,14 @@ export async function deleteProgressComment(input: {
   owner: string;
   repo: string;
   commentId: number;
+  correlationId?: string;
 }): Promise<void> {
-  await input.gitea.deleteIssueComment(input.owner, input.repo, input.commentId);
+  await runBestEffort({
+    operation: "Delete progress comment",
+    correlationId: input.correlationId,
+    context: { comment_id: input.commentId },
+    fn: () => input.gitea.deleteIssueComment(input.owner, input.repo, input.commentId)
+  });
 }
 
 export const TIMEOUT_FAILURE_MARKER = "<!-- gitea-pr-review-bot-timeout -->";
diff --git a/src/gitea/review-api.ts b/src/gitea/review-api.ts
index 81319fa..977cf43 100644
--- a/src/gitea/review-api.ts
+++ b/src/gitea/review-api.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-import { log } from "../logging/logger.js";
 import { GiteaClient, PullFile } from "./client.js";
 import { ReviewResult } from "../cursor/review-schema.js";
+import { runBestEffort } from "./run-best-effort.js";
 
-/** Best-effort cleanup; never throws (Gitea may return 500 for some review states). */
 export async function deletePriorBotReviews(input: {
   gitea: GiteaClient;
   owner: string;
@@ -11,29 +10,25 @@ export async function deletePriorBotReviews(input: {
   botLogin: string;
   correlationId?: string;
 }): Promise<void> {
-  try {
-    const reviews = await input.gitea.getReviews(input.owner, input.repo, input.prNumber);
-    const botReviews = reviews.filter((review) => review.user?.login === input.botLogin);
+  await runBestEffort({
+    operation: "List prior bot reviews",
+    correlationId: input.correlationId,
+    context: { pr_number: input.prNumber },
+    fn: async () => {
+      const reviews = await input.gitea.getReviews(input.owner, input.repo, input.prNumber);
+      const botReviews = reviews.filter((review) => review.user?.login === input.botLogin);
 
-    for (const review of botReviews) {
-      try {
-        await input.gitea.deleteReview(input.owner, input.repo, input.prNumber, review.id);
-      } catch (error) {
-        log("warn", "Failed to delete prior bot review (continuing)", {
-          correlation_id: input.correlationId,
-          review_id: review.id,
-          pr_number: input.prNumber,
-          error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
+      for (const review of botReviews) {
+        await runBestEffort({
+          operation: "Delete prior bot review",
+          correlationId: input.correlationId,
+          context: { review_id: review.id, pr_number: input.prNumber },
+          fn: () =>
+            input.gitea.deleteReview(input.owner, input.repo, input.prNumber, review.id)
         });
       }
     }
-  } catch (error) {
-    log("warn", "Failed to list prior bot reviews for cleanup (continuing)", {
-      correlation_id: input.correlationId,
-      pr_number: input.prNumber,
-      error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
-    });
-  }
+  });
 }
 
 export async function postReview(input: {
diff --git a/src/gitea/run-best-effort.ts b/src/gitea/run-best-effort.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71b61b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gitea/run-best-effort.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { log } from "../logging/logger.js";
+
+/** Run a cleanup step; log failures and continue the review flow. */
+export async function runBestEffort(input: {
+  operation: string;
+  correlationId?: string;
+  context?: Record<string, unknown>;
+  fn: () => Promise<void>;
+}): Promise<void> {
+  try {
+    await input.fn();
+    log("info", `${input.operation} succeeded`, {
+      correlation_id: input.correlationId,
+      ...input.context
+    });
+  } catch (error) {
+    log("warn", `${input.operation} failed (continuing)`, {
+      correlation_id: input.correlationId,
+      ...input.context,
+      error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
+    });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/run/review-runner.ts b/src/run/review-runner.ts
index bc8ac72..e10f0b1 100644
--- a/src/run/review-runner.ts
+++ b/src/run/review-runner.ts
@@ -234,21 +234,13 @@ async function executeReview(params: {
     throw error;
   } finally {
     if (progressCommentId !== undefined) {
-      try {
-        await deleteProgressComment({ gitea, owner, repo, commentId: progressCommentId });
-        log("info", "Removed progress comment from PR", {
-          correlation_id: input.correlationId,
-          pr_number: prNumber,
-          comment_id: progressCommentId
-        });
-      } catch (error) {
-        log("warn", "Failed to remove progress comment from PR", {
-          correlation_id: input.correlationId,
-          pr_number: prNumber,
-          comment_id: progressCommentId,
-          error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
-        });
-      }
+      await deleteProgressComment({
+        gitea,
+        owner,
+        repo,
+        commentId: progressCommentId,
+        correlationId: input.correlationId
+      });
     }
   }
 }