diff --git a/src/unstract/clone/context.py b/src/unstract/clone/context.py
index aeef4c3..fe73011 100644
--- a/src/unstract/clone/context.py
+++ b/src/unstract/clone/context.py
@@ -141,6 +141,11 @@ class CloneContext:
     # Source prompt_registry_ids whose CustomTool was skipped; used to
     # cascade-skip dependent workflows downstream.
     skipped_custom_tool_registry_ids: set[str] = field(default_factory=set)
+    # Source connector ids skipped because they can't be recreated via the API
+    # (OAuth-backed or redacted metadata) and no same-name target connector
+    # exists to adopt; workflows whose endpoints use one are cascade-skipped so
+    # the clone doesn't create pipelines that fail on every run.
+    skipped_connector_ids: set[str] = field(default_factory=set)
     # Per-run memo for users/groups directory listings (sharing replication
     # touches them once per endpoint, never per resource).
     share_cache: dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
diff --git a/src/unstract/clone/phases/connector.py b/src/unstract/clone/phases/connector.py
index c593e42..97a6971 100644
--- a/src/unstract/clone/phases/connector.py
+++ b/src/unstract/clone/phases/connector.py
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 """Migrate connectors from source org to target org.
 
-Same list -> per-id GET -> POST/adopt pattern as AdapterPhase. Two
-connector-specific wrinkles:
+Same list -> per-id GET -> adopt/POST pattern as AdapterPhase, but a
+same-name target connector is adopted *before* any recreate attempt.
+Two connector-specific wrinkles make that ordering matter:
 
-1. **Connectors with redacted metadata are skipped.** Auto-provisioned
+1. **Redacted-metadata connectors can't be recreated.** Auto-provisioned
    rows (e.g. Unstract Cloud Storage) come back without
-   ``connector_metadata``, so the SDK cannot reconstruct them on the
-   target. We detect this by inspecting the source GET response:
-   a falsy ``connector_metadata`` means the operator must rely on the
-   target's own provisioning (or re-create the row manually) — the
-   remap table records no entry for these.
-
-2. **OAuth ``connector_auth`` is stripped from responses.** OAuth refresh
-   tokens are never returned by the API, so OAuth-backed connectors land
-   on the target without them. Operator must re-authorise on target.
+   ``connector_metadata``, so the SDK has nothing to reconstruct.
+
+2. **OAuth credentials can't be cloned.** OAuth refresh tokens are never
+   returned by the API, and a token can only be minted by completing the
+   OAuth flow as the target user — which only happens in the UI.
+
+Neither can be created from source. Both are skipped, their ids recorded
+so dependent workflows cascade-skip (avoiding pipelines that fail every
+run). The recovery path is the same for both: provision the connector on
+the target with the *same name*, then re-run — the adopt-first lookup
+picks it up and wires the dependent workflow endpoints.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
@@ -83,31 +86,6 @@ def _clone_one(
                 result.errors.append(f"GET source detail {name}: {e}")
             return
 
-        metadata = src.get("connector_metadata") or {}
-        if not metadata:
-            logger.info(
-                "skipping connector '%s' (src=%s, catalog=%s) — no source metadata",
-                name,
-                src_id,
-                src.get("connector_id"),
-            )
-            with lock:
-                result.skipped += 1
-            return
-
-        if _has_oauth_tokens(metadata):
-            logger.warning(
-                "skipping connector '%s' (src=%s, catalog=%s) — OAuth-backed; "
-                "re-authorise on target after the clone, then re-run to wire "
-                "dependent workflow endpoints.",
-                name,
-                src_id,
-                src.get("connector_id"),
-            )
-            with lock:
-                result.skipped += 1
-            return
-
         try:
             existing = self.ctx.target.list_connectors(name=name)
         except Exception as e:
@@ -117,6 +95,10 @@ def _clone_one(
                 result.errors.append(f"GET {name}: {e}")
             return
 
+        # Adopt a same-name target connector before anything else. This is the
+        # only way OAuth / redacted-metadata connectors come across: the
+        # operator provisions one on the target (where OAuth can complete), and
+        # a re-run adopts it and wires dependent workflow endpoints.
         if existing:
             tgt = existing[0]
             if self.ctx.options.on_name_conflict == "abort":
@@ -131,30 +113,10 @@ def _clone_one(
                 src_id,
                 tgt["id"],
             )
-        elif self.ctx.options.dry_run:
-            with lock:
-                result.created += 1
-                self.ctx.remap.record_planned("connector", src_id)
-            logger.info("[dry-run] would create connector '%s' src=%s", name, src_id)
-            return
         else:
-            payload = build_post_payload(src, self._writable)
-            try:
-                tgt = self.ctx.target.create_connector(payload)
-            except Exception as e:
-                logger.exception("Failed to create connector %s: %s", name, e)
-                with lock:
-                    result.failed += 1
-                    result.errors.append(f"create {name}: {e}")
+            tgt = self._recreate_or_skip(src, name, src_id, result, lock)
+            if tgt is None:
                 return
-            with lock:
-                result.created += 1
-            logger.info(
-                "created connector '%s' src=%s -> tgt=%s",
-                name,
-                src_id,
-                tgt["id"],
-            )
 
         with lock:
             self.ctx.remap.record("connector", src_id, tgt["id"])
@@ -162,3 +124,84 @@ def _clone_one(
         self.apply_share(
             src=src, tgt_id=tgt["id"], label=name, result=result, lock=lock
         )
+
+    def _recreate_or_skip(
+        self,
+        src: dict[str, Any],
+        name: str,
+        src_id: str,
+        result: PhaseResult,
+        lock: threading.Lock,
+    ) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
+        """Recreate a connector from source, or skip when it can't be.
+
+        Returns the target connector dict on create, or ``None`` when the
+        connector is skipped (no metadata to reconstruct, or OAuth credentials
+        that the API can't clone). Skipped ids are recorded so dependent
+        workflows cascade-skip.
+        """
+        metadata = src.get("connector_metadata") or {}
+        if not metadata:
+            logger.info(
+                "skipping connector '%s' (src=%s, catalog=%s) — metadata not "
+                "exposed by the API (auto-provisioned, e.g. Cloud Storage); "
+                "provision it on the target with the same name and re-run to adopt",
+                name,
+                src_id,
+                src.get("connector_id"),
+            )
+            with lock:
+                result.skipped += 1
+                self.ctx.skipped_connector_ids.add(src_id)
+                result.warnings.append(
+                    f"connector '{name}' skipped — metadata not exposed by the API "
+                    "(auto-provisioned); provision it on target with the same name "
+                    "and re-run to adopt"
+                )
+            return None
+
+        if _has_oauth_tokens(metadata):
+            logger.warning(
+                "skipping connector '%s' (src=%s, catalog=%s) — OAuth-backed; "
+                "credentials can't be cloned. Recreate + authorise it on the "
+                "target with the same name, then re-run to adopt and wire "
+                "dependent workflows.",
+                name,
+                src_id,
+                src.get("connector_id"),
+            )
+            with lock:
+                result.skipped += 1
+                self.ctx.skipped_connector_ids.add(src_id)
+                result.warnings.append(
+                    f"connector '{name}' skipped — OAuth-backed, credentials can't "
+                    "be cloned; recreate + authorise on target with the same name, "
+                    "then re-run to adopt"
+                )
+            return None
+
+        if self.ctx.options.dry_run:
+            with lock:
+                result.created += 1
+                self.ctx.remap.record_planned("connector", src_id)
+            logger.info("[dry-run] would create connector '%s' src=%s", name, src_id)
+            return None
+
+        payload = build_post_payload(src, self._writable)
+        try:
+            tgt = self.ctx.target.create_connector(payload)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.exception("Failed to create connector %s: %s", name, e)
+            with lock:
+                result.failed += 1
+                result.errors.append(f"create {name}: {e}")
+            return None
+        with lock:
+            result.created += 1
+        logger.info(
+            "created connector '%s' src=%s -> tgt=%s",
+            name,
+            src_id,
+            tgt["id"],
+        )
+        return tgt
diff --git a/src/unstract/clone/phases/custom_tool.py b/src/unstract/clone/phases/custom_tool.py
index 84d3f6d..10e2312 100644
--- a/src/unstract/clone/phases/custom_tool.py
+++ b/src/unstract/clone/phases/custom_tool.py
@@ -300,9 +300,7 @@ def _remap_prompts(
                 if tgt_pid:
                     self.ctx.remap.record("prompt", sp["prompt_id"], tgt_pid)
 
-    def _record_planned_prompts(
-        self, src_tool_id: str, lock: threading.Lock
-    ) -> None:
+    def _record_planned_prompts(self, src_tool_id: str, lock: threading.Lock) -> None:
         """Dry-run: record a planned prompt remap per source prompt so
         prompt-scoped phases can resolve their FK and plan-count.
         """
@@ -507,6 +505,11 @@ def _register_frictionless_skip(
             src_regs = []
         with lock:
             result.skipped += 1
+            result.warnings.append(
+                f"tool '{tool_name}' skipped — default profile references adapters "
+                f"not available to clone ({', '.join(missing_adapters)}); wire "
+                "equivalents on target and re-run"
+            )
             for reg in src_regs:
                 reg_id = reg.get("prompt_registry_id")
                 if reg_id:
diff --git a/src/unstract/clone/phases/workflow.py b/src/unstract/clone/phases/workflow.py
index e8b34b7..8f02e11 100644
--- a/src/unstract/clone/phases/workflow.py
+++ b/src/unstract/clone/phases/workflow.py
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@
 WORKFLOW_PATH = "workflow/"
 
 
+def _endpoint_connector_id(endpoint: dict[str, Any]) -> str | None:
+    """``connector_instance`` is a nested dict on the endpoint listing."""
+    ci = endpoint.get("connector_instance")
+    if isinstance(ci, dict):
+        return ci.get("id")
+    return ci if isinstance(ci, str) else None
+
+
 class WorkflowPhase(Phase):
     name = "workflow"
     share_path_template = "workflow/{id}/share/"
@@ -53,6 +61,7 @@ def run(self, report: CloneReport) -> PhaseResult:
 
         # Built once so per-workflow cascade-skip checks stay O(1).
         self._wf_to_src_tool_id = self._collect_wf_tool_map(result)
+        self._wf_to_connector_ids = self._collect_wf_connector_map()
 
         logger.info("Found %d workflow(s) in source org", len(src_workflows))
         self.parallel_map(
@@ -84,22 +93,67 @@ def _collect_wf_tool_map(self, result: PhaseResult) -> dict[str, str]:
                 mapping[wf_id] = tool_id
         return mapping
 
+    def _collect_wf_connector_map(self) -> dict[str, set[str]]:
+        """Map source workflow_id to the connector ids its endpoints use,
+        from a single bulk endpoint listing. Only built when connectors were
+        skipped, so dependent workflows can cascade-skip.
+        """
+        if not self.ctx.skipped_connector_ids:
+            return {}
+        try:
+            endpoints = self.ctx.source.list_workflow_endpoints()
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning(
+                "workflow phase: failed to list source endpoints for connector "
+                "cascade-skip (%s); proceeding without cascade",
+                e,
+            )
+            return {}
+        mapping: dict[str, set[str]] = {}
+        for ep in endpoints:
+            wf_id = ep.get("workflow")
+            conn_id = _endpoint_connector_id(ep)
+            if wf_id and conn_id:
+                mapping.setdefault(wf_id, set()).add(conn_id)
+        return mapping
+
     def _clone_one(
         self, src: dict[str, Any], result: PhaseResult, lock: threading.Lock
     ) -> None:
         name = src["workflow_name"]
         src_id = src["id"]
 
+        # Collect every blocking dependency before skipping, so a workflow
+        # held up by both a skipped tool and a skipped connector reports both
+        # reasons in one pass rather than one per re-run.
+        skip_reasons: list[str] = []
         src_tool_id = self._wf_to_src_tool_id.get(src_id)
         if src_tool_id and src_tool_id in self.ctx.skipped_custom_tool_registry_ids:
+            skip_reasons.append(
+                "its tool was skipped (frictionless adapter); wire equivalents "
+                "on target and re-run"
+            )
+        skipped_conns = (
+            self._wf_to_connector_ids.get(src_id, set())
+            & self.ctx.skipped_connector_ids
+        )
+        if skipped_conns:
+            skip_reasons.append(
+                "depends on un-clonable connector(s) "
+                f"({', '.join(sorted(skipped_conns))}); provision them on target "
+                "with the same name and re-run"
+            )
+        if skip_reasons:
             logger.warning(
-                "skipping workflow '%s' src=%s — its tool was skipped in "
-                "custom_tool phase (frictionless adapter dependence)",
+                "skipping workflow '%s' src=%s — %s",
                 name,
                 src_id,
+                "; ".join(skip_reasons),
             )
             with lock:
                 result.skipped += 1
+                for reason in skip_reasons:
+                    result.warnings.append(f"workflow '{name}' skipped — {reason}")
             return
 
         try:
diff --git a/tests/clone/test_connector_phase.py b/tests/clone/test_connector_phase.py
index 78de5f2..5fe3abb 100644
--- a/tests/clone/test_connector_phase.py
+++ b/tests/clone/test_connector_phase.py
@@ -116,12 +116,14 @@ def test_redacted_metadata_connector_skipped():
     assert result.created == 0
     assert tgt.posts == []
     assert ctx.remap.resolve("connector", "src-ucs") is None
+    # Recorded for downstream cascade-skip + surfaced in the report.
+    assert ctx.skipped_connector_ids == {"src-ucs"}
+    assert any("User Storage" in w for w in result.warnings)
 
 
-def test_oauth_connector_skipped_before_post():
-    """OAuth-backed connectors (metadata carries access_token/refresh_token)
-    would fail target POST with OAuthTimeOut — skip ahead of POST so the
-    operator re-authorises post-clone.
+def test_oauth_connector_skipped_when_no_target_match():
+    """OAuth-backed connectors can't be recreated (credentials can't be cloned)
+    and aren't on the target yet — skip, record for cascade, warn.
     """
     oauth = _src("src-gdrive", "Unstract's google drive")
     oauth["connector_metadata"] = {
@@ -141,6 +143,41 @@ def test_oauth_connector_skipped_before_post():
     assert result.failed == 0
     assert tgt.posts == []
     assert ctx.remap.resolve("connector", "src-gdrive") is None
+    assert ctx.skipped_connector_ids == {"src-gdrive"}
+    assert any("OAuth" in w for w in result.warnings)
+
+
+def test_oauth_connector_adopted_when_target_exists():
+    """The recovery path: operator provisioned a same-name connector on the
+    target (where OAuth completes), so a re-run adopts it instead of skipping —
+    populating the remap so dependent endpoints wire.
+    """
+    oauth = _src("src-gdrive", "Unstract's google drive")
+    oauth["connector_metadata"] = {
+        "provider": "google-oauth2",
+        "access_token": "ya29.src-access",
+        "refresh_token": "1//src-refresh",
+    }
+    src = FakeClient([oauth])
+    tgt = FakeClient(
+        [
+            {
+                "id": "tgt-gdrive",
+                "connector_id": "gdrive|abc",
+                "connector_name": "Unstract's google drive",
+                "connector_type": "INPUT",
+                "connector_metadata": {"refresh_token": "1//tgt-refresh"},
+            }
+        ]
+    )
+    ctx = _ctx(src, tgt, on_name_conflict="adopt")
+
+    result = ConnectorPhase(ctx).run(CloneReport())
+
+    assert result.adopted == 1
+    assert result.skipped == 0
+    assert ctx.skipped_connector_ids == set()
+    assert ctx.remap.resolve("connector", "src-gdrive") == "tgt-gdrive"
 
 
 def test_idempotency_zero_creates_on_rerun():
diff --git a/tests/clone/test_workflow_phase.py b/tests/clone/test_workflow_phase.py
index e12bb3a..51a1e5f 100644
--- a/tests/clone/test_workflow_phase.py
+++ b/tests/clone/test_workflow_phase.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 from unstract.clone.phases.workflow import WorkflowPhase
 from unstract.clone.report import CloneReport
 
-
 WORKFLOW_POST_SCHEMA = frozenset(
     {
         "workflow_name",
@@ -42,6 +41,7 @@ def __init__(self, workflows: list[dict] | None = None):
         self.workflows: list[dict] = list(workflows or [])
         self.posts: list[dict] = []
         self.tool_instances: list[dict] = []
+        self.endpoints: list[dict] = []
         self._next_id = 1
 
     def get_post_schema(self, entity_path: str) -> frozenset[str]:
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ def list_tool_instances(self, *, workflow_id: str | None = None) -> list[dict]:
             return list(self.tool_instances)
         return [ti for ti in self.tool_instances if ti.get("workflow") == workflow_id]
 
+    def list_workflow_endpoints(self, *, workflow_id: str | None = None) -> list[dict]:
+        if workflow_id is None:
+            return list(self.endpoints)
+        return [e for e in self.endpoints if e.get("workflow") == workflow_id]
+
     def create_workflow(self, payload: dict) -> dict:
         new = dict(payload)
         new["id"] = f"tgt-{self._next_id:08d}-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
@@ -132,9 +137,7 @@ def test_happy_path_creates_workflow_and_remaps_connector_uuids():
 
 def test_idempotent_rerun_adopts_existing_workflow():
     src = FakeClient([_src("wf-src-1", "Invoice ETL")])
-    tgt = FakeClient(
-        [{"id": "wf-tgt-pre", "workflow_name": "Invoice ETL"}]
-    )
+    tgt = FakeClient([{"id": "wf-tgt-pre", "workflow_name": "Invoice ETL"}])
     ctx = _ctx(src, tgt, on_name_conflict="adopt")
 
     result = WorkflowPhase(ctx).run(CloneReport())
@@ -163,9 +166,7 @@ def test_dry_run_predicts_create_without_writing():
 
 def test_abort_on_name_conflict_raises():
     src = FakeClient([_src("wf-src-1", "Invoice ETL")])
-    tgt = FakeClient(
-        [{"id": "wf-tgt-pre", "workflow_name": "Invoice ETL"}]
-    )
+    tgt = FakeClient([{"id": "wf-tgt-pre", "workflow_name": "Invoice ETL"}])
     ctx = _ctx(src, tgt, on_name_conflict="abort")
 
     with pytest.raises(NameConflictError):
@@ -194,3 +195,66 @@ def test_cascade_skip_when_workflow_tool_was_skipped():
     assert [p["workflow_name"] for p in tgt.posts] == ["OK WF"]
     assert ctx.remap.resolve("workflow", "wf-skipped") is None
     assert ctx.remap.resolve("workflow", "wf-ok") is not None
+    assert any("its tool was skipped" in w for w in result.warnings)
+
+
+def test_dual_skip_reports_both_tool_and_connector_reasons():
+    """A workflow blocked by both a skipped tool and a skipped connector
+    surfaces both reasons in one pass, not one per re-run.
+    """
+    skipped_reg = "skipped-registry-id"
+    skipped_conn = "oauth-conn-id"
+    src = FakeClient([_src("wf-both", "Blocked WF")])
+    src.tool_instances = [{"workflow": "wf-both", "tool_id": skipped_reg}]
+    src.endpoints = [
+        {
+            "workflow": "wf-both",
+            "endpoint_type": "SOURCE",
+            "connector_instance": {"id": skipped_conn},
+        }
+    ]
+    tgt = FakeClient()
+    ctx = _ctx(src, tgt)
+    ctx.skipped_custom_tool_registry_ids.add(skipped_reg)
+    ctx.skipped_connector_ids.add(skipped_conn)
+
+    result = WorkflowPhase(ctx).run(CloneReport())
+
+    assert result.skipped == 1
+    assert tgt.posts == []
+    assert ctx.remap.resolve("workflow", "wf-both") is None
+    assert any("its tool was skipped" in w for w in result.warnings)
+    assert any("un-clonable connector" in w for w in result.warnings)
+
+
+def test_cascade_skip_when_endpoint_connector_skipped():
+    """Workflow whose endpoint uses an un-clonable (OAuth/redacted) connector
+    must not land on target — else its pipelines fail every run. Downstream
+    pipeline / api_deployment cascade off the missing workflow remap.
+    """
+    skipped_conn = "oauth-conn-id"
+    src = FakeClient([_src("wf-oauth", "Gdrive ETL"), _src("wf-ok", "OK WF")])
+    src.endpoints = [
+        {
+            "workflow": "wf-oauth",
+            "endpoint_type": "SOURCE",
+            "connector_instance": {"id": skipped_conn},
+        },
+        {
+            "workflow": "wf-ok",
+            "endpoint_type": "SOURCE",
+            "connector_instance": {"id": "good-conn"},
+        },
+    ]
+    tgt = FakeClient()
+    ctx = _ctx(src, tgt)
+    ctx.skipped_connector_ids.add(skipped_conn)
+
+    result = WorkflowPhase(ctx).run(CloneReport())
+
+    assert result.created == 1
+    assert result.skipped == 1
+    assert [p["workflow_name"] for p in tgt.posts] == ["OK WF"]
+    assert ctx.remap.resolve("workflow", "wf-oauth") is None
+    assert ctx.remap.resolve("workflow", "wf-ok") is not None
+    assert any("un-clonable" in w for w in result.warnings)