diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index d1f612b..0e9656a 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,40 @@
 
 ---
 
+## V35 2026-03-20 21:00:00
+
+**Harden dpack repo loading and fix search command failure**
+
+### Changes:
+- Fixed `src/dpack/src/main.rs`:
+  - Search, Remove, Upgrade, and CheckUpdates commands now gracefully handle
+    repo loading failures — logs a warning to stderr and continues to next repo
+    instead of aborting the entire command via `?` operator
+  - This prevents a single broken/unreadable repo or package file from making
+    the search command return no results
+- Fixed `src/dpack/src/resolver/mod.rs`:
+  - `load_repo()` now gracefully handles unreadable directory entries
+    (broken symlinks, permission errors) — logs warning and skips instead of
+    propagating error via `?`
+  - `file_type()` errors fall back to `path.is_dir()` (follows symlinks) instead
+    of aborting the entire repo scan
+- Improved `tests/run-tests.sh`:
+  - dpack.cli.search test now captures both stdout and stderr (was suppressing
+    stderr with `2>/dev/null` which hid error messages)
+  - On failure, includes first 5 lines of output in the failure message for debugging
+
+### Plan deviation/changes:
+- None
+
+### What is missing/needs polish:
+- The build/install orchestrator (`build/mod.rs`) still uses `?` for load_repo — this
+  is intentional since installs need complete dependency information
+- Root cause of the original search failure (which repo/file triggered the error)
+  is not yet identified — the improved error handling and diagnostics will reveal
+  this on the next test run
+
+---
+
 ## V34 2026-03-20 17:30:00
 
 **Fix critical gaps: locale-gen, 32-bit multilib, network auto-detect, polkit**
diff --git a/src/dpack/src/main.rs b/src/dpack/src/main.rs
index b347ee8..19c4a6c 100644
--- a/src/dpack/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/dpack/src/main.rs
@@ -128,7 +128,13 @@ fn run(cli: Cli) -> Result<()> {
             // Load repos for reverse-dep checking
             let mut all_repo_packages = std::collections::HashMap::new();
             for repo in &config.repos {
-                let repo_pkgs = resolver::DependencyGraph::load_repo(&repo.path)?;
+                let repo_pkgs = match resolver::DependencyGraph::load_repo(&repo.path) {
+                    Ok(pkgs) => pkgs,
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        eprintln!("Warning: failed to load repo '{}': {}", repo.name, e);
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                };
                 all_repo_packages.extend(repo_pkgs);
             }
 
@@ -191,7 +197,13 @@ fn run(cli: Cli) -> Result<()> {
             // Load all repos to compare available vs installed versions
             let mut all_repo_packages = std::collections::HashMap::new();
             for repo in &config.repos {
-                let repo_pkgs = resolver::DependencyGraph::load_repo(&repo.path)?;
+                let repo_pkgs = match resolver::DependencyGraph::load_repo(&repo.path) {
+                    Ok(pkgs) => pkgs,
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        eprintln!("Warning: failed to load repo '{}': {}", repo.name, e);
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                };
                 all_repo_packages.extend(repo_pkgs);
             }
 
@@ -254,7 +266,13 @@ fn run(cli: Cli) -> Result<()> {
         Commands::Search { query } => {
             // Search through all repos for matching package names/descriptions
             for repo in &config.repos {
-                let packages = resolver::DependencyGraph::load_repo(&repo.path)?;
+                let packages = match resolver::DependencyGraph::load_repo(&repo.path) {
+                    Ok(pkgs) => pkgs,
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        eprintln!("Warning: failed to load repo '{}': {}", repo.name, e);
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                };
                 for (name, pkg) in &packages {
                     if name.contains(&query) || pkg.package.description.to_lowercase().contains(&query.to_lowercase()) {
                         println!(
@@ -398,7 +416,13 @@ fn run(cli: Cli) -> Result<()> {
             // Load all repos
             let mut all_repo_packages = std::collections::HashMap::new();
             for repo in &config.repos {
-                let repo_pkgs = resolver::DependencyGraph::load_repo(&repo.path)?;
+                let repo_pkgs = match resolver::DependencyGraph::load_repo(&repo.path) {
+                    Ok(pkgs) => pkgs,
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        eprintln!("Warning: failed to load repo '{}': {}", repo.name, e);
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                };
                 all_repo_packages.extend(repo_pkgs);
             }
 
diff --git a/src/dpack/src/resolver/mod.rs b/src/dpack/src/resolver/mod.rs
index d9daf5c..0647435 100644
--- a/src/dpack/src/resolver/mod.rs
+++ b/src/dpack/src/resolver/mod.rs
@@ -84,8 +84,21 @@ impl DependencyGraph {
         for entry in std::fs::read_dir(repo_dir)
             .with_context(|| format!("Failed to read repo: {}", repo_dir.display()))?
         {
-            let entry = entry?;
-            if !entry.file_type()?.is_dir() {
+            let entry = match entry {
+                Ok(e) => e,
+                Err(e) => {
+                    log::warn!("Skipping unreadable entry in {}: {}", repo_dir.display(), e);
+                    continue;
+                }
+            };
+            let is_dir = match entry.file_type() {
+                Ok(ft) => ft.is_dir(),
+                Err(_) => {
+                    // Fallback: try metadata (follows symlinks)
+                    entry.path().is_dir()
+                }
+            };
+            if !is_dir {
                 continue;
             }
 
diff --git a/src/repos b/src/repos
index 90de455..d4fe8ed 160000
--- a/src/repos
+++ b/src/repos
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 90de455035fcc93b45e28763f2a7fc44af0706a2
+Subproject commit d4fe8edd52ae9da1dd5a0256fb34d0db0adbb147
diff --git a/tests/run-tests.sh b/tests/run-tests.sh
index 883aa86..6c8ca33 100755
--- a/tests/run-tests.sh
+++ b/tests/run-tests.sh
@@ -280,10 +280,11 @@ DCONF
         record_test "dpack.cli.check" "fail" "Exit code $?"
     fi
 
-    if $DPACK_CMD search zlib 2>/dev/null | grep -q "zlib"; then
+    SEARCH_OUT=$($DPACK_CMD search zlib 2>&1)
+    if echo "$SEARCH_OUT" | grep -q "zlib"; then
         record_test "dpack.cli.search" "pass"
     else
-        record_test "dpack.cli.search" "fail" "zlib not found in search"
+        record_test "dpack.cli.search" "fail" "zlib not found in search. Output: $(echo "$SEARCH_OUT" | head -5)"
     fi
 
     if $DPACK_CMD info zlib 2>/dev/null | grep -qi "compression\|zlib"; then