diff --git a/providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/log/stackdriver_task_handler.py b/providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/log/stackdriver_task_handler.py
index 6c1772a88490c..1f1d6c6bbbf08 100644
--- a/providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/log/stackdriver_task_handler.py
+++ b/providers/google/src/airflow/providers/google/cloud/log/stackdriver_task_handler.py
@@ -219,7 +219,14 @@ def proc(
                 if map_index := event.get("map_index"):
                     labels["map_index"] = str(map_index)
 
-            _transport.send(record, str(msg.get("event", "")), resource=self.resource, labels=labels)
+            try:
+                _transport.send(record, str(msg.get("event", "")), resource=self.resource, labels=labels)
+            except Exception:
+                # Cloud Logging unavailable / IAM glitch / gRPC error. This processor runs for
+                # every supervised component (scheduler, dag-processor, triggerer, workers), so
+                # letting this propagate would crash the whole process on a logging
+                # misconfiguration. Log delivery is best-effort; degrade gracefully instead.
+                _logger.warning("Failed to send log entry to Cloud Logging", exc_info=True)
             return event
 
         return (proc,)
diff --git a/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/log/test_stackdriver_task_handler.py b/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/log/test_stackdriver_task_handler.py
index c66ff24421b9d..922b3c8a6402f 100644
--- a/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/log/test_stackdriver_task_handler.py
+++ b/providers/google/tests/unit/google/cloud/log/test_stackdriver_task_handler.py
@@ -367,6 +367,35 @@ def test_processors_sends_to_transport(self, mock_client, mock_get_creds_and_pro
         record = mock_transport.send.call_args[0][0]
         assert record.levelno == logging.INFO
 
+    @pytest.mark.skipif(not AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS, reason="airflow.sdk.log only exists in Airflow 3+")
+    @mock.patch("airflow.providers.google.cloud.log.stackdriver_task_handler.get_credentials_and_project_id")
+    @mock.patch("airflow.providers.google.cloud.log.stackdriver_task_handler.gcp_logging.Client")
+    def test_processors_survives_transport_send_failure(self, mock_client, mock_get_creds_and_project_id):
+        """A Cloud Logging IAM/gRPC error must not propagate out of the log processor.
+
+        This processor runs for every supervised component (scheduler, dag-processor,
+        triggerer, workers); letting a transport error propagate would crash the whole
+        process on a logging misconfiguration.
+        """
+        mock_get_creds_and_project_id.return_value = ("creds", "project_id")
+
+        mock_transport_type = mock.MagicMock()
+        mock_transport_type.return_value.send.side_effect = Exception("IAM permission denied")
+        with mock.patch("airflow.sdk.log.relative_path_from_logger", return_value="dag/task/1.log"):
+            io = StackdriverRemoteLogIO(
+                base_log_folder=self.local_log_location,
+                gcp_log_name="airflow",
+                transport_type=mock_transport_type,
+            )
+            proc = io.processors[0]
+
+            event = {"event": "hello world", "logger_name": "airflow.task"}
+            # Must not raise, despite transport.send() failing.
+            result = proc(mock.MagicMock(), "info", event)
+
+        assert result is event
+        mock_transport_type.return_value.send.assert_called_once()
+
     @pytest.mark.skipif(not AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS, reason="airflow.sdk.log only exists in Airflow 3+")
     @mock.patch("airflow.providers.google.cloud.log.stackdriver_task_handler.get_credentials_and_project_id")
     @mock.patch("airflow.providers.google.cloud.log.stackdriver_task_handler.gcp_logging.Client")