diff --git a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/register.go b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/register.go
index ffe315f63b6..472f0a088ec 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/register.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apis/provisioning/register.go
@@ -355,7 +355,11 @@ func (b *APIBuilder) GetAuthorizer() authorizer.Authorizer {
 					} else {
 						return authorizer.DecisionDeny, "editor role is required", nil
 					}
-
+				case "status":
+					if id.GetOrgRole().Includes(identity.RoleViewer) && a.GetVerb() == apiutils.VerbGet {
+						return authorizer.DecisionAllow, "", nil
+					}
+					return authorizer.DecisionDeny, "users cannot update the status of a repository", nil
 				default:
 					if id.GetIsGrafanaAdmin() {
 						return authorizer.DecisionAllow, "", nil
diff --git a/public/app/features/provisioning/Wizard/ProvisioningWizard.test.tsx b/public/app/features/provisioning/Wizard/ProvisioningWizard.test.tsx
index 3fe7eeb57dc..e6d46be3471 100644
--- a/public/app/features/provisioning/Wizard/ProvisioningWizard.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/provisioning/Wizard/ProvisioningWizard.test.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   useCreateRepositoryJobsMutation,
   useGetFrontendSettingsQuery,
   useGetRepositoryFilesQuery,
+  useGetRepositoryStatusQuery,
   useGetResourceStatsQuery,
 } from 'app/api/clients/provisioning/v0alpha1';
 
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ jest.mock('app/api/clients/provisioning/v0alpha1', () => ({
   ...jest.requireActual('app/api/clients/provisioning/v0alpha1'),
   useGetFrontendSettingsQuery: jest.fn(),
   useGetRepositoryFilesQuery: jest.fn(),
+  useGetRepositoryStatusQuery: jest.fn(),
   useGetResourceStatsQuery: jest.fn(),
   useCreateRepositoryJobsMutation: jest.fn(),
 }));
@@ -43,6 +45,9 @@ const mockUseGetFrontendSettingsQuery = useGetFrontendSettingsQuery as jest.Mock
 const mockUseGetRepositoryFilesQuery = useGetRepositoryFilesQuery as jest.MockedFunction<
   typeof useGetRepositoryFilesQuery
 >;
+const mockUseGetRepositoryStatusQuery = useGetRepositoryStatusQuery as jest.MockedFunction<
+  typeof useGetRepositoryStatusQuery
+>;
 const mockUseGetResourceStatsQuery = useGetResourceStatsQuery as jest.MockedFunction<typeof useGetResourceStatsQuery>;
 const mockUseCreateRepositoryJobsMutation = useCreateRepositoryJobsMutation as jest.MockedFunction<
   typeof useCreateRepositoryJobsMutation
@@ -131,6 +136,23 @@ describe('ProvisioningWizard', () => {
       refetch: jest.fn(),
     });
 
+    mockUseGetRepositoryStatusQuery.mockReturnValue({
+      data: {
+        status: {
+          health: {
+            healthy: true,
+            checked: true,
+            message: '',
+          },
+        },
+      },
+      isLoading: false,
+      isFetching: false,
+      isError: false,
+      error: null,
+      refetch: jest.fn(),
+    });
+
     mockUseGetResourceStatsQuery.mockReturnValue({
       data: {
         instance: [],
diff --git a/public/app/features/provisioning/Wizard/SynchronizeStep.tsx b/public/app/features/provisioning/Wizard/SynchronizeStep.tsx
index 09ab5ff7a24..3e7a70292e6 100644
--- a/public/app/features/provisioning/Wizard/SynchronizeStep.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/provisioning/Wizard/SynchronizeStep.tsx
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ export function SynchronizeStep({ isLegacyStorage, onCancel, isCancelling }: Syn
     message: repositoryHealthMessages,
     checked,
   } = repositoryStatusQuery?.data?.status?.health || {};
-  const isButtonDisabled = checked !== undefined && isRepositoryHealthy === false;
+
+  const hasError = repositoryStatusQuery.isError;
+  const isButtonDisabled = hasError || (checked !== undefined && isRepositoryHealthy === false);
 
   const startSynchronization = async () => {
     const [history] = getValues(['migrate.history']);
@@ -65,7 +67,18 @@ export function SynchronizeStep({ isLegacyStorage, onCancel, isCancelling }: Syn
           to the repository and provisioned back into the instance.
         </Trans>
       </Text>
-      {repositoryHealthMessages && !isRepositoryHealthy && (
+      {hasError && (
+        <ProvisioningAlert
+          error={{
+            title: t('provisioning.synchronize-step.repository-error', 'Repository error'),
+            message: t(
+              'provisioning.synchronize-step.repository-error-message',
+              'Unable to check repository status. Please verify the repository configuration and try again.'
+            ),
+          }}
+        />
+      )}
+      {repositoryHealthMessages && !isRepositoryHealthy && !hasError && (
         <ProvisioningAlert
           error={{
             title: t(
@@ -134,7 +147,7 @@ export function SynchronizeStep({ isLegacyStorage, onCancel, isCancelling }: Syn
       )}
 
       <Field noMargin>
-        {isRepositoryHealthy === false ? (
+        {hasError || isRepositoryHealthy === false ? (
           <Button variant="destructive" onClick={() => onCancel?.(repoName)} disabled={isCancelling}>
             {isCancelling ? (
               <Trans i18nKey="provisioning.wizard.button-cancelling">Cancelling...</Trans>
diff --git a/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json b/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
index c82c89e0a68..02c07532b81 100644
--- a/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
+++ b/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
@@ -11674,6 +11674,8 @@
       "tooltip-unhealthy-repository": "Unable to pull an unhealthy repository"
     },
     "synchronize-step": {
+      "repository-error": "Repository error",
+      "repository-error-message": "Unable to check repository status. Please verify the repository configuration and try again.",
       "repository-unhealthy": "The repository cannot be synchronized. Cancel provisioning and try again once the issue has been resolved. See details below.",
       "synchronization-description": "Include commits for each historical value",
       "synchronization-options": "Synchronization options"