diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/telemetry/config-remote-sync-not-in-config/databricks.yml b/acceptance/bundle/telemetry/config-remote-sync-not-in-config/databricks.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cbfaea6e7eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/telemetry/config-remote-sync-not-in-config/databricks.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+bundle:
+  name: config-remote-sync-not-in-config
+
+resources:
+  jobs:
+    foo:
+      name: test job
+      tasks:
+        - task_key: main
+          notebook_task:
+            notebook_path: /Workspace/Users/tester@databricks.com/notebook
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/telemetry/config-remote-sync-not-in-config/out.test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/telemetry/config-remote-sync-not-in-config/out.test.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aadf9e4a151
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/telemetry/config-remote-sync-not-in-config/out.test.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Cloud = false
+GOOS.windows = false
+EnvMatrix.DMS = [""]
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/telemetry/config-remote-sync-not-in-config/output.txt b/acceptance/bundle/telemetry/config-remote-sync-not-in-config/output.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..66f437595af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/telemetry/config-remote-sync-not-in-config/output.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+
+>>> [CLI] bundle deploy
+Uploading bundle files to /Workspace/Users/[USERNAME]/.bundle/config-remote-sync-not-in-config/default/files...
+Created jobs.foo
+Files: 1 uploaded, 0 deleted
+Resources: 1 created, 0 changed, 0 deleted, 0 unchanged
+
+>>> [CLI] bundle config-remote-sync --select-ids jobs:[FOO_ID] -o json
+{
+  "status": "failed",
+  "error": "deployed resources missing from the bundle configuration (renamed or removed since the last deploy): resources.jobs.foo",
+  "errorCode": "RESOURCE_NOT_IN_CONFIG",
+  "files": null,
+  "changes": {}
+}
+
+>>> cat [OUTPUT_DIR]/out.requests.txt
+{
+  "error_message": "deployed resources missing from the bundle configuration (renamed or removed since the last deploy): resources.jobs.foo",
+  "error_category": "RESOURCE_NOT_IN_CONFIG"
+}
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/telemetry/config-remote-sync-not-in-config/script b/acceptance/bundle/telemetry/config-remote-sync-not-in-config/script
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cfb98fa135a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/telemetry/config-remote-sync-not-in-config/script
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+trace $CLI bundle deploy
+job_id="$(read_id.py foo)"
+
+# The deployed job's key is renamed locally, so the config no longer has it.
+update_file.py databricks.yml "    foo:" "    bar:"
+
+trace $CLI bundle config-remote-sync --select-ids "jobs:$job_id" -o json
+
+trace cat "$OUT_REQUESTS" | jq 'select(has("path") and .path == "/telemetry-ext") | .body.protoLogs[] | fromjson | .entry.databricks_cli_log.bundle_config_remote_sync_event | select(. != null) | {error_message, error_category}'
+
+rm "$OUT_REQUESTS"
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/telemetry/config-remote-sync-not-in-config/test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/telemetry/config-remote-sync-not-in-config/test.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..97b2a8e4d49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/telemetry/config-remote-sync-not-in-config/test.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# config-remote-sync is not supported on Windows.
+GOOS.windows = false
diff --git a/bundle/configsync/output.go b/bundle/configsync/output.go
index ac6e81bd66c..52fbeb4ab40 100644
--- a/bundle/configsync/output.go
+++ b/bundle/configsync/output.go
@@ -33,10 +33,11 @@ const (
 
 // DiffOutput represents the complete output of the config-remote-sync command
 type DiffOutput struct {
-	Status  SyncStatus   `json:"status"`
-	Error   string       `json:"error,omitempty"`
-	Files   []FileChange `json:"files"`
-	Changes Changes      `json:"changes"`
+	Status    SyncStatus                                 `json:"status"`
+	Error     string                                     `json:"error,omitempty"`
+	ErrorCode protos.BundleConfigRemoteSyncErrorCategory `json:"errorCode,omitempty"`
+	Files     []FileChange                               `json:"files"`
+	Changes   Changes                                    `json:"changes"`
 }
 
 // WriteResult renders the result and records the error payload on stats for
@@ -45,6 +46,8 @@ type DiffOutput struct {
 // returns the error so the CLI still fails loudly for humans.
 func WriteResult(out io.Writer, jsonOutput bool, stats *Stats, files []FileChange, changes Changes, err error) error {
 	status := StatusSuccess
+	// Read before the fallback below so unclassified errors carry no code.
+	errorCode := stats.ErrorCategory
 	if err != nil {
 		if stats.ErrorCategory == "" {
 			stats.ErrorCategory = protos.BundleConfigRemoteSyncErrorCategoryBundleLoadFailed
@@ -74,6 +77,7 @@ func WriteResult(out io.Writer, jsonOutput bool, stats *Stats, files []FileChang
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		output.Error = err.Error()
+		output.ErrorCode = errorCode
 	}
 	result, marshalErr := json.MarshalIndent(output, "", "  ")
 	if marshalErr != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/bundle/config_remote_sync.go b/cmd/bundle/config_remote_sync.go
index 51f418f9180..b49750ea5d7 100644
--- a/cmd/bundle/config_remote_sync.go
+++ b/cmd/bundle/config_remote_sync.go
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ import (
 	"maps"
 	"runtime"
 	"slices"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/bundle"
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/bundle/configsync"
+	"github.com/databricks/cli/bundle/deployplan"
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/bundle/statemgmt"
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/cmd/bundle/utils"
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/cmd/root"
@@ -121,6 +123,18 @@ Examples:
 					if err != nil {
 						return err
 					}
+					// A selected resource planned as a delete was renamed or removed in the
+					// config, so its remote changes have nowhere to be written back.
+					var missing []string
+					for _, key := range selected {
+						if plan.Plan[key].Action == deployplan.Delete {
+							missing = append(missing, key)
+						}
+					}
+					if len(missing) > 0 {
+						stats.ErrorCategory = protos.BundleConfigRemoteSyncErrorCategoryResourceNotInConfig
+						return fmt.Errorf("deployed resources missing from the bundle configuration (renamed or removed since the last deploy): %s", strings.Join(missing, ", "))
+					}
 					detected = configsync.FilterChanges(detected, selected)
 				}
 
diff --git a/libs/telemetry/protos/bundle_config_remote_sync.go b/libs/telemetry/protos/bundle_config_remote_sync.go
index 40ff54ddd98..678198514bc 100644
--- a/libs/telemetry/protos/bundle_config_remote_sync.go
+++ b/libs/telemetry/protos/bundle_config_remote_sync.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ const (
 	BundleConfigRemoteSyncErrorCategoryYamlApplyFailed     BundleConfigRemoteSyncErrorCategory = "YAML_APPLY_FAILED"
 	BundleConfigRemoteSyncErrorCategorySaveFailed          BundleConfigRemoteSyncErrorCategory = "SAVE_FAILED"
 	BundleConfigRemoteSyncErrorCategoryOutputFailed        BundleConfigRemoteSyncErrorCategory = "OUTPUT_FAILED"
+	BundleConfigRemoteSyncErrorCategoryResourceNotInConfig BundleConfigRemoteSyncErrorCategory = "RESOURCE_NOT_IN_CONFIG"
 )
 
 // BundleConfigRemoteSyncEvent is emitted on every execution of the
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ const (
 //
 // All fields are aggregate counts, booleans, or system-defined categories.
 // No resource names, keys, field paths, file paths, or configuration values
-// are logged.
+// are logged outside ErrorMessage.
 type BundleConfigRemoteSyncEvent struct {
 	// Whether the command was invoked with --save (config files written to
 	// disk) as opposed to diff-only mode.