diff --git a/pkg/workflow/action_resolver.go b/pkg/workflow/action_resolver.go
index 4d01b08683..33522f5351 100644
--- a/pkg/workflow/action_resolver.go
+++ b/pkg/workflow/action_resolver.go
@@ -13,13 +13,15 @@ var resolverLog = logger.New("workflow:action_resolver")
 
 // ActionResolver handles resolving action SHAs using GitHub CLI
 type ActionResolver struct {
-	cache *ActionCache
+	cache             *ActionCache
+	failedResolutions map[string]bool // tracks failed resolution attempts in current run (key: "repo@version")
 }
 
 // NewActionResolver creates a new action resolver
 func NewActionResolver(cache *ActionCache) *ActionResolver {
 	return &ActionResolver{
-		cache: cache,
+		cache:             cache,
+		failedResolutions: make(map[string]bool),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -28,6 +30,15 @@ func NewActionResolver(cache *ActionCache) *ActionResolver {
 func (r *ActionResolver) ResolveSHA(repo, version string) (string, error) {
 	resolverLog.Printf("Resolving SHA for action: %s@%s", repo, version)
 
+	// Create a cache key for tracking failed resolutions
+	cacheKey := formatActionCacheKey(repo, version)
+
+	// Check if we've already failed to resolve this action in this run
+	if r.failedResolutions[cacheKey] {
+		resolverLog.Printf("Skipping resolution for %s@%s: already failed in this run", repo, version)
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("previously failed to resolve %s@%s in this compilation run", repo, version)
+	}
+
 	// Check cache first
 	if sha, found := r.cache.Get(repo, version); found {
 		resolverLog.Printf("Cache hit for %s@%s: %s", repo, version, sha)
@@ -41,6 +52,9 @@ func (r *ActionResolver) ResolveSHA(repo, version string) (string, error) {
 	sha, err := r.resolveFromGitHub(repo, version)
 	if err != nil {
 		resolverLog.Printf("Failed to resolve %s@%s: %v", repo, version, err)
+		// Mark this resolution as failed for this compilation run
+		r.failedResolutions[cacheKey] = true
+		resolverLog.Printf("Marked %s as failed, will not retry in this run", cacheKey)
 		return "", err
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/workflow/action_resolver_test.go b/pkg/workflow/action_resolver_test.go
index e6aab7463c..f78fdc484d 100644
--- a/pkg/workflow/action_resolver_test.go
+++ b/pkg/workflow/action_resolver_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 package workflow
 
 import (
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/github/gh-aw/pkg/testutil"
@@ -65,5 +66,41 @@ func TestActionResolverCache(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestActionResolverFailedResolutionCache(t *testing.T) {
+	// Create a cache and resolver
+	tmpDir := testutil.TempDir(t, "test-*")
+	cache := NewActionCache(tmpDir)
+	resolver := NewActionResolver(cache)
+
+	// Attempt to resolve a non-existent action
+	// This will fail since we don't have a valid GitHub API connection in tests
+	repo := "nonexistent/action"
+	version := "v999.999.999"
+
+	// First attempt should try to resolve
+	_, err1 := resolver.ResolveSHA(repo, version)
+	if err1 == nil {
+		t.Error("Expected error for non-existent action on first attempt")
+	}
+
+	// Verify the failed resolution was tracked
+	cacheKey := formatActionCacheKey(repo, version)
+	if !resolver.failedResolutions[cacheKey] {
+		t.Errorf("Expected failed resolution to be tracked for %s", cacheKey)
+	}
+
+	// Second attempt should be skipped and return error immediately
+	_, err2 := resolver.ResolveSHA(repo, version)
+	if err2 == nil {
+		t.Error("Expected error for non-existent action on second attempt")
+	}
+
+	// Verify the error message indicates it was skipped
+	expectedErrMsg := "previously failed to resolve"
+	if !strings.Contains(err2.Error(), expectedErrMsg) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected error message to contain %q, got: %v", expectedErrMsg, err2)
+	}
+}
+
 // Note: Testing the actual GitHub API resolution requires network access
 // and is tested in integration tests or with network-dependent test tags