blockchain/indexers: propagate index drop errors

diff --git a/blockchain/indexers/manager.go b/blockchain/indexers/manager.go
index f073005..8487b18 100644
--- a/blockchain/indexers/manager.go
+++ b/blockchain/indexers/manager.go
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ func dropIndex(db database.DB, idxKey []byte, idxName string, interrupt <-chan s
 		return subBucketClosure(dbTx, idxKey, nil)
 	})
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil
+		return err
 	}
 
 	// Iterate through each sub-bucket in reverse, deepest-first, deleting
diff --git a/blockchain/indexers/manager_test.go b/blockchain/indexers/manager_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..159bc83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blockchain/indexers/manager_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 The btcsuite developers
+// Use of this source code is governed by an ISC
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package indexers
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/database"
+	_ "github.com/btcsuite/btcd/database/ffldb"
+	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/wire/v2"
+)
+
+type bucketBase struct {
+	database.Bucket
+}
+
+// errorBucket wraps a database bucket and injects errors into operations used
+// while cataloging and deleting index buckets.
+type errorBucket struct {
+	bucketBase
+	forEachBucketErr error
+	deleteBucketErr  error
+}
+
+// Bucket returns a wrapped nested bucket that preserves error injection.
+func (b *errorBucket) Bucket(key []byte) database.Bucket {
+	bucket := b.bucketBase.Bucket.Bucket(key)
+	if bucket == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return &errorBucket{
+		bucketBase:       bucketBase{Bucket: bucket},
+		forEachBucketErr: b.forEachBucketErr,
+		deleteBucketErr:  b.deleteBucketErr,
+	}
+}
+
+// ForEachBucket returns the configured cataloging error when present.
+func (b *errorBucket) ForEachBucket(fn func(k []byte) error) error {
+	if b.forEachBucketErr != nil {
+		return b.forEachBucketErr
+	}
+
+	return b.bucketBase.Bucket.ForEachBucket(fn)
+}
+
+// DeleteBucket returns the configured bucket deletion error when present.
+func (b *errorBucket) DeleteBucket(key []byte) error {
+	if b.deleteBucketErr != nil {
+		return b.deleteBucketErr
+	}
+
+	return b.bucketBase.Bucket.DeleteBucket(key)
+}
+
+// errorTx wraps the metadata bucket of a database transaction so errors can
+// be injected into bucket operations.
+type errorTx struct {
+	database.Tx
+	forEachBucketErr error
+	deleteBucketErr  error
+}
+
+// Metadata returns the wrapped top-level metadata bucket.
+func (tx *errorTx) Metadata() database.Bucket {
+	return &errorBucket{
+		bucketBase:       bucketBase{Bucket: tx.Tx.Metadata()},
+		forEachBucketErr: tx.forEachBucketErr,
+		deleteBucketErr:  tx.deleteBucketErr,
+	}
+}
+
+// errorDB wraps all managed transactions with the configured error injector.
+type errorDB struct {
+	database.DB
+	forEachBucketErr error
+	deleteBucketErr  error
+}
+
+// View invokes the view function with an error-injecting transaction.
+func (db *errorDB) View(fn func(database.Tx) error) error {
+	return db.DB.View(func(tx database.Tx) error {
+		return fn(&errorTx{
+			Tx:               tx,
+			forEachBucketErr: db.forEachBucketErr,
+			deleteBucketErr:  db.deleteBucketErr,
+		})
+	})
+}
+
+// Update invokes the update function with an error-injecting transaction.
+func (db *errorDB) Update(fn func(database.Tx) error) error {
+	return db.DB.Update(func(tx database.Tx) error {
+		return fn(&errorTx{
+			Tx:               tx,
+			forEachBucketErr: db.forEachBucketErr,
+			deleteBucketErr:  db.deleteBucketErr,
+		})
+	})
+}
+
+// createDropIndexTestDB creates a database with the metadata required to drop
+// a test index.
+func createDropIndexTestDB(t *testing.T, idxKey []byte) database.DB {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	dbPath := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "blocks_ffldb")
+	db, err := database.Create("ffldb", dbPath, wire.MainNet)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unable to create test database: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		if err := db.Close(); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("unable to close test database: %v", err)
+		}
+	})
+
+	err = db.Update(func(tx database.Tx) error {
+		meta := tx.Metadata()
+		indexesBucket, err := meta.CreateBucket(indexTipsBucketName)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if err := indexesBucket.Put(idxKey, []byte{0x01}); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		_, err = meta.CreateBucket(idxKey)
+		return err
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unable to initialize test index: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	return db
+}
+
+// TestDropIndexCatalogError ensures errors encountered while cataloging index
+// buckets are returned to the caller.
+func TestDropIndexCatalogError(t *testing.T) {
+	idxKey := []byte("testidx")
+	testErr := errors.New("test catalog error")
+	db := &errorDB{
+		DB:               createDropIndexTestDB(t, idxKey),
+		forEachBucketErr: testErr,
+	}
+
+	err := dropIndex(db, idxKey, "test index", nil)
+	if !errors.Is(err, testErr) {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: got %v, want %v", err, testErr)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestDropIndexDeleteBucketError ensures errors encountered while deleting an
+// index bucket are returned to the caller.
+func TestDropIndexDeleteBucketError(t *testing.T) {
+	idxKey := []byte("testidx")
+	testErr := errors.New("test bucket deletion error")
+	db := &errorDB{
+		DB:              createDropIndexTestDB(t, idxKey),
+		deleteBucketErr: testErr,
+	}
+
+	err := dropIndex(db, idxKey, "test index", nil)
+	if !errors.Is(err, testErr) {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: got %v, want %v", err, testErr)
+	}
+}