diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7862488433735b..4f294b22f7901e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ In the future, we will probably offer a way to explicitly choose which behaviour
 - console: add custom_column_names to track_table request with replaced invalid characters (#992)
 - console: add details button to the success notification to see inserted row
 - console: add request preview for REST endpoints
+- cli: fix errors being ignored during `metadata apply` in config v3 (fix #6784)
 
 ## v2.0.0-alpha.7
 
diff --git a/cli/commands/metadata.go b/cli/commands/metadata.go
index 11defc5fe0ab08..d11ba55bc33b5d 100644
--- a/cli/commands/metadata.go
+++ b/cli/commands/metadata.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package commands
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+
 	"github.com/hasura/graphql-engine/cli"
 	"github.com/hasura/graphql-engine/cli/internal/metadataobject"
 	"github.com/hasura/graphql-engine/cli/internal/scripts"
@@ -92,8 +94,9 @@ func executeMetadata(cmd string, ec *cli.ExecutionContext) error {
 			}
 			return nil
 		}
-
-		metadataHandler.V2ApplyMetadata()
+		if err := metadataHandler.V2ApplyMetadata(); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("\n%w", err)
+		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }