diff --git a/subcmds/sync.py b/subcmds/sync.py
index 582bd05..f950031 100644
--- a/subcmds/sync.py
+++ b/subcmds/sync.py
@@ -975,9 +975,6 @@
                 sync_event.set()
                 sync_progress_thread.join()
 
-        self._fetch_times.Save()
-        self._local_sync_state.Save()
-
         if not self.outer_client.manifest.IsArchive:
             self._GCProjects(projects, opt, err_event)
 
@@ -1003,53 +1000,58 @@
         to_fetch.extend(all_projects)
         to_fetch.sort(key=self._fetch_times.Get, reverse=True)
 
-        result = self._Fetch(to_fetch, opt, err_event, ssh_proxy, errors)
-        success = result.success
-        fetched = result.projects
-        if not success:
-            err_event.set()
-
-        if opt.network_only:
-            # Bail out now; the rest touches the working tree.
-            if err_event.is_set():
-                e = SyncError(
-                    "error: Exited sync due to fetch errors.",
-                    aggregate_errors=errors,
-                )
-
-                logger.error(e)
-                raise e
-            return _FetchMainResult([])
-
-        # Iteratively fetch missing and/or nested unregistered submodules.
-        previously_missing_set = set()
-        while True:
-            self._ReloadManifest(None, manifest)
-            all_projects = self.GetProjects(
-                args,
-                missing_ok=True,
-                submodules_ok=opt.fetch_submodules,
-                manifest=manifest,
-                all_manifests=not opt.this_manifest_only,
-            )
-            missing = []
-            for project in all_projects:
-                if project.gitdir not in fetched:
-                    missing.append(project)
-            if not missing:
-                break
-            # Stop us from non-stopped fetching actually-missing repos: If set
-            # of missing repos has not been changed from last fetch, we break.
-            missing_set = {p.name for p in missing}
-            if previously_missing_set == missing_set:
-                break
-            previously_missing_set = missing_set
-            result = self._Fetch(missing, opt, err_event, ssh_proxy, errors)
+        try:
+            result = self._Fetch(to_fetch, opt, err_event, ssh_proxy, errors)
             success = result.success
-            new_fetched = result.projects
+            fetched = result.projects
             if not success:
                 err_event.set()
-            fetched.update(new_fetched)
+
+            if opt.network_only:
+                # Bail out now; the rest touches the working tree.
+                if err_event.is_set():
+                    e = SyncError(
+                        "error: Exited sync due to fetch errors.",
+                        aggregate_errors=errors,
+                    )
+
+                    logger.error(e)
+                    raise e
+                return _FetchMainResult([])
+
+            # Iteratively fetch missing and/or nested unregistered submodules.
+            previously_missing_set = set()
+            while True:
+                self._ReloadManifest(None, manifest)
+                all_projects = self.GetProjects(
+                    args,
+                    missing_ok=True,
+                    submodules_ok=opt.fetch_submodules,
+                    manifest=manifest,
+                    all_manifests=not opt.this_manifest_only,
+                )
+                missing = []
+                for project in all_projects:
+                    if project.gitdir not in fetched:
+                        missing.append(project)
+                if not missing:
+                    break
+                # Stop us from non-stopped fetching actually-missing repos: If
+                # set of missing repos has not been changed from last fetch, we
+                # break.
+                missing_set = {p.name for p in missing}
+                if previously_missing_set == missing_set:
+                    break
+                previously_missing_set = missing_set
+                result = self._Fetch(missing, opt, err_event, ssh_proxy, errors)
+                success = result.success
+                new_fetched = result.projects
+                if not success:
+                    err_event.set()
+                fetched.update(new_fetched)
+        finally:
+            self._fetch_times.Save()
+            self._local_sync_state.Save()
 
         return _FetchMainResult(all_projects)
 
@@ -2491,107 +2493,120 @@
         sync_event = _threading.Event()
         sync_progress_thread = self._CreateSyncProgressThread(pm, sync_event)
 
-        with multiprocessing.Manager() as manager, ssh.ProxyManager(
-            manager
-        ) as ssh_proxy:
-            ssh_proxy.sock()
-            with self.ParallelContext():
-                self.get_parallel_context()["ssh_proxy"] = ssh_proxy
-                # TODO(gavinmak): Use multprocessing.Queue instead of dict.
-                self.get_parallel_context()[
-                    "sync_dict"
-                ] = multiprocessing.Manager().dict()
-                sync_progress_thread.start()
+        try:
+            with multiprocessing.Manager() as manager, ssh.ProxyManager(
+                manager
+            ) as ssh_proxy:
+                ssh_proxy.sock()
+                with self.ParallelContext():
+                    self.get_parallel_context()["ssh_proxy"] = ssh_proxy
+                    # TODO(gavinmak): Use multprocessing.Queue instead of dict.
+                    self.get_parallel_context()[
+                        "sync_dict"
+                    ] = multiprocessing.Manager().dict()
+                    sync_progress_thread.start()
 
-                try:
-                    # Outer loop for dynamic project discovery. This continues
-                    # until no unsynced projects remain.
-                    while True:
-                        projects_to_sync = [
-                            p
-                            for p in project_list
-                            if p.relpath not in finished_relpaths
-                        ]
-                        if not projects_to_sync:
-                            break
+                    try:
+                        # Outer loop for dynamic project discovery. This
+                        # continues until no unsynced projects remain.
+                        while True:
+                            projects_to_sync = [
+                                p
+                                for p in project_list
+                                if p.relpath not in finished_relpaths
+                            ]
+                            if not projects_to_sync:
+                                break
 
-                        pending_relpaths = {p.relpath for p in projects_to_sync}
-                        if previously_pending_relpaths == pending_relpaths:
-                            stalled_projects_str = "\n".join(
-                                f" - {path}"
-                                for path in sorted(list(pending_relpaths))
-                            )
-                            logger.error(
-                                "The following projects failed and could not "
-                                "be synced:\n%s",
-                                stalled_projects_str,
-                            )
-                            err_event.set()
-                            break
-                        previously_pending_relpaths = pending_relpaths
-
-                        self.get_parallel_context()[
-                            "projects"
-                        ] = projects_to_sync
-                        project_index_map = {
-                            p: i for i, p in enumerate(projects_to_sync)
-                        }
-
-                        # Inner loop to process projects in a hierarchical
-                        # order. This iterates through levels of project
-                        # dependencies (e.g. 'foo' then 'foo/bar'). All projects
-                        # in one level can be processed in parallel, but we must
-                        # wait for a level to complete before starting the next.
-                        for level_projects in _SafeCheckoutOrder(
-                            projects_to_sync
-                        ):
-                            if not level_projects:
-                                continue
-
-                            objdir_project_map = collections.defaultdict(list)
-                            for p in level_projects:
-                                objdir_project_map[p.objdir].append(
-                                    project_index_map[p]
+                            pending_relpaths = {
+                                p.relpath for p in projects_to_sync
+                            }
+                            if previously_pending_relpaths == pending_relpaths:
+                                stalled_projects_str = "\n".join(
+                                    f" - {path}"
+                                    for path in sorted(list(pending_relpaths))
                                 )
-
-                            work_items = list(objdir_project_map.values())
-                            if not work_items:
-                                continue
-
-                            jobs = max(1, min(opt.jobs, len(work_items)))
-                            callback = functools.partial(
-                                self._ProcessSyncInterleavedResults,
-                                finished_relpaths,
-                                err_event,
-                                errors,
-                                opt,
-                            )
-                            if not self.ExecuteInParallel(
-                                jobs,
-                                functools.partial(self._SyncProjectList, opt),
-                                work_items,
-                                callback=callback,
-                                output=pm,
-                                chunksize=1,
-                                initializer=self.InitWorker,
-                            ):
+                                logger.error(
+                                    "The following projects failed and could "
+                                    "not be synced:\n%s",
+                                    stalled_projects_str,
+                                )
                                 err_event.set()
+                                break
+                            previously_pending_relpaths = pending_relpaths
 
-                            if err_event.is_set() and opt.fail_fast:
-                                raise SyncFailFastError(aggregate_errors=errors)
+                            self.get_parallel_context()[
+                                "projects"
+                            ] = projects_to_sync
+                            project_index_map = {
+                                p: i for i, p in enumerate(projects_to_sync)
+                            }
 
-                        self._ReloadManifest(None, manifest)
-                        project_list = self.GetProjects(
-                            args,
-                            missing_ok=True,
-                            submodules_ok=opt.fetch_submodules,
-                            manifest=manifest,
-                            all_manifests=not opt.this_manifest_only,
-                        )
-                        pm.update_total(len(project_list))
-                finally:
-                    sync_event.set()
-                    sync_progress_thread.join()
+                            # Inner loop to process projects in a hierarchical
+                            # order. This iterates through levels of project
+                            # dependencies (e.g. 'foo' then 'foo/bar'). All
+                            # projects in one level can be processed in
+                            # parallel, but we must wait for a level to complete
+                            # before starting the next.
+                            for level_projects in _SafeCheckoutOrder(
+                                projects_to_sync
+                            ):
+                                if not level_projects:
+                                    continue
+
+                                objdir_project_map = collections.defaultdict(
+                                    list
+                                )
+                                for p in level_projects:
+                                    objdir_project_map[p.objdir].append(
+                                        project_index_map[p]
+                                    )
+
+                                work_items = list(objdir_project_map.values())
+                                if not work_items:
+                                    continue
+
+                                jobs = max(1, min(opt.jobs, len(work_items)))
+                                callback = functools.partial(
+                                    self._ProcessSyncInterleavedResults,
+                                    finished_relpaths,
+                                    err_event,
+                                    errors,
+                                    opt,
+                                )
+                                if not self.ExecuteInParallel(
+                                    jobs,
+                                    functools.partial(
+                                        self._SyncProjectList, opt
+                                    ),
+                                    work_items,
+                                    callback=callback,
+                                    output=pm,
+                                    chunksize=1,
+                                    initializer=self.InitWorker,
+                                ):
+                                    err_event.set()
+
+                                if err_event.is_set() and opt.fail_fast:
+                                    raise SyncFailFastError(
+                                        aggregate_errors=errors
+                                    )
+
+                            self._ReloadManifest(None, manifest)
+                            project_list = self.GetProjects(
+                                args,
+                                missing_ok=True,
+                                submodules_ok=opt.fetch_submodules,
+                                manifest=manifest,
+                                all_manifests=not opt.this_manifest_only,
+                            )
+                            pm.update_total(len(project_list))
+                    finally:
+                        sync_event.set()
+                        sync_progress_thread.join()
+        finally:
+            self._fetch_times.Save()
+            self._local_sync_state.Save()
 
         pm.end()
 
@@ -2695,17 +2710,19 @@
                 self._saved = {}
 
     def Save(self):
-        if self._saved is None:
+        if not self._seen:
             return
 
+        self._Load()
+
         for name, t in self._seen.items():
             # Keep a moving average across the previous/current sync runs.
             old = self._saved.get(name, t)
-            self._seen[name] = (self._ALPHA * t) + ((1 - self._ALPHA) * old)
+            self._saved[name] = (self._ALPHA * t) + ((1 - self._ALPHA) * old)
 
         try:
             with open(self._path, "w") as f:
-                json.dump(self._seen, f, indent=2)
+                json.dump(self._saved, f, indent=2)
         except (OSError, TypeError):
             platform_utils.remove(self._path, missing_ok=True)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_subcmds_sync.py b/tests/test_subcmds_sync.py
index 6c9cc9a..6eb8a5a 100644
--- a/tests/test_subcmds_sync.py
+++ b/tests/test_subcmds_sync.py
@@ -681,6 +681,9 @@
         # Mock _GetCurrentBranchOnly for worker tests.
         mock.patch.object(sync.Sync, "_GetCurrentBranchOnly").start()
 
+        self.cmd._fetch_times = mock.Mock()
+        self.cmd._local_sync_state = mock.Mock()
+
     def tearDown(self):
         """Clean up resources."""
         shutil.rmtree(self.repodir)