diff --git a/homeassistant/components/intent/timers.py b/homeassistant/components/intent/timers.py
index 9b4524cf9b0c..a8ec6b70f5e4 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/intent/timers.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/intent/timers.py
@@ -457,20 +457,8 @@ class TimerManager:
         timer.finish()
 
         if timer.conversation_command:
-            from homeassistant.components.conversation import (  # noqa: PLC0415
-                async_converse,
-            )
-
             self.hass.async_create_background_task(
-                async_converse(
-                    self.hass,
-                    timer.conversation_command,
-                    conversation_id=None,
-                    context=Context(),
-                    language=timer.language,
-                    agent_id=timer.conversation_agent_id,
-                    device_id=timer.device_id,
-                ),
+                self._async_run_conversation_command(timer),
                 "timer assist command",
             )
         elif timer.device_id in self.handlers:
@@ -483,6 +471,33 @@ class TimerManager:
             timer.device_id,
         )
 
+    async def _async_run_conversation_command(self, timer: TimerInfo) -> None:
+        """Run the delayed command of a finished timer."""
+        from homeassistant.components.conversation import (  # noqa: PLC0415
+            async_converse,
+        )
+
+        assert timer.conversation_command is not None
+
+        result = await async_converse(
+            self.hass,
+            timer.conversation_command,
+            conversation_id=None,
+            context=Context(),
+            language=timer.language,
+            agent_id=timer.conversation_agent_id,
+            device_id=timer.device_id,
+        )
+
+        # Nothing is listening to the response, so an error is only visible here.
+        if result.response.response_type is intent.IntentResponseType.ERROR:
+            _LOGGER.warning(
+                "Delayed command failed: command=%s, code=%s, response=%s",
+                timer.conversation_command,
+                result.response.error_code,
+                result.response.speech.get("plain", {}).get("speech", ""),
+            )
+
     def is_timer_device(self, device_id: str) -> bool:
         """Return True if device has been registered to handle timer events."""
         return device_id in self.handlers
diff --git a/tests/components/intent/test_timers.py b/tests/components/intent/test_timers.py
index ea3d60a5be1b..3f2ce7e7c0d8 100644
--- a/tests/components/intent/test_timers.py
+++ b/tests/components/intent/test_timers.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 """Tests for intent timers."""
 
 import asyncio
+from collections.abc import Callable
+import logging
 from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch
 
 import pytest
@@ -32,6 +34,9 @@ from homeassistant.setup import async_setup_component
 
 from tests.common import MockConfigEntry
 
+DELAYED_COMMAND = "turn on the lights"
+DELAYED_COMMAND_ERROR = "Sorry, I am not aware of any device called lights"
+
 
 @pytest.fixture
 async def init_components(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
@@ -1526,6 +1531,75 @@ async def test_start_timer_with_conversation_command(
         assert mock_converse.call_args.args[1] == test_command
 
 
+def _delayed_command_acted() -> intent.IntentResponse:
+    """Return the response of a delayed command that acted."""
+    return intent.IntentResponse(language="en")
+
+
+def _delayed_command_failed() -> intent.IntentResponse:
+    """Return the response of a delayed command that could not act."""
+    response = intent.IntentResponse(language="en")
+    response.async_set_error(
+        intent.IntentResponseErrorCode.NO_VALID_TARGETS, DELAYED_COMMAND_ERROR
+    )
+    return response
+
+
+@pytest.mark.usefixtures("init_components")
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("make_response", "expected_warnings"),
+    [
+        pytest.param(_delayed_command_acted, [], id="command_acted"),
+        pytest.param(
+            _delayed_command_failed,
+            [
+                f"Delayed command failed: command={DELAYED_COMMAND},"
+                f" code=no_valid_targets, response={DELAYED_COMMAND_ERROR}"
+            ],
+            id="command_failed",
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+async def test_start_timer_conversation_command_result_logged(
+    hass: HomeAssistant,
+    caplog: pytest.LogCaptureFixture,
+    make_response: Callable[[], intent.IntentResponse],
+    expected_warnings: list[str],
+) -> None:
+    """Test that a delayed command which could not act is logged.
+
+    Nothing listens to the response of a delayed command, so an error is
+    otherwise invisible.
+    """
+    with patch(
+        "homeassistant.components.conversation.async_converse",
+        return_value=conversation.ConversationResult(response=make_response()),
+    ):
+        result = await intent.async_handle(
+            hass,
+            "test",
+            intent.INTENT_START_TIMER,
+            {
+                "seconds": {"value": 0},
+                "conversation_command": {"value": DELAYED_COMMAND},
+            },
+            device_id="test_device",
+            conversation_agent_id="test_agent",
+        )
+
+        assert result.response_type is intent.IntentResponseType.ACTION_DONE
+
+        # The delayed command runs in a background task
+        await hass.async_block_till_done(wait_background_tasks=True)
+
+    assert [
+        record.getMessage()
+        for record in caplog.records
+        if record.name == "homeassistant.components.intent.timers"
+        and record.levelno == logging.WARNING
+    ] == expected_warnings
+
+
 async def test_start_timer_with_sentence_trigger_validation(
     hass: HomeAssistant, init_components
 ) -> None: