diff --git a/airflow/models/taskinstance.py b/airflow/models/taskinstance.py
index 2b8b935d78abf..8f9d71cfe7f43 100644
--- a/airflow/models/taskinstance.py
+++ b/airflow/models/taskinstance.py
@@ -2731,18 +2731,29 @@ def signal_handler(signum, frame):
                 previous_state=TaskInstanceState.QUEUED, task_instance=self, session=session
             )
 
-            # Execute the task
+            def _render_map_index(context: Context, *, jinja_env: jinja2.Environment | None) -> str | None:
+                """Render named map index if the DAG author defined map_index_template at the task level."""
+                if jinja_env is None or (template := context.get("map_index_template")) is None:
+                    return None
+                rendered_map_index = jinja_env.from_string(template).render(context)
+                log.debug("Map index rendered as %s", rendered_map_index)
+                return rendered_map_index
+
+            # Execute the task.
             with set_current_context(context):
-                result = self._execute_task(context, task_orig)
+                try:
+                    result = self._execute_task(context, task_orig)
+                except Exception:
+                    # If the task failed, swallow rendering error so it doesn't mask the main error.
+                    with contextlib.suppress(jinja2.TemplateSyntaxError, jinja2.UndefinedError):
+                        self.rendered_map_index = _render_map_index(context, jinja_env=jinja_env)
+                    raise
+                else:  # If the task succeeded, render normally to let rendering error bubble up.
+                    self.rendered_map_index = _render_map_index(context, jinja_env=jinja_env)
 
             # Run post_execute callback
             self.task.post_execute(context=context, result=result)
 
-            # DAG authors define map_index_template at the task level
-            if jinja_env is not None and (template := context.get("map_index_template")) is not None:
-                rendered_map_index = self.rendered_map_index = jinja_env.from_string(template).render(context)
-                self.log.info("Map index rendered as %s", rendered_map_index)
-
         Stats.incr(f"operator_successes_{self.task.task_type}", tags=self.stats_tags)
         # Same metric with tagging
         Stats.incr("operator_successes", tags={**self.stats_tags, "task_type": self.task.task_type})
diff --git a/tests/models/test_mappedoperator.py b/tests/models/test_mappedoperator.py
index e80a629794ae1..9f31652424aeb 100644
--- a/tests/models/test_mappedoperator.py
+++ b/tests/models/test_mappedoperator.py
@@ -631,6 +631,33 @@ def task1(map_name):
     return task1.expand(map_name=map_names)
 
 
+def _create_named_map_index_renders_on_failure_classic(*, task_id, map_names, template):
+    class HasMapName(BaseOperator):
+        def __init__(self, *, map_name: str, **kwargs):
+            super().__init__(**kwargs)
+            self.map_name = map_name
+
+        def execute(self, context):
+            context["map_name"] = self.map_name
+            raise AirflowSkipException("Imagine this task failed!")
+
+    return HasMapName.partial(task_id=task_id, map_index_template=template).expand(
+        map_name=map_names,
+    )
+
+
+def _create_named_map_index_renders_on_failure_taskflow(*, task_id, map_names, template):
+    from airflow.operators.python import get_current_context
+
+    @task(task_id=task_id, map_index_template=template)
+    def task1(map_name):
+        context = get_current_context()
+        context["map_name"] = map_name
+        raise AirflowSkipException("Imagine this task failed!")
+
+    return task1.expand(map_name=map_names)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "template, expected_rendered_names",
     [
@@ -645,6 +672,8 @@ def task1(map_name):
     [
         pytest.param(_create_mapped_with_name_template_classic, id="classic"),
         pytest.param(_create_mapped_with_name_template_taskflow, id="taskflow"),
+        pytest.param(_create_named_map_index_renders_on_failure_classic, id="classic-failure"),
+        pytest.param(_create_named_map_index_renders_on_failure_taskflow, id="taskflow-failure"),
     ],
 )
 def test_expand_mapped_task_instance_with_named_index(