diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 52ca43c..4a4c8cb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ Note that 0.3.3 was never released; 0.3.4 follows 0.3.2.
   accepted too, and a header without a token no longer yields an empty one.
   ([#166](https://github.com/allen0099/FastAPI-CacheX/issues/166))
 
+- **Memcached `clear_path()` no longer reports a connection failure as
+  "nothing to clear".** It caught every exception and returned `0`, while
+  `delete()` and the other methods let the error through.
+  ([#177](https://github.com/allen0099/FastAPI-CacheX/issues/177))
+
 ## [0.3.7] - 2026-09-25
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/fastapi_cachex/backends/memcached.py b/fastapi_cachex/backends/memcached.py
index 1355e01..89476b5 100644
--- a/fastapi_cachex/backends/memcached.py
+++ b/fastapi_cachex/backends/memcached.py
@@ -331,20 +331,16 @@ async def clear_path(self, path: str, include_params: bool = False) -> int:
 
         # Try to delete the prefixed key (exact match only)
         prefixed_key = self._make_key(path)
-        try:
-            result = await asyncio.to_thread(
-                self.client.delete, prefixed_key, noreply=False
-            )
-        except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001
-            return 0
-        else:
-            logger.debug(
-                "Memcached CLEAR_PATH; path=%s include_params=%s removed=%s",
-                path,
-                include_params,
-                1 if result else 0,
-            )
-            return 1 if result else 0
+        result = await asyncio.to_thread(
+            self.client.delete, prefixed_key, noreply=False
+        )
+        logger.debug(
+            "Memcached CLEAR_PATH; path=%s include_params=%s removed=%s",
+            path,
+            include_params,
+            1 if result else 0,
+        )
+        return 1 if result else 0
 
     async def clear_pattern(self, pattern: str) -> int:
         """Clear cached responses matching a pattern.
diff --git a/tests/backends/test_memcached.py b/tests/backends/test_memcached.py
index 4008223..2bcbbfc 100644
--- a/tests/backends/test_memcached.py
+++ b/tests/backends/test_memcached.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import asyncio
+import socket
 import sys
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 
@@ -247,21 +248,35 @@ async def test_memcached_get_invalid_and_missing_fields(
     assert res2 is None
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_memcached_clear_path_raises_when_the_server_is_unreachable() -> None:
+    """A connection failure is not "nothing to clear" (#177).
+
+    `clear_path()` used to return 0 for any exception, while `delete()` and
+    every other method let it through.
+    """
+    with socket.socket() as probe:
+        probe.bind(("127.0.0.1", 0))
+        closed_port = probe.getsockname()[1]
+    backend = MemcachedBackend(servers=[f"127.0.0.1:{closed_port}"])
+
+    with pytest.raises(ConnectionRefusedError):
+        await backend.clear_path("/nope")
+
+
 @requires_memcached
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_memcached_clear_path_exception(
+async def test_memcached_clear_path_propagates_client_errors(
     monkeypatch,
     memcached_backend: MemcachedBackend,
 ) -> None:
-    """Simulate client.delete raising to hit exception branch in clear_path()."""
-
     def boom(*args, **kwargs) -> None:
         msg = "delete failed"
         raise RuntimeError(msg)
 
     monkeypatch.setattr(memcached_backend.client, "delete", boom)
-    cleared = await memcached_backend.clear_path("/nope", include_params=False)
-    assert cleared == 0
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="delete failed"):
+        await memcached_backend.clear_path("/nope", include_params=False)
 
 
 @requires_memcached