diff --git a/apps/api-daemon/src/youtubePolling.ts b/apps/api-daemon/src/youtubePolling.ts
index 2c33970..f57e1cd 100644
--- a/apps/api-daemon/src/youtubePolling.ts
+++ b/apps/api-daemon/src/youtubePolling.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,14 @@ async function findLiveVideoId(channelId: string): Promise<string | null> {
     return videoId || null;
   } catch (err) {
     const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
-    lastPollErrors.set(channelId, message.slice(0, 500));
+    // yt-dlp reports "not live" as a non-zero exit too — that's a normal,
+    // expected outcome on every check where the channel isn't broadcasting,
+    // not a failure worth surfacing as an error in the panel.
+    if (!/is not currently live/.test(message)) {
+      lastPollErrors.set(channelId, message.slice(0, 500));
+    } else {
+      lastPollErrors.delete(channelId);
+    }
     return null;
   }
 }