diff --git a/apps/api-daemon/src/youtubePolling.ts b/apps/api-daemon/src/youtubePolling.ts
index e05188e..c1f96f6 100644
--- a/apps/api-daemon/src/youtubePolling.ts
+++ b/apps/api-daemon/src/youtubePolling.ts
@@ -10,9 +10,18 @@ const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
 
 /**
  * Live detection failures are kept per channel and surfaced via GET /status
- * for debugging.
+ * for debugging. `at` lets the panel show how stale an error is — a message
+ * on its own doesn't say whether it's from the last poll or from hours ago
+ * before the channel started passing again.
  */
-export const lastPollErrors = new Map<string, string>();
+export interface PollError {
+  message: string;
+  at: string;
+}
+export const lastPollErrors = new Map<string, PollError>();
+
+/** Non-error outcomes yt-dlp still reports as a non-zero exit — not worth surfacing as a scary error badge in the panel. */
+const BENIGN_POLL_MESSAGE = /is not currently live|will begin in/;
 
 /**
  * A few approaches were tried before landing here:
@@ -57,11 +66,10 @@ async function findLiveVideoId(channelId: string): Promise<string | null> {
     return videoId || null;
   } catch (err) {
     const message = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
-    // 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));
+    // yt-dlp reports "not live" / "starts in N minutes" as a non-zero exit
+    // too — normal, expected outcomes, not failures worth a red badge.
+    if (!BENIGN_POLL_MESSAGE.test(message)) {
+      lastPollErrors.set(channelId, { message: message.slice(0, 500), at: new Date().toISOString() });
     } else {
       lastPollErrors.delete(channelId);
     }
@@ -107,7 +115,7 @@ export async function startCaptureSession(
 /** Runs the live-check for a single channel and applies its result — the unit both `pollOnce` and the panel's manual "şimdi kontrol et" action reuse. */
 export async function checkChannel(channel: { id: string; name: string; channelId: string }): Promise<{
   liveVideoId: string | null;
-  error: string | null;
+  error: PollError | null;
 }> {
   const liveVideoId = await findLiveVideoId(channel.channelId);
   await prisma.channel.update({
diff --git a/apps/frontend/app/actions.ts b/apps/frontend/app/actions.ts
index f90371c..57af7f3 100644
--- a/apps/frontend/app/actions.ts
+++ b/apps/frontend/app/actions.ts
@@ -136,6 +136,16 @@ export async function updateSystemSettings(formData: FormData) {
   revalidatePath("/settings");
 }
 
+export async function updateSttEnabled(formData: FormData) {
+  const enabled = formData.get("sttEnabled") === "on";
+  await prisma.appSetting.upsert({
+    where: { key: "stt_enabled" },
+    create: { key: "stt_enabled", value: String(enabled) },
+    update: { value: String(enabled) },
+  });
+  revalidatePath("/settings");
+}
+
 export async function updateNotificationPrefs(formData: FormData) {
   const streamStart = formData.get("notifyStreamStart") === "on";
   const renderDone = formData.get("notifyRenderDone") === "on";
diff --git a/apps/frontend/app/channels/[id]/page.tsx b/apps/frontend/app/channels/[id]/page.tsx
index bca0aba..2fc4131 100644
--- a/apps/frontend/app/channels/[id]/page.tsx
+++ b/apps/frontend/app/channels/[id]/page.tsx
@@ -122,11 +122,16 @@ export default async function ChannelDetailPage({ params }: { params: Promise<{
 
           {status?.lastPollError && (
             <div className="flex flex-col gap-1.5">
-              <Badge variant="err" className="w-fit">
-                son poll hatası
-              </Badge>
+              <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
+                <Badge variant="err" className="w-fit">
+                  son poll hatası
+                </Badge>
+                <span className="font-mono-num text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+                  {new Date(status.lastPollError.at).toLocaleString("tr-TR")}
+                </span>
+              </div>
               <pre className="font-mono-num whitespace-pre-wrap rounded-md border border-border bg-background/60 p-3 text-[0.7rem] text-muted-foreground">
-                {status.lastPollError}
+                {status.lastPollError.message}
               </pre>
             </div>
           )}
diff --git a/apps/frontend/app/page.tsx b/apps/frontend/app/page.tsx
index 1217410..cb0e1a9 100644
--- a/apps/frontend/app/page.tsx
+++ b/apps/frontend/app/page.tsx
@@ -91,7 +91,14 @@ export default async function DashboardPage() {
                       <TableCell>
                         <div className="flex items-center gap-1.5">
                           <Badge variant={recording ? "live" : "muted"}>{recording ? "🔴 Kayıtta" : "—"}</Badge>
-                          {status?.lastPollError && <Badge variant="err">hata</Badge>}
+                          {status?.lastPollError && (
+                            <Badge
+                              variant="err"
+                              title={`${new Date(status.lastPollError.at).toLocaleString("tr-TR")} — ${status.lastPollError.message}`}
+                            >
+                              hata
+                            </Badge>
+                          )}
                         </div>
                       </TableCell>
                       <TableCell className="font-mono-num text-xs text-muted-foreground">
diff --git a/apps/frontend/app/settings/page.tsx b/apps/frontend/app/settings/page.tsx
index 05ad413..bf93d09 100644
--- a/apps/frontend/app/settings/page.tsx
+++ b/apps/frontend/app/settings/page.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { prisma } from "@streamclipper/db";
-import { updateYtdlpCookies, updateSystemSettings, updateNotificationPrefs } from "../actions";
+import { updateYtdlpCookies, updateSystemSettings, updateNotificationPrefs, updateSttEnabled } from "../actions";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import { Input } from "@/components/ui/input";
 import { Label } from "@/components/ui/label";
@@ -13,12 +13,13 @@ export const dynamic = "force-dynamic";
 const STALE_COOKIE_HOURS = 4;
 
 export default async function SettingsPage() {
-  const [setting, pollSetting, ttlSetting, notifyStart, notifyRender] = await Promise.all([
+  const [setting, pollSetting, ttlSetting, notifyStart, notifyRender, sttSetting] = await Promise.all([
     prisma.appSetting.findUnique({ where: { key: "ytdlp_cookies" } }),
     prisma.appSetting.findUnique({ where: { key: "poll_interval_ms" } }),
     prisma.appSetting.findUnique({ where: { key: "raw_segment_ttl_hours" } }),
     prisma.appSetting.findUnique({ where: { key: "notify_stream_start" } }),
     prisma.appSetting.findUnique({ where: { key: "notify_render_done" } }),
+    prisma.appSetting.findUnique({ where: { key: "stt_enabled" } }),
   ]);
 
   const cookieAgeHours = setting ? (Date.now() - setting.updatedAt.getTime()) / 3_600_000 : null;
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ export default async function SettingsPage() {
   const ttlHours = ttlSetting ? Number(ttlSetting.value) : 24;
   const notifyStreamStart = notifyStart?.value !== "false";
   const notifyRenderDone = notifyRender?.value !== "false";
+  const sttEnabled = sttSetting?.value !== "false";
 
   return (
     <div className="flex flex-col gap-6">
@@ -95,6 +97,28 @@ export default async function SettingsPage() {
         </CardContent>
       </Card>
 
+      <Card>
+        <CardHeader>
+          <CardTitle className="text-sm font-medium text-muted-foreground">STT (Transkripsiyon)</CardTitle>
+          <CardDescription>
+            Kapatırsan yeni aday klipler transkribe edilmez (PENDING_STT&apos;de bekler) — OpenAI Whisper çağrısı
+            yapılmaz, render de tetiklenmez. Boş/konuşmasız yayınlarda (ör. sadece ambiyans müzik) gereksiz API
+            maliyetini önlemek için kapatabilirsin.
+          </CardDescription>
+        </CardHeader>
+        <form action={updateSttEnabled}>
+          <CardContent>
+            <Label className="flex items-center justify-between gap-4 text-sm font-normal">
+              Otomatik transkripsiyon aktif
+              <Switch name="sttEnabled" defaultChecked={sttEnabled} />
+            </Label>
+          </CardContent>
+          <CardFooter>
+            <Button type="submit">Kaydet</Button>
+          </CardFooter>
+        </form>
+      </Card>
+
       <Card>
         <CardHeader>
           <CardTitle className="text-sm font-medium text-muted-foreground">Bildirimler</CardTitle>
diff --git a/apps/frontend/lib/apiDaemon.ts b/apps/frontend/lib/apiDaemon.ts
index 4618039..a39feab 100644
--- a/apps/frontend/lib/apiDaemon.ts
+++ b/apps/frontend/lib/apiDaemon.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ export interface ChannelStatus {
   lastCheckedAt: string | null;
   recording: boolean;
   activeSessionId: string | null;
-  lastPollError: string | null;
+  lastPollError: { message: string; at: string } | null;
 }
 
 export const API_DAEMON_URL = process.env.API_DAEMON_URL ?? "http://localhost:4001";
diff --git a/apps/worker/worker/stt_scoring.py b/apps/worker/worker/stt_scoring.py
index 9fc132f..7407964 100644
--- a/apps/worker/worker/stt_scoring.py
+++ b/apps/worker/worker/stt_scoring.py
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ async def process_stt_scoring(job, job_token=None):
         print(f"[stt-scoring] candidate {candidate_id} not found, skipping")
         return
 
+    if await db.get_setting("stt_enabled", "true") == "false":
+        print(f"[stt-scoring] STT panelden kapatılmış, {candidate_id} atlanıyor (PENDING_STT'de kalır)")
+        return
+
     with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".mp3") as clip:
         subprocess.run(
             [