diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/tv/orbit/classic/EmbyConnectionScreen.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/tv/orbit/classic/EmbyConnectionScreen.kt
index 2b194be..4d7d7e8 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/tv/orbit/classic/EmbyConnectionScreen.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/tv/orbit/classic/EmbyConnectionScreen.kt
@@ -552,8 +552,10 @@ internal fun EmbyConnectionScreen(modifier: Modifier = Modifier, visible: Boolea
                     message = "${programming.name} is off, and back to a short repeat. Its schedule and place are kept."
                 }
             } catch (cancelled: CancellationException) { throw cancelled }
-            catch (failure: EmbyCheckException) { withContext(Dispatchers.IO) { scheduler.setEnabled(active.accountId, programming.number, false) }; message = failure.message }
-            catch (_: Exception) { withContext(Dispatchers.IO) { scheduler.setEnabled(active.accountId, programming.number, false) }; message = "${programming.name} could not be scheduled, so it stays off." }
+            catch (failure: EmbyCheckException) { withContext(Dispatchers.IO) { scheduler.setEnabled(active.accountId, programming.number, false) }; message = failure.message
+                android.util.Log.w("OrbitSchedule", "channel=${programming.number} switchOn failed=${failure.javaClass.simpleName} status=${failure.httpStatus}") }
+            catch (failure: Exception) { withContext(Dispatchers.IO) { scheduler.setEnabled(active.accountId, programming.number, false) }; message = "${programming.name} could not be scheduled, so it stays off."
+                android.util.Log.w("OrbitSchedule", "channel=${programming.number} switchOn failed=${failure.javaClass.simpleName}") }
             finally { busy = false; CustomChannels.planning = null }
         }
     }
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/tv/orbit/classic/EmbyPlaybackProtocol.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/tv/orbit/classic/EmbyPlaybackProtocol.kt
index 6ff2ae7..0673480 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/tv/orbit/classic/EmbyPlaybackProtocol.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/tv/orbit/classic/EmbyPlaybackProtocol.kt
@@ -392,6 +392,9 @@ internal class EmbySampleSession(private val transport: EmbyTransport, private v
             val film = lookup.film ?: continue
             if (pool.none { it.id == film.id }) pool += film
         }
+        // One slow or failing series among many chosen (Sakura's 200, 7 November 2026) is skipped this time rather than failing
+        // the whole read; it's tried again at the next refresh. A provider that keeps failing still stops the read.
+        var skipped = 0
         for (accepted in choices.accepted) {
             checkActive()
             if (pool.any { it.id == accepted.id || seriesKey(it.title) == seriesKey(accepted.title) }) continue
@@ -401,7 +404,15 @@ internal class EmbySampleSession(private val transport: EmbyTransport, private v
                     else { requests++; playableFilm(accepted.id, programming.englishAudio) ?: continue }
                 pool += PoolSeries(accepted.id, accepted.title, listOf(PoolEpisode(accepted.id, source, EpisodeMark(1, 1), accepted.title, duration)), accepted.group)
             } else {
-                val whole = readWholeSeries(transport, userId, ::currentToken, SeriesCandidate(accepted.id, accepted.title, accepted.year, ""), checkActive, onRequest = { requests++ }, canDecode = BoxDecoders::canDecode, englishAudio = programming.englishAudio)
+                val whole = try { readWholeSeries(transport, userId, ::currentToken, SeriesCandidate(accepted.id, accepted.title, accepted.year, ""), checkActive, onRequest = { requests++ }, canDecode = BoxDecoders::canDecode, englishAudio = programming.englishAudio) }
+                    catch (failure: Exception) {
+                        // Signed out, cancelled, or too many: stop. Anything else about one series: skip it this time.
+                        val status = (failure as? EmbyCheckException)?.httpStatus
+                        if (failure is kotlinx.coroutines.CancellationException || failure is InterruptedException || status == 401 || status == 403 ||
+                            ++skipped > maxOf(MAX_FAILED_READS, choices.accepted.size / 10)) throw failure
+                        android.util.Log.w("OrbitSchedule", "channel=${programming.number} chosen read skipped=$skipped failed=${failure.javaClass.simpleName} status=$status")
+                        continue
+                    }
                 if (whole.episodes.isNotEmpty()) pool += whole.copy(group = accepted.group)
             }
         }