diff --git a/backend/app/services/ingest_core.py b/backend/app/services/ingest_core.py
index 38f7eb7..2da2b21 100644
--- a/backend/app/services/ingest_core.py
+++ b/backend/app/services/ingest_core.py
@@ -245,6 +245,12 @@ class Ingester:
                     per_item_failures=errors,
                     quarantined_count=quarantined,
                     dead_lettered_count=dead_lettered,
+                    # #874 follow-up: the native path counted gated posts but
+                    # never reported them, so DownloadDetailModal's "Tier-gated"
+                    # field read 0 on every native walk while gallery-dl's read
+                    # true. A paywalled creator was indistinguishable from a
+                    # silent one.
+                    tier_gated_count=gated_skipped,
                 ),
             )
 
@@ -464,6 +470,10 @@ class Ingester:
                         "errors": errors,
                         "quarantined": quarantined,
                         "posts": posts_processed,
+                        # Ticks during the walk, not only at finalization: a
+                        # deep backfill on a creator we've lost access to is
+                        # otherwise a long run of zeros with no explanation.
+                        "gated": gated_skipped,
                     })
 
                 if early_out:
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/subscriptions/ActiveDownloadsPanel.vue b/frontend/src/components/subscriptions/ActiveDownloadsPanel.vue
index 6f8fb43..3eb39a5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/subscriptions/ActiveDownloadsPanel.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/subscriptions/ActiveDownloadsPanel.vue
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@
             v-if="e.live.errors" class="fc-active__count fc-active__count--err"
             title="errors"
           >✕ {{ e.live.errors }}</span>
+          <!-- Tier-gated posts (#874): not an error — the walk is working, the
+               content just isn't ours. Shown only when non-zero so a healthy
+               run stays uncluttered. -->
+          <span
+            v-if="e.live.gated" class="fc-active__count fc-active__count--gated"
+            title="posts skipped — no access at your tier"
+          >🔒 {{ e.live.gated }}</span>
           <span class="fc-active__count fc-active__count--posts" title="posts scanned">
             {{ e.live.posts }} posts</span>
         </span>
@@ -141,6 +148,9 @@ function elapsed (startedIso) {
 }
 .fc-active__count { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant)); }
 .fc-active__count--err { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-error)); }
+/* Matches FailingSourcesCard's severity map, which already colours
+   tier_limited as 'info' — no-access is information, not a failure. */
+.fc-active__count--gated { color: rgb(var(--v-theme-info)); }
 .fc-active__count--posts { opacity: 0.7; }
 @keyframes fc-active-pulse {
   0%, 100% { opacity: 1; transform: scale(1); }
diff --git a/tests/test_patreon_ingester.py b/tests/test_patreon_ingester.py
index b711c02..7ff5d68 100644
--- a/tests/test_patreon_ingester.py
+++ b/tests/test_patreon_ingester.py
@@ -678,6 +678,56 @@ async def test_gated_post_skipped_entirely_no_media_no_record(
     assert _count_ledger(sync_engine, source_id) == 2
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_gated_posts_are_reported_in_run_stats(
+    source_id, sync_engine, tmp_path,
+):
+    """A gated post must be COUNTED, not just skipped.
+
+    `make_run_stats` has always declared `tier_gated_count` and
+    DownloadDetailModal has always rendered it, but the native path never
+    populated it — so a walk that skipped N paywalled posts reported 0, and a
+    creator we've lost access to looked exactly like a creator who stopped
+    posting. Asserted on the run_stats key the UI actually reads (not the
+    ingester's internal counter) so the guard tracks the property, not a name.
+    """
+    gated = [(f"g{i}", [_media(f"g{i}", 1)]) for i in range(3)]
+    am = _media("open", 1)
+    client = _FakeClient(
+        [(None, [*gated, ("open", [am])])],
+        gated={"g0", "g1", "g2"},
+    )
+    ing = _ingester(sync_engine, tmp_path, client, _FakeDownloader(tmp_path))
+
+    result = ing.run(
+        source_id=source_id, campaign_id="c1", artist_slug="ingest",
+        url="https://patreon.com/ingest", mode="backfill",
+    )
+
+    assert result.run_stats["tier_gated_count"] == 3
+    # Not conflated with the other skip tiers: seen/on-disk skips are a
+    # different fact from "we aren't allowed to see this".
+    assert result.run_stats["skipped_count"] == 0
+    assert result.run_stats["downloaded_count"] == 1
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_run_stats_reports_zero_gated_when_nothing_is_gated(
+    source_id, sync_engine, tmp_path,
+):
+    """The counter reports a real zero on a clean walk — so a 0 in the UI means
+    'nothing was gated', not 'this path never counted'."""
+    client = _FakeClient([(None, [("p1", [_media("p1", 1)])])])
+    ing = _ingester(sync_engine, tmp_path, client, _FakeDownloader(tmp_path))
+
+    result = ing.run(
+        source_id=source_id, campaign_id="c1", artist_slug="ingest",
+        url="https://patreon.com/ingest", mode="backfill",
+    )
+
+    assert result.run_stats["tier_gated_count"] == 0
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_recapture_does_not_refetch_seen_media_missing_from_disk(
     source_id, sync_engine, tmp_path,