diff --git a/backend/app/services/patreon_client.py b/backend/app/services/patreon_client.py
index d968ae8..e732e90 100644
--- a/backend/app/services/patreon_client.py
+++ b/backend/app/services/patreon_client.py
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ FC runs on a plain-HTTP homelab; nothing here uses a secure-context Web API.
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import base64
+import json
 import logging
 import re
 import time
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ from collections.abc import Iterator
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from html import unescape
 from pathlib import Path
-from urllib.parse import parse_qs, urlsplit
+from urllib.parse import parse_qs, unquote, urlsplit
 
 import requests
 
@@ -165,6 +167,27 @@ class MediaItem:
     post_id: str
 
 
+# Patreon's CDN URLs carry a base64 JSON segment of render options, such as
+# eyJ3Ijo2MjB9 for {"w":620}. A locked preview is rendered blurred and says so
+# with a "b" (blur) option. A post the account can view can still embed media
+# from a post it can't, such as a public teaser showing a paid post's image,
+# and that media arrives blurred even though the post itself isn't gated.
+_RENDER_OPTIONS_RE = re.compile(r"/(eyJ[A-Za-z0-9_\-]+(?:=|%3D)*)(?:/|$)")
+
+
+def is_blurred_preview(url: str) -> bool:
+    """True when a Patreon CDN URL is a blurred locked preview."""
+    m = _RENDER_OPTIONS_RE.search(urlsplit(url).path)
+    if not m:
+        return False
+    token = unquote(m.group(1))
+    try:
+        options = json.loads(base64.urlsafe_b64decode(token + "=" * (-len(token) % 4)))
+    except (ValueError, TypeError):
+        return False
+    return isinstance(options, dict) and bool(options.get("b"))
+
+
 def _filehash(url: str) -> str | None:
     # Delegate to the shared extractor (utils.paths) so capture-time persistence
     # and render-time inline-image matching use the EXACT same identity.
@@ -479,6 +502,11 @@ class PatreonClient:
                     )
                 )
 
+        blurred = [i for i in items if is_blurred_preview(i.url)]
+        if blurred:
+            log.info("Patreon post %s: skipped %d blurred locked preview(s)",
+                     post_id, len(blurred))
+            items = [i for i in items if not is_blurred_preview(i.url)]
         return _dedup_by_filehash(items)
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/tests/test_patreon_client.py b/tests/test_patreon_client.py
index 2f4a990..379290d 100644
--- a/tests/test_patreon_client.py
+++ b/tests/test_patreon_client.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ from backend.app.services.patreon_client import (
     PatreonAuthError,
     PatreonClient,
     PatreonDriftError,
+    is_blurred_preview,
     parse_cursor_from_url,
 )
 
@@ -459,3 +460,26 @@ def test_post_is_gated_viewable_and_missing_are_not_gated():
         {"attributes": {"current_user_can_view": None}}
     ) is False
     assert PatreonClient.post_is_gated({}) is False
+
+
+# A locked preview's render options carry a blur ("b"); an ordinary one doesn't.
+BLURRED = ("https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/174446666/"
+           "743caff4c51648c185e8347271e1a7b7/eyJiIjo3MCwidyI6MTA4MH0%3D/1.png?token-hash=x")
+SHARP = ("https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/174446666/"
+         "843caff4c51648c185e8347271e1a7b7/eyJ3IjoxMDgwfQ%3D%3D/1.png?token-hash=x")
+
+
+def test_a_blurred_locked_preview_is_recognised_by_its_render_options():
+    assert is_blurred_preview(BLURRED)
+    assert not is_blurred_preview(SHARP)
+    assert not is_blurred_preview("https://example.com/eyJnot-json/1.png")
+    assert not is_blurred_preview("https://example.com/plain/1.png")
+
+
+def test_a_viewable_post_embedding_a_blurred_preview_skips_just_that_image(client):
+    post = {"id": "174448839", "type": "post", "attributes": {
+        "current_user_can_view": True,
+        "content": f'<p><img src="{BLURRED}"></p><p><img src="{SHARP}"></p>',
+    }, "relationships": {}}
+    items = client.extract_media(post, {})
+    assert [m.url for m in items] == [SHARP]