diff --git a/frontend/src/components/subscriptions/DownloadsTab.vue b/frontend/src/components/subscriptions/DownloadsTab.vue
index 9a48144..5c26b07 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/subscriptions/DownloadsTab.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/subscriptions/DownloadsTab.vue
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
       :retrying-all="retryingAll"
       @retry="onRetrySource"
       @retry-all="onRetryAll"
+      @view-logs="onViewFailingLogs"
     />
 
     <div v-if="store.loading && store.events.length === 0" class="fc-dl__loading">
@@ -364,6 +365,23 @@ watch(filterModel, async (m) => {
 async function openDetail(id) {
   await store.loadOne(id)
 }
+
+async function onViewFailingLogs(source) {
+  // Find and open the most recent DownloadEvent for this source.
+  // Reuses the existing DownloadDetailModal — same stdout/stderr/error
+  // surface the row-click in the events feed shows.
+  try {
+    const ev = await store.loadLastForSource(source.id)
+    if (!ev) {
+      toast({
+        text: `No download events recorded for ${source.artist_name || source.platform} yet.`,
+        type: 'warning',
+      })
+    }
+  } catch (e) {
+    toast({ text: `Failed to load logs: ${e.message}`, type: 'error' })
+  }
+}
 </script>
 
 <style scoped>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/subscriptions/FailingSourcesCard.vue b/frontend/src/components/subscriptions/FailingSourcesCard.vue
index 496c8bc..0ceb99e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/subscriptions/FailingSourcesCard.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/subscriptions/FailingSourcesCard.vue
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@
             {{ s.last_error || 'no error message recorded' }}
           </span>
           <v-spacer />
+          <v-btn
+            size="x-small" variant="text" prepend-icon="mdi-text-box-search-outline"
+            :loading="logLoadingIds.has(s.id)"
+            @click="onViewLogs(s)"
+            title="Show the most recent download event's stdout/stderr/error"
+          >
+            Logs
+          </v-btn>
           <v-btn
             size="x-small" variant="text" prepend-icon="mdi-refresh"
             :loading="retryingIds.has(s.id)"
@@ -52,9 +60,23 @@ defineProps({
   retryingIds: { type: Set, default: () => new Set() },
   retryingAll: { type: Boolean, default: false },
 })
-defineEmits(['retry', 'retry-all'])
+const emit = defineEmits(['retry', 'retry-all', 'view-logs'])
 
 const open = ref(true)
+// Per-row loading flag so the spinner lives on the row whose Logs
+// button was clicked, not on every row.
+const logLoadingIds = ref(new Set())
+async function onViewLogs(s) {
+  if (logLoadingIds.value.has(s.id)) return
+  logLoadingIds.value = new Set(logLoadingIds.value).add(s.id)
+  try {
+    await emit('view-logs', s)
+  } finally {
+    const next = new Set(logLoadingIds.value)
+    next.delete(s.id)
+    logLoadingIds.value = next
+  }
+}
 </script>
 
 <style scoped>
diff --git a/frontend/src/stores/downloads.js b/frontend/src/stores/downloads.js
index ee274c6..2a02b09 100644
--- a/frontend/src/stores/downloads.js
+++ b/frontend/src/stores/downloads.js
@@ -55,6 +55,21 @@ export const useDownloadsStore = defineStore('downloads', () => {
     return selected.value
   }
 
+  // Open the detail modal for the most recent DownloadEvent of a given
+  // source. Used by the failing-sources rollup's "Logs" button so the
+  // operator can troubleshoot without leaving the Downloads tab to find
+  // the row (operator-flagged 2026-06-01).
+  async function loadLastForSource(sourceId) {
+    const events = await api.get('/api/downloads', {
+      params: { source_id: sourceId, limit: 1 },
+    })
+    if (!events.length) {
+      selected.value = null
+      return null
+    }
+    return await loadOne(events[0].id)
+  }
+
   async function applyFilter(patch) {
     filter.value = { ...filter.value, ...patch }
     await loadFirst()
@@ -98,7 +113,8 @@ export const useDownloadsStore = defineStore('downloads', () => {
   return {
     events, cursor, hasMore, filter, selected, loading, error, stats,
     activity, failing, activeEvents,
-    loadFirst, loadMore, loadOne, applyFilter, closeDetail, loadStats,
+    loadFirst, loadMore, loadOne, loadLastForSource, applyFilter,
+    closeDetail, loadStats,
     loadActivity, loadFailing, loadActive, recoverStalled,
   }
 })