diff --git a/backend/app/services/source_service.py b/backend/app/services/source_service.py
index e16e2ae..525cb1e 100644
--- a/backend/app/services/source_service.py
+++ b/backend/app/services/source_service.py
@@ -298,6 +298,15 @@ class SourceService:
 
         for key, value in fields.items():
             setattr(source, key, value)
+        # Disabling a source clears its failure state (operator: disable the subs
+        # you're not paying for without them lingering as "failing"). Re-enabling
+        # then starts clean; the next real run re-derives health. Only on the
+        # explicit disable — an unrelated edit to an already-disabled source
+        # leaves its (already-clear) state alone.
+        if fields.get("enabled") is False:
+            source.last_error = None
+            source.error_type = None
+            source.consecutive_failures = 0
         try:
             await self.session.flush()
         except IntegrityError as exc:
diff --git a/backend/app/services/subscribestar_client.py b/backend/app/services/subscribestar_client.py
index 19f73ed..538e2df 100644
--- a/backend/app/services/subscribestar_client.py
+++ b/backend/app/services/subscribestar_client.py
@@ -226,13 +226,35 @@ def _attachment_item(
     )
 
 
+def _normalize_ss_host(netloc: str) -> str:
+    """Rewrite the `subscribestar.art` host to `subscribestar.adult`.
+
+    The age wall on the `.art` domain does not clear with the
+    `18_plus_agreement_generic` cookie (unlike `.com`/`.adult`): a `.art`
+    creator page keeps 302'ing to `/age_confirmation_warning` even with the
+    cookie set (Elasid, event #54116). The same creator is reachable on
+    `.adult`, where the cookie works — so `.art` behaves as an alias that
+    doesn't honor the age gate. Normalize it to `.adult` at request time (the
+    stored Source.url is left untouched). `.com`/`.adult` pass through.
+    """
+    host = netloc.lower()
+    if host == "subscribestar.art" or host.endswith(".subscribestar.art"):
+        rewritten = netloc[: -len("art")] + "adult"
+        log.info(
+            "SubscribeStar: rewrote age-gated .art host %r → %r", netloc, rewritten
+        )
+        return rewritten
+    return netloc
+
+
 def _split_creator_url(campaign_id: str) -> tuple[str, str]:
     """`campaign_id` is the creator URL → (base, slug).
 
-    base = scheme://host (preserving .com vs .adult); slug = first path segment.
+    base = scheme://host (preserving .com vs .adult; .art → .adult, see
+    _normalize_ss_host); slug = first path segment.
     """
     parts = urlsplit(campaign_id)
-    base = f"{parts.scheme or 'https'}://{parts.netloc}"
+    base = f"{parts.scheme or 'https'}://{_normalize_ss_host(parts.netloc)}"
     slug = parts.path.strip("/").split("/")[0] if parts.path else ""
     return base, slug
 
diff --git a/tests/test_source_service.py b/tests/test_source_service.py
index 83dfc68..e9fc942 100644
--- a/tests/test_source_service.py
+++ b/tests/test_source_service.py
@@ -135,6 +135,57 @@ async def test_update_changes_fields(db):
     assert updated.config_overrides == {"videos": False}
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_disable_clears_failure_state(db):
+    """Disabling a source wipes its failure state so it stops showing as
+    'failing' (operator: disable subs you're not paying for)."""
+    artist = await _artist(db)
+    svc = SourceService(db)
+    rec = await svc.create(
+        artist_id=artist.id, platform="patreon", url="https://patreon.com/a",
+    )
+    source = (await db.execute(
+        select(Source).where(Source.id == rec.id)
+    )).scalar_one()
+    source.last_error = "auth failed"
+    source.error_type = "auth_error"
+    source.consecutive_failures = 5
+    await db.commit()
+
+    updated = await svc.update(rec.id, enabled=False)
+    assert updated.enabled is False
+    assert updated.last_error is None
+    assert updated.consecutive_failures == 0
+    refetched = (await db.execute(
+        select(Source).where(Source.id == rec.id)
+    )).scalar_one()
+    assert refetched.error_type is None
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_update_while_enabled_keeps_failure_state(db):
+    """A non-disable edit must NOT wipe failure state — only the explicit
+    disable clears it (else a config tweak would hide a real failure)."""
+    artist = await _artist(db)
+    svc = SourceService(db)
+    rec = await svc.create(
+        artist_id=artist.id, platform="patreon", url="https://patreon.com/a",
+    )
+    source = (await db.execute(
+        select(Source).where(Source.id == rec.id)
+    )).scalar_one()
+    source.last_error = "auth failed"
+    source.consecutive_failures = 3
+    await db.commit()
+
+    await svc.update(rec.id, config_overrides={"videos": False})
+    refetched = (await db.execute(
+        select(Source).where(Source.id == rec.id)
+    )).scalar_one()
+    assert refetched.last_error == "auth failed"
+    assert refetched.consecutive_failures == 3
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_list_hides_sidecar_synthetic_anchors(db):
     """Filesystem-import synthetic Sources (url='sidecar:<platform>:<slug>',
diff --git a/tests/test_subscribestar_native.py b/tests/test_subscribestar_native.py
index a4e9535..e360551 100644
--- a/tests/test_subscribestar_native.py
+++ b/tests/test_subscribestar_native.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from backend.app.services.subscribestar_client import (
     SubscribeStarClient,
     SubscribeStarDriftError,
     _parse_ss_datetime,
+    _split_creator_url,
 )
 from backend.app.services.subscribestar_downloader import SubscribeStarDownloader
 from backend.app.services.subscribestar_ingester import (
@@ -82,6 +83,25 @@ def test_parse_ss_datetime_variants():
     assert _parse_ss_datetime("nonsense") is None
 
 
+def test_split_creator_url_rewrites_art_to_adult():
+    # The .art age wall doesn't clear with the 18+ cookie; the same creator is
+    # reachable on .adult (Elasid, event #54116). Requests must route to .adult.
+    base, slug = _split_creator_url("https://subscribestar.art/elasid")
+    assert base == "https://subscribestar.adult"
+    assert slug == "elasid"
+    # www. prefix + trailing path still normalizes the host only.
+    base, slug = _split_creator_url("https://www.subscribestar.art/elasid/posts")
+    assert base == "https://www.subscribestar.adult"
+    assert slug == "elasid"
+
+
+def test_split_creator_url_leaves_com_and_adult_untouched():
+    assert _split_creator_url("https://subscribestar.adult/sabu")[0] == \
+        "https://subscribestar.adult"
+    assert _split_creator_url("https://www.subscribestar.com/sabu")[0] == \
+        "https://www.subscribestar.com"
+
+
 def test_date_parses_when_wrapped_in_permalink_anchor():
     # Image posts wrap the date in an <a> permalink; a plain regex missed them
     # → null dates (cheunart 2026-06-17). gallery-dl's method handles both.