diff --git a/backend/app/services/gallery_dl.py b/backend/app/services/gallery_dl.py
index 8b70954..cf78560 100644
--- a/backend/app/services/gallery_dl.py
+++ b/backend/app/services/gallery_dl.py
@@ -441,11 +441,15 @@ class GalleryDLService:
         #   - "failed to extract campaign id": logged when the vanity-URL HTML path
         #     fails, but gallery-dl falls back to the /cw/<vanity> redirect and
         #     recovers the campaign_id on its own.
+        #   - "failed to download": per-item download failure (e.g., a single
+        #     Patreon attachment whose media URL expired / was deleted). The
+        #     downloader logs [download][error] and moves to the next item.
         if has_actual_error and (skip_line_count > 0 or has_skip_text):
             per_item_patterns = [
                 "not allowed to view",
                 "unable to get post",
                 "failed to extract campaign id",
+                "failed to download",
             ]
             error_lines = [
                 line for line in combined.split('\n')
diff --git a/backend/tests/services/test_gallery_dl_categorize.py b/backend/tests/services/test_gallery_dl_categorize.py
index 6740dbe..0cbaaa1 100644
--- a/backend/tests/services/test_gallery_dl_categorize.py
+++ b/backend/tests/services/test_gallery_dl_categorize.py
@@ -56,3 +56,40 @@ def test_patreon_campaign_id_error_alongside_real_error_still_fails():
     error_type, _message = service._categorize_error(1, stdout, stderr)
 
     assert error_type == ErrorType.AUTH_ERROR
+
+
+def test_patreon_per_item_download_404_with_skips_is_no_new_content():
+    """Per-item 'Failed to download' + urllib3 404 HEAD + skips → no_new_content.
+
+    Real-world trigger: a Patreon post's media URL (e.g., /media-u/v3/<id>)
+    expired or was deleted. gallery-dl logs [download][error] and moves on;
+    other items skip cleanly. We shouldn't classify the whole source NOT_FOUND
+    just because one attachment 404'd.
+    """
+    service = _make_service()
+    stderr = (
+        "[download][error] Failed to download 02_46004845.part\n"
+        '[urllib3.connectionpool][debug] "HEAD /media-u/v3/46004845 HTTP/1.1" 404 0\n'
+        "[downloader.http][warning] '404 OK' for 'https://www.patreon.com/media-u/v3/46004845'\n"
+        "[download][error] Failed to download 03_46004845.part\n"
+        "[patreon][debug] skipping https://c10.patreonusercontent.com/4/patreon-media/p/post/30953341/.../1.png (abc image_large)\n"
+    )
+    stdout = ""
+
+    error_type, _message = service._categorize_error(1, stdout, stderr)
+
+    assert error_type == ErrorType.NO_NEW_CONTENT
+
+
+def test_patreon_per_item_download_failure_without_skips_still_fails():
+    """Same 'Failed to download' error but no skip activity → real failure."""
+    service = _make_service()
+    stderr = (
+        "[download][error] Failed to download 02_46004845.part\n"
+        '[urllib3.connectionpool][debug] "HEAD /media-u/v3/46004845 HTTP/1.1" 404 0\n'
+    )
+    stdout = ""
+
+    error_type, _message = service._categorize_error(1, stdout, stderr)
+
+    assert error_type != ErrorType.NO_NEW_CONTENT
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/Downloads.vue b/frontend/src/views/Downloads.vue
index 6844362..dfeb02e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/Downloads.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/Downloads.vue
@@ -334,9 +334,9 @@
               </v-expansion-panel-text>
             </v-expansion-panel>
             <v-expansion-panel v-if="selectedDownload.metadata.stderr">
-              <v-expansion-panel-title>Error Log</v-expansion-panel-title>
+              <v-expansion-panel-title>Verbose Log (stderr)</v-expansion-panel-title>
               <v-expansion-panel-text>
-                <pre class="text-caption text-error" style="white-space: pre-wrap; max-height: 300px; overflow: auto">{{ selectedDownload.metadata.stderr }}</pre>
+                <pre class="text-caption" style="white-space: pre-wrap; max-height: 300px; overflow: auto">{{ selectedDownload.metadata.stderr }}</pre>
               </v-expansion-panel-text>
             </v-expansion-panel>
           </v-expansion-panels>