diff --git a/Arrs_Stack/arrs_failed_stalled_recovery.sh b/Arrs_Stack/arrs_failed_stalled_recovery.sh
index aa286a3..fe5d8ad 100755
--- a/Arrs_Stack/arrs_failed_stalled_recovery.sh
+++ b/Arrs_Stack/arrs_failed_stalled_recovery.sh
@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@
 #   The bad release is blocklisted before removal and re-search. Without this,
 #   the re-search can re-grab the same release that just failed.
 #
+# Circuit Breaker Per Media Item
+#   Some items can never resolve via blind retry — e.g. an album missing 1-2
+#   tracks where every available release is a different edition that doesn't
+#   match. Without a limit, the same media ID gets blocklisted + re-searched
+#   forever, every run, burning bandwidth and indexer queries for nothing.
+#   After ARR_RECOVERY_MAX_ATTEMPTS consecutive failures for the same
+#   (arr_type, media_id), the item is still blocklisted/cleaned from the queue
+#   but search is no longer auto-triggered — it's flagged chronic and left for
+#   manual review instead.
+#
 # ==============================================================================================
 # OPERATIONAL SAFEGUARDS
 # ==============================================================================================
@@ -66,7 +76,9 @@
 # STATE FILES
 # ==============================================================================================
 #
-#   ARR_RECOVERY_STATS — stats file written after each run (read by coffee report)
+#   ARR_RECOVERY_STATS      — stats file written after each run (read by coffee report)
+#   ARR_RECOVERY_FAILURE_COUNTS — per (arr_type, media_id) consecutive-failure counts,
+#       persists across runs so the circuit breaker survives restarts.
 #
 # ==============================================================================================
 # CONFIGURATION
@@ -82,10 +94,13 @@
 # master.conf
 #
 #   ARR_IMPORT_RECOVERY_AGE — hours before item is eligible for recovery (default: 6)
+#   ARR_RECOVERY_MAX_ATTEMPTS — consecutive failures before an item is flagged chronic
+#                             and auto re-search stops (default: 3)
 #   SONARR_VERSION_MAJOR    — expected Sonarr major version (e.g. 4)
 #   RADARR_VERSION_MAJOR    — expected Radarr major version (e.g. 6)
 #   LIDARR_VERSION_MAJOR    — expected Lidarr major version (e.g. 3)
 #   ARR_RECOVERY_STATS      — stats file path (read by coffee report)
+#   ARR_RECOVERY_FAILURE_COUNTS — failure-count state file path
 #
 # ==============================================================================================
 # RUNTIME MODES
@@ -135,11 +150,23 @@ log "jq found"
 
 # Age threshold in seconds
 AGE_THRESHOLD_SECONDS=$(( ARR_IMPORT_RECOVERY_AGE * 3600 ))
+ARR_RECOVERY_MAX_ATTEMPTS="${ARR_RECOVERY_MAX_ATTEMPTS:-3}"
+ARR_RECOVERY_FAILURE_COUNTS="${ARR_RECOVERY_FAILURE_COUNTS:-$DATA_DIR/arr_recovery_failure_counts.db}"
 
-log "$ICON_GEAR Config: age-threshold=${ARR_IMPORT_RECOVERY_AGE}hr sonarr-v${SONARR_VERSION_MAJOR} radarr-v${RADARR_VERSION_MAJOR} lidarr-v${LIDARR_VERSION_MAJOR:-?}"
+log "$ICON_GEAR Config: age-threshold=${ARR_IMPORT_RECOVERY_AGE}hr max-attempts=${ARR_RECOVERY_MAX_ATTEMPTS} sonarr-v${SONARR_VERSION_MAJOR} radarr-v${RADARR_VERSION_MAJOR} lidarr-v${LIDARR_VERSION_MAJOR:-?}"
+
+# Load persisted per-item failure counts — key is "arr_type:media_id"
+declare -A FAILURE_COUNTS
+if [[ -f "$ARR_RECOVERY_FAILURE_COUNTS" ]]; then
+    while IFS='|' read -r _key _count; do
+        [[ -z "$_key" ]] && continue
+        FAILURE_COUNTS["$_key"]="$_count"
+    done < "$ARR_RECOVERY_FAILURE_COUNTS"
+fi
 
 TOTAL_ACTIONED=0
 TOTAL_SKIPPED=0
+TOTAL_CHRONIC=0
 ARR_SUMMARIES=()
 
 # ==============================================================================================
@@ -153,6 +180,7 @@ if [[ "$SHOW_STATUS" == true ]]; then
     echo "$ICON_SYNC    Radarr:      ${RADARR_URL:-not configured} (recovery: ${RADARR_RECOVERY:-true})"
     echo "$ICON_SYNC    Lidarr:      ${LIDARR_URL:-not configured on this host} (recovery: ${LIDARR_RECOVERY:-false})"
     echo "$ICON_TIME    Age thresh:  ${ARR_IMPORT_RECOVERY_AGE}hr"
+    echo "$ICON_GEAR    Max attempts: ${ARR_RECOVERY_MAX_ATTEMPTS:-3} (chronic after this many)"
     echo "$ICON_GEAR    Sonarr ver:  v${SONARR_VERSION_MAJOR} expected"
     echo "$ICON_GEAR    Radarr ver:  v${RADARR_VERSION_MAJOR} expected"
     echo "$ICON_GEAR    Lidarr ver:  v${LIDARR_VERSION_MAJOR} expected"
@@ -246,7 +274,8 @@ process_arr() {
     local version_major="$7"
     local version_api_prefix="$8"
 
-    local actioned=0 skipped_new=0
+    local actioned=0 skipped_new=0 chronic=0
+    local is_chronic fail_key fail_count
 
     echo ""
     echo "━━━ $ICON_SYNC $arr_name ━━━"
@@ -372,8 +401,30 @@ process_arr() {
         fi
         log "  Blocklisted: $queue_id"
 
-        # Step 2: Trigger new search
+        # Step 2: Circuit breaker — track consecutive failures per (arr_type, media_id).
+        # Some items can never resolve via blind retry (e.g. an album missing 1-2 tracks
+        # where no available release matches the existing edition) — without this, the
+        # same item gets blocklisted + re-searched forever, every run.
+        is_chronic=false
         if [[ -n "$media_id" ]]; then
+            fail_key="${arr_type}:${media_id}"
+            fail_count=$(( ${FAILURE_COUNTS[$fail_key]:-0} + 1 ))
+            FAILURE_COUNTS[$fail_key]="$fail_count"
+            if [[ "$fail_count" -gt "$ARR_RECOVERY_MAX_ATTEMPTS" ]]; then
+                is_chronic=true
+                (( chronic++ ))
+                (( TOTAL_CHRONIC++ ))
+                warn "  Chronic (${fail_count} consecutive failures) — needs manual review: $title"
+                [[ "$fail_count" -eq $(( ARR_RECOVERY_MAX_ATTEMPTS + 1 )) ]] && \
+                    notify "$arr_name item now chronic after ${ARR_RECOVERY_MAX_ATTEMPTS} failed attempts — needs manual review: $title" \
+                        "Arr Recovery" "warning"
+            fi
+        fi
+
+        # Step 3: Trigger new search — skipped for chronic items
+        if [[ "$is_chronic" == true ]]; then
+            log "  Skipping auto re-search (chronic): $title"
+        elif [[ -n "$media_id" ]]; then
             if trigger_search "$url" "$api_key" "$api_version" "$arr_type" "$media_id"; then
                 log "  New search triggered: $title"
             else
@@ -389,12 +440,12 @@ process_arr() {
     done <<< "$problem_items"
 
     if [[ "$actioned" -gt 0 ]]; then
-        warn "$arr_name — actioned: $actioned | skipped (too new): $skipped_new"
+        warn "$arr_name — actioned: $actioned | skipped (too new): $skipped_new | chronic: $chronic"
     else
         log "$arr_name — nothing actioned | skipped (too new): $skipped_new"
     fi
 
-    ARR_SUMMARIES+=("$arr_name: actioned $actioned | too new $skipped_new")
+    ARR_SUMMARIES+=("$arr_name: actioned $actioned | too new $skipped_new | chronic $chronic")
 }
 
 # ==============================================================================================
@@ -442,6 +493,15 @@ process_arr \
 
 END=$(date +%s)
 
+# Persist updated failure counts — skipped in dry-run so nothing is recorded for a preview
+if [[ "$DRY_RUN" == false ]]; then
+    mkdir -p "$(dirname "$ARR_RECOVERY_FAILURE_COUNTS")" 2>/dev/null
+    : > "$ARR_RECOVERY_FAILURE_COUNTS"
+    for key in "${!FAILURE_COUNTS[@]}"; do
+        echo "${key}|${FAILURE_COUNTS[$key]}" >> "$ARR_RECOVERY_FAILURE_COUNTS"
+    done
+fi
+
 # ==============================================================================================
 # ━━━ Summary ━━━
 # ==============================================================================================
@@ -451,6 +511,7 @@ echo "$ICON_HOST    Identity: $MY_ID ($LOCAL_SERVER_NAME)"
 echo "$ICON_TIME    Duration: $(format_duration $(( END - START )))"
 echo "$ICON_TRASH   Actioned: $TOTAL_ACTIONED items blocklisted + searched"
 echo "$ICON_SKIP    Skipped:  $TOTAL_SKIPPED items (too new)"
+echo "$ICON_WARN    Chronic:  $TOTAL_CHRONIC items (blocklisted, auto re-search stopped)"
 echo ""
 for summary in "${ARR_SUMMARIES[@]}"; do
     echo "  $ICON_SUMMARY $summary"
@@ -470,7 +531,7 @@ echo "━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
 
 # Write stats for sunday_morning_coffee_report.sh
 if [[ "$DRY_RUN" == false ]] && [[ -n "${ARR_RECOVERY_STATS:-}" ]]; then
-    echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d')|$(date '+%H:%M')|${TOTAL_ACTIONED}|${TOTAL_SKIPPED}" \
+    echo "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d')|$(date '+%H:%M')|${TOTAL_ACTIONED}|${TOTAL_SKIPPED}|${TOTAL_CHRONIC}" \
         >> "$ARR_RECOVERY_STATS" 2>/dev/null || true
 fi
 
diff --git a/Deployment/master.conf.template b/Deployment/master.conf.template
index 7983113..43234d2 100644
--- a/Deployment/master.conf.template
+++ b/Deployment/master.conf.template
@@ -1215,6 +1215,8 @@
 # Per-host recovery toggles (HOST1_SONARR_RECOVERY etc.) live in host*.conf.
     ARR_IMPORT_RECOVERY_AGE=6           # hours — skip items newer than this
                                         # matches cron interval — items eligible after one missed cycle
+    ARR_RECOVERY_MAX_ATTEMPTS=3         # consecutive failures before an item is flagged chronic
+                                        # and auto re-search stops (still blocklisted/cleaned up)
 
 # ==============================================================================================
 # ── TRANSCODES ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -1328,6 +1330,7 @@
 # All in DATA_DIR — array always running when these are written.
     ARR_CLEANUP_STATS="$DATA_DIR/arr_cleanup_stats.db"     # lidarr/sonarr/radarr orphan stats
     ARR_RECOVERY_STATS="$DATA_DIR/arr_recovery_stats.db"   # blocklist + re-search stats
+    ARR_RECOVERY_FAILURE_COUNTS="$DATA_DIR/arr_recovery_failure_counts.db"  # per-item chronic-failure tracking
 
 # ━━━ Health Digest ━━━
 # Aggregated system health summary — reads existing state files, no new writes.