diff --git a/drb-frontend/components/CameraFeed.tsx b/drb-frontend/components/CameraFeed.tsx
index c53d23c..8a0d736 100644
--- a/drb-frontend/components/CameraFeed.tsx
+++ b/drb-frontend/components/CameraFeed.tsx
@@ -6,11 +6,17 @@ import type { Ny511Camera } from "@/lib/types";
 
 // 511NY stills are served with max-age=60, so refreshing faster buys nothing.
 const SNAPSHOT_REFRESH_MS = 60_000;
+// A failed stream is not given up on for good: 511NY feeds drop out briefly,
+// and a permanent fallback left pinned tiles showing a stale still image.
+const VIDEO_RETRY_MS = 30_000;
+// In-place recoveries hls.js gets per session before we fall back to the snapshot.
+const MAX_HLS_RECOVERIES = 3;
 
 /**
  * One 511NY camera: the live HLS stream when the camera has one (NYSDOT's
  * skyvdn hosts send Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *), otherwise its snapshot on
- * a timer. A stream that fails falls back to the snapshot rather than a black box.
+ * a timer. A stream that fails falls back to the snapshot rather than a black box,
+ * and video is retried every VIDEO_RETRY_MS while it stays down.
  */
 export function CameraFeed({ camera, className }: { camera: Ny511Camera; className?: string }) {
   const videoRef = useRef<HTMLVideoElement>(null);
@@ -24,6 +30,12 @@ export function CameraFeed({ camera, className }: { camera: Ny511Camera; classNa
     return () => clearInterval(id);
   }, [useVideo]);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!videoFailed || !camera.video_url) return;
+    const id = setTimeout(() => setVideoFailed(false), VIDEO_RETRY_MS);
+    return () => clearTimeout(id);
+  }, [videoFailed, camera.video_url]);
+
   useEffect(() => {
     const video = videoRef.current;
     const src = camera.video_url;
@@ -39,7 +51,15 @@ export function CameraFeed({ camera, className }: { camera: Ny511Camera; classNa
           if (cancelled) return;
           if (!Hls.isSupported()) { setVideoFailed(true); return; }
           hls = new Hls({ maxBufferLength: 10, backBufferLength: 0 });
-          hls.on(Hls.Events.ERROR, (_evt, data) => { if (data.fatal) setVideoFailed(true); });
+          let recoveries = 0;
+          hls.on(Hls.Events.ERROR, (_evt, data) => {
+            if (!data.fatal || !hls) return;
+            if (recoveries++ < MAX_HLS_RECOVERIES) {
+              if (data.type === Hls.ErrorTypes.MEDIA_ERROR) { hls.recoverMediaError(); return; }
+              if (data.type === Hls.ErrorTypes.NETWORK_ERROR) { hls.startLoad(); return; }
+            }
+            setVideoFailed(true);
+          });
           hls.loadSource(src);
           hls.attachMedia(video);
         })