diff --git a/dlp.py b/dlp.py
index c5ad859..0776c0d 100644
--- a/dlp.py
+++ b/dlp.py
@@ -177,6 +177,11 @@ def run_gofile(
                 log.error("PASSWORD REQUIRED %s: %s", f.url, exc)
                 state.mark(f.url, status="failed", error=str(exc), files=[])
                 break
+            except dlph_gofile.GoFileNotFound as exc:
+                # Dead links never come back - no retry
+                log.error("DEAD LINK %s: %s", f.url, exc)
+                state.mark(f.url, status="failed", error=str(exc), files=[])
+                break
             except dlph_gofile.GoFileAuthError as exc:
                 # Token may have died mid-run (rate limit); re-auth once per attempt
                 log.warning("Auth error for %s: %s - re-authenticating", f.url, exc)
@@ -246,6 +251,11 @@ def run_0807(
                     extract_zips([entry])
                 consecutive_failures = 0
                 break
+            except dlph_zero807.Zero807NotFound as exc:
+                # Dead links never come back - no retry
+                log.error("DEAD LINK %s: %s", f.url, exc)
+                state.mark(f.url, status="failed", error=str(exc), files=[])
+                break
             except dlph_zero807.Zero807Error as exc:
                 log.warning("Attempt %d/%d failed for %s: %s",
                             attempt, args.retries, f.url, exc)
@@ -397,13 +407,14 @@ def process_channel(
 
     ok = [u for u, r in state.records.items() if r.get("status") == "ok"]
     bad = state.failures()
+    dead = sum(1 for r in state.records.values() if "dead link" in (r.get("error") or ""))
     total_files = sum(len(r.get("files") or []) for r in state.records.values())
     total_size = sum(
         (f_.get("size") or 0) for r in state.records.values() for f_ in (r.get("files") or [])
     )
-    log.info("%s: %d ok (%d files, %s) / %d failed / %d seen",
+    log.info("%s: %d ok (%d files, %s) / %d failed (%d dead links) / %d seen",
              out_dir, len(ok), total_files, format_size(total_size),
-             len(bad), len(state.records))
+             len(bad), dead, len(state.records))
     if bad:
         log.info("Failed URLs written to %s - re-run this tool or use "
                  "python3 dlp.py <id> <out> --urls-file %s to retry them.",
diff --git a/dlphelper/gofile.py b/dlphelper/gofile.py
index aeb3d7e..f9cba05 100644
--- a/dlphelper/gofile.py
+++ b/dlphelper/gofile.py
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ class GoFilePasswordRequired(GoFileError):
     """The content is password protected and none (or a wrong one) was given."""
 
 
+class GoFileNotFound(GoFileError):
+    """The content/file no longer exists (404 / status notFound).
+
+    Dead links never come back, so the orchestrator must not retry these.
+    """
+
+
 class GoFileAuthError(GoFileError):
     """The account token was rejected; the client can re-auth once."""
 
@@ -153,6 +160,8 @@ class GoFileClient:
         except requests.RequestException as exc:
             raise GoFileError(f"content request for {cid} failed: {exc}") from exc
 
+        if resp.status_code == 404:
+            raise GoFileNotFound(f"content {cid} not found (dead link)")
         if resp.status_code in (401, 403):
             raise GoFileAuthError(f"content request denied ({resp.status_code}) for {cid}")
         try:
@@ -160,6 +169,8 @@ class GoFileClient:
         except ValueError as exc:
             raise GoFileError(f"non-JSON response for {cid}: {resp.text[:200]}") from exc
 
+        if data.get("status") == "notFound":
+            raise GoFileNotFound(f"content {cid} does not exist anymore (dead link)")
         if data.get("status") != "ok":
             raise GoFileError(f"content request failed for {cid}: {data.get('status')}")
 
@@ -199,6 +210,8 @@ class GoFileClient:
             with self.session.get(
                 link, headers=headers, stream=True, timeout=(10, 60), allow_redirects=True
             ) as resp:
+                if resp.status_code == 404:
+                    raise GoFileNotFound(f"file {dest.name} not found (dead link)")
                 if resp.status_code != 200:
                     raise GoFileError(f"HTTP {resp.status_code} while downloading {dest.name}")
                 total = int(resp.headers.get("Content-Length") or 0)
diff --git a/dlphelper/zero807.py b/dlphelper/zero807.py
index bf4d447..de7354d 100644
--- a/dlphelper/zero807.py
+++ b/dlphelper/zero807.py
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ class Zero807Error(Exception):
     """Base error for 0807 downloads."""
 
 
+class Zero807NotFound(Zero807Error):
+    """The file no longer exists (HTTP 404/410). Not retryable."""
+
+
 def target_name(url: str) -> str:
     """Derive the filename from the URL path (e.g. /6saCNie.zip -> 6saCNie.zip)."""
     name = Path(urlparse(url).path).name
@@ -71,7 +75,11 @@ def download(
     proc = subprocess.run(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, text=True)
     if proc.returncode != 0:
         tail = [line for line in proc.stderr.strip().splitlines() if line][-3:]
-        raise Zero807Error(f"curl exit code {proc.returncode}: {' | '.join(tail)}")
+        stderr = " | ".join(tail)
+        # -f makes curl exit 22 on any HTTP error; dead links fail for good
+        if "404" in stderr or "410" in stderr:
+            raise Zero807NotFound(f"dead link (HTTP 404/410): {stderr}")
+        raise Zero807Error(f"curl exit code {proc.returncode}: {stderr}")
 
     size = tmp.stat().st_size if tmp.exists() else 0
     if size == 0: