diff --git a/services/worker/src/workers/proxy.js b/services/worker/src/workers/proxy.js
index f001156..b4f6f7d 100644
--- a/services/worker/src/workers/proxy.js
+++ b/services/worker/src/workers/proxy.js
@@ -221,7 +221,8 @@ export const proxyWorker = async (job) => {
   } catch (error) {
     console.error(`[proxy] Error processing asset ${assetId}:`, error);
     await query(
-      `UPDATE assets SET status = 'error', updated_at = NOW() WHERE id = $1`,
+      `UPDATE assets SET status = 'error', updated_at = NOW()
+       WHERE id = $1 AND status NOT IN ('live', 'ingesting')`,
       [assetId]
     );
     throw error;