diff --git a/Lite/Services/LocalDataService.CollectionHealth.cs b/Lite/Services/LocalDataService.CollectionHealth.cs
index 6f4c1902..226a3177 100644
--- a/Lite/Services/LocalDataService.CollectionHealth.cs
+++ b/Lite/Services/LocalDataService.CollectionHealth.cs
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ public async Task<List<CollectorHealthRow>> GetCollectionHealthAsync(int serverI
     AVG(duration_ms) AS avg_duration_ms,
     MAX(CASE WHEN status = 'SUCCESS' THEN collection_time END) AS last_success_time,
     MAX(collection_time) AS last_run_time,
-    MAX(CASE WHEN status = 'ERROR' THEN error_message END) AS last_error,
-    MAX(CASE WHEN status = 'ERROR' THEN collection_time END) AS last_error_time
+    MAX(CASE WHEN status IN ('ERROR', 'PERMISSIONS') THEN error_message END) AS last_error,
+    MAX(CASE WHEN status IN ('ERROR', 'PERMISSIONS') THEN collection_time END) AS last_error_time,
+    SUM(CASE WHEN status = 'PERMISSIONS' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS permission_denied_count
 FROM collection_log
 WHERE server_id = $1
 AND   collection_time >= $2
@@ -56,7 +57,8 @@ GROUP BY collector_name
                 LastSuccessTime = reader.IsDBNull(5) ? null : reader.GetDateTime(5),
                 LastRunTime = reader.IsDBNull(6) ? null : reader.GetDateTime(6),
                 LastError = reader.IsDBNull(7) ? null : reader.GetString(7),
-                LastErrorTime = reader.IsDBNull(8) ? null : reader.GetDateTime(8)
+                LastErrorTime = reader.IsDBNull(8) ? null : reader.GetDateTime(8),
+                PermissionDeniedCount = reader.IsDBNull(9) ? 0 : ToInt64(reader.GetValue(9))
             });
         }
 
@@ -147,6 +149,7 @@ public class CollectorHealthRow
     public DateTime? LastRunTime { get; set; }
     public string? LastError { get; set; }
     public DateTime? LastErrorTime { get; set; }
+    public long PermissionDeniedCount { get; set; }
 
     public double FailureRatePercent => TotalRuns > 0 ? (double)ErrorCount / TotalRuns * 100 : 0;
     public double HoursSinceLastSuccess => LastSuccessTime.HasValue
@@ -158,6 +161,7 @@ public string HealthStatus
         get
         {
             if (TotalRuns == 0) return "NEVER_RUN";
+            if (PermissionDeniedCount > 0 && ErrorCount == 0 && SuccessCount == 0) return "NO_PERMISSIONS";
             if (HoursSinceLastSuccess > 24) return "FAILING";
             if (HoursSinceLastSuccess > 4) return "STALE";
             if (FailureRatePercent > 20) return "WARNING";
diff --git a/Lite/Services/RemoteCollectorService.cs b/Lite/Services/RemoteCollectorService.cs
index ea1e79a2..8b71b154 100644
--- a/Lite/Services/RemoteCollectorService.cs
+++ b/Lite/Services/RemoteCollectorService.cs
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public CollectorHealthSummary GetHealthSummary(int? serverId = null)
     /// <summary>
     /// Records a collector execution result for health tracking.
     /// </summary>
-    private void RecordCollectorResult(int serverId, string collectorName, bool success, string? errorMessage = null)
+    private void RecordCollectorResult(int serverId, string collectorName, string status, string? errorMessage = null)
     {
         lock (_healthLock)
         {
@@ -164,12 +164,20 @@ private void RecordCollectorResult(int serverId, string collectorName, bool succ
                 _collectorHealth[key] = entry;
             }
 
-            if (success)
+            if (status == "SUCCESS")
             {
                 entry.LastSuccessTime = DateTime.UtcNow;
                 entry.ConsecutiveErrors = 0;
                 entry.TotalSuccesses++;
             }
+            else if (status == "PERMISSIONS")
+            {
+                /* Permission errors are not transient — don't count as failures
+                   (which would show FAILING) but don't count as success either.
+                   Record the error message so the user can see what's wrong. */
+                entry.LastErrorTime = DateTime.UtcNow;
+                entry.LastErrorMessage = errorMessage;
+            }
             else
             {
                 entry.LastErrorTime = DateTime.UtcNow;
@@ -337,6 +345,7 @@ public async Task RunCollectorAsync(ServerConnection server, string collectorNam
             }
             else if (ex.Number == 229 || ex.Number == 297 || ex.Number == 300)
             {
+                status = "PERMISSIONS";
                 _logger?.LogWarning("Collector '{Collector}' permission denied for server '{Server}': {Message}",
                     collectorName, server.DisplayName, ex.Message);
             }
@@ -369,7 +378,7 @@ public async Task RunCollectorAsync(ServerConnection server, string collectorNam
         }
 
         // Track collector health
-        RecordCollectorResult(GetServerId(server), collectorName, status == "SUCCESS", errorMessage);
+        RecordCollectorResult(GetServerId(server), collectorName, status, errorMessage);
 
         // Log the collection attempt
         await LogCollectionAsync(GetServerId(server), server.DisplayName, collectorName, startTime, status, errorMessage, rowsCollected, _lastSqlMs, _lastDuckDbMs);