diff --git a/backend/app/sync/runner.py b/backend/app/sync/runner.py
index 64f4e04..2cdd79b 100644
--- a/backend/app/sync/runner.py
+++ b/backend/app/sync/runner.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from app.sync.videos import (
     enrich_pending,
     poll_rss_channel,
     reconcile_full_history,
+    refresh_live,
     run_shorts_classification,
 )
 from app.youtube.client import YouTubeClient
@@ -65,6 +66,10 @@ def run_enrich(db: Session, max_batches: int = 200, floor: int = 200) -> int:
             total += n
             if n == 0:
                 break
+        # Revisit transient live/upcoming videos (enrich_pending is one-shot) so an ended
+        # stream gains its final duration + was_live status instead of staying "live" forever.
+        if quota.remaining_today(db) > floor:
+            total += refresh_live(db, yt)
     return total
 
 
diff --git a/backend/app/sync/videos.py b/backend/app/sync/videos.py
index e4672ed..c4f002d 100644
--- a/backend/app/sync/videos.py
+++ b/backend/app/sync/videos.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import re
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
 
-from sqlalchemy import func, or_, select, update
+from sqlalchemy import and_, func, or_, select, update
 from sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql import insert as pg_insert
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 
@@ -260,6 +260,52 @@ def enrich_pending(db: Session, yt: YouTubeClient, limit: int | None = None) ->
     return enriched
 
 
+def refresh_live(db: Session, yt: YouTubeClient, limit: int | None = None) -> int:
+    """Re-fetch videos in a transient live state so they pick up their final shape.
+
+    `enrich_pending` is one-shot (it only touches enriched_at IS NULL), but a live broadcast
+    is not a final state: a stream ends and becomes a normal VOD — gaining a real duration
+    and flipping live_status to was_live — and an upcoming premiere eventually goes live then
+    ends. So we revisit anything still live/upcoming, plus a just-ended stream that hasn't got
+    its duration yet (YouTube can lag a bit after the broadcast), until it settles. Cheap:
+    videos.list is 1 unit per 50 ids, and the live/upcoming set is normally tiny."""
+    limit = limit or settings.enrich_batch_size
+    videos = (
+        db.execute(
+            select(Video)
+            .where(
+                or_(
+                    Video.live_status.in_(("live", "upcoming")),
+                    and_(
+                        Video.live_status == "was_live",
+                        Video.duration_seconds.is_(None),
+                    ),
+                )
+            )
+            .limit(limit)
+        )
+        .scalars()
+        .all()
+    )
+    if not videos:
+        return 0
+    items = {it["id"]: it for it in yt.get_videos([v.id for v in videos])}
+    now = _now()
+    updated = 0
+    for video in videos:
+        item = items.get(video.id)
+        if item is None:
+            # The broadcast vanished (deleted/private). Stop treating it as live so it
+            # doesn't get refreshed forever; it just becomes an ordinary (dead) row.
+            video.live_status = "none"
+            continue
+        apply_video_details(video, item)
+        video.enriched_at = now
+        updated += 1
+    db.commit()
+    return updated
+
+
 def run_shorts_classification(db: Session, limit: int | None = None) -> dict:
     """Finalize Shorts classification: cheaply mark non-candidates, then probe the
     youtube.com/shorts URL for short-enough, non-live, enriched videos."""