diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4944ee2..8ea1e77 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -119,7 +119,9 @@ it stays out of the way. The CC1101 board's BQ27220 gauge is not supported.
   then, just before a camera plays, reads its page in *Live Feed* mode for the
   camera's own MJPEG URL (or *Current Still* when there is no video). The site is
   HTTPS-only, so those pages go through `webpage.c` — `esp_http_client` with the
-  certificate bundle — costing a TLS handshake (~0.7 s) per fetch.
+  certificate bundle — costing a TLS handshake (~0.7 s) per fetch. opentopia
+  stream URLs are re-resolved on every play because they go stale, so favourites
+  and history entries always reconnect to the live address.
 * `httpstream.c` is a small raw-socket HTTP client: `esp_http_client` gives up on
   bodies without `Content-Length`, which is exactly what MJPEG cameras send.
 * `jpegframe.c` pulls complete JPEG files out of the byte stream by walking the
diff --git a/main/slideshow.c b/main/slideshow.c
index 82b09a2..2e72ba8 100644
--- a/main/slideshow.c
+++ b/main/slideshow.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ static int popular_turn;
 static cam_info_t history[HISTORY_LEN];
 static int hist_len, hist_pos = -1;
 static int fav_cursor;
+static uint32_t last_drawn;      // key of the previous camera shown; never repeat it back-to-back
 
 static uint8_t *jpeg_buf;
 static size_t jpeg_cap;
@@ -179,6 +180,7 @@ static cam_info_t *next_camera(bool backwards)
             pages_tried++;
         }
         cam_info_t *c = &page_cams[page_next++];
+        if (pages_tried < 6 && seen_key(c) == last_drawn) continue;                 // no back-to-back repeat
         if (settings.source == SOURCE_RANDOM && pages_tried < 4 && seen_recently(c)) continue;
         mark_seen(c);
         history_push(c);
@@ -206,6 +208,7 @@ static leave_t show_camera(cam_info_t *cam)
 {
     const int64_t interval_ms = (int64_t)settings.interval_s * 1000;
     char meta[96], url[sizeof cam->url];
+    if (cam->provider == PROVIDER_OPENTOPIA) cam->url[0] = 0;   // re-resolve every play; opentopia URLs go stale
     const char *what = cam->provider == PROVIDER_OPENTOPIA ? (cam->title[0] ? cam->title : "opentopia")
                                                            : (cam->maker[0] ? cam->maker : "camera");
     snprintf(meta, sizeof meta, "%s " BULLET " connecting", what);
@@ -351,7 +354,7 @@ done:
 
 static void slideshow_task(void *arg)
 {
-    bool backwards = false, replay = false, retried_resolve = false;
+    bool backwards = false, replay = false;
     int consecutive_errors = 0;
     ui_set_overlay_visible(settings.caption);
     ui_show_camera_page();
@@ -363,15 +366,8 @@ static void slideshow_task(void *arg)
         }
         cam_info_t *cam = replay ? &history[hist_pos] : next_camera(backwards);
         backwards = replay = false;
-        bool stored_url = cam->provider == PROVIDER_OPENTOPIA && cam->url[0];   // from a favourite/history, may be stale
         leave_t why = show_camera(cam);
-        if (why == LEAVE_ERROR && stored_url && !retried_resolve) {
-            cam->url[0] = 0;                 // stored stream URL may be stale; look it up again once
-            retried_resolve = true;
-            replay = true;
-            continue;
-        }
-        retried_resolve = false;
+        last_drawn = seen_key(cam);
         if (why == LEAVE_MENU) {
             int slot = -1;
             if (menu_run(cam, &slot) == MENU_PLAY_FAV && fav_get(slot)) history_push(fav_get(slot));