diff --git a/frontend/app/page.js b/frontend/app/page.js
index 0a38c50d..b42f9665 100644
--- a/frontend/app/page.js
+++ b/frontend/app/page.js
@@ -2054,8 +2054,17 @@ async function exportZip() {
                     </dl>
 
                     {(channelStates[activeChannel]?.issues || []).length > 0 && (
-                      <div className="draft-quality-issues" role={channelStates[activeChannel]?.status === "needs_review" ? "alert" : "status"}>
-                        <strong>{channelStates[activeChannel]?.status === "needs_review" ? "Unresolved quality issues" : "Generation notes"}</strong>
+                      <div
+                        className="draft-quality-issues"
+                        role={["needs_review", "failed"].includes(channelStates[activeChannel]?.status) ? "alert" : "status"}
+                      >
+                        <strong>
+                          {channelStates[activeChannel]?.status === "failed"
+                            ? "Generation failed"
+                            : channelStates[activeChannel]?.status === "needs_review"
+                              ? "Unresolved quality issues"
+                              : "Generation notes"}
+                        </strong>
                         <ul>
                           {channelStates[activeChannel].issues.map((issue, index) => (
                             <li key={channelStates[activeChannel]?.issueCodes?.[index] || index}>
@@ -2091,7 +2100,7 @@ async function exportZip() {
                         onClick={() => void performRegeneration(REGENERATION_POLICIES.CHANNEL, activeChannel)}
                         disabled={busy || !providerReadiness.ready}
                       >
-                        Regenerate this channel
+                        {channelStates[activeChannel]?.status === "failed" ? "Retry destination" : "Regenerate this channel"}
                       </button>
                       {channelStates[activeChannel]?.edited && generatedPosts[activeChannel] && (
                         <button
diff --git a/frontend/tests/generationQualityContracts.test.mjs b/frontend/tests/generationQualityContracts.test.mjs
index a404d3f8..06aa1d5f 100644
--- a/frontend/tests/generationQualityContracts.test.mjs
+++ b/frontend/tests/generationQualityContracts.test.mjs
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ import {
   campaignReducer,
   createInitialCampaignState,
 } from "../lib/studio/campaignState.mjs";
+import {
+  REGENERATION_POLICIES,
+  regenerationTargets,
+} from "../lib/studio/regenerationPolicy.mjs";
 
 function validStrategyFixture() {
   const context = {
@@ -334,3 +338,23 @@ test("complete, needs_review, and failed quality states remain behaviorally dist
   assert.equal(failed.channelStates.reddit.qualityStatus, "failed");
   assert.equal(failed.channelStates.reddit.approved, false);
 });
+
+
+test("failed destinations expose an isolated retry path without touching successful channels", async () => {
+  const page = await readFile(new URL("../app/page.js", import.meta.url), "utf8");
+  assert.match(page, /\? "Generation failed"/);
+  assert.match(page, /\? "Retry destination" : "Regenerate this channel"/);
+  assert.match(page, /\["needs_review", "failed"\]\.includes\(channelStates\[activeChannel\]\?\.status\) \? "alert" : "status"/);
+
+  const targets = regenerationTargets({
+    policy: REGENERATION_POLICIES.CHANNEL,
+    channels: ["linkedin", "x", "reddit"],
+    channelStates: {
+      linkedin: { status: "complete" },
+      x: { status: "failed" },
+      reddit: { status: "needs_review" },
+    },
+    activeChannel: "x",
+  });
+  assert.deepEqual(targets, ["x"]);
+});