diff --git a/app/admin/upload/actions.ts b/app/admin/upload/actions.ts
index 868c8ee..18eecb9 100644
--- a/app/admin/upload/actions.ts
+++ b/app/admin/upload/actions.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 "use server";
 
 import { requireAdmin } from "@/lib/auth/auth";
-import { publishVideoJob } from "@/lib/video/video-platforms";
+import { db } from "@/db";
+import { videoUploadJobs, videoUploads } from "@/db/schema";
+import { eq } from "drizzle-orm";
 import { revalidatePath } from "next/cache";
 
 export async function createVideoUpload(formData: FormData) {
@@ -14,6 +16,17 @@ export async function createVideoUpload(formData: FormData) {
 
 export async function retryVideoJob(jobId: string) {
 	await requireAdmin();
-	await publishVideoJob(jobId).catch(() => undefined);
+	const job = await db.query.videoUploadJobs.findFirst({
+		where: (table, { eq }) => eq(table.id, jobId),
+	});
+	if (!job) return;
+	await db
+		.update(videoUploadJobs)
+		.set({ status: "pending", error: null })
+		.where(eq(videoUploadJobs.id, job.id));
+	await db
+		.update(videoUploads)
+		.set({ status: "partial", updatedAt: new Date() })
+		.where(eq(videoUploads.id, job.uploadId));
 	revalidatePath("/admin/upload/history");
 }
diff --git a/lib/video/video-platforms.ts b/lib/video/video-platforms.ts
index cacacb5..34c8f7d 100644
--- a/lib/video/video-platforms.ts
+++ b/lib/video/video-platforms.ts
@@ -243,10 +243,20 @@ async function publishTiktok(upload: typeof videoUploads.$inferSelect) {
 	const settings = upload.tiktokSettings as TiktokSettings;
 	const creatorResponse = await fetch(
 		"https://open.tiktokapis.com/v2/post/publish/creator_info/query/",
-		{ headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${token}` } },
+		{
+			method: "POST",
+			headers: {
+				Authorization: `Bearer ${token}`,
+				"Content-Type": "application/json; charset=UTF-8",
+			},
+		},
 	);
-	if (!creatorResponse.ok)
-		throw new Error("TikTok creator information lookup failed.");
+	if (!creatorResponse.ok) {
+		const detail = await creatorResponse.text().catch(() => "");
+		throw new Error(
+			`TikTok creator information lookup failed (${creatorResponse.status})${detail ? `: ${detail}` : "."}`,
+		);
+	}
 	const creator = (await creatorResponse.json()) as {
 		data?: { privacy_level_options?: string[] };
 	};
@@ -367,8 +377,13 @@ export async function processDueVideoUploads() {
 			where: (table, { eq, and, ne }) =>
 				and(eq(table.uploadId, upload.id), ne(table.status, "completed")),
 		});
-		for (const job of jobs)
-			await publishVideoJob(job.id).catch(() => undefined);
+		for (const job of jobs) {
+			await publishVideoJob(job.id).catch((error) => {
+				const message =
+					error instanceof Error ? error.message : "Platform upload failed.";
+				console.error(`[${job.platform}] ${job.id}: ${message}`);
+			});
+		}
 		const remaining = await db.query.videoUploadJobs.findMany({
 			where: (table, { eq, and, ne }) =>
 				and(eq(table.uploadId, upload.id), ne(table.status, "completed")),