diff --git a/src/server/features/dashboard/services/DashboardService.ts b/src/server/features/dashboard/services/DashboardService.ts
index 2acff01..05ede7d 100644
--- a/src/server/features/dashboard/services/DashboardService.ts
+++ b/src/server/features/dashboard/services/DashboardService.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import {
   createDataforseoClient,
   normalizeBacklinksTarget,
 } from "@/server/lib/dataforseo";
+import { asAppError } from "@/server/lib/errors";
+import { shouldCaptureAppErrorCode } from "@/shared/error-codes";
 
 // Daily cadence: fresh numbers each visit without per-visit spend; a dormant
 // project costs nothing because refreshes are visit-triggered.
@@ -269,11 +271,24 @@ async function ensureBacklinkSnapshot(input: {
       capturedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
     });
   } catch (error) {
-    if (latestMatchesDomain) {
-      console.error("dashboard: backlink snapshot refresh failed", error);
-      return getBacklinkSummary(projectId, domain);
+    if (!latestMatchesDomain) throw error;
+    // Visit-triggered refresh, so an out-of-credits org re-hits this on every
+    // dashboard load. Expected refusals are not failures: log them at info with
+    // the code, and keep error for anything the taxonomy says is reportable.
+    const code = asAppError(error)?.code;
+    if (shouldCaptureAppErrorCode(code)) {
+      console.error(
+        "dashboard: backlink snapshot refresh failed",
+        { projectId },
+        error,
+      );
+    } else {
+      console.info("dashboard: backlink snapshot refresh skipped", {
+        projectId,
+        code,
+      });
     }
-    throw error;
+    return getBacklinkSummary(projectId, domain);
   }
 
   return getBacklinkSummary(projectId, domain);