diff --git a/js/ui/components/VideoModal.js b/js/ui/components/VideoModal.js
index 9f0f2efe..8d0a6210 100644
--- a/js/ui/components/VideoModal.js
+++ b/js/ui/components/VideoModal.js
@@ -3532,7 +3532,14 @@ export class VideoModal {
       if (status !== "success" && status !== "") {
         return false;
       }
-      return receipt?.validation?.status !== "passed";
+      const validationStatus =
+        typeof receipt.validation?.status === "string"
+          ? receipt.validation.status.toLowerCase()
+          : "";
+      if (!validationStatus || validationStatus === "skipped") {
+        return false;
+      }
+      return validationStatus !== "passed";
     });
 
     const renderReceiptItem = ({ receipt, tone }) => {
diff --git a/js/ui/zapController.js b/js/ui/zapController.js
index dcd041b2..8aa302a2 100644
--- a/js/ui/zapController.js
+++ b/js/ui/zapController.js
@@ -341,9 +341,12 @@ export default class ZapController {
         if (status !== "success" && status !== "") {
           return false;
         }
-        const validationStatus = receipt.validation?.status;
-        if (!validationStatus) {
-          return true;
+        const validationStatus =
+          typeof receipt.validation?.status === "string"
+            ? receipt.validation.status.toLowerCase()
+            : "";
+        if (!validationStatus || validationStatus === "skipped") {
+          return false;
         }
         return validationStatus !== "passed";
       });
diff --git a/tests/video-modal-zap.test.mjs b/tests/video-modal-zap.test.mjs
index 7bfd3d08..1011fb1c 100644
--- a/tests/video-modal-zap.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/video-modal-zap.test.mjs
@@ -568,6 +568,84 @@ await (async () => {
   app.destroy();
 })();
 
+await (async () => {
+  // Test: validation skipped receipts do not trigger warnings
+  const receipts = [
+    {
+      recipientType: "creator",
+      status: "success",
+      amount: 600,
+      address: "creator@example.com",
+      payment: { result: { preimage: "dd".repeat(16) } },
+      validation: {
+        status: "skipped",
+        reason: "Zap request unavailable",
+      },
+    },
+    {
+      recipientType: "platform",
+      status: "success",
+      amount: 100,
+      address: "platform@example.com",
+      validation: {
+        status: "skipped",
+        reason: "Zap request unavailable",
+      },
+    },
+  ];
+
+  const { app, modalStub, creatorAddress } = await createApp({
+    splitAndZap: async () => ({ receipts }),
+  });
+
+  const pubkeyHex = "d".repeat(64);
+  app.pubkey = pubkeyHex;
+  const normalized = app.normalizeHexPubkey(pubkeyHex);
+  app.nwcSettingsService.cache.set(normalized, {
+    nwcUri: "nostr+walletconnect://example",
+    defaultZap: null,
+    lastChecked: null,
+    version: "",
+  });
+
+  app.currentVideo = {
+    id: "event901",
+    pubkey: pubkeyHex,
+    tags: [["d", "video901"]],
+    content: "",
+    created_at: 1_700_000_150,
+    lightningAddress: creatorAddress,
+  };
+
+  const initialWarningCount = modalStub.statusMessages.filter(
+    (entry) => entry.tone === "warning"
+  ).length;
+
+  await app.zapController.sendZap({ amount: 700, comment: "No receipt support" });
+
+  const warningsAfter = modalStub.statusMessages.filter(
+    (entry) => entry.tone === "warning"
+  ).length;
+  assert.equal(
+    warningsAfter,
+    initialWarningCount,
+    "skipped validation should not emit new warnings",
+  );
+
+  const lastStatus = modalStub.statusMessages[modalStub.statusMessages.length - 1];
+  assert.equal(lastStatus.tone, "success", "zap should report success when validation skipped");
+  assert(!/awaiting validated zap receipt/i.test(lastStatus.message));
+
+  const lastReceiptEntry = modalStub.receipts[modalStub.receipts.length - 1];
+  assert.equal(
+    lastReceiptEntry?.options?.partial,
+    false,
+    "receipt rendering should complete when validation is skipped",
+  );
+
+  app.destroy();
+})();
+
 await (async () => {
   // Test: platform receipt failure keeps retry state active and surfaces warning
   const platformError = new Error("Budget exceeded");