diff --git a/blocks/rss_client/block_rss_client.php b/blocks/rss_client/block_rss_client.php
index e41e68c6c5f..47e9e7831c5 100644
--- a/blocks/rss_client/block_rss_client.php
+++ b/blocks/rss_client/block_rss_client.php
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
     /** The maximum time in seconds that cron will wait between attempts to retry failing RSS feeds. */
     const CLIENT_MAX_SKIPTIME = 43200; // 60 * 60 * 12 seconds.
 
+    /** @var bool track whether any of the output feeds have recorded failures */
+    private $hasfailedfeeds = false;
+
     function init() {
         $this->title = get_string('pluginname', 'block_rss_client');
     }
@@ -59,6 +62,7 @@
      * @return block_rss_client\output\footer|null The renderable footer or null if none should be displayed.
      */
     protected function get_footer($feedrecords) {
+        global $PAGE;
         $footer = null;
 
         if ($this->config->block_rss_client_show_channel_link) {
@@ -74,6 +78,16 @@
             }
         }
 
+        if ($this->hasfailedfeeds) {
+            if (has_any_capability(['block/rss_client:manageownfeeds', 'block/rss_client:manageanyfeeds'], $this->context)) {
+                if ($footer === null) {
+                    $footer = new block_rss_client\output\footer();
+                }
+                $manageurl = new moodle_url('/blocks/rss_client/managefeeds.php', ['courseid' => $PAGE->course->id]);
+                $footer->set_failed($manageurl);
+            }
+        }
+
         return $footer;
     }
 
@@ -173,6 +187,12 @@
         global $CFG;
         require_once($CFG->libdir.'/simplepie/moodle_simplepie.php');
 
+        if ($feedrecord->skipuntil) {
+            // Last attempt to gather this feed via cron failed - do not try to fetch it now.
+            $this->hasfailedfeeds = true;
+            return null;
+        }
+
         $simplepiefeed = new moodle_simplepie($feedrecord->url);
 
         if(isset($CFG->block_rss_client_timeout)){
diff --git a/blocks/rss_client/classes/output/footer.php b/blocks/rss_client/classes/output/footer.php
index 3da20398b59..c864df3d686 100644
--- a/blocks/rss_client/classes/output/footer.php
+++ b/blocks/rss_client/classes/output/footer.php
@@ -40,16 +40,23 @@ class footer implements \renderable, \templatable {
     /**
      * The link provided in the RSS channel
      *
-     * @var \moodle_url
+     * @var \moodle_url|null
      */
     protected $channelurl;
 
+    /**
+     * Link to manage feeds, only provided if a feed has failed.
+     *
+     * @var \moodle_url|null
+     */
+    protected $manageurl = null;
+
     /**
      * Constructor
      *
-     * @param \moodle_url $channelurl The link provided in the RSS channel
+     * @param \moodle_url $channelurl (optional) The link provided in the RSS channel
      */
-    public function __construct(\moodle_url $channelurl) {
+    public function __construct($channelurl = null) {
         $this->channelurl = $channelurl;
     }
 
@@ -65,6 +72,16 @@ class footer implements \renderable, \templatable {
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Record the fact that there is at least one failed feed (and the URL for viewing
+     * these failed feeds).
+     *
+     * @param \moodle_url $manageurl the URL to link to for more information
+     */
+    public function set_failed(\moodle_url $manageurl) {
+        $this->manageurl = $manageurl;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get the channel url
      *
@@ -84,6 +101,10 @@ class footer implements \renderable, \templatable {
     public function export_for_template(\renderer_base $output) {
         $data = new \stdClass();
         $data->channellink = clean_param($this->channelurl, PARAM_URL);
+        if ($this->manageurl) {
+            $data->hasfailedfeeds = true;
+            $data->manageurl = clean_param($this->manageurl, PARAM_URL);
+        }
 
         return $data;
     }
diff --git a/blocks/rss_client/lang/en/block_rss_client.php b/blocks/rss_client/lang/en/block_rss_client.php
index 3fbbdc794c6..e606979018a 100644
--- a/blocks/rss_client/lang/en/block_rss_client.php
+++ b/blocks/rss_client/lang/en/block_rss_client.php
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ $string['editnewsfeeds'] = 'Edit news feeds';
 $string['editrssblock'] = 'Edit RSS headline block';
 $string['enableautodiscovery'] = 'Enable auto-discovery of feeds?';
 $string['enableautodiscovery_help'] = 'If enabled, feeds on web pages are found automatically. For example, if http://docs.moodle.org is entered, then http://docs.moodle.org/en/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=rss would be found.';
+$string['failedfeed'] = 'Feed failed to download - will retry after {$a}';
+$string['failedfeeds'] = 'One or more RSS feeds have failed';
 $string['feed'] = 'Feed';
 $string['feedadded'] = 'News feed added';
 $string['feeddeleted'] = 'News feed deleted';
diff --git a/blocks/rss_client/managefeeds.php b/blocks/rss_client/managefeeds.php
index 475337ca349..85cf983a8e4 100644
--- a/blocks/rss_client/managefeeds.php
+++ b/blocks/rss_client/managefeeds.php
@@ -114,6 +114,13 @@ foreach($feeds as $feed) {
     $feedinfo = '<div class="title">' . $viewlink . '</div>' .
         '<div class="url">' . html_writer::link($feed->url, $feed->url) .'</div>' .
         '<div class="description">' . $feed->description . '</div>';
+    if ($feed->skipuntil) {
+        $skipuntil = userdate($feed->skipuntil, get_string('strftimedatetime', 'langconfig'));
+        $skipmsg = get_string('failedfeed', 'block_rss_client', $skipuntil);
+        $notification = new \core\output\notification($skipmsg, 'error');
+        $notification->set_show_closebutton(false);
+        $feedinfo .= $OUTPUT->render($notification);
+    }
 
     $editurl = new moodle_url('/blocks/rss_client/editfeed.php?rssid=' . $feed->id . $extraparams);
     $editaction = $OUTPUT->action_icon($editurl, new pix_icon('t/edit', get_string('edit')));
diff --git a/blocks/rss_client/templates/footer.mustache b/blocks/rss_client/templates/footer.mustache
index b1aa3733edf..dd5d0fe2b39 100644
--- a/blocks/rss_client/templates/footer.mustache
+++ b/blocks/rss_client/templates/footer.mustache
@@ -33,4 +33,10 @@
         "channellink": "https://www.example.com/feeds/rss"
     }
 }}
-<a href="{{{channellink}}}">{{#str}} clientchannellink, block_rss_client {{/str}}</a>
+{{#channellink}}
+    <a href="{{{channellink}}}">{{#str}} clientchannellink, block_rss_client {{/str}}</a>
+    {{#hasfailedfeeds}}<br>{{/hasfailedfeeds}}
+{{/channellink}}
+{{#hasfailedfeeds}}
+    <a href="{{{manageurl}}}">{{#str}} failedfeeds, block_rss_client {{/str}}</a>
+{{/hasfailedfeeds}}
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