diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/patches/ReturnYouTubeDislikePatch.java b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/patches/ReturnYouTubeDislikePatch.java
index 1dd5fb53..89ad8a66 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/patches/ReturnYouTubeDislikePatch.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/patches/ReturnYouTubeDislikePatch.java
@@ -25,6 +25,17 @@ import static app.revanced.integrations.returnyoutubedislike.ReturnYouTubeDislik
 
 /**
  * Handles all interaction of UI patch components.
+ *
+ * Known limitation:
+ * Litho based Shorts player can experience temporarily frozen video playback if the RYD fetch takes too long.
+ *
+ * Temporary work around:
+ * Enable app spoofing to version 18.20.39 or older, as that uses a non litho Shorts player.
+ *
+ * Permanent fix (yet to be implemented), either of:
+ * - Modify patch to hook onto the Shorts Litho TextView, and update the dislikes asynchronously.
+ * - Find a way to force Litho to rebuild it's component tree
+ *   (and use that hook to force the shorts dislikes to update after the fetch is completed).
  */
 public class ReturnYouTubeDislikePatch {
 
@@ -435,10 +446,10 @@ public class ReturnYouTubeDislikePatch {
                 lastLithoShortsVideoData = videoData;
                 lithoShortsShouldUseCurrentData = false;
             } else {
+                // All other playback (including non-litho Shorts).
                 if (videoIdIsSame(currentVideoData, videoId)) {
                     return;
                 }
-                // All other playback (including litho Shorts).
                 currentVideoData = ReturnYouTubeDislike.getFetchForVideoId(videoId);
             }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/returnyoutubedislike/ReturnYouTubeDislike.java b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/returnyoutubedislike/ReturnYouTubeDislike.java
index d68d0c1e..e4829964 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/returnyoutubedislike/ReturnYouTubeDislike.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/returnyoutubedislike/ReturnYouTubeDislike.java
@@ -69,12 +69,18 @@ public class ReturnYouTubeDislike {
      * Must be less than 5 seconds, as per:
      * https://developer.android.com/topic/performance/vitals/anr
      */
-    private static final long MAX_MILLISECONDS_TO_BLOCK_UI_WAITING_FOR_FETCH = 4000;
+    private static final long MAX_MILLISECONDS_TO_BLOCK_UI_WAITING_FOR_FETCH = 4500;
 
     /**
-     * How long to retain cached RYD fetches.
+     * How long to retain successful RYD fetches.
      */
-    private static final long CACHE_TIMEOUT_MILLISECONDS = 5 * 60 * 1000; // 5 Minutes
+    private static final long CACHE_TIMEOUT_SUCCESS_MILLISECONDS = 5 * 60 * 1000; // 5 Minutes
+
+    /**
+     * How long to retain unsuccessful RYD fetches,
+     * and also the minimum time before retrying again.
+     */
+    private static final long CACHE_TIMEOUT_FAILURE_MILLISECONDS = 60 * 1000; // 1 Minute
 
     /**
      * Unique placeholder character, used to detect if a segmented span already has dislikes added to it.
@@ -348,7 +354,7 @@ public class ReturnYouTubeDislike {
             }
 
             ReturnYouTubeDislike fetch = fetchCache.get(videoId);
-            if (fetch == null || !fetch.futureInProgressOrFinishedSuccessfully()) {
+            if (fetch == null) {
                 fetch = new ReturnYouTubeDislike(videoId);
                 fetchCache.put(videoId, fetch);
             }
@@ -374,7 +380,15 @@ public class ReturnYouTubeDislike {
     }
 
     private boolean isExpired(long now) {
-        return timeFetched != 0 && (now - timeFetched) > CACHE_TIMEOUT_MILLISECONDS;
+        final long timeSinceCreation = now - timeFetched;
+        if (timeSinceCreation < CACHE_TIMEOUT_FAILURE_MILLISECONDS) {
+            return false; // Not expired, even if the API call failed.
+        }
+        if (timeSinceCreation > CACHE_TIMEOUT_SUCCESS_MILLISECONDS) {
+            return true; // Always expired.
+        }
+        // Only expired if the fetch failed (API null response).
+        return (!fetchCompleted() || getFetchData(MAX_MILLISECONDS_TO_BLOCK_UI_WAITING_FOR_FETCH) == null);
     }
 
     @Nullable
@@ -389,8 +403,11 @@ public class ReturnYouTubeDislike {
         return null;
     }
 
-    private boolean futureInProgressOrFinishedSuccessfully() {
-        return !future.isDone() || getFetchData(MAX_MILLISECONDS_TO_BLOCK_UI_WAITING_FOR_FETCH) != null;
+    /**
+     * @return if the RYD fetch call has completed.
+     */
+    public boolean fetchCompleted() {
+        return future.isDone();
     }
 
     private synchronized void clearUICache() {
@@ -493,13 +510,6 @@ public class ReturnYouTubeDislike {
         return original;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @return if the RYD fetch call has completed.
-     */
-    public boolean fetchCompleted() {
-        return future.isDone();
-    }
-
     public void sendVote(@NonNull Vote vote) {
         ReVancedUtils.verifyOnMainThread();
         Objects.requireNonNull(vote);
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/returnyoutubedislike/requests/ReturnYouTubeDislikeApi.java b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/returnyoutubedislike/requests/ReturnYouTubeDislikeApi.java
index a7e82576..f10ed821 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/returnyoutubedislike/requests/ReturnYouTubeDislikeApi.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/revanced/integrations/returnyoutubedislike/requests/ReturnYouTubeDislikeApi.java
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ public class ReturnYouTubeDislikeApi {
     private static final int API_GET_VOTES_TCP_TIMEOUT_MILLISECONDS = 2000;
 
     /**
-     * {@link #fetchVotes(String)} HTTP read timeout
-     *  To locally debug and force timeouts, change this to a very small number (ie: 100)
+     * {@link #fetchVotes(String)} HTTP read timeout.
+     * To locally debug and force timeouts, change this to a very small number (ie: 100)
      */
-    private static final int API_GET_VOTES_HTTP_TIMEOUT_MILLISECONDS = 4000;
+    private static final int API_GET_VOTES_HTTP_TIMEOUT_MILLISECONDS = 5000;
 
     /**
      * Default connection and response timeout for voting and registration.