diff --git a/extract/padelnomics_extract/src/padelnomics_extract/playtomic_availability.py b/extract/padelnomics_extract/src/padelnomics_extract/playtomic_availability.py
index 2ad1cea..0b45aa5 100644
--- a/extract/padelnomics_extract/src/padelnomics_extract/playtomic_availability.py
+++ b/extract/padelnomics_extract/src/padelnomics_extract/playtomic_availability.py
@@ -522,6 +522,10 @@ def extract_recheck(
     dest_dir = landing_path(landing_dir, "playtomic", year, month)
     dest = dest_dir / f"availability_{target_date}_recheck_{recheck_hour:02d}.jsonl.gz"
 
+    if not venues_data:
+        logger.warning("Recheck fetched 0 venues (%d errors) — skipping file write", venues_errored)
+        return {"files_written": 0, "files_skipped": 0, "bytes_written": 0}
+
     captured_at = datetime.now(UTC).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
     working_path = dest.with_suffix("").with_suffix(".working.jsonl")
     with open(working_path, "w") as f: