diff --git a/internal/processing/workers/surfacetimeline.go b/internal/processing/workers/surfacetimeline.go
index 90cb1fed3..1c3746885 100644
--- a/internal/processing/workers/surfacetimeline.go
+++ b/internal/processing/workers/surfacetimeline.go
@@ -384,8 +384,9 @@ func (s *Surface) timelineStatus(
 ) (bool, error) {
 
 	// Ingest status into given timeline using provided function.
-	if inserted, err := ingest(ctx, timelineID, status); err != nil {
-		err = gtserror.Newf("error ingesting status %s: %w", status.ID, err)
+	if inserted, err := ingest(ctx, timelineID, status); err != nil &&
+		!errors.Is(err, statusfilter.ErrHideStatus) {
+		err := gtserror.Newf("error ingesting status %s: %w", status.ID, err)
 		return false, err
 	} else if !inserted {
 		// Nothing more to do.
@@ -401,7 +402,7 @@ func (s *Surface) timelineStatus(
 		mutes,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
-		err = gtserror.Newf("error converting status %s to frontend representation: %w", status.ID, err)
+		err := gtserror.Newf("error converting status %s to frontend representation: %w", status.ID, err)
 		return true, err
 	}