diff --git a/src/trx-server/trx-backend/trx-backend-soapysdr/src/dsp.rs b/src/trx-server/trx-backend/trx-backend-soapysdr/src/dsp.rs
index 927884c..4a40b63 100644
--- a/src/trx-server/trx-backend/trx-backend-soapysdr/src/dsp.rs
+++ b/src/trx-server/trx-backend/trx-backend-soapysdr/src/dsp.rs
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ pub trait IqSource: Send + 'static {
     fn set_center_freq(&mut self, _hz: f64) -> Result<(), String> {
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    /// Gives a source-specific implementation a chance to recover from a
+    /// read error (for example, by rearming a hardware stream after overflow).
+    /// Returns `true` when an active recovery action was attempted.
+    fn handle_read_error(&mut self, _err: &str) -> Result<bool, String> {
+        Ok(false)
+    }
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -703,6 +710,7 @@ fn iq_read_loop(
     let mut planner = FftPlanner::<f32>::new();
     let fft = planner.plan_fft_forward(SPECTRUM_FFT_SIZE);
     let mut spectrum_counter: usize = 0;
+    let mut read_error_streak: u32 = 0;
 
     loop {
         // Apply any pending hardware retune before the next read.
@@ -717,10 +725,37 @@ fn iq_read_loop(
         }
 
         let n = match source.read_into(&mut block) {
-            Ok(n) => n,
+            Ok(n) => {
+                read_error_streak = 0;
+                n
+            }
             Err(e) => {
-                tracing::warn!("IQ source read error: {}; retrying", e);
-                std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(10));
+                read_error_streak = read_error_streak.saturating_add(1);
+                let recovered = match source.handle_read_error(&e) {
+                    Ok(result) => result,
+                    Err(recovery_err) => {
+                        tracing::warn!(
+                            "IQ source recovery after read error failed: {}",
+                            recovery_err
+                        );
+                        false
+                    }
+                };
+                tracing::warn!(
+                    "IQ source read error: {}; retrying (streak={}, recovered={})",
+                    e,
+                    read_error_streak,
+                    recovered
+                );
+                let base_sleep_ms = if recovered {
+                    block_duration_ms.max(20)
+                } else {
+                    10
+                };
+                let sleep_ms = (base_sleep_ms as u128)
+                    .saturating_mul(1u128 << read_error_streak.saturating_sub(1).min(4))
+                    .min(250) as u64;
+                std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(sleep_ms));
                 continue;
             }
         };
diff --git a/src/trx-server/trx-backend/trx-backend-soapysdr/src/real_iq_source.rs b/src/trx-server/trx-backend/trx-backend-soapysdr/src/real_iq_source.rs
index fb69fb5..6fabd20 100644
--- a/src/trx-server/trx-backend/trx-backend-soapysdr/src/real_iq_source.rs
+++ b/src/trx-server/trx-backend/trx-backend-soapysdr/src/real_iq_source.rs
@@ -172,4 +172,22 @@ impl IqSource for RealIqSource {
             .set_frequency(soapysdr::Direction::Rx, 0, hz, ())
             .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to retune SDR center frequency: {}", e))
     }
+
+    fn handle_read_error(&mut self, err: &str) -> Result<bool, String> {
+        let err_lc = err.to_ascii_lowercase();
+        let is_overrun = err_lc.contains("overflow") || err_lc.contains("overrun");
+        if !is_overrun {
+            return Ok(false);
+        }
+
+        tracing::warn!("SoapySDR RX overflow detected; restarting RX stream");
+        self.stream
+            .deactivate(None)
+            .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to deactivate RX stream after overflow: {}", e))?;
+        std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(25));
+        self.stream
+            .activate(None)
+            .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to reactivate RX stream after overflow: {}", e))?;
+        Ok(true)
+    }
 }