diff --git a/webui/index.html b/webui/index.html
index 4652f7e6..3f8832d5 100644
--- a/webui/index.html
+++ b/webui/index.html
@@ -874,7 +874,12 @@
                             <button class="sync-tab-button" data-tab="youtube">
                                 <span class="tab-icon youtube-icon"></span> YouTube
                             </button>
-                            <button class="sync-tab-button" data-tab="beatport">
+                            <!-- Beatport tab hidden: Beatport added Cloudflare Turnstile to all
+                                 public pages and locked their official OAuth API behind partner
+                                 registration. No working server-side scrape or auth path right now.
+                                 Tab content + backend endpoints are kept intact for fast revival
+                                 once a workaround is found. -->
+                            <button class="sync-tab-button" data-tab="beatport" style="display: none;">
                                 <span class="tab-icon beatport-icon"></span> Beatport
                             </button>
                             <button class="sync-tab-button" data-tab="import-file">
diff --git a/webui/static/helper.js b/webui/static/helper.js
index dcdc1eaa..25ed624b 100644
--- a/webui/static/helper.js
+++ b/webui/static/helper.js
@@ -3453,6 +3453,7 @@ const WHATS_NEW = {
         { title: 'Search Endpoints Lifted to core/search', desc: 'internal — moved /api/search and /api/enhanced-search/* logic into core/search/ (cache, sources, library_check, stream, basic, orchestrator). 612 fewer lines in web_server.py, 94 new tests. no behavior change.' },
         { title: 'Automation Endpoints Lifted to core/automation', desc: 'internal — moved /api/automations/* CRUD + run + history routes, progress tracking helpers, and signal collection into core/automation/ (api, progress, signals). 383 fewer lines in web_server.py, 72 new tests. action handler registration stays put — those closures are tangled with feature implementations.' },
         { title: 'Clean Up slskd Dedup Orphans After Import', desc: 'slskd appends "_<timestamp>" to a download when the destination file already exists (e.g. retried partials, the same track in multiple playlists). the canonical file imported fine but the timestamp-suffixed siblings sat in the downloads folder forever. now they get pruned right after each successful import.', page: 'downloads' },
+        { title: 'Beatport Tab Hidden Temporarily', desc: 'beatport rolled out cloudflare turnstile on every public page, so the scraper that powered the beatport tab now hits a bot challenge instead of html. their official oauth api is locked behind partner registration that isn\'t open to the public. hid the tab on sync until we find a workaround — backend endpoints are still in code so revival is a one-line html change.', page: 'sync' },
     ],
     '2.4.0': [
         // --- April 26, 2026 — Search & Artists unification + reorganize queue ---