diff --git a/mod/bigbluebuttonbn/classes/local/proxy/recording_proxy.php b/mod/bigbluebuttonbn/classes/local/proxy/recording_proxy.php
index 777f277badd21..aaef2aeff9591 100644
--- a/mod/bigbluebuttonbn/classes/local/proxy/recording_proxy.php
+++ b/mod/bigbluebuttonbn/classes/local/proxy/recording_proxy.php
@@ -193,6 +193,31 @@ public static function fetch_recordings(array $keyids = []): array {
         return $recordings;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Helper function to retrieve recordings that failed to be fetched from a BigBlueButton server.
+     *
+     * @param array $keyids list of recordingids
+     * @return array array of recording recordingids not fetched from server
+     *  and sorted by {@see recording_proxy::sort_recordings}
+     */
+    public static function fetch_missing_recordings(array $keyids = []): array {
+        $unfetchedids = [];
+        $pagesize = 25;
+        // If $ids is empty return array() to prevent a getRecordings with meetingID and recordID set to ''.
+        if (empty($keyids)) {
+            return $unfetchedids;
+        }
+        while ($ids = array_splice($keyids, 0, $pagesize)) {
+            // We make getRecordings API call to check recordings are successfully retrieved.
+            $xml = self::fetch_endpoint_xml('getRecordings', ['recordID' => implode(',', $ids), 'state' => 'any']);
+            if (!$xml || $xml->returncode != 'SUCCESS' || !isset($xml->recordings)) {
+                $unfetchedids = array_merge($unfetchedids, $ids);
+                continue; // We will keep record of all unfetched ids.
+            }
+        }
+        return $unfetchedids;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Helper function to fetch recordings from a BigBlueButton server.
      *
diff --git a/mod/bigbluebuttonbn/classes/recording.php b/mod/bigbluebuttonbn/classes/recording.php
index d0565a824267c..0f40fb620718e 100644
--- a/mod/bigbluebuttonbn/classes/recording.php
+++ b/mod/bigbluebuttonbn/classes/recording.php
@@ -714,13 +714,14 @@ protected static function fetch_records(array $selects, array $params): array {
 
         // Fetch all metadata for these recordings.
         $metadatas = recording_proxy::fetch_recordings($recordingids);
+        $failedids = recording_proxy::fetch_missing_recordings($recordingids);
 
         // Return the instances.
-        return array_filter(array_map(function ($recording) use ($metadatas, $withindays) {
+        return array_filter(array_map(function ($recording) use ($metadatas, $withindays, $failedids) {
             // Filter out if no metadata was fetched.
             if (!array_key_exists($recording->recordingid, $metadatas)) {
-                // Mark it as dismissed if it is older than 30 days.
-                if ($withindays > $recording->timecreated) {
+                // If the recording was successfully fetched, mark it as dismissed if it is older than 30 days.
+                if (!in_array($recording->recordingid, $failedids) && $withindays > $recording->timecreated) {
                     $recording = new self(0, $recording, null);
                     $recording->set_status(self::RECORDING_STATUS_DISMISSED);
                 }