diff --git a/libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/parsed-playlist.interface.ts b/libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/parsed-playlist.interface.ts
index 32f7a3473..350be337f 100644
--- a/libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/parsed-playlist.interface.ts
+++ b/libs/shared/interfaces/src/lib/parsed-playlist.interface.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ export interface ParsedPlaylistItem {
         referrer: string;
         'user-agent': string;
     };
-    url: string;
+    /** absent when an #EXTINF entry has no stream URL (e.g. truncated file) */
+    url?: string;
     raw: string;
     catchup?: {
         type?: string;