diff --git a/BOT/game_api.py b/BOT/game_api.py
index dc768b1..a4f07d1 100644
--- a/BOT/game_api.py
+++ b/BOT/game_api.py
@@ -655,8 +655,20 @@ async def obtain_clan_new_points(
             while isinstance(data, dict) and "member_ratings" not in data and len(data) == 1:
                 data = next(iter(data.values()))
 
-            total_score = data["astat"]["dr_era5_hist"]
-            raw_ratings = data["member_ratings"]
+            # A real clan record always carries a `members` roster. Deleted
+            # clans come back as JSON (handled above), and truncated payloads
+            # raise inside bin_blk_to_json, so a parsed BLK without `members`
+            # is genuinely unavailable.
+            if not isinstance(data, dict) or "members" not in data:
+                raise KeyError("members")
+
+            # After a season reset the game API can omit the aggregate `astat`
+            # block and/or the per-member `member_ratings` block for inactive
+            # squadrons even though the clan and its roster still exist. Default
+            # both to zero so the squadron renders at 0 points instead of being
+            # reported as deleted.
+            total_score = (data.get("astat") or {}).get("dr_era5_hist", 0)
+            raw_ratings = data.get("member_ratings") or {}
 
         except ClanInfoError as e:
             try:
diff --git a/BOT/utils.py b/BOT/utils.py
index eee2b69..8c1ba72 100644
--- a/BOT/utils.py
+++ b/BOT/utils.py
@@ -598,6 +598,15 @@ def gate_entitle(required_tier: str):
 
 async def permission_fail(interaction: discord.Interaction, error):
     """Handle permission-related errors with appropriate embeds."""
+    # discord.py dispatches a command error to BOTH the command's local
+    # `@cmd.error` handler and the global `@tree.error` handler (see
+    # app_commands/tree.py). Since both route here, guard against sending the
+    # error embed twice for the same interaction — the second send would land
+    # as a separate (and, after a public defer, differently-scoped) message.
+    if interaction.extras.get("_permission_fail_handled"):
+        return
+    interaction.extras["_permission_fail_handled"] = True
+
     lang = await guild_lang(interaction.guild_id) if interaction.guild_id else "en"
     if isinstance(error, BlacklistCheckFailure):
         reason = getattr(error, "reason", None)