diff --git a/packages/modules/devices/shelly/shelly/status_handler.py b/packages/modules/devices/shelly/shelly/status_handler.py
index 42ec365d8b..77ee5b270b 100644
--- a/packages/modules/devices/shelly/shelly/status_handler.py
+++ b/packages/modules/devices/shelly/shelly/status_handler.py
@@ -36,10 +36,13 @@ def parse_temperatures(status: Dict, generation: int) -> Optional[List[float]]:
     for index in range(3):
         try:
             if generation == 1:
-                value = status['ext_temperature'][str(index)]['tC']
+                entry = status['ext_temperature'][str(index)]
             else:
-                value = status[f'temperature:{100 + index}']['tC']
-            temperatures.append(float(value))
+                entry = status[f'temperature:{100 + index}']
+        except (KeyError, TypeError):
+            continue
+        try:
+            temperatures.append(float(entry['tC']))
         except (KeyError, TypeError, ValueError):
             log.exception(f"Error parsing temperature for index {index} in status: {status}")
     return temperatures if len(temperatures) > 0 else None
diff --git a/packages/modules/devices/shelly/shelly/status_handler_test.py b/packages/modules/devices/shelly/shelly/status_handler_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2f8f19111
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/modules/devices/shelly/shelly/status_handler_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import logging
+
+from modules.devices.shelly.shelly.status_handler import parse_temperatures
+
+# real status dump from a Shelly Plug S without external temp probes attached (Discussion #3466,
+# discussioncomment-19500699): ext_temperature is an empty dict, not missing/malformed data
+GEN1_STATUS_WITHOUT_EXT_SENSORS = {
+    "temperature": 38.73,
+    "tmp": {"tC": 38.73, "tF": 101.71, "is_valid": True},
+    "ext_sensors": {},
+    "ext_temperature": {},
+    "ext_humidity": {},
+}
+
+
+def test_parse_temperatures_returns_none_without_logging_error_when_no_ext_sensors(caplog):
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.ERROR):
+        result = parse_temperatures(GEN1_STATUS_WITHOUT_EXT_SENSORS, generation=1)
+
+    assert result is None
+    assert caplog.records == []
+
+
+def test_parse_temperatures_gen1_reads_available_ext_sensors():
+    status = {"ext_temperature": {"0": {"tC": 21.5}, "2": {"tC": 22.1}}}
+
+    result = parse_temperatures(status, generation=1)
+
+    assert result == [21.5, 22.1]
+
+
+def test_parse_temperatures_still_logs_on_genuinely_malformed_value(caplog):
+    status = {"ext_temperature": {"0": {"tC": "not-a-number"}}}
+
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.ERROR):
+        result = parse_temperatures(status, generation=1)
+
+    assert result is None
+    assert len(caplog.records) == 1
+
+
+def test_parse_temperatures_logs_when_entry_present_but_missing_tc(caplog):
+    status = {"ext_temperature": {"0": {"hwID": "28FF"}}}
+
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.ERROR):
+        result = parse_temperatures(status, generation=1)
+
+    assert result is None
+    assert len(caplog.records) == 1
+
+
+def test_parse_temperatures_logs_instead_of_raising_when_entry_is_not_a_mapping():
+    status = {"ext_temperature": {"0": 21.5}}
+
+    result = parse_temperatures(status, generation=1)
+
+    assert result is None
+
+
+def test_parse_temperatures_gen2_without_ext_sensors_does_not_log(caplog):
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.ERROR):
+        result = parse_temperatures({}, generation=2)
+
+    assert result is None
+    assert caplog.records == []