diff --git a/backend/shonar/api/v1/recordings.py b/backend/shonar/api/v1/recordings.py
index a90fbbe..9a23575 100644
--- a/backend/shonar/api/v1/recordings.py
+++ b/backend/shonar/api/v1/recordings.py
@@ -331,6 +331,65 @@ async def list_jobs(recording_id: uuid.UUID, user: CurrentUser, session: Session
     return list(rows)
 
 
+@router.post("/recordings/{recording_id}/reprocess", response_model=list[ProcessingJobOut])
+async def reprocess_recording(
+    recording_id: uuid.UUID,
+    user: CurrentUser,
+    session: SessionDep,
+    job: str = Query(default="summarize", pattern="^(transcribe|summarize)$"),
+):
+    """Force one pipeline stage to run again (Summarize / Re-transcribe).
+
+    Unlike the enqueue-on-finalize path, this ignores prior success: a
+    summary the user wants regenerated (better model, new prompt) is a
+    deliberate request. Running jobs are left alone (409 instead of a
+    duplicate).
+    """
+    from shonar.db.models import JobStatus, JobType as JT, ProcessingStatus
+    from shonar.services import processing as proc
+
+    rec = await _owned_recording(session, user, recording_id)
+    job_type = JT(job)
+    if job_type is JT.summarize and await proc.latest_transcript_text(
+        session, rec.id
+    ) is None:
+        raise HTTPException(409, "Transcribe first — there is nothing to summarize.")
+    existing = await session.scalar(
+        select(ProcessingJob)
+        .where(
+            ProcessingJob.recording_id == rec.id,
+            ProcessingJob.job_type == job_type,
+        )
+        .order_by(ProcessingJob.id.desc())
+    )
+    if existing is not None and existing.status in (
+        JobStatus.queued,
+        JobStatus.running,
+    ):
+        raise HTTPException(409, "That stage is already running.")
+    if existing is None:
+        session.add(ProcessingJob(recording_id=rec.id, job_type=job_type))
+    else:
+        existing.status = JobStatus.queued
+        existing.attempt = 0
+        existing.error = None
+        existing.stage = None
+        existing.progress = None
+        existing.started_at = None
+        existing.finished_at = None
+    if job_type is JT.transcribe:
+        rec.processing_status = ProcessingStatus.processing
+        rec.processing_error = None
+    await session.flush()
+    await proc.transport_enqueue(job_type, rec.id)
+    rows = await session.scalars(
+        select(ProcessingJob)
+        .where(ProcessingJob.recording_id == rec.id)
+        .order_by(ProcessingJob.id)
+    )
+    return list(rows)
+
+
 # --- M8: user edits (new version, edited_by_user=True; pipeline won't clobber)
 def _transcript_out(row: Transcript) -> TranscriptOut:
     return TranscriptOut(
diff --git a/backend/shonar/services/processing.py b/backend/shonar/services/processing.py
index ca91b24..27a5789 100644
--- a/backend/shonar/services/processing.py
+++ b/backend/shonar/services/processing.py
@@ -286,8 +286,16 @@ async def _fail(
     job.error = message
     job.stage = None
     job.finished_at = utcnow()
-    rec.processing_status = ProcessingStatus.failed
-    rec.processing_error = message
+    if job.job_type == JobType.summarize and await latest_transcript_text(
+        session, rec.id
+    ):
+        # The transcript is usable; a summary timeout must not mark the
+        # whole recording failed (the summary can be re-run separately).
+        rec.processing_status = ProcessingStatus.completed
+        rec.processing_error = f"Summary failed: {message}"
+    else:
+        rec.processing_status = ProcessingStatus.failed
+        rec.processing_error = message
     await session.flush()