diff --git a/desktop/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/DesktopState.kt b/desktop/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/DesktopState.kt
index e8953de..2b146bf 100644
--- a/desktop/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/DesktopState.kt
+++ b/desktop/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/DesktopState.kt
@@ -842,10 +842,17 @@ class DesktopState(private val appDir: File = defaultAppDir()) {
                     .orEmpty()
                 d.jobs = jobs
                 jobLabel(jobs)?.let { d.busy = it }
+                // Mirror live progress onto the library row (same as the
+                // pump + reprocess paths) so leaving the detail screen
+                // doesn't make the job look dead.
+                setLive(d.file.name, jobProgress(jobs))
+                rescanStatuses()
                 _detail.value = d.copy()
                 val t = jobs.firstOrNull { it.jobType == "transcribe" }?.status
                 if (t == null || t in TERMINAL) break
             }
+            setLive(d.file.name, null)
+            rescanStatuses()
             val failed = d.jobs.firstOrNull { it.jobType == "transcribe" && it.status == "failed" }
             if (failed != null) {
                 d.busy = null