diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/DesktopState.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/DesktopState.kt
index c945efc..9700edb 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/DesktopState.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/DesktopState.kt
@@ -1514,7 +1514,8 @@ class DesktopState(private val appDir: File = defaultAppDir()) {
         pollJob = scope.launch {
             synchronized(runningGate) { runningSet += d0.file.name }
             try {
-            d0.busy = if (job == "transcribe") "Re-transcribing…" else "Summarizing…"
+            d0.busy = if (job == "transcribe") "Re-transcribing…"
+            else "Summarizing… 0%"
             d0.uploadProgress = null
             d0.error = null
             _detail.value = d0.copy()
@@ -1669,9 +1670,10 @@ class DesktopState(private val appDir: File = defaultAppDir()) {
                     if (s.progress != null)
                         LiveProgress("summarizing… ${s.progress}%", s.progress / 100f)
                     // No tokens yet: the LLM is cold or the server is busy
-                    // queueing. Saying so (and for how long) beats a bar
-                    // that looks frozen.
-                    else LiveProgress("summarizing… waiting for model" +
+                    // queueing. Still show a number (0%) — a summarize must
+                    // always display a percentage (user request) — plus the
+                    // reason and wait time so 0% doesn't look frozen.
+                    else LiveProgress("summarizing… 0% waiting for model" +
                         waitSuffix(s.startedAt, nowMs), null)
                 else -> null
             }
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Screens.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Screens.kt
index 22230e6..915f661 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Screens.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/Screens.kt
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ fun DetailScreen(state: DesktopState) {
             val label = when {
                 it.status == "running" && it.progress != null ->
                     "Summarizing… ${it.progress}%"
-                it.status == "running" -> "Summarizing… waiting for model" +
+                it.status == "running" -> "Summarizing… 0% waiting for model" +
                     DesktopState.waitSuffix(it.startedAt, System.currentTimeMillis())
                 else -> "Summary queued" +
                     DesktopState.waitSuffix(it.createdAt, System.currentTimeMillis())
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ fun DetailScreen(state: DesktopState) {
                             DesktopState.waitSuffix(sJob?.createdAt,
                                 System.currentTimeMillis())
                         sProg != null && sProg > 0 -> "Summarizing… $sProg%"
-                        else -> "Summarizing… waiting for model" +
+                        else -> "Summarizing… 0% waiting for model" +
                             DesktopState.waitSuffix(sJob?.startedAt,
                                 System.currentTimeMillis())
                     })
diff --git a/app/src/test/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/JobProgressTest.kt b/app/src/test/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/JobProgressTest.kt
index 06bfb8e..90ad439 100644
--- a/app/src/test/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/JobProgressTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/kotlin/com/shonar/desktop/JobProgressTest.kt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class JobProgressTest {
         val p = DesktopState.jobProgress(
             listOf(job("transcribe", "succeeded"), job("summarize", "running")),
         )
-        assertEquals("summarizing… waiting for model", p?.label)
+        assertEquals("summarizing… 0% waiting for model", p?.label)
         assertNull(p?.fraction)
     }
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class JobProgressTest {
             .withNano(0).toString()
         val p = DesktopState.jobProgress(
             listOf(job("summarize", "running", startedIso = iso)), nowMs = t0)
-        assertEquals("summarizing… waiting for model · 1:23", p?.label)
+        assertEquals("summarizing… 0% waiting for model · 1:23", p?.label)
     }
 
     @Test fun `waitSuffix formats and ignores unknowns`() {