diff --git a/src/apps/officer-web/Screens/Dashboard/Jobs/DownloadJobDetail.tsx b/src/apps/officer-web/Screens/Dashboard/Jobs/DownloadJobDetail.tsx
index eb8eaf50..4ac074f2 100644
--- a/src/apps/officer-web/Screens/Dashboard/Jobs/DownloadJobDetail.tsx
+++ b/src/apps/officer-web/Screens/Dashboard/Jobs/DownloadJobDetail.tsx
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ import { toast } from 'sonner';
 // Detail view for a `download` job — a compact two-phase progress readout (metadata → download), polled
 // from the job's persisted progress (the executor emits counter snapshots, not per-item events).
 
-type Counts = { done: number; failed: number; total: number };
 type DownloadProgress = {
-  phase: 'expanding' | 'metadata' | 'download' | 'done';
-  meta: Counts;
-  dl: Counts;
+  phase: 'expanding' | 'download' | 'done';
+  done: number;
+  failed: number;
+  total: number;
   current?: string;
 };
 type DownloadJob = {
@@ -54,46 +54,24 @@ const statusBadge = (status: string) => {
   }
 };
 
-// A labelled progress bar: fill = processed/total; the caption states saved vs skipped/failed.
-const PhaseBar = ({
-  label,
-  c,
-  active,
-  savedLabel,
-  failedLabel,
-}: {
-  label: string;
-  c: Counts;
-  active: boolean;
-  savedLabel: string;
-  failedLabel: string;
-}) => {
-  const processed = c.done + c.failed;
-  const pct = c.total ? (processed / c.total) * 100 : 0;
+// The download progress bar: fill = processed/total; caption states saved vs skipped.
+const DownloadBar = ({ p }: { p: DownloadProgress }) => {
+  const processed = p.done + p.failed;
+  const pct = p.total ? (processed / p.total) * 100 : 0;
   return (
     <div className="flex flex-col gap-1.5">
       <div className="flex items-center justify-between text-xs">
-        <span
-          className={`font-medium ${active ? 'text-duck-dark dark:text-foreground' : 'text-duck-dark/50 dark:text-foreground/50'}`}
-        >
-          {label}
-        </span>
+        <span className="font-medium text-duck-dark dark:text-foreground">Downloaded</span>
         <span className="tabular-nums text-duck-dark/50 dark:text-foreground/50">
-          {processed}/{c.total || '—'}
+          {processed}/{p.total || '—'}
         </span>
       </div>
-      <div className="h-2 overflow-hidden rounded-full bg-duck-dark/10 dark:bg-foreground/10">
+      <div className="h-2.5 overflow-hidden rounded-full bg-duck-dark/10 dark:bg-foreground/10">
         <div className="h-full rounded-full bg-duck-teal transition-all duration-300" style={{ width: `${pct}%` }} />
       </div>
       <div className="flex gap-3 text-[11px] text-duck-dark/50 dark:text-foreground/50">
-        <span className="text-duck-teal">
-          {c.done} {savedLabel}
-        </span>
-        {c.failed > 0 && (
-          <span className="text-red-500/80">
-            {c.failed} {failedLabel}
-          </span>
-        )}
+        <span className="text-duck-teal">{p.done} saved</span>
+        {p.failed > 0 && <span className="text-red-500/80">{p.failed} skipped</span>}
       </div>
     </div>
   );
@@ -161,13 +139,7 @@ export const DownloadJobDetail = () => {
   const p = job.progress;
   const isAudio = job.inputs?.format !== 'video';
   const phaseLabel =
-    !p || p.phase === 'expanding'
-      ? 'Preparing…'
-      : p.phase === 'metadata'
-        ? 'Fetching metadata'
-        : p.phase === 'download'
-          ? 'Downloading'
-          : 'Done';
+    !p || p.phase === 'expanding' ? 'Expanding playlist…' : p.phase === 'download' ? 'Downloading' : 'Done';
 
   return (
     <div className="flex-1 flex flex-col min-h-0">
@@ -205,20 +177,7 @@ export const DownloadJobDetail = () => {
       <div className="flex-1 min-h-0 overflow-y-auto p-5">
         <div className="mx-auto flex max-w-md flex-col gap-5">
           <div className="text-sm text-duck-dark/60 dark:text-foreground/60">{phaseLabel}</div>
-          <PhaseBar
-            label="Metadata"
-            c={p?.meta ?? { done: 0, failed: 0, total: 0 }}
-            active={p?.phase === 'metadata'}
-            savedLabel="found"
-            failedLabel="skipped"
-          />
-          <PhaseBar
-            label="Download"
-            c={p?.dl ?? { done: 0, failed: 0, total: 0 }}
-            active={p?.phase === 'download'}
-            savedLabel="saved"
-            failedLabel="failed"
-          />
+          <DownloadBar p={p ?? { phase: 'expanding', done: 0, failed: 0, total: 0 }} />
           {running && p?.phase === 'download' && p.current && (
             <div className="truncate text-xs text-duck-dark/50 dark:text-foreground/50" title={p.current}>
               <Loader2 className="mr-1.5 inline h-3 w-3 animate-spin" />
diff --git a/src/servers/api/tasks/execute-download.ts b/src/servers/api/tasks/execute-download.ts
index 1381cc70..2e1b3cd2 100644
--- a/src/servers/api/tasks/execute-download.ts
+++ b/src/servers/api/tasks/execute-download.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,17 @@
-import { reclipInfo, reclipPlaylist, reclipDownloadOne, type ReclipInfo } from '../../reclip-client';
+import { reclipPlaylist, reclipDownloadOne } from '../../reclip-client';
 
-// The download-job executor — pure scripting, no agent. Two phases:
-//   1. metadata — expand the playlist, fetch each item's info sequentially, keep the ones that resolve
-//                 (skip the errors: private/deleted/unavailable).
-//   2. download — download every survivor in the chosen format (audio/video); skip anything that fails.
-// Emits a compact `download:progress` snapshot (counters, not per-item events — a playlist can be
-// thousands of items). Throws on abort or a fatal error (playlist expansion) so the job manager marks it
-// stopped/failed; per-item errors are counted and skipped, never fatal.
+// The download-job executor — pure scripting, no agent. One phase: expand the playlist, then one download
+// request per item in the chosen format (audio/video), skipping anything that fails (private / deleted /
+// download error). No metadata prefetch — ReClip names the file from the video title itself. Emits a
+// compact `download:progress` snapshot (counters, not per-item events — a playlist can be thousands of
+// items). Throws on abort or a fatal error (playlist expansion); per-item errors are counted + skipped.
 
-type Counts = { done: number; failed: number; total: number };
 export type DownloadProgress = {
-  phase: 'expanding' | 'metadata' | 'download' | 'done';
-  meta: Counts;
-  dl: Counts;
-  current?: string; // title of the item currently downloading
+  phase: 'expanding' | 'download' | 'done';
+  done: number; // downloaded successfully
+  failed: number; // skipped (unavailable / download error)
+  total: number;
+  current?: string; // url of the item currently downloading
 };
 
 export type DownloadEvent = { type: 'download:progress'; progress: DownloadProgress };
@@ -36,20 +34,13 @@ export async function executeDownload(params: ExecuteDownloadParams): Promise<vo
   if (!url || !absDir) throw new Error('download job missing url or target directory');
   const audioOnly = format !== 'video'; // default to audio
 
-  const progress: DownloadProgress = {
-    phase: 'expanding',
-    meta: { done: 0, failed: 0, total: 0 },
-    dl: { done: 0, failed: 0, total: 0 },
-  };
+  const progress: DownloadProgress = { phase: 'expanding', done: 0, failed: 0, total: 0 };
   let lastEmit = 0;
   const emit = (force = false) => {
     const now = Date.now();
     if (!force && now - lastEmit < EMIT_THROTTLE_MS) return;
     lastEmit = now;
-    params.emit({
-      type: 'download:progress',
-      progress: { ...progress, meta: { ...progress.meta }, dl: { ...progress.dl } },
-    });
+    params.emit({ type: 'download:progress', progress: { ...progress } });
   };
   const checkAbort = () => {
     if (params.abortSignal.aborted) throw new Error('aborted');
@@ -65,44 +56,20 @@ export async function executeDownload(params: ExecuteDownloadParams): Promise<vo
     if (pl.urls?.length) urls = pl.urls;
   }
 
-  // ── Phase 1: metadata (keep survivors) ──
-  progress.phase = 'metadata';
-  progress.meta.total = urls.length;
+  // ── Download: one request per item, skip failures ──
+  progress.phase = 'download';
+  progress.total = urls.length;
   emit(true);
-  const valid: Array<{ url: string; title: string }> = [];
   for (const u of urls) {
     checkAbort();
-    const info = await reclipInfo(u).catch((): ReclipInfo => ({ error: 'fetch failed' }));
-    if (info && !info.error) {
-      valid.push({ url: u, title: info.title ?? '' });
-      progress.meta.done++; // done = kept; failed = skipped (both phases read `(done+failed)/total`)
-    } else {
-      progress.meta.failed++;
-    }
-    emit();
-  }
-  emit(true);
-
-  // ── Phase 2: download survivors ──
-  progress.phase = 'download';
-  progress.dl.total = valid.length;
-  emit(true);
-  for (const item of valid) {
-    checkAbort();
-    progress.current = item.title || item.url;
+    progress.current = u;
     emit(true);
     try {
-      await reclipDownloadOne({
-        url: item.url,
-        destDir: absDir,
-        audioOnly,
-        title: item.title,
-        signal: params.abortSignal,
-      });
-      progress.dl.done++;
+      await reclipDownloadOne({ url: u, destDir: absDir, audioOnly, signal: params.abortSignal });
+      progress.done++;
     } catch {
       checkAbort(); // an abort surfaces as a throw here — re-check so it stops instead of counting as a skip
-      progress.dl.failed++;
+      progress.failed++;
     }
     emit();
   }
diff --git a/src/servers/reclip-client.ts b/src/servers/reclip-client.ts
index a3e61f75..213a5394 100644
--- a/src/servers/reclip-client.ts
+++ b/src/servers/reclip-client.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ type DownloadOpts = {
   url: string;
   destDir: string; // absolute directory to write the finished file into
   audioOnly: boolean;
-  title?: string; // for a title-based filename (ReClip names by job id otherwise)
+  title?: string; // optional override; omit and ReClip names the file from the video title itself
   onPhase?: (phase: 'transferring') => void;
   signal?: { aborted: boolean };
 };
@@ -53,22 +53,17 @@ type DownloadOpts = {
 /**
  * Download ONE video/audio via ReClip and stream the finished file into `destDir`. Resolves with the
  * saved filename; throws on any failure (unreachable / rejected / job error / timeout / abort). Respects
- * a cooperative `signal.aborted` between polls and while streaming.
+ * a cooperative `signal.aborted` between polls and while streaming. No metadata prefetch — ReClip derives
+ * the filename from the video title — so this is a single request per item.
  */
 export async function reclipDownloadOne(opts: DownloadOpts): Promise<string> {
   const { url, destDir, audioOnly, signal } = opts;
   const aborted = () => signal?.aborted === true;
 
-  let title = opts.title ?? '';
-  if (!title) {
-    const info = await reclipInfo(url).catch(() => null);
-    title = info?.title ?? '';
-  }
-
   const dlRes = await fetch(`${RECLIP_BASE}/api/download`, {
     method: 'POST',
     headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-    body: JSON.stringify({ url, format: audioOnly ? 'audio' : 'video', title }),
+    body: JSON.stringify({ url, format: audioOnly ? 'audio' : 'video', title: opts.title ?? '' }),
     signal: AbortSignal.timeout(30_000),
   }).catch(() => {
     throw new Error(`Could not reach ReClip at ${RECLIP_BASE}`);
diff --git a/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/FileBrowser/VideoDownloadPanel.tsx b/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/FileBrowser/VideoDownloadPanel.tsx
index 2d2d228e..b8dfd66d 100644
--- a/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/FileBrowser/VideoDownloadPanel.tsx
+++ b/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/FileBrowser/VideoDownloadPanel.tsx
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ import {
 } from 'lucide-react';
 import { useFilesAPI, type VideoInfo } from '../../hooks/useFilesAPI';
 
-// Compact progress shape mirrored from the download-job executor (done = successes, failed = skipped).
-type JobCounts = { done: number; failed: number; total: number };
+// Compact progress shape mirrored from the download-job executor (done = saved, failed = skipped).
 type JobProgress = {
-  phase: 'expanding' | 'metadata' | 'download' | 'done';
-  meta: JobCounts;
-  dl: JobCounts;
+  phase: 'expanding' | 'download' | 'done';
+  done: number;
+  failed: number;
+  total: number;
   current?: string;
 };
 
@@ -275,8 +275,8 @@ export const VideoDownloadPanel = () => {
       if (cancelled || !j) return;
       setJobStatus(j.status);
       setJobProg(j.progress);
-      if (j.progress && j.progress.dl.done > lastDlDone.current) {
-        lastDlDone.current = j.progress.dl.done;
+      if (j.progress && j.progress.done > lastDlDone.current) {
+        lastDlDone.current = j.progress.done;
         setRefreshSignal((n) => n + 1);
       }
       if (['completed', 'failed', 'stopped', 'interrupted'].includes(j.status)) clearInterval(timer);
@@ -555,8 +555,6 @@ export const VideoDownloadPanel = () => {
 
 // ── Job progress view ──
 
-const jobPct = (c: JobCounts) => (c.total ? ((c.done + c.failed) / c.total) * 100 : 0);
-
 const JobView = ({
   prog,
   status,
@@ -572,39 +570,11 @@ const JobView = ({
 }) => {
   const terminal = ['completed', 'failed', 'stopped', 'interrupted'].includes(status);
   const phaseLabel =
-    !prog || prog.phase === 'expanding'
-      ? 'Preparing…'
-      : prog.phase === 'metadata'
-        ? 'Fetching metadata'
-        : prog.phase === 'download'
-          ? 'Downloading'
-          : 'Done';
-  const Bar = ({ label, c, saved, failed }: { label: string; c: JobCounts; saved: string; failed: string }) => (
-    <div className="flex flex-col gap-1">
-      <div className="flex justify-between text-xs">
-        <span className="font-medium text-duck-dark">{label}</span>
-        <span className="tabular-nums text-duck-dark/50">
-          {c.done + c.failed}/{c.total || '—'}
-        </span>
-      </div>
-      <div className="h-2 overflow-hidden rounded-full bg-duck-dark/10">
-        <div
-          className="h-full rounded-full bg-duck-teal transition-all duration-300"
-          style={{ width: `${jobPct(c)}%` }}
-        />
-      </div>
-      <div className="flex gap-3 text-[10px] text-duck-dark/50">
-        <span className="text-duck-teal">
-          {c.done} {saved}
-        </span>
-        {c.failed > 0 && (
-          <span className="text-red-500/80">
-            {c.failed} {failed}
-          </span>
-        )}
-      </div>
-    </div>
-  );
+    !prog || prog.phase === 'expanding' ? 'Expanding playlist…' : prog.phase === 'download' ? 'Downloading' : 'Done';
+  const done = prog?.done ?? 0;
+  const failed = prog?.failed ?? 0;
+  const total = prog?.total ?? 0;
+  const pct = total ? ((done + failed) / total) * 100 : 0;
   return (
     <div className="flex flex-col gap-4">
       <div className="flex items-center gap-2 text-sm">
@@ -622,8 +592,21 @@ const JobView = ({
         </span>
         <span className="ml-auto text-xs text-duck-dark/40">{audio ? 'Audio' : 'Video'}</span>
       </div>
-      <Bar label="Metadata" c={prog?.meta ?? { done: 0, failed: 0, total: 0 }} saved="found" failed="skipped" />
-      <Bar label="Download" c={prog?.dl ?? { done: 0, failed: 0, total: 0 }} saved="saved" failed="failed" />
+      <div className="flex flex-col gap-1">
+        <div className="flex justify-between text-xs">
+          <span className="font-medium text-duck-dark">Downloaded</span>
+          <span className="tabular-nums text-duck-dark/50">
+            {done + failed}/{total || '—'}
+          </span>
+        </div>
+        <div className="h-2.5 overflow-hidden rounded-full bg-duck-dark/10">
+          <div className="h-full rounded-full bg-duck-teal transition-all duration-300" style={{ width: `${pct}%` }} />
+        </div>
+        <div className="flex gap-3 text-[10px] text-duck-dark/50">
+          <span className="text-duck-teal">{done} saved</span>
+          {failed > 0 && <span className="text-red-500/80">{failed} skipped</span>}
+        </div>
+      </div>
       {!terminal && prog?.phase === 'download' && prog.current && (
         <p className="truncate text-xs text-duck-dark/50" title={prog.current}>
           {prog.current}