diff --git a/lib/upload-manager.js b/lib/upload-manager.js
index 516c15d..676e9a2 100644
--- a/lib/upload-manager.js
+++ b/lib/upload-manager.js
@@ -355,7 +355,12 @@ class UploadManager extends EventEmitter {
     const fileName = path.basename(task.file);
     let fileSize = 0;
     let fileNotFound = false;
-    try { fileSize = fs.statSync(task.file).size; } catch { fileNotFound = true; }
+    const cachedResult = results && results.get(task.file);
+    if (cachedResult && typeof cachedResult.size === 'number' && cachedResult.size > 0) {
+      fileSize = cachedResult.size;
+    } else {
+      try { fileSize = fs.statSync(task.file).size; } catch { fileNotFound = true; }
+    }
 
     const maxAttempts = Math.max(1, (settings.retries || 0) + 1);
     const jobAbortController = new AbortController();
@@ -420,23 +425,13 @@ class UploadManager extends EventEmitter {
         return;
       }
 
-      this._emitProgress(uploadId, fileName, task.hoster, { accountId: task.accountId,
-        jobId,
-        status: 'queued',
-        progress: 0,
-        bytesUploaded: 0,
-        bytesTotal: fileSize,
-        speedKbs: 0,
-        elapsed: 0,
-        remaining: 0,
-        error: null,
-        result: null,
-        attempt: 0,
-        maxAttempts
-      });
-
-      // Acquire hoster semaphore first so jobs waiting for a hoster slot
-      // don't waste global slots (prevents underutilization)
+      // The initial 'queued' emit per job is suppressed: with N=2000+ tasks
+      // it produces 2000+ main→renderer IPCs back-to-back at startBatch and
+      // freezes the renderer event loop for tens of seconds. The renderer
+      // already holds each job in 'queued'/'preview' state from its own
+      // queueJobs array; the first event it actually needs from main is the
+      // 'getting-server' / 'uploading' transition for the jobs that the
+      // semaphore lets through.
       await hosterSemaphore.acquire(signal);
       hosterSlotAcquired = true;
 
diff --git a/renderer/app.js b/renderer/app.js
index 61b75cb..f4356b5 100644
--- a/renderer/app.js
+++ b/renderer/app.js
@@ -108,24 +108,13 @@ async function init() {
   window.api.onUpdateAvailable(showUpdateBanner);
   window.api.onUpdateProgress(handleUpdateProgress);
 
-  // Upload event listeners — debug log only on state transitions; the 'uploading'
-  // tick fires 4×/sec per active job and an IPC roundtrip per event would
-  // backlog the renderer↔main channel with hundreds of messages/sec.
   window.api.onUploadProgress((data) => {
-    if (data.status !== 'uploading') {
-      window.api.debugLog('RX upload-progress: ' + data.status + ' ' + data.hoster + ' ' + (data.fileName || ''));
-    }
     handleProgress(data);
   });
   window.api.onUploadBatchDone((data) => {
-    window.api.debugLog('RX upload-batch-done');
     handleBatchDone(data);
   });
   window.api.onUploadStats((data) => {
-    // Stats fire every second per upload session — skip while uploading.
-    if (data.state !== 'uploading') {
-      window.api.debugLog('RX upload-stats: state=' + data.state + ' active=' + data.activeJobs);
-    }
     handleStats(data);
   });
   window.api.onShutdownCountdown(handleShutdownCountdown);
diff --git a/tests/upload-manager.test.js b/tests/upload-manager.test.js
index 422a514..6a9f761 100644
--- a/tests/upload-manager.test.js
+++ b/tests/upload-manager.test.js
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ describe('UploadManager', () => {
     ]);
 
     const statuses = events.map(e => e.status);
-    assert.ok(statuses.includes('queued'), 'should have queued status');
     assert.ok(statuses.includes('done'), 'should have done status');
+    assert.ok(events.length > 0, 'should emit at least one progress event');
   });
 
   it('emits batch-done with correct summary', async () => {