diff --git a/lib/startup-renderer.js b/lib/startup-renderer.js
index 209ceaf..1a921ca 100644
--- a/lib/startup-renderer.js
+++ b/lib/startup-renderer.js
@@ -41,6 +41,19 @@ function createStartupRecoveryCoordinator({ load, reload, reveal, showFailure, c
     return terminalFailure;
   }
 
+  async function recoverRenderer(phase, details) {
+    if (terminalFailure) return terminalFailure;
+    if (crashReloads >= 1) {
+      return endWithFailure({ phase, attempt: crashReloads + 1, details });
+    }
+    crashReloads++;
+    try {
+      await reload();
+    } catch (error) {
+      return endWithFailure({ phase: 'renderer-reload', attempt: crashReloads, details, error });
+    }
+  }
+
   return {
     loadInitial(...args) {
       if (terminalFailure) return terminalFailure;
@@ -59,17 +72,11 @@ function createStartupRecoveryCoordinator({ load, reload, reveal, showFailure, c
       }
       return initialLoad;
     },
-    async rendererCrashed(details) {
-      if (terminalFailure) return terminalFailure;
-      if (crashReloads >= 1) {
-        return endWithFailure({ phase: 'renderer-crash', attempt: crashReloads + 1, details });
-      }
-      crashReloads++;
-      try {
-        await reload();
-      } catch (error) {
-        return endWithFailure({ phase: 'renderer-reload', attempt: crashReloads, details, error });
-      }
+    rendererCrashed(details) {
+      return recoverRenderer('renderer-crash', details);
+    },
+    rendererInitializationFailed(details) {
+      return recoverRenderer('renderer-initialization', details);
     },
     rendererReady() {
       if (terminalFailure) return false;
diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index aa846fb..f1b8191 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -2093,17 +2093,6 @@ async function executeReservedUploadStart(payload, startLease) {
     startedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
     jobIds: tasks.map(task => task.jobId).filter(Boolean)
   };
-  try {
-    await configStore.saveUploadRecovery(recovery);
-  } catch (error) {
-    debugLog(`upload recovery state could not be saved: ${error.message}`);
-    if (uploadManager === _thisManager) {
-      uploadManager = null;
-      globalThis._mhuUploadManagerRef = null;
-    }
-    return { error: 'Upload-Wiederherstellung konnte nicht gespeichert werden' };
-  }
-  uploadRecoveryStates.set(_thisManager, recovery);
 
   // Pre-resolve a fallback for every hoster that has one. Lets the upload
   // manager break out of the retry loop after a single generic failure and
@@ -2148,6 +2137,17 @@ async function executeReservedUploadStart(payload, startLease) {
     }
     return { error: `Quelldatei-Schutz konnte nicht vorbereitet werden: ${error.message}` };
   }
+  try {
+    await configStore.saveUploadRecovery(recovery);
+  } catch (error) {
+    debugLog(`upload recovery state could not be saved: ${error.message}`);
+    if (uploadManager === _thisManager) {
+      uploadManager = null;
+      globalThis._mhuUploadManagerRef = null;
+    }
+    return { error: 'Upload-Wiederherstellung konnte nicht gespeichert werden' };
+  }
+  uploadRecoveryStates.set(_thisManager, recovery);
   for (const skipped of skippedJobs) sourceCleanup.markSkipped(skipped.jobId);
   _thisManager.sourceFileCleanup = sourceCleanup;
   const _producerTracker = trackUploadProducer(_thisManager);
@@ -2991,6 +2991,14 @@ ipcMain.on('app:close-handshake-ready', (event) => {
   }
 });
 
+ipcMain.on('app:renderer-initialization-failed', (event, details) => {
+  if (!mainWindow || mainWindow.isDestroyed() || event.sender !== mainWindow.webContents) return;
+  const message = details && typeof details.message === 'string' ? details.message : 'Renderer initialization failed';
+  _writeCrashLog('RENDERER INITIALIZATION FAILED', new Error(message), details);
+  debugLog(`RENDERER INITIALIZATION FAILED: ${message}`);
+  if (startupRecoveryCoordinator) void startupRecoveryCoordinator.rendererInitializationFailed(details);
+});
+
 ipcMain.on('app:close-preparation-started', (event, attempt) => {
   if (mainWindow && !mainWindow.isDestroyed() && event.sender === mainWindow.webContents && isClosePreparationActive(attempt)) {
     armCloseFlushTimer(attempt, 3000);
diff --git a/preload.js b/preload.js
index 10b6a0c..8a73ad6 100644
--- a/preload.js
+++ b/preload.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('api', {
     });
   },
   signalCloseHandshakeReady: () => ipcRenderer.send('app:close-handshake-ready'),
+  signalRendererInitializationFailed: (details) => ipcRenderer.send('app:renderer-initialization-failed', details),
 
   // Always on top
   setAlwaysOnTop: (value) => ipcRenderer.invoke('set-always-on-top', value),
diff --git a/tests/package-build-files.test.js b/tests/package-build-files.test.js
index f42fdc0..8641813 100644
--- a/tests/package-build-files.test.js
+++ b/tests/package-build-files.test.js
@@ -150,8 +150,10 @@ test('close readiness is signaled only after the renderer explicitly finishes in
   assert.deepEqual(sent, [['app:close-preparation-started', 7]]);
 
   exposedApi.signalCloseHandshakeReady();
+  exposedApi.signalRendererInitializationFailed({ message: 'init failed' });
   assert.deepEqual(sent, [
     ['app:close-preparation-started', 7],
-    ['app:close-handshake-ready']
+    ['app:close-handshake-ready'],
+    ['app:renderer-initialization-failed', { message: 'init failed' }]
   ]);
 });
diff --git a/tests/startup-renderer.test.js b/tests/startup-renderer.test.js
index 022a1f4..721bc16 100644
--- a/tests/startup-renderer.test.js
+++ b/tests/startup-renderer.test.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ test('main process wires bounded startup recovery into real load and crash paths
   assert.match(source, /createStartupRecoveryCoordinator/);
   assert.match(source, /startupRecoveryCoordinator\.loadInitial/);
   assert.match(source, /startupRecoveryCoordinator\.rendererCrashed/);
+  assert.match(source, /startupRecoveryCoordinator\.rendererInitializationFailed/);
   assert.match(source, /startupRecoveryCoordinator\.rendererReady/);
   assert.match(source, /createStartupFailureDocument/);
 });
@@ -284,6 +285,32 @@ test('renderer crash recovery reloads once and cannot enter an infinite reload l
   assert.equal(revealCalls, 1);
 });
 
+test('renderer initialization failures share the bounded recovery path', async () => {
+  const failures = [];
+  let reloadCalls = 0;
+  const coordinator = createStartupRecoveryCoordinator({
+    load() {},
+    async reload() {
+      reloadCalls++;
+    },
+    reveal() {},
+    async showFailure(failure) {
+      failures.push(failure);
+    },
+    close() {}
+  });
+
+  await coordinator.rendererInitializationFailed({ message: 'first failure' });
+  await coordinator.rendererInitializationFailed({ message: 'second failure' });
+
+  assert.equal(reloadCalls, 1);
+  assert.deepEqual(failures, [{
+    phase: 'renderer-initialization',
+    attempt: 2,
+    details: { message: 'second failure' }
+  }]);
+});
+
 test('a successful renderer ready event reveals content and resets crash recovery', async () => {
   const crashes = [
     { reason: 'crashed', exitCode: 21 },
diff --git a/tests/upload-recovery.test.js b/tests/upload-recovery.test.js
index 01d4738..78836af 100644
--- a/tests/upload-recovery.test.js
+++ b/tests/upload-recovery.test.js
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ test('main and renderer keep recovery evidence until final queue persistence suc
   assert.match(startFailure, /if \(queuePersisted && terminalRecoveryPersisted\)[\s\S]*saveUploadRecovery\(null\)/);
   const startHandler = mainSource.slice(mainSource.indexOf("ipcMain.handle('start-upload'"), mainSource.indexOf("ipcMain.handle('cancel-upload'"));
   assert.match(startHandler, /await configStore\.saveUploadRecovery\(recovery\)/);
+  assert.ok(startHandler.indexOf('sourceCleanup.registerGroups(sourceCleanupGroups)') < startHandler.indexOf('saveUploadRecovery(recovery)'));
   assert.match(startHandler, /catch \(error\)[\s\S]*return { error: 'Upload-Wiederherstellung konnte nicht gespeichert werden' }/);
   const addHandler = mainSource.slice(mainSource.indexOf("ipcMain.handle('add-jobs-to-batch'"), mainSource.indexOf("ipcMain.handle('finish-after-active'"));
   assert.match(addHandler, /await configStore\.saveUploadRecovery\(nextRecovery\)/);