diff --git a/lib/upload-manager.js b/lib/upload-manager.js
index acc1fb4..f03d2c8 100644
--- a/lib/upload-manager.js
+++ b/lib/upload-manager.js
@@ -43,46 +43,6 @@ class UploadManager extends EventEmitter {
     this._accountOverrides = new Map(); // hoster -> fallback account object
     this._doodApiKeyCache = new Map(); // accountId/username -> derived doodstream API key ('' = tried, none)
     this._baselineCache = new Map(); // hoster:apiKey -> Promise<Set<file_code>> (one fetch shared across all jobs in batch)
-    this._networkOnline = true;
-    this._networkWaiters = [];
-  }
-
-  setNetworkOnline(online) {
-    const next = !!online;
-    if (next === this._networkOnline) return;
-    this._networkOnline = next;
-    if (next) {
-      const waiters = this._networkWaiters.splice(0);
-      for (const resolve of waiters) { try { resolve(); } catch {} }
-      this._rotLog('network-online', { releasedWaiters: waiters.length });
-    } else {
-      this._rotLog('network-offline', {});
-    }
-  }
-
-  isNetworkOnline() {
-    return this._networkOnline;
-  }
-
-  _waitForNetwork(signal) {
-    if (this._networkOnline) return Promise.resolve();
-    if (signal && signal.aborted) return Promise.reject(new Error('Abgebrochen'));
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      let settled = false;
-      const onResume = () => {
-        if (settled) return;
-        settled = true;
-        if (signal) signal.removeEventListener('abort', onAbort);
-        resolve();
-      };
-      const onAbort = () => {
-        if (settled) return;
-        settled = true;
-        reject(new Error('Abgebrochen'));
-      };
-      this._networkWaiters.push(onResume);
-      if (signal) signal.addEventListener('abort', onAbort, { once: true });
-    });
   }
 
   switchAccount(hoster, fallbackAccount) {
@@ -545,12 +505,6 @@ class UploadManager extends EventEmitter {
       for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= maxAttempts; attempt++) {
         if (signal.aborted || this.stopAfterActive) break;
 
-        if (!this._networkOnline) {
-          this._rotLog('network-wait', { jobId, hoster: task.hoster, fileName, attempt });
-          await this._waitForNetwork(signal);
-          if (signal.aborted || this.stopAfterActive) break;
-        }
-
         if (attempt > 1) {
           this._emitProgress(uploadId, fileName, task.hoster, { accountId: task.accountId,
             jobId,
@@ -719,18 +673,6 @@ class UploadManager extends EventEmitter {
           }
 
           lastError = err;
-          // Network outage in progress: the failure is the outage, not the
-          // file or the account. Hold the job until the gate reopens and
-          // retry WITHOUT consuming an attempt — a 30-minute ISP flake must
-          // not burn through the whole retry budget.
-          if (this._isTransientNetworkError(err) && !this._networkOnline) {
-            this._rotLog('network-hold', {
-              jobId, hoster: task.hoster, fileName, accountId: task.accountId, attempt
-            });
-            attempt--;
-            try { await this._waitForNetwork(signal); } catch { lastError = new Error('Abgebrochen'); break; }
-            continue;
-          }
           // File-specific rejection — re-uploading won't change the server's
           // mind. Break out immediately; the outer file-rejected branch then
           // records the final error without burning through 5 × 3s retries.
diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 6d06bf9..eea8e61 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -229,57 +229,6 @@ function rotLog(msg, ts) {
   } catch {}
 }
 
-const NET_CHECK_HOSTS = ['one.one.one.one', 'dns.google'];
-let _netMonitorTimer = null;
-let _netOnline = true;
-let _netFails = 0;
-let _netOks = 0;
-let _netHostIdx = 0;
-
-function _dnsProbe(host) {
-  return new Promise((resolve) => {
-    const timer = setTimeout(() => resolve(false), 5000);
-    try {
-      require('dns').resolve(host, (err) => { clearTimeout(timer); resolve(!err); });
-    } catch { clearTimeout(timer); resolve(false); }
-  });
-}
-
-async function _netCheckTick() {
-  const host = NET_CHECK_HOSTS[_netHostIdx++ % NET_CHECK_HOSTS.length];
-  const ok = await _dnsProbe(host);
-  if (ok) { _netOks++; _netFails = 0; } else { _netFails++; _netOks = 0; }
-  if (_netOnline && _netFails >= 2) {
-    _netOnline = false;
-    debugLog('network-monitor: OFFLINE (2 consecutive DNS probe failures)');
-    rotLog('network-monitor: offline — holding job starts + retries');
-    if (uploadManager && typeof uploadManager.setNetworkOnline === 'function') uploadManager.setNetworkOnline(false);
-    safeSend('network-status', { online: false });
-  } else if (!_netOnline && _netOks >= 2) {
-    _netOnline = true;
-    debugLog('network-monitor: ONLINE again (2 consecutive DNS probe successes)');
-    rotLog('network-monitor: online — resuming held jobs');
-    if (uploadManager && typeof uploadManager.setNetworkOnline === 'function') uploadManager.setNetworkOnline(true);
-    safeSend('network-status', { online: true });
-  }
-}
-
-function startNetworkMonitor() {
-  if (_netMonitorTimer) return;
-  _netOnline = true; _netFails = 0; _netOks = 0;
-  _netMonitorTimer = setInterval(() => { _netCheckTick().catch(() => {}); }, 8000);
-  debugLog('network-monitor: started (8s probe interval)');
-}
-
-function stopNetworkMonitor() {
-  if (_netMonitorTimer) { clearInterval(_netMonitorTimer); _netMonitorTimer = null; }
-  if (!_netOnline && uploadManager && typeof uploadManager.setNetworkOnline === 'function') {
-    uploadManager.setNetworkOnline(true);
-  }
-  _netOnline = true;
-  debugLog('network-monitor: stopped');
-}
-
 function _sleepMs(ms) { return new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, ms)); }
 
 async function _postWebhookWithRetry(req, maxAttempts) {
@@ -1265,7 +1214,6 @@ app.on('window-all-closed', () => {
 
 app.on('before-quit', () => {
   if (uploadManager) try { uploadManager.cancel(); } catch {}
-  try { stopNetworkMonitor(); } catch {}
   try { folderMonitor.stop(); } catch {}
   try {
     if (remoteServer) { remoteServer.stop(); remoteServer = null; }
@@ -1733,7 +1681,6 @@ ipcMain.handle('start-upload', (_event, payload) => {
     debugLog(`batch-done: total=${summary.total} ok=${summary.succeeded} fail=${summary.failed}`);
     logMarker('BATCH END', { total: summary.total, ok: summary.succeeded, fail: summary.failed });
     logMemorySnapshot('batch-done');
-    stopNetworkMonitor();
     const _batchDurationSec = _thisManager && _thisManager.startTime
       ? Math.round((Date.now() - _thisManager.startTime) / 1000)
       : 0;
@@ -1763,13 +1710,11 @@ ipcMain.handle('start-upload', (_event, payload) => {
   process.nextTick(() => {
     if (!uploadManager) { debugLog('nextTick: uploadManager was nulled before startBatch'); return; }
     debugLog(`nextTick: calling startBatch now (priming ${_sessionFailedAccounts.size} failed accounts, ${_sessionAccountOverrides.size} overrides from session)`);
-    startNetworkMonitor();
     uploadManager.startBatch(tasks, {
       primeFailedAccounts: Array.from(_sessionFailedAccounts.keys()),
       primeOverrides: Array.from(_sessionAccountOverrides.entries())
     }).catch((err) => {
       debugLog(`startBatch REJECTED: ${err && err.stack ? err.stack : err}`);
-      stopNetworkMonitor();
       const errorSummary = {
         id: 'error',
         timestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
diff --git a/preload.js b/preload.js
index 142bb25..b80a328 100644
--- a/preload.js
+++ b/preload.js
@@ -120,9 +120,6 @@ contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('api', {
   resetAllSessionFailedAccounts: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('reset-all-session-failed-accounts'),
   getLogPaths: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('get-log-paths'),
   testWebhook: (payload) => ipcRenderer.invoke('test-webhook', payload),
-  onNetworkStatus: (callback) => {
-    ipcRenderer.on('network-status', (_event, data) => callback(data));
-  },
   revealLogFile: (target) => ipcRenderer.invoke('reveal-log-file', target),
   setLogVerbose: (enabled) => ipcRenderer.invoke('set-log-verbose', enabled),
   createSupportBundle: () => ipcRenderer.invoke('create-support-bundle'),
diff --git a/renderer/app.js b/renderer/app.js
index 26ed0f9..5883d80 100644
--- a/renderer/app.js
+++ b/renderer/app.js
@@ -140,18 +140,6 @@ async function init() {
     handleStats(data);
   });
   window.api.onShutdownCountdown(handleShutdownCountdown);
-  if (window.api.onNetworkStatus) {
-    window.api.onNetworkStatus((data) => {
-      if (!data || typeof data !== 'object') return;
-      _networkOffline = !data.online;
-      if (_networkOffline) {
-        showCopyToast('Netzwerk-Ausfall erkannt — Uploads pausiert bis die Verbindung zurück ist.', 10000);
-      } else {
-        showCopyToast('Netzwerk wieder verfügbar — Uploads werden fortgesetzt.', 6000);
-      }
-      updateStatusBar();
-    });
-  }
   window.api.onUploadLogFallback((data) => {
     const path = data && data.fallbackPath ? data.fallbackPath : '(Fallback)';
     showCopyToast(`Log-Pfad nicht beschreibbar — schreibe nach: ${path}`, 8000);
@@ -2173,7 +2161,6 @@ function handleBatchDone(summary) {
 }
 
 let _sessionFailedKeys = new Set();
-let _networkOffline = false;
 
 const _autoRetryState = { round: 0, timer: null };
 function _cancelAutoRetry(resetRound) {
@@ -2631,15 +2618,13 @@ function updateStatusBar() {
     ? Math.round(stats.bytesRemaining / (lastUploadStats.globalSpeedKbs * 1024))
     : 0;
 
-  const stateText = (_networkOffline && (uploading || lastUploadStats.state === 'uploading'))
-    ? 'Netzwerk-Ausfall — pausiert'
-    : lastUploadStats.state === 'uploading'
-      ? 'Upload läuft...'
-      : lastUploadStats.state === 'stopping'
-        ? 'Stoppt nach aktiven Uploads...'
-        : uploading
-          ? 'Upload vorbereitet...'
-          : 'Bereit';
+  const stateText = lastUploadStats.state === 'uploading'
+    ? 'Upload läuft...'
+    : lastUploadStats.state === 'stopping'
+      ? 'Stoppt nach aktiven Uploads...'
+      : uploading
+        ? 'Upload vorbereitet...'
+        : 'Bereit';
 
   document.getElementById('sbState').textContent = stateText;
   document.getElementById('sbSpeed').textContent = formatSpeed(lastUploadStats.globalSpeedKbs || 0);
diff --git a/tests/upload-manager.test.js b/tests/upload-manager.test.js
index e4e5a06..7c10273 100644
--- a/tests/upload-manager.test.js
+++ b/tests/upload-manager.test.js
@@ -46,49 +46,6 @@ describe('UploadManager', () => {
     UploadManager = require('../lib/upload-manager');
   });
 
-  it('network gate: _waitForNetwork resolves immediately when online', async () => {
-    const mgr = new UploadManager({});
-    assert.strictEqual(mgr.isNetworkOnline(), true);
-    await mgr._waitForNetwork();
-  });
-
-  it('network gate: waiters block while offline and release on setNetworkOnline(true)', async () => {
-    const mgr = new UploadManager({});
-    mgr.setNetworkOnline(false);
-    assert.strictEqual(mgr.isNetworkOnline(), false);
-    let resolved = false;
-    const waiter = mgr._waitForNetwork().then(() => { resolved = true; });
-    await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 30));
-    assert.strictEqual(resolved, false, 'must still be blocked while offline');
-    mgr.setNetworkOnline(true);
-    await waiter;
-    assert.strictEqual(resolved, true);
-  });
-
-  it('network gate: abort signal rejects a pending waiter', async () => {
-    const mgr = new UploadManager({});
-    mgr.setNetworkOnline(false);
-    const ac = new AbortController();
-    const waiter = mgr._waitForNetwork(ac.signal);
-    ac.abort();
-    await assert.rejects(waiter, /Abgebrochen/);
-  });
-
-  it('network gate: batch with offline gate holds queued job until resume', async () => {
-    const mgr = new UploadManager({});
-    mgr.setNetworkOnline(false);
-    const statuses = [];
-    mgr.on('progress', (d) => statuses.push(d.status));
-    const batch = mgr.startBatch([
-      { file: '/test/video1.mp4', hoster: 'doodstream.com', apiKey: 'key1' }
-    ]);
-    await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 60));
-    assert.ok(!statuses.includes('done'), 'job must not complete while gate is closed');
-    mgr.setNetworkOnline(true);
-    await batch;
-    assert.ok(statuses.includes('done'), 'job completes after gate reopens');
-  });
-
   it('emits progress events for each task', async () => {
     const mgr = new UploadManager({});
     const events = [];