diff --git a/src/main/download-manager.ts b/src/main/download-manager.ts
index 2dd9cad..7dc66ef 100644
--- a/src/main/download-manager.ts
+++ b/src/main/download-manager.ts
@@ -5640,6 +5640,7 @@ export class DownloadManager extends EventEmitter {
     const parkForRestart = options?.parkForRestart === true;
     const abortReason: "stop" | "shutdown" = parkForRestart ? "shutdown" : "stop";
     const keepExtraction = this.settings.autoExtractWhenStopped;
+    const wasRunning = this.session.running;
     this.schedulerGeneration += 1;
     this.session.running = false;
     this.session.paused = false;
@@ -5685,6 +5686,19 @@ export class DownloadManager extends EventEmitter {
         pkg.updatedAt = nowMs();
       }
     }
+    // A manual stop ends the run without ever reaching finishRun (the scheduler
+    // loop exits at its while condition), so the run summary would be lost.
+    // Suppressed for the restart/shutdown path: the process is about to die.
+    if (wasRunning && !parkForRestart && this.settings.notifyOnRunFinished && this.runItemIds.size > 0) {
+      const outcomes = Array.from(this.runOutcomes.values());
+      const success = outcomes.filter((s) => s === "completed").length;
+      const failed = outcomes.filter((s) => s === "failed").length;
+      void sendNotification(this.settings.notifyUrl, {
+        title: "⏹️ Durchlauf gestoppt",
+        message: `${success}/${this.runItemIds.size} erfolgreich, ${failed} fehlgeschlagen — Rest zurueck in der Warteschlange`,
+        mention: this.settings.notifyMention
+      });
+    }
     this.persistSoon();
     this.emitState(true);
   }
@@ -8248,6 +8262,14 @@ export class DownloadManager extends EventEmitter {
     } finally {
       this.scheduleRunning = false;
       logger.info(`Scheduler beendet (gen=${myGeneration})`);
+      // Stop->Start race: a new run can begin while this loop sleeps (start()'s
+      // ensureScheduler early-returns on scheduleRunning, then this loop exits on
+      // the generation mismatch). Without a respawn the run sits leaderless
+      // forever: running=true, but nothing schedules and finishRun never comes.
+      if (this.session.running && this.schedulerGeneration !== myGeneration) {
+        logger.warn(`Scheduler-Respawn: Run aktiv, alte Generation ${myGeneration} beendet (Stop->Start-Race)`);
+        void this.ensureScheduler().catch((error) => logger.error(`Scheduler-Respawn fehlgeschlagen: ${compactErrorText(error)}`));
+      }
     }
   }
 
@@ -12181,9 +12203,14 @@ export class DownloadManager extends EventEmitter {
     };
     this.session.summaryText = `Summary: Dauer ${duration}s, Ø Speed ${humanSize(avgSpeed)}/s, Erfolg ${success}/${total}`;
     if (this.settings.notifyOnRunFinished && total > 0) {
+      // With autoExtractWhenStopped (default) the run ends as soon as downloads
+      // are done while extraction may still be running — say so instead of
+      // claiming the whole run is finished.
+      const postProcessPending = this.packagePostProcessTasks.size > 0 || this.hasAnyDeferredPostProcessPending();
+      const scope = postProcessPending ? "Downloads beendet" : "Durchlauf beendet";
       void sendNotification(this.settings.notifyUrl, {
-        title: failed > 0 ? "⚠️ Durchlauf beendet" : "🏁 Durchlauf beendet",
-        message: `${success}/${total} erfolgreich, ${failed} fehlgeschlagen, ${cancelled} abgebrochen\nDauer ${duration}s, Durchschnitt ${humanSize(avgSpeed)}/s`,
+        title: failed > 0 ? `⚠️ ${scope}` : `🏁 ${scope}`,
+        message: `${success}/${total} erfolgreich, ${failed} fehlgeschlagen, ${cancelled} abgebrochen\nDauer ${duration}s, Durchschnitt ${humanSize(avgSpeed)}/s${postProcessPending ? "\nEntpacken laeuft noch — Paket-Meldungen folgen." : ""}`,
         mention: this.settings.notifyMention
       });
     }
diff --git a/src/main/main.ts b/src/main/main.ts
index 65aaf1f..4930521 100644
--- a/src/main/main.ts
+++ b/src/main/main.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,35 @@ function isDevMode(): boolean {
   return process.env.NODE_ENV === "development";
 }
 
+// Single owner of the scheduled-start timer. startOnPast: a past time entered
+// interactively starts right away; at boot a stale past time is cleared instead
+// (an unattended auto-start at boot would race autoResumeOnStart's conflict gate).
+function armScheduledStart(schedMs: number, opts: { startOnPast: boolean }): void {
+  if (scheduledStartTimer !== null) {
+    clearTimeout(scheduledStartTimer);
+    scheduledStartTimer = null;
+  }
+  if (!schedMs || schedMs <= 0) {
+    return;
+  }
+  const delay = schedMs - Date.now();
+  if (delay <= 0) {
+    if (opts.startOnPast) {
+      void controller.start().catch((err) => logger.warn(`Scheduled-Start Fehler: ${String(err)}`));
+    } else {
+      logger.warn(`Geplanter Start (${new Date(schedMs).toLocaleString()}) lag beim App-Start in der Vergangenheit — verworfen`);
+    }
+    controller.updateSettings({ scheduledStartEpochMs: 0 });
+    return;
+  }
+  scheduledStartTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+    scheduledStartTimer = null;
+    void controller.start().catch((err) => logger.warn(`Scheduled-Start Fehler: ${String(err)}`));
+    controller.updateSettings({ scheduledStartEpochMs: 0 });
+  }, delay);
+  logger.info(`Geplanter Start gearmt: ${new Date(schedMs).toLocaleString()}`);
+}
+
 function createWindow(): BrowserWindow {
   const window = new BrowserWindow({
     width: 1920,
@@ -328,24 +357,7 @@ function registerIpcHandlers(): void {
     const result = controller.updateSettings(validated as Partial<AppSettings>);
     updateClipboardWatcher();
     updateTray();
-    if (scheduledStartTimer !== null) {
-      clearTimeout(scheduledStartTimer);
-      scheduledStartTimer = null;
-    }
-    const schedMs = result.scheduledStartEpochMs || 0;
-    if (schedMs > 0) {
-      const delay = schedMs - Date.now();
-      if (delay <= 0) {
-        void controller.start().catch((err) => logger.warn(`Scheduled-Start Fehler: ${String(err)}`));
-        controller.updateSettings({ scheduledStartEpochMs: 0 });
-      } else {
-        scheduledStartTimer = setTimeout(() => {
-          scheduledStartTimer = null;
-          void controller.start().catch((err) => logger.warn(`Scheduled-Start Fehler: ${String(err)}`));
-          controller.updateSettings({ scheduledStartEpochMs: 0 });
-        }, delay);
-      }
-    }
+    armScheduledStart(result.scheduledStartEpochMs || 0, { startOnPast: true });
     return result;
   });
   ipcMain.handle(IPC_CHANNELS.RESET_PROVIDER_DAILY_USAGE, (_event: IpcMainInvokeEvent, provider: string) => {
@@ -807,6 +819,10 @@ app.whenReady().then(() => {
   bindMainWindowLifecycle(mainWindow);
   updateClipboardWatcher();
   updateTray();
+  // A scheduled start persists in the settings but its timer lived only in this
+  // process — without re-arming it here, any restart (auto-update, reboot,
+  // crash) silently swallowed the planned run.
+  armScheduledStart(controller.getSettings().scheduledStartEpochMs || 0, { startOnPast: false });
 
   app.on("activate", () => {
     if (BrowserWindow.getAllWindows().length === 0) {