diff --git a/worker/lyra_worker/adapters/_streamrip.py b/worker/lyra_worker/adapters/_streamrip.py
index 60da230..30e517a 100644
--- a/worker/lyra_worker/adapters/_streamrip.py
+++ b/worker/lyra_worker/adapters/_streamrip.py
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
 import asyncio
 import hashlib
+import http.client
 import os
 from typing import Callable
 
+# Qobuz's CDN returns responses with more than Python's default 100-header limit for some
+# tracks, so http.client raises HTTPException("got more than 100 headers"), streamrip skips
+# that track, and it lands as a 0-byte file (seen on Bruno Mars "24K Magic" — track 1). Raise
+# the limit process-wide so those downloads succeed. (Set on import of the Qobuz adapter.)
+http.client._MAXHEADERS = 1000
+
 
 def _hashed_password(password: str) -> str:
     """streamrip's Qobuz email/password login expects the password as an MD5 hex digest."""
diff --git a/worker/lyra_worker/pipeline.py b/worker/lyra_worker/pipeline.py
index 0527eae..5e0a0dd 100644
--- a/worker/lyra_worker/pipeline.py
+++ b/worker/lyra_worker/pipeline.py
@@ -18,12 +18,19 @@ _AUDIO_EXT = {".flac", ".mp3", ".m4a", ".opus", ".ogg", ".aac", ".wav"}
 
 
 def _count_staged_audio(staging: str) -> int:
-    """Count audio files anywhere under the staging dir (streamrip nests them in a subfolder)."""
+    """Count NON-EMPTY audio files anywhere under the staging dir (streamrip nests them in a
+    subfolder). 0-byte files are skipped: streamrip leaves an empty placeholder when a track
+    download fails (e.g. Qobuz's >100-header responses), and a dead track must not count toward
+    completeness — otherwise a broken album imports as 'complete'."""
     n = 0
-    for _root, _dirs, files in os.walk(staging):
+    for root, _dirs, files in os.walk(staging):
         for f in files:
             if os.path.splitext(f)[1].lower() in _AUDIO_EXT:
-                n += 1
+                try:
+                    if os.path.getsize(os.path.join(root, f)) > 0:
+                        n += 1
+                except OSError:
+                    pass
     return n
 
 
diff --git a/worker/tests/test_download_progress.py b/worker/tests/test_download_progress.py
index c578f4e..d2c1034 100644
--- a/worker/tests/test_download_progress.py
+++ b/worker/tests/test_download_progress.py
@@ -41,14 +41,21 @@ def test_on_progress_clamps_out_of_range(conn):
 def test_count_staged_audio_counts_nested_audio_files_only(tmp_path):
     nested = tmp_path / "Artist" / "Album"
     nested.mkdir(parents=True)
-    (nested / "01.flac").write_bytes(b"")
-    (nested / "02.flac").write_bytes(b"")
-    (nested / "03.flac").write_bytes(b"")
-    (nested / "cover.jpg").write_bytes(b"")
+    (nested / "01.flac").write_bytes(b"audio")
+    (nested / "02.flac").write_bytes(b"audio")
+    (nested / "03.flac").write_bytes(b"audio")
+    (nested / "cover.jpg").write_bytes(b"img")
 
     assert _count_staged_audio(str(tmp_path)) == 3
 
 
+def test_count_staged_audio_skips_zero_byte_files(tmp_path):
+    # a 0-byte file is a failed-track placeholder (e.g. streamrip skipping a track) → not a track
+    (tmp_path / "01 Good.flac").write_bytes(b"audio")
+    (tmp_path / "02 Dead.flac").write_bytes(b"")
+    assert _count_staged_audio(str(tmp_path)) == 1
+
+
 def test_count_staged_audio_empty_dir_is_zero(tmp_path):
     assert _count_staged_audio(str(tmp_path)) == 0