diff --git a/src/features/execute/ExecutePage.tsx b/src/features/execute/ExecutePage.tsx
index 51a8b91..24c7754 100644
--- a/src/features/execute/ExecutePage.tsx
+++ b/src/features/execute/ExecutePage.tsx
@@ -122,10 +122,36 @@ export function ExecutePage() {
 	const errors = totalCounts.error ?? 0;
 	const jobs = data?.jobs ?? [];
 
+	const running = totalCounts.running ?? 0;
+	const allDone = totalCounts.all > 0 && pending === 0 && running === 0;
+
 	return (
 		<div>
-			<div className="flex items-center gap-3 mb-4">
-				<h1 className="text-xl font-bold m-0">Execute Jobs</h1>
+			<h1 className="text-xl font-bold mb-4">Execute Jobs</h1>
+
+			<div className={`rounded-lg px-4 py-3 mb-6 flex items-center gap-3 flex-wrap ${allDone ? 'border border-green-200 bg-green-50' : 'border border-gray-200'}`}>
+				{totalCounts.all === 0 && !loading && (
+					<span className="text-sm text-gray-500">No jobs yet. Go to <Link to="/review" className="text-blue-600 hover:underline">Review</Link> and approve items first.</span>
+				)}
+				{totalCounts.all === 0 && loading && (
+					<span className="text-sm text-gray-400">Loading...</span>
+				)}
+				{allDone && (
+					<span className="text-sm font-medium text-green-800">All jobs completed</span>
+				)}
+				{running > 0 && (
+					<span className="text-sm font-medium">{running} job{running !== 1 ? 's' : ''} running</span>
+				)}
+				{pending > 0 && (
+					<>
+						<span className="text-sm font-medium">{pending} job{pending !== 1 ? 's' : ''} pending</span>
+						<Button size="sm" onClick={startAll}>Run all pending</Button>
+						<Button size="sm" variant="secondary" onClick={clearQueue}>Clear queue</Button>
+					</>
+				)}
+				{(done > 0 || errors > 0) && (
+					<Button size="sm" variant="secondary" onClick={clearCompleted}>Clear done/errors</Button>
+				)}
 			</div>
 
 			<FilterTabs
@@ -135,17 +161,6 @@ export function ExecutePage() {
 				onFilterChange={(key) => navigate({ to: '/execute', search: { filter: key } as never })}
 			/>
 
-			<div className="flex gap-3 mb-6">
-				{pending > 0 && <Button onClick={startAll}>▶ Run all pending</Button>}
-				{pending > 0 && <Button variant="secondary" onClick={clearQueue}>✕ Clear queue</Button>}
-				{(done > 0 || errors > 0) && <Button variant="secondary" onClick={clearCompleted}>✕ Clear done/errors</Button>}
-				{totalCounts.all === 0 && !loading && (
-					<p className="text-gray-500 m-0">
-						No jobs yet. Go to <Link to="/review">Review</Link> and approve items first.
-					</p>
-				)}
-			</div>
-
 			{loading && !data && <div className="text-gray-400 py-8 text-center">Loading…</div>}
 
 			{jobs.length > 0 && (
diff --git a/src/features/paths/PathsPage.tsx b/src/features/paths/PathsPage.tsx
index a3438fc..6ba2932 100644
--- a/src/features/paths/PathsPage.tsx
+++ b/src/features/paths/PathsPage.tsx
@@ -24,19 +24,31 @@ export function PathsPage() {
 
 	useEffect(() => { if (cache === null) load(); }, []);
 
+	const allGood = paths.length > 0 && paths.every((p) => p.accessible);
+	const hasBroken = paths.some((p) => !p.accessible);
+
 	return (
 		<div>
-			<div className="flex items-center gap-3 mb-4">
-				<h1 className="text-lg font-bold">Paths</h1>
+			<h1 className="text-xl font-bold mb-4">Paths</h1>
+
+			<div className={`rounded-lg px-4 py-3 mb-6 flex items-center gap-3 flex-wrap ${allGood ? 'border border-green-200 bg-green-50' : 'border border-gray-200'}`}>
+				{paths.length === 0 && !loading && (
+					<span className="text-sm text-gray-500">No media items scanned yet. Run a scan first.</span>
+				)}
+				{paths.length === 0 && loading && (
+					<span className="text-sm text-gray-400">Checking paths...</span>
+				)}
+				{allGood && (
+					<span className="text-sm font-medium text-green-800">All {paths.length} paths accessible</span>
+				)}
+				{hasBroken && (
+					<span className="text-sm font-medium text-red-800">{paths.filter((p) => !p.accessible).length} path{paths.filter((p) => !p.accessible).length !== 1 ? 's' : ''} not mounted</span>
+				)}
 				<Button variant="secondary" size="sm" onClick={load} disabled={loading}>
-					{loading ? 'Checking…' : 'Refresh'}
+					{loading ? 'Checking...' : 'Refresh'}
 				</Button>
 			</div>
 
-			{paths.length === 0 && !loading && (
-				<p className="text-gray-500">No media items scanned yet. Run a scan first.</p>
-			)}
-
 			{paths.length > 0 && (
 				<>
 					<table className="w-full text-left border-collapse">
diff --git a/src/features/review/AudioListPage.tsx b/src/features/review/AudioListPage.tsx
index 41578c2..b2276ad 100644
--- a/src/features/review/AudioListPage.tsx
+++ b/src/features/review/AudioListPage.tsx
@@ -231,12 +231,19 @@ export function AudioListPage() {
 
 	return (
 		<div>
-			<div className="flex items-center gap-3 mb-4">
-				<h1 className="text-xl font-bold m-0">Audio Review</h1>
-				{hasPending && <Button size="sm" onClick={approveAll}>Approve all pending</Button>}
+			<h1 className="text-xl font-bold mb-4">Audio Review</h1>
+
+			<div className={`rounded-lg px-4 py-3 mb-6 flex items-center gap-3 flex-wrap ${hasPending ? 'border border-gray-200' : 'border border-green-200 bg-green-50'}`}>
+				{hasPending ? (
+					<>
+						<span className="text-sm font-medium">{totalCounts.needs_action} item{totalCounts.needs_action !== 1 ? 's' : ''} need{totalCounts.needs_action === 1 ? 's' : ''} review</span>
+						<Button size="sm" onClick={approveAll}>Approve all pending</Button>
+					</>
+				) : (
+					<span className="text-sm font-medium text-green-800">All items reviewed</span>
+				)}
 			</div>
 
-			{/* Filter tabs */}
 			<FilterTabs
 				tabs={FILTER_TABS}
 				filter={filter}
diff --git a/src/features/scan/ScanPage.tsx b/src/features/scan/ScanPage.tsx
index ee7a777..16e64bf 100644
--- a/src/features/scan/ScanPage.tsx
+++ b/src/features/scan/ScanPage.tsx
@@ -174,14 +174,11 @@ export function ScanPage() {
 
 	return (
 		<div>
-			<div className="flex items-center gap-3 mb-4">
-				<h1 className="text-xl font-bold m-0">Library Scan</h1>
-			</div>
+			<h1 className="text-xl font-bold mb-4">Library Scan</h1>
 
-			{/* Status card */}
-			<div className="border border-gray-200 rounded-lg p-4 mb-6">
-				<div className="flex items-center flex-wrap gap-2 mb-4">
-					<strong>{statusLabel || (running ? 'Scan in progress…' : 'Scan idle')}</strong>
+			<div className="border border-gray-200 rounded-lg px-4 py-3 mb-6">
+				<div className="flex items-center flex-wrap gap-2 mb-3">
+					<span className="text-sm font-medium">{statusLabel || (running ? 'Scan in progress…' : 'Scan idle')}</span>
 					{running ? (
 						<Button variant="secondary" size="sm" onClick={stopScan}>Stop</Button>
 					) : (
diff --git a/src/features/subtitles/SubtitleExtractPage.tsx b/src/features/subtitles/SubtitleExtractPage.tsx
index 6a98b47..bf55ce1 100644
--- a/src/features/subtitles/SubtitleExtractPage.tsx
+++ b/src/features/subtitles/SubtitleExtractPage.tsx
@@ -76,14 +76,12 @@ function StatusPills({ g }: { g: SubSeriesGroup }) {
 	);
 }
 
-// ─── Extraction bar ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// ─── Action box ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-function ExtractionBar({ count, onExtract }: { count: number; onExtract: () => void }) {
+function ActionBox({ count, onExtract }: { count: number | null; onExtract: () => void }) {
 	const [extracting, setExtracting] = useState(false);
 	const [result, setResult] = useState('');
 
-	if (count === 0) return null;
-
 	const handleExtract = async () => {
 		setExtracting(true);
 		setResult('');
@@ -95,14 +93,20 @@ function ExtractionBar({ count, onExtract }: { count: number; onExtract: () => v
 		setExtracting(false);
 	};
 
+	const allDone = count !== null && count === 0;
+
 	return (
-		<div className="flex items-center gap-3 px-4 py-3 mb-4 rounded-lg border border-amber-200 bg-amber-50">
-			<span className="text-sm font-medium text-amber-900">
-				{count} item{count !== 1 ? 's have' : ' has'} embedded subtitles ready to extract
-			</span>
-			<Button size="sm" onClick={handleExtract} disabled={extracting}>
-				{extracting ? 'Queuing...' : 'Extract All'}
-			</Button>
+		<div className={`rounded-lg px-4 py-3 mb-6 flex items-center gap-3 flex-wrap ${allDone ? 'border border-green-200 bg-green-50' : 'border border-gray-200'}`}>
+			{count === null && <span className="text-sm text-gray-400">Loading...</span>}
+			{allDone && <span className="text-sm font-medium text-green-800">All subtitles extracted</span>}
+			{count !== null && count > 0 && (
+				<>
+					<span className="text-sm font-medium">{count} item{count !== 1 ? 's have' : ' has'} embedded subtitles to extract</span>
+					<Button size="sm" onClick={handleExtract} disabled={extracting}>
+						{extracting ? 'Queuing...' : 'Extract All'}
+					</Button>
+				</>
+			)}
 			{result && <span className="text-sm text-gray-600">{result}</span>}
 		</div>
 	);
@@ -219,9 +223,7 @@ export function SubtitleExtractPage() {
 		<div>
 			<h1 className="text-xl font-bold mb-4">Subtitle Extraction</h1>
 
-			{embeddedCount !== null && (
-				<ExtractionBar count={embeddedCount} onExtract={refresh} />
-			)}
+			<ActionBox count={embeddedCount} onExtract={refresh} />
 
 			<FilterTabs
 				tabs={FILTER_TABS}
diff --git a/src/features/subtitles/SubtitleListPage.tsx b/src/features/subtitles/SubtitleListPage.tsx
index 1cdfc44..f2dfda2 100644
--- a/src/features/subtitles/SubtitleListPage.tsx
+++ b/src/features/subtitles/SubtitleListPage.tsx
@@ -256,10 +256,22 @@ export function SubtitleListPage() {
 	if (loading && !summary) return <div className="text-gray-400 py-8 text-center">Loading...</div>;
 	if (!summary) return <div className="text-red-600">Failed to load subtitle summary.</div>;
 
+	const totalFiles = summary.categories.reduce((sum, c) => sum + c.fileCount, 0);
+	const langCount = new Set(summary.categories.map((c) => c.language)).size;
+	const hasFiles = totalFiles > 0;
+
 	return (
 		<div>
 			<h1 className="text-xl font-bold mb-4">Subtitle Manager</h1>
 
+			<div className={`rounded-lg px-4 py-3 mb-6 flex items-center gap-3 flex-wrap ${hasFiles ? 'border border-gray-200' : 'border border-gray-200'}`}>
+				{hasFiles ? (
+					<span className="text-sm font-medium">{totalFiles} extracted file{totalFiles !== 1 ? 's' : ''} across {langCount} language{langCount !== 1 ? 's' : ''} — select which to keep below</span>
+				) : (
+					<span className="text-sm text-gray-500">No extracted subtitle files yet. Extract subtitles first.</span>
+				)}
+			</div>
+
 			<LanguageSummary
 				categories={summary.categories}
 				keepLanguages={summary.keepLanguages}