diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3cfa10e..3000bdd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "netfelix-audio-fix",
-	"version": "2026.04.19.10",
+	"version": "2026.04.19.11",
 	"scripts": {
 		"dev:server": "NODE_ENV=development bun --hot server/index.tsx",
 		"dev:client": "vite",
diff --git a/src/features/pipeline/InboxColumn.tsx b/src/features/pipeline/InboxColumn.tsx
index db97802..279d6c6 100644
--- a/src/features/pipeline/InboxColumn.tsx
+++ b/src/features/pipeline/InboxColumn.tsx
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ export function InboxColumn({
 	const [loadingMore, setLoadingMore] = useState(false);
 	const sentinelRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
 
+	// Optimistic mirror of the auto-process checkbox so a click flips the
+	// box immediately rather than waiting for the server roundtrip. See the
+	// matching rationale in ProcessingColumn.
+	const [localAutoProcessing, setLocalAutoProcessing] = useState(autoProcessing);
+	useEffect(() => {
+		setLocalAutoProcessing(autoProcessing);
+	}, [autoProcessing]);
+
 	useEffect(() => {
 		setGroups(initialResponse.groups);
 		setHasMore(initialResponse.hasMore);
@@ -94,8 +102,12 @@ export function InboxColumn({
 			<input
 				type="checkbox"
 				className="h-3 w-3"
-				checked={autoProcessing}
-				onChange={(e) => onToggleAutoProcessing(e.target.checked)}
+				checked={localAutoProcessing}
+				onChange={(e) => {
+					const next = e.target.checked;
+					setLocalAutoProcessing(next);
+					onToggleAutoProcessing(next);
+				}}
 			/>
 			<span>Auto-process Inbox</span>
 		</label>
diff --git a/src/features/pipeline/ProcessingColumn.tsx b/src/features/pipeline/ProcessingColumn.tsx
index dab298d..c62e49e 100644
--- a/src/features/pipeline/ProcessingColumn.tsx
+++ b/src/features/pipeline/ProcessingColumn.tsx
@@ -24,6 +24,17 @@ export function ProcessingColumn({
 }: ProcessingColumnProps) {
 	const job = items[0]; // at most one running job
 
+	// Checkbox state is mirrored locally so the click flips the box
+	// immediately, independent of the roundtrip to /api/settings. A fully-
+	// controlled checkbox that waits for the server's reply can look frozen
+	// on slow connections and occasionally snaps back before the next
+	// loadAll arrives. The effect below reconciles with the server's
+	// authoritative value whenever the parent pushes a new one in.
+	const [localEnabled, setLocalEnabled] = useState(autoProcessQueue);
+	useEffect(() => {
+		setLocalEnabled(autoProcessQueue);
+	}, [autoProcessQueue]);
+
 	// Wall-clock elapsed since the job started — re-renders every second.
 	const [now, setNow] = useState(() => Date.now());
 	useEffect(() => {
@@ -81,8 +92,12 @@ export function ProcessingColumn({
 			<input
 				type="checkbox"
 				className="h-3 w-3"
-				checked={autoProcessQueue}
-				onChange={(e) => onToggleAutoProcessQueue(e.target.checked)}
+				checked={localEnabled}
+				onChange={(e) => {
+					const next = e.target.checked;
+					setLocalEnabled(next);
+					onToggleAutoProcessQueue(next);
+				}}
 			/>
 			<span>Auto-process Queue</span>
 		</label>