diff --git a/app/globals.css b/app/globals.css
index d61eb094..5c725377 100644
--- a/app/globals.css
+++ b/app/globals.css
@@ -704,3 +704,23 @@ input[type="number"] {
     opacity: 1;
   }
 }
+
+/* Indeterminate sweep for the receipt hunt.
+   A pass runs for over two minutes and reports nothing until it lands, so
+   there is no honest percentage to show inside one. This says "still working"
+   without inventing progress. Reduced motion holds it still and dims it
+   rather than removing it: the band still has to read as active. */
+@keyframes hunt-sweep {
+  0% { transform: translateX(-100%); }
+  100% { transform: translateX(400%); }
+}
+.hunt-sweep {
+  animation: hunt-sweep 1.6s ease-in-out infinite;
+}
+@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
+  .hunt-sweep {
+    animation: none;
+    width: 100%;
+    opacity: 0.35;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/components/extensions/general/InvoiceInboxWorkspace.tsx b/components/extensions/general/InvoiceInboxWorkspace.tsx
index 9c6bba9f..5a03d373 100644
--- a/components/extensions/general/InvoiceInboxWorkspace.tsx
+++ b/components/extensions/general/InvoiceInboxWorkspace.tsx
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import {
 } from 'lucide-react'
 import Link from 'next/link'
 import { cn, formatCurrency, formatDate, formatDateLong } from '@/lib/utils'
+import { QUIET_LINK_CLASS } from '@/components/ui/dry-table'
 import { GoogleMark, MicrosoftMark } from '@/components/ui/provider-marks'
 import EditKonteringDialog from '@/components/extensions/general/EditKonteringDialog'
 import { WhatsAppMark } from '@/components/extensions/general/WhatsAppMark'
@@ -1136,9 +1137,7 @@ export default function InvoiceInboxWorkspace(_props: WorkspaceComponentProps) {
               {hunting ? (
                 <>
                   <Loader2 className="h-3.5 w-3.5 mr-1.5 animate-spin" />
-                  {huntProgress
-                    ? `Letar… ${huntProgress.fetched} hittade`
-                    : 'Letar…'}
+                  {t('hunt_stop')}
                 </>
               ) : (
                 <>
@@ -1168,7 +1167,46 @@ export default function InvoiceInboxWorkspace(_props: WorkspaceComponentProps) {
         </div>
       </header>
 
-      {huntResult && (
+      {/* A pass takes over two minutes and reports nothing until it lands, so
+          a spinner alone leaves somebody watching a button. This says which
+          mailboxes are being read, what has been found so far, and keeps
+          moving while the pass is silent. The bar is deliberately
+          indeterminate: there is no honest percentage inside a pass, and a
+          fake one is worse than none. */}
+      {hunting && (
+        <div className="border-b bg-secondary/30">
+          <div className="h-0.5 overflow-hidden bg-border/40">
+            <div className="hunt-sweep h-full w-1/3 bg-foreground/40" />
+          </div>
+          <div className="px-4 py-2.5 flex items-center gap-3 flex-wrap text-xs">
+            <span className="flex items-center gap-2 min-w-0">
+              <Loader2 className="h-3.5 w-3.5 animate-spin shrink-0 text-muted-foreground" />
+              <span className="truncate">
+                {t('hunt_reading', {
+                  mailboxes: mailConnections
+                    .filter((c) => c.status === 'active')
+                    .map((c) => c.emailAddress)
+                    .join(', '),
+                })}
+              </span>
+            </span>
+            <span className="flex-1" />
+            {huntProgress && (
+              <span className="text-muted-foreground tabular-nums">
+                {t('hunt_progress', {
+                  pass: huntProgress.passes,
+                  found: huntProgress.fetched,
+                })}
+              </span>
+            )}
+            <button type="button" onClick={stopHunt} className={QUIET_LINK_CLASS}>
+              {t('hunt_stop')}
+            </button>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      )}
+
+      {!hunting && huntResult && (
         <div className="border-b px-4 py-2 text-xs flex items-center gap-2">
           {huntResult.failed ? (
             <span className="text-warning">
diff --git a/messages/en.json b/messages/en.json
index 48cff1b4..fc560ab4 100644
--- a/messages/en.json
+++ b/messages/en.json
@@ -3049,6 +3049,9 @@
     "mixed_currency_note": "Documents in different currencies cannot be summed into a single amount. Each document is still booked separately, against its matched bank transaction and the amount the bank actually settled in SEK."
   },
   "inbox_workspace": {
+    "hunt_stop": "Stop",
+    "hunt_reading": "Reading {mailboxes}",
+    "hunt_progress": "pass {pass} · {found} fetched",
     "dialog_no_document": "No document",
     "sources_one": "{count} source",
     "sources_many": "{count} sources",
diff --git a/messages/sv.json b/messages/sv.json
index 62c5038a..ae577235 100644
--- a/messages/sv.json
+++ b/messages/sv.json
@@ -3049,6 +3049,9 @@
     "mixed_currency_note": "Underlag i olika valutor kan inte summeras till ett belopp. Varje underlag bokförs ändå var för sig, mot sin matchade banktransaktion och det belopp banken faktiskt drog i SEK."
   },
   "inbox_workspace": {
+    "hunt_stop": "Avbryt",
+    "hunt_reading": "Läser {mailboxes}",
+    "hunt_progress": "omgång {pass} · {found} hämtade",
     "dialog_no_document": "Ingen handling",
     "sources_one": "{count} källa",
     "sources_many": "{count} källor",