diff --git a/apps/api/src/prowlarr.rs b/apps/api/src/prowlarr.rs
index d542b56..22f8eed 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/prowlarr.rs
+++ b/apps/api/src/prowlarr.rs
@@ -239,6 +239,69 @@ fn extract_volumes_from_title(title: &str) -> Vec<i32> {
         }
     }
 
+    // Pass 3 — bare number patterns (only if passes 1 & 2 found nothing)
+    // Handles:
+    //   "Les Géants - 07 - Moon.cbz"  →  7
+    //   "06. yatho.cbz"               →  6
+    if volumes.is_empty() {
+        // Pattern A: " - NN - " or " - NN." (number between dash separators)
+        let dash_num_re = |chars: &[char]| -> Vec<i32> {
+            let mut found = Vec::new();
+            let mut i = 0;
+            while i + 4 < chars.len() {
+                // Look for " - "
+                if chars[i] == ' ' && chars[i + 1] == '-' && chars[i + 2] == ' ' {
+                    let mut j = i + 3;
+                    // Skip leading spaces
+                    while j < chars.len() && chars[j] == ' ' {
+                        j += 1;
+                    }
+                    let digit_start = j;
+                    while j < chars.len() && chars[j].is_ascii_digit() {
+                        j += 1;
+                    }
+                    if j > digit_start {
+                        // Ensure followed by " - ", ".", or end-ish (space + non-digit)
+                        let valid_end = j >= chars.len()
+                            || (j + 2 < chars.len() && chars[j] == ' ' && chars[j + 1] == '-' && chars[j + 2] == ' ')
+                            || chars[j] == '.'
+                            || (chars[j] == ' ' && (j + 1 >= chars.len() || !chars[j + 1].is_ascii_digit()));
+                        if valid_end {
+                            let num_str: String = chars[digit_start..j].iter().collect();
+                            if let Ok(num) = num_str.parse::<i32>() {
+                                if !found.contains(&num) {
+                                    found.push(num);
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                i += 1;
+            }
+            found
+        };
+        volumes.extend(dash_num_re(&chars));
+
+        // Pattern B: "NN. " or "NN - " at the very start of the string
+        if volumes.is_empty() {
+            let mut j = 0;
+            while j < chars.len() && chars[j].is_ascii_digit() {
+                j += 1;
+            }
+            if j > 0 && j < chars.len() {
+                let valid_sep = chars[j] == '.'
+                    || chars[j] == ' '
+                    || (j + 2 < chars.len() && chars[j] == ' ' && chars[j + 1] == '-');
+                if valid_sep {
+                    let num_str: String = chars[..j].iter().collect();
+                    if let Ok(num) = num_str.parse::<i32>() {
+                        volumes.push(num);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     volumes
 }
 
@@ -615,4 +678,39 @@ mod tests {
         ));
         assert!(v.contains(&3), "expected 3 in {:?}", v);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn bare_number_between_dashes() {
+        // "Les Géants - 07 - Moon.cbz" → 7
+        let v = extract_volumes_from_title("Les Géants - 07 - Moon.cbz");
+        assert_eq!(v, vec![7]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn bare_number_dash_then_dot() {
+        // "Les Géants - 07.cbz" → 7
+        let v = extract_volumes_from_title("Les Géants - 07.cbz");
+        assert_eq!(v, vec![7]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn bare_number_at_start_dot() {
+        // "06. yatho.cbz" → 6
+        let v = extract_volumes_from_title("06. yatho.cbz");
+        assert_eq!(v, vec![6]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn bare_number_at_start_dash() {
+        // "07 - Moon.cbz" → 7
+        let v = extract_volumes_from_title("07 - Moon.cbz");
+        assert_eq!(v, vec![7]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn bare_number_no_false_positive_with_prefix() {
+        // When a prefix match exists, bare number pass should NOT run
+        let v = extract_volumes_from_title("Naruto T05 - some 99 extra.cbz");
+        assert_eq!(v, vec![5], "should only find T05, not bare 99");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/apps/api/src/torrent_import.rs b/apps/api/src/torrent_import.rs
index 14c879d..6307c56 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/torrent_import.rs
+++ b/apps/api/src/torrent_import.rs
@@ -215,6 +215,11 @@ const QB_COMPLETED_STATES: &[&str] = &[
     "uploading", "stalledUP", "pausedUP", "queuedUP", "checkingUP", "forcedUP",
 ];
 
+/// Failed/stalled states: torrent cannot make progress (no seeds, stalled download).
+const QB_FAILED_STATES: &[&str] = &[
+    "stalledDL", "pausedDL", "error", "missingFiles",
+];
+
 pub async fn run_torrent_poller(pool: PgPool, interval_seconds: u64) {
     let idle_wait = Duration::from_secs(interval_seconds.max(5));
     let active_wait = Duration::from_secs(2);
@@ -316,6 +321,8 @@ async fn poll_qbittorrent_downloads(pool: &PgPool) -> anyhow::Result<bool> {
     let infos: Vec<QbTorrentInfo> = resp.json().await?;
 
     for info in &infos {
+        info!("[TORRENT_POLLER] Torrent {} state='{}' progress={:.2} name={:?}", info.hash, info.state, info.progress, info.name);
+
         // Update progress for all active torrents
         let row = rows.iter().find(|r| {
             let h: String = r.get("qb_hash");
@@ -336,6 +343,35 @@ async fn poll_qbittorrent_downloads(pool: &PgPool) -> anyhow::Result<bool> {
             .await;
         }
 
+        if QB_FAILED_STATES.contains(&info.state.as_str()) {
+            let Some(row) = rows.iter().find(|r| {
+                let h: String = r.get("qb_hash");
+                h == info.hash
+            }) else { continue; };
+            let tid: Uuid = row.get("id");
+            let msg = format!("Torrent stalled in qBittorrent (state: {})", info.state);
+            warn!("[TORRENT_POLLER] Torrent {} failed: {}", info.hash, msg);
+            let _ = sqlx::query(
+                "UPDATE torrent_downloads SET status = 'error', error_message = $1, \
+                 download_speed = 0, eta = 0, updated_at = NOW() \
+                 WHERE id = $2 AND status = 'downloading'",
+            )
+            .bind(&msg)
+            .bind(tid)
+            .execute(pool)
+            .await;
+
+            // Remove torrent from qBittorrent
+            let _ = client
+                .post(format!("{base_url}/api/v2/torrents/delete"))
+                .header("Cookie", format!("SID={sid}"))
+                .form(&[("hashes", info.hash.as_str()), ("deleteFiles", "true")])
+                .send()
+                .await;
+            info!("[TORRENT_POLLER] Removed failed torrent {} from qBittorrent", info.hash);
+            continue;
+        }
+
         if !QB_COMPLETED_STATES.contains(&info.state.as_str()) {
             continue;
         }
@@ -681,11 +717,20 @@ async fn do_import(
     };
 
     info!("[IMPORT] Final reference: {:?}", reference);
+    info!("[IMPORT] Expected volumes: {:?}", expected_set);
+    info!("[IMPORT] Physical content path: {}", physical_content);
 
     // Collect all candidate files, then deduplicate by volume keeping the best format.
     // Priority: cbz > cbr > pdf > epub
     let all_source_files = collect_book_files(&physical_content)?;
+    info!("[IMPORT] Found {} source files: {:?}", all_source_files.len(), all_source_files);
+    for f in &all_source_files {
+        let fname = std::path::Path::new(f).file_name().and_then(|n| n.to_str()).unwrap_or("");
+        let extracted = extract_volumes_from_title_pub(fname);
+        info!("[IMPORT]   '{}' => extracted volumes: {:?}", fname, extracted);
+    }
     let source_files = deduplicate_by_format(&all_source_files, &expected_set);
+    info!("[IMPORT] After dedup: {} files kept", source_files.len());
 
     let mut imported = Vec::new();
     let mut used_destinations: std::collections::HashSet<String> = std::collections::HashSet::new();