diff --git a/crates/engine/src/sync.rs b/crates/engine/src/sync.rs
index 6f236796e..4691e1512 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/sync.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/sync.rs
@@ -52,13 +52,19 @@ use crate::{EngineError, Result, Session};
 /// The largest XMP sidecar read when looking for metadata updates; a bigger one is skipped.
 const MAX_SIDECAR_BYTES: u64 = 16 * 1024 * 1024;
 
-/// How far a scan is: the folder's files probed ([`ScanProgress`], whose `cancel` stops the
-/// whole scan) and the library's photos checked.
+/// How far a scan is: the folders and files listed so far (the walk, which comes first and on a
+/// network share can take minutes), the folder's files probed ([`ScanProgress`], whose `cancel`
+/// stops the whole scan, walk included) and the library's photos checked.
 #[derive(Default)]
 pub struct SyncProgress {
     pub files: ScanProgress,
     pub checked: std::sync::atomic::AtomicUsize,
     pub to_check: std::sync::atomic::AtomicUsize,
+    /// Folders and files (photos or not) the walk has listed.
+    pub folders_listed: std::sync::atomic::AtomicUsize,
+    pub files_listed: std::sync::atomic::AtomicUsize,
+    /// The walk is over (or there was nothing to walk).
+    pub listed: std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool,
 }
 
 impl SyncProgress {
@@ -68,6 +74,13 @@ impl SyncProgress {
         let done = self.files.done.load(Relaxed).saturating_add(self.checked.load(Relaxed));
         (done, self.files.total.load(Relaxed).saturating_add(self.to_check.load(Relaxed)))
     }
+
+    /// While a scan lists the folder (before any file can be checked): the folders and files
+    /// listed so far. `None` once the listing is over.
+    pub fn listing(&self) -> Option<(usize, usize)> {
+        use std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed;
+        (!self.listed.load(Relaxed)).then(|| (self.folders_listed.load(Relaxed), self.files_listed.load(Relaxed)))
+    }
 }
 
 /// What a scan of a folder needs, taken from the session so it can run on a worker thread.
@@ -196,6 +209,7 @@ pub fn scan_with(input: SyncInput, progress: &SyncProgress) -> FolderChanges {
     let SyncInput { folder, scan, ids, naming, labels } = input;
     let seen: Vec<Arc<Photo>> = ids.iter().filter_map(|id| labels.photo(*id)).map(Arc::clone).collect();
     if !cfg!(target_arch = "wasm32") && !Path::new(&folder).is_dir() {
+        progress.listed.store(true, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
         return FolderChanges { path: folder, seen, offline: true, ..Default::default() };
     }
     // (how each photo's sidecar is named: a pass over the library, made here and not while the
@@ -207,15 +221,25 @@ pub fn scan_with(input: SyncInput, progress: &SyncProgress) -> FolderChanges {
     // network share that is one request for a folder's names where it was several for each
     // photo. Then both halves wait on the disk at once: the new files are probed (on their own
     // threads) beside the checks of the photos, which ask the disk only what the listing can't say.
-    // (how many photos there are to check is known before the walk: the count shows while it runs)
+    // (how many photos there are to check is known before the walk; while the walk runs, the
+    // folders and files it listed tell how far it is)
     progress.to_check.store(photos.len(), std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
     let mut listing = Listing::default();
     let (files, _) = crate::import::expand_noting(
         std::slice::from_ref(&folder),
         scan.skip(),
         crate::walk::Limits::default(),
-        Some(&mut |dir, names, complete| listing.note(dir, names, complete)),
+        Some(&mut |dir, names, complete| {
+            use std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed;
+            progress.folders_listed.fetch_add(1, Relaxed);
+            let files = names.iter().filter(|(_, kind)| *kind == crate::walk::EntryKind::File).count();
+            progress.files_listed.fetch_add(files, Relaxed);
+            listing.note(dir, names, complete);
+            // ✕ stops the walk too (a cancelled scan's result is not used)
+            !progress.files.cancel.load(Relaxed)
+        }),
     );
+    progress.listed.store(true, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
     let listing = &listing;
     // (no threads on the web: one after the other there)
     #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/sync/tests_listing.rs b/crates/engine/src/sync/tests_listing.rs
index d4664dd15..4348ca830 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/sync/tests_listing.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/sync/tests_listing.rs
@@ -146,8 +146,10 @@ fn a_check_from_the_listing_is_the_check_from_the_disk() {
             .collect();
     // (`dir.jpg` is gone, though a sidecar of its name is there)
     let mut l = Listing::default();
-    let walked =
-        crate::walk::files_in_noting(&dir, None, crate::walk::Limits::default(), |_| true, &mut |d, names, complete| l.note(d, names, complete));
+    let walked = crate::walk::files_in_noting(&dir, None, crate::walk::Limits::default(), |_| true, &mut |d, names, complete| {
+        l.note(d, names, complete);
+        true
+    });
     assert_eq!(walked.files.len(), 12);
     let nothing = Listing::default();
     for naming in [SidecarNaming::Stem, SidecarNaming::Full] {
@@ -167,7 +169,10 @@ fn a_check_from_the_listing_is_the_check_from_the_disk() {
         l.asked.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed)
     };
     let mut with = Listing::default();
-    crate::walk::files_in_noting(&dir, None, crate::walk::Limits::default(), |_| true, &mut |d, names, complete| with.note(d, names, complete));
+    crate::walk::files_in_noting(&dir, None, crate::walk::Limits::default(), |_| true, &mut |d, names, complete| {
+        with.note(d, names, complete);
+        true
+    });
     let (with, without) = (asked(&with), asked(&Listing::default()));
     // (without: each photo's file, and the names of its sidecar up to the one that is there: 20 questions where
     // names are found in any case, 21 where they are not)
@@ -181,7 +186,10 @@ fn a_check_from_the_listing_is_the_check_from_the_disk() {
     // a folder of plain names only: the disk is asked nothing at all
     let sub = dir.join("sub");
     let mut only_plain = Listing::default();
-    crate::walk::files_in_noting(&sub, None, crate::walk::Limits::default(), |_| true, &mut |d, names, complete| only_plain.note(d, names, complete));
+    crate::walk::files_in_noting(&sub, None, crate::walk::Limits::default(), |_| true, &mut |d, names, complete| {
+        only_plain.note(d, names, complete);
+        true
+    });
     let mut c2 = Catalog::new();
     for (name, expected) in [("deep.jpg", Check::News), ("gone.jpg", Check::Missing), ("gone.jpg.xmp", Check::Missing)] {
         let p = photo(&mut c2, &sub.join(name));
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests_sync.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests_sync.rs
index 39378b100..18dc49024 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests_sync.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests_sync.rs
@@ -314,6 +314,41 @@ fn a_cancelled_scan_stops_checking_files() {
     assert!(c.missing.is_empty() && c.metadata.is_empty(), "{c:?}");
 }
 
+/// While the folder is listed, before a single photo can be checked, the scan says how far the
+/// listing is: a folder tree on a network share takes minutes to list, and "0 of 64,085" all
+/// that while looks like a scan that has stopped.
+#[test]
+fn a_scan_says_how_many_folders_and_files_it_has_listed() {
+    let dir = Scratch::new("listed");
+    let mut s = library(&dir);
+    write_png(&dir.path("trip/day2/c.png"), 3);
+    std::fs::write(dir.path("trip/day2/notes.txt"), "not a photo").unwrap();
+    let input = crate::sync::SyncInput::new(&mut s, &dir.path("trip"), false).unwrap();
+    let progress = crate::sync::SyncProgress::default();
+    assert_eq!(progress.listing(), Some((0, 0)), "listing is the first thing a scan does");
+    crate::sync::scan_with(input, &progress);
+    assert_eq!(progress.listing(), None, "the listing is done once the scan is");
+    let (folders, files) =
+        (progress.folders_listed.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed), progress.files_listed.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed));
+    // trip, trip/day1, trip/day2; a.png, b.png, c.png and the note (every file is listed, photo or not)
+    assert_eq!((folders, files), (3, 4));
+}
+
+/// ✕ on a scan's row stops the listing too, not only the checks after it.
+#[test]
+fn a_cancelled_scan_stops_listing_the_folders() {
+    let dir = Scratch::new("cancel-listing");
+    let mut s = library(&dir);
+    for i in 0..20u8 {
+        write_png(&dir.path(&format!("trip/more/{i}/x.png")), i);
+    }
+    let input = crate::sync::SyncInput::new(&mut s, &dir.path("trip"), false).unwrap();
+    let progress = crate::sync::SyncProgress::default();
+    progress.files.cancel.store(true, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
+    crate::sync::scan_with(input, &progress);
+    assert_eq!(progress.folders_listed.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed), 1, "the walk stopped after the folder it was in");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn many_photos_are_checked_in_parallel_with_the_same_answer() {
     let dir = Scratch::new("many");
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/walk.rs b/crates/engine/src/walk.rs
index f8a3ba251..12dbadbd6 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/walk.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/walk.rs
@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@ pub enum EntryKind {
 
 /// What [`files_in_noting`] hands over for each folder it lists: the folder, the name and kind
 /// of every entry in it (hidden ones too), and whether that is all of them (not when the walk
-/// stopped inside the folder, or an entry could not be read).
-pub type NoteFolder<'a> = &'a mut dyn FnMut(&Path, Vec<(std::ffi::OsString, EntryKind)>, bool);
+/// stopped inside the folder, or an entry could not be read). It answers whether to go on: `false`
+/// ends the walk there (a scan cancelled; [`Walked::truncated`] is left alone: who stopped it knows).
+pub type NoteFolder<'a> = &'a mut dyn FnMut(&Path, Vec<(std::ffi::OsString, EntryKind)>, bool) -> bool;
 
 /// The files below folder `root` that `keep` accepts. Hidden entries (names starting with `.`)
 /// are left out, the folder `skip` (e.g. the library's own) is never entered, and the walk stops
@@ -154,8 +155,10 @@ fn walk(root: &Path, skip: Option<&Path>, limits: Limits, mut keep: impl FnMut(&
             };
             children.push((p, dir));
         }
-        if let (Some(note), Some(listed)) = (note.as_mut(), listed) {
-            note(&path, listed, complete);
+        if let (Some(note), Some(listed)) = (note.as_mut(), listed)
+            && !note(&path, listed, complete)
+        {
+            break;
         }
         children.sort();
         let below = depth.saturating_add(1);
@@ -193,6 +196,7 @@ mod tests {
             let mut entries: Vec<(String, EntryKind)> = entries.into_iter().map(|(n, k)| (n.to_string_lossy().to_string(), k)).collect();
             entries.sort_by(|a, b| a.0.cmp(&b.0));
             noted.push((dir.to_path_buf(), entries, complete));
+            true
         });
         assert_eq!(walked, files_in(&root, None, Limits::default(), |_| true), "the same walk, noted or not");
         let named = |n: &str, k: EntryKind| (n.to_string(), k);
@@ -205,7 +209,8 @@ mod tests {
         // stopped inside the first folder: its listing is not all of it
         let mut cut = Vec::new();
         let walked = files_in_noting(&root, None, Limits { max_depth: 8, max_entries: 2 }, |_| true, &mut |dir, entries, complete| {
-            cut.push((dir.to_path_buf(), entries.len(), complete))
+            cut.push((dir.to_path_buf(), entries.len(), complete));
+            true
         });
         assert!(walked.truncated);
         assert_eq!(cut.first().map(|(dir, n, complete)| (dir.clone(), *n, *complete)), Some((root.clone(), 2, false)));
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/locales/cs-formats.json b/crates/ui-egui/locales/cs-formats.json
index bbfa7246d..60ce63b07 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/locales/cs-formats.json
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/locales/cs-formats.json
@@ -296,5 +296,6 @@
   "Already in “{}”": "Již v „{}“",
   "Move {n} photo{} to “{}”": "Přesunout do „{1}“ fotografie: {n}{0:.0}",
   "Move {n} photo{} to “{}”?": "Přesunout do „{1}“ fotografie: {n}{0:.0}?",
+  "Listing folders: {folders} folders, {files} files": "Procházení složek – složky: {folders}, soubory: {files}",
   "Moved {n} photo{} to “{}”. Edit → Undo moves them back.": "Do „{1}“ přesunuto fotografií: {n}{0:.0}. Úpravy → Zpět je vrátí."
 }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/locales/de-formats.json b/crates/ui-egui/locales/de-formats.json
index 8dcf0a9d5..d7d2049be 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/locales/de-formats.json
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/locales/de-formats.json
@@ -296,5 +296,6 @@
   "Already in “{}”": "Bereits in „{}“",
   "Move {n} photo{} to “{}”": "{n} Foto{0} nach „{1}“ verschieben",
   "Move {n} photo{} to “{}”?": "{n} Foto{0} nach „{1}“ verschieben?",
+  "Listing folders: {folders} folders, {files} files": "Ordner werden aufgelistet: {folders} Ordner, {files} Dateien",
   "Moved {n} photo{} to “{}”. Edit → Undo moves them back.": "{n} Foto{0} nach „{1}“ verschoben. Bearbeiten → Rückgängig holt sie zurück."
 }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/locales/es-formats.json b/crates/ui-egui/locales/es-formats.json
index 022048a26..e4e069ba6 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/locales/es-formats.json
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/locales/es-formats.json
@@ -296,5 +296,6 @@
   "Already in “{}”": "Ya está en “{}”",
   "Move {n} photo{} to “{}”": "Mover {n} foto{0} a “{1}”",
   "Move {n} photo{} to “{}”?": "¿Mover {n} foto{0} a “{1}”?",
+  "Listing folders: {folders} folders, {files} files": "Listando carpetas: {folders} carpetas, {files} archivos",
   "Moved {n} photo{} to “{}”. Edit → Undo moves them back.": "{n} foto{0} movida{0} a “{1}”. Editar → Deshacer las devuelve."
 }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/locales/fr-formats.json b/crates/ui-egui/locales/fr-formats.json
index a091ec5ea..7706d7d2b 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/locales/fr-formats.json
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/locales/fr-formats.json
@@ -296,5 +296,6 @@
   "Already in “{}”": "Déjà dans « {} »",
   "Move {n} photo{} to “{}”": "Déplacer {n} photo{} vers « {} »",
   "Move {n} photo{} to “{}”?": "Déplacer {n} photo{} vers « {} » ?",
+  "Listing folders: {folders} folders, {files} files": "Liste des dossiers : {folders} dossiers, {files} fichiers",
   "Moved {n} photo{} to “{}”. Edit → Undo moves them back.": "{n} photo{} déplacée(s) vers « {} ». Modifier → Annuler les remet en place."
 }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/locales/it-formats.json b/crates/ui-egui/locales/it-formats.json
index 26d520175..571de1aeb 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/locales/it-formats.json
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/locales/it-formats.json
@@ -296,5 +296,6 @@
   "Already in “{}”": "Già in “{}”",
   "Move {n} photo{} to “{}”": "Sposta foto in “{1}” ({n}){0:.0}",
   "Move {n} photo{} to “{}”?": "Spostare le foto in “{1}” ({n})?{0:.0}",
-  "Moved {n} photo{} to “{}”. Edit → Undo moves them back.": "Foto spostate in “{1}”: {n}{0:.0}. Modifica → Annulla le riporta indietro."
+  "Moved {n} photo{} to “{}”. Edit → Undo moves them back.": "Foto spostate in “{1}”: {n}{0:.0}. Modifica → Annulla le riporta indietro.",
+  "Listing folders: {folders} folders, {files} files": "Elenco delle cartelle: {folders} cartelle, {files} file"
 }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/locales/ja-formats.json b/crates/ui-egui/locales/ja-formats.json
index 689a342ec..12efa24ad 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/locales/ja-formats.json
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/locales/ja-formats.json
@@ -296,5 +296,6 @@
   "Renames {n} face{} across the library. The files are not changed.": "ライブラリ全体で{n}件の顔の名前を変更します。ファイルは変更されません。{:.0}",
   "“{to}” is already a person. Combining them makes one person; Undo separates them again.": "「{to}」はすでに別の人物です。まとめると1人になり、元に戻すと再び分かれます。",
   "{what} merge added at {mp}: its full size, {full}, needs more memory than this computer has": "{what}合成を{mp}で追加しました：フルサイズ（{full}）にはこのコンピューターのメモリが足りません",
+  "Listing folders: {folders} folders, {files} files": "フォルダーを一覧中：フォルダー {folders} 個、ファイル {files} 個",
   "{what} merge added at {mp}, the largest a panorama can be (its full size is {full})": "{what}合成を{mp}で追加しました。パノラマの最大サイズです（フルサイズ：{full}）"
 }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/locales/ka-formats.json b/crates/ui-egui/locales/ka-formats.json
index afbfd2815..9c46658cb 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/locales/ka-formats.json
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/locales/ka-formats.json
@@ -296,5 +296,6 @@
   "Already in “{}”": "Already in “{}”",
   "Move {n} photo{} to “{}”": "Move {n} photo{} to “{}”",
   "Move {n} photo{} to “{}”?": "Move {n} photo{} to “{}”?",
+  "Listing folders: {folders} folders, {files} files": "საქაღალდეების ჩამოთვლა: საქაღალდე — {folders}, ფაილი — {files}",
   "Moved {n} photo{} to “{}”. Edit → Undo moves them back.": "Moved {n} photo{} to “{}”. Edit → Undo moves them back."
 }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/locales/pl-formats.json b/crates/ui-egui/locales/pl-formats.json
index d5352fe61..29903f6b4 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/locales/pl-formats.json
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/locales/pl-formats.json
@@ -296,5 +296,6 @@
   "Already in “{}”": "Już w „{}”",
   "Move {n} photo{} to “{}”": "Przenieś do „{1}” — zdjęcia: {n}{0:.0}",
   "Move {n} photo{} to “{}”?": "Przenieść do „{1}” — zdjęcia: {n}{0:.0}?",
+  "Listing folders: {folders} folders, {files} files": "Przeglądanie folderów — foldery: {folders}, pliki: {files}",
   "Moved {n} photo{} to “{}”. Edit → Undo moves them back.": "Przeniesiono do „{1}” — zdjęcia: {n}{0:.0}. Edytuj → Cofnij przywróci je."
 }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/locales/pt-br-formats.json b/crates/ui-egui/locales/pt-br-formats.json
index 81b10d3c0..4618ba5f9 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/locales/pt-br-formats.json
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/locales/pt-br-formats.json
@@ -296,5 +296,6 @@
   "Renames {n} face{} across the library. The files are not changed.": "Renomeia {n} rosto{} na biblioteca. Os arquivos não são alterados.",
   "“{to}” is already a person. Combining them makes one person; Undo separates them again.": "“{to}” já é uma pessoa. Combiná-las deixa uma só; Desfazer as separa de novo.",
   "{what} merge added at {mp}: its full size, {full}, needs more memory than this computer has": "{what} mesclagem adicionada em {mp}: o tamanho completo, {full}, precisa de mais memória do que este computador tem",
+  "Listing folders: {folders} folders, {files} files": "Listando pastas: {folders} pastas, {files} arquivos",
   "{what} merge added at {mp}, the largest a panorama can be (its full size is {full})": "{what} mesclagem adicionada em {mp}, o maior tamanho possível para um panorama (tamanho completo: {full})"
 }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/locales/ru-formats.json b/crates/ui-egui/locales/ru-formats.json
index cefaebd47..ffeac91cc 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/locales/ru-formats.json
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/locales/ru-formats.json
@@ -296,5 +296,6 @@
   "Already in “{}”": "Уже в «{}»",
   "Move {n} photo{} to “{}”": "Переместить в «{1}» фото: {n}{0:.0}",
   "Move {n} photo{} to “{}”?": "Переместить в «{1}» фото: {n}{0:.0}?",
+  "Listing folders: {folders} folders, {files} files": "Просмотр папок — папок: {folders}, файлов: {files}",
   "Moved {n} photo{} to “{}”. Edit → Undo moves them back.": "В «{1}» перемещено фото: {n}{0:.0}. Правка → Отменить вернёт их."
 }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/locales/uk-formats.json b/crates/ui-egui/locales/uk-formats.json
index 1632e5646..3891cc0f8 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/locales/uk-formats.json
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/locales/uk-formats.json
@@ -296,5 +296,6 @@
   "Already in “{}”": "Уже в «{}»",
   "Move {n} photo{} to “{}”": "Перемістити до «{1}» фото: {n}{0:.0}",
   "Move {n} photo{} to “{}”?": "Перемістити до «{1}» фото: {n}{0:.0}?",
+  "Listing folders: {folders} folders, {files} files": "Перегляд тек — тек: {folders}, файлів: {files}",
   "Moved {n} photo{} to “{}”. Edit → Undo moves them back.": "До «{1}» переміщено фото: {n}{0:.0}. Редагування → Скасувати поверне їх."
 }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/locales/zh-hans-formats.json b/crates/ui-egui/locales/zh-hans-formats.json
index 4445f6581..7f4bd425a 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/locales/zh-hans-formats.json
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/locales/zh-hans-formats.json
@@ -296,5 +296,6 @@
   "Renames {n} face{} across the library. The files are not changed.": "在整个图库中重命名 {n} 张面孔。不会改动文件。{:.0}",
   "“{to}” is already a person. Combining them makes one person; Undo separates them again.": "“{to}”已经是另一个人。合并后成为一个人；撤销会再把他们分开。",
   "{what} merge added at {mp}: its full size, {full}, needs more memory than this computer has": "已添加 {what} 合并（{mp}）：完整尺寸（{full}）所需的内存超出了这台电脑的内存",
+  "Listing folders: {folders} folders, {files} files": "正在列出文件夹：{folders} 个文件夹，{files} 个文件",
   "{what} merge added at {mp}, the largest a panorama can be (its full size is {full})": "已添加 {what} 合并（{mp}），这是全景图的最大尺寸（完整尺寸：{full}）"
 }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/locales/zh-hant-formats.json b/crates/ui-egui/locales/zh-hant-formats.json
index 514491c8c..ffe70708a 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/locales/zh-hant-formats.json
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/locales/zh-hant-formats.json
@@ -296,5 +296,6 @@
   "Renames {n} face{} across the library. The files are not changed.": "在整個照片庫中重新命名 {n} 張面孔。不會改動檔案。{:.0}",
   "“{to}” is already a person. Combining them makes one person; Undo separates them again.": "「{to}」已經是另一個人。合併後成為一個人；還原會再把他們分開。",
   "{what} merge added at {mp}: its full size, {full}, needs more memory than this computer has": "已新增{what}合併照片（{mp}）：完整尺寸（{full}）所需的記憶體超過這台電腦的記憶體",
+  "Listing folders: {folders} folders, {files} files": "正在列出資料夾：{folders} 個資料夾，{files} 個檔案",
   "{what} merge added at {mp}, the largest a panorama can be (its full size is {full})": "已新增{what}合併照片（{mp}），這是全景圖的最大尺寸（完整尺寸：{full}）"
 }
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/sync.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/sync.rs
index cd4a267af..100a35088 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/sync.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/sync.rs
@@ -18,12 +18,32 @@ use crate::theme::Tokens;
 /// A running scan of the dialog's folder.
 pub struct SyncTask {
     path: String,
+    /// What the dialog calls the folder (its row's detail).
+    name: String,
     progress: Arc<SyncProgress>,
     rx: std::sync::mpsc::Receiver<FolderChanges>,
     /// Its row in the activity stack; ✕ cancels the scan and closes the dialog.
     guard: TaskGuard,
 }
 
+/// What a scan's row shows: (done, of how many, detail). While the folder is listed, which comes
+/// first and on a network share can take minutes, a bar that moves on its own and how many
+/// folders and files were listed (a count stuck at "0 of 64085" looks like a scan that stopped);
+/// then the files and photos checked.
+pub(crate) fn scan_row(progress: &SyncProgress, name: &str) -> (u64, u64, String) {
+    match progress.listing() {
+        Some((folders, files)) => (0, 0, format!("{} · {name}", listing_text(folders, files))),
+        None => {
+            let (done, total) = progress.counts();
+            (done as u64, total as u64, name.to_string())
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn listing_text(folders: usize, files: usize) -> String {
+    crate::i18n::tr_format!("Listing folders: {folders} folders, {files} files", folders = folders, files = files)
+}
+
 /// Open the dialog for folder `path` (called `name` in it) and start scanning.
 pub fn open(app: &mut LightcraftApp, path: &str, name: &str, disk: bool) -> Result<(), String> {
     cancel(app);
@@ -40,7 +60,7 @@ pub fn open(app: &mut LightcraftApp, path: &str, name: &str, disk: bool) -> Resu
     job();
     let guard = app.session.activity.start("sync", "Looking for changes", Cancel::Flag(progress.files.cancel.clone()));
     guard.detail(name);
-    app.sync = Some(SyncTask { path: path.to_string(), progress, rx, guard });
+    app.sync = Some(SyncTask { path: path.to_string(), name: name.to_string(), progress, rx, guard });
     let d = SyncChoice::default();
     app.ui.dialog = Some(Dialog::SynchronizeFolder {
         path: path.to_string(),
@@ -90,8 +110,9 @@ pub fn poll(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
         app.ui.dialog = None;
         return;
     }
-    let (done, total) = task.progress.counts();
-    task.guard.progress(done as u64, total as u64);
+    let (done, total, detail) = scan_row(&task.progress, &task.name);
+    task.guard.progress(done, total);
+    task.guard.detail(&detail);
     ctx.request_repaint_after(std::time::Duration::from_millis(100));
     let changes = match task.rx.try_recv() {
         Ok(c) => c,
@@ -120,9 +141,21 @@ pub fn poll(app: &mut LightcraftApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
     }
 }
 
-/// How far the scan is (files probed, of how many).
-fn progress(app: &LightcraftApp) -> Option<(usize, usize)> {
-    app.sync.as_ref().map(|t| t.progress.counts())
+/// How far the scan is: the folders and files listed while it lists the folder, else the files
+/// and photos checked (done, of how many).
+enum ScanStage {
+    Listing(usize, usize),
+    Checking(usize, usize),
+}
+
+fn progress(app: &LightcraftApp) -> Option<ScanStage> {
+    app.sync.as_ref().map(|t| match t.progress.listing() {
+        Some((folders, files)) => ScanStage::Listing(folders, files),
+        None => {
+            let (done, total) = t.progress.counts();
+            ScanStage::Checking(done, total)
+        }
+    })
 }
 
 /// The dialog's body.
@@ -138,7 +171,8 @@ pub fn body(app: &LightcraftApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui, dlg: &mut Dialog) {
         ui.horizontal(|ui| {
             ui.spinner();
             match progress(app) {
-                Some((done, total)) if total > 0 => ui.label(format!("{} {done} / {total}", crate::i18n::tr("Scanning…"))),
+                Some(ScanStage::Listing(folders, files)) => ui.label(listing_text(folders, files)),
+                Some(ScanStage::Checking(done, total)) if total > 0 => ui.label(format!("{} {done} / {total}", crate::i18n::tr("Scanning…"))),
                 _ => ui.label(crate::i18n::tr("Scanning…")),
             }
         });
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_sync.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_sync.rs
index 9e0db5297..a0a830f20 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_sync.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_sync.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 //! * Synchronize hands the work to the background at once: the dialog closes, the app keeps
 //!   answering, and the photos arrive over the next frames under a row in the activity stack, as one undo
 //!   step.
+//! * While the folder is listed (minutes, on a network share), the scan's row says how many
+//!   folders and files it has listed, with a bar that moves on its own, not "0 of 64085"; then it
+//!   counts the files and photos checked.
 
 use std::time::Duration;
 
@@ -343,3 +346,19 @@ fn a_local_folder_with_library_photos_offers_synchronize() {
     assert!(matches!(h.app.ui.dialog, Some(Dialog::SynchronizeFolder { .. })), "the dialog opens at once");
     assert!(h.step_until(T, |h| matches!(&h.app.ui.dialog, Some(Dialog::SynchronizeFolder { counts: Some(_), .. }))));
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn while_the_folder_is_listed_its_row_says_what_was_listed_and_its_bar_moves_on_its_own() {
+    use std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed;
+    let p = lightcraft_engine::sync::SyncProgress::default();
+    p.to_check.store(64085, Relaxed);
+    p.folders_listed.store(312, Relaxed);
+    p.files_listed.store(18402, Relaxed);
+    let (done, total, detail) = crate::sync::scan_row(&p, "photos/Various");
+    assert_eq!((done, total), (0, 0), "a bar that moves on its own, not 0 of 64085");
+    assert_eq!(detail, "Listing folders: 312 folders, 18402 files · photos/Various");
+    // the listing is over: the files and photos checked, of how many
+    p.listed.store(true, Relaxed);
+    p.checked.store(10, Relaxed);
+    assert_eq!(crate::sync::scan_row(&p, "photos/Various"), (10, 64085, "photos/Various".to_string()));
+}
diff --git a/docs/parity-checklist.md b/docs/parity-checklist.md
index 02f5bf08f..b441be8f9 100644
--- a/docs/parity-checklist.md
+++ b/docs/parity-checklist.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Lightroom parity checklist
 
-> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-20 · **Change:** minor (LR-VIEW-ZOOM: only a full-size drag within 20 ms clears a slow-drag verdict) · **Target:** Adobe Lightroom Classic 15.5 / Lightroom 9.6
+> **Last reviewed:** 2026-10-10 · **Last updated:** 2026-10-20 · **Change:** minor (LR-VIEW-ZOOM: only a full-size drag within 20 ms clears a slow-drag verdict; LRC-LIB-LIBFOLDERS, LR-BEHAV-BG-TASKS: Synchronize Folder's scan shows its folder listing and stops it on ✕; earlier: LRC-PRINT-PAGE: Print Page Options) · **Target:** Adobe Lightroom Classic 15.5 / Lightroom 9.6
 
 The measured, row-by-row checklist: one row per Lightroom feature, menu item and shortcut, what we
 have and what is missing. It answers *does the feature exist?* (feature breadth). Whether it is good
@@ -896,3 +896,4 @@ Latin stays upright. Advanced Japanese composition remains open. Regression cove
 | 2026-10-14 | patch | LRC-LIB-CATALOG-IMPORT: reconciled with upstream phased progress, cancellation kinds, WAL-only import, translations and current progress tracking. Status and summary counts unchanged. |
 | 2026-10-13 | minor | KEYC-COMPARE: `=` / `-` (also `+`) increase / decrease the grid thumbnail size (`view.thumbSizeUp` / `view.thumbSizeDown`, View menu), grids only; status unchanged (🟡) |
 | 2026-10-16 | patch | LR-META-XMP: a TIFF or JPEG imported beside a raw of its stem reads its own `<file>.xmp` and takes nothing from the raw's `IMG_0001.xmp`, whether it arrives with the raw or after it (a stem sidecar belongs to one file: a raw first, then the first by name); status unchanged (✅) |
+| 2026-10-16 | minor | LRC-LIB-LIBFOLDERS, LR-BEHAV-BG-TASKS: Synchronize Folder's scan row says how many folders and files it has listed while it lists the folder (an indeterminate bar, not "0 of N"), and ✕ stops the listing; statuses unchanged |
diff --git a/docs/whats-new.md b/docs/whats-new.md
index cfeed33ed..171bb64e0 100644
--- a/docs/whats-new.md
+++ b/docs/whats-new.md
@@ -24,6 +24,15 @@
   another ratio (4 × 5, 2 × 3…) keeps it portrait, as in Lightroom, and a Custom ratio taller than wide gives a
   portrait crop.
 
+## 2026-10-16
+
+### Synchronize Folder shows that it is listing the folder
+- A folder with tens of thousands of photos, above all on a network share, can take minutes to list before
+  Synchronize Folder checks a single photo. Its row in the activity stack used to sit at "0 of 64085" with an empty
+  bar all that time, as if it had stopped. It now says how many folders and files it has listed so far, with a bar
+  that moves on its own, and then counts the photos it checks. The dialog says the same.
+- ✕ on the row stops the listing too, not only the checks after it.
+
 ## 2026-10-15
 
 ### Constrain Crop tightens the crop you see