diff --git a/backend/package-lock.json b/backend/package-lock.json
index ea2ab68..da0dc57 100644
--- a/backend/package-lock.json
+++ b/backend/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "ripster-backend",
-  "version": "0.12.0-12",
+  "version": "0.12.0-13",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "ripster-backend",
-      "version": "0.12.0-12",
+      "version": "0.12.0-13",
       "dependencies": {
         "archiver": "^7.0.1",
         "cors": "^2.8.5",
diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index e8a48c8..67196d6 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ripster-backend",
-  "version": "0.12.0-12",
+  "version": "0.12.0-13",
   "private": true,
   "type": "commonjs",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/frontend/package-lock.json b/frontend/package-lock.json
index 3749297..cff31e5 100644
--- a/frontend/package-lock.json
+++ b/frontend/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "ripster-frontend",
-  "version": "0.12.0-12",
+  "version": "0.12.0-13",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "ripster-frontend",
-      "version": "0.12.0-12",
+      "version": "0.12.0-13",
       "dependencies": {
         "primeicons": "^7.0.0",
         "primereact": "^10.9.2",
diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index fc1e362..d7e487b 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ripster-frontend",
-  "version": "0.12.0-12",
+  "version": "0.12.0-13",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/DashboardPage.jsx b/frontend/src/pages/DashboardPage.jsx
index fcdd0e3..6560b7e 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/DashboardPage.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/DashboardPage.jsx
@@ -960,19 +960,15 @@ export default function DashboardPage({
   const state = String(pipeline?.state || 'IDLE').trim().toUpperCase();
   const currentPipelineJobId = normalizeJobId(pipeline?.activeJobId || pipeline?.context?.jobId);
   const isProcessing = processingStates.includes(state);
-  // When the pipeline transitions to METADATA_SELECTION for a new job while another job
-  // is still encoding in the background, isProcessing becomes false and the log clears.
-  // Track the background encoding job so its live log keeps polling.
-  const backgroundProcessingJobId = useMemo(() => {
-    if (isProcessing) return null;
-    const bg = dashboardJobs.find((job) => {
-      const s = normalizeStatus(job?.status);
-      return processingStates.includes(s);
-    });
+  // Always prefer the ENCODING job from dashboardJobs for the live log.
+  // When a second job enters ANALYZING, isProcessing becomes true (ANALYZING is a processingState)
+  // and currentPipelineJobId switches to job2 — but job1 is still ENCODING and its log must stay visible.
+  const encodingJobId = useMemo(() => {
+    const bg = dashboardJobs.find((job) => normalizeStatus(job?.status) === 'ENCODING');
     return bg ? normalizeJobId(bg.id) : null;
-  }, [isProcessing, dashboardJobs]);
-  const liveLogJobId = backgroundProcessingJobId || currentPipelineJobId;
-  const liveLogActive = isProcessing || Boolean(backgroundProcessingJobId);
+  }, [dashboardJobs]);
+  const liveLogJobId = encodingJobId || currentPipelineJobId;
+  const liveLogActive = isProcessing || Boolean(encodingJobId);
   const monitoringState = useMemo(
     () => normalizeHardwareMonitoringPayload(hardwareMonitoring),
     [hardwareMonitoring]
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d518781..1a4df55 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "ripster",
-  "version": "0.12.0-12",
+  "version": "0.12.0-13",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "ripster",
-      "version": "0.12.0-12",
+      "version": "0.12.0-13",
       "devDependencies": {
         "concurrently": "^9.1.2"
       }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 65e9814..8169e10 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "ripster",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "0.12.0-12",
+  "version": "0.12.0-13",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "concurrently \"npm run dev --prefix backend\" \"npm run dev --prefix frontend\"",
     "dev:backend": "npm run dev --prefix backend",