diff --git a/backend/package-lock.json b/backend/package-lock.json
index af79d08..5a3ff9d 100644
--- a/backend/package-lock.json
+++ b/backend/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "ripster-backend",
-  "version": "0.12.0-9",
+  "version": "0.12.0-10",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "ripster-backend",
-      "version": "0.12.0-9",
+      "version": "0.12.0-10",
       "dependencies": {
         "archiver": "^7.0.1",
         "cors": "^2.8.5",
diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 9bab9bb..d7c5b63 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ripster-backend",
-  "version": "0.12.0-9",
+  "version": "0.12.0-10",
   "private": true,
   "type": "commonjs",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/backend/src/services/pipelineService.js b/backend/src/services/pipelineService.js
index 9403f58..7ac1029 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/pipelineService.js
+++ b/backend/src/services/pipelineService.js
@@ -7133,7 +7133,15 @@ class PipelineService extends EventEmitter {
 
       const runningJobs = await historyService.getRunningJobs();
       const foreignRunningJobs = runningJobs.filter((item) => Number(item?.id) !== Number(job.id));
-      const keepCurrentPipelineSession = foreignRunningJobs.length > 0;
+      // Only block metadata selection if a foreign job requires active user interaction
+      // in the pipeline UI. Autonomous jobs (ENCODING, RIPPING, READY_TO_ENCODE) run
+      // independently via activeProcesses and must not prevent new disc metadata selection.
+      const PIPELINE_INTERACTIVE_STATES = new Set([
+        'ANALYZING', 'METADATA_SELECTION', 'WAITING_FOR_USER_DECISION', 'MEDIAINFO_CHECK'
+      ]);
+      const keepCurrentPipelineSession = foreignRunningJobs.some(
+        (item) => PIPELINE_INTERACTIVE_STATES.has(String(item?.status || '').toUpperCase())
+      );
       if (!keepCurrentPipelineSession) {
         await this.setState('METADATA_SELECTION', {
           activeJobId: job.id,
@@ -7161,7 +7169,7 @@ class PipelineService extends EventEmitter {
         await historyService.appendLog(
           job.id,
           'SYSTEM',
-          `Metadaten-Auswahl im Hintergrund vorbereitet. Aktive Session bleibt bei laufendem Job #${foreignRunningJobs.map((item) => item.id).join(',')}.`
+          `Metadaten-Auswahl im Hintergrund vorbereitet. Aktive Session bleibt bei interaktivem Job #${foreignRunningJobs.map((item) => item.id).join(',')}.`
         );
       }
 
@@ -8478,7 +8486,15 @@ class PipelineService extends EventEmitter {
 
     const runningJobs = await historyService.getRunningJobs();
     const foreignRunningJobs = runningJobs.filter((item) => Number(item?.id) !== Number(jobId));
-    const keepCurrentPipelineSession = foreignRunningJobs.length > 0;
+    // Only block the state transition if a foreign job requires active user interaction.
+    // Autonomous jobs (ENCODING, RIPPING, READY_TO_ENCODE) must not prevent this job
+    // from advancing through its own pipeline steps.
+    const PIPELINE_INTERACTIVE_STATES = new Set([
+      'ANALYZING', 'METADATA_SELECTION', 'WAITING_FOR_USER_DECISION', 'MEDIAINFO_CHECK'
+    ]);
+    const keepCurrentPipelineSession = foreignRunningJobs.some(
+      (item) => PIPELINE_INTERACTIVE_STATES.has(String(item?.status || '').toUpperCase())
+    );
 
     if (existingRawPath) {
       await historyService.appendLog(
@@ -11201,17 +11217,26 @@ class PipelineService extends EventEmitter {
         ? `${finishedStatusTextBase} (${postEncodeScriptsSummary.failed} Skript(e) fehlgeschlagen)`
         : finishedStatusTextBase;
 
-      await this.setState('FINISHED', {
-        activeJobId: jobId,
-        progress: 100,
-        eta: null,
-        statusText: finishedStatusText,
-        context: {
-          jobId,
-          mode,
-          outputPath: finalizedOutputPath
-        }
-      });
+      // Only switch the pipeline UI to FINISHED if this job is still the active one.
+      // If the pipeline has moved to another job (e.g. metadata selection for a new disc
+      // that was inserted while this one was encoding), complete silently so the other
+      // job's UI state is not disrupted. The DB status is already FINISHED (above).
+      if (Number(this.snapshot.activeJobId) === Number(jobId)) {
+        await this.setState('FINISHED', {
+          activeJobId: jobId,
+          progress: 100,
+          eta: null,
+          statusText: finishedStatusText,
+          context: {
+            jobId,
+            mode,
+            outputPath: finalizedOutputPath
+          }
+        });
+      } else {
+        logger.info('encoding:finished:background', { jobId, mode, activeJobId: this.snapshot.activeJobId });
+        void this.pumpQueue();
+      }
 
       if (mode === 'reencode') {
         void this.notifyPushover('reencode_finished', {
@@ -14046,18 +14071,24 @@ class PipelineService extends EventEmitter {
         error_message: null
       });
 
-      await this.setState('FINISHED', {
-        activeJobId: jobId,
-        progress: 100,
-        eta: null,
-        statusText: 'Audiobook abgeschlossen',
-        context: {
-          jobId,
-          mode: 'audiobook',
-          mediaProfile: 'audiobook',
-          outputPath: finalizedOutputPath
-        }
-      });
+      // Only switch the pipeline UI to FINISHED if this job is still the active one.
+      if (Number(this.snapshot.activeJobId) === Number(jobId)) {
+        await this.setState('FINISHED', {
+          activeJobId: jobId,
+          progress: 100,
+          eta: null,
+          statusText: 'Audiobook abgeschlossen',
+          context: {
+            jobId,
+            mode: 'audiobook',
+            mediaProfile: 'audiobook',
+            outputPath: finalizedOutputPath
+          }
+        });
+      } else {
+        logger.info('audiobook:finished:background', { jobId, activeJobId: this.snapshot.activeJobId });
+        void this.pumpQueue();
+      }
 
       void this.notifyPushover('job_finished', {
         title: 'Ripster - Audiobook abgeschlossen',
diff --git a/frontend/package-lock.json b/frontend/package-lock.json
index d48cd64..5dc8ed8 100644
--- a/frontend/package-lock.json
+++ b/frontend/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "ripster-frontend",
-  "version": "0.12.0-9",
+  "version": "0.12.0-10",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "ripster-frontend",
-      "version": "0.12.0-9",
+      "version": "0.12.0-10",
       "dependencies": {
         "primeicons": "^7.0.0",
         "primereact": "^10.9.2",
diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index 330becd..e8e9e65 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ripster-frontend",
-  "version": "0.12.0-9",
+  "version": "0.12.0-10",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 67a2f5c..376f61e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "ripster",
-  "version": "0.12.0-9",
+  "version": "0.12.0-10",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "ripster",
-      "version": "0.12.0-9",
+      "version": "0.12.0-10",
       "devDependencies": {
         "concurrently": "^9.1.2"
       }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b6f0bb6..7f95767 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "ripster",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "0.12.0-9",
+  "version": "0.12.0-10",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "concurrently \"npm run dev --prefix backend\" \"npm run dev --prefix frontend\"",
     "dev:backend": "npm run dev --prefix backend",