diff --git a/mobile/lib/pages/backup/drift_backup.page.dart b/mobile/lib/pages/backup/drift_backup.page.dart
index 9e78fb4795..448f7c3e94 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/pages/backup/drift_backup.page.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/pages/backup/drift_backup.page.dart
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ class _PreparingStatusState extends ConsumerState {
     final syncStatus = ref.watch(syncStatusProvider);
     final remainderCount = ref.watch(driftBackupProvider.select((p) => p.remainderCount));
     final processingCount = ref.watch(driftBackupProvider.select((p) => p.processingCount));
-    final readyForUploadCount = remainderCount - processingCount;
+    final readyForUploadCount = (remainderCount - processingCount).clamp(0, remainderCount);
 
     ref.listen<int>(driftBackupProvider.select((p) => p.processingCount), (previous, next) {
       if (next > 0 && _pollingTimer == null) {
diff --git a/mobile/lib/providers/backup/drift_backup.provider.dart b/mobile/lib/providers/backup/drift_backup.provider.dart
index bf2b7cae4a..46c5764a94 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/providers/backup/drift_backup.provider.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/providers/backup/drift_backup.provider.dart
@@ -334,7 +334,11 @@ class DriftBackupNotifier extends StateNotifier<DriftBackupState> {
   }
 
   void _handleForegroundBackupSuccess(String localAssetId, String remoteAssetId) {
-    state = state.copyWith(backupCount: state.backupCount + 1, remainderCount: state.remainderCount - 1);
+    if (!mounted) {
+      return;
+    }
+    final remainder = state.remainderCount > 0 ? state.remainderCount - 1 : 0;
+    state = state.copyWith(remainderCount: remainder, backupCount: state.totalCount - remainder);
     _uploadSpeedManager.removeTask(localAssetId);
 
     Future.delayed(const Duration(milliseconds: 1000), () {
diff --git a/mobile/test/providers/backup/drift_backup_provider_test.dart b/mobile/test/providers/backup/drift_backup_provider_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..507f7941fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mobile/test/providers/backup/drift_backup_provider_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+import 'dart:async';
+
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+import 'package:immich_mobile/providers/backup/drift_backup.provider.dart';
+import 'package:immich_mobile/services/background_upload.service.dart';
+import 'package:immich_mobile/services/foreground_upload.service.dart';
+import 'package:immich_mobile/utils/upload_speed_calculator.dart';
+import 'package:mocktail/mocktail.dart';
+
+class MockForegroundUploadService extends Mock implements ForegroundUploadService {}
+
+class MockBackgroundUploadService extends Mock implements BackgroundUploadService {}
+
+void main() {
+  late MockForegroundUploadService foregroundUploadService;
+  late MockBackgroundUploadService backgroundUploadService;
+  late DriftBackupNotifier notifier;
+
+  setUpAll(() {
+    registerFallbackValue(Completer<void>());
+    registerFallbackValue(const UploadCallbacks());
+  });
+
+  setUp(() {
+    foregroundUploadService = MockForegroundUploadService();
+    backgroundUploadService = MockBackgroundUploadService();
+    notifier = DriftBackupNotifier(foregroundUploadService, backgroundUploadService, UploadSpeedManager());
+    addTearDown(() {
+      if (notifier.mounted) {
+        notifier.dispose();
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  Future<void> seedCounts({required int total, required int remainder, int processing = 0}) async {
+    when(
+      () => foregroundUploadService.getBackupCounts('user-1'),
+    ).thenAnswer((_) async => (total: total, remainder: remainder, processing: processing));
+    await notifier.getBackupStatus('user-1');
+  }
+
+  // Drives a real backup so we can grab the onSuccess callback the notifier wires up.
+  Future<void Function(String, String)> startAndCaptureOnSuccess() async {
+    void Function(String, String)? onSuccess;
+    when(
+      () => foregroundUploadService.uploadCandidates(any(), any(), callbacks: any(named: 'callbacks')),
+    ).thenAnswer((invocation) async {
+      onSuccess = (invocation.namedArguments[#callbacks] as UploadCallbacks).onSuccess;
+    });
+    await notifier.startForegroundBackup('user-1');
+    return onSuccess!;
+  }
+
+  group('foreground backup counts', () {
+    test('moves one asset from remainder to backup on each success', () async {
+      await seedCounts(total: 25, remainder: 25);
+      final onSuccess = await startAndCaptureOnSuccess();
+
+      for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+        onSuccess('asset-$i', 'remote-$i');
+      }
+
+      expect(notifier.state.remainderCount, 15);
+      expect(notifier.state.backupCount, 10);
+      expect(notifier.state.backupCount + notifier.state.remainderCount, notifier.state.totalCount);
+    });
+
+    test('keeps remainder at zero and backup at total when duplicates re-fire success', () async {
+      // Reproduces #26215: a lossy sync never records the uploads locally, so the
+      // app re-uploads them, the server answers 200 (duplicate) and onSuccess fires
+      // again. 25 real + 15 duplicate successes must not push the counts past their bounds.
+      await seedCounts(total: 25, remainder: 25);
+      final onSuccess = await startAndCaptureOnSuccess();
+
+      for (var i = 0; i < 40; i++) {
+        onSuccess('asset-${i % 25}', 'remote-${i % 25}');
+      }
+
+      expect(notifier.state.remainderCount, 0);
+      expect(notifier.state.backupCount, 25);
+      expect(notifier.state.backupCount, lessThanOrEqualTo(notifier.state.totalCount));
+    });
+
+    test('a refreshed status stays authoritative after duplicates drove the count down', () async {
+      await seedCounts(total: 25, remainder: 25);
+      final onSuccess = await startAndCaptureOnSuccess();
+      for (var i = 0; i < 40; i++) {
+        onSuccess('asset-${i % 25}', 'remote-${i % 25}');
+      }
+
+      await seedCounts(total: 25, remainder: 25);
+
+      expect(notifier.state.remainderCount, 25);
+      expect(notifier.state.backupCount, 0);
+    });
+
+    test('ignores a success that arrives after the notifier is disposed', () async {
+      await seedCounts(total: 25, remainder: 25);
+      final onSuccess = await startAndCaptureOnSuccess();
+      notifier.dispose();
+
+      expect(() => onSuccess('asset-late', 'remote-late'), returnsNormally);
+    });
+  });
+}