diff --git a/worker/src/db/queries.ts b/worker/src/db/queries.ts
index 177003b..7624086 100644
--- a/worker/src/db/queries.ts
+++ b/worker/src/db/queries.ts
@@ -473,3 +473,53 @@ export async function resetPackageDestination(packageId: string) {
     data: { destChannelId: null, destMessageId: null },
   });
 }
+
+export async function upsertSkippedPackage(data: {
+  fileName: string;
+  fileSize: bigint;
+  reason: "SIZE_LIMIT" | "DOWNLOAD_FAILED" | "EXTRACT_FAILED" | "UPLOAD_FAILED";
+  errorMessage?: string;
+  sourceChannelId: string;
+  sourceMessageId: bigint;
+  sourceTopicId?: bigint | null;
+  isMultipart: boolean;
+  partCount: number;
+  accountId: string;
+}) {
+  return db.skippedPackage.upsert({
+    where: {
+      sourceChannelId_sourceMessageId: {
+        sourceChannelId: data.sourceChannelId,
+        sourceMessageId: data.sourceMessageId,
+      },
+    },
+    update: {
+      reason: data.reason,
+      errorMessage: data.errorMessage ?? null,
+      fileName: data.fileName,
+      fileSize: data.fileSize,
+      createdAt: new Date(),
+    },
+    create: {
+      fileName: data.fileName,
+      fileSize: data.fileSize,
+      reason: data.reason,
+      errorMessage: data.errorMessage ?? null,
+      sourceChannelId: data.sourceChannelId,
+      sourceMessageId: data.sourceMessageId,
+      sourceTopicId: data.sourceTopicId ?? null,
+      isMultipart: data.isMultipart,
+      partCount: data.partCount,
+      accountId: data.accountId,
+    },
+  });
+}
+
+export async function deleteSkippedPackage(
+  sourceChannelId: string,
+  sourceMessageId: bigint
+) {
+  return db.skippedPackage.deleteMany({
+    where: { sourceChannelId, sourceMessageId },
+  });
+}
diff --git a/worker/src/worker.ts b/worker/src/worker.ts
index 56d17d0..473b4ac 100644
--- a/worker/src/worker.ts
+++ b/worker/src/worker.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ import {
   getExistingChannelsByTelegramId,
   getAccountById,
   deleteOrphanedPackageByHash,
+  upsertSkippedPackage,
+  deleteSkippedPackage,
 } from "./db/queries.js";
 import type { ActivityUpdate } from "./db/queries.js";
 import { createTdlibClient, closeTdlibClient } from "./tdlib/client.js";
@@ -279,6 +281,7 @@ function createThrottledActivityUpdater(runId: string, minIntervalMs = 2000) {
 interface PipelineContext {
   client: Client;
   runId: string;
+  accountId: string;
   channelTitle: string;
   channel: TelegramChannel;
   destChannelTelegramId: bigint;
@@ -436,6 +439,7 @@ export async function runWorkerForAccount(
         const pipelineCtx: PipelineContext = {
           client,
           runId: activeRunId,
+          accountId: account.id,
           channelTitle: channel.title,
           channel,
           destChannelTelegramId: destChannel.telegramId,
@@ -729,6 +733,25 @@ async function processArchiveSets(
         { err: setErr, baseName: archiveSets[setIdx].baseName },
         "Archive set failed, watermark will not advance past this set"
       );
+      // Record the failure for visibility in the UI
+      try {
+        const archiveSet = archiveSets[setIdx];
+        const totalSize = archiveSet.parts.reduce((sum, p) => sum + p.fileSize, 0n);
+        await upsertSkippedPackage({
+          fileName: archiveSet.parts[0].fileName,
+          fileSize: totalSize,
+          reason: "DOWNLOAD_FAILED",
+          errorMessage: setErr instanceof Error ? setErr.message : String(setErr),
+          sourceChannelId: ctx.channel.id,
+          sourceMessageId: archiveSet.parts[0].id,
+          sourceTopicId: ctx.sourceTopicId,
+          isMultipart: archiveSet.isMultipart,
+          partCount: archiveSet.parts.length,
+          accountId: ctx.accountId,
+        });
+      } catch {
+        // Best-effort — don't fail the run if skip recording fails
+      }
     }
   }
 
@@ -798,6 +821,17 @@ async function processOneArchiveSet(
       currentFileNum: setIdx + 1,
       totalFiles: totalSets,
     });
+    await upsertSkippedPackage({
+      fileName: archiveName,
+      fileSize: totalArchiveSize,
+      reason: "SIZE_LIMIT",
+      sourceChannelId: channel.id,
+      sourceMessageId: archiveSet.parts[0].id,
+      sourceTopicId: ctx.sourceTopicId,
+      isMultipart: archiveSet.isMultipart,
+      partCount: archiveSet.parts.length,
+      accountId: ctx.accountId,
+    });
     return;
   }
 
@@ -1086,6 +1120,8 @@ async function processOneArchiveSet(
     });
 
     counters.zipsIngested++;
+    // Clean up any prior skip record for this archive
+    await deleteSkippedPackage(channel.id, archiveSet.parts[0].id);
 
     await updateRunActivity(runId, {
       currentActivity: `Ingested ${archiveName} (${entries.length} files indexed)`,