diff --git a/app/Services/Tmux/Tmux.php b/app/Services/Tmux/Tmux.php
index f7b433d2e..d429962cc 100644
--- a/app/Services/Tmux/Tmux.php
+++ b/app/Services/Tmux/Tmux.php
@@ -356,27 +356,21 @@ class Tmux
                 );
 
             case 2:
-                $ppminString = $ppmaxString = '';
-                if (is_numeric($ppmax) && ! empty($ppmax)) {
-                    $ppmax *= 1073741824;
-                    $ppmaxString = "AND r.size < {$ppmax}";
-                }
-                if (is_numeric($ppmin) && ! empty($ppmin)) {
-                    $ppmin *= 1048576;
-                    $ppminString = "AND r.size > {$ppmin}";
-                }
+                // NOTE: the "Misc In Process" / `work` count was previously computed here
+                // and repeatedly drifted out of sync with the actual additional
+                // post-processor selection in
+                // \App\Services\AdditionalProcessing\AdditionalCandidateQuery::applyPredicates()
+                // (typical drift: a missing `nzbstatus = 1` filter, which leaves
+                // NZB-less releases stuck in the queue forever). It now lives in
+                // \App\Services\Tmux\TmuxMonitorService::collectProcessCounts(), which
+                // calls AdditionalCandidateQuery directly. The $ppmax / $ppmin args
+                // are kept for backward compatibility with the public signature but
+                // are no longer used by this case.
+                unset($ppmax, $ppmin);
 
-                return "SELECT
-					(SELECT COUNT(r.id) FROM releases r
-						LEFT JOIN categories c ON c.id = r.categories_id
-						WHERE r.passwordstatus = -1
-						AND r.haspreview = -1
-						{$ppminString}
-						{$ppmaxString}
-						AND c.disablepreview = 0
-					) AS work,
+                return 'SELECT
 					(SELECT COUNT(id) FROM usenet_groups WHERE active = 1) AS active_groups,
-					(SELECT COUNT(id) FROM usenet_groups WHERE name IS NOT NULL) AS all_groups";
+					(SELECT COUNT(id) FROM usenet_groups WHERE name IS NOT NULL) AS all_groups';
 
             case 4:
                 return sprintf(
diff --git a/app/Services/Tmux/TmuxMonitorService.php b/app/Services/Tmux/TmuxMonitorService.php
index e2623370b..f74eed055 100644
--- a/app/Services/Tmux/TmuxMonitorService.php
+++ b/app/Services/Tmux/TmuxMonitorService.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use App\Models\Category;
 use App\Models\Collection;
 use App\Models\Release;
 use App\Models\Settings;
+use App\Services\AdditionalProcessing\AdditionalCandidateQuery;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 
 /**
@@ -242,6 +243,14 @@ class TmuxMonitorService
                 }
             }
 
+            // "Misc In Process" / `work` is computed via AdditionalCandidateQuery so
+            // the dashboard counter is guaranteed to match exactly what the
+            // additional post-processor will pick up. Previously this was an
+            // inline SQL fragment inside Tmux::proc_query(2) which kept drifting
+            // (e.g. missing `nzbstatus = 1`) and left releases stuck in the queue
+            // forever. Do NOT re-introduce a separate predicate here.
+            $this->runVar['counts']['now']['work'] = AdditionalCandidateQuery::baseBuilder()->count();
+
             $this->runVar['timers']['query']['proc2_time'] = time() - $timer2;
 
         } catch (\Exception $e) {