diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 38ab64f..5087a42 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "siteforge",
-  "version": "2.20.1",
+  "version": "2.21.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "siteforge",
-      "version": "2.20.1",
+      "version": "2.21.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@aws-sdk/client-s3": "^3.1135.0",
         "@dnd-kit/core": "^6.3.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cbe053e..7ec96af 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "siteforge",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "2.20.1",
+  "version": "2.21.0",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",
diff --git a/server/routes/admin-dashboard.js b/server/routes/admin-dashboard.js
index f50bfdf..1261f04 100644
--- a/server/routes/admin-dashboard.js
+++ b/server/routes/admin-dashboard.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Resend } from 'resend'
 import { readdir } from 'node:fs/promises'
 import { requireAdminAuth } from '../auth.js'
 import { buildSeasonCheck } from '../season-check.js'
+import { countPendingUploads } from './nuggets-workflow.js'
 import { state } from '../state.js'
 import { getStorageStatus, loadUserProgress } from '../data.js'
 import { getStudyCatalog } from '../study-helpers.js'
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ async function buildNuggets() {
   const weekAgo = Date.now() - 7 * DAY_MS
   return {
     uploadsThisWeek: entries.filter(e => new Date(e.uploadedAt).getTime() >= weekAgo).length,
+    pending: await countPendingUploads(),
     latest: entries.slice(0, 3).map(e => ({ hostName: e.hostName, episodeName: e.episodeName, uploadedAt: e.uploadedAt })),
     entries: entries.slice(0, 10),
   }
@@ -236,7 +238,7 @@ export function register(app) {
         reengagement: buildReengagement(),
         studyProgress,
         latestEpisode,
-        nuggets: { uploadsThisWeek: nuggets.uploadsThisWeek, latest: nuggets.latest },
+        nuggets: { uploadsThisWeek: nuggets.uploadsThisWeek, pending: nuggets.pending, latest: nuggets.latest },
         health,
         lastBroadcast,
         comments: {
diff --git a/server/routes/nuggets-workflow.js b/server/routes/nuggets-workflow.js
index 11407b7..5d95a23 100644
--- a/server/routes/nuggets-workflow.js
+++ b/server/routes/nuggets-workflow.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const AUDIO_TYPES = {
 
 export const WORKFLOW_STEPS = ['listen', 'coldOpen', 'recordColdOpen', 'edit', 'spotify']
 
-async function loadWorkflow() {
+export async function loadWorkflow() {
   try {
     return JSON.parse(await readFile(WORKFLOW_FILE, 'utf8'))
   } catch {
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ async function loadWorkflow() {
   }
 }
 
-function entryId(entry) {
+export function entryId(entry) {
   return createHash('sha1').update(`${entry.uploadedAt}|${entry.filename}`).digest('hex').slice(0, 16)
 }
 
@@ -51,6 +51,15 @@ function seafileConfigured() {
   return Boolean(SEAFILE_URL && SEAFILE_TOKEN && SEAFILE_NUGGETS_REPO_ID)
 }
 
+// Portal uploads whose workflow still has steps left to do (any age, so an old one keeps showing).
+export async function countPendingUploads() {
+  const [history, wf] = await Promise.all([loadHistory(), loadWorkflow()])
+  return history.entries.filter(entry => {
+    const steps = wf.items[entryId(entry)]?.steps ?? {}
+    return !WORKFLOW_STEPS.every(step => steps[step])
+  }).length
+}
+
 export function register(app) {
   app.get('/api/admin/nuggets-workflow', requireAdminAuth, async (_req, res) => {
     const [history, wf] = await Promise.all([loadHistory(), loadWorkflow()])
diff --git a/src/components/AdminDashboardExtras.tsx b/src/components/AdminDashboardExtras.tsx
index 06a0e31..f1b999d 100644
--- a/src/components/AdminDashboardExtras.tsx
+++ b/src/components/AdminDashboardExtras.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export interface DashboardData {
     lastActivityAt: string | null
   }
   latestEpisode: { available: boolean; title?: string; episode?: string; season?: string; publishedAt?: string | null; daysAgo?: number | null; stale?: boolean; staleAfterDays?: number }
-  nuggets: { uploadsThisWeek: number; latest: { hostName: string; episodeName: string; uploadedAt: string }[] }
+  nuggets: { uploadsThisWeek: number; pending: number; latest: { hostName: string; episodeName: string; uploadedAt: string }[] }
   health: {
     resendConfigured: boolean
     lastBackup: { ok: boolean; at: string | null; error: string | null; file: string | null }
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ export function AdminDashboardExtras({ publishedAt, draftUpdatedAt, isDirty, onN
   if (data) {
     if (data.seasonCheck && data.seasonCheck.total > 0) attention.push({ key: 'season-check', label: `Season check: ${data.seasonCheck.total} thing${data.seasonCheck.total === 1 ? '' : 's'} to fix`, tone: 'alert', action: () => onNavigate('podcast:season-check'), actionLabel: 'Open Season Check' })
     if (data.comments.pending > 0) attention.push({ key: 'comments', label: `${data.comments.pending} study comment${data.comments.pending === 1 ? '' : 's'} awaiting approval`, tone: 'alert', action: () => onNavigate('study-comments'), actionLabel: 'Review' })
-    if (data.nuggets.uploadsThisWeek > 0) attention.push({ key: 'nuggets', label: `${data.nuggets.uploadsThisWeek} Nuggets upload${data.nuggets.uploadsThisWeek === 1 ? '' : 's'} in the last 7 days`, tone: 'alert', action: () => onNavigate('nuggets:history'), actionLabel: 'View uploads' })
+    if (data.nuggets.pending > 0) attention.push({ key: 'nuggets', label: `${data.nuggets.pending} Nuggets upload${data.nuggets.pending === 1 ? '' : 's'} waiting in the workflow`, tone: 'alert', action: () => onNavigate('nuggets:workflow'), actionLabel: 'Open workflow' })
     if (data.latestEpisode.available && data.latestEpisode.stale) attention.push({ key: 'feed', label: `Podcast feed has no new episode in ${data.latestEpisode.daysAgo} days`, tone: 'alert', action: () => onNavigate('podcast:rss'), actionLabel: 'Check feed' })
     if (!data.health.lastBackup.ok) attention.push({ key: 'backup', label: 'Last data backup failed', tone: 'alert' })
     if (data.health.dataDirWritable === false) attention.push({ key: 'disk', label: 'Data directory is not writable', tone: 'alert' })