diff --git a/frontend/apps/artcraft-website/src/components/generation-gallery/GenerationGalleryGrid.tsx b/frontend/apps/artcraft-website/src/components/generation-gallery/GenerationGalleryGrid.tsx
index f7204f906e..2185df5388 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/artcraft-website/src/components/generation-gallery/GenerationGalleryGrid.tsx
+++ b/frontend/apps/artcraft-website/src/components/generation-gallery/GenerationGalleryGrid.tsx
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ export function GenerationGalleryGrid({
                 modelLabel={entry.job.modelLabel}
                 progress={entry.job.progress}
                 estimatedTimeLeftMs={entry.job.estimatedTimeLeftMs}
+                batchCount={entry.job.batchCount}
               />
             )}
             {entry.kind === "failed" && (
diff --git a/frontend/apps/artcraft-website/src/components/generation-gallery/PendingCard.tsx b/frontend/apps/artcraft-website/src/components/generation-gallery/PendingCard.tsx
index 660f794511..c6222e3d96 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/artcraft-website/src/components/generation-gallery/PendingCard.tsx
+++ b/frontend/apps/artcraft-website/src/components/generation-gallery/PendingCard.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export interface PendingCardProps {
   prompt: string;
   progress?: number;
   estimatedTimeLeftMs?: number;
+  batchCount?: number;
 }
 
 const formatTimeLeft = (ms: number): string => {
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ export const PendingCard = memo(function PendingCard({
   prompt,
   progress,
   estimatedTimeLeftMs,
+  batchCount,
 }: PendingCardProps) {
   const progressPercent =
     progress != null ? Math.max(0, Math.min(100, Math.round(progress))) : null;
@@ -44,6 +46,11 @@ export const PendingCard = memo(function PendingCard({
   return (
     <div className="relative aspect-square w-full overflow-hidden rounded-lg bg-white/[0.03]">
       <div className="animate-shimmer h-full w-full" />
+      {batchCount != null && batchCount > 1 && (
+        <div className="absolute left-2 right-2 top-2 z-10 rounded-md bg-black/60 px-2.5 py-1.5 text-center text-[10px] leading-snug text-white/70 backdrop-blur-sm">
+          Generating {batchCount} videos · Results may appear one at a time
+        </div>
+      )}
       <div className="absolute inset-0 flex flex-col items-center justify-center gap-2">
         <FontAwesomeIcon
           icon={faSpinnerThird}
diff --git a/frontend/apps/artcraft-website/src/components/generation-gallery/useGenerationJobs.ts b/frontend/apps/artcraft-website/src/components/generation-gallery/useGenerationJobs.ts
index 913d466af3..1c51760e7f 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/artcraft-website/src/components/generation-gallery/useGenerationJobs.ts
+++ b/frontend/apps/artcraft-website/src/components/generation-gallery/useGenerationJobs.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export interface InProgressJob {
   progress: number;
   estimatedTimeLeftMs?: number;
   createdAt: string;
+  batchCount?: number;
 }
 
 export interface FailedJob {
diff --git a/frontend/apps/artcraft-website/src/pages/create-video/create-video-store.ts b/frontend/apps/artcraft-website/src/pages/create-video/create-video-store.ts
index 9984b9ec63..262dea8b59 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/artcraft-website/src/pages/create-video/create-video-store.ts
+++ b/frontend/apps/artcraft-website/src/pages/create-video/create-video-store.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export type VideoBatch = {
   modelLabel: string;
   jobToken?: string;
   failureReason?: string;
+  batchCount?: number;
 };
 
 export type VideoInputMode = "keyframe" | "reference";
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ type CreateVideoState = {
   setRefs: (patch: Partial<VideoRefsState>) => void;
   setPendingRecreate: (payload: RecreatePayload | null) => void;
   consumePendingRecreate: () => RecreatePayload | null;
-  startBatch: (prompt: string, modelLabel: string) => string;
+  startBatch: (prompt: string, modelLabel: string, batchCount?: number) => string;
   setBatchJobToken: (batchId: string, jobToken: string) => void;
   completeBatch: (batchId: string, video: GeneratedVideo) => void;
   failBatch: (batchId: string, reason?: string) => void;
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ export const useCreateVideoStore = create<CreateVideoState>((set, get) => ({
     return payload;
   },
 
-  startBatch: (prompt, modelLabel) => {
+  startBatch: (prompt, modelLabel, batchCount) => {
     const id = crypto.randomUUID();
     const batch: VideoBatch = {
       id,
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ export const useCreateVideoStore = create<CreateVideoState>((set, get) => ({
       status: "pending",
       createdAt: Date.now(),
       modelLabel,
+      batchCount,
     };
     set((s) => ({ batches: [...s.batches, batch] }));
     return id;
diff --git a/frontend/apps/artcraft-website/src/pages/create-video/create-video.tsx b/frontend/apps/artcraft-website/src/pages/create-video/create-video.tsx
index 3cf707e7af..1e4ee9c125 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/artcraft-website/src/pages/create-video/create-video.tsx
+++ b/frontend/apps/artcraft-website/src/pages/create-video/create-video.tsx
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ export default function CreateVideo() {
   }, [charactersLoaded, storeSetCharacters, storeSetLoaded]);
 
   // Batch store (enqueue flow only)
+  const batches = useCreateVideoStore((s) => s.batches);
   const startBatch = useCreateVideoStore((s) => s.startBatch);
   const setBatchJobToken = useCreateVideoStore((s) => s.setBatchJobToken);
   const completeBatch = useCreateVideoStore((s) => s.completeBatch);
@@ -310,6 +311,26 @@ export default function CreateVideo() {
     excludeUploads: true,
   });
 
+  // Map job token → batch count so PendingCard can show "N videos generating"
+  const jobTokenToBatchCount = useMemo(() => {
+    const map = new Map<string, number>();
+    for (const batch of batches) {
+      if (batch.jobToken && batch.batchCount && batch.batchCount > 1) {
+        map.set(batch.jobToken, batch.batchCount);
+      }
+    }
+    return map;
+  }, [batches]);
+
+  const enrichedInProgress = useMemo(
+    () =>
+      jobs.inProgress.map((job) => {
+        const batchCount = jobTokenToBatchCount.get(job.id);
+        return batchCount ? { ...job, batchCount } : job;
+      }),
+    [jobs.inProgress, jobTokenToBatchCount],
+  );
+
   const newlyCompletedTokens = useMemo(
     () => new Set(jobs.newlyCompleted.map((i) => i.id)),
     [jobs.newlyCompleted],
@@ -690,8 +711,20 @@ export default function CreateVideo() {
       needsImage ||
       !selectedModel
     ) {
+      console.log("[generate-video] blocked", {
+        hasPrompt: !!prompt.trim(),
+        isGenerating: isGeneratingRef.current,
+        needsImage,
+        hasModel: !!selectedModel,
+      });
       return;
     }
+    console.log("[generate-video] starting", {
+      model: selectedModel.model,
+      numVideos,
+      inputMode,
+      isReferenceMode,
+    });
     isGeneratingRef.current = true;
     setIsGenerating(true);
 
@@ -743,7 +776,7 @@ export default function CreateVideo() {
     const baseParams = {
       prompt: prompt.trim(),
       model: selectedModel.model,
-      numVideos: 1,
+      numVideos,
       aspectRatio: selectedSize,
       duration: duration ?? selectedModel.duration_seconds_default ?? undefined,
       resolution: hasResolutionOptions
@@ -767,45 +800,53 @@ export default function CreateVideo() {
         : undefined,
       referenceCharacterTokens,
     };
+    console.log("[generate-video] params", baseParams);
 
-    // Enqueue each video as a separate job so they complete independently
     const modelLabel = selectedModel.full_name ?? selectedModel.model;
-    const count = Math.max(1, numVideos);
+    const batchId = startBatch(prompt, modelLabel, numVideos > 1 ? numVideos : undefined);
 
-    for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-      const batchId = startBatch(prompt, modelLabel);
-
-      try {
-        const result = await enqueueVideoGeneration(baseParams);
-
-        if (!result.success || !result.jobToken) {
-          failBatch(batchId, result.error ?? "Failed to start generation");
-          continue;
-        }
+    try {
+      console.log("[generate-video] enqueueing job...");
+      const result = await enqueueVideoGeneration(baseParams);
+      console.log("[generate-video] enqueue result", result);
 
+      if (!result.success || !result.jobToken) {
+        console.warn("[generate-video] enqueue failed", result.error);
+        failBatch(batchId, result.error ?? "Failed to start generation");
+      } else {
         setBatchJobToken(batchId, result.jobToken);
+        console.log("[generate-video] polling started", {
+          jobToken: result.jobToken,
+        });
 
         const stopPolling = startVideoPolling(
           result.jobToken,
           (video) => {
+            console.log("[generate-video] complete", {
+              batchId,
+              media_token: video.media_token,
+            });
             completeBatch(batchId, video);
             pollingCleanupsRef.current.delete(batchId);
             window.dispatchEvent(new Event("task-queue-update"));
           },
           (reason) => {
+            console.warn("[generate-video] poll failed", { batchId, reason });
             failBatch(batchId, reason);
             pollingCleanupsRef.current.delete(batchId);
             window.dispatchEvent(new Event("task-queue-update"));
           },
         );
         pollingCleanupsRef.current.set(batchId, stopPolling);
-      } catch {
-        failBatch(batchId, "Network error - please try again");
       }
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.error("[generate-video] unexpected error", err);
+      failBatch(batchId, "Network error - please try again");
     }
 
     window.dispatchEvent(new Event("credits-change"));
     window.dispatchEvent(new Event("task-queue-update"));
+    console.log("[generate-video] done enqueuing");
     setIsGenerating(false);
     isGeneratingRef.current = false;
   }, [
@@ -861,7 +902,7 @@ export default function CreateVideo() {
       glowOrbs={videoGlowOrbs}
       gridContent={
         <GenerationGalleryGrid
-          inProgressJobs={jobs.inProgress}
+          inProgressJobs={enrichedInProgress}
           failedJobs={jobs.failed}
           onDismissFailed={jobs.dismissFailed}
           newlyCompletedItems={jobs.newlyCompleted}
diff --git a/frontend/apps/artcraft-website/src/pages/create-video/generate-video-api.ts b/frontend/apps/artcraft-website/src/pages/create-video/generate-video-api.ts
index ed9097d711..ce8e6e1b1e 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/artcraft-website/src/pages/create-video/generate-video-api.ts
+++ b/frontend/apps/artcraft-website/src/pages/create-video/generate-video-api.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ export async function enqueueVideoGeneration(
       : null,
   };
 
+  console.log("[generate-video] raw request body", body);
+
   try {
     const api = new OmniGenApi();
     const response = await api.generateVideo(body);