diff --git a/crates/vectord/src/jobs.rs b/crates/vectord/src/jobs.rs
index 3417d96..3934d07 100644
--- a/crates/vectord/src/jobs.rs
+++ b/crates/vectord/src/jobs.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,12 @@ pub struct Job {
     pub status: JobStatus,
     pub index_name: String,
     pub total_chunks: usize,
+    /// How many chunks have been embedded so far.
+    /// Also serialized as "processed" for backward-compat with monitoring scripts.
     pub embedded_chunks: usize,
+    #[serde(rename = "processed")]
+    pub processed_alias: usize,
+    pub total: usize,
     pub progress_pct: f32,
     pub storage_key: Option<String>,
     pub error: Option<String>,
@@ -53,6 +58,8 @@ impl JobTracker {
             index_name: index_name.to_string(),
             total_chunks,
             embedded_chunks: 0,
+            processed_alias: 0,
+            total: total_chunks,
             progress_pct: 0.0,
             storage_key: None,
             error: None,
@@ -69,6 +76,7 @@ impl JobTracker {
         let mut jobs = self.jobs.write().await;
         if let Some(job) = jobs.get_mut(id) {
             job.embedded_chunks = embedded;
+            job.processed_alias = embedded;  // keep alias in sync
             job.progress_pct = if job.total_chunks > 0 {
                 (embedded as f32 / job.total_chunks as f32) * 100.0
             } else {
@@ -84,6 +92,7 @@ impl JobTracker {
         if let Some(job) = jobs.get_mut(id) {
             job.status = JobStatus::Completed;
             job.embedded_chunks = job.total_chunks;
+            job.processed_alias = job.total_chunks;
             job.progress_pct = 100.0;
             job.storage_key = Some(storage_key);
             job.completed_at = Some(chrono::Utc::now().to_rfc3339());
diff --git a/scripts/autonomous_agent.py b/scripts/autonomous_agent.py
index 358d54d..c6efd03 100644
--- a/scripts/autonomous_agent.py
+++ b/scripts/autonomous_agent.py
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ def phase_embed(runner: PlaybookRunner, errors: ErrorPipeline):
                     time.sleep(5)
                     status = get(f"/vectors/jobs/{job_id}")
                     state = status.get("status", "unknown")
-                    progress = status.get("processed", 0)
+                    progress = status.get("embedded_chunks", 0)
                     if state == "completed":
                         runner.record("embedding complete", True, f"{progress} chunks embedded")
                         break
diff --git a/scripts/overnight_proof.sh b/scripts/overnight_proof.sh
index abbec11..0b90949 100755
--- a/scripts/overnight_proof.sh
+++ b/scripts/overnight_proof.sh
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ for batch_start in range(0, len(docs), BATCH):
         status = post(f"/vectors/jobs/{job_id}", None) if job_id else {"status": "unknown"}
         if isinstance(status, dict):
             state = status.get("status", "unknown")
-            progress = status.get("processed", 0)
+            progress = status.get("embedded_chunks", 0)
             if state == "completed":
                 elapsed = time.time() - t0
                 rate = chunks / elapsed if elapsed > 0 else 0