diff --git a/src/app/api/documents/[id]/parsed/events/route.ts b/src/app/api/documents/[id]/parsed/events/route.ts
index 9660453..077b7e0 100644
--- a/src/app/api/documents/[id]/parsed/events/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/documents/[id]/parsed/events/route.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { db } from '@/db';
 import { documents } from '@/db/schema';
 import { requireAuthContext } from '@/lib/server/auth/auth';
 import { getWorkerClientConfigFromEnv } from '@/lib/server/compute/worker';
+import { fetchWorkerOperationState } from '@/lib/server/compute/worker-op-state';
 import { isValidDocumentId } from '@/lib/server/documents/blobstore';
 import { normalizeParseStatus, parseDocumentParseState } from '@/lib/server/documents/parse-state';
 import { healStaleDocumentParseState } from '@/lib/server/documents/parse-state-healing';
@@ -76,12 +77,22 @@ async function toSnapshotState(row: ParseRow): Promise<SnapshotState> {
     state: parseDocumentParseState(row.parseState),
   });
   const parseStatus = normalizeParseStatus(state.status);
+  const opId = typeof state.opId === 'string' && state.opId.trim() ? state.opId.trim() : null;
+  if (opId && parseStatus !== 'ready') {
+    const workerState = await fetchWorkerOperationState<PdfLayoutJobResult>(opId);
+    if (workerState && workerState.opId === opId) {
+      return {
+        snapshot: snapshotFromWorkerState(workerState),
+        opId,
+      };
+    }
+  }
   return {
     snapshot: {
       parseStatus,
       parseProgress: state.progress ?? null,
     },
-    opId: typeof state.opId === 'string' && state.opId.trim() ? state.opId.trim() : null,
+    opId,
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/app/api/documents/[id]/parsed/route.ts b/src/app/api/documents/[id]/parsed/route.ts
index 57bc25f..5bcb2dc 100644
--- a/src/app/api/documents/[id]/parsed/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/documents/[id]/parsed/route.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { and, eq, inArray } from 'drizzle-orm';
 import { db } from '@/db';
 import { documents } from '@/db/schema';
 import { requireAuthContext } from '@/lib/server/auth/auth';
+import { fetchWorkerOperationState } from '@/lib/server/compute/worker-op-state';
 import {
   getParsedDocumentBlob,
   getParsedDocumentBlobByKey,
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ import { healStaleDocumentParseState } from '@/lib/server/documents/parse-state-
 import { getOpenReaderTestNamespace, getUnclaimedUserIdForNamespace } from '@/lib/server/testing/test-namespace';
 import { isS3Configured } from '@/lib/server/storage/s3';
 import type { ParsedPdfDocument } from '@/types/parsed-pdf';
+import type { PdfLayoutJobResult, WorkerOperationState } from '@openreader/compute-core/api-contracts';
 
 export const dynamic = 'force-dynamic';
 
@@ -35,6 +37,21 @@ function hasAnyParsedBlocks(doc: ParsedPdfDocument | null): boolean {
   return doc.pages.some((page) => Array.isArray(page.blocks) && page.blocks.length > 0);
 }
 
+function mapWorkerStatusToParseStatus(status: WorkerOperationState['status']) {
+  switch (status) {
+    case 'queued':
+      return 'pending' as const;
+    case 'running':
+      return 'running' as const;
+    case 'succeeded':
+      return 'ready' as const;
+    case 'failed':
+      return 'failed' as const;
+    default:
+      return 'pending' as const;
+  }
+}
+
 export async function GET(req: NextRequest, ctx: { params: Promise<{ id: string }> }) {
   try {
     if (!isS3Configured()) return s3NotConfiguredResponse();
@@ -80,7 +97,20 @@ export async function GET(req: NextRequest, ctx: { params: Promise<{ id: string
       userId: row.userId,
       state,
     });
-    const effectiveStatus = normalizeParseStatus(state.status);
+    let effectiveStatus = normalizeParseStatus(state.status);
+    let effectiveProgress = state.progress ?? null;
+    const opId = typeof state.opId === 'string' ? state.opId.trim() : '';
+    if (opId && effectiveStatus !== 'ready') {
+      const workerState = await fetchWorkerOperationState<PdfLayoutJobResult>(opId);
+      if (workerState && workerState.opId === opId) {
+        const workerStatus = mapWorkerStatusToParseStatus(workerState.status);
+        // Keep DB/blob as source of truth for "ready"; prefer worker only for active/failed states.
+        if (workerStatus === 'pending' || workerStatus === 'running' || workerStatus === 'failed') {
+          effectiveStatus = workerStatus;
+          effectiveProgress = workerStatus === 'running' ? (workerState.progress ?? null) : null;
+        }
+      }
+    }
 
     if (effectiveStatus === 'failed' && retryFailed) {
       await db
@@ -104,7 +134,7 @@ export async function GET(req: NextRequest, ctx: { params: Promise<{ id: string
     if (effectiveStatus !== 'ready') {
       return NextResponse.json({
         parseStatus: effectiveStatus,
-        parseProgress: state.progress ?? null,
+        parseProgress: effectiveProgress,
       }, { status: 202 });
     }
 
@@ -190,7 +220,19 @@ export async function POST(req: NextRequest, ctx: { params: Promise<{ id: string
       userId: row.userId,
       state,
     });
-    const effectiveStatus = normalizeParseStatus(state.status);
+    let effectiveStatus = normalizeParseStatus(state.status);
+    let effectiveProgress = state.progress ?? null;
+    const opId = typeof state.opId === 'string' ? state.opId.trim() : '';
+    if (opId && effectiveStatus !== 'ready') {
+      const workerState = await fetchWorkerOperationState<PdfLayoutJobResult>(opId);
+      if (workerState && workerState.opId === opId) {
+        const workerStatus = mapWorkerStatusToParseStatus(workerState.status);
+        if (workerStatus === 'pending' || workerStatus === 'running' || workerStatus === 'failed') {
+          effectiveStatus = workerStatus;
+          effectiveProgress = workerStatus === 'running' ? (workerState.progress ?? null) : null;
+        }
+      }
+    }
 
     if (effectiveStatus !== 'running') {
       await db
@@ -215,7 +257,7 @@ export async function POST(req: NextRequest, ctx: { params: Promise<{ id: string
     return NextResponse.json(
       {
         parseStatus: effectiveStatus === 'running' ? 'running' : 'pending',
-        parseProgress: effectiveStatus === 'running' ? (state.progress ?? null) : null,
+        parseProgress: effectiveStatus === 'running' ? effectiveProgress : null,
       },
       { status: 202 },
     );
diff --git a/src/lib/server/compute/worker-op-state.ts b/src/lib/server/compute/worker-op-state.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fcf4ce8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/server/compute/worker-op-state.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { getWorkerClientConfigFromEnv } from '@/lib/server/compute/worker';
+import type { WorkerOperationState } from '@openreader/compute-core/api-contracts';
+
+const WORKER_OP_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS = 2_500;
+
+export async function fetchWorkerOperationState<Result>(
+  opId: string | null | undefined,
+): Promise<WorkerOperationState<Result> | null> {
+  const normalized = opId?.trim();
+  if (!normalized) return null;
+
+  let cfg: { baseUrl: string; token: string };
+  try {
+    cfg = getWorkerClientConfigFromEnv();
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const controller = new AbortController();
+  const timeout = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), WORKER_OP_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS);
+
+  try {
+    const res = await fetch(`${cfg.baseUrl}/ops/${encodeURIComponent(normalized)}`, {
+      method: 'GET',
+      headers: {
+        Authorization: `Bearer ${cfg.token}`,
+        Accept: 'application/json',
+      },
+      cache: 'no-store',
+      signal: controller.signal,
+    });
+
+    if (!res.ok) return null;
+    const parsed = await res.json() as WorkerOperationState<Result>;
+    if (!parsed || typeof parsed !== 'object' || parsed.opId !== normalized) return null;
+    return parsed;
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  } finally {
+    clearTimeout(timeout);
+  }
+}
+