diff --git a/core/library/path_resolver.py b/core/library/path_resolver.py
index 0e40e678..6ff3e6b5 100644
--- a/core/library/path_resolver.py
+++ b/core/library/path_resolver.py
@@ -138,10 +138,25 @@ def _collect_base_dirs(
         except Exception as e:
             logger.debug("music paths read failed: %s", e)
 
+    # Normalize to absolute forms so resolution does NOT depend on the calling
+    # thread's CWD. A relative config like "./Transfer" otherwise only resolves
+    # when os.path.isdir("./Transfer") happens to be true from the current CWD —
+    # which fails in background workers whose CWD isn't the app root, leaving
+    # base_dirs empty and every track "unresolved". For each candidate we try
+    # the raw form first (cheap, preserves an already-absolute path), then its
+    # os.path.abspath() form so "./Transfer" → "/app/Transfer".
+    expanded: list[str] = []
+    for c in candidates:
+        if not c:
+            continue
+        expanded.append(c)
+        if not os.path.isabs(c):
+            expanded.append(os.path.abspath(c))
+
     # De-duplicate while preserving order, drop empties / non-existent dirs.
     seen: set[str] = set()
     out: list[str] = []
-    for c in candidates:
+    for c in expanded:
         if not c or c in seen:
             continue
         seen.add(c)
diff --git a/core/repair_jobs/quality_upgrade_scanner.py b/core/repair_jobs/quality_upgrade_scanner.py
index 9919ae1c..5a0c5da8 100644
--- a/core/repair_jobs/quality_upgrade_scanner.py
+++ b/core/repair_jobs/quality_upgrade_scanner.py
@@ -85,14 +85,22 @@ class QualityUpgradeScannerJob(RepairJob):
             context.update_progress(0, total)
 
         probe_failed = 0
+        _diag_logged = False
         for i, (track_id, info) in enumerate(track_list):
             if context.check_stop():
                 return result
             if i % 20 == 0 and context.wait_if_paused():
                 return result
 
-            resolved = self._resolve_path(info.get('file_path', ''), context)
+            raw_fp = info.get('file_path', '')
+            resolved = self._resolve_path(raw_fp, context)
             if not resolved:
+                # One-shot diagnostic on the first unresolved track — logs EXACTLY
+                # what the resolver tried (base dirs, cwd) so a path/mount mismatch
+                # is diagnosable instead of a silent "all skipped".
+                if not _diag_logged:
+                    _diag_logged = True
+                    self._log_resolve_diag(raw_fp, context)
                 result.skipped += 1
                 probe_failed += 1
                 continue
@@ -235,6 +243,30 @@ class QualityUpgradeScannerJob(RepairJob):
             config_manager=context.config_manager,
         )
 
+    def _log_resolve_diag(self, file_path, context):
+        """Log a detailed diagnostic for the first track whose path can't be
+        resolved — the only reliable way to tell apart a CWD problem, a wrong
+        transfer mount, or genuinely-missing files in this container."""
+        from core.library.path_resolver import resolve_library_file_path_with_diagnostic
+        try:
+            _, attempt = resolve_library_file_path_with_diagnostic(
+                file_path,
+                transfer_folder=context.transfer_folder,
+                config_manager=context.config_manager,
+            )
+            tf = context.transfer_folder
+            abs_tf = os.path.abspath(tf) if tf else None
+            logger.warning(
+                "[QualityResolve] unresolved db_path=%r | cwd=%r | transfer_folder=%r "
+                "(abspath=%r, isdir=%s) | base_dirs_tried=%r | abs_join_exists=%s",
+                file_path, os.getcwd(), tf, abs_tf,
+                os.path.isdir(abs_tf) if abs_tf else None,
+                attempt.base_dirs_tried,
+                os.path.exists(os.path.join(abs_tf, file_path)) if abs_tf else None,
+            )
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning("[QualityResolve] diagnostic failed: %s", e)
+
     def estimate_scope(self, context: JobContext) -> int:
         conn = None
         try: