diff --git a/webui/static/library.js b/webui/static/library.js
index eb8dc6b0..34823ce6 100644
--- a/webui/static/library.js
+++ b/webui/static/library.js
@@ -2794,10 +2794,7 @@ async function startDiscographyDownload() {
                         item.classList.remove('active');
 
                         if (data.status === 'done') {
-                            const parts = [];
-                            if (data.tracks_added > 0) parts.push(`${data.tracks_added} added`);
-                            if (data.tracks_skipped > 0) parts.push(`${data.tracks_skipped} skipped`);
-                            statusEl.textContent = parts.join(', ') || 'No new tracks';
+                            statusEl.textContent = _discogItemStatus(data);
                             iconEl.innerHTML = data.tracks_added > 0 ? '<span class="discog-check">✓</span>' : '<span class="discog-skip">—</span>';
                             item.classList.add(data.tracks_added > 0 ? 'done' : 'skipped');
                         } else if (data.status === 'error') {
@@ -2814,6 +2811,22 @@ async function startDiscographyDownload() {
     }
 }
 
+// Build a clear per-album status from the discography stream payload. The
+// backend already reports WHY tracks weren't added — other-artist credit,
+// already owned/queued, or content-filtered — so surface that instead of a
+// misleading "No new tracks" (#830: collab tracks dropped for "artist mismatch"
+// looked identical to "you already have it").
+function _discogItemStatus(data) {
+    const parts = [];
+    const added = data.tracks_added || 0;
+    if (added > 0) parts.push(`${added} added`);
+    if ((data.tracks_skipped_owned || 0) > 0) parts.push(`${data.tracks_skipped_owned} already owned`);
+    if ((data.tracks_skipped || 0) > 0) parts.push(`${data.tracks_skipped} already queued`);
+    if ((data.tracks_skipped_artist || 0) > 0) parts.push(`${data.tracks_skipped_artist} by other artists`);
+    if ((data.tracks_skipped_filter || 0) > 0) parts.push(`${data.tracks_skipped_filter} filtered out`);
+    return parts.join(', ') || 'No tracks';
+}
+
 function _handleDiscogProgress(data) {
     if (data.type === 'album') {
         const item = document.getElementById(`discog-prog-${data.album_id}`);
@@ -2826,10 +2839,7 @@ function _handleDiscogProgress(data) {
             statusEl.textContent = `Processing ${data.tracks_total} tracks...`;
             item.classList.add('active');
         } else if (data.status === 'done') {
-            const parts = [];
-            if (data.tracks_added > 0) parts.push(`${data.tracks_added} added`);
-            if (data.tracks_skipped > 0) parts.push(`${data.tracks_skipped} skipped`);
-            statusEl.textContent = parts.join(', ') || 'No new tracks';
+            statusEl.textContent = _discogItemStatus(data);
             iconEl.innerHTML = data.tracks_added > 0 ? '<span class="discog-check">✓</span>' : '<span class="discog-skip">—</span>';
             item.classList.remove('active');
             item.classList.add(data.tracks_added > 0 ? 'done' : 'skipped');