diff --git a/server/entry-node.ts b/server/entry-node.ts
index 554d14f2..fd13b208 100644
--- a/server/entry-node.ts
+++ b/server/entry-node.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { createLibsqlPlatform } from './platform/libsql'
 import { createNodePlatform } from './platform/node'
 import { syncPendingCloudTrafficReports } from './services/cloud-traffic-metering'
 import { runLicensingRefresh } from './services/licensing-refresh-runner'
+import { syncPendingRemoteDownloadUsageReports } from './services/remote-download-usage'
 
 const REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS = 6 * 60 * 60 * 1000 // 6 hours
 const TRAFFIC_SYNC_INTERVAL_MS = 10 * 60 * 1000 // 10 minutes
@@ -40,4 +41,5 @@ setInterval(() => {
 console.log('traffic.sync.scheduler.started interval=10m')
 setInterval(() => {
   void syncPendingCloudTrafficReports({ db: platform.db, cloudBaseUrl })
+  void syncPendingRemoteDownloadUsageReports({ db: platform.db, cloudBaseUrl })
 }, TRAFFIC_SYNC_INTERVAL_MS)
diff --git a/server/routes/cloud-traffic-metering.integration.test.ts b/server/routes/cloud-traffic-metering.integration.test.ts
index 20c99256..e1d2247d 100644
--- a/server/routes/cloud-traffic-metering.integration.test.ts
+++ b/server/routes/cloud-traffic-metering.integration.test.ts
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ describe('object download cloud traffic reporting', () => {
     ])
   })
 
-  it('records a failed report without refunding local traffic when Cloud returns a mismatched event id', async () => {
+  it('records a reported report without refunding local traffic when Cloud returns its own usage event id', async () => {
     const { app, db } = await createTestApp()
     await seedTrafficBinding(db)
     vi.stubGlobal(
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ describe('object download cloud traffic reporting', () => {
       sql`SELECT traffic_used AS trafficUsed FROM org_quotas WHERE org_id = ${orgId}`,
     )
     expect(rows[0].trafficUsed).toBe(125)
-    await expect(db.select().from(cloudTrafficReports)).resolves.toMatchObject([{ status: 'failed' }])
+    await expect(db.select().from(cloudTrafficReports)).resolves.toMatchObject([{ status: 'reported', error: null }])
   })
 
   it('keeps the pre-presign Cloud report and refunds local traffic when presign fails', async () => {
diff --git a/server/routes/download-tasks.integration.test.ts b/server/routes/download-tasks.integration.test.ts
index d315d6b3..284c2b89 100644
--- a/server/routes/download-tasks.integration.test.ts
+++ b/server/routes/download-tasks.integration.test.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 import type { Downloader, DownloadTask } from '@shared/types'
 import { sql } from 'drizzle-orm'
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { remoteDownloadUsageReports } from '../db/schema'
+import { createLicenseBinding } from '../licensing/license-state'
+import type { Database } from '../platform/interface'
 import { S3Service } from '../services/s3.js'
 import { adminHeaders, authedHeaders, createTestApp } from '../test/setup.js'
 
 type DownloadTaskList = { items: DownloadTask[] }
 
 beforeEach(() => {
+  vi.unstubAllGlobals()
   vi.restoreAllMocks()
   vi.spyOn(S3Service.prototype, 'presignUpload').mockResolvedValue('https://presigned-upload.example.com')
   vi.spyOn(S3Service.prototype, 'createMultipartUpload').mockResolvedValue('upload-1')
@@ -59,6 +63,15 @@ function transferProgress(input: {
   }
 }
 
+function makeCloudResponse(body: unknown, status = 200): Response {
+  return {
+    ok: status >= 200 && status < 300,
+    status,
+    json: async () => body,
+    text: async () => JSON.stringify(body),
+  } as unknown as Response
+}
+
 async function insertStorage(db: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof createTestApp>>['db']) {
   const now = Date.now()
   await db.run(sql`
@@ -75,6 +88,19 @@ async function insertStorage(db: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof createTestApp>>['db']
   `)
 }
 
+async function seedCloudBinding(db: Database) {
+  await createLicenseBinding(db, {
+    cloudBindingId: 'download-billing-binding',
+    cloudStoreId: 'store-download-billing',
+    instanceId: 'test-instance',
+    cloudAccountId: 'test-account',
+    refreshToken: 'test-refresh-token',
+    cachedCert: 'test-certificate',
+    cachedExpiresAt: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) + 3600,
+    lastRefreshAt: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000),
+  })
+}
+
 async function registerDownloaderThroughDeviceLogin(
   app: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof createTestApp>>['app'],
   name: string,
@@ -596,6 +622,82 @@ describe('Download tasks API integration', () => {
     expect(task.status.progress.upload.bytes).toBe(10 * 1024 * 1024)
   })
 
+  it('accepts Cloud usage event ids that differ from local remote download idempotency keys', async () => {
+    const { app, db } = await createTestApp({
+      DOWNLOAD_TOKEN_SECRET: 'test-download-token-secret',
+      ZPAN_CLOUD_URL: 'https://cloud.example',
+    })
+    await insertStorage(db)
+    await seedCloudBinding(db)
+    vi.stubGlobal(
+      'fetch',
+      vi
+        .fn()
+        .mockResolvedValue(
+          makeCloudResponse({ data: { accepted: true, duplicate: false, eventId: 'different-event-id' } }),
+        ),
+    )
+
+    const createdDownloader = await registerDownloaderThroughDeviceLogin(app, 'billing-transient-downloader')
+    await db.run(sql`
+      UPDATE downloaders
+      SET remote_download_credit_billing_enabled = 1,
+          remote_download_credit_unit_bytes = ${5 * 1024 * 1024},
+          remote_download_credit_per_unit = 1
+      WHERE id = ${createdDownloader.downloader.id}
+    `)
+    const downloaderHeaders = {
+      Authorization: `Bearer ${createdDownloader.token}`,
+      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+    }
+    const heartbeatRes = await app.request('/api/downloader/heartbeat', {
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers: downloaderHeaders,
+      body: JSON.stringify({ ...heartbeat, currentTasks: 0 }),
+    })
+    expect(heartbeatRes.status).toBe(200)
+
+    const user = await authedHeaders(app, 'download-billing-transient-user@example.com')
+    const createTaskRes = await app.request('/api/download-tasks', {
+      method: 'POST',
+      headers: { ...user, 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+      body: JSON.stringify({
+        source: { type: 'http', uri: 'https://example.com/billing-transient.bin' },
+        targetFolder: 'Remote Downloads',
+      }),
+    })
+    expect(createTaskRes.status).toBe(201)
+    const task = (await createTaskRes.json()) as DownloadTask
+
+    const patchRes = await app.request(`/api/download-tasks/${task.id}`, {
+      method: 'PATCH',
+      headers: downloaderHeaders,
+      body: JSON.stringify({
+        status: 'downloading',
+        ...transferProgress({
+          downloadBytes: 5 * 1024 * 1024,
+          totalBytes: 10 * 1024 * 1024,
+          downloadBps: 512_000,
+        }),
+      }),
+    })
+
+    expect(patchRes.status).toBe(200)
+    await expect(patchRes.json()).resolves.toMatchObject({
+      status: {
+        state: 'downloading',
+        billing: { state: 'ok', chargedBytes: 5 * 1024 * 1024, chargedCredits: 1 },
+      },
+    })
+    await expect(db.select().from(remoteDownloadUsageReports)).resolves.toMatchObject([
+      {
+        eventId: `remote_download:${task.id}:1`,
+        status: 'reported',
+        error: null,
+      },
+    ])
+  })
+
   it('stores downloader runtime reports as snapshots while progress remains patchable', async () => {
     const { app, db } = await createTestApp({ DOWNLOAD_TOKEN_SECRET: 'test-download-token-secret' })
     await insertStorage(db)
diff --git a/server/routes/licensing.ts b/server/routes/licensing.ts
index 4955d1ae..d0fbaae7 100644
--- a/server/routes/licensing.ts
+++ b/server/routes/licensing.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { normalizeHost } from '../licensing/verify'
 import type { Env } from '../middleware/platform'
 import { syncPendingCloudTrafficReports } from '../services/cloud-traffic-metering'
 import { runLicensingRefresh } from '../services/licensing-refresh-runner'
+import { syncPendingRemoteDownloadUsageReports } from '../services/remote-download-usage'
 
 function configuredPublicHost(c: Context<Env>): string | null {
   const value = c.get('platform').getEnv('ZPAN_PUBLIC_ORIGIN') ?? c.get('platform').getEnv('BETTER_AUTH_URL')
@@ -63,9 +64,12 @@ const app = new Hono<Env>()
 
     const db = c.get('platform').db
     const cloudBaseUrl = c.get('platform').getEnv('ZPAN_CLOUD_URL') ?? ZPAN_CLOUD_URL_DEFAULT
-    const result = await syncPendingCloudTrafficReports({ db, cloudBaseUrl })
+    const [traffic, remoteDownload] = await Promise.all([
+      syncPendingCloudTrafficReports({ db, cloudBaseUrl }),
+      syncPendingRemoteDownloadUsageReports({ db, cloudBaseUrl }),
+    ])
 
-    return c.json({ ok: true, ...result })
+    return c.json({ ok: true, ...traffic, remoteDownload })
   })
 
 export default app
diff --git a/server/scheduled-worker.test.ts b/server/scheduled-worker.test.ts
index 121a8d79..e0f830e9 100644
--- a/server/scheduled-worker.test.ts
+++ b/server/scheduled-worker.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
 import { syncPendingCloudTrafficReports } from '../server/services/cloud-traffic-metering'
 import { runLicensingRefresh } from '../server/services/licensing-refresh-runner'
+import { syncPendingRemoteDownloadUsageReports } from '../server/services/remote-download-usage'
 import { handleScheduled } from '../workers/scheduled'
 
 vi.mock('../server/platform/cloudflare', () => ({
@@ -17,16 +18,25 @@ vi.mock('../server/services/licensing-refresh-runner', () => ({
   runLicensingRefresh: vi.fn(),
 }))
 
+vi.mock('../server/services/remote-download-usage', () => ({
+  syncPendingRemoteDownloadUsageReports: vi.fn(),
+}))
+
 describe('handleScheduled', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     vi.mocked(syncPendingCloudTrafficReports).mockReset()
+    vi.mocked(syncPendingRemoteDownloadUsageReports).mockReset()
     vi.mocked(runLicensingRefresh).mockReset()
   })
 
-  it('syncs traffic reports on the traffic cron only', async () => {
+  it('syncs usage reports on the traffic cron only', async () => {
     await handleScheduled({ cron: '*/10 * * * *' }, { DB: {} as D1Database, ZPAN_CLOUD_URL: 'https://cloud.example' })
 
     expect(syncPendingCloudTrafficReports).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ db: 'db', cloudBaseUrl: 'https://cloud.example' })
+    expect(syncPendingRemoteDownloadUsageReports).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      db: 'db',
+      cloudBaseUrl: 'https://cloud.example',
+    })
     expect(runLicensingRefresh).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
 
@@ -35,5 +45,6 @@ describe('handleScheduled', () => {
 
     expect(runLicensingRefresh).toHaveBeenCalledWith('db', 'https://cloud.example')
     expect(syncPendingCloudTrafficReports).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(syncPendingRemoteDownloadUsageReports).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
 })
diff --git a/server/services/cloud-traffic-metering.test.ts b/server/services/cloud-traffic-metering.test.ts
index ccdc30d0..129fe2a3 100644
--- a/server/services/cloud-traffic-metering.test.ts
+++ b/server/services/cloud-traffic-metering.test.ts
@@ -248,15 +248,15 @@ describe('cloud traffic metering', () => {
     ])
   })
 
-  it('marks reports failed when Cloud does not accept the same event id', async () => {
-    const { db, platform } = await createTestApp()
+  it('marks reports reported when Cloud returns its own usage event id', async () => {
+    const { db, platform } = await createTestApp({ ZPAN_CLOUD_URL: 'https://cloud.example' })
     await seedTrafficBinding(db)
     vi.stubGlobal(
       'fetch',
       vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(makeResponse({ data: { accepted: true, duplicate: false, eventId: 'other_evt' } })),
     )
 
-    await reportTrafficEgress({
+    const result = await reportTrafficEgress({
       platform,
       orgId: 'org_1',
       bytes: 1024,
@@ -265,15 +265,10 @@ describe('cloud traffic metering', () => {
       eventId: 'evt_mismatch',
       ...meteredStorage,
     })
-    await expect(syncPendingCloudTrafficReports({ db, cloudBaseUrl: 'https://cloud.example' })).resolves.toEqual({
-      attempted: 1,
-      reported: 0,
-      blocked: 0,
-      failed: 1,
-    })
 
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ status: 'reported', eventId: 'evt_mismatch', duplicate: false })
     await expect(db.select().from(cloudTrafficReports)).resolves.toMatchObject([
-      { eventId: 'evt_mismatch', status: 'failed', error: 'cloud_usage_report_rejected' },
+      { eventId: 'evt_mismatch', status: 'reported', error: null },
     ])
   })
 
diff --git a/server/services/cloud-traffic-metering.ts b/server/services/cloud-traffic-metering.ts
index bed9778c..2b3565b5 100644
--- a/server/services/cloud-traffic-metering.ts
+++ b/server/services/cloud-traffic-metering.ts
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ async function syncTrafficReport(params: {
           },
     )
     const response = usageResponseSchema.parse(data)
-    if (!response.accepted || response.eventId !== report.eventId) throw new Error('cloud_usage_report_rejected')
+    if (!response.accepted) throw new Error('cloud_usage_report_rejected')
     await updateTrafficReport(db, report.eventId, 'reported', null, now)
     return 'reported'
   } catch (error) {
diff --git a/server/services/remote-download-usage.ts b/server/services/remote-download-usage.ts
index 8d7eab87..cb007b10 100644
--- a/server/services/remote-download-usage.ts
+++ b/server/services/remote-download-usage.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-import { eq } from 'drizzle-orm'
+import { asc, eq, inArray } from 'drizzle-orm'
 import { nanoid } from 'nanoid'
+import { z } from 'zod'
 import { ZPAN_CLOUD_URL_DEFAULT } from '../../shared/constants'
 import { remoteDownloadUsageReports } from '../db/schema'
 import { loadActiveLicenseBinding } from '../licensing/license-state'
-import type { Platform } from '../platform/interface'
+import type { Database, Platform } from '../platform/interface'
 import { postBoundCloudJson } from './licensing-cloud'
 
 export class RemoteDownloadBillingBlockedError extends Error {
@@ -13,6 +14,15 @@ export class RemoteDownloadBillingBlockedError extends Error {
   }
 }
 
+const usageResponseSchema = z.object({
+  accepted: z.boolean(),
+  duplicate: z.boolean().optional(),
+  eventId: z.string().min(1),
+})
+
+type RemoteDownloadUsageStatus = 'pending' | 'reported' | 'skipped_unbound' | 'blocked' | 'failed'
+type RemoteDownloadUsageReport = typeof remoteDownloadUsageReports.$inferSelect
+
 export async function reportRemoteDownloadUnit(params: {
   platform: Platform
   orgId: string
@@ -22,15 +32,15 @@ export async function reportRemoteDownloadUnit(params: {
   unitBytes: number
   creditsPerUnit: number
   enabled: boolean
-}): Promise<void> {
-  if (!params.enabled) return
+}): Promise<{ status: RemoteDownloadUsageStatus; eventId: string }> {
+  if (!params.enabled) return { status: 'reported', eventId: '' }
   const eventId = `remote_download:${params.taskId}:${params.unitIndex}`
   const existing = await params.platform.db
     .select()
     .from(remoteDownloadUsageReports)
     .where(eq(remoteDownloadUsageReports.eventId, eventId))
     .limit(1)
-  if (existing[0]?.status === 'reported') return
+  if (existing[0]?.status === 'reported') return { status: 'reported', eventId }
   if (existing[0]?.status === 'blocked') throw new RemoteDownloadBillingBlockedError()
 
   const now = new Date()
@@ -51,46 +61,100 @@ export async function reportRemoteDownloadUnit(params: {
     })
   }
 
-  const binding = await loadActiveLicenseBinding(params.platform.db)
+  const status = await syncRemoteDownloadUsageReport({
+    db: params.platform.db,
+    cloudBaseUrl: params.platform.getEnv('ZPAN_CLOUD_URL') ?? ZPAN_CLOUD_URL_DEFAULT,
+    report: (await loadRemoteDownloadUsageReport(params.platform.db, eventId))!,
+    now,
+  })
+  if (status === 'blocked') throw new RemoteDownloadBillingBlockedError()
+  return { status, eventId }
+}
+
+export async function syncPendingRemoteDownloadUsageReports(params: {
+  db: Database
+  cloudBaseUrl: string
+  limit?: number
+  now?: Date
+}): Promise<{ attempted: number; reported: number; blocked: number; failed: number }> {
+  const { db, cloudBaseUrl, limit = 100, now = new Date() } = params
+  const binding = await loadActiveLicenseBinding(db)
+  if (!binding?.refreshToken || !binding.cloudStoreId) return { attempted: 0, reported: 0, blocked: 0, failed: 0 }
+
+  const reports = await db
+    .select()
+    .from(remoteDownloadUsageReports)
+    .where(inArray(remoteDownloadUsageReports.status, ['pending', 'failed']))
+    .orderBy(asc(remoteDownloadUsageReports.createdAt))
+    .limit(limit)
+
+  const result = { attempted: reports.length, reported: 0, blocked: 0, failed: 0 }
+  for (const report of reports) {
+    const status = await syncRemoteDownloadUsageReport({ db, cloudBaseUrl, report, now })
+    result[status] += 1
+  }
+  return result
+}
+
+async function syncRemoteDownloadUsageReport(params: {
+  db: Database
+  cloudBaseUrl: string
+  report: RemoteDownloadUsageReport
+  now: Date
+}): Promise<'reported' | 'blocked' | 'failed'> {
+  const { db, cloudBaseUrl, report, now } = params
+  const binding = await loadActiveLicenseBinding(db)
   if (!binding?.refreshToken || !binding.cloudStoreId) {
-    await mark(params.platform, eventId, 'reported', null)
-    return
+    await mark(db, report.eventId, 'skipped_unbound', null, now)
+    return 'reported'
   }
 
   try {
-    const response = (await postBoundCloudJson(
-      params.platform.getEnv('ZPAN_CLOUD_URL') ?? ZPAN_CLOUD_URL_DEFAULT,
-      `/api/stores/${encodeURIComponent(binding.cloudStoreId)}/billing/usage-events`,
-      binding.refreshToken,
-      {
-        resource: 'remote_download',
-        unit: 'byte',
-        bytes: params.unitBytes,
-        eventId,
-        idempotencyKey: eventId,
-        customerId: params.orgId,
-        source: 'remote_download',
-        sourceId: params.taskId,
-        usageContext: { downloaderId: params.downloaderId },
-        pricing: { unitQuantity: params.unitBytes, creditsPerUnit: params.creditsPerUnit },
-      },
-    )) as { accepted?: boolean; eventId?: string; error?: { code?: string } }
-    if (!response.accepted || response.eventId !== eventId) throw new Error('cloud_usage_report_rejected')
-    await mark(params.platform, eventId, 'reported', null)
+    const response = usageResponseSchema.parse(
+      await postBoundCloudJson(
+        cloudBaseUrl,
+        `/api/stores/${encodeURIComponent(binding.cloudStoreId)}/billing/usage-events`,
+        binding.refreshToken,
+        {
+          resource: 'remote_download',
+          unit: 'byte',
+          bytes: report.unitBytes,
+          eventId: report.eventId,
+          idempotencyKey: report.eventId,
+          customerId: report.orgId,
+          source: 'remote_download',
+          sourceId: report.taskId,
+          usageContext: { downloaderId: report.downloaderId },
+          pricing: { unitQuantity: report.unitBytes, creditsPerUnit: report.creditsPerUnit },
+        },
+      ),
+    )
+    if (!response.accepted) throw new Error('cloud_usage_report_rejected')
+    await mark(db, report.eventId, 'reported', null, now)
+    return 'reported'
   } catch (error) {
     const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'cloud_usage_report_failed'
     if (message === 'insufficient_credits' || message === 'overage_cap_exceeded') {
-      await mark(params.platform, eventId, 'blocked', message)
-      throw new RemoteDownloadBillingBlockedError()
+      await mark(db, report.eventId, 'blocked', message, now)
+      return 'blocked'
     }
-    await mark(params.platform, eventId, 'failed', message)
-    throw error
+    await mark(db, report.eventId, 'failed', message, now)
+    return 'failed'
   }
 }
 
-async function mark(platform: Platform, eventId: string, status: string, error: string | null) {
-  await platform.db
+async function loadRemoteDownloadUsageReport(db: Database, eventId: string) {
+  const rows = await db
+    .select()
+    .from(remoteDownloadUsageReports)
+    .where(eq(remoteDownloadUsageReports.eventId, eventId))
+    .limit(1)
+  return rows[0]
+}
+
+async function mark(db: Database, eventId: string, status: string, error: string | null, now: Date) {
+  await db
     .update(remoteDownloadUsageReports)
-    .set({ status, error, updatedAt: new Date() })
+    .set({ status, error, updatedAt: now })
     .where(eq(remoteDownloadUsageReports.eventId, eventId))
 }
diff --git a/workers/scheduled.ts b/workers/scheduled.ts
index f867f9a3..f831dd08 100644
--- a/workers/scheduled.ts
+++ b/workers/scheduled.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import { createCloudflarePlatform } from '../server/platform/cloudflare'
 import { syncPendingCloudTrafficReports } from '../server/services/cloud-traffic-metering'
 import { runLicensingRefresh } from '../server/services/licensing-refresh-runner'
+import { syncPendingRemoteDownloadUsageReports } from '../server/services/remote-download-usage'
 import { ZPAN_CLOUD_URL_DEFAULT } from '../shared/constants'
 
 // Subset of the worker Env used by the scheduled handler.
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ export async function handleScheduled(event: ScheduledTrigger, env: ScheduledEnv
   const cloudBaseUrl = env.ZPAN_CLOUD_URL ?? ZPAN_CLOUD_URL_DEFAULT
   if (event.cron === TRAFFIC_SYNC_CRON) {
     await syncPendingCloudTrafficReports({ db: platform.db, cloudBaseUrl })
+    await syncPendingRemoteDownloadUsageReports({ db: platform.db, cloudBaseUrl })
     return
   }