Why progress may pause
The browser may be waiting for connectivity, retry backoff, a storage response, or final verification. Speed and ETA are estimates, especially after a network change.
When a restart is appropriate
If the session has expired, the browser was closed, or the interface explicitly reports an unrecoverable state, begin a new upload and discard the old incomplete attempt from your workflow.
Prevent repeat interruptions
Disable device sleep, avoid switching between networks, leave enough disk and memory headroom, and upload from the local source rather than an unstable mounted drive.
Before the handoff
Can I resume after closing the browser?
Do not depend on that. Keep the tab open and use the active session’s recovery behavior.
Does retry send the entire file again?
Failed multipart sections can be retried independently; a complete restart is not the normal response to one failed part.