diff --git a/model/artwork.go b/model/artwork.go
index 196c26e77..ea724265a 100644
--- a/model/artwork.go
+++ b/model/artwork.go
@@ -149,6 +149,22 @@ type ArtworkQueueRepository interface {
 	// DeleteIfUnchanged deletes only while retry_at still matches, sparing a concurrent re-enqueue.
 	DeleteIfUnchanged(kind, id, imageType string, retryAt time.Time) error
 	Count() (int64, error)
+	// CountByKindAndPriority reports the pending queue rows grouped by kind and priority.
+	CountByKindAndPriority() ([]ArtworkQueueStat, error)
+	// CountAbsent reports the absent states of a kind, and how many of those EnqueueStaleAbsent
+	// would pick up at the given cutoff.
+	CountAbsent(kind Kind, attemptedBefore time.Time) (ArtworkAbsentStat, error)
 	// PurgeDangling removes queue rows whose entity no longer exists.
 	PurgeDangling() (int64, error)
 }
+
+type ArtworkQueueStat struct {
+	ItemKind string
+	Priority int
+	Count    int64
+}
+
+type ArtworkAbsentStat struct {
+	Total int64
+	Stale int64
+}
diff --git a/persistence/artwork_queue_repository.go b/persistence/artwork_queue_repository.go
index 9b2aa1114..1ff754dc3 100644
--- a/persistence/artwork_queue_repository.go
+++ b/persistence/artwork_queue_repository.go
@@ -194,4 +194,20 @@ func (r *artworkQueueRepository) Count() (int64, error) {
 	return res.Count, err
 }
 
+func (r *artworkQueueRepository) CountByKindAndPriority() ([]model.ArtworkQueueStat, error) {
+	var res []model.ArtworkQueueStat
+	err := r.queryAll(Select("item_kind", "priority", "count(*) as count").From(r.tableName).
+		GroupBy("item_kind", "priority").OrderBy("item_kind", "priority desc"), &res)
+	return res, err
+}
+
+// CountAbsent matches EnqueueStaleAbsent on hash, so the stale count is what a recheck would queue.
+func (r *artworkQueueRepository) CountAbsent(kind model.Kind, attemptedBefore time.Time) (model.ArtworkAbsentStat, error) {
+	var res model.ArtworkAbsentStat
+	err := r.queryOne(Select("count(*) as total").
+		Column(Expr("coalesce(sum(attempted_at < ?), 0) as stale", attemptedBefore)).
+		From(itemArtworkTable).Where(Eq{"item_kind": kind.Prefix(), "hash": ""}), &res)
+	return res, err
+}
+
 var _ model.ArtworkQueueRepository = (*artworkQueueRepository)(nil)
diff --git a/persistence/artwork_queue_repository_test.go b/persistence/artwork_queue_repository_test.go
index 5b556f2da..e1ec0f200 100644
--- a/persistence/artwork_queue_repository_test.go
+++ b/persistence/artwork_queue_repository_test.go
@@ -380,4 +380,53 @@ var _ = Describe("ArtworkQueueRepository", func() {
 		}
 		Expect(count).To(Equal(1), "the already-queued row must not be duplicated")
 	})
+
+	Describe("status counters", func() {
+		It("groups queue rows by kind and priority", func() {
+			Expect(repo.Enqueue(item("ar", "a1", model.ArtworkPriorityBackfill))).To(Succeed())
+			Expect(repo.Enqueue(item("ar", "a2", model.ArtworkPriorityBackfill))).To(Succeed())
+			Expect(repo.Enqueue(item("ar", "a3", model.ArtworkPriorityBump))).To(Succeed())
+			Expect(repo.Enqueue(item("al", "b1", model.ArtworkPriorityScan))).To(Succeed())
+
+			Expect(repo.CountByKindAndPriority()).To(ConsistOf(
+				model.ArtworkQueueStat{ItemKind: "ar", Priority: model.ArtworkPriorityBackfill, Count: 2},
+				model.ArtworkQueueStat{ItemKind: "ar", Priority: model.ArtworkPriorityBump, Count: 1},
+				model.ArtworkQueueStat{ItemKind: "al", Priority: model.ArtworkPriorityScan, Count: 1},
+			))
+		})
+
+		It("reports an empty queue as no rows", func() {
+			Expect(repo.CountByKindAndPriority()).To(BeEmpty())
+		})
+
+		It("counts absent states and how many are due for recheck", func() {
+			awRepo := NewArtworkRepository(context.Background(), GetDBXBuilder())
+			old := time.Now().Add(-48 * time.Hour)
+			for _, ia := range []model.ItemArtwork{
+				{ItemKind: "ar", ItemID: "stale1", ImageType: model.ImageTypePrimary, Hash: "", AttemptedAt: old},
+				{ItemKind: "ar", ItemID: "fresh1", ImageType: model.ImageTypePrimary, Hash: "", AttemptedAt: time.Now()},
+				{ItemKind: "ar", ItemID: "found1", ImageType: model.ImageTypePrimary, Hash: "hX", AttemptedAt: old},
+				{ItemKind: "al", ItemID: "stale2", ImageType: model.ImageTypePrimary, Hash: "", AttemptedAt: old},
+			} {
+				Expect(awRepo.PutItemArtwork(&ia)).To(Succeed())
+			}
+
+			Expect(repo.CountAbsent(model.KindArtistArtwork, time.Now().Add(-24*time.Hour))).
+				To(Equal(model.ArtworkAbsentStat{Total: 2, Stale: 1}))
+		})
+
+		It("reports a kind with no absent state as zero, not as an error", func() {
+			Expect(repo.CountAbsent(model.KindRadioArtwork, time.Now())).To(Equal(model.ArtworkAbsentStat{}))
+		})
+
+		It("counts without enqueueing", func() {
+			awRepo := NewArtworkRepository(context.Background(), GetDBXBuilder())
+			Expect(awRepo.PutItemArtwork(&model.ItemArtwork{ItemKind: "ar", ItemID: "ar9",
+				ImageType: model.ImageTypePrimary, Hash: "", AttemptedAt: time.Now()})).To(Succeed())
+
+			_, err := repo.CountAbsent(model.KindArtistArtwork, time.Now())
+			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+			Expect(repo.Count()).To(BeZero())
+		})
+	})
 })
diff --git a/tests/mock_artwork_queue_repo.go b/tests/mock_artwork_queue_repo.go
index 5f26a0247..ba82f897e 100644
--- a/tests/mock_artwork_queue_repo.go
+++ b/tests/mock_artwork_queue_repo.go
@@ -174,6 +174,49 @@ func (m *MockArtworkQueueRepo) Count() (int64, error) {
 	return int64(len(m.Data)), nil
 }
 
+func (m *MockArtworkQueueRepo) CountByKindAndPriority() ([]model.ArtworkQueueStat, error) {
+	m.mu.Lock()
+	defer m.mu.Unlock()
+	if m.Err != nil {
+		return nil, m.Err
+	}
+	var res []model.ArtworkQueueStat
+	for _, it := range m.Data {
+		i := slices.IndexFunc(res, func(s model.ArtworkQueueStat) bool {
+			return s.ItemKind == it.ItemKind && s.Priority == it.Priority
+		})
+		if i < 0 {
+			res = append(res, model.ArtworkQueueStat{ItemKind: it.ItemKind, Priority: it.Priority, Count: 1})
+			continue
+		}
+		res[i].Count++
+	}
+	slices.SortFunc(res, func(a, b model.ArtworkQueueStat) int {
+		return cmp.Or(cmp.Compare(a.ItemKind, b.ItemKind), cmp.Compare(b.Priority, a.Priority))
+	})
+	return res, nil
+}
+
+// CountAbsent mirrors the SQL predicate: an absent state is one with no hash.
+func (m *MockArtworkQueueRepo) CountAbsent(kind model.Kind, attemptedBefore time.Time) (model.ArtworkAbsentStat, error) {
+	m.mu.Lock()
+	defer m.mu.Unlock()
+	var res model.ArtworkAbsentStat
+	if m.Err != nil || m.ItemArtworkSource == nil {
+		return res, m.Err
+	}
+	for _, ia := range m.ItemArtworkSource.ItemData {
+		if ia.ItemKind != kind.Prefix() || ia.Hash != "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		res.Total++
+		if ia.AttemptedAt.Before(attemptedBefore) {
+			res.Stale++
+		}
+	}
+	return res, nil
+}
+
 func (m *MockArtworkQueueRepo) EnqueuePreservingBackoff(items ...model.ArtworkQueueItem) error {
 	m.mu.Lock()
 	defer m.mu.Unlock()