diff --git a/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/zarz/spotiflac/MainActivitySafIo.kt b/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/zarz/spotiflac/MainActivitySafIo.kt
index 3a2d6f70..ad0e2e5f 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/zarz/spotiflac/MainActivitySafIo.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/zarz/spotiflac/MainActivitySafIo.kt
@@ -272,7 +272,8 @@ private fun MainActivity.readMetadataFromUri(
     uri: Uri,
     displayNameHint: String? = null,
     fallbackExt: String? = null,
-    acceptDirect: (JSONObject) -> Boolean = { true },
+    acceptRead: (JSONObject) -> Boolean = { true },
+    retryDirectOnFailure: Boolean = false,
     read: (String, String) -> JSONObject?,
 ): JSONObject? {
     val displayName = buildUriDisplayName(uri, displayNameHint, fallbackExt)
@@ -280,17 +281,19 @@ private fun MainActivity.readMetadataFromUri(
         directRead = {
             contentResolver.openFileDescriptor(uri, "r")?.use { descriptor ->
                 if (!isSeekableSafDescriptor(descriptor)) return@use null
-                read("/proc/self/fd/${descriptor.fd}", displayName)?.takeIf(acceptDirect)
+                read("/proc/self/fd/${descriptor.fd}", displayName)
             }
         },
         fallbackRead = {
-            val tempPath = copyUriToTemp(uri, fallbackExt)
+            val tempPath = copyUriToTemp(uri, fallbackExt, displayName = displayName)
             if (tempPath == null) null else try {
                 read(tempPath, displayName)
             } finally {
                 try { File(tempPath).delete() } catch (_: Exception) {}
             }
         },
+        accept = acceptRead,
+        retryDirectOnFailure = retryDirectOnFailure,
     )
 }
 
@@ -301,7 +304,17 @@ internal fun MainActivity.readAudioMetadataFromUri(
     coverCacheKey: String = "",
 ): JSONObject? = readMetadataFromUri(
     uri, displayNameHint, fallbackExt,
-    acceptDirect = { !it.optBoolean("metadataFromFilename", false) },
+    acceptRead = {
+        val fromFilename = it.optBoolean("metadataFromFilename", false)
+        if (fromFilename) {
+            android.util.Log.w(
+                "SpotiFLAC",
+                "SAF metadata tags unreadable; ignoring filename-derived metadata",
+            )
+        }
+        !fromFilename
+    },
+    retryDirectOnFailure = true,
 ) { path, name ->
     if (name.endsWith(".dsf", true) || name.endsWith(".dff", true) || name.endsWith(".wv", true)) {
         DsdSource.open(path)?.use { source ->
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/zarz/spotiflac/SafMetadataReadPolicy.kt b/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/zarz/spotiflac/SafMetadataReadPolicy.kt
index 84ca629e..3b0d38a2 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/zarz/spotiflac/SafMetadataReadPolicy.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/zarz/spotiflac/SafMetadataReadPolicy.kt
@@ -7,10 +7,20 @@ import java.io.File
 internal fun <T> readSafMetadataWithFallback(
     directRead: () -> T?,
     fallbackRead: () -> T?,
+    accept: (T) -> Boolean = { true },
+    retryDirectOnFailure: Boolean = false,
 ): T? {
-    val direct = try { directRead() } catch (_: Exception) { null }
+    fun attempt(read: () -> T?): T? = try {
+        read()?.takeIf(accept)
+    } catch (_: Exception) { null }
+
+    val direct = attempt(directRead)
     if (direct != null) return direct
-    return try { fallbackRead() } catch (_: Exception) { null }
+    val copied = attempt(fallbackRead)
+    if (copied != null) return copied
+    // A remote provider may have completed its download/cache by now. Reopen
+    // once; never repeatedly copy whole songs or publish filename guesses.
+    return if (retryDirectOnFailure) attempt(directRead) else null
 }
 
 internal fun <T> readLyricsWithSafCopy(
diff --git a/android/app/src/test/kotlin/com/zarz/spotiflac/SafMetadataReadPolicyTest.kt b/android/app/src/test/kotlin/com/zarz/spotiflac/SafMetadataReadPolicyTest.kt
index 84e3e760..f8d5df63 100644
--- a/android/app/src/test/kotlin/com/zarz/spotiflac/SafMetadataReadPolicyTest.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/test/kotlin/com/zarz/spotiflac/SafMetadataReadPolicyTest.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,55 @@ import org.junit.Test
 import java.io.File
 
 class SafMetadataReadPolicyTest {
+    @Test fun rejectsTemporaryWorkspaceMetadataAndRetriesDescriptorOnce() {
+        val guessed = mapOf(
+            "metadataFromFilename" to true,
+            "albumName" to "native-media-work",
+            "trackName" to "Artist",
+            "artistName" to "Song",
+        )
+        val tags = mapOf("trackName" to "Song", "artistName" to "Artist", "albumName" to "Album")
+        var reads = 0
+        var copies = 0
+        val result = readSafMetadataWithFallback(
+            directRead = { if (++reads == 1) guessed else tags },
+            fallbackRead = { copies++; guessed },
+            accept = { it["metadataFromFilename"] != true },
+            retryDirectOnFailure = true,
+        )
+        assertEquals(tags, result)
+        assertEquals(2, reads)
+        assertEquals(1, copies)
+    }
+
+    @Test fun persistentNasReadFailureDoesNotPublishGuessedMetadataOrLoop() {
+        var reads = 0
+        var copies = 0
+        val guessed = mapOf("metadataFromFilename" to true, "albumName" to "native-media-work")
+        val result = readSafMetadataWithFallback(
+            directRead = { reads++; guessed },
+            fallbackRead = { copies++; guessed },
+            accept = { it["metadataFromFilename"] != true },
+            retryDirectOnFailure = true,
+        )
+        assertNull(result)
+        assertEquals(2, reads)
+        assertEquals(1, copies)
+    }
+
+    @Test fun validCopiedTagsDoNotTriggerAnotherRemoteRead() {
+        var reads = 0
+        val tags = mapOf<String, Any>("trackName" to "Song", "albumName" to "Album")
+        val result = readSafMetadataWithFallback(
+            directRead = { reads++; throw java.io.IOException("Provider not ready") },
+            fallbackRead = { tags },
+            accept = { it["metadataFromFilename"] != true },
+            retryDirectOnFailure = true,
+        )
+        assertEquals(tags, result)
+        assertEquals(1, reads)
+    }
+
     @Test fun lyricsReadUsesSafCopyAndDeletesItAfterSuccessOrFailure() {
         for (fails in listOf(false, true)) {
             val temporary = File.createTempFile("lyrics_", ".flac")