diff --git a/app/assets/services/ingest.py b/app/assets/services/ingest.py
index eb2afd4c0..0e2fdd2b1 100644
--- a/app/assets/services/ingest.py
+++ b/app/assets/services/ingest.py
@@ -134,21 +134,19 @@ def ingest_existing_file(
     abs_path: str,
     user_metadata: UserMetadata = None,
     extra_tags: Sequence[str] = (),
-    tag_origin: str = "automatic",
     owner_id: str = "",
-) -> IngestResult:
-    """Register an existing on-disk file as an asset.
+) -> None:
+    """Register an existing on-disk file as an asset stub.
 
-    Uses a two-phase approach: first inserts a stub record (hash=NULL) to
-    unblock UX immediately, then computes the BLAKE3 hash and updates the
-    asset with the full ingest pipeline (dedup, metadata, tags).
+    Inserts a stub record (hash=NULL) for immediate UX visibility.
+    The caller is responsible for triggering background enrichment
+    (hash computation, metadata extraction) via the asset seeder.
     """
     size_bytes, mtime_ns = get_size_and_mtime_ns(abs_path)
     mime_type = mimetypes.guess_type(abs_path, strict=False)[0]
     name, path_tags = get_name_and_tags_from_asset_path(abs_path)
     tags = list(dict.fromkeys(path_tags + list(extra_tags)))
 
-    # Phase 1: fast stub insert (hash=NULL) to make the asset visible immediately
     spec = {
         "abs_path": abs_path,
         "size_bytes": size_bytes,
@@ -164,23 +162,6 @@ def ingest_existing_file(
         batch_insert_seed_assets(session, [spec], owner_id=owner_id)
         session.commit()
 
-    # Phase 2: compute hash and run full ingest (dedup, metadata, tags)
-    digest, _ = hashing.compute_blake3_hash(abs_path)
-    asset_hash = "blake3:" + digest
-
-    return _ingest_file_from_path(
-        abs_path=abs_path,
-        asset_hash=asset_hash,
-        size_bytes=size_bytes,
-        mtime_ns=mtime_ns,
-        mime_type=mime_type,
-        info_name=name,
-        user_metadata=user_metadata,
-        tags=tags,
-        tag_origin=tag_origin,
-        owner_id=owner_id,
-    )
-
 
 def _register_existing_asset(
     asset_hash: str,
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 5b5f15eb3..131ef68ab 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -304,7 +304,8 @@ def prompt_worker(q, server_instance):
             try:
                 e.execute(item[2], prompt_id, extra_data, item[4])
                 if not asset_seeder.is_disabled():
-                    _register_execution_outputs(e.history_result, prompt_id)
+                    if _register_execution_outputs(e.history_result, prompt_id) > 0:
+                        asset_seeder.start_enrich(roots=("output",), compute_hashes=True)
             finally:
                 if was_paused:
                     asset_seeder.resume()