diff --git a/tests/browser/workspace-images.spec.mjs b/tests/browser/workspace-images.spec.mjs
index 997baf9..0affb9e 100644
--- a/tests/browser/workspace-images.spec.mjs
+++ b/tests/browser/workspace-images.spec.mjs
@@ -681,7 +681,8 @@ test('Import Rescan rescans cached files and preserves the collection when resca
         status: 503, json: { success: false, error: 'Rescan unavailable' },
     }), { times: 1 });
     await rescan(page);
-    await expect(page.getByRole('alert')).toContainText('could not be rescanned');
+    await expect(toast(page)).toHaveText('Rescan could not finish. Try again.');
+    await expect(page.getByRole('alert')).toHaveCount(0);
     await expect(cards(page)).toHaveCount(2);
     await rescan(page);
     await expect(cards(page)).toHaveCount(3);
@@ -720,7 +721,7 @@ test('leaving during Rescan cancels it without replacing the next workspace', as
     await expect(page.locator('#workspace-main h1')).toHaveText('Overview');
     release();
     await expect(page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'Continue creating', exact: true })).toBeVisible();
-    await expect(page.getByText('Output folders could not be rescanned. Try Rescan again.', { exact: true })).toHaveCount(0);
+    await expect(toast(page)).not.toHaveText(/^Rescan (finished|could not finish)/);
 });
 
 
@@ -1406,3 +1407,31 @@ test('favorite failure keeps the previous state and announces it', async ({ page
     await expectStar(star(card, 'same.png'), true);
     expect((await listedFavorites(request))['0:shared/same.png']).toBe(true);
 });
+
+// #249 final review I1: the old Refresh button showed that it ran; Import → Rescan says so too, and when it ends.
+test('Import Rescan shows that it runs, ignores a second press and announces the outcome', async ({ page, request }) => {
+    const held = [];
+    await page.route('**/prompt_manager/gallery/rescan', route => { held.push(route); });
+    await page.goto(workspace);
+    await expect(cards(page)).toHaveCount(2);
+    await expect(await request.post('/__test__/add-nested-image')).toBeOK();
+    await rescan(page);
+    await expect.poll(() => held.length).toBe(1);
+    await expect(toast(page)).toHaveText('Rescanning output folders…');
+    // Reopened while the scan runs, Rescan says it is running; a press on it is ignored and keeps the dialog open.
+    await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Import', exact: true }).click();
+    const running = importDialog(page).getByRole('button', { name: 'Rescanning…', exact: true });
+    await expect(running).toHaveAttribute('aria-disabled', 'true');
+    await running.click({ force: true });
+    await expect(importDialog(page)).toBeVisible();
+    expect(held.length).toBe(1);
+    await expect(cards(page)).toHaveCount(2);
+    // The scan's own answer: every file in both fixture roots (output and input).
+    await held[0].continue();
+    await expect(toast(page)).toHaveText('Rescan finished. 3 files in 2 output folders.');
+    const idle = importDialog(page).getByRole('button', { name: 'Rescan', exact: true });
+    await expect(idle).not.toHaveAttribute('aria-disabled', 'true');
+    await page.keyboard.press('Escape');
+    await expect(cards(page)).toHaveCount(3);
+    await expect(caption(page)).toContainText('3 of 3 images');
+});
diff --git a/tests/js/workspace-toolbar.test.js b/tests/js/workspace-toolbar.test.js
index c86db7a..3e602fb 100644
--- a/tests/js/workspace-toolbar.test.js
+++ b/tests/js/workspace-toolbar.test.js
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ function fakeDOM() {
         }
         setAttribute(name, value) { this.attributes[name] = String(value); }
         getAttribute(name) { return Object.hasOwn(this.attributes, name) ? this.attributes[name] : null; }
+        removeAttribute(name) { delete this.attributes[name]; }
         focus() { active = this; }
         select() { this.selectionStart = 0; this.selectionEnd = this.value.length; }
         showModal() { this.open = true; }
@@ -330,6 +331,34 @@ test('refine dialog round-trips values and clear resets them', async () => {
     }
 });
 
+test('a running rescan marks Rescan busy and ignores a second press', async () => {
+    const { openImportDialog, closeWorkspaceDialog } = await dialogsModule;
+    const dom = fakeDOM();
+    const scope = (await coreModule).createScope();
+    try {
+        const calls = [];
+        const handle = openImportDialog({ scope, rescanBusy: true, onInspect: () => calls.push('inspect'),
+            onRescan: () => calls.push('rescan') });
+        const body = byId(dom, 'modal-body');
+        const busy = button(body, 'Rescanning…');
+        assert.ok(busy, 'the busy Rescan says it is running');
+        assert.equal(busy.getAttribute('aria-disabled'), 'true');
+        busy.click();
+        assert.deepEqual(calls, []);
+        assert.equal(modal(dom).open, true, 'an ignored press keeps the dialog open');
+        handle.setRescanBusy(false);
+        assert.equal(busy.textContent, 'Rescan');
+        assert.equal(busy.getAttribute('aria-disabled'), null);
+        busy.click();
+        assert.deepEqual(calls, ['rescan']);
+        assert.equal(modal(dom).open, false);
+    } finally {
+        closeWorkspaceDialog();
+        scope.dispose();
+        dom.restore();
+    }
+});
+
 test('import dialog lists only real operations', async () => {
     const { openImportDialog, closeWorkspaceDialog } = await dialogsModule;
     const dom = fakeDOM();
diff --git a/web/js/workspace/images.mjs b/web/js/workspace/images.mjs
index 054b6f6..e3b7a9e 100644
--- a/web/js/workspace/images.mjs
+++ b/web/js/workspace/images.mjs
@@ -38,7 +38,15 @@ const IMAGE_SORT_OPTIONS = Object.freeze([['newest', 'Recently added'], ['name',
 const MEDIA_OPTIONS = Object.freeze([['all', 'All media'], ['image', 'Images'], ['video', 'Videos']]);
 const SOURCES_FAILED = 'Sources and folders could not be loaded. Rescan from Import to retry.';
 const CATEGORIES_FAILED = 'Categories could not be loaded. Rescan from Import to retry.';
-const RESCAN_FAILED = 'Output folders could not be rescanned. Try Rescan again.';
+// Import → Rescan (D15): the concept has no rescan copy, so its toasts follow the workspace pattern. The answer
+// counts every listed file across the output roots it walked.
+const RESCAN_STARTED = 'Rescanning output folders…';
+const RESCAN_FAILED = 'Rescan could not finish. Try again.';
+function rescanFinished(result) {
+    const {total, roots} = result ?? {};
+    if (![total, roots].every(value => Number.isSafeInteger(value) && value >= 0)) return 'Rescan finished.';
+    return `Rescan finished. ${total.toLocaleString('en-US')} ${noun(total, 'file')} in ${roots.toLocaleString('en-US')} output ${noun(roots, 'folder')}.`;
+}
 // D7 = A: the concept's star (app.js actions.favorite) against the favorites store; its toasts without the demo's
 // "in this tab". The concept has no failure copy, so a failure follows the workspace "could not be …" pattern.
 const FAVORITE_URL = '/prompt_manager/images/favorite';
@@ -90,15 +98,17 @@ export function mountImages(main, api, parentScope, {embedded = false, fetchPage
     scope.cleanup(() => main.classList.remove('images-main'));
     // The concept's Images heading (app.js renderImages): description, then Import before the shell's New prompt.
     const heading = embedded ? null : pageHeading(main);
-    let importButton = null;
+    let importButton = null, importDialog = null;
     if (heading) {
         heading.description.textContent = 'Your generations, their prompts, and the next idea.';
         importButton = createButton('');
         importButton.append(createWorkspaceIcon('upload'), el('span', 'Import'));
         heading.actions.prepend(importButton);
         scope.cleanup(() => importButton.remove());
-        scope.listen(importButton, 'click', () => openImportDialog({scope, trigger:importButton,
-            onInspect:() => { window.location.hash = '#/inspect'; }, onRescan:rescan}));
+        scope.listen(importButton, 'click', () => {
+            importDialog = openImportDialog({scope, trigger:importButton, rescanBusy:rescanning,
+                onInspect:() => { window.location.hash = '#/inspect'; }, onRescan:rescan});
+        });
     }
     // The shared concept toolbar: search (filename, linked prompt text, title and tags), category and sort (D12–D14).
     const toolbar = embedded ? null : mountToolbar(main, {scope, categories:filters.category ? [filters.category] : [],
@@ -553,23 +563,27 @@ export function mountImages(main, api, parentScope, {embedded = false, fetchPage
         for (const control of [...toolbarControls, more, retry]) control.disabled = disabled;
         if (importButton) importButton.disabled = disabled;
     }
-    /** Import → "Scan an output folder" (D15): rescan the output roots, then reload the options and the listing. */
+    /**
+     * Import → "Scan an output folder" (D15): rescan the output roots, then reload the options and the listing. A toast
+     * says it started and how it ended; meanwhile a reopened Import dialog shows Rescan as running.
+     */
     async function rescan() {
         if (rescanning || recovering || scope.signal.aborted) return;
         rescanning = true;
         optionsRequest?.abort(); optionsRequest = null;
-        optionsStatus.hidden = true;
+        showWorkspaceToast(RESCAN_STARTED);
         try {
-            await api.post('/prompt_manager/gallery/rescan', {}, {signal:scope.signal});
+            const result = await api.post('/prompt_manager/gallery/rescan', {}, {signal:scope.signal});
             if (scope.signal.aborted) return;
             loadCategories();
             if (await loadOptions() && !scope.signal.aborted) reset();
+            if (!scope.signal.aborted) showWorkspaceToast(rescanFinished(result));
         } catch {
-            if (scope.signal.aborted) return;
-            optionsStatus.textContent = RESCAN_FAILED;
-            optionsStatus.hidden = false;
+            // A failed rescan leaves the collection and any discovery alert as they were.
+            if (!scope.signal.aborted) showWorkspaceToast(RESCAN_FAILED);
         } finally {
             rescanning = false;
+            importDialog?.setRescanBusy(false);
         }
     }
     async function refreshInspectionCollection() {
diff --git a/web/js/workspace/workspace-dialogs.mjs b/web/js/workspace/workspace-dialogs.mjs
index c7cffe3..b5295ca 100644
--- a/web/js/workspace/workspace-dialogs.mjs
+++ b/web/js/workspace/workspace-dialogs.mjs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *   mock-status note because every field is a real filter, and no "Prompt evidence" field because evidence is only
  *   known per file (D14). Clear also clears the toolbar category, as the concept's does; the page applies it.
  * - "Import & inspect" (a1483–1491): only the real operations, Inspect a local image and Scan an output folder →
- *   Rescan; no "Import portable recipes" (D15).
+ *   Rescan; no "Import portable recipes" (D15). Rescan shows its running state (aria-disabled "Rescanning…").
  * - "Copy prompt" (a1223–1241): the select-to-copy fallback when the clipboard is unavailable (D22).
  *
  * Every opener takes the page `scope`: disposing it closes and removes the shell, so a dialog never outlives its page.
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ export function openRefineDialog({ scope, fields, values = {}, onApply, onClear,
     ], { scope, trigger });
 }
 
+/** One operation row; a press on its busy (aria-disabled) action is ignored and keeps the dialog open. */
 function operation(title, description, label, onAction) {
     const row = el('div', undefined, 'operation');
     const text = el('div');
@@ -184,27 +185,40 @@ function operation(title, description, label, onAction) {
     const actions = el('div', undefined, 'row-actions');
     const action = createButton(label);
     action.addEventListener('click', () => {
+        if (action.getAttribute('aria-disabled') === 'true') return;
         finish();
         onAction();
     });
     actions.append(action);
     row.append(text, actions);
-    return row;
+    return { row, action };
 }
 
-/** "Import & inspect" with the two real operations (D15). */
-export function openImportDialog({ scope, onInspect, onRescan, trigger = null }) {
+const RESCAN_LABEL = 'Rescan';
+const RESCAN_BUSY_LABEL = 'Rescanning…';
+
+/**
+ * "Import & inspect" with the two real operations (D15). While `rescanBusy`, Rescan reads "Rescanning…" and is
+ * aria-disabled, so a second press is visibly ignored. Returns `{setRescanBusy}` for the page to end that state.
+ */
+export function openImportDialog({ scope, onInspect, onRescan, trigger = null, rescanBusy = false }) {
     requireScope(scope);
     requireCallbacks({ onInspect, onRescan });
     const list = el('div', undefined, 'operation-list');
-    list.append(
-        operation('Inspect a local image', 'Read embedded metadata before deciding to add it.', 'Open inspector', onInspect),
-        operation('Scan an output folder', 'Find files added or removed in the output folders.', 'Rescan', onRescan),
-    );
+    const inspect = operation('Inspect a local image', 'Read embedded metadata before deciding to add it.', 'Open inspector', onInspect);
+    const rescan = operation('Scan an output folder', 'Find files added or removed in the output folders.', RESCAN_LABEL, onRescan);
+    list.append(inspect.row, rescan.row);
+    function setRescanBusy(busy) {
+        rescan.action.textContent = busy ? RESCAN_BUSY_LABEL : RESCAN_LABEL;
+        if (busy) rescan.action.setAttribute('aria-disabled', 'true');
+        else rescan.action.removeAttribute('aria-disabled');
+    }
+    setRescanBusy(rescanBusy);
     show('Import & inspect', [
         el('p', 'Image inspection and output scanning have different effects. Choose the workflow you want.', 'small'),
         list,
     ], { scope, trigger });
+    return { setRescanBusy };
 }
 
 /** "Copy prompt": the text in a readonly, pre-selected textarea for a manual copy. */