diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f809dcb..fd03a4e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ All notable changes to this project are documented here.
   advances the set count on the iPhone and a finished set is never un-counted, and
   reopening an exercise jumps straight to the first unfinished set (skipping
   completed work/rest pairs) instead of snapping back to set 1.
+- Fixed: progress made on the watch now updates open iPhone screens live. The
+  phone applies a watch-forwarded workout to its cache directly on receipt, instead
+  of waiting on an `NSMetadataQuery` event that a same-process file overwrite
+  doesn't reliably emit.
 - Starting a workout on the iPhone now launches the Apple Watch app straight into
   the session via HealthKit (a one-time Health permission); the watch holds an
   `HKWorkoutSession` to stay active while you train and releases it when the
diff --git a/Workouts/Sync/SyncEngine.swift b/Workouts/Sync/SyncEngine.swift
index 7690a5f..34b746e 100644
--- a/Workouts/Sync/SyncEngine.swift
+++ b/Workouts/Sync/SyncEngine.swift
@@ -112,10 +112,20 @@ final class SyncEngine {
         onCacheChanged?()
     }
 
-    /// Apply a workout received from the watch through the normal write path
-    /// (file → observer → cache), keeping iCloud Drive the single source of truth.
+    /// Apply a workout received from the watch. iCloud Drive stays the source of
+    /// truth (we write the file), but we also upsert the cache directly here.
+    ///
+    /// The phone's own edits drive a local view copy, so they don't need this — but a
+    /// watch-originated change has nothing else refreshing the phone UI, and a
+    /// same-process file overwrite doesn't reliably wake the `NSMetadataQuery`
+    /// observer. Upserting the doc we just wrote keeps cache and file consistent (the
+    /// observer re-applies idempotently if it does fire) and lets open phone screens
+    /// reflect watch progress live.
     func ingestFromWatch(_ doc: WorkoutDocument) async {
         await save(workout: doc)
+        CacheMapper.upsertWorkout(doc, relativePath: doc.relativePath, into: context)
+        try? context.save()
+        onCacheChanged?()
     }
 
     // MARK: - Public CRUD (write path: files only)