diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index 647829a..12bd593 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -44,13 +44,17 @@ const getScheduledQueueIds = () => {
 
 type AudioContextConstructor = typeof AudioContext;
 
-const playCompletionChime = () => {
+const playCompletionChime = async () => {
   const AudioCtor =
     window.AudioContext ||
     (window as Window & { webkitAudioContext?: AudioContextConstructor }).webkitAudioContext;
   if (!AudioCtor) return;
 
   const context = new AudioCtor();
+  if (context.state === 'suspended') {
+    await context.resume();
+  }
+
   const oscillator = context.createOscillator();
   const gain = context.createGain();
   oscillator.type = 'sine';
@@ -551,11 +555,9 @@ function App() {
       if (event.payload.status !== 'completed' && event.payload.status !== 'failed') return;
       const settings = useSettingsStore.getState();
       if (event.payload.status === 'completed' && settings.playCompletionSound) {
-        try {
-          playCompletionChime();
-        } catch (error) {
+        playCompletionChime().catch(error => {
           console.error('Completion sound failed:', error);
-        }
+        });
       }
       if (!settings.showNotifications) return;
 
diff --git a/src/components/AddDownloadsModal.tsx b/src/components/AddDownloadsModal.tsx
index 917a2d5..544a648 100644
--- a/src/components/AddDownloadsModal.tsx
+++ b/src/components/AddDownloadsModal.tsx
@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@ const formatBytes = (bytes: number) => {
   return parseFloat((bytes / Math.pow(k, i)).toFixed(1)) + ' ' + sizes[i];
 };
 
+const isCrossHostRedirect = (sourceUrl: string, downloadUrl: string) => {
+  try {
+    const sourceHost = new URL(sourceUrl).hostname;
+    const downloadHost = new URL(downloadUrl).hostname;
+    return downloadHost !== sourceHost && !downloadHost.endsWith(`.${sourceHost}`);
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+};
+
 export const AddDownloadsModal = () => {
   const { addToast } = useToast();
   const {
@@ -85,6 +95,7 @@ export const AddDownloadsModal = () => {
   const [checksumValue, setChecksumValue] = useState('');
   const [headers, setHeaders] = useState('');
   const [cookies, setCookies] = useState('');
+  const cookiesFromExtensionRef = useRef(false);
   const [mirrors, setMirrors] = useState('');
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -111,6 +122,7 @@ export const AddDownloadsModal = () => {
         pendingAddHeaders
       ].filter(Boolean).join('\n'));
       setCookies(pendingAddCookies);
+      cookiesFromExtensionRef.current = Boolean(pendingAddCookies?.trim());
       setMirrors('');
       setIsQueueMenuOpen(false);
       setIsSubmitting(false);
@@ -251,6 +263,11 @@ export const AddDownloadsModal = () => {
               headers: headers?.trim() || null,
               cookies: cookies?.trim() || null
             });
+            const nextDownloadUrl = meta.url || row.sourceUrl;
+            if (cookiesFromExtensionRef.current && isCrossHostRedirect(row.sourceUrl, nextDownloadUrl)) {
+              setCookies('');
+              cookiesFromExtensionRef.current = false;
+            }
             setParsedItems(current => updateRowIfCurrent(
               current,
               row.id,
@@ -258,7 +275,7 @@ export const AddDownloadsModal = () => {
               row.generation,
               currentRow => ({
                 ...currentRow,
-                downloadUrl: meta.url || currentRow.downloadUrl,
+                downloadUrl: nextDownloadUrl || currentRow.downloadUrl,
                 file: canonicalizeDownloadFileName(
                   current.length === 1 && pendingAddFilename
                     ? pendingAddFilename
@@ -1008,7 +1025,17 @@ export const AddDownloadsModal = () => {
                     </div>
                     <div>
                       <label className="block text-[10px] uppercase font-bold tracking-wider text-text-muted mb-1">Cookies</label>
-                      <input type="text" value={cookies} onChange={e=>setCookies(e.target.value)} placeholder="name=value; other=value" className="add-download-control w-full px-3 py-1.5 text-xs font-mono" aria-label="Cookies" />
+                      <input
+                        type="text"
+                        value={cookies}
+                        onChange={e => {
+                          cookiesFromExtensionRef.current = false;
+                          setCookies(e.target.value);
+                        }}
+                        placeholder="name=value; other=value"
+                        className="add-download-control w-full px-3 py-1.5 text-xs font-mono"
+                        aria-label="Cookies"
+                      />
                     </div>
                     <div>
                       <label className="block text-[10px] uppercase font-bold tracking-wider text-text-muted mb-1">Mirrors</label>
diff --git a/src/components/SettingsView.tsx b/src/components/SettingsView.tsx
index 5c946ed..3f3d5d3 100644
--- a/src/components/SettingsView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/SettingsView.tsx
@@ -639,8 +639,8 @@ runEngineChecks(false);
               <div className="mac-settings-group">
                 <label className="mac-settings-row cursor-default">
                   <div className="settings-row-label">
-                    <span>Show notification when download completes</span>
-                    <small>Alerts you in Notification Center</small>
+                    <span>Show system notification when download completes</span>
+                    <small>Uses your operating system notification settings</small>
                   </div>
                   <input
                     type="checkbox"
@@ -650,7 +650,10 @@ runEngineChecks(false);
                   />
                 </label>
                 <label className="mac-settings-row cursor-default">
-                  <span className="text-[13px] text-text-primary">Play sound when download completes</span>
+                    <div className="settings-row-label">
+                      <span>Play in-app completion chime</span>
+                      <small>Optional Firelink sound, independent of system notifications</small>
+                    </div>
                   <input
                     type="checkbox"
                     checked={settings.playCompletionSound}
diff --git a/src/contexts/ToastContext.tsx b/src/contexts/ToastContext.tsx
index 48591c3..9da1d02 100644
--- a/src/contexts/ToastContext.tsx
+++ b/src/contexts/ToastContext.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ import { CheckCircle2, AlertCircle, Info, XCircle, X } from 'lucide-react';
 
 export type ToastVariant = 'success' | 'info' | 'warning' | 'error';
 
+const MAX_VISIBLE_TOASTS = 4;
+const DEFAULT_TOAST_DURATION_MS = 7000;
+const ERROR_TOAST_DURATION_MS = 10000;
+const TOAST_EXIT_DURATION_MS = 220;
+
 export interface ToastMessage {
   id: string;
   message: React.ReactNode;
@@ -28,7 +33,10 @@ export const ToastProvider: React.FC<{ children: ReactNode }> = ({ children }) =
 
   const addToast = useCallback((toast: Omit<ToastMessage, 'id'>) => {
     nextToastId.current += 1;
-    setToasts(prev => [...prev, { ...toast, id: `toast-${nextToastId.current}` }]);
+    setToasts(prev => {
+      const next = [...prev, { ...toast, id: `toast-${nextToastId.current}` }];
+      return next.slice(-MAX_VISIBLE_TOASTS);
+    });
   }, []);
 
   const removeToast = useCallback((id: string) => {
@@ -60,64 +68,67 @@ export const useToast = () => {
 const ToastItem: React.FC<{ toast: ToastState; removeToast: (id: string) => void; removeToastCompletely: (id: string) => void }> = ({ toast, removeToast, removeToastCompletely }) => {
   const [isMounted, setIsMounted] = useState(false);
   const [isHovered, setIsHovered] = useState(false);
-  const elementRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
-  const [contentHeight, setContentHeight] = useState<number | undefined>(undefined);
+  const timerStartedAt = useRef<number | null>(null);
+  const remainingDuration = useRef<number | null>(null);
 
   useLayoutEffect(() => {
-    if (elementRef.current && !isMounted) {
-      // Measure natural height of the toast
-      setContentHeight(elementRef.current.offsetHeight);
-      
-      let frame2: number;
-      const frame1 = requestAnimationFrame(() => {
-        frame2 = requestAnimationFrame(() => setIsMounted(true));
-      });
-      return () => {
-        cancelAnimationFrame(frame1);
-        if (frame2) cancelAnimationFrame(frame2);
-      };
-    }
-  }, [isMounted]);
+    const frame = requestAnimationFrame(() => setIsMounted(true));
+    return () => cancelAnimationFrame(frame);
+  }, []);
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    // 1. If exiting, don't trigger the auto-dismiss timer
-    if (toast.exiting) return;
+    if (remainingDuration.current === null) {
+      remainingDuration.current = getToastDuration(toast);
+    }
 
-    // Explicitly treat a duration of 0 as a permanent toast
-    if (toast.duration === 0 || toast.isActionable || (toast.variant === 'error' && !toast.duration)) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    let timeoutDuration = toast.duration ?? 3000;
-
-    if (isHovered) {
+    if (toast.exiting || isHovered || remainingDuration.current === null) {
       return;
     }
 
+    timerStartedAt.current = Date.now();
     const timer = setTimeout(() => {
       removeToast(toast.id);
-    }, timeoutDuration);
+    }, remainingDuration.current);
 
-    return () => clearTimeout(timer);
+    return () => {
+      clearTimeout(timer);
+      if (timerStartedAt.current !== null && remainingDuration.current !== null) {
+        remainingDuration.current = Math.max(0, remainingDuration.current - (Date.now() - timerStartedAt.current));
+        timerStartedAt.current = null;
+      }
+    };
   }, [toast, isHovered, removeToast]);
 
-  // Fallback safety timer just in case browser drops onTransitionEnd
   useEffect(() => {
     if (toast.exiting) {
       const fallbackTimer = setTimeout(() => {
         removeToastCompletely(toast.id);
-      }, 500); 
+      }, TOAST_EXIT_DURATION_MS + 100);
       return () => clearTimeout(fallbackTimer);
     }
   }, [toast.exiting, toast.id, removeToastCompletely]);
 
-  const role = toast.variant === 'error' ? 'alert' : 'status';
+  const variant = toast.variant || 'info';
+  const role = variant === 'info' ? 'status' : 'alert';
+  const ariaLive = variant === 'info' ? 'polite' : 'assertive';
 
   const variantStyles = {
-    success: 'border-emerald-500/30 bg-emerald-500/10 text-emerald-600 dark:text-emerald-400 shadow-emerald-500/10',
-    info: 'border-blue-500/30 bg-blue-500/10 text-blue-600 dark:text-blue-400 shadow-blue-500/10',
-    warning: 'border-amber-500/30 bg-amber-500/10 text-amber-600 dark:text-amber-400 shadow-amber-500/10',
-    error: 'border-red-500/30 bg-red-500/10 text-red-600 dark:text-red-400 shadow-red-500/10',
+    success: {
+      accent: 'bg-emerald-500',
+      icon: 'text-emerald-500',
+    },
+    info: {
+      accent: 'bg-blue-500',
+      icon: 'text-blue-500',
+    },
+    warning: {
+      accent: 'bg-amber-500',
+      icon: 'text-amber-500',
+    },
+    error: {
+      accent: 'bg-red-500',
+      icon: 'text-red-500',
+    },
   };
 
   const icons = {
@@ -127,57 +138,69 @@ const ToastItem: React.FC<{ toast: ToastState; removeToast: (id: string) => void
     info: <Info className="w-5 h-5 shrink-0" strokeWidth={2.5} />,
   };
 
-  const variant = toast.variant || 'info';
   const style = variantStyles[variant];
   const Icon = icons[variant];
 
   const isVisible = isMounted && !toast.exiting;
+  const transitionTiming = isVisible
+    ? '220ms cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1)'
+    : `${TOAST_EXIT_DURATION_MS}ms cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 1, 1)`;
 
   return (
     <div
-      className={`w-full overflow-hidden transition-all duration-300 ease-[cubic-bezier(0.16,1,0.3,1)] flex flex-col justify-end ${isVisible ? 'mb-3' : 'mb-0'}`}
+      className="grid w-full overflow-hidden"
       style={{
-        height: isVisible && contentHeight !== undefined ? contentHeight : 0,
+        gridTemplateRows: isVisible ? '1fr' : '0fr',
+        marginBottom: isVisible ? 12 : 0,
+        transition: `grid-template-rows ${transitionTiming}, margin-bottom ${transitionTiming}`,
       }}
       onTransitionEnd={(e) => {
-        // 2. Rely on height transition end to safely unmount, instead of hardcoded fixed setTimeouts
-        if (toast.exiting && e.target === e.currentTarget && e.propertyName === 'height') {
+        if (toast.exiting && e.target === e.currentTarget && e.propertyName === 'grid-template-rows') {
           removeToastCompletely(toast.id);
         }
       }}
     >
-      <div
-        ref={elementRef}
-        role={role}
-        className={`app-toast-item shrink-0 ${isVisible ? 'pointer-events-auto' : 'pointer-events-none'} flex items-start gap-3 rounded-[16px] border px-4 py-3 shadow-[0_8px_30px_rgb(0,0,0,0.12),0_0_20px_var(--tw-shadow-color)] backdrop-blur-xl text-[14px] leading-relaxed transition-all duration-300 ease-[cubic-bezier(0.16,1,0.3,1)] ${style}`}
-        style={{
-          opacity: isVisible ? 1 : 0,
-          transform: isVisible ? 'translateY(0) scale(1)' : 'scale(0.95)',
-          transformOrigin: 'bottom center',
-        }}
-        onMouseEnter={() => setIsHovered(true)}
-        onMouseLeave={() => setIsHovered(false)}
-        onFocus={() => setIsHovered(true)}
-        onBlur={() => setIsHovered(false)}
-      >
-        <div className="mt-0.5 shrink-0">{Icon}</div>
-        <div className="font-semibold flex-1 tracking-tight break-all whitespace-pre-wrap">{toast.message}</div>
-        <button
-          onClick={() => removeToast(toast.id)}
-          className="shrink-0 ml-2 mt-0.5 opacity-60 hover:opacity-100 hover:bg-black/5 dark:hover:bg-white/10 p-1 rounded-full transition-all active:scale-90"
-          aria-label="Dismiss notification"
+      <div className="min-h-0 overflow-hidden">
+        <div
+          role={role}
+          aria-live={ariaLive}
+          className={`app-toast-item relative ${isVisible ? 'pointer-events-auto' : 'pointer-events-none'} flex w-full min-w-0 items-start gap-3 overflow-hidden rounded-lg border border-border-color bg-surface-overlay px-4 py-3 text-[14px] leading-relaxed text-text-primary shadow-[0_18px_50px_rgba(0,0,0,0.22)] backdrop-blur-xl`}
+          style={{
+            opacity: isVisible ? 1 : 0,
+            transform: isVisible ? 'translateY(0) scale(1)' : 'translateY(8px) scale(0.985)',
+            transformOrigin: 'bottom right',
+            transition: `opacity ${transitionTiming}, transform ${transitionTiming}, box-shadow ${transitionTiming}`,
+          }}
+          onMouseEnter={() => setIsHovered(true)}
+          onMouseLeave={() => setIsHovered(false)}
+          onFocus={() => setIsHovered(true)}
+          onBlur={() => setIsHovered(false)}
         >
-          <X className="w-4 h-4" strokeWidth={2.5} />
-        </button>
+          <div className={`absolute inset-y-0 left-0 w-1 ${style.accent}`} />
+          <div className={`mt-0.5 shrink-0 ${style.icon}`}>{Icon}</div>
+          <div className="min-w-0 flex-1 break-words font-medium tracking-normal text-text-primary">{toast.message}</div>
+          <button
+            onClick={() => removeToast(toast.id)}
+            className="ml-2 mt-0.5 shrink-0 rounded-md p-1 text-text-secondary opacity-70 transition-all hover:bg-item-hover hover:text-text-primary hover:opacity-100 active:scale-95"
+            aria-label="Dismiss notification"
+          >
+            <X className="w-4 h-4" strokeWidth={2.5} />
+          </button>
+        </div>
       </div>
     </div>
   );
 };
 
+const getToastDuration = (toast: ToastState): number | null => {
+  if (toast.duration === 0 || toast.isActionable) return null;
+  if (typeof toast.duration === 'number') return Math.max(0, toast.duration);
+  return toast.variant === 'error' ? ERROR_TOAST_DURATION_MS : DEFAULT_TOAST_DURATION_MS;
+};
+
 const ToastContainer: React.FC<{ toasts: ToastState[]; removeToast: (id: string) => void; removeToastCompletely: (id: string) => void }> = ({ toasts, removeToast, removeToastCompletely }) => {
   return (
-    // 3. Removed 'gap-3' to allow the dynamic mb-3 from the wrapper to handle spacing, allowing it to smoothly collapse
-    <div className="fixed bottom-8 left-1/2 -translate-x-1/2 z-[100] flex w-full max-w-[420px] flex-col pointer-events-none items-center px-4">
+    <div className="fixed bottom-8 left-4 right-4 z-[100] flex flex-col items-end pointer-events-none sm:left-auto sm:right-6 sm:w-full sm:max-w-[420px]">
       {toasts.map(toast => (
         <ToastItem key={toast.id} toast={toast} removeToast={removeToast} removeToastCompletely={removeToastCompletely} />
       ))}
diff --git a/src/store/useDownloadStore.test.ts b/src/store/useDownloadStore.test.ts
index 900a102..3f92fa8 100644
--- a/src/store/useDownloadStore.test.ts
+++ b/src/store/useDownloadStore.test.ts
@@ -439,6 +439,33 @@ describe('useDownloadStore', () => {
   expect(state.pendingAddCookies).toBe('session=secret');
  });
 
+ it('does not reuse stale extension metadata for a later single-link handoff', async () => {
+  useDownloadStore.setState({
+   isAddModalOpen: true,
+   pendingAddUrls: '',
+   pendingAddReferer: 'https://old.example/page',
+   pendingAddFilename: '7aae36e6-00ec-4e7d-8dec-f14ace170bdb',
+   pendingAddHeaders: 'X-Old: value',
+   pendingAddCookies: 'old=session'
+  });
+
+  await useDownloadStore.getState().handleExtensionDownload({
+   urls: ['https://github.com/center2055/OnionHop/releases/download/v3.5/OnionHop-3.5-macOS-arm64.dmg'],
+   referer: 'https://github.com/center2055/OnionHop/releases/tag/v3.5',
+   silent: false,
+   filename: null,
+   headers: 'User-Agent: Firefox Test',
+   cookies: null
+  });
+
+  const state = useDownloadStore.getState();
+  expect(state.pendingAddUrls).toBe('https://github.com/center2055/OnionHop/releases/download/v3.5/OnionHop-3.5-macOS-arm64.dmg');
+  expect(state.pendingAddReferer).toBe('https://github.com/center2055/OnionHop/releases/tag/v3.5');
+  expect(state.pendingAddFilename).toBe('');
+  expect(state.pendingAddHeaders).toBe('User-Agent: Firefox Test');
+  expect(state.pendingAddCookies).toBe('');
+ });
+
  it('routes silent extension captures to the Add Modal instead of queuing immediately', async () => {
   await useDownloadStore.getState().handleExtensionDownload({
    urls: ['https://example.com/downloads/report.pdf'],
diff --git a/src/store/useDownloadStore.ts b/src/store/useDownloadStore.ts
index ff42960..81c70ee 100644
--- a/src/store/useDownloadStore.ts
+++ b/src/store/useDownloadStore.ts
@@ -398,10 +398,10 @@ export const useDownloadStore = create<DownloadState>((set, get) => ({
     return {
       isAddModalOpen: true,
       pendingAddUrls: mergedUrls,
-      pendingAddReferer: referer?.trim() || state.pendingAddReferer || '',
-      pendingAddFilename: filename?.trim() || state.pendingAddFilename || '',
-      pendingAddHeaders: headers?.trim() || state.pendingAddHeaders || '',
-      pendingAddCookies: cookies?.trim() || state.pendingAddCookies || ''
+      pendingAddReferer: referer?.trim() || '',
+      pendingAddFilename: filename?.trim() || '',
+      pendingAddHeaders: headers?.trim() || '',
+      pendingAddCookies: cookies?.trim() || ''
     };
   }),
   handleExtensionDownload: async (request) => {
diff --git a/src/store/useSettingsStore.ts b/src/store/useSettingsStore.ts
index 8821133..1cb0c88 100644
--- a/src/store/useSettingsStore.ts
+++ b/src/store/useSettingsStore.ts
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ export const useSettingsStore = create<SettingsState>()(
       perServerConnections: 16,
       maxAutomaticRetries: 3,
       showNotifications: true,
-      playCompletionSound: true,
+      playCompletionSound: false,
       appFontSize: 'standard',
       listRowDensity: 'standard',
       showDockBadge: true,