diff --git a/Sources/Firelink/AddDownloadsView.swift b/Sources/Firelink/AddDownloadsView.swift
index 8fc2a52..9033f93 100644
--- a/Sources/Firelink/AddDownloadsView.swift
+++ b/Sources/Firelink/AddDownloadsView.swift
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ struct AddDownloadsView: View {
                     .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
                 Spacer()
                 Button {
-                    refreshMetadata(for: linkText)
+                    refreshMetadata(for: linkText, isAutoFetch: false)
                 } label: {
                     Label("Refresh Metadata", systemImage: "arrow.clockwise")
                 }
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ struct AddDownloadsView: View {
             try? await Task.sleep(for: .milliseconds(350))
             guard !Task.isCancelled else { return }
             await MainActor.run {
-                refreshMetadata(for: text)
+                refreshMetadata(for: text, isAutoFetch: true)
             }
         }
     }
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ struct AddDownloadsView: View {
         controller.pendingReferer = nil
     }
 
-    private func refreshMetadata(for text: String) {
+    private func refreshMetadata(for text: String, isAutoFetch: Bool) {
         let urls = DownloadURLParser.parse(text)
         metadataTask?.cancel()
 
@@ -476,7 +476,8 @@ struct AddDownloadsView: View {
                     for: url,
                     settings: settings,
                     credentials: metadataCredentials(for: url),
-                    transferOptions: transferOptions
+                    transferOptions: transferOptions,
+                    isAutoFetch: isAutoFetch
                 )
                 loaded.append(item)
                 await MainActor.run {
diff --git a/Sources/Firelink/DownloadMetadataFetcher.swift b/Sources/Firelink/DownloadMetadataFetcher.swift
index bccd326..d06365a 100644
--- a/Sources/Firelink/DownloadMetadataFetcher.swift
+++ b/Sources/Firelink/DownloadMetadataFetcher.swift
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ enum DownloadMetadataFetcher {
         for url: URL,
         settings: AppSettings,
         credentials: DownloadCredentials? = nil,
-        transferOptions: DownloadTransferOptions = DownloadTransferOptions()
+        transferOptions: DownloadTransferOptions = DownloadTransferOptions(),
+        isAutoFetch: Bool = false
     ) async -> PendingDownload {
         let initialName = FileClassifier.fileName(from: url)
         let initialCategory = FileClassifier.category(forFileName: initialName)
@@ -53,6 +54,11 @@ enum DownloadMetadataFetcher {
             return pending
         }
 
+        if isAutoFetch, let host = url.host, isPrivateHost(host) {
+            pending.state = .loaded
+            return pending
+        }
+
         var request = URLRequest(url: url)
         request.httpMethod = "HEAD"
         request.timeoutInterval = 12
@@ -122,6 +128,32 @@ enum DownloadMetadataFetcher {
         }
         return nil
     }
+
+    private static func isPrivateHost(_ host: String) -> Bool {
+        let h = host.lowercased()
+        if h == "localhost" || h.hasSuffix(".local") { return true }
+        if !h.contains(".") && !h.contains(":") { return true }
+
+        let parts = h.split(separator: ".")
+        if parts.count == 4, let first = Int(parts[0]), let second = Int(parts[1]) {
+            if first == 127 || first == 10 || (first == 192 && second == 168) {
+                return true
+            }
+            if first == 172 && (16...31).contains(second) {
+                return true
+            }
+            if first == 169 && second == 254 {
+                return true
+            }
+        }
+
+        if h.contains(":") {
+            if h == "[::1]" || h.hasPrefix("[fc") || h.hasPrefix("[fd") || h.hasPrefix("[fe8") || h.hasPrefix("[fe9") || h.hasPrefix("[fea") || h.hasPrefix("[feb") {
+                return true
+            }
+        }
+        return false
+    }
 }
 
 enum ByteFormatter {