diff --git a/src/store/useDownloadStore.test.ts b/src/store/useDownloadStore.test.ts
index 889631c..a5df8ee 100644
--- a/src/store/useDownloadStore.test.ts
+++ b/src/store/useDownloadStore.test.ts
@@ -392,13 +392,7 @@ describe('useDownloadStore', () => {
   expect(state.pendingAddCookies).toBe('session=secret');
  });
 
- it('starts silent extension captures through backend queue', async () => {
-  vi.mocked(ipc.invokeCommand).mockImplementation(async (command: string) => {
-   if (command === 'get_pending_order') return ['silent-id'];
-   return undefined;
-  });
-  vi.spyOn(crypto, 'randomUUID').mockReturnValueOnce('silent-id' as `${string}-${string}-${string}-${string}-${string}`);
-
+ 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'],
    referer: 'https://example.com/page',
@@ -409,24 +403,11 @@ describe('useDownloadStore', () => {
   });
 
   const state = useDownloadStore.getState();
-  expect(state.isAddModalOpen).toBe(false);
-  expect(state.downloads[0]).toEqual(expect.objectContaining({
-   id: 'silent-id',
-   url: 'https://example.com/downloads/report.pdf',
-   fileName: 'report.pdf',
-   category: 'Documents',
-   queueId: '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001',
-   hasBeenDispatched: true
-  }));
-  expect(ipc.invokeCommand).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-   'enqueue_download',
-   expect.objectContaining({
-    item: expect.objectContaining({
-     id: 'silent-id',
-     headers: 'User-Agent: Test',
-     cookies: 'session=secret'
-    })
-   })
-  );
+  expect(state.isAddModalOpen).toBe(true);
+  expect(state.pendingAddUrls).toBe('https://example.com/downloads/report.pdf');
+  expect(state.pendingAddReferer).toBe('https://example.com/page');
+  expect(state.pendingAddFilename).toBe('report.pdf');
+  expect(state.pendingAddHeaders).toBe('User-Agent: Test');
+  expect(state.pendingAddCookies).toBe('session=secret');
  });
 });
diff --git a/src/store/useDownloadStore.ts b/src/store/useDownloadStore.ts
index 21656c2..97abb45 100644
--- a/src/store/useDownloadStore.ts
+++ b/src/store/useDownloadStore.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import type { DownloadStatus } from '../bindings/DownloadStatus';
 import type { ExtensionDownload } from '../bindings/ExtensionDownload';
 import type { Queue } from '../bindings/Queue';
 import { useSettingsStore } from './useSettingsStore';
-import { canonicalizeDownloadFileName, categoryForFileName, isActiveDownloadStatus, normalizeSpeedLimitForBackend, redactDownloadForPersistence } from '../utils/downloads';
+import { categoryForFileName, isActiveDownloadStatus, normalizeSpeedLimitForBackend, redactDownloadForPersistence } from '../utils/downloads';
 import {
   resolveCategoryDestination
 } from '../utils/downloadLocations';
@@ -128,16 +128,6 @@ export const getSiteLogin = (url: string, settings: ReturnType<typeof useSetting
   return null;
 };
 
-const suggestedFileNameFromUrl = (rawUrl: string): string => {
-  try {
-    const url = new URL(rawUrl);
-    const lastSegment = decodeURIComponent(url.pathname.split('/').filter(Boolean).pop() || '');
-    return lastSegment || 'download';
-  } catch {
-    return 'download';
-  }
-};
-
 const syncSystemIntegrations = () => {
   const settings = useSettingsStore.getState();
   const activeCount = useDownloadStore.getState().downloads.filter(d => d.status === 'downloading').length;
@@ -321,51 +311,6 @@ export const useDownloadStore = create<DownloadState>((set, get) => ({
     const urls = [...new Set(request.urls.map(url => url.trim()).filter(Boolean))];
     if (urls.length === 0) return;
 
-    if (request.silent) {
-      let failedUrls: string[] = [];
-      for (const url of urls) {
-        const id = crypto.randomUUID();
-        const filename = canonicalizeDownloadFileName(
-          urls.length === 1 && request.filename ? request.filename : suggestedFileNameFromUrl(url)
-        );
-        try {
-          const added = await get().addDownload({
-            id,
-            url,
-            fileName: filename,
-            category: categoryForFileName(filename),
-            dateAdded: new Date().toISOString(),
-            headers: request.headers?.trim() || undefined,
-            cookies: urls.length === 1 ? request.cookies?.trim() || undefined : undefined,
-          }, { type: 'start-now' });
-          
-          if (!added) {
-            set(state => ({
-              downloads: state.downloads.filter(d => d.id !== id),
-              pendingOrder: state.pendingOrder.filter(x => x !== id)
-            }));
-            failedUrls.push(url);
-          }
-        } catch (error) {
-          set(state => ({
-            downloads: state.downloads.filter(d => d.id !== id),
-            pendingOrder: state.pendingOrder.filter(x => x !== id)
-          }));
-          failedUrls.push(url);
-        }
-      }
-      if (failedUrls.length > 0) {
-        get().openAddModalWithUrls(
-          failedUrls.join('\n'),
-          request.referer,
-          failedUrls.length === 1 ? request.filename : null,
-          request.headers,
-          request.cookies
-        );
-      }
-      return;
-    }
-
     get().openAddModalWithUrls(
       urls.join('\n'),
       request.referer,