diff --git a/app/__pycache__/app.cpython-312.pyc b/app/__pycache__/app.cpython-312.pyc
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diff --git a/app/app.py b/app/app.py
index a8e977c..83dc115 100644
--- a/app/app.py
+++ b/app/app.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def load_ssh_key():
     raise RuntimeError(f"Could not load SSH key from {SSH_KEY_PATH}")
 
 
-def collect_one(entry, ssh_key):
+def collect_one(entry, ssh_key, progress_cb=None):
     """SSH into a single server, run the gather script, return parsed data."""
     try:
         ssh = paramiko.SSHClient()
@@ -136,7 +136,21 @@ def collect_one(entry, ssh_key):
         stdin, stdout, stderr = ssh.exec_command('bash -s', timeout=60)
         stdin.write(script)
         stdin.channel.shutdown_write()
-        output = stdout.read().decode('utf-8', errors='replace')
+
+        if progress_cb:
+            # Stream line-by-line and report section headers as progress
+            output_lines = []
+            for raw_line in stdout:
+                line = raw_line.rstrip('\n')
+                output_lines.append(line)
+                stripped = line.strip()
+                if stripped.startswith('[') and stripped.endswith(']') and stripped != '[end]':
+                    section = stripped[1:-1].split(':')[0]
+                    progress_cb(section)
+            output = '\n'.join(output_lines)
+        else:
+            output = stdout.read().decode('utf-8', errors='replace')
+
         ssh.close()
 
         data = parse_gather_output(output)
@@ -479,9 +493,65 @@ def api_refresh_one_stream(server_id):
             yield f"data: [DONE]\n\n"
             return
 
+        # Helper to collect one server with streaming progress
+        def collect_with_progress(srv_entry, srv_id):
+            progress_msgs = []
+            last_section = [None]
+            def on_progress(section):
+                if section != last_section[0]:
+                    last_section[0] = section
+                    progress_msgs.append(section)
+            result = collect_one(srv_entry, ssh_key, progress_cb=on_progress)
+            with app.app_context():
+                srv = Server.query.get(srv_id)
+                _update_server_from_result(srv, srv_entry, result)
+                db.session.commit()
+            return result, progress_msgs
+
         # Collect the host
-        yield f"data: Connecting to {hostname}...\n\n"
-        result = collect_one(entry, ssh_key)
+        import queue as _queue
+        progress_q = _queue.Queue()
+        host_done = threading.Event()
+
+        def _collect_host():
+            last_reported = [None]
+            def on_progress(section):
+                if section != last_reported[0]:
+                    last_reported[0] = section
+                    progress_q.put(('progress', f"{hostname}: {section}"))
+            try:
+                result = collect_one(entry, ssh_key, progress_cb=on_progress)
+                progress_q.put(('result', result))
+            except Exception as e:
+                progress_q.put(('result', {'is_online': False, 'error': str(e)}))
+            host_done.set()
+
+        t = threading.Thread(target=_collect_host)
+        t.start()
+
+        # Stream progress while collecting
+        while not host_done.is_set():
+            try:
+                kind, val = progress_q.get(timeout=0.3)
+                if kind == 'progress':
+                    yield f"data: {val}\n\n"
+                elif kind == 'result':
+                    break
+            except _queue.Empty:
+                continue
+
+        t.join()
+        # Drain remaining messages
+        result = None
+        while not progress_q.empty():
+            kind, val = progress_q.get_nowait()
+            if kind == 'progress':
+                yield f"data: {val}\n\n"
+            elif kind == 'result':
+                result = val
+
+        if result is None:
+            result = {'is_online': False, 'error': 'unknown'}
 
         with app.app_context():
             server = Server.query.get(server_id)
@@ -500,11 +570,49 @@ def api_refresh_one_stream(server_id):
         else:
             yield f"data: {hostname} - offline: {result.get('error', 'unknown')}\n\n"
 
-        # Collect child VMs
+        # Collect child VMs with progress
         for child_entry in child_entries:
             child_host = child_entry['hostname']
-            yield f"data: Connecting to {child_host}...\n\n"
-            child_result = collect_one(child_entry, ssh_key)
+            child_q = _queue.Queue()
+            child_done = threading.Event()
+
+            def _collect_child(ce=child_entry, cq=child_q, cd=child_done):
+                last_reported = [None]
+                def on_progress(section):
+                    if section != last_reported[0]:
+                        last_reported[0] = section
+                        cq.put(('progress', f"{ce['hostname']}: {section}"))
+                try:
+                    r = collect_one(ce, ssh_key, progress_cb=on_progress)
+                    cq.put(('result', r))
+                except Exception as e:
+                    cq.put(('result', {'is_online': False, 'error': str(e)}))
+                cd.set()
+
+            ct = threading.Thread(target=_collect_child)
+            ct.start()
+
+            while not child_done.is_set():
+                try:
+                    kind, val = child_q.get(timeout=0.3)
+                    if kind == 'progress':
+                        yield f"data: {val}\n\n"
+                    elif kind == 'result':
+                        break
+                except _queue.Empty:
+                    continue
+
+            ct.join()
+            child_result = None
+            while not child_q.empty():
+                kind, val = child_q.get_nowait()
+                if kind == 'progress':
+                    yield f"data: {val}\n\n"
+                elif kind == 'result':
+                    child_result = val
+
+            if child_result is None:
+                child_result = {'is_online': False, 'error': 'unknown'}
 
             with app.app_context():
                 child_server = Server.query.get(child_entry['id'])