diff --git a/lib/canvas/photoshop-safe-download.ts b/lib/canvas/photoshop-safe-download.ts
index 9bcebfbeb..f7871b05f 100644
--- a/lib/canvas/photoshop-safe-download.ts
+++ b/lib/canvas/photoshop-safe-download.ts
@@ -303,6 +303,20 @@ export async function fetchCanvasDownloadAsset(params: {
     params.requestOrigin
   );
 
+  if (process.env.POSTGRES_URL) {
+    // ZIPs and binary fallback also reuse the durable prepared object after the
+    // local byte cache expires, instead of converting the original JPEG again.
+    const { findImageArchiveDownloadTask } = await import("@/lib/storage/image-archive-db");
+    const task = await findImageArchiveDownloadTask(candidateUrls).catch(() => null);
+    const asset = (task?.metadata as { downloadAsset?: { status?: string; url?: string; contentType?: string } } | null)?.downloadAsset;
+    if (asset?.status === "ready" && asset.url && asset.contentType === "image/png") {
+      const readyUrl = resolveHttpUrl(asset.url, params.requestOrigin);
+      if (readyUrl && !candidateUrls.includes(readyUrl)) candidateUrls.unshift(readyUrl);
+    } else if (task?.targetUrl && !candidateUrls.includes(task.targetUrl)) {
+      candidateUrls.unshift(task.targetUrl);
+    }
+  }
+
   for (const candidateUrl of candidateUrls) {
     for (let attempt = 1; attempt <= retryCount; attempt += 1) {
       try {
diff --git a/lib/storage/canvas-cdn-download.ts b/lib/storage/canvas-cdn-download.ts
index 54ff7f2f4..f2f744f1d 100644
--- a/lib/storage/canvas-cdn-download.ts
+++ b/lib/storage/canvas-cdn-download.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export async function resolveCanvasCdnDownload(urls: string[], filename: string)
     const source = extractImageProxySourceUrl(url) || url;
     return [source, inferOriginalImageUrl(source) || source];
   })));
-  const task = await findImageArchiveDownloadTask(sources);
+  const task = await findImageArchiveDownloadTask(sources, true);
   const asset = (task?.metadata as { downloadAsset?: { status?: string; url?: string; contentType?: string; bytes?: number } } | null)?.downloadAsset;
   if (asset?.status !== "ready" || !asset.url || asset.contentType !== "image/png") return { task, direct: null };
   const config = await getDefaultStorageConfig();
diff --git a/lib/storage/image-archive-db.ts b/lib/storage/image-archive-db.ts
index f86231133..6c34a9c30 100644
--- a/lib/storage/image-archive-db.ts
+++ b/lib/storage/image-archive-db.ts
@@ -317,11 +317,11 @@ export async function resolveArchivedImageUrls<T>(value: T): Promise<T> {
 
 // Download assets use an independent JSONB lease; original archiving/replacement
 // can finish even if PNG preparation or thumbnail storage is temporarily unavailable.
-export async function findImageArchiveDownloadTask(urls: string[]) {
+export async function findImageArchiveDownloadTask(urls: string[], prepareOnDemand = false) {
   const [task] = await db.select().from(imageArchiveTask).where(or(
     inArray(imageArchiveTask.sourceUrl, urls), inArray(imageArchiveTask.targetUrl, urls),
   )).limit(1);
-  if (task?.targetUrl && !(task.metadata as { downloadAsset?: unknown } | null)?.downloadAsset) {
+  if (prepareOnDemand && task?.targetUrl && !(task.metadata as { downloadAsset?: unknown } | null)?.downloadAsset) {
     await db.update(imageArchiveTask).set({
       metadata: sql`coalesce(${imageArchiveTask.metadata}, '{}'::jsonb) || jsonb_build_object('downloadAsset', jsonb_build_object('status', 'pending'))`,
     }).where(and(eq(imageArchiveTask.id, task.id), sql`${imageArchiveTask.metadata}->'downloadAsset' is null`));