diff --git a/resources/js/guest/i18n/messages.ts b/resources/js/guest/i18n/messages.ts
index 1285da1..2771cf6 100644
--- a/resources/js/guest/i18n/messages.ts
+++ b/resources/js/guest/i18n/messages.ts
@@ -475,9 +475,16 @@ export const messages: Record<LocaleCode, NestedMessages> = {
         processing: 'Verarbeite Foto...',
         uploading: 'Foto wird hochgeladen...',
         preparing: 'Foto wird vorbereitet...',
+        optimizing: 'Foto wird optimiert...',
         completed: 'Upload abgeschlossen.',
         failed: 'Upload fehlgeschlagen. Bitte versuche es erneut.',
       },
+      optimizedNotice: 'Wir haben dein Foto verkleinert, damit der Upload schneller klappt. Eingespart: {saved}',
+      optimizedFallback: 'Optimierung nicht möglich – wir laden das Original hoch.',
+      retrying: 'Verbindung holperig – neuer Versuch ({attempt}).',
+      errors: {
+        tooLargeHint: 'Das Foto war zu groß. Bitte erneut versuchen – wir verkleinern es automatisch.',
+      },
       controls: {
         toggleGrid: 'Raster umschalten',
         toggleCountdown: 'Countdown umschalten',
@@ -1112,9 +1119,16 @@ export const messages: Record<LocaleCode, NestedMessages> = {
         processing: 'Processing photo...',
         uploading: 'Uploading photo...',
         preparing: 'Preparing photo...',
+        optimizing: 'Optimizing photo...',
         completed: 'Upload complete.',
         failed: 'Upload failed. Please try again.',
       },
+      optimizedNotice: 'We optimized your photo to speed up the upload. Saved: {saved}',
+      optimizedFallback: 'Could not optimize – uploading the original.',
+      retrying: 'Connection unstable – retrying ({attempt}).',
+      errors: {
+        tooLargeHint: 'The photo was too large. Please try again — we compress it automatically.',
+      },
       controls: {
         toggleGrid: 'Toggle grid',
         toggleCountdown: 'Toggle countdown',
diff --git a/resources/js/guest/pages/UploadPage.tsx b/resources/js/guest/pages/UploadPage.tsx
index b261381..c48c43c 100644
--- a/resources/js/guest/pages/UploadPage.tsx
+++ b/resources/js/guest/pages/UploadPage.tsx
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ const [canUpload, setCanUpload] = useState(true);
     async function loadTask() {
       if (taskId === null) return;
 
-      const currentTaskId = taskId;
+      const currentTaskId = Number(taskId);
       const fallbackTitle = t('upload.taskInfo.fallbackTitle').replace('{id}', `${currentTaskId}`);
       const fallbackDescription = t('upload.taskInfo.fallbackDescription');
       const fallbackInstructions = t('upload.taskInfo.fallbackInstructions');