diff --git a/seaweed-worker/crates/core/src/senders.rs b/seaweed-worker/crates/core/src/senders.rs
index b8a3136fb..39c5bff7e 100644
--- a/seaweed-worker/crates/core/src/senders.rs
+++ b/seaweed-worker/crates/core/src/senders.rs
@@ -79,18 +79,14 @@ impl ExecutionSender for StreamSender {
 /// what happened without every handler having to know about metrics.
 pub struct MeteredSender<'a> {
     inner: &'a StreamSender,
-    metrics: crate::metrics::Metrics,
-    job_type: String,
     proposals: std::sync::atomic::AtomicUsize,
     failed: std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool,
 }
 
 impl<'a> MeteredSender<'a> {
-    pub fn new(inner: &'a StreamSender, metrics: crate::metrics::Metrics, job_type: &str) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(inner: &'a StreamSender) -> Self {
         Self {
             inner,
-            metrics,
-            job_type: job_type.to_string(),
             proposals: std::sync::atomic::AtomicUsize::new(0),
             failed: std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool::new(false),
         }
@@ -111,11 +107,13 @@ impl<'a> MeteredSender<'a> {
 
 impl DetectionSender for MeteredSender<'_> {
     fn send_proposals(&self, proposals: DetectionProposals) -> Result<()> {
-        self.proposals.fetch_add(
-            proposals.proposals.len(),
-            std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed,
-        );
-        self.inner.send_proposals(proposals)
+        // Counted after the send, not before: a stream that closed mid-sweep
+        // would otherwise leave proposals_total claiming work admin never saw.
+        let count = proposals.proposals.len();
+        self.inner.send_proposals(proposals)?;
+        self.proposals
+            .fetch_add(count, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
+        Ok(())
     }
 
     fn send_complete(&self, complete: DetectionComplete) -> Result<()> {
@@ -145,8 +143,61 @@ impl ExecutionSender for MeteredSender<'_> {
             self.failed
                 .store(true, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
         }
-        let _ = &self.job_type;
-        let _ = &self.metrics;
         self.inner.send_completed(completed)
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::pb::JobProposal;
+
+    fn proposals(n: usize) -> DetectionProposals {
+        DetectionProposals {
+            proposals: (0..n).map(|_| JobProposal::default()).collect(),
+            ..Default::default()
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn proposals_are_counted_once_they_are_sent() {
+        let (tx, mut rx) = mpsc::unbounded_channel();
+        let stream = StreamSender::new("worker-1".to_string(), tx);
+        let metered = MeteredSender::new(&stream);
+
+        metered.send_proposals(proposals(3)).expect("send");
+        assert_eq!(metered.proposals(), 3);
+        assert!(rx.try_recv().is_ok(), "the proposals reached the stream");
+    }
+
+    // Admin never saw these, so counting them would report work that was not
+    // handed over.
+    #[test]
+    fn proposals_are_not_counted_when_the_stream_is_gone() {
+        let (tx, rx) = mpsc::unbounded_channel();
+        let stream = StreamSender::new("worker-1".to_string(), tx);
+        let metered = MeteredSender::new(&stream);
+        drop(rx);
+
+        assert!(metered.send_proposals(proposals(3)).is_err());
+        assert_eq!(metered.proposals(), 0);
+    }
+
+    // A handler can report failure and still return Ok; the outcome has to come
+    // from what it said, not only from what it returned.
+    #[test]
+    fn a_reported_failure_is_remembered() {
+        let (tx, _rx) = mpsc::unbounded_channel();
+        let stream = StreamSender::new("worker-1".to_string(), tx);
+        let metered = MeteredSender::new(&stream);
+        assert!(!metered.reported_failure());
+
+        metered
+            .send_complete(DetectionComplete {
+                success: false,
+                ..Default::default()
+            })
+            .expect("send");
+        assert!(metered.reported_failure());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/seaweed-worker/crates/core/src/stream.rs b/seaweed-worker/crates/core/src/stream.rs
index 7dae72e38..9dc7770f2 100644
--- a/seaweed-worker/crates/core/src/stream.rs
+++ b/seaweed-worker/crates/core/src/stream.rs
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ fn spawn_detection(
         // Held until the sweep finishes, so the worker keeps to the capacity it
         // advertised and the heartbeat reports the truth while it works.
         let _permit = slots.detection.acquire().await;
-        let metered = MeteredSender::new(&sender, metrics.clone(), &request.job_type);
+        let metered = MeteredSender::new(&sender);
         let started = Instant::now();
         let outcome = handler.detect(&request, &metered).await;
         let result = if let Err(err) = &outcome {
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ fn spawn_execution(
         let Some(handler) = registry.get(&job_type) else {
             return;
         };
-        let metered = MeteredSender::new(&sender, metrics.clone(), &job_type);
+        let metered = MeteredSender::new(&sender);
         let started = Instant::now();
         let outcome = handler.execute(&request, &metered).await;
         let result = if let Err(err) = &outcome {
diff --git a/seaweed-worker/crates/lance/src/main.rs b/seaweed-worker/crates/lance/src/main.rs
index c71c253c7..41bb1109b 100644
--- a/seaweed-worker/crates/lance/src/main.rs
+++ b/seaweed-worker/crates/lance/src/main.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use clap::Parser;
-use std::net::SocketAddr;
+use std::net::{IpAddr, SocketAddr};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use seaweed_worker_core::{Metrics, Registry, TlsOptions, WorkerOptions};
@@ -101,6 +101,19 @@ impl Args {
     }
 }
 
+/// Builds the metrics bind address. Parsing the host separately is what makes an
+/// IPv6 literal work: "::1" and 9327 joined with a colon is not an address, and
+/// formatting them that way turns `--metrics-ip ::1` into a startup failure.
+/// Brackets are accepted too, since that is how the same address is written in a
+/// URL and an operator will reasonably try it.
+fn metrics_address(ip: &str, port: u16) -> Result<SocketAddr> {
+    let host = ip.trim().trim_start_matches('[').trim_end_matches(']');
+    let parsed: IpAddr = host
+        .parse()
+        .with_context(|| format!("parse the metrics address {ip}"))?;
+    Ok(SocketAddr::new(parsed, port))
+}
+
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     tracing_subscriber::fmt()
@@ -131,15 +144,10 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let metrics = Metrics::new(&options.worker_id, &options.worker_version)?;
     let lance_metrics = LanceMetrics::new(&metrics)?;
     if args.metrics_port > 0 {
-        let addr: SocketAddr = format!("{}:{}", args.metrics_ip, args.metrics_port)
-            .parse()
-            .with_context(|| {
-                format!(
-                    "parse the metrics address {}:{}",
-                    args.metrics_ip, args.metrics_port
-                )
-            })?;
-        seaweed_worker_core::metrics::spawn(metrics.clone(), addr);
+        seaweed_worker_core::metrics::spawn(
+            metrics.clone(),
+            metrics_address(&args.metrics_ip, args.metrics_port)?,
+        );
     }
 
     let mut registry = Registry::new().with_preview(Arc::new(
@@ -151,3 +159,36 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
 
     seaweed_worker_core::stream::run_with_metrics(options, registry, metrics).await
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::metrics_address;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn metrics_address_takes_ipv4_ipv6_and_brackets() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            metrics_address("127.0.0.1", 9327).unwrap().to_string(),
+            "127.0.0.1:9327"
+        );
+        // Joining these with a colon gives "::1:9327", which is not an address.
+        assert_eq!(
+            metrics_address("::1", 9327).unwrap().to_string(),
+            "[::1]:9327"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            metrics_address("[::1]", 9327).unwrap().to_string(),
+            "[::1]:9327"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            metrics_address("0.0.0.0", 9327).unwrap().to_string(),
+            "0.0.0.0:9327"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn metrics_address_rejects_a_hostname() {
+        // Binding takes an address, not a name; saying so beats a confusing
+        // failure inside the server.
+        assert!(metrics_address("localhost", 9327).is_err());
+    }
+}