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 - `-d` — delete the source `.mkv` after a successful encode instead of moving it to `originals/`.
 - `-c PATH` — path to config file.
 
-Stop with `Ctrl+C` (SIGINT) or `SIGTERM`. A signal triggers a clean shutdown after the current poll cycle.
+Stop with `Ctrl+C` (SIGINT) or `SIGTERM`. The signal cancels any in-flight encode immediately — the ffmpeg / ffprobe / opusenc children are killed, the per-job work directory is removed by its deferred cleanup, and the source `.mkv` is routed to `paths.failed` so the next run sees a clean `paths.input`.
 
 The program runs as a foreground daemon. It scans the input directory on startup and every 15 seconds thereafter.