diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9b9b82a..7319a96 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 dependencies = [
   "PyYAML>=6.0",
+  "requests>=2.31",
 ]
diff --git a/scripts/run_meeting.py b/scripts/run_meeting.py
index d33d70a..4a7844b 100644
--- a/scripts/run_meeting.py
+++ b/scripts/run_meeting.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ from collections import Counter
 from dataclasses import asdict
 from datetime import datetime
 from pathlib import Path
+from queue import Empty, Queue
+from threading import Thread
 from typing import Any, Callable
 
 import requests
@@ -94,6 +96,184 @@ class RunnerError(RuntimeError):
         self.details = details or {}
 
 
+class ProgressReporter:
+    """Reusable progress and timing reporter for benchmark runs."""
+
+    STAGES = (
+        "preflight",
+        "chunking",
+        "normalization",
+        "extraction",
+        "canonicalizer",
+        "semantic_consolidator",
+        "renderer",
+    )
+
+    DISPLAY_NAMES = {
+        "preflight": "Preflight",
+        "chunking": "Chunking",
+        "normalization": "Normalization",
+        "extraction": "Extraction",
+        "canonicalizer": "Canonicalizer",
+        "semantic_consolidator": "Semantic Consolidator",
+        "renderer": "Renderer",
+    }
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        *,
+        stream: Any = sys.stdout,
+        monotonic: Callable[[], float] = time.perf_counter,
+        wall_clock: Callable[[], datetime] = datetime.now,
+        stages: tuple[str, ...] = STAGES,
+    ) -> None:
+        self.stream = stream
+        self.monotonic = monotonic
+        self.wall_clock = wall_clock
+        self.stages = stages
+        self.completed: set[str] = set()
+        self.current_stage: str | None = None
+        self.pipeline_start = self.monotonic()
+        self.stage_starts: dict[str, float] = {}
+        self.stage_wall_starts: dict[str, datetime] = {}
+        self.stage_durations: dict[str, float] = {}
+
+    def stage_name(self, stage: str) -> str:
+        return self.DISPLAY_NAMES.get(stage, stage.replace("_", " ").title())
+
+    def format_hms(self, seconds: float) -> str:
+        seconds_int = max(0, int(round(seconds)))
+        hours, remainder = divmod(seconds_int, 3600)
+        minutes, secs = divmod(remainder, 60)
+        return f"{hours:02d}:{minutes:02d}:{secs:02d}"
+
+    def format_mmss(self, seconds: float) -> str:
+        seconds_int = max(0, int(round(seconds)))
+        minutes, secs = divmod(seconds_int, 60)
+        return f"{minutes:02d}:{secs:02d}"
+
+    def format_duration_seconds(self, seconds: float) -> str:
+        return f"{seconds:.1f} s"
+
+    def extraction_eta(self, completed_chunks: int, total_chunks: int, elapsed: float) -> tuple[float | None, float | None]:
+        if completed_chunks <= 0 or total_chunks <= 0:
+            return None, None
+        average = elapsed / completed_chunks
+        remaining = average * max(total_chunks - completed_chunks, 0)
+        return average, remaining
+
+    def pipeline_percent(self) -> int:
+        if not self.stages:
+            return 100
+        completed = len(self.completed)
+        if self.current_stage and self.current_stage not in self.completed:
+            completed += 0.5
+        return min(100, int((completed / len(self.stages)) * 100))
+
+    def progress_bar(self, percent: int, width: int = 20) -> str:
+        filled = int(width * percent / 100)
+        return "[" + "#" * filled + "-" * (width - filled) + f"] {percent}%"
+
+    def render_pipeline_progress(self) -> str:
+        lines = [
+            "=" * 60,
+            "Meeting Lab Benchmark",
+            "",
+            self.progress_bar(self.pipeline_percent()),
+            "",
+        ]
+        for stage in self.stages:
+            marker = "x" if stage in self.completed else ">" if stage == self.current_stage else " "
+            lines.append(f"[{marker}] {self.stage_name(stage)}")
+        lines.extend(
+            [
+                "",
+                f"Elapsed: {self.format_hms(self.monotonic() - self.pipeline_start)}",
+                "=" * 60,
+            ]
+        )
+        return "\n".join(lines)
+
+    def print_pipeline_progress(self) -> None:
+        print(self.render_pipeline_progress(), file=self.stream, flush=True)
+
+    def start_stage(self, stage: str) -> None:
+        self.current_stage = stage
+        self.stage_starts[stage] = self.monotonic()
+        self.stage_wall_starts[stage] = self.wall_clock()
+        self.print_pipeline_progress()
+
+    def finish_stage(self, stage: str, status: str) -> float:
+        now = self.monotonic()
+        elapsed = now - self.stage_starts.get(stage, now)
+        self.stage_durations[stage] = elapsed
+        if status == "passed":
+            self.completed.add(stage)
+        if self.current_stage == stage:
+            self.current_stage = None
+        self.print_pipeline_progress()
+        return elapsed
+
+    def format_extraction_progress(self, completed_chunks: int, total_chunks: int, elapsed: float) -> str:
+        percent = int((completed_chunks / total_chunks) * 100) if total_chunks else 100
+        average, remaining = self.extraction_eta(completed_chunks, total_chunks, elapsed)
+        average_text = self.format_mmss(average) if average is not None else "--:--"
+        remaining_text = "~" + self.format_hms(remaining) if remaining is not None else "unknown"
+        return "\n".join(
+            [
+                "Extraction",
+                f"Chunk {completed_chunks} / {total_chunks} ({percent}%)",
+                "",
+                f"Elapsed:      {self.format_hms(elapsed)}",
+                f"Average:      {average_text} / chunk",
+                f"Remaining:    {remaining_text}",
+            ]
+        )
+
+    def print_extraction_progress(self, completed_chunks: int, total_chunks: int, elapsed: float) -> None:
+        print(
+            self.format_extraction_progress(completed_chunks, total_chunks, elapsed),
+            file=self.stream,
+            flush=True,
+        )
+
+    def format_stage_heartbeat(self, stage: str, elapsed: float) -> str:
+        started = self.stage_wall_starts.get(stage)
+        started_text = started.isoformat(timespec="seconds") if started else "unknown"
+        return "\n".join(
+            [
+                self.stage_name(stage),
+                "",
+                "Running...",
+                f"Started: {started_text}",
+                f"Elapsed: {self.format_mmss(elapsed)}",
+            ]
+        )
+
+    def print_stage_heartbeat(self, stage: str) -> None:
+        started = self.stage_starts.get(stage, self.monotonic())
+        print(
+            self.format_stage_heartbeat(stage, self.monotonic() - started),
+            file=self.stream,
+            flush=True,
+        )
+
+    def format_stage_timing_summary(self, timings: dict[str, Any]) -> str:
+        rows = []
+        for stage in self.stages:
+            data = timings.get(stage)
+            if not isinstance(data, dict):
+                continue
+            seconds = data.get("runtime_seconds")
+            if isinstance(seconds, (int, float)):
+                rows.append((self.stage_name(stage), float(seconds)))
+        total = sum(seconds for _stage, seconds in rows)
+        lines = ["Stage Timing Summary", "", f"{'Stage':<24} Duration", ""]
+        lines.extend(f"{stage:<24} {self.format_duration_seconds(seconds):>10}" for stage, seconds in rows)
+        lines.extend(["", f"{'Total':<24} {self.format_duration_seconds(total):>10}"])
+        return "\n".join(lines)
+
+
 def parse_args(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> argparse.Namespace:
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         description="Run the Meeting Lab production benchmark pipeline."
@@ -284,22 +464,66 @@ def total_ram_bytes() -> int | None:
     return int(psutil.virtual_memory().total)
 
 
-def run_stage(name: str, timings: dict[str, Any], func: Callable[[], Any]) -> Any:
+def run_stage(
+    name: str,
+    timings: dict[str, Any],
+    func: Callable[[], Any],
+    reporter: ProgressReporter,
+    *,
+    heartbeat: bool = False,
+    heartbeat_interval: int = DEFAULT_PROGRESS_INTERVAL,
+) -> Any:
+    reporter.start_stage(name)
     print(f"[{datetime.now().isoformat(timespec='seconds')}] Starting {name}", flush=True)
-    start = time.perf_counter()
     try:
-        result = func()
+        if heartbeat:
+            result = run_with_heartbeat(
+                name,
+                func,
+                reporter=reporter,
+                heartbeat_interval=heartbeat_interval,
+            )
+        else:
+            result = func()
     except Exception:
-        elapsed = time.perf_counter() - start
+        elapsed = reporter.finish_stage(name, "failed")
         timings[name] = {"runtime_seconds": round(elapsed, 3), "status": "failed"}
         print(f"[{datetime.now().isoformat(timespec='seconds')}] FAILED {name} after {elapsed:.3f}s", flush=True)
         raise
-    elapsed = time.perf_counter() - start
+    elapsed = reporter.finish_stage(name, "passed")
     timings[name] = {"runtime_seconds": round(elapsed, 3), "status": "passed"}
     print(f"[{datetime.now().isoformat(timespec='seconds')}] Finished {name} in {elapsed:.3f}s", flush=True)
     return result
 
 
+def run_with_heartbeat(
+    name: str,
+    func: Callable[[], Any],
+    *,
+    reporter: ProgressReporter,
+    heartbeat_interval: int,
+) -> Any:
+    results: Queue[tuple[str, Any]] = Queue()
+
+    def worker() -> None:
+        try:
+            results.put(("result", func()))
+        except BaseException as exc:  # noqa: BLE001 - forwarded to caller.
+            results.put(("error", exc))
+
+    thread = Thread(target=worker, daemon=True)
+    thread.start()
+    while True:
+        try:
+            status, payload = results.get(timeout=max(heartbeat_interval, 1))
+        except Empty:
+            reporter.print_stage_heartbeat(name)
+            continue
+        if status == "error":
+            raise payload
+        return payload
+
+
 def write_normalized_chunk(input_path: Path, output_path: Path, changes_path: Path) -> dict[str, Any]:
     source = input_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8-sig")
     blocks = split_blocks(source)
@@ -338,10 +562,21 @@ def run_extraction_stage(
     num_predict: int | None,
     num_ctx: int,
     meeting_context: MeetingContext,
+    progress_reporter: ProgressReporter | None = None,
 ) -> list[Path]:
     output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
     output_paths = []
-    for chunk_path in find_normalized_chunks(normalized_dir):
+    chunk_paths = find_normalized_chunks(normalized_dir)
+    total_chunks = len(chunk_paths)
+    start = progress_reporter.monotonic() if progress_reporter else time.perf_counter()
+
+    def elapsed() -> float:
+        clock = progress_reporter.monotonic if progress_reporter else time.perf_counter
+        return clock() - start
+
+    for chunk_index, chunk_path in enumerate(chunk_paths, start=1):
+        if progress_reporter:
+            progress_reporter.print_extraction_progress(chunk_index - 1, total_chunks, elapsed())
         output_path = extraction_output_path(chunk_path, output_dir)
         raw_path = output_path.with_suffix(".raw.txt")
         metadata_path = output_path.with_name(output_path.stem + "_metadata.json")
@@ -366,6 +601,8 @@ def run_extraction_stage(
         extraction["context"] = meeting_context.provenance()
         output_path.write_text(json.dumps(extraction, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2) + "\n", encoding="utf-8")
         output_paths.append(output_path)
+        if progress_reporter:
+            progress_reporter.print_extraction_progress(chunk_index, total_chunks, elapsed())
     return output_paths
 
 
@@ -539,6 +776,7 @@ def write_benchmark_report(path: Path, metadata: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
     semantic = metadata.get("semantic_consolidator", {})
     timings = metadata.get("runtime_seconds_by_stage", {})
     ollama = metadata.get("preflight", {}).get("ollama", {})
+    reporter = ProgressReporter()
     lines = [
         "# Meeting Lab Benchmark Report",
         "",
@@ -568,6 +806,12 @@ def write_benchmark_report(path: Path, metadata: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
         lines.append(f"| {stage} | {data.get('runtime_seconds')} | {data.get('status')} |")
     lines.extend(
         [
+            "",
+            "## Stage Timing Summary",
+            "",
+            "```text",
+            reporter.format_stage_timing_summary(timings),
+            "```",
             "",
             f"- Total wall-clock runtime: {metadata.get('total_runtime_seconds')} seconds",
             f"- Average extraction time per chunk: {metadata.get('average_extraction_seconds_per_chunk')} seconds",
@@ -628,6 +872,7 @@ def run_pipeline(args: argparse.Namespace) -> tuple[int, Path, Path, Path | None
     protocol_path: Path | None = None
     timings: dict[str, Any] = {}
     start = time.perf_counter()
+    reporter = ProgressReporter()
     metadata: dict[str, Any] = {
         "status": "running",
         "input": str(args.input),
@@ -657,6 +902,7 @@ def run_pipeline(args: argparse.Namespace) -> tuple[int, Path, Path, Path | None
             "preflight",
             timings,
             lambda: preflight(args, output_dir),
+            reporter,
         )
         metadata["preflight"] = preflight_data
 
@@ -675,6 +921,7 @@ def run_pipeline(args: argparse.Namespace) -> tuple[int, Path, Path, Path | None
                 chunks_dir,
                 args.input.name,
             ),
+            reporter,
         )
         metadata["chunk_distribution"] = chunk_distribution(chunks_dir)
 
@@ -691,7 +938,7 @@ def run_pipeline(args: argparse.Namespace) -> tuple[int, Path, Path, Path | None
                 )
             shutil.copyfile(chunks_dir / "manifest.json", normalized_dir / "manifest.json")
 
-        run_stage("normalization", timings, normalize_all)
+        run_stage("normalization", timings, normalize_all, reporter)
 
         extractions_dir = output_dir / "extractions"
         extraction_paths = run_stage(
@@ -707,7 +954,9 @@ def run_pipeline(args: argparse.Namespace) -> tuple[int, Path, Path, Path | None
                 num_predict=args.num_predict,
                 num_ctx=args.num_ctx,
                 meeting_context=meeting_context,
+                progress_reporter=reporter,
             ),
+            reporter,
         )
         metadata["extraction_files"] = len(extraction_paths)
         metadata["extraction_counts"] = category_counts_from_extractions(extractions_dir)
@@ -721,6 +970,9 @@ def run_pipeline(args: argparse.Namespace) -> tuple[int, Path, Path, Path | None
                 merge_duplicates=True,
                 meeting_context_path=args.context,
             ),
+            reporter,
+            heartbeat=True,
+            heartbeat_interval=args.progress_interval,
         )
         write_canonicalized(canonicalized, canonicalized_path)
         metadata["canonicalizer_stats"] = canonicalized.get("stats")
@@ -736,8 +988,11 @@ def run_pipeline(args: argparse.Namespace) -> tuple[int, Path, Path, Path | None
                 timeout=args.timeout,
                 num_ctx=args.num_ctx,
                 num_predict=args.consolidator_num_predict,
-                progress_interval=args.progress_interval,
+                progress_interval=max(args.timeout, args.progress_interval) + 1,
             ),
+            reporter,
+            heartbeat=True,
+            heartbeat_interval=args.progress_interval,
         )
         metadata["semantic_consolidator"] = semantic_metadata
 
@@ -754,6 +1009,9 @@ def run_pipeline(args: argparse.Namespace) -> tuple[int, Path, Path, Path | None
                 num_predict=args.renderer_num_predict,
                 think=False,
             ),
+            reporter,
+            heartbeat=True,
+            heartbeat_interval=args.progress_interval,
         )
         metadata["renderer"] = {
             "valid": renderer_metadata.get("valid"),