diff --git a/Source/FileLiberator/DownloadDecryptBook.cs b/Source/FileLiberator/DownloadDecryptBook.cs
index 0bd013d5..eee6236d 100644
--- a/Source/FileLiberator/DownloadDecryptBook.cs
+++ b/Source/FileLiberator/DownloadDecryptBook.cs
@@ -597,14 +597,13 @@ public class DownloadDecryptBook : AudioDecodable, IProcessable<DownloadDecryptB
 					extension: ".metadata.json",
 					returnFirstExisting: Configuration.OverwriteExisting);
 
-			if (File.Exists(metadataPath))
-				FileUtility.SaferDelete(metadataPath);
-
 			sourceJson.Add(nameof(ContentMetadata.ChapterInfo), Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JObject.FromObject(options.ContentMetadata.ChapterInfo));
-			sourceJson.Add(nameof(ContentMetadata.ContentReference), Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JObject.FromObject(options.ContentMetadata.ContentReference));
+			sourceJson.Add(nameof(ContentMetadata.ContentReference), SerializeContentReference(options.ContentMetadata.ContentReference));
 
 			cancellationToken.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();
-			File.WriteAllText(metadataPath, sourceJson.ToString());
+			// Serialize before touching the destination, then replace it atomically so a failed export
+			// cannot delete or truncate metadata saved by an earlier download.
+			Dinah.Core.IO.AtomicFileWriter.WriteAllText(metadataPath, sourceJson.ToString());
 			SetFileTime(options.LibraryBook, metadataPath);
 			OnFileCreated(options.LibraryBook, metadataPath);
 		}
@@ -617,6 +616,14 @@ public class DownloadDecryptBook : AudioDecodable, IProcessable<DownloadDecryptB
 		}
 	}
 
+	internal static Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JObject SerializeContentReference(ContentReference reference)
+		// Unencrypted podcast licenses can omit codec and other fields required by the API model.
+		// Preserve the fields we have without inventing values for this optional metadata export.
+		=> Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JObject.FromObject(reference, new Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializer
+		{
+			NullValueHandling = Newtonsoft.Json.NullValueHandling.Ignore
+		});
+
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Whether a catalog product carries no details at all.
 	/// <para>
diff --git a/Source/LibationFileManager/CloudSyncedFolders.cs b/Source/LibationFileManager/CloudSyncedFolders.cs
index 2dccb4d6..f103f4fc 100644
--- a/Source/LibationFileManager/CloudSyncedFolders.cs
+++ b/Source/LibationFileManager/CloudSyncedFolders.cs
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ public readonly record struct CloudSyncStatus(bool IsSynced, string? ProviderNam
 {
 	public static readonly CloudSyncStatus NotSynced = new(false, null);
 
-	/// <summary>The provider's own name where Windows reported one, otherwise a generic description.</summary>
-	public string Description => ProviderName is { Length: > 0 } name ? name : "a cloud sync folder";
+	/// <summary>Whether the folder is synced, naming the provider where Windows reported one.</summary>
+	public string Description => !IsSynced
+		? "not a cloud sync folder"
+		: ProviderName is { Length: > 0 } name ? name : "a cloud sync folder";
 }
 
 /// <summary>
diff --git a/Source/_Tests/FileLiberator.Tests/CatalogMetadataTests.cs b/Source/_Tests/FileLiberator.Tests/CatalogMetadataTests.cs
index f1636c88..c9cd453f 100644
--- a/Source/_Tests/FileLiberator.Tests/CatalogMetadataTests.cs
+++ b/Source/_Tests/FileLiberator.Tests/CatalogMetadataTests.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,36 @@ namespace FileLiberator.Tests;
 [TestClass]
 public class CatalogMetadataTests
 {
+	[TestMethod]
+	public void Podcast_content_reference_with_missing_required_fields_can_be_exported()
+	{
+		var reference = new AudibleApi.Common.ContentReference
+		{
+			Asin = "B0981FC27J", Version = "1", Acr = "CR!ACR", Codec = null!,
+			ContentFormat = null!, Marketplace = "AF2M0KC94RCEA", Sku = "BK_TEST_000001", Tempo = null!
+		};
+
+		// Reproduce the exception from the reported podcast download before exercising the export.
+		Assert.ThrowsExactly<Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializationException>(() => JObject.FromObject(reference));
+		var exported = DownloadDecryptBook.SerializeContentReference(reference);
+
+		Assert.AreEqual("B0981FC27J", exported.Value<string>("asin"));
+		Assert.AreEqual("1", exported.Value<string>("version"));
+		Assert.IsNull(exported.Property("codec"));
+	}
+
+	[TestMethod]
+	public void Complete_content_reference_keeps_its_existing_json_representation()
+	{
+		var reference = new AudibleApi.Common.ContentReference
+		{
+			Acr = "CR!ACR", Asin = "B0981FC27J", Codec = "mp4a", ContentFormat = "MPEG4_44_128",
+			Marketplace = "AF2M0KC94RCEA", Sku = "BK_TEST_000001", Tempo = "1.0", Version = "1"
+		};
+
+		Assert.IsTrue(JToken.DeepEquals(JObject.FromObject(reference), DownloadDecryptBook.SerializeContentReference(reference)));
+	}
+
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Verbatim from <c>api.audible.com/1.0/catalog/products/?asins=B089T8FSK6&amp;response_groups=&lt;all&gt;</c>,
 	/// the response behind the empty metadata file in the report. The title itself is real and downloadable;