diff --git a/src/put/mod.rs b/src/put/mod.rs
index d02289a..8accffa 100644
--- a/src/put/mod.rs
+++ b/src/put/mod.rs
@@ -75,22 +75,37 @@ pub async fn put(
         None => discover_changes(&opts.cwd)?,
     };
     let changes = changes::parse(&changes_path)?;
-    info!(
-        "Uploading {} {} ({}) to {}",
-        changes.source,
-        changes.version,
-        ui::display_path(&changes_path),
-        target.label
-    );
+
+    // The summary line stays up for the whole flow: the completion message
+    // replaces it on success, and the `PutBars` guard clears it on every
+    // early `?` bail so the error logged by main is not preceded by stale
+    // bars
+    let mut bars = PutBars::default();
+    let summary = multi.add(ProgressBar::new(0));
+    // Style and prefix go in before the steady tick: otherwise the first
+    // tick can render one frame with the default bar template
+    summary.set_style(ui::spinner_style());
+    summary.set_prefix(format!(
+        "Uploading {} {} to {}",
+        changes.source, changes.version, target.label
+    ));
+    summary.enable_steady_tick(TICK);
+    bars.track(summary.clone());
     changes::validate(&changes)?;
 
     // Pre-flight checks for everything the upload queue only rejects after
     // processing: a valid Section, a known target series, and the target
     // PPA actually existing (the SFTP queue itself is a blind write)
     check_control_section(&opts.cwd, "ubuntu")?;
-    info!("Checking {} on Launchpad...", target.label);
+
+    let checking = multi.add(ProgressBar::new(0));
+    checking.set_style(ui::spinner_style());
+    checking.set_prefix(format!("Checking {} on Launchpad...", target.label));
+    checking.enable_steady_tick(TICK);
+    bars.track(checking.clone());
     launchpad::ppa_info(&opts.ppa).await?;
     launchpad::check_ppa_series(&changes.distribution).await?;
+    clear_bar(&checking);
 
     // Last pre-flight check: a version the PPA already publishes at or
     // above the changes' one would supersede (or reject) this upload
@@ -108,9 +123,14 @@ pub async fn put(
         .into());
     }
 
-    info!("Connecting to {login}@{host}:{port}...");
+    let connecting = multi.add(ProgressBar::new(0));
+    connecting.set_style(ui::spinner_style());
+    connecting.set_prefix(format!("Connecting to {login}@{host}:{port}..."));
+    connecting.enable_steady_tick(TICK);
+    bars.track(connecting.clone());
     let session = ssh::connect(&host, port, &login, &ssh_config)?;
     let sftp = ssh::sftp(&session)?;
+    clear_bar(&connecting);
 
     // Payload first, the .changes file last (like dput), so the server-side
     // queue processor can never pick up an incomplete upload
@@ -146,14 +166,55 @@ pub async fn put(
 
     record_upload(&upload_log_path()?, &record)?;
 
+    // The completion lines replace the summary bar; the guard's own clear
+    // at scope exit is a no-op for the already-finished bars
+    clear_bar(&summary);
     info!(
-        "Upload of {changes_name} to {} complete. Launchpad processes it asynchronously; \
-         watch the PPA page or your inbox for acceptance/rejection",
-        target.label
+        "Upload of {} {} to {} complete.",
+        changes.source, changes.version, target.label
+    );
+    info!(
+        "Launchpad processes it asynchronously; watch the PPA page or your \
+         inbox for acceptance/rejection"
     );
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// Steady tick interval of every bar rendered by a `put` run
+const TICK: std::time::Duration = std::time::Duration::from_millis(50);
+
+/// Stop `bar`'s steady tick and clear it from the terminal. The tick is
+/// disabled first: a tick firing right after the clear would redraw a stale
+/// frame, the race [`crate::ui::deb::DebUi::suspend`] guards against too.
+/// Clearing twice is harmless: finished bars stay finished.
+fn clear_bar(bar: &ProgressBar) {
+    bar.disable_steady_tick();
+    bar.finish_and_clear();
+}
+
+/// The bars rendered by one `put` run, cleared when the guard drops. The
+/// error paths bail out early through `?` and `main` logs the error
+/// afterwards, so a bar left unfinished would linger on screen above it.
+#[derive(Default)]
+struct PutBars {
+    bars: Vec<ProgressBar>,
+}
+
+impl PutBars {
+    /// Track `bar` so it is cleared with the rest when the guard drops
+    fn track(&mut self, bar: ProgressBar) {
+        self.bars.push(bar);
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for PutBars {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        for bar in &self.bars {
+            clear_bar(bar);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Validate the source package's `Section` (debian/control source stanza)
 /// against the distribution's valid sections: a bare section or a
 /// `section/subsection` is accepted. Archives reject uploads carrying an