diff --git a/contracts/openrpc.json b/contracts/openrpc.json
index b1ed0f2..2479431 100644
--- a/contracts/openrpc.json
+++ b/contracts/openrpc.json
@@ -487,9 +487,9 @@
             ],
             "minimum": 1,
             "maximum": 32,
-            "description": "The REQUESTED connection count. An upper bound, not a promise: the daemon lowers it to the per-host cap, and to 1 when the source turns out not to be resumable. What is actually in use comes back as TaskSummary.segments. null means use connection.maxSegmentsPerDownload."
+            "description": "The REQUESTED connection count. An upper bound, not a promise: the engine lowers it to the per-host cap, and to 1 when the source turns out not to be resumable. What is actually in use comes back as TaskSummary.segments. null means use connection.maxSegmentsPerDownload."
           },
-          "description": "The REQUESTED connection count. An upper bound, not a promise: the daemon lowers it to the per-host cap, and to 1 when the source turns out not to be resumable. What is actually in use comes back as TaskSummary.segments. null means use connection.maxSegmentsPerDownload."
+          "description": "The REQUESTED connection count. An upper bound, not a promise: the engine lowers it to the per-host cap, and to 1 when the source turns out not to be resumable. What is actually in use comes back as TaskSummary.segments. null means use connection.maxSegmentsPerDownload."
         },
         {
           "name": "bufferBytes",
@@ -3207,7 +3207,7 @@
             ],
             "minimum": 1,
             "maximum": 32,
-            "description": "The REQUESTED connection count. An upper bound, not a promise: the daemon lowers it to the per-host cap, and to 1 when the source turns out not to be resumable. What is actually in use comes back as TaskSummary.segments. null means use connection.maxSegmentsPerDownload."
+            "description": "The REQUESTED connection count. An upper bound, not a promise: the engine lowers it to the per-host cap, and to 1 when the source turns out not to be resumable. What is actually in use comes back as TaskSummary.segments. null means use connection.maxSegmentsPerDownload."
           },
           "bufferBytes": {
             "type": [
@@ -4143,7 +4143,7 @@
             ],
             "minimum": 65536,
             "maximum": 16777216,
-            "description": "The write buffer actually in use per live segment, right now. May be well below bufferBytes: the daemon reduces every live segment's buffer to fit connection.maxTotalBufferBytes across connection.maxActiveSegments concurrently-transferring segments, and reports the reduced value here so the GUI can show '16 MiB (using 4 MiB)'. null before the task has started its first segment."
+            "description": "The write buffer actually in use per live segment, right now. May be well below bufferBytes: the engine reduces every live segment's buffer to fit connection.maxTotalBufferBytes across connection.maxActiveSegments concurrently-transferring segments, and reports the reduced value here so the GUI can show '16 MiB (using 4 MiB)'. null before the task has started its first segment."
           },
           "partPath": {
             "type": [
diff --git a/contracts/schema/types/DownloadSpec.schema.json b/contracts/schema/types/DownloadSpec.schema.json
index cfe4271..815bff7 100644
--- a/contracts/schema/types/DownloadSpec.schema.json
+++ b/contracts/schema/types/DownloadSpec.schema.json
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
       ],
       "minimum": 1,
       "maximum": 32,
-      "description": "The REQUESTED connection count. An upper bound, not a promise: the daemon lowers it to the per-host cap, and to 1 when the source turns out not to be resumable. What is actually in use comes back as TaskSummary.segments. null means use connection.maxSegmentsPerDownload."
+      "description": "The REQUESTED connection count. An upper bound, not a promise: the engine lowers it to the per-host cap, and to 1 when the source turns out not to be resumable. What is actually in use comes back as TaskSummary.segments. null means use connection.maxSegmentsPerDownload."
     },
     "bufferBytes": {
       "type": [
diff --git a/contracts/schema/types/TaskDetail.schema.json b/contracts/schema/types/TaskDetail.schema.json
index 82a4a71..60f0090 100644
--- a/contracts/schema/types/TaskDetail.schema.json
+++ b/contracts/schema/types/TaskDetail.schema.json
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
       ],
       "minimum": 65536,
       "maximum": 16777216,
-      "description": "The write buffer actually in use per live segment, right now. May be well below bufferBytes: the daemon reduces every live segment's buffer to fit connection.maxTotalBufferBytes across connection.maxActiveSegments concurrently-transferring segments, and reports the reduced value here so the GUI can show '16 MiB (using 4 MiB)'. null before the task has started its first segment."
+      "description": "The write buffer actually in use per live segment, right now. May be well below bufferBytes: the engine reduces every live segment's buffer to fit connection.maxTotalBufferBytes across connection.maxActiveSegments concurrently-transferring segments, and reports the reduced value here so the GUI can show '16 MiB (using 4 MiB)'. null before the task has started its first segment."
     },
     "partPath": {
       "type": [
diff --git a/core/generated/velox_proto.hpp b/core/generated/velox_proto.hpp
index 565489d..fbe8f6c 100644
--- a/core/generated/velox_proto.hpp
+++ b/core/generated/velox_proto.hpp
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ struct DownloadSpec {
     std::optional<std::string> categoryId{};
     /// Required when startMode is 'queue'.
     std::optional<std::string> queueId{};
-    /// The REQUESTED connection count. An upper bound, not a promise: the daemon lowers it to the
+    /// The REQUESTED connection count. An upper bound, not a promise: the engine lowers it to the
     /// per-host cap, and to 1 when the source turns out not to be resumable. What is actually in
     /// use comes back as TaskSummary.segments. null means use connection.maxSegmentsPerDownload.
     std::optional<std::int64_t> segments{};
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ struct TaskDetail {
     /// use.
     std::optional<std::int64_t> bufferBytes{};
     /// The write buffer actually in use per live segment, right now. May be well below bufferBytes:
-    /// the daemon reduces every live segment's buffer to fit connection.maxTotalBufferBytes across
+    /// the engine reduces every live segment's buffer to fit connection.maxTotalBufferBytes across
     /// connection.maxActiveSegments concurrently-transferring segments, and reports the reduced
     /// value here so the GUI can show '16 MiB (using 4 MiB)'. null before the task has started its
     /// first segment.
diff --git a/extension/src/shared/protocol/types.ts b/extension/src/shared/protocol/types.ts
index 91a0641..cfaf4cb 100644
--- a/extension/src/shared/protocol/types.ts
+++ b/extension/src/shared/protocol/types.ts
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ export interface DownloadSpec {
   /** Required when startMode is 'queue'. */
   queueId?: string | null;
   /**
-   * The REQUESTED connection count. An upper bound, not a promise: the daemon lowers it to
+   * The REQUESTED connection count. An upper bound, not a promise: the engine lowers it to
    * the per-host cap, and to 1 when the source turns out not to be resumable. What is
    * actually in use comes back as TaskSummary.segments. null means use
    * connection.maxSegmentsPerDownload.
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ export interface TaskDetail {
   bufferBytes?: number | null;
   /**
    * The write buffer actually in use per live segment, right now. May be well below
-   * bufferBytes: the daemon reduces every live segment's buffer to fit
+   * bufferBytes: the engine reduces every live segment's buffer to fit
    * connection.maxTotalBufferBytes across connection.maxActiveSegments
    * concurrently-transferring segments, and reports the reduced value here so the GUI can
    * show '16 MiB (using 4 MiB)'. null before the task has started its first segment.