Auto-queue transcription on upload and clarify pending status.

Batch uploads were only storing files as pending without dispatching Whisper jobs; queue them immediately, add a bulk pending action, and show human-readable status labels.

app/Http/Requests/StoreRecordingRequest.php

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace App\Http\Requests;
 
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
+use Illuminate\Http\UploadedFile;
 use Illuminate\Validation\Rules\File;
 
 class StoreRecordingRequest extends FormRequest
@@ -34,13 +35,24 @@ class StoreRecordingRequest extends FormRequest
         return true;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Normalize a single file upload into an array for batch handling.
+     */
+    protected function prepareForValidation(): void
+    {
+        if ($this->hasFile('audio') && $this->file('audio') instanceof UploadedFile) {
+            $this->files->set('audio', [$this->file('audio')]);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return array<string, mixed>
      */
     public function rules(): array
     {
         return [
-            'audio' => [
+            'audio' => ['required', 'array', 'min:1', 'max:50'],
+            'audio.*' => [
                 'required',
                 File::types(self::AUDIO_EXTENSIONS)->max(102400),
             ],
@@ -54,9 +66,12 @@ class StoreRecordingRequest extends FormRequest
     public function messages(): array
     {
         return [
-            'audio.required' => 'Please choose an audio file to upload.',
-            'audio' => 'Unsupported audio type. Use MP3, WAV, OGG, FLAC, M4A, AAC, WebM, WMA, or AIFF.',
-            'audio.max' => 'The audio file may not be larger than 100 MB.',
+            'audio.required' => 'Please choose at least one audio file to upload.',
+            'audio.min' => 'Please choose at least one audio file to upload.',
+            'audio.max' => 'You can upload at most 50 files at once.',
+            'audio.*.required' => 'Please choose an audio file to upload.',
+            'audio.*' => 'Unsupported audio type. Use MP3, WAV, OGG, FLAC, M4A, AAC, WebM, WMA, or AIFF.',
+            'audio.*.max' => 'Each audio file may not be larger than 100 MB.',
         ];
     }
 }