diff --git a/blink/internal/finder/finder.go b/blink/internal/finder/finder.go
index 2c3ee2a61d..033df3c7bc 100644
--- a/blink/internal/finder/finder.go
+++ b/blink/internal/finder/finder.go
@@ -14,10 +14,14 @@ var alwaysSkipDirs = map[string]bool{
 	".git":         true,
 }
 
-// Find walks paths and returns every .php file not matching a skip glob.
-func Find(paths []string, skip []string) ([]string, error) {
+// Find walks paths and returns every .php file not matching a skip glob, plus the
+// count of distinct .php files discovered before skip globs are applied. ECS counts
+// every discovered file in its run summary (skipped ones included), so the caller
+// reports this total while only processing the returned files.
+func Find(paths []string, skip []string) ([]string, int, error) {
 	var out []string
 	seen := map[string]bool{}
+	discovered := 0
 
 	for _, p := range paths {
 		err := filepath.WalkDir(p, func(path string, d fs.DirEntry, err error) error {
@@ -33,18 +37,22 @@ func Find(paths []string, skip []string) ([]string, error) {
 			if !strings.HasSuffix(path, ".php") {
 				return nil
 			}
-			if skipped(path, skip) || seen[path] {
+			if seen[path] {
 				return nil
 			}
 			seen[path] = true
+			discovered++
+			if skipped(path, skip) {
+				return nil
+			}
 			out = append(out, path)
 			return nil
 		})
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+			return nil, 0, err
 		}
 	}
-	return out, nil
+	return out, discovered, nil
 }
 
 // Skipped reports whether path matches any of the skip globs, using the same
diff --git a/blink/internal/finder/finder_test.go b/blink/internal/finder/finder_test.go
index 602e52c79e..c750fcc817 100644
--- a/blink/internal/finder/finder_test.go
+++ b/blink/internal/finder/finder_test.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func TestFindSkipsDependencyDirs(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	found, err := Find([]string{root}, nil)
+	found, discovered, err := Find([]string{root}, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -47,6 +47,35 @@ func TestFindSkipsDependencyDirs(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("missing %s in %v", w, found)
 		}
 	}
+	// dependency dirs and non-.php files are not discovered either
+	if discovered != len(want) {
+		t.Fatalf("discovered = %d, want %d", discovered, len(want))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFindCountsSkippedFiles(t *testing.T) {
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	for _, rel := range []string{"src/a.php", "src/Fixture/b.php", "src/Fixture/c.php"} {
+		full := filepath.Join(root, rel)
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(full), 0o755); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if err := os.WriteFile(full, []byte("<?php"), 0o644); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	found, discovered, err := Find([]string{root}, []string{filepath.FromSlash("*/Fixture/*")})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	// only a.php is processed, but all three .php files count toward the total
+	if len(found) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("found %v, want 1 file", found)
+	}
+	if discovered != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("discovered = %d, want 3 (skipped files still counted)", discovered)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestSkippedSegmentNotSubstring(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/blink/internal/runner/runner.go b/blink/internal/runner/runner.go
index 079483c495..f3d2f14692 100644
--- a/blink/internal/runner/runner.go
+++ b/blink/internal/runner/runner.go
@@ -37,12 +37,13 @@ type Progress interface {
 // early when ctx is cancelled. Every file error is collected (not just the
 // first) and returned joined.
 func Run(ctx context.Context, cfg *config.Config, write bool, prog Progress) ([]FileResult, error) {
-	files, err := finder.Find(cfg.Paths, cfg.Skip)
+	files, discovered, err := finder.Find(cfg.Paths, cfg.Skip)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	if prog != nil {
-		prog.Start(len(files))
+		// discovered includes skip-matched files, mirroring ECS's run summary
+		prog.Start(discovered)
 	}
 
 	jobs := max(cfg.Jobs, 1)