diff --git a/src/spotforecast2/model_selection/spotoptim_search.py b/src/spotforecast2/model_selection/spotoptim_search.py
index fdf34c5..8ed62b9 100644
--- a/src/spotforecast2/model_selection/spotoptim_search.py
+++ b/src/spotforecast2/model_selection/spotoptim_search.py
@@ -611,7 +611,12 @@ def spotoptim_search(
     config_counter = None
     config_counter_lock = None
     counter_manager = None
-    if show_progress and parallel_eval:
+    # NOT gated on ``show_progress``: the per-config fold bars are always on
+    # (``_objective_wrapper`` passes ``show_progress=True`` to the objective
+    # below), so the label needs the shared counter in every parallel run —
+    # the MultiTask pipeline reaches this with ``show_progress=False`` and
+    # would otherwise show frozen "config 1/N" labels again.
+    if parallel_eval:
         counter_manager = multiprocessing.Manager()
         config_counter = counter_manager.Value("i", 0)
         config_counter_lock = counter_manager.Lock()
diff --git a/tests/test_spotoptim_search.py b/tests/test_spotoptim_search.py
index f12feec..e95604b 100644
--- a/tests/test_spotoptim_search.py
+++ b/tests/test_spotoptim_search.py
@@ -476,6 +476,35 @@ class FakeCounter:
         assert descs == ["config 6/10", "config 7/10"]
         assert counter.value == 7
 
+    def test_parallel_labels_increment_with_show_progress_false(
+        self, y_series, forecaster, cv, capfd
+    ):
+        """Labels must increment even when the OUTER show_progress is False.
+
+        The MultiTask pipeline calls spotoptim_search with
+        show_progress=False, yet the per-config fold bars are always shown
+        (the objective wrapper hardcodes show_progress=True). Gating the
+        shared counter on the outer flag therefore reintroduced frozen
+        'config 1/N' labels in every real pipeline run — this is the exact
+        scenario from the 2026-06-07 team4_submit report.
+        """
+        spotoptim_search(
+            forecaster=forecaster,
+            y=y_series,
+            cv=cv,
+            search_space={"alpha": (0.01, 10.0)},
+            metric="mean_absolute_error",
+            n_trials=4,
+            n_initial=2,
+            return_best=False,
+            verbose=False,
+            show_progress=False,
+            kwargs_spotoptim={"n_jobs": 2},
+        )
+        err = capfd.readouterr().err
+        for k in range(1, 5):
+            assert f"config {k}/4" in err, f"missing 'config {k}/4' in:\n{err}"
+
     def test_parallel_search_labels_increment(self, y_series, forecaster, cv, capfd):
         """End to end: SpotOptim n_jobs=2 must not repeat 'config 1/N'.
 
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 7dd6068..1fde484 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -3604,7 +3604,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "spotforecast2"
-version = "5.0.0"
+version = "5.1.0"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "astral" },