diff --git a/src/ui/Logic/Download/Qwen3AsrCppDownloadService.cs b/src/ui/Logic/Download/Qwen3AsrCppDownloadService.cs
index 366f451ced7..e34fabe03d6 100644
--- a/src/ui/Logic/Download/Qwen3AsrCppDownloadService.cs
+++ b/src/ui/Logic/Download/Qwen3AsrCppDownloadService.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Nikse.SubtitleEdit.UiLogic;
 
 namespace Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic.Download;
 
@@ -59,6 +60,43 @@ public static bool IsVulkanBuildAvailable()
     public async Task DownloadEngine(Stream stream, IProgress<float>? progress, CancellationToken cancellationToken, bool useVulkan = false)
     {
         await DownloadHelper.DownloadFileAsync(_httpClient, GetUrl(useVulkan), stream, progress, cancellationToken);
+        await VerifyArchiveAsync(stream, DownloadHashManager.ResolveQwen3AsrCppKey(useVulkan), cancellationToken);
+    }
+
+    internal static async Task VerifyArchiveAsync(Stream stream, string? key, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(key))
+        {
+            throw new InvalidOperationException("No SHA-256 key is registered for this Qwen3 ASR build.");
+        }
+
+        var expected = DownloadHashManager.GetLatestKnownHash(key);
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(expected))
+        {
+            throw new InvalidOperationException($"No SHA-256 is registered for Qwen3 ASR key '{key}'.");
+        }
+
+        if (!stream.CanRead || !stream.CanSeek)
+        {
+            throw new InvalidOperationException("Qwen3 ASR integrity verification requires a readable, seekable stream.");
+        }
+
+        string actual;
+        stream.Position = 0;
+        try
+        {
+            actual = await Sha256Util.ComputeSha256Async(stream, cancellationToken);
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            stream.Position = 0;
+        }
+
+        if (!string.Equals(expected, actual, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+        {
+            throw new IOException(
+                $"Qwen3 ASR download failed integrity check (expected SHA-256 {expected}, got {actual}).");
+        }
     }
 
     private static string GetUrl(bool useVulkan)
diff --git a/tests/UI/Logic/Download/Qwen3AsrCppDownloadServiceTests.cs b/tests/UI/Logic/Download/Qwen3AsrCppDownloadServiceTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a7e44e336cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/UI/Logic/Download/Qwen3AsrCppDownloadServiceTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+using System.Net;
+using System.Text;
+using Nikse.SubtitleEdit.Logic.Download;
+
+namespace UITests.Logic.Download;
+
+public class Qwen3AsrCppDownloadServiceTests
+{
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(DownloadHashManager.Qwen3AsrCpp.Windows, "ad9c196aa52ceb42a3f46946644e4145fc7e297c84fa54e4cdf7fd9c22556300")]
+    [InlineData(DownloadHashManager.Qwen3AsrCpp.WindowsVulkan, "a9971a24ba08765568c8a83a547924e42f15bd576b2cf594f6757fff66baf244")]
+    [InlineData(DownloadHashManager.Qwen3AsrCpp.MacArm64, "a9e9f33ff8ba651591974824e886ecd28a034d00aaf8203365a7198cd5012325")]
+    [InlineData(DownloadHashManager.Qwen3AsrCpp.MacX64, "6dbb978b74829c080177f6c70e89b363a8bc24d543b718ad06ecea7a7c833c53")]
+    [InlineData(DownloadHashManager.Qwen3AsrCpp.Linux, "22b37a1917ca4083df7b57c62497a9f30c237ee13c2eee4b36a46320cf8506ed")]
+    [InlineData(DownloadHashManager.Qwen3AsrCpp.LinuxVulkan, "d881e30dfc6f5311496355a08668d22d7f592ba4f7120a266abf8024d0f59a24")]
+    [InlineData(DownloadHashManager.Qwen3AsrCpp.LinuxArm64, "8d3a1ac745fa60f5576a6db599c7b4b9bc0302ea527cbdab9be3223f80a555e4")]
+    public void CurrentArchiveHash_MatchesV018ReleaseDigest(string key, string expected)
+    {
+        Assert.Equal(expected, DownloadHashManager.GetLatestKnownHash(key));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task VerifyArchiveAsync_UnknownKey_FailsClosed()
+    {
+        await using var stream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("abc"));
+
+        await Assert.ThrowsAsync<InvalidOperationException>(() =>
+            Qwen3AsrCppDownloadService.VerifyArchiveAsync(
+                stream,
+                "Qwen3AsrCpp.Unknown",
+                TestContext.Current.CancellationToken));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task DownloadEngine_TamperedPayload_RejectsDownloadedBytes()
+    {
+        using var httpClient = new HttpClient(new StaticResponseHandler(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("tampered")));
+        var service = new Qwen3AsrCppDownloadService(httpClient);
+        await using var stream = new MemoryStream();
+
+        await Assert.ThrowsAsync<IOException>(() =>
+            service.DownloadEngine(
+                stream,
+                progress: null,
+                TestContext.Current.CancellationToken));
+
+        Assert.Equal(0, stream.Position);
+    }
+
+    private sealed class StaticResponseHandler(byte[] payload) : HttpMessageHandler
+    {
+        protected override Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            if (request.Method == HttpMethod.Head)
+            {
+                return Task.FromResult(new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.OK));
+            }
+
+            return Task.FromResult(new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.OK)
+            {
+                Content = new ByteArrayContent(payload),
+            });
+        }
+    }
+}