diff --git a/src/components/damImage/uploadQueue/components/UploadQueueDialogSingle.vue b/src/components/damImage/uploadQueue/components/UploadQueueDialogSingle.vue
index 27712172..b3c8e742 100644
--- a/src/components/damImage/uploadQueue/components/UploadQueueDialogSingle.vue
+++ b/src/components/damImage/uploadQueue/components/UploadQueueDialogSingle.vue
@@ -323,7 +323,18 @@ onMounted(() => {
           class="system-border-b pr-1"
         >
           <div class="text-subtitle-2 d-flex px-2">
-            <div>DAM upload</div>
+            <div
+              v-if="isUploading"
+              class="text-subtitle-2"
+            >
+              {{ t('common.damImage.upload.title') }}
+            </div>
+            <div
+              v-else
+              class="text-subtitle-2 text-green-darken-3 font-weight-bold"
+            >
+              {{ t('common.damImage.upload.titleDone') }}
+            </div>
           </div>
           <VSpacer />
           <div>
diff --git a/src/components/damImage/uploadQueue/components/UploadQueueDialogSingleSidebarMetadata.vue b/src/components/damImage/uploadQueue/components/UploadQueueDialogSingleSidebarMetadata.vue
index a7c691df..89aa5d0f 100644
--- a/src/components/damImage/uploadQueue/components/UploadQueueDialogSingleSidebarMetadata.vue
+++ b/src/components/damImage/uploadQueue/components/UploadQueueDialogSingleSidebarMetadata.vue
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import type { DocId } from '@/types/common'
 import type { DamAssetType } from '@/types/coreDam/Asset'
 import UploadQueueDialogSingleSidebarMetadataContent from '@/components/damImage/uploadQueue/components/UploadQueueDialogSingleSidebarMetadataContent.vue'
 import { ADamAssetMetadataValidationScopeSymbol } from '@/components/damImage/uploadQueue/composables/uploadValidations'
+import { useAlerts } from '@/composables/system/alerts'
 
 withDefaults(
   defineProps<{
@@ -27,11 +28,23 @@ const { t } = useI18n()
 
 const v$ = useVuelidate({}, {}, { $scope: ADamAssetMetadataValidationScopeSymbol })
 
+const { showValidationError } = useAlerts()
+
 const onSave = async () => {
+  v$.value.$touch()
+  if (v$.value.$invalid) {
+    showValidationError()
+    return
+  }
   emit('onSave')
 }
 
 const onSaveAndApply = async () => {
+  v$.value.$touch()
+  if (v$.value.$invalid) {
+    showValidationError()
+    return
+  }
   emit('onSaveAndApply')
 }
 </script>
@@ -48,11 +61,11 @@ const onSaveAndApply = async () => {
     </ABtnSecondary>
     <ABtnPrimary
       type="submit"
-      class="ml-2"
+      class="mx-2"
       data-cy="button-save-and-apply"
       @click.stop="onSaveAndApply"
     >
-      Save and apply
+      {{ t('common.damImage.upload.saveAndApply') }}
     </ABtnPrimary>
   </AssetDetailSidebarActionsWrapper>
   <UploadQueueDialogSingleSidebarMetadataContent :queue-key="queueKey" />
diff --git a/src/components/damImage/uploadQueue/components/UploadQueueItemEditable.vue b/src/components/damImage/uploadQueue/components/UploadQueueItemEditable.vue
index 2853b788..64a56002 100644
--- a/src/components/damImage/uploadQueue/components/UploadQueueItemEditable.vue
+++ b/src/components/damImage/uploadQueue/components/UploadQueueItemEditable.vue
@@ -13,13 +13,10 @@ import ASystemEntityScope from '@/components/form/ASystemEntityScope.vue'
 import { useDamConfigState } from '@/components/damImage/uploadQueue/composables/damConfigState'
 import AssetCustomMetadataForm from '@/components/damImage/uploadQueue/components/AssetCustomMetadataForm.vue'
 import AssetImage from '@/components/damImage/uploadQueue/components/AssetImage.vue'
-import AssetLinkExternal from '@/components/damImage/uploadQueue/components/AssetLinkExternal.vue'
 import AssetFileFailReasonChip from '@/components/damImage/uploadQueue/components/AssetFileFailReasonChip.vue'
-import AuthorRemoteAutocompleteWithCached
-  from '@/components/damImage/uploadQueue/author/AuthorRemoteAutocompleteWithCached.vue'
+import AuthorRemoteAutocompleteWithCached from '@/components/damImage/uploadQueue/author/AuthorRemoteAutocompleteWithCached.vue'
 import { ADamAssetMetadataValidationScopeSymbol } from '@/components/damImage/uploadQueue/composables/uploadValidations'
-import KeywordRemoteAutocompleteWithCached
-  from '@/components/damImage/uploadQueue/keyword/KeywordRemoteAutocompleteWithCached.vue'
+import KeywordRemoteAutocompleteWithCached from '@/components/damImage/uploadQueue/keyword/KeywordRemoteAutocompleteWithCached.vue'
 
 const props = withDefaults(
   defineProps<{
@@ -246,6 +243,14 @@ const showCancel = computed(() => {
             <span v-if="item.file?.size">&nbsp;({{ prettyBytes(item.file.size) }})</span>
           </VCol>
         </VRow>
+        <VRow
+          v-if="item.isDuplicate"
+          class="text-caption text-warning"
+        >
+          <VCol class="pt-0">
+            {{ t('common.damImage.asset.detail.info.status.duplicate') }}
+          </VCol>
+        </VRow>
         <VForm :disabled="!item.canEditMetadata">
           <AssetCustomMetadataForm
             v-if="item"
diff --git a/src/components/damImage/uploadQueue/composables/damConfigState.ts b/src/components/damImage/uploadQueue/composables/damConfigState.ts
index 30d76b10..f4569c1a 100644
--- a/src/components/damImage/uploadQueue/composables/damConfigState.ts
+++ b/src/components/damImage/uploadQueue/composables/damConfigState.ts
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ export function useDamConfigState(client: undefined | (() => AxiosInstance) = un
             throw new Error('Unable to load dam ext system config. Incorrect response body.')
           }
           setDamConfigExtSystem(config, extSystemId)
+          damConfigExtSystem.value.image.authors.required = true
+          console.log(damConfigExtSystem.value)
           resolve(true)
         })
         .catch((err) => {