diff --git a/roll/pipeline/base_worker.py b/roll/pipeline/base_worker.py
index 6f1ce7b17..ff321ed86 100644
--- a/roll/pipeline/base_worker.py
+++ b/roll/pipeline/base_worker.py
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ def train_step(self, data: DataProto):
             for batch_idx, data in tqdm(
                 enumerate(dataloader),
                 desc=f"{self.worker_name} train global step {global_step}",
-                total=data.batch.batch_size[0] * self.pipeline_config.ppo_epochs // backward_batch_size,
+                total=data.batch.batch_size[0] // backward_batch_size,
             ):
                 vf_metrics = self.strategy.train_step(batch=data, loss_func=self.loss_func)
                 append_to_dict(metrics, vf_metrics)
diff --git a/tests/pipeline/test_critic_tqdm_total.py b/tests/pipeline/test_critic_tqdm_total.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6bc80be6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pipeline/test_critic_tqdm_total.py
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+"""Test that CriticWorker tqdm total matches actual dataloader iteration count.
+
+Regression test for a bug where the CriticWorker's tqdm progress bar used
+``ppo_epochs`` in its total calculation, but the dataloader was created with
+``epochs=1``. This caused the progress bar to never reach 100% when
+``ppo_epochs > 1``.
+"""
+
+import torch
+import pytest
+from tensordict import TensorDict
+
+from roll.distributed.scheduler.protocol import DataProto
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("batch_size,mini_batch_size,ppo_epochs", [
+    (128, 32, 1),
+    (128, 32, 2),
+    (128, 32, 4),
+    (64, 16, 3),
+    (256, 64, 2),
+])
+def test_critic_tqdm_total_matches_iteration_count(batch_size, mini_batch_size, ppo_epochs):
+    """Verify that the tqdm total for CriticWorker equals the actual number of iterations.
+
+    CriticWorker uses ``epochs=1`` in ``make_iterator``, so the tqdm total
+    should be ``batch_size // mini_batch_size`` (without multiplying by
+    ``ppo_epochs``).
+    """
+    data = DataProto.from_dict(
+        tensors={"values": torch.randn(batch_size, 1)},
+    )
+
+    # CriticWorker creates the dataloader with epochs=1
+    dataloader = data.make_iterator(
+        mini_batch_size=mini_batch_size,
+        epochs=1,
+        seed=42,
+        dataloader_kwargs={"shuffle": True},
+    )
+
+    actual_iterations = sum(1 for _ in dataloader)
+
+    # The correct tqdm total for critic (epochs=1)
+    correct_total = batch_size // mini_batch_size
+
+    # The old buggy total that used ppo_epochs
+    buggy_total = batch_size * ppo_epochs // mini_batch_size
+
+    assert actual_iterations == correct_total, (
+        f"Actual iterations ({actual_iterations}) != correct total ({correct_total})"
+    )
+
+    # When ppo_epochs > 1, the buggy total would be wrong
+    if ppo_epochs > 1:
+        assert buggy_total != actual_iterations, (
+            f"Buggy total ({buggy_total}) should differ from actual iterations "
+            f"when ppo_epochs={ppo_epochs} > 1"
+        )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("batch_size,mini_batch_size,ppo_epochs", [
+    (128, 32, 1),
+    (128, 32, 2),
+    (128, 32, 4),
+])
+def test_actor_tqdm_total_matches_iteration_count(batch_size, mini_batch_size, ppo_epochs):
+    """Verify that ActorWorker tqdm total is correct (uses ppo_epochs in both places).
+
+    ActorWorker uses ``epochs=ppo_epochs`` in ``make_iterator``, so the tqdm
+    total ``batch_size * ppo_epochs // mini_batch_size`` is correct.
+    """
+    data = DataProto.from_dict(
+        tensors={"values": torch.randn(batch_size, 1)},
+    )
+
+    # ActorWorker creates the dataloader with epochs=ppo_epochs
+    dataloader = data.make_iterator(
+        mini_batch_size=mini_batch_size,
+        epochs=ppo_epochs,
+        seed=42,
+        dataloader_kwargs={"shuffle": True},
+    )
+
+    actual_iterations = sum(1 for _ in dataloader)
+    expected_total = batch_size * ppo_epochs // mini_batch_size
+
+    assert actual_iterations == expected_total, (
+        f"Actual iterations ({actual_iterations}) != expected total ({expected_total})"
+    )