diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bce9e16e4..8e1dd505f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Release History
 
+# Unreleased
+- Fix: a CloudFetch download that finished faster than the clock resolution (common on Windows) no longer fails the fetch with `ZeroDivisionError` while logging its download speed. Download time is now measured with `time.perf_counter()`.
+
 # 4.6.0 (2026-09-24)
 - Upgrade Databricks SQL Kernel to 1.1.0; the kernel dependency is now stable and no longer experimental.
 - Transparently auto-recover Thrift connections to Reyden / Real-Time warehouses: when a warehouse rejects the default Thrift protocol (SQLSTATE `KP001`), the session is re-opened on the kernel backend and the warehouse is remembered so later connections skip Thrift. Applies only when no backend was chosen explicitly.
diff --git a/src/databricks/sql/cloudfetch/downloader.py b/src/databricks/sql/cloudfetch/downloader.py
index 295f147cd..a9db6e754 100644
--- a/src/databricks/sql/cloudfetch/downloader.py
+++ b/src/databricks/sql/cloudfetch/downloader.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def run(self) -> DownloadedFile:
             self.link, self.settings.link_expiry_buffer_secs
         )
 
-        start_time = time.time()
+        start_time = time.perf_counter()
 
         with self._http_client.request_context(
             method=HttpMethod.GET,
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def run(self) -> DownloadedFile:
             compressed_data = response.data
 
         # Log download metrics
-        download_duration = time.time() - start_time
+        download_duration = time.perf_counter() - start_time
         self._log_download_metrics(
             self.link.fileLink, len(compressed_data), download_duration
         )
@@ -148,8 +148,13 @@ def _log_download_metrics(
         self, url: str, bytes_downloaded: int, duration_seconds: float
     ):
         """Log download speed metrics at INFO/WARN levels."""
-        # Calculate speed in MB/s (ensure float division for precision)
-        speed_mbps = (float(bytes_downloaded) / (1024 * 1024)) / duration_seconds
+        # Calculate speed in MB/s (ensure float division for precision). A download
+        # that finishes within the clock resolution has no measurable duration.
+        speed_mbps = (
+            (float(bytes_downloaded) / (1024 * 1024)) / duration_seconds
+            if duration_seconds > 0
+            else float("inf")
+        )
 
         urlEndpoint = url.split("?")[0]
         # INFO level logging
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_downloader.py b/tests/unit/test_downloader.py
index 00b1b849a..60bb36fdd 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_downloader.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_downloader.py
@@ -179,6 +179,39 @@ def test_run_compressed_successful(self, mock_time):
             self.assertEqual(file.start_row_offset, result_link.startRowOffset)
             self.assertEqual(file.row_count, result_link.rowCount)
 
+    @patch("time.perf_counter", return_value=50.0)
+    @patch("time.time", return_value=1000)
+    def test_run_successful_when_clock_does_not_advance(
+        self, mock_time, mock_perf_counter
+    ):
+        # A download that finishes within one clock tick has a measured duration of 0
+        mock_http_client = MagicMock()
+        file_bytes = b"1234567890" * 10
+        settings = Mock(link_expiry_buffer_secs=0, download_timeout=0, use_proxy=False)
+        settings.is_lz4_compressed = False
+        settings.min_cloudfetch_download_speed = 0.1
+        result_link = Mock(expiryTime=1001, bytesNum=len(file_bytes))
+        result_link.fileLink = "https://s3.amazonaws.com/bucket/file.arrow?token=xyz789"
+        self._setup_mock_http_response(mock_http_client, status=200, data=file_bytes)
+
+        d = downloader.ResultSetDownloadHandler(
+            settings,
+            result_link,
+            ssl_options=SSLOptions(),
+            chunk_id=0,
+            session_id_hex=Mock(),
+            statement_id=Mock(),
+            http_client=mock_http_client,
+        )
+        with self.assertLogs(downloader.logger, level="INFO") as logs:
+            file = d.run()
+
+        self.assertEqual(file.file_bytes, file_bytes)
+        self.assertEqual(file.start_row_offset, result_link.startRowOffset)
+        self.assertEqual(file.row_count, result_link.rowCount)
+        self.assertEqual([r.levelname for r in logs.records], ["INFO"])
+        self.assertIn("CloudFetch download completed", logs.records[0].getMessage())
+
     @patch("time.time", return_value=1000)
     def test_download_connection_error(self, mock_time):
         mock_http_client = MagicMock()