diff --git a/internal/uploads/intake.go b/internal/uploads/intake.go
index 56249b7..ebc8b19 100644
--- a/internal/uploads/intake.go
+++ b/internal/uploads/intake.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"time"
 
 	"git.d-ma.be/mathias/tapir/internal/domain"
 )
@@ -33,6 +34,9 @@ type Job struct {
 	UserID   string
 	UploadID string
 	Path     string
+	// Duration is what the file CLAIMED when probed. The worker compares it with what
+	// was really converted; zero means unknown (ADR-035 review).
+	Duration time.Duration
 }
 
 // Submitter hands accepted jobs to the in-process worker (ADR-033).
@@ -103,7 +107,7 @@ func (in *Intake) Accept(ctx context.Context, userID, title string, src io.Reade
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("uploads: create: %w", err)
 	}
-	if err := in.sub.Submit(Job{UserID: userID, UploadID: id, Path: path}); err != nil {
+	if err := in.sub.Submit(Job{UserID: userID, UploadID: id, Path: path, Duration: probe.Duration}); err != nil {
 		// A row that will never run must not sit queued: that is the stuck spinner.
 		if ferr := in.store.FailUpload(ctx, userID, id, domain.UploadErrInterrupted); ferr != nil {
 			return "", fmt.Errorf("uploads: submit: %w (and failing the row: %v)", err, ferr)