diff --git a/internal/uploads/worker_progress_test.go b/internal/uploads/worker_progress_test.go
index b6e1cf1..b3d8e68 100644
--- a/internal/uploads/worker_progress_test.go
+++ b/internal/uploads/worker_progress_test.go
@@ -163,3 +163,34 @@ func TestWorkerProgress_TheLogNamesEveryPhaseInOrderAndNeverTheTranscriptOrThePa
 	assert.NotContains(t, out, "zebrakaka", "no transcript text in the log")
 	assert.NotContains(t, out, r.tmp, "no spool path, which carries the upload's identity, in the log")
 }
+
+func TestWorkerProgress_AFailureLogsAKindNeverTheErrorTextOrThePath(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name  string
+		setup func(*wrig)
+		kind  string
+	}{
+		{"conversion fails and names the spool file", func(r *wrig) {
+			r.conv.err = errors.New("Error opening input file " + r.tmp + "/upload-a: Invalid data zebrakaka")
+		}, "kind=error"},
+		{"every engine fails and the gateway echoed a word", func(r *wrig) {
+			r.tr.err = errors.New("gateway echoed: zebrakaka secret words")
+		}, "kind=error"},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			r := newWRig(t, time.Minute)
+			tt.setup(r)
+			buf := &syncLog{}
+			w := newProgressWorker(t, r, r.tr, uploads.WithLogger(slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(buf, nil))))
+
+			w.Process(context.Background(), r.spool(t, "a"))
+
+			out := buf.String()
+			assert.NotContains(t, out, "zebrakaka", "provider text or file contents in the log")
+			assert.NotContains(t, out, r.tmp, "the spool path in the log")
+			assert.Contains(t, out, tt.kind)
+			assert.Contains(t, out, "upload=a")
+		})
+	}
+}