diff --git a/internal/uploads/worker_queue_test.go b/internal/uploads/worker_queue_test.go
index cb71d3a..0fa613c 100644
--- a/internal/uploads/worker_queue_test.go
+++ b/internal/uploads/worker_queue_test.go
@@ -90,3 +90,19 @@ func TestWorkerHasRoom_SaysWhetherASubmitWouldBeAccepted(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, submit(w, "bob", 1))
 	assert.False(t, w.HasRoom("carol"), "the queue as a whole is at its cap")
 }
+
+func TestWorkerHasRoom_AgreesWithSubmitAtEveryStepAndIsFalseOnceStopped(t *testing.T) {
+	w := queueWorker(t, 2, 1)
+	for i, user := range []string{"a", "a", "b", "c"} {
+		room := w.HasRoom(user)
+		err := submit(w, user, i)
+		assert.Equal(t, room, err == nil, "step %d (%s): HasRoom=%v but Submit returned %v", i, user, room, err)
+	}
+
+	r := newWRig(t, time.Minute)
+	stopped := uploads.NewWorker(r.st, r.conv, r.tr, r.tmp, time.Minute)
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	cancel()
+	stopped.Run(ctx)
+	assert.False(t, stopped.HasRoom("a"), "a worker that has stopped has no room")
+}