diff --git a/internal/web/uploads_progress_handler_test.go b/internal/web/uploads_progress_handler_test.go
index 4a7f6ed..d1bdee0 100644
--- a/internal/web/uploads_progress_handler_test.go
+++ b/internal/web/uploads_progress_handler_test.go
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ func TestUploadProgress_TheFullPageCarriesTheVerySameProgressListAsTheFragment(t
 		"the page a user opens and the fragment HTMX swaps in must show the same list, or the display jumps on the first poll")
 }
 
-func TestUploadProgress_AStepNoteIsShownUnderItsStepAndEscaped(t *testing.T) {
+func TestUploadProgress_AStepNoteIsShownDirectlyUnderItsStepAndEscaped(t *testing.T) {
 	app, _ := newUploadApp(t, audioOK, 200<<20)
 	fixedClock(app)
 	id := seedUpload(t, userID, "m", "transcribing", "")
@@ -262,7 +262,26 @@ func TestUploadProgress_AStepNoteIsShownUnderItsStepAndEscaped(t *testing.T) {
 
 	b := statusBody(t, app, id)
 
-	assert.Contains(t, b, "The audio is 20 min long")
+	audio := strings.Index(b, "Preparing the audio")
+	note := strings.Index(b, "The audio is 20 min long")
+	next := strings.Index(b, "Transcribing with iguana/pianissimo")
+	require.True(t, audio >= 0 && note > audio && next > note, "the note must sit between its own step and the next one:\n%s", b)
 	assert.Contains(t, b, "step-note")
 	assert.NotContains(t, b, "<b>cut off</b>", "a note is words, never markup")
 }
+
+func TestUploadProgress_ADonePageShowsItsRecordOpenWhenAStepHasANote(t *testing.T) {
+	// A truncated recording must not look like a clean one: the note that replaced the
+	// refusal is the only warning, so it cannot sit inside a collapsed list (third review).
+	app, _ := newUploadApp(t, audioOK, 200<<20)
+	fixedClock(app)
+	noted := seedUpload(t, userID, "noted", "done", "Synthetic transcript text.")
+	steps := []domain.ProgressStep{step("audio", "Preparing the audio", domain.StepDone, 20*time.Minute, 40*time.Second, 0, 0)}
+	steps[0].Note = "The audio is 20 min long; the file claimed 1 h 19 min."
+	seedProgress(t, noted, steps, progressNow.Add(-time.Minute), progressNow.Add(-time.Minute))
+	clean := seedUpload(t, userID, "clean", "done", "Synthetic transcript text.")
+	seedProgress(t, clean, []domain.ProgressStep{step("audio", "Preparing the audio", domain.StepDone, 20*time.Minute, 40*time.Second, 0, 0)}, progressNow.Add(-time.Minute), progressNow.Add(-time.Minute))
+
+	assert.Contains(t, statusBody(t, app, noted), `<details class="what-was-done" open>`)
+	assert.NotContains(t, statusBody(t, app, clean), `<details class="what-was-done" open>`, "a clean record stays collapsed")
+}