diff --git a/internal/adapters/store/uploaded_transcripts_test.go b/internal/adapters/store/uploaded_transcripts_test.go
index a313468..8ac9143 100644
--- a/internal/adapters/store/uploaded_transcripts_test.go
+++ b/internal/adapters/store/uploaded_transcripts_test.go
@@ -230,3 +230,57 @@ func TestUploadHadVideo_SurvivesCompletionAndFailure(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.True(t, got.HadVideo, "completing or failing must not clear it: the notice outlives the job")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestUploadLifecycle_ReconciliationRoundTripsWithItsContestedSpots(t *testing.T) {
+	s := newStore(t)
+	seedUsers(t, userA)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	id, err := s.CreateUpload(ctx, userA, "m", false)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, s.StartTranscribing(ctx, userA, id))
+	want := &domain.Reconciliation{
+		Status: domain.ReconcileDone, Base: "iguana/pianissimo", Alt: "iguana/kb-whisper", Reconciler: "iguana/gemma4-26b",
+		Disputes: 380, AutoResolved: 90, Adjudicated: 285, Changed: 120, Unsure: 5, Errors: 0,
+		Contested: []domain.ContestedSpot{
+			{Seconds: 2210.5, Base: "SEB", Alt: "SCB", Used: "alt"},
+			{Seconds: 3400, Base: "T+1", Alt: "en T", Used: "base", Unsure: true},
+		},
+	}
+
+	require.NoError(t, s.CompleteUpload(ctx, userA, id, domain.Transcription{Text: "x", Endpoint: "e", Reconciliation: want}))
+
+	got, err := s.GetUpload(ctx, userA, id)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, want, got.Reconciliation)
+}
+
+func TestUploadLifecycle_ASingleEngineTranscriptHasNoReconciliation(t *testing.T) {
+	s := newStore(t)
+	seedUsers(t, userA)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	id, err := s.CreateUpload(ctx, userA, "m", false)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, s.StartTranscribing(ctx, userA, id))
+	require.NoError(t, s.CompleteUpload(ctx, userA, id, domain.Transcription{Text: "x", Endpoint: "e"}))
+
+	got, err := s.GetUpload(ctx, userA, id)
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Nil(t, got.Reconciliation, "no reconciliation is not an empty one: the page must not claim a second opinion")
+}
+
+func TestUploadLifecycle_ASkippedReconciliationKeepsItsReason(t *testing.T) {
+	s := newStore(t)
+	seedUsers(t, userA)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	id, err := s.CreateUpload(ctx, userA, "m", false)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NoError(t, s.StartTranscribing(ctx, userA, id))
+	rec := &domain.Reconciliation{Status: domain.ReconcileSkipped, Reason: "the model failed 3 times in a row: gateway down", Errors: 3}
+
+	require.NoError(t, s.CompleteUpload(ctx, userA, id, domain.Transcription{Text: "x", Endpoint: "e", Reconciliation: rec}))
+
+	got, err := s.GetUpload(ctx, userA, id)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, rec, got.Reconciliation)
+}