diff --git a/internal/uploads/worker_test.go b/internal/uploads/worker_test.go
index 253501c..04b9abe 100644
--- a/internal/uploads/worker_test.go
+++ b/internal/uploads/worker_test.go
@@ -324,3 +324,11 @@ func TestWorkerRun_StoppingDeletesQueuedAudioAndRefusesNewJobs(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Empty(t, r.leftovers(t), "audio of queued jobs is deleted on stop: the rows are swept to interrupted at next start")
 	assert.ErrorIs(t, r.w.Submit(r.spool(t, "c")), uploads.ErrStopped)
 }
+
+// dbErr is an error shaped like pgx's: a message that quotes a value, and an SQLSTATE.
+type dbErr struct{}
+
+func (dbErr) Error() string {
+	return `ERROR: invalid input syntax for type json: "zebrakaka secret words"`
+}
+func (dbErr) SQLState() string { return "22P02" }