diff --git a/internal/uploads/intake_test.go b/internal/uploads/intake_test.go
index fb2e39c..4fc8dbd 100644
--- a/internal/uploads/intake_test.go
+++ b/internal/uploads/intake_test.go
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ func TestAccept_ValidAudioIsStoredProbedQueuedAndSubmitted(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, audio, r.pr.seen, "the prober must see the complete uploaded bytes, on disk")
 	require.Len(t, r.sub.jobs, 1)
 	job := r.sub.jobs[0]
-	assert.Equal(t, uploads.Job{UserID: "user-1", UploadID: "up-1", Path: job.Path}, job)
+	assert.Equal(t, uploads.Job{UserID: "user-1", UploadID: "up-1", Path: job.Path, Duration: 10 * time.Minute}, job,
+		"the job carries what the file CLAIMED, so the worker can compare it with what was converted")
 	assert.Equal(t, filepath.Dir(job.Path), r.tmp, "the temp file lives in the configured directory")
 	got, err := os.ReadFile(job.Path)
 	require.NoError(t, err)