diff --git a/internal/config/uploads_test.go b/internal/config/uploads_test.go
index 3d120bf..858cdf1 100644
--- a/internal/config/uploads_test.go
+++ b/internal/config/uploads_test.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ func clearUploadEnv(t *testing.T) {
 		"TAPIR_TRANSCRIBE_MODEL", "TAPIR_TRANSCRIBE_FALLBACK_MODEL", "TAPIR_TRANSCRIBE_TIMEOUT",
 		"TAPIR_UPLOAD_TMP_DIR", "TAPIR_FFMPEG_BIN", "TAPIR_FFPROBE_BIN",
 		"TAPIR_MAX_UPLOADED_TRANSCRIPT_CHARS", "TAPIR_UPLOAD_CHAT_MODEL",
+		"TAPIR_RECONCILE_BASE_MODEL", "TAPIR_RECONCILE_MODEL", "TAPIR_RECONCILE_CHECK_ORDER",
 	} {
 		unset(t, k)
 	}
@@ -43,8 +44,11 @@ func TestLoad_UploadDefaults(t *testing.T) {
 	if c.TranscribeFallbackModel != "berget/kb-whisper" {
 		t.Errorf("TranscribeFallbackModel = %q", c.TranscribeFallbackModel)
 	}
-	if c.TranscribeTimeout != 30*time.Minute {
-		t.Errorf("TranscribeTimeout = %v, want 30m (a 90 min recording took ~7.5 min)", c.TranscribeTimeout)
+	if c.TranscribeTimeout != 60*time.Minute {
+		t.Errorf("TranscribeTimeout = %v, want 60m (ADR-034: two engines plus ~300 adjudications)", c.TranscribeTimeout)
+	}
+	if c.ReconcileBaseModel != "" || c.ReconcileModel != "" || c.ReconcileCheckOrder {
+		t.Errorf("reconciliation must be OFF by default: %q %q %v", c.ReconcileBaseModel, c.ReconcileModel, c.ReconcileCheckOrder)
 	}
 	if c.UploadTmpDir != os.TempDir() {
 		t.Errorf("UploadTmpDir = %q, want os.TempDir()", c.UploadTmpDir)
@@ -139,3 +143,72 @@ func TestLoad_UploadRejectsInvalidValues(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestLoad_ReconcileSettingsAreParsed(t *testing.T) {
+	clearUploadEnv(t)
+	setEnv(t, map[string]string{
+		"TAPIR_RECONCILE_BASE_MODEL":  "iguana/pianissimo",
+		"TAPIR_RECONCILE_MODEL":       "iguana/gemma4-31b",
+		"TAPIR_RECONCILE_CHECK_ORDER": "true",
+	})
+
+	c, err := Load()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Load: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if c.ReconcileBaseModel != "iguana/pianissimo" || c.ReconcileModel != "iguana/gemma4-31b" || !c.ReconcileCheckOrder {
+		t.Errorf("not applied: %+v", c.UploadConfig)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLoad_ReconcileRefusesAnUnsafeOrIncompleteSetup(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		env  map[string]string
+	}{
+		{"a base engine with no adjudicator", map[string]string{"TAPIR_RECONCILE_BASE_MODEL": "iguana/pianissimo"}},
+		{"a cloud adjudicator: private meeting content must not reach it", map[string]string{
+			"TAPIR_RECONCILE_BASE_MODEL": "iguana/pianissimo", "TAPIR_RECONCILE_MODEL": "berget/mistral-small",
+		}},
+		{"a cloud adjudicator from another provider", map[string]string{
+			"TAPIR_RECONCILE_BASE_MODEL": "iguana/pianissimo", "TAPIR_RECONCILE_MODEL": "gemini/gemini-2.5-pro",
+		}},
+		{"an adjudicator alias with no host prefix", map[string]string{
+			"TAPIR_RECONCILE_BASE_MODEL": "iguana/pianissimo", "TAPIR_RECONCILE_MODEL": "gemma4-26b",
+		}},
+		{"a cloud base engine", map[string]string{
+			"TAPIR_RECONCILE_BASE_MODEL": "berget/kb-whisper", "TAPIR_RECONCILE_MODEL": "iguana/gemma4-26b",
+		}},
+		{"the same engine twice", map[string]string{
+			"TAPIR_RECONCILE_BASE_MODEL": "iguana/kb-whisper", "TAPIR_RECONCILE_MODEL": "iguana/gemma4-26b",
+		}},
+		{"a bad order-check flag", map[string]string{
+			"TAPIR_RECONCILE_BASE_MODEL": "iguana/pianissimo", "TAPIR_RECONCILE_MODEL": "iguana/gemma4-26b", "TAPIR_RECONCILE_CHECK_ORDER": "perhaps",
+		}},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			clearUploadEnv(t)
+			setEnv(t, tt.env)
+
+			if _, err := Load(); err == nil {
+				t.Errorf("Load accepted %v", tt.env)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLoad_AnAdjudicatorWithoutABaseEngineIsIgnoredNotAnError(t *testing.T) {
+	clearUploadEnv(t)
+	t.Setenv("TAPIR_RECONCILE_MODEL", "iguana/gemma4-26b")
+
+	c, err := Load()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Load: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if c.ReconcileBaseModel != "" {
+		t.Errorf("reconciliation must stay off without a base engine")
+	}
+}