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+Feature: Upload an audio recording, get a private Swedish transcript, discuss it
+  As someone with a recorded meeting on my computer
+  I want to upload it and then ask questions about what was said
+  So that I can find out what was decided, what is open and who owes what
+
+  # ADR-033, tapir#33. The load-bearing constraint: an uploaded transcript is
+  # PRIVATE content, so it lives in its own RLS-scoped store and never in the
+  # shared public-caption `transcripts` table (ADR-021). Rejection is synchronous,
+  # the audio is never retained, and a failed job ends in a terminal state with a
+  # message — never a spinner (ADR-025). Audio only: video is #28.
+
+  Background:
+    Given I am a registered user with audio upload enabled
+
+  Scenario: The upload form states the limits up front
+    When I open the upload page
+    Then I see the size limit and the length limit before I choose a file
+
+  Scenario: An accepted recording is queued and I am taken to its page
+    When I upload an audio file within the limits
+    Then it is recorded as queued for me
+    And I am redirected to its page
+
+  Scenario: A recording with no title is named after its file
+    When I upload an audio file and give no title
+    Then its title is the filename without its extension
+
+  Scenario: A file containing video is rejected, naming issue 28
+    When I upload a file that has a video track
+    Then it is rejected with a message that video is tracked in issue 28
+    And nothing is recorded
+
+  Scenario: A recording over the length limit is rejected with both lengths
+    When I upload a recording longer than the limit
+    Then it is rejected stating the recording's length and the limit
+    And nothing is recorded
+
+  Scenario: A file over the size limit is rejected as too large
+    When I upload a file larger than the size limit
+    Then it is rejected with 413 and a message about the limit
+    And nothing is recorded
+
+  Scenario: An audio-only MP4 is not mistaken for video
+    When I upload an mp4 container that has an audio stream and no video stream
+    Then it is accepted
+    And an mp3 whose only video stream is cover art is accepted too
+
+  Scenario: A file that is not media is rejected as unreadable
+    When I upload a file ffprobe cannot read
+    Then it is rejected as the file's fault
+
+  Scenario: A broken ffprobe is reported as our fault, not as a bad file
+    When the prober itself fails
+    Then the upload is an error rather than a rejection of my file
+
+  Scenario: A recording becomes a transcript and the audio is deleted
+    Given I have uploaded a recording
+    When it has been transcribed
+    Then the transcript is stored privately for me
+    And the audio is deleted
+
+  Scenario: The endpoint that served a transcript is recorded and shown
+    Given a recording was transcribed by the fallback endpoint
+    When I view its page
+    Then it names the fallback endpoint, because that means the audio left the homelab
+
+  Scenario: The local endpoint is tried first and the fallback only on failure
+    When the primary transcription endpoint fails for any reason
+    Then the fallback endpoint transcribes it
+    But when the primary succeeds the fallback is never contacted
+
+  Scenario: A failed transcription ends in a message, never a spinner
+    When every transcription endpoint fails
+    Then the upload is failed with a typed reason
+    And its page shows that reason and stops polling
+
+  Scenario: A restart fails the jobs it interrupted
+    Given the service restarted while a recording was queued or transcribing
+    When it starts again
+    Then those uploads are failed as interrupted
+    And any audio left in the spool is deleted
+
+  Scenario: Only one recording is transcribed at a time
+    When several recordings are queued
+    Then they are transcribed one after another
+
+  Scenario: My uploads are invisible to other users
+    Given another user has uploaded a recording
+    When I ask for it by its id
+    Then I get 404 and no part of its title or text
+    And the chat for it calls no model
+
+  Scenario: I can ask about my recording and get a grounded answer
+    Given my recording has been transcribed
+    When I ask a question about it
+    Then the answer comes from my transcript through the same chat as a video's
+
+  Scenario: A long recording is not cut to its first third
+    Given my recording's transcript is longer than the caption default
+    When I ask a question about it
+    Then the transcript is sent with the upload budget, not the 18,000-character caption default