diff --git a/internal/uploads/worker_progress_test.go b/internal/uploads/worker_progress_test.go
index 48c75c8..58faf8c 100644
--- a/internal/uploads/worker_progress_test.go
+++ b/internal/uploads/worker_progress_test.go
@@ -197,3 +197,19 @@ func TestWorkerProgress_AFailureLogsAKindNeverTheErrorTextOrThePath(t *testing.T
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestWorkerProgress_AStoreFailureLogsItsSQLStateNeverTheValueItQuotes(t *testing.T) {
+	// A Postgres error can quote the offending value; for a transcript row that is the
+	// transcript (fourth adversarial review). The log gets the SQLSTATE.
+	r := newWRig(t, time.Minute)
+	r.st.completeErr = dbErr{}
+	buf := &syncLog{}
+	w := newProgressWorker(t, r, r.tr, uploads.WithLogger(slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(buf, nil))))
+
+	w.Process(context.Background(), r.spool(t, "a"))
+
+	out := buf.String()
+	assert.NotContains(t, out, "zebrakaka")
+	assert.Contains(t, out, "upload: store transcript")
+	assert.Contains(t, out, "kind=sql_22P02")
+}