diff --git a/lib/hosters.js b/lib/hosters.js
index 7442a39..2b8fe7a 100644
--- a/lib/hosters.js
+++ b/lib/hosters.js
@@ -160,7 +160,9 @@ function sleep(ms, signal) {
 // Doodstream: { result: [{ download_url, protected_embed, filecode, protected_dl }] }
 function parseDoodstreamResult(payload) {
   let item = {};
-  const result = payload.result;
+  // Defensive: also handle direct callers that bypass uploadFile's payload
+  // normalisation (e.g. unit tests, future callers).
+  const result = payload && payload.result;
   if (Array.isArray(result) && result.length > 0) {
     item = result[0];
   } else if (result && typeof result === 'object') {
@@ -195,18 +197,20 @@ function parseVoeResult(payload) {
 
 // Byse: { files: [{ filecode, filename, status }] }
 function parseByseResult(payload) {
+  // Defensive: bypass-callers may pass null/non-object directly.
+  if (!payload || typeof payload !== 'object') payload = {};
   let file_code = null;
   let perFileError = null;
 
   // Primary: files array (per official Byse API docs)
   if (Array.isArray(payload.files) && payload.files.length > 0) {
     const f = payload.files[0];
-    file_code = f.filecode || f.file_code || null;
+    file_code = f && (f.filecode || f.file_code) || null;
     // Byse returns HTTP 200 + msg=OK even when a specific file was rejected
     // ("Not video file format", "Duplicate", "File too small", ...). When
     // filecode is empty and status carries a non-OK message, that IS the
     // actual per-file error, not a server problem.
-    if (!file_code && f.status && !/^(ok|success|done)$/i.test(String(f.status))) {
+    if (!file_code && f && f.status && !/^(ok|success|done)$/i.test(String(f.status))) {
       perFileError = String(f.status).trim();
     }
   }
@@ -479,6 +483,16 @@ async function uploadFile(hosterName, filePath, apiKey, onProgress, signal, thro
       `Upload-Antwort von ${hosterName} war kein JSON (HTTP ${statusCode}${snippet ? `): ${snippet}` : ')'}`
     );
   }
+  // Normalize valid-but-not-object JSON (JSON.parse('null') → null;
+  // JSON.parse('"foo"') → string; JSON.parse('[1]') → array). Without this
+  // the downstream `payload.msg` / `payload.status` / parseResult(payload)
+  // calls crash with a confusing TypeError instead of letting the existing
+  // fallback defaults kick in. Arrays from servers that return a top-level
+  // list (rare but seen in the wild) are kept addressable as `payload.X`
+  // → undefined, which the parsers already handle.
+  if (payload === null || typeof payload !== 'object') {
+    payload = {};
+  }
 
   if (statusCode < 200 || statusCode >= 300) {
     throw new Error(
@@ -540,6 +554,8 @@ module.exports = {
   HOSTER_CONFIGS,
   __test: {
     extractUploadServerUrl,
-    parseVoeResult
+    parseVoeResult,
+    parseDoodstreamResult,
+    parseByseResult
   }
 };
diff --git a/tasks/todo.md b/tasks/todo.md
index b02af1a..94ea3ec 100644
--- a/tasks/todo.md
+++ b/tasks/todo.md
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
 - ✅ 3.3.11 — Patch-Bumps `eslint 10.1→10.2`, `undici 7.24→7.25`, `ws 8.19→8.20` (semver-compatible)
 - ✅ 3.3.12 — Race condition fix: `uploadManager = null` in batch-done clobberte einen frisch gespawnten Manager wenn user mid-await neuen batch startete (deep-audit finding HIGH-1)
 - ✅ 3.3.13 — `save-global-settings-sync` reportet jetzt `returnValue=false` bei Fehlern + debugLog statt silent swallow; TOCTOU bei .bak-Refresh in beiden Pfaden (main.js + lib/config-store.js _atomicWrite) entkoppelt: bak-Read-Failure failt nicht mehr den ganzen Save (deep-audit findings HIGH-2 + MED-4)
+- ✅ 3.3.14 — Parser-null-payload guard: `uploadFile` normalisiert payload zu `{}` falls `JSON.parse('null')` o.ä.; `parseDoodstreamResult` + `parseByseResult` haben defensive guards für direct callers + 7 neue Unit-Tests (null/non-object, malformed entries, fileRejected/accountError flips, valid filecode happy path)
 
 ## Open items (priorisiert)
 
 ### Stabilität (neu aus deep-audit)
-- [ ] `parseByseResult` / `parseDoodstreamResult` crash on null payload (lib/hosters.js:202, 214, 163, 491) — `JSON.parse('null')` returns null, then `payload.files` throws TypeError. Guard `if (!payload || typeof payload !== 'object') throw...` after JSON.parse.
 - [ ] Cancellation latency in retry-loop's account-rotation block (lib/upload-manager.js:680-792) — re-check signal.aborted after each await.
 
 ### Code-Qualität (deferred)
diff --git a/tests/hosters.test.js b/tests/hosters.test.js
index 9a54b2f..9f41eef 100644
--- a/tests/hosters.test.js
+++ b/tests/hosters.test.js
@@ -31,4 +31,65 @@ describe('hosters helpers', () => {
 
     assert.equal(url, 'https://delivery-hydra.voe-network.net/upload/01');
   });
+
+  it('parseDoodstreamResult tolerates null/non-object payload without throwing', () => {
+    // Direct callers may bypass uploadFile's normalisation. The parser must
+    // never throw on bad input — empty fields are the contract.
+    for (const bad of [null, undefined, 'string', 42, true]) {
+      const r = __test.parseDoodstreamResult(bad);
+      assert.equal(r.file_code, null);
+      assert.equal(r.download_url, null);
+      assert.equal(r.embed_url, null);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('parseDoodstreamResult handles result-as-array and result-as-object', () => {
+    const arr = __test.parseDoodstreamResult({ result: [{ filecode: 'AB1', protected_dl: 'https://x/1', protected_embed: 'https://x/e/1' }] });
+    assert.equal(arr.file_code, 'AB1');
+    assert.equal(arr.download_url, 'https://x/1');
+    assert.equal(arr.embed_url, 'https://x/e/1');
+
+    const obj = __test.parseDoodstreamResult({ result: { filecode: 'OBJ1', download_url: 'https://x/2' } });
+    assert.equal(obj.file_code, 'OBJ1');
+    assert.equal(obj.download_url, 'https://x/2');
+  });
+
+  it('parseByseResult tolerates null/non-object payload without throwing', () => {
+    for (const bad of [null, undefined, 'string', 42, []]) {
+      const r = __test.parseByseResult(bad);
+      assert.equal(r.file_code, null);
+      assert.equal(r.download_url, null);
+      assert.equal(r.embed_url, null);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('parseByseResult handles malformed files entries (null, missing fields)', () => {
+    // Files array with a null first element (server returned [null])
+    const a = __test.parseByseResult({ files: [null] });
+    assert.equal(a.file_code, null);
+    // Files array with object missing both filecode and status
+    const b = __test.parseByseResult({ files: [{}] });
+    assert.equal(b.file_code, null);
+  });
+
+  it('parseByseResult throws fileRejected for non-OK status with empty filecode', () => {
+    assert.throws(
+      () => __test.parseByseResult({ files: [{ status: 'Not video file format' }] }),
+      (err) => err.fileRejected === true && /Not video file format/i.test(err.message)
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('parseByseResult flips to accountError for storage-exhausted phrasing', () => {
+    assert.throws(
+      () => __test.parseByseResult({ files: [{ status: 'not enough disk space on your account' }] }),
+      (err) => err.accountError === true
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('parseByseResult succeeds with valid filecode in files[0]', () => {
+    const r = __test.parseByseResult({ files: [{ filecode: 'GOOD123', status: 'OK' }] });
+    assert.equal(r.file_code, 'GOOD123');
+    assert.equal(r.download_url, 'https://byse.sx/d/GOOD123');
+    assert.equal(r.embed_url, 'https://byse.sx/e/GOOD123');
+  });
 });