diff --git a/lib/upload-manager.js b/lib/upload-manager.js
index ff85688..4963340 100644
--- a/lib/upload-manager.js
+++ b/lib/upload-manager.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class UploadManager extends EventEmitter {
     this.globalThrottle = null;
     this._failedAccounts = new Map(); // hoster -> Set of failed accountIds
     this._accountOverrides = new Map(); // hoster -> fallback account object
-    this._suspectSizeMemo = new Map(); // 'hoster:accountId' -> smallest fileSize that got a suspect rejection
+    this._suspectSizeMemo = new Map(); // 'hoster:accountId' -> { size: smallest suspect-rejected fileSize, count: confirmed rejections }; blocks only after 2nd rejection
     this._suspectGoodAccounts = new Map(); // hoster -> accountId that accepted a suspect-class file
     this._doodApiKeyCache = new Map(); // accountId/username -> derived doodstream API key ('' = tried, none)
     this._baselineCache = new Map(); // hoster:apiKey -> Promise<Set<file_code>> (one fetch shared across all jobs in batch)
@@ -111,12 +111,13 @@ class UploadManager extends EventEmitter {
     if (!accountId || !Number.isFinite(fileSize) || fileSize <= 0) return;
     const key = hoster + ':' + accountId;
     const prev = this._suspectSizeMemo.get(key);
-    if (prev === undefined || fileSize < prev) this._suspectSizeMemo.set(key, fileSize);
+    if (prev === undefined) this._suspectSizeMemo.set(key, { size: fileSize, count: 1 });
+    else this._suspectSizeMemo.set(key, { size: Math.min(prev.size, fileSize), count: prev.count + 1 });
   }
 
   _suspectMemoBlocks(hoster, accountId, fileSize) {
-    const memoSize = this._suspectSizeMemo.get(hoster + ':' + accountId);
-    return memoSize !== undefined && fileSize >= memoSize;
+    const memo = this._suspectSizeMemo.get(hoster + ':' + accountId);
+    return !!memo && memo.count >= 2 && fileSize > memo.size;
   }
 
   // File-specific rejections from the hoster: the same file will get rejected
diff --git a/tests/suspect-reject-alternates.test.js b/tests/suspect-reject-alternates.test.js
index f9b02b7..d962566 100644
--- a/tests/suspect-reject-alternates.test.js
+++ b/tests/suspect-reject-alternates.test.js
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ describe('suspect-reject alternate accounts', () => {
     const fs = require('fs');
     const origStatSync = fs.statSync;
     fs.statSync = function (p) {
-      if (typeof p === 'string' && p.startsWith('/test/')) return { size: 3 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024 };
+      if (typeof p === 'string' && p.startsWith('/test/')) {
+        const m = /-(\d+)gb/i.exec(p);
+        return { size: (m ? parseInt(m[1], 10) : 3) * 1024 * 1024 * 1024 };
+      }
       return origStatSync.call(this, p);
     };
 
@@ -172,10 +175,10 @@ describe('suspect-reject alternate accounts', () => {
     assert.equal(summary.succeeded, 2);
     assert.ok(mgr.getFailedAccountKeys().includes('byse.sx:acc2'), 'dead alternate must be remembered');
     const keys = mockUploadFile.mock.calls.map(c => c.arguments[2]);
-    assert.deepEqual(keys, ['key1', 'key2', 'key3', 'key3'], 'second file must skip the memoized primary AND the dead alternate');
+    assert.deepEqual(keys, ['key1', 'key2', 'key3', 'key1', 'key3'], 'second same-size file still gets one real attempt on the primary (memo arms only on the 2nd rejection), then skips the dead alternate and lands on the good account');
   });
 
-  it('size memo short-circuits later oversized files straight to the known-good account', async () => {
+  it('size memo short-circuits a later LARGER file once the account has two confirmed rejections', async () => {
     const mgr = poolMgr([
       { id: 'acc1', apiKey: 'key1' },
       { id: 'acc2', apiKey: 'key2' },
@@ -191,14 +194,15 @@ describe('suspect-reject alternate accounts', () => {
     mgr.on('batch-done', (s) => { summary = s; });
 
     await mgr.startBatch([
-      { file: '/test/big1.mkv', hoster: 'byse.sx', apiKey: 'key1', accountId: 'acc1' },
-      { file: '/test/big2.mkv', hoster: 'byse.sx', apiKey: 'key1', accountId: 'acc1' }
+      { file: '/test/a-1gb.mkv', hoster: 'byse.sx', apiKey: 'key1', accountId: 'acc1' },
+      { file: '/test/b-1gb.mkv', hoster: 'byse.sx', apiKey: 'key1', accountId: 'acc1' },
+      { file: '/test/c-2gb.mkv', hoster: 'byse.sx', apiKey: 'key1', accountId: 'acc1' }
     ]);
 
-    assert.equal(summary.succeeded, 2);
+    assert.equal(summary.succeeded, 3);
     const keys = mockUploadFile.mock.calls.map(c => c.arguments[2]);
-    assert.deepEqual(keys, ['key1', 'key2', 'key3', 'key3'], 'no repeat multi-GB upload to size-limited accounts for the second file');
-    assert.ok(rotEvents.includes('suspect-memo-skip'), 'second file must skip its primary via the size memo');
+    assert.deepEqual(keys, ['key1', 'key2', 'key3', 'key1', 'key3', 'key3'], 'files 1+2 each get a real attempt on the 1GB-rejecting primary (arming the memo at count 2); the larger 3rd file then short-circuits the primary straight to the good account');
+    assert.ok(rotEvents.includes('suspect-memo-skip'), 'the larger third file must skip its primary via the armed size memo');
   });
 
   it('plain fileRejected without suspect flag keeps the old fast-fail behavior', async () => {