diff --git a/lib/hosters.js b/lib/hosters.js
index 97dbf0f..78baa10 100644
--- a/lib/hosters.js
+++ b/lib/hosters.js
@@ -468,6 +468,8 @@ async function _fetchDoodstreamFileList(apiKey, signal) {
   }
 }
 
+const DOODSTREAM_POLL = { attempts: 12, delayMs: 2500 }; // test-tunable via __test
+
 async function _resolveDoodstreamUploadByName(apiKey, fileName, baselineCodes, signal) {
   // Same recovery byse uses: the upload POST returned no filecode, but the file
   // may register in the account a little later. Poll the list for a NEW file
@@ -475,8 +477,8 @@ async function _resolveDoodstreamUploadByName(apiKey, fileName, baselineCodes, s
   // (never "take the only new one") so parallel doodstream uploads can't claim
   // each other's files.
   const expected = _normalizeFileTitle(fileName);
-  const POLL_ATTEMPTS = 12;
-  const POLL_DELAY_MS = 2500;
+  const POLL_ATTEMPTS = DOODSTREAM_POLL.attempts;
+  const POLL_DELAY_MS = DOODSTREAM_POLL.delayMs;
   for (let i = 0; i < POLL_ATTEMPTS; i++) {
     if (signal && signal.aborted) return null;
     const list = await _fetchDoodstreamFileList(apiKey, signal);
@@ -638,6 +640,7 @@ module.exports = {
     extractUploadServerUrl,
     parseVoeResult,
     parseDoodstreamResult,
-    parseByseResult
+    parseByseResult,
+    DOODSTREAM_POLL
   }
 };
diff --git a/tests/doodstream-api-upload.test.js b/tests/doodstream-api-upload.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1913a53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/doodstream-api-upload.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+const { test, before, after } = require('node:test');
+const assert = require('node:assert');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const os = require('os');
+const path = require('path');
+
+// Mock the undici transport BEFORE requiring hosters so the destructured
+// `request` picks up our stub. apiGet (getUploadServer) uses global fetch, which
+// we override per-test. This exercises the FULL doodstream API upload + recovery
+// orchestration against the doc-verified response shapes — the gap between the
+// already-tested parseDoodstreamResult helper and the real uploadFile path.
+// (mock.module needs an experimental flag npm test doesn't pass, so we reassign
+// undici.request on the module object and refresh the hosters cache instead.)
+let requestRouter = async () => ({ statusCode: 200, headers: {}, body: { text: async () => '{}' } });
+const undici = require('undici');
+const _origUndiciRequest = undici.request;
+undici.request = (...a) => requestRouter(...a);
+delete require.cache[require.resolve('../lib/hosters')];
+const hostersMod = require('../lib/hosters');
+const { uploadFile } = hostersMod;
+
+let tmpFile;
+let origFetch;
+before(() => {
+  tmpFile = path.join(os.tmpdir(), `dood-itest-${process.pid}.mkv`);
+  fs.writeFileSync(tmpFile, Buffer.alloc(2048, 7));
+  origFetch = global.fetch;
+  // Keep the "never appears" recovery test fast (real default is 12 × 2.5 s).
+  hostersMod.__test.DOODSTREAM_POLL.attempts = 3;
+  hostersMod.__test.DOODSTREAM_POLL.delayMs = 5;
+});
+after(() => {
+  global.fetch = origFetch;
+  undici.request = _origUndiciRequest; // restore real transport for other test files
+  delete require.cache[require.resolve('../lib/hosters')];
+  try { fs.unlinkSync(tmpFile); } catch {}
+});
+
+// getUploadServer hits /api/upload/server via global fetch.
+function stubUploadServer() {
+  global.fetch = async (url) => {
+    if (/upload\/server/.test(String(url))) {
+      return { status: 200, text: async () => JSON.stringify({ status: 200, result: 'https://node1.cloudatacdn.com/upload/01' }) };
+    }
+    return { status: 200, text: async () => '{"status":200}' };
+  };
+}
+
+// Build an undici-style router. uploadBody is the POST result; listBodies is a
+// queue consumed by successive /api/file/list calls (baseline, then polls).
+function routeWith(uploadBody, listBodies = []) {
+  return async (url, opts) => {
+    const u = String(url);
+    if (/\/api\/file\/list/.test(u)) {
+      const body = listBodies.length ? listBodies.shift() : '{"status":200,"result":{"files":[]}}';
+      return { statusCode: 200, headers: {}, body: { text: async () => body } };
+    }
+    // Upload POST: drain the streamed body so the file handle closes.
+    if (opts && opts.body && typeof opts.body[Symbol.asyncIterator] === 'function') {
+      for await (const chunk of opts.body) { if (chunk && chunk.length === -1) break; }
+    }
+    return { statusCode: uploadBody.status, headers: { 'content-type': 'application/json' }, body: { text: async () => uploadBody.body } };
+  };
+}
+
+test('doodstream API upload: filecode returned directly is used', async () => {
+  stubUploadServer();
+  requestRouter = routeWith({
+    status: 200,
+    body: JSON.stringify({ status: 200, result: [{ filecode: 'DOODCODE1234', download_url: 'https://doodstream.com/d/DOODCODE1234', protected_embed: 'https://doodstream.com/e/DOODCODE1234' }] })
+  });
+  const res = await uploadFile('doodstream.com', tmpFile, 'VALIDKEY', null, null, null);
+  assert.equal(res.file_code, 'DOODCODE1234');
+  assert.equal(res.download_url, 'https://doodstream.com/d/DOODCODE1234');
+});
+
+test('doodstream API upload: codeless result recovered via file-list name match', async () => {
+  stubUploadServer();
+  const fileName = path.basename(tmpFile).replace(/\.[^.]+$/, ''); // title doodstream stores
+  requestRouter = routeWith(
+    { status: 200, body: JSON.stringify({ status: 200, msg: 'OK' }) }, // codeless upload
+    [
+      '{"status":200,"result":{"files":[]}}',                                  // baseline (pre-upload)
+      `{"status":200,"result":{"files":[{"file_code":"RECOVER9999","title":"${fileName}"}]}}` // poll finds it
+    ]
+  );
+  const res = await uploadFile('doodstream.com', tmpFile, 'VALIDKEY', null, null, null);
+  assert.equal(res.file_code, 'RECOVER9999');
+  assert.equal(res.download_url, 'https://doodstream.com/d/RECOVER9999');
+});
+
+test('doodstream API upload: codeless + file never appears → throws hosterTransient (no account poison)', async () => {
+  stubUploadServer();
+  requestRouter = routeWith(
+    { status: 200, body: JSON.stringify({ status: 200, msg: 'OK' }) },
+    [] // every file/list returns empty
+  );
+  await assert.rejects(
+    () => uploadFile('doodstream.com', tmpFile, 'VALIDKEY', null, null, null),
+    (err) => {
+      assert.equal(err.hosterTransient, true, 'codeless result must be tagged hosterTransient');
+      return true;
+    }
+  );
+});