diff --git a/frontend/index.html b/frontend/index.html
index 47c23bb..f32e6dd 100644
--- a/frontend/index.html
+++ b/frontend/index.html
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
         <a href="#/analyze" data-nav="analyze">Analyze</a>
         <a href="#/albums" data-nav="albums">Albums</a>
         <a href="#/renames" data-nav="renames">Renames</a>
+        <a href="#/uploads" data-nav="uploads">Upload</a>
         <a href="#/stats" data-nav="stats">Stats</a>
       </nav>
     </header>
diff --git a/frontend/js/api.js b/frontend/js/api.js
index edaa1f0..d75d0ce 100644
--- a/frontend/js/api.js
+++ b/frontend/js/api.js
@@ -114,4 +114,28 @@ export const api = {
     request(`/rename-plans/${encodeURIComponent(id)}/rollback`, { method: "POST", ...opts }),
   renameRecovery: (opts = {}) => request("/rename-recovery", opts),
   resolveRecovery: (opts = {}) => request("/rename-recovery/resolve", { method: "POST", ...opts }),
+
+  // ── Uploads: preflight, batches, verification ───────────────────────────
+  // The API key never travels through here: preflight reports only whether one is
+  // configured, and every command preview arrives already redacted.
+  uploadPreflight: (payload = {}, opts = {}) =>
+    request("/upload-preflight", { method: "POST", body: JSON.stringify(payload), ...opts }),
+  createUploadBatches: (payload, opts = {}) =>
+    request("/upload-batches", { method: "POST", body: JSON.stringify(payload), ...opts }),
+  listUploadBatches: (opts = {}) => request("/upload-batches", opts),
+  getUploadBatch: (id, opts = {}) => request(`/upload-batches/${encodeURIComponent(id)}`, opts),
+  startUploadBatch: (id, opts = {}) =>
+    request(`/upload-batches/${encodeURIComponent(id)}/start`, { method: "POST", ...opts }),
+  cancelUploadBatch: (id, opts = {}) =>
+    request(`/upload-batches/${encodeURIComponent(id)}/cancel`, { method: "POST", ...opts }),
+  verifyUploadBatch: (id, opts = {}) =>
+    request(`/upload-batches/${encodeURIComponent(id)}/verify`, { method: "POST", ...opts }),
+  resolveUploadItem: (id, payload, opts = {}) =>
+    request(`/upload-batches/${encodeURIComponent(id)}/resolve`, {
+      method: "POST",
+      body: JSON.stringify(payload),
+      ...opts,
+    }),
+  uploadVerifications: (id, opts = {}) =>
+    request(`/upload-batches/${encodeURIComponent(id)}/verifications`, opts),
 };
diff --git a/frontend/js/app.js b/frontend/js/app.js
index 0d11180..a163fc2 100644
--- a/frontend/js/app.js
+++ b/frontend/js/app.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { api } from "./api.js";
 import { navigate, onRouteChange, parseHash } from "./router.js";
 import { renderRenames, setRenamesRender } from "./renames.js";
+import { renderUploads, setUploadsRender } from "./uploads.js";
 import {
   renderAlbums,
   renderAnalyze,
@@ -364,6 +365,7 @@ function render() {
   else if (path === "/analyze") renderAnalyze(root, params);
   else if (path === "/albums") renderAlbums(root, params);
   else if (path === "/renames") renderRenames(root, params);
+  else if (path === "/uploads") renderUploads(root, params);
   else if (path === "/stats") renderStats(root, params);
   else show(errorBanner("Unknown view"));
 }
@@ -371,5 +373,6 @@ function render() {
 // Let views re-render the current route after a mutation.
 setRender(render);
 setRenamesRender(render);
+setUploadsRender(render);
 onRouteChange(render);
 render();
diff --git a/frontend/js/uploads.js b/frontend/js/uploads.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44636e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/js/uploads.js
@@ -0,0 +1,704 @@
+// Upload view (US05-05): preflight a scope, confirm exactly what will be sent,
+// watch the batch run, and resolve whatever the uploader left uncertain.
+//
+// Two rules shape this file. First, nothing here decides what is safe: blockers,
+// the preflight token, and the retry policy all come from the server, and an action
+// the server would refuse is not offered at all. Second, the API key never reaches
+// the browser — preflight reports only that one is configured, and every command
+// preview arrives redacted — so nothing in this view may reconstruct, store, or
+// route a secret.
+import { api } from "./api.js";
+import { el, errorBanner, setActiveNav } from "./dom.js";
+import { subscribeJob } from "./events.js";
+import { navigate } from "./router.js";
+
+// Result of the last command issued from this tab, and the activity of the last
+// upload job. Deliberately not persisted: after a reload the page must show what
+// the server says happened, not what this page remembers.
+let outcome = null;
+let activity = [];
+
+let render = () => {};
+export function setUploadsRender(fn) {
+  render = fn;
+}
+
+// Report outcomes (services/upload_reports.py) in the words the operator uses.
+const OUTCOME_LABEL = [
+  ["uploaded", "new"],
+  ["upgraded", "upgraded"],
+  ["duplicate", "duplicate"],
+  ["skipped", "skipped"],
+  ["failed", "failed"],
+  ["unknown", "uncertain"],
+];
+
+export async function renderUploads(root, params = {}) {
+  setActiveNav("uploads");
+  const albums = parseAlbums(params.albums);
+  const allowPartial = params.partial === "1";
+
+  let preflight, listed;
+  try {
+    [preflight, listed] = await Promise.all([
+      api.uploadPreflight({ albums, allow_partial: allowPartial }),
+      api.listUploadBatches(),
+    ]);
+  } catch (error) {
+    root.replaceChildren(errorBanner(`Failed to load uploads: ${error.message}`));
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const batches = listed.batches;
+  const selectedId = params.batch || (batches.length ? batches[batches.length - 1].id : null);
+  let batch = null;
+  let history = [];
+  if (selectedId) {
+    try {
+      const [detail, verifications] = await Promise.all([
+        api.getUploadBatch(selectedId),
+        api.uploadVerifications(selectedId),
+      ]);
+      batch = detail;
+      history = verifications.verifications;
+    } catch (error) {
+      root.replaceChildren(errorBanner(`Failed to load upload batch: ${error.message}`));
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+
+  root.replaceChildren(
+    ...[
+      el("h1", {}, "Upload"),
+      configurationCard(preflight),
+      preflightBlockers(preflight),
+      scopeSection(preflight, params, albums, allowPartial),
+      confirmBlock(preflight, params, allowPartial),
+      outcomeBanner(),
+      activityLog(),
+      batchList(batches, selectedId),
+      batch ? batchDetail(batch, history) : null,
+    ].filter(Boolean)
+  );
+}
+
+// Album names can contain commas, so each one is escaped before the URL joins them.
+function parseAlbums(value) {
+  if (!value) return null;
+  const names = value.split(",").filter(Boolean).map(decodeURIComponent);
+  return names.length ? names : null;
+}
+
+function albumsParam(names) {
+  return names.map(encodeURIComponent).join(",");
+}
+
+// ── configuration ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// What the upload is aimed at, in the only form the browser is ever given: the
+// server URL, whether a key exists, and the uploader's version.
+function configurationCard(preflight) {
+  const credentials = preflight.credentials;
+  const uploader = preflight.uploader;
+  return el(
+    "div",
+    { class: "card", "data-testid": "upload-config" },
+    el("h2", {}, "Configuration"),
+    el(
+      "dl",
+      {},
+      el("dt", {}, "Immich server"),
+      el("dd", { "data-testid": "config-server" }, credentials.server_url || "not configured"),
+      el("dt", {}, "API key"),
+      // Presence, never the value — and never a length or prefix either.
+      el(
+        "dd",
+        { "data-testid": "config-key" },
+        credentials.api_key_configured ? "configured (never shown)" : "missing"
+      ),
+      el("dt", {}, "Reachable"),
+      el(
+        "dd",
+        { "data-testid": "config-reachable" },
+        preflight.server.reachable ? "yes" : `no — ${preflight.server.detail || "unknown"}`
+      ),
+      el("dt", {}, "Uploader"),
+      el(
+        "dd",
+        { "data-testid": "config-uploader" },
+        uploader.installed ? uploader.version || "installed" : `${uploader.binary} is not installed`
+      )
+    )
+  );
+}
+
+function preflightBlockers(preflight) {
+  if (!preflight.blockers.length) return null;
+  return el(
+    "div",
+    { class: "alert", role: "alert", "data-testid": "preflight-blockers" },
+    el("strong", {}, "This scope cannot be uploaded yet"),
+    el(
+      "ul",
+      {},
+      ...preflight.blockers.map((blocker) =>
+        el(
+          "li",
+          { "data-testid": "preflight-blocker", "data-code": blocker.code },
+          `${blocker.code}: ${blocker.message}`
+        )
+      )
+    )
+  );
+}
+
+// ── scope ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+function scopeSection(preflight, params, albums, allowPartial) {
+  const selected = new Set(albums || preflight.albums.map((album) => album.album));
+
+  function toggle(name, checked) {
+    const next = new Set(selected);
+    if (checked) next.add(name);
+    else next.delete(name);
+    // An empty selection means "everything" again, which is also what an absent
+    // parameter means — there is no way to preflight nothing.
+    navigate("/uploads", { ...params, albums: albumsParam([...next]), batch: params.batch });
+  }
+
+  const rows = preflight.albums.map((album) =>
+    el(
+      "tr",
+      { "data-testid": "album-row", "data-album": album.album },
+      el(
+        "td",
+        {},
+        el("input", {
+          type: "checkbox",
+          "data-testid": "album-selected",
+          "aria-label": `Include ${album.album}`,
+          checked: selected.has(album.album) ? "checked" : false,
+          onchange: (event) => toggle(album.album, event.target.checked),
+        })
+      ),
+      el("td", { "data-testid": "album-name" }, album.album),
+      // What Immich will call it, which is not always what the folder is called here.
+      el("td", { "data-testid": "album-immich-name" }, album.album_name),
+      el("td", { class: "path", "data-testid": "album-folder" }, album.folder),
+      el("td", { "data-testid": "album-eligible" }, String(album.eligible_count)),
+      el("td", { "data-testid": "album-blocked" }, String(album.blocked_count)),
+      el(
+        "td",
+        {},
+        el("span", { class: `badge ${album.state}`, "data-testid": "album-state" }, album.state),
+        ...album.blockers.map((blocker) =>
+          el(
+            "div",
+            { class: "blocker", "data-testid": "album-blocker", "data-code": blocker.code },
+            blocker.message
+          )
+        )
+      ),
+      // The exact invocation, as the server built it. Shown so the upload holds no
+      // surprises; the key is masked at the source, not here.
+      el("td", { class: "path", "data-testid": "album-command" }, album.command_preview.join(" "))
+    )
+  );
+
+  const totals = preflight.totals;
+  return el(
+    "div",
+    { "data-testid": "upload-scope" },
+    el("h2", {}, "Scope"),
+    el(
+      "div",
+      { class: "decision-bar" },
+      el("span", { class: "badge", "data-testid": "total-albums" }, `${totals.albums} album(s)`),
+      el("span", { class: "badge", "data-testid": "total-eligible" }, `${totals.eligible} ready`),
+      totals.blocked
+        ? el(
+            "span",
+            { class: "badge attention", "data-testid": "total-blocked" },
+            `${totals.blocked} blocked`
+          )
+        : null,
+      el(
+        "label",
+        {},
+        el("input", {
+          type: "checkbox",
+          "data-testid": "allow-partial",
+          checked: allowPartial ? "checked" : false,
+          onchange: (event) =>
+            navigate("/uploads", { ...params, partial: event.target.checked ? "1" : "" }),
+        }),
+        " Upload ready photos and leave the blocked ones behind"
+      )
+    ),
+    rows.length
+      ? el(
+          "table",
+          { class: "grid", "data-testid": "albums" },
+          el(
+            "thead",
+            {},
+            el(
+              "tr",
+              {},
+              ...["", "Album", "Immich album", "Folder", "Ready", "Blocked", "State", "Command"].map(
+                (label) => el("th", { scope: "col" }, label)
+              )
+            )
+          ),
+          el("tbody", {}, ...rows)
+        )
+      : el("p", { class: "muted", "data-testid": "no-albums" }, "No album is ready to upload.")
+  );
+}
+
+// ── confirmation ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+function confirmBlock(preflight, params, allowPartial) {
+  const ready = preflight.state === "ready";
+  const totals = preflight.totals;
+  const albums = preflight.albums.map((album) => album.album);
+  return el(
+    "div",
+    { class: "card", "data-testid": "confirm" },
+    el("h2", {}, "Confirm"),
+    // The token is shown, not merely sent: a confirmation the user cannot see is a
+    // confirmation they cannot check against the preview above.
+    el(
+      "p",
+      { class: "muted", "data-testid": "confirm-token" },
+      `Preflight ${preflight.token.slice(0, 20)}… · ${allowPartial ? "partial" : "complete"} scope`
+    ),
+    el(
+      "p",
+      { "data-testid": "upload-note" },
+      "Uploading is not reversible from here: Immich decides what to do with each " +
+        "file, and the app can only record what it reports. One album is sent at a " +
+        "time and a running album can be stopped."
+    ),
+    el(
+      "div",
+      { class: "toolbar" },
+      el(
+        "button",
+        {
+          class: "primary",
+          "data-testid": "start-upload",
+          disabled: ready ? false : "disabled",
+          title: ready ? false : "resolve the blockers above first",
+          onclick: () =>
+            run(async () => {
+              const created = await api.createUploadBatches({
+                albums,
+                token: preflight.token,
+                allow_partial: allowPartial,
+              });
+              // One lane: the first batch starts now, the rest wait with their own
+              // start buttons rather than queueing behind a lock that would reject
+              // them.
+              const first = created.batches.find((batch) => !batch.retry_blockers.length);
+              if (!first) return { batches: created.batches.length, started: null };
+              const started = await api.startUploadBatch(first.id);
+              watch(started.job.id, first.id);
+              return { batches: created.batches.length, started: first.album };
+            }),
+        },
+        `Upload ${totals.albums} album(s) · ${totals.eligible} photo(s)`
+      )
+    )
+  );
+}
+
+// ── batches ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+function batchList(batches, selectedId) {
+  if (!batches.length) {
+    return el("p", { class: "muted", "data-testid": "no-batches" }, "No upload has been started yet.");
+  }
+  return el(
+    "div",
+    { "data-testid": "upload-batches" },
+    el("h2", {}, "Batches"),
+    el(
+      "table",
+      { class: "grid", "data-testid": "batches" },
+      el(
+        "thead",
+        {},
+        el(
+          "tr",
+          {},
+          ...["Album", "State", "Evidence", "Attempts", "Photos"].map((label) =>
+            el("th", { scope: "col" }, label)
+          )
+        )
+      ),
+      el(
+        "tbody",
+        {},
+        ...batches.map((batch) =>
+          el(
+            "tr",
+            {
+              "data-testid": "batch-row",
+              "data-album": batch.album,
+              "aria-current": batch.id === selectedId ? "true" : false,
+            },
+            el(
+              "td",
+              {},
+              el("a", { class: "link", href: `#/uploads?batch=${encodeURIComponent(batch.id)}` }, batch.album)
+            ),
+            el(
+              "td",
+              {},
+              el("span", { class: `badge ${batch.state}`, "data-testid": "batch-state" }, batch.state)
+            ),
+            el("td", { "data-testid": "batch-outcome-state" }, batch.outcome_state || "not parsed"),
+            el("td", {}, String(batch.attempt_count)),
+            el("td", {}, String(batch.asset_count))
+          )
+        )
+      )
+    )
+  );
+}
+
+function batchDetail(batch, history) {
+  // Derived from the items, not from the batch's parsed-report summary: verifying
+  // or resolving an item changes what is true without re-parsing a report, and the
+  // progress line must show the current answer rather than the uploader's old one.
+  const counts = {};
+  for (const item of batch.items) {
+    const key = item.outcome || "unknown";
+    counts[key] = (counts[key] || 0) + 1;
+  }
+  const blockers = batch.retry_blockers;
+  const uncertain = batch.outcome_state === "requires_verification" || counts.unknown > 0;
+
+  const nodes = [
+    el("h2", {}, `${batch.album} — attempt ${batch.attempt_count}`),
+    el(
+      "div",
+      { class: "decision-bar", "data-testid": "batch-progress" },
+      el("span", { class: `badge ${batch.state}`, "data-testid": "detail-state" }, batch.state),
+      ...OUTCOME_LABEL.map(([key, label]) =>
+        el(
+          "span",
+          { class: `badge ${key}`, "data-testid": `count-${label}` },
+          `${label}: ${counts[key] ?? 0}`
+        )
+      )
+    ),
+  ];
+
+  if (batch.stale_bytes) {
+    nodes.push(
+      el(
+        "div",
+        { class: "alert", role: "alert", "data-testid": "stale-bytes" },
+        "Files in this batch changed after they were uploaded. Immich still holds the " +
+          "bytes that were sent; re-approve the album through a fresh preflight rather " +
+          "than uploading the new bytes over it."
+      )
+    );
+  }
+  if (batch.error_code) {
+    nodes.push(
+      el(
+        "div",
+        { class: "alert", role: "alert", "data-testid": "batch-error" },
+        `${batch.error_code}: ${batch.error_message || ""}`
+      )
+    );
+  }
+  if (uncertain) {
+    nodes.push(
+      el(
+        "div",
+        { class: "alert", role: "alert", "data-testid": "uncertain" },
+        el("strong", {}, "This upload's outcome is not fully known"),
+        el(
+          "p",
+          {},
+          "The uploader's report does not account for every file. Retrying could create " +
+            "a second copy of something Immich already accepted, so verify it first: the " +
+            "check asks Immich whether it holds the exact bytes that were sent."
+        )
+      )
+    );
+  }
+
+  nodes.push(
+    el(
+      "div",
+      { class: "toolbar" },
+      // A start button exists only when the server would accept one. An uncertain
+      // outcome and changed bytes therefore offer verification, never a retry.
+      blockers.length
+        ? el(
+            "div",
+            { class: "blocker", "data-testid": "retry-blocked" },
+            blockers.map((blocker) => `${blocker.code}: ${blocker.message}`).join("; ")
+          )
+        : el(
+            "button",
+            {
+              class: "primary",
+              "data-testid": "start-batch",
+              onclick: () =>
+                run(async () => {
+                  const started = await api.startUploadBatch(batch.id);
+                  watch(started.job.id, batch.id);
+                  return { started: batch.album };
+                }),
+            },
+            batch.attempt_count ? "Run this album again" : "Upload this album"
+          ),
+      ["planned", "running"].includes(batch.state)
+        ? el(
+            "button",
+            {
+              "data-testid": "cancel-batch",
+              onclick: () => run(() => api.cancelUploadBatch(batch.id)),
+            },
+            batch.state === "running" ? "Stop after the current file" : "Cancel this album"
+          )
+        : null,
+      // Offered for anything that has run, not only for uncertain outcomes:
+      // re-checking is read-only and idempotent, and it is how a file edited after
+      // its upload is discovered.
+      batch.attempt_count
+        ? el(
+            "button",
+            {
+              "data-testid": "verify-batch",
+              onclick: () => run(() => api.verifyUploadBatch(batch.id)),
+            },
+            "Verify against Immich"
+          )
+        : null
+    ),
+    itemsTable(batch)
+  );
+  if (history.length) nodes.push(historyList(history));
+  return el(
+    "div",
+    { class: "card", "data-testid": "batch-detail", "data-batch": batch.id },
+    ...nodes
+  );
+}
+
+function itemsTable(batch) {
+  if (!batch.items.length) {
+    return el("p", { class: "muted", "data-testid": "no-items" }, "This batch has no photos.");
+  }
+  return el(
+    "table",
+    { class: "grid", "data-testid": "items" },
+    el(
+      "thead",
+      {},
+      el(
+        "tr",
+        {},
+        ...["Photo", "Outcome", "Evidence", "Verification", "Bytes now", "Resolve"].map((label) =>
+          el("th", { scope: "col" }, label)
+        )
+      )
+    ),
+    el(
+      "tbody",
+      {},
+      ...batch.items.map((item) =>
+        el(
+          "tr",
+          { "data-testid": "item-row", "data-asset-id": item.asset_id },
+          el("td", { class: "path", "data-testid": "item-path" }, item.path),
+          el(
+            "td",
+            {},
+            el(
+              "span",
+              { class: `badge ${item.outcome || ""}`, "data-testid": "item-outcome" },
+              item.outcome === "uploaded" ? "new" : item.outcome || "pending"
+            )
+          ),
+          el("td", { class: "muted", "data-testid": "item-evidence" }, item.evidence || "—"),
+          el("td", { "data-testid": "item-verification" }, item.verification || "—"),
+          el(
+            "td",
+            {},
+            item.changed_after_upload
+              ? el("span", { class: "badge attention", "data-testid": "item-changed" }, "changed")
+              : el("span", { class: "muted" }, "unchanged")
+          ),
+          el("td", {}, resolveForm(batch, item))
+        )
+      )
+    )
+  );
+}
+
+// Manual resolution is evidence, not permission: the note and the author are
+// required by the server, so the form collects both and offers no default.
+function resolveForm(batch, item) {
+  const unresolved = !item.outcome || item.outcome === "unknown" || item.verification === "inconclusive";
+  if (!unresolved) return el("span", { class: "muted" }, "—");
+
+  const outcomeSelect = el(
+    "select",
+    { "data-testid": "resolve-outcome", "aria-label": `Outcome for ${item.path}` },
+    ...OUTCOME_LABEL.map(([key, label]) => el("option", { value: key }, label))
+  );
+  const evidence = el("input", {
+    type: "text",
+    "data-testid": "resolve-evidence",
+    "aria-label": `What you checked for ${item.path}`,
+    placeholder: "What did you check?",
+  });
+  const actor = el("input", {
+    type: "text",
+    "data-testid": "resolve-actor",
+    "aria-label": `Who checked ${item.path}`,
+    placeholder: "Who are you?",
+  });
+  return el(
+    "div",
+    { class: "toolbar" },
+    outcomeSelect,
+    evidence,
+    actor,
+    el(
+      "button",
+      {
+        "data-testid": "resolve-item",
+        onclick: () =>
+          run(() =>
+            api.resolveUploadItem(batch.id, {
+              asset_id: item.asset_id,
+              outcome: outcomeSelect.value,
+              evidence: evidence.value,
+              actor: actor.value,
+            })
+          ),
+      },
+      "Record"
+    )
+  );
+}
+
+function historyList(history) {
+  return el(
+    "div",
+    { "data-testid": "verification-history" },
+    el("h3", {}, "Verification history"),
+    el(
+      "ul",
+      {},
+      ...history.map((entry) =>
+        el(
+          "li",
+          { "data-testid": "history-entry", "data-source": entry.source },
+          `${entry.created_at || ""} · ${entry.action} · ${entry.source} · ${entry.result} → ` +
+            `${entry.outcome || "unresolved"} — ${entry.evidence}` +
+            (entry.actor ? ` (${entry.actor})` : "")
+        )
+      )
+    )
+  );
+}
+
+// ── running commands ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+async function run(action) {
+  try {
+    outcome = { kind: "ok", result: await action() };
+  } catch (error) {
+    outcome = error.status === 409 ? { kind: "conflict", error } : { kind: "error", error };
+  }
+  render();
+}
+
+// Live job activity. Events are appended to the log node and the running batch's
+// panel is refreshed on its own tick — the uploader reports per file, not per job
+// event, so waiting for the next event would leave the panel behind. Only that
+// panel is rebuilt: a full re-render would re-run preflight, which re-hashes the
+// library, so that happens once when the job ends.
+const REFRESH_MS = 1000;
+
+function watch(jobId, batchId) {
+  activity = [`Started upload job ${jobId}`];
+  const tick = setInterval(() => refreshBatch(batchId), REFRESH_MS);
+  subscribeJob(jobId, {
+    onEvent: (event) => {
+      activity.push(`${event.type}${event.message ? ": " + event.message : ""}`);
+      const log = document.querySelector('[data-testid="upload-activity"]');
+      if (log) log.textContent = activity.join("\n");
+    },
+    onDone: () => {
+      clearInterval(tick);
+      activity.push("done");
+      render();
+    },
+  });
+}
+
+async function refreshBatch(batchId) {
+  const node = document.querySelector(`[data-testid="batch-detail"][data-batch="${batchId}"]`);
+  if (!node) return; // the user navigated away from the running batch
+  try {
+    const [batch, verifications] = await Promise.all([
+      api.getUploadBatch(batchId),
+      api.uploadVerifications(batchId),
+    ]);
+    node.replaceWith(batchDetail(batch, verifications.verifications));
+  } catch (_) {
+    // Transient: the next tick tries again, and the job's end re-renders anyway.
+  }
+}
+
+function activityLog() {
+  return el(
+    "pre",
+    {
+      class: "activity-log",
+      role: "status",
+      "aria-live": "polite",
+      "data-testid": "upload-activity",
+    },
+    activity.join("\n")
+  );
+}
+
+function outcomeBanner() {
+  if (!outcome) return null;
+  if (outcome.kind === "conflict") {
+    return el(
+      "div",
+      { class: "alert", role: "alert", "data-testid": "conflict" },
+      `The server refused this: ${outcome.error.message}. Nothing was uploaded; the ` +
+        "state below is the server's current one — review it and decide again."
+    );
+  }
+  if (outcome.kind === "error") {
+    return el(
+      "div",
+      { class: "alert", role: "alert", "data-testid": "upload-error" },
+      `Failed: ${outcome.error.message}`
+    );
+  }
+  const result = outcome.result;
+  if (result && result.batches !== undefined) {
+    return el(
+      "div",
+      { class: "alert", role: "status", "data-testid": "upload-result" },
+      `Approved ${result.batches} album batch(es).` +
+        (result.started ? ` Uploading ${result.started} now.` : " Nothing could be started yet.")
+    );
+  }
+  return el(
+    "div",
+    { class: "alert", role: "status", "data-testid": "upload-result" },
+    "Done — the state below is the server's."
+  );
+}
diff --git a/photo_pipeline/services/upload_batches.py b/photo_pipeline/services/upload_batches.py
index b048d40..a08af50 100644
--- a/photo_pipeline/services/upload_batches.py
+++ b/photo_pipeline/services/upload_batches.py
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ class UploadBatchService:
 
 
 def _batch_dict(row: UploadBatch, items: list[UploadItem]) -> dict:
-    return {
+    batch = {
         "id": row.id,
         "album": row.album,
         "folder": row.folder,
@@ -449,3 +449,8 @@ def _batch_dict(row: UploadBatch, items: list[UploadItem]) -> dict:
             for item in items
         ],
     }
+    # Why this batch may not be (re)started, from the one place that decides it
+    # (US05-04). Carried in the record so the browser can hide an action the server
+    # would refuse instead of re-implementing the policy (US05-05).
+    batch["retry_blockers"] = retry_blockers(batch)
+    return batch
diff --git a/tests/e2e/_pipeline_harness.py b/tests/e2e/_pipeline_harness.py
index 144ad26..fa4385c 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/_pipeline_harness.py
+++ b/tests/e2e/_pipeline_harness.py
@@ -135,15 +135,27 @@ class Server:
         self.proc = None
 
 
-def start_worker(seeded: Seeded, *, fake_vision_log: Path) -> subprocess.Popen:
-    """Launch a real durable worker wired to the recording vision fake."""
+def start_worker(
+    seeded: Seeded,
+    *,
+    fake_vision_log: Path | None = None,
+    extra_env: dict[str, str] | None = None,
+) -> subprocess.Popen:
+    """Launch a real durable worker wired to the recording vision fake.
+
+    ``extra_env`` carries whatever else the job under test needs — the Immich
+    credentials and uploader path, for the upload lane.
+    """
+    extra = dict(extra_env or {})
+    if fake_vision_log is not None:
+        extra["PHOTO_PIPELINE_FAKE_VISION_LOG"] = str(fake_vision_log)
     return subprocess.Popen(
         [sys.executable, "-m", "photo_pipeline", "worker", "--id", "e2e-worker"],
         cwd=str(REPO),
         env=_env(
             seeded,
             free_port(),  # unused by the worker, but keeps the env shape uniform
-            extra={"PHOTO_PIPELINE_FAKE_VISION_LOG": str(fake_vision_log)},
+            extra=extra,
         ),
         stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
         stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
diff --git a/tests/e2e/test_uploads_ui.py b/tests/e2e/test_uploads_ui.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b9ca3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/test_uploads_ui.py
@@ -0,0 +1,433 @@
+"""Browser journeys for the upload view (US05-05).
+
+Covers the preflight preview (scope, redacted configuration, blockers, exact
+confirmation), a real upload through the real worker with per-outcome progress,
+stopping a running album, and the two ways out of an uncertain outcome —
+verification against Immich and a manual resolution that records its evidence.
+
+Nothing external is mocked inside the browser: the uploader is a real executable
+driven by the real worker process, and Immich is a real HTTP server answering the
+same ``ping``/``bulk-upload-check`` endpoints the adapter calls in production. The
+API key is a sentinel string, so the last test can prove it never reached the page.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import stat
+import threading
+from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import httpx
+import pytest
+from playwright.sync_api import expect
+
+from tests.e2e._pipeline_harness import (
+    Server,
+    seed_album,
+    session_factory,
+    start_worker,
+    wait_until,
+)
+
+TIMEOUT = 10
+SENTINEL_KEY = "immich-sentinel-9f3a2b"
+UPLOADER_VERSION = "immich-go 0.21.0"  # a pinned family, so reports are parsable
+
+# A report the pinned text-v1 grammar understands: one new file, one the server
+# already holds. ``$6`` is the folder argument of ``upload from-folder``.
+REPORTING_UPLOADER = (
+    'echo "INFO  uploaded $6/a.jpg"\n'
+    'echo "INFO  server has the same file $6/b.jpg"\n'
+    'echo "Uploaded 1, duplicates 1"\n'
+    "exit 0\n"
+)
+# Exits cleanly but says nothing about any file: the process succeeded, the
+# per-file outcome is unknown.
+SILENT_UPLOADER = "exit 0\n"
+
+
+# ── fake Immich ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+def _handler(state: dict):
+    class Handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+        def do_GET(self):  # noqa: N802 (BaseHTTPRequestHandler API)
+            self._json(200, {"res": "pong"})
+
+        def do_POST(self):  # noqa: N802
+            length = int(self.headers.get("Content-Length", 0))
+            payload = json.loads(self.rfile.read(length) or b"{}")
+            if state["mode"] == "broken":
+                self.send_error(500, "bulk-upload-check is unavailable")
+                return
+            reject = state["mode"] == "present"
+            self._json(
+                200,
+                {
+                    "results": [
+                        {
+                            "id": asset["id"],
+                            "action": "reject" if reject else "accept",
+                            "reason": "duplicate" if reject else None,
+                        }
+                        for asset in payload.get("assets", [])
+                    ]
+                },
+            )
+
+        def _json(self, code: int, body: dict) -> None:
+            raw = json.dumps(body).encode()
+            self.send_response(code)
+            self.send_header("Content-Type", "application/json")
+            self.send_header("Content-Length", str(len(raw)))
+            self.end_headers()
+            self.wfile.write(raw)
+
+        def log_message(self, *args):
+            pass
+
+    return Handler
+
+
+class FakeImmich:
+    """An Immich that answers ping, and says whether it holds the exact bytes.
+
+    ``mode`` is what the next verification will find: ``present`` (the server
+    deduplicates them, so it has them), ``absent`` (it would accept them, so it does
+    not), or ``broken`` (no usable answer at all).
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.state = {"mode": "present"}
+        self._server = HTTPServer(("127.0.0.1", 0), _handler(self.state))
+        threading.Thread(target=self._server.serve_forever, daemon=True).start()
+        self.url = f"http://127.0.0.1:{self._server.server_port}"
+
+    def mode(self, mode: str) -> None:
+        self.state["mode"] = mode
+
+    def stop(self) -> None:
+        self._server.shutdown()
+        self._server.server_close()
+
+
+# ── stack ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+def _uploader(tmp_path: Path, body: str) -> Path:
+    path = tmp_path / "immich-go"
+    path.write_text(
+        f'#!/bin/sh\nif [ "$1" = "--version" ]; then echo "{UPLOADER_VERSION}"; exit 0; fi\n{body}'
+    )
+    path.chmod(path.stat().st_mode | stat.S_IEXEC | stat.S_IXGRP | stat.S_IXOTH)
+    return path
+
+
+def _mark_upload_ready(seeded, *, unverified: tuple[str, ...] = ()) -> None:
+    """Give every seeded photo the verified EXIF checkpoints upload requires.
+
+    ``unverified`` names stems whose analysis checkpoint stays incomplete, which is
+    what makes an album partially blocked.
+    """
+    from datetime import datetime, timezone
+
+    from sqlalchemy import select
+
+    from photo_pipeline.models import AnalysisResult, SafetyReview
+
+    now = datetime(2026, 1, 1, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+    blocked = {seeded.asset_ids[stem] for stem in unverified}
+    with session_factory(seeded) as sf:
+        with sf() as session:
+            for review in session.scalars(select(SafetyReview)):
+                review.exif_verified_at = now
+            for analysis in session.scalars(select(AnalysisResult)):
+                analysis.exif_written_at = None if analysis.asset_id in blocked else now
+            session.commit()
+
+
+class Stack:
+    """A seeded, upload-ready library plus the server, worker, and fake Immich."""
+
+    def __init__(self, tmp_path: Path, seeded, immich: FakeImmich) -> None:
+        self.tmp_path = tmp_path
+        self.seeded = seeded
+        self.immich = immich
+        self.server: Server | None = None
+        self.worker = None
+
+    def start(self, *, uploader: str = REPORTING_UPLOADER, worker: bool = True) -> "Stack":
+        env = {
+            "PHOTO_PIPELINE_IMMICH_SERVER_URL": self.immich.url,
+            "PHOTO_PIPELINE_IMMICH_API_KEY": SENTINEL_KEY,
+            "PHOTO_PIPELINE_IMMICH_GO_BINARY": str(_uploader(self.tmp_path, uploader)),
+        }
+        self.server = Server(self.seeded, extra_env=env).start()
+        self.base = self.server.base
+        if worker:
+            self.worker = start_worker(self.seeded, extra_env=env)
+        return self
+
+    def batches(self) -> list[dict]:
+        return httpx.get(f"{self.base}/api/v1/upload-batches", timeout=TIMEOUT).json()["batches"]
+
+    def stop(self) -> None:
+        if self.worker is not None:
+            self.worker.terminate()
+            self.worker.wait(timeout=10)
+        if self.server is not None:
+            self.server.stop()
+        self.immich.stop()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def stack(tmp_path):
+    seeded = seed_album(tmp_path)
+    _mark_upload_ready(seeded)
+    running = Stack(tmp_path, seeded, FakeImmich())
+    try:
+        yield running
+    finally:
+        running.stop()
+
+
+def _open(page, stack) -> None:
+    page.goto(f"{stack.base}/app/#/uploads")
+    page.get_by_test_id("upload-scope").wait_for()
+
+
+def _upload(page, stack) -> None:
+    """Confirm the upload and wait for the worker to finish the album."""
+    _open(page, stack)
+    page.get_by_test_id("start-upload").click()
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("detail-state")).not_to_have_text("planned", timeout=30_000)
+
+
+# ── preflight ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+def test_the_preview_shows_scope_configuration_and_an_exact_confirmation(page, stack):
+    errors = []
+    page.on("console", lambda m: errors.append(m.text) if m.type == "error" else None)
+    stack.start(worker=False)
+    _open(page, stack)
+
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("config-server")).to_have_text(stack.immich.url)
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("config-key")).to_have_text("configured (never shown)")
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("config-reachable")).to_have_text("yes")
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("config-uploader")).to_have_text(UPLOADER_VERSION)
+
+    row = page.get_by_test_id("album-row").first
+    expect(row.get_by_test_id("album-name")).to_have_text("rome")
+    expect(row.get_by_test_id("album-immich-name")).to_have_text("rome")
+    expect(row.get_by_test_id("album-eligible")).to_have_text("2")
+    expect(row.get_by_test_id("album-state")).to_have_text("ready")
+    # The exact invocation is previewed, with the key masked at the source.
+    command = row.get_by_test_id("album-command").inner_text()
+    assert "upload from-folder" in command and "--album-name=rome" in command
+    assert "--api-key=***" in command
+
+    # The confirmation names the scope it is about to send, not just "Upload".
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("start-upload")).to_have_text("Upload 1 album(s) · 2 photo(s)")
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("start-upload")).to_be_enabled()
+    assert errors == [], f"console errors: {errors}"
+
+
+def test_an_unfinished_photo_blocks_its_album_and_the_confirmation(page, stack):
+    _mark_upload_ready(stack.seeded, unverified=("b",))
+    stack.start(worker=False)
+    _open(page, stack)
+
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("album-state")).to_have_text("blocked")
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("album-blocker")).to_have_attribute("data-code", "partial_scope")
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("album-eligible")).to_have_text("1")
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("album-blocked")).to_have_text("1")
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("start-upload")).to_be_disabled()
+
+    # Partial upload exists, but only as a deliberate act: ticking it re-runs the
+    # preflight under that policy and the confirmation then names the smaller scope.
+    page.get_by_test_id("allow-partial").check()
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("album-state")).to_have_text("ready")
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("start-upload")).to_have_text("Upload 1 album(s) · 1 photo(s)")
+    assert stack.batches() == [], "nothing may be created by previewing"
+
+
+# ── uploading ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+def test_a_confirmed_upload_runs_and_reports_each_outcome(page, stack):
+    stack.start()
+    _upload(page, stack)
+
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("detail-state")).to_have_text("succeeded")
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("count-new")).to_have_text("new: 1")
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("count-duplicate")).to_have_text("duplicate: 1")
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("count-uncertain")).to_have_text("uncertain: 0")
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("count-failed")).to_have_text("failed: 0")
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("batch-outcome-state")).to_have_text("verified")
+
+    outcomes = sorted(page.get_by_test_id("item-outcome").all_inner_texts())
+    assert outcomes == ["duplicate", "new"]
+    # A finished album offers no restart: the server would refuse one.
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("retry-blocked")).to_contain_text("not_runnable")
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("start-batch")).to_have_count(0)
+
+
+def test_a_running_album_can_be_stopped(page, stack):
+    stack.start(uploader='echo "INFO  starting"; sleep 20; exit 0\n')
+    _open(page, stack)
+    page.get_by_test_id("start-upload").click()
+
+    stop = page.get_by_test_id("cancel-batch")
+    expect(stop).to_have_text("Stop after the current file", timeout=30_000)
+    stop.click()
+
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("detail-state")).to_have_text("cancelled", timeout=30_000)
+    # A stopped album is a clean boundary, not an uncertain one: it can run again.
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("start-batch")).to_be_visible()
+
+
+def test_the_finished_upload_survives_a_reload(page, stack):
+    stack.start()
+    _upload(page, stack)
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("detail-state")).to_have_text("succeeded")
+
+    page.reload()
+
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("detail-state")).to_have_text("succeeded")
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("count-new")).to_have_text("new: 1")
+    # The result banner is this tab's memory, not server state, so it stays gone.
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("upload-result")).to_have_count(0)
+
+
+# ── uncertainty ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+def test_an_uncertain_outcome_offers_verification_and_no_retry(page, stack):
+    stack.start(uploader=SILENT_UPLOADER)
+    _upload(page, stack)
+
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("detail-state")).to_have_text("succeeded")
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("batch-outcome-state")).to_have_text("requires_verification")
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("count-uncertain")).to_have_text("uncertain: 2")
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("uncertain")).to_be_visible()
+    # The point of the story: verification is offered, a retry is not.
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("verify-batch")).to_be_visible()
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("start-batch")).to_have_count(0)
+
+
+def test_verification_asks_immich_and_resolves_the_uncertain_items(page, stack):
+    stack.start(uploader=SILENT_UPLOADER)
+    stack.immich.mode("present")  # Immich holds exactly the bytes that were sent
+    _upload(page, stack)
+
+    page.get_by_test_id("verify-batch").click()
+
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("batch-outcome-state")).to_have_text("verified")
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("count-new")).to_have_text("new: 2")
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("count-uncertain")).to_have_text("uncertain: 0")
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("item-verification").first).to_have_text("present")
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("history-entry").first).to_have_attribute(
+        "data-source", "immich_api"
+    )
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("uncertain")).to_have_count(0)
+
+
+def test_an_unusable_answer_stays_uncertain_until_someone_records_evidence(page, stack):
+    stack.start(uploader=SILENT_UPLOADER)
+    stack.immich.mode("broken")  # answers, but nothing this adapter will interpret
+    _upload(page, stack)
+
+    page.get_by_test_id("verify-batch").click()
+
+    # No answer is never "no": the items stay uncertain rather than being called failed.
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("item-verification").first).to_have_text("inconclusive")
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("uncertain")).to_be_visible()
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("start-batch")).to_have_count(0)
+
+    row = page.get_by_test_id("item-row").first
+    row.get_by_test_id("resolve-outcome").select_option("uploaded")
+    row.get_by_test_id("resolve-evidence").fill("found it in Immich by checksum")
+    row.get_by_test_id("resolve-actor").fill("dom")
+    row.get_by_test_id("resolve-item").click()
+
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("item-row").first.get_by_test_id("item-outcome")).to_have_text("new")
+    manual = page.get_by_test_id("history-entry").last
+    expect(manual).to_have_attribute("data-source", "operator")
+    expect(manual).to_contain_text("found it in Immich by checksum")
+    expect(manual).to_contain_text("dom")
+
+
+def test_bytes_changed_after_upload_are_flagged_and_block_another_run(page, stack):
+    stack.start()
+    _upload(page, stack)
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("detail-state")).to_have_text("succeeded")
+    # The user edits a photo after it was uploaded; Immich still holds the old bytes.
+    (stack.seeded.lib / "rome" / "a.jpg").write_bytes(b"edited after the upload")
+
+    page.get_by_test_id("verify-batch").click()
+
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("stale-bytes")).to_be_visible()
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("item-changed")).to_have_count(1)
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("retry-blocked")).to_contain_text("changed_after_upload")
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("start-batch")).to_have_count(0)
+    # The preflight agrees: those bytes are no longer approved for any new upload.
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("album-state")).to_have_text("blocked")
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("album-blocked")).to_have_text("1")
+
+
+# ── privacy ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+def test_the_api_key_never_reaches_the_browser(page, stack):
+    logs = []
+    page.on("console", lambda message: logs.append(message.text))
+    stack.start()
+    _upload(page, stack)
+    page.get_by_test_id("verify-batch").click()
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("item-verification").first).to_have_text("present")
+
+    storage = page.evaluate(
+        "() => JSON.stringify([{...localStorage}, {...sessionStorage}, document.cookie])"
+    )
+    assert SENTINEL_KEY not in page.content()
+    assert SENTINEL_KEY not in page.url
+    assert SENTINEL_KEY not in storage
+    assert SENTINEL_KEY not in "\n".join(logs)
+    # The uploader was given the real key even though nothing on the page shows it.
+    report = wait_until(lambda: sorted((stack.seeded.data / "uploads").glob("*.log")))[0]
+    assert SENTINEL_KEY not in report.read_text()
+
+
+# ── recovery ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+def test_an_interrupted_attempt_is_shown_as_uncertain_after_a_restart(page, stack):
+    """A worker that vanished mid-upload leaves a batch whose outcome nobody knows.
+    Startup recovery marks it uncertain, and the view must not offer to retry it."""
+    from photo_pipeline.models import UploadBatch
+
+    stack.start(worker=False)
+    _open(page, stack)
+    token = httpx.post(f"{stack.base}/api/v1/upload-preflight", json={}, timeout=TIMEOUT).json()[
+        "token"
+    ]
+    created = httpx.post(
+        f"{stack.base}/api/v1/upload-batches", json={"token": token}, timeout=TIMEOUT
+    ).json()["batches"][0]
+    with session_factory(stack.seeded) as sf:  # what a killed worker leaves behind
+        with sf() as session:
+            session.get(UploadBatch, created["id"]).state = "running"
+            session.commit()
+
+    stack.server.stop()
+    stack.server.start()  # the same port, so recovery runs in a genuinely fresh process
+    page.reload()
+
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("detail-state")).to_have_text("unknown_requires_verification")
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("batch-error")).to_contain_text("interrupted")
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("uncertain")).to_be_visible()
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("start-batch")).to_have_count(0)
+    expect(page.get_by_test_id("retry-blocked")).to_contain_text("requires_verification")
diff --git a/tests/story_traceability.json b/tests/story_traceability.json
index 24b4c27..88fdc6c 100644
--- a/tests/story_traceability.json
+++ b/tests/story_traceability.json
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@
     "US05-04": [
       "tests/unit/test_immich_bulk_check.py",
       "tests/integration/test_upload_verification.py"
+    ],
+    "US05-05": [
+      "tests/e2e/test_uploads_ui.py"
     ]
   }
 }