diff --git a/.sqlx/query-62f08d5f32bdc35e6faf43e3d21affa2dcf1501cda831cb88524bf1571d08e2f.json b/.sqlx/query-62f08d5f32bdc35e6faf43e3d21affa2dcf1501cda831cb88524bf1571d08e2f.json
deleted file mode 100644
index c121d0f96e..0000000000
--- a/.sqlx/query-62f08d5f32bdc35e6faf43e3d21affa2dcf1501cda831cb88524bf1571d08e2f.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "db_name": "MySQL",
-  "query": "\nUPDATE uploaded_videos\nSET\n  maybe_width = ?,\n  maybe_height = ?,\n  maybe_resolution = ?,\n  maybe_detected_model_family = ?,\n  maybe_detected_model_type = ?,\n  maybe_report = ?,\n  maybe_updated_ip_address = ?,\n  version = version + 1\nWHERE token = ?\nLIMIT 1\n    ",
-  "describe": {
-    "columns": [],
-    "parameters": {
-      "Right": 8
-    },
-    "nullable": []
-  },
-  "hash": "62f08d5f32bdc35e6faf43e3d21affa2dcf1501cda831cb88524bf1571d08e2f"
-}
diff --git a/.sqlx/query-64efd175fa4eb751be1125d55de93ed66a9fc6582e36cec4fc8225c350ec51e2.json b/.sqlx/query-64efd175fa4eb751be1125d55de93ed66a9fc6582e36cec4fc8225c350ec51e2.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 878a306dd3..0000000000
--- a/.sqlx/query-64efd175fa4eb751be1125d55de93ed66a9fc6582e36cec4fc8225c350ec51e2.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "db_name": "MySQL",
-  "query": "\nINSERT INTO uploaded_videos\nSET\n  token = ?,\n  sha1_checksum = ?,\n  filesize_bytes = ?,\n  maybe_width = ?,\n  maybe_height = ?,\n  maybe_resolution = ?,\n  maybe_detected_model_family = ?,\n  maybe_detected_model_type = ?,\n  maybe_report = ?,\n  upload_ip_address = ?,\n  created_at = NOW()\n    ",
-  "describe": {
-    "columns": [],
-    "parameters": {
-      "Right": 10
-    },
-    "nullable": []
-  },
-  "hash": "64efd175fa4eb751be1125d55de93ed66a9fc6582e36cec4fc8225c350ec51e2"
-}
diff --git a/crates/schema/database/mysql_queries/src/queries/uploaded_videos/insert_uploaded_video.rs b/crates/schema/database/mysql_queries/src/queries/uploaded_videos/insert_uploaded_video.rs
index 44caaf85a6..29b9f0ad15 100644
--- a/crates/schema/database/mysql_queries/src/queries/uploaded_videos/insert_uploaded_video.rs
+++ b/crates/schema/database/mysql_queries/src/queries/uploaded_videos/insert_uploaded_video.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ where
 {
   pub sha1_checksum: &'e str,
   pub filesize_bytes: u32,
+  pub maybe_filename: Option<&'e str>,
 
   pub maybe_width: Option<u32>,
   pub maybe_height: Option<u32>,
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ SET
   token = ?,
   sha1_checksum = ?,
   filesize_bytes = ?,
+  maybe_filename = ?,
   maybe_width = ?,
   maybe_height = ?,
   maybe_resolution = ?,
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ SET
     token.as_str(),
     args.sha1_checksum,
     args.filesize_bytes,
+    args.maybe_filename,
     args.maybe_width,
     args.maybe_height,
     args.maybe_resolution,
diff --git a/crates/schema/database/mysql_queries/src/queries/uploaded_videos/update_uploaded_video.rs b/crates/schema/database/mysql_queries/src/queries/uploaded_videos/update_uploaded_video.rs
index 66be037508..d194d94ddc 100644
--- a/crates/schema/database/mysql_queries/src/queries/uploaded_videos/update_uploaded_video.rs
+++ b/crates/schema/database/mysql_queries/src/queries/uploaded_videos/update_uploaded_video.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ where
 {
   pub token: &'e UploadedVideoToken,
 
+  pub maybe_filename: Option<&'e str>,
+
   pub maybe_width: Option<u32>,
   pub maybe_height: Option<u32>,
   pub maybe_resolution: Option<&'e str>,
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ where
     r#"
 UPDATE uploaded_videos
 SET
+  maybe_filename = ?,
   maybe_width = ?,
   maybe_height = ?,
   maybe_resolution = ?,
@@ -52,6 +55,7 @@ SET
 WHERE token = ?
 LIMIT 1
     "#,
+    args.maybe_filename,
     args.maybe_width,
     args.maybe_height,
     args.maybe_resolution,
diff --git a/crates/service/web/storyteller_web/src/http_server/endpoints/video_info/video_info_upload_handler.rs b/crates/service/web/storyteller_web/src/http_server/endpoints/video_info/video_info_upload_handler.rs
index 893d2126d0..7268f2530a 100644
--- a/crates/service/web/storyteller_web/src/http_server/endpoints/video_info/video_info_upload_handler.rs
+++ b/crates/service/web/storyteller_web/src/http_server/endpoints/video_info/video_info_upload_handler.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use actix_multipart::form::tempfile::TempFile;
+use actix_multipart::form::text::Text;
 use actix_multipart::form::MultipartForm;
 use actix_web::web::Json;
 use actix_web::{web, HttpRequest};
@@ -47,6 +48,11 @@ pub struct VideoInfoUploadForm {
   #[multipart(limit = "256 MiB")]
   #[schema(value_type = Vec<u8>, format = Binary)]
   file: TempFile,
+
+  /// Optional filename to record. Falls back to the uploaded file's own name.
+  #[multipart(limit = "2 KiB")]
+  #[schema(value_type = Option<String>, format = Binary)]
+  maybe_filename: Option<Text<String>>,
 }
 
 /// Detect a video's AI-generation provenance and persist the result.
@@ -90,6 +96,16 @@ pub async fn video_info_upload_handler(
   let filesize_bytes = bytes.len().min(u32::MAX as usize) as u32;
   let ip_address = get_request_ip(&http_request);
 
+  // Prefer an explicit `maybe_filename` field; otherwise use the uploaded file's
+  // own name. Trimmed; empty becomes absent.
+  let maybe_filename = form
+    .maybe_filename
+    .as_ref()
+    .map(|filename| filename.as_str().to_string())
+    .or_else(|| form.file.file_name.clone())
+    .map(|filename| filename.trim().to_string())
+    .filter(|filename| !filename.is_empty());
+
   let sha1_checksum =
     sha1_hash_bytes_as_crockford(&bytes).map_err(CommonWebError::from_error)?;
 
@@ -154,6 +170,7 @@ pub async fn video_info_upload_handler(
     Some(existing) => {
       update_uploaded_video(UpdateUploadedVideoArgs {
         token: &existing.token,
+        maybe_filename: maybe_filename.as_deref(),
         maybe_width,
         maybe_height,
         maybe_resolution: maybe_resolution.as_deref(),
@@ -171,6 +188,7 @@ pub async fn video_info_upload_handler(
       insert_uploaded_video(InsertUploadedVideoArgs {
         sha1_checksum: &sha1_checksum,
         filesize_bytes,
+        maybe_filename: maybe_filename.as_deref(),
         maybe_width,
         maybe_height,
         maybe_resolution: maybe_resolution.as_deref(),