diff --git a/tests/test_frame_apk_versions.py b/tests/test_frame_apk_versions.py
index 8cf7701..53f1511 100644
--- a/tests/test_frame_apk_versions.py
+++ b/tests/test_frame_apk_versions.py
@@ -256,5 +256,28 @@ class UploadVersionsTest(unittest.TestCase):
                 ssh.assert_not_called()
 
 
+    def test_blocked_uploads_are_reported_like_failed_installs(self):
+        import server
+        info = {'package': 'org.example.app', 'label': 'Example', 'version': '5',
+                'version_code': 5, 'min_sdk': 33, 'abis': [], 'icon_png': None}
+        for apk_info, expected_info in ((dict(info), 'org.example.app'),
+                                        (frame_android.FrameError('not an APK'), None)):
+            handler = object.__new__(server.Handler)
+            handler.headers = {'X-Filename': 'app.apk', 'X-Mode': 'apk', 'Content-Length': '1'}
+            handler.rfile = io.BytesIO(b'x')
+            calls = []
+            patch_info = (patch.object(frame_android, 'apk_info', side_effect=apk_info)
+                          if isinstance(apk_info, Exception) else
+                          patch.object(frame_android, 'apk_info', return_value=apk_info))
+            with patch_info, patch.object(frame_android, 'install_hooks', [lambda *a: calls.append(a)]), \
+                    patch.object(server, 'ensure_master'):
+                with self.assertRaises(server.Failure):
+                    handler.upload()
+            self.assertEqual(len(calls), 1)
+            got_info, meta, error, _ = calls[0]
+            self.assertEqual((got_info or {}).get('package'), expected_info)
+            self.assertIsNone(meta)
+            self.assertIsInstance(error, frame_android.FrameError)
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/ui/index.html b/ui/index.html
index 82e6437..92ec81a 100644
--- a/ui/index.html
+++ b/ui/index.html
@@ -1545,6 +1545,7 @@ function showApkAlternatives(reason, result) {
     if (res) $("apkAltDlg").close(); else { b.disabled = false; b.textContent = "Install"; }
     await loadAndroid();
     if (cat.apps) { const y = window.scrollY; filterCatalog(); window.scrollTo(0, y); }
+    if (res && res.app) await offerTest(res.app);
   };
   if (!$("apkAltDlg").open) $("apkAltDlg").showModal();
 }
diff --git a/ui/server.py b/ui/server.py
index 8a04aa0..23aa600 100755
--- a/ui/server.py
+++ b/ui/server.py
@@ -1595,13 +1595,18 @@ class Handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                 keep = True  # stage_title owns tmp now, and removes it on failure
                 return stage_title(str(dest), temp_dir=str(tmp))
             if mode == "apk":
+                # Checked here, before install(), to hand the page a blocker it can offer
+                # alternatives for; report these failures the way install() would have.
+                start = time.time()
                 try:
                     info = frame_android.apk_info(str(dest))
                 except frame_android.FrameError as e:
+                    frame_android._after_install(None, None, e, start)
                     raise Failure(str(e), 400)
                 try:
                     frame_android.check_installable(info)
                 except frame_android.FrameError as e:
+                    frame_android._after_install(info, None, e, start)
                     raise Failure(str(e), 400, {"package": info["package"], "version_code": info.get("version_code"), "blocker": str(e)})
                 ensure_master()
                 try: