diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/importing/MassImportService.java b/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/importing/MassImportService.java
index b4873b41..1ae77541 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/importing/MassImportService.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/importing/MassImportService.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package org.raddatz.familienarchiv.importing;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.media.Schema;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.*;
@@ -55,9 +56,20 @@ public class MassImportService {
 
     public enum State { IDLE, RUNNING, DONE, FAILED }
 
-    public record SkippedFile(String filename, String reason) {}
+    public record SkippedFile(
+            @Schema(requiredMode = Schema.RequiredMode.REQUIRED) String filename,
+            @Schema(requiredMode = Schema.RequiredMode.REQUIRED) String reason
+    ) {}
 
-    public record ImportStatus(State state, String statusCode, @JsonIgnore String message, int processed, List<SkippedFile> skippedFiles, LocalDateTime startedAt) {
+    public record ImportStatus(
+            @Schema(requiredMode = Schema.RequiredMode.REQUIRED) State state,
+            @Schema(requiredMode = Schema.RequiredMode.REQUIRED) String statusCode,
+            @JsonIgnore String message,
+            @Schema(requiredMode = Schema.RequiredMode.REQUIRED) int processed,
+            @Schema(requiredMode = Schema.RequiredMode.REQUIRED) List<SkippedFile> skippedFiles,
+            LocalDateTime startedAt
+    ) {
+        @Schema(requiredMode = Schema.RequiredMode.REQUIRED)
         @JsonProperty("skipped")
         public int skipped() { return skippedFiles.size(); }
     }
@@ -300,8 +312,12 @@ public class MassImportService {
         return new ProcessResult(processed, skippedFiles);
     }
 
+    InputStream openFileStream(File file) throws IOException {
+        return new FileInputStream(file);
+    }
+
     private boolean isPdfMagicBytes(File file) throws IOException {
-        try (InputStream is = new FileInputStream(file)) {
+        try (InputStream is = openFileStream(file)) {
             byte[] header = is.readNBytes(4);
             return header.length == 4
                     && header[0] == 0x25  // %
diff --git a/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/importing/MassImportServiceTest.java b/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/importing/MassImportServiceTest.java
index e6f81f57..31cd2842 100644
--- a/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/importing/MassImportServiceTest.java
+++ b/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/importing/MassImportServiceTest.java
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assumptions.assumeTrue;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 
@@ -572,20 +571,19 @@ class MassImportServiceTest {
     @Test
     void runImportAsync_skipsFile_whenMagicBytesCheckThrowsIOException(@TempDir Path tempDir) throws Exception {
         Files.writeString(tempDir.resolve("unreadable.pdf"), "some content");
-        File unreadable = tempDir.resolve("unreadable.pdf").toFile();
         buildMinimalImportXlsx(tempDir, "unreadable.pdf");
         ReflectionTestUtils.setField(service, "importDir", tempDir.toString());
-        unreadable.setReadable(false);
-        assumeTrue(!unreadable.canRead(), "Requires non-root file permissions");
-        try {
-            service.runImportAsync();
-            assertThat(service.getStatus().skipped()).isEqualTo(1);
-            assertThat(service.getStatus().skippedFiles())
-                    .extracting(MassImportService.SkippedFile::reason)
-                    .containsExactly("FILE_READ_ERROR");
-        } finally {
-            unreadable.setReadable(true);
-        }
+        lenient().when(documentService.findByOriginalFilename(any())).thenReturn(Optional.empty());
+
+        MassImportService spyService = spy(service);
+        doThrow(new java.io.IOException("simulated read error")).when(spyService).openFileStream(any(File.class));
+
+        spyService.runImportAsync();
+
+        assertThat(spyService.getStatus().skipped()).isEqualTo(1);
+        assertThat(spyService.getStatus().skippedFiles())
+                .extracting(MassImportService.SkippedFile::reason)
+                .containsExactly("FILE_READ_ERROR");
     }
 
     // ─── readOds — XXE security regression ───────────────────────────────────