diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/DropZone.svelte b/frontend/src/routes/DropZone.svelte
index dd9c5bb6..6f43bee7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/DropZone.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/DropZone.svelte
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ import { getErrorMessage } from '$lib/errors';
 
 const ACCEPTED_TYPES = ['application/pdf', 'image/jpeg', 'image/png', 'image/tiff'];
 
+interface Props {
+	onUploadComplete?: (count: number) => void;
+}
+
+let { onUploadComplete }: Props = $props();
+
 let isDragging = $state(false);
 let windowDragging = $state(false);
 let dragCounter = 0;
@@ -80,6 +86,7 @@ async function uploadFiles(files: File[]) {
 			const result = JSON.parse(body);
 			if (result.created?.length > 0) {
 				messages.push({ text: m.upload_success({ count: result.created.length }), isError: false });
+				onUploadComplete?.(result.created.length);
 			}
 			for (const doc of result.updated ?? []) {
 				messages.push({
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/DropZone.svelte.spec.ts b/frontend/src/routes/DropZone.svelte.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..514f1b74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/DropZone.svelte.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, afterEach, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { cleanup, render } from 'vitest-browser-svelte';
+import { page } from 'vitest/browser';
+
+import DropZone from './DropZone.svelte';
+
+vi.mock('$app/navigation', () => ({ invalidateAll: vi.fn(async () => {}) }));
+
+afterEach(() => {
+	cleanup();
+	vi.restoreAllMocks();
+});
+
+function stubXhrWith(responseBody: string) {
+	class FakeXhr {
+		upload = { addEventListener: vi.fn() };
+		status = 200;
+		responseText = responseBody;
+		private loadHandler: (() => void) | null = null;
+		open = vi.fn();
+		addEventListener = vi.fn((event: string, handler: () => void) => {
+			if (event === 'load') this.loadHandler = handler;
+		});
+		send = vi.fn(() => {
+			queueMicrotask(() => this.loadHandler?.());
+		});
+	}
+	vi.stubGlobal('XMLHttpRequest', FakeXhr);
+}
+
+describe('DropZone onUploadComplete', () => {
+	it('invokes callback with created.length after a successful upload', async () => {
+		stubXhrWith(JSON.stringify({ created: [{ id: 'd1' }, { id: 'd2' }], updated: [], errors: [] }));
+
+		const onUploadComplete = vi.fn();
+		render(DropZone, { onUploadComplete });
+
+		const input = document.querySelector('input[type="file"]') as HTMLInputElement | null;
+		expect(input).not.toBeNull();
+		const file = new File(['%PDF-1.4'], 'test.pdf', { type: 'application/pdf' });
+		const dataTransfer = new DataTransfer();
+		dataTransfer.items.add(file);
+		input!.files = dataTransfer.files;
+		input!.dispatchEvent(new Event('change', { bubbles: true }));
+
+		await vi.waitFor(() => {
+			expect(onUploadComplete).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+		});
+		expect(onUploadComplete).toHaveBeenCalledWith(2);
+	});
+
+	it('does not invoke callback when no files were created', async () => {
+		stubXhrWith(JSON.stringify({ created: [], updated: [], errors: [] }));
+
+		const onUploadComplete = vi.fn();
+		render(DropZone, { onUploadComplete });
+
+		const input = document.querySelector('input[type="file"]') as HTMLInputElement;
+		const file = new File(['%PDF-1.4'], 'dupe.pdf', { type: 'application/pdf' });
+		const dt = new DataTransfer();
+		dt.items.add(file);
+		input.files = dt.files;
+		input.dispatchEvent(new Event('change', { bubbles: true }));
+
+		// Wait a tick to let the microtask flush
+		await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 50));
+		expect(onUploadComplete).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+	});
+
+	it('works when the onUploadComplete prop is not supplied', async () => {
+		stubXhrWith(JSON.stringify({ created: [{ id: 'x' }], updated: [], errors: [] }));
+
+		render(DropZone, {});
+		const input = document.querySelector('input[type="file"]') as HTMLInputElement;
+		const file = new File(['%PDF-1.4'], 'x.pdf', { type: 'application/pdf' });
+		const dt = new DataTransfer();
+		dt.items.add(file);
+		input.files = dt.files;
+		// Should not throw
+		input.dispatchEvent(new Event('change', { bubbles: true }));
+		await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 50));
+		await expect.element(page.getByText(/1 Dokument/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+	});
+});