diff --git a/amethyst/src/androidTest/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/actions/uploads/FileProviderPathsTest.kt b/amethyst/src/androidTest/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/actions/uploads/FileProviderPathsTest.kt
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/amethyst/src/androidTest/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/actions/uploads/FileProviderPathsTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 Vitor Pamplona
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+ * this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+ * the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
+ * copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the
+ * Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+ * subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
+ * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
+ * COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+ * AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+ * WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+package com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.actions.uploads
+
+import android.os.Environment
+import androidx.core.content.FileProvider
+import androidx.test.ext.junit.runners.AndroidJUnit4
+import androidx.test.platform.app.InstrumentationRegistry
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
+import org.junit.Assert.fail
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+import java.io.File
+
+/**
+ * Pins what `res/xml/file_paths.xml` is allowed to hand out.
+ *
+ * The provider root used to be `<external-path path=".">`, i.e. the whole of
+ * `Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()`. It is now the app-specific
+ * `<external-files-path>`, which is the only external location Amethyst ever
+ * shares from (camera/video capture). These tests fail if either half of that
+ * regresses: the capture paths must still resolve, and the external-storage
+ * root must not.
+ */
+@RunWith(AndroidJUnit4::class)
+class FileProviderPathsTest {
+    private val context = InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation().targetContext
+    private val authority = "${context.packageName}.provider"
+
+    @Test
+    fun photoCaptureUriResolves() {
+        val uri = getPhotoUri(context)
+        assertEquals("content", uri.scheme)
+        assertEquals(authority, uri.authority)
+        assertTrue("expected the external_files root, got $uri", uri.path!!.startsWith("/external_files/"))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun videoCaptureUriResolves() {
+        val uri = getVideoUri(context)
+        assertEquals("content", uri.scheme)
+        assertEquals(authority, uri.authority)
+        assertTrue("expected the external_files root, got $uri", uri.path!!.startsWith("/external_files/"))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun cacheDirStillResolves() {
+        val file = File(context.cacheDir, "amethyst_share_probe.png")
+        val uri = FileProvider.getUriForFile(context, authority, file)
+        assertEquals(authority, uri.authority)
+        assertTrue("expected the cache root, got $uri", uri.path!!.startsWith("/cache/"))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun externalStorageRootIsNoLongerShareable() {
+        @Suppress("DEPRECATION")
+        val outside = File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), "Download/not-ours.pdf")
+        try {
+            val uri = FileProvider.getUriForFile(context, authority, outside)
+            fail("FileProvider should not map $outside, but produced $uri")
+        } catch (expected: IllegalArgumentException) {
+            // Correct: no configured root contains it.
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/res/xml/file_paths.xml b/amethyst/src/main/res/xml/file_paths.xml
index 0b339a9cf9..bac4fa1a57 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/res/xml/file_paths.xml
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/res/xml/file_paths.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <paths>
-    <external-path
+    <!-- Camera/video capture (TakePicture) writes into getExternalFilesDir(...),
+         the app-specific external dir. Declared precisely so the provider never
+         roots at the external-storage top level, and so it stays correct under
+         the .debug / .benchmark applicationIdSuffixes. -->
+    <external-files-path
         name="external_files"
         path="." />