diff --git a/lib/video/video-platforms.ts b/lib/video/video-platforms.ts
index a535ef2..f8d6dfd 100644
--- a/lib/video/video-platforms.ts
+++ b/lib/video/video-platforms.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,13 @@ import {
 	type TiktokSettings,
 	type YoutubeSettings,
 } from "@/db/schema";
-import { and, desc, eq } from "drizzle-orm";
+import { and, desc, eq, inArray, sql } from "drizzle-orm";
 import { sse } from "@/lib/realtime/sse";
+import {
+	createVideoPublishingModule,
+	type VideoPublishJobRecord,
+	type VideoPublishUploadRecord,
+} from "@/lib/video/video-publishing";
 
 const VIDEO_TYPES = new Set(["video/mp4", "video/quicktime", "video/webm"]);
 
@@ -330,105 +335,76 @@ async function publishTiktok(upload: typeof videoUploads.$inferSelect) {
 	return { id: initData.data.publish_id, url: "https://www.tiktok.com/" };
 }
 
-export async function publishVideoJob(jobId: string) {
-	const job = await db.query.videoUploadJobs.findFirst({
-		where: (table, { eq }) => eq(table.id, jobId),
-	});
-	if (!job || job.status === "completed") return;
-	const upload = await db.query.videoUploads.findFirst({
-		where: (table, { eq }) => eq(table.id, job.uploadId),
-	});
-	if (!upload) throw new Error("Upload record not found.");
-	await db
-		.update(videoUploadJobs)
-		.set({
-			status: "processing",
-			attempts: job.attempts + 1,
-			startedAt: new Date(),
-			error: null,
-		})
-		.where(eq(videoUploadJobs.id, job.id));
-	await sse.uploads.pub("update", {
-		uploadId: upload.id,
-		jobId: job.id,
-		platform: job.platform,
-		status: "processing",
-	});
-	try {
-		const result =
-			job.platform === "youtube"
-				? await publishYoutube(upload)
-				: await publishTiktok(upload);
-		await db
-			.update(videoUploadJobs)
-			.set({
-				status: "completed",
-				externalId: result.id,
-				externalUrl: result.url,
-				completedAt: new Date(),
-			})
-			.where(eq(videoUploadJobs.id, job.id));
-		await sse.uploads.pub("update", {
-			uploadId: upload.id,
-			jobId: job.id,
-			platform: job.platform,
-			status: "completed",
-		});
-	} catch (error) {
-		const message =
-			error instanceof Error ? error.message : "Platform upload failed.";
-		await db
-			.update(videoUploadJobs)
-			.set({ status: "failed", error: message })
-			.where(eq(videoUploadJobs.id, job.id));
-		await sse.uploads.pub("update", {
-			uploadId: upload.id,
-			jobId: job.id,
-			platform: job.platform,
-			status: "failed",
-		});
-		throw error;
-	}
-}
+type DatabaseVideoUpload = typeof videoUploads.$inferSelect;
+type DatabaseVideoJob = typeof videoUploadJobs.$inferSelect;
 
-export async function processDueVideoUploads() {
-	const due = await db.query.videoUploads.findMany({
-		where: (table, { eq, lte, or, isNull }) =>
-			and(
-				or(eq(table.status, "scheduled"), eq(table.status, "partial")),
-				or(isNull(table.scheduledAt), lte(table.scheduledAt, new Date())),
-			),
-		orderBy: [desc(videoUploads.createdAt)],
-	});
-	for (const upload of due) {
-		const jobs = await db.query.videoUploadJobs.findMany({
-			where: (table, { eq, and, ne }) =>
-				and(eq(table.uploadId, upload.id), ne(table.status, "completed")),
-		});
-		for (const job of jobs) {
-			await publishVideoJob(job.id).catch((error) => {
-				const message =
-					error instanceof Error ? error.message : "Platform upload failed.";
-				console.error(`[${job.platform}] ${job.id}: ${message}`);
-			});
-		}
-		const remaining = await db.query.videoUploadJobs.findMany({
-			where: (table, { eq, and, ne }) =>
-				and(eq(table.uploadId, upload.id), ne(table.status, "completed")),
-		});
-		const nextStatus =
-			remaining.length === 0
-				? "completed"
-				: remaining.some((job) => job.status === "completed")
-					? "partial"
-					: "failed";
-		await db
-			.update(videoUploads)
-			.set({ status: nextStatus, updatedAt: new Date() })
-			.where(eq(videoUploads.id, upload.id));
-		await sse.uploads.pub("update", {
-			uploadId: upload.id,
-			status: nextStatus,
-		});
-	}
-}
+const videoPublishing = createVideoPublishingModule<
+	DatabaseVideoUpload & VideoPublishUploadRecord,
+	DatabaseVideoJob & VideoPublishJobRecord
+>({
+	store: {
+		claimJob: async (jobId, startedAt) => {
+			const [job] = await db
+				.update(videoUploadJobs)
+				.set({
+					status: "processing",
+					attempts: sql`${videoUploadJobs.attempts} + 1`,
+					startedAt,
+					error: null,
+				})
+				.where(
+					and(
+						eq(videoUploadJobs.id, jobId),
+						inArray(videoUploadJobs.status, ["pending", "failed"]),
+					),
+				)
+				.returning();
+			return job ?? null;
+		},
+		findUpload: async (uploadId) => (await db.query.videoUploads.findFirst({
+			where: (table, { eq }) => eq(table.id, uploadId),
+		})) ?? null,
+		markCompleted: async (job, result, completedAt) => {
+			await db
+				.update(videoUploadJobs)
+				.set({
+					status: "completed",
+					externalId: result.id,
+					externalUrl: result.url,
+					completedAt,
+				})
+				.where(eq(videoUploadJobs.id, job.id));
+		},
+		markFailed: async (job, message) => {
+			await db
+				.update(videoUploadJobs)
+				.set({ status: "failed", error: message })
+				.where(eq(videoUploadJobs.id, job.id));
+		},
+		findDueUploads: (now) => db.query.videoUploads.findMany({
+			where: (table, { eq, lte, or, isNull }) =>
+				and(
+					or(eq(table.status, "scheduled"), eq(table.status, "partial")),
+					or(isNull(table.scheduledAt), lte(table.scheduledAt, now)),
+				),
+			orderBy: [desc(videoUploads.createdAt)],
+		}),
+		findJobs: (uploadId) => db.query.videoUploadJobs.findMany({
+			where: (table, { eq }) => eq(table.uploadId, uploadId),
+		}),
+		updateUploadStatus: async (upload, status, updatedAt) => {
+			await db
+				.update(videoUploads)
+				.set({ status, updatedAt })
+				.where(eq(videoUploads.id, upload.id));
+		},
+	},
+	 publishers: {
+		youtube: publishYoutube,
+		tiktok: publishTiktok,
+	},
+	notify: (event) => sse.uploads.pub("update", event),
+});
+
+export const publishVideoJob = videoPublishing.publishJob;
+export const processDueVideoUploads = videoPublishing.processDue;
diff --git a/lib/video/video-publishing.test.ts b/lib/video/video-publishing.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc0bad1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/video/video-publishing.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import {
+  createVideoPublishingModule,
+  type VideoPublishJobRecord,
+  type VideoPublishUploadRecord,
+  type VideoPublishingEvent,
+} from "@/lib/video/video-publishing";
+
+type TestUpload = VideoPublishUploadRecord & { title: string };
+type TestJob = VideoPublishJobRecord;
+
+function fixture() {
+  const upload: TestUpload = {
+    id: "upload-1",
+    title: "Test upload",
+    status: "processing",
+    scheduledAt: null,
+    createdAt: new Date("2026-08-09T00:00:00Z"),
+  };
+  const job: TestJob = {
+    id: "job-1",
+    uploadId: upload.id,
+    platform: "youtube",
+    status: "pending",
+    attempts: 0,
+  };
+  const events: VideoPublishingEvent[] = [];
+  const updates: string[] = [];
+  const jobs = [job];
+  const publishing = createVideoPublishingModule({
+    store: {
+      claimJob: async (_jobId, startedAt) => {
+        if (job.status === "completed" || job.status === "processing") return null;
+        job.status = "processing";
+        job.attempts += 1;
+        void startedAt;
+        return job;
+      },
+      findUpload: async () => upload,
+      markCompleted: async (nextJob) => { nextJob.status = "completed"; },
+      markFailed: async (nextJob) => { nextJob.status = "failed"; },
+      findDueUploads: async () => [upload],
+      findJobs: async () => jobs,
+      updateUploadStatus: async (_upload, status) => {
+        updates.push(status);
+      },
+    },
+    publishers: {
+      youtube: async (nextUpload) => ({ id: nextUpload.id, url: "https://youtube.test/video" }),
+      tiktok: async (nextUpload) => ({ id: nextUpload.id, url: "https://tiktok.test/video" }),
+    },
+    notify: async (event) => { events.push(event); },
+    now: () => new Date("2026-08-09T00:01:00Z"),
+  });
+
+  return { events, job, jobs, publishing, updates, upload };
+}
+
+describe("video publishing job module", () => {
+  test("keeps provider result and lifecycle notifications separate", async () => {
+    const { events, job, publishing } = fixture();
+
+    await publishing.publishJob(job.id);
+
+    expect(job).toMatchObject({ status: "completed", attempts: 1 });
+    expect(events.map((event) => event.status)).toEqual(["processing", "completed"]);
+  });
+
+  test("marks provider failures without hiding the original error", async () => {
+    const { events, job } = fixture();
+    const publishing = createVideoPublishingModule({
+      store: {
+        claimJob: async () => {
+          if (job.status === "processing" || job.status === "completed") return null;
+          job.status = "processing";
+          return job;
+        },
+        findUpload: async () => ({
+          id: "upload-1",
+          title: "Test upload",
+          status: "processing",
+          scheduledAt: null,
+          createdAt: new Date(),
+        }),
+        markCompleted: async () => {},
+        markFailed: async (nextJob) => { nextJob.status = "failed"; },
+        findDueUploads: async () => [],
+        findJobs: async () => [],
+        updateUploadStatus: async () => {},
+      },
+      publishers: {
+        youtube: async () => { throw new Error("provider offline"); },
+        tiktok: async () => ({ id: "id", url: "url" }),
+      },
+      notify: async (event) => { events.push(event); },
+    });
+
+    await expect(publishing.publishJob(job.id)).rejects.toThrow("provider offline");
+    expect(job.status).toBe("failed");
+    expect(events.at(-1)?.status).toBe("failed");
+  });
+
+  test("allows only one caller to claim a job", async () => {
+    const { job, publishing } = fixture();
+
+    await Promise.all([publishing.publishJob(job.id), publishing.publishJob(job.id)]);
+
+    expect(job).toMatchObject({ status: "completed", attempts: 1 });
+  });
+
+  test("derives partial status from all platform jobs", async () => {
+    const { updates, upload } = fixture();
+    const jobs: TestJob[] = [
+      {
+        id: "job-1",
+        uploadId: upload.id,
+        platform: "youtube",
+        status: "completed",
+        attempts: 1,
+      },
+      {
+        id: "job-2",
+        uploadId: upload.id,
+        platform: "tiktok",
+        status: "processing",
+        attempts: 1,
+      },
+    ];
+    const publishing = createVideoPublishingModule({
+      store: {
+        claimJob: async () => null,
+        findUpload: async () => upload,
+        markCompleted: async () => {},
+        markFailed: async () => {},
+        findDueUploads: async () => [upload],
+        findJobs: async () => jobs,
+        updateUploadStatus: async (_upload, status) => { updates.push(status); },
+      },
+      publishers: {
+        youtube: async () => ({ id: "video", url: "url" }),
+        tiktok: async () => ({ id: "video", url: "url" }),
+      },
+      notify: async () => {},
+    });
+
+    await publishing.processDue();
+
+    expect(updates).toEqual(["partial"]);
+  });
+
+  test("does not fail publishing when lifecycle notification fails", async () => {
+    const { job, upload } = fixture();
+    const notificationErrors: unknown[] = [];
+    const publishing = createVideoPublishingModule({
+      store: {
+        claimJob: async () => {
+          job.status = "processing";
+          return job;
+        },
+        findUpload: async () => upload,
+        markCompleted: async (nextJob) => { nextJob.status = "completed"; },
+        markFailed: async (nextJob) => { nextJob.status = "failed"; },
+        findDueUploads: async () => [],
+        findJobs: async () => [job],
+        updateUploadStatus: async () => {},
+      },
+      publishers: {
+        youtube: async () => ({ id: "video", url: "url" }),
+        tiktok: async () => ({ id: "video", url: "url" }),
+      },
+      notify: async () => { throw new Error("redis offline"); },
+      reportNotificationFailure: (error) => notificationErrors.push(error),
+    });
+
+    await publishing.publishJob(job.id);
+
+    expect(job.status).toBe("completed");
+    expect(notificationErrors).toHaveLength(2);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/lib/video/video-publishing.ts b/lib/video/video-publishing.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02937a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/video/video-publishing.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+export type VideoPlatform = "youtube" | "tiktok";
+export type VideoJobStatus =
+  | "pending"
+  | "processing"
+  | "completed"
+  | "failed";
+export type VideoUploadStatus = "draft" | "scheduled" | "processing" | "partial" | "completed" | "failed";
+
+export type VideoPublishResult = {
+  id: string;
+  url: string;
+};
+
+export type VideoPublishJobRecord = {
+  id: string;
+  uploadId: string;
+  platform: VideoPlatform;
+  status: VideoJobStatus;
+  attempts: number;
+};
+
+export type VideoPublishUploadRecord = {
+  id: string;
+  status: VideoUploadStatus;
+  scheduledAt: Date | null;
+  createdAt: Date;
+};
+
+export type VideoPublishingEvent = {
+  uploadId: string;
+  jobId?: string;
+  platform?: VideoPlatform;
+  status: Exclude<VideoUploadStatus, "draft"> | VideoJobStatus;
+};
+
+export type VideoPublishingStore<
+  TUpload extends VideoPublishUploadRecord,
+  TJob extends VideoPublishJobRecord,
+> = {
+  claimJob: (jobId: string, startedAt: Date) => Promise<TJob | null>;
+  findUpload: (uploadId: string) => Promise<TUpload | null>;
+  markCompleted: (job: TJob, result: VideoPublishResult, completedAt: Date) => Promise<void>;
+  markFailed: (job: TJob, message: string) => Promise<void>;
+  findDueUploads: (now: Date) => Promise<TUpload[]>;
+  findJobs: (uploadId: string) => Promise<TJob[]>;
+  updateUploadStatus: (upload: TUpload, status: VideoUploadStatus, updatedAt: Date) => Promise<void>;
+};
+
+export type VideoPublishingModule = {
+  publishJob: (jobId: string) => Promise<void>;
+  processDue: () => Promise<void>;
+};
+
+export function createVideoPublishingModule<
+  TUpload extends VideoPublishUploadRecord,
+  TJob extends VideoPublishJobRecord,
+>({
+  store,
+  publishers,
+  notify,
+  reportNotificationFailure = (error) => {
+    console.error("Failed to publish video lifecycle notification", error);
+  },
+  now = () => new Date(),
+}: {
+  store: VideoPublishingStore<TUpload, TJob>;
+  publishers: Record<VideoPlatform, (upload: TUpload) => Promise<VideoPublishResult>>;
+  notify: (event: VideoPublishingEvent) => Promise<unknown>;
+  reportNotificationFailure?: (error: unknown) => void;
+  now?: () => Date;
+}): VideoPublishingModule {
+  async function sendNotification(event: VideoPublishingEvent) {
+    try {
+      await notify(event);
+    } catch (error) {
+      reportNotificationFailure(error);
+    }
+  }
+
+  async function publishJob(jobId: string) {
+    const job = await store.claimJob(jobId, now());
+    if (!job) return;
+
+    const upload = await store.findUpload(job.uploadId);
+    if (!upload) throw new Error("Upload record not found.");
+
+    await sendNotification({
+      uploadId: upload.id,
+      jobId: job.id,
+      platform: job.platform,
+      status: "processing",
+    });
+
+    try {
+      const result = await publishers[job.platform](upload);
+      await store.markCompleted(job, result, now());
+      await sendNotification({
+        uploadId: upload.id,
+        jobId: job.id,
+        platform: job.platform,
+        status: "completed",
+      });
+    } catch (error) {
+      const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : "Platform upload failed.";
+      await store.markFailed(job, message);
+      await sendNotification({
+        uploadId: upload.id,
+        jobId: job.id,
+        platform: job.platform,
+        status: "failed",
+      });
+      throw error;
+    }
+  }
+
+  async function processDue() {
+    const dueUploads = await store.findDueUploads(now());
+
+    for (const upload of dueUploads) {
+      const jobs = await store.findJobs(upload.id);
+      for (const job of jobs.filter((item) => item.status !== "completed")) {
+        await publishJob(job.id).catch((error) => {
+          const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : "Platform upload failed.";
+          console.error(`[${job.platform}] ${job.id}: ${message}`);
+        });
+      }
+
+      const currentJobs = await store.findJobs(upload.id);
+      const nextStatus: VideoUploadStatus = currentJobs.every(
+        (job) => job.status === "completed",
+      )
+        ? "completed"
+        : currentJobs.some((job) => job.status === "completed")
+          ? "partial"
+          : "failed";
+      await store.updateUploadStatus(upload, nextStatus, now());
+      await sendNotification({ uploadId: upload.id, status: nextStatus });
+    }
+  }
+
+  return { publishJob, processDue };
+}