diff --git a/internal/handlers/unsupported_source_internal_test.go b/internal/handlers/unsupported_source_internal_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a10e37e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/handlers/unsupported_source_internal_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package handlers
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/httpfetcher"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imageprocessor"
+	"sneak.berlin/go/pixa/internal/imgcache"
+)
+
+// TestUnsupportedSourceFormatAnswers415 checks that both image routes answer
+// 415 with a clear error when the upstream answers with a content type pixa
+// does not accept, such as SVG, and when orig is asked of a source in a
+// format the processor cannot name, wrapped as the service wraps them.
+func TestUnsupportedSourceFormatAnswers415(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	h := &Handlers{log: slog.New(slog.DiscardHandler)}
+	req := &imgcache.ImageRequest{SourceHost: "img.example.com", SourcePath: "/a.svg"}
+
+	for _, err := range []error{
+		fmt.Errorf("upstream fetch failed: %w: image/svg+xml",
+			httpfetcher.ErrInvalidContentType),
+		fmt.Errorf("image processing failed: %w: unknown",
+			imageprocessor.ErrUnsupportedInputFormat),
+	} {
+		plain := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		h.respondImageError(plain, req, err)
+
+		encrypted := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		h.handleImageError(encrypted, err)
+
+		for route, rec := range map[string]*httptest.ResponseRecorder{
+			"HandleImage": plain, "HandleImageEnc": encrypted,
+		} {
+			t.Logf("%s for %v: %d %s", route, err, rec.Code, rec.Body.String())
+
+			if rec.Code != http.StatusUnsupportedMediaType {
+				t.Errorf("%s for %v: status = %d, want %d",
+					route, err, rec.Code, http.StatusUnsupportedMediaType)
+			}
+
+			if !strings.Contains(rec.Body.String(), "unsupported source format") {
+				t.Errorf("%s for %v: body = %q, want the unsupported source format error",
+					route, err, rec.Body.String())
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/imageprocessor/orig_format_internal_test.go b/internal/imageprocessor/orig_format_internal_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f788b7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/imageprocessor/orig_format_internal_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package imageprocessor
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"errors"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/davidbyttow/govips/v2/vips"
+)
+
+// TestImageProcessor_OrigOfUnnamedFormatRefused verifies that orig of an
+// input in a format the processor decodes but cannot name, here TIFF, is
+// an error, and not the image saved as JPEG.
+func TestImageProcessor_OrigOfUnnamedFormatRefused(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	img, err := vips.NewImageFromBuffer(createTestPNG(t, 20, 20))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to decode test PNG: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	t.Cleanup(img.Close)
+
+	tiff, _, err := img.ExportTiff(vips.NewTiffExportParams())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to save test TIFF: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	result, err := New(Params{}).Process(
+		t.Context(), bytes.NewReader(tiff), &Request{Format: FormatOriginal},
+	)
+	if result != nil {
+		t.Logf("Process() returned %s", result.ContentType)
+	}
+
+	if !errors.Is(err, ErrUnsupportedInputFormat) {
+		t.Errorf("Process() error = %v, want %v", err, ErrUnsupportedInputFormat)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/server/svg_internal_test.go b/internal/server/svg_internal_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95b46fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/server/svg_internal_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package server
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// TestImageProxyRefusesSVG requests an image the upstream answers as SVG,
+// in its own format (orig) and resized as PNG, through pixa's router,
+// upstream fetcher and image processor. pixa does not accept SVG as a
+// source, so each request is answered 415, never with an image.
+func TestImageProxyRefusesSVG(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	upstream := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(
+		func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+			w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "image/svg+xml")
+			_, _ = io.WriteString(w, `<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" `+
+				`width="64" height="48"><rect width="64" height="48"/></svg>`)
+		}))
+	t.Cleanup(upstream.Close)
+
+	s, _, _ := startImageProxy(t, upstream)
+
+	for _, sizeFormat := range []string{"64x48.orig", "32x24.png"} {
+		target := "/v1/image/" + upstreamHost + "/drawing.svg/" + sizeFormat
+
+		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		s.ServeHTTP(rec, httptest.NewRequestWithContext(
+			t.Context(), http.MethodGet, target, nil))
+		t.Logf("GET %s: %d, Content-Type %s, body %s",
+			target, rec.Code, rec.Header().Get("Content-Type"), rec.Body.String())
+
+		if rec.Code != http.StatusUnsupportedMediaType {
+			t.Errorf("GET %s status = %d, want %d",
+				target, rec.Code, http.StatusUnsupportedMediaType)
+		}
+	}
+}