diff --git a/scripts/podx-tools.sh b/scripts/podx-tools.sh
index 93c08be..b4a097d 100755
--- a/scripts/podx-tools.sh
+++ b/scripts/podx-tools.sh
@@ -239,9 +239,17 @@ print(f\"Indexed {n} document(s).\")"
     if [ -z "$file" ] || [ ! -f "$file" ]; then echo "Usage: owui-upload </abs/path/file>" >&2; exit 1; fi
     _require "OPENWEBUI_URL" "$OPENWEBUI_URL"
     _require "OPENWEBUI_API_KEY" "$OPENWEBUI_API_KEY"
-    curl -sS -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENWEBUI_API_KEY" \
+    tmp="$(mktemp)"
+    code="$(curl -sS -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENWEBUI_API_KEY" \
       -F "file=@$file" \
-      "$(_owui_url)/api/v1/files/" | ppjson
+      -w "%{http_code}" --output "$tmp" \
+      "$(_owui_url)/api/v1/files/" || true)"
+    cat "$tmp" | ppjson
+    rm -f "$tmp"
+    if [ "$code" != "200" ]; then
+      echo "Upload failed (HTTP $code)" >&2
+      exit 1
+    fi
     ;;
 
   owui-attach)
@@ -252,15 +260,34 @@ print(f\"Indexed {n} document(s).\")"
     fi
     _require "OPENWEBUI_URL" "$OPENWEBUI_URL"
     _require "OPENWEBUI_API_KEY" "$OPENWEBUI_API_KEY"
-    FILE_JSON="$(curl -sS -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENWEBUI_API_KEY" -F "file=@$file" "$(_owui_url)/api/v1/files/")"
+    tmp_up="$(mktemp)"
+    code_up="$(curl -sS -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENWEBUI_API_KEY" \
+      -F "file=@$file" \
+      -w "%{http_code}" --output "$tmp_up" \
+      "$(_owui_url)/api/v1/files/" || true)"
+    FILE_JSON="$(cat "$tmp_up")"
+    rm -f "$tmp_up"
+    if [ "$code_up" != "200" ]; then
+      echo "Upload failed (HTTP $code_up)" >&2
+      echo "$FILE_JSON" | ppjson
+      exit 1
+    fi
     FILE_ID="$(python3 -c 'import sys,json; d=json.loads(sys.stdin.read()); print(d.get("id") or (d.get("data") or {}).get("id",""))' <<<"$FILE_JSON")"
     if [ -z "$FILE_ID" ]; then echo "Upload failed (no file id)"; echo "$FILE_JSON" | ppjson; exit 1; fi
     KB_ID="$(_kb_id_by_name "$kb_name")"
     if [ -z "$KB_ID" ]; then echo "KB '$kb_name' not found"; exit 1; fi
-    RESP="$(curl -sS -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENWEBUI_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+    tmp_att="$(mktemp)"
+    code_att="$(curl -sS -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENWEBUI_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
       -d "{\"file_id\":\"$FILE_ID\"}" \
-      "$(_owui_url)/api/v1/knowledge/$KB_ID/file/add")"
+      -w "%{http_code}" --output "$tmp_att" \
+      "$(_owui_url)/api/v1/knowledge/$KB_ID/file/add" || true)"
+    RESP="$(cat "$tmp_att")"
+    rm -f "$tmp_att"
     echo "$RESP" | ppjson
+    if [ "$code_att" != "200" ]; then
+      echo "Attach failed (HTTP $code_att)" >&2
+      exit 1
+    fi
     ;;
 
   owui-kb-files)
@@ -291,13 +318,31 @@ print(f\"Indexed {n} document(s).\")"
     if [ ${#matched[@]} -eq 0 ]; then echo "No files match: $glob_pat"; exit 1; fi
     for f in "${matched[@]}"; do
       echo "[owui] uploading: $f"
-      FILE_JSON="$(curl -sS -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENWEBUI_API_KEY" -F "file=@$f" "$(_owui_url)/api/v1/files/")"
+      tmp_up="$(mktemp)"
+      code_up="$(curl -sS -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENWEBUI_API_KEY" \
+        -F "file=@$f" \
+        -w "%{http_code}" --output "$tmp_up" \
+        "$(_owui_url)/api/v1/files/" || true)"
+      FILE_JSON="$(cat "$tmp_up")"
+      rm -f "$tmp_up"
+      if [ "$code_up" != "200" ]; then
+        echo "  upload failed (HTTP $code_up), skipping"
+        echo "$FILE_JSON" | ppjson
+        continue
+      fi
       FILE_ID="$(python3 -c 'import sys,json; d=json.loads(sys.stdin.read()); print(d.get("id") or (d.get("data") or {}).get("id",""))' <<<"$FILE_JSON")"
-      if [ -z "$FILE_ID" ]; then echo "  upload failed, skipping"; continue; fi
-      RESP="$(curl -sS -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENWEBUI_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+      if [ -z "$FILE_ID" ]; then echo "  upload failed (no id), skipping"; echo "$FILE_JSON" | ppjson; continue; fi
+      tmp_att="$(mktemp)"
+      code_att="$(curl -sS -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENWEBUI_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
         -d "{\"file_id\":\"$FILE_ID\"}" \
-        "$(_owui_url)/api/v1/knowledge/$KB_ID/file/add")"
+        -w "%{http_code}" --output "$tmp_att" \
+        "$(_owui_url)/api/v1/knowledge/$KB_ID/file/add" || true)"
+      RESP="$(cat "$tmp_att")"
+      rm -f "$tmp_att"
       echo "$RESP" | ppjson
+      if [ "$code_att" != "200" ]; then
+        echo "  attach failed (HTTP $code_att)"
+      fi
     done
     ;;