diff --git a/src/backend/api/routers/tasks.py b/src/backend/api/routers/tasks.py
index 8a23988..bfac75c 100644
--- a/src/backend/api/routers/tasks.py
+++ b/src/backend/api/routers/tasks.py
@@ -250,6 +250,8 @@ async def create_task(
         file_type=data.file_type,
         annotations_json=data.annotations_json,
         vision_json=data.vision_json,
+        # #97: camera e modo di analisi (dict gia' validato dal modello)
+        acquisition_json=data.acquisition_json.model_dump() if data.acquisition_json else None,
         # #53 #55: ciclo (default dal tipo), chiusura, campi extra
         in_loop=data.in_loop if data.in_loop is not None else default_in_loop(data.task_type),
         at_close=data.at_close,
diff --git a/src/backend/api/routers/vision.py b/src/backend/api/routers/vision.py
index e339e4a..45f1c7c 100644
--- a/src/backend/api/routers/vision.py
+++ b/src/backend/api/routers/vision.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from src.backend.api.routers.files import (
 from src.backend.config import settings
 from src.backend.database import get_db
 from src.backend.models.api.vision import (
-    VisionExecuteResponse, VisionMeasurementResult, VisionRecipeResponse,
+    VisionCheckResponse, VisionExecuteResponse, VisionMeasurementResult, VisionRecipeResponse,
     VisionRecipeUploadResponse, VisionReferenceImageResponse,
 )
 from src.backend.models.orm.vision import VisionResult
@@ -164,6 +164,22 @@ async def execute(
     )
 
 
+@router.post("/check", response_model=VisionCheckResponse)
+async def check(
+    task_id: int = Form(...),
+    image: UploadFile = File(...),
+    production_run_id: int | None = Form(None, gt=0),
+    db: AsyncSession = Depends(get_db),
+    current_user: User = Depends(require_measurement_tec),
+) -> VisionCheckResponse:
+    """#97: analisi di un frame senza salvare nulla (ne' risultato ne' misure)."""
+    task = await _task_or_404(db, task_id)
+    report = await vision_service.check_task(
+        db, task, await _read_image(image), production_run_id=production_run_id,
+    )
+    return VisionCheckResponse(**report)
+
+
 @router.get("/results/{result_id}/image")
 async def get_result_image(
     result_id: int,
diff --git a/src/backend/migrations/versions/021_task_acquisition.py b/src/backend/migrations/versions/021_task_acquisition.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b298f0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/migrations/versions/021_task_acquisition.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+"""recipe_tasks.acquisition_json (#97)
+
+recipe_tasks.acquisition_json: camera e modo di analisi scelti nel task,
+{"camera_url", "camera_source", "modo": "impulsiva" | "in_linea"}; NULL = la
+camera della stazione dell'operatore, analisi impulsiva (come prima).
+
+Revision ID: 021_task_acquisition
+Revises: 020_station_camera
+Create Date: 2026-10-24
+
+"""
+from typing import Sequence, Union
+
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+revision: str = '021_task_acquisition'
+down_revision: Union[str, None] = '020_station_camera'
+branch_labels: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+depends_on: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = None
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    # batch_alter_table come nelle migrazioni vicine: serve a SQLite
+    with op.batch_alter_table('recipe_tasks') as batch:
+        batch.add_column(sa.Column('acquisition_json', sa.JSON(), nullable=True))
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    with op.batch_alter_table('recipe_tasks') as batch:
+        batch.drop_column('acquisition_json')
diff --git a/src/backend/models/api/task.py b/src/backend/models/api/task.py
index 035c903..5e182e2 100644
--- a/src/backend/models/api/task.py
+++ b/src/backend/models/api/task.py
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 import re
 from typing import Any, Literal, Optional
 
-from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, Field, model_validator
+from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, Field, field_validator, model_validator
 
+from src.backend.models.api.station import _normalize_http_url
 from src.backend.models.orm.task import DEFAULT_LOOP_TASK_TYPES, TASK_TYPES
 
 # Kept in step with the ORM enum so the two cannot drift apart.
@@ -159,6 +160,30 @@ class SubtaskResponse(BaseModel):
     vision_output: Optional[str] = None
 
 
+class AcquisitionConfig(BaseModel):
+    """#97: camera (servizio + sorgente) e modo di analisi scelti nel task."""
+    camera_url: str = Field(..., max_length=500)
+    camera_source: str = Field(..., min_length=1, max_length=200)
+    modo: Literal["impulsiva", "in_linea"] = "impulsiva"
+
+    @field_validator("camera_url")
+    @classmethod
+    def _check_camera_url(cls, value: str) -> str:
+        # stessa normalizzazione delle stazioni; qui il vuoto non e' ammesso
+        normalized = _normalize_http_url(value, "camera_url")
+        if normalized is None:
+            raise ValueError("camera_url must not be empty")
+        return normalized
+
+    @field_validator("camera_source")
+    @classmethod
+    def _check_camera_source(cls, value: str) -> str:
+        value = value.strip()
+        if not value:
+            raise ValueError("camera_source must not be empty")
+        return value
+
+
 class TaskCreate(BaseModel):
     """Schema for creating a task."""
     title: str = Field(..., min_length=1, max_length=255)
@@ -169,6 +194,7 @@ class TaskCreate(BaseModel):
     file_type: Optional[str] = Field(None, pattern="^(image|pdf)$")
     annotations_json: Optional[dict[str, Any]] = None
     vision_json: Optional[dict] = None
+    acquisition_json: Optional[AcquisitionConfig] = None  # #97
     # #53: assente = default dal tipo (misure e check nel ciclo)
     in_loop: Optional[bool] = None
     at_close: bool = False
@@ -186,6 +212,7 @@ class TaskUpdate(BaseModel):
     file_type: Optional[str] = Field(None, pattern="^(image|pdf)$")
     annotations_json: Optional[dict[str, Any]] = None
     vision_json: Optional[dict] = None
+    acquisition_json: Optional[AcquisitionConfig] = None  # #97
     in_loop: Optional[bool] = None
     at_close: Optional[bool] = None
     fields: Optional[list[dict[str, Any]]] = None
@@ -207,6 +234,7 @@ class TaskResponse(BaseModel):
     file_type: Optional[str] = None
     annotations_json: Optional[dict[str, Any]] = None
     vision_json: Optional[dict] = None
+    acquisition_json: Optional[AcquisitionConfig] = None  # #97
     in_loop: bool = False
     at_close: bool = False
     fields: Optional[list[dict[str, Any]]] = None
diff --git a/src/backend/models/api/vision.py b/src/backend/models/api/vision.py
index d1d1782..155f78e 100644
--- a/src/backend/models/api/vision.py
+++ b/src/backend/models/api/vision.py
@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@ class VisionExecuteResponse(BaseModel):
     failures: list[dict] = []
 
 
+class VisionCheckResponse(BaseModel):
+    """What `POST /api/vision/check` returns (#97): the analysis, nothing saved."""
+    outcome: str | None = None
+    overlay: list[dict] = []
+    failures: list[dict] = []
+    measurements: list[VisionMeasurementResult] = []
+    # esito della lettura della calibrazione: ok | no_camera | not_calibrated | unreachable
+    calibration: str
+
+
 class VisionRecipeOutput(BaseModel):
     """One numeric output a recipe offers to the quotes."""
     key: str
diff --git a/src/backend/models/orm/task.py b/src/backend/models/orm/task.py
index ff23946..0bdfc9a 100644
--- a/src/backend/models/orm/task.py
+++ b/src/backend/models/orm/task.py
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ class RecipeTask(Base):
     # Cartella immutabile (relativa a upload_path) con recipe.json e i file di
     # meta della ricetta VisionSuite v2 (#46).
     vision_recipe_dir: Mapped[Optional[str]] = mapped_column(String(500), nullable=True)
+    # #97: camera e modo di analisi del task, {camera_url, camera_source, modo};
+    # NULL = camera della stazione corrente, analisi impulsiva.
+    acquisition_json: Mapped[Optional[dict]] = mapped_column(JSON, nullable=True)
     # #53: il task fa parte del ciclo di produzione (default dal tipo: misure e
     # check si', gli altri no; un task 'note' si puo' mettere nel ciclo a mano).
     in_loop: Mapped[bool] = mapped_column(
diff --git a/src/backend/services/recipe_service.py b/src/backend/services/recipe_service.py
index 4ed7afe..d730bfd 100644
--- a/src/backend/services/recipe_service.py
+++ b/src/backend/services/recipe_service.py
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ async def _copy_tasks_to_version(
             vision_json=task.vision_json,
             # Cartella immutabile: basta il riferimento (#46).
             vision_recipe_dir=task.vision_recipe_dir,
+            # #97: camera e modo di analisi seguono il task nella nuova versione.
+            acquisition_json=task.acquisition_json,
             # #53 #55: ciclo, chiusura e campi extra seguono il task nella nuova versione.
             in_loop=task.in_loop,
             at_close=task.at_close,
diff --git a/src/backend/services/vision_service.py b/src/backend/services/vision_service.py
index 87ea2ac..5f7f332 100644
--- a/src/backend/services/vision_service.py
+++ b/src/backend/services/vision_service.py
@@ -231,35 +231,36 @@ CAL_NOT_CALIBRATED = "not_calibrated"  # l'acquisitore risponde 404 (o un valore
 CAL_UNREACHABLE = "unreachable"        # l'acquisitore non risponde
 
 
-async def fetch_station_calibration(station: Station | None) -> tuple[dict | None, str]:
-    """Legge la calibrazione dall'acquisitore della stazione (C1, #83).
+async def fetch_calibration(
+    camera_url: str | None, camera_source: str | None, label: str = "",
+) -> tuple[dict | None, str]:
+    """Legge la calibrazione da un acquisitore (C1, #83; generalizzata in #97).
 
     GET {camera_url}/camera/calibration?source={camera_source}. La calibrazione
     vive nell'acquisitore: TMF la legge, non la tiene. Ritorna (dict, "ok")
     oppure (None, motivo) per distinguere «non calibrata» da «irraggiungibile».
-    Un px_per_mm non finito o <= 0 conta come non calibrata.
+    Un px_per_mm non finito o <= 0 conta come non calibrata. `label` serve
+    solo ai log (stazione o task).
     """
-    if station is None or not station.camera_url or not station.camera_source:
+    if not camera_url or not camera_source:
         return None, CAL_NO_CAMERA
-    url = f"{station.camera_url.rstrip('/')}/camera/calibration"
+    url = f"{camera_url.rstrip('/')}/camera/calibration"
     try:
         # timeout breve: e' una lettura di servizio, non deve bloccare l'execute
         async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=5.0) as client:
-            response = await client.get(url, params={"source": station.camera_source})
+            response = await client.get(url, params={"source": camera_source})
     except httpx.HTTPError as exc:
-        logger.warning("acquisitore della stazione %s non raggiungibile: %s", station.code, exc)
+        logger.warning("acquisitore %s non raggiungibile: %s", label, exc)
         return None, CAL_UNREACHABLE
     if response.status_code == status.HTTP_404_NOT_FOUND:
         return None, CAL_NOT_CALIBRATED
     if response.status_code != 200:
-        logger.warning(
-            "acquisitore della stazione %s: HTTP %s", station.code, response.status_code,
-        )
+        logger.warning("acquisitore %s: HTTP %s", label, response.status_code)
         return None, CAL_UNREACHABLE
     try:
         body = response.json()
     except ValueError:
-        logger.warning("acquisitore della stazione %s: risposta non JSON", station.code)
+        logger.warning("acquisitore %s: risposta non JSON", label)
         return None, CAL_UNREACHABLE
     px_per_mm = body.get("px_per_mm") if isinstance(body, dict) else None
     if not (_is_measurable(px_per_mm) and px_per_mm > 0):
@@ -267,6 +268,33 @@ async def fetch_station_calibration(station: Station | None) -> tuple[dict | Non
     return body, CAL_OK
 
 
+async def fetch_station_calibration(station: Station | None) -> tuple[dict | None, str]:
+    """Calibrazione dall'acquisitore della stazione (C1, #83): vedi fetch_calibration."""
+    if station is None:
+        return None, CAL_NO_CAMERA
+    return await fetch_calibration(
+        station.camera_url, station.camera_source, f"della stazione {station.code}",
+    )
+
+
+def task_camera(task: RecipeTask, station: Station | None) -> tuple[str | None, str | None]:
+    """Camera di un task (#97): acquisition_json, altrimenti quella della stazione."""
+    acquisition = task.acquisition_json
+    if isinstance(acquisition, dict) and acquisition.get("camera_url") and acquisition.get("camera_source"):
+        return acquisition["camera_url"], acquisition["camera_source"]
+    if station is not None:
+        return station.camera_url, station.camera_source
+    return None, None
+
+
+async def fetch_task_calibration(
+    task: RecipeTask, station: Station | None,
+) -> tuple[dict | None, str]:
+    """Calibrazione della camera del task (#97), stessi esiti CAL_* di fetch_calibration."""
+    camera_url, camera_source = task_camera(task, station)
+    return await fetch_calibration(camera_url, camera_source, f"del task {task.id}")
+
+
 async def get_station_calibration(station: Station | None) -> dict | None:
     """La calibrazione C1 della stazione, o None in ogni altro caso (#83)."""
     calibration, _ = await fetch_station_calibration(station)
@@ -498,14 +526,15 @@ async def execute_task(
         )
     # Worker della stazione della sessione di produzione (#45); senza run o senza URL: centrale
     station_url = None
-    # Calibrazione letta dall'acquisitore della stazione (#83); None = non c'e'
-    calibration = None
+    # Calibrazione letta dall'acquisitore (#83); None = non c'e'. #97: la camera e'
+    # quella del task se la ricetta ne sceglie una, altrimenti quella della stazione.
+    station = None
     if run is not None:
         station = (await db.execute(
             select(Station).where(Station.id == run.station_id)
         )).scalar_one_or_none()
         station_url = (station.vision_worker_url or None) if station is not None else None
-        calibration = await get_station_calibration(station)
+    calibration, _ = await fetch_task_calibration(task, station)
 
     if not task.vision_json:
         raise HTTPException(
@@ -623,6 +652,85 @@ async def execute_task(
     return result, saved, report
 
 
+async def check_task(
+    db: AsyncSession,
+    task: RecipeTask,
+    image_bytes: bytes,
+    *,
+    production_run_id: int | None = None,
+) -> dict:
+    """Esegue il grafo come execute_task ma NON salva nulla (#97).
+
+    Anteprima per l'operatore (ingresso nel task, ciclo «in linea»): niente
+    VisionResult, niente file, niente misure. L'esito per quota usa
+    calculate_pass_fail sulle quote con vision_output, nell'ordine di
+    marker_number come execute. Le quote che il grafo non produce (pezzo non
+    ancora in posizione) restano fuori da `measurements` e il perche' sta in
+    `failures`: un'anteprima non deve dare 422 a ogni frame.
+    """
+    if task.task_type not in VISION_TASK_TYPES:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_CONTENT,
+            detail=f"task type {task.task_type!r} is not a camera measurement",
+        )
+    station = None
+    station_url = None
+    if production_run_id is not None:
+        # stesse regole di execute: 404 / 422 / 409 sulla sessione di produzione
+        run = await measurement_service.validate_run_for_version(
+            db, production_run_id, task.version_id,
+        )
+        station = (await db.execute(
+            select(Station).where(Station.id == run.station_id)
+        )).scalar_one_or_none()
+        station_url = (station.vision_worker_url or None) if station is not None else None
+    if not task.vision_json:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_CONTENT,
+            detail="this task carries no vision graph",
+        )
+    quotes = (await db.execute(
+        select(RecipeSubtask)
+        .where(RecipeSubtask.task_id == task.id)
+        .where(RecipeSubtask.vision_output.is_not(None))
+        .order_by(RecipeSubtask.marker_number)
+    )).scalars().all()
+    if not quotes:
+        raise HTTPException(
+            status_code=status.HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_CONTENT,
+            detail="no quote on this task names a vision output",
+        )
+
+    # stessa calibrazione di execute: camera del task, altrimenti della stazione
+    calibration, cal_reason = await fetch_task_calibration(task, station)
+    worker_kwargs: dict = {}
+    if calibration is not None:
+        worker_kwargs["calibration"] = {"px_per_mm": float(calibration["px_per_mm"])}
+    report = await _call_worker(
+        image_bytes, task.vision_json, recipe_dir=task.vision_recipe_dir,
+        worker_url=station_url,
+        **worker_kwargs,
+    )
+    outputs = report["outputs"]
+    measurements = [
+        {
+            "subtask_id": q.id,
+            "value": float(outputs[q.vision_output]),
+            "pass_fail": measurement_service.calculate_pass_fail(
+                float(outputs[q.vision_output]), q,
+            )[0],
+        }
+        for q in quotes if _is_measurable(outputs.get(q.vision_output))
+    ]
+    return {
+        "outcome": report.get("outcome"),
+        "overlay": report.get("overlay") or [],
+        "failures": report.get("failures") or [],
+        "measurements": measurements,
+        "calibration": cal_reason,
+    }
+
+
 def _reference_file_path(reference: VisionReferenceImage) -> Path:
     return settings.upload_path / reference.path
 
diff --git a/src/backend/tests/test_migrations.py b/src/backend/tests/test_migrations.py
index 5d4baf4..e124a82 100644
--- a/src/backend/tests/test_migrations.py
+++ b/src/backend/tests/test_migrations.py
@@ -341,3 +341,22 @@ class TestStationCameraMigration:
         assert "vision_worker_url" in cols("stations")  # la 019 resta
         command.upgrade(cfg, "head")  # e di nuovo su
         assert {"camera_url", "camera_source"} <= cols("stations")
+
+
+class TestTaskAcquisitionMigration:
+    """021_task_acquisition: recipe_tasks.acquisition_json, su e giu (#97)."""
+
+    def test_021_upgrade_and_downgrade(self, sqlite_database_url):
+        db_path, _ = sqlite_database_url
+        cfg = _alembic_config()
+
+        def cols(table):
+            return {c["name"] for c in _inspect(db_path).get_columns(table)}
+
+        command.upgrade(cfg, "head")
+        assert "acquisition_json" in cols("recipe_tasks")
+        command.downgrade(cfg, "020_station_camera")
+        assert "acquisition_json" not in cols("recipe_tasks")
+        assert "camera_url" in cols("stations")  # la 020 resta
+        command.upgrade(cfg, "head")  # e di nuovo su
+        assert "acquisition_json" in cols("recipe_tasks")
diff --git a/src/backend/tests/test_task_acquisition.py b/src/backend/tests/test_task_acquisition.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..627ecf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/tests/test_task_acquisition.py
@@ -0,0 +1,308 @@
+"""#97: camera e modo di analisi nel task, POST /api/vision/check senza salvataggio.
+
+Il worker e l'acquisitore non girano nei test: si fingono (fixture di
+test_vision_dxf_compare e test_vision_station_worker).
+"""
+import pytest
+from sqlalchemy import func, select
+
+from src.backend.config import settings
+from src.backend.models.orm.measurement import Measurement
+from src.backend.models.orm.task import RecipeSubtask, RecipeTask
+from src.backend.models.orm.vision import VisionResult
+from src.backend.tests.conftest import auth_headers, create_test_recipe
+from src.backend.tests.test_vision_copy_on_write import (
+    _current_task_and_subtask, _seed_measurement,
+)
+from src.backend.tests.test_vision_dxf_compare import (  # noqa: F401 (fixture acquisitore)
+    CAL, CAMERA_URL, acquisitore, redirect_uploads,
+)
+from src.backend.tests.test_vision_execute import an_image
+from src.backend.tests.test_vision_station_worker import (  # noqa: F401 (fixture worker_calls)
+    _camera_task, _execute, _station_with_run, worker_calls,
+)
+
+TASK_CAMERA = "http://10.0.0.50:8300"
+ACQ = {"camera_url": TASK_CAMERA, "camera_source": "camera:601020", "modo": "in_linea"}
+
+
+async def _task_with_acquisition(db_session, user_id, acquisition=ACQ):
+    recipe, task = await _camera_task(db_session, user_id)
+    task.acquisition_json = acquisition
+    await db_session.commit()
+    return recipe, task
+
+
+# --- modello e API del task ---------------------------------------------------
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_create_task_stores_and_normalizes_acquisition(client, db_session, maker_user):
+    recipe = await create_test_recipe(db_session, maker_user.id)
+    resp = await client.post(
+        f"/api/recipes/{recipe.id}/tasks",
+        headers=auth_headers(maker_user),
+        json={
+            "title": "Camera", "task_type": "camera_measure",
+            "acquisition_json": {"camera_url": " http://h:1/ ", "camera_source": " camera:1 "},
+        },
+    )
+    assert resp.status_code == 201, resp.text
+    body = resp.json()
+    # url normalizzato come nelle stazioni, sorgente senza spazi, modo di default
+    expected = {"camera_url": "http://h:1", "camera_source": "camera:1", "modo": "impulsiva"}
+    assert body["acquisition_json"] == expected
+    db_session.expunge_all()
+    task = (await db_session.execute(
+        select(RecipeTask).where(RecipeTask.id == body["id"])
+    )).scalar_one()
+    assert task.acquisition_json == expected  # sul DB, non solo nella risposta
+    got = await client.get(f"/api/tasks/{body['id']}", headers=auth_headers(maker_user))
+    assert got.json()["acquisition_json"] == expected
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_task_without_acquisition_is_null(client, db_session, maker_user):
+    recipe = await create_test_recipe(db_session, maker_user.id)
+    resp = await client.get(f"/api/recipes/{recipe.id}/tasks", headers=auth_headers(maker_user))
+    assert resp.json()[0]["acquisition_json"] is None
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("bad", [
+    {"camera_url": "ftp://h", "camera_source": "camera:1"},
+    {"camera_url": "  ", "camera_source": "camera:1"},
+    {"camera_url": "http://h", "camera_source": "   "},
+    {"camera_url": "http://h", "camera_source": "x" * 201},
+    {"camera_url": "http://h", "camera_source": "camera:1", "modo": "continua"},
+    {"camera_source": "camera:1"},
+])
+async def test_invalid_acquisition_is_422(client, db_session, maker_user, bad):
+    recipe = await create_test_recipe(db_session, maker_user.id)
+    resp = await client.post(
+        f"/api/recipes/{recipe.id}/tasks",
+        headers=auth_headers(maker_user),
+        json={"title": "Camera", "task_type": "camera_measure", "acquisition_json": bad},
+    )
+    assert resp.status_code == 422, resp.text
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_update_sets_and_clears_acquisition(client, db_session, maker_user):
+    recipe = await create_test_recipe(db_session, maker_user.id)
+    _, task, _ = await _current_task_and_subtask(db_session, recipe.id)
+    resp = await client.put(
+        f"/api/tasks/{task.id}", headers=auth_headers(maker_user), json={"acquisition_json": ACQ},
+    )
+    assert resp.status_code == 200, resp.text
+    assert resp.json()["acquisition_json"] == ACQ
+    resp = await client.put(
+        f"/api/tasks/{task.id}", headers=auth_headers(maker_user), json={"acquisition_json": None},
+    )
+    assert resp.status_code == 200
+    assert resp.json()["acquisition_json"] is None  # null = camera della stazione
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_copy_on_write_preserves_acquisition(client, db_session, maker_user):
+    recipe = await create_test_recipe(db_session, maker_user.id)
+    _, task, _ = await _current_task_and_subtask(db_session, recipe.id)
+    task.acquisition_json = ACQ
+    await db_session.flush()
+    await _seed_measurement(db_session, recipe.id, maker_user.id)
+    db_session.expunge_all()
+
+    resp = await client.put(
+        f"/api/recipes/{recipe.id}", headers=auth_headers(maker_user),
+        json={"change_notes": "forza il copy-on-write"},
+    )
+    assert resp.status_code == 200
+    db_session.expunge_all()
+    version, new_task, _ = await _current_task_and_subtask(db_session, recipe.id)
+    assert version.version_number == 2
+    assert new_task.acquisition_json == ACQ
+
+
+# --- calibrazione dalla camera del task ----------------------------------------
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_execute_reads_calibration_from_the_task_camera(
+    client, db_session, measurement_tec_user, worker_calls, acquisitore,
+):
+    recipe, task = await _task_with_acquisition(db_session, measurement_tec_user.id)
+    # stazione con camera propria: la camera del task prevale
+    station, run = await _station_with_run(db_session, measurement_tec_user, recipe, None)
+    station.camera_url, station.camera_source = CAMERA_URL, "camera:A1"
+    await db_session.commit()
+    await _execute(client, measurement_tec_user, task, run)
+    assert acquisitore["urls"] == [(f"{TASK_CAMERA}/camera/calibration", {"source": "camera:601020"})]
+    assert worker_calls[0]["calibration"] == {"px_per_mm": CAL["px_per_mm"]}
+    result = (await db_session.execute(select(VisionResult))).scalars().one()
+    assert result.calibration_snapshot["px_per_mm"] == CAL["px_per_mm"]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_execute_task_camera_works_without_a_run(
+    client, db_session, measurement_tec_user, worker_calls, acquisitore,
+):
+    _, task = await _task_with_acquisition(db_session, measurement_tec_user.id)
+    await _execute(client, measurement_tec_user, task)  # niente sessione di produzione
+    assert acquisitore["urls"][0][0] == f"{TASK_CAMERA}/camera/calibration"
+    assert "calibration" in worker_calls[0]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_execute_falls_back_to_the_station_camera(
+    client, db_session, measurement_tec_user, worker_calls, acquisitore,
+):
+    recipe, task = await _camera_task(db_session, measurement_tec_user.id)  # acquisition_json null
+    station, run = await _station_with_run(db_session, measurement_tec_user, recipe, None)
+    station.camera_url, station.camera_source = CAMERA_URL, "camera:A1"
+    await db_session.commit()
+    await _execute(client, measurement_tec_user, task, run)
+    assert acquisitore["urls"] == [(f"{CAMERA_URL}/camera/calibration", {"source": "camera:A1"})]
+    assert worker_calls[0]["calibration"] == {"px_per_mm": CAL["px_per_mm"]}
+
+
+# --- POST /api/vision/check ----------------------------------------------------
+
+async def _check(client, user, task, run=None):
+    data = {"task_id": str(task.id)}
+    if run is not None:
+        data["production_run_id"] = str(run.id)
+    return await client.post(
+        "/api/vision/check", headers=auth_headers(user),
+        files={"image": ("p.png", an_image(), "image/png")}, data=data,
+    )
+
+
+async def _counts(db_session):
+    return tuple([
+        (await db_session.execute(select(func.count()).select_from(model))).scalar_one()
+        for model in (Measurement, VisionResult)
+    ])
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_check_saves_nothing_and_reports_pass_fail(
+    client, db_session, measurement_tec_user, monkeypatch, acquisitore,
+):
+    _, task = await _task_with_acquisition(db_session, measurement_tec_user.id)
+    seen = {}
+
+    async def fake_call(image_bytes, graph, **kwargs):
+        seen.update(kwargs)
+        return {"outputs": {"t1.diameter": 11.0}, "failures": [{"tool_name": "t"}],
+                "overlay": [{"kind": "line"}], "outcome": "fail",
+                "engine_version": "e" * 40, "duration_ms": 3}
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr("src.backend.services.vision_service._call_worker", fake_call)
+    before = await _counts(db_session)
+
+    resp = await _check(client, measurement_tec_user, task)
+
+    assert resp.status_code == 200, resp.text
+    body = resp.json()
+    quote = (await db_session.execute(
+        select(RecipeSubtask).where(RecipeSubtask.task_id == task.id)
+    )).scalars().one()
+    assert body == {
+        "outcome": "fail", "overlay": [{"kind": "line"}], "failures": [{"tool_name": "t"}],
+        "measurements": [{"subtask_id": quote.id, "value": 11.0, "pass_fail": "fail"}],
+        "calibration": "ok",
+    }
+    assert seen["calibration"] == {"px_per_mm": CAL["px_per_mm"]}  # stessa calibrazione di execute
+    assert await _counts(db_session) == before  # niente misure ne' VisionResult
+    assert not list(settings.upload_path.rglob("*.overlay.json"))  # ne' file
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("value,expected", [(10.0, "pass"), (10.4, "warning"), (9.0, "fail")])
+async def test_check_pass_fail_levels(
+    client, db_session, measurement_tec_user, monkeypatch, value, expected,
+):
+    _, task = await _camera_task(db_session, measurement_tec_user.id)
+
+    async def fake_call(image_bytes, graph, **kwargs):
+        return {"outputs": {"t1.diameter": value}, "failures": [], "engine_version": "e" * 40}
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr("src.backend.services.vision_service._call_worker", fake_call)
+    resp = await _check(client, measurement_tec_user, task)
+    assert resp.json()["measurements"][0]["pass_fail"] == expected
+    assert resp.json()["calibration"] == "no_camera"  # senza camera ne' stazione
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_check_calibration_reasons(
+    client, db_session, measurement_tec_user, worker_calls, acquisitore,
+):
+    _, task = await _task_with_acquisition(db_session, measurement_tec_user.id)
+    acquisitore["cal"] = None
+    assert (await _check(client, measurement_tec_user, task)).json()["calibration"] == "not_calibrated"
+    acquisitore["cal"] = "down"
+    assert (await _check(client, measurement_tec_user, task)).json()["calibration"] == "unreachable"
+    assert "calibration" not in worker_calls[-1]  # senza calibrazione la ricetta usa la sua
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_check_omits_quotes_the_graph_did_not_produce(
+    client, db_session, measurement_tec_user, monkeypatch,
+):
+    _, task = await _camera_task(db_session, measurement_tec_user.id)
+
+    async def fake_call(image_bytes, graph, **kwargs):
+        return {"outputs": {}, "failures": [{"tool_name": "blob"}], "engine_version": "e" * 40}
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr("src.backend.services.vision_service._call_worker", fake_call)
+    resp = await _check(client, measurement_tec_user, task)
+    assert resp.status_code == 200  # un'anteprima non da' 422 a ogni frame
+    assert resp.json()["measurements"] == []
+    assert resp.json()["failures"] == [{"tool_name": "blob"}]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_check_422_without_graph_or_quotes_or_vision_type(
+    client, db_session, measurement_tec_user, worker_calls,
+):
+    _, task = await _camera_task(db_session, measurement_tec_user.id)
+    task.vision_json = None
+    await db_session.commit()
+    assert (await _check(client, measurement_tec_user, task)).status_code == 422
+
+    task.vision_json = {"schema_version": 1, "name": "p", "tools": []}
+    quote = (await db_session.execute(
+        select(RecipeSubtask).where(RecipeSubtask.task_id == task.id)
+    )).scalars().one()
+    quote.vision_output = None
+    await db_session.commit()
+    assert (await _check(client, measurement_tec_user, task)).status_code == 422
+
+    task.task_type = "measure"
+    await db_session.commit()
+    assert (await _check(client, measurement_tec_user, task)).status_code == 422
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_check_with_run_uses_station_worker_and_station_camera(
+    client, db_session, measurement_tec_user, worker_calls, acquisitore,
+):
+    recipe, task = await _camera_task(db_session, measurement_tec_user.id)
+    station, run = await _station_with_run(
+        db_session, measurement_tec_user, recipe, "http://10.0.0.7:8100")
+    station.camera_url, station.camera_source = CAMERA_URL, "camera:A1"
+    await db_session.commit()
+    before = await _counts(db_session)
+    resp = await _check(client, measurement_tec_user, task, run)
+    assert resp.status_code == 200, resp.text
+    assert worker_calls[0]["worker_url"] == "http://10.0.0.7:8100"
+    assert acquisitore["urls"][0][0] == f"{CAMERA_URL}/camera/calibration"
+    assert await _counts(db_session) == before
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_check_requires_login(client, db_session, measurement_tec_user, worker_calls):
+    _, task = await _camera_task(db_session, measurement_tec_user.id)
+    resp = await client.post(
+        "/api/vision/check", files={"image": ("p.png", an_image(), "image/png")},
+        data={"task_id": str(task.id)},
+    )
+    assert resp.status_code in (401, 403)