diff --git a/cmd/internal/upload/ui/ticker/ticker.go b/cmd/internal/upload/ui/ticker/ticker.go
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+// Package ticker provides a simple ticker model for Bubble Tea. It's
+// essentially the insides of a spinner; in fact, the spinner bubble could be
+// implemented using it. It probably belongs upstream, eventually.
+package ticker
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"time"
+
+	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
+)
+
+// Internal ID management. Used during animating to ensure that frame messages
+// are received only by spinner components that sent them.
+var lastID int64
+
+func nextID() int {
+	return int(atomic.AddInt64(&lastID, 1))
+}
+
+// Model contains the state for the spinner. Use New to create new models
+// rather than using Model as a struct literal.
+type Model struct {
+	Value int
+	D     time.Duration
+	id    int
+	tag   int
+}
+
+// ID returns the spinner's unique ID.
+func (m Model) ID() int {
+	return m.id
+}
+
+// New returns a model with default values.
+func New(d time.Duration) Model {
+	m := Model{
+		D:  d,
+		id: nextID(),
+	}
+
+	return m
+}
+
+// TickMsg indicates that the timer has ticked and we should render a frame.
+type TickMsg struct {
+	tag int
+	id  int
+}
+
+func (m Model) Update(msg tea.Msg) (Model, tea.Cmd) {
+	switch msg := msg.(type) {
+	case TickMsg:
+		// If this is not the next tick for this ticker, ignore it.
+		if msg.id != m.id || msg.tag != m.tag {
+			return m, nil
+		}
+
+		m.Value++
+		m.tag++
+		return m, m.tick(m.id, m.tag)
+
+	default:
+		return m, nil
+	}
+}
+
+func (m Model) Tick() tea.Msg {
+	if m.id == 0 {
+		return errors.New("Tick called on uninitialized Ticker")
+	}
+
+	return TickMsg{
+		id:  m.id,
+		tag: m.tag,
+	}
+}
+
+func (m Model) tick(id, tag int) tea.Cmd {
+	return tea.Tick(m.D, func(t time.Time) tea.Msg {
+		return TickMsg{
+			id:  id,
+			tag: tag,
+		}
+	})
+}