diff --git a/dd-sdk-android-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/datadog/gradle/plugin/DdFileUploadTask.kt b/dd-sdk-android-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/datadog/gradle/plugin/DdFileUploadTask.kt
index 6cb8cefd..39d6e60a 100644
--- a/dd-sdk-android-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/datadog/gradle/plugin/DdFileUploadTask.kt
+++ b/dd-sdk-android-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/datadog/gradle/plugin/DdFileUploadTask.kt
@@ -41,7 +41,11 @@ abstract class DdFileUploadTask @Inject constructor(
     var apiKey: String = ""
 
     private val disableGzipOption: Provider<String> =
-        providerFactory.gradleProperty(DdFileUploadTask.DISABLE_GZIP_GRADLE_PROPERTY)
+        providerFactory.gradleProperty(DISABLE_GZIP_GRADLE_PROPERTY)
+
+    // needed for functional tests, because we don't have real API key
+    private val emulateNetworkCall: Provider<String> =
+        providerFactory.gradleProperty(EMULATE_UPLOAD_NETWORK_CALL)
 
     /**
      * Source of the API key set: environment, gradle property, etc.
@@ -170,7 +174,8 @@ abstract class DdFileUploadTask @Inject constructor(
                         buildId = buildId.get()
                     ),
                     repositories.firstOrNull(),
-                    !disableGzipOption.isPresent
+                    !disableGzipOption.isPresent,
+                    emulateNetworkCall.isPresent
                 )
             } catch (e: Exception) {
                 caughtErrors.add(e)
@@ -298,7 +303,7 @@ abstract class DdFileUploadTask @Inject constructor(
         }
 
         val jsonObject = JSONObject()
-        jsonObject.put("version", RESPOSITORY_FILE_VERSION)
+        jsonObject.put("version", REPOSITORY_FILE_VERSION)
         jsonObject.put("data", data)
 
         repositoryFile.parentFile.mkdirs()
@@ -306,7 +311,7 @@ abstract class DdFileUploadTask @Inject constructor(
     }
 
     internal companion object {
-        private const val RESPOSITORY_FILE_VERSION = 1
+        private const val REPOSITORY_FILE_VERSION = 1
         private const val INDENT = 4
 
         private const val DATADOG_CI_API_KEY_PROPERTY = "apiKey"
@@ -316,6 +321,7 @@ abstract class DdFileUploadTask @Inject constructor(
         internal val LOGGER = Logging.getLogger("DdFileUploadTask")
 
         const val DISABLE_GZIP_GRADLE_PROPERTY = "dd-disable-gzip"
+        const val EMULATE_UPLOAD_NETWORK_CALL = "dd-emulate-upload-call"
 
         const val API_KEY_MISSING_ERROR = "Make sure you define an API KEY to upload your mapping files to Datadog. " +
             "Create a DD_API_KEY or DATADOG_API_KEY environment variable, gradle" +
diff --git a/dd-sdk-android-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/datadog/gradle/plugin/internal/OkHttpUploader.kt b/dd-sdk-android-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/datadog/gradle/plugin/internal/OkHttpUploader.kt
index 8f722eeb..8ff59e74 100644
--- a/dd-sdk-android-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/datadog/gradle/plugin/internal/OkHttpUploader.kt
+++ b/dd-sdk-android-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/datadog/gradle/plugin/internal/OkHttpUploader.kt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import okhttp3.MediaType
 import okhttp3.MediaType.Companion.toMediaTypeOrNull
 import okhttp3.MultipartBody
 import okhttp3.OkHttpClient
+import okhttp3.Protocol
 import okhttp3.Request
 import okhttp3.RequestBody
 import okhttp3.RequestBody.Companion.asRequestBody
@@ -52,7 +53,8 @@ internal class OkHttpUploader : Uploader {
         apiKey: String,
         identifier: DdAppIdentifier,
         repositoryInfo: RepositoryInfo?,
-        useGzip: Boolean
+        useGzip: Boolean,
+        emulateNetworkCall: Boolean
     ) {
         LOGGER.info("Uploading file ${fileInfo.fileName} with tags $identifier (site=${site.domain}):")
         if (fileInfo.extraAttributes.isNotEmpty()) {
@@ -81,7 +83,16 @@ internal class OkHttpUploader : Uploader {
 
         val call = client.newCall(request)
         val response = try {
-            call.execute()
+            if (emulateNetworkCall) {
+                Response.Builder()
+                    .request(request)
+                    .protocol(Protocol.HTTP_2)
+                    .message("fake-response")
+                    .code(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_ACCEPTED)
+                    .build()
+            } else {
+                call.execute()
+            }
         } catch (e: Throwable) {
             LOGGER.error("Error uploading the mapping file for $identifier", e)
             null
diff --git a/dd-sdk-android-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/datadog/gradle/plugin/internal/Uploader.kt b/dd-sdk-android-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/datadog/gradle/plugin/internal/Uploader.kt
index 0e601c05..c9dc9473 100644
--- a/dd-sdk-android-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/datadog/gradle/plugin/internal/Uploader.kt
+++ b/dd-sdk-android-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/datadog/gradle/plugin/internal/Uploader.kt
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ internal interface Uploader {
         apiKey: String,
         identifier: DdAppIdentifier,
         repositoryInfo: RepositoryInfo?,
-        useGzip: Boolean
+        useGzip: Boolean = true,
+        emulateNetworkCall: Boolean = false
     )
 }
diff --git a/dd-sdk-android-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/datadog/gradle/plugin/DdAndroidGradlePluginFunctionalTest.kt b/dd-sdk-android-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/datadog/gradle/plugin/DdAndroidGradlePluginFunctionalTest.kt
index e7383f83..160a5a7f 100644
--- a/dd-sdk-android-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/datadog/gradle/plugin/DdAndroidGradlePluginFunctionalTest.kt
+++ b/dd-sdk-android-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/datadog/gradle/plugin/DdAndroidGradlePluginFunctionalTest.kt
@@ -602,10 +602,11 @@ internal class DdAndroidGradlePluginFunctionalTest {
                 taskName,
                 "--info",
                 "--stacktrace",
-                "-PDD_API_KEY=fakekey"
+                "-PDD_API_KEY=fakekey",
+                "-Pdd-emulate-upload-call"
             )
         }
-            .buildAndFail()
+            .build()
 
         // Then
         assertThat(result).containsInOutput("Creating request with GZIP encoding.")
@@ -663,10 +664,11 @@ internal class DdAndroidGradlePluginFunctionalTest {
                 "--info",
                 "--stacktrace",
                 "-PDD_API_KEY=fakekey",
-                "-Pdd-disable-gzip"
+                "-Pdd-disable-gzip",
+                "-Pdd-emulate-upload-call"
             )
         }
-            .buildAndFail()
+            .build()
 
         // Then
         assertThat(result).containsInOutput("Creating request without GZIP encoding.")
@@ -727,8 +729,8 @@ internal class DdAndroidGradlePluginFunctionalTest {
         gradleRunner { withArguments("--info", ":samples:app:assembleRelease") }
             .build()
 
-        val result = gradleRunner { withArguments(taskName, "--info") }
-            .buildAndFail()
+        val result = gradleRunner { withArguments(taskName, "--info", "-Pdd-emulate-upload-call") }
+            .build()
 
         // Then
         val buildIdInOriginFile = testProjectDir.findBuildIdInOriginFile(variant)
@@ -783,10 +785,11 @@ internal class DdAndroidGradlePluginFunctionalTest {
                 taskName,
                 "--info",
                 "--stacktrace",
-                "-PDD_API_KEY=fakekey"
+                "-PDD_API_KEY=fakekey",
+                "-Pdd-emulate-upload-call"
             )
         }
-            .buildAndFail()
+            .build()
 
         // Then
         val buildIdInOriginFile = testProjectDir.findBuildIdInOriginFile(variant)
@@ -838,10 +841,11 @@ internal class DdAndroidGradlePluginFunctionalTest {
                 taskName,
                 "--info",
                 "--stacktrace",
-                "-PDD_API_KEY=fakekey"
+                "-PDD_API_KEY=fakekey",
+                "-Pdd-emulate-upload-call"
             )
         }
-            .buildAndFail()
+            .build()
 
         // Then
         val buildIdInOriginFile = testProjectDir.findBuildIdInOriginFile(variant)
@@ -902,10 +906,11 @@ internal class DdAndroidGradlePluginFunctionalTest {
                 taskName,
                 "--info",
                 "--stacktrace",
-                "-PDD_API_KEY=fakekey"
+                "-PDD_API_KEY=fakekey",
+                "-Pdd-emulate-upload-call"
             )
         }
-            .buildAndFail()
+            .build()
 
         // Then
         assertThat(result).containsInOutput(
@@ -985,10 +990,11 @@ internal class DdAndroidGradlePluginFunctionalTest {
                 taskName,
                 "--info",
                 "--stacktrace",
-                "-PDD_API_KEY=fakekey"
+                "-PDD_API_KEY=fakekey",
+                "-Pdd-emulate-upload-call"
             )
         }
-            .buildAndFail()
+            .build()
 
         // Then
         val buildIdInOriginFile = testProjectDir.findBuildIdInOriginFile(variant)
@@ -1033,10 +1039,11 @@ internal class DdAndroidGradlePluginFunctionalTest {
                 taskName,
                 "--info",
                 "--stacktrace",
-                "-PDD_API_KEY=fakekey"
+                "-PDD_API_KEY=fakekey",
+                "-Pdd-emulate-upload-call"
             )
         }
-            .buildAndFail()
+            .build()
 
         // Then
         val buildIdInOriginFile = testProjectDir.findBuildIdInOriginFile(variant)
@@ -1086,20 +1093,22 @@ internal class DdAndroidGradlePluginFunctionalTest {
                 ndkSymbolUploadTaskName,
                 "--info",
                 "--stacktrace",
-                "-PDD_API_KEY=fakekey"
+                "-PDD_API_KEY=fakekey",
+                "-Pdd-emulate-upload-call"
             )
         }
-            .buildAndFail()
+            .build()
 
         val mappingResult = gradleRunner {
             withArguments(
                 mappingUploadTaskName,
                 "--info",
                 "--stacktrace",
-                "-PDD_API_KEY=fakekey"
+                "-PDD_API_KEY=fakekey",
+                "-Pdd-emulate-upload-call"
             )
         }
-            .buildAndFail()
+            .build()
 
         // Then
         val buildIdInOriginFile = testProjectDir.findBuildIdInOriginFile(variant)
diff --git a/dd-sdk-android-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/datadog/gradle/plugin/DdMappingFileUploadTaskTest.kt b/dd-sdk-android-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/datadog/gradle/plugin/DdMappingFileUploadTaskTest.kt
index e99ba6ff..8681dd18 100644
--- a/dd-sdk-android-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/datadog/gradle/plugin/DdMappingFileUploadTaskTest.kt
+++ b/dd-sdk-android-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/datadog/gradle/plugin/DdMappingFileUploadTaskTest.kt
@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ internal class DdMappingFileUploadTaskTest {
                 buildId = fakeBuildId
             ),
             fakeRepoInfo,
-            useGzip = true
+            useGzip = true,
+            emulateNetworkCall = false
         )
         assertThat(fakeRepositoryFile.readText())
             .isEqualTo(
@@ -219,7 +220,8 @@ internal class DdMappingFileUploadTaskTest {
                     )
                 ),
                 eq(fakeRepoInfo),
-                useGzip = eq(true)
+                useGzip = eq(true),
+                emulateNetworkCall = eq(false)
             )
             assertThat(lastValue.file).hasSameTextualContentAs(
                 fileFromResourcesPath("mapping-with-aliases.txt")
@@ -270,7 +272,8 @@ internal class DdMappingFileUploadTaskTest {
                     )
                 ),
                 eq(fakeRepoInfo),
-                useGzip = eq(true)
+                useGzip = eq(true),
+                emulateNetworkCall = eq(false)
             )
             assertThat(lastValue.file.readLines()).isEqualTo(expectedLines)
         }
@@ -325,7 +328,8 @@ internal class DdMappingFileUploadTaskTest {
                     )
                 ),
                 eq(fakeRepoInfo),
-                useGzip = eq(true)
+                useGzip = eq(true),
+                emulateNetworkCall = eq(false)
             )
             assertThat(lastValue.file.readLines()).isEqualTo(expectedLines)
         }
@@ -366,7 +370,8 @@ internal class DdMappingFileUploadTaskTest {
                 buildId = fakeBuildId
             ),
             fakeRepoInfo,
-            useGzip = true
+            useGzip = true,
+            emulateNetworkCall = false
         )
         assertThat(fakeRepositoryFile.readText())
             .isEqualTo(
@@ -408,7 +413,8 @@ internal class DdMappingFileUploadTaskTest {
                 buildId = fakeBuildId
             ),
             null,
-            useGzip = true
+            useGzip = true,
+            emulateNetworkCall = false
         )
     }
 
@@ -551,7 +557,8 @@ internal class DdMappingFileUploadTaskTest {
                 buildId = fakeBuildId
             ),
             fakeRepoInfo,
-            useGzip = true
+            useGzip = true,
+            emulateNetworkCall = false
         )
         assertThat(fakeRepositoryFile.readText())
             .isEqualTo(
diff --git a/dd-sdk-android-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/datadog/gradle/plugin/DdNdkSymbolFileUploadTaskTest.kt b/dd-sdk-android-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/datadog/gradle/plugin/DdNdkSymbolFileUploadTaskTest.kt
index 95d7b4fc..fe5abbc2 100644
--- a/dd-sdk-android-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/datadog/gradle/plugin/DdNdkSymbolFileUploadTaskTest.kt
+++ b/dd-sdk-android-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/datadog/gradle/plugin/DdNdkSymbolFileUploadTaskTest.kt
@@ -166,7 +166,8 @@ internal class DdNdkSymbolFileUploadTaskTest {
                 buildId = fakeBuildId
             ),
             fakeRepoInfo,
-            useGzip = true
+            useGzip = true,
+            emulateNetworkCall = false
         )
     }
 
@@ -209,7 +210,8 @@ internal class DdNdkSymbolFileUploadTaskTest {
                     buildId = fakeBuildId
                 ),
                 fakeRepoInfo,
-                useGzip = true
+                useGzip = true,
+                emulateNetworkCall = false
             )
         }
     }
@@ -253,7 +255,8 @@ internal class DdNdkSymbolFileUploadTaskTest {
                 buildId = fakeBuildId
             ),
             fakeRepoInfo,
-            useGzip = true
+            useGzip = true,
+            emulateNetworkCall = false
         )
         Assertions.assertThat(fakeRepositoryFile.readText())
             .isEqualTo(
@@ -296,7 +299,8 @@ internal class DdNdkSymbolFileUploadTaskTest {
                 buildId = fakeBuildId
             ),
             null,
-            useGzip = true
+            useGzip = true,
+            emulateNetworkCall = false
         )
     }
 
@@ -382,7 +386,6 @@ internal class DdNdkSymbolFileUploadTaskTest {
 
         // Given
         testedTask.site = siteName
-        val fakeSoFile = writeFakeSoFile("arm64-v8a")
 
         // When
         assertThrows<IllegalStateException> {
@@ -429,7 +432,8 @@ internal class DdNdkSymbolFileUploadTaskTest {
                 buildId = fakeBuildId
             ),
             fakeRepoInfo,
-            useGzip = true
+            useGzip = true,
+            emulateNetworkCall = false
         )
     }
 
diff --git a/dd-sdk-android-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/datadog/gradle/plugin/internal/OkHttpUploaderTest.kt b/dd-sdk-android-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/datadog/gradle/plugin/internal/OkHttpUploaderTest.kt
index c6a84952..aac7b2e8 100644
--- a/dd-sdk-android-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/datadog/gradle/plugin/internal/OkHttpUploaderTest.kt
+++ b/dd-sdk-android-gradle-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/datadog/gradle/plugin/internal/OkHttpUploaderTest.kt
@@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ internal class OkHttpUploaderTest {
             fakeApiKey,
             fakeIdentifier,
             fakeRepositoryInfo,
-            useGzip = true
+            useGzip = true,
+            emulateNetworkCall = false
         )
 
         // Then
@@ -209,7 +210,8 @@ internal class OkHttpUploaderTest {
             fakeApiKey,
             fakeIdentifier,
             fakeRepositoryInfo,
-            useGzip = false
+            useGzip = false,
+            emulateNetworkCall = false
         )
 
         // Then
@@ -254,7 +256,8 @@ internal class OkHttpUploaderTest {
             fakeApiKey,
             fakeIdentifier,
             null,
-            useGzip = true
+            useGzip = true,
+            emulateNetworkCall = false
         )
 
         // Then
@@ -295,7 +298,8 @@ internal class OkHttpUploaderTest {
                 fakeApiKey,
                 fakeIdentifier,
                 fakeRepositoryInfo,
-                useGzip = true
+                useGzip = true,
+                emulateNetworkCall = false
             )
         }
 
@@ -348,7 +352,8 @@ internal class OkHttpUploaderTest {
                 fakeApiKey,
                 fakeIdentifier,
                 fakeRepositoryInfo,
-                useGzip = true
+                useGzip = true,
+                emulateNetworkCall = false
             )
         }
 
@@ -398,7 +403,8 @@ internal class OkHttpUploaderTest {
                 fakeApiKey,
                 fakeIdentifier,
                 fakeRepositoryInfo,
-                useGzip = true
+                useGzip = true,
+                emulateNetworkCall = false
             )
         }
 
@@ -464,7 +470,8 @@ internal class OkHttpUploaderTest {
                 fakeApiKey,
                 fakeIdentifier,
                 fakeRepositoryInfo,
-                useGzip = true
+                useGzip = true,
+                emulateNetworkCall = false
             )
         }
 
@@ -518,7 +525,8 @@ internal class OkHttpUploaderTest {
                 fakeApiKey,
                 fakeIdentifier,
                 fakeRepositoryInfo,
-                useGzip = true
+                useGzip = true,
+                emulateNetworkCall = false
             )
         }
 
@@ -571,7 +579,8 @@ internal class OkHttpUploaderTest {
                 fakeApiKey,
                 fakeIdentifier,
                 fakeRepositoryInfo,
-                useGzip = true
+                useGzip = true,
+                emulateNetworkCall = false
             )
         }
 
@@ -621,7 +630,8 @@ internal class OkHttpUploaderTest {
                 fakeApiKey,
                 fakeIdentifier,
                 fakeRepositoryInfo,
-                useGzip = true
+                useGzip = true,
+                emulateNetworkCall = false
             )
         }
         assertThat(exception.message).isEqualTo(