diff --git a/src/backup/snapshot.py b/src/backup/snapshot.py
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+++ b/src/backup/snapshot.py
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+import gzip
+import sqlite3
+import tempfile
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def make_snapshot(db_path: Path) -> bytes:
+    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".sqlite", delete=False) as tmp:
+        tmp_path = Path(tmp.name)
+    try:
+        src = sqlite3.connect(str(db_path))
+        try:
+            dst = sqlite3.connect(str(tmp_path))
+            try:
+                src.backup(dst)
+            finally:
+                dst.close()
+        finally:
+            src.close()
+        return gzip.compress(tmp_path.read_bytes())
+    finally:
+        tmp_path.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+
+
+def write_snapshot(gzipped: bytes, dest: Path) -> None:
+    dest.write_bytes(gzip.decompress(gzipped))
+
+
+def verify_integrity(db_path: Path) -> bool:
+    try:
+        conn = sqlite3.connect(str(db_path))
+    except sqlite3.DatabaseError:
+        return False
+    try:
+        row = conn.execute("PRAGMA integrity_check").fetchone()
+        return row is not None and row[0] == "ok"
+    except sqlite3.DatabaseError:
+        return False
+    finally:
+        conn.close()
diff --git a/tests/backup/test_snapshot.py b/tests/backup/test_snapshot.py
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+++ b/tests/backup/test_snapshot.py
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+import sqlite3
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from src.backup.snapshot import make_snapshot, verify_integrity, write_snapshot
+
+
+def _make_db(path: Path):
+    conn = sqlite3.connect(str(path))
+    conn.execute("CREATE TABLE t (id INTEGER, val TEXT)")
+    conn.execute("INSERT INTO t VALUES (1, 'a'), (2, 'b')")
+    conn.commit()
+    conn.close()
+
+
+def test_snapshot_roundtrip_preserves_rows(tmp_path):
+    src = tmp_path / "users.sqlite"
+    _make_db(src)
+    gzipped = make_snapshot(src)
+    restored = tmp_path / "restored.sqlite"
+    write_snapshot(gzipped, restored)
+    conn = sqlite3.connect(str(restored))
+    rows = conn.execute("SELECT id, val FROM t ORDER BY id").fetchall()
+    conn.close()
+    assert rows == [(1, "a"), (2, "b")]
+
+
+def test_verify_integrity_ok(tmp_path):
+    src = tmp_path / "users.sqlite"
+    _make_db(src)
+    assert verify_integrity(src) is True
+
+
+def test_verify_integrity_detects_corruption(tmp_path):
+    bad = tmp_path / "bad.sqlite"
+    bad.write_bytes(b"this is not a sqlite database")
+    assert verify_integrity(bad) is False