diff --git a/packages/turso-sync-engine/src/database_sync_engine.rs b/packages/turso-sync-engine/src/database_sync_engine.rs
index 48a021ae8..e26ffdbc7 100644
--- a/packages/turso-sync-engine/src/database_sync_engine.rs
+++ b/packages/turso-sync-engine/src/database_sync_engine.rs
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ pub mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     pub fn test_sync_single_db_many_pulls_big_payloads() {
-        deterministic_runtime(async || {
+                deterministic_runtime(async || {
             let io: Arc<dyn turso_core::IO> = Arc::new(turso_core::PlatformIO::new().unwrap());
             let dir = tempfile::TempDir::new().unwrap();
             let server_path = dir.path().join("server.db");
@@ -579,6 +579,7 @@ pub mod tests {
                 client_name: "id-1".to_string(),
                 wal_pull_batch_size: 1,
             };
+
             runner.init(local_path, opts).await.unwrap();
 
             protocol
@@ -621,6 +622,55 @@ pub mod tests {
             }
         });
     }
+    
+    #[test]
+    pub fn test_sync_single_db_checkpoint() {
+        deterministic_runtime(async || {
+            let io: Arc<dyn turso_core::IO> = Arc::new(turso_core::PlatformIO::new().unwrap());
+            let dir = tempfile::TempDir::new().unwrap();
+            let server_path = dir.path().join("server.db");
+            let ctx = Arc::new(TestContext::new(seed_u64()));
+            let protocol = TestProtocolIo::new(ctx.clone(), &server_path)
+                .await
+                .unwrap();
+            let mut runner = TestRunner::new(ctx.clone(), io, protocol.clone());
+            let local_path = dir.path().join("local.db");
+            let opts = DatabaseSyncEngineOpts {
+                client_name: "id-1".to_string(),
+                wal_pull_batch_size: 1,
+            };
+            runner.init(local_path, opts).await.unwrap();
+
+            protocol
+                .server
+                .execute("CREATE TABLE t(x INTEGER PRIMARY KEY)", ())
+                .await
+                .unwrap();
+            protocol
+                .server
+                .execute("INSERT INTO t VALUES (1)", ())
+                .await
+                .unwrap();
+            protocol.server.checkpoint().await.unwrap();
+            protocol
+                .server
+                .execute("INSERT INTO t VALUES (2)", ())
+                .await
+                .unwrap();
+
+            let conn = runner.connect().await.unwrap();
+
+            runner.pull().await.unwrap();
+
+            assert_eq!(
+                query_rows(&conn, "SELECT * FROM t").await.unwrap(),
+                vec![
+                    vec![turso::Value::Integer(1)],
+                    vec![turso::Value::Integer(2)]
+                ]
+            );
+        });
+    }
 
     #[test]
     pub fn test_sync_single_db_full_syncs() {
diff --git a/packages/turso-sync-engine/src/test_sync_server.rs b/packages/turso-sync-engine/src/test_sync_server.rs
index ccfbc1eb6..16f963582 100644
--- a/packages/turso-sync-engine/src/test_sync_server.rs
+++ b/packages/turso-sync-engine/src/test_sync_server.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-use std::{collections::HashMap, path::Path, sync::Arc};
+use std::{
+    collections::HashMap,
+    path::{Path, PathBuf},
+    sync::Arc,
+};
 
 use tokio::sync::Mutex;
 
@@ -33,6 +37,7 @@ struct TestSyncServerState {
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct TestSyncServer {
+    path: PathBuf,
     ctx: Arc<TestContext>,
     db: turso::Database,
     state: Arc<Mutex<TestSyncServerState>>,
@@ -49,6 +54,7 @@ impl TestSyncServer {
             },
         );
         Ok(Self {
+            path: path.to_path_buf(),
             ctx,
             db: turso::Builder::new_local(path.to_str().unwrap())
                 .build()
@@ -263,6 +269,25 @@ impl TestSyncServer {
     pub fn db(&self) -> turso::Database {
         self.db.clone()
     }
+    pub async fn checkpoint(&self) -> Result<()> {
+        let conn = self.db.connect()?;
+        let _ = conn.query("PRAGMA wal_checkpoint(TRUNCATE)", ()).await?;
+        let mut state = self.state.lock().await;
+        let generation = state.generation + 1;
+        state.generation = generation;
+        state.generations.insert(
+            generation,
+            Generation {
+                snapshot: std::fs::read(&self.path).map_err(|e| {
+                    Error::DatabaseSyncEngineError(format!(
+                        "failed to create generation snapshot: {e}"
+                    ))
+                })?,
+                frames: Vec::new(),
+            },
+        );
+        Ok(())
+    }
     pub async fn execute(&self, sql: &str, params: impl turso::IntoParams) -> Result<()> {
         let conn = self.db.connect()?;
         conn.execute(sql, params).await?;