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test/migration.test.js

@@ -108,5 +108,26 @@ test('schema migrations & posterminal version 2', async (t) => {
     assert.ok(cols.includes('enabled'), 'enabled column should be restored');
     assert.ok(cols.includes('clientversion'), 'clientversion column should be restored');
   });
+
+  await t.test('refuses to initialize if db schema version is higher than highest upgrade version', async () => {
+    // Manually set database meta version to a future version (e.g. 99)
+    provider.db.prepare(`UPDATE meta SET value = '99' WHERE "key" = 'version'`).run();
+    const futureVersion = await provider.getSchemaVersion();
+    assert.equal(futureVersion, 99);
+
+    await assert.rejects(
+      async () => {
+        await provider.initialize();
+      },
+      (err) => {
+        assert.match(err.message, /Refusing to start: database schema version \(99\) is higher than the highest version in the upgrade folder \(2\)/);
+        return true;
+      },
+      'Should throw and refuse to initialize'
+    );
+
+    // Restore to version 2 so cleanup/subsequent steps stay consistent
+    provider.db.prepare(`UPDATE meta SET value = '2' WHERE "key" = 'version'`).run();
+  });
 });