diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/kestrel/PersistenceTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/kestrel/PersistenceTest.kt
index 2c521d9..e4df4a3 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/kestrel/PersistenceTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/kestrel/PersistenceTest.kt
@@ -372,4 +372,177 @@ class PersistenceTest {
             CREATE UNIQUE INDEX idx_email ON users (email);
             .exit
             """.trimIndent()
+        )
+        val afterReopen = runScript(
+            dir,
+            """
+            INSERT INTO users VALUES (2, 'ada@example.com');
+            EXPLAIN SELECT id FROM users WHERE email = 'ada@example.com';
+            .schema users
+            .exit
+            """.trimIndent()
+        )
+        assertContains(afterReopen, "Error")
+        assertContains(afterReopen, "UNIQUE constraint")
+        assertContains(afterReopen, "Index Scan using idx_email")
+        assertContains(afterReopen, "CREATE UNIQUE INDEX idx_email ON users (email);")
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun compositeUniqueIndexSurvivesReopenAfterCheckpointAndKeepsEnforcingAndAccelerating() {
+        val dir = tempDir()
+        runScript(
+            dir,
+            """
+            CREATE TABLE orders (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, region TEXT, seq INTEGER);
+            INSERT INTO orders VALUES (1, 'EU', 1);
+            CREATE UNIQUE INDEX idx_region_seq ON orders (region, seq);
+            .exit
+            """.trimIndent()
+        )
+        val afterReopen = runScript(
+            dir,
+            """
+            INSERT INTO orders VALUES (2, 'EU', 1);
+            INSERT INTO orders VALUES (3, 'US', 1);
+            EXPLAIN SELECT id FROM orders WHERE region = 'EU' AND seq = 1;
+            .schema orders
+            .exit
+            """.trimIndent()
+        )
+        assertContains(afterReopen, "Error")
+        assertContains(afterReopen, "UNIQUE constraint")
+        assertContains(afterReopen, "Index Scan using idx_region_seq")
+        assertContains(afterReopen, "CREATE UNIQUE INDEX idx_region_seq ON orders (region, seq);")
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun compositePrimaryKeyAndForeignKeySurviveReopenAfterCheckpoint() {
+        val dir = tempDir()
+        runScript(
+            dir,
+            """
+            CREATE TABLE orders (region TEXT, order_no INTEGER, PRIMARY KEY (region, order_no));
+            CREATE TABLE line_items (region TEXT, order_no INTEGER, sku TEXT, FOREIGN KEY (region, order_no) REFERENCES orders (region, order_no) ON DELETE CASCADE);
+            INSERT INTO orders VALUES ('eu', 1);
+            INSERT INTO line_items VALUES ('eu', 1, 'SKU1');
+            .exit
+            """.trimIndent()
+        )
+        val duplicateRejected = runScript(dir, "INSERT INTO orders VALUES ('eu', 1);\n.exit\n")
+        assertContains(duplicateRejected, "Error")
+        assertContains(duplicateRejected, "UNIQUE constraint")
+
+        val afterCascade = runScript(
+            dir,
+            """
+            DELETE FROM orders WHERE region = 'eu';
+            SELECT * FROM line_items;
+            .exit
+            """.trimIndent()
+        )
+        assertTrue(!afterCascade.contains("SKU1"), "cascade delete across a composite FK must survive reopen")
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun alterTableAddColumnSurvivesReopenAfterCheckpointAndBackfillsAndDefaultsFutureInserts() {
+        val dir = tempDir()
+        runScript(
+            dir,
+            """
+            CREATE TABLE users (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, name TEXT NOT NULL);
+            INSERT INTO users VALUES (1, 'ada'), (2, 'linus');
+            ALTER TABLE users ADD COLUMN status TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'active';
+            INSERT INTO users (id, name) VALUES (3, 'grace');
+            .exit
+            """.trimIndent()
+        )
+        val reopened = runScript(dir, "SELECT name, status FROM users ORDER BY id ASC;\n.exit\n")
+        assertContains(reopened, "ada")
+        assertContains(reopened, "active")
+        val statusCount = Regex("active").findAll(reopened).count()
+        assertEquals(3, statusCount, "all three rows (backfilled and freshly inserted) must carry the DEFAULT")
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun generatedColumnSurvivesReopenAfterCheckpointAndKeepsComputingFutureInserts() {
+        val dir = tempDir()
+        runScript(
+            dir,
+            """
+            CREATE TABLE t (a INTEGER, b INTEGER GENERATED ALWAYS AS (a * 2) STORED);
+            INSERT INTO t (a) VALUES (5);
+            .exit
+            """.trimIndent()
+        )
+        runScript(dir, "INSERT INTO t (a) VALUES (7);\n.exit\n")
+        val reopened = runScript(dir, "SELECT b FROM t ORDER BY a ASC;\n.exit\n")
+        assertContains(reopened, "10")
+        assertContains(reopened, "14")
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun generatedColumnSurvivesReopenWithoutACheckpointViaWalReplay() {
+        val dir = tempDir()
+        val persistence = Persistence(dir)
+        persistence.appendWal(
+            listOf(
+                "CREATE TABLE t (a INTEGER, b INTEGER GENERATED ALWAYS AS (a * 2) STORED);",
+                "INSERT INTO t (a) VALUES (5);"
+            )
+        )
+        val output = StringBuilder()
+        Repl(output, output, Persistence(dir)).run("SELECT b FROM t WHERE a = 5;\n.exit\n".reader().buffered())
+        assertContains(output.toString(), "10")
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun alterTableRenameAndDropColumnSurviveReopenWithoutACheckpointViaWalReplay() {
+        val dir = tempDir()
+        val persistence = Persistence(dir)
+        persistence.appendWal(
+            listOf(
+                "CREATE TABLE t (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, bio TEXT, scratch TEXT);",
+                "INSERT INTO t VALUES (1, 'mathematician', 'temp');",
+                "ALTER TABLE t RENAME COLUMN bio TO biography;",
+                "ALTER TABLE t DROP COLUMN scratch;"
+            )
+        )
+        val output = StringBuilder()
+        Repl(output, output, Persistence(dir)).run("SELECT biography FROM t WHERE id = 1;\n.exit\n".reader().buffered())
+        assertContains(output.toString(), "mathematician")
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun alterTableRenameToSurvivesReopenWithoutACheckpointViaWalReplay() {
+        val dir = tempDir()
+        val persistence = Persistence(dir)
+        persistence.appendWal(
+            listOf(
+                "CREATE TABLE t (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, name TEXT);",
+                "INSERT INTO t VALUES (1, 'ada');",
+                "ALTER TABLE t RENAME TO people;"
+            )
+        )
+        val output = StringBuilder()
+        Repl(output, output, Persistence(dir)).run("SELECT name FROM people WHERE id = 1;\n.tables\n.exit\n".reader().buffered())
+        val text = output.toString()
+        assertContains(text, "ada")
+        val tableLines = text.lines().map { it.trim() }
+        assertTrue(tableLines.contains("people"), "renamed table must appear in .tables")
+        assertTrue(tableLines.none { it.equals("t", ignoreCase = true) }, "old table name must not linger in .tables")
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun alterTableRenameToPropagatesIntoADependentViewAcrossACheckpointReopen() {
+        val dir = tempDir()
+        runScript(
+            dir,
+            """
+            CREATE TABLE departments (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, name TEXT);
+            INSERT INTO departments VALUES (1, 'eng');
+            CREATE VIEW v AS SELECT id, name FROM departments;
+            ALTER TABLE departments RENAME TO divisions;
+            .exit
+            """.trimIndent()
 }