diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/kestrel/PersistenceTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/kestrel/PersistenceTest.kt
index 3066154..0ebc487 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/kestrel/PersistenceTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/kestrel/PersistenceTest.kt
@@ -891,4 +891,159 @@ class PersistenceTest {
             dir,
             """
             CREATE TABLE regular (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, note TEXT);
+            CREATE TEMP TABLE scratch (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, note TEXT);
+            INSERT INTO regular VALUES (1, 'keepsMe');
+            INSERT INTO scratch VALUES (1, 'losesMe');
+            .exit
+            """.trimIndent()
+        )
+        val reopened = runScript(dir, "SELECT note FROM regular;\nSELECT note FROM scratch;\n.exit\n")
+        assertContains(reopened, "keepsMe")
+        assertContains(reopened, "Error: no such table: scratch")
+        assertTrue(!reopened.contains("losesMe"), "a TEMP table's rows must not survive reopen")
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun renamingATemporaryTableKeepsItTemporarySoTheRenamedNameAlsoDoesNotSurviveReopen() {
+        val dir = tempDir()
+        runScript(
+            dir,
+            """
+            CREATE TEMP TABLE scratch (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY);
+            ALTER TABLE scratch RENAME TO renamedScratch;
+            INSERT INTO renamedScratch VALUES (1);
+            .exit
+            """.trimIndent()
+        )
+        val reopened = runScript(dir, "SELECT id FROM renamedScratch;\n.exit\n")
+        assertContains(reopened, "Error: no such table: renamedScratch")
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun addColumnAndDropColumnOnATemporaryTableKeepItTemporaryAcrossReopen() {
+        val dir = tempDir()
+        runScript(
+            dir,
+            """
+            CREATE TEMP TABLE scratch (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, a INTEGER);
+            ALTER TABLE scratch ADD COLUMN b TEXT;
+            ALTER TABLE scratch DROP COLUMN a;
+            INSERT INTO scratch VALUES (1, 'x');
+            .exit
+            """.trimIndent()
+        )
+        val reopened = runScript(dir, "SELECT id FROM scratch;\n.exit\n")
+        assertContains(reopened, "Error: no such table: scratch")
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun renamingAColumnOnATemporaryTableKeepsItTemporaryAcrossReopen() {
+        val dir = tempDir()
+        runScript(
+            dir,
+            """
+            CREATE TEMP TABLE scratch (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, a INTEGER);
+            ALTER TABLE scratch RENAME COLUMN a TO b;
+            INSERT INTO scratch VALUES (1, 2);
+            .exit
+            """.trimIndent()
+        )
+        val reopened = runScript(dir, "SELECT id FROM scratch;\n.exit\n")
+        assertContains(reopened, "Error: no such table: scratch")
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun aTemporaryTablesForeignKeyBeingDroppedByAnUnrelatedCascadeKeepsItTemporaryAcrossReopen() {
+        val dir = tempDir()
+        runScript(
+            dir,
+            """
+            CREATE TABLE parent (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY);
+            CREATE TEMP TABLE child (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, parentId INTEGER, FOREIGN KEY (parentId) REFERENCES parent(id));
+            DROP TABLE parent CASCADE;
+            INSERT INTO child VALUES (1, NULL);
+            .exit
+            """.trimIndent()
+        )
+        val reopened = runScript(dir, "SELECT id FROM child;\n.exit\n")
+        assertContains(reopened, "Error: no such table: child")
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun anIndexOnATemporaryTableNeverPersists() {
+        val dir = tempDir()
+        runScript(
+            dir,
+            """
+            CREATE TEMP TABLE scratch (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, tag TEXT);
+            CREATE INDEX scratchTag ON scratch (tag);
+            INSERT INTO scratch VALUES (1, 'x');
+            .exit
+            """.trimIndent()
+        )
+        val reopened = runScript(dir, "SELECT id FROM scratch;\n.indexes\n.exit\n")
+        assertContains(reopened, "Error: no such table: scratch")
+        assertTrue(!reopened.contains("scratchTag"), "an index on a TEMP table must not survive reopen either")
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun droppingAnIndexOnATemporaryTableNeverReachesTheIncrementalWalEitherSideOfIt() {
+        val dir = tempDir()
+        runScriptThatCrashesBeforeItCanCheckpoint(
+            dir,
+            """
+            CREATE TEMP TABLE scratch (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, tag TEXT);
+            CREATE INDEX scratchTag ON scratch (tag);
+            DROP INDEX scratchTag;
+            INSERT INTO scratch VALUES (1, 'x');
+            """.trimIndent() + "\n"
+        )
+        val reopened = runScript(dir, "SELECT id FROM scratch;\n.indexes\n.exit\n")
+        assertContains(reopened, "Error: no such table: scratch")
+        assertTrue(!reopened.contains("scratchTag"))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun aTemporaryTableNeverReachesTheIncrementalWriteAheadLogEvenBeforeACheckpoint() {
+        val dir = tempDir()
+        runScriptThatCrashesBeforeItCanCheckpoint(
+            dir,
+            """
+            CREATE TABLE regular (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY);
+            CREATE TEMP TABLE scratch (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY);
+            INSERT INTO regular VALUES (111);
+            INSERT INTO scratch VALUES (222);
+            """.trimIndent() + "\n"
+        )
+        // No checkpoint ever ran, so this reopen replays raw incremental WAL entries only - if the
+        // TEMP table's CREATE/INSERT had leaked into that log, replaying "INSERT INTO scratch..."
+        // would either resurrect it or (if its CREATE alone were skipped but not its INSERT) throw
+        // "no such table" loudly enough to show up here.
+        val reopened = runScript(dir, "SELECT id FROM regular;\nSELECT id FROM scratch;\n.exit\n")
+        assertContains(reopened, "111")
+        assertContains(reopened, "Error: no such table: scratch")
+        assertTrue(!reopened.contains("222"), "a TEMP table's row must never reach the WAL, crash or not")
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun aTruncateNamingBothATemporaryAndARegularTableStillPersistsTheRegularTablesTruncationBeforeACheckpoint() {
+        val dir = tempDir()
+        runScriptThatCrashesBeforeItCanCheckpoint(
+            dir,
+            """
+            CREATE TABLE regular (id INTEGER);
+            CREATE TEMP TABLE scratch (id INTEGER);
+            INSERT INTO regular VALUES (111), (222);
+            INSERT INTO scratch VALUES (333);
+            TRUNCATE TABLE regular, scratch;
+            """.trimIndent() + "\n"
+        )
+        // If the TEMP name were not stripped out of the persisted TRUNCATE text, replaying
+        // "TRUNCATE TABLE regular, scratch" against a reload where scratch was never recreated would
+        // throw before truncating ANYTHING (Catalog.truncateTables validates every name up front) -
+        // silently leaving regular's rows intact instead of empty, since replay errors are swallowed
+        // (see Repl.printResult's `if (replaying) return`).
+        val reopened = runScript(dir, "SELECT id FROM regular;\n.exit\n")
+        assertTrue(!reopened.contains("111") && !reopened.contains("222"), "regular's TRUNCATE must survive the crash-before-checkpoint replay")
+    }
 }