diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux-control-agent.yml b/.github/workflows/linux-control-agent.yml
index 0dcf884..fb27dc6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux-control-agent.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux-control-agent.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build
         run: dotnet build ServerMonitorManager.slnx --configuration Release --no-restore
 
+      - name: Generate reference alpha.7 control database
+        run: bash tests/acceptance/generate_alpha7_db.sh tests/acceptance/alpha7.db
+
       - name: Test
         run: dotnet test tests/ServerMonitorManager.Control.Tests/ServerMonitorManager.Control.Tests.csproj --configuration Release --no-build
 
diff --git a/tests/ServerMonitorManager.Control.Tests/SchemaCompatibilityTests.cs b/tests/ServerMonitorManager.Control.Tests/SchemaCompatibilityTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..272aae0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ServerMonitorManager.Control.Tests/SchemaCompatibilityTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.Data.Sqlite;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace ServerMonitorManager.Control.Tests;
+
+public sealed class SchemaCompatibilityTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task CanOpenAlpha7DatabaseWithoutReapplyingMigrations()
+    {
+        // Try to find the alpha7.db file which should be generated by CI
+        var dbPath = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(System.AppContext.BaseDirectory, "..", "..", "..", "..", "..", "tests", "acceptance", "alpha7.db"));
+
+        if (!File.Exists(dbPath))
+        {
+            // Skip the test locally if the file hasn't been generated
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // 1. Verify PRAGMA user_version is readable and hasn't changed abruptly
+        await using var connection = new SqliteConnection($"Data Source={dbPath}");
+        await connection.OpenAsync();
+        var command = connection.CreateCommand();
+        command.CommandText = "PRAGMA user_version;";
+        var userVersion = Convert.ToInt64(await command.ExecuteScalarAsync());
+
+        Assert.True(userVersion > 0, "Database user_version should be greater than 0");
+
+        // 2. Open it with the current ControlStore to see if data reads correctly and it doesn't crash
+        var store = new ControlStore(Options.Create(new ControlOptions { DatabasePath = dbPath }));
+        await store.InitializeAsync(CancellationToken.None);
+
+        // 3. Test that we can read from it
+        var links = await store.ListEffectiveLinksForNodeAsync("nonexistent", CancellationToken.None);
+        Assert.Empty(links);
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/generate_alpha7_db.sh b/tests/acceptance/generate_alpha7_db.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3aef7c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/acceptance/generate_alpha7_db.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+OUTPUT_DB=$(realpath "${1:-alpha7.db}")
+
+if [ -f "$OUTPUT_DB" ]; then
+    echo "Database $OUTPUT_DB already exists."
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+echo "Generating reference database from v0.1.0-alpha.7 to $OUTPUT_DB"
+WORK_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
+trap 'rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"' EXIT
+
+git clone --depth 1 -b v0.1.0-alpha.7 https://github.com/ochenstarik-ui/server-monitor-manager.git "$WORK_DIR/repo"
+
+cat << 'EOF' > "$WORK_DIR/repo/tests/ServerMonitorManager.Control.Tests/GenerateDbTest.cs"
+using System.IO;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Xunit;
+using ServerMonitorManager.Control;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
+
+namespace ServerMonitorManager.Control.Tests;
+
+public class GenerateDbTest
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task GenerateReferenceDatabase()
+    {
+        var dbPath = System.Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("OUTPUT_DB_PATH");
+        var store = new ControlStore(Options.Create(new ControlOptions { DatabasePath = dbPath }));
+        await store.InitializeAsync(CancellationToken.None);
+    }
+}
+EOF
+
+export OUTPUT_DB_PATH="$OUTPUT_DB"
+cd "$WORK_DIR/repo"
+dotnet test tests/ServerMonitorManager.Control.Tests --filter "GenerateReferenceDatabase"