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+"""Real-DB migration test (#14).
+
+Runs the full migration chain against a fresh temp SQLite via the lnbits
+`Database`, then round-trips through `crud` to prove the resulting schema.
+Guards the class of bug from #13 (a migration statement that parses in Python
+but is invalid SQL on SQLite — the default backend). The rest of the suite
+monkeypatches `crud`, so migrations are otherwise never actually executed.
+
+Isolation: `Database` binds its sqlite path + engine at construction from
+`settings.lnbits_data_folder`, and `crud.db` is built at import time. So we
+point settings at `tmp_path`, build a fresh `ext_chatelet` DB, and swap it
+into `crud` for the test — import-order-independent, no live server.
+"""
+
+import asyncio
+import re
+
+from lnbits.db import Database
+from lnbits.settings import settings
+
+from .. import crud, migrations
+from ..models import Booking, BookingStatus, CreateRoomData, RoomStatus
+
+
+def test_full_migration_chain_applies_and_schema_round_trips(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
+    # Fresh, isolated ext DB in tmp_path; route crud at it for the test.
+    monkeypatch.setattr(settings, "lnbits_data_folder", str(tmp_path))
+    test_db = Database("ext_chatelet")
+    monkeypatch.setattr(crud, "db", test_db)
+
+    async def run():
+        # Apply every m0NN migration in order against the empty DB. If any
+        # statement is invalid on SQLite (the #13 bug), this raises here.
+        migfns = sorted(
+            (n, f) for n, f in vars(migrations).items() if re.match(r"m\d+_", n)
+        )
+        assert migfns, "no m0NN migrations discovered"
+        async with test_db.connect() as conn:
+            for _name, fn in migfns:
+                await fn(conn)
+
+        # Round-trip through crud (now bound to test_db) to prove the schema.
+        room = await crud.create_room(
+            CreateRoomData(
+                wallet="w1", title="Keep", price_amount=90, price_currency="EUR"
+            )
+        )
+        got = await crud.get_room(room.id)
+        assert got is not None
+        assert got.checkin_instructions == ""  # m002 column exists, default ''
+        got.status = RoomStatus.active
+        await crud.update_room(got)
+
+        booking = Booking(
+            id="bk1", room_id=room.id, guest_pubkey="g",
+            check_in="2026-08-01", check_out="2026-08-04", nights=3, num_guests=1,
+            currency="EUR", price_fiat=270.0, amount_sat=450000, deposit_sat=450000,
+            status=BookingStatus.held,
+        )
+        await crud.create_booking(booking)
+        gb = await crud.get_booking("bk1")
+        assert gb is not None and gb.amount_sat == 450000  # big_int round-trips
+
+        # Availability computed against real rows (not monkeypatched): the held
+        # booking blocks its own dates; a non-overlapping range is free.
+        assert await crud.is_available(room.id, "2026-08-01", "2026-08-04") is False
+        assert await crud.is_available(room.id, "2026-08-10", "2026-08-12") is True
+
+    asyncio.run(run())