diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 237533d1..855225a9 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ check_PROGRAMS += test_config_parser
 check_PROGRAMS += test_chat_setting
 check_PROGRAMS += test_chat_channel
 check_PROGRAMS += test_group_avatar_sql
+check_PROGRAMS += test_chat_member
 check_PROGRAMS += test_instance_contract
 test_instance_contract_SOURCES = test_instance_contract.c
 test_instance_contract_LDADD = $(LIBUTUN) $(COMMON_LIBS)
@@ -325,6 +326,9 @@ test_group_avatar_sql_LDADD = $(LIBUTUN) $(COMMON_LIBS)
 test_group_avatar_sql_LDFLAGS = -Wl,--wrap=sqlite3_bind_blob -Wl,--wrap=sqlite3_bind_int64 -Wl,--wrap=sqlite3_bind_text \
     -Wl,--wrap=sqlite3_exec -Wl,--wrap=sqlite3_prepare_v2 -Wl,--wrap=sqlite3_step -Wl,--wrap=sqlite3_changes -Wl,--wrap=sqlite3_finalize \
     -Wl,--wrap=sc_ed25519_sign
+test_chat_member_SOURCES = test_chat_member.c
+test_chat_member_LDADD = $(LIBUTUN) $(COMMON_LIBS)
+test_chat_member_LDFLAGS = -Wl,--wrap=sqlite3_finalize
 else
 test_socket_monitor_LDFLAGS += -Wl,--wrap=read
 endif
diff --git a/tests/test_chat_member.c b/tests/test_chat_member.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d58e4c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_chat_member.c
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/* Полный снимок участников не выдаёт успех после отказа SQL. */
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include "../src/chat/chat_member.c"
+#include "../src/routing_layer/topo_node_sqlite.h"
+#include <assert.h>
+
+static int fail_query;
+extern int __real_sqlite3_finalize(sqlite3_stmt*);
+int __wrap_sqlite3_finalize(sqlite3_stmt* st) {
+    const char* target = "SELECT p.node_id";
+    int fail = fail_query && st && !strncmp(sqlite3_sql(st), target, strlen(target));
+    if (fail) { fail_query = 0; DEBUG_WARN(DEBUG_CATEGORY_CHAT_SYNC, "member test: injected snapshot finalize failure"); }
+    int rc = __real_sqlite3_finalize(st); return fail ? SQLITE_IOERR : rc;
+}
+
+int main(void) {
+    debug_config_init(); debug_set_level(DEBUG_LEVEL_ERROR); debug_set_category_level(DEBUG_CATEGORY_CHAT_SYNC, DEBUG_LEVEL_INFO);
+    size_t baseline = u_get_allocated_count(); utun_instance_set_tun_init_enabled(0);
+    struct UASYNC* ua = uasync_create(); assert(ua);
+    struct UTUN_INSTANCE* inst = utun_instance_create_from_str(ua,
+        "[ntp]\nenabled=no\n[chatserver]\ngroup_autoconnect=0\nstorage_autoload=0\n");
+    assert(inst && !utun_core_start(inst) && !chat_service_start(inst));
+    uint64_t group = chat_core_create_channel_auto(inst, "member SQL"); assert(group);
+    char channel[32]; snprintf(channel, sizeof(channel), "%llu", (unsigned long long)group);
+    uint8_t* wire = NULL; int count = 0; fail_query = 1;
+    int rc = chat_core_get_member_list(inst, channel, &wire, &count);
+    DEBUG_INFO(DEBUG_CATEGORY_CHAT_SYNC, "member test: finalize fault result=%d count=%d fault_pending=%d", rc, count, fail_query);
+    assert(rc < 0 && !wire && !count && !fail_query);
+    assert(!chat_core_get_member_list(inst, channel, &wire, &count) && count == 1); u_free(wire);
+    utun_instance_destroy(inst); uasync_poll(ua, 0); uasync_destroy(ua, 0); assert(u_get_allocated_count() == baseline);
+    DEBUG_INFO(DEBUG_CATEGORY_CHAT_SYNC, "PASS member snapshot SQL refusal and retry"); return 0;
+}