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+# Changelog
+
+## 1.0.0.0 — 2026-07-10
+
+- Initial stable release of the `ephemeral-pg` helper with fresh Hasql callback connections
+  and structured startup, migration, callback, and cleanup failures.
diff --git a/pg-migrate-test-support.cabal b/pg-migrate-test-support.cabal
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+cabal-version:   3.8
+name:            pg-migrate-test-support
+version:         1.0.0.0
+synopsis:        Ephemeral PostgreSQL helpers for pg-migrate tests
+category:        Database
+maintainer:      nadeem@gmail.com
+description:
+  Brackets an ephemeral PostgreSQL instance, applies a validated migration
+  plan, and supplies a fresh Hasql connection to a test callback.
+
+license:         BSD-3-Clause
+build-type:      Simple
+extra-doc-files: CHANGELOG.md
+
+common common
+  default-language:   GHC2024
+  default-extensions:
+    DeriveAnyClass
+    DuplicateRecordFields
+    MultilineStrings
+    OverloadedLabels
+    OverloadedStrings
+
+  ghc-options:        -Wall -Wcompat
+
+library
+  import:          common
+  hs-source-dirs:  src
+  exposed-modules: Database.PostgreSQL.Migrate.Test
+  build-depends:
+    , base          >=4.20 && <4.22
+    , ephemeral-pg  >=0.2  && <0.3
+    , hasql         >=1.10 && <1.11
+    , pg-migrate    >=1.0  && <1.1
+
+test-suite pg-migrate-test-support-test
+  import:         common
+  type:           exitcode-stdio-1.0
+  hs-source-dirs: test
+  main-is:        Main.hs
+  build-depends:
+    , base                     >=4.20 && <4.22
+    , bytestring               >=0.12 && <0.13
+    , containers               >=0.7  && <0.8
+    , ephemeral-pg             >=0.2  && <0.3
+    , hasql                    >=1.10 && <1.11
+    , pg-migrate
+    , pg-migrate-test-support
+    , tasty                    >=1.5  && <1.6
+    , tasty-hunit              >=0.10 && <0.11
+    , text                     >=2.1  && <2.2
diff --git a/src/Database/PostgreSQL/Migrate/Test.hs b/src/Database/PostgreSQL/Migrate/Test.hs
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+-- | Test-only ephemeral PostgreSQL lifecycle. A validated plan is applied before a fresh
+-- Hasql connection is bracketed around the caller's assertion callback.
+module Database.PostgreSQL.Migrate.Test
+  ( -- | Structured startup, migration, callback, and cleanup failures.
+    MigratedDatabaseError (..),
+    -- | Start a database, apply a plan with default runner options, and run a callback.
+    withMigratedDatabase,
+    -- | As 'withMigratedDatabase', with explicit runner options.
+    withMigratedDatabaseOptions,
+    -- | Fully configurable ephemeral-database variant.
+    withMigratedDatabaseConfig,
+  )
+where
+
+import Control.Exception (SomeException)
+import Control.Exception qualified as Exception
+import Database.PostgreSQL.Migrate
+import EphemeralPg qualified
+import Hasql.Connection qualified as Connection
+import Hasql.Errors qualified as Errors
+
+-- | Structured failures from the ephemeral database, migration, callback, or cleanup stages.
+data MigratedDatabaseError
+  = MigratedDatabaseStartupFailed !EphemeralPg.StartError
+  | MigratedDatabaseMigrationFailed !MigrationError
+  | MigratedDatabaseCallbackAcquisitionFailed !Errors.ConnectionError
+  | MigratedDatabaseCallbackFailed !SomeException
+  | MigratedDatabaseCallbackCleanupFailed !SomeException
+  | MigratedDatabaseCallbackAndCleanupFailed !SomeException !SomeException
+  deriving stock (Show)
+
+-- | Start a database, migrate it with 'defaultRunOptions', and bracket a callback connection.
+withMigratedDatabase ::
+  MigrationPlan ->
+  (Connection.Connection -> IO value) ->
+  IO (Either MigratedDatabaseError value)
+withMigratedDatabase = withMigratedDatabaseOptions defaultRunOptions
+
+-- | Start a database, migrate it with the supplied options, and bracket a callback connection.
+withMigratedDatabaseOptions ::
+  RunOptions ->
+  MigrationPlan ->
+  (Connection.Connection -> IO value) ->
+  IO (Either MigratedDatabaseError value)
+withMigratedDatabaseOptions = withMigratedDatabaseConfig EphemeralPg.defaultConfig
+
+-- | Fully configurable variant accepting both ephemeral database and migration options.
+withMigratedDatabaseConfig ::
+  EphemeralPg.Config ->
+  RunOptions ->
+  MigrationPlan ->
+  (Connection.Connection -> IO value) ->
+  IO (Either MigratedDatabaseError value)
+withMigratedDatabaseConfig config options plan callback = do
+  started <-
+    EphemeralPg.withConfig config $ \database -> do
+      let settings = EphemeralPg.connectionSettings database
+      migrated <- runMigrationPlan options settings plan
+      case migrated of
+        Left migrationError -> pure (Left (MigratedDatabaseMigrationFailed migrationError))
+        Right _ -> do
+          acquired <- Connection.acquire settings
+          case acquired of
+            Left connectionError -> pure (Left (MigratedDatabaseCallbackAcquisitionFailed connectionError))
+            Right connection -> runCallback connection callback
+  pure $ case started of
+    Left startError -> Left (MigratedDatabaseStartupFailed startError)
+    Right result -> result
+
+runCallback ::
+  Connection.Connection ->
+  (Connection.Connection -> IO value) ->
+  IO (Either MigratedDatabaseError value)
+runCallback connection callback =
+  Exception.mask $ \restore -> do
+    callbackResult <- Exception.try (restore (callback connection))
+    cleanupResult <- Exception.try (Connection.release connection)
+    pure $ case (callbackResult, cleanupResult) of
+      (Right value, Right ()) -> Right value
+      (Left callbackError, Right ()) -> Left (MigratedDatabaseCallbackFailed callbackError)
+      (Right _, Left cleanupError) -> Left (MigratedDatabaseCallbackCleanupFailed cleanupError)
+      (Left callbackError, Left cleanupError) ->
+        Left (MigratedDatabaseCallbackAndCleanupFailed callbackError cleanupError)
diff --git a/test/Main.hs b/test/Main.hs
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+module Main (main) where
+
+import Control.Exception qualified as Exception
+import Data.Int (Int32)
+import Data.List.NonEmpty (NonEmpty (..))
+import Data.Set qualified as Set
+import Database.PostgreSQL.Migrate
+import Database.PostgreSQL.Migrate.Test
+import EphemeralPg.Config qualified as EphemeralPg.Config
+import Hasql.Connection qualified as Connection
+import Hasql.Decoders qualified as Decoders
+import Hasql.Encoders qualified as Encoders
+import Hasql.Session qualified as Session
+import Hasql.Statement (Statement)
+import Hasql.Statement qualified as Statement
+import Test.Tasty
+import Test.Tasty.HUnit
+
+main :: IO ()
+main =
+  defaultMain
+    ( testGroup
+        "pg-migrate test support"
+        [ testCase "plan is migrated before a fresh callback connection" testMigratedDatabase,
+          testCase "migration failures are structurally distinct" testMigrationFailure,
+          testCase "callback failures are structurally distinct" testCallbackFailure,
+          testCase "startup failures are structurally distinct" testStartupFailure
+        ]
+    )
+
+testMigratedDatabase :: Assertion
+testMigratedDatabase = do
+  result <-
+    withMigratedDatabase fixturePlan $ \connection ->
+      Connection.use connection (Session.statement () processIdsStatement)
+  case result of
+    Right (Right (migrationPid, callbackPid)) ->
+      assertBool "callback reused the migration connection" (migrationPid /= callbackPid)
+    other -> assertFailure ("unexpected migrated database result: " <> show other)
+
+testMigrationFailure :: Assertion
+testMigrationFailure = do
+  result <- withMigratedDatabase failingPlan (const (pure ()))
+  case result of
+    Left MigratedDatabaseMigrationFailed {} -> pure ()
+    other -> assertFailure ("expected migration failure, received: " <> show other)
+
+testCallbackFailure :: Assertion
+testCallbackFailure = do
+  result <- withMigratedDatabase fixturePlan (const (Exception.throwIO (userError "callback failed") :: IO ()))
+  case result of
+    Left MigratedDatabaseCallbackFailed {} -> pure ()
+    other -> assertFailure ("expected callback failure, received: " <> show other)
+
+testStartupFailure :: Assertion
+testStartupFailure = do
+  let invalidConfig = EphemeralPg.Config.defaultConfig {EphemeralPg.Config.initDbArgs = ["--definitely-invalid-initdb-option"]}
+  result <- withMigratedDatabaseConfig invalidConfig defaultRunOptions fixturePlan (const (pure ()))
+  case result of
+    Left MigratedDatabaseStartupFailed {} -> pure ()
+    other -> assertFailure ("expected startup failure, received: " <> show other)
+
+fixturePlan :: MigrationPlan
+fixturePlan =
+  expectRight
+    ( migrationPlan
+        ( expectRight
+            ( migrationComponent
+                "test-support"
+                Set.empty
+                ( expectRight
+                    ( sqlMigration
+                        "0001-process"
+                        "CREATE TABLE callback_probe AS SELECT pg_backend_pid()::int4 AS migration_pid"
+                    )
+                    :| []
+                )
+            )
+            :| []
+        )
+    )
+
+failingPlan :: MigrationPlan
+failingPlan =
+  expectRight
+    ( migrationPlan
+        ( expectRight
+            (migrationComponent "test-support-failure" Set.empty (expectRight (sqlMigration "0001-fail" "SELECT * FROM deliberately_missing_relation") :| []))
+            :| []
+        )
+    )
+
+processIdsStatement :: Statement () (Int32, Int32)
+processIdsStatement =
+  Statement.preparable
+    "SELECT migration_pid, pg_backend_pid()::int4 FROM callback_probe"
+    Encoders.noParams
+    (Decoders.singleRow ((,) <$> required Decoders.int4 <*> required Decoders.int4))
+  where
+    required = Decoders.column . Decoders.nonNullable
+
+expectRight :: (Show error) => Either error value -> value
+expectRight = either (error . show) id
