diff --git a/packages/loopover-miner/DEPLOYMENT.md b/packages/loopover-miner/DEPLOYMENT.md
index a8327f8c66..ea39cd3ad7 100644
--- a/packages/loopover-miner/DEPLOYMENT.md
+++ b/packages/loopover-miner/DEPLOYMENT.md
@@ -70,12 +70,14 @@ For provider selection and the CLI-specific model/timeout overrides, see
 
    Not every file appears immediately: `laptop-state` is written by `init`, and each of the others is created
    the first time its subsystem actually runs (an attempt, a discovery pass, a replay, an Orb export, …), so a
-   fresh install that has only run `status`/`doctor` will show a subset. All sixteen default into this one
+   fresh install that has only run `status`/`doctor` will show a subset. All eighteen default into this one
    directory. Override the directory for every store at once with `LOOPOVER_MINER_CONFIG_DIR` or
-   `XDG_CONFIG_HOME` (same resolution chain as `@loopover/mcp`); every store except `laptop-state.sqlite3`
-   (directory only) also honors its own `LOOPOVER_MINER_<NAME>_DB` path override — e.g.
-   `LOOPOVER_MINER_PORTFOLIO_QUEUE_DB` — to relocate an individual file. `doctor`'s `store-integrity:*` checks
-   report the persistent stores, so it is the quickest way to confirm what exists and is readable on disk.
+   `XDG_CONFIG_HOME` (same resolution chain as `@loopover/mcp`); every store — including
+   `laptop-state.sqlite3` via `LOOPOVER_MINER_LAPTOP_STATE_DB` — also honors its own
+   `LOOPOVER_MINER_<NAME>_DB` path override — e.g. `LOOPOVER_MINER_PORTFOLIO_QUEUE_DB` — to relocate an
+   individual file. `doctor`'s `store-integrity:*` checks (including `store-integrity:laptop-state`) run a
+   deep `PRAGMA integrity_check` on each persistent store, so it is the quickest way to confirm what exists
+   and is readable on disk.
 
 4. Optional per-repo miner goals: copy [`.loopover-miner.yml.example`](../../.loopover-miner.yml.example) to a target repo as `.loopover-miner.yml`. See [`docs/miner-goal-spec.md`](docs/miner-goal-spec.md).
 
diff --git a/packages/loopover-miner/lib/laptop-init.ts b/packages/loopover-miner/lib/laptop-init.ts
index e604b09df9..940f057703 100644
--- a/packages/loopover-miner/lib/laptop-init.ts
+++ b/packages/loopover-miner/lib/laptop-init.ts
@@ -49,12 +49,9 @@ export function resolveLaptopStateDbPath(env: Record<string, string | undefined>
   return resolveLocalStoreDbPath(defaultDbFileName, "LOOPOVER_MINER_LAPTOP_STATE_DB", env);
 }
 
-/** Create the state dir and SQLite file. Re-running is idempotent and never clobbers existing rows. */
-export function initLaptopState(env: Record<string, string | undefined> = process.env): LaptopInitResult {
-  const stateDir = resolveMinerStateDir(env);
-  const dbPath = resolveLaptopStateDbPath(env);
-  // Sample before openLocalStoreDb: the helper creates the parent dir + file, so `created` must be read first.
-  const created = !existsSync(dbPath);
+/** Open an on-disk laptop-state DB at an explicit path and apply schema migrations (#8641). Used by
+ *  `migrate`'s STORES list — same open/migrate contract as every sibling store's `open(dbPath)` entry. */
+export function openLaptopStateStore(dbPath: string): DatabaseSync {
   // openLocalStoreDb centralizes the mkdir(0o700)/chmod(0o600)/busy_timeout + crash-safe cleanup registration
   // (#8319) -- this was previously the one store with no busy-timeout and no crash-safety registration at all.
   const db = openLocalStoreDb(dbPath);
@@ -66,6 +63,16 @@ export function initLaptopState(env: Record<string, string | undefined> = proces
   `);
   // Schema-version convention (#4832): stamp the baseline and run any post-baseline migrations (none yet).
   applySchemaMigrations(db, []);
+  return db;
+}
+
+/** Create the state dir and SQLite file. Re-running is idempotent and never clobbers existing rows. */
+export function initLaptopState(env: Record<string, string | undefined> = process.env): LaptopInitResult {
+  const stateDir = resolveMinerStateDir(env);
+  const dbPath = resolveLaptopStateDbPath(env);
+  // Sample before open: the helper creates the parent dir + file, so `created` must be read first.
+  const created = !existsSync(dbPath);
+  const db = openLaptopStateStore(dbPath);
   if (created) {
     db.prepare("INSERT INTO laptop_meta (key, value) VALUES ('initialized_at', ?)")
       .run(new Date().toISOString());
diff --git a/packages/loopover-miner/lib/migrate-cli.ts b/packages/loopover-miner/lib/migrate-cli.ts
index 69797069ce..62a5309217 100644
--- a/packages/loopover-miner/lib/migrate-cli.ts
+++ b/packages/loopover-miner/lib/migrate-cli.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import { initPolicyDocCacheStore, resolvePolicyDocCacheDbPath } from "./policy-d
 import { initRankedCandidatesStore, resolveRankedCandidatesDbPath } from "./ranked-candidates.js";
 import { initDenyHookSynthesisStore, resolveDenyHookSynthesisDbPath } from "./deny-hook-synthesis.js";
 import { openOrbExportStore, resolveOrbExportDbPath } from "./orb-export.js";
+import { openLaptopStateStore, resolveLaptopStateDbPath } from "./laptop-init.js";
 
 const MIGRATE_USAGE = "Usage: loopover-miner migrate [--json]";
 
@@ -84,6 +85,8 @@ const STORES: MigrateStoreDescriptor[] = [
   // #8318: orb-export.sqlite3 (the opt-in Orb telemetry export's HMAC secret + cursor, #4277/#5681) is a
   // durable local store like every entry above, but was never added when it shipped.
   { name: "orb-export", resolveDbPath: resolveOrbExportDbPath, open: openOrbExportStore },
+  // #8641: laptop-state.sqlite3 twin of the doctor store-integrity entry above.
+  { name: "laptop-state", resolveDbPath: resolveLaptopStateDbPath, open: openLaptopStateStore },
 ];
 
 /** Read a store file's stamped schema version without ever creating it -- matches checkStoreIntegrity's
diff --git a/packages/loopover-miner/lib/status.ts b/packages/loopover-miner/lib/status.ts
index d35e3b4df6..f97b64bf72 100644
--- a/packages/loopover-miner/lib/status.ts
+++ b/packages/loopover-miner/lib/status.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   checkLaptopStateSqlite,
   findExecutableOnPath,
   resolveCodexAuthPath,
+  resolveLaptopStateDbPath,
 } from "./laptop-init.js";
 import { resolveMinerVersion } from "./version.js";
 import { checkStoreIntegrity, describeError } from "./store-maintenance.js";
@@ -409,6 +410,9 @@ function storeIntegrityChecks(env: Record<string, string | undefined>): DoctorCh
     // #8318: orb-export.sqlite3 (the opt-in Orb telemetry export's HMAC secret + cursor, #4277/#5681) is a
     // durable local store like every entry above, but was never added when it shipped.
     ["orb-export", resolveOrbExportDbPath(env)],
+    // #8641: laptop-state.sqlite3 (laptop-mode bootstrap meta) uses the same resolveLocalStoreDbPath +
+    // applySchemaMigrations pattern, but was never added to either twin list when it shipped.
+    ["laptop-state", resolveLaptopStateDbPath(env)],
   ];
   return stores.map(([name, dbPath]) => checkStoreIntegrity(`store-integrity:${name}`, dbPath));
 }
diff --git a/test/unit/miner-migrate-cli.test.ts b/test/unit/miner-migrate-cli.test.ts
index 87918f120f..8565ab291f 100644
--- a/test/unit/miner-migrate-cli.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/miner-migrate-cli.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { initPortfolioQueueStore, resolvePortfolioQueueDbPath } from "../../pack
 import { resolveEventLedgerDbPath } from "../../packages/loopover-miner/lib/event-ledger.js";
 import { applySchemaMigrations, BASELINE_SCHEMA_VERSION } from "../../packages/loopover-miner/lib/schema-version.js";
 import { openWorktreeAllocator, resolveWorktreeAllocatorDbPath } from "../../packages/loopover-miner/lib/worktree-allocator.js";
+import { openLaptopStateStore, resolveLaptopStateDbPath } from "../../packages/loopover-miner/lib/laptop-init.js";
 
 const roots: string[] = [];
 
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ const STORE_NAMES = [
   "ranked-candidates",
   "deny-hook-synthesis",
   "orb-export",
+  "laptop-state",
 ];
 
 afterEach(() => {
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ afterEach(() => {
 });
 
 describe("loopover-miner migrate (#4871)", () => {
-  it("covers the exact same seventeen stores doctor's store-integrity sweep covers, in the same order, and skips every one when nothing has been created yet", () => {
+  it("covers the exact same eighteen stores doctor's store-integrity sweep covers, in the same order, and skips every one when nothing has been created yet", () => {
     const env = tempEnv();
     const results = runMigrateChecks(env);
 
@@ -55,6 +57,9 @@ describe("loopover-miner migrate (#4871)", () => {
     // REGRESSION (#8318): orb-export.sqlite3 (the opt-in Orb telemetry export's HMAC secret + cursor) was
     // never added to either list when it shipped, so a corrupted store was invisible to doctor and migrate.
     expect(STORE_NAMES).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining(["orb-export"]));
+    // REGRESSION (#8641): laptop-state.sqlite3 used the same resolveLocalStoreDbPath pattern but was never
+    // added to either twin list, so doctor only ran a shallow SELECT 1 and migrate never touched it.
+    expect(STORE_NAMES).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining(["laptop-state"]));
     for (const result of results) {
       expect(result.ok).toBe(true);
       expect(result.status).toBe("skipped");
@@ -93,6 +98,27 @@ describe("loopover-miner migrate (#4871)", () => {
     expect(row?.versionBefore).toEqual(expect.any(Number));
   });
 
+  it("REGRESSION (#8641): opens laptop-state through migrate's open adapter and migrates a pre-baseline file", () => {
+    const env = tempEnv();
+    const dbPath = resolveLaptopStateDbPath(env);
+    mkdirSync(dirname(dbPath), { recursive: true });
+    // Pre-baseline on-disk file (user_version 0, empty) — openLaptopStateStore stamps the baseline.
+    new DatabaseSync(dbPath).close();
+
+    const row = runMigrateChecks(env).find((result) => result.name === "laptop-state");
+    expect(row).toMatchObject({
+      ok: true,
+      status: "migrated",
+      versionBefore: 0,
+      versionAfter: BASELINE_SCHEMA_VERSION,
+    });
+
+    // Freshly-migrated file is then reported up-to-date on a second pass (open adapter still runs).
+    openLaptopStateStore(dbPath).close();
+    const again = runMigrateChecks(env).find((result) => result.name === "laptop-state");
+    expect(again).toMatchObject({ ok: true, status: "up-to-date", versionBefore: BASELINE_SCHEMA_VERSION });
+  });
+
   it("actually migrates a pre-existing older-schema portfolio-queue file, bumping its stamped version and adding the missing column", () => {
     const env = tempEnv();
     const dbPath = resolvePortfolioQueueDbPath(env);
diff --git a/test/unit/miner-status.test.ts b/test/unit/miner-status.test.ts
index 139f044efd..56c48d2342 100644
--- a/test/unit/miner-status.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/miner-status.test.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {
   runDoctorChecks,
   runStatus,
 } from "../../packages/loopover-miner/lib/status.js";
-import { initLaptopState } from "../../packages/loopover-miner/lib/laptop-init.js";
+import { initLaptopState, resolveLaptopStateDbPath } from "../../packages/loopover-miner/lib/laptop-init.js";
 
 // Read live, never hardcode: a hardcoded snapshot of this range (e.g. "^3.0.0") goes stale the moment
 // packages/loopover-miner/package.json's @loopover/engine dependency is bumped by a real release, and
@@ -41,7 +41,15 @@ function tempRoot() {
 afterEach(() => {
   vi.restoreAllMocks();
   vi.unstubAllGlobals();
-  for (const root of roots.splice(0)) rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  // On Windows, node:sqlite can briefly keep a handle after close(); ignore EBUSY so cleanup
+  // failures don't mask assertion results (CI Linux does not hit this).
+  for (const root of roots.splice(0)) {
+    try {
+      rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    } catch (error) {
+      if ((error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code !== "EBUSY") throw error;
+    }
+  }
 });
 
 /** Creates an executable file `name` in a fresh bin dir and returns that dir (usable directly as PATH). */
@@ -146,6 +154,7 @@ describe("loopover-miner status/doctor (#2288)", () => {
       "store-integrity:ranked-candidates",
       "store-integrity:deny-hook-synthesis",
       "store-integrity:orb-export",
+      "store-integrity:laptop-state",
     ]);
     // REGRESSION (#6768): doctor previously omitted these four durable local stores from the integrity sweep.
     expect(checks.map((check) => check.name)).toEqual(
@@ -160,6 +169,8 @@ describe("loopover-miner status/doctor (#2288)", () => {
     expect(checks.map((check) => check.name)).toEqual(
       expect.arrayContaining(["store-integrity:ranked-candidates", "store-integrity:deny-hook-synthesis"]),
     );
+    // REGRESSION (#8641): laptop-state was only covered by a shallow SELECT 1, not the deep integrity sweep.
+    expect(checks.map((check) => check.name)).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining(["store-integrity:laptop-state"]));
     expect(runDoctor([], env, cwd)).toBe(0);
     expect(log).toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
@@ -174,6 +185,28 @@ describe("loopover-miner status/doctor (#2288)", () => {
     expect(runDoctor([], env)).toBe(1); // a failed check makes doctor exit non-zero
   });
 
+  it("doctor flags a corrupted laptop-state store via the deep integrity sweep (#8641)", () => {
+    const env = { LOOPOVER_MINER_CONFIG_DIR: join(tempRoot(), "state") };
+    const laptopPath = resolveLaptopStateDbPath(env);
+    mkdirSync(dirname(laptopPath), { recursive: true });
+    writeFileSync(laptopPath, "this is not a sqlite database");
+    const checks = runDoctorChecks(env);
+    expect(checks.find((check) => check.name === "store-integrity:laptop-state")?.ok).toBe(false);
+
+    // Healthy absence still passes: a missing laptop-state file is not a failed deep check.
+    const cleanEnv = { LOOPOVER_MINER_CONFIG_DIR: join(tempRoot(), "clean-state") };
+    const clean = runDoctorChecks(cleanEnv).find((check) => check.name === "store-integrity:laptop-state");
+    expect(clean?.ok).toBe(true);
+    expect(clean?.detail).toMatch(/not created yet/);
+
+    // Healthy presence: a real initialized file must pass the deep PRAGMA integrity_check path.
+    const healthyEnv = { LOOPOVER_MINER_CONFIG_DIR: join(tempRoot(), "healthy-state") };
+    initLaptopState(healthyEnv);
+    const healthy = runDoctorChecks(healthyEnv).find((check) => check.name === "store-integrity:laptop-state");
+    expect(healthy?.ok).toBe(true);
+    expect(healthy?.detail).toMatch(/: ok$/);
+  });
+
   describe("checkConfigContent (#4873)", () => {
     it("is a clean pass when no config file is present (defaults apply)", () => {
       const result = checkConfigContent(tempRoot());