diff --git a/apps/figcraft-server/src/store.rs b/apps/figcraft-server/src/store.rs
index e2eb6250..86a61288 100644
--- a/apps/figcraft-server/src/store.rs
+++ b/apps/figcraft-server/src/store.rs
@@ -1243,7 +1243,10 @@ impl Store {
                 Log { generation, file: f, pending: Vec::new(), entries: kept, bytes, dirty: kept > 0 }
             }
             // A new snapshot and log of the next generation, so appends start clean.
-            _ => self.rewrite(file, generation + 1, &server).map_err(|e| e.why)?,
+            _ => {
+                let next = generation.checked_add(1).ok_or("the file's generation can't go any higher")?;
+                self.rewrite(file, next, &server).map_err(|e| e.why)?
+            }
         };
         self.entry(file)?.log = Some(log);
         Ok(server)
@@ -1319,7 +1322,11 @@ impl Store {
     fn compact(&mut self, file: &str, server: &Server) {
         self.compactions += 1;
         let Some(generation) = self.files.get(file).and_then(|e| e.log.as_ref()).map(|l| l.generation) else { return };
-        match self.rewrite(file, generation + 1, server) {
+        let Some(next) = generation.checked_add(1) else {
+            log::error!("file {file}: compaction failed: the file's generation can't go any higher");
+            return;
+        };
+        match self.rewrite(file, next, server) {
             Ok(log) => {
                 if let Ok(e) = self.entry(file) {
                     e.log = Some(log);
diff --git a/apps/figcraft-server/src/store_tests.rs b/apps/figcraft-server/src/store_tests.rs
index ba8f955e..74221455 100644
--- a/apps/figcraft-server/src/store_tests.rs
+++ b/apps/figcraft-server/src/store_tests.rs
@@ -391,3 +391,30 @@ fn names_and_report_reasons_lose_bidi_controls() {
         store.remove(&id).unwrap();
     }
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn a_maxed_out_generation_does_not_wrap() {
+    let dir = TempDir::new("maxgen");
+    let c = StoreConfig { compact_after: 3, ..cfg(dir.path()) };
+    let mut store = Store::open(dir.path(), c.clone()).unwrap();
+    let (id, _, _) = publish(&mut store, "Max");
+    let path = dir.path().join(FILES).join(&id);
+    let (_, state) = disk::decode_snapshot(&fs::read(path.join(SNAPSHOT)).unwrap()).unwrap();
+    // Loading: no log goes with the snapshot, so the next generation would overflow.
+    fs::write(path.join(SNAPSHOT), disk::encode_snapshot(u64::MAX, &state).unwrap()).unwrap();
+    fs::remove_file(path.join(LOG)).unwrap();
+    assert!(store.open(&id).is_err());
+    // Compacting: the open log is at the largest generation.
+    fs::write(path.join(SNAPSHOT), disk::encode_snapshot(u64::MAX - 1, &state).unwrap()).unwrap();
+    let _ = fs::remove_file(path.join(LOG));
+    let mut server = store.open(&id).unwrap();
+    let mut a = join(&mut server, Access::Edit);
+    store.changed(&id, &mut server);
+    for i in 0..4 {
+        rename(&mut server, &mut a, &format!("P{i}"));
+        store.changed(&id, &mut server);
+        store.flush();
+    }
+    let snap = disk::check_snapshot(&fs::read(path.join(SNAPSHOT)).unwrap()).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(snap, u64::MAX);
+}