diff --git a/src/__tests__/mood-backup-completeness.test.ts b/src/__tests__/mood-backup-completeness.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca7eb3b0f
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+++ b/src/__tests__/mood-backup-completeness.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,263 @@
+/**
+ * Pair guard binding `prisma/schema.prisma`'s `MoodEntry` and
+ * `MoodEntryTagLink` models to the disaster-recovery backup selects.
+ *
+ * The sibling of `measurement-backup-completeness.test.ts`, written as its own
+ * file rather than as a second describe inside it, because that guard's own
+ * note asks for model-by-model growth and one file per model keeps every
+ * failure message about one model.
+ *
+ * The failure it exists to catch, stated by the defect that prompted it: the
+ * mood payload carried `id, date, mood, score, tags, source, loggedAt,
+ * externalId, deletedAt, factors` and nothing else. The free-text note, the
+ * row's timezone and the last-writer-wins counter were selected by the query
+ * and written to no payload, so a restored entry came back without its text,
+ * read its day boundaries under the legacy Europe/Berlin assumption, and lost
+ * the next sync round to a paired device still holding a higher counter. The
+ * backup validation schema is `.passthrough()`, so nothing complained at parse
+ * time either. Nothing here was a wrong value; every one of them was silence.
+ *
+ * Both ends of the comparison are literals — a Prisma model block and a named
+ * select object — so the matcher is exact. Every matcher also asserts a
+ * non-zero match count: an empty match set fails rather than passing quietly,
+ * which is how the bearer-scope guard stayed green for months while matching
+ * nothing at all.
+ *
+ * Mutation check: comment out `tz: true` in `MOOD_ENTRY_BACKUP_SELECT` and
+ * this goes red naming that column; add a scalar to the model without adding
+ * it to the select and it goes red naming the new one; rename the mapper's
+ * `moodEntry` parameter and the serialization assertion goes red on all of
+ * them at once.
+ */
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+
+const ROOT = process.cwd();
+const SCHEMA = join(ROOT, "prisma", "schema.prisma");
+const BACKUP_BUILDER = join(
+  ROOT,
+  "src",
+  "lib",
+  "export",
+  "full-backup-payload.ts",
+);
+
+/**
+ * Columns the backup is correct to omit, each with the reason. The reasons are
+ * length-checked below: an exclusion is a claim, and a claim needs saying.
+ */
+const EXCLUDED_MOOD_ENTRY_COLUMNS: Record<string, string> = {
+  userId: "user-scoped backup; owner is re-derived from the restoring account",
+};
+
+const EXCLUDED_TAG_LINK_COLUMNS: Record<string, string> = {
+  moodEntryId: "re-bound to the restored parent row's id, never carried",
+  moodTagId:
+    "the link travels by the tag's key; a source-instance id need not exist in the target catalogue",
+  createdAt:
+    "the link's own row stamp; the entry carries the moment the person logged it, and a key-only BINARY tag has nowhere to put a second one",
+};
+
+function modelBlock(schema: string, model: string): string {
+  const start = schema.indexOf(`model ${model} {`);
+  expect(start, `model ${model} not found`).toBeGreaterThan(-1);
+  const end = schema.indexOf("\n}", start);
+  expect(end).toBeGreaterThan(start);
+  return schema.slice(start, end);
+}
+
+/** Names of every `model` block, so relation fields can be told apart. */
+function declaredModels(schema: string): Set<string> {
+  const out = new Set<string>();
+  for (const m of schema.matchAll(/^model\s+([A-Za-z_]\w*)\s*\{/gm)) {
+    out.add(m[1]);
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Scalar (column-backed) fields of a model block: everything that is not a
+ * relation to another model. Enums and native scalars both map to columns and
+ * therefore both belong in a backup.
+ */
+function scalarFields(block: string, models: Set<string>): string[] {
+  const fields: string[] = [];
+  for (const rawLine of block.split("\n").slice(1)) {
+    const line = rawLine.trim();
+    if (!line || line.startsWith("//") || line.startsWith("@@")) continue;
+    const m = /^([a-zA-Z_]\w*)\s+([A-Za-z_]\w*)(\[\])?(\?)?/.exec(line);
+    if (!m) continue;
+    const [, name, type, isList] = m;
+    if (isList) continue;
+    if (models.has(type)) continue;
+    if (line.includes("@relation")) continue;
+    fields.push(name);
+  }
+  return fields;
+}
+
+/** Keys of a named `const <NAME> = {` select literal. */
+function selectFields(source: string, constant: string): string[] {
+  const start = source.indexOf(`const ${constant} = {`);
+  expect(start, `${constant} not found`).toBeGreaterThan(-1);
+  const end = source.indexOf("\n}", start);
+  expect(end).toBeGreaterThan(start);
+  const body = source.slice(start, end);
+  return [...body.matchAll(/^ {2}([a-zA-Z_$][\w$]*): true,$/gm)].map(
+    (m) => m[1],
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Columns either serialization arm actually reads off the mapped row.
+ *
+ * The capture is the RIGHT-hand side — the column — not the payload key, which
+ * matters here in a way it did not for `Measurement`: the mood payload renames
+ * `moodLoggedAt` to `loggedAt` on the wire, so a left-hand matcher would report
+ * the column as dropped while the value rides perfectly well.
+ *
+ * The two arms share one restorable wire format, so this is a union and
+ * therefore a weaker claim than the select comparison: it catches a column that
+ * is selected and then written to neither payload, not one carried by only a
+ * single arm.
+ */
+function serialisedFields(source: string, variable: string): Set<string> {
+  const matches = [
+    ...source.matchAll(
+      new RegExp(`[:(,]\\s*${variable}\\.([a-zA-Z_$][\\w$]*)`, "g"),
+    ),
+  ];
+  expect(
+    matches.length,
+    `no \`${variable}.<column>\` reads found — the mapper parameter was renamed and this matcher now proves nothing`,
+  ).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  return new Set(matches.map((m) => m[1]));
+}
+
+describe("mood backup completeness", () => {
+  const schema = readFileSync(SCHEMA, "utf8");
+  const source = readFileSync(BACKUP_BUILDER, "utf8");
+  const models = declaredModels(schema);
+
+  const entryColumns = scalarFields(modelBlock(schema, "MoodEntry"), models);
+  const entrySelected = selectFields(source, "MOOD_ENTRY_BACKUP_SELECT");
+  const linkColumns = scalarFields(
+    modelBlock(schema, "MoodEntryTagLink"),
+    models,
+  );
+  const linkSelected = selectFields(source, "MOOD_ENTRY_TAG_LINK_SELECT");
+
+  it("parses both ends into a plausible shape", () => {
+    expect(models.size).toBeGreaterThan(50);
+    expect(entryColumns.length).toBeGreaterThan(10);
+    expect(entryColumns).toContain("noteEncrypted");
+    expect(entryColumns).toContain("syncVersion");
+    expect(entryColumns).not.toContain("user");
+    expect(entryColumns).not.toContain("tagLinks");
+    expect(entrySelected.length).toBeGreaterThan(10);
+
+    expect(linkColumns).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining([
+        "moodEntryId",
+        "moodTagId",
+        "createdAt",
+        "rating",
+      ]),
+    );
+    expect(linkColumns).not.toContain("moodEntry");
+    expect(linkColumns).not.toContain("moodTag");
+    expect(linkSelected.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  });
+
+  it("the backup select covers every MoodEntry column", () => {
+    const missing = entryColumns.filter(
+      (c) => !entrySelected.includes(c) && !(c in EXCLUDED_MOOD_ENTRY_COLUMNS),
+    );
+
+    if (missing.length > 0) {
+      const report = missing.map((c) => `  ❌ ${c}`).join("\n");
+      throw new Error(
+        `MOOD_ENTRY_BACKUP_SELECT omits ${missing.length} column(s) of the MoodEntry model:\n${report}\n\n` +
+          "A disaster-recovery restore brings these back at their column " +
+          "default. Add each to the select and to both serialization arms, " +
+          "extend `moodEntrySchema` and the restore write — or add it to " +
+          "EXCLUDED_MOOD_ENTRY_COLUMNS with the reason the backup is correct " +
+          "to drop it.",
+      );
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("every selected MoodEntry column reaches a serialized payload", () => {
+    const emitted = serialisedFields(source, "moodEntry");
+    const dropped = entrySelected.filter((c) => !emitted.has(c));
+
+    if (dropped.length > 0) {
+      const report = dropped.map((c) => `  ❌ ${c}`).join("\n");
+      throw new Error(
+        `${dropped.length} selected MoodEntry column(s) reach neither serialization arm:\n${report}\n\n` +
+          "The query pays for them and no payload carries them, so a restore " +
+          "cannot put them back. Emit each from the disaster-recovery arm " +
+          "(and, where it is readable and not a tombstone, from the portable " +
+          "arm too).",
+      );
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("the tag-link select covers every MoodEntryTagLink column", () => {
+    const missing = linkColumns.filter(
+      (c) => !linkSelected.includes(c) && !(c in EXCLUDED_TAG_LINK_COLUMNS),
+    );
+    expect(
+      missing,
+      `MOOD_ENTRY_TAG_LINK_SELECT omits MoodEntryTagLink column(s): ${missing.join(", ")}`,
+    ).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("every selected tag-link column reaches a serialized payload", () => {
+    const emitted = serialisedFields(source, "tagLink");
+    const dropped = linkSelected.filter((c) => !emitted.has(c));
+    expect(
+      dropped,
+      `selected but serialized by neither arm: ${dropped.join(", ")}`,
+    ).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it("both structured-tag arms are carried, not just the rated one", () => {
+    // The defect this file was written for: the tag-link read filtered
+    // `rating: { not: null }`, and a BINARY link carries a NULL rating by
+    // definition. Every present/absent tag — the kind most people pick — was
+    // excluded from the file and could not come back.
+    //
+    // Asserted on a boolean rather than on the file contents so a failure
+    // reads as one line instead of printing the whole builder back.
+    expect(
+      source.includes("rating: { not: null }"),
+      "the tag-link read filters out NULL ratings again; BINARY links are being dropped from the backup",
+    ).toBe(false);
+    expect(
+      source.includes("structuredTags"),
+      "no `structuredTags` key in the payload — the BINARY links have no carrier",
+    ).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("the exclusion lists carry no stale entry", () => {
+    for (const [column, reason] of Object.entries(
+      EXCLUDED_MOOD_ENTRY_COLUMNS,
+    )) {
+      expect(
+        entryColumns,
+        `${column} is excluded but is no longer a MoodEntry column`,
+      ).toContain(column);
+      expect(reason.length).toBeGreaterThan(20);
+    }
+    for (const [column, reason] of Object.entries(EXCLUDED_TAG_LINK_COLUMNS)) {
+      expect(
+        linkColumns,
+        `${column} is excluded but is no longer a MoodEntryTagLink column`,
+      ).toContain(column);
+      expect(reason.length).toBeGreaterThan(20);
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/export/__tests__/full-backup-payload.test.ts b/src/lib/export/__tests__/full-backup-payload.test.ts
index 4d76bc57e..3632d9042 100644
--- a/src/lib/export/__tests__/full-backup-payload.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/export/__tests__/full-backup-payload.test.ts
@@ -409,7 +409,13 @@ describe("buildFullBackupPayload disaster-recovery mode", () => {
     expect(prisma.moodEntry.findMany).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       expect.objectContaining({
         where: { userId: "user-1" },
-        include: expect.any(Object),
+        select: expect.objectContaining({
+          id: true,
+          noteEncrypted: true,
+          tz: true,
+          syncVersion: true,
+          deletedAt: true,
+        }),
       }),
     );
     expect(mocks.buildRecordsBackupSection).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
diff --git a/src/lib/export/full-backup-payload.ts b/src/lib/export/full-backup-payload.ts
index 57ef86451..08298bf65 100644
--- a/src/lib/export/full-backup-payload.ts
+++ b/src/lib/export/full-backup-payload.ts
@@ -103,6 +103,46 @@ const MEASUREMENT_BACKUP_SELECT = {
   updatedAt: true,
 } as const satisfies Prisma.MeasurementSelect;
 
+/**
+ * Every restorable `MoodEntry` scalar. `userId` is absent for the same reason
+ * it is absent above: the backup is user-scoped and the owner is re-derived
+ * from the restoring account.
+ *
+ * Named rather than inlined so `mood-backup-completeness.test.ts` can compare
+ * it field-by-field against the model in `prisma/schema.prisma`, exactly as the
+ * measurement guard does for the select above.
+ */
+const MOOD_ENTRY_BACKUP_SELECT = {
+  id: true,
+  date: true,
+  mood: true,
+  score: true,
+  tags: true,
+  note: true,
+  noteEncrypted: true,
+  source: true,
+  externalId: true,
+  moodLoggedAt: true,
+  tz: true,
+  syncedAt: true,
+  syncVersion: true,
+  deletedAt: true,
+  createdAt: true,
+  updatedAt: true,
+} as const satisfies Prisma.MoodEntrySelect;
+
+/**
+ * A structured-tag link, as it rides the wire. The link is carried by the
+ * tag's KEY, not by its id: a restore resolves the key against the target
+ * instance's catalogue, where the source instance's row id may not exist at
+ * all. `kind` comes along so the mapper can split RATED factors from BINARY
+ * tags without a second query.
+ */
+const MOOD_ENTRY_TAG_LINK_SELECT = {
+  rating: true,
+  moodTag: { select: { key: true, kind: true } },
+} as const satisfies Prisma.MoodEntryTagLinkSelect;
+
 /**
  * Build the canonical full-backup payload for `userId`. Portable exports omit
  * tombstones and document ciphertext; disaster-recovery payloads preserve
@@ -207,13 +247,11 @@ export async function buildFullBackupPayload(
     prisma.moodEntry.findMany({
       where: disasterRecovery ? { userId } : { userId, deletedAt: null },
       orderBy: { moodLoggedAt: "desc" },
-      include: {
+      select: {
+        ...MOOD_ENTRY_BACKUP_SELECT,
         tagLinks: {
           where: { rating: { not: null } },
-          select: {
-            rating: true,
-            moodTag: { select: { key: true } },
-          },
+          select: MOOD_ENTRY_TAG_LINK_SELECT,
         },
       },
     }),
@@ -394,19 +432,24 @@ export async function buildFullBackupPayload(
       skipped: e.skipped,
       source: e.source,
     })),
-    moodEntries: moodEntries.map((e) => ({
-      id: e.id,
-      date: e.date,
-      mood: e.mood,
-      score: e.score,
-      tags: e.tags,
-      source: e.source,
-      loggedAt: e.moodLoggedAt.toISOString(),
-      externalId: e.externalId,
-      deletedAt: e.deletedAt?.toISOString() ?? null,
-      factors: e.tagLinks.map((link) => ({
-        key: link.moodTag.key,
-        rating: link.rating!,
+    // The parameter is spelled out rather than the `e` every other mapper here
+    // uses, and deliberately: `mood-backup-completeness.test.ts` proves a
+    // selected column reaches a payload by matching `: moodEntry.`. A matcher
+    // on `: e.` would also match the intake-event mapper above it and could
+    // therefore never fail.
+    moodEntries: moodEntries.map((moodEntry) => ({
+      id: moodEntry.id,
+      date: moodEntry.date,
+      mood: moodEntry.mood,
+      score: moodEntry.score,
+      tags: moodEntry.tags,
+      source: moodEntry.source,
+      loggedAt: moodEntry.moodLoggedAt.toISOString(),
+      externalId: moodEntry.externalId,
+      deletedAt: moodEntry.deletedAt?.toISOString() ?? null,
+      factors: moodEntry.tagLinks.map((tagLink) => ({
+        key: tagLink.moodTag.key,
+        rating: tagLink.rating!,
       })),
     })),
     customMoodTags: customMoodTags.map((tag) => ({