diff --git a/src/domain/desktop/appExportPython.ts b/src/domain/desktop/appExportPython.ts
index 40753258bf..f0b7a6e699 100644
--- a/src/domain/desktop/appExportPython.ts
+++ b/src/domain/desktop/appExportPython.ts
@@ -184,11 +184,11 @@ def _table(db, name: str, primary_key: list, encoding: str) -> dict:
 def _sqlite(path: Path) -> dict:
     """The database's ordinary tables, in schema order, up to REA's table and row limits."""
     with contextlib.closing(sqlite3.connect(path.resolve().as_uri() + "?mode=ro", uri=True, timeout=SQLITE_BUSY_S)) as db:
-        kinds = dict(db.execute("select name, type from pragma_table_list where schema = 'main'"))
+        kinds = dict(db.execute("select name, type from temp.pragma_table_list where schema = 'main'"))
         names = [name for (name,) in db.execute("select name from sqlite_schema where type = 'table'")
                  if kinds.get(name) == "table"]
         keys = {name: [key for (key,) in db.execute(
-            "select name from pragma_table_info(?, 'main') where pk > 0 order by pk", (name,))]
+            "select name from temp.pragma_table_info(?, 'main') where pk > 0 order by pk", (name,))]
             for name in names[:MAX_TABLES]}
         encoding = {"UTF-8": "utf-8", "UTF-16le": "utf-16-le", "UTF-16be": "utf-16-be"}[
             db.execute("PRAGMA encoding").fetchone()[0]]
diff --git a/tests/boundary/providers/desktopExportSqliteMetadata.test.ts b/tests/boundary/providers/desktopExportSqliteMetadata.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..191c63ac94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/boundary/providers/desktopExportSqliteMetadata.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+import { execFileSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { readFile, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { DatabaseSync } from "node:sqlite";
+
+import { expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import {
+  PYTHON_HELPERS,
+  PYTHON_IMPORTS,
+} from "../../../src/domain/desktop/appExportPython.js";
+import { PYTHON_TASK_EVALUATOR } from "../../../src/domain/desktop/appTaskPython.js";
+import { inspectSqliteDatabaseSnapshot } from "../../../src/sqlite/SqliteDatabaseInspection.js";
+import { createTestTempDirectory } from "../../fixtures/temporaryDirectory.js";
+
+const collisions = [
+  ["table", "pragma_table_list"],
+  ["table", "pragma_table_info"],
+  ["view", "pragma_table_list"],
+  ["view", "pragma_table_info"],
+] as const;
+
+it.each(
+  (["UTF-8", "UTF-16le", "UTF-16be"] as const).flatMap((encoding) =>
+    collisions.map(([kind, name]) => [encoding, kind, name] as const),
+  ),
+)(
+  "reads exported %s SQLite state when a %s shadows %s",
+  async (encoding, kind, name) => {
+    const root = await createTestTempDirectory("desktop-sqlite-metadata-");
+    const path = join(root, "state.db");
+    const db = new DatabaseSync(path);
+    try {
+      db.exec(`
+        PRAGMA encoding = '${encoding}';
+        CREATE TABLE notes(id INTEGER, part TEXT, "body "" text" TEXT, PRIMARY KEY(part, id));
+        INSERT INTO notes VALUES(7, 'a', 'retained');
+        ${
+          kind === "table"
+            ? `CREATE TABLE ${name}(name TEXT, type TEXT, schema TEXT);
+               INSERT INTO ${name} VALUES('notes', 'view', 'main');`
+            : `CREATE VIEW ${name} AS SELECT missing_function() AS name, 'table' AS type, 'main' AS schema;`
+        }
+      `);
+      db.prepare("INSERT INTO notes VALUES(NULL, ?, ?)").run(
+        "a",
+        "\ufeffretained 😀\ufeff",
+      );
+    } finally {
+      db.close();
+    }
+    const before = await readFile(path);
+    const imports = PYTHON_IMPORTS.split("\n")
+      .filter((line) => !line.includes("agentenv_protocol"))
+      .join("\n");
+    const program = join(root, "read.py");
+    await writeFile(
+      program,
+      `${imports}${PYTHON_HELPERS}${PYTHON_TASK_EVALUATOR}
+views = _views(Path(sys.argv[1]), ["state.db"])
+checks = [{"id": "row", "kind": "row_present", "file": "state.db", "table": "notes", "where": {"id": 7}}]
+missing = [{**checks[0], "where": {"id": 8}}]
+print(json.dumps({"views": views, "results": evaluate(checks + missing, views)}))
+`,
+    );
+    const output = JSON.parse(
+      execFileSync(
+        process.platform === "win32" ? "python" : "python3",
+        ["-I", "-B", program, root],
+        { encoding: "utf8" },
+      ),
+    ) as {
+      views: Record<string, { format: string; view: { tables: unknown } }>;
+      results: { result: boolean }[];
+    };
+
+    expect(output.views["state.db"]).toMatchObject({
+      format: "sqlite",
+      truncated: false,
+      view: {
+        tables_truncated: false,
+      },
+    });
+    expect(output.results.map(({ result }) => result)).toEqual([true, false]);
+    expect(output.views["state.db"]?.view.tables).toEqual({
+      notes: {
+        columns: ["id", "part", 'body " text'],
+        primary_key: ["part", "id"],
+        rows: [
+          [7, "a", "retained"],
+          [null, "a", "\ufeffretained 😀\ufeff"],
+        ],
+        truncated: false,
+      },
+      ...(kind === "table"
+        ? {
+            [name]: {
+              columns: ["name", "type", "schema"],
+              primary_key: [],
+              rows: [["notes", "view", "main"]],
+              truncated: false,
+            },
+          }
+        : {}),
+    });
+    expect(
+      inspectSqliteDatabaseSnapshot(path, { path, table: "notes" }).rows,
+    ).toMatchObject({
+      columns: ["id", "part", 'body " text'],
+      values: [
+        [
+          { type: "integer", value: "7" },
+          { type: "text", value: "a" },
+          { type: "text", value: "retained" },
+        ],
+        [
+          { type: "null" },
+          { type: "text", value: "a" },
+          { type: "text", value: "\ufeffretained 😀\ufeff" },
+        ],
+      ],
+    });
+    expect((await readFile(path)).equals(before)).toBe(true);
+  },
+);