diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index bcba5f4e4..e59a96ef0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -575,6 +575,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "ndc-postgres",
  "ndc-test",
  "schemars",
+ "serde_json",
+ "test-each",
  "tests-common",
  "tokio",
 ]
@@ -899,6 +901,12 @@ version = "0.28.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6fb8d784f27acf97159b40fc4db5ecd8aa23b9ad5ef69cdd136d3bc80665f0c0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "glob"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d2fabcfbdc87f4758337ca535fb41a6d701b65693ce38287d856d1674551ec9b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "h2"
 version = "0.3.21"
@@ -3054,6 +3062,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "test-each"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d822711cf1d4a8d8adc34414c26c85f9144c692903c45a47a04ee4ffb360e5bc"
+dependencies = [
+ "test-each-codegen",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "test-each-codegen"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ad5bbe324addbdc5ee683822d0812e9bb63fbeabff10baf0d11fcfc7a0ff2122"
+dependencies = [
+ "glob",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.38",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tests-common"
 version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/crates/tests/databases-tests/Cargo.toml b/crates/tests/databases-tests/Cargo.toml
index f5e55630f..f326847ee 100644
--- a/crates/tests/databases-tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/tests/databases-tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,4 +27,6 @@ tests-common = { path = "../tests-common" }
 axum = "0.6.20"
 insta = { version = "1.34.0", features = ["json"] }
 schemars = { version = "0.8.15", features = ["smol_str", "preserve_order"] }
+serde_json = "1.0.107"
+test-each = "0.2.1"
 tokio = { version = "1.33.0", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/crates/tests/databases-tests/src/deployment_snapshot_tests.rs b/crates/tests/databases-tests/src/deployment_snapshot_tests.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..77e68137d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/tests/databases-tests/src/deployment_snapshot_tests.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod deployment_snapshots {
+    use ndc_postgres::configuration;
+    use std::fs;
+    use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+    // each time we run `just generate-chinook-configuration` we save the old
+    // Postgres deployment in `static/deployment-snapshots`. This test parses each snapshot to
+    // ensure we are still able to understand old versions
+    #[test_each::path(glob = "static/deployment-snapshots/**/*.json", name(segments = 2))]
+    fn test_snapshot(deployment_path: PathBuf) {
+        let file = fs::File::open(deployment_path).expect("fs::File::open");
+
+        let deployment_json_value: serde_json::Value =
+            serde_json::from_reader(file).expect("serde_json::from_reader");
+
+        let _decoded_configuration: configuration::RawConfiguration =
+            serde_json::from_value(deployment_json_value.clone())
+                .expect("Unable to deserialize as RawConfiguration");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/tests/databases-tests/src/lib.rs b/crates/tests/databases-tests/src/lib.rs
index 253950d65..55e2a5222 100644
--- a/crates/tests/databases-tests/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/tests/databases-tests/src/lib.rs
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ pub mod cockroach;
 pub mod postgres;
 
 pub mod capabilities_tests;
+pub mod deployment_snapshot_tests;
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index f41d5a056..71e5fd869 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -214,7 +214,6 @@ test *args: start-dependencies create-aurora-deployment
 # re-generate the deployment configuration file
 generate-chinook-configuration: build start-dependencies
   ./scripts/archive-old-deployment.sh '{{POSTGRES_CHINOOK_DEPLOYMENT}}'
-  exit 0
   ./scripts/generate-chinook-configuration.sh 'ndc-postgres' '{{POSTGRESQL_CONNECTION_STRING}}' '{{POSTGRES_CHINOOK_DEPLOYMENT}}'
   ./scripts/generate-chinook-configuration.sh 'ndc-postgres' '{{CITUS_CONNECTION_STRING}}' '{{CITUS_CHINOOK_DEPLOYMENT}}'
   ./scripts/generate-chinook-configuration.sh 'ndc-postgres' '{{COCKROACH_CONNECTION_STRING}}' '{{COCKROACH_CHINOOK_DEPLOYMENT}}'
diff --git a/scripts/archive-old-deployment.sh b/scripts/archive-old-deployment.sh
index 70832e4e4..1f4adf659 100755
--- a/scripts/archive-old-deployment.sh
+++ b/scripts/archive-old-deployment.sh
@@ -11,12 +11,11 @@ CURRENT_DIR="$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" > /dev/null && echo "$P
 
 SNAPSHOT_DIR="$(realpath ${CURRENT_DIR}/../static/deployment-snapshots)"
 
+# create snapshot dir if does not exist
 mkdir -p "$SNAPSHOT_DIR"
 
+# create filename from hash of contents
 NEW_FILENAME="$(sha256sum "${CHINOOK_DEPLOYMENT}" | cut -f1 -d' ').json"
 
-echo "$SNAPSHOT_DIR"
-
-echo "${CHINOOK_DEPLOYMENT}"
-
+# copy current deployment to new filename
 cp "${CHINOOK_DEPLOYMENT}" "${SNAPSHOT_DIR}/${NEW_FILENAME}"