diff --git a/test/items_api/migration_test.exs b/test/items_api/migration_test.exs
index 6ea8721..041a07e 100644
--- a/test/items_api/migration_test.exs
+++ b/test/items_api/migration_test.exs
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ defmodule ItemsApi.MigrationTest do
       # The application has already started (mix test starts it via mod:),
       # so migrations should have run. Verify the items table exists.
       {:ok, %{rows: tables}} =
-        Ecto.Adapters.SQL.query(ItemsApi.Repo, "SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='items'")
+        Ecto.Adapters.SQL.query(
+          ItemsApi.Repo,
+          "SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='items'"
+        )
 
       assert tables == [["items"]]
     end
@@ -27,6 +30,17 @@ defmodule ItemsApi.MigrationTest do
       assert "inserted_at" in column_names
     end
 
+    test "all migrations are in :up state" do
+      migrations_path = Application.app_dir(:items_api, "priv/repo/migrations")
+      status = Ecto.Migrator.migrations(ItemsApi.Repo, migrations_path)
+
+      assert length(status) >= 1
+
+      for {state, _version, _name} <- status do
+        assert state == :up, "all migrations must be applied"
+      end
+    end
+
     test "re-running migrations is idempotent" do
       migrations_path = Application.app_dir(:items_api, "priv/repo/migrations")
       # Running migrations again should not crash
@@ -34,5 +48,32 @@ defmodule ItemsApi.MigrationTest do
       # Returns empty list when all migrations already applied
       assert result == []
     end
+
+    test "migration path resolves correctly" do
+      migrations_path = Application.app_dir(:items_api, "priv/repo/migrations")
+
+      assert File.dir?(migrations_path), "migrations directory must exist"
+      assert File.ls!(migrations_path) != [], "migrations directory must not be empty"
+
+      migration_files = File.ls!(migrations_path)
+
+      assert Enum.any?(migration_files, &String.contains?(&1, "create_items_table")),
+             "items table migration file must exist"
+    end
+
+    test "items table is fully functional after auto-migration" do
+      # Verify we can actually CRUD against the auto-migrated table
+      changeset = ItemsApi.Item.changeset(%ItemsApi.Item{}, %{"name" => "AutoMigTest"})
+      {:ok, item} = ItemsApi.Repo.insert(changeset)
+
+      assert item.id != nil
+      assert item.name == "AutoMigTest"
+
+      fetched = ItemsApi.Repo.get(ItemsApi.Item, item.id)
+      assert fetched.name == "AutoMigTest"
+
+      {:ok, _} = ItemsApi.Repo.delete(item)
+      assert ItemsApi.Repo.get(ItemsApi.Item, item.id) == nil
+    end
   end
 end