diff --git a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/SQLEditor/MonacoEditor.tsx b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/SQLEditor/MonacoEditor.tsx
index dc954c5088a..a44e6a8b63c 100644
--- a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/SQLEditor/MonacoEditor.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/SQLEditor/MonacoEditor.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { SHORTCUT_IDS } from '@/state/shortcuts/registry'
 import { useIsShortcutEnabled } from '@/state/shortcuts/useIsShortcutEnabled'
 import { useSidebarManagerSnapshot } from '@/state/sidebar-manager-state'
 import { useSqlEditorV2StateSnapshot } from '@/state/sql-editor-v2'
+import { wasNeverPersisted } from '@/state/sql-editor/sql-editor-lifecycle'
 import { canEditSnippet } from '@/state/sql-editor/sql-editor-rules'
 import { useTabsStateSnapshot } from '@/state/tabs'
 
@@ -237,7 +238,7 @@ export const MonacoEditor = ({
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (debouncedValue.length > 0 && snippet) {
-      const shouldInvalidate = snippet.snippet.isNotSavedInDatabaseYet
+      const shouldInvalidate = wasNeverPersisted(snippet.snippet.status)
       snapV2.setSql({ id, sql: value, shouldInvalidate })
     }
     // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
diff --git a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/SQLEditor/MoveQueryModal.tsx b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/SQLEditor/MoveQueryModal.tsx
index 7fd3ea7ae7e..af39f60b7ea 100644
--- a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/SQLEditor/MoveQueryModal.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/SQLEditor/MoveQueryModal.tsx
@@ -41,11 +41,8 @@ import { getContentById } from '@/data/content/content-id-query'
 import { useContentUpsertMutation } from '@/data/content/content-upsert-mutation'
 import { useSQLSnippetFolderCreateMutation } from '@/data/content/sql-folder-create-mutation'
 import { Snippet } from '@/data/content/sql-folders-query'
-import {
-  SnippetWithContent,
-  useSnippetFolders,
-  useSqlEditorV2StateSnapshot,
-} from '@/state/sql-editor-v2'
+import type { SnippetWithContent } from '@/data/content/sql-folders-query'
+import { useSnippetFolders, useSqlEditorV2StateSnapshot } from '@/state/sql-editor-v2'
 import { createTabId, useTabsStateSnapshot } from '@/state/tabs'
 
 interface MoveQueryModalProps {
diff --git a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/SQLEditor/RenameQueryModal.tsx b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/SQLEditor/RenameQueryModal.tsx
index fa5da761acf..1f92fc58090 100644
--- a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/SQLEditor/RenameQueryModal.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/SQLEditor/RenameQueryModal.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import * as z from 'zod'
 import { ButtonTooltip } from '@/components/ui/ButtonTooltip'
 import { useCheckOpenAIKeyQuery } from '@/data/ai/check-api-key-query'
 import { useSqlTitleGenerateMutation } from '@/data/ai/sql-title-mutation'
-import { getContentById } from '@/data/content/content-id-query'
+import { getContentById, getSqlSnippetById } from '@/data/content/content-id-query'
 import {
   UpsertContentPayload,
   useContentUpsertMutation,
@@ -109,8 +109,9 @@ export const RenameQueryModal = ({
 
       // [Joshen] For SQL V2 - content is loaded on demand so we need to fetch the data if its not already loaded in the valtio state
       if (!('content' in localSnippet)) {
-        localSnippet = await getContentById({ projectRef: ref, id })
-        snapV2.addSnippet({ projectRef: ref, snippet: localSnippet })
+        const fetched = await getSqlSnippetById({ projectRef: ref, id })
+        snapV2.addSnippet({ projectRef: ref, snippet: fetched })
+        localSnippet = fetched
       }
 
       const changedSnippet = await upsertContent({
diff --git a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/SQLEditor/SQLEditor.utils.ts b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/SQLEditor/SQLEditor.utils.ts
index 0e497cca467..9e01e8c24a2 100644
--- a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/SQLEditor/SQLEditor.utils.ts
+++ b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/SQLEditor/SQLEditor.utils.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ import {
   updateWithoutWhereRegex,
 } from './SQLEditor.constants'
 import { ContentDiff } from './SQLEditor.types'
+import type { SnippetWithContent } from '@/data/content/sql-folders-query'
 import type { DatabaseEventTrigger } from '@/data/database-event-triggers/database-event-triggers-query'
 import { generateUuid } from '@/lib/api/snippets.browser'
 import { removeCommentsFromSql } from '@/lib/helpers'
 import { sqlEventParser } from '@/lib/sql-event-parser'
-import type { SnippetWithContent } from '@/state/sql-editor-v2'
 
 export type CreateTableWithoutRLS = {
   schema?: string
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export const createSqlSnippetSkeletonV2 = ({
       content_id: id ?? '',
       unchecked_sql: untrustedSql(sql ?? ''),
     } as any,
-    isNotSavedInDatabaseYet: true,
+    status: 'new',
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/SQLEditor/UtilityPanel/SavingIndicator.tsx b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/SQLEditor/UtilityPanel/SavingIndicator.tsx
index 12c34a4214d..dd62160f012 100644
--- a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/SQLEditor/UtilityPanel/SavingIndicator.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/SQLEditor/UtilityPanel/SavingIndicator.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { Button, Tooltip, TooltipContent, TooltipTrigger } from 'ui'
 import ReadOnlyBadge from './ReadOnlyBadge'
 import { useProfile } from '@/lib/profile'
 import { useSqlEditorV2StateSnapshot } from '@/state/sql-editor-v2'
+import { isSaveFailed, isSaving } from '@/state/sql-editor/sql-editor-lifecycle'
 import { isSnippetOwner } from '@/state/sql-editor/sql-editor-rules'
 
 export type SavingIndicatorProps = { id: string }
@@ -14,17 +15,19 @@ const SavingIndicator = ({ id }: SavingIndicatorProps) => {
   const { profile } = useProfile()
   const snapV2 = useSqlEditorV2StateSnapshot()
 
-  const savingState = snapV2.savingStates[id]
-  const previousState = usePrevious(savingState)
+  const snippet = snapV2.snippets[id]
+  const status = snippet?.snippet.status
+  const saving = isSaving(status)
+  const saveFailed = isSaveFailed(status)
+  const previousSaving = usePrevious(saving)
   const [showSavedText, setShowSavedText] = useState(false)
 
-  const snippet = snapV2.snippets[id]
   const snippetIsOwned = !!snippet && isSnippetOwner(snippet.snippet, profile?.id)
 
   useEffect(() => {
     let cancel = false
 
-    if (previousState === 'UPDATING' && savingState === 'IDLE') {
+    if (previousSaving && status === 'saved') {
       setShowSavedText(true)
       setTimeout(() => {
         if (!cancel) setShowSavedText(false)
@@ -34,14 +37,14 @@ const SavingIndicator = ({ id }: SavingIndicatorProps) => {
     return () => {
       cancel = true
     }
-  }, [savingState])
+  }, [status, previousSaving])
 
   const retry = () => snapV2.addNeedsSaving(id)
 
   return (
     <>
       <div className="mx-2 flex items-center gap-2">
-        {snippetIsOwned && savingState === 'UPDATING_FAILED' && (
+        {snippetIsOwned && saveFailed && (
           <Button
             variant="text"
             size="tiny"
@@ -58,14 +61,14 @@ const SavingIndicator = ({ id }: SavingIndicatorProps) => {
             </TooltipTrigger>
             <TooltipContent side="bottom">All changes saved</TooltipContent>
           </Tooltip>
-        ) : savingState === 'UPDATING' ? (
+        ) : saving ? (
           <Tooltip>
             <TooltipTrigger>
               <Loader2 className="animate-spin" size={14} strokeWidth={2} />
             </TooltipTrigger>
             <TooltipContent>Saving changes...</TooltipContent>
           </Tooltip>
-        ) : savingState === 'UPDATING_FAILED' ? (
+        ) : saveFailed ? (
           snippetIsOwned ? (
             <Tooltip>
               <TooltipTrigger>
diff --git a/apps/studio/components/layouts/SQLEditorLayout/SQLEditorNavV2/SQLEditorNav.tsx b/apps/studio/components/layouts/SQLEditorLayout/SQLEditorNavV2/SQLEditorNav.tsx
index 35c7021f9cb..bdfd2254713 100644
--- a/apps/studio/components/layouts/SQLEditorLayout/SQLEditorNavV2/SQLEditorNav.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/components/layouts/SQLEditorLayout/SQLEditorNavV2/SQLEditorNav.tsx
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import { useContentCountQuery } from '@/data/content/content-count-query'
 import { useContentDeleteMutation } from '@/data/content/content-delete-mutation'
 import { useSQLSnippetFoldersDeleteMutation } from '@/data/content/sql-folders-delete-mutation'
 import { Snippet, SnippetFolder, useSQLSnippetFoldersQuery } from '@/data/content/sql-folders-query'
-import { useSqlSnippetsQuery, type SqlSnippet } from '@/data/content/sql-snippets-query'
+import { useSqlSnippetsQuery } from '@/data/content/sql-snippets-query'
 import { useLocalStorage } from '@/hooks/misc/useLocalStorage'
 import { useSelectedProjectQuery } from '@/hooks/misc/useSelectedProject'
 import { useProfile } from '@/lib/profile'
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ export const SQLEditorNav = ({ sort = 'inserted_at' }: SQLEditorNavProps) => {
     let snippets = favoriteSqlSnippetsData?.pages.flatMap((page) => page.contents ?? []) ?? []
 
     if (snippet && snippet.favorite && !snippets.find((x) => x.id === snippet.id)) {
-      snippets.push(snippet as SqlSnippet)
+      snippets.push(snippet)
     }
 
     return (
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ export const SQLEditorNav = ({ sort = 'inserted_at' }: SQLEditorNavProps) => {
     let snippets = sharedSqlSnippetsData?.pages.flatMap((page) => page.contents ?? []) ?? []
 
     if (snippet && snippet.visibility === 'project' && !snippets.find((x) => x.id === snippet.id)) {
-      snippets.push(snippet as SqlSnippet)
+      snippets.push(snippet)
     }
 
     return (
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ export const SQLEditorNav = ({ sort = 'inserted_at' }: SQLEditorNavProps) => {
   useEffect(() => {
     if (projectRef && privateSnippetsPages?.pages) {
       privateSnippetsPages.pages.forEach((page) => {
-        page.contents?.forEach((snippet: Snippet) => {
+        page.contents?.forEach((snippet) => {
           snapV2.addSnippet({ projectRef, snippet })
         })
         page.folders?.forEach((folder) => snapV2.addFolder({ projectRef, folder }))
diff --git a/apps/studio/components/layouts/SQLEditorLayout/SQLEditorNavV2/SQLEditorTreeViewItem.tsx b/apps/studio/components/layouts/SQLEditorLayout/SQLEditorNavV2/SQLEditorTreeViewItem.tsx
index 2235f37d60e..30680c5989c 100644
--- a/apps/studio/components/layouts/SQLEditorLayout/SQLEditorNavV2/SQLEditorTreeViewItem.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/components/layouts/SQLEditorLayout/SQLEditorNavV2/SQLEditorTreeViewItem.tsx
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import {
 } from 'ui'
 
 import { createSqlSnippetSkeletonV2 } from '@/components/interfaces/SQLEditor/SQLEditor.utils'
-import { getContentById } from '@/data/content/content-id-query'
+import { getContentById, getSqlSnippetById } from '@/data/content/content-id-query'
 import { useSQLSnippetFolderContentsQuery } from '@/data/content/sql-folder-contents-query'
 import { Snippet } from '@/data/content/sql-folders-query'
 import { useAsyncCheckPermissions } from '@/hooks/misc/useCheckPermissions'
@@ -188,12 +188,8 @@ export const SQLEditorTreeViewItem = ({
     // opened have no content loaded yet, so fetch it before toggling.
     const storeSnippet = snapV2.snippets[snippetId]
     if (!storeSnippet?.snippet.content) {
-      const data = await getContentById({ projectRef, id: snippetId })
-      // getContentById returns a union content; narrow to the SQL variant (the
-      // only kind the SQL editor loads) via its discriminating field.
-      if ('unchecked_sql' in data.content) {
-        snapV2.setSnippet(projectRef, { ...data, content: data.content })
-      }
+      const snippet = await getSqlSnippetById({ projectRef, id: snippetId })
+      snapV2.setSnippet(projectRef, snippet)
     }
 
     if (isFavorite) snapV2.removeFavorite(snippetId)
diff --git a/apps/studio/components/layouts/SQLEditorLayout/SqlEditor.Commands.tsx b/apps/studio/components/layouts/SQLEditorLayout/SqlEditor.Commands.tsx
index 0c95f7a8691..e1b5d4ec6e9 100644
--- a/apps/studio/components/layouts/SQLEditorLayout/SqlEditor.Commands.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/components/layouts/SQLEditorLayout/SqlEditor.Commands.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ import {
 
 import { COMMAND_MENU_SECTIONS } from '@/components/interfaces/App/CommandMenu/CommandMenu.utils'
 import { orderCommandSectionsByPriority } from '@/components/interfaces/App/CommandMenu/ordering'
-import { useSqlSnippetsQuery, type SqlSnippet } from '@/data/content/sql-snippets-query'
+import { type SnippetWithContent } from '@/data/content/sql-folders-query'
+import { useSqlSnippetsQuery } from '@/data/content/sql-snippets-query'
 import {
   useInfiniteTablesQuery,
   usePrefetchTables,
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ function SnippetSelector({
   canCreateNew,
 }: {
   projectRef: string | undefined
-  snippets: Array<SqlSnippet> | undefined
+  snippets: Array<SnippetWithContent> | undefined
   canCreateNew: boolean
 }) {
   const router = useRouter()
@@ -244,7 +245,7 @@ function SnippetSelector({
   )
 }
 
-function snippetValue(snippet: SqlSnippet) {
+function snippetValue(snippet: SnippetWithContent) {
   if (snippet.type !== 'sql') return ''
   return escapeAttributeSelector(
     `${snippet.id}-${snippet.name}-${snippet?.content?.unchecked_sql.slice(0, 30)}`
diff --git a/apps/studio/data/content/content-id-query.ts b/apps/studio/data/content/content-id-query.ts
index df6a1f8ea8b..681e7c645ca 100644
--- a/apps/studio/data/content/content-id-query.ts
+++ b/apps/studio/data/content/content-id-query.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { components } from 'api-types'
 import type { Content } from './content-query'
 import { remapSqlContentField } from './content-remap'
 import { contentKeys } from './keys'
+import type { SnippetWithContent } from './sql-folders-query'
 import { get, handleError } from '@/data/fetchers'
 import type { ResponseError, UseCustomQueryOptions } from '@/types'
 
@@ -33,6 +34,43 @@ export async function getContentById(
 export type ContentIdData = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof getContentById>>
 export type ContentIdError = ResponseError
 
+// SQL-editor-specific fetch: the editor only ever loads SQL snippets, so the
+// content body is typed as SQL content and the result is a SnippetWithContent
+// (status 'saved') ready to drop into the store — no narrowing/casting at the
+// call site. Reports etc. keep using the generic getContentById above.
+export async function getSqlSnippetById(
+  { projectRef, id }: { projectRef?: string; id?: string },
+  signal?: AbortSignal
+): Promise<SnippetWithContent> {
+  if (typeof projectRef === 'undefined') throw new Error('projectRef is required')
+  if (typeof id === 'undefined') throw new Error('Content ID is required')
+
+  const { data, error } = await get('/platform/projects/{ref}/content/item/{id}', {
+    params: { path: { ref: projectRef, id } },
+    signal,
+  })
+
+  if (error) throw handleError(error)
+  const snippet = remapSqlContentField(data as unknown as Omit<SnippetWithContent, 'status'>)
+  return { ...snippet, status: 'saved' }
+}
+
+export type SqlSnippetByIdData = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof getSqlSnippetById>>
+
+export const useSqlSnippetByIdQuery = <TData = SqlSnippetByIdData>(
+  { projectRef, id }: { projectRef?: string; id?: string },
+  {
+    enabled = true,
+    ...options
+  }: UseCustomQueryOptions<SqlSnippetByIdData, ContentIdError, TData> = {}
+) =>
+  useQuery<SqlSnippetByIdData, ContentIdError, TData>({
+    queryKey: contentKeys.resource(projectRef, id),
+    queryFn: ({ signal }) => getSqlSnippetById({ projectRef, id }, signal),
+    enabled: enabled && typeof projectRef !== 'undefined' && typeof id !== 'undefined',
+    ...options,
+  })
+
 export const useContentIdQuery = <TData = ContentIdData>(
   { projectRef, id }: { projectRef?: string; id?: string },
   { enabled = true, ...options }: UseCustomQueryOptions<ContentIdData, ContentIdError, TData> = {}
diff --git a/apps/studio/data/content/content-upsert-mutation.ts b/apps/studio/data/content/content-upsert-mutation.ts
index 967dcb8629a..1065c154212 100644
--- a/apps/studio/data/content/content-upsert-mutation.ts
+++ b/apps/studio/data/content/content-upsert-mutation.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { toast } from 'sonner'
 import type { Content } from './content-query'
 import { unmapSqlContentField } from './content-remap'
 import { contentKeys } from './keys'
-import type { Snippet } from './sql-folders-query'
+import type { Snippet, SnippetWithContent } from './sql-folders-query'
 import type { components } from '@/data/api'
 import { handleError, put } from '@/data/fetchers'
 import type { ResponseError, UseCustomMutationOptions } from '@/types'
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export type UpsertContentVariables = {
 export async function upsertContent(
   { projectRef, payload }: UpsertContentVariables,
   signal?: AbortSignal
-) {
+): Promise<SnippetWithContent | null> {
   const { data, error } = await put('/platform/projects/{ref}/content', {
     params: { path: { ref: projectRef } },
     body: unmapSqlContentField(payload),
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ export async function upsertContent(
   })
   if (error) handleError(error)
 
-  return data as Snippet | null
+  const snippet = data as Snippet | null
+  // The upsert response is a snippet freshly persisted to the database, so it
+  // carries status 'saved' as it crosses into the app — same as the queries.
+  return snippet === null ? null : { ...snippet, status: 'saved' }
 }
 
 export type UpsertContentData = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof upsertContent>>
diff --git a/apps/studio/data/content/snippet-status.ts b/apps/studio/data/content/snippet-status.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bd89e2fd4c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/studio/data/content/snippet-status.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/**
+ * The lifecycle of a snippet in the SQL editor, modelled as a single set of
+ * mutually-exclusive states.
+ *
+ * The status is attached to a snippet as it enters the app: 'saved' when
+ * fetched from the database (see the snippet queries in this directory) and
+ * 'new' when created locally (see createSqlSnippetSkeletonV2). The transition
+ * and predicate helpers live in state/sql-editor/sql-editor-lifecycle.
+ */
+export type SnippetStatus =
+  // Never persisted to the database (created locally this session):
+  | 'new' // idle, never saved
+  | 'new_saving' // first save in flight
+  | 'new_save_failed' // first save failed
+  // Persisted to the database at least once:
+  | 'saved' // no pending changes
+  | 'unsaved' // has pending local edits
+  | 'saving' // re-save in flight
+  | 'save_failed' // last save failed
diff --git a/apps/studio/data/content/sql-folder-contents-query.ts b/apps/studio/data/content/sql-folder-contents-query.ts
index 94a275e4eb4..e14671bae97 100644
--- a/apps/studio/data/content/sql-folder-contents-query.ts
+++ b/apps/studio/data/content/sql-folder-contents-query.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { InfiniteData, useInfiniteQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query'
 
 import { contentKeys } from './keys'
-import { SNIPPET_PAGE_LIMIT } from './sql-folders-query'
+import { SNIPPET_PAGE_LIMIT, withSavedStatus } from './sql-folders-query'
 import { get, handleError } from '@/data/fetchers'
 import type { ResponseError, UseCustomInfiniteQueryOptions } from '@/types'
 
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ export async function getSQLSnippetFolderContents(
   if (error) handleError(error)
   return {
     ...data.data,
+    contents: (data.data.contents ?? []).map(withSavedStatus),
     cursor: data.cursor,
   }
 }
diff --git a/apps/studio/data/content/sql-folders-query.ts b/apps/studio/data/content/sql-folders-query.ts
index 9aa534fc84a..36d31c6a505 100644
--- a/apps/studio/data/content/sql-folders-query.ts
+++ b/apps/studio/data/content/sql-folders-query.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ import { InfiniteData, useInfiniteQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query'
 import { components } from 'api-types'
 
 import { contentKeys } from './keys'
+import type { SnippetStatus } from './snippet-status'
 import { get, handleError } from '@/data/fetchers'
-import type { ResponseError, UseCustomInfiniteQueryOptions } from '@/types'
+import type { ResponseError, SqlSnippets, UseCustomInfiniteQueryOptions } from '@/types'
 
 export type SnippetFolderResponse = components['schemas']['GetUserContentFolderResponse']['data']
 export type SnippetFolder =
@@ -11,6 +12,19 @@ export type SnippetFolder =
 export type Snippet =
   components['schemas']['GetUserContentFolderResponse']['data']['contents'][number]
 
+export interface SnippetWithContent extends Snippet {
+  content?: SqlSnippets.Content
+  status: SnippetStatus
+}
+
+// Attaches the 'saved' lifecycle status to a snippet as it crosses from the
+// database into the app. Generic so it preserves any loaded content on the
+// snippet, and types `status` as the full SnippetStatus (not the 'saved'
+// literal) so the result is a regular SnippetWithContent.
+export function withSavedStatus<T extends Snippet>(snippet: T): T & { status: SnippetStatus } {
+  return { ...snippet, status: 'saved' }
+}
+
 export type SQLSnippetFolderVariables = {
   projectRef?: string
   cursor?: string
@@ -48,6 +62,7 @@ export async function getSQLSnippetFolders(
   if (error) handleError(error)
   return {
     ...data.data,
+    contents: (data.data.contents ?? []).map(withSavedStatus),
     cursor: data.cursor,
   }
 }
diff --git a/apps/studio/data/content/sql-snippets-query.ts b/apps/studio/data/content/sql-snippets-query.ts
index ce63bb28e50..afd112f9535 100644
--- a/apps/studio/data/content/sql-snippets-query.ts
+++ b/apps/studio/data/content/sql-snippets-query.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ import { InfiniteData, useInfiniteQuery } from '@tanstack/react-query'
 import { Content } from './content-query'
 import { remapSqlContentFields } from './content-remap'
 import { contentKeys } from './keys'
-import { SNIPPET_PAGE_LIMIT } from './sql-folders-query'
+import { SNIPPET_PAGE_LIMIT, withSavedStatus, type Snippet } from './sql-folders-query'
 import { get } from '@/data/fetchers'
-import { UseCustomInfiniteQueryOptions } from '@/types'
+import type { SqlSnippets, UseCustomInfiniteQueryOptions } from '@/types'
 
 export type SqlSnippet = Extract<Content, { type: 'sql' }>
 
@@ -49,9 +49,12 @@ export async function getSqlSnippets(
     throw error
   }
 
+  const snippets = remapSqlContentFields(
+    data.data as unknown as Array<Snippet & { content?: SqlSnippets.Content }>
+  )
   return {
     cursor: data.cursor,
-    contents: remapSqlContentFields(data.data as unknown as SqlSnippet[]),
+    contents: snippets.map(withSavedStatus),
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/studio/pages/project/[ref]/sql/[id].tsx b/apps/studio/pages/project/[ref]/sql/[id].tsx
index 24702773c82..c6e95c51322 100644
--- a/apps/studio/pages/project/[ref]/sql/[id].tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/pages/project/[ref]/sql/[id].tsx
@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@ import { EditorBaseLayout } from '@/components/layouts/editors/EditorBaseLayout'
 import { useEditorType } from '@/components/layouts/editors/EditorsLayout.hooks'
 import SQLEditorLayout from '@/components/layouts/SQLEditorLayout/SQLEditorLayout'
 import { SQLEditorMenu } from '@/components/layouts/SQLEditorLayout/SQLEditorMenu'
-import { useContentIdQuery } from '@/data/content/content-id-query'
+import { useSqlSnippetByIdQuery } from '@/data/content/content-id-query'
 import { useDashboardHistory } from '@/hooks/misc/useDashboardHistory'
 import { useSelectedProjectQuery } from '@/hooks/misc/useSelectedProject'
 import { IS_PLATFORM } from '@/lib/constants'
-import { SnippetWithContent, useSnippets, useSqlEditorV2StateSnapshot } from '@/state/sql-editor-v2'
+import { useSnippets, useSqlEditorV2StateSnapshot } from '@/state/sql-editor-v2'
+import { wasNeverPersisted } from '@/state/sql-editor/sql-editor-lifecycle'
 import { createTabId, useTabsStateSnapshot } from '@/state/tabs'
 import type { NextPageWithLayout } from '@/types'
 
@@ -40,9 +41,9 @@ const SqlEditor: NextPageWithLayout = () => {
   // [Joshen] May need to investigate separately, but occasionally addSnippet doesnt exist in
   // the snapV2 valtio store for some reason hence why the added typeof check here
   const canFetchContentBasedOnId = Boolean(
-    id !== 'new' && typeof snapV2.addSnippet === 'function' && !snippet?.isNotSavedInDatabaseYet
+    id !== 'new' && typeof snapV2.addSnippet === 'function' && !wasNeverPersisted(snippet?.status)
   )
-  const { data, error, isError } = useContentIdQuery(
+  const { data, error, isError } = useSqlSnippetByIdQuery(
     { projectRef: ref, id },
     {
       retry: false,
@@ -60,13 +61,13 @@ const SqlEditor: NextPageWithLayout = () => {
   // behaviour down to a very specific use case too with all these conditionals
   // More details: https://github.com/supabase/supabase/pull/39389
   const snippetMissingImmediatelyAfterCreating =
-    !!snippet && snippetMissing && previousRoute === 'new' && 'isNotSavedInDatabaseYet' in snippet
+    !!snippet && snippetMissing && previousRoute === 'new' && wasNeverPersisted(snippet.status)
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (ref && data && project) {
       // [Joshen] Check if snippet belongs to the current project
       if (!IS_PLATFORM || data.project_id === project.id) {
-        snapV2.setSnippet(ref, data as unknown as SnippetWithContent)
+        snapV2.setSnippet(ref, data)
       } else {
         setLastVisitedSnippet(undefined)
         router.replace(`/project/${ref}/sql/new`)
diff --git a/apps/studio/state/sql-editor-v2.ts b/apps/studio/state/sql-editor-v2.ts
index d91bce86145..8c155a466fd 100644
--- a/apps/studio/state/sql-editor-v2.ts
+++ b/apps/studio/state/sql-editor-v2.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export type { StateSnippet, StateSnippetFolder, SnippetWithContent } from './sql-editor'
+export type { StateSnippet, StateSnippetFolder } from './sql-editor'
 export {
   sqlEditorState,
   getSqlEditorV2StateSnapshot,
diff --git a/apps/studio/state/sql-editor/index.ts b/apps/studio/state/sql-editor/index.ts
index 5c34d3c07ef..8bc3e17850c 100644
--- a/apps/studio/state/sql-editor/index.ts
+++ b/apps/studio/state/sql-editor/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export type { StateSnippet, StateSnippetFolder, SnippetWithContent } from './types'
+export type { StateSnippet, StateSnippetFolder } from './types'
 export {
   sqlEditorState,
   getSqlEditorV2StateSnapshot,
diff --git a/apps/studio/state/sql-editor/sql-editor-lifecycle.test.ts b/apps/studio/state/sql-editor/sql-editor-lifecycle.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c48a6d5416c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/studio/state/sql-editor/sql-editor-lifecycle.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+
+import {
+  isSaveFailed,
+  isSaving,
+  statusOnSaveError,
+  statusOnSaveStart,
+  statusOnSaveSuccess,
+  wasNeverPersisted,
+} from './sql-editor-lifecycle'
+import type { SnippetStatus } from '@/data/content/snippet-status'
+
+const NEVER_PERSISTED: Array<SnippetStatus> = ['new', 'new_saving', 'new_save_failed']
+const PERSISTED: Array<SnippetStatus> = ['saved', 'unsaved', 'saving', 'save_failed']
+
+describe('wasNeverPersisted', () => {
+  it.each(NEVER_PERSISTED)('is true for never-persisted status %s', (status) => {
+    expect(wasNeverPersisted(status)).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it.each(PERSISTED)('is false for persisted status %s', (status) => {
+    expect(wasNeverPersisted(status)).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('treats an absent status as persisted', () => {
+    expect(wasNeverPersisted(undefined)).toBe(false)
+  })
+})
+
+describe('isSaving', () => {
+  it('is true only while a save is in flight (new or re-save)', () => {
+    expect(isSaving('new_saving')).toBe(true)
+    expect(isSaving('saving')).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it.each(['new', 'new_save_failed', 'saved', 'unsaved', 'save_failed', undefined] as const)(
+    'is false for %s',
+    (status) => {
+      expect(isSaving(status)).toBe(false)
+    }
+  )
+})
+
+describe('isSaveFailed', () => {
+  it('is true only after a failed save (new or re-save)', () => {
+    expect(isSaveFailed('new_save_failed')).toBe(true)
+    expect(isSaveFailed('save_failed')).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it.each(['new', 'new_saving', 'saved', 'unsaved', 'saving', undefined] as const)(
+    'is false for %s',
+    (status) => {
+      expect(isSaveFailed(status)).toBe(false)
+    }
+  )
+})
+
+describe('statusOnSaveStart', () => {
+  it('keeps never-persisted snippets in the new family', () => {
+    expect(statusOnSaveStart('new')).toBe('new_saving')
+    expect(statusOnSaveStart('new_save_failed')).toBe('new_saving')
+  })
+
+  it('moves persisted snippets to saving', () => {
+    expect(statusOnSaveStart('saved')).toBe('saving')
+    expect(statusOnSaveStart('unsaved')).toBe('saving')
+    expect(statusOnSaveStart('save_failed')).toBe('saving')
+    expect(statusOnSaveStart(undefined)).toBe('saving')
+  })
+})
+
+describe('statusOnSaveSuccess', () => {
+  it('always resolves to saved', () => {
+    expect(statusOnSaveSuccess()).toBe('saved')
+  })
+})
+
+describe('statusOnSaveError', () => {
+  it('keeps never-persisted snippets in the new family', () => {
+    expect(statusOnSaveError('new_saving')).toBe('new_save_failed')
+    expect(statusOnSaveError('new')).toBe('new_save_failed')
+  })
+
+  it('moves persisted snippets to save_failed', () => {
+    expect(statusOnSaveError('saving')).toBe('save_failed')
+    expect(statusOnSaveError('saved')).toBe('save_failed')
+    expect(statusOnSaveError(undefined)).toBe('save_failed')
+  })
+})
+
+describe('lifecycle round trips', () => {
+  it('new snippet: first save succeeds then a re-save succeeds', () => {
+    let status: SnippetStatus = 'new'
+    status = statusOnSaveStart(status)
+    expect(status).toBe('new_saving')
+    status = statusOnSaveSuccess()
+    expect(status).toBe('saved')
+    // re-save
+    status = statusOnSaveStart(status)
+    expect(status).toBe('saving')
+    status = statusOnSaveSuccess()
+    expect(status).toBe('saved')
+  })
+
+  it('new snippet: first save fails, retry succeeds (stays never-persisted until success)', () => {
+    let status: SnippetStatus = 'new'
+    status = statusOnSaveStart(status)
+    status = statusOnSaveError(status)
+    expect(status).toBe('new_save_failed')
+    expect(wasNeverPersisted(status)).toBe(true)
+    // retry
+    status = statusOnSaveStart(status)
+    expect(status).toBe('new_saving')
+    status = statusOnSaveSuccess()
+    expect(status).toBe('saved')
+    expect(wasNeverPersisted(status)).toBe(false)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/apps/studio/state/sql-editor/sql-editor-lifecycle.ts b/apps/studio/state/sql-editor/sql-editor-lifecycle.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e9ce992f8c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/studio/state/sql-editor/sql-editor-lifecycle.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import type { SnippetStatus } from '@/data/content/snippet-status'
+
+/**
+ * True when the snippet has never been successfully written to the database.
+ * Gates content fetching and list invalidation, and marks locally-created
+ * snippets for the replication-lag 404 swallow in the `[id]` page.
+ */
+export function wasNeverPersisted(status: SnippetStatus | undefined): boolean {
+  return status === 'new' || status === 'new_saving' || status === 'new_save_failed'
+}
+
+/** True while a save request is in flight (whether first save or re-save). */
+export function isSaving(status: SnippetStatus | undefined): boolean {
+  return status === 'new_saving' || status === 'saving'
+}
+
+/**
+ * True when the most recent save attempt failed (whether first save or
+ * re-save).
+ */
+export function isSaveFailed(status: SnippetStatus | undefined): boolean {
+  return status === 'new_save_failed' || status === 'save_failed'
+}
+
+/**
+ *  Transition when a save request begins, preserving the never-persisted axis.
+ */
+export function statusOnSaveStart(status: SnippetStatus | undefined): SnippetStatus {
+  return wasNeverPersisted(status) ? 'new_saving' : 'saving'
+}
+
+/** Transition when a save succeeds — the snippet is now persisted and clean. */
+export function statusOnSaveSuccess(): SnippetStatus {
+  return 'saved'
+}
+
+/** Transition when a save fails, preserving the never-persisted axis. */
+export function statusOnSaveError(status: SnippetStatus | undefined): SnippetStatus {
+  return wasNeverPersisted(status) ? 'new_save_failed' : 'save_failed'
+}
diff --git a/apps/studio/state/sql-editor/sql-editor-rules.test.ts b/apps/studio/state/sql-editor/sql-editor-rules.test.ts
index ae72393f1b0..0f8ec256e6a 100644
--- a/apps/studio/state/sql-editor/sql-editor-rules.test.ts
+++ b/apps/studio/state/sql-editor/sql-editor-rules.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
   validateMoveToFolder,
   type LoadedSnippet,
 } from './sql-editor-rules'
-import type { SnippetWithContent } from './types'
+import type { SnippetWithContent } from '@/data/content/sql-folders-query'
 
 function makeSnippet(overrides: Omit<Partial<SnippetWithContent>, 'content'> = {}): LoadedSnippet {
   return {
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ function makeSnippet(overrides: Omit<Partial<SnippetWithContent>, 'content'> = {
     owner_id: 7,
     folder_id: null,
     favorite: false,
+    status: 'saved',
     inserted_at: '2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z',
     updated_at: '2024-01-01T00:00:00.000Z',
     ...overrides,
diff --git a/apps/studio/state/sql-editor/sql-editor-rules.ts b/apps/studio/state/sql-editor/sql-editor-rules.ts
index dae2c576d1e..063ff6f5b67 100644
--- a/apps/studio/state/sql-editor/sql-editor-rules.ts
+++ b/apps/studio/state/sql-editor/sql-editor-rules.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import type { SnippetWithContent } from './types'
 import type { UpsertContentPayload } from '@/data/content/content-upsert-mutation'
+import type { SnippetWithContent } from '@/data/content/sql-folders-query'
 
 /**
  *
diff --git a/apps/studio/state/sql-editor/sql-editor-state.ts b/apps/studio/state/sql-editor/sql-editor-state.ts
index 38e23e7042b..4117aa2021a 100644
--- a/apps/studio/state/sql-editor/sql-editor-state.ts
+++ b/apps/studio/state/sql-editor/sql-editor-state.ts
@@ -5,14 +5,16 @@ import { toast } from 'sonner'
 import { proxy, ref, snapshot, subscribe, useSnapshot } from 'valtio'
 import { devtools, proxyMap } from 'valtio/utils'
 
+import { statusOnSaveError, statusOnSaveStart, statusOnSaveSuccess } from './sql-editor-lifecycle'
 import { buildUpsertPayload, isLoadedSnippet, validateMoveToFolder } from './sql-editor-rules'
-import type { SnippetWithContent, StateSnippet, StateSnippetFolder } from './types'
+import type { StateSnippet, StateSnippetFolder } from './types'
 import type { QueryPlanRow } from '@/components/interfaces/ExplainVisualizer/ExplainVisualizer.types'
 import { DiffType } from '@/components/interfaces/SQLEditor/SQLEditor.types'
 import { upsertContent, UpsertContentPayload } from '@/data/content/content-upsert-mutation'
 import { contentKeys } from '@/data/content/keys'
 import { createSQLSnippetFolder } from '@/data/content/sql-folder-create-mutation'
 import { updateSQLSnippetFolder } from '@/data/content/sql-folder-update-mutation'
+import type { SnippetWithContent } from '@/data/content/sql-folders-query'
 import { Snippet, SnippetFolder } from '@/data/content/sql-folders-query'
 import { getQueryClient } from '@/data/query-client'
 
@@ -64,12 +66,6 @@ export const sqlEditorState = proxy({
    * Synchronous saving of folders and snippets (debounce behavior). Key is the snippet id, value is shouldInvalidate
    */
   needsSaving: proxyMap<string, boolean>([]),
-  /**
-   * Stores the state of each snippet
-   */
-  savingStates: {} as {
-    [snippetId: string]: 'IDLE' | 'UPDATING' | 'UPDATING_FAILED'
-  },
   /**
    * UI-imposed limit for the number of results a query can return (applied to the SQL query being run if applicable).
    * Acts as a safeguard to prevent accidentally taking down the database from a really large SELECT query.
@@ -107,7 +103,6 @@ export const sqlEditorState = proxy({
     sqlEditorState.snippets[snippet.id] = { projectRef, splitSizes: [50, 50], snippet }
     sqlEditorState.results[snippet.id] = []
     sqlEditorState.explainResults[snippet.id] = { rows: [] }
-    sqlEditorState.savingStates[snippet.id] = 'IDLE'
   },
 
   /**
@@ -387,8 +382,9 @@ async function upsertSnippet(
   payload: UpsertContentPayload,
   shouldInvalidate = false
 ) {
+  const snippet = sqlEditorState.snippets[id]?.snippet
   try {
-    sqlEditorState.savingStates[id] = 'UPDATING'
+    if (snippet) snippet.status = statusOnSaveStart(snippet.status)
     await upsertContent({ projectRef, payload })
 
     if (shouldInvalidate) {
@@ -400,13 +396,9 @@ async function upsertSnippet(
       ])
     }
 
-    let snippet = sqlEditorState.snippets[id]?.snippet
-    if (snippet?.content && 'isNotSavedInDatabaseYet' in snippet) {
-      snippet.isNotSavedInDatabaseYet = false
-    }
-    sqlEditorState.savingStates[id] = 'IDLE'
+    if (snippet) snippet.status = statusOnSaveSuccess()
   } catch (error) {
-    sqlEditorState.savingStates[id] = 'UPDATING_FAILED'
+    if (snippet) snippet.status = statusOnSaveError(snippet.status)
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/studio/state/sql-editor/types.ts b/apps/studio/state/sql-editor/types.ts
index ecd2751a18c..31879c71dce 100644
--- a/apps/studio/state/sql-editor/types.ts
+++ b/apps/studio/state/sql-editor/types.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import type { Snippet, SnippetFolder } from '@/data/content/sql-folders-query'
-import type { SqlSnippets } from '@/types'
+import type { SnippetFolder, SnippetWithContent } from '@/data/content/sql-folders-query'
 
 export type StateSnippetFolder = {
   projectRef: string
@@ -12,9 +11,3 @@ export type StateSnippet = {
   splitSizes: number[]
   snippet: SnippetWithContent
 }
-
-// [Joshen] API codegen is somehow missing the content property
-export interface SnippetWithContent extends Snippet {
-  content?: SqlSnippets.Content
-  isNotSavedInDatabaseYet?: boolean
-}