diff --git a/rust/lance/tests/integration_tests.rs b/rust/lance/tests/integration_tests.rs
index 7a6d3e71ca4..e6ea4e321ae 100644
--- a/rust/lance/tests/integration_tests.rs
+++ b/rust/lance/tests/integration_tests.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 // NOTE: we only create one integration test binary, to keep compilation overhead down.
 
 mod count_pushdown;
+mod mem_wal;
 #[cfg(feature = "slow_tests")]
 mod query;
 #[cfg(feature = "slow_tests")]
diff --git a/rust/lance/tests/mem_wal/mod.rs b/rust/lance/tests/mem_wal/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c617c2a1589
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/lance/tests/mem_wal/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright The Lance Authors
+
+//! End-to-end MemWAL tests through the public [`ShardWriter`] surface, as
+//! opposed to the lib-level unit tests that can reach internals directly.
+
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use arrow_array::cast::AsArray;
+use arrow_array::record_batch;
+use arrow_array::types::Int32Type;
+use lance::dataset::mem_wal::{ShardWriter, ShardWriterConfig};
+use lance_core::FenceReason;
+use lance_io::object_store::ObjectStore;
+use uuid::Uuid;
+
+fn durable_writer_config(shard_id: Uuid) -> ShardWriterConfig {
+    ShardWriterConfig {
+        shard_id,
+        durable_write: true,
+        max_wal_buffer_size: 64 * 1024 * 1024,
+        max_wal_flush_interval: Some(Duration::from_millis(10)),
+        max_memtable_size: 64 * 1024 * 1024,
+        manifest_scan_batch_size: 2,
+        ..Default::default()
+    }
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn durable_put_is_readable_through_public_scan() {
+    let base_uri = "memory://".to_string();
+    let (store, base_path) = ObjectStore::from_uri(&base_uri).await.unwrap();
+    let batch = record_batch!(("id", Int32, [1, 2, 3])).unwrap();
+    let writer = ShardWriter::open(
+        store,
+        base_path,
+        base_uri,
+        durable_writer_config(Uuid::new_v4()),
+        batch.schema(),
+        vec![],
+    )
+    .await
+    .unwrap();
+
+    writer.put(vec![batch]).await.unwrap();
+
+    let scanned = writer.scan().await.unwrap().try_into_batch().await.unwrap();
+    let scanned_ids = scanned["id"].as_primitive::<Int32Type>();
+    assert_eq!(
+        scanned_ids.values(),
+        &[1, 2, 3],
+        "a durable put must be readable through the public scan API"
+    );
+
+    writer.close().await.unwrap();
+}
+
+/// A durable put into a post-rotation MemTable must be acknowledged only by
+/// its own WAL flush, never by a flush from an older generation.
+///
+/// Batch positions restart at 0 in every MemTable generation. A durability
+/// watch keyed on that generation-local position is satisfied by the previous
+/// generation's flush at the same position — so the first durable put after a
+/// rotation used to return success before its own WAL append completed. Here
+/// a peer writer has claimed a higher epoch in between, so the false success
+/// is observable: the put's own flush is fenced, and the put must surface
+/// that fence instead of reporting durability.
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn durable_put_does_not_alias_across_memtable_generations() {
+    let base_uri = "memory://".to_string();
+    let (store, base_path) = ObjectStore::from_uri(&base_uri).await.unwrap();
+    let shard_id = Uuid::new_v4();
+    let first_batch = record_batch!(("id", Int32, [1])).unwrap();
+    let schema = first_batch.schema();
+    let config = durable_writer_config(shard_id);
+
+    let writer_a = ShardWriter::open(
+        store.clone(),
+        base_path.clone(),
+        base_uri.clone(),
+        config.clone(),
+        schema.clone(),
+        vec![],
+    )
+    .await
+    .unwrap();
+
+    // Write and fully flush generation N, then rotate to generation N+1.
+    writer_a.put(vec![first_batch]).await.unwrap();
+    let first_generation = writer_a.memtable_stats().await.unwrap().generation;
+    writer_a.force_seal_active().await.unwrap();
+    writer_a.wait_for_flush_drain().await.unwrap();
+    let current_generation = writer_a.memtable_stats().await.unwrap().generation;
+    assert_eq!(
+        current_generation,
+        first_generation + 1,
+        "expected rotation from generation {first_generation}, got {current_generation}"
+    );
+
+    // A peer claims a higher epoch, fencing writer A's next WAL append.
+    let writer_b = ShardWriter::open(store, base_path, base_uri, config, schema, vec![])
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert!(
+        writer_b.epoch() > writer_a.epoch(),
+        "expected peer epoch to increase: writer_a={}, writer_b={}",
+        writer_a.epoch(),
+        writer_b.epoch()
+    );
+
+    // Generation N+1's first durable put lands at the same local batch
+    // position (0..1) that generation N already flushed. It must wait for its
+    // own flush and therefore surface the fence, not ack from the stale
+    // generation.
+    let second_batch = record_batch!(("id", Int32, [2])).unwrap();
+    let error = writer_a
+        .put(vec![second_batch])
+        .await
+        .expect_err("generation-2 durable put must wait for its own WAL flush");
+    assert_eq!(
+        error.fence_reason(),
+        Some(FenceReason::PeerClaimedEpoch),
+        "expected a peer-claimed-epoch fence, got: {error}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        error.to_string().contains("Writer fenced"),
+        "expected the writer-fenced error prefix, got: {error}"
+    );
+
+    writer_b.close().await.unwrap();
+}