diff --git a/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/MigrationIntegrationTest.java b/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/MigrationIntegrationTest.java
index 57644ee1..ce217e6f 100644
--- a/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/MigrationIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/MigrationIntegrationTest.java
@@ -562,6 +562,25 @@ class MigrationIntegrationTest {
         assertThat(rows).isEqualTo(1);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void v69_metaDateEndCheck_allowsRangeWithBothEndpointsNull() {
+        // Fully-open RANGE: neither start (meta_date) nor end (meta_date_end) is set.
+        // Both CHECKs hold (end IS NULL passes chk_meta_date_end_only_for_range; both-null
+        // passes chk_meta_date_end_after_start), so the row survives. This locks the actual
+        // DB behavior so a future tightening to a biconditional rule is a deliberate change.
+        UUID docId = createDocument(); // null meta_date
+
+        int rows = jdbc.update(
+                "UPDATE documents SET meta_date_precision = 'RANGE' WHERE id = ?", docId);
+        assertThat(rows).isEqualTo(1);
+
+        Object metaDate = jdbc.queryForObject("SELECT meta_date FROM documents WHERE id = ?", Object.class, docId);
+        Object metaDateEnd = jdbc.queryForObject(
+                "SELECT meta_date_end FROM documents WHERE id = ?", Object.class, docId);
+        assertThat(metaDate).isNull();
+        assertThat(metaDateEnd).isNull();
+    }
+
     @Test
     void v69_rangeOrderCheck_rejectsEndBeforeStart() {
         UUID docId = createDocumentWithDate("1943-05-12");