diff --git a/packages/checks/ascensions.nix b/packages/checks/ascensions.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e04906
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/checks/ascensions.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+{ nixosTest, nixosModules }:
+
+let
+  dataDir = {
+    node1 = "/data/before";
+    node2 = "/data/nested/after";
+  };
+  kvPath = {
+    node1 = "before";
+    node2 = "after";
+  };
+  addr = {
+    consul = "10.0.0.10";
+    node1 = "10.0.0.1";
+    node2 = "10.0.0.2";
+  };
+in
+
+nixosTest {
+  name = "ascensions";
+  nodes = let
+    network = { config, lib, ... }: {
+      networking.interfaces.eth1.ipv4.addresses = lib.mkForce [
+        {
+          address = addr.${config.networking.hostName};
+          prefixLength = 24;
+        }
+      ];
+    };
+    common = { config, lib, ... }: let
+      inherit (config.networking) hostName;
+    in {
+      imports = [
+        nixosModules.ascensions
+        nixosModules.systemd-extras
+        nixosModules.consul-distributed-services
+      ];
+      systemd.services = {
+        create-file = {
+          serviceConfig.Type = "oneshot";
+          script = ''
+            if ! test -e ${dataDir.${hostName}}/file.txt; then
+              mkdir -p ${dataDir.${hostName}}
+              echo "${hostName}" > ${dataDir.${hostName}}/file.txt
+            fi
+          '';
+        };
+        create-kv = {
+          serviceConfig.Type = "oneshot";
+          path = [ config.services.consul.package ];
+          script = ''
+            if ! consul kv get ${kvPath.${hostName}}; then
+              consul kv put ${kvPath.${hostName}} ${hostName}
+            fi
+          '';
+          environment.CONSUL_HTTP_ADDR = "${addr.consul}:8500";
+        };
+        ascend-create-kv = {
+          environment.CONSUL_HTTP_ADDR = "${addr.consul}:8500";
+        };
+      };
+      system.ascensions = {
+        create-file = {
+          before = [ "create-file.service" ];
+          incantations = m: with m; lib.optionals (hostName == "node2") [
+            (move dataDir.node1 dataDir.node2)
+          ];
+        };
+        create-kv = {
+          distributed = true;
+          before = [ "create-kv.service" ];
+          incantations = m: with m; lib.optionals (hostName == "node2") [
+            (execShellWith [ config.services.consul.package ] ''
+              consul kv put ${kvPath.node2} $(consul kv get ${kvPath.node1})
+              consul kv delete ${kvPath.node1}
+            '')
+          ];
+        };
+      };
+    };
+  in {
+    consul = {
+      imports = [ network ];
+      networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 8500 ];
+      services.consul = {
+        enable = true;
+        extraConfig = {
+          addresses.http = addr.consul;
+          bind_addr = addr.consul;
+          server = true;
+          bootstrap_expect = 1;
+        };
+      };
+    };
+    node1.imports = [ network common ];
+    node2.imports = [ network common ];
+  };
+  testScript = /*python*/ ''
+    start_all()
+    consul.wait_for_unit("consul.service")
+    consul.wait_until_succeeds("CONSUL_HTTP_ADDR=${addr.consul}:8500 consul members")
+    node1.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target")
+    node1.succeed("systemctl start create-file create-kv")
+    node1.succeed("tar cvf /tmp/shared/data.tar /data /var/lib/ascensions")
+
+    node2.wait_for_unit("multi-user.target")
+    node2.succeed("tar xvf /tmp/shared/data.tar -C /")
+    node2.succeed("systemctl start create-file create-kv")
+
+    assert "node1" in node2.succeed("cat ${dataDir.node2}/file.txt")
+    assert "node1" in consul.succeed("CONSUL_HTTP_ADDR=${addr.consul}:8500 consul kv get ${kvPath.node2}")
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/packages/checks/default.nix b/packages/checks/default.nix
index b51b4c7..ffb02d6 100644
--- a/packages/checks/default.nix
+++ b/packages/checks/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 {
   perSystem = { filters, pkgs, self', ... }: {
     checks = filters.doFilter filters.checks {
+      ascensions = pkgs.callPackage ./ascensions.nix {
+        inherit (self) nixosModules;
+      };
+
       jellyfin-stateless = pkgs.callPackage ./jellyfin-stateless.nix {
         inherit (self'.packages) jellyfin;
         inherit (config) cluster;
diff --git a/packages/system-filter.nix b/packages/system-filter.nix
index f2f0f82..f66cffb 100644
--- a/packages/system-filter.nix
+++ b/packages/system-filter.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     tempo = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
   };
   checks = {
+    ascensions = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
     jellyfin-stateless = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
     keycloak = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
     patroni = [ "x86_64-linux" ];