diff --git a/src/services/checkpoints/__tests__/excludes.spec.ts b/src/services/checkpoints/__tests__/excludes.spec.ts
index 923b3d478e..44ece259e2 100644
--- a/src/services/checkpoints/__tests__/excludes.spec.ts
+++ b/src/services/checkpoints/__tests__/excludes.spec.ts
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ readme.md text
 			expect(excludePatterns).toContain("*.db") // database
 			expect(excludePatterns).toContain("*.shp") // geospatial
 			expect(excludePatterns).toContain("*.log") // log
+
+			// Verify SQL files are NOT excluded (fix for issue #7310)
+			expect(excludePatterns).not.toContain("*.sql")
 		})
 
 		it("should handle errors when reading .gitattributes", async () => {
@@ -150,6 +153,9 @@ readme.md text
 			expect(excludePatterns).toContain("*.db") // database
 			expect(excludePatterns).toContain("*.shp") // geospatial
 			expect(excludePatterns).toContain("*.log") // log
+
+			// Verify SQL files are NOT excluded (fix for issue #7310)
+			expect(excludePatterns).not.toContain("*.sql")
 		})
 	})
 })
diff --git a/src/services/checkpoints/excludes.ts b/src/services/checkpoints/excludes.ts
index 382e400f18..1068be9ac2 100644
--- a/src/services/checkpoints/excludes.ts
+++ b/src/services/checkpoints/excludes.ts
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ const getDatabaseFilePatterns = () => [
 	"*.parquet",
 	"*.pdb",
 	"*.rdb",
-	"*.sql",
 	"*.sqlite",
 ]