diff --git a/examples/data-objects/inventory-app/package.json b/examples/data-objects/inventory-app/package.json
index 0daa98f7e3d1..6dd12e8d06ad 100644
--- a/examples/data-objects/inventory-app/package.json
+++ b/examples/data-objects/inventory-app/package.json
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 		"build": "fluid-build . --task build",
 		"build:compile": "fluid-build . --task compile",
 		"build:esnext": "tsc --project ./tsconfig.json",
+		"build:genver": "gen-version",
 		"check:biome": "biome check .",
 		"check:format": "npm run check:biome",
 		"clean": "rimraf --glob dist lib \"**/*.tsbuildinfo\" \"**/*.build.log\" nyc",
diff --git a/examples/data-objects/inventory-app/src/packageVersion.ts b/examples/data-objects/inventory-app/src/packageVersion.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4ec546bdf395
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/data-objects/inventory-app/src/packageVersion.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/*!
+ * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under the MIT License.
+ *
+ * THIS IS AN AUTOGENERATED FILE. DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY
+ */
+
+export const pkgName = "@fluid-example/inventory-app";
+export const pkgVersion = "2.73.0";
diff --git a/examples/data-objects/inventory-app/tests/schemaCompatibility.test.ts b/examples/data-objects/inventory-app/tests/schemaCompatibility.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0af50b9f3a41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/data-objects/inventory-app/tests/schemaCompatibility.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*!
+ * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under the MIT License.
+ */
+
+import type { TreeViewConfiguration } from "fluid-framework";
+import {
+	checkCompatibility,
+	exportCompatibilitySchemaSnapshot,
+	importCompatibilitySchemaSnapshot,
+	type JsonCompatibleReadOnly,
+} from "@fluidframework/tree/alpha";
+import path from "node:path";
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import { treeConfiguration } from "../src/schema.js";
+import { pkgVersion } from "../src/packageVersion.js";
+
+// Store compatibility snapshots with source code. Unlike the snapshots that snapshotTools.ts manages, these snapshots should not be
+// be regenerated automatically, as they are used to verify compatibility over time.
+const snapshotDirectory = path.join(__dirname, "./snapshots");
+
+function writeSchemaSnapshot(filename: string, viewSchema: TreeViewConfiguration): void {
+	const snapshot = exportCompatibilitySchemaSnapshot(viewSchema);
+	const fullPath = path.join(snapshotDirectory, filename);
+	fs.mkdirSync(snapshotDirectory);
+	fs.writeFileSync(fullPath, JSON.stringify(snapshot), "utf8");
+}
+
+function readSchemaSnapshot(filename: string): TreeViewConfiguration {
+	const fullPath = path.join(snapshotDirectory, filename);
+	const snapshot = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(fullPath, "utf8")) as JsonCompatibleReadOnly;
+	return importCompatibilitySchemaSnapshot(snapshot);
+}
+
+function readAllSchemaSnapshots(): TreeViewConfiguration[] {
+	const files = fs.readdirSync(snapshotDirectory);
+	const snapshots: TreeViewConfiguration[] = [];
+	for (const file of files) {
+		if (file.endsWith(".json")) {
+			snapshots.push(readSchemaSnapshot(file));
+		}
+	}
+	return snapshots;
+}
+
+describe("inventory app schema compatibility", () => {
+	it.only("write current view schema snapshot", () => {
+		writeSchemaSnapshot(`inventoryAppViewSchema_${pkgVersion}.json`, treeConfiguration);
+	});
+
+	it("current view schema can read content written by historical persisted schemas", () => {
+		const currentViewSchema = treeConfiguration;
+		const previousViewSchemas = readAllSchemaSnapshots();
+		for (const previousViewSchema of previousViewSchemas) {
+			checkCompatibility(previousViewSchema, currentViewSchema);
+		}
+	});
+
+	it("current persisted schema can read content written by historical view schemas", () => {
+		const currentPersistedSchema = treeConfiguration;
+		const previousViewSchemas = readAllSchemaSnapshots();
+		for (const previousViewSchema of previousViewSchemas) {
+			checkCompatibility(currentPersistedSchema, previousViewSchema);
+		}
+	});
+});
diff --git a/examples/data-objects/inventory-app/tsconfig.json b/examples/data-objects/inventory-app/tsconfig.json
index 2800c2a58044..33be248c15aa 100644
--- a/examples/data-objects/inventory-app/tsconfig.json
+++ b/examples/data-objects/inventory-app/tsconfig.json
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
 		],
 		"exactOptionalPropertyTypes": false,
 	},
-	"include": ["src/**/*"],
+	"include": ["src/**/*", "tests/**/*"],
 }