diff --git a/internal/p2p/syncengine/engine.go b/internal/p2p/syncengine/engine.go
index 3a0089fa..5db85dbc 100644
--- a/internal/p2p/syncengine/engine.go
+++ b/internal/p2p/syncengine/engine.go
@@ -2005,7 +2005,15 @@ func (e *Engine) recordMirrorSnapshot(gameID string, game store.Game, peer Peer,
 	if rootsErr != nil {
 		mirrorRoots = nil
 	}
-	if _, err := snapshot.ZipRoots(game.SavePath, mirrorRoots, zipPath); err != nil {
+	var captured []store.CapturedFile
+	if e.Snapshots != nil {
+		// Unchanged files copied from the newest snapshot, not compressed
+		// again: seconds rather than minutes for a large save (reuse.go).
+		_, captured, err = e.Snapshots.ArchiveSaveTo(gameID, game.ActiveBranch, zipPath)
+	} else {
+		_, captured, err = snapshot.ZipRootsCapturing(game.SavePath, mirrorRoots, zipPath)
+	}
+	if err != nil {
 		e.Log("warn", fmt.Sprintf("mirror snapshot zip failed: %v", err))
 		return
 	}
@@ -2014,7 +2022,7 @@ func (e *Engine) recordMirrorSnapshot(gameID string, game store.Game, peer Peer,
 		return
 	}
 
-	_ = e.Store.CreateSnapshot(store.Snapshot{
+	if err := e.Store.CreateSnapshot(store.Snapshot{
 		ID:           remoteSnap.ID,
 		GameID:       gameID,
 		BranchName:   game.ActiveBranch,
@@ -2023,7 +2031,11 @@ func (e *Engine) recordMirrorSnapshot(gameID string, game store.Game, peer Peer,
 		IsSystemAuto: true,
 		ZipPath:      zipPath,
 		SizeBytes:    info.Size(),
-	})
+	}); err == nil {
+		// What it holds, as for any snapshot: without it the next snapshot
+		// here could not reuse this one either.
+		_ = e.Store.RecordSnapshotFiles(remoteSnap.ID, captured)
+	}
 }
 
 // humanBytes formats a byte count as a short human-readable string.
diff --git a/internal/p2p/syncengine/mirror_snapshot_test.go b/internal/p2p/syncengine/mirror_snapshot_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..31a1d2c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/p2p/syncengine/mirror_snapshot_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package syncengine
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// The snapshot recorded under the peer's id after a pull records what it
+// holds, like any snapshot here: the next snapshot reuses it rather than
+// compressing the whole save again.
+func TestSync_TheSnapshotAfterAPullRecordsItsFiles(t *testing.T) {
+	env := setupEngine(t)
+	write(t, env.remoteDir, "save.dat", "remote progress")
+	write(t, env.remoteDir, "profile.dat", "remote profile")
+	env.transport.latestSnap = &SnapshotInfo{ID: "snap_777", Timestamp: "2026-06-01T00:00:00.000Z", Comment: "peer snap"}
+
+	if _, err := env.engine.SyncWithPeer(context.Background(), "game1", env.peer); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if _, err := env.store.GetSnapshot("snap_777"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("mirror snapshot not recorded: %v", err)
+	}
+	files, err := env.store.SnapshotFiles("snap_777")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(files) != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("the snapshot after the pull records %d file(s), want 2: %+v", len(files), files)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/snapshot/reuse.go b/internal/snapshot/reuse.go
index 90da079e..a69202c1 100644
--- a/internal/snapshot/reuse.go
+++ b/internal/snapshot/reuse.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 
 	"github.com/opensave/opensave/internal/delta"
+	"github.com/opensave/opensave/internal/store"
 )
 
 // Snapshots that re-pack only what changed.
@@ -122,3 +123,26 @@ func (r *reuseSource) reusable(filePath, entryName string, info os.FileInfo) (st
 	}
 	return prevHash, true
 }
+
+// ArchiveSaveTo archives a game's save — every location — into zipPath the way
+// a snapshot here is archived: files unchanged since the branch's newest
+// snapshot are copied from it rather than compressed again, and what it holds
+// is returned for recording. For the snapshot recorded under the other
+// device's id after a pull (syncengine recordMirrorSnapshot), which compressed
+// the whole save from scratch: a quarter-million-file save sat at "100%" for
+// minutes after its download had finished.
+func (m *Manager) ArchiveSaveTo(gameID, branch, zipPath string) (skipped []string, captured []store.CapturedFile, err error) {
+	m.inFlight.Add()
+	defer m.inFlight.Done()
+	game, err := m.Store.GetGame(gameID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+	extra, rootsErr := m.Store.GameRootPaths(gameID)
+	if rootsErr != nil {
+		extra = nil
+	}
+	reuse := m.openReuseSource(gameID, branch)
+	defer reuse.Close()
+	return zipRootsCapturing(game.SavePath, extra, zipPath, reuse)
+}
diff --git a/internal/snapshot/reuse_test.go b/internal/snapshot/reuse_test.go
index 104a8efd..1e55145d 100644
--- a/internal/snapshot/reuse_test.go
+++ b/internal/snapshot/reuse_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package snapshot
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -67,3 +68,29 @@ func TestSnapshotReusesUnchangedFiles(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("second snapshot records %d files, want 51", len(files))
 	}
 }
+
+// The archive written for a snapshot recorded after a pull reuses the
+// unchanged files of the branch's newest snapshot too, and says what it holds.
+func TestArchiveSaveToReusesUnchangedFiles(t *testing.T) {
+	env := setup(t)
+	for i := 0; i < 20; i++ {
+		write(t, env.saveDir, fmt.Sprintf("map/chunk_%02d.bin", i), fmt.Sprintf("chunk %d ........................", i))
+	}
+	if _, err := env.mgr.Create("game1", "before the pull", false); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	// What a pull wrote: one chunk changed.
+	write(t, env.saveDir, "map/chunk_05.bin", "from the other device")
+
+	zipPath := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "mirror.zip")
+	skipped, captured, err := env.mgr.ArchiveSaveTo("game1", "main", zipPath)
+	if err != nil || len(skipped) > 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("archive: skipped=%v err=%v", skipped, err)
+	}
+	if got := lastReused.Load(); got != 19 {
+		t.Errorf("copied %d unchanged entries, want 19", got)
+	}
+	if len(captured) != 20 {
+		t.Errorf("recorded %d files, want 20", len(captured))
+	}
+}