diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a216970..44d9a35 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -63,19 +63,24 @@ jobs:
 
   integration-user:
     # Per-user backup/restore via user_migration (occ backup:backup:user / backup:restore:user),
-    # an optional dependency installed from the app store. Does not depend on the Nextcloud
-    # version or database beyond what the main integration job already covers, so this runs once.
+    # an optional dependency installed from the app store. It calls user_migration's internal
+    # UserMigrationService, whose API can change between Nextcloud versions, so this runs on every
+    # supported version (not the database, which the main integration job already covers).
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        nextcloud: ['32', '33', '34', '35']
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up a fresh Nextcloud instance
         run: |
           docker run -d --name ngbu -e SQLITE_DATABASE=nextcloud -e NEXTCLOUD_ADMIN_USER=admin \
             -e NEXTCLOUD_ADMIN_PASSWORD=admin-user-roundtrip -e NEXTCLOUD_TRUSTED_DOMAINS=localhost \
-            -v "$PWD:/var/www/html/custom_apps/ng_backup:ro" nextcloud:35-apache
+            -v "$PWD:/var/www/html/custom_apps/ng_backup:ro" nextcloud:${{ matrix.nextcloud }}-apache
           for i in $(seq 1 90); do docker exec -u www-data ngbu php occ status 2>/dev/null | grep -q "installed: true" && break; sleep 4; done
           docker exec ngbu chown www-data:www-data /var/www/html/custom_apps
-      - name: Per-user backup/restore round trip
+      - name: Per-user backup/restore round trip on Nextcloud ${{ matrix.nextcloud }}
         run: tests/integration/user-roundtrip.sh "docker exec -u www-data ngbu" /var/www/html/data
 
   integration-full-restore:
diff --git a/lib/Command/Verify.php b/lib/Command/Verify.php
index bae03fb..a9d1a7c 100644
--- a/lib/Command/Verify.php
+++ b/lib/Command/Verify.php
@@ -49,13 +49,17 @@ HELP);
 	protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int {
 		try {
 			$target = $this->targets->get($input->getArgument('target'));
-			$result = $this->verify->verify($target, (string)$input->getArgument('snapshot'), (bool)$input->getOption('deep'));
+			$ref = (string)$input->getArgument('snapshot');
+			$deep = (bool)$input->getOption('deep');
+			$result = str_starts_with($ref, 'users/')
+				? $this->verify->verifyUserExport($target, $ref, $deep)
+				: $this->verify->verify($target, $ref, $deep);
 		} catch (\Throwable $e) {
 			$output->writeln('<error>' . $e->getMessage() . '</error>');
 			return 1;
 		}
 		$output->writeln(sprintf('%d files, %d blobs checked%s.', $result['filesChecked'], $result['blobsChecked'],
-			$input->getOption('deep') ? sprintf(' (%.1f MiB decrypted)', $result['bytesChecked'] / 1048576) : ''));
+			$deep ? sprintf(' (%.1f MiB decrypted)', $result['bytesChecked'] / 1048576) : ''));
 		if ($result['missing'] !== []) {
 			$output->writeln('<error>' . count($result['missing']) . ' blob(s) missing from the index:</error> ' . implode(', ', $result['missing']));
 		}
diff --git a/lib/Repository/Repository.php b/lib/Repository/Repository.php
index 2d83758..1721308 100644
--- a/lib/Repository/Repository.php
+++ b/lib/Repository/Repository.php
@@ -716,6 +716,40 @@ final class Repository {
 		return $stats;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Same checks as verify(), for a user export: every blob its manifest references must be in
+	 * the freshly re-authenticated index with its pack present; $deep also decrypts each.
+	 *
+	 * @return array{filesChecked:int, blobsChecked:int, bytesChecked:int, missing:list<string>, failed:list<string>}
+	 */
+	public function verifyUserExport(string $manifestPath, bool $deep = false, ?callable $heartbeat = null): array {
+		if (!$this->isRecordedUserExport($manifestPath)) {
+			throw new RepositoryException("$manifestPath is not a recorded user export for this location");
+		}
+		$heartbeat ??= static function (): void {
+		};
+		$this->index->load(true);
+		$stats = ['filesChecked' => 0, 'blobsChecked' => 0, 'bytesChecked' => 0, 'missing' => [], 'failed' => []];
+		$seen = [];
+		$packSeen = [];
+		$manifest = json_decode($this->getObject($manifestPath), true, 512, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR);
+		foreach ($manifest['entries'] as $entry) {
+			if (($entry['t'] ?? '') !== 'f') {
+				continue;
+			}
+			$stats['filesChecked']++;
+			foreach ($entry['b'] ?? [] as $id) {
+				if (isset($seen[$id])) {
+					continue;
+				}
+				$seen[$id] = true;
+				$this->verifyBlob($id, $deep, $stats, $packSeen);
+				$heartbeat();
+			}
+		}
+		return $stats;
+	}
+
 	/** @param array<string, bool> $packSeen */
 	private function verifyBlob(string $id, bool $deep, array &$stats, array &$packSeen): void {
 		if (!$this->index->has($id)) {
diff --git a/lib/Service/TargetService.php b/lib/Service/TargetService.php
index 3878feb..dfa8735 100644
--- a/lib/Service/TargetService.php
+++ b/lib/Service/TargetService.php
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ final class TargetService {
 		if (!preg_match('/^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9 _.-]{0,63}$/', $name)) {
 			throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Name: letters, digits, space, _ . - (max 64)');
 		}
+		// Without the native extension files_external falls back to the smbclient binary, which
+		// registers fine but cannot seek: the first backup then fails with "Seek failed". Refuse
+		// up front instead of letting the admin find out from a failed run.
+		if ($backend === 'smb' && !extension_loaded('smbclient')) {
+			throw new \InvalidArgumentException('The SMB backend needs the PHP smbclient extension (pecl install smbclient); the smbclient binary alone cannot seek and every backup would fail');
+		}
 		try {
 			$this->mapper->findByName($name);
 			throw new \InvalidArgumentException("A target named '$name' already exists");
diff --git a/lib/Service/VerifyService.php b/lib/Service/VerifyService.php
index ef3d893..bef188e 100644
--- a/lib/Service/VerifyService.php
+++ b/lib/Service/VerifyService.php
@@ -20,9 +20,18 @@ final class VerifyService {
 
 	/** @return array{filesChecked:int, blobsChecked:int, bytesChecked:int, missing:list<string>, failed:list<string>} */
 	public function verify(Target $target, string $snapshotId, bool $deep = false): array {
+		return $this->run($target, $deep, fn (\OCA\NgBackup\Repository\Repository $repo, callable $heartbeat): array => $repo->verify($snapshotId, $deep, $heartbeat));
+	}
+
+	/** @return array{filesChecked:int, blobsChecked:int, bytesChecked:int, missing:list<string>, failed:list<string>} */
+	public function verifyUserExport(Target $target, string $manifestPath, bool $deep = false): array {
+		return $this->run($target, $deep, fn (\OCA\NgBackup\Repository\Repository $repo, callable $heartbeat): array => $repo->verifyUserExport($manifestPath, $deep, $heartbeat));
+	}
+
+	private function run(Target $target, bool $deep, callable $fn): array {
 		$ttl = $deep ? 600 : 300;
 		try {
-			return $this->leases->with(PruneService::lockKey($target), LeaseService::SHARED, $ttl, function (callable $refresh) use ($target, $snapshotId, $deep, $ttl) {
+			return $this->leases->with(PruneService::lockKey($target), LeaseService::SHARED, $ttl, function (callable $refresh) use ($target, $deep, $ttl, $fn): array {
 				$last = time();
 				$heartbeat = function () use ($refresh, $ttl, &$last): void {
 					if (time() - $last >= intdiv($ttl, 2)) {
@@ -30,7 +39,7 @@ final class VerifyService {
 						$last = time();
 					}
 				};
-				return $this->targets->repository($target)->verify($snapshotId, $deep, $heartbeat);
+				return $fn($this->targets->repository($target), $heartbeat);
 			});
 		} catch (LockedException) {
 			throw new \RuntimeException('A cleanup of ' . $target->getName() . ' is in progress; try again later');