diff --git a/examples/simple_sensor/SensorMesh.cpp b/examples/simple_sensor/SensorMesh.cpp
index 1ef554e44..fdafb27cd 100644
--- a/examples/simple_sensor/SensorMesh.cpp
+++ b/examples/simple_sensor/SensorMesh.cpp
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static File openAppend(FILESYSTEM* _fs, const char* fname) {
 
 /* --------------------- Cayenne LPP helpers ----------------------------*/
 
-static float findTelemValue(const uint8_t* buf, uint8_t size, uint8_t channel, uint8_t type, float def_value) {
+static const uint8_t* findTelemData(const uint8_t* buf, uint8_t size, uint8_t channel, uint8_t type) {
   uint8_t i = 0;
 
   while (i + 2 < size) {
@@ -119,11 +119,17 @@ static float findTelemValue(const uint8_t* buf, uint8_t size, uint8_t channel, u
     if (sz > size - i) break;
 
     if (ch == channel && t == type) {
-      return LPPData::getFloat(&buf[i], sz, LPPData::getMultiplier(t), LPPData::isSigned(t));
+      return &buf[i];
     }
     i += sz;  // skip
   }
-  return def_value;   // not found
+  return nullptr;   // not found
+}
+
+static float findTelemValue(const uint8_t* buf, uint8_t size, uint8_t channel, uint8_t type, float def_value) {
+  const uint8_t* data = findTelemData(buf, size, channel, type);
+  return data ? LPPData::getFloat(data, LPPData::getDataSize(type),
+      LPPData::getMultiplier(type), LPPData::isSigned(type)) : def_value;
 }
 
 /* ------------------ end Cayenne LPP helpers ----------------------*/
@@ -166,9 +172,11 @@ void SensorMesh::snapshotTelemetry(ClientInfo* c) {
 
     c->extra.sensor.prev_telem[i] = ch;
     c->extra.sensor.prev_telem[i + 1] = t;
-    float v = findTelemValue(buf, size, ch, t, 0.0f);
-    LPPData::putFloat(&c->extra.sensor.prev_telem[i + 2], v, sz,
-                      LPPData::getMultiplier(t), LPPData::isSigned(t));
+    // Retain exactly what was delivered; a float round trip can lose one LSB
+    // and repeatedly report the same unchanged reading as a new delta.
+    const uint8_t* value = findTelemData(buf, size, ch, t);
+    if (value) memcpy(&c->extra.sensor.prev_telem[i + 2], value, sz);
+    else memset(&c->extra.sensor.prev_telem[i + 2], 0, sz);
     i += 2 + sz;
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/fixtures/sensor_subscriptions/test_sensor_subscriptions.cpp b/test/fixtures/sensor_subscriptions/test_sensor_subscriptions.cpp
index 50f1a9109..ff4c54764 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/sensor_subscriptions/test_sensor_subscriptions.cpp
+++ b/test/fixtures/sensor_subscriptions/test_sensor_subscriptions.cpp
@@ -247,6 +247,82 @@ static void tracker_mode_checks() {
     assert(target.allocations == 2 && target.queued == 1);
   }
 }
+static void snapshot_checks() {
+  for (uint8_t stored_path : {0, 0xFF}) {
+    for (unsigned refusal = 0; refusal < 3; ++refusal) {
+      SensorMesh target;
+      target.acl.clients.resize(1);
+      ClientInfo& client = target.acl.clients[0];
+      client.out_path_len = stored_path;
+      assert(subscribe(target, client, LPP_VOLTAGE, 2) == 12);
+      target.telemetry.bytes = {1, LPP_VOLTAGE, 1, 164}; // Delivered 4.20 V.
+      target.refuse_allocation = refusal == 1;
+      target.refuse_queue = refusal == 2;
+      target.pushSubscriptions();
+      if (refusal) {
+        assert(!target.queued && client.extra.sensor.prev_telem[2] == 0);
+        assert(client.extra.sensor.prev_telem[3] == 0 && target.telemHasChanged(&client));
+        target.refuse_allocation = target.refuse_queue = false;
+        target.pushSubscriptions();
+      }
+      assert(!memcmp(client.extra.sensor.prev_telem, target.telemetry.bytes.data(), 4)
+          && "snapshot must preserve the delivered LPP bytes");
+      assert(target.queued == 1 && !target.telemHasChanged(&client));
+      for (unsigned repeat = 0; repeat < 10; ++repeat) target.pushSubscriptions();
+      assert(target.queued == 1 && !target.telemHasChanged(&client));
+    }
+  }
+  uint32_t samples = 0;
+  for (unsigned type = 0; type < 256; ++type) {
+    if (!LPPData::isScalarType(type)) continue;
+    SensorMesh target;
+    ClientInfo client;
+    const uint8_t size = LPPData::getDataSize(type);
+    assert(subscribe(target, client, type, size) == 12);
+    // Exhaust every one-/two-byte encoding, including signed/scaled data.
+    // Four-byte samples straddle float's exact-integer range and sign limits.
+    const std::vector<uint32_t> wide = {0, 1, 0xffff, 0x10000, 0xffffff,
+        0x1000000, 0x1000001, 0x7fffffff, 0x80000000, 0xfffffffe, 0xffffffff};
+    const uint32_t count = size < 4 ? uint32_t(1) << (8 * size) : wide.size();
+    target.telemetry.bytes.resize(2 + size);
+    target.telemetry.bytes[0] = 1;
+    target.telemetry.bytes[1] = type;
+    for (uint32_t index = 0; index < count; ++index) {
+      uint32_t raw = size < 4 ? index : wide[index];
+      for (unsigned byte = size; byte > 0; --byte) {
+        target.telemetry.bytes[1 + byte] = uint8_t(raw);
+        raw >>= 8;
+      }
+      memset(client.extra.sensor.prev_telem, 0xa5, sizeof(client.extra.sensor.prev_telem));
+      target.snapshotTelemetry(&client);
+      assert(!memcmp(client.extra.sensor.prev_telem, target.telemetry.bytes.data(), 2 + size)
+          && "snapshot must preserve the delivered LPP bytes");
+      assert(!target.telemHasChanged(&client));
+      ++samples;
+    }
+  }
+  SensorMesh target;
+  ClientInfo client;
+  assert(subscribe(target, client, LPP_VOLTAGE, 2) == 12);
+  target.telemetry.bytes = {2, LPP_RELATIVE_HUMIDITY, 127, 1, LPP_VOLTAGE, 1, 164,
+                           1, LPP_VOLTAGE, 1, 194};
+  target.snapshotTelemetry(&client);
+  assert(client.extra.sensor.prev_telem[2] == 1 && client.extra.sensor.prev_telem[3] == 164);
+  assert(findTelemValue(target.telemetry.getBuffer(), target.telemetry.getSize(),
+      1, LPP_VOLTAGE, -99) == LPPData::getFloat(target.telemetry.getBuffer() + 5, 2, 100, true));
+  // Missing/truncated records keep the existing zero baseline and lookup default.
+  const auto original = target.telemetry.bytes;
+  for (unsigned length = 0; length <= 6; ++length) {
+    target.telemetry.bytes.assign(original.begin(), original.begin() + length);
+    memset(client.extra.sensor.prev_telem, 0xa5, sizeof(client.extra.sensor.prev_telem));
+    target.snapshotTelemetry(&client);
+    assert(client.extra.sensor.prev_telem[0] == 1 && client.extra.sensor.prev_telem[1] == LPP_VOLTAGE);
+    assert(client.extra.sensor.prev_telem[2] == 0 && client.extra.sensor.prev_telem[3] == 0);
+    assert(findTelemValue(target.telemetry.getBuffer(), target.telemetry.getSize(),
+        1, LPP_VOLTAGE, -99) == -99);
+  }
+  std::cout << "Raw LPP snapshot samples checked: " << samples << '\n';
+}
 static void writer_checks() {
   uint8_t buffer[16];
   memset(buffer, 0xAA, sizeof(buffer));
@@ -355,6 +431,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "capacity")) capacity_checks();
   else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "writer")) writer_checks();
   else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "tracker")) tracker_mode_checks();
+  else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "snapshot")) snapshot_checks();
   else assert(false);
   std::cout << "Sensor subscription checks passed\n";
 }
diff --git a/test/test_sensor_subscriptions.py b/test/test_sensor_subscriptions.py
index 787c813a6..317703600 100644
--- a/test/test_sensor_subscriptions.py
+++ b/test/test_sensor_subscriptions.py
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ FIXTURE = ROOT / 'test/fixtures/sensor_subscriptions/test_sensor_subscriptions.c
 
 
 def production_methods(source):
-    methods = extract_braced(source, 'static float findTelemValue(') + '\n'
+    methods = extract_braced(source, 'static const uint8_t* findTelemData(') + '\n'
+    methods += extract_braced(source, 'static float findTelemValue(') + '\n'
     methods += extract_braced(source, 'bool SensorMesh::telemHasChanged(') + '\n'
     if 'void SensorMesh::snapshotTelemetry(' in source:
         methods += extract_braced(source, 'void SensorMesh::snapshotTelemetry(') + '\n'
@@ -74,6 +75,22 @@ class SensorSubscriptionTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_allocation_and_queue_failures_keep_delta_available_for_retry(self):
         self.passed('admission')
 
+    def test_raw_snapshots_preserve_scalars_and_unchanged_pushes_stop(self):
+        self.passed('snapshot')
+
+    def test_lossy_float_snapshot_negative_control(self):
+        def old(source):
+            current = '''    const uint8_t* value = findTelemData(buf, size, ch, t);
+    if (value) memcpy(&c->extra.sensor.prev_telem[i + 2], value, sz);
+    else memset(&c->extra.sensor.prev_telem[i + 2], 0, sz);'''
+            self.assertEqual(source.count(current), 1)
+            return source.replace(current, '''    float v = findTelemValue(buf, size, ch, t, 0.0f);
+    LPPData::putFloat(&c->extra.sensor.prev_telem[i + 2], v, sz,
+                      LPPData::getMultiplier(t), LPPData::isSigned(t));''', 1)
+        result = self.execute('snapshot', old)
+        self.assertNotEqual(result.returncode, 0, 'lossy snapshot escaped regression')
+        self.assertIn('snapshot must preserve the delivered LPP bytes', result.stderr)
+
     def test_subscription_collection_and_push_fit_host_packet_budget(self):
         self.passed('capacity')