diff --git a/packages/cli/src/checks/roles.ts b/packages/cli/src/checks/roles.ts
index 36148a4..f511377 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/checks/roles.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/checks/roles.ts
@@ -368,7 +368,13 @@ function extraGrantSeverity(grantee: string): 'critical' | 'warning' {
 export class RolesCheck extends Check {
   readonly name = 'roles' as const
 
-  constructor(private queryFn: QueryFn = pgQuery) {
+  /**
+   * `explicit`: report a grant the source has even where the target's
+   * default privileges would make it. A migration file is replayed on
+   * databases whose defaults differ — Supabase stopped granting the Data API
+   * roles on new tables in `public` — so it must say every grant itself.
+   */
+  constructor(private queryFn: QueryFn = pgQuery, private options: { explicit?: boolean } = {}) {
     super()
   }
 
@@ -412,7 +418,7 @@ export class RolesCheck extends Check {
     const targetAll = [...(targetGrants ?? []), ...(targetRoutineGrants ?? []), ...(targetSchemaGrants ?? [])]
       .filter(g => !g.object_kind || g.object_kind === 'table' || inSource.has(objectKey(g)))
     const comparable = comparablePrivileges(sourceVersion, targetVersion)
-    const byDefault = grantedByDefault(targetObjects, targetDefaults ?? [])
+    const byDefault = this.options.explicit ? () => false : grantedByDefault(targetObjects, targetDefaults ?? [])
 
     return [
       ...diffRoles(sourceRoles, targetRoles),
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/migrate/create.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/migrate/create.ts
index 1e85d60..6732d1c 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/migrate/create.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/migrate/create.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ import { join } from 'node:path'
 import { Flags } from '@oclif/core'
 import { BaseCommand } from '../../base-command.js'
 import { runDbDiff, isDestructiveSql } from '../../dbdiff.js'
+import { RolesCheck } from '../../checks/roles.js'
+import type { CheckContext } from '../../checks/base.js'
+import { pgQuery } from '../../db.js'
 import { DEFAULT_IGNORE_SCHEMAS } from '../../defaults.js'
 import { ok, warn, dim, bold, cmd } from '../../ui.js'
 import { splitSqlStatements } from '../../utils/sql-split.js'
@@ -63,7 +66,14 @@ export default class MigrateCreate extends BaseCommand {
       ignoreSchemas,
     })
 
-    if (!result.up.trim()) {
+    // The grants on what it makes, written out: the file is replayed where
+    // default privileges differ — a new project, a preview branch, a local
+    // reset — and Supabase no longer grants the Data API roles on new tables.
+    const grants = (await new RolesCheck(pgQuery, { explicit: true }).scan({
+      source: sourceEnv, target: targetEnv, config,
+    } as CheckContext)).filter(i => i.id.startsWith('roles-grant-') && i.sql?.up)
+
+    if (!result.up.trim() && grants.length === 0) {
       this.log(`${ok('No schema drift detected.')} Nothing to write. ✓`)
       return
     }
@@ -91,15 +101,16 @@ export default class MigrateCreate extends BaseCommand {
         : []),
       '',
       result.up,
+      ...(grants.length > 0 ? ['', '-- Grants', ...grants.map(i => i.sql!.up)] : []),
     ]
 
-    if (result.down.trim()) {
+    if (result.down.trim() || grants.length > 0) {
       lines.push(
         '',
         '-- ==================== DOWN ====================',
         '-- To revert this migration, run the SQL below manually:',
         '--',
-        ...result.down.split('\n').map(l => `-- ${l}`),
+        ...[...grants.map(i => i.sql?.down ?? '').filter(Boolean).reverse(), result.down].join('\n').split('\n').map(l => `-- ${l}`),
       )
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/checks/roles.test.ts b/packages/cli/test/checks/roles.test.ts
index de95c3f..49409b6 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/checks/roles.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/test/checks/roles.test.ts
@@ -444,6 +444,17 @@ describe('a new table keeps the source\'s grants, not the target\'s defaults', (
   it('says nothing about a table the target already has', async () => {
     expect((await issues()).some(i => i.id.endsWith('public.shared'))).toBe(false)
   })
+
+  // A migration file is replayed where defaults differ — Supabase no longer
+  // grants the Data API roles on new tables — so it writes every grant.
+  it('writes out what the defaults would grant, when asked to be explicit', async () => {
+    const scan = async (explicit: boolean) => (await new RolesCheck(
+      (async (dbUrl: string, sql: string) => target(sql, dbUrl)) as unknown as QueryFn, { explicit },
+    ).scan(mockContext())).filter(i => i.id.startsWith('roles-grant-missing') && i.id.includes('ro_items'))
+    expect(await scan(false)).toEqual([])
+    const explicit = await scan(true)
+    expect(explicit.map(i => i.sql?.up).join('\n')).toMatch(/GRANT .*SELECT.* ON "public"\."ro_items" TO "anon";/)
+  })
 })
 
 describe('an extra grant to a Data API role is not a footnote', () => {
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/e2e/lifecycle.test.ts b/packages/cli/test/e2e/lifecycle.test.ts
index 69ab21a..3e0f2e1 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/e2e/lifecycle.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/test/e2e/lifecycle.test.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * containers and workspaces up for inspection after a failure.
  */
 import { describe, it, expect, beforeAll, afterAll } from 'vitest'
-import { readdir, mkdtemp, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises'
+import { readdir, mkdtemp, readFile, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises'
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
 import { join } from 'node:path'
 import { PgHarness } from '../harness/PgHarness.js'
@@ -166,6 +166,29 @@ describeE2E('e2e: real-database lifecycle', () => {
       expect(r.stdout + r.stderr).toMatch(/referral|migration/i)
     }, 300_000)
 
+    // A migration is replayed where default privileges differ — Supabase no
+    // longer grants the Data API roles on new tables — so a table it makes
+    // carries its grants in the file, even where the target's defaults would
+    // have given them.
+    it('writes the grants on a new table into the file', async () => {
+      const role = "DO $$ BEGIN CREATE ROLE sf_api_reader NOLOGIN; EXCEPTION WHEN duplicate_object THEN NULL; END $$;"
+      await h.applySql('source', role + ' CREATE TABLE public.sf_granted (id int PRIMARY KEY); GRANT SELECT ON public.sf_granted TO sf_api_reader;')
+      await h.applySql('target', role + ' ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES IN SCHEMA public GRANT SELECT ON TABLES TO sf_api_reader;')
+      const dir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'sf-migrations-'))
+      const mws = await h.workspace({ checks: { migrations: { dir } } })
+      try {
+        const r = await h.cli(['migrate', 'create', '-n', 'granted_table'], { cwd: mws })
+        expect(r.code, r.stdout + r.stderr).toBe(0)
+        const [file] = await readdir(dir)
+        const sql = await readFile(join(dir, file), 'utf8')
+        expect(sql).toContain('CREATE TABLE public.sf_granted')
+        expect(sql).toMatch(/GRANT SELECT ON "public"\."sf_granted" TO "sf_api_reader";/)
+      } finally {
+        await h.applySql('source', 'DROP TABLE IF EXISTS public.sf_granted;')
+        await h.applySql('target', 'ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES IN SCHEMA public REVOKE SELECT ON TABLES FROM sf_api_reader;')
+      }
+    }, 300_000)
+
     // `migrate run` was the one writing command that executed when run bare;
     // every other previews until given --apply.
     it('previews pending migrations unless given --apply', async () => {