diff --git a/cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui-core/src/output_store/snapshot.rs b/cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui-core/src/output_store/snapshot.rs
index a408cd082173..5e4371bd299e 100644
--- a/cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui-core/src/output_store/snapshot.rs
+++ b/cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui-core/src/output_store/snapshot.rs
@@ -331,16 +331,9 @@ fn write_pass_at(mux: &Mux, store: &OutputStore, policy: PersistencePolicy, quit
                     Ok(()) => {
                         wrote = true;
                         log.state.lock().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner).store_succeeded();
-                        snapshot_written(
-                            directory,
-                            &log,
-                            tail,
-                            digest,
-                            size,
-                            &generation,
-                            stream_end,
-                            gaps,
-                        );
+                        let written =
+                            Written { digest, size, generation: &generation, stream_end, gaps };
+                        snapshot_written(directory, &log, tail, written);
                     }
                     Err(error) => {
                         report_store_error(&log, "output snapshot", &error);
@@ -532,18 +525,21 @@ enum Capture {
     },
 }
 
-/// The snapshot at `stream_end` is in place: record it, and in snapshot mode
-/// drop the tail it covers (the file, then the unwritten bytes before it).
-fn snapshot_written(
-    directory: &Path,
-    log: &TerminalLog,
-    tail: bool,
+/// A snapshot file just written: what it shows and where in the log's stream it ends.
+struct Written<'a> {
+    /// The screen digest of the capture.
     digest: u64,
     size: (u16, u16),
-    generation: &Arc<str>,
+    generation: &'a Arc<str>,
     stream_end: u64,
+    /// The log's stream-gap count at the capture.
     gaps: u64,
-) {
+}
+
+/// The snapshot at `stream_end` is in place: record it, and in snapshot mode
+/// drop the tail it covers (the file, then the unwritten bytes before it).
+fn snapshot_written(directory: &Path, log: &TerminalLog, tail: bool, written: Written<'_>) {
+    let Written { digest, size, generation, stream_end, gaps } = written;
     let mut state = log.state.lock().unwrap_or_else(PoisonError::into_inner);
     state.snapshot_digest = Some(digest);
     state.snapshot_at = Some(Instant::now());
diff --git a/cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui-core/src/output_store/snapshot_tests.rs b/cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui-core/src/output_store/snapshot_tests.rs
index df7f99c85e15..ef9962c8893b 100644
--- a/cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui-core/src/output_store/snapshot_tests.rs
+++ b/cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui-core/src/output_store/snapshot_tests.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 
 use super::super::{LogState, OutputStore, TerminalLog};
-use super::{Plan, Seen, flush_tail, snapshot_written};
+use super::{Plan, Seen, Written, flush_tail, snapshot_written};
 use crate::resource::TerminalPublicId;
 
 fn directory(name: &str) -> std::path::PathBuf {
@@ -209,7 +209,10 @@ fn a_snapshot_in_full_mode_removes_a_tail_left_from_snapshot_mode() {
     let directory = directory("full-mode");
     let log = log(b"");
     super::super::tail::append(&directory, &log.terminal_id, "g", 0, 0, b"old", false).unwrap();
-    snapshot_written(&directory, &log, false, 9, (80, 24), &Arc::from("g"), 3, 0);
+    let generation: Arc<str> = Arc::from("g");
+    let written =
+        Written { digest: 9, size: (80, 24), generation: &generation, stream_end: 3, gaps: 0 };
+    snapshot_written(&directory, &log, false, written);
     let left = super::super::tail::path(&directory, &log.terminal_id).exists();
     let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&directory);
     assert!(!left, "the tail of snapshot mode outlived a full-mode snapshot");
@@ -382,7 +385,9 @@ fn a_drop_during_a_snapshot_write_still_asks_for_a_snapshot() {
     }
     // The snapshot's capture ended at 6; then a flood crossed the cap.
     store.append(&id, &generation, &vec![b'x'; super::super::TAIL_MAX_UNWRITTEN_BYTES + 1], None);
-    snapshot_written(&directory, &log, true, 9, (80, 24), &generation, 6, 0);
+    let written =
+        Written { digest: 9, size: (80, 24), generation: &generation, stream_end: 6, gaps: 0 };
+    snapshot_written(&directory, &log, true, written);
     let retry = log.state.lock().unwrap().snapshot_retry_in();
     let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&directory);
     assert!(retry.is_some(), "the dropped bytes are in no snapshot, and none is asked for");
@@ -404,7 +409,9 @@ fn a_reconnect_during_a_snapshot_write_still_asks_for_a_snapshot() {
     // The pass captured the old screen at offset 10; the reconnect replaces
     // the terminal before the pass records its snapshot.
     store.stream_gap(&id);
-    snapshot_written(&directory, &log, true, 9, (80, 24), &generation, 10, 0);
+    let written =
+        Written { digest: 9, size: (80, 24), generation: &generation, stream_end: 10, gaps: 0 };
+    snapshot_written(&directory, &log, true, written);
     let retry = log.state.lock().unwrap().snapshot_retry_in();
     let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&directory);
     assert!(retry.is_some(), "the snapshot of the old screen cleared the reconnect's request");