diff --git a/app/main.ts b/app/main.ts
index c2c7aa75c..adc56736f 100644
--- a/app/main.ts
+++ b/app/main.ts
@@ -1005,9 +1005,7 @@ async function createWindow() {
     mainWindow.webContents.send('ci:event', 'db-initialized', {});
 
     const shouldShowWindow =
-      !app.getLoginItemSettings().wasOpenedAsHidden &&
-      !startInTray &&
-      !config.get<boolean>('ciIsBackupIntegration');
+      !app.getLoginItemSettings().wasOpenedAsHidden && !startInTray;
 
     if (shouldShowWindow) {
       getLogger().info('showing main window');
@@ -2748,12 +2746,11 @@ ipc.on('get-config', async event => {
         : getEnvironment(),
     isMockTestEnvironment: Boolean(process.env.MOCK_TEST),
     ciMode,
+    ciForceUnprocessed: config.get<boolean>('ciForceUnprocessed'),
     devTools: defaultWebPrefs.devTools,
     // Should be already computed and cached at this point
     dnsFallback: await getDNSFallback(),
     disableIPv6: DISABLE_IPV6,
-    ciBackupPath: config.get<string | null>('ciBackupPath') || undefined,
-    ciIsBackupIntegration: config.get<boolean>('ciIsBackupIntegration'),
     nodeVersion: process.versions.node,
     hostname: os.hostname(),
     osRelease: os.release(),
diff --git a/config/default.json b/config/default.json
index d0061ab74..f16acde42 100644
--- a/config/default.json
+++ b/config/default.json
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
   "registrationChallengeUrl": "https://signalcaptchas.org/staging/registration/generate.html",
   "updatesEnabled": false,
   "ciMode": false,
-  "ciBackupPath": null,
-  "ciIsBackupIntegration": false,
+  "ciForceUnprocessed": false,
   "forcePreloadBundle": false,
   "openDevTools": false,
   "buildCreation": 0,
diff --git a/ts/CI.ts b/ts/CI.ts
index 647415b32..411bb8b8a 100644
--- a/ts/CI.ts
+++ b/ts/CI.ts
@@ -42,13 +42,18 @@ export type CIType = {
   unlink: () => void;
   print: (...args: ReadonlyArray<unknown>) => void;
   resetReleaseNotesFetcher(): void;
+  forceUnprocessed: boolean;
 };
 
 export type GetCIOptionsType = Readonly<{
   deviceName: string;
+  forceUnprocessed: boolean;
 }>;
 
-export function getCI({ deviceName }: GetCIOptionsType): CIType {
+export function getCI({
+  deviceName,
+  forceUnprocessed,
+}: GetCIOptionsType): CIType {
   const eventListeners = new Map<string, Array<ResolveType>>();
   const completedEvents = new Map<string, Array<unknown>>();
 
@@ -208,5 +213,6 @@ export function getCI({ deviceName }: GetCIOptionsType): CIType {
     getPendingEventCount,
     print,
     resetReleaseNotesFetcher,
+    forceUnprocessed,
   };
 }
diff --git a/ts/test-mock/messaging/unprocessed_test.ts b/ts/test-mock/messaging/unprocessed_test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0176af7ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ts/test-mock/messaging/unprocessed_test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+// Copyright 2025 Signal Messenger, LLC
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+
+import createDebug from 'debug';
+import { StorageState } from '@signalapp/mock-server';
+
+import * as durations from '../../util/durations';
+import type { App } from '../playwright';
+import { Bootstrap } from '../bootstrap';
+
+export const debug = createDebug('mock:test:unprocessed');
+
+describe('unprocessed', function (this: Mocha.Suite) {
+  this.timeout(durations.MINUTE);
+
+  let bootstrap: Bootstrap;
+  let app: App;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    bootstrap = new Bootstrap({ contactCount: 1 });
+
+    await bootstrap.init();
+
+    let state = StorageState.getEmpty();
+
+    const {
+      phone,
+      contacts: [alice],
+    } = bootstrap;
+
+    state = state.addContact(alice, {
+      identityKey: alice.publicKey.serialize(),
+      profileKey: alice.profileKey.serialize(),
+      whitelisted: true,
+    });
+
+    state = state.pin(alice);
+    await phone.setStorageState(state);
+
+    app = await bootstrap.link();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(async function (this: Mocha.Context) {
+    if (!bootstrap) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    await bootstrap.maybeSaveLogs(this.currentTest, app);
+    await app.close();
+    await bootstrap.teardown();
+  });
+
+  it('generates and loads unprocessed envelopes', async () => {
+    const {
+      desktop,
+      contacts: [alice],
+    } = bootstrap;
+
+    debug('closing');
+    await app.close();
+
+    debug('queueing messages');
+    const sends = new Array<Promise<void>>();
+    for (let i = 0; i < 100; i += 1) {
+      sends.push(
+        alice.sendText(desktop, `hello: ${i}`, {
+          timestamp: bootstrap.getTimestamp(),
+        })
+      );
+    }
+
+    debug('starting app with unprocessed forced');
+    [app] = await Promise.all([
+      bootstrap.startApp({
+        ciForceUnprocessed: true,
+      }),
+      ...sends,
+    ]);
+
+    debug('waiting for the window');
+    await app.getWindow();
+
+    debug('restarting normally');
+    await app.close();
+    app = await bootstrap.startApp();
+
+    const page = await app.getWindow();
+
+    debug('opening conversation');
+    await page
+      .locator(`[data-testid="${alice.device.aci}"] >> "${alice.profileName}"`)
+      .click();
+
+    await page.locator('.module-message__text >> "hello: 5"').waitFor();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/ts/textsecure/MessageReceiver.ts b/ts/textsecure/MessageReceiver.ts
index 2cadffb0b..f8837deb0 100644
--- a/ts/textsecure/MessageReceiver.ts
+++ b/ts/textsecure/MessageReceiver.ts
@@ -1144,6 +1144,11 @@ export default class MessageReceiver
       return;
     }
 
+    // Force save of unprocessed envelopes for testing
+    if (window.SignalCI?.forceUnprocessed) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     // Now, queue and process decrypted envelopes. We drop the promise so that the next
     // decryptAndCacheBatch batch does not have to wait for the decrypted envelopes to be
     // processed, which can be an asynchronous blocking operation
diff --git a/ts/types/RendererConfig.ts b/ts/types/RendererConfig.ts
index 3fad2c0a8..d15cf1877 100644
--- a/ts/types/RendererConfig.ts
+++ b/ts/types/RendererConfig.ts
@@ -40,11 +40,10 @@ export const rendererConfigSchema = z.object({
   contentProxyUrl: configRequiredStringSchema,
   crashDumpsPath: configRequiredStringSchema,
   ciMode: z.enum(['full', 'benchmark']).or(z.literal(false)),
+  ciForceUnprocessed: z.boolean(),
   devTools: z.boolean(),
   disableIPv6: z.boolean(),
   dnsFallback: DNSFallbackSchema,
-  ciBackupPath: configOptionalStringSchema,
-  ciIsBackupIntegration: z.boolean(),
   environment: environmentSchema,
   isMockTestEnvironment: z.boolean(),
   homePath: configRequiredStringSchema,
diff --git a/ts/windows/main/phase4-test.ts b/ts/windows/main/phase4-test.ts
index cf38eea7b..2cda6457b 100644
--- a/ts/windows/main/phase4-test.ts
+++ b/ts/windows/main/phase4-test.ts
@@ -19,5 +19,6 @@ if (config.ciMode) {
   const { getCI } = require('../../CI');
   window.SignalCI = getCI({
     deviceName: window.getTitle(),
+    forceUnprocessed: config.ciForceUnprocessed,
   });
 }