diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2ca361e..5d02ae8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ timeseries database. Both client libraries target the schema defined here:
 Neither project should keep its own copy of the DDL. When the schema changes,
 it changes **here**, and both projects re-provision / re-test against it.
 
-Current schema version: **1.2.0** (see [`VERSION`](VERSION); recorded at runtime
+Current schema version: **1.3.0** (see [`VERSION`](VERSION); recorded at runtime
 in the `meta.schema_version` table).
 
 ---
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 26aaba0..f0bb29e 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.2.0
+1.3.0
diff --git a/sql/09_schema_check.sql b/sql/09_schema_check.sql
index 8e6d46f..951d224 100644
--- a/sql/09_schema_check.sql
+++ b/sql/09_schema_check.sql
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 -- ============================================================================
--- Schema self-check: meta.find_schema_problems()
+-- Database self-checks, callable by every client (Python, C++, psql)
 -- ============================================================================
--- Answers one question for every client (Python, C++, psql):
--- is this database complete and as the DDL defines it?
 --
---     SELECT * FROM meta.find_schema_problems();   -- zero rows = usable
+-- meta.find_schema_problems()  -- on connect: is the database complete and as
+--                                 the DDL defines it?   zero rows = usable
+--
+-- meta.find_series_registry_mismatches()  -- occasional consistency check:
+--     do the series schemas and meta.series agree? (defined at the end)
+--
+-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- meta.find_schema_problems()
+-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 --
 -- Returns one row per problem: (object, problem). Read-only.
 --
@@ -268,6 +274,7 @@ BEGIN
         ('meta.drop_all_series', 'fc404a746d91578860bea0d89b166bc7'),
         ('meta.drop_series', '6f2a919de965b87521be68252deee0e2'),
         ('meta.drop_series_if_exists', 'aa1b6ab64d2d3b9ca19ed9033f129524'),
+        ('meta.find_series_registry_mismatches', '6dc9ecd2b7656b91a8b410c78a19fa2b'),
         ('meta.prevent_direct_drop', '1d38cbad0caba72a5104da42e3030929'),
         ('meta.read_series_batch', '93ef12652fd22b14d210971b537de736'),
         ('meta.read_series_batch_cursor', '2ed7d17f545fdfb9d6af577a051699e1'),
@@ -337,3 +344,93 @@ BEGIN
     END IF;
 END;
 $function$;
+
+
+-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- meta.find_series_registry_mismatches()
+-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Occasional consistency check -- NOT run on connect. Compares the series
+-- registry (meta.series) with what actually exists in the REGISTERED series
+-- schemas (meta.series_schemas). User schemas are never examined.
+--
+--     SELECT * FROM meta.find_series_registry_mismatches();  -- zero rows = consistent
+--
+-- One (object, problem) row per finding:
+--   * a table, view, materialized view, foreign table or sequence in a
+--     series schema that is not a registered series (an orphaned series table,
+--     or a user table in the wrong place) -- harmless to the clients;
+--   * a function in a series schema -- harmless;
+--   * a series registered in meta.series whose table does not exist --
+--     every operation on that series fails;
+--   * a series table without a "timestamp timestamp without time zone NOT
+--     NULL" column, or without a BRIN index on it.
+-- Read-only. It reports; deciding what to do with a finding is up to the user.
+
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION meta.find_series_registry_mismatches()
+ RETURNS TABLE(object text, problem text)
+ LANGUAGE plpgsql
+ STABLE
+AS $function$
+BEGIN
+    -- Relations in series schemas that are not registered series -----------
+    RETURN QUERY
+    SELECT n.nspname || '.' || c.relname,
+           CASE c.relkind
+               WHEN 'r' THEN 'table' WHEN 'p' THEN 'table' WHEN 'v' THEN 'view'
+               WHEN 'm' THEN 'materialized view' WHEN 'f' THEN 'foreign table'
+               ELSE 'sequence' END
+           || ' in a series schema but not registered in meta.series'
+    FROM pg_class c
+    JOIN pg_namespace n ON n.oid = c.relnamespace
+    JOIN meta.series_schemas r ON r.name = n.nspname
+    WHERE c.relkind IN ('r', 'p', 'v', 'm', 'f', 'S')
+      AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM meta.series m
+                      WHERE m.db_schema = n.nspname AND m.table_name = c.relname)
+    ORDER BY 1;
+
+    RETURN QUERY
+    SELECT n.nspname || '.' || p.proname, 'function in a series schema'
+    FROM pg_proc p
+    JOIN pg_namespace n ON n.oid = p.pronamespace
+    JOIN meta.series_schemas r ON r.name = n.nspname
+    ORDER BY 1;
+
+    -- Registered series whose table is missing ------------------------------
+    RETURN QUERY
+    SELECT m.db_schema || '.' || m.table_name,
+           'registered in meta.series but the table does not exist'
+    FROM meta.series m
+    WHERE to_regclass(format('%I.%I', m.db_schema, m.table_name)) IS NULL
+    ORDER BY 1;
+
+    -- Series tables without a proper timestamp column or its BRIN index -----
+    RETURN QUERY
+    SELECT m.db_schema || '.' || m.table_name,
+           CASE WHEN a.attname IS NULL THEN 'no "timestamp" column'
+                ELSE '"timestamp" is ' || format_type(a.atttypid, a.atttypmod)
+                     || CASE WHEN a.attnotnull THEN ' NOT NULL' ELSE '' END
+                     || ', expected timestamp without time zone NOT NULL' END
+    FROM meta.series m
+    CROSS JOIN LATERAL (SELECT to_regclass(format('%I.%I', m.db_schema, m.table_name)) AS rel) t
+    LEFT JOIN pg_attribute a ON a.attrelid = t.rel AND a.attname = 'timestamp'
+                            AND a.attnum > 0 AND NOT a.attisdropped
+    WHERE t.rel IS NOT NULL
+      AND (a.attname IS NULL
+           OR format_type(a.atttypid, a.atttypmod) <> 'timestamp without time zone'
+           OR NOT a.attnotnull)
+    ORDER BY 1;
+
+    RETURN QUERY
+    SELECT m.db_schema || '.' || m.table_name, 'no BRIN index on "timestamp"'
+    FROM meta.series m
+    CROSS JOIN LATERAL (SELECT to_regclass(format('%I.%I', m.db_schema, m.table_name)) AS rel) t
+    JOIN pg_attribute a ON a.attrelid = t.rel AND a.attname = 'timestamp'
+                       AND a.attnum > 0 AND NOT a.attisdropped
+    WHERE NOT EXISTS (
+        SELECT 1 FROM pg_index i
+        JOIN pg_class ic ON ic.oid = i.indexrelid
+        JOIN pg_am am ON am.oid = ic.relam
+        WHERE i.indrelid = t.rel AND am.amname = 'brin' AND i.indkey[0] = a.attnum)
+    ORDER BY 1;
+END;
+$function$;
diff --git a/sql/10_schema_version.sql b/sql/10_schema_version.sql
index c6cd3b4..7fee6e6 100644
--- a/sql/10_schema_version.sql
+++ b/sql/10_schema_version.sql
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 -- they were built for (Python: DB_SCHEMA_VERSION in tsapi_pgdb/_version.py).
 
 INSERT INTO meta.schema_version (version, description)
-VALUES ('1.2.0', 'meta.series_schemas registry; lower-case table name check');
+VALUES ('1.3.0', 'meta.find_series_registry_mismatches()');