diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d533fa40..00334955 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ macro(libmdbx_setup_libs TARGET MODE)
     target_link_libraries(${TARGET} ${MODE} Threads::Threads)
   endif()
   if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Windows")
-    target_link_libraries(${TARGET} ${MODE} ntdll user32 kernel32 advapi32)
+    target_link_libraries(${TARGET} ${MODE} ntdll user32 kernel32 advapi32 ole32)
     if(MDBX_NTDLL_EXTRA_IMPLIB AND MDBX_WITHOUT_MSVC_CRT)
       target_link_libraries(${TARGET} ${MODE} ntdll_extra)
     endif()
diff --git a/mdbx.h b/mdbx.h
index 1f4c2bc2..8ee45375 100644
--- a/mdbx.h
+++ b/mdbx.h
@@ -2745,6 +2745,11 @@ struct MDBX_envinfo {
     uint64_t
         fsync; /**< Number of explicit fsync-to-disk operations (not a pages) */
   } mi_pgop_stat;
+
+  /* GUID of the database DXB file. */
+  struct {
+    uint64_t x, y;
+  } mi_dxbid;
 };
 #ifndef __cplusplus
 /** \ingroup c_statinfo */
diff --git a/src/api-env.c b/src/api-env.c
index 1e8988b6..ce2d0755 100644
--- a/src/api-env.c
+++ b/src/api-env.c
@@ -727,6 +727,7 @@ static int env_info_snap(const MDBX_env *env, const MDBX_txn *txn,
                          troika_t *const troika) {
   const size_t size_before_bootid = offsetof(MDBX_envinfo, mi_bootid);
   const size_t size_before_pgop_stat = offsetof(MDBX_envinfo, mi_pgop_stat);
+  const size_t size_before_dxbid = offsetof(MDBX_envinfo, mi_dxbid);
   if (unlikely(env->flags & ENV_FATAL_ERROR))
     return MDBX_PANIC;
 
@@ -773,6 +774,8 @@ static int env_info_snap(const MDBX_env *env, const MDBX_txn *txn,
     memcpy(&out->mi_bootid.meta[0], &meta0->bootid, 16);
     memcpy(&out->mi_bootid.meta[1], &meta1->bootid, 16);
     memcpy(&out->mi_bootid.meta[2], &meta2->bootid, 16);
+    if (likely(bytes > size_before_dxbid))
+      memcpy(&out->mi_dxbid, &meta0->dxbid, 16);
   }
 
   const volatile meta_t *txn_meta = head.ptr_v;
@@ -895,8 +898,9 @@ __cold int mdbx_env_info_ex(const MDBX_env *env, const MDBX_txn *txn,
 
   const size_t size_before_bootid = offsetof(MDBX_envinfo, mi_bootid);
   const size_t size_before_pgop_stat = offsetof(MDBX_envinfo, mi_pgop_stat);
+  const size_t size_before_dxbid = offsetof(MDBX_envinfo, mi_dxbid);
   if (unlikely(bytes != sizeof(MDBX_envinfo)) && bytes != size_before_bootid &&
-      bytes != size_before_pgop_stat)
+      bytes != size_before_pgop_stat && bytes != size_before_dxbid)
     return MDBX_EINVAL;
 
   if (txn) {
@@ -938,8 +942,9 @@ __cold int mdbx_preopen_snapinfoW(const wchar_t *pathname, MDBX_envinfo *out,
 
   const size_t size_before_bootid = offsetof(MDBX_envinfo, mi_bootid);
   const size_t size_before_pgop_stat = offsetof(MDBX_envinfo, mi_pgop_stat);
+  const size_t size_before_dxbid = offsetof(MDBX_envinfo, mi_dxbid);
   if (unlikely(bytes != sizeof(MDBX_envinfo)) && bytes != size_before_bootid &&
-      bytes != size_before_pgop_stat)
+      bytes != size_before_pgop_stat && bytes != size_before_dxbid)
     return MDBX_EINVAL;
 
   memset(out, 0, bytes);
@@ -993,8 +998,11 @@ __cold int mdbx_preopen_snapinfoW(const wchar_t *pathname, MDBX_envinfo *out,
   const unsigned n = 0;
   out->mi_recent_txnid = constmeta_txnid(&header);
   out->mi_meta_sign[n] = unaligned_peek_u64(4, &header.sign);
-  if (likely(bytes > size_before_bootid))
+  if (likely(bytes > size_before_bootid)) {
     memcpy(&out->mi_bootid.meta[n], &header.bootid, 16);
+    if (likely(bytes > size_before_dxbid))
+      memcpy(&out->mi_dxbid, &header.dxbid, 16);
+  }
 
 bailout:
   env_close(&env, false);
diff --git a/src/chk.c b/src/chk.c
index 1e7cb6dd..88675536 100644
--- a/src/chk.c
+++ b/src/chk.c
@@ -1590,13 +1590,23 @@ __cold static int env_chk(MDBX_chk_scope_t *const scope) {
     return chk_error_rc(scope, err, "env_info");
 
   MDBX_chk_line_t *line =
-      chk_puts(chk_line_begin(scope, MDBX_chk_info), "current boot-id ");
+      chk_puts(chk_line_begin(scope, MDBX_chk_info -
+                                         (1 << MDBX_chk_severity_prio_shift)),
+               "dxb-id ");
+  if (chk->envinfo.mi_dxbid.x | chk->envinfo.mi_dxbid.y)
+    line = chk_print(line, "%016" PRIx64 "-%016" PRIx64,
+                     chk->envinfo.mi_dxbid.x, chk->envinfo.mi_dxbid.y);
+  else
+    line = chk_puts(line, "is absent");
+  chk_line_end(line);
+
+  line = chk_puts(chk_line_begin(scope, MDBX_chk_info), "current boot-id ");
   if (chk->envinfo.mi_bootid.current.x | chk->envinfo.mi_bootid.current.y)
     line = chk_print(line, "%016" PRIx64 "-%016" PRIx64,
                      chk->envinfo.mi_bootid.current.x,
                      chk->envinfo.mi_bootid.current.y);
   else
-    line = chk_puts(line, "unavailable");
+    line = chk_puts(line, "is unavailable");
   chk_line_end(line);
 
   err = osal_filesize(env->lazy_fd, &env->dxb_mmap.filesize);
diff --git a/src/dxb.c b/src/dxb.c
index 9da9c009..401115d9 100644
--- a/src/dxb.c
+++ b/src/dxb.c
@@ -1045,14 +1045,16 @@ __cold int dxb_setup(MDBX_env *env, const int lck_rc,
 
     if ((env->flags & MDBX_RDONLY) == 0 && env->stuck_meta < 0 &&
         (globals.runtime_flags & MDBX_DBG_DONT_UPGRADE) == 0) {
-      for (int n = 0; n < NUM_METAS; ++n) {
+      for (unsigned n = 0; n < NUM_METAS; ++n) {
         meta_t *const meta = METAPAGE(env, n);
         if (unlikely(unaligned_peek_u64(4, &meta->magic_and_version) !=
-                     MDBX_DATA_MAGIC)) {
-          const txnid_t txnid = constmeta_txnid(meta);
+                     MDBX_DATA_MAGIC) ||
+            (meta->dxbid.x | meta->dxbid.y) == 0) {
+          const txnid_t txnid =
+              meta_is_used(&troika, n) ? constmeta_txnid(meta) : 0;
           NOTICE("%s %s"
                  "meta[%u], txnid %" PRIaTXN,
-                 "updating db-format signature for",
+                 "updating db-format/guid signature for",
                  meta_is_steady(meta) ? "stead-" : "weak-", n, txnid);
           err = meta_override(env, n, txnid, meta);
           if (unlikely(err != MDBX_SUCCESS) &&
diff --git a/src/layout-dxb.h b/src/layout-dxb.h
index 06b0e834..78f05aeb 100644
--- a/src/layout-dxb.h
+++ b/src/layout-dxb.h
@@ -91,15 +91,6 @@ typedef struct geo {
   };
 } geo_t;
 
-typedef union bin128 {
-  __anonymous_struct_extension__ struct {
-    uint64_t x, y;
-  };
-  __anonymous_struct_extension__ struct {
-    uint32_t a, b, c, d;
-  };
-} bin128_t;
-
 /* Meta page content.
  * A meta page is the start point for accessing a database snapshot.
  * Pages 0-2 are meta pages. */
@@ -158,6 +149,9 @@ typedef struct meta {
    * steady sync point. Zeros mean that no relevant information is available
    * from the system. */
   bin128_t bootid;
+
+  /* GUID базы данных, начиная с v0.13.1 */
+  bin128_t dxbid;
 } meta_t;
 
 #pragma pack(1)
diff --git a/src/meta.c b/src/meta.c
index b7333a0a..ee2a5aef 100644
--- a/src/meta.c
+++ b/src/meta.c
@@ -332,8 +332,8 @@ int meta_sync(const MDBX_env *env, const meta_ptr_t head) {
   return rc;
 }
 
-__cold static page_t *meta_model(const MDBX_env *env, page_t *model,
-                                 size_t num) {
+__cold static page_t *meta_model(const MDBX_env *env, page_t *model, size_t num,
+                                 const bin128_t *guid) {
   ENSURE(env, is_powerof2(env->ps));
   ENSURE(env, env->ps >= MDBX_MIN_PAGESIZE);
   ENSURE(env, env->ps <= MDBX_MAX_PAGESIZE);
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ __cold static page_t *meta_model(const MDBX_env *env, page_t *model,
   model_meta->trees.gc.flags = MDBX_INTEGERKEY;
   model_meta->trees.gc.root = P_INVALID;
   model_meta->trees.main.root = P_INVALID;
+  memcpy(&model_meta->dxbid, guid, sizeof(model_meta->dxbid));
   meta_set_txnid(env, model_meta, MIN_TXNID + num);
   unaligned_poke_u64(4, model_meta->sign, meta_sign_calculate(model_meta));
   eASSERT(env, coherency_check_meta(env, model_meta, true));
@@ -380,10 +381,11 @@ __cold static page_t *meta_model(const MDBX_env *env, page_t *model,
 }
 
 __cold meta_t *meta_init_triplet(const MDBX_env *env, void *buffer) {
+  const bin128_t guid = osal_guid(env);
   page_t *page0 = (page_t *)buffer;
-  page_t *page1 = meta_model(env, page0, 0);
-  page_t *page2 = meta_model(env, page1, 1);
-  meta_model(env, page2, 2);
+  page_t *page1 = meta_model(env, page0, 0, &guid);
+  page_t *page2 = meta_model(env, page1, 1, &guid);
+  meta_model(env, page2, 2, &guid);
   return page_meta(page2);
 }
 
@@ -394,7 +396,8 @@ __cold int __must_check_result meta_override(MDBX_env *env, size_t target,
   if (unlikely(rc != MDBX_SUCCESS))
     return rc;
   page_t *const page = env->page_auxbuf;
-  meta_model(env, page, target);
+  meta_model(env, page, target,
+             &((target == 0 && shape) ? shape : METAPAGE(env, 0))->dxbid);
   meta_t *const model = page_meta(page);
   meta_set_txnid(env, model, txnid);
   if (txnid)
@@ -430,6 +433,12 @@ __cold int __must_check_result meta_override(MDBX_env *env, size_t target,
       }
     }
   }
+
+  if (target == 0 && (model->dxbid.x | model->dxbid.y) == 0) {
+    const bin128_t guid = osal_guid(env);
+    memcpy(&model->dxbid, &guid, sizeof(model->dxbid));
+  }
+
   meta_sign_as_steady(model);
   rc = meta_validate(env, model, page, (pgno_t)target, nullptr);
   if (unlikely(MDBX_IS_ERROR(rc)))
diff --git a/src/meta.h b/src/meta.h
index 51a8d66f..706061c1 100644
--- a/src/meta.h
+++ b/src/meta.h
@@ -83,7 +83,12 @@ static inline meta_ptr_t meta_tail(const MDBX_env *env,
   return r;
 }
 
+static inline bool meta_is_used(const troika_t *troika, unsigned n) {
+  return n == troika->recent || n == troika->prefer_steady;
+}
+
 static inline bool meta_bootid_match(const meta_t *meta) {
+
   return memcmp(&meta->bootid, &globals.bootid, 16) == 0 &&
          (globals.bootid.x | globals.bootid.y) != 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/osal.c b/src/osal.c
index d8d58392..1ae7dcf9 100644
--- a/src/osal.c
+++ b/src/osal.c
@@ -2931,17 +2931,40 @@ __cold static void bootid_collect(bin128_t *p, const void *s, size_t n) {
   bootid_shake(p);
 
   /* minor non-linear tomfoolery */
-  const unsigned z = p->x % 61;
+  const unsigned z = p->x % 61 + 1;
   p->y = p->y << z | p->y >> (64 - z);
   bootid_shake(p);
   bootid_shake(p);
-  const unsigned q = p->x % 59;
+  const unsigned q = p->x % 59 + 1;
   p->y = p->y << q | p->y >> (64 - q);
   bootid_shake(p);
   bootid_shake(p);
   bootid_shake(p);
 }
 
+static size_t hamming_weight(size_t v) {
+  const size_t m1 = (size_t)UINT64_C(0x5555555555555555);
+  const size_t m2 = (size_t)UINT64_C(0x3333333333333333);
+  const size_t m4 = (size_t)UINT64_C(0x0f0f0f0f0f0f0f0f);
+  const size_t h01 = (size_t)UINT64_C(0x0101010101010101);
+  v -= (v >> 1) & m1;
+  v = (v & m2) + ((v >> 2) & m2);
+  v = (v + (v >> 4)) & m4;
+  return (v * h01) >> (sizeof(v) * 8 - 8);
+}
+
+static inline size_t hw64(uint64_t v) {
+  size_t r = hamming_weight((size_t)v);
+  if (sizeof(v) > sizeof(r))
+    r += hamming_weight((size_t)(v >> sizeof(r) * 4 >> sizeof(r) * 4));
+  return r;
+}
+
+static bool check_uuid(bin128_t uuid) {
+  size_t hw = hw64(uuid.x) + hw64(uuid.y) + hw64(uuid.x ^ uuid.y);
+  return (hw >> 6) == 1;
+}
+
 #if defined(_WIN32) || defined(_WIN64)
 
 __cold static uint64_t windows_systemtime_ms() {
@@ -3043,7 +3066,7 @@ bootid_parse_uuid(bin128_t *s, const void *p, const size_t n) {
       s->y += aligned.y;
     } else
       bootid_collect(s, p, n);
-    return true;
+    return check_uuid(*s);
   }
 
   if (n)
@@ -3051,28 +3074,33 @@ bootid_parse_uuid(bin128_t *s, const void *p, const size_t n) {
   return false;
 }
 
+#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__gnu_linux__)
+__cold static bool proc_read_uuid(const char *path, bin128_t *target) {
+  const int fd = open(path, O_RDONLY | O_NOFOLLOW);
+  if (fd != -1) {
+    struct statfs fs;
+    char buf[42];
+    const ssize_t len =
+        (fstatfs(fd, &fs) == 0 && fs.f_type == /* procfs */ 0x9FA0)
+            ? read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf))
+            : -1;
+    const int err = close(fd);
+    assert(err == 0);
+    (void)err;
+    if (len > 0)
+      return bootid_parse_uuid(target, buf, len);
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+#endif /* Linux */
+
 __cold static bin128_t osal_bootid(void) {
-  bin128_t bin = {{0, 0}};
+  bin128_t uuid = {{0, 0}};
   bool got_machineid = false, got_boottime = false, got_bootseq = false;
 
 #if defined(__linux__) || defined(__gnu_linux__)
-  {
-    const int fd =
-        open("/proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id", O_RDONLY | O_NOFOLLOW);
-    if (fd != -1) {
-      struct statfs fs;
-      char buf[42];
-      const ssize_t len =
-          (fstatfs(fd, &fs) == 0 && fs.f_type == /* procfs */ 0x9FA0)
-              ? read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf))
-              : -1;
-      const int err = close(fd);
-      assert(err == 0);
-      (void)err;
-      if (len > 0 && bootid_parse_uuid(&bin, buf, len))
-        return bin;
-    }
-  }
+  if (proc_read_uuid("/proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id", &uuid))
+    return uuid;
 #endif /* Linux */
 
 #if defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__MACH__)
@@ -3080,16 +3108,15 @@ __cold static bin128_t osal_bootid(void) {
     char buf[42];
     size_t len = sizeof(buf);
     if (!sysctlbyname("kern.bootsessionuuid", buf, &len, nullptr, 0) &&
-        bootid_parse_uuid(&bin, buf, len))
-      return bin;
+        bootid_parse_uuid(&uuid, buf, len))
+      return uuid;
 
 #if defined(__MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED) &&                                \
     __MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED > 1050
-    uuid_t uuid;
+    uuid_t hostuuid;
     struct timespec wait = {0, 1000000000u / 42};
-    if (!gethostuuid(uuid, &wait) &&
-        bootid_parse_uuid(&bin, uuid, sizeof(uuid)))
-      got_machineid = true;
+    if (!gethostuuid(hostuuid, &wait))
+      got_machineid = bootid_parse_uuid(&uuid, hostuuid, sizeof(hostuuid));
 #endif /* > 10.5 */
 
     struct timeval boottime;
@@ -3127,7 +3154,7 @@ __cold static bin128_t osal_bootid(void) {
                          "MachineGuid", &buf.MachineGuid,
                          &len) == ERROR_SUCCESS &&
         len < sizeof(buf))
-      got_machineid = bootid_parse_uuid(&bin, &buf.MachineGuid, len);
+      got_machineid = bootid_parse_uuid(&uuid, &buf.MachineGuid, len);
 
     if (!got_machineid) {
       /* again, Windows is madness */
@@ -3145,7 +3172,7 @@ __cold static bin128_t osal_bootid(void) {
                            "DigitalProductId", &buf.DigitalProductId,
                            &len) == ERROR_SUCCESS &&
           len > 42 && len < sizeof(buf)) {
-        bootid_collect(&bin, &buf.DigitalProductId, len);
+        bootid_collect(&uuid, &buf.DigitalProductId, len);
         got_machineid = true;
       }
       len = sizeof(buf);
@@ -3153,7 +3180,7 @@ __cold static bin128_t osal_bootid(void) {
                            "DigitalProductId", &buf.DigitalProductId,
                            &len) == ERROR_SUCCESS &&
           len > 42 && len < sizeof(buf)) {
-        bootid_collect(&bin, &buf.DigitalProductId, len);
+        bootid_collect(&uuid, &buf.DigitalProductId, len);
         got_machineid = true;
       }
       len = sizeof(buf);
@@ -3161,7 +3188,7 @@ __cold static bin128_t osal_bootid(void) {
                            "DigitalProductId", &buf.DigitalProductId,
                            &len) == ERROR_SUCCESS &&
           len > 42 && len < sizeof(buf)) {
-        bootid_collect(&bin, &buf.DigitalProductId, len);
+        bootid_collect(&uuid, &buf.DigitalProductId, len);
         got_machineid = true;
       }
     }
@@ -3173,7 +3200,7 @@ __cold static bin128_t osal_bootid(void) {
     if (mdbx_RegGetValue(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, HKLM_PrefetcherParams, "BootId",
                          &buf.BootId, &len) == ERROR_SUCCESS &&
         len > 1 && len < sizeof(buf)) {
-      bootid_collect(&bin, &buf.BootId, len);
+      bootid_collect(&uuid, &buf.BootId, len);
       got_bootseq = true;
     }
 
@@ -3181,7 +3208,7 @@ __cold static bin128_t osal_bootid(void) {
     if (mdbx_RegGetValue(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, HKLM_PrefetcherParams, "BaseTime",
                          &buf.BaseTime, &len) == ERROR_SUCCESS &&
         len >= sizeof(buf.BaseTime) && buf.BaseTime) {
-      bootid_collect(&bin, &buf.BaseTime, len);
+      bootid_collect(&uuid, &buf.BaseTime, len);
       got_boottime = true;
     }
 
@@ -3197,7 +3224,7 @@ __cold static bin128_t osal_bootid(void) {
           buf.SysTimeOfDayInfoHacked.BootTime.QuadPart -
           buf.SysTimeOfDayInfoHacked.BootTimeBias;
       if (UnbiasedBootTime) {
-        bootid_collect(&bin, &UnbiasedBootTime, sizeof(UnbiasedBootTime));
+        bootid_collect(&uuid, &UnbiasedBootTime, sizeof(UnbiasedBootTime));
         got_boottime = true;
       }
     }
@@ -3205,7 +3232,7 @@ __cold static bin128_t osal_bootid(void) {
     if (!got_boottime) {
       uint64_t boottime = windows_bootime();
       if (boottime) {
-        bootid_collect(&bin, &boottime, sizeof(boottime));
+        bootid_collect(&uuid, &boottime, sizeof(boottime));
         got_boottime = true;
       }
     }
@@ -3223,7 +3250,7 @@ __cold static bin128_t osal_bootid(void) {
 #endif
                 mib,
             ARRAY_LENGTH(mib), &buf, &len, nullptr, 0) == 0)
-      got_machineid = bootid_parse_uuid(&bin, buf, len);
+      got_machineid = bootid_parse_uuid(&uuid, buf, len);
   }
 #endif /* CTL_HW && HW_UUID */
 
@@ -3238,7 +3265,7 @@ __cold static bin128_t osal_bootid(void) {
 #endif
                 mib,
             ARRAY_LENGTH(mib), &buf, &len, nullptr, 0) == 0)
-      got_machineid = bootid_parse_uuid(&bin, buf, len);
+      got_machineid = bootid_parse_uuid(&uuid, buf, len);
   }
 #endif /* CTL_KERN && KERN_HOSTUUID */
 
@@ -3247,7 +3274,7 @@ __cold static bin128_t osal_bootid(void) {
     char buf[42];
     size_t len = sizeof(buf);
     if (sysctlbyname("machdep.dmi.system-uuid", buf, &len, nullptr, 0) == 0)
-      got_machineid = bootid_parse_uuid(&bin, buf, len);
+      got_machineid = bootid_parse_uuid(&uuid, buf, len);
   }
 #endif /* __NetBSD__ */
 
@@ -3255,7 +3282,7 @@ __cold static bin128_t osal_bootid(void) {
   if (!got_machineid) {
     const int hostid = gethostid();
     if (hostid > 0) {
-      bootid_collect(&bin, &hostid, sizeof(hostid));
+      bootid_collect(&uuid, &hostid, sizeof(hostid));
       got_machineid = true;
     }
   }
@@ -3263,8 +3290,8 @@ __cold static bin128_t osal_bootid(void) {
 
   if (!got_machineid) {
   lack:
-    bin.x = bin.y = 0;
-    return bin;
+    uuid.x = uuid.y = 0;
+    return uuid;
   }
 
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
@@ -3281,7 +3308,7 @@ __cold static bin128_t osal_bootid(void) {
                 mib,
             ARRAY_LENGTH(mib), &boottime, &len, nullptr, 0) == 0 &&
         len == sizeof(boottime) && boottime.tv_sec) {
-      bootid_collect(&bin, &boottime, len);
+      bootid_collect(&uuid, &boottime, len);
       got_boottime = true;
     }
   }
@@ -3298,11 +3325,11 @@ __cold static bin128_t osal_bootid(void) {
           switch (kn->data_type) {
           case KSTAT_DATA_INT32:
           case KSTAT_DATA_UINT32:
-            bootid_collect(&bin, &kn->value, sizeof(int32_t));
+            bootid_collect(&uuid, &kn->value, sizeof(int32_t));
             got_boottime = true;
           case KSTAT_DATA_INT64:
           case KSTAT_DATA_UINT64:
-            bootid_collect(&bin, &kn->value, sizeof(int64_t));
+            bootid_collect(&uuid, &kn->value, sizeof(int64_t));
             got_boottime = true;
           }
         }
@@ -3318,12 +3345,12 @@ __cold static bin128_t osal_bootid(void) {
     const struct utmpx id = {.ut_type = BOOT_TIME};
     const struct utmpx *entry = getutxid(&id);
     if (entry) {
-      bootid_collect(&bin, entry, sizeof(*entry));
+      bootid_collect(&uuid, entry, sizeof(*entry));
       got_boottime = true;
       while (unlikely((entry = getutxid(&id)) != nullptr)) {
         /* have multiple reboot records, assuming we can distinguish next
          * bootsession even if RTC is wrong or absent */
-        bootid_collect(&bin, entry, sizeof(*entry));
+        bootid_collect(&uuid, entry, sizeof(*entry));
         got_bootseq = true;
       }
     }
@@ -3352,7 +3379,7 @@ __cold static bin128_t osal_bootid(void) {
       goto lack;
   }
 
-  return bin;
+  return uuid;
 }
 
 __cold int mdbx_get_sysraminfo(intptr_t *page_size, intptr_t *total_pages,
@@ -3474,6 +3501,100 @@ __cold int mdbx_get_sysraminfo(intptr_t *page_size, intptr_t *total_pages,
   return MDBX_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
+#include <sys/uuid.h>
+#endif /* FreeBSD */
+
+#if __GLIBC_PREREQ(2, 25) || defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__) ||    \
+    defined(__BSD__) || defined(__bsdi__) || defined(__DragonFly__) ||         \
+    defined(__APPLE__) || __has_include(<sys/random.h>)
+#include <sys/random.h>
+#endif /* sys/random.h */
+
+MDBX_INTERNAL bin128_t osal_guid(const MDBX_env *env) {
+  struct {
+    uint64_t begin, end, cputime;
+    uintptr_t thread, pid;
+    const void *x, *y;
+    bin128_t (*z)(const MDBX_env *env);
+  } salt;
+
+  salt.begin = osal_monotime();
+  bin128_t uuid = {{0, 0}};
+
+#if defined(__linux__) || defined(__gnu_linux__)
+  if (proc_read_uuid("/proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid", &uuid) && check_uuid(uuid))
+    return uuid;
+#endif /* Linux */
+
+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
+  STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(uuid) == sizeof(struct uuid));
+  if (uuidgen((struct uuid *)&uuid, 1) == 0 && check_uuid(uuid))
+    return uuid;
+#endif /* FreeBSD */
+
+#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(_WIN64)
+  if (imports.CoCreateGuid && imports.CoCreateGuid(&uuid) == 0 &&
+      check_uuid(uuid))
+    return uuid;
+
+  HCRYPTPROV hCryptProv = 0;
+  if (CryptAcquireContextW(&hCryptProv, nullptr, nullptr, PROV_RSA_FULL,
+                           CRYPT_VERIFYCONTEXT | CRYPT_SILENT)) {
+    const BOOL ok =
+        CryptGenRandom(hCryptProv, sizeof(uuid), (unsigned char *)&uuid);
+    CryptReleaseContext(hCryptProv, 0);
+    if (ok && check_uuid(uuid))
+      return uuid;
+  }
+#elif defined(__IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED) && defined(__IPHONE_8_0)
+#if __IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED >= __IPHONE_8_0
+  if (CCRandomGenerateBytes(&uuid, sizeof(uuid)) == kCCSuccess &&
+      check_uuid(uuid))
+    return uuid;
+#endif /* iOS >= 8.x */
+#else
+  const int fd = open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY);
+  if (fd != -1) {
+    const ssize_t len = read(fd, &uuid, sizeof(uuid));
+    const int err = close(fd);
+    assert(err == 0);
+    (void)err;
+    if (len == sizeof(uuid) && check_uuid(uuid))
+      return uuid;
+  }
+#if (__GLIBC_PREREQ(2, 25) || defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__) ||   \
+     defined(__BSD__) || defined(__bsdi__) || defined(__DragonFly__)) &&       \
+    !defined(__APPLE__) && !defined(__ANDROID_API__)
+  if (getrandom(&uuid, sizeof(uuid), 0) == sizeof(uuid) && check_uuid(uuid))
+    return uuid;
+#elif defined(__OpenBSD__) || (defined(__sun) && defined(__SVR4)) ||           \
+    (defined(__MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED) &&                               \
+     __MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED >= 101200)
+  if (getentropy(&uuid, sizeof(uuid)) == 0 && check_uuid(uuid))
+    return uuid;
+#endif /* getrandom() / getentropy() */
+#endif /* !Windows */
+
+  uuid = globals.bootid;
+  bootid_collect(&uuid, env, sizeof(*env));
+  salt.thread = osal_thread_self();
+  salt.pid = osal_getpid();
+  salt.x = &salt;
+  salt.y = env;
+  salt.z = &osal_guid;
+  do {
+    salt.cputime = osal_cputime(nullptr);
+    salt.end = osal_monotime();
+    bootid_collect(&uuid, &salt, sizeof(salt));
+  } while (!check_uuid(uuid));
+  return uuid;
+}
+
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
 void osal_ctor(void) {
 #if MDBX_HAVE_PWRITEV && defined(_SC_IOV_MAX)
   osal_iov_max = sysconf(_SC_IOV_MAX);
diff --git a/src/osal.h b/src/osal.h
index 15831c99..23669cf6 100644
--- a/src/osal.h
+++ b/src/osal.h
@@ -576,6 +576,17 @@ MDBX_INTERNAL void osal_dtor(void);
 MDBX_INTERNAL int osal_mb2w(const char *const src, wchar_t **const pdst);
 #endif /* Windows */
 
+typedef union bin128 {
+  __anonymous_struct_extension__ struct {
+    uint64_t x, y;
+  };
+  __anonymous_struct_extension__ struct {
+    uint32_t a, b, c, d;
+  };
+} bin128_t;
+
+MDBX_INTERNAL bin128_t osal_guid(const MDBX_env *);
+
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 MDBX_MAYBE_UNUSED MDBX_NOTHROW_PURE_FUNCTION static inline uint64_t
diff --git a/src/txn.c b/src/txn.c
index 17845876..c3d32eb5 100644
--- a/src/txn.c
+++ b/src/txn.c
@@ -839,6 +839,7 @@ int mdbx_txn_commit_ex(MDBX_txn *txn, MDBX_commit_latency *latency) {
   meta.trees.gc = txn->dbs[FREE_DBI];
   meta.trees.main = txn->dbs[MAIN_DBI];
   meta.canary = txn->canary;
+  memcpy(&meta.dxbid, &head.ptr_c->dxbid, sizeof(meta.dxbid));
 
   txnid_t commit_txnid = txn->txnid;
 #if MDBX_ENABLE_BIGFOOT
diff --git a/src/windows-import.c b/src/windows-import.c
index 0e702c3e..a401014c 100644
--- a/src/windows-import.c
+++ b/src/windows-import.c
@@ -147,6 +147,11 @@ void windows_import(void) {
   if (hAdvapi32dll) {
     MDBX_IMPORT(hAdvapi32dll, RegGetValueA);
   }
+
+  const HINSTANCE hOle32dll = GetModuleHandleA("ole32.dll");
+  if (hOle32dll) {
+    MDBX_IMPORT(hOle32dll, CoCreateGuid);
+  }
 }
 
 #undef MDBX_IMPORT
diff --git a/src/windows-import.h b/src/windows-import.h
index 7a6c8789..b7c461f9 100644
--- a/src/windows-import.h
+++ b/src/windows-import.h
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ typedef LSTATUS(WINAPI *MDBX_RegGetValueA)(HKEY hkey, LPCSTR lpSubKey,
                                            LPDWORD pdwType, PVOID pvData,
                                            LPDWORD pcbData);
 
+typedef long(WINAPI *MDBX_CoCreateGuid)(bin128_t *guid);
+
 NTSYSAPI ULONG RtlRandomEx(PULONG Seed);
 
 typedef BOOL(WINAPI *MDBX_SetFileIoOverlappedRange)(HANDLE FileHandle,
@@ -131,6 +133,7 @@ struct libmdbx_imports {
   MDBX_GetTickCount64 GetTickCount64;
   MDBX_RegGetValueA RegGetValueA;
   MDBX_SetFileIoOverlappedRange SetFileIoOverlappedRange;
+  MDBX_CoCreateGuid CoCreateGuid;
 };
 
 MDBX_INTERNAL void windows_import(void);