diff --git a/lua/pending/store.lua b/lua/pending/store.lua
index fae9e27..5838414 100644
--- a/lua/pending/store.lua
+++ b/lua/pending/store.lua
@@ -175,12 +175,18 @@ function M.save()
     table.insert(out.tasks, task_to_table(task))
   end
   local encoded = vim.json.encode(out)
-  local f = io.open(path, 'w')
+  local tmp = path .. '.tmp'
+  local f = io.open(tmp, 'w')
   if not f then
-    error('pending.nvim: cannot write to ' .. path)
+    error('pending.nvim: cannot write to ' .. tmp)
   end
   f:write(encoded)
   f:close()
+  local ok, rename_err = os.rename(tmp, path)
+  if not ok then
+    os.remove(tmp)
+    error('pending.nvim: cannot rename ' .. tmp .. ' to ' .. path .. ': ' .. tostring(rename_err))
+  end
 end
 
 ---@return pending.Data
@@ -284,6 +290,27 @@ function M.replace_tasks(tasks)
   M.data().tasks = tasks
 end
 
+---@return pending.Task[]
+function M.snapshot()
+  local result = {}
+  for _, task in ipairs(M.active_tasks()) do
+    local copy = {}
+    for k, v in pairs(task) do
+      if k ~= '_extra' then
+        copy[k] = v
+      end
+    end
+    if task._extra then
+      copy._extra = {}
+      for k, v in pairs(task._extra) do
+        copy._extra[k] = v
+      end
+    end
+    table.insert(result, copy --[[@as pending.Task]])
+  end
+  return result
+end
+
 ---@param id integer
 function M.set_next_id(id)
   M.data().next_id = id