diff --git a/crates/tabby-common/src/config.rs b/crates/tabby-common/src/config.rs
index 907a2bf1f472..1c116d666625 100644
--- a/crates/tabby-common/src/config.rs
+++ b/crates/tabby-common/src/config.rs
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ impl Default for ServerConfig {
 pub trait RepositoryAccess: Send + Sync {
     async fn list_repositories(&self) -> Result<Vec<RepositoryConfig>>;
 
+    fn start_snapshot(&self, _version: u64) {}
     fn process_file(&self, _version: u64, _file: SourceFile) {}
     fn finish_snapshot(&self, _version: u64) {}
 }
diff --git a/crates/tabby-scheduler/src/dataset.rs b/crates/tabby-scheduler/src/dataset.rs
index 576ce8cf0a75..689291325ce4 100644
--- a/crates/tabby-scheduler/src/dataset.rs
+++ b/crates/tabby-scheduler/src/dataset.rs
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ pub fn create_dataset(config: &[RepositoryConfig], access: &impl RepositoryAcces
         .duration_since(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH)
         .expect("Failed to read system clock")
         .as_millis() as u64;
+    access.start_snapshot(snapshot_version);
     let mut deps = DependencyFile::default();
     for repository in config {
         deps::collect(repository.dir().as_path(), &mut deps);