diff --git a/core/processor/abci.go b/core/processor/abci.go
index 4eb7d72d8d..a18547adf7 100644
--- a/core/processor/abci.go
+++ b/core/processor/abci.go
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ type SnapshotEngine interface {
 	ReceiveSnapshotChunk(context.Context, *types.RawChunk, string) tmtypes.ResponseApplySnapshotChunk
 	RetrieveSnapshotChunk(uint64, uint32, uint32) (*types.RawChunk, error)
 	HasRestoredStateAlready() bool
+
+	// debug snapshot issues/hash mismatch problems
+	SnapshotDump(ctx context.Context, path string) ([]byte, error)
 }
 
 type StateVarEngine interface {
@@ -1115,6 +1118,15 @@ func (app *App) Finalize() []byte {
 		if err == nil {
 			app.protocolUpgradeService.SetCoreReadyForUpgrade()
 		}
+	} else if app.cfg.SnapshotDebug.DevEnabled {
+		if height, _ := vgcontext.BlockHeightFromContext(app.blockCtx); height == app.cfg.SnapshotDebug.CrashAtHeight {
+			hash, err := app.snapshotEngine.SnapshotDump(app.blockCtx, app.cfg.SnapshotDebug.DebugCrashFile)
+			if err != nil {
+				app.log.Panic("Failed to dump snapshot file", logging.Error(err), logging.String("snapshot-hash", string(hash)))
+			} else {
+				app.log.Panic("Dumped snapshot file successfully", logging.String("snapshot-hash", string(hash)), logging.String("dump-file", app.cfg.SnapshotDebug.DebugCrashFile))
+			}
+		}
 	} else {
 		snapHash, _, err = app.snapshotEngine.Snapshot(app.blockCtx)
 	}
diff --git a/core/processor/config.go b/core/processor/config.go
index 83f80265ea..093025c86e 100644
--- a/core/processor/config.go
+++ b/core/processor/config.go
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ const (
 	namedLogger = "processor"
 )
 
+type Snapshot struct {
+	DevEnabled     encoding.Bool
+	CrashAtHeight  uint64 `long:"crash-with-snapshot-at"`
+	DebugCrashFile string `long:"snapshot-dump-path"`
+}
+
 // Config represent the configuration of the processor package.
 type Config struct {
 	Level               encoding.LogLevel `long:"log-level"`
@@ -33,6 +39,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	LogOrderCancelDebug encoding.Bool     `long:"log-order-cancel-debug"`
 	Ratelimit           ratelimit.Config  `group:"Ratelimit"             namespace:"ratelimit"`
 	KeepCheckpointsMax  uint              `long:"keep-checkpoints-max"`
+	SnapshotDebug       Snapshot          `group:"SnapshotDebug"         namespace:"snapshotdebug"`
 }
 
 // NewDefaultConfig creates an instance of the package specific configuration, given a
@@ -43,5 +50,10 @@ func NewDefaultConfig() Config {
 		LogOrderSubmitDebug: true,
 		Ratelimit:           ratelimit.NewDefaultConfig(),
 		KeepCheckpointsMax:  20,
+		SnapshotDebug: Snapshot{
+			DevEnabled:     false,
+			CrashAtHeight:  0,
+			DebugCrashFile: "/tmp/snapshot.json",
+		},
 	}
 }
diff --git a/core/snapshot/engine.go b/core/snapshot/engine.go
index 4eee100fce..b9830595d2 100644
--- a/core/snapshot/engine.go
+++ b/core/snapshot/engine.go
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@
 package snapshot
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"reflect"
 	"sort"
 	"sync"
@@ -34,9 +36,12 @@ import (
 	"code.vegaprotocol.io/vega/libs/proto"
 	"code.vegaprotocol.io/vega/logging"
 	"code.vegaprotocol.io/vega/paths"
+	snapshotpb "code.vegaprotocol.io/vega/protos/vega/snapshot/v1"
 	"code.vegaprotocol.io/vega/version"
 
 	tmtypes "github.com/cometbft/cometbft/abci/types"
+	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/jsonpb"
+	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/p2p/host/autonat/pb"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 )
@@ -512,6 +517,52 @@ func (e *Engine) Snapshot(ctx context.Context) ([]byte, DoneCh, error) {
 	return e.snapshotNow(ctx, true)
 }
 
+// SnapshotDump takes a snapshot on demand, without persisting it to the underlying DB
+// it's meant to just dump to a file for debugging.
+func (e *Engine) SnapshotDump(ctx context.Context, path string) ([]byte, error) {
+	e.ensureEngineIsStarted()
+	// dump file
+	f, err := os.Create(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer func() { _ = f.Close() }()
+	hash, ch, err := e.snapshotNow(ctx, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	<-ch
+	payloads, err := e.snapshotTree.AsProtoPayloads()
+	if err != nil {
+		return hash, err
+	}
+
+	w := bufio.NewWriter(f)
+	m := jsonpb.Marshaler{Indent: "    "}
+
+	payloadData := struct {
+		Data []*snapshotpb.Payload `json:"data,omitempty" protobuf:"bytes,1,rep,name=data"`
+		pb.Message
+	}{
+		Data: payloads,
+	}
+
+	s, err := m.MarshalToString(&payloadData)
+	if err != nil {
+		return hash, err
+	}
+
+	if _, err = w.WriteString(s); err != nil {
+		return hash, err
+	}
+
+	if err = w.Flush(); err != nil {
+		return hash, err
+	}
+
+	return hash, nil
+}
+
 // SnapshotNow triggers the snapshot process right now, ignoring the defined
 // interval.
 func (e *Engine) SnapshotNow(ctx context.Context) ([]byte, error) {
diff --git a/core/snapshot/tree/tree.go b/core/snapshot/tree/tree.go
index d918b88683..3c791b49fe 100644
--- a/core/snapshot/tree/tree.go
+++ b/core/snapshot/tree/tree.go
@@ -134,6 +134,47 @@ func (t *Tree) AsPayloads() ([]*types.Payload, error) {
 	return payloads, nil
 }
 
+func (t *Tree) AsProtoPayloads() ([]*snapshotpb.Payload, error) {
+	lastSnapshotTree, err := t.innerTree.GetImmutable(t.innerTree.Version())
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not generate the immutable AVL tree: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	exporter, err := lastSnapshotTree.Export()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not export the AVL tree: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer exporter.Close()
+
+	payloads := []*snapshotpb.Payload{}
+
+	exportedNode, err := exporter.Next()
+	for err == nil {
+		// If there is no value, it means the node is an intermediary node and
+		// not a leaf. Only leaves hold the data we are looking for.
+		if exportedNode.Value == nil {
+			exportedNode, err = exporter.Next()
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// sort out the payload for this node
+		payloadProto := &snapshotpb.Payload{}
+		if perr := proto.Unmarshal(exportedNode.Value, payloadProto); perr != nil {
+			return nil, perr
+		}
+
+		payloads = append(payloads, payloadProto)
+
+		exportedNode, err = exporter.Next()
+	}
+
+	if !errors.Is(err, iavl.ErrorExportDone) {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to export AVL tree: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return payloads, nil
+}
+
 func (t *Tree) FindImmutableTreeByHeight(blockHeight uint64) (*iavl.ImmutableTree, error) {
 	version, err := t.metadataDB.FindVersionByBlockHeight(blockHeight)
 	if err != nil {