diff --git a/crates/interfaces/src/provider.rs b/crates/interfaces/src/provider.rs
index 7e5af713f..dd59bd120 100644
--- a/crates/interfaces/src/provider.rs
+++ b/crates/interfaces/src/provider.rs
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ pub enum ProviderError {
     /// Static File is finalized and cannot be written to.
     #[error("unable to write block #{1} to finalized static file {0}")]
     FinalizedStaticFile(StaticFileSegment, BlockNumber),
+    /// Trying to insert data from an unexpected block number.
+    #[error("trying to append data to {0} as block #{1} but expected block #{2}")]
+    UnexpectedStaticFileBlockNumber(StaticFileSegment, BlockNumber, BlockNumber),
     /// Error encountered when the block number conversion from U256 to u64 causes an overflow.
     #[error("failed to convert block number U256 to u64: {0}")]
     BlockNumberOverflow(U256),
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/stages/bodies.rs b/crates/stages/src/stages/bodies.rs
index d3f455466..8d4519af2 100644
--- a/crates/stages/src/stages/bodies.rs
+++ b/crates/stages/src/stages/bodies.rs
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ impl<DB: Database, D: BodyDownloader> Stage<DB> for BodyStage<D> {
 
             // Increment block on static file header.
             if block_number > 0 {
-                let appended_block_number =
-                    static_file_producer.increment_block(StaticFileSegment::Transactions)?;
+                let appended_block_number = static_file_producer
+                    .increment_block(StaticFileSegment::Transactions, block_number)?;
 
                 if appended_block_number != block_number {
                     // This scenario indicates a critical error in the logic of adding new
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/stages/execution.rs b/crates/stages/src/stages/execution.rs
index 04c1e7b17..1f3c6318d 100644
--- a/crates/stages/src/stages/execution.rs
+++ b/crates/stages/src/stages/execution.rs
@@ -803,6 +803,12 @@ mod tests {
             .unwrap()
             .commit()
             .unwrap();
+        {
+            let mut receipts_writer =
+                provider.static_file_provider().latest_writer(StaticFileSegment::Receipts).unwrap();
+            receipts_writer.increment_block(StaticFileSegment::Receipts, 0).unwrap();
+            receipts_writer.commit().unwrap();
+        }
         provider.commit().unwrap();
 
         // insert pre state
@@ -948,6 +954,12 @@ mod tests {
             .unwrap()
             .commit()
             .unwrap();
+        {
+            let mut receipts_writer =
+                provider.static_file_provider().latest_writer(StaticFileSegment::Receipts).unwrap();
+            receipts_writer.increment_block(StaticFileSegment::Receipts, 0).unwrap();
+            receipts_writer.commit().unwrap();
+        }
         provider.commit().unwrap();
 
         // variables
@@ -1061,6 +1073,12 @@ mod tests {
             .unwrap()
             .commit()
             .unwrap();
+        {
+            let mut receipts_writer =
+                provider.static_file_provider().latest_writer(StaticFileSegment::Receipts).unwrap();
+            receipts_writer.increment_block(StaticFileSegment::Receipts, 0).unwrap();
+            receipts_writer.commit().unwrap();
+        }
         provider.commit().unwrap();
 
         // variables
diff --git a/crates/stages/src/test_utils/test_db.rs b/crates/stages/src/test_utils/test_db.rs
index 5946f4b2e..d153859c9 100644
--- a/crates/stages/src/test_utils/test_db.rs
+++ b/crates/stages/src/test_utils/test_db.rs
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ use reth_db::{
 };
 use reth_interfaces::{provider::ProviderResult, test_utils::generators::ChangeSet};
 use reth_primitives::{
-    keccak256, Account, Address, BlockNumber, Receipt, SealedBlock, SealedHeader, StorageEntry,
-    TxHash, TxNumber, B256, MAINNET, U256,
+    keccak256, Account, Address, BlockNumber, Receipt, SealedBlock, SealedHeader,
+    StaticFileSegment, StorageEntry, TxHash, TxNumber, B256, MAINNET, U256,
 };
 use reth_provider::{
     providers::{StaticFileProviderRWRefMut, StaticFileWriter},
@@ -139,6 +139,17 @@ impl TestStageDB {
         td: U256,
     ) -> ProviderResult<()> {
         if let Some(writer) = writer {
+            // Backfill: some tests start at a forward block number, but static files require no
+            // gaps.
+            let segment_header = writer.user_header();
+            if segment_header.block_end().is_none() && segment_header.expected_block_start() == 0 {
+                for block_number in 0..header.number {
+                    let mut prev = header.clone().unseal();
+                    prev.number = block_number;
+                    writer.append_header(prev, U256::ZERO, B256::ZERO)?;
+                }
+            }
+
             writer.append_header(header.header().clone(), td, header.hash())?;
         } else {
             tx.put::<tables::CanonicalHeaders>(header.number, header.hash())?;
@@ -155,7 +166,7 @@ impl TestStageDB {
         I: IntoIterator<Item = &'a SealedHeader>,
     {
         let provider = self.factory.static_file_provider();
-        let mut writer = provider.latest_writer(reth_primitives::StaticFileSegment::Headers)?;
+        let mut writer = provider.latest_writer(StaticFileSegment::Headers)?;
         let tx = self.factory.provider_rw()?.into_tx();
         let mut td = U256::ZERO;
 
@@ -210,8 +221,7 @@ impl TestStageDB {
         let blocks = blocks.into_iter().collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
         {
-            let mut headers_writer =
-                provider.latest_writer(reth_primitives::StaticFileSegment::Headers)?;
+            let mut headers_writer = provider.latest_writer(StaticFileSegment::Headers)?;
 
             blocks.iter().try_for_each(|block| {
                 Self::insert_header(Some(&mut headers_writer), &tx, &block.header, U256::ZERO)
@@ -221,9 +231,9 @@ impl TestStageDB {
         }
 
         {
-            let mut txs_writer = storage_kind.is_static().then(|| {
-                provider.latest_writer(reth_primitives::StaticFileSegment::Transactions).unwrap()
-            });
+            let mut txs_writer = storage_kind
+                .is_static()
+                .then(|| provider.latest_writer(StaticFileSegment::Transactions).unwrap());
 
             blocks.into_iter().try_for_each(|block| {
                 // Insert into body tables.
@@ -251,7 +261,17 @@ impl TestStageDB {
                 });
 
                 if let Some(txs_writer) = &mut txs_writer {
-                    txs_writer.increment_block(reth_primitives::StaticFileSegment::Transactions)?;
+                    // Backfill: some tests start at a forward block number, but static files
+                    // require no gaps.
+                    let segment_header = txs_writer.user_header();
+                    if segment_header.block_end().is_none() &&
+                        segment_header.expected_block_start() == 0
+                    {
+                        for block in 0..block.number {
+                            txs_writer.increment_block(StaticFileSegment::Transactions, block)?;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    txs_writer.increment_block(StaticFileSegment::Transactions, block.number)?;
                 }
                 res
             })?;
diff --git a/crates/static-file/src/segments/receipts.rs b/crates/static-file/src/segments/receipts.rs
index 5934edf87..cecf04b51 100644
--- a/crates/static-file/src/segments/receipts.rs
+++ b/crates/static-file/src/segments/receipts.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ impl<DB: Database> Segment<DB> for Receipts {
 
         for block in block_range {
             let _static_file_block =
-                static_file_writer.increment_block(StaticFileSegment::Receipts)?;
+                static_file_writer.increment_block(StaticFileSegment::Receipts, block)?;
             debug_assert_eq!(_static_file_block, block);
 
             let block_body_indices = provider
diff --git a/crates/static-file/src/segments/transactions.rs b/crates/static-file/src/segments/transactions.rs
index b8a6928b3..842946304 100644
--- a/crates/static-file/src/segments/transactions.rs
+++ b/crates/static-file/src/segments/transactions.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ impl<DB: Database> Segment<DB> for Transactions {
 
         for block in block_range {
             let _static_file_block =
-                static_file_writer.increment_block(StaticFileSegment::Transactions)?;
+                static_file_writer.increment_block(StaticFileSegment::Transactions, block)?;
             debug_assert_eq!(_static_file_block, block);
 
             let block_body_indices = provider
diff --git a/crates/storage/provider/src/bundle_state/bundle_state_with_receipts.rs b/crates/storage/provider/src/bundle_state/bundle_state_with_receipts.rs
index e38acbb62..e1ceb23ef 100644
--- a/crates/storage/provider/src/bundle_state/bundle_state_with_receipts.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/provider/src/bundle_state/bundle_state_with_receipts.rs
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ impl BundleStateWithReceipts {
 
             if let Some(static_file_producer) = &mut static_file_producer {
                 // Increment block on static file header.
-                static_file_producer.increment_block(StaticFileSegment::Receipts)?;
+                static_file_producer.increment_block(StaticFileSegment::Receipts, block_number)?;
 
                 for (tx_idx, receipt) in receipts.into_iter().enumerate() {
                     let receipt = receipt
diff --git a/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/database/provider.rs b/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/database/provider.rs
index d4d158396..67126de87 100644
--- a/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/database/provider.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/database/provider.rs
@@ -181,6 +181,17 @@ impl<TX: DbTxMut + DbTx> DatabaseProvider<TX> {
         };
 
         let mut writer = self.static_file_provider.latest_writer(StaticFileSegment::Headers)?;
+
+        // Backfill: some tests start at a forward block number, but static files require no gaps.
+        let segment_header = writer.user_header();
+        if segment_header.block_end().is_none() && segment_header.expected_block_start() == 0 {
+            for block_number in 0..block.number {
+                let mut prev = block.header.clone().unseal();
+                prev.number = block_number;
+                writer.append_header(prev, U256::ZERO, B256::ZERO)?;
+            }
+        }
+
         writer.append_header(block.header.as_ref().clone(), ttd, block.hash())?;
 
         self.insert_block(block, prune_modes)
diff --git a/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/static_file/writer.rs b/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/static_file/writer.rs
index dd7ee2fc4..6a04da68f 100644
--- a/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/static_file/writer.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/provider/src/providers/static_file/writer.rs
@@ -185,7 +185,13 @@ impl StaticFileProviderRW {
     /// and create the next one if we are past the end range.
     ///
     /// Returns the current [`BlockNumber`] as seen in the static file.
-    pub fn increment_block(&mut self, segment: StaticFileSegment) -> ProviderResult<BlockNumber> {
+    pub fn increment_block(
+        &mut self,
+        segment: StaticFileSegment,
+        expected_block_number: BlockNumber,
+    ) -> ProviderResult<BlockNumber> {
+        self.check_next_block_number(expected_block_number, segment)?;
+
         let start = Instant::now();
         if let Some(last_block) = self.writer.user_header().block_end() {
             // We have finished the previous static file and must freeze it
@@ -216,6 +222,33 @@ impl StaticFileProviderRW {
         Ok(block)
     }
 
+    /// Verifies if the incoming block number matches the next expected block number
+    /// for a static file. This ensures data continuity when adding new blocks.
+    fn check_next_block_number(
+        &mut self,
+        expected_block_number: u64,
+        segment: StaticFileSegment,
+    ) -> ProviderResult<()> {
+        // The next static file block number can be found by checking the one after block_end.
+        // However if it's a new file that hasn't been added any data, its block range will actually
+        // be None. In that case, the next block will be found on `expected_block_start`.
+        let next_static_file_block = self
+            .writer
+            .user_header()
+            .block_end()
+            .map(|b| b + 1)
+            .unwrap_or(self.writer.user_header().expected_block_start());
+
+        if expected_block_number != next_static_file_block {
+            return Err(ProviderError::UnexpectedStaticFileBlockNumber(
+                segment,
+                expected_block_number,
+                next_static_file_block,
+            ))
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     /// Truncates a number of rows from disk. It deletes and loads an older static file if block
     /// goes beyond the start of the current block range.
     ///
@@ -342,7 +375,7 @@ impl StaticFileProviderRW {
 
         debug_assert!(self.writer.user_header().segment() == StaticFileSegment::Headers);
 
-        let block_number = self.increment_block(StaticFileSegment::Headers)?;
+        let block_number = self.increment_block(StaticFileSegment::Headers, header.number)?;
 
         self.append_column(header)?;
         self.append_column(CompactU256::from(terminal_difficulty))?;
@@ -511,6 +544,12 @@ impl StaticFileProviderRW {
     pub fn set_block_range(&mut self, block_range: std::ops::RangeInclusive<BlockNumber>) {
         self.writer.user_header_mut().set_block_range(*block_range.start(), *block_range.end())
     }
+
+    #[cfg(any(test, feature = "test-utils"))]
+    /// Helper function to access [`SegmentHeader`].
+    pub fn user_header(&self) -> &SegmentHeader {
+        self.writer.user_header()
+    }
 }
 
 fn create_jar(
diff --git a/testing/ef-tests/src/cases/blockchain_test.rs b/testing/ef-tests/src/cases/blockchain_test.rs
index 9519f2214..c3c777df1 100644
--- a/testing/ef-tests/src/cases/blockchain_test.rs
+++ b/testing/ef-tests/src/cases/blockchain_test.rs
@@ -106,6 +106,16 @@ impl Case for BlockchainTestCase {
                     .map_err(|err| Error::RethError(err.into()))?;
                 case.pre.write_to_db(provider.tx_ref())?;
 
+                // Initialize receipts static file with genesis
+                {
+                    let mut receipts_writer = provider
+                        .static_file_provider()
+                        .latest_writer(StaticFileSegment::Receipts)
+                        .unwrap();
+                    receipts_writer.increment_block(StaticFileSegment::Receipts, 0).unwrap();
+                    receipts_writer.commit_without_sync_all().unwrap();
+                }
+
                 // Decode and insert blocks, creating a chain of blocks for the test case.
                 let last_block = case.blocks.iter().try_fold(None, |_, block| {
                     let decoded = SealedBlock::decode(&mut block.rlp.as_ref())?;