diff --git a/app/pages/project/instances/instance/tabs/StorageTab.tsx b/app/pages/project/instances/instance/tabs/StorageTab.tsx
index a92f68217..dccfbae66 100644
--- a/app/pages/project/instances/instance/tabs/StorageTab.tsx
+++ b/app/pages/project/instances/instance/tabs/StorageTab.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import type { LoaderFunctionArgs } from 'react-router-dom'
 import {
   type Disk,
   apiQueryClient,
+  diskCan,
+  genName,
   instanceCan,
   useApiMutation,
   useApiQueryClient,
@@ -60,11 +62,35 @@ export function StorageTab() {
   )
 
   const detachDisk = useApiMutation('instanceDiskDetach', {})
+  const createSnapshot = useApiMutation('snapshotCreate', {
+    onSuccess() {
+      queryClient.invalidateQueries('snapshotList')
+      addToast({ content: 'Snapshot successfully created' })
+    },
+  })
 
   const { data: instance } = usePrefetchedApiQuery('instanceView', instancePathQuery)
 
   const makeActions = useCallback(
     (disk: Disk): MenuAction[] => [
+      {
+        label: 'Snapshot',
+        disabled: !diskCan.snapshot(disk) && (
+          <>
+            Only disks in state {fancifyStates(diskCan.snapshot.states)} can be snapshotted
+          </>
+        ),
+        onActivate() {
+          createSnapshot.mutate({
+            query: { project },
+            body: {
+              name: genName(disk.name),
+              disk: disk.name,
+              description: '',
+            },
+          })
+        },
+      },
       {
         label: 'Detach',
         disabled: !instanceCan.detachDisk(instance) && (
@@ -82,7 +108,7 @@ export function StorageTab() {
         },
       },
     ],
-    [detachDisk, instance, queryClient, instancePathQuery]
+    [detachDisk, instance, queryClient, instancePathQuery, createSnapshot, project]
   )
 
   const attachDisk = useApiMutation('instanceDiskAttach', {
diff --git a/app/test/e2e/instance/attach-disk.e2e.ts b/app/test/e2e/instance/disks.e2e.ts
similarity index 72%
rename from app/test/e2e/instance/attach-disk.e2e.ts
rename to app/test/e2e/instance/disks.e2e.ts
index e7d651ece..99d08a3d0 100644
--- a/app/test/e2e/instance/attach-disk.e2e.ts
+++ b/app/test/e2e/instance/disks.e2e.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,15 @@
  *
  * Copyright Oxide Computer Company
  */
-import { expect, expectNotVisible, expectVisible, stopInstance, test } from '../utils'
+import {
+  clickRowAction,
+  expect,
+  expectNotVisible,
+  expectRowVisible,
+  expectVisible,
+  stopInstance,
+  test,
+} from '../utils'
 
 test('Attach disk', async ({ page }) => {
   await page.goto('/projects/mock-project/instances/db1')
@@ -57,3 +65,23 @@ test('Attach disk', async ({ page }) => {
   await page.click('role=button[name="Attach Disk"]')
   await expectVisible(page, ['role=cell[name="disk-3"]'])
 })
+
+test('Snapshot disk', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.goto('/projects/mock-project/instances/db1')
+
+  // have to use nth with toasts because the text shows up in multiple spots
+  const successMsg = page.getByText('Snapshot successfully created').nth(0)
+  await expect(successMsg).toBeHidden()
+
+  await clickRowAction(page, 'disk-2', 'Snapshot')
+
+  await expect(successMsg).toBeVisible() // we see the toast!
+
+  // now go see the snapshot on the snapshots page
+  await page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Snapshots' }).click()
+  const table = page.getByRole('table')
+  await expectRowVisible(table, {
+    name: expect.stringMatching(/^disk-2-/),
+    disk: 'disk-2',
+  })
+})
diff --git a/app/test/e2e/utils.ts b/app/test/e2e/utils.ts
index 60c6583ce..0554391f3 100644
--- a/app/test/e2e/utils.ts
+++ b/app/test/e2e/utils.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ export async function expectNotVisible(page: Page, selectors: Selector[]) {
   }
 }
 
+// Technically this has type AsymmetricMatcher, which is not exported by
+// Playwright and is (surprisingly) just Record<string, any>. Rather than use
+// that, I think it's smarter to do the following in case they ever make the
+// type more interesting; this will still do what it's supposed to.
+type StringMatcher = ReturnType<typeof expect.stringMatching>
+
 /**
  * Assert that a row matching `expectedRow` is present in `table`. The match
  * uses `objectContaining`, so `expectedRow` does not need to contain every
@@ -55,7 +61,7 @@ export async function expectNotVisible(page: Page, selectors: Selector[]) {
  */
 export async function expectRowVisible(
   table: Locator,
-  expectedRow: Record<string, string>
+  expectedRow: Record<string, string | StringMatcher>
 ) {
   // wait for header and rows to avoid flake town
   const headerLoc = table.locator('thead >> role=cell')