diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/workers/database.worker.ts b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/workers/database.worker.ts
index 2310d3398..fc709c959 100644
--- a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/workers/database.worker.ts
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/workers/database.worker.ts
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ import {
     startWorkerPerformanceCapture,
     type WorkerPerformanceCapture,
 } from './worker-performance-capture';
+import {
+    handleDatabaseWorkerPostGcHeapRequest,
+    isDatabaseWorkerPostGcHeapRequest,
+} from './database-worker-post-gc-heap';
 
 const loggerLabel = '[DB Worker]';
 const batchDelayMs = Number.parseInt(
@@ -989,6 +993,14 @@ async function executeRequest(
 }
 
 parentPort.on('message', async (message: DbWorkerIncomingMessage) => {
+    if (isDatabaseWorkerPostGcHeapRequest(message)) {
+        handleDatabaseWorkerPostGcHeapRequest(
+            message,
+            activePerformanceCaptures.size === 0
+        );
+        return;
+    }
+
     if (message.type === 'cancel') {
         const activeOperation = activeOperations.get(message.operationId);
         if (activeOperation) {
diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/workers/worker-performance-cancellation.spec.ts b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/workers/worker-performance-cancellation.spec.ts
index 4cdd550b7..58b8c836b 100644
--- a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/workers/worker-performance-cancellation.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/workers/worker-performance-cancellation.spec.ts
@@ -311,3 +311,51 @@ describe('worker cancellation while performance capture arms', () => {
         );
     });
 });
+
+describe('database worker performance control messages', () => {
+    afterEach(() => {
+        jest.restoreAllMocks();
+        jest.resetModules();
+    });
+
+    it('handles a post-GC probe without dispatching a database request', async () => {
+        const armGate = createArmGate();
+        armGate.release();
+        const port = createParentPortHarness<unknown, DbWorkerMessage>();
+        const getWorkerDatabase = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({});
+        const handlePostGcHeapRequest = jest.fn();
+        const responsePort = { marker: 'response-port' };
+        mockPerformanceCapture(armGate);
+        jest.doMock('worker_threads', () => ({
+            parentPort: port.parentPort,
+        }));
+        jest.doMock('./database.worker-connection', () => ({
+            closeWorkerDatabase: jest.fn(),
+            getWorkerDatabase,
+        }));
+        jest.doMock('./database-worker-post-gc-heap', () => ({
+            handleDatabaseWorkerPostGcHeapRequest: handlePostGcHeapRequest,
+            isDatabaseWorkerPostGcHeapRequest: jest.fn(
+                (message: unknown) =>
+                    typeof message === 'object' &&
+                    message !== null &&
+                    (message as Record<string, unknown>)['type'] ===
+                        'performance:collect-post-gc-heap'
+            ),
+        }));
+
+        await import('./database.worker');
+        port.postMessage.mockClear();
+        const handleMessage = port.getMessageHandler();
+        const message = {
+            type: 'performance:collect-post-gc-heap',
+            responsePort,
+        };
+
+        await handleMessage(message);
+
+        expect(handlePostGcHeapRequest).toHaveBeenCalledWith(message, true);
+        expect(getWorkerDatabase).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(port.postMessage).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+});