diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/stalker-session/stalker-session-runtime.spec.ts b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/stalker-session/stalker-session-runtime.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a299be7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/stalker-session/stalker-session-runtime.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import {
+    STALKER_SESSION_FAILURE_REASONS,
+    type StalkerSessionConnectionDescriptor,
+} from '@iptvnator/shared/interfaces';
+import type { DatabaseWorkerClient } from '../database-worker-client';
+import {
+    createStalkerPlaylistReader,
+    createStalkerSessionManager,
+} from './stalker-session-runtime';
+
+const descriptor: StalkerSessionConnectionDescriptor = {
+    connectionMode: 'persisted-open',
+    macAddress: '00:1A:79:AA:BB:CC',
+    playlistRef: 'playlist-7',
+    profilePreset: {
+        id: 'mag250-public-5_1-minimal-v1',
+        version: 1,
+    },
+    sourceUrl: 'https://portal.test/c/',
+};
+
+describe('Stalker session runtime', () => {
+    it('loads a playlist through the non-EPG database worker contract', async () => {
+        const request = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({ _id: 'playlist-7' });
+        const readPlaylist = createStalkerPlaylistReader({
+            request,
+        } as unknown as Pick<DatabaseWorkerClient, 'request'>);
+
+        await expect(readPlaylist('playlist-7')).resolves.toEqual({
+            _id: 'playlist-7',
+        });
+        expect(request).toHaveBeenCalledWith('DB_GET_APP_PLAYLIST', {
+            playlistId: 'playlist-7',
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('consults worker-backed saved credentials before resolving a persisted connection', async () => {
+        const request = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+            _id: 'playlist-7',
+            macAddress: descriptor.macAddress,
+            password: 'saved-password',
+            portalUrl: descriptor.sourceUrl,
+            type: 'stalker',
+            username: 'saved-user',
+        });
+        const resolve = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+            kind: 'failure',
+            reason: STALKER_SESSION_FAILURE_REASONS.EndpointNotFound,
+            retryable: false,
+            stage: 'resolving',
+        });
+        const manager = createStalkerSessionManager({
+            databaseWorker: {
+                request,
+            } as unknown as Pick<DatabaseWorkerClient, 'request'>,
+            resolver: { resolve },
+        });
+
+        await expect(manager.open(1, { descriptor })).resolves.toMatchObject({
+            kind: 'failure',
+            reason: STALKER_SESSION_FAILURE_REASONS.EndpointNotFound,
+        });
+        expect(request).toHaveBeenCalledWith('DB_GET_APP_PLAYLIST', {
+            playlistId: 'playlist-7',
+        });
+        expect(resolve).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+});
diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/stalker-session/stalker-session-runtime.ts b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/stalker-session/stalker-session-runtime.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ddeb0c98b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/src/app/services/stalker-session/stalker-session-runtime.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import {
+    databaseWorkerClient,
+    type DatabaseWorkerClient,
+} from '../database-worker-client';
+import { stalkerPlaybackContextService } from '../stalker-playback-context.service';
+import { mapRawOperation } from './stalker-operation-adapter';
+import { createStalkerSavedCredentialsLoader } from './stalker-saved-credentials';
+import {
+    StalkerSessionManager,
+    type StalkerSessionManagerDependencies,
+    type StalkerSessionPlaybackContextPort,
+} from './stalker-session-manager';
+
+type StalkerDatabaseWorker = Pick<DatabaseWorkerClient, 'request'>;
+
+export type StalkerSessionRuntimeDependencies = Omit<
+    StalkerSessionManagerDependencies,
+    'loadSavedCredentials' | 'mapRawOperation' | 'playbackContexts'
+> & {
+    readonly databaseWorker?: StalkerDatabaseWorker;
+    readonly playbackContexts?: StalkerSessionPlaybackContextPort;
+};
+
+export function createStalkerPlaylistReader(
+    databaseWorker: StalkerDatabaseWorker = databaseWorkerClient
+): (playlistRef: string) => Promise<unknown> {
+    return (playlistRef) =>
+        databaseWorker.request('DB_GET_APP_PLAYLIST', {
+            playlistId: playlistRef,
+        });
+}
+
+export function createStalkerSessionManager(
+    dependencies: StalkerSessionRuntimeDependencies = {}
+): StalkerSessionManager {
+    const {
+        databaseWorker = databaseWorkerClient,
+        playbackContexts = stalkerPlaybackContextService,
+        ...managerDependencies
+    } = dependencies;
+    return new StalkerSessionManager({
+        ...managerDependencies,
+        loadSavedCredentials: createStalkerSavedCredentialsLoader(
+            createStalkerPlaylistReader(databaseWorker)
+        ),
+        mapRawOperation,
+        playbackContexts,
+    });
+}
+
+export const stalkerSessionManager = createStalkerSessionManager();
diff --git a/apps/electron-backend/src/main.ts b/apps/electron-backend/src/main.ts
index ea9b08923..218fd70bd 100644
--- a/apps/electron-backend/src/main.ts
+++ b/apps/electron-backend/src/main.ts
@@ -24,10 +24,12 @@ import SettingsEvents from './app/events/settings.events';
 import SharedEvents from './app/events/shared.events';
 import SquirrelEvents from './app/events/squirrel.events';
 import StalkerEvents from './app/events/stalker.events';
+import StalkerSessionEvents from './app/events/stalker-session.events';
 import { isStartupTraceEnabled, trace } from './app/services/debug-trace';
 import { registerStaticHeaderShims } from './app/services/request-header-overrides.service';
 import { AppUpdateService } from './app/services/app-update.service';
 import { databaseWorkerClient } from './app/services/database-worker-client';
+import { stalkerSessionManager } from './app/services/stalker-session/stalker-session-runtime';
 import WindowEvents from './app/events/window.events';
 import XtreamEvents from './app/events/xtream.events';
 import { environment } from './environments/environment';
@@ -142,6 +144,9 @@ export default class Main {
         SharedEvents.bootstrapSharedEvents();
         PlayerEvents.bootstrapPlayerEvents();
         SettingsEvents.bootstrapSettingsEvents();
+        StalkerSessionEvents.bootstrapStalkerSessionEvents(
+            stalkerSessionManager
+        );
         StalkerEvents.bootstrapStalkerEvents();
         XtreamEvents.bootstrapXtreamEvents();
         DatabaseEvents.bootstrapDatabaseEvents();
@@ -209,6 +214,8 @@ runEmbeddedMpvRuntimeDiagnosticOrContinue(process.argv, () => {
         shutdownEmbeddedMpv();
         shutdownMpvSession();
         shutdownVlcSession();
-        void databaseWorkerClient.shutdown();
+        void stalkerSessionManager
+            .destroyAll()
+            .finally(() => databaseWorkerClient.shutdown());
     });
 });