diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 66e0d3e77..a0a9715ec 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -78,6 +78,16 @@ callers of anything whose signature or behavior you changed (`grep` for the symb
 CI runs the whole suite on the PR (`pytest.yml`, MariaDB + PostgreSQL). That is the
 place for full-suite coverage; local runs stay scoped.
 
+**In a git worktree, run tests against a temporary database.** Every checkout shares
+`romm_test`, and one on another branch can migrate it to a revision yours lacks, so
+every test errors in setup with `Can't locate revision`. Set `ROMM_TEST_DB_TAG` to a
+tag unique to the worktree: the run creates and migrates `romm_test_tmp_<tag>` (one per
+xdist worker), then drops it at the end. Never `stamp` or downgrade the shared `romm_test`.
+
+```bash
+ROMM_TEST_DB_TAG=my_worktree uv run pytest -n auto tests/handler/
+```
+
 ---
 
 ## Environment setup
diff --git a/backend/conftest.py b/backend/conftest.py
index 43b7e7694..0c1b472b3 100644
--- a/backend/conftest.py
+++ b/backend/conftest.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+import re
 
 # Tests must never inherit DB_NAME from the ambient environment (e.g. a
 # sourced .env pointing at a real dev/prod database) -- the autouse
@@ -12,5 +13,10 @@ import os
 #
 # The Redis cache needs no equivalent handling: under pytest it is an in-process
 # FakeRedis, so each worker process is already isolated.
+#
+# ROMM_TEST_DB_TAG runs use temporary databases that tests/conftest.py drops at
+# session end; the `tmp_` prefix keeps them apart from the untagged worker names.
+_tag = re.sub(r"[^A-Za-z0-9_]", "_", os.environ.get("ROMM_TEST_DB_TAG", ""))
+_base = f"romm_test_tmp_{_tag}" if _tag else "romm_test"
 _xdist_worker = os.environ.get("PYTEST_XDIST_WORKER")
-os.environ["DB_NAME"] = f"romm_test_{_xdist_worker}" if _xdist_worker else "romm_test"
+os.environ["DB_NAME"] = f"{_base}_{_xdist_worker}" if _xdist_worker else _base
diff --git a/backend/tests/conftest.py b/backend/tests/conftest.py
index eff7e04f2..5d2eeefa4 100644
--- a/backend/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/backend/tests/conftest.py
@@ -133,6 +133,30 @@ def _ensure_database_exists() -> None:
         admin_engine.dispose()
 
 
+def _drop_database() -> None:
+    """Drop the temporary database a ROMM_TEST_DB_TAG run created."""
+    url = ConfigManager.get_db_engine()
+    db_name = url.database
+    if not db_name or not re.fullmatch(r"[A-Za-z0-9_]+", db_name):
+        return
+
+    engine.dispose()
+    sync_engine.dispose()
+    if ROMM_DB_DRIVER in ("mariadb", "mysql"):
+        admin_engine = create_engine(url.set(database="information_schema"))
+        with admin_engine.begin() as conn:
+            conn.execute(text(f"DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS `{db_name}`"))
+    elif ROMM_DB_DRIVER == "postgresql":
+        admin_engine = create_engine(
+            url.set(database="postgres"), isolation_level="AUTOCOMMIT"
+        )
+        with admin_engine.connect() as conn:
+            conn.execute(text(f'DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS "{db_name}" WITH (FORCE)'))
+    else:
+        return
+    admin_engine.dispose()
+
+
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
 def raise_on_response_mismatch(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
     monkeypatch.setattr(response_validation, "RAISE_ON_MISMATCH", True)
@@ -151,7 +175,12 @@ def lenient(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> MagicMock:
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session", autouse=True)
 def setup_database():
     _ensure_database_exists()
-    alembic.config.main(argv=["upgrade", "head"])
+    try:
+        alembic.config.main(argv=["upgrade", "head"])
+        yield
+    finally:
+        if os.environ.get("ROMM_TEST_DB_TAG"):
+            _drop_database()
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)