diff --git a/modules/conga/schedule_test.go b/modules/conga/schedule_test.go
index fbc4de46..f0509c13 100644
--- a/modules/conga/schedule_test.go
+++ b/modules/conga/schedule_test.go
@@ -254,6 +254,44 @@ func TestScheduleRunsCommand(t *testing.T) {
 	logs.waitFor(t, slog.LevelWarn, "schedule: command not registered; skipping", "command", "acme:missing")
 }
 
+// TestScheduledDeferredPurgeInProcess runs the framework entry deferred:purge
+// the way serve's worker does (callScheduled through the published catalog)
+// and through schedule:run --once, both on an app whose pool is already
+// published. Both used to fail with "backpack: duplicate provider for
+// *sql.DB".
+func TestScheduledDeferredPurgeInProcess(t *testing.T) {
+	db, dsn := migratedDB(t)
+	app, _ := testApp(t, db, dsn, map[string]any{"app.key": testAppKey})
+	logs := &captureHandler{}
+	if err := app.Publish(slog.New(logs)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := app.Publish(bonfire.NewCatalog(lagoon.RuntimeCommands(app, nil))); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	skipped, err := callScheduled(t.Context(), app, loggerFromApp(app), "deferred:purge", nil, &buf)
+	if skipped || err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("callScheduled: skipped=%v err=%v\n%s", skipped, err, buf.String())
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(buf.String(), "purged 0 deferred bindings older than 5 days") {
+		t.Fatalf("output = %q", buf.String())
+	}
+	if !logs.find(slog.LevelInfo, "schedule: command finished", "command", "deferred:purge") {
+		t.Fatal("no Info 'schedule: command finished' record for deferred:purge")
+	}
+	if err := db.PingContext(t.Context()); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("published pool closed by the command: %v", err)
+	}
+	out, err := onceRun(t, app, nil, mustTime(t, time.UTC, "2026-03-10 03:00:00"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("schedule:run --once: %v\n%s", err, out)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "Ran 1 due entries (0 failed)") {
+		t.Fatalf("schedule:run --once output = %q", out)
+	}
+}
+
 // onceRun runs `schedule:run --once` for plugins at the given app time and
 // returns its output.
 func onceRun(t *testing.T, app *backpack.App, plugins []party.Plugin, now time.Time) (string, error) {
diff --git a/modules/lagoon/commands.go b/modules/lagoon/commands.go
index 569c5e97..4099bff7 100644
--- a/modules/lagoon/commands.go
+++ b/modules/lagoon/commands.go
@@ -483,7 +483,16 @@ func purgeBucket(ctx context.Context, app *backpack.App) (*blob.Bucket, func(),
 	return b, func() { _ = b.Close() }, nil
 }
 
+// withDB runs fn on the app's published database when there is one: an
+// in-process run (the scheduler in serve or schedule:run, through
+// bonfire.Catalog.Call) borrows that pool and leaves it open. Otherwise it
+// opens and publishes a pool for the CLI run and closes it when fn returns.
 func withDB(ctx context.Context, app *backpack.App, fn func(*gorm.DB) error) error {
+	if app != nil {
+		if gdb, ok := app.Lookup[*gorm.DB](); ok && gdb != nil {
+			return fn(gdb)
+		}
+	}
 	sqlDB, gdb, err := OpenFromApp(ctx, app)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/modules/lagoon/purge_test.go b/modules/lagoon/purge_test.go
index 5e1dd163..8a14c651 100644
--- a/modules/lagoon/purge_test.go
+++ b/modules/lagoon/purge_test.go
@@ -501,3 +501,50 @@ func TestPurgeDeferredCommand(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("the command left the file, its blob or a binding")
 	}
 }
+
+// TestPurgeDeferredCommandPublishedDB runs deferred:purge the way the
+// in-process scheduler does: through bonfire.Call on an app whose pool serve
+// already opened and published. The command used to publish a second pool
+// and fail with "backpack: duplicate provider for *sql.DB"; it now runs on
+// the published handle and leaves that pool open.
+func TestPurgeDeferredCommandPublishedDB(t *testing.T) {
+	e := newPurgeEnv(t, "lagoon_purge_published")
+	f := e.file(t, "")
+	created := e.child(t, "created")
+	e.bind(t, "cover", DeferredFileType, fmt.Sprint(f.ID), nil, 3*day)
+	e.bind(t, "children", "acme_purge_children", fmt.Sprint(created), &DeferredEnvelope{Created: true}, 3*day)
+
+	app := backpack.New(purgeConfig(t, map[string]any{"database.dsn": e.dsn, "app.key": base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(bytes.Repeat([]byte{7}, 32))}))
+	sqlDB, gdb, err := OpenFromApp(t.Context(), app)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { _ = sqlDB.Close() })
+	if err := Publish(app, sqlDB, gdb); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := attach.Publish(app, e.bucket); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	plugins := []party.Plugin{purgePlugin{models: []any{&purgeChild{}}}}
+	var out bytes.Buffer
+	if err := bonfire.Call(t.Context(), RuntimeCommands(app, plugins), "deferred:purge", []string{"--days", "2"}, &out); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("deferred:purge: %v\n%s", err, out.String())
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(out.String(), "purged 2 deferred bindings older than 2 days (1 files, 1 children, 0 skipped)") {
+		t.Fatalf("output = %q", out.String())
+	}
+	if e.fileExists(t, f.ID) || e.blobExists(t, f) || len(e.bindingIDs(t)) != 0 {
+		t.Fatal("the command left the file, its blob or a binding")
+	}
+	if err := sqlDB.PingContext(t.Context()); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("published pool closed by the command: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got, ok := app.Lookup[*gorm.DB](); !ok || got != gdb {
+		t.Fatalf("published *gorm.DB replaced: %p, want %p", got, gdb)
+	}
+	out.Reset()
+	if err := bonfire.Call(t.Context(), RuntimeCommands(app, plugins), "migrate:status", nil, &out); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("migrate:status: %v\n%s", err, out.String())
+	}
+}