diff --git a/packages/world-postgres/src/drizzle/migrations/0008_migrate_pgboss_to_graphile.sql b/packages/world-postgres/src/drizzle/migrations/0008_migrate_pgboss_to_graphile.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..25ec8c039e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/world-postgres/src/drizzle/migrations/0008_migrate_pgboss_to_graphile.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+-- Migrate pending pg-boss jobs to a staging table before dropping the pgboss schema.
+-- The application code will re-enqueue these jobs into graphile-worker on first start.
+DO $$
+BEGIN
+  IF EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM information_schema.schemata WHERE schema_name = 'pgboss') THEN
+    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "workflow"."_pgboss_pending_jobs" (
+      name text NOT NULL,
+      data jsonb,
+      singleton_key text,
+      retry_limit integer
+    );
+
+    INSERT INTO "workflow"."_pgboss_pending_jobs" (name, data, singleton_key, retry_limit)
+    SELECT name, data, singleton_key, retry_limit
+    FROM pgboss.job
+    WHERE state IN ('created', 'retry');
+
+    DROP SCHEMA pgboss CASCADE;
+  END IF;
+END $$;
diff --git a/packages/world-postgres/src/drizzle/migrations/meta/_journal.json b/packages/world-postgres/src/drizzle/migrations/meta/_journal.json
index 810aacbcac..8fa6f70a27 100644
--- a/packages/world-postgres/src/drizzle/migrations/meta/_journal.json
+++ b/packages/world-postgres/src/drizzle/migrations/meta/_journal.json
@@ -57,6 +57,13 @@
       "when": 1769500000000,
       "tag": "0007_add_waits_table",
       "breakpoints": true
+    },
+    {
+      "idx": 8,
+      "version": "7",
+      "when": 1770000000000,
+      "tag": "0008_migrate_pgboss_to_graphile",
+      "breakpoints": true
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/world-postgres/src/index.ts b/packages/world-postgres/src/index.ts
index 41c09a9228..6f2993e3db 100644
--- a/packages/world-postgres/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/world-postgres/src/index.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export function createWorld(
 ): World & { start(): Promise<void> } {
   const postgres = createPostgres(config.connectionString);
   const drizzle = createClient(postgres);
-  const queue = createQueue(config);
+  const queue = createQueue(config, postgres);
   const storage = createStorage(drizzle);
   const streamer = createStreamer(postgres, drizzle);
 
diff --git a/packages/world-postgres/src/queue.ts b/packages/world-postgres/src/queue.ts
index 3f622a4449..ad11ffd69d 100644
--- a/packages/world-postgres/src/queue.ts
+++ b/packages/world-postgres/src/queue.ts
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@ import { createLocalWorld } from '@workflow/world-local';
 import {
   Logger,
   makeWorkerUtils,
-  run,
   type Runner,
+  run,
   type WorkerUtils,
 } from 'graphile-worker';
+import type Postgres from 'postgres';
 import { monotonicFactory } from 'ulid';
-import { MessageData } from './message.js';
 import type { PostgresWorldConfig } from './config.js';
+import { MessageData } from './message.js';
 
 // Redirect graphile-worker logs to stderr so CLI --json on stdout stays clean.
 // TODO: When CI=1 suppresses logging, replace with conditional stdout (e.g. log to stdout when not in JSON/CI mode).
@@ -43,7 +44,10 @@ export type PostgresQueue = Queue & {
   close(): Promise<void>;
 };
 
-export function createQueue(config: PostgresWorldConfig): PostgresQueue {
+export function createQueue(
+  config: PostgresWorldConfig,
+  postgres: Postgres.Sql
+): PostgresQueue {
   const port = process.env.PORT ? Number(process.env.PORT) : undefined;
   const localWorld = createLocalWorld({ dataDir: undefined, port });
 
@@ -66,15 +70,68 @@ export function createQueue(config: PostgresWorldConfig): PostgresQueue {
   let runner: Runner | null = null;
   let startPromise: Promise<void> | null = null;
 
+  async function migratePgBossJobs(utils: WorkerUtils): Promise<void> {
+    // Scenario A: Drizzle migration already ran — staging table exists
+    const hasStaging = await postgres`
+      SELECT EXISTS (
+        SELECT 1 FROM information_schema.tables
+        WHERE table_schema = 'workflow'
+        AND table_name = '_pgboss_pending_jobs'
+      ) AS exists
+    `;
+    if (hasStaging[0].exists) {
+      const jobs = await postgres`
+        SELECT name, data, singleton_key, retry_limit
+        FROM "workflow"."_pgboss_pending_jobs"
+      `;
+      for (const job of jobs) {
+        await utils.addJob(job.name, job.data as Record<string, unknown>, {
+          jobKey: job.singleton_key ?? undefined,
+          maxAttempts: job.retry_limit ?? 3,
+        });
+      }
+      await postgres`DROP TABLE "workflow"."_pgboss_pending_jobs"`;
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Scenario B: Drizzle migration didn't run — pgboss schema still exists
+    const hasPgBoss = await postgres`
+      SELECT EXISTS (
+        SELECT 1 FROM information_schema.schemata
+        WHERE schema_name = 'pgboss'
+      ) AS exists
+    `;
+    if (hasPgBoss[0].exists) {
+      const jobs = await postgres`
+        SELECT name, data, singleton_key, retry_limit
+        FROM pgboss.job
+        WHERE state IN ('created', 'retry')
+      `;
+      for (const job of jobs) {
+        await utils.addJob(job.name, job.data as Record<string, unknown>, {
+          jobKey: job.singleton_key ?? undefined,
+          maxAttempts: job.retry_limit ?? 3,
+        });
+      }
+      await postgres`DROP SCHEMA pgboss CASCADE`;
+    }
+  }
+
   async function start(): Promise<void> {
     if (!startPromise) {
       startPromise = (async () => {
-        workerUtils = await makeWorkerUtils({
-          connectionString: config.connectionString,
-          logger: stderrLogger,
-        });
-        await workerUtils.migrate();
-        await setupListeners();
+        try {
+          workerUtils = await makeWorkerUtils({
+            connectionString: config.connectionString,
+            logger: stderrLogger,
+          });
+          await workerUtils.migrate();
+          await migratePgBossJobs(workerUtils);
+          await setupListeners();
+        } catch (err) {
+          startPromise = null;
+          throw err;
+        }
       })();
     }
     await startPromise;
@@ -155,6 +212,7 @@ export function createQueue(config: PostgresWorldConfig): PostgresQueue {
         await workerUtils.release();
         workerUtils = null;
       }
+      startPromise = null;
       await localWorld.close?.();
     },
   };