diff --git a/app/gateway-api/src/orchestrator/gatewayOrchestrator.ts b/app/gateway-api/src/orchestrator/gatewayOrchestrator.ts
index 102e74ca..b603f431 100644
--- a/app/gateway-api/src/orchestrator/gatewayOrchestrator.ts
+++ b/app/gateway-api/src/orchestrator/gatewayOrchestrator.ts
@@ -467,6 +467,11 @@ export const buildProcessDefinitions = (
     tournament: { name: string; script: string; cwd: string; env: Record<string, string> };
 } => {
     const baseEnv = sanitizeManagedProcessEnv(config.baseEnv ?? {});
+    const profileDatabaseUrl = resolveGatewayPostgresConfigFromEnv(baseEnv, profile.profile).url;
+    const backendEnv = {
+        ...baseEnv,
+        DATABASE_URL: profileDatabaseUrl,
+    };
     const frontendName = buildProcessName(profile.profileName, 'frontend');
     const apiName = buildProcessName(profile.profileName, 'api');
     const daemonName = buildProcessName(profile.profileName, 'daemon');
@@ -483,7 +488,7 @@ export const buildProcessDefinitions = (
     const daemonScript = path.join(daemonCwd, 'dist', 'index.js');
     const turnDaemonNodeOptions = baseEnv.TURN_DAEMON_NODE_OPTIONS?.trim();
     const apiEnv = {
-        ...baseEnv,
+        ...backendEnv,
         POSTGRES_POOL_MAX: managedPostgresPoolMax(baseEnv, 'GAME_API_POSTGRES_POOL_MAX', 4),
         GAME_API_ROLE: 'server',
         PROFILE: profile.profile,
@@ -498,7 +503,7 @@ export const buildProcessDefinitions = (
         GATEWAY_INTERNAL_API_URL: config.gatewayInternalApiUrl,
     };
     const daemonEnv = {
-        ...baseEnv,
+        ...backendEnv,
         ...(turnDaemonNodeOptions ? { NODE_OPTIONS: turnDaemonNodeOptions } : {}),
         POSTGRES_POOL_MAX: managedPostgresPoolMax(baseEnv, 'TURN_DAEMON_POSTGRES_POOL_MAX', 2),
         GAME_ENGINE_ROLE: 'turn-daemon',
diff --git a/app/gateway-api/test/orchestratorPlan.test.ts b/app/gateway-api/test/orchestratorPlan.test.ts
index 2a29a838..7026238e 100644
--- a/app/gateway-api/test/orchestratorPlan.test.ts
+++ b/app/gateway-api/test/orchestratorPlan.test.ts
@@ -250,7 +250,6 @@ describe('buildProcessDefinitions', () => {
         });
 
         for (const definition of Object.values(definitions)) {
-            expect(definition.env).toMatchObject({ DATABASE_URL: 'postgresql://integration.invalid/sammo' });
             expect(definition.env).not.toHaveProperty('pm_id');
             expect(definition.env).not.toHaveProperty('args');
             expect(definition.env).not.toHaveProperty('pm_exec_path');
@@ -258,9 +257,46 @@ describe('buildProcessDefinitions', () => {
             expect(definition.env).not.toHaveProperty('NODE_APP_INSTANCE');
             expect(definition.env).not.toHaveProperty('GATEWAY_ROLE');
         }
+        expect(definitions.frontend.env.DATABASE_URL).toBe('postgresql://integration.invalid/sammo');
+        for (const definition of [
+            definitions.api,
+            definitions.daemon,
+            definitions.auction,
+            definitions.battleSim,
+            definitions.tournament,
+        ]) {
+            expect(definition.env.DATABASE_URL).toBe('postgresql://integration.invalid/sammo?schema=che');
+        }
         expect(definitions.frontend.env.VITE_APP_BASE_PATH).toBe('/che');
     });
 
+    it('passes the encoded profile database URL to every backend process', () => {
+        const definitions = buildProcessDefinitions(buildProfile(), {
+            ...processConfig,
+            baseEnv: {
+                GATEWAY_DATABASE_URL:
+                    'postgresql://sammo:encoded%23password@postgres:5432/sammo?schema=public',
+                POSTGRES_USER: 'sammo',
+                POSTGRES_PASSWORD: 'raw#password',
+                POSTGRES_HOST: 'postgres',
+                POSTGRES_PORT: '5432',
+                POSTGRES_DB: 'sammo',
+            },
+        });
+        const expectedUrl = 'postgresql://sammo:encoded%23password@postgres:5432/sammo?schema=che';
+
+        for (const definition of [
+            definitions.api,
+            definitions.daemon,
+            definitions.auction,
+            definitions.battleSim,
+            definitions.tournament,
+        ]) {
+            expect(definition.env.DATABASE_URL).toBe(expectedUrl);
+        }
+        expect(definitions.frontend.env).not.toHaveProperty('DATABASE_URL');
+    });
+
     it('applies a dedicated Node heap option only to the turn daemon', () => {
         const definitions = buildProcessDefinitions(buildProfile(), {
             ...processConfig,
diff --git a/app/gateway-api/test/profileDeployOperation.test.ts b/app/gateway-api/test/profileDeployOperation.test.ts
index 67154d05..93d1ec01 100644
--- a/app/gateway-api/test/profileDeployOperation.test.ts
+++ b/app/gateway-api/test/profileDeployOperation.test.ts
@@ -144,9 +144,11 @@ describe('profile DEPLOY operation', () => {
         ];
         const backendProcessNames = processNames.filter((name) => !name.endsWith(':game-frontend'));
         const running = new Set(processNames);
+        const startedDefinitions: Array<Parameters<ProcessManager['start']>[0]> = [];
         const processManager: ProcessManager = {
             list: async () => [...running].map((name) => ({ name, status: 'online' })),
             start: async (definition) => {
+                startedDefinitions.push(definition);
                 running.add(definition.name);
             },
             stop: async () => {},
@@ -225,6 +227,12 @@ describe('profile DEPLOY operation', () => {
         expect(commandGroups[1]?.[0]?.env?.DATABASE_URL).toBe(
             'postgresql://user:encoded%23password@integration.invalid/sammo?schema=che'
         );
+        expect(startedDefinitions).toHaveLength(backendProcessNames.length);
+        for (const definition of startedDefinitions) {
+            expect(definition.env?.DATABASE_URL).toBe(
+                'postgresql://user:encoded%23password@integration.invalid/sammo?schema=che'
+            );
+        }
         expect(commandGroups.flat().some((command) => command.env?.GATEWAY_ROLE === 'profile-seed')).toBe(false);
         expect(patches.at(-1)).toMatchObject({
             buildStatus: 'SUCCEEDED',