diff --git a/TESTING.md b/TESTING.md
index 122ee50b8..aa936de85 100644
--- a/TESTING.md
+++ b/TESTING.md
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ Subprocess and provisioning-lock unit tests start alongside the platform project
 process deadlines can overlap database work. The remaining SDK unit and integration files then
 share a scheduling phase. `vp run test:unit` includes both `unit` and `cli-unit`; CI does the same.
 Unit files and most API integration files use isolated worker threads to reduce startup time. On Linux,
-API integration files use forks to isolate PGlite's WebAssembly JIT allocations after native Node 24
-cleanup crashes in shared worker processes. API tests that change the process timezone also use forks,
-because threads cannot change Node's timezone. Select every
+API integration files and the PGlite unit files (`platform-unit-pglite`) use forks to isolate PGlite's
+WebAssembly JIT allocations after native Node 24 cleanup crashes in shared worker processes. API tests
+that change the process timezone also use forks, because threads cannot change Node's timezone. Select every
 API file with `vp test run --project 'platform-api-integration*'`. SDK integration files use forks.
 This keeps database engines from competing with all framework compilers at startup. Keep module
 isolation enabled: these suites mock globals, keep database state, and exercise real process/lock boundaries.
diff --git a/packages/void/test/unit/test-projects.test.ts b/packages/void/test/unit/test-projects.test.ts
index 56194a41a..e6a416ce8 100644
--- a/packages/void/test/unit/test-projects.test.ts
+++ b/packages/void/test/unit/test-projects.test.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,26 @@ it('keeps process-timezone tests in forks', () => {
   }
 });
 
+it('assigns every platform unit file exactly once and keeps PGlite files in their own project', () => {
+  const discovered = [
+    ...globSync('platform/packages/*/test/**/*.test.ts', {
+      cwd: root,
+      exclude: ['platform/packages/api/test/integration/**'],
+    }),
+  ];
+  const unitProjects = projects.filter((project) => project.test.name.startsWith('platform-unit'));
+  const selected = unitProjects.flatMap(files);
+  expect(selected.sort()).toEqual(discovered.sort());
+  expect(new Set(selected).size).toBe(discovered.length);
+  for (const project of unitProjects) {
+    for (const file of files(project)) {
+      if (readFileSync(join(root, file), 'utf8').includes('@electric-sql/pglite')) {
+        expect(project.test.name, file).toBe('platform-unit-pglite');
+      }
+    }
+  }
+});
+
 it('assigns every SDK unit file exactly once including the subprocess project', () => {
   const discovered = [...globSync('packages/*/test/unit/**/*.test.ts', { cwd: root })];
   const selected = projects
diff --git a/test/affected.mjs b/test/affected.mjs
index 21164d89f..423a9b58e 100644
--- a/test/affected.mjs
+++ b/test/affected.mjs
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ export async function runAffected(root, values) {
     watch: false,
     changed: initial.full ? false : changed,
     experimental: { vcsProvider },
-    ...(values.unit ? { project: ['unit', 'cli-unit', 'platform-unit'] } : {}),
+    ...(values.unit
+      ? { project: ['unit', 'cli-unit', 'platform-unit', 'platform-unit-pglite'] }
+      : {}),
   });
   try {
     const all = await vitest.globTestSpecifications();
diff --git a/vite.config.ts b/vite.config.ts
index f46ac501b..fe9afc2b9 100644
--- a/vite.config.ts
+++ b/vite.config.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ const apiTimezoneTests = [
   'platform/packages/api/test/integration/api-delete-accounting.test.ts',
   'platform/packages/api/test/integration/email-connections.test.ts',
 ];
+// Platform unit files that start PGlite. Add new PGlite unit files here.
+const pgliteUnitTests = [
+  'platform/packages/api/test/unit/admin-upgrade-compatibility.test.ts',
+  'platform/packages/api/test/unit/email-migration.test.ts',
+  'platform/packages/api/test/unit/email-shared-recipient-migration.test.ts',
+  'platform/packages/api/test/unit/github-authority-constraints-migration.test.ts',
+  'platform/packages/api/test/unit/github-authority-migration.test.ts',
+];
 const cliUnitTests = [
   'packages/void/test/unit/cf-*.test.ts',
   'packages/void/test/unit/provision-*.test.ts',
@@ -443,7 +451,20 @@ export default defineConfig({
           fsModuleCache: true,
           pool: 'threads',
           include: ['platform/packages/*/test/**/*.test.ts'],
-          exclude: ['platform/packages/api/test/integration/**'],
+          exclude: ['platform/packages/api/test/integration/**', ...pgliteUnitTests],
+          maxWorkers,
+        },
+      },
+      {
+        extends: false,
+        resolve: { alias: platformAlias },
+        test: {
+          name: 'platform-unit-pglite',
+          fsModuleCache: true,
+          // Node 24 on Linux can abort the whole run while unregistering PGlite's Wasm JIT
+          // allocations across worker threads. Keep each database in its own process.
+          pool: process.platform === 'linux' ? 'forks' : 'threads',
+          include: pgliteUnitTests,
           maxWorkers,
         },
       },