diff --git a/wasm-port/runtime/sdk/README.md b/wasm-port/runtime/sdk/README.md
index 1834964..5e1b7a8 100644
--- a/wasm-port/runtime/sdk/README.md
+++ b/wasm-port/runtime/sdk/README.md
@@ -569,6 +569,12 @@ private module paths:
   LinuxCNC-owned tool DB process port contract. Contract-only mode does not run
   `DB_PROGRAM`, does not parse `.tbl` as a fallback, and keeps execution and
   promotion disabled.
+- `createLinuxCncToolDbNodeRuntimeAdapter()` in
+  `runtime/sdk/src/tool-db-node-runtime-adapter.js` for Node/native verification
+  of the real LinuxCNC `DB_PROGRAM` child process. This adapter is intentionally
+  not exported from the browser-facing SDK index because it depends on Node
+  process APIs; browser runtime remains locked until a Python/WASM Worker runs
+  the DB program.
 - `saveToolDbFile()`, `loadToolDbFile()`, `saveToolDbTranscript()`, and
   `loadToolDbTranscript()` for OPFS persistence of the DB flat file and protocol
   transcript artifacts.
diff --git a/wasm-port/runtime/sdk/src/tool-db-node-runtime-adapter.js b/wasm-port/runtime/sdk/src/tool-db-node-runtime-adapter.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4266957
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wasm-port/runtime/sdk/src/tool-db-node-runtime-adapter.js
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+import { createWriteStream } from "node:fs";
+import { mkdir, rm } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
+
+function requireString(value, label) {
+  if (typeof value !== "string" || value.length === 0) {
+    throw new Error(`${label} must be a non-empty string.`);
+  }
+  return value;
+}
+
+function defaultRepoRoot() {
+  return fileURLToPath(new URL("../../../..", import.meta.url));
+}
+
+function appendPathEnv(current, next) {
+  return current ? `${next}:${current}` : next;
+}
+
+export function createLinuxCncToolDbNodeRuntimeAdapter({
+  repoRoot = defaultRepoRoot(),
+  linuxCncRoot = join(repoRoot, "linuxcnc"),
+  dbProgramPath = join(linuxCncRoot, "configs/sim/axis/db_demo/db_nonran.py"),
+  dbProgramCwd = dirname(dbProgramPath),
+  dbSavefile = join(repoRoot, "wasm-port/build/native/tool-db-runtime/sdk-node-db-nonran"),
+  stdoutLog = join(repoRoot, "wasm-port/build/native/tool-db-runtime/sdk-node-db-program.stdout.log"),
+  stderrLog = join(repoRoot, "wasm-port/build/native/tool-db-runtime/sdk-node-db-program.stderr.log"),
+  periodMinutes = 999,
+} = {}) {
+  requireString(repoRoot, "repoRoot");
+  requireString(linuxCncRoot, "linuxCncRoot");
+  requireString(dbProgramPath, "dbProgramPath");
+  requireString(dbProgramCwd, "dbProgramCwd");
+  requireString(dbSavefile, "dbSavefile");
+
+  let proc = null;
+  let stdoutFile = null;
+  let stderrFile = null;
+  let stdoutBuffer = "";
+  const lineQueue = [];
+  const waiters = [];
+  let closed = false;
+
+  function flushWaiters() {
+    while (lineQueue.length > 0 && waiters.length > 0) {
+      const waiter = waiters.shift();
+      waiter.resolve(lineQueue.shift());
+    }
+  }
+
+  function failWaiters(error) {
+    while (waiters.length > 0) {
+      const waiter = waiters.shift();
+      waiter.reject(error);
+    }
+  }
+
+  function pushStdout(chunk) {
+    stdoutBuffer += chunk.toString("utf8");
+    let newlineIndex = stdoutBuffer.indexOf("\n");
+    while (newlineIndex !== -1) {
+      const line = stdoutBuffer.slice(0, newlineIndex).replace(/\r$/, "");
+      stdoutBuffer = stdoutBuffer.slice(newlineIndex + 1);
+      lineQueue.push(line);
+      newlineIndex = stdoutBuffer.indexOf("\n");
+    }
+    flushWaiters();
+  }
+
+  return {
+    runtimeMode: "node-linuxcnc-db-program",
+    dbSavefile,
+    stdoutLog,
+    stderrLog,
+
+    async start() {
+      await mkdir(dirname(dbSavefile), { recursive: true });
+      await rm(dbSavefile, { force: true });
+      stdoutFile = createWriteStream(stdoutLog, { encoding: "utf8" });
+      stderrFile = createWriteStream(stderrLog, { encoding: "utf8" });
+
+      const env = {
+        ...process.env,
+        PYTHONPATH: appendPathEnv(process.env.PYTHONPATH, join(linuxCncRoot, "lib/python")),
+        LD_LIBRARY_PATH: appendPathEnv(process.env.LD_LIBRARY_PATH, join(linuxCncRoot, "lib")),
+      };
+
+      proc = spawn(dbProgramPath, [`--period_minutes=${periodMinutes}`, dbSavefile], {
+        cwd: dbProgramCwd,
+        env,
+        stdio: ["pipe", "pipe", "pipe"],
+      });
+      proc.stdout.on("data", (chunk) => {
+        stdoutFile.write(chunk);
+        pushStdout(chunk);
+      });
+      proc.stderr.on("data", (chunk) => stderrFile.write(chunk));
+      proc.on("error", (error) => failWaiters(error));
+      proc.on("exit", (code) => {
+        if (!closed && code !== 0) {
+          failWaiters(new Error(`DB_PROGRAM exited with code ${code}.`));
+        }
+      });
+    },
+
+    async writeLine(line) {
+      if (!proc?.stdin || proc.stdin.destroyed) {
+        throw new Error("DB_PROGRAM stdin is not writable.");
+      }
+      proc.stdin.write(`${line}\n`);
+    },
+
+    async readLine({ timeoutMs = 5000 } = {}) {
+      if (lineQueue.length > 0) {
+        return lineQueue.shift();
+      }
+      return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        let waiter;
+        const timer = setTimeout(() => {
+          const index = waiters.indexOf(waiter);
+          if (index !== -1) {
+            waiters.splice(index, 1);
+          }
+          reject(new Error("timeout waiting for DB_PROGRAM output."));
+        }, timeoutMs);
+        waiter = {
+          resolve: (line) => {
+            clearTimeout(timer);
+            resolve(line);
+          },
+          reject: (error) => {
+            clearTimeout(timer);
+            reject(error);
+          },
+        };
+        waiters.push(waiter);
+      });
+    },
+
+    async close() {
+      closed = true;
+      try {
+        proc?.stdin?.end();
+      } catch {
+        // ignore close races
+      }
+      if (proc && proc.exitCode === null && proc.signalCode === null) {
+        await new Promise((resolve) => {
+          proc.once("exit", resolve);
+          proc.kill("SIGTERM");
+          setTimeout(resolve, 1000);
+        });
+      }
+      stdoutFile?.end();
+      stderrFile?.end();
+    },
+  };
+}
diff --git a/wasm-port/runtime/sdk/src/tool-db-process-port.js b/wasm-port/runtime/sdk/src/tool-db-process-port.js
index e3337d4..4b8fafb 100644
--- a/wasm-port/runtime/sdk/src/tool-db-process-port.js
+++ b/wasm-port/runtime/sdk/src/tool-db-process-port.js
@@ -207,8 +207,18 @@ export function createLinuxCncToolDbProcessPort({
       for (const step of plan) {
         if (step.direction === "write") {
           await this.writeLine(step.line);
+          if (step.requiresFini) {
+            let finiSeen = false;
+            while (!finiSeen) {
+              const reply = await this.readLine();
+              finiSeen = reply.startsWith("FINI");
+            }
+          }
         } else {
-          await this.readLine();
+          const line = await this.readLine();
+          if (step.expect && line !== step.expect) {
+            throw new Error(`ToolDbProcessPort ${step.phase} expected ${step.expect}, got ${line}.`);
+          }
         }
       }
       return {
@@ -226,9 +236,9 @@ export function createLinuxCncToolDbProcessPort({
       return transcript.map((entry) => ({ ...entry }));
     },
 
-    close() {
+    async close() {
       if (runtimeAdapter?.close) {
-        runtimeAdapter.close();
+        await runtimeAdapter.close();
       }
       closed = true;
       return {
diff --git a/wasm-port/tests/sdk/node/verify_project_batch_acceptance_artifact.mjs b/wasm-port/tests/sdk/node/verify_project_batch_acceptance_artifact.mjs
index 8571f9d..935d4f6 100644
--- a/wasm-port/tests/sdk/node/verify_project_batch_acceptance_artifact.mjs
+++ b/wasm-port/tests/sdk/node/verify_project_batch_acceptance_artifact.mjs
@@ -35,6 +35,17 @@ assert.equal(jsonWorkflow.report.reportVersion, 1);
 assert.equal(jsonWorkflow.report.ready, true);
 assert.equal(jsonWorkflow.report.capabilityMatrix.ready, true);
 assert.deepEqual(jsonWorkflow.report.capabilityMatrix.capabilityTypes, ["workflow", "api", "gate"]);
+assert.equal(jsonWorkflow.report.capabilityMatrix.capabilityCount, 5);
+assert.equal(jsonWorkflow.report.capabilityMatrix.acceptedCount, 5);
+assert.equal(
+  jsonWorkflow.report.capabilityMatrix.capabilities.some(
+    (capability) =>
+      capability.id === "tool-db-node-runtime-adapter" &&
+      capability.evidence === "tool_db_node_runtime_adapter=ok" &&
+      capability.command === "wasm-port/tests/sdk/node/verify_tool_db_node_runtime_adapter.sh",
+  ),
+  true,
+);
 assert.equal(jsonWorkflow.report.workflow.ready, true);
 assert.equal(jsonWorkflow.report.workflow.virtualHalSimConfigSourceCoverageReady, true);
 assert.equal(jsonWorkflow.report.workflow.virtualHalMotionControllerMatrixReady, true);
diff --git a/wasm-port/tests/sdk/node/verify_tool_db_node_runtime_adapter.mjs b/wasm-port/tests/sdk/node/verify_tool_db_node_runtime_adapter.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c3ee7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wasm-port/tests/sdk/node/verify_tool_db_node_runtime_adapter.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { resolve } from "node:path";
+
+import {
+  createLinuxCncToolDbProcessPort,
+  createToolDbProcessDiagnostics,
+  validateToolDbTranscript,
+} from "../../../runtime/sdk/src/tool-db-process-port.js";
+import {
+  createLinuxCncToolDbNodeRuntimeAdapter,
+} from "../../../runtime/sdk/src/tool-db-node-runtime-adapter.js";
+
+const adapter = createLinuxCncToolDbNodeRuntimeAdapter({
+  dbSavefile: resolve("wasm-port/build/native/tool-db-runtime/sdk-node-runtime-adapter-db-nonran"),
+  stdoutLog: resolve("wasm-port/build/native/tool-db-runtime/sdk-node-runtime-adapter.stdout.log"),
+  stderrLog: resolve("wasm-port/build/native/tool-db-runtime/sdk-node-runtime-adapter.stderr.log"),
+});
+
+const port = createLinuxCncToolDbProcessPort({
+  dbProgramPath: "./db_nonran.py",
+  sourceFiles: [
+    "configs/sim/axis/db_demo/db_nonran.py",
+    "configs/sim/axis/db_demo/db.py",
+    "lib/python/tooldb.py",
+  ],
+  runtimeMode: adapter.runtimeMode,
+  runtimeAdapter: adapter,
+});
+
+const startResult = await port.start();
+assert.equal(startResult.runtimeMode, "node-linuxcnc-db-program");
+assert.equal(startResult.runtimeExecutionReady, true);
+assert.equal(startResult.executionEnabled, false);
+assert.equal(startResult.promotionAllowed, false);
+
+const planResult = await port.runTransactionPlan();
+assert.equal(planResult.status, "runtime_adapter_transaction_plan_executed");
+assert.equal(planResult.runtimeExecutionReady, true);
+assert.equal(planResult.executionEnabled, false);
+assert.equal(planResult.promotionAllowed, false);
+assert.equal(planResult.tblFallbackSufficient, false);
+
+await port.writeLine("t 14");
+const t14AfterUnload = await port.readLine();
+assert.match(t14AfterUnload, /^T14 /);
+assert.match(t14AfterUnload, /P114\b/);
+
+const transcript = port.exportTranscript();
+const validation = validateToolDbTranscript(transcript);
+assert.equal(validation.ready, true);
+assert.equal(transcript.some((entry) => entry.line === "v2.1"), true);
+assert.equal(transcript.some((entry) => entry.line.startsWith("T10 ") && entry.line.includes("P110")), true);
+assert.equal(transcript.some((entry) => entry.line.startsWith("FINI")), true);
+
+await port.close();
+
+const dbFileText = readFileSync(adapter.dbSavefile, "utf8");
+assert.match(dbFileText, /T11 P111 D0.33 Z0.11/);
+assert.match(dbFileText, /T14 P114\b/);
+
+const diagnostics = createToolDbProcessDiagnostics({
+  dbProgramPath: "./db_nonran.py",
+  opfsDbPath: "/machines/db-demo/tool-db/db_nonran_file",
+  transcript,
+  dbFileText,
+  startupToolCount: 10,
+  mutationCount: 3,
+  runtimeMode: adapter.runtimeMode,
+  runtimeExecutionReady: true,
+});
+assert.equal(diagnostics.runtimeMode, "node-linuxcnc-db-program");
+assert.equal(diagnostics.runtimeExecutionReady, true);
+assert.equal(diagnostics.protocolTranscriptReady, true);
+assert.equal(diagnostics.opfsPersistenceReady, true);
+assert.equal(diagnostics.tblFallbackSufficient, false);
+assert.equal(diagnostics.executionEnabled, false);
+assert.equal(diagnostics.promotionAllowed, false);
+
+console.log("tool_db_node_runtime_adapter=ok");
diff --git a/wasm-port/tests/sdk/node/verify_tool_db_node_runtime_adapter.sh b/wasm-port/tests/sdk/node/verify_tool_db_node_runtime_adapter.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..594864b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wasm-port/tests/sdk/node/verify_tool_db_node_runtime_adapter.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+ROOT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/../../.." && pwd)"
+
+node "$ROOT_DIR/tests/sdk/node/verify_tool_db_node_runtime_adapter.mjs"
diff --git a/wasm-port/tests/sdk/node/verify_tool_db_process_port.mjs b/wasm-port/tests/sdk/node/verify_tool_db_process_port.mjs
index 3eb5a61..0889926 100644
--- a/wasm-port/tests/sdk/node/verify_tool_db_process_port.mjs
+++ b/wasm-port/tests/sdk/node/verify_tool_db_process_port.mjs
@@ -91,6 +91,6 @@ assert.equal(diagnostics.promotionAllowed, false);
 assert.match(diagnostics.transcriptHash, /^[0-9a-f]{8}$/);
 assert.match(diagnostics.dbFileHash, /^[0-9a-f]{8}$/);
 
-assert.equal(port.close().promotionAllowed, false);
+assert.equal((await port.close()).promotionAllowed, false);
 
 console.log("tool_db_process_port_sdk=ok");
diff --git a/wasm-port/tests/sdk/node/write_project_batch_acceptance_artifact.mjs b/wasm-port/tests/sdk/node/write_project_batch_acceptance_artifact.mjs
index 777ee92..13d0572 100644
--- a/wasm-port/tests/sdk/node/write_project_batch_acceptance_artifact.mjs
+++ b/wasm-port/tests/sdk/node/write_project_batch_acceptance_artifact.mjs
@@ -44,8 +44,18 @@ const report = createProjectBatchAcceptanceReport({
       evidence: "project_batch_acceptance_workflow_node_smoke=ok",
       command: "wasm-port/tests/sdk/node/verify_project_batch_acceptance_workflow.sh",
     },
+    {
+      id: "tool-db-node-runtime-adapter",
+      type: "gate",
+      label: "L4-TOOL-DB Node/native DB_PROGRAM runtime",
+      evidence: "tool_db_node_runtime_adapter=ok",
+      command: "wasm-port/tests/sdk/node/verify_tool_db_node_runtime_adapter.sh",
+    },
+  ],
+  observedOutputs: [
+    "project_batch_acceptance_workflow_node_smoke=ok",
+    "tool_db_node_runtime_adapter=ok",
   ],
-  observedOutputs: ["project_batch_acceptance_workflow_node_smoke=ok"],
   virtualHalSimConfigSourceCoverage: createVirtualHalSimConfigSourceCoverageReport({
     manifestText: sourceManifestText,
   }),