diff --git a/tests/TestCase.php b/tests/TestCase.php
index d6d1b15f3..48957614d 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Builder as SchemaBuilder;
 use Illuminate\Filesystem\Filesystem;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\DatabaseTruncation;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabaseState;
 use Illuminate\Support\Carbon;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Queue;
@@ -64,6 +65,11 @@ abstract class TestCase extends BaseTestCase
      */
     private static array $workers = [];
 
+    /**
+     * @var array<string, array{database: string, prefix: string, tables: list<string>}>|null
+     */
+    private static ?array $truncationSchema = null;
+
     /**
      * @var array<int, array{
      *     stdout: string,
@@ -193,8 +199,25 @@ protected function advanceWithWorkflowHeartbeats(V2WorkflowTask $task, CarbonInt
         Carbon::setTestNow($target);
     }
 
+    protected function beforeTruncatingDatabase(): void
+    {
+        // RefreshDatabase's migrated flag is shared with standalone Testbench
+        // classes whose migration paths can omit the framework tables. A flag
+        // from that application cannot establish this harness's schema.
+        if (self::$truncationSchema !== $this->truncationSchema()) {
+            RefreshDatabaseState::$migrated = false;
+        }
+
+        if (! RefreshDatabaseState::$migrated) {
+            // A fresh migration also invalidates Laravel's per-connection table
+            // cache; retaining it can miss new tables or query removed ones.
+            static::$allTables = [];
+        }
+    }
+
     protected function setUpDatabaseTruncation(): void
     {
+        self::$truncationSchema = $this->truncationSchema();
         // Testbench's PendingCommand binds a mocked OutputStyle while it runs
         // migrations. Remove that per-command binding so application commands
         // invoked by a test can write to the output buffer supplied by Artisan.
@@ -426,6 +449,30 @@ protected static function workerDiagnostics(): array
         return $diagnostics;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return array<string, array{database: string, prefix: string, tables: list<string>}>
+     */
+    private function truncationSchema(): array
+    {
+        $schema = [];
+        foreach ($this->connectionsToTruncate() as $name) {
+            $connection = $this->app->make('db')
+                ->connection($name);
+            $tables = $connection->getSchemaBuilder()
+                ->getTableListing();
+            sort($tables);
+            $schema[$connection->getName()] = [
+                'database' => $connection->getDatabaseName(),
+                'prefix' => $connection->getTablePrefix(),
+                'tables' => $tables,
+            ];
+        }
+
+        ksort($schema);
+
+        return $schema;
+    }
+
     private static function normalizeJsonObject(array $value): array
     {
         $normalized = array_map(
diff --git a/tests/Unit/TestDatabaseSchemaBoundaryTest.php b/tests/Unit/TestDatabaseSchemaBoundaryTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..81233ad30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/TestDatabaseSchemaBoundaryTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Tests\Unit;
+
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Depends;
+use Tests\TestCase;
+
+final class TestDatabaseSchemaBoundaryTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function testFrameworkAndWorkflowTablesPrimeTheTruncationCache(): void
+    {
+        foreach (['users', 'jobs', 'workflow_instances', 'workflow_runs'] as $table) {
+            self::assertTrue(Schema::hasTable($table), "Expected [{$table}] to be migrated.");
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[Depends('testFrameworkAndWorkflowTablesPrimeTheTruncationCache')]
+    public function testAnotherMigrationScopeCanLeaveOnlyWorkflowTables(): void
+    {
+        // A standalone RefreshDatabase application can recreate the physical
+        // database with package migrations but without framework migrations.
+        Schema::drop('users');
+        Schema::drop('jobs');
+        DB::table('workflow_instances')->insert([
+            'id' => 'schema-boundary-probe',
+            'workflow_class' => self::class,
+            'workflow_type' => 'test.schema-boundary',
+            'run_count' => 0,
+            'created_at' => now(),
+            'updated_at' => now(),
+        ]);
+
+        self::assertFalse(Schema::hasTable('users'));
+        self::assertFalse(Schema::hasTable('jobs'));
+        self::assertSame(1, DB::table('workflow_instances')->count());
+    }
+
+    #[Depends('testAnotherMigrationScopeCanLeaveOnlyWorkflowTables')]
+    public function testNextTestRestoresTheWholeSchemaAndClearsCommittedRows(): void
+    {
+        foreach (['users', 'jobs', 'workflow_instances', 'workflow_runs'] as $table) {
+            self::assertTrue(Schema::hasTable($table), "Expected [{$table}] to be restored.");
+            self::assertSame(0, DB::table($table)->count(), "Expected [{$table}] to be empty.");
+        }
+        self::assertGreaterThan(0, DB::table('migrations')->count());
+    }
+}