diff --git a/codex-rs/app-server/src/lib.rs b/codex-rs/app-server/src/lib.rs
index c1a164e47c..d37d034154 100644
--- a/codex-rs/app-server/src/lib.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/app-server/src/lib.rs
@@ -526,10 +526,7 @@ pub async fn run_main_with_transport_options(
                 return Err(err);
             }
 
-            let message = config_warning_from_error(
-                "Invalid configuration; using defaults with SQLite disabled.",
-                &err,
-            );
+            let message = config_warning_from_error("Invalid configuration; using defaults.", &err);
             config_warnings.push(message);
             let mut config = config_manager.load_default_config().await.map_err(|e| {
                 std::io::Error::new(
@@ -544,6 +541,14 @@ pub async fn run_main_with_transport_options(
             (config, false)
         }
     };
+    if !config.features.enabled(codex_features::Feature::Sqlite) {
+        config_warnings.push(ConfigWarningNotification {
+            summary: "SQLite is disabled. Codex is running in degraded mode; SQLite-dependent features and operations are unavailable.".to_string(),
+            details: None,
+            path: None,
+            range: None,
+        });
+    }
 
     let otel = codex_core::otel_init::build_provider(
         &config,
diff --git a/codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/v2/config_rpc.rs b/codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/v2/config_rpc.rs
index b1ef93d70f..01d89f969a 100644
--- a/codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/v2/config_rpc.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/v2/config_rpc.rs
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ use tokio::time::timeout;
 // Bazel CI can spend tens of seconds starting app-server subprocesses or
 // processing config RPCs under load.
 const DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT: std::time::Duration = std::time::Duration::from_secs(60);
+const SQLITE_DISABLED_WARNING_SUMMARY: &str = "SQLite is disabled. Codex is running in degraded mode; SQLite-dependent features and operations are unavailable.";
 
 fn write_config(codex_home: &TempDir, contents: &str) -> Result<()> {
     Ok(std::fs::write(
@@ -48,6 +49,39 @@ fn write_config(codex_home: &TempDir, contents: &str) -> Result<()> {
     )?)
 }
 
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn sqlite_disabled_emits_degraded_mode_warning() -> Result<()> {
+    let codex_home = TempDir::new()?;
+    write_config(&codex_home, "[features]\nsqlite = false\n")?;
+    let mut mcp =
+        TestAppServer::new_with_env(codex_home.path(), &[("CODEX_SQLITE_HOME", None)]).await?;
+    timeout(DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT, mcp.initialize()).await??;
+
+    let warning = timeout(
+        DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT,
+        mcp.read_stream_until_matching_notification("SQLite disabled config warning", |message| {
+            message.method == "configWarning"
+                && message
+                    .params
+                    .as_ref()
+                    .and_then(|params| params.get("summary"))
+                    .and_then(serde_json::Value::as_str)
+                    == Some(SQLITE_DISABLED_WARNING_SUMMARY)
+        }),
+    )
+    .await??;
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        warning
+            .params
+            .as_ref()
+            .and_then(|params| params.get("summary"))
+            .and_then(serde_json::Value::as_str),
+        Some(SQLITE_DISABLED_WARNING_SUMMARY)
+    );
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
 async fn config_requirements_read_includes_allow_remote_control() -> Result<()> {
     let codex_home = TempDir::new()?;