diff --git a/apps/api/src/lib/db-context.spec.ts b/apps/api/src/lib/db-context.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a47c23c
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+++ b/apps/api/src/lib/db-context.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,230 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, vi } from "vitest";
+import {
+  setCurrentUser,
+  setCurrentWorkspace,
+  setWorkspaceContext,
+  clearCurrentUser,
+  clearWorkspaceContext,
+  withUserContext,
+  withUserTransaction,
+  withWorkspaceContext,
+  withAuth,
+  verifyWorkspaceAccess,
+  withoutRLS,
+  createAuthMiddleware,
+} from "./db-context";
+
+// Mock PrismaClient
+function createMockPrismaClient(): Record<string, unknown> {
+  const mockTx = {
+    $executeRaw: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+    workspaceMember: {
+      findUnique: vi.fn(),
+    },
+    workspace: {
+      findMany: vi.fn(),
+    },
+  };
+
+  return {
+    $executeRaw: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined),
+    $transaction: vi.fn(async (fn: (tx: unknown) => Promise<unknown>) => {
+      return fn(mockTx);
+    }),
+    workspaceMember: {
+      findUnique: vi.fn(),
+    },
+    workspace: {
+      findMany: vi.fn(),
+    },
+    _mockTx: mockTx, // expose for assertions
+  };
+}
+
+describe("db-context", () => {
+  describe("setCurrentUser", () => {
+    it("should execute SET LOCAL for user ID", async () => {
+      const mockClient = createMockPrismaClient();
+      await setCurrentUser("user-123", mockClient as never);
+      expect(mockClient.$executeRaw).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("setCurrentWorkspace", () => {
+    it("should execute SET LOCAL for workspace ID", async () => {
+      const mockClient = createMockPrismaClient();
+      await setCurrentWorkspace("ws-123", mockClient as never);
+      expect(mockClient.$executeRaw).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("setWorkspaceContext", () => {
+    it("should execute SET LOCAL for both user and workspace", async () => {
+      const mockClient = createMockPrismaClient();
+      await setWorkspaceContext("user-123", "ws-123", mockClient as never);
+      expect(mockClient.$executeRaw).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("clearCurrentUser", () => {
+    it("should set user ID to NULL", async () => {
+      const mockClient = createMockPrismaClient();
+      await clearCurrentUser(mockClient as never);
+      expect(mockClient.$executeRaw).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("clearWorkspaceContext", () => {
+    it("should set both user and workspace to NULL", async () => {
+      const mockClient = createMockPrismaClient();
+      await clearWorkspaceContext(mockClient as never);
+      expect(mockClient.$executeRaw).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("withUserContext", () => {
+    it("should execute function within transaction with user context", async () => {
+      // withUserContext uses a global prisma instance, which is hard to mock
+      // without restructuring. We test the higher-level wrappers via
+      // createAuthMiddleware and withWorkspaceContext which accept a client.
+      expect(withUserContext).toBeDefined();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("withUserTransaction", () => {
+    it("should be a function that wraps execution in a transaction", () => {
+      expect(withUserTransaction).toBeDefined();
+      expect(typeof withUserTransaction).toBe("function");
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("withWorkspaceContext", () => {
+    it("should be a function that provides workspace context", () => {
+      expect(withWorkspaceContext).toBeDefined();
+      expect(typeof withWorkspaceContext).toBe("function");
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("withAuth", () => {
+    it("should return a wrapped handler function", () => {
+      const handler = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue("result");
+      const wrapped = withAuth(handler);
+      expect(typeof wrapped).toBe("function");
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("verifyWorkspaceAccess", () => {
+    it("should be a function", () => {
+      expect(verifyWorkspaceAccess).toBeDefined();
+      expect(typeof verifyWorkspaceAccess).toBe("function");
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("withoutRLS", () => {
+    it("should be a function that bypasses RLS", () => {
+      expect(withoutRLS).toBeDefined();
+      expect(typeof withoutRLS).toBe("function");
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("createAuthMiddleware (SEC-API-27)", () => {
+    let mockClient: ReturnType<typeof createMockPrismaClient>;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      mockClient = createMockPrismaClient();
+    });
+
+    it("should throw if userId is not provided", async () => {
+      const middleware = createAuthMiddleware(mockClient as never);
+      const next = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue("result");
+
+      await expect(middleware({ ctx: { userId: undefined }, next })).rejects.toThrow(
+        "User not authenticated"
+      );
+    });
+
+    it("should call $transaction on the client (RLS context inside transaction)", async () => {
+      const middleware = createAuthMiddleware(mockClient as never);
+      const next = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue("result");
+
+      await middleware({ ctx: { userId: "user-123" }, next });
+
+      expect(mockClient.$transaction).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(mockClient.$transaction).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.any(Function));
+    });
+
+    it("should set RLS context inside the transaction, not on the raw client", async () => {
+      const middleware = createAuthMiddleware(mockClient as never);
+      const next = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue("result");
+      const mockTx = mockClient._mockTx as Record<string, unknown>;
+
+      await middleware({ ctx: { userId: "user-123" }, next });
+
+      // The SET LOCAL should be called on the transaction client (mockTx),
+      // NOT on the raw client. This is the core of SEC-API-27.
+      expect(mockTx.$executeRaw as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      // The raw client's $executeRaw should NOT have been called directly
+      expect(mockClient.$executeRaw).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it("should call next() inside the transaction boundary", async () => {
+      const callOrder: string[] = [];
+      const mockTx = mockClient._mockTx as Record<string, unknown>;
+
+      (mockTx.$executeRaw as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockImplementation(async () => {
+        callOrder.push("setRLS");
+      });
+
+      const next = vi.fn().mockImplementation(async () => {
+        callOrder.push("next");
+        return "result";
+      });
+
+      // Override $transaction to track that next() is called INSIDE it
+      (mockClient.$transaction as ReturnType<typeof vi.fn>).mockImplementation(
+        async (fn: (tx: unknown) => Promise<unknown>) => {
+          callOrder.push("txStart");
+          const result = await fn(mockTx);
+          callOrder.push("txEnd");
+          return result;
+        }
+      );
+
+      const middleware = createAuthMiddleware(mockClient as never);
+      await middleware({ ctx: { userId: "user-123" }, next });
+
+      expect(callOrder).toEqual(["txStart", "setRLS", "next", "txEnd"]);
+    });
+
+    it("should return the result from next()", async () => {
+      const middleware = createAuthMiddleware(mockClient as never);
+      const next = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ data: "test" });
+
+      const result = await middleware({ ctx: { userId: "user-123" }, next });
+
+      expect(result).toEqual({ data: "test" });
+    });
+
+    it("should propagate errors from next() and roll back transaction", async () => {
+      const middleware = createAuthMiddleware(mockClient as never);
+      const error = new Error("Handler error");
+      const next = vi.fn().mockRejectedValue(error);
+
+      await expect(middleware({ ctx: { userId: "user-123" }, next })).rejects.toThrow(
+        "Handler error"
+      );
+    });
+
+    it("should not call next() if authentication fails", async () => {
+      const middleware = createAuthMiddleware(mockClient as never);
+      const next = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue("result");
+
+      await expect(middleware({ ctx: { userId: undefined }, next })).rejects.toThrow(
+        "User not authenticated"
+      );
+
+      expect(next).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+      expect(mockClient.$transaction).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/api/src/lib/db-context.ts b/apps/api/src/lib/db-context.ts
index eac6f7c..a380692 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/lib/db-context.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/lib/db-context.ts
@@ -349,12 +349,18 @@ export function createAuthMiddleware(client: PrismaClient) {
     ctx: { userId?: string };
     next: () => Promise<unknown>;
   }): Promise<unknown> {
-    if (!opts.ctx.userId) {
+    const { userId } = opts.ctx;
+    if (!userId) {
       throw new Error("User not authenticated");
     }
 
-    await setCurrentUser(opts.ctx.userId, client);
-    return opts.next();
+    // SEC-API-27: SET LOCAL must be called inside a transaction boundary.
+    // Without a transaction, SET LOCAL behaves as a session-level SET,
+    // which can leak RLS context to other requests via connection pooling.
+    return client.$transaction(async (tx) => {
+      await setCurrentUser(userId, tx as PrismaClient);
+      return opts.next();
+    });
   };
 }