diff --git a/changelog.d/unreleased/2932.fixed.md b/changelog.d/unreleased/2932.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a70f5fe7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/unreleased/2932.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+category: fixed
+issues:
+  - 2932
+affected:
+  - src/CodeIndex/Database/DbContext.cs
+  - tests/CodeIndex.Tests/LegacySchemaMigrationTests.cs
+---
+
+## English
+
+- **Read-path schema migration now skips current databases without taking a writer lock (#2932)** — `TryMigrateForRead` now confirms the read-migration schema is already present before starting `BEGIN IMMEDIATE`, avoiding intermittent SQLite failures when status reads race with active writers on an up-to-date database.
+
+## 日本語
+
+- **read path の schema migration が current DB では writer lock を取らずにスキップするようになりました (#2932)** — `TryMigrateForRead` は read migration 対象の schema が既に揃っていることを確認してから `BEGIN IMMEDIATE` に進むため、最新 DB に対する status 読み取りが active writer と競合した際の断続的な SQLite failure を避けます。
diff --git a/src/CodeIndex/Database/DbContext.cs b/src/CodeIndex/Database/DbContext.cs
index 97f0e80806..fdfbbcbd57 100644
--- a/src/CodeIndex/Database/DbContext.cs
+++ b/src/CodeIndex/Database/DbContext.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,60 @@ public class DbContext : IDisposable
         "chunks",
         "symbols",
     ];
+    private static readonly string[] ReadMigrationRequiredTables =
+    [
+        "reference_lines",
+        "symbol_references",
+        "file_issues",
+        "codeindex_meta",
+    ];
+    private static readonly (string Table, string Column)[] ReadMigrationRequiredColumns =
+    [
+        ("symbol_references", "reference_line_id"),
+        ("symbol_references", "is_self_reference"),
+        ("symbol_references", "is_mutual_recursion"),
+        ("symbol_references", "symbol_name_folded"),
+        ("symbol_references", "container_name_folded"),
+        ("files", "checksum"),
+        ("files", "modified"),
+        ("files", "indexed_at"),
+        ("symbols", "start_line"),
+        ("symbols", "end_line"),
+        ("symbols", "body_start_line"),
+        ("symbols", "body_end_line"),
+        ("symbols", "signature"),
+        ("symbols", "container_kind"),
+        ("symbols", "container_name"),
+        ("symbols", "container_qualified_name"),
+        ("symbols", "family_key"),
+        ("symbols", "visibility"),
+        ("symbols", "return_type"),
+        ("symbols", "is_metadata_target"),
+        ("symbols", "name_folded"),
+    ];
+    private static readonly string[] ReadMigrationRequiredIndexes =
+    [
+        "idx_symbol_refs_name",
+        "idx_symbol_refs_file",
+        "idx_symbol_refs_container",
+        "idx_symbol_refs_container_kind",
+        "idx_symbol_refs_name_kind",
+        "idx_symbol_refs_name_file",
+        "idx_reference_lines_file_line",
+        "idx_symbol_refs_reference_line",
+        "idx_symbol_refs_name_nocase",
+        "idx_symbol_refs_container_nocase",
+        "idx_symbol_refs_name_nocase_kind",
+        "idx_symbol_refs_name_nocase_file",
+        "idx_symbol_refs_container_nocase_kind",
+        "idx_symbols_name_nocase",
+        "idx_symbols_name_folded",
+        "idx_symbol_refs_symbol_name_folded",
+        "idx_symbol_refs_container_name_folded",
+        "idx_symbol_refs_symbol_name_folded_kind",
+        "idx_symbol_refs_symbol_name_folded_file",
+        "idx_symbol_refs_container_name_folded_kind",
+    ];
 
     private SqliteConnection _connection = null!;
     private bool _isReadOnly;
@@ -2183,6 +2237,8 @@ public void TryMigrateForRead()
         if (_isReadOnly) return;
 
         LastMigrationFailure = null;
+        if (ReadMigrationSchemaIsCurrent())
+            return;
 
         try
         {
@@ -2412,6 +2468,29 @@ value  TEXT
             )"));
     }
 
+    private bool ReadMigrationSchemaIsCurrent()
+    {
+        foreach (var table in ReadMigrationRequiredTables)
+        {
+            if (!TableExists(table))
+                return false;
+        }
+
+        foreach (var (table, column) in ReadMigrationRequiredColumns)
+        {
+            if (!ColumnExists(table, column))
+                return false;
+        }
+
+        foreach (var index in ReadMigrationRequiredIndexes)
+        {
+            if (!IndexExists(index))
+                return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
     private string BuildMigrationSuggestedAction(int sqliteErrorCode)
     {
         // 8 = SQLITE_READONLY, 10 = SQLITE_IOERR, 14 = SQLITE_CANTOPEN: classic restricted-
@@ -2492,6 +2571,16 @@ private bool ColumnExists(string tableName, string columnName)
         return false;
     }
 
+    private bool IndexExists(string name)
+    {
+        using var cmd = _connection.CreateCommand();
+        if (_activeMigrationTransaction != null)
+            cmd.Transaction = _activeMigrationTransaction;
+        cmd.CommandText = "SELECT 1 FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = 'index' AND name = @name";
+        cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@name", name);
+        return cmd.ExecuteScalar() != null;
+    }
+
     private string ExecuteScalar(string sql)
     {
         using var cmd = _connection.CreateCommand();
diff --git a/tests/CodeIndex.Tests/LegacySchemaMigrationTests.cs b/tests/CodeIndex.Tests/LegacySchemaMigrationTests.cs
index 26ad8c04a5..c0d1dfc979 100644
--- a/tests/CodeIndex.Tests/LegacySchemaMigrationTests.cs
+++ b/tests/CodeIndex.Tests/LegacySchemaMigrationTests.cs
@@ -1562,6 +1562,45 @@ public void InitializeSchema_PrunesKnownDeprecatedNullMetaKeysAndStampsMetaSchem
         }
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void TryMigrateForRead_CurrentSchema_DoesNotTakeWriterLockDuringActiveWrite_Issue2932()
+    {
+        var dir = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), $"codeindex_read_migration_current_{Guid.NewGuid():N}");
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(dir);
+        var dbPath = Path.Combine(dir, "codeindex.db");
+        try
+        {
+            using (var setup = new DbContext(dbPath))
+            {
+                setup.InitializeSchema();
+            }
+
+            using var readDb = new DbContext(dbPath);
+            using var writeDb = new DbContext(dbPath);
+            var writer = new DbWriter(writeDb.Connection);
+            using var txn = writer.BeginTransaction();
+            writer.UpsertFile(new FileRecord
+            {
+                Path = "src/active-writer.cs",
+                Lang = "csharp",
+                Size = 10,
+                Lines = 1,
+                Modified = ManualTimeProvider.FixtureUtcNow.UtcDateTime,
+                Checksum = "active-writer",
+            });
+
+            readDb.TryMigrateForRead();
+
+            Assert.Null(readDb.LastMigrationFailure);
+            txn.Commit();
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            SqliteConnection.ClearAllPools();
+            try { Directory.Delete(dir, recursive: true); } catch { }
+        }
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public async Task TryMigrateForRead_ConcurrentLegacyMigrations_SerializeAndComplete()
     {