diff --git a/db_write_queue.go b/db_write_queue.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fc76c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db_write_queue.go
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+package main
+
+import "sync"
+
+type dbWriteQueue struct {
+	store *store
+	jobs  chan dbWriteJob
+	wg    sync.WaitGroup
+}
+
+type dbWriteJob struct {
+	typeName   string
+	from       any
+	run        func() error
+	errorEvent map[string]any
+}
+
+func newDBWriteQueue(store *store) *dbWriteQueue {
+	if store == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	q := &dbWriteQueue{
+		store: store,
+		jobs:  make(chan dbWriteJob, 1024),
+	}
+	q.wg.Add(1)
+	go q.run()
+	return q
+}
+
+func (q *dbWriteQueue) EnqueueRecord(record map[string]any, clientInfo mqttClientInfo) {
+	if q == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	record = cloneDBWriteRecord(record)
+	switch record["type"] {
+	case "nodeinfo":
+		q.enqueue(dbWriteJob{typeName: "nodeinfo", from: record["from"], run: func() error {
+			return q.store.UpsertNodeInfo(record)
+		}})
+	case "map_report":
+		q.enqueue(dbWriteJob{typeName: "map_report", from: record["from"], run: func() error {
+			return q.store.UpsertMapReport(record)
+		}})
+	case "text_message":
+		q.enqueue(dbWriteJob{typeName: "text_message", from: record["from"], run: func() error {
+			return q.store.InsertTextMessage(record, clientInfo)
+		}})
+	case "position":
+		q.enqueue(dbWriteJob{typeName: "position", from: record["from"], run: func() error {
+			return q.store.InsertPosition(record, clientInfo)
+		}})
+	case "telemetry":
+		q.enqueue(dbWriteJob{typeName: "telemetry", from: record["from"], run: func() error {
+			return q.store.InsertTelemetry(record, clientInfo)
+		}})
+	case "routing":
+		q.enqueue(dbWriteJob{typeName: "routing", from: record["from"], run: func() error {
+			return q.store.InsertRouting(record, clientInfo)
+		}})
+	case "traceroute":
+		q.enqueue(dbWriteJob{typeName: "traceroute", from: record["from"], run: func() error {
+			return q.store.InsertTraceroute(record, clientInfo)
+		}})
+	}
+}
+
+func (q *dbWriteQueue) EnqueueDiscard(record map[string]any, raw []byte, clientInfo mqttClientInfo) {
+	if q == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	record = cloneDBWriteRecord(record)
+	raw = append([]byte(nil), raw...)
+	q.enqueue(dbWriteJob{typeName: "discard_details", from: record["from"], errorEvent: map[string]any{"event": "db_error", "type": "discard_details", "topic": record["topic"]}, run: func() error {
+		return q.store.InsertDiscardDetails(record, raw, clientInfo)
+	}})
+}
+
+func (q *dbWriteQueue) Close() {
+	if q == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	close(q.jobs)
+	q.wg.Wait()
+}
+
+func (q *dbWriteQueue) Len() int {
+	if q == nil {
+		return 0
+	}
+	return len(q.jobs)
+}
+
+func (q *dbWriteQueue) enqueue(job dbWriteJob) {
+	q.jobs <- job
+}
+
+func (q *dbWriteQueue) run() {
+	defer q.wg.Done()
+	for job := range q.jobs {
+		if err := job.run(); err != nil {
+			event := job.errorEvent
+			if event == nil {
+				event = map[string]any{"event": "db_error", "type": job.typeName, "from": job.from}
+			} else {
+				event = cloneDBWriteRecord(event)
+			}
+			event["error"] = err.Error()
+			printJSON(event)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func cloneDBWriteRecord(record map[string]any) map[string]any {
+	if record == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	cloned := make(map[string]any, len(record))
+	for key, value := range record {
+		cloned[key] = value
+	}
+	return cloned
+}
diff --git a/db_write_queue_test.go b/db_write_queue_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a553b57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db_write_queue_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestDBWriteQueueWritesRecordsAsync(t *testing.T) {
+	st := openTestStore(t)
+	defer st.Close()
+
+	queue := newDBWriteQueue(st)
+	record := textMessageTestRecord("queued")
+	queue.EnqueueRecord(record, mqttClientInfo{ClientID: "client-1"})
+	record["text"] = "mutated after enqueue"
+	queue.Close()
+
+	var text, clientID string
+	if err := rawTestDB(t, st).QueryRow("SELECT text, mqtt_client_id FROM text_message WHERE from_id = ?", "!12345678").Scan(&text, &clientID); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if text != "queued" || clientID != "client-1" {
+		t.Fatalf("queued row = text %q client %q, want queued/client-1", text, clientID)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDBWriteQueueWritesDiscardAsync(t *testing.T) {
+	st := openTestStore(t)
+	defer st.Close()
+
+	queue := newDBWriteQueue(st)
+	record := map[string]any{"topic": "msh/test", "error": "bad packet"}
+	queue.EnqueueDiscard(record, []byte{1, 2, 3}, mqttClientInfo{RemoteAddr: "127.0.0.1:1883"})
+	record["error"] = "mutated after enqueue"
+	queue.Close()
+
+	var topic, reason, rawBase64, remoteAddr string
+	if err := rawTestDB(t, st).QueryRow("SELECT topic, error, raw_base64, mqtt_remote_addr FROM discard_details").Scan(&topic, &reason, &rawBase64, &remoteAddr); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if topic != "msh/test" || reason != "bad packet" || rawBase64 != "AQID" || remoteAddr != "127.0.0.1:1883" {
+		t.Fatalf("discard row = %q/%q/%q/%q, want queued values", topic, reason, rawBase64, remoteAddr)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDBWriteQueueLen(t *testing.T) {
+	queue := &dbWriteQueue{jobs: make(chan dbWriteJob, 1)}
+	queue.enqueue(dbWriteJob{run: func() error { return nil }})
+	if queue.Len() != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("queue.Len() = %d, want 1", queue.Len())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDBWriteQueueIgnoresUnsupportedRecordType(t *testing.T) {
+	st := openTestStore(t)
+	defer st.Close()
+
+	queue := newDBWriteQueue(st)
+	queue.EnqueueRecord(map[string]any{"type": "empty_packet", "from": "!12345678"}, mqttClientInfo{})
+	queue.Close()
+
+	var count int
+	if err := rawTestDB(t, st).QueryRow("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM text_message").Scan(&count); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if count != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("text_message count = %d, want 0", count)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDBWriteQueueNilStore(t *testing.T) {
+	if queue := newDBWriteQueue(nil); queue != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("newDBWriteQueue(nil) = %#v, want nil", queue)
+	}
+	var queue *dbWriteQueue
+	queue.EnqueueRecord(textMessageTestRecord("ignored"), mqttClientInfo{})
+	queue.EnqueueDiscard(map[string]any{"topic": "ignored"}, []byte{1}, mqttClientInfo{})
+	queue.Close()
+}
+
+func TestDBWriteQueueRecordValidationErrorDoesNotStopWorker(t *testing.T) {
+	st := openTestStore(t)
+	defer st.Close()
+
+	queue := newDBWriteQueue(st)
+	badRecord := textMessageTestRecord("bad")
+	delete(badRecord, "from")
+	queue.EnqueueRecord(badRecord, mqttClientInfo{})
+	queue.EnqueueRecord(textMessageTestRecord("good"), mqttClientInfo{})
+	queue.Close()
+
+	var text string
+	if err := rawTestDB(t, st).QueryRow("SELECT text FROM text_message").Scan(&text); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if text != "good" {
+		t.Fatalf("text = %q, want good", text)
+	}
+
+	var missing sql.NullString
+	if err := rawTestDB(t, st).QueryRow("SELECT text FROM text_message WHERE text = ?", "bad").Scan(&missing); err != sql.ErrNoRows {
+		t.Fatalf("bad row error = %v, want sql.ErrNoRows", err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index c34d45e..a236b60 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const (
 type meshtasticFilterHook struct {
 	mqtt.HookBase
 	key      []byte
-	store    *store
+	dbQueue  *dbWriteQueue
 	stats    *meshtasticMessageStats
 	blocking *blockingCache
 }
@@ -77,50 +77,7 @@ func (h *meshtasticFilterHook) OnPublish(cl *mqtt.Client, pk packets.Packet) (pa
 	}
 	h.stats.IncForwarded()
 
-	switch record["type"] {
-	case "nodeinfo":
-		if h.store != nil {
-			if err := h.store.UpsertNodeInfo(record); err != nil {
-				printJSON(map[string]any{"event": "db_error", "type": record["type"], "from": record["from"], "error": err.Error()})
-			}
-		}
-	case "map_report":
-		if h.store != nil {
-			if err := h.store.UpsertMapReport(record); err != nil {
-				printJSON(map[string]any{"event": "db_error", "type": record["type"], "from": record["from"], "error": err.Error()})
-			}
-		}
-	case "text_message":
-		if h.store != nil {
-			if err := h.store.InsertTextMessage(record, mqttClientInfoFromClient(cl)); err != nil {
-				printJSON(map[string]any{"event": "db_error", "type": record["type"], "from": record["from"], "error": err.Error()})
-			}
-		}
-	case "position":
-		if h.store != nil {
-			if err := h.store.InsertPosition(record, mqttClientInfoFromClient(cl)); err != nil {
-				printJSON(map[string]any{"event": "db_error", "type": record["type"], "from": record["from"], "error": err.Error()})
-			}
-		}
-	case "telemetry":
-		if h.store != nil {
-			if err := h.store.InsertTelemetry(record, mqttClientInfoFromClient(cl)); err != nil {
-				printJSON(map[string]any{"event": "db_error", "type": record["type"], "from": record["from"], "error": err.Error()})
-			}
-		}
-	case "routing":
-		if h.store != nil {
-			if err := h.store.InsertRouting(record, mqttClientInfoFromClient(cl)); err != nil {
-				printJSON(map[string]any{"event": "db_error", "type": record["type"], "from": record["from"], "error": err.Error()})
-			}
-		}
-	case "traceroute":
-		if h.store != nil {
-			if err := h.store.InsertTraceroute(record, mqttClientInfoFromClient(cl)); err != nil {
-				printJSON(map[string]any{"event": "db_error", "type": record["type"], "from": record["from"], "error": err.Error()})
-			}
-		}
-	}
+	h.dbQueue.EnqueueRecord(record, mqttClientInfoFromClient(cl))
 	if record["type"] != "empty_packet" {
 		printJSON(record)
 	}
@@ -131,11 +88,11 @@ func (h *meshtasticFilterHook) rejectPublish(cl *mqtt.Client, pk packets.Packet,
 	if h.stats != nil {
 		h.stats.IncDropped()
 	}
-	if h.store != nil {
-		if err := h.store.InsertDiscardDetails(record, pk.Payload, mqttClientInfoFromClient(cl)); err != nil {
-			printJSON(map[string]any{"event": "db_error", "type": "discard_details", "topic": pk.TopicName, "error": err.Error()})
-		}
+	if record == nil {
+		record = map[string]any{}
 	}
+	record["topic"] = pk.TopicName
+	h.dbQueue.EnqueueDiscard(record, pk.Payload, mqttClientInfoFromClient(cl))
 }
 
 func blockingViolationForRecord(blocking *blockingCache, record map[string]any) map[string]any {
@@ -246,6 +203,8 @@ func run(cfg *config) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	defer store.Close()
+	dbQueue := newDBWriteQueue(store)
+	defer dbQueue.Close()
 	if err := store.EnsureDefaultAdmin(cfg.Web.Admin.Username, cfg.Web.Admin.Password); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -256,7 +215,7 @@ func run(cfg *config) error {
 	}
 
 	messageStats := &meshtasticMessageStats{}
-	server, mqttAddr, err := startMQTTServer(cfg, store, messageStats, blocking)
+	server, mqttAddr, err := startMQTTServer(cfg, dbQueue, messageStats, blocking)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -268,7 +227,7 @@ func run(cfg *config) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		mqttStatus := mqttRuntimeStatus{server: server, address: mqttAddr, tls: cfg.MQTT.TLS.Enabled, stats: messageStats}
+		mqttStatus := mqttRuntimeStatus{server: server, address: mqttAddr, tls: cfg.MQTT.TLS.Enabled, stats: messageStats, dbQueue: dbQueue}
 		httpServer = newHTTPServer(cfg.Web, store, sessions, mqttStatus, blocking)
 		webAddress := httpServer.Addr
 		go func() {
@@ -310,12 +269,12 @@ func run(cfg *config) error {
 	return runErr
 }
 
-func startMQTTServer(cfg *config, store *store, stats *meshtasticMessageStats, blocking *blockingCache) (*mqtt.Server, string, error) {
+func startMQTTServer(cfg *config, dbQueue *dbWriteQueue, stats *meshtasticMessageStats, blocking *blockingCache) (*mqtt.Server, string, error) {
 	server := mqtt.New(nil)
 	if err := server.AddHook(new(auth.AllowHook), nil); err != nil {
 		return nil, "", err
 	}
-	if err := server.AddHook(&meshtasticFilterHook{key: cfg.key, store: store, stats: stats, blocking: blocking}, nil); err != nil {
+	if err := server.AddHook(&meshtasticFilterHook{key: cfg.key, dbQueue: dbQueue, stats: stats, blocking: blocking}, nil); err != nil {
 		return nil, "", err
 	}
 
diff --git a/meshmap_frontend/src/components/AdminDashboard.vue b/meshmap_frontend/src/components/AdminDashboard.vue
index e4804cb..46c3f12 100644
--- a/meshmap_frontend/src/components/AdminDashboard.vue
+++ b/meshmap_frontend/src/components/AdminDashboard.vue
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ onBeforeUnmount(() => {
         <div><span>当前连接</span><strong>{{ status.clients_connected }}</strong></div>
         <div><span>订阅数</span><strong>{{ status.subscriptions }}</strong></div>
         <div><span>转发消息</span><strong>{{ status.messages_sent }}</strong></div>
+        <div><span>数据库队列</span><strong>{{ status.db_write_queue_length }}</strong></div>
         <a class="status-card-link" href="/admin/discard_details"><span>丢弃消息</span><strong>{{ status.messages_dropped }}</strong></a>
         <div><span>收到包</span><strong>{{ status.packets_received }}</strong></div>
         <div><span>发送包</span><strong>{{ status.packets_sent }}</strong></div>
diff --git a/meshmap_frontend/src/types.ts b/meshmap_frontend/src/types.ts
index 335864b..dc8605b 100644
--- a/meshmap_frontend/src/types.ts
+++ b/meshmap_frontend/src/types.ts
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ export interface AdminMqttStatus {
   messages_received: number
   messages_sent: number
   messages_dropped: number
+  db_write_queue_length: number
   retained: number
   inflight: number
   inflight_dropped: number
diff --git a/mqtt_status.go b/mqtt_status.go
index 642a399..4b3a53c 100644
--- a/mqtt_status.go
+++ b/mqtt_status.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ type mqttRuntimeStatus struct {
 	address string
 	tls     bool
 	stats   *meshtasticMessageStats
+	dbQueue *dbWriteQueue
 }
 
 type adminMqttStatus struct {
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ type adminMqttStatus struct {
 	MessagesReceived    int64             `json:"messages_received"`
 	MessagesSent        int64             `json:"messages_sent"`
 	MessagesDropped     int64             `json:"messages_dropped"`
+	DBWriteQueueLength  int               `json:"db_write_queue_length"`
 	Retained            int64             `json:"retained"`
 	Inflight            int64             `json:"inflight"`
 	InflightDropped     int64             `json:"inflight_dropped"`
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ type adminMqttClient struct {
 
 func (m mqttRuntimeStatus) Status() adminMqttStatus {
 	if m.server == nil || m.server.Info == nil {
-		return adminMqttStatus{Running: false, Address: m.address, TLS: m.tls}
+		return adminMqttStatus{Running: false, Address: m.address, TLS: m.tls, DBWriteQueueLength: m.dbQueue.Len()}
 	}
 	info := m.server.Info.Clone()
 	status := adminMqttStatus{
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ func (m mqttRuntimeStatus) Status() adminMqttStatus {
 		MessagesReceived:    info.MessagesReceived,
 		MessagesSent:        m.stats.Forwarded(),
 		MessagesDropped:     m.stats.Dropped(),
+		DBWriteQueueLength:  m.dbQueue.Len(),
 		Retained:            info.Retained,
 		Inflight:            info.Inflight,
 		InflightDropped:     info.InflightDropped,