diff --git a/lib/galaxy/jobs/runners/__init__.py b/lib/galaxy/jobs/runners/__init__.py
index c79d1926d0e..6c95de6312b 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/jobs/runners/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/jobs/runners/__init__.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ from queue import (
     Queue,
 )
 
+from sqlalchemy.orm import object_session
+
 import galaxy.jobs
 from galaxy import model
 from galaxy.exceptions import ConfigurationError
@@ -154,6 +156,10 @@ class BaseJobRunner:
                     name = method.__name__
                 except Exception:
                     name = UNKNOWN
+
+                # Ensure a Job object belongs to a session
+                self._ensure_db_session(arg)
+
                 try:
                     action_str = f"galaxy.jobs.runners.{self.__class__.__name__.lower()}.{name}"
                     action_timer = self.app.execution_timer_factory.get_timer(
@@ -171,6 +177,18 @@ class BaseJobRunner:
                         # Prevent fail_job cycle in the work_queue
                         self.work_queue.put((self.fail_job, job_state))
 
+    def _ensure_db_session(self, arg: typing.Union["JobWrapper", "JobState"]) -> None:
+        """Ensure Job object belongs to current session."""
+        try:
+            job_wrapper = arg.job_wrapper  # type: ignore[union-attr]
+        except AttributeError:
+            job_wrapper = arg
+
+        if job_wrapper._job_io:
+            job = job_wrapper._job_io.job
+            if object_session(job) is None:
+                self.app.model.session().add(job)
+
     # Causes a runner's `queue_job` method to be called from a worker thread
     def put(self, job_wrapper: "MinimalJobWrapper"):
         """Add a job to the queue (by job identifier), indicate that the job is ready to run."""