diff --git a/press/agent.py b/press/agent.py
index 439c9dddca1..985b2d1ec00 100644
--- a/press/agent.py
+++ b/press/agent.py
@@ -1208,8 +1208,11 @@ def get_site_sid(self, site, user=None):
 			result = self.get(f"benches/{site.bench}/sites/{site.name}/sid")
 		return result and result.get("sid")
 
-	def get_site_info(self, site):
-		result = self.get(f"benches/{site.bench}/sites/{site.name}/info")
+	def get_site_info(self, site, database_only=False):
+		path = f"benches/{site.bench}/sites/{site.name}/info"
+		if database_only:
+			path += "?database_only=1"
+		result = self.get(path)
 		if result:
 			return result["data"]
 		return None
diff --git a/press/press/doctype/site/site.py b/press/press/doctype/site/site.py
index 3565a6575c7..02ff26edf8d 100644
--- a/press/press/doctype/site/site.py
+++ b/press/press/doctype/site/site.py
@@ -2065,9 +2065,9 @@ def get_login_sid(self, user: str = "Administrator"):
 			frappe.throw(f"Could not login as {user}", frappe.ValidationError)  # nosemgrep
 		return sid
 
-	def fetch_info(self):
+	def fetch_info(self, database_only=False):
 		agent = Agent(self.server)
-		return agent.get_site_info(self)
+		return agent.get_site_info(self, database_only=database_only)
 
 	def fetch_analytics(self):
 		agent = Agent(self.server)
@@ -2107,6 +2107,24 @@ def _sync_config_info(self, fetched_config: dict) -> bool:
 			return True
 		return False
 
+	def _sync_database_usage(self, fetched_usage: dict):
+		"""Record a Site Usage row, refreshing only the database size.
+
+		Carries the last-known file sizes forward so a database-usage refresh
+		doesn't trigger the expensive file-tree walk in the agent's get_usage.
+		"""
+		last = self.get_disk_usages()
+		self._insert_site_usage(
+			{
+				"database": fetched_usage["database"],
+				"database_free": fetched_usage.get("database_free", 0),
+				"database_free_tables": fetched_usage.get("database_free_tables", []),
+				"public": last["public"] or 0,
+				"private": last["private"] or 0,
+				"backups": last["backups"] or 0,
+			}
+		)
+
 	def _sync_usage_info(self, fetched_usage: dict):
 		"""Generate a Site Usage doc for the site using the fetched_usage data.
 
@@ -2184,14 +2202,18 @@ def _sync_database_name(self, config):
 		return False
 
 	@frappe.whitelist()
-	def sync_info(self, data=None):
+	def sync_info(self, data=None, database_only: bool = False):
 		"""Updates Site Usage, site.config and timezone details for site."""
 		if not data:
-			data = self.fetch_info()
+			data = self.fetch_info(database_only=database_only)
 
 		if not data:
 			return
 
+		if database_only:
+			self._sync_database_usage(data["usage"])
+			return
+
 		fetched_usage = data["usage"]
 		fetched_config = data["config"]
 		fetched_timezone = data["timezone"]
@@ -3942,7 +3964,7 @@ def add_database_index(self, table, column):
 	def refresh_database_usage(self):
 		# Check if schema parser enabled on db server
 		if not frappe.db.get_value("Database Server", self.database_server_name, "enable_schema_size_parser"):
-			self.sync_info()
+			self.sync_info(database_only=True)
 			return {
 				"synced": True,
 			}
@@ -5498,7 +5520,7 @@ def process_refresh_database_usage_job_update(job: AgentJob):
 	site: Site = frappe.get_doc("Site", job.site)
 	with suppress(Exception):
 		# Don't throw error on failure of syncing also
-		site.sync_info()
+		site.sync_info(database_only=True)
 
 
 def on_doctype_update():
diff --git a/press/press/doctype/site/test_site.py b/press/press/doctype/site/test_site.py
index 5707e427a8e..2af66423b45 100644
--- a/press/press/doctype/site/test_site.py
+++ b/press/press/doctype/site/test_site.py
@@ -580,6 +580,31 @@ def test_site_usage_exceed_tracking(self):
 		self.assertIsNotNone(site.site_usage_exceeded_on)
 		self.assertEqual(site.status, "Active")
 
+	def test_sync_info_database_only_refreshes_db_size_and_carries_files_forward(self):
+		site = create_test_site()
+		frappe.get_doc(
+			{
+				"doctype": "Site Usage",
+				"site": site.name,
+				"database": 100,
+				"public": 200,
+				"private": 300,
+				"backups": 400,
+			}
+		).insert()
+
+		# In database_only mode the agent returns only the database size; the
+		# file totals must be carried forward, not recomputed (no file walk).
+		with patch.object(Site, "fetch_info", return_value={"usage": {"database": 150}}) as fetch_info:
+			site.sync_info(database_only=True)
+
+		fetch_info.assert_called_once_with(database_only=True)
+		latest = frappe.get_last_doc("Site Usage", {"site": site.name})
+		self.assertEqual(latest.database, 150)
+		self.assertEqual(latest.public, 200)
+		self.assertEqual(latest.private, 300)
+		self.assertEqual(latest.backups, 400)
+
 	def test_free_sites_ignore_usage_exceed_tracking(self):
 		team = create_test_team(free_account=False)
 		plan_10 = create_test_plan("Site", price_usd=10.0, price_inr=750.0, plan_name="USD 10")