diff --git a/apps/api/src/routes/setup.ts b/apps/api/src/routes/setup.ts
index e6c7b01..a347e85 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/routes/setup.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/routes/setup.ts
@@ -88,7 +88,10 @@ setupRouter.get('/status', async (c) => {
   // completion (D-10). Using it here keeps the status response in sync with the guard
   // without a second DB read pattern (covers setup_complete AND effective-config).
   const locked = await isSetupLocked();
-  return c.json({ setupComplete: locked });
+  // Gap 3 (backend): surface the NON-SECRET DB name so the PWA can render a read-only
+  // field giving the "database connection verified" row an on-screen referent. Only the
+  // database NAME is exposed — never DB_HOST/DB_USER/DB_PASSWORD (connection secrets/topology).
+  return c.json({ setupComplete: locked, dbName: process.env.DB_NAME ?? null });
 });
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/apps/api/tests/routes/setup.test.ts b/apps/api/tests/routes/setup.test.ts
index 630f058..e8ea60f 100644
--- a/apps/api/tests/routes/setup.test.ts
+++ b/apps/api/tests/routes/setup.test.ts
@@ -251,6 +251,23 @@ describe('GET /api/setup/status', () => {
     expect(body.setupComplete).toBe(false);
   });
 
+  // Gap 3 (backend): status exposes the NON-SECRET DB name as an on-screen referent
+  // for the "database connection verified" row. No DB_HOST/DB_USER/DB_PASSWORD.
+  it('returns the non-secret dbName from process.env.DB_NAME (gap 3)', async () => {
+    process.env.DB_NAME = 'familysync_test';
+    const app = await getApp();
+    const res = await app.fetch(jsonRequest('GET', '/api/setup/status'));
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    const bodyText = await res.text();
+    const body = JSON.parse(bodyText) as { setupComplete: boolean; dbName?: string | null };
+    expect(body.dbName).toBe('familysync_test');
+    // No connection secrets/topology may leak into the status response.
+    const password = process.env.DB_PASSWORD;
+    if (password) {
+      expect(bodyText).not.toContain(password);
+    }
+  });
+
   it('returns { setupComplete: true } after app_config.setup_complete is set', async () => {
     // Directly set setup_complete in DB (simulates completed setup)
     await db
diff --git a/apps/pwa/src/api/client.ts b/apps/pwa/src/api/client.ts
index e758b0d..6b02998 100644
--- a/apps/pwa/src/api/client.ts
+++ b/apps/pwa/src/api/client.ts
@@ -537,6 +537,12 @@ export async function saveMyCredential(payload: SaveMyCredentialPayload): Promis
  */
 export interface SetupStatusResponse {
   setupComplete: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Non-secret database name (process.env.DB_NAME) surfaced for the wizard's
+   * read-only "database connection verified" referent (gap 3). Never includes
+   * DB_HOST/DB_USER/DB_PASSWORD.
+   */
+  dbName?: string | null;
 }
 
 /**