diff --git a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/performance-and-scalability.md b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/performance-and-scalability.md
index e76cd5b9b..3ccbb93ab 100644
--- a/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/performance-and-scalability.md
+++ b/docs/release-control/v6/internal/subsystems/performance-and-scalability.md
@@ -524,3 +524,7 @@ identifiers and metric names passed back into `Query`, `QueryAll`, and
 case-polluted callers cannot manufacture false "missing metrics" results,
 split one governed metric stream into mixed-case query buckets, or trigger
 redundant batch work against otherwise valid stored samples.
+That same metrics-store boundary also owns the persistent DB file path. The
+runtime must normalize the owned metrics directory and resolve the selected DB
+filename through the shared storage-path helper before it creates directories
+or opens SQLite, instead of trusting raw caller-built paths.
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/store.go b/pkg/metrics/store.go
index ead9284d8..2df0727e4 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/store.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/store.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 	_ "modernc.org/sqlite"
 
+	"github.com/rcourtman/pulse-go-rewrite/internal/securityutil"
 	pdb "github.com/rcourtman/pulse-go-rewrite/pkg/db"
 )
 
@@ -51,8 +52,13 @@ type StoreConfig struct {
 
 // DefaultConfig returns sensible defaults for metrics storage
 func DefaultConfig(dataDir string) StoreConfig {
+	dbPath := filepath.Join(dataDir, "metrics.db")
+	if resolvedDBPath, err := resolveStoreDBPath(dbPath); err == nil {
+		dbPath = resolvedDBPath
+	}
+
 	return StoreConfig{
-		DBPath:          filepath.Join(dataDir, "metrics.db"),
+		DBPath:          dbPath,
 		WriteBufferSize: 100,
 		FlushInterval:   5 * time.Second,
 		RetentionRaw:    2 * time.Hour,
@@ -62,6 +68,26 @@ func DefaultConfig(dataDir string) StoreConfig {
 	}
 }
 
+func resolveStoreDBPath(dbPath string) (string, error) {
+	trimmedPath := strings.TrimSpace(dbPath)
+	if trimmedPath == "" {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("metrics database path is required")
+	}
+
+	cleanedPath := filepath.Clean(trimmedPath)
+	dir, err := securityutil.NormalizeStorageDir(filepath.Dir(cleanedPath))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("resolve metrics database directory: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	resolvedPath, err := securityutil.JoinStorageLeaf(dir, filepath.Base(cleanedPath))
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("resolve metrics database path: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return resolvedPath, nil
+}
+
 // bufferedMetric holds a metric waiting to be written
 type bufferedMetric struct {
 	resourceType string
@@ -101,6 +127,12 @@ type Store struct {
 
 // NewStore creates a new metrics store with the given configuration
 func NewStore(config StoreConfig) (*Store, error) {
+	resolvedDBPath, err := resolveStoreDBPath(config.DBPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	config.DBPath = resolvedDBPath
+
 	// Ensure directory exists
 	dir := filepath.Dir(config.DBPath)
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0755); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/store_additional_test.go b/pkg/metrics/store_additional_test.go
index e8918c084..4ef272b4f 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/store_additional_test.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/store_additional_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package metrics
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -37,6 +38,47 @@ func TestStoreWriteBatchSync(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestResolveStoreDBPathCanonicalizesOwnedPath(t *testing.T) {
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	rawPath := filepath.Join(root, "metrics", "..", "metrics", "metrics.db")
+
+	resolved, err := resolveStoreDBPath("  " + rawPath + "  ")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("resolveStoreDBPath() error = %v", err)
+	}
+
+	want := filepath.Join(filepath.Clean(filepath.Join(root, "metrics")), "metrics.db")
+	if resolved != want {
+		t.Fatalf("resolveStoreDBPath() = %q, want %q", resolved, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestResolveStoreDBPathRejectsBlank(t *testing.T) {
+	if _, err := resolveStoreDBPath(" \t "); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected blank DB path to be rejected")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNewStoreCanonicalizesDBPath(t *testing.T) {
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	cfg := DefaultConfig(root)
+	cfg.DBPath = filepath.Join(root, "metrics", "..", "metrics", "tenant-metrics.db")
+
+	store, err := NewStore(cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("NewStore() error = %v", err)
+	}
+	defer store.Close()
+
+	want := filepath.Join(filepath.Clean(filepath.Join(root, "metrics")), "tenant-metrics.db")
+	if store.config.DBPath != want {
+		t.Fatalf("store.config.DBPath = %q, want %q", store.config.DBPath, want)
+	}
+	if _, err := os.Stat(want); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected canonical metrics DB at %q: %v", want, err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestStoreClear(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
 	store, err := NewStore(DefaultConfig(dir))