diff --git a/task-sdk/src/airflow/sdk/execution_time/task_runner.py b/task-sdk/src/airflow/sdk/execution_time/task_runner.py
index 17a3451155e37..a441a0e275ac5 100644
--- a/task-sdk/src/airflow/sdk/execution_time/task_runner.py
+++ b/task-sdk/src/airflow/sdk/execution_time/task_runner.py
@@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ def get_first_reschedule_date(self, context: Context) -> datetime | None:
 
 
 def _xcom_push(ti: RuntimeTaskInstance, key: str, value: Any, mapped_length: int | None = None) -> None:
+    """Push a XCom through XCom.set, which pushes to XCom Backend if configured."""
     # Private function, as we don't want to expose the ability to manually set `mapped_length` to SDK
     # consumers
     XCom.set(
@@ -405,6 +406,18 @@ def _xcom_push(ti: RuntimeTaskInstance, key: str, value: Any, mapped_length: int
     )
 
 
+def _xcom_push_to_db(ti: RuntimeTaskInstance, key: str, value: Any) -> None:
+    """Push a XCom directly to metadata DB, bypassing custom xcom_backend."""
+    XCom._set_xcom_in_db(
+        key=key,
+        value=value,
+        dag_id=ti.dag_id,
+        task_id=ti.task_id,
+        run_id=ti.run_id,
+        map_index=ti.map_index,
+    )
+
+
 def parse(what: StartupDetails) -> RuntimeTaskInstance:
     # TODO: Task-SDK:
     # Using DagBag here is about 98% wrong, but it'll do for now
@@ -944,7 +957,7 @@ def finalize(
     for oe in task.operator_extra_links:
         link, xcom_key = oe.get_link(operator=task, ti_key=ti), oe.xcom_key  # type: ignore[arg-type]
         log.debug("Setting xcom for operator extra link", link=link, xcom_key=xcom_key)
-        _xcom_push(ti, key=xcom_key, value=link)
+        _xcom_push_to_db(ti, key=xcom_key, value=link)
 
     if getattr(ti.task, "overwrite_rtif_after_execution", False):
         log.debug("Overwriting Rendered template fields.")
diff --git a/task-sdk/src/airflow/sdk/execution_time/xcom.py b/task-sdk/src/airflow/sdk/execution_time/xcom.py
index c7bf4a9be3793..a10d831e2ee01 100644
--- a/task-sdk/src/airflow/sdk/execution_time/xcom.py
+++ b/task-sdk/src/airflow/sdk/execution_time/xcom.py
@@ -77,6 +77,42 @@ def set(
             ),
         )
 
+    @classmethod
+    def _set_xcom_in_db(
+        cls,
+        key: str,
+        value: Any,
+        *,
+        dag_id: str,
+        task_id: str,
+        run_id: str,
+        map_index: int = -1,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        Store an XCom value directly in the metadata database.
+
+        :param key: Key to store the XCom.
+        :param value: XCom value to store.
+        :param dag_id: DAG ID.
+        :param task_id: Task ID.
+        :param run_id: DAG run ID for the task.
+        :param map_index: Optional map index to assign XCom for a mapped task.
+            The default is ``-1`` (set for a non-mapped task).
+        """
+        from airflow.sdk.execution_time.task_runner import SUPERVISOR_COMMS
+
+        SUPERVISOR_COMMS.send_request(
+            log=log,
+            msg=SetXCom(
+                key=key,
+                value=value,
+                dag_id=dag_id,
+                task_id=task_id,
+                run_id=run_id,
+                map_index=map_index,
+            ),
+        )
+
     @classmethod
     def get_value(
         cls,
diff --git a/task-sdk/tests/task_sdk/execution_time/test_task_runner.py b/task-sdk/tests/task_sdk/execution_time/test_task_runner.py
index 8e6180dd11aa2..941804c9acad2 100644
--- a/task-sdk/tests/task_sdk/execution_time/test_task_runner.py
+++ b/task-sdk/tests/task_sdk/execution_time/test_task_runner.py
@@ -1384,21 +1384,21 @@ def execute(self, context):
             log=mock.ANY,
         )
 
-        finalize(runtime_ti, context=context, log=mock.MagicMock(), state=TerminalTIState.SUCCESS)
-
-        mock_supervisor_comms.send_request.assert_any_call(
-            msg=SetXCom(
+        with mock.patch.object(XCom, "_set_xcom_in_db") as mock_xcom_set:
+            finalize(
+                runtime_ti,
+                log=mock.MagicMock(),
+                state=TerminalTIState.SUCCESS,
+                context=runtime_ti.get_template_context(),
+            )
+            mock_xcom_set.assert_called_once_with(
                 key="_link_AirflowLink",
                 value="https://airflow.apache.org",
-                dag_id="test_dag",
-                run_id="test_run",
-                task_id="task_with_operator_extra_links",
-                map_index=-1,
-                mapped_length=None,
-                type="SetXCom",
-            ),
-            log=mock.ANY,
-        )
+                dag_id=runtime_ti.dag_id,
+                task_id=runtime_ti.task_id,
+                run_id=runtime_ti.run_id,
+                map_index=runtime_ti.map_index,
+            )
 
     def test_overwrite_rtif_after_execution_sets_rtif(self, create_runtime_ti, mock_supervisor_comms):
         """Test that the RTIF is overwritten after execution for certain operators."""