diff --git a/.server-changes/strip-null-bytes-trigger-keys.md b/.server-changes/strip-null-bytes-trigger-keys.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2ffa5b86f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.server-changes/strip-null-bytes-trigger-keys.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+area: webapp
+type: fix
+---
+
+Fixed a rare error where triggering a task could fail if the idempotency key or debounce key contained an invalid null character. The character is now removed automatically and the run is created as normal.
diff --git a/apps/webapp/app/runEngine/services/triggerTask.server.nullBytes.test.ts b/apps/webapp/app/runEngine/services/triggerTask.server.nullBytes.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9612f103e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/webapp/app/runEngine/services/triggerTask.server.nullBytes.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+import { describe, expect, vi } from "vitest";
+
+vi.mock("~/db.server", () => ({
+  prisma: {},
+  $replica: {},
+  runOpsNewPrisma: {},
+  runOpsLegacyPrisma: {},
+  runOpsNewReplica: {},
+  runOpsLegacyReplica: {},
+}));
+vi.mock("~/v3/runOpsMigration/splitMode.server", () => ({ isSplitEnabled: async () => false }));
+vi.mock("~/services/platform.v3.server", async (importOriginal) => {
+  const actual = (await importOriginal()) as Record<string, unknown>;
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    getEntitlement: vi.fn(),
+  };
+});
+
+import { setupAuthenticatedEnvironment } from "@internal/run-engine/tests";
+import { assertNonNullable, containerTest } from "@internal/testcontainers";
+import { trace } from "@opentelemetry/api";
+import { IdempotencyKeyConcern } from "~/runEngine/concerns/idempotencyKeys.server";
+import { DefaultQueueManager } from "~/runEngine/concerns/queues.server";
+import { RunEngineTriggerTaskService } from "./triggerTask.server";
+import {
+  buildEngine,
+  CapturingParentRunValidator,
+  MockPayloadProcessor,
+  MockTraceEventConcern,
+} from "./triggerTask.server.test.helpers";
+
+vi.setConfig({ testTimeout: 60_000 });
+
+const NUL = String.fromCharCode(0);
+
+function buildService(engine: any, prisma: any) {
+  return new RunEngineTriggerTaskService({
+    engine,
+    prisma,
+    payloadProcessor: new MockPayloadProcessor(),
+    queueConcern: new DefaultQueueManager(prisma, engine),
+    idempotencyKeyConcern: new IdempotencyKeyConcern(prisma, engine, new MockTraceEventConcern()),
+    validator: new CapturingParentRunValidator(),
+    traceEventConcern: new MockTraceEventConcern(),
+    tracer: trace.getTracer("test", "0.0.0"),
+    metadataMaximumSize: 1024 * 1024 * 1,
+  });
+}
+
+describe("RunEngineTriggerTaskService null-byte sanitization", () => {
+  containerTest(
+    "strips a NUL from idempotencyKeyOptions.key so the jsonb insert does not 22P05",
+    async ({ prisma, redisOptions }) => {
+      const engine = buildEngine(prisma, redisOptions);
+
+      try {
+        const environment = await setupAuthenticatedEnvironment(prisma, "PRODUCTION");
+        const service = buildService(engine, prisma);
+
+        const result = await service.call({
+          taskId: "nul-idem-task",
+          environment,
+          body: {
+            payload: { kind: "idem" },
+            options: {
+              idempotencyKey: "a".repeat(64),
+              idempotencyKeyOptions: { key: `acme${NUL}inc`, scope: "run" },
+            },
+          },
+        });
+        assertNonNullable(result);
+
+        const row = await prisma.taskRun.findUniqueOrThrow({ where: { id: result.run.id } });
+        expect(row.idempotencyKeyOptions).toEqual({ key: "acmeinc", scope: "run" });
+      } finally {
+        await engine.quit();
+      }
+    }
+  );
+
+  containerTest(
+    "strips a NUL from debounce.key so the jsonb insert does not 22P05",
+    async ({ prisma, redisOptions }) => {
+      const engine = buildEngine(prisma, redisOptions);
+
+      try {
+        const environment = await setupAuthenticatedEnvironment(prisma, "PRODUCTION");
+        const service = buildService(engine, prisma);
+
+        const result = await service.call({
+          taskId: "nul-debounce-task",
+          environment,
+          body: {
+            payload: { kind: "debounce" },
+            options: {
+              debounce: { key: `grp${NUL}1`, delay: "1s" },
+            },
+          },
+        });
+        assertNonNullable(result);
+
+        const row = await prisma.taskRun.findUniqueOrThrow({ where: { id: result.run.id } });
+        expect((row.debounce as { key: string }).key).toBe("grp1");
+      } finally {
+        await engine.quit();
+      }
+    }
+  );
+});
diff --git a/apps/webapp/app/runEngine/services/triggerTask.server.ts b/apps/webapp/app/runEngine/services/triggerTask.server.ts
index 34805d4c30..6d15c55435 100644
--- a/apps/webapp/app/runEngine/services/triggerTask.server.ts
+++ b/apps/webapp/app/runEngine/services/triggerTask.server.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import type { PrismaClientOrTransaction } from "@trigger.dev/database";
 import type { AuthenticatedEnvironment } from "~/services/apiAuth.server";
 import { logger } from "~/services/logger.server";
 import { parseDelay } from "~/utils/delays";
+import { removeNullBytesFromKey } from "~/utils/nullBytes";
 import { handleMetadataPacket } from "~/utils/packets";
 import { startSpan } from "~/v3/tracing.server";
 import { resolveRunIdMintKind } from "~/v3/engineVersion.server";
@@ -906,7 +907,7 @@ export class RunEngineTriggerTaskService {
       environment: args.environment,
       idempotencyKey: args.idempotencyKey,
       idempotencyKeyExpiresAt: args.idempotencyKey ? args.idempotencyKeyExpiresAt : undefined,
-      idempotencyKeyOptions: args.body.options?.idempotencyKeyOptions,
+      idempotencyKeyOptions: removeNullBytesFromKey(args.body.options?.idempotencyKeyOptions),
       taskIdentifier: args.taskId,
       payload: args.payloadPacket.data ?? "",
       payloadType: args.payloadPacket.dataType,
@@ -971,7 +972,7 @@ export class RunEngineTriggerTaskService {
       planType: args.planType,
       realtimeStreamsVersion: args.options.realtimeStreamsVersion,
       streamBasinName: args.environment.organization.streamBasinName,
-      debounce: args.body.options?.debounce,
+      debounce: removeNullBytesFromKey(args.body.options?.debounce),
       annotations: args.annotations,
     };
   }
diff --git a/apps/webapp/app/utils/nullBytes.test.ts b/apps/webapp/app/utils/nullBytes.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..98447f0cf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/webapp/app/utils/nullBytes.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { removeNullBytes, removeNullBytesFromKey } from "./nullBytes";
+
+describe("removeNullBytes", () => {
+  it("strips every NUL from a string", () => {
+    expect(removeNullBytes(`a\u0000b\u0000c`)).toBe("abc");
+  });
+
+  it("returns the same reference when there is no NUL", () => {
+    const clean = "acme-inc";
+    expect(removeNullBytes(clean)).toBe(clean);
+  });
+
+  it("passes through undefined and null", () => {
+    expect(removeNullBytes(undefined)).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(removeNullBytes(null)).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
+
+describe("removeNullBytesFromKey", () => {
+  it("strips a NUL from the key while preserving other fields", () => {
+    expect(removeNullBytesFromKey({ key: `k\u00001`, scope: "run" })).toEqual({
+      key: "k1",
+      scope: "run",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("returns the same object reference when the key is clean", () => {
+    const opts = { key: "clean", scope: "run" };
+    expect(removeNullBytesFromKey(opts)).toBe(opts);
+  });
+
+  it("passes through undefined", () => {
+    expect(removeNullBytesFromKey(undefined)).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/webapp/app/utils/nullBytes.ts b/apps/webapp/app/utils/nullBytes.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..08c0a73415
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/webapp/app/utils/nullBytes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/**
+ * Removes Unicode NUL (U+0000) from a string. Postgres cannot store a NUL in a
+ * `text` column (SQLSTATE 22021) and rejects a `\u0000` escape when a JSON value
+ * is stored as `jsonb` (SQLSTATE 22P05), so a caller-supplied NUL reaching
+ * `taskRun.create()` fails the insert. The `indexOf` guard keeps the common
+ * (NUL-free) case allocation-free on the trigger hot path.
+ */
+export function removeNullBytes<T extends string | undefined | null>(value: T): T {
+  if (typeof value !== "string" || value.indexOf("\u0000") === -1) {
+    return value;
+  }
+  return value.replace(/\u0000/g, "") as T;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns `value` with a NUL-stripped `key`, reusing the original object when no
+ * NUL is present. Used for the user-supplied idempotency-key and debounce
+ * options, whose `key` lands in a `jsonb` column on the TaskRun row.
+ */
+export function removeNullBytesFromKey<T extends { key: string } | undefined>(value: T): T {
+  if (!value) {
+    return value;
+  }
+  const cleaned = removeNullBytes(value.key);
+  return cleaned === value.key ? value : { ...value, key: cleaned };
+}