diff --git a/db_init.php b/db_init.php
index eaed6ba..55ccb80 100644
--- a/db_init.php
+++ b/db_init.php
@@ -197,6 +197,11 @@ function qdb_acquire_lock() {
  * qdb_save() or qdb_discard() afterwards.
  */
 function qdb_open(bool $writable = false): array {
+    if (!$writable) {
+        require_once __DIR__ . '/lib/read_db_cache.php';
+        return qdb_read_db_open();
+    }
+
     $dbPath = QDB_PATH;
 
     if (!is_dir(dirname($dbPath))) {
@@ -281,6 +286,12 @@ function qdb_open(bool $writable = false): array {
  */
 function qdb_save(string $tmpDb, $lockFp): void {
     $masterKey = get_master_key_bytes();
+    try {
+        $ck = new PDO('sqlite:' . $tmpDb);
+        $ck->exec('PRAGMA wal_checkpoint(FULL);');
+    } catch (Throwable $e) {
+        // best-effort before reading plaintext bytes
+    }
     $plainDb = file_get_contents($tmpDb);
     if ($plainDb === false) throw new Exception("Could not read temp DB for save");
     $enc = aes256_cbc_encrypt_bytes($plainDb, $masterKey);
@@ -302,12 +313,18 @@ function qdb_save(string $tmpDb, $lockFp): void {
         flock($lockFp, LOCK_UN);
         fclose($lockFp);
     }
+
+    require_once __DIR__ . '/lib/read_db_cache.php';
+    qdb_read_cache_invalidate();
 }
 
 /**
  * Discard changes -- clean up temp file and release lock without saving.
  */
 function qdb_discard(string $tmpDb, $lockFp): void {
+    if (defined('QDB_READONLY_CACHE_HANDLE') && $tmpDb === QDB_READONLY_CACHE_HANDLE) {
+        return;
+    }
     @unlink($tmpDb);
     if ($lockFp) {
         @flock($lockFp, LOCK_UN);
diff --git a/handlers/app_questionnaires.php b/handlers/app_questionnaires.php
index 381b68a..3196cc3 100644
--- a/handlers/app_questionnaires.php
+++ b/handlers/app_questionnaires.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * GET ?translations=1       -> global app UI strings only (not questionnaire content); **no auth** (login screen).
  * GET ?clients=1            -> list of clients assigned to the authenticated coach
  * GET ?clientCode=X&answers=1 -> all completed questionnaire answers for one client (encrypted)
+ * GET ?answersBulk=1          -> all assigned clients' answers in one payload (coach, encrypted)
  * POST                      -> submit interview answers for a client (coach / supervisor / admin).
  *                             Re-posting the same clientCode + questionnaireID updates answers in place (re-edit).
  *                             Sensitive POST/GET ?clients=1 bodies use encrypted payloads (HKDF from Bearer token).
@@ -269,8 +270,17 @@ $qnID         = $_GET['id'] ?? '';
 $translations = $_GET['translations'] ?? '';
 $fetchClients = $_GET['clients'] ?? '';
 $fetchAnswers = $_GET['answers'] ?? '';
+$fetchAnswersBulk = $_GET['answersBulk'] ?? '';
 $clientCode   = trim($_GET['clientCode'] ?? '');
 
+if ($fetchAnswersBulk) {
+    require_role(['coach'], $tokenRec);
+    require_once __DIR__ . '/../lib/app_answers.php';
+    $clients = qdb_export_app_bulk_answers_for_coach($pdo, $tokenRec);
+    qdb_discard($tmpDb, $lockFp);
+    json_success_sensitive(['clients' => $clients], $tokenRec['_token']);
+}
+
 if ($fetchAnswers) {
     require_role(['admin', 'supervisor', 'coach'], $tokenRec);
     if ($clientCode === '') {
diff --git a/lib/app_answers.php b/lib/app_answers.php
index 4539c18..b698b66 100644
--- a/lib/app_answers.php
+++ b/lib/app_answers.php
@@ -255,3 +255,30 @@ function qdb_export_app_client_answers_bundle(PDO $pdo, string $clientCode): arr
     }
     return $items;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Bulk export: all coach-assigned clients with full answer bundles (caller applies RBAC).
+ *
+ * @return list<array{clientCode: string, questionnaires: list<array<string, mixed>>}>
+ */
+function qdb_export_app_bulk_answers_for_coach(PDO $pdo, array $tokenRec): array {
+    if (($tokenRec['role'] ?? '') !== 'coach') {
+        return [];
+    }
+    $coachID = trim((string)($tokenRec['entityID'] ?? ''));
+    if ($coachID === '') {
+        return [];
+    }
+    $stmt = $pdo->prepare(
+        'SELECT clientCode FROM client WHERE coachID = :cid ORDER BY clientCode'
+    );
+    $stmt->execute([':cid' => $coachID]);
+    $out = [];
+    foreach ($stmt->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_COLUMN) as $clientCode) {
+        $out[] = [
+            'clientCode'     => $clientCode,
+            'questionnaires' => qdb_export_app_client_answers_bundle($pdo, (string)$clientCode),
+        ];
+    }
+    return $out;
+}
diff --git a/lib/read_db_cache.php b/lib/read_db_cache.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9732acb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/read_db_cache.php
@@ -0,0 +1,225 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Per-worker read-only DB snapshot in RAM (memfd on Linux) — no plaintext on durable disk.
+ */
+
+/** Passed as $tmpDb when the PDO comes from the worker cache (qdb_discard is a no-op). */
+define('QDB_READONLY_CACHE_HANDLE', "\0qdb_cached_read");
+
+define('QDB_READ_GENERATION_FILE', QDB_UPLOADS_DIR . '/.qdb_read_generation');
+
+/**
+ * @return array{0: PDO, 1: string, 2: null}
+ */
+function qdb_read_db_open(): array {
+    $signature = qdb_read_cache_signature();
+    $cached = qdb_read_cache_get($signature);
+    if ($cached !== null) {
+        return [$cached, QDB_READONLY_CACHE_HANDLE, null];
+    }
+
+    [$pdo, $memfdPath, $memfdFd] = qdb_read_materialize_decrypted_db();
+    qdb_read_cache_store($signature, $pdo, $memfdPath, $memfdFd);
+    return [$pdo, QDB_READONLY_CACHE_HANDLE, null];
+}
+
+function qdb_read_cache_invalidate(): void {
+    qdb_read_cache_reset();
+    qdb_read_generation_bump();
+}
+
+function qdb_read_cache_signature(): string {
+    $gen = qdb_read_generation_current();
+    if (!is_file(QDB_PATH)) {
+        return $gen . ':missing';
+    }
+    $mtime = @filemtime(QDB_PATH);
+    $size = @filesize(QDB_PATH);
+    return $gen . ':' . (int)$mtime . ':' . (int)$size;
+}
+
+function qdb_read_generation_current(): string {
+    if (!is_file(QDB_READ_GENERATION_FILE)) {
+        return '0';
+    }
+    $raw = @file_get_contents(QDB_READ_GENERATION_FILE);
+    return $raw === false || $raw === '' ? '0' : trim($raw);
+}
+
+function qdb_read_generation_bump(): void {
+    $dir = dirname(QDB_READ_GENERATION_FILE);
+    if (!is_dir($dir)) {
+        @mkdir($dir, 0750, true);
+    }
+    $next = (string)((int)qdb_read_generation_current() + 1);
+    @file_put_contents(QDB_READ_GENERATION_FILE, $next, LOCK_EX);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @return array{0: PDO, 1: string, 2: int} memfdPath empty when using disk fallback
+ */
+function qdb_read_materialize_decrypted_db(): array {
+    $dbPath = QDB_PATH;
+    $masterKey = get_master_key_bytes();
+    $sql = file_get_contents(QDB_SCHEMA);
+    if ($sql === false) {
+        throw new Exception('Could not read schema.sql');
+    }
+
+    if (!file_exists($dbPath) || !is_file($dbPath)) {
+        $mem = qdb_read_open_sqlite_on_path(':memory:', $sql, true);
+        return [$mem, '', -1];
+    }
+
+    $storedEnc = @file_get_contents($dbPath);
+    if ($storedEnc === false) {
+        throw new Exception('Could not read stored DB');
+    }
+    $decrypted = aes256_cbc_decrypt_bytes($storedEnc, $masterKey);
+
+    $memfd = qdb_memfd_write($decrypted);
+    if ($memfd !== null) {
+        [$fd, $path] = $memfd;
+        $pdo = qdb_read_open_sqlite_on_path($path, $sql, false);
+        return [$pdo, $path, $fd];
+    }
+
+    $fallbackDir = QDB_UPLOADS_DIR . '/.private_read';
+    if (!is_dir($fallbackDir)) {
+        @mkdir($fallbackDir, 0700, true);
+    }
+    $fallback = $fallbackDir . '/snap_' . getmypid() . '_' . bin2hex(random_bytes(4)) . '.sqlite';
+    if (file_put_contents($fallback, $decrypted) === false) {
+        throw new Exception('Could not write private read snapshot');
+    }
+    @chmod($fallback, 0600);
+    $pdo = qdb_read_open_sqlite_on_path($fallback, $sql, false);
+    return [$pdo, $fallback, -1];
+}
+
+/**
+ * @return array{0: int, 1: string}|null [fd, /proc/self/fd/N]
+ */
+function qdb_memfd_write(string $bytes): ?array {
+    if (PHP_OS_FAMILY !== 'Linux') {
+        return null;
+    }
+    if (!extension_loaded('ffi')) {
+        return null;
+    }
+    static $ffi = null;
+    try {
+        if ($ffi === null) {
+            $ffi = FFI::cdef(
+                'int memfd_create(const char *name, unsigned int flags);',
+                'libc.so.6'
+            );
+        }
+        $MFD_CLOEXEC = 1;
+        $fd = (int)$ffi->memfd_create('qdb_read', $MFD_CLOEXEC);
+        if ($fd < 0) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        $written = @file_put_contents('/proc/self/fd/' . $fd, $bytes);
+        if ($written === false || $written !== strlen($bytes)) {
+            @close($fd);
+            return null;
+        }
+        return [$fd, '/proc/self/fd/' . $fd];
+    } catch (Throwable $e) {
+        error_log('qdb_memfd_write: ' . $e->getMessage());
+        return null;
+    }
+}
+
+function qdb_read_open_sqlite_on_path(string $sqlitePath, string $schemaSql, bool $fresh): PDO {
+    if ($fresh) {
+        $pdo = new PDO('sqlite:' . $sqlitePath);
+        $pdo->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
+        $pdo->exec($schemaSql);
+        $pdo->exec('PRAGMA user_version = ' . QDB_VERSION . ';');
+    } else {
+        $pdo = new PDO('sqlite:' . $sqlitePath);
+        $pdo->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
+    }
+    $pdo->exec('PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON;');
+    // DELETE (not WAL) so a migration persist via file_get_contents + qdb_save is complete.
+    $pdo->exec('PRAGMA journal_mode = DELETE;');
+
+    $schemaChanged = qdb_apply_migrations($pdo, $schemaSql);
+    if ($schemaChanged) {
+        $migrateLock = qdb_acquire_lock();
+        try {
+            if ($sqlitePath === ':memory:') {
+                throw new Exception('Cannot persist migration from in-memory read snapshot');
+            }
+            $savePath = $sqlitePath;
+            if (str_starts_with($sqlitePath, '/proc/')) {
+                $savePath = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'qdb_migrate_');
+                $bytes = file_get_contents($sqlitePath);
+                if ($bytes === false || file_put_contents($savePath, $bytes) === false) {
+                    throw new Exception('Could not copy memfd DB for migration save');
+                }
+            }
+            $pdo->exec('PRAGMA wal_checkpoint(FULL);');
+            qdb_save($savePath, $migrateLock);
+            if ($savePath !== $sqlitePath && is_file($savePath)) {
+                @unlink($savePath);
+            }
+        } catch (Throwable $e) {
+            flock($migrateLock, LOCK_UN);
+            fclose($migrateLock);
+            throw $e;
+        }
+        return qdb_read_db_open()[0];
+    }
+
+    return $pdo;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @return PDO|null
+ */
+function qdb_read_cache_get(string $signature) {
+    $state = &qdb_read_cache_state();
+    if ($state['signature'] === $signature && $state['pdo'] instanceof PDO) {
+        return $state['pdo'];
+    }
+    return null;
+}
+
+function qdb_read_cache_store(string $signature, PDO $pdo, string $memfdPath, int $memfdFd): void {
+    qdb_read_cache_reset();
+    $state = &qdb_read_cache_state();
+    $state['signature'] = $signature;
+    $state['pdo'] = $pdo;
+    $state['memfdPath'] = $memfdPath;
+    $state['memfdFd'] = $memfdFd;
+}
+
+function qdb_read_cache_reset(): void {
+    $state = &qdb_read_cache_state();
+    $state['signature'] = '';
+    $state['pdo'] = null;
+    if ($state['memfdFd'] >= 0) {
+        @close($state['memfdFd']);
+    }
+    $state['memfdFd'] = -1;
+    if ($state['memfdPath'] !== '' && is_file($state['memfdPath'])) {
+        @unlink($state['memfdPath']);
+    }
+    $state['memfdPath'] = '';
+}
+
+/**
+ * @return array{signature: string, pdo: ?PDO, memfdPath: string, memfdFd: int}
+ */
+function &qdb_read_cache_state(): array {
+    static $state = [
+        'signature' => '',
+        'pdo'       => null,
+        'memfdPath' => '',
+        'memfdFd'     => -1,
+    ];
+    return $state;
+}
diff --git a/tests/Integration/AppQuestionnairesBulkTest.php b/tests/Integration/AppQuestionnairesBulkTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d69691a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Integration/AppQuestionnairesBulkTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Tests\Integration;
+
+use Tests\Support\DatabaseSeeder;
+use Tests\Support\QdbTestCase;
+
+final class AppQuestionnairesBulkTest extends QdbTestCase
+{
+    public function testCoachLoadsBulkAnswers(): void
+    {
+        $this->submitFixtureQuestionnaire();
+        $login = $this->api()->loginMobileAndGetToken(
+            DatabaseSeeder::COACH_USERNAME,
+            DatabaseSeeder::PASSWORD
+        );
+        $res = $this->api()->withMobileToken($login['token'], 'GET', 'app_questionnaires', null, [
+            'answersBulk' => '1',
+        ]);
+        $this->assertApiOk($res);
+        $this->assertTrue($res['data']['encrypted'] ?? false);
+        $plain = qdb_decrypt_sensitive_envelope($res['data'], $login['token']);
+        $payload = json_decode($plain, true, 512, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR);
+        $this->assertIsArray($payload['clients'] ?? null);
+        $found = null;
+        foreach ($payload['clients'] as $row) {
+            if (($row['clientCode'] ?? '') === $this->fixture()->clientCode) {
+                $found = $row;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        $this->assertNotNull($found, 'fixture client missing from bulk payload');
+        $this->assertNotEmpty($found['questionnaires'] ?? []);
+        $qn = $found['questionnaires'][0];
+        $this->assertSame($this->fixture()->questionnaireId, $qn['questionnaireID'] ?? null);
+        $this->assertNotEmpty($qn['answers'] ?? []);
+    }
+
+    public function testReadDbOpenUsesCacheOnSecondCall(): void
+    {
+        [$pdo1, $tmp1] = qdb_open(false);
+        [$pdo2, $tmp2] = qdb_open(false);
+        $this->assertSame(QDB_READONLY_CACHE_HANDLE, $tmp1);
+        $this->assertSame(QDB_READONLY_CACHE_HANDLE, $tmp2);
+        $this->assertSame($pdo1, $pdo2);
+        qdb_discard($tmp1, null);
+        qdb_discard($tmp2, null);
+    }
+}