diff --git a/apps/client-standalone/src/lightweight/browser_routes.ts b/apps/client-standalone/src/lightweight/browser_routes.ts
index e6492f7462..739fae625e 100644
--- a/apps/client-standalone/src/lightweight/browser_routes.ts
+++ b/apps/client-standalone/src/lightweight/browser_routes.ts
@@ -122,6 +122,45 @@ function createRoute(router: BrowserRouter) {
     };
 }
 
+/**
+ * Async variant of createRoute for handlers that return Promises (e.g. import).
+ * Uses transactionalAsync (manual BEGIN/COMMIT/ROLLBACK) instead of the synchronous
+ * transactional() wrapper, which would commit an empty transaction immediately when
+ * passed an async callback.
+ */
+function createAsyncRoute(router: BrowserRouter) {
+    return (method: HttpMethod, path: string, _middleware: any[], handler: (req: any, res: any) => Promise<unknown>, resultHandler?: ((req: any, res: any, result: unknown) => unknown) | null) => {
+        router.register(method, path, (req: BrowserRequest) => {
+            return getContext().init(async () => {
+                setContextFromHeaders(req);
+                const expressLikeReq = toExpressLikeReq(req);
+                const mockRes = createMockExpressResponse();
+                const result = await getSql().transactionalAsync(() => handler(expressLikeReq, mockRes));
+
+                // If the handler used the mock response (e.g. image routes that call res.send()),
+                // return it as a raw response so BrowserRouter doesn't JSON-serialize it.
+                if (mockRes._used) {
+                    return {
+                        [RAW_RESPONSE]: true as const,
+                        status: mockRes._status,
+                        headers: mockRes._headers,
+                        body: mockRes._body
+                    };
+                }
+
+                if (resultHandler) {
+                    // Create a minimal response object that captures what apiResultHandler sets.
+                    const res = createResultHandlerResponse();
+                    resultHandler(expressLikeReq, res, result);
+                    return res.result;
+                }
+
+                return result;
+            });
+        });
+    };
+}
+
 /**
  * Creates a mock Express response object that captures calls to set(), send(), sendStatus(), etc.
  * Used for route handlers (like image routes) that write directly to the response.
@@ -220,7 +259,7 @@ export function registerRoutes(router: BrowserRouter): void {
     const apiRoute = createApiRoute(router, true);
     routes.buildSharedApiRoutes({
         route: createRoute(router),
-        asyncRoute: createRoute(router),
+        asyncRoute: createAsyncRoute(router),
         apiRoute,
         asyncApiRoute: createApiRoute(router, false),
         apiResultHandler,
diff --git a/apps/client-standalone/src/lightweight/sql_provider.ts b/apps/client-standalone/src/lightweight/sql_provider.ts
index e7bd80ba34..4b22833de4 100644
--- a/apps/client-standalone/src/lightweight/sql_provider.ts
+++ b/apps/client-standalone/src/lightweight/sql_provider.ts
@@ -501,9 +501,12 @@ export default class BrowserSqlProvider implements DatabaseProvider {
 
         // Helper function to execute within a transaction
         const executeTransaction = (beginStatement: string, ...args: unknown[]): T => {
-            // If we're already in a transaction, use SAVEPOINTs for nesting
-            // This mimics better-sqlite3's behavior
-            if (self._inTransaction) {
+            // If we're already in a transaction (either tracked via JS flag or via actual SQLite
+            // autocommit state), use SAVEPOINTs for nesting — this handles the case where a manual
+            // BEGIN was issued directly (e.g. transactionalAsync) without going through transaction().
+            const sqliteInTransaction = self.db?.pointer !== undefined
+                && (self.sqlite3!.capi as any).sqlite3_get_autocommit(self.db!.pointer) === 0;
+            if (self._inTransaction || sqliteInTransaction) {
                 const savepointName = `sp_${++savepointCounter}_${Date.now()}`;
                 self.db!.exec(`SAVEPOINT ${savepointName}`);
                 try {
diff --git a/packages/trilium-core/src/routes/api/import.ts b/packages/trilium-core/src/routes/api/import.ts
index b3bcdff357..ea78365928 100644
--- a/packages/trilium-core/src/routes/api/import.ts
+++ b/packages/trilium-core/src/routes/api/import.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ interface ImportRequest<P> extends Request<P> {
 
 import becca from "../../becca/becca.js";
 import type BNote from "../../becca/entities/bnote.js";
-import enexImportService from "../../services/import/enex.js";
+// import enexImportService from "../../services/import/enex.js";
 import opmlImportService from "../../services/import/opml.js";
 import singleImportService from "../../services/import/single.js";
 import zipImportService from "../../services/import/zip.js";
@@ -64,12 +64,12 @@ async function importNotesToBranch(req: ImportRequest<{ parentNoteId: string }>)
                 return importResult;
             }
         } else if (extension === ".enex" && options.explodeArchives) {
-            const importResult = await enexImportService.importEnex(taskContext, file, parentNote);
-            if (!Array.isArray(importResult)) {
-                note = importResult;
-            } else {
-                return importResult;
-            }
+            // const importResult = await enexImportService.importEnex(taskContext, file, parentNote);
+            // if (!Array.isArray(importResult)) {
+            //     note = importResult;
+            // } else {
+            //     return importResult;
+            // }
         } else {
             note = singleImportService.importSingleFile(taskContext, file, parentNote);
         }
diff --git a/packages/trilium-core/src/services/sql/sql.ts b/packages/trilium-core/src/services/sql/sql.ts
index d878936f2c..90631c5bfd 100644
--- a/packages/trilium-core/src/services/sql/sql.ts
+++ b/packages/trilium-core/src/services/sql/sql.ts
@@ -312,6 +312,26 @@ export class SqlService {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Async-safe transaction wrapper for use in Web Workers and other single-threaded async contexts.
+     * Uses manual BEGIN/COMMIT/ROLLBACK because the synchronous `transactional()` cannot await promises.
+     */
+    async transactionalAsync<T>(func: () => Promise<T>): Promise<T> {
+        this.execute("BEGIN IMMEDIATE");
+        try {
+            const result = await func();
+            this.execute("COMMIT");
+            if (!this.dbConnection.inTransaction) {
+                this.params.onTransactionCommit();
+            }
+            return result;
+        } catch (e) {
+            this.execute("ROLLBACK");
+            this.params.onTransactionRollback();
+            throw e;
+        }
+    }
+
     fillParamList(paramIds: string[] | Set<string>, truncate = true) {
         if ("length" in paramIds && paramIds.length === 0) {
             return;