diff --git a/examples/aws-planetscale-drizzle-postgres/sst.config.ts b/examples/aws-planetscale-drizzle-postgres/sst.config.ts
index 3128227068..6bf3679d2e 100644
--- a/examples/aws-planetscale-drizzle-postgres/sst.config.ts
+++ b/examples/aws-planetscale-drizzle-postgres/sst.config.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@
  * bun run db:push
  * ```
  *
+ * The database role sets `successor` to `postgres` so PlanetScale can reassign
+ * owned schema objects before deleting a non-production branch role.
+ *
  * In the function we use [Drizzle ORM](https://orm.drizzle.team) with the
  * [`Resource`](/docs/reference/sdk/#resource) helper.
  *
@@ -103,6 +106,7 @@ export default $config({
         "pg_write_all_data",
         "postgres", // Only needed for pushing schema changes
       ],
+      successor: "postgres",
     });
 
     const database = new sst.Linkable("Database", {
diff --git a/examples/cloudflare-hyperdrive-planetscale/sst.config.ts b/examples/cloudflare-hyperdrive-planetscale/sst.config.ts
index 932b1bb737..5129bf16f8 100644
--- a/examples/cloudflare-hyperdrive-planetscale/sst.config.ts
+++ b/examples/cloudflare-hyperdrive-planetscale/sst.config.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export default $config({
       inheritedRoles: ["pg_read_all_data", "pg_write_all_data"],
       name: `${$app.name}-${$app.stage}`,
       organization: db.organization,
+      successor: "postgres",
     });
 
     const hyperdrive = new sst.cloudflare.Hyperdrive("Database", {
diff --git a/www/src/content/docs/docs/planetscale.mdx b/www/src/content/docs/docs/planetscale.mdx
index 16cf900c53..d821967223 100644
--- a/www/src/content/docs/docs/planetscale.mdx
+++ b/www/src/content/docs/docs/planetscale.mdx
@@ -50,6 +50,31 @@ const db = planetscale.getDatabaseVitessOutput({
 This guide uses the Vitess resources. PlanetScale also supports Postgres with equivalent resources and functions: `PostgresBranch`, `PostgresBranchRole`, `getDatabasePostgresOutput`, and `getPostgresBranchOutput`.
 :::
 
+For branch-per-stage Postgres roles, set `successor` to another role that should
+receive ownership of database objects before PlanetScale deletes the role. This
+is especially important in preview and branch-per-stage workflows where
+non-production roles are removed automatically after they may have created or
+modified objects.
+
+```ts title="sst.config.ts"
+const role = new planetscale.PostgresBranchRole("DatabaseRole", {
+  database: db.name,
+  organization: db.organization,
+  branch: branch.name,
+  name: `${$app.name}-${$app.stage}`,
+  inheritedRoles: [
+    "pg_read_all_data",
+    "pg_write_all_data",
+    "postgres", // Only needed for pushing schema changes
+  ],
+  successor: "postgres",
+});
+```
+
+Runtime-only roles that never own database objects do not need a `successor`,
+but setting one makes branch cleanup robust if the role later creates or owns
+objects.
+
 ---
 
 ## Branch per stage