diff --git a/toolkit/components/extensions/ExtensionPageChild.jsm b/toolkit/components/extensions/ExtensionPageChild.jsm
index 2b5862ec12d0..26f9fb504d04 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/extensions/ExtensionPageChild.jsm
+++ b/toolkit/components/extensions/ExtensionPageChild.jsm
@@ -166,6 +166,11 @@ function getContextChildManagerGetter(
         viewType: this.viewType,
         url: this.uri.spec,
         incognito: this.incognito,
+        // Additional data a BaseContext subclass may optionally send
+        // as part of the CreateProxyContext request sent to the main process
+        // (e.g. WorkerContexChild implements this method to send the service
+        // worker descriptor id along with the details send by default here).
+        ...this.getCreateProxyContextData?.(),
       }
     );
 
diff --git a/toolkit/components/extensions/ExtensionParent.jsm b/toolkit/components/extensions/ExtensionParent.jsm
index b39e9b3fa6d0..e1654528acf2 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/extensions/ExtensionParent.jsm
+++ b/toolkit/components/extensions/ExtensionParent.jsm
@@ -736,6 +736,26 @@ class DevToolsExtensionPageContextParent extends ExtensionPageContextParent {
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * The parent side of proxied API context for extension background service
+ * worker script.
+ */
+class BackgroundWorkerContextParent extends ProxyContextParent {
+  constructor(envType, extension, params) {
+    // TODO: split out from ProxyContextParent a base class that
+    // doesn't expect a xulBrowser and one for contexts that are
+    // expected to have a xulBrowser associated.
+    super(envType, extension, params, null, extension.principal);
+
+    this.viewType = params.viewType;
+    this.workerDescriptorId = params.workerDescriptorId;
+
+    this.extension.views.add(this);
+
+    extension.emit("extension-proxy-context-load", this);
+  }
+}
+
 ParentAPIManager = {
   proxyContexts: new Map(),
 
@@ -844,7 +864,9 @@ ParentAPIManager = {
         }
       }
 
-      if (envType == "addon_parent") {
+      if (envType == "addon_parent" && data.viewType === "background_worker") {
+        context = new BackgroundWorkerContextParent(envType, extension, data);
+      } else if (envType == "addon_parent") {
         context = new ExtensionPageContextParent(
           envType,
           extension,
diff --git a/toolkit/components/extensions/ExtensionWorkerChild.jsm b/toolkit/components/extensions/ExtensionWorkerChild.jsm
index b3671edfe249..7c896997c52d 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/extensions/ExtensionWorkerChild.jsm
+++ b/toolkit/components/extensions/ExtensionWorkerChild.jsm
@@ -619,6 +619,11 @@ class WorkerContextChild extends BaseContext {
     };
   }
 
+  getCreateProxyContextData() {
+    const { workerDescriptorId } = this;
+    return { workerDescriptorId };
+  }
+
   openConduit(subject, address) {
     let proc = ChromeUtils.domProcessChild;
     let conduit = proc.getActor("ProcessConduits").openConduit(subject, {
@@ -626,6 +631,7 @@ class WorkerContextChild extends BaseContext {
       extensionId: this.extension.id,
       envType: this.envType,
       workerScriptURL: this.uri.spec,
+      workerDescriptorId: this.workerDescriptorId,
       ...address,
     });
     this.callOnClose(conduit);
@@ -639,6 +645,7 @@ class WorkerContextChild extends BaseContext {
     this.childManager.conduit.sendContextLoaded({
       childId: this.childManager.id,
       extensionId: this.extension.id,
+      workerDescriptorId: this.workerDescriptorId,
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/toolkit/components/extensions/parent/ext-backgroundPage.js b/toolkit/components/extensions/parent/ext-backgroundPage.js
index ff4ba2d6fc30..cf8f4dc876be 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/extensions/parent/ext-backgroundPage.js
+++ b/toolkit/components/extensions/parent/ext-backgroundPage.js
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ class BackgroundPage extends HiddenExtensionPage {
 // Responsible for the background.service_worker section of the manifest.
 class BackgroundWorker {
   constructor(extension, options) {
-    this.registrationInfo = null;
     this.extension = extension;
     this.workerScript = options.service_worker;
 
@@ -124,6 +123,24 @@ class BackgroundWorker {
     }
   }
 
+  get registrationInfo() {
+    const { principal } = this.extension;
+    return serviceWorkerManager.getRegistrationForAddonPrincipal(principal);
+  }
+
+  getWorkerInfo(descriptorId) {
+    return this.registrationInfo?.getWorkerByID(descriptorId);
+  }
+
+  validateWorkerInfoForContext(context) {
+    const { extension } = this;
+    if (!this.getWorkerInfo(context.workerDescriptorId)) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `ServiceWorkerInfo not found for ${extension.policy.debugName} contextId ${context.contextId}`
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
   async build() {
     const { extension } = this;
 
@@ -134,6 +151,7 @@ class BackgroundWorker {
           { extension, viewType: "background_worker" },
           context => {
             unwatch();
+            this.validateWorkerInfoForContext(context);
             resolve(context);
           }
         );
@@ -141,12 +159,9 @@ class BackgroundWorker {
 
       // TODO(Bug 17228327): follow up to spawn the active worker for a previously installed
       // background service worker.
-      const regInfo = await serviceWorkerManager.registerForAddonPrincipal(
+      await serviceWorkerManager.registerForAddonPrincipal(
         this.extension.principal
       );
-      this.registrationInfo = regInfo.QueryInterface(
-        Ci.nsIServiceWorkerRegistrationInfo
-      );
 
       context = await contextPromise;
 
@@ -192,8 +207,6 @@ class BackgroundWorker {
     if (!isAppShutdown) {
       this.registrationInfo?.forceShutdown();
     }
-
-    this.registrationInfo = null;
   }
 
   waitForActiveWorker() {