diff --git a/src/Queue/Processor.php b/src/Queue/Processor.php
index 80ee30a2..dacf6b1c 100644
--- a/src/Queue/Processor.php
+++ b/src/Queue/Processor.php
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ class Processor {
 	 */
 	protected ?QueuedJob $currentJob = null;
 
+	/**
+	 * @var bool|null
+	 */
+	protected ?bool $captureOutput = null;
+
 	/**
 	 * @param \Queue\Console\Io $io
 	 * @param \Psr\Log\LoggerInterface $logger
@@ -225,7 +230,7 @@ protected function runJob(QueuedJob $queuedJob, string $pid): void {
 		]);
 		EventManager::instance()->dispatch($event);
 
-		$captureOutput = (bool)Configure::read('Queue.captureOutput');
+		$captureOutput = $this->captureOutput();
 		if ($captureOutput) {
 			$maxOutputSize = (int)(Configure::read('Queue.maxOutputSize') ?: 65536);
 			$this->io->enableOutputCapture($maxOutputSize);
@@ -361,6 +366,30 @@ protected function getTaskConf(): array {
 		return $this->taskConf;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Whether to capture task output into the DB.
+	 *
+	 * Auto-detects based on `output` column existence if not explicitly configured.
+	 *
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	protected function captureOutput(): bool {
+		if ($this->captureOutput === null) {
+			$configured = Configure::read('Queue.captureOutput');
+			if ($configured !== null) {
+				$this->captureOutput = (bool)$configured;
+			} else {
+				try {
+					$this->captureOutput = $this->QueuedJobs->getSchema()->hasColumn('output');
+				} catch (Throwable) {
+					$this->captureOutput = false;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		return $this->captureOutput;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Signal handling to queue worker for clean shutdown
 	 *
@@ -372,7 +401,7 @@ protected function exit(int $signal): void {
 		if ($this->currentJob) {
 			$failureMessage = 'Worker process terminated by signal (SIGTERM) - job execution interrupted due to timeout or manual termination';
 			$capturedOutput = null;
-			if ((bool)Configure::read('Queue.captureOutput')) {
+			if ($this->captureOutput()) {
 				$maxOutputSize = (int)(Configure::read('Queue.maxOutputSize') ?: 65536);
 				$capturedOutput = $this->io->getOutputAsText($maxOutputSize);
 				$this->io->disableOutputCapture();
@@ -395,7 +424,7 @@ protected function abort(int $signal = 1): void {
 		if ($this->currentJob) {
 			$failureMessage = 'Worker process aborted by signal (' . $signal . ') - job execution interrupted';
 			$capturedOutput = null;
-			if ((bool)Configure::read('Queue.captureOutput')) {
+			if ($this->captureOutput()) {
 				$maxOutputSize = (int)(Configure::read('Queue.maxOutputSize') ?: 65536);
 				$capturedOutput = $this->io->getOutputAsText($maxOutputSize);
 				$this->io->disableOutputCapture();
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/Command/InfoCommandTest.php b/tests/TestCase/Command/InfoCommandTest.php
index a34ec708..a2d7424a 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/Command/InfoCommandTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/Command/InfoCommandTest.php
@@ -54,8 +54,14 @@ public function testExecuteWithNewConfigNames(): void {
 		Configure::write('Queue.defaultworkerretries', 2);
 		Configure::write('Queue.workertimeout', 120);
 
+		// Suppress deprecation warnings triggered by Config methods reading old keys
+		$errorLevel = error_reporting();
+		error_reporting($errorLevel & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+
 		$this->exec('queue info');
 
+		error_reporting($errorLevel);
+
 		$output = $this->_out->output();
 
 		// Check that new config names are displayed with old names noted