diff --git a/query-engine/connector-test-kit-rs/query-engine-tests/tests/new/regressions/prisma_12572.rs b/query-engine/connector-test-kit-rs/query-engine-tests/tests/new/regressions/prisma_12572.rs
index a107b354d159..35f056f8fa80 100644
--- a/query-engine/connector-test-kit-rs/query-engine-tests/tests/new/regressions/prisma_12572.rs
+++ b/query-engine/connector-test-kit-rs/query-engine-tests/tests/new/regressions/prisma_12572.rs
@@ -26,11 +26,7 @@ mod prisma_12572 {
         .to_owned()
     }
 
-    #[connector_test(exclude(
-        Postgres("pg.js.wasm", "neon.js.wasm"),
-        Sqlite("libsql.js.wasm"),
-        Vitess("planetscale.js.wasm")
-    ))]
+    #[connector_test]
     async fn all_generated_timestamps_are_the_same(runner: Runner) -> TestResult<()> {
         runner
             .query(r#"mutation { createOneTest1(data: {id:"one", test2s: { create: {id: "two"}}}) { id }}"#)
diff --git a/query-engine/core/src/executor/request_context.rs b/query-engine/core/src/executor/request_context.rs
index e4f0c7122ee9..17138f0cf214 100644
--- a/query-engine/core/src/executor/request_context.rs
+++ b/query-engine/core/src/executor/request_context.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use crate::protocol::EngineProtocol;
 use query_structure::PrismaValue;
+use wasm_rs_dbg::dbg;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 struct RequestContext {
@@ -18,14 +19,17 @@ tokio::task_local! {
 ///
 /// If we had a query context we carry for the entire lifetime of the query, it would belong there.
 pub(crate) fn get_request_now() -> PrismaValue {
-    // FIXME: we want to bypass task locals if this code is executed outside of a tokio context. As
-    // of this writing, it happens only in the query validation test suite.
-    //
-    // Eventually, this will go away when we have a plain query context reference we pass around.
-    if tokio::runtime::Handle::try_current().is_err() {
-        return PrismaValue::DateTime(chrono::Utc::now().into());
-    }
-    REQUEST_CONTEXT.with(|rc| rc.request_now.clone())
+
+    REQUEST_CONTEXT
+        .try_with(|rc| rc.request_now.clone())
+        .unwrap_or_else(|_| 
+            // FIXME: we want to bypass task locals if this code is executed outside of a tokio context. As
+            // of this writing, it happens only in the query validation test suite.
+            //
+            // Eventually, this will go away when we have a plain query context reference we pass around.
+            // Skipping the branch for WASM since there we never have a running tokio runtime
+            PrismaValue::DateTime(chrono::Utc::now().into())
+        )
 }
 
 /// The engine protocol used for the whole duration of a request.
@@ -47,6 +51,7 @@ where
     use chrono::{Duration, DurationRound};
 
     let is_set = REQUEST_CONTEXT.try_with(|_| async {}).is_ok();
+    dbg!(&is_set);
 
     if is_set {
         fut.await
@@ -60,6 +65,7 @@ where
             request_now: PrismaValue::DateTime(dt.into()),
             engine_protocol,
         };
+        dbg!(&dt);
 
         REQUEST_CONTEXT.scope(ctx, fut).await
     }