diff --git a/Detectors/TPC/calibration/include/TPCCalibration/PressureTemperatureHelper.h b/Detectors/TPC/calibration/include/TPCCalibration/PressureTemperatureHelper.h
index 8317fc6bc68d8..402b85fec6b70 100644
--- a/Detectors/TPC/calibration/include/TPCCalibration/PressureTemperatureHelper.h
+++ b/Detectors/TPC/calibration/include/TPCCalibration/PressureTemperatureHelper.h
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ class InputSpec;
 class OutputSpec;
 } // namespace o2::framework
 
+namespace o2::ccdb
+{
+class BasicCCDBManager;
+} // namespace o2::ccdb
+
 namespace o2::tpc
 {
 
@@ -42,6 +47,11 @@ class PressureTemperatureHelper
   /// trigger checking for CCDB objects
   void extractCCDBInputs(o2::framework::ProcessingContext& pc) const;
 
+  /// fetch pressure/temperature directly via a BasicCCDBManager (e.g. from O2Physics analysis tasks, outside of a
+  /// DPL device) and refit them. The (comparably expensive) refit is skipped if the CCDB objects did not change
+  /// since the last call.
+  void extractCCDBInputs(o2::ccdb::BasicCCDBManager& ccdb, long timestampMS);
+
   // add required inputs
   static void requestCCDBInputs(std::vector<o2::framework::InputSpec>& inputs);
 
@@ -98,7 +108,10 @@ class PressureTemperatureHelper
   std::pair<std::vector<float>, std::vector<ULong64_t>> mTemperatureC; ///< temperature values C-side
   int mFitIntervalMS{5 * 60 * 1000};                                   ///< fit interval for the temperature
 
-  ClassDefNV(PressureTemperatureHelper, 1);
+  const void* mLastPressureObj{};    //! last pressure object accounted for via BasicCCDBManager, for dedup only, not streamed
+  const void* mLastTemperatureObj{}; //! last temperature object accounted for via BasicCCDBManager, for dedup only, not streamed
+
+  ClassDefNV(PressureTemperatureHelper, 2);
 };
 } // namespace o2::tpc
 #endif
diff --git a/Detectors/TPC/calibration/include/TPCCalibration/VDriftHelper.h b/Detectors/TPC/calibration/include/TPCCalibration/VDriftHelper.h
index d600df201f985..5522f5aa42743 100644
--- a/Detectors/TPC/calibration/include/TPCCalibration/VDriftHelper.h
+++ b/Detectors/TPC/calibration/include/TPCCalibration/VDriftHelper.h
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ class ConcreteDataMatcher;
 class InputSpec;
 } // namespace o2::framework
 
+namespace o2::ccdb
+{
+class BasicCCDBManager;
+} // namespace o2::ccdb
+
 namespace o2::tpc
 {
 class LtrCalibData;
@@ -63,9 +68,16 @@ class VDriftHelper
   void extractCCDBInputs(o2::framework::ProcessingContext& pc, bool laser = true, bool itstpcTgl = true);
   static void requestCCDBInputs(std::vector<o2::framework::InputSpec>& inputs, bool laser = true, bool itstpcTgl = true);
 
+  /// Fetch calibration objects via a BasicCCDBManager and update the VDrift accordingly (for use outside a DPL
+  /// device, e.g. O2Physics). Objects are only re-accounted if they actually changed since the last call.
+  void extractCCDBInputs(o2::ccdb::BasicCCDBManager& ccdb, long timestampMS, bool laser = false, bool itstpcTgl = true);
+
  protected:
   static void addInput(std::vector<o2::framework::InputSpec>& inputs, o2::framework::InputSpec&& isp);
   bool extractTPForVDrift(VDriftCorrFact& vdrift, int64_t tsStepMS = 100 * 1000);
+
+  /// Combine the previously accounted laser/ITS-TPC-Tgl inputs, applying T/P scaling if possible, into mVD.
+  void updateVDrift(long currentTimeMS);
   VDriftCorrFact mVDLaser{};
   VDriftCorrFact mVDTPCITSTgl{};
   VDriftCorrFact mVD{};
diff --git a/Detectors/TPC/calibration/src/PressureTemperatureHelper.cxx b/Detectors/TPC/calibration/src/PressureTemperatureHelper.cxx
index 4f22ef8e35a03..daab429f0b8f2 100644
--- a/Detectors/TPC/calibration/src/PressureTemperatureHelper.cxx
+++ b/Detectors/TPC/calibration/src/PressureTemperatureHelper.cxx
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #include "Framework/InputRecord.h"
 #include "Framework/CCDBParamSpec.h"
 #include "Framework/DataAllocator.h"
+#include "Framework/ConcreteDataMatcher.h"
+#include "CCDB/BasicCCDBManager.h"
 
 using namespace o2::tpc;
 using namespace o2::framework;
@@ -30,6 +32,26 @@ void PressureTemperatureHelper::extractCCDBInputs(ProcessingContext& pc) const
   pc.inputs().get<dcs::Temperature*>("temperature");
 }
 
+void PressureTemperatureHelper::extractCCDBInputs(o2::ccdb::BasicCCDBManager& ccdb, long timestampMS)
+{
+  // getForTimeStamp() is cheap to call every time; compare the returned pointer, not ccdb's own TTL-based cache
+  // validity, since ccdb only swaps in a new pointer once the content actually changes.
+  const auto pressurePath = CDBTypeMap.at(CDBType::CalPressure);
+  if (auto* pressure = ccdb.getForTimeStamp<dcs::Pressure>(pressurePath, timestampMS)) {
+    if (pressure != mLastPressureObj) {
+      accountCCDBInputs(ConcreteDataMatcher(o2::header::gDataOriginTPC, "PRESSURECCDB", 0), const_cast<dcs::Pressure*>(pressure));
+      mLastPressureObj = pressure;
+    }
+  }
+  const auto temperaturePath = CDBTypeMap.at(CDBType::CalTemperature);
+  if (auto* temperature = ccdb.getForTimeStamp<dcs::Temperature>(temperaturePath, timestampMS)) {
+    if (temperature != mLastTemperatureObj) {
+      accountCCDBInputs(ConcreteDataMatcher(o2::header::gDataOriginTPC, "TEMPERATURECCDB", 0), const_cast<dcs::Temperature*>(temperature));
+      mLastTemperatureObj = temperature;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 bool PressureTemperatureHelper::accountCCDBInputs(const ConcreteDataMatcher& matcher, void* obj)
 {
   if (matcher == ConcreteDataMatcher(o2::header::gDataOriginTPC, "PRESSURECCDB", 0)) {
diff --git a/Detectors/TPC/calibration/src/VDriftHelper.cxx b/Detectors/TPC/calibration/src/VDriftHelper.cxx
index a7fce18c4b54b..11c29aca3c50f 100644
--- a/Detectors/TPC/calibration/src/VDriftHelper.cxx
+++ b/Detectors/TPC/calibration/src/VDriftHelper.cxx
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 #include "Framework/InputRecord.h"
 #include "Framework/ConcreteDataMatcher.h"
 #include "Framework/TimingInfo.h"
+#include "CCDB/BasicCCDBManager.h"
+#include <cmath>
 
 using namespace o2::tpc;
 using namespace o2::framework;
@@ -147,13 +149,47 @@ void VDriftHelper::extractCCDBInputs(ProcessingContext& pc, bool laser, bool its
     pc.inputs().get<o2::tpc::VDriftCorrFact*>("vdriftTgl");
   }
   mPTHelper.extractCCDBInputs(pc);
+  updateVDrift(pc.services().get<o2::framework::TimingInfo>().creation);
+}
 
+//________________________________________________________
+void VDriftHelper::extractCCDBInputs(o2::ccdb::BasicCCDBManager& ccdb, long timestampMS, bool laser, bool itstpcTgl)
+{
+  if (mForceParamDrift && mForceParamOffset) { // fixed from the command line
+    return;
+  }
+  if (laser && !mForceParamDrift) {
+    if (auto* calib = ccdb.getForTimeStamp<o2::tpc::LtrCalibData>(CDBTypeMap.at(CDBType::CalLaserTracks), timestampMS)) {
+      if (calib->creationTime != mVDLaser.creationTime) { // account only if this is a genuinely new object
+        accountLaserCalibration(calib);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  if (itstpcTgl) {
+    if (auto* calib = ccdb.getForTimeStamp<o2::tpc::VDriftCorrFact>(CDBTypeMap.at(CDBType::CalVDriftTgl), timestampMS)) {
+      if (calib->creationTime != mVDTPCITSTgl.creationTime) { // account only if this is a genuinely new object
+        accountDriftCorrectionITSTPCTgl(calib);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  mPTHelper.extractCCDBInputs(ccdb, timestampMS);
+  updateVDrift(timestampMS);
+  // unlike the ProcessingContext overload above, callers here have no isUpdated()/acknowledgeUpdate() cycle of
+  // their own, so consume the update ourselves -- otherwise mUpdated (set once, e.g. in the constructor, and never
+  // cleared) would keep re-triggering the full block above, and its logging, on every call, even with an unchanged
+  // CCDB object.
+  acknowledgeUpdate();
+}
+
+//________________________________________________________
+void VDriftHelper::updateVDrift(long currentTimeMS)
+{
   if (mUpdated || mIsTPScalingPossible) { // there was a change
     // prefer among laser and tgl VDrift the one with the latest update time
     auto saveVD = mVD;
 
     // apply TP scaling of mVD if possible
-    if (float tp = mPTHelper.getTP(pc.services().get<o2::framework::TimingInfo>().creation); tp > 0) {
+    if (float tp = mPTHelper.getTP(currentTimeMS); tp > 0) {
       // try to extract refTP if needed
       auto& vd = (mVDTPCITSTgl.creationTime < mVDLaser.creationTime) ? mVDLaser : mVDTPCITSTgl;
       if (mForceTPScaling) {
@@ -167,7 +203,11 @@ void VDriftHelper::extractCCDBInputs(ProcessingContext& pc, bool laser, bool its
         mUpdated = true;
         vd.normalizeTP(tp); // keep refVDrift constant, fold the T/P scaling into the correction factor
         if (vd.creationTime == saveVD.creationTime) {
-          LOGP(info, "VDriftHelper: Scaling VDrift from {} to {} with T/P from {} to {}", saveVD.getVDrift(), vd.getVDrift(), saveVD.refTP, vd.refTP);
+          // log only on a meaningful change
+          constexpr float RelChangeToLog = 1e-3f; // 0.1%
+          if (std::abs(vd.getVDrift() - saveVD.getVDrift()) > RelChangeToLog * std::abs(saveVD.getVDrift())) {
+            LOGP(info, "VDriftHelper: Scaling VDrift from {} to {} with T/P from {} to {}", saveVD.getVDrift(), vd.getVDrift(), saveVD.refTP, vd.refTP);
+          }
         } else {
           LOGP(info, "VDriftHelper: Init new VDrift of {} with T/P {}", vd.getVDrift(), vd.refTP);
         }
@@ -200,7 +240,9 @@ void VDriftHelper::extractCCDBInputs(ProcessingContext& pc, bool laser, bool its
       }
       rep += fmt::format(" but {} imposed from command line", impos);
     }
-    LOGP(info, "{}", rep);
+    if (mVD.creationTime != saveVD.creationTime) { // only log which source was (re-)selected when that choice actually changed
+      LOGP(info, "{}", rep);
+    }
   }
 }