diff --git a/code/frameworks/angular-vite/src/docgen/build-docgen.integration.test.ts b/code/frameworks/angular-vite/src/docgen/build-docgen.integration.test.ts
index 62b0f70aa0c1..b0f135668e4f 100644
--- a/code/frameworks/angular-vite/src/docgen/build-docgen.integration.test.ts
+++ b/code/frameworks/angular-vite/src/docgen/build-docgen.integration.test.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ it('builds a real payload through the TypeScript-backed analyzer', async () => {
       name: 'label',
       table: { category: 'inputs' },
     });
-    expect(payload?.angularComponentMeta?.name).toBe('ButtonComponent');
+    expect(payload?.angularComponentMeta?.entry.name).toBe('ButtonComponent');
   } finally {
     manager.dispose();
   }
diff --git a/code/frameworks/angular-vite/src/docgen/build-docgen.test.ts b/code/frameworks/angular-vite/src/docgen/build-docgen.test.ts
index a462aa01453b..fd28928b146c 100644
--- a/code/frameworks/angular-vite/src/docgen/build-docgen.test.ts
+++ b/code/frameworks/angular-vite/src/docgen/build-docgen.test.ts
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ describe('buildDocgenPayload', () => {
       name: 'label',
       table: { category: 'inputs', defaultValue: { summary: 'Click me' } },
     });
-    expect(payload?.angularComponentMeta).toBe(classMeta);
+    expect(payload?.angularComponentMeta?.entry).toBe(classMeta);
     expect(payload?.compodoc).toBeUndefined();
     expect(payload?.subcomponents).toBeUndefined();
     expect(payload?.error).toBeUndefined();
diff --git a/code/frameworks/angular-vite/src/docgen/build-docgen.ts b/code/frameworks/angular-vite/src/docgen/build-docgen.ts
index 92d18ad47de1..5d2f98e00ef0 100644
--- a/code/frameworks/angular-vite/src/docgen/build-docgen.ts
+++ b/code/frameworks/angular-vite/src/docgen/build-docgen.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import type {
 
 import { resolve } from 'node:path';
 
+import type { EnumType } from '@storybook/angular-compodoc';
 import type {
   AngularClassMeta,
   AngularComponentMetaResult,
@@ -21,9 +22,13 @@ export interface AngularDocgenOptions {
   angularFilterNonInputControls?: boolean;
 }
 
+export interface AngularComponentSnippetMeta {
+  entry: AngularClassMeta;
+  enums: EnumType[];
+}
+
 export type AngularDocgenPayload = DocgenPayload & {
-  // The analyzer's record for the class, not filtered by `angularFilterNonInputControls`.
-  angularComponentMeta?: AngularClassMeta;
+  angularComponentMeta?: AngularComponentSnippetMeta;
 };
 
 // Structural on purpose: tests hand in a stub instead of a real TypeScript-backed analyzer.
@@ -150,6 +155,6 @@ export const buildDocgenPayload = (
     summary: jsDocTags.summary?.[0],
     jsDocTags,
     argTypes,
-    angularComponentMeta: meta.entry,
+    angularComponentMeta: { entry: meta.entry, enums: meta.json.miscellaneous?.enumerations ?? [] },
   };
 };
diff --git a/code/frameworks/angular-vite/src/docgen/story-docs-build.test.ts b/code/frameworks/angular-vite/src/docgen/story-docs-build.test.ts
index 270eba579aed..d40e4c21cafb 100644
--- a/code/frameworks/angular-vite/src/docgen/story-docs-build.test.ts
+++ b/code/frameworks/angular-vite/src/docgen/story-docs-build.test.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 
 import { vol } from 'memfs';
 
-import type { AngularComponentMetaSource } from './build-docgen.ts';
+import type { AngularDocgenPayload } from './build-docgen.ts';
 import { buildStoryDocsPayload } from './story-docs-build.ts';
 
 vi.mock('node:fs', { spy: true });
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ const givenStoryFile = (source: string) => {
 };
 
 describe('buildStoryDocsPayload', () => {
-  it('returns undefined for entries without a story file or with an unparsable one', () => {
+  it('returns undefined for entries without a story file or with an unparsable one', async () => {
     const docsEntry: IndexEntry = {
       id: 'docs--page',
       name: 'Page',
@@ -52,20 +52,22 @@ describe('buildStoryDocsPayload', () => {
       storiesImports: [],
       tags: [],
     };
-    expect(buildStoryDocsPayload({ entry: docsEntry }, { manager: undefined })).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(
+      await buildStoryDocsPayload({ entry: docsEntry }, { getDocgenPayload: undefined })
+    ).toBeUndefined();
 
     givenStoryFile('export default { title: "Broken" ');
-    expect(buildStoryDocsPayload({ entry }, { manager: undefined })).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(await buildStoryDocsPayload({ entry }, { getDocgenPayload: undefined })).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
-  it('still emits description-only stories when the analyzer is unavailable', () => {
+  it('still emits description-only stories when core/docgen is unavailable', async () => {
     givenStoryFile(`
       export default { title: 'Example/Button' };
       /** Documented without a component. */
       export const Default = {};
     `);
 
-    const payload = buildStoryDocsPayload({ entry }, { manager: undefined });
+    const payload = await buildStoryDocsPayload({ entry }, { getDocgenPayload: undefined });
 
     expect(payload?.name).toBe('Button');
     expect(Object.values(payload!.stories)[0]).toEqual({
@@ -75,19 +77,47 @@ describe('buildStoryDocsPayload', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  it('drops the snippet without erroring when the analyzer throws', () => {
+  it('builds a snippet from the raw analyzer fields core/docgen carries alongside argTypes', async () => {
     givenStoryFile(`
       import { ButtonComponent } from './button.component';
       export default { title: 'Example/Button', component: ButtonComponent };
       export const Default = { args: { label: 'Save' } };
     `);
-    const manager: AngularComponentMetaSource = {
-      extractComponentMeta: () => {
-        throw new Error('ts blew up');
-      },
+    const getDocgenPayload = async (): Promise<AngularDocgenPayload> =>
+      ({
+        id: 'example-button',
+        name: 'ButtonComponent',
+        path: STORY_PATH,
+        jsDocTags: {},
+        angularComponentMeta: {
+          entry: {
+            name: 'ButtonComponent',
+            selector: 'sb-button',
+            inputsClass: [{ name: 'label' }],
+            outputsClass: [],
+          },
+          enums: [],
+        },
+      }) as AngularDocgenPayload;
+
+    const payload = await buildStoryDocsPayload({ entry }, { getDocgenPayload });
+
+    const story = Object.values(payload!.stories)[0];
+    expect(story.snippet).toContain('sb-button');
+    expect(story.snippet).toContain(`[label]="'Save'"`);
+  });
+
+  it('drops the snippet without erroring when querying core/docgen throws', async () => {
+    givenStoryFile(`
+      import { ButtonComponent } from './button.component';
+      export default { title: 'Example/Button', component: ButtonComponent };
+      export const Default = { args: { label: 'Save' } };
+    `);
+    const getDocgenPayload = async (): Promise<AngularDocgenPayload | undefined> => {
+      throw new Error('core/docgen query failed');
     };
 
-    const payload = buildStoryDocsPayload({ entry }, { manager });
+    const payload = await buildStoryDocsPayload({ entry }, { getDocgenPayload });
 
     const story = Object.values(payload!.stories)[0];
     expect(story.snippet).toBeUndefined();
diff --git a/code/frameworks/angular-vite/src/docgen/story-docs-build.ts b/code/frameworks/angular-vite/src/docgen/story-docs-build.ts
index 572bae7e1849..b0563985f68c 100644
--- a/code/frameworks/angular-vite/src/docgen/story-docs-build.ts
+++ b/code/frameworks/angular-vite/src/docgen/story-docs-build.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import type { StoryDoc, StoryDocsPayload, StoryDocsProviderInput } from 'storybo
 import { resolve } from 'node:path';
 
 import type { EnumType, Property } from '@storybook/angular-compodoc';
-import type { AngularClassMeta, AngularComponentMetaResult } from '@storybook/angular-cm';
-import type { AngularComponentMetaSource } from './build-docgen.ts';
+import type { AngularClassMeta } from '@storybook/angular-cm';
+import type { AngularComponentSnippetMeta, AngularDocgenPayload } from './build-docgen.ts';
 import { parseStoryFile, resolveComponentOf } from './resolve-component.ts';
 import { buildComponentOutletTemplate } from '../template-grammar.ts';
 import {
@@ -23,17 +23,18 @@ import {
 } from './story-docs-snippet.ts';
 
 export interface BuildStoryDocsContext {
-  // `undefined` when the analyzer could not be created; descriptions still extract without it.
-  manager: AngularComponentMetaSource | undefined;
+  getDocgenPayload:
+    | ((componentId: string) => Promise<AngularDocgenPayload | undefined>)
+    | undefined;
   resolvePath?: (importPath: string) => string;
 }
 
 // Stories that declare their own `render` get no snippet: their template is a runtime value static
 // analysis cannot see, and a component-derived one would misrepresent it.
-export const buildStoryDocsPayload = (
+export const buildStoryDocsPayload = async (
   input: StoryDocsProviderInput,
   context: BuildStoryDocsContext
-): StoryDocsPayload | undefined => {
+): Promise<StoryDocsPayload | undefined> => {
   const storyImportPath = getStoryImportPathFromEntry(input.entry);
   if (!storyImportPath) {
     return undefined;
@@ -51,18 +52,16 @@ export const buildStoryDocsPayload = (
   const resolution = resolveComponentOf(csf, storyPath);
   const component = 'reason' in resolution ? undefined : resolution.component;
 
-  let meta: AngularComponentMetaResult | undefined;
-  if (component?.path && context.manager) {
+  let snippetMeta: AngularComponentSnippetMeta | undefined;
+  if (component?.path && context.getDocgenPayload) {
     try {
-      meta = context.manager.extractComponentMeta(component.path, {
-        exportName: component.exportName,
-        localName: component.localName,
-      });
+      const docgenPayload = await context.getDocgenPayload(getComponentIdFromEntry(input.entry));
+      snippetMeta = docgenPayload?.angularComponentMeta;
     } catch {
-      meta = undefined;
+      snippetMeta = undefined;
     }
   }
-  const snippetContext = meta ? createSnippetContext(meta) : undefined;
+  const snippetContext = snippetMeta ? createSnippetContext(snippetMeta) : undefined;
 
   const displayName =
     component && (component.exportName === 'default' ? component.localName : component.exportName);
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ export const buildStoryDocsPayload = (
   return {
     id: getComponentIdFromEntry(input.entry),
     // The analyzer knows the class name even when the story file imported it as a default export.
-    name: meta?.entry.name ?? displayName ?? titleName,
+    name: snippetMeta?.entry.name ?? displayName ?? titleName,
     path: storyImportPath,
     stories,
   };
@@ -124,10 +123,10 @@ const inputsOf = (entry: AngularClassMeta): Property[] =>
 const outputsOf = (entry: AngularClassMeta): Property[] =>
   'outputsClass' in entry ? (entry.outputsClass ?? []) : [];
 
-const createSnippetContext = (meta: AngularComponentMetaResult): SnippetContext => {
-  const inputNames = new Set(inputsOf(meta.entry).map((input) => input.name));
+const createSnippetContext = ({ entry, enums }: AngularComponentSnippetMeta): SnippetContext => {
+  const inputNames = new Set(inputsOf(entry).map((input) => input.name));
   const outputs: string[] = [];
-  for (const output of outputsOf(meta.entry)) {
+  for (const output of outputsOf(entry)) {
     // model() lands under the same bare name in both arrays; its output binds as `${name}Change`.
     const bindingName = inputNames.has(output.name) ? `${output.name}Change` : output.name;
     if (!outputs.includes(bindingName)) {
@@ -135,11 +134,11 @@ const createSnippetContext = (meta: AngularComponentMetaResult): SnippetContext
     }
   }
   return {
-    selector: meta.entry.selector,
-    componentName: meta.entry.name,
+    selector: entry.selector,
+    componentName: entry.name,
     inputNames,
     outputs,
-    enums: meta.json.miscellaneous?.enumerations ?? [],
+    enums,
   };
 };
 
diff --git a/code/frameworks/angular-vite/src/docgen/story-docs-preset.ts b/code/frameworks/angular-vite/src/docgen/story-docs-preset.ts
index 96ab0fa66ea9..34a0f6b5f6f6 100644
--- a/code/frameworks/angular-vite/src/docgen/story-docs-preset.ts
+++ b/code/frameworks/angular-vite/src/docgen/story-docs-preset.ts
@@ -1,39 +1,41 @@
 import { STORY_FILE_TEST_REGEXP, getStoryImportPathFromEntry } from 'storybook/internal/common';
+import { getService } from 'storybook/internal/core-server';
 import { logger } from 'storybook/internal/node-logger';
 import type { StoryDocsProviderPreset } from 'storybook/internal/types';
 
-import { AngularComponentMetaManager } from '@storybook/angular-cm';
+import type { AngularDocgenPayload } from './build-docgen.ts';
 import { buildStoryDocsPayload } from './story-docs-build.ts';
 
-const createManager = async (): Promise<AngularComponentMetaManager | undefined> => {
+// `core/docgen` is only registered when `experimentalDocgenServer` set up its worker (see
+// `common-preset.ts`); both services are gated by the same feature, but registration order isn't
+// a type-level guarantee, so this stays defensive rather than asserting the service exists.
+let warnedMissingDocgenService = false;
+
+const getDocgenPayload = async (componentId: string): Promise<AngularDocgenPayload | undefined> => {
   try {
-    const typescript = await import('typescript');
-    return new AngularComponentMetaManager(typescript.default ?? typescript);
+    const docgenService = getService('core/docgen', { internal: true });
+    return await docgenService.queries.docgen.loaded({ id: componentId });
   } catch (error) {
-    logger.warn(
-      `Angular story snippets are unavailable: the component meta analyzer could not be created. ${
-        error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
-      }`
-    );
+    if (!warnedMissingDocgenService) {
+      warnedMissingDocgenService = true;
+      logger.warn(
+        `Angular story snippets are unavailable: querying core/docgen failed. ${
+          error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
+        }`
+      );
+    }
     return undefined;
   }
 };
 
 export const experimental_storyDocsProvider: StoryDocsProviderPreset = async (nextStoryDocs) => {
-  // Scoped to the composed chain rather than the module, so the manager has one owner and one
-  // lifetime.
-  let managerPromise: Promise<AngularComponentMetaManager | undefined> | undefined;
-
   return async (input) => {
     const storyImportPath = getStoryImportPathFromEntry(input.entry);
     if (!storyImportPath || !STORY_FILE_TEST_REGEXP.test(storyImportPath)) {
       return nextStoryDocs(input);
     }
 
-    const manager = await (managerPromise ??= createManager());
-    const ours = buildStoryDocsPayload(input, { manager });
-    // The language service holds large type caches; check heap pressure after each extraction.
-    manager?.recycleIfHeapPressured();
+    const ours = await buildStoryDocsPayload(input, { getDocgenPayload });
 
     if (!ours) {
       return nextStoryDocs(input);
diff --git a/code/lib/docgen-harness/src/angular/angular-story-docs-snippets.test.ts b/code/lib/docgen-harness/src/angular/angular-story-docs-snippets.test.ts
index bcb22fa27c36..dde34768f534 100644
--- a/code/lib/docgen-harness/src/angular/angular-story-docs-snippets.test.ts
+++ b/code/lib/docgen-harness/src/angular/angular-story-docs-snippets.test.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@ import { loadCsf } from 'storybook/internal/csf-tools';
 import type { IndexEntry } from 'storybook/internal/types';
 
 import { AngularComponentMetaManager } from '@storybook/angular-cm';
+import type { AngularDocgenPayload } from '../../../../frameworks/angular-vite/src/docgen/build-docgen.ts';
 import { buildStoryDocsPayload } from '../../../../frameworks/angular-vite/src/docgen/story-docs-build.ts';
+import {
+  parseStoryFile,
+  resolveComponentOf,
+} from '../../../../frameworks/angular-vite/src/docgen/resolve-component.ts';
 import {
   expectNoStaleSnippets,
   fixtureCases,
@@ -24,6 +29,41 @@ import {
 // component file resolves to its own per-fixture project.
 const manager = new AngularComponentMetaManager(ts);
 
+// In production `getDocgenPayload` queries the already-registered `core/docgen` service, which is
+// keyed by component id and resolves the story's component internally. There is no service here,
+// so this stands in for it: resolve the same component `buildStoryDocsPayload` would (the fixture
+// carries exactly one), then extract straight off the manager, matching what `buildDocgenPayload`
+// stores on `AngularDocgenPayload` in production.
+const buildGetDocgenPayload =
+  (storyPath: string, title: string) => async (): Promise<AngularDocgenPayload | undefined> => {
+    const parsed = parseStoryFile(storyPath, title);
+    if (!parsed) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    const resolution = resolveComponentOf(parsed.csf, storyPath);
+    const component = 'reason' in resolution ? undefined : resolution.component;
+    if (!component?.path) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    const meta = manager.extractComponentMeta(component.path, {
+      exportName: component.exportName,
+      localName: component.localName,
+    });
+    if (!meta) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    return {
+      id: 'fixture',
+      name: meta.entry.name,
+      path: storyPath,
+      jsDocTags: {},
+      angularComponentMeta: {
+        entry: meta.entry,
+        enums: meta.json.miscellaneous?.enumerations ?? [],
+      },
+    };
+  };
+
 afterAll(() => {
   manager.dispose();
 });
@@ -47,7 +87,10 @@ describe('angular story-docs server snippets', () => {
       subtype: 'story',
       importPath: storyPath,
     };
-    const payload = buildStoryDocsPayload({ entry }, { manager, resolvePath: (path) => path });
+    const payload = await buildStoryDocsPayload(
+      { entry },
+      { getDocgenPayload: buildGetDocgenPayload(storyPath, title), resolvePath: (path) => path }
+    );
     expect(payload).toBeDefined();
 
     for (const [exportName, story] of storyExports) {
diff --git a/code/lib/docgen-harness/src/angular/story-docs/build-story-docs.test.ts b/code/lib/docgen-harness/src/angular/story-docs/build-story-docs.test.ts
index cc29f60aada8..08cd6643a54b 100644
--- a/code/lib/docgen-harness/src/angular/story-docs/build-story-docs.test.ts
+++ b/code/lib/docgen-harness/src/angular/story-docs/build-story-docs.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ import ts from 'typescript';
 import type { IndexEntry } from 'storybook/internal/types';
 
 import { AngularComponentMetaManager } from '@storybook/angular-cm';
+import type { AngularDocgenPayload } from '../../../../../frameworks/angular-vite/src/docgen/build-docgen.ts';
+import {
+  parseStoryFile,
+  resolveComponentOf,
+} from '../../../../../frameworks/angular-vite/src/docgen/resolve-component.ts';
 import { buildStoryDocsPayload } from '../../../../../frameworks/angular-vite/src/docgen/story-docs-build.ts';
 import { listFixtureCases } from '../snippet-recorder.ts';
 
@@ -16,6 +21,38 @@ const FIXTURES_DIR = join(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), '__testfixtur
 // One manager for the whole suite; the fixtures share a single tsconfig.json at the tree root.
 const manager = new AngularComponentMetaManager(ts);
 
+// Stands in for the `core/docgen` service query `getDocgenPayload` hits in production: resolve the
+// same component `buildStoryDocsPayload` would, then extract straight off the manager.
+const buildGetDocgenPayload =
+  (storyPath: string, title: string) => async (): Promise<AngularDocgenPayload | undefined> => {
+    const parsed = parseStoryFile(storyPath, title);
+    if (!parsed) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    const resolution = resolveComponentOf(parsed.csf, storyPath);
+    const component = 'reason' in resolution ? undefined : resolution.component;
+    if (!component?.path) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    const meta = manager.extractComponentMeta(component.path, {
+      exportName: component.exportName,
+      localName: component.localName,
+    });
+    if (!meta) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    return {
+      id: 'fixture',
+      name: meta.entry.name,
+      path: storyPath,
+      jsDocTags: {},
+      angularComponentMeta: {
+        entry: meta.entry,
+        enums: meta.json.miscellaneous?.enumerations ?? [],
+      },
+    };
+  };
+
 afterAll(() => {
   manager.dispose();
 });
@@ -32,9 +69,11 @@ const makeEntry = (storyPath: string, title: string): IndexEntry => ({
 describe('angular story-docs payload baselines', () => {
   it.each(listFixtureCases(FIXTURES_DIR))('%s', async (fixtureCase) => {
     const testDir = join(FIXTURES_DIR, fixtureCase);
-    const payload = buildStoryDocsPayload(
-      { entry: makeEntry(join(testDir, 'input.stories.ts'), `StoryDocs/${fixtureCase}`) },
-      { manager, resolvePath: (path) => path }
+    const storyPath = join(testDir, 'input.stories.ts');
+    const title = `StoryDocs/${fixtureCase}`;
+    const payload = await buildStoryDocsPayload(
+      { entry: makeEntry(storyPath, title) },
+      { getDocgenPayload: buildGetDocgenPayload(storyPath, title), resolvePath: (path) => path }
     );
 
     await expect(payload && { ...payload, path: '__PATH__' }).toMatchFileSnapshot(