diff --git a/Tests/LibSQL/TestSqlBtreeIndex.cpp b/Tests/LibSQL/TestSqlBtreeIndex.cpp
index edb3a6b722..c21fcad7ff 100644
--- a/Tests/LibSQL/TestSqlBtreeIndex.cpp
+++ b/Tests/LibSQL/TestSqlBtreeIndex.cpp
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ void insert_into_and_scan_btree(int num_keys);
 
 NonnullRefPtr<SQL::BTree> setup_btree(SQL::Heap& heap)
 {
-    SQL::TupleDescriptor tuple_descriptor;
-    tuple_descriptor.append({ "key_value", SQL::SQLType::Integer, SQL::Order::Ascending });
+    NonnullRefPtr<SQL::TupleDescriptor> tuple_descriptor = adopt_ref(*new SQL::TupleDescriptor);
+    tuple_descriptor->append({ "key_value", SQL::SQLType::Integer, SQL::Order::Ascending });
 
     auto root_pointer = heap.user_value(0);
     if (!root_pointer) {
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ void insert_into_and_scan_btree(int num_keys)
             k.set_pointer(pointers[ix]);
             btree->insert(k);
         }
+
 #ifdef LIST_TREE
         btree->list_tree();
 #endif
diff --git a/Tests/LibSQL/TestSqlHashIndex.cpp b/Tests/LibSQL/TestSqlHashIndex.cpp
index c6f0b5badc..ccf2f5988a 100644
--- a/Tests/LibSQL/TestSqlHashIndex.cpp
+++ b/Tests/LibSQL/TestSqlHashIndex.cpp
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@ void insert_into_and_scan_hash_index(int num_keys);
 
 NonnullRefPtr<SQL::HashIndex> setup_hash_index(SQL::Heap& heap)
 {
-    SQL::TupleDescriptor tuple_descriptor;
-    tuple_descriptor.append({ "key_value", SQL::SQLType::Integer, SQL::Order::Ascending });
-    tuple_descriptor.append({ "text_value", SQL::SQLType::Text, SQL::Order::Ascending });
+    NonnullRefPtr<SQL::TupleDescriptor> tuple_descriptor = adopt_ref(*new SQL::TupleDescriptor);
+    tuple_descriptor->append({ "key_value", SQL::SQLType::Integer, SQL::Order::Ascending });
+    tuple_descriptor->append({ "text_value", SQL::SQLType::Text, SQL::Order::Ascending });
 
     auto directory_pointer = heap.user_value(0);
     if (!directory_pointer) {
diff --git a/Tests/LibSQL/TestSqlValueAndTuple.cpp b/Tests/LibSQL/TestSqlValueAndTuple.cpp
index 7740e5ce48..2c3d6e25d3 100644
--- a/Tests/LibSQL/TestSqlValueAndTuple.cpp
+++ b/Tests/LibSQL/TestSqlValueAndTuple.cpp
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ TEST_CASE(order_int_values)
 
 TEST_CASE(tuple)
 {
-    SQL::TupleDescriptor descriptor;
-    descriptor.append({ "col1", SQL::SQLType::Text, SQL::Order::Ascending });
-    descriptor.append({ "col2", SQL::SQLType::Integer, SQL::Order::Descending });
+    NonnullRefPtr<SQL::TupleDescriptor> descriptor = adopt_ref(*new SQL::TupleDescriptor);
+    descriptor->append({ "col1", SQL::SQLType::Text, SQL::Order::Ascending });
+    descriptor->append({ "col2", SQL::SQLType::Integer, SQL::Order::Descending });
     SQL::Tuple tuple(descriptor);
 
     tuple["col1"] = "Test";
@@ -148,9 +148,9 @@ TEST_CASE(tuple)
 
 TEST_CASE(serialize_tuple)
 {
-    SQL::TupleDescriptor descriptor;
-    descriptor.append({ "col1", SQL::SQLType::Text, SQL::Order::Ascending });
-    descriptor.append({ "col2", SQL::SQLType::Integer, SQL::Order::Descending });
+    NonnullRefPtr<SQL::TupleDescriptor> descriptor = adopt_ref(*new SQL::TupleDescriptor);
+    descriptor->append({ "col1", SQL::SQLType::Text, SQL::Order::Ascending });
+    descriptor->append({ "col2", SQL::SQLType::Integer, SQL::Order::Descending });
     SQL::Tuple tuple(descriptor);
 
     tuple["col1"] = "Test";
@@ -169,9 +169,9 @@ TEST_CASE(serialize_tuple)
 
 TEST_CASE(copy_tuple)
 {
-    SQL::TupleDescriptor descriptor;
-    descriptor.append({ "col1", SQL::SQLType::Text, SQL::Order::Ascending });
-    descriptor.append({ "col2", SQL::SQLType::Integer, SQL::Order::Descending });
+    NonnullRefPtr<SQL::TupleDescriptor> descriptor = adopt_ref(*new SQL::TupleDescriptor);
+    descriptor->append({ "col1", SQL::SQLType::Text, SQL::Order::Ascending });
+    descriptor->append({ "col2", SQL::SQLType::Integer, SQL::Order::Descending });
     SQL::Tuple tuple(descriptor);
 
     tuple["col1"] = "Test";
@@ -187,9 +187,9 @@ TEST_CASE(copy_tuple)
 
 TEST_CASE(compare_tuples)
 {
-    SQL::TupleDescriptor descriptor;
-    descriptor.append({ "col1", SQL::SQLType::Text, SQL::Order::Ascending });
-    descriptor.append({ "col2", SQL::SQLType::Integer, SQL::Order::Descending });
+    NonnullRefPtr<SQL::TupleDescriptor> descriptor = adopt_ref(*new SQL::TupleDescriptor);
+    descriptor->append({ "col1", SQL::SQLType::Text, SQL::Order::Ascending });
+    descriptor->append({ "col2", SQL::SQLType::Integer, SQL::Order::Descending });
 
     SQL::Tuple tuple1(descriptor);
     tuple1["col1"] = "Test";
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/BTree.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/BTree.cpp
index 6d90d6bdb1..bb0d07d77b 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/BTree.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/BTree.cpp
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@
 
 namespace SQL {
 
-BTree::BTree(Heap& heap, TupleDescriptor const& descriptor, bool unique, u32 pointer)
+BTree::BTree(Heap& heap, NonnullRefPtr<TupleDescriptor> const& descriptor, bool unique, u32 pointer)
     : Index(heap, descriptor, unique, pointer)
     , m_root(nullptr)
 {
 }
 
-BTree::BTree(Heap& heap, TupleDescriptor const& descriptor, u32 pointer)
+BTree::BTree(Heap& heap, NonnullRefPtr<TupleDescriptor> const& descriptor, u32 pointer)
     : BTree(heap, descriptor, true, pointer)
 {
 }
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/BTree.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/BTree.h
index c356e3b05c..717d5299b0 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/BTree.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/BTree.h
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ public:
     Function<void(void)> on_new_root;
 
 private:
-    BTree(Heap& heap, TupleDescriptor const&, bool unique, u32 pointer);
-    BTree(Heap& heap, TupleDescriptor const&, u32 pointer);
+    BTree(Heap& heap, NonnullRefPtr<TupleDescriptor> const&, bool unique, u32 pointer);
+    BTree(Heap& heap, NonnullRefPtr<TupleDescriptor> const&, u32 pointer);
     void initialize_root();
     TreeNode* new_root();
     OwnPtr<TreeNode> m_root { nullptr };
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/HashIndex.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/HashIndex.cpp
index 3d56c0b754..b437daa971 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/HashIndex.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/HashIndex.cpp
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ void HashBucket::serialize(ByteBuffer& buffer) const
 {
     dbgln_if(SQL_DEBUG, "Serializing bucket: pointer {}, index #{}, local depth {} size {}",
         pointer(), index(), local_depth(), size());
-    dbgln_if(SQL_DEBUG, "key_length: {} max_entries: {}", m_hash_index.descriptor().data_length(), max_entries_in_bucket());
+    dbgln_if(SQL_DEBUG, "key_length: {} max_entries: {}", m_hash_index.descriptor()->data_length(), max_entries_in_bucket());
     serialize_to(buffer, local_depth());
     serialize_to(buffer, size());
     dbgln_if(SQL_DEBUG, "buffer size after prolog {}", buffer.size());
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ void HashBucket::inflate()
 
 size_t HashBucket::max_entries_in_bucket() const
 {
-    auto key_size = m_hash_index.descriptor().data_length() + sizeof(u32);
+    auto key_size = m_hash_index.descriptor()->data_length() + sizeof(u32);
     return (BLOCKSIZE - 2 * sizeof(u32)) / key_size;
 }
 
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ void HashBucket::list_bucket()
     }
 }
 
-HashIndex::HashIndex(Heap& heap, TupleDescriptor const& descriptor, u32 first_node)
+HashIndex::HashIndex(Heap& heap, NonnullRefPtr<TupleDescriptor> const& descriptor, u32 first_node)
     : Index(heap, descriptor, true, first_node)
     , m_nodes()
     , m_buckets()
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/HashIndex.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/HashIndex.h
index ca933a1820..4c56706ee8 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/HashIndex.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/HashIndex.h
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public:
     void list_hash();
 
 private:
-    HashIndex(Heap&, TupleDescriptor const&, u32);
+    HashIndex(Heap&, NonnullRefPtr<TupleDescriptor> const&, u32);
 
     void expand();
     void write_directory_to_write_ahead_log();
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/Index.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/Index.cpp
index 1ccdc7f7bc..ecd14d5b25 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/Index.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/Index.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 namespace SQL {
 
-Index::Index(Heap& heap, TupleDescriptor const& descriptor, bool unique, u32 pointer)
+Index::Index(Heap& heap, NonnullRefPtr<TupleDescriptor> const& descriptor, bool unique, u32 pointer)
     : m_heap(heap)
     , m_descriptor(descriptor)
     , m_unique(unique)
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Index::Index(Heap& heap, TupleDescriptor const& descriptor, bool unique, u32 poi
 {
 }
 
-Index::Index(Heap& heap, TupleDescriptor const& descriptor, u32 pointer)
+Index::Index(Heap& heap, NonnullRefPtr<TupleDescriptor> const& descriptor, u32 pointer)
     : m_heap(heap)
     , m_descriptor(descriptor)
     , m_pointer(pointer)
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/Index.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/Index.h
index 78cc805fe9..4805737f3c 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/Index.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/Index.h
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ class Index : public Core::Object {
 public:
     ~Index() override = default;
 
-    TupleDescriptor descriptor() const { return m_descriptor; }
+    NonnullRefPtr<TupleDescriptor> descriptor() const { return m_descriptor; }
     [[nodiscard]] bool duplicates_allowed() const { return !m_unique; }
     [[nodiscard]] bool unique() const { return m_unique; }
     [[nodiscard]] u32 pointer() const { return m_pointer; }
 
 protected:
-    Index(Heap& heap, TupleDescriptor const&, bool unique, u32 pointer);
-    Index(Heap& heap, TupleDescriptor const&, u32 pointer);
+    Index(Heap& heap, NonnullRefPtr<TupleDescriptor> const&, bool unique, u32 pointer);
+    Index(Heap& heap, NonnullRefPtr<TupleDescriptor> const&, u32 pointer);
 
     [[nodiscard]] Heap const& heap() const { return m_heap; }
     [[nodiscard]] Heap& heap() { return m_heap; }
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ protected:
 
 private:
     Heap& m_heap;
-    TupleDescriptor m_descriptor;
+    NonnullRefPtr<TupleDescriptor> m_descriptor;
     bool m_unique { false };
     u32 m_pointer { 0 };
 };
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/Key.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/Key.cpp
index 07b7c22be3..206462cf19 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/Key.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/Key.cpp
@@ -9,18 +9,23 @@
 
 namespace SQL {
 
-Key::Key(TupleDescriptor const& descriptor)
+Key::Key()
+    : Tuple()
+{
+}
+
+Key::Key(NonnullRefPtr<TupleDescriptor> const& descriptor)
     : Tuple(descriptor)
 {
 }
 
-Key::Key(RefPtr<IndexDef> index)
+Key::Key(NonnullRefPtr<IndexDef> index)
     : Tuple(index->to_tuple_descriptor())
     , m_index(index)
 {
 }
 
-Key::Key(TupleDescriptor const& descriptor, ByteBuffer& buffer, size_t& offset)
+Key::Key(NonnullRefPtr<TupleDescriptor> const& descriptor, ByteBuffer& buffer, size_t& offset)
     : Tuple(descriptor, buffer, offset)
 {
 }
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/Key.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/Key.h
index 7a3cb8beab..edc12a40b7 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/Key.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/Key.h
@@ -14,16 +14,17 @@ namespace SQL {
 
 class Key : public Tuple {
 public:
-    Key() = default;
-    explicit Key(TupleDescriptor const&);
-    explicit Key(RefPtr<IndexDef>);
-    Key(TupleDescriptor const&, ByteBuffer&, size_t& offset);
+    Key();
+    explicit Key(NonnullRefPtr<TupleDescriptor> const&);
+    explicit Key(NonnullRefPtr<IndexDef>);
+    Key(NonnullRefPtr<TupleDescriptor> const&, ByteBuffer&, size_t& offset);
     Key(RefPtr<IndexDef>, ByteBuffer&, size_t& offset);
+    Key(Key const&) = default;
     RefPtr<IndexDef> index() const { return m_index; }
     [[nodiscard]] virtual size_t data_length() const override { return Tuple::data_length() + sizeof(u32); }
 
 private:
-    RefPtr<IndexDef> m_index;
+    RefPtr<IndexDef> m_index { nullptr };
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/Meta.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/Meta.cpp
index 43a240f9af..9307624ec9 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/Meta.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/Meta.cpp
@@ -102,11 +102,11 @@ void IndexDef::append_column(String name, SQLType sql_type, Order sort_order)
     m_key_definition.append(part);
 }
 
-TupleDescriptor IndexDef::to_tuple_descriptor() const
+NonnullRefPtr<TupleDescriptor> IndexDef::to_tuple_descriptor() const
 {
-    TupleDescriptor ret;
+    NonnullRefPtr<TupleDescriptor> ret = adopt_ref(*new TupleDescriptor);
     for (auto& part : m_key_definition) {
-        ret.append({ part.name(), part.type(), part.sort_order() });
+        ret->append({ part.name(), part.type(), part.sort_order() });
     }
     return ret;
 }
@@ -145,11 +145,11 @@ TableDef::TableDef(SchemaDef* schema, String name)
 {
 }
 
-TupleDescriptor TableDef::to_tuple_descriptor() const
+NonnullRefPtr<TupleDescriptor> TableDef::to_tuple_descriptor() const
 {
-    TupleDescriptor ret;
+    NonnullRefPtr<TupleDescriptor> ret = adopt_ref(*new TupleDescriptor);
     for (auto& part : m_columns) {
-        ret.append({ part.name(), part.type(), Order::Ascending });
+        ret->append({ part.name(), part.type(), Order::Ascending });
     }
     return ret;
 }
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/Meta.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/Meta.h
index ed2737e46e..df4633877d 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/Meta.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/Meta.h
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public:
     [[nodiscard]] size_t size() const { return m_key_definition.size(); }
     void append_column(String, SQLType, Order = Order::Ascending);
     Key key() const override;
-    [[nodiscard]] TupleDescriptor to_tuple_descriptor() const;
+    [[nodiscard]] NonnullRefPtr<TupleDescriptor> to_tuple_descriptor() const;
     static NonnullRefPtr<IndexDef> index_def();
     static Key make_key(TableDef const& table_def);
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public:
     size_t num_indexes() { return m_indexes.size(); }
     NonnullRefPtrVector<ColumnDef> columns() const { return m_columns; }
     NonnullRefPtrVector<IndexDef> indexes() const { return m_indexes; }
-    [[nodiscard]] TupleDescriptor to_tuple_descriptor() const;
+    [[nodiscard]] NonnullRefPtr<TupleDescriptor> to_tuple_descriptor() const;
 
     static NonnullRefPtr<IndexDef> index_def();
     static Key make_key(SchemaDef const& schema_def);
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/TreeNode.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/TreeNode.cpp
index f6814a5643..67cc8b779c 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/TreeNode.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/TreeNode.cpp
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ bool TreeNode::insert_in_leaf(Key const& key)
 size_t TreeNode::max_keys_in_node()
 {
     auto descriptor = m_tree.descriptor();
-    auto key_size = descriptor.data_length() + sizeof(u32);
+    auto key_size = descriptor->data_length() + sizeof(u32);
     auto ret = (BLOCKSIZE - 2 * sizeof(u32)) / key_size;
     if ((ret % 2) == 0)
         --ret;
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/Tuple.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/Tuple.cpp
index aee5788d1f..fde324b9bb 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/Tuple.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/Tuple.cpp
@@ -16,28 +16,28 @@
 namespace SQL {
 
 Tuple::Tuple()
-    : m_descriptor()
+    : m_descriptor(adopt_ref(*new TupleDescriptor))
     , m_data()
 {
 }
 
-Tuple::Tuple(TupleDescriptor const& descriptor, u32 pointer)
+Tuple::Tuple(NonnullRefPtr<TupleDescriptor> const& descriptor, u32 pointer)
     : m_descriptor(descriptor)
     , m_data()
     , m_pointer(pointer)
 {
-    for (auto& element : descriptor) {
-        m_data.append(Value(element.type));
+    for (auto& element : *descriptor) {
+        m_data.empend(element.type);
     }
 }
 
-Tuple::Tuple(TupleDescriptor const& descriptor, ByteBuffer& buffer, size_t& offset)
+Tuple::Tuple(NonnullRefPtr<TupleDescriptor> const& descriptor, ByteBuffer& buffer, size_t& offset)
     : Tuple(descriptor)
 {
     deserialize(buffer, offset);
 }
 
-Tuple::Tuple(TupleDescriptor const& descriptor, ByteBuffer& buffer)
+Tuple::Tuple(NonnullRefPtr<TupleDescriptor> const& descriptor, ByteBuffer& buffer)
     : Tuple(descriptor)
 {
     size_t offset = 0;
@@ -50,22 +50,22 @@ void Tuple::deserialize(ByteBuffer& buffer, size_t& offset)
     deserialize_from<u32>(buffer, offset, m_pointer);
     dbgln_if(SQL_DEBUG, "pointer: {}", m_pointer);
     m_data.clear();
-    for (auto& part : m_descriptor) {
-        m_data.append(Value(part.type, buffer, offset));
-        dbgln_if(SQL_DEBUG, "Deserialized element {} = {}", part.name, m_data.last().to_string().value());
+    for (auto& part : *m_descriptor) {
+        m_data.empend(part.type, buffer, offset);
+        dbgln_if(SQL_DEBUG, "Deserialized element {} = {}", part.name, m_data.last().to_string());
     }
 }
 
 void Tuple::serialize(ByteBuffer& buffer) const
 {
-    VERIFY(m_descriptor.size() == m_data.size());
+    VERIFY(m_descriptor->size() == m_data.size());
     dbgln_if(SQL_DEBUG, "Serializing tuple pointer {}", pointer());
     serialize_to<u32>(buffer, pointer());
-    for (auto ix = 0u; ix < m_descriptor.size(); ix++) {
+    for (auto ix = 0u; ix < m_descriptor->size(); ix++) {
         auto& key_part = m_data[ix];
         if constexpr (SQL_DEBUG) {
             auto str_opt = key_part.to_string();
-            auto& key_part_definition = m_descriptor[ix];
+            auto& key_part_definition = (*m_descriptor)[ix];
             dbgln("Serialized part {} = {}", key_part_definition.name, (str_opt.has_value()) ? str_opt.value() : "(null)");
         }
         key_part.serialize(buffer);
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ void Tuple::serialize(ByteBuffer& buffer) const
 }
 
 Tuple::Tuple(Tuple const& other)
-    : m_descriptor()
+    : m_descriptor(other.m_descriptor)
     , m_data()
 {
     copy_from(other);
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ Tuple& Tuple::operator=(Tuple const& other)
 Optional<size_t> Tuple::index_of(String name) const
 {
     auto n = move(name);
-    for (auto ix = 0u; ix < m_descriptor.size(); ix++) {
-        auto& part = m_descriptor[ix];
+    for (auto ix = 0u; ix < m_descriptor->size(); ix++) {
+        auto& part = (*m_descriptor)[ix];
         if (part.name == n) {
             return (int)ix;
         }
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ Value& Tuple::operator[](String const& name)
 
 void Tuple::append(const Value& value)
 {
-    VERIFY(m_descriptor.size() == 0);
+    VERIFY(m_descriptor->size() == 0);
     m_data.append(value);
 }
 
@@ -139,15 +139,15 @@ Tuple& Tuple::operator+=(Value const& value)
 
 bool Tuple::is_compatible(Tuple const& other) const
 {
-    if ((m_descriptor.size() == 0) && (other.m_descriptor.size() == 0)) {
+    if ((m_descriptor->size() == 0) && (other.m_descriptor->size() == 0)) {
         return true;
     }
-    if (m_descriptor.size() != other.m_descriptor.size()) {
+    if (m_descriptor->size() != other.m_descriptor->size()) {
         return false;
     }
-    for (auto ix = 0u; ix < m_descriptor.size(); ix++) {
-        auto& my_part = m_descriptor[ix];
-        auto& other_part = other.m_descriptor[ix];
+    for (auto ix = 0u; ix < m_descriptor->size(); ix++) {
+        auto& my_part = (*m_descriptor)[ix];
+        auto& other_part = (*other.m_descriptor)[ix];
         if (my_part.type != other_part.type) {
             return false;
         }
@@ -183,20 +183,13 @@ Vector<String> Tuple::to_string_vector() const
     return ret;
 }
 
-size_t Tuple::size() const
-{
-    size_t sz = sizeof(u32);
-    for (auto& part : m_data) {
-        sz += part.size();
-    }
-    return sz;
-}
-
 void Tuple::copy_from(const Tuple& other)
 {
-    m_descriptor.clear();
-    for (TupleElement const& part : other.m_descriptor) {
-        m_descriptor.append(part);
+    if (*m_descriptor != *other.m_descriptor) {
+        m_descriptor->clear();
+        for (TupleElement const& part : *other.m_descriptor) {
+            m_descriptor->append(part);
+        }
     }
     m_data.clear();
     for (auto& part : other.m_data) {
@@ -212,7 +205,7 @@ int Tuple::compare(const Tuple& other) const
     for (auto ix = 0u; ix < num_values; ix++) {
         auto ret = m_data[ix].compare(other.m_data[ix]);
         if (ret != 0) {
-            if ((ix < m_descriptor.size()) && m_descriptor[ix].order == Order::Descending)
+            if ((ix < m_descriptor->size()) && (*m_descriptor)[ix].order == Order::Descending)
                 ret = -ret;
             return ret;
         }
@@ -223,7 +216,7 @@ int Tuple::compare(const Tuple& other) const
 int Tuple::match(const Tuple& other) const
 {
     auto other_index = 0u;
-    for (auto& part : other.descriptor()) {
+    for (auto& part : *other.descriptor()) {
         auto other_value = other[other_index];
         if (other_value.is_null())
             return 0;
@@ -232,7 +225,7 @@ int Tuple::match(const Tuple& other) const
             return -1;
         auto ret = m_data[my_index.value()].compare(other_value);
         if (ret != 0)
-            return (m_descriptor[my_index.value()].order == Order::Descending) ? -ret : ret;
+            return ((*m_descriptor)[my_index.value()].order == Order::Descending) ? -ret : ret;
         other_index++;
     }
     return 0;
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/Tuple.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/Tuple.h
index 8efa3da698..5447e9bc6d 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/Tuple.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/Tuple.h
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ namespace SQL {
 class Tuple {
 public:
     Tuple();
-    explicit Tuple(TupleDescriptor const&, u32 pointer = 0);
-    Tuple(TupleDescriptor const&, ByteBuffer&, size_t&);
-    Tuple(TupleDescriptor const&, ByteBuffer&);
+    explicit Tuple(NonnullRefPtr<TupleDescriptor> const&, u32 pointer = 0);
+    Tuple(NonnullRefPtr<TupleDescriptor> const&, ByteBuffer&, size_t&);
+    Tuple(NonnullRefPtr<TupleDescriptor> const&, ByteBuffer&);
     Tuple(Tuple const&);
     virtual ~Tuple() = default;
 
@@ -61,14 +61,14 @@ public:
     [[nodiscard]] u32 pointer() const { return m_pointer; }
     void set_pointer(u32 ptr) { m_pointer = ptr; }
 
-    [[nodiscard]] size_t size() const;
-    [[nodiscard]] size_t length() const { return m_descriptor.size(); }
-    [[nodiscard]] TupleDescriptor descriptor() const { return m_descriptor; }
+    [[nodiscard]] size_t size() const { return m_data.size(); }
+    [[nodiscard]] size_t length() const { return m_descriptor->size(); }
+    [[nodiscard]] NonnullRefPtr<TupleDescriptor> descriptor() const { return m_descriptor; }
     [[nodiscard]] int compare(Tuple const&) const;
     [[nodiscard]] int match(Tuple const&) const;
     [[nodiscard]] u32 hash() const;
     virtual void serialize(ByteBuffer&) const;
-    [[nodiscard]] virtual size_t data_length() const { return descriptor().data_length(); }
+    [[nodiscard]] virtual size_t data_length() const { return descriptor()->data_length(); }
 
 protected:
     [[nodiscard]] Optional<size_t> index_of(String) const;
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ protected:
     void deserialize(ByteBuffer&, size_t&);
 
 private:
-    TupleDescriptor m_descriptor;
+    NonnullRefPtr<TupleDescriptor> m_descriptor;
     Vector<Value> m_data;
     u32 m_pointer { 0 };
 };
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/TupleDescriptor.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/TupleDescriptor.h
index e1744d58ce..6f6e7b1641 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/TupleDescriptor.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibSQL/TupleDescriptor.h
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@ struct TupleElement {
     bool operator==(TupleElement const&) const = default;
 };
 
-class TupleDescriptor : public Vector<TupleElement> {
+class TupleDescriptor
+    : public Vector<TupleElement>
+    , public RefCounted<TupleDescriptor> {
 public:
     TupleDescriptor() = default;
-    TupleDescriptor(TupleDescriptor const&) = default;
     ~TupleDescriptor() = default;
 
     [[nodiscard]] size_t data_length() const