diff --git a/nextcloud_mcp_server/search/bm25_hybrid.py b/nextcloud_mcp_server/search/bm25_hybrid.py
index 243f9714..c5848450 100644
--- a/nextcloud_mcp_server/search/bm25_hybrid.py
+++ b/nextcloud_mcp_server/search/bm25_hybrid.py
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ class BM25HybridSearchAlgorithm(SearchAlgorithm):
             for result in search_response.points:
                 if result.payload is None:
                     continue
-                # doc_id can be int (notes) or str (files - file paths)
+                # doc_id can be int (files) or str (notes/news_items/deck_cards) — see scanner.py
                 doc_id = result.payload["doc_id"]
                 doc_type = result.payload.get("doc_type", "note")
                 chunk_start = result.payload.get("chunk_start_offset")
diff --git a/nextcloud_mcp_server/search/verification.py b/nextcloud_mcp_server/search/verification.py
index 073a9f49..ff6bdc02 100644
--- a/nextcloud_mcp_server/search/verification.py
+++ b/nextcloud_mcp_server/search/verification.py
@@ -335,7 +335,10 @@ async def _verify_news_items(
             # If the News API itself is gone (app disabled, user lost access),
             # treat *all* requested items as inaccessible. Eviction will reclaim.
             if _is_definitive_404_or_403(e):
-                logger.info(
+                # News app commonly disabled/uninstalled — debug-level keeps
+                # this off operator dashboards; transient errors below stay
+                # at warning because they're unexpected.
+                logger.debug(
                     "News API returned %s for user %s; treating all %d news_items as inaccessible",
                     e.response.status_code,
                     client.username,
diff --git a/nextcloud_mcp_server/server/semantic.py b/nextcloud_mcp_server/server/semantic.py
index 091e3ba1..ca5c9184 100644
--- a/nextcloud_mcp_server/server/semantic.py
+++ b/nextcloud_mcp_server/server/semantic.py
@@ -804,11 +804,15 @@ def configure_semantic_tools(mcp: FastMCP):
             )
 
         try:
-            # Get document receive stream from lifespan context
+            # Get document receive stream from lifespan context. Direct
+            # attribute access matches the eviction_task_group pattern at
+            # ``nc_semantic_search`` (see comment there): both AppContext
+            # and OAuthAppContext define ``document_receive_stream``, so a
+            # missing attribute is a typo that should fail loudly. The
+            # value itself can legitimately be ``None`` before sync starts,
+            # which the check below handles.
             lifespan_ctx = ctx.request_context.lifespan_context
-            document_receive_stream = getattr(
-                lifespan_ctx, "document_receive_stream", None
-            )
+            document_receive_stream = lifespan_ctx.document_receive_stream
 
             if document_receive_stream is None:
                 logger.debug(