diff --git a/nextcloud_mcp_server/search/verification.py b/nextcloud_mcp_server/search/verification.py
index 291b2cae..ca8f5c0e 100644
--- a/nextcloud_mcp_server/search/verification.py
+++ b/nextcloud_mcp_server/search/verification.py
@@ -389,9 +389,9 @@ async def _verify_news_items(
     # above for why this is narrower than the API-response failure path.
     accessible: set[str] = set()
     for d in doc_ids:
-        # SearchResult.id is `int | str` (D1: forward-compat widening). Coerce
-        # to str so the validator's regex applies consistently to both shapes.
-        if not is_valid_nextcloud_doc_id(str(d)):
+        # SearchResult.id is always str (Qdrant payload doc_id is keyword-
+        # indexed; producers stringify on write). Pass through verbatim.
+        if not is_valid_nextcloud_doc_id(d):
             logger.warning(
                 "Malformed news_item doc_id %r in verifier; keeping (cannot verify)",
                 d,
diff --git a/nextcloud_mcp_server/vector/qdrant_client.py b/nextcloud_mcp_server/vector/qdrant_client.py
index 7217966a..0263cb92 100644
--- a/nextcloud_mcp_server/vector/qdrant_client.py
+++ b/nextcloud_mcp_server/vector/qdrant_client.py
@@ -71,6 +71,71 @@ _qdrant_client: AsyncQdrantClient | None = None
 _qdrant_init_lock: anyio.Lock | None = None
 
 
+async def _create_one_payload_index(
+    client: AsyncQdrantClient,
+    collection_name: str,
+    field: str,
+    schema_type: PayloadSchemaType,
+) -> bool:
+    """Create one payload index with per-field error containment.
+
+    Returns True on success or benign 400 schema-conflict (caller treats as
+    indexed). Returns False if the field should be added to the caller's
+    failed-fields list. Never re-raises: the singleton in
+    ``get_qdrant_client`` is already assigned by the time this runs, so
+    propagating a network blip would leave the process holding a usable
+    client with the migration silently incomplete.
+    """
+    try:
+        await client.create_payload_index(
+            collection_name=collection_name,
+            field_name=field,
+            field_schema=schema_type,
+            wait=True,
+        )
+        logger.info("Created %s payload index on '%s'", schema_type.name, field)
+        return True
+    except UnexpectedResponse as e:
+        body = getattr(e, "content", b"") or b""
+        body_text = body.decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
+        # 400 is the expected schema-conflict path (index already exists
+        # with a different type). Verified for Qdrant OSS, where an
+        # idempotent re-create against a matching schema returns 200; if
+        # Qdrant Cloud diverges and returns 400 for benign re-creates,
+        # the WARNING below will fire on every restart against an
+        # already-indexed collection — read the response body before
+        # treating that as a real schema conflict. 5xx is unexpected —
+        # keep the loop going so the remaining fields still get
+        # attempted, but log at error so operators see it.
+        if e.status_code == 400:
+            logger.warning(
+                "Schema conflict on payload index '%s': %s", field, body_text
+            )
+            return True
+        logger.error(
+            "Unexpected error creating payload index on '%s' (status %s): %s",
+            field,
+            e.status_code,
+            body_text,
+        )
+        return False
+    except Exception:
+        # Raw network / timeout failures (httpx.ConnectError,
+        # asyncio.TimeoutError, etc.) reach here — outside the HTTP-status
+        # taxonomy that UnexpectedResponse covers. Same containment
+        # rationale as above: one transient failure on one field must not
+        # skip the rest, and the singleton in get_qdrant_client is already
+        # assigned by this point so re-raising would leave the process
+        # holding a usable client with the migration silently incomplete.
+        logger.error(
+            "Network error creating payload index on '%s'; "
+            "field will remain unindexed until next successful restart",
+            field,
+            exc_info=True,
+        )
+        return False
+
+
 async def _ensure_payload_indexes(
     client: AsyncQdrantClient,
     collection_name: str,
@@ -82,13 +147,9 @@ async def _ensure_payload_indexes(
     schema type (KEYWORD for string fields, BOOL for ``is_placeholder``,
     INTEGER for ``chunk_index``). Skips fields that are already in
     ``existing_schema`` so routine restarts make no Qdrant write round-trips
-    and emit no INFO log lines. Schema conflicts (a pre-existing index with
-    a different type) still surface as a 400 — log loudly so operators can
-    intervene, but keep going so the remaining fields still get indexed.
-    The same per-field error containment applies to raw network errors
-    (e.g. ``httpx.ConnectError`` from a transient Qdrant unavailability):
-    log at ERROR with ``exc_info`` and continue, so a single transient
-    failure on one field does not skip the rest.
+    and emit no INFO log lines. Per-field error handling (schema conflicts,
+    network errors) lives in ``_create_one_payload_index``; this loop is
+    flat so a single transient failure on one field does not skip the rest.
 
     Args:
         client: Qdrant client instance.
@@ -117,60 +178,17 @@ async def _ensure_payload_indexes(
             )
             return
         existing_schema = collection_info.payload_schema or {}
-    failed_fields: list[str] = []
 
+    failed_fields: list[str] = []
     for field, schema_type in _PAYLOAD_INDEX_FIELDS.items():
         if field in existing_schema:
             # Index already present — silent skip. Logging here on every
             # restart would be noise that hides the genuinely interesting
-            # "first-time creation" line below.
+            # "first-time creation" line in _create_one_payload_index.
             continue
-        try:
-            await client.create_payload_index(
-                collection_name=collection_name,
-                field_name=field,
-                field_schema=schema_type,
-                wait=True,
-            )
-            logger.info("Created %s payload index on '%s'", schema_type.name, field)
-        except UnexpectedResponse as e:
-            body = getattr(e, "content", b"") or b""
-            body_text = body.decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
-            # 400 is the expected schema-conflict path (index already exists
-            # with a different type). Verified for Qdrant OSS, where an
-            # idempotent re-create against a matching schema returns 200; if
-            # Qdrant Cloud diverges and returns 400 for benign re-creates,
-            # the WARNING below will fire on every restart against an
-            # already-indexed collection — read the response body before
-            # treating that as a real schema conflict. 5xx is unexpected —
-            # keep the loop going so the remaining fields still get
-            # attempted, but log at error so operators see it.
-            if e.status_code == 400:
-                logger.warning(
-                    "Schema conflict on payload index '%s': %s", field, body_text
-                )
-            else:
-                logger.error(
-                    "Unexpected error creating payload index on '%s' (status %s): %s",
-                    field,
-                    e.status_code,
-                    body_text,
-                )
-                failed_fields.append(field)
-        except Exception:
-            # Raw network / timeout failures (httpx.ConnectError,
-            # asyncio.TimeoutError, etc.) reach here — outside the HTTP-status
-            # taxonomy that UnexpectedResponse covers. Same containment
-            # rationale as above: one transient failure on one field must not
-            # skip the rest, and the singleton in get_qdrant_client is already
-            # assigned by this point so re-raising would leave the process
-            # holding a usable client with the migration silently incomplete.
-            logger.error(
-                "Network error creating payload index on '%s'; "
-                "field will remain unindexed until next successful restart",
-                field,
-                exc_info=True,
-            )
+        if not await _create_one_payload_index(
+            client, collection_name, field, schema_type
+        ):
             failed_fields.append(field)
 
     # A single per-field ERROR line is easy to miss in startup noise. Surface
@@ -467,11 +485,21 @@ async def get_qdrant_client() -> AsyncQdrantClient:
         if _qdrant_client is None:
             settings = get_settings()
 
+            # Build the client into a local ``provisional`` and only publish
+            # it to the global ``_qdrant_client`` after the migration awaits
+            # below have all completed. The fast-path check at the top of
+            # this function reads ``_qdrant_client`` without the lock, so
+            # publishing the constructed-but-unmigrated client would let a
+            # concurrent caller short-circuit the lock and fire a filtered
+            # search before ``_ensure_payload_indexes`` runs — that search
+            # would 400 with "Index required but not found".
+            provisional: AsyncQdrantClient
+
             # Detect mode and initialize client accordingly
             if settings.qdrant_url:
                 # Network mode
                 logger.info(f"Using Qdrant network mode: {settings.qdrant_url}")
-                _qdrant_client = AsyncQdrantClient(
+                provisional = AsyncQdrantClient(
                     url=settings.qdrant_url,
                     api_key=settings.qdrant_api_key,
                     timeout=30,
@@ -480,17 +508,17 @@ async def get_qdrant_client() -> AsyncQdrantClient:
                 # Local mode (either :memory: or persistent path)
                 if settings.qdrant_location == ":memory:":
                     logger.info("Using Qdrant in-memory mode: :memory:")
-                    _qdrant_client = AsyncQdrantClient(":memory:")
+                    provisional = AsyncQdrantClient(":memory:")
                 else:
                     # Persistent local mode - use path parameter
                     logger.info(
                         f"Using Qdrant persistent mode: {settings.qdrant_location}"
                     )
-                    _qdrant_client = AsyncQdrantClient(path=settings.qdrant_location)
+                    provisional = AsyncQdrantClient(path=settings.qdrant_location)
             else:
                 # Should not happen due to __post_init__ validation, but handle gracefully
                 logger.warning("No Qdrant mode configured, defaulting to :memory:")
-                _qdrant_client = AsyncQdrantClient(":memory:")
+                provisional = AsyncQdrantClient(":memory:")
 
             # Get collection name (auto-generated from deployment ID + model)
             collection_name = settings.get_collection_name()
@@ -505,7 +533,7 @@ async def get_qdrant_client() -> AsyncQdrantClient:
 
             # Explicitly check if collection exists
             logger.debug(f"Checking if collection '{collection_name}' exists...")
-            collections = await _qdrant_client.get_collections()
+            collections = await provisional.get_collections()
             collection_names = [c.name for c in collections.collections]
 
             if collection_name in collection_names:
@@ -513,7 +541,7 @@ async def get_qdrant_client() -> AsyncQdrantClient:
                 logger.debug(
                     f"Collection '{collection_name}' found, validating dimensions..."
                 )
-                collection_info = await _qdrant_client.get_collection(collection_name)
+                collection_info = await provisional.get_collection(collection_name)
                 # Handle both named vectors (dict) and legacy single vector
                 vectors = collection_info.config.params.vectors
                 if isinstance(vectors, dict):
@@ -551,10 +579,10 @@ async def get_qdrant_client() -> AsyncQdrantClient:
                 # never schema or indexes, so the snapshot remains accurate
                 # across the backfill call.
                 await _backfill_doc_id_to_string(
-                    _qdrant_client, collection_name, expected_dimension
+                    provisional, collection_name, expected_dimension
                 )
                 await _ensure_payload_indexes(
-                    _qdrant_client,
+                    provisional,
                     collection_name,
                     existing_schema=collection_info.payload_schema or {},
                 )
@@ -566,7 +594,7 @@ async def get_qdrant_client() -> AsyncQdrantClient:
                     f"Collection '{collection_name}' not found, creating with "
                     f"dimension={expected_dimension}, model={embedding_model}..."
                 )
-                await _qdrant_client.create_collection(
+                await provisional.create_collection(
                     collection_name=collection_name,
                     vectors_config={
                         "dense": VectorParams(
@@ -601,9 +629,15 @@ async def get_qdrant_client() -> AsyncQdrantClient:
                 # implicit auto-indexes, etc.) worth investigating before
                 # suppressing.
                 await _ensure_payload_indexes(
-                    _qdrant_client, collection_name, existing_schema={}
+                    provisional, collection_name, existing_schema={}
                 )
 
+            # Publish only after the migration awaits completed. From this
+            # point on, fast-path callers may short-circuit the lock and
+            # use the client; every payload index they could filter on now
+            # exists.
+            _qdrant_client = provisional
+
     # Lock released. ``_qdrant_client`` is guaranteed non-None here:
     # either the fast path returned earlier, the lock-protected branch
     # set it, or a sibling waiter set it before we got the lock.
diff --git a/nextcloud_mcp_server/vector/scanner.py b/nextcloud_mcp_server/vector/scanner.py
index 2dccdb3f..0f2204e4 100644
--- a/nextcloud_mcp_server/vector/scanner.py
+++ b/nextcloud_mcp_server/vector/scanner.py
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ from email.utils import parsedate_to_datetime
 import anyio
 from anyio.abc import TaskStatus
 from anyio.streams.memory import MemoryObjectSendStream
-from qdrant_client.models import FieldCondition, Filter, MatchValue
+from qdrant_client import AsyncQdrantClient
+from qdrant_client.models import FieldCondition, Filter, MatchValue, Record
 
 from nextcloud_mcp_server.client import NextcloudClient
 from nextcloud_mcp_server.client.news import NewsItemType
@@ -43,6 +44,49 @@ INDEXED_DOC_TYPES: frozenset[str] = frozenset(
 )
 
 
+# Page size for paginated deletion-tracking scrolls. Chosen to keep per-page
+# memory bounded while making the round-trip count manageable in the typical
+# < 100 k point per (user_id, doc_type) case. The previous single-page
+# ``limit=10_000`` silently truncated deletion sets for any user past the
+# cap, so anything indexed beyond the first 10 k was never reconciled.
+_DELETION_TRACKING_PAGE_SIZE: int = 1024
+
+
+async def _scroll_all_points(
+    qdrant_client: AsyncQdrantClient,
+    *,
+    collection_name: str,
+    scroll_filter: Filter,
+    payload_fields: list[str],
+    page_size: int = _DELETION_TRACKING_PAGE_SIZE,
+) -> list[Record]:
+    """Scroll every point matching the filter, paginating until exhausted.
+
+    Replaces the prior single-page ``limit=10_000`` calls that silently
+    dropped points beyond the first page. Pagination follows Qdrant's
+    documented contract: ``scroll`` returns ``(points, next_page_offset)``
+    and ``next_page_offset`` is ``None`` once the cursor reaches the end.
+    Errors propagate to the caller — the scanner's outer ``try`` already
+    handles them by skipping the deletion-tracking pass for this scan
+    (worse: extra-scan latency; never: bad data).
+    """
+    all_points: list[Record] = []
+    offset = None
+    while True:
+        points, offset = await qdrant_client.scroll(
+            collection_name=collection_name,
+            scroll_filter=scroll_filter,
+            with_payload=payload_fields,
+            with_vectors=False,
+            limit=page_size,
+            offset=offset,
+        )
+        all_points.extend(points)
+        if offset is None:
+            break
+    return all_points
+
+
 @dataclass
 class DocumentTask:
     """Document task for processing queue."""
@@ -79,8 +123,11 @@ async def get_last_indexed_timestamp(user_id: str) -> int | None:
     try:
         qdrant_client = await get_qdrant_client()
 
-        # Query for user's notes, ordered by indexed_at descending, limit 1
-        scroll_result = await qdrant_client.scroll(
+        # Scroll across every indexed note for this user — paginated so users
+        # with > 10 k indexed notes still produce a correct max (the prior
+        # single-page ``limit=10_000`` would have silently undercounted).
+        points = await _scroll_all_points(
+            qdrant_client,
             collection_name=get_settings().get_collection_name(),
             scroll_filter=Filter(
                 must=[
@@ -88,19 +135,16 @@ async def get_last_indexed_timestamp(user_id: str) -> int | None:
                     FieldCondition(key="doc_type", match=MatchValue(value="note")),
                 ]
             ),
-            with_payload=["indexed_at"],
-            with_vectors=False,
-            limit=10000,  # Get all to find max
+            payload_fields=["indexed_at"],
         )
 
-        # Find max indexed_at across all results
-        num_points = len(scroll_result[0]) if scroll_result[0] else 0
+        num_points = len(points)
         logger.info(f"Found {num_points} indexed notes in Qdrant for user {user_id}")
 
-        if scroll_result[0]:
+        if points:
             timestamps = [
                 point.payload.get("indexed_at", 0)
-                for point in scroll_result[0]
+                for point in points
                 if point.payload is not None
             ]
             max_timestamp = max(timestamps) if timestamps else 0
@@ -220,7 +264,8 @@ async def scan_user_documents(
         indexed_doc_ids = set()
         if not initial_sync:
             assert qdrant_client is not None  # narrow for the type checker
-            scroll_result = await qdrant_client.scroll(
+            points = await _scroll_all_points(
+                qdrant_client,
                 collection_name=get_settings().get_collection_name(),
                 scroll_filter=Filter(
                     must=[
@@ -228,14 +273,12 @@ async def scan_user_documents(
                         FieldCondition(key="doc_type", match=MatchValue(value="note")),
                     ]
                 ),
-                with_payload=["doc_id"],
-                with_vectors=False,
-                limit=10000,
+                payload_fields=["doc_id"],
             )
 
             indexed_doc_ids = {
                 str(point.payload["doc_id"])
-                for point in (scroll_result[0] or [])
+                for point in points
                 if point.payload is not None and "doc_id" in point.payload
             }
 
@@ -394,7 +437,8 @@ async def scan_user_documents(
         indexed_file_ids = set()
         if not initial_sync:
             assert qdrant_client is not None  # narrow for the type checker
-            file_scroll_result = await qdrant_client.scroll(
+            points = await _scroll_all_points(
+                qdrant_client,
                 collection_name=settings.get_collection_name(),
                 scroll_filter=Filter(
                     must=[
@@ -402,14 +446,12 @@ async def scan_user_documents(
                         FieldCondition(key="doc_type", match=MatchValue(value="file")),
                     ]
                 ),
-                limit=10000,  # Reasonable limit for file count
-                with_payload=["doc_id"],
-                with_vectors=False,
+                payload_fields=["doc_id"],
             )
 
             indexed_file_ids = {
                 str(point.payload["doc_id"])
-                for point in (file_scroll_result[0] or [])
+                for point in points
                 if point.payload is not None and "doc_id" in point.payload
             }
 
@@ -675,7 +717,8 @@ async def scan_news_items(
     indexed_item_ids: set[str] = set()
     if not initial_sync:
         qdrant_client = await get_qdrant_client()
-        scroll_result = await qdrant_client.scroll(
+        points = await _scroll_all_points(
+            qdrant_client,
             collection_name=settings.get_collection_name(),
             scroll_filter=Filter(
                 must=[
@@ -683,13 +726,11 @@ async def scan_news_items(
                     FieldCondition(key="doc_type", match=MatchValue(value="news_item")),
                 ]
             ),
-            with_payload=["doc_id"],
-            with_vectors=False,
-            limit=10000,
+            payload_fields=["doc_id"],
         )
         indexed_item_ids = {
             str(point.payload["doc_id"])
-            for point in (scroll_result[0] or [])
+            for point in points
             if point.payload is not None and "doc_id" in point.payload
         }
         logger.debug(f"Found {len(indexed_item_ids)} indexed news items in Qdrant")
@@ -854,7 +895,8 @@ async def scan_deck_cards(
     indexed_card_ids: set[str] = set()
     if not initial_sync:
         qdrant_client = await get_qdrant_client()
-        scroll_result = await qdrant_client.scroll(
+        points = await _scroll_all_points(
+            qdrant_client,
             collection_name=settings.get_collection_name(),
             scroll_filter=Filter(
                 must=[
@@ -862,13 +904,11 @@ async def scan_deck_cards(
                     FieldCondition(key="doc_type", match=MatchValue(value="deck_card")),
                 ]
             ),
-            with_payload=["doc_id"],
-            with_vectors=False,
-            limit=10000,
+            payload_fields=["doc_id"],
         )
         indexed_card_ids = {
             str(point.payload["doc_id"])
-            for point in (scroll_result[0] or [])
+            for point in points
             if point.payload is not None and "doc_id" in point.payload
         }
         logger.debug(f"Found {len(indexed_card_ids)} indexed deck cards in Qdrant")
diff --git a/tests/unit/search/test_verification.py b/tests/unit/search/test_verification.py
index da5b8065..3cee6981 100644
--- a/tests/unit/search/test_verification.py
+++ b/tests/unit/search/test_verification.py
@@ -35,8 +35,11 @@ def _make_result(
     score: float = 0.9,
     metadata: dict | None = None,
 ) -> SearchResult:
+    # Mirror the producer-side stringification (scanner writes str(note["id"])
+    # etc. into Qdrant payloads). Tests pass int literals for readability;
+    # the SearchResult contract is ``id: str``.
     return SearchResult(
-        id=doc_id,
+        id=str(doc_id),
         doc_type=doc_type,
         title=f"{doc_type}_{doc_id}",
         excerpt="...",
@@ -84,7 +87,7 @@ async def test_verify_notes_200_keeps_all(mocker):
         client, [_make_result(1), _make_result(2), _make_result(3)], _sem()
     )
 
-    assert result == {1, 2, 3}
+    assert result == {"1", "2", "3"}
     assert notes_client.get_note.await_count == 3
 
 
@@ -122,7 +125,7 @@ async def test_verify_notes_transient_5xx_keeps(mocker):
 
     result = await _verify_notes(client, [_make_result(42)], _sem())
 
-    assert result == {42}
+    assert result == {"42"}
 
 
 @pytest.mark.unit
@@ -140,7 +143,7 @@ async def test_verify_notes_429_keeps_as_transient(mocker):
 
     result = await _verify_notes(client, [_make_result(42)], _sem())
 
-    assert result == {42}
+    assert result == {"42"}
 
 
 @pytest.mark.unit
@@ -152,7 +155,7 @@ async def test_verify_notes_unexpected_exception_keeps(mocker):
 
     result = await _verify_notes(client, [_make_result(7)], _sem())
 
-    assert result == {7}
+    assert result == {"7"}
 
 
 @pytest.mark.unit
@@ -193,7 +196,7 @@ async def test_verify_notes_mixed_outcomes(mocker):
         client, [_make_result(1), _make_result(2), _make_result(3)], _sem()
     )
 
-    assert result == {1, 3}
+    assert result == {"1", "3"}
 
 
 @pytest.mark.unit
@@ -242,7 +245,7 @@ async def test_verify_news_items_intersects_with_fetched_set(mocker):
         _sem(),
     )
 
-    assert result == {10, 20}
+    assert result == {"10", "20"}
     assert news_client.get_items.await_count == 1
 
 
@@ -304,7 +307,7 @@ async def test_verify_news_items_transient_keeps_all(mocker):
         _sem(),
     )
 
-    assert result == {1, 2, 3}
+    assert result == {"1", "2", "3"}
 
 
 @pytest.mark.unit
@@ -325,7 +328,7 @@ async def test_verify_news_items_429_keeps_as_transient(mocker):
         _sem(),
     )
 
-    assert result == {1, 2, 3}
+    assert result == {"1", "2", "3"}
 
 
 @pytest.mark.unit
@@ -350,7 +353,7 @@ async def test_verify_news_items_unexpected_exception_keeps_all(mocker):
         _sem(),
     )
 
-    assert result == {1, 2}
+    assert result == {"1", "2"}
 
 
 @pytest.mark.unit
@@ -377,7 +380,7 @@ async def test_verify_news_items_non_numeric_id_keeps_only_bad_item(mocker):
     )
 
     # 10 and 20 are verified present; "abc" is unverifiable so kept fail-open.
-    assert result == {10, 20, "abc"}
+    assert result == {"10", "20", "abc"}
 
 
 @pytest.mark.unit
@@ -402,7 +405,7 @@ async def test_verify_news_items_drops_missing_when_other_id_is_non_numeric(
     )
 
     # 10 verified present, 20 verified missing (dropped), "abc" unverifiable.
-    assert result == {10, "abc"}
+    assert result == {"10", "abc"}
 
 
 @pytest.mark.unit
@@ -426,7 +429,7 @@ async def test_verify_news_items_malformed_api_response_keeps_all(mocker):
     )
 
     # Batch fail-open: API broken, every requested id preserved.
-    assert result == {10, 20}
+    assert result == {"10", "20"}
 
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -448,7 +451,7 @@ async def test_verify_files_uses_path_from_metadata(mocker):
         _sem(),
     )
 
-    assert result == {100}
+    assert result == {"100"}
     webdav_client.get_file_info.assert_awaited_once_with("Documents/foo.txt")
 
 
@@ -487,7 +490,7 @@ async def test_verify_files_malformed_propfind_keeps_result(mocker):
         _sem(),
     )
 
-    assert result == {123}, "ambiguous None must keep result, not evict"
+    assert result == {"123"}, "ambiguous None must keep result, not evict"
 
 
 @pytest.mark.unit
@@ -517,14 +520,14 @@ async def test_verify_files_missing_path_metadata_keeps_unverified(mocker):
 
     # No metadata at all
     result = await _verify_files(client, [_make_result(555, doc_type="file")], _sem())
-    assert result == {555}
+    assert result == {"555"}
     webdav_client.get_file_info.assert_not_awaited()
 
     # Metadata present but no "path" key
     result = await _verify_files(
         client, [_make_result(556, doc_type="file", metadata={})], _sem()
     )
-    assert result == {556}
+    assert result == {"556"}
     webdav_client.get_file_info.assert_not_awaited()
 
 
@@ -541,7 +544,7 @@ async def test_verify_files_transient_5xx_keeps(mocker):
         _sem(),
     )
 
-    assert result == {7}
+    assert result == {"7"}
 
 
 @pytest.mark.unit
@@ -558,7 +561,7 @@ async def test_verify_files_429_keeps_as_transient(mocker):
         _sem(),
     )
 
-    assert result == {7}
+    assert result == {"7"}
 
 
 @pytest.mark.unit
@@ -580,7 +583,7 @@ async def test_verify_files_unexpected_exception_keeps(mocker):
         _sem(),
     )
 
-    assert result == {8}
+    assert result == {"8"}
 
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -606,7 +609,7 @@ async def test_verify_deck_cards_uses_metadata_fast_path(mocker):
         _sem(),
     )
 
-    assert result == {42}
+    assert result == {"42"}
     deck_client.get_card.assert_awaited_once_with(board_id=1, stack_id=2, card_id=42)
 
 
@@ -676,7 +679,7 @@ async def test_verify_deck_cards_transient_5xx_keeps(mocker):
         _sem(),
     )
 
-    assert result == {42}
+    assert result == {"42"}
 
 
 @pytest.mark.unit
@@ -699,7 +702,7 @@ async def test_verify_deck_cards_429_keeps_as_transient(mocker):
         _sem(),
     )
 
-    assert result == {42}
+    assert result == {"42"}
 
 
 @pytest.mark.unit
@@ -722,7 +725,7 @@ async def test_verify_deck_cards_unexpected_exception_keeps(mocker):
         _sem(),
     )
 
-    assert result == {42}
+    assert result == {"42"}
 
 
 @pytest.mark.unit
@@ -749,7 +752,7 @@ async def test_verify_deck_cards_non_numeric_metadata_keeps(mocker):
         ],
         _sem(),
     )
-    assert result == {42}
+    assert result == {"42"}
 
     # Non-numeric stack_id
     result = await _verify_deck_cards(
@@ -763,7 +766,7 @@ async def test_verify_deck_cards_non_numeric_metadata_keeps(mocker):
         ],
         _sem(),
     )
-    assert result == {43}
+    assert result == {"43"}
 
     # Non-numeric card_id (doc_id itself)
     result = await _verify_deck_cards(
@@ -794,7 +797,7 @@ async def test_verify_deck_cards_missing_metadata_keeps_unverified(mocker):
     result = await _verify_deck_cards(
         client, [_make_result(42, doc_type="deck_card")], _sem()
     )
-    assert result == {42}
+    assert result == {"42"}
 
     # Only board_id (stack_id missing)
     result = await _verify_deck_cards(
@@ -802,7 +805,7 @@ async def test_verify_deck_cards_missing_metadata_keeps_unverified(mocker):
         [_make_result(43, doc_type="deck_card", metadata={"board_id": 1})],
         _sem(),
     )
-    assert result == {43}
+    assert result == {"43"}
 
     # Only stack_id (board_id missing)
     result = await _verify_deck_cards(
@@ -810,7 +813,7 @@ async def test_verify_deck_cards_missing_metadata_keeps_unverified(mocker):
         [_make_result(44, doc_type="deck_card", metadata={"stack_id": 2})],
         _sem(),
     )
-    assert result == {44}
+    assert result == {"44"}
 
     deck_client.get_card.assert_not_awaited()
 
@@ -829,7 +832,7 @@ async def test_verify_search_results_empty_input_passthrough():
 @pytest.mark.unit
 async def test_verify_search_results_dedupes_chunks_per_document(mocker):
     """Two chunks of the same note → ONE call to the underlying verifier."""
-    spy = mocker.AsyncMock(return_value={1})
+    spy = mocker.AsyncMock(return_value={"1"})
     mocker.patch.dict(verification._VERIFIERS, {"note": spy}, clear=False)
     mocker.patch.object(verification, "delete_document_points", mocker.AsyncMock())
 
@@ -848,7 +851,7 @@ async def test_verify_search_results_dedupes_chunks_per_document(mocker):
     # Verifier received exactly one SearchResult (the deduplicated representative)
     args, _kwargs = spy.call_args
     assert len(args[1]) == 1
-    assert args[1][0].id == 1
+    assert args[1][0].id == "1"
     # And a semaphore as the third arg
     assert isinstance(args[2], anyio.Semaphore)
 
@@ -1035,7 +1038,7 @@ async def test_verify_search_results_verifier_blowup_keeps_all(mocker):
 
     kept, dropped_count = await verify_search_results(client, results)
 
-    assert [r.id for r in kept] == [1, 2]
+    assert [r.id for r in kept] == ["1", "2"]
     assert dropped_count == 0  # fail-open: nothing dropped
     spy_evict.assert_not_awaited()
 
@@ -1043,7 +1046,7 @@ async def test_verify_search_results_verifier_blowup_keeps_all(mocker):
 @pytest.mark.unit
 async def test_verify_search_results_preserves_order(mocker):
     """Order of original results must be preserved after filtering."""
-    note_verifier = mocker.AsyncMock(return_value={1, 3})
+    note_verifier = mocker.AsyncMock(return_value={"1", "3"})
     mocker.patch.dict(verification._VERIFIERS, {"note": note_verifier}, clear=False)
     mocker.patch.object(verification, "delete_document_points", mocker.AsyncMock())
 
@@ -1056,7 +1059,7 @@ async def test_verify_search_results_preserves_order(mocker):
 
     kept, dropped_count = await verify_search_results(client, results)
 
-    assert [r.id for r in kept] == [1, 3]
+    assert [r.id for r in kept] == ["1", "3"]
     assert dropped_count == 1
 
 
@@ -1083,8 +1086,8 @@ async def test_verify_search_results_eviction_failure_does_not_propagate(mocker)
 @pytest.mark.unit
 async def test_verify_search_results_dispatches_per_doc_type_concurrently(mocker):
     """Mixed doc_types must be routed to their respective verifiers."""
-    note_verifier = mocker.AsyncMock(return_value={1})
-    file_verifier = mocker.AsyncMock(return_value={500})
+    note_verifier = mocker.AsyncMock(return_value={"1"})
+    file_verifier = mocker.AsyncMock(return_value={"500"})
     mocker.patch.dict(
         verification._VERIFIERS,
         {"note": note_verifier, "file": file_verifier},
@@ -1101,7 +1104,7 @@ async def test_verify_search_results_dispatches_per_doc_type_concurrently(mocker
 
     kept, dropped_count = await verify_search_results(client, results)
 
-    assert {(r.id, r.doc_type) for r in kept} == {(1, "note"), (500, "file")}
+    assert {(r.id, r.doc_type) for r in kept} == {("1", "note"), ("500", "file")}
     assert dropped_count == 1
     note_verifier.assert_awaited_once()
     file_verifier.assert_awaited_once()
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_chunk_context_offset_gate.py b/tests/unit/test_chunk_context_offset_gate.py
index 8c7f85cc..c8e6dedd 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_chunk_context_offset_gate.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_chunk_context_offset_gate.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class TestOffsetFallbackGate:
             result = await get_chunk_with_context(
                 nc_client=mock_nc_client,
                 user_id="alice",
-                doc_id=12345,
+                doc_id="12345",
                 doc_type="file",
                 chunk_start=0,
                 chunk_end=100,
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class TestOffsetFallbackGate:
             await get_chunk_with_context(
                 nc_client=mock_nc_client,
                 user_id="alice",
-                doc_id=42,
+                doc_id="42",
                 doc_type="note",
                 chunk_start=0,
                 chunk_end=10,
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class TestOffsetFallbackGate:
             await get_chunk_with_context(
                 nc_client=mock_nc_client,
                 user_id="alice",
-                doc_id=12345,
+                doc_id="12345",
                 doc_type="file",
                 chunk_start=0,
                 chunk_end=100,
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class TestNullableChunkIndexPropagation:
             result = await get_chunk_with_context(
                 nc_client=mock_nc_client,
                 user_id="alice",
-                doc_id=42,
+                doc_id="42",
                 doc_type="note",
                 chunk_start=100,
                 chunk_end=200,
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ class TestNullableChunkIndexPropagation:
             result = await get_chunk_with_context(
                 nc_client=mock_nc_client,
                 user_id="alice",
-                doc_id=42,
+                doc_id="42",
                 doc_type="note",
                 chunk_start=0,
                 chunk_end=10,
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ class TestNullableChunkIndexPropagation:
             result = await get_chunk_with_context(
                 nc_client=mock_nc_client,
                 user_id="alice",
-                doc_id=42,
+                doc_id="42",
                 doc_type="note",
                 chunk_start=100,
                 chunk_end=200,
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ class TestAdjacentChunkBoundary:
             result = await get_chunk_with_context(
                 nc_client=mock_nc_client,
                 user_id="alice",
-                doc_id=42,
+                doc_id="42",
                 doc_type="note",
                 chunk_start=0,
                 chunk_end=10,
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ class TestAdjacentChunkBoundary:
             result = await get_chunk_with_context(
                 nc_client=mock_nc_client,
                 user_id="alice",
-                doc_id=42,
+                doc_id="42",
                 doc_type="note",
                 chunk_start=0,
                 chunk_end=10,