diff --git a/pipeline/text_pipeline.py b/pipeline/text_pipeline.py
index 8a9781e..5725681 100644
--- a/pipeline/text_pipeline.py
+++ b/pipeline/text_pipeline.py
@@ -177,11 +177,7 @@ def ensure_text_embeddings(
         )
 
     skipped_existing = int(existing)
-    # Historically some callers expected a 4-tuple; return the primary
-    # metrics (stored, skipped_existing, skipped_no_text, errors).
-    # The list of failed_ids is intentionally not returned here to remain
-    # backward-compatible with older callers.
-    return stored, skipped_existing, skipped_no_text, errors
+    return stored, skipped_existing, skipped_no_text, errors, failed_ids
 
 
 def ensure_text_embeddings_for_ids(
diff --git a/scripts/qa_similarity.py b/scripts/qa_similarity.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4a12ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/qa_similarity.py
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+"""Quick QA script that samples motions and checks similarity cache quality.
+
+Writes a short JSON summary into thoughts/ledgers/qa_similarity_{ts}.json
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import logging
+import os
+import random
+from datetime import datetime
+from typing import List
+
+_logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def sample_motion_ids(sample_size: int) -> List[int]:
+    # naive: select all motion ids from DB and sample
+    # Prefer any dynamically-provided database object from the 'database'
+    # module so tests can inject a fake via sys.modules.
+    try:
+        database_mod = __import__("database")
+        db_obj = getattr(database_mod, "db", None)
+        if db_obj and hasattr(db_obj, "sample_motions"):
+            return db_obj.sample_motions(sample_size)
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+    try:
+        conn = (
+            __import__("duckdb").connect(db.db_path) if __import__("duckdb") else None
+        )
+    except Exception:
+        conn = None
+
+    if conn is None:
+        # fallback: read from motions.json if present (file-backed mode)
+        # Not implemented: return empty
+        return []
+
+    try:
+        rows = conn.execute("SELECT id FROM motions").fetchall()
+        conn.close()
+        ids = [r[0] for r in rows]
+        if not ids:
+            return []
+        return random.sample(ids, min(sample_size, len(ids)))
+    except Exception:
+        if conn:
+            try:
+                conn.close()
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+        return []
+
+
+def run_qa(db_path: str, sample_size: int = 50, top_k: int = 5) -> dict:
+    summary = {
+        "timestamp": datetime.utcnow().isoformat() + "Z",
+        "sample_size": sample_size,
+        "top_k": top_k,
+        "results": [],
+    }
+
+    ids = sample_motion_ids(sample_size)
+    if not ids:
+        summary["error"] = "no motion ids available"
+        return summary
+
+    # Resolve db at runtime so tests can substitute a fake module
+    try:
+        database_mod = __import__("database")
+        db_obj = getattr(database_mod, "db", None)
+    except Exception:
+        db_obj = None
+
+    for mid in ids:
+        if db_obj and hasattr(db_obj, "get_cached_similarities"):
+            sims = db_obj.get_cached_similarities(mid, top_k=top_k)
+        else:
+            # fallback: attempt to call module-level db if present
+            try:
+                from database import db as fallback_db
+
+                sims = fallback_db.get_cached_similarities(
+                    mid, vector_type="fused", top_k=top_k
+                )
+            except Exception:
+                sims = []
+        # heuristics: count how many top_k have score >= 0.99999 and different target ids
+        suspicious = 0
+        for r in sims:
+            try:
+                score = float(r.get("score", 0.0))
+                target = (
+                    r.get("target_motion_id")
+                    if r.get("target_motion_id") is not None
+                    else r.get("id")
+                )
+                if score > 0.99999 and int(target) != int(mid):
+                    suspicious += 1
+            except Exception:
+                # Be tolerant of unexpected structures in similarity rows
+                continue
+        summary["results"].append(
+            {"motion_id": mid, "top_k": len(sims), "suspicious": suspicious}
+        )
+
+    return summary
+
+
+def main(db_path: str | None = None, sample_size: int = 50, top_k: int = 5) -> dict:
+    """Wrapper used by CLI and tests.
+
+    When called with no args, this behaves like the prior CLI entrypoint and
+    will parse command-line args and write a ledger file. Tests call main()
+    directly with explicit parameters and expect a dict summary to be
+    returned (and a ledger to be written). To maintain compatibility we
+    support both usage patterns.
+    """
+    # If invoked as CLI, db_path will be None and we should parse args and
+    # write the ledger file as before.
+    if db_path is None:
+        logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+        parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="QA similarity cache sampler")
+        parser.add_argument("--db-path", required=False, help="Path to motions.db")
+        parser.add_argument("--sample-size", type=int, default=50)
+        parser.add_argument("--top-k", type=int, default=5)
+        args = parser.parse_args()
+        db_path = args.db_path or db.db_path
+        sample_size = args.sample_size
+        top_k = args.top_k
+
+    summary = run_qa(db_path or db.db_path, sample_size=sample_size, top_k=top_k)
+    # Provide a convenience mapping of motion_id -> result for easier consumption
+    # by callers/tests which expect a `motions` mapping.
+    summary["motions"] = {r["motion_id"]: r for r in summary.get("results", [])}
+    ledger_dir = os.path.join("thoughts", "ledgers")
+    os.makedirs(ledger_dir, exist_ok=True)
+    ts = datetime.utcnow().strftime("%Y%m%dT%H%M%SZ")
+    path = os.path.join(ledger_dir, f"qa_similarity_{ts}.json")
+    with open(path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
+        json.dump(summary, fh, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2)
+    print(f"Wrote QA summary to {path}")
+    return {"ledger_path": path, **summary}
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/scripts/rerun_embeddings.py b/scripts/rerun_embeddings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..464cb95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/rerun_embeddings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+"""Re-run text embeddings, fusion, and similarity for all windows.
+
+Clears stale embeddings, re-embeds all motions with available text,
+then fuses SVD + text vectors and rebuilds similarity cache for every
+window that has SVD vectors in the database.
+
+Usage:
+    .venv/bin/python scripts/rerun_embeddings.py --db-path data/motions.db
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import logging
+
+try:
+    import duckdb
+except Exception:
+    duckdb = None
+
+from pipeline import text_pipeline
+import importlib
+
+# If duckdb is not present at import time (test environments), avoid hard failure
+try:
+    importlib.import_module("duckdb")
+except Exception:
+    pass
+from pipeline import fusion as fusion_pipeline
+from similarity import compute as similarity_compute
+
+_logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def _get_all_windows(db_path: str):
+    """Return all distinct window_ids that have SVD vectors."""
+    try:
+        conn = duckdb.connect(db_path, read_only=True)
+    except Exception:
+        _logger.exception(
+            "Unable to connect to duckdb for _get_all_windows(%s)", db_path
+        )
+        return []
+
+    try:
+        rows = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT DISTINCT window_id FROM svd_vectors ORDER BY window_id"
+        ).fetchall()
+        return [r[0] for r in rows]
+    except Exception:
+        _logger.exception("Error querying windows from %s", db_path)
+        return []
+    finally:
+        try:
+            conn.close()
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+
+def _clear_embeddings(db_path: str) -> int:
+    """Delete all rows from embeddings, fused_embeddings, and similarity_cache."""
+    try:
+        conn = duckdb.connect(db_path)
+    except Exception:
+        _logger.exception(
+            "Unable to connect to duckdb for _clear_embeddings(%s)", db_path
+        )
+        return 0
+
+    try:
+        emb = conn.execute("DELETE FROM embeddings").rowcount or 0
+        fused = conn.execute("DELETE FROM fused_embeddings").rowcount or 0
+        sim = conn.execute("DELETE FROM similarity_cache").rowcount or 0
+        conn.commit()
+        _logger.info(
+            "Cleared: %d embeddings, %d fused_embeddings, %d similarity_cache rows",
+            emb,
+            fused,
+            sim,
+        )
+        return emb + fused + sim
+    except Exception:
+        _logger.exception("Error clearing embeddings in %s", db_path)
+        return 0
+    finally:
+        try:
+            conn.close()
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+
+def rerun_embeddings(
+    db_path: str, model: str = None, retry_missing: bool = False
+) -> dict:
+    """Full rerun: clear → embed → fuse → similarity for all windows.
+
+    Returns a summary dict.
+    """
+    _logger.info("Starting rerun_embeddings for %s", db_path)
+
+    # 1. Clear stale data
+    cleared = _clear_embeddings(db_path)
+
+    # 2. Re-embed all motions
+    _logger.info("Running text embeddings ...")
+    # Call ensure_text_embeddings which historically returned either a 4-tuple
+    # (stored, skipped_existing, skipped_no_text, errors) or a 5-tuple that
+    # includes failed_ids as the fifth element. Support both shapes for
+    # backward-compatibility.
+    result = text_pipeline.ensure_text_embeddings(db_path=db_path, model=model)
+    if isinstance(result, tuple) and len(result) == 5:
+        stored, skipped_existing, skipped_no_text, emb_errors, failed_ids = result
+    elif isinstance(result, tuple) and len(result) == 4:
+        stored, skipped_existing, skipped_no_text, emb_errors = result
+        failed_ids = []
+    else:
+        # Fallback: try to unpack defensively
+        try:
+            stored, skipped_existing, skipped_no_text, emb_errors, failed_ids = result
+        except Exception:
+            _logger.error(
+                "Unexpected return shape from ensure_text_embeddings: %s", result
+            )
+            stored = skipped_existing = skipped_no_text = emb_errors = 0
+            failed_ids = []
+    # Optionally retry missing failed ids with smaller batch sizes
+    if retry_missing and failed_ids:
+        try:
+            _logger.info(
+                "Retrying %d failed embeddings with smaller batches", len(failed_ids)
+            )
+            # prefer a helper that can process only specific ids if available
+            if hasattr(text_pipeline, "ensure_text_embeddings_for_ids"):
+                text_pipeline.ensure_text_embeddings_for_ids(
+                    db_path=db_path, ids=failed_ids, model=model, batch_size=max(1, 20)
+                )
+            else:
+                # best-effort: call ensure_text_embeddings and let implementation handle limiting
+                text_pipeline.ensure_text_embeddings(
+                    db_path=db_path, model=model, batch_size=max(1, 20)
+                )
+        except Exception:
+            _logger.exception("Retrying missing embeddings failed")
+    _logger.info(
+        "Text embeddings: stored=%d, skipped_existing=%d, skipped_no_text=%d, errors=%d",
+        stored,
+        skipped_existing,
+        skipped_no_text,
+        emb_errors,
+    )
+
+    # 3. Get all windows with SVD vectors
+    windows = _get_all_windows(db_path)
+    _logger.info("Found %d windows with SVD vectors: %s", len(windows), windows)
+
+    fusion_summary = {}
+    similarity_summary = {}
+
+    for window_id in windows:
+        _logger.info("Processing window %s ...", window_id)
+
+        # 3a. Fuse
+        try:
+            result = fusion_pipeline.fuse_for_window(window_id, db_path=db_path)
+            fusion_summary[window_id] = result
+            _logger.info("  fuse_for_window(%s) -> %s", window_id, result)
+        except Exception:
+            _logger.exception("  fuse_for_window failed for %s", window_id)
+            fusion_summary[window_id] = {"error": True}
+
+        # 3b. Compute similarities
+        try:
+            inserted = similarity_compute.compute_similarities(
+                vector_type="fused",
+                window_id=window_id,
+                db_path=db_path,
+            )
+            similarity_summary[window_id] = inserted
+            _logger.info("  compute_similarities(%s) -> %d rows", window_id, inserted)
+        except Exception:
+            _logger.exception("  compute_similarities failed for %s", window_id)
+            similarity_summary[window_id] = -1
+
+    _logger.info("Finished rerun_embeddings for %s", db_path)
+
+    return {
+        "cleared_rows": cleared,
+        "embeddings_stored": stored,
+        "embeddings_skipped_no_text": skipped_no_text,
+        "embeddings_errors": emb_errors,
+        "embeddings_failed_ids": failed_ids,
+        "windows_processed": len(windows),
+        "fusion_summary": fusion_summary,
+        "similarity_summary": similarity_summary,
+    }
+
+
+def _main():
+    logging.basicConfig(
+        level=logging.INFO,
+        format="%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(name)s %(message)s",
+    )
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Re-run embeddings, fusion, similarity"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--db-path", required=True, help="Path to motions.db")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--model",
+        default=None,
+        help="Embedding model name (default: text_pipeline default)",
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    summary = rerun_embeddings(args.db_path, model=args.model)
+    print(f"cleared_rows: {summary['cleared_rows']}")
+    print(f"embeddings_stored: {summary['embeddings_stored']}")
+    print(f"embeddings_skipped_no_text: {summary['embeddings_skipped_no_text']}")
+    print(f"embeddings_errors: {summary['embeddings_errors']}")
+    print(f"windows_processed: {summary['windows_processed']}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    _main()
diff --git a/scripts/sync_motion_content.py b/scripts/sync_motion_content.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d16c708
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/sync_motion_content.py
@@ -0,0 +1,614 @@
+"""SyncFeed-based motion content enrichment.
+
+Walks four SyncFeed entity types (Besluit, Zaak, Document, DocumentVersie),
+joins them in memory to map each motion's besluit_id to a Zaak.Onderwerp title
+and an ExterneIdentifier, then fetches body text from officielebekendmakingen.nl
+and updates the motions table.
+
+Usage:
+    .venv/bin/python scripts/sync_motion_content.py --db-path data/motions.db
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import logging
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, as_completed
+from typing import Dict, Iterator, List, Optional, Tuple
+
+try:
+    import duckdb
+except Exception:  # pragma: no cover - environment may not have duckdb installed
+    duckdb = None
+import requests
+import time
+import re
+
+_logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+# Namespaces
+ATOM_NS = "http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
+NS_TK = "http://www.tweedekamer.nl/xsd/tkData/v1-0"
+
+SYNCFEED_BASE = "https://gegevensmagazijn.tweedekamer.nl/SyncFeed/2.0/Feed"
+BODY_TEXT_BASE = "https://zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl/{ext_id}.html"
+
+# Default number of concurrent body fetch workers
+MAX_BODY_WORKERS = 10
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Helpers
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def _local(tag: str) -> str:
+    """Strip XML namespace from a tag name."""
+    return tag.split("}", 1)[1] if tag.startswith("{") else tag
+
+
+def _is_deleted(element: ET.Element) -> bool:
+    return element.attrib.get(f"{{{NS_TK}}}verwijderd", "false").lower() == "true"
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Parsers  (accept ET.Element; public API also accepts XML string for tests)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def parse_besluit(element) -> Dict:
+    """Parse a Besluit element (ET.Element or XML string).
+
+    Returns dict with: id, verwijderd, zaak_refs (list of uuid strings).
+    """
+    if isinstance(element, str):
+        element = ET.fromstring(element)
+    return {
+        "id": element.attrib.get("id"),
+        "verwijderd": _is_deleted(element),
+        "zaak_refs": [
+            c.attrib["ref"]
+            for c in element
+            if _local(c.tag).lower() == "zaak" and "ref" in c.attrib
+        ],
+    }
+
+
+def parse_zaak(element) -> Dict:
+    """Parse a Zaak element (ET.Element or XML string).
+
+    Returns dict with: id, verwijderd, onderwerp, soort.
+    """
+    if isinstance(element, str):
+        element = ET.fromstring(element)
+    children = {_local(c.tag).lower(): (c.text or "").strip() for c in element}
+    return {
+        "id": element.attrib.get("id"),
+        "verwijderd": _is_deleted(element),
+        "onderwerp": children.get("onderwerp"),
+        "soort": children.get("soort"),
+    }
+
+
+def parse_document(element) -> Dict:
+    """Parse a Document element (ET.Element or XML string).
+
+    Returns dict with: id, verwijderd, zaak_refs.
+    """
+    if isinstance(element, str):
+        element = ET.fromstring(element)
+    return {
+        "id": element.attrib.get("id"),
+        "verwijderd": _is_deleted(element),
+        "zaak_refs": [
+            c.attrib["ref"]
+            for c in element
+            if _local(c.tag).lower() == "zaak" and "ref" in c.attrib
+        ],
+    }
+
+
+def parse_documentversie(element) -> Dict:
+    """Parse a DocumentVersie element (ET.Element or XML string).
+
+    Returns dict with: id, verwijderd, document_id, externe_identifier, extensie.
+    """
+    if isinstance(element, str):
+        element = ET.fromstring(element)
+    children = {_local(c.tag).lower(): c for c in element}
+    return {
+        "id": element.attrib.get("id"),
+        "verwijderd": _is_deleted(element),
+        "document_id": (
+            children["document"].attrib.get("ref") if "document" in children else None
+        ),
+        "externe_identifier": (
+            (children["externeidentifier"].text or "").strip()
+            if "externeidentifier" in children
+            else None
+        ),
+        "extensie": (
+            (children["extensie"].text or "").strip()
+            if "extensie" in children
+            else None
+        ),
+    }
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Join builders (pure in-memory; tested without HTTP)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def build_title_map(
+    besluit_index: Dict[str, Dict],
+    zaak_index: Dict[str, Dict],
+) -> Dict[str, str]:
+    """Map besluit_id -> Zaak.onderwerp, preferring soort == 'Motie'."""
+    out: Dict[str, str] = {}
+    for besluit_id, b in besluit_index.items():
+        chosen = None
+        for zid in b.get("zaak_refs", []):
+            z = zaak_index.get(zid)
+            if not z:
+                continue
+            if z.get("soort", "").lower() == "motie":
+                chosen = z
+                break
+            if chosen is None:
+                chosen = z
+        if chosen and chosen.get("onderwerp"):
+            out[besluit_id] = chosen["onderwerp"]
+    return out
+
+
+def build_ext_id_map(
+    besluit_index: Dict[str, Dict],
+    zaak_index: Dict[str, Dict],
+    doc_index: Dict[str, Dict],
+    docversie_index: Dict[str, Dict],
+) -> Dict[str, str]:
+    """Map besluit_id -> externe_identifier by following document → zaak links."""
+    # document_id -> externe_identifier (prefer html extension)
+    doc_to_ext: Dict[str, str] = {}
+    for dv in docversie_index.values():
+        ext = dv.get("externe_identifier")
+        doc_id = dv.get("document_id")
+        if ext and doc_id:
+            # prefer html over pdf when both exist
+            existing = doc_to_ext.get(doc_id)
+            if not existing or dv.get("extensie", "").lower() == "html":
+                doc_to_ext[doc_id] = ext
+
+    # Build zaak_id -> list of doc_ids
+    zaak_to_docs: Dict[str, List[str]] = {}
+    for doc in doc_index.values():
+        for zid in doc.get("zaak_refs", []):
+            zaak_to_docs.setdefault(zid, []).append(doc["id"])
+
+    out: Dict[str, str] = {}
+    for besluit_id, b in besluit_index.items():
+        found: Optional[str] = None
+        for zid in b.get("zaak_refs", []):
+            for doc_id in zaak_to_docs.get(zid, []):
+                ext = doc_to_ext.get(doc_id)
+                if ext:
+                    found = ext
+                    break
+            if found:
+                break
+        if found:
+            out[besluit_id] = found
+    return out
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# HTTP walker
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def walk_syncfeed(
+    category: str,
+    session: requests.Session,
+    start_skip_token: Optional[int] = None,
+) -> Iterator[ET.Element]:
+    """Yield entity ET.Element objects by walking a SyncFeed category."""
+    url: Optional[str] = SYNCFEED_BASE + f"?category={category}"
+    if start_skip_token:
+        url += f"&skiptoken={start_skip_token}"
+
+    pages = 0
+    while url:
+        try:
+            resp = session.get(url, timeout=30)
+            resp.raise_for_status()
+        except Exception as exc:
+            _logger.error("SyncFeed request failed (%s): %s", url, exc)
+            break
+
+        try:
+            root = ET.fromstring(resp.text)
+        except ET.ParseError as exc:
+            _logger.error("XML parse error for %s: %s", url, exc)
+            break
+
+        for entry in root.findall(f"{{{ATOM_NS}}}entry"):
+            content = entry.find(f"{{{ATOM_NS}}}content")
+            if content is None:
+                continue
+            for child in content:
+                yield child
+
+        next_link = root.find(f".//{{{ATOM_NS}}}link[@rel='next']")
+        url = next_link.attrib.get("href") if next_link is not None else None
+        pages += 1
+        if pages % 50 == 0:
+            _logger.info("  walked %d pages for category=%s", pages, category)
+
+    _logger.info("Done walking category=%s (%d pages)", category, pages)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Body text fetcher
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def _fetch_body_text(
+    ext_id: str, session: requests.Session, retries: int = 3
+) -> Optional[str]:
+    """Fetch plain text body from officielebekendmakingen.nl for ext_id.
+
+    Retries on network errors and on HTTP 5xx or 429 responses using
+    exponential backoff starting at 0.5s. On permanent failure returns None
+    and records an audit event via database.db.append_audit_event(...).
+    """
+    import time
+    import re
+    from requests import exceptions as req_exceptions
+    import database
+
+    url = BODY_TEXT_BASE.format(ext_id=ext_id)
+    attempt = 0
+    backoff = 0.5
+    last_exc = None
+    while attempt < retries:
+        attempt += 1
+        try:
+            resp = session.get(url, timeout=30)
+            # treat 5xx and 429 as transient
+            status = getattr(resp, "status_code", None)
+            if status == 429 or (status is not None and 500 <= status < 600):
+                last_exc = Exception(f"HTTP {status}")
+                raise req_exceptions.RequestException(f"HTTP {status}")
+
+            resp.raise_for_status()
+            # Very simple text extraction: strip tags
+            text = re.sub(r"<[^>]+>", " ", resp.text)
+            text = re.sub(r"\s+", " ", text).strip()
+            return text[:32_000] if text else None
+
+        except req_exceptions.RequestException as exc:
+            last_exc = exc
+            # retry for transient errors unless we've exhausted attempts
+            if attempt < retries:
+                _logger.info(
+                    "Transient body fetch error for %s (attempt %d/%d): %s; retrying in %.1fs",
+                    ext_id,
+                    attempt,
+                    retries,
+                    exc,
+                    backoff,
+                )
+                try:
+                    time.sleep(backoff)
+                except Exception:
+                    pass
+                backoff *= 2
+                continue
+
+            # exhausted retries => permanent failure
+            _logger.warning(
+                "Body text fetch permanently failed for %s: %s", ext_id, exc
+            )
+            metadata = {"attempts": attempt, "error": str(exc)}
+            try:
+                # MotionDatabase.append_audit_event signature: (actor_id, action, ...)
+                database.db.append_audit_event(
+                    None,
+                    "body_fetch_failed",
+                    target_type="document",
+                    target_id=ext_id,
+                    metadata=metadata,
+                )
+            except Exception:
+                _logger.exception(
+                    "Failed to write audit event for body fetch failure %s", ext_id
+                )
+            return None
+        except Exception as exc:  # pragma: no cover - unexpected errors
+            _logger.exception(
+                "Unexpected error fetching body text for %s: %s", ext_id, exc
+            )
+            last_exc = exc
+            break
+    # If we fall through here, ensure audit event is recorded
+    try:
+        database.db.append_audit_event(
+            None,
+            "body_fetch_failed",
+            target_type="document",
+            target_id=ext_id,
+            metadata={"attempts": retries, "error": str(last_exc)},
+        )
+    except Exception:
+        _logger.exception(
+            "Failed to write audit event for body fetch failure %s", ext_id
+        )
+    return None
+
+
+def fetch_body_texts(
+    ext_ids: List[str],
+    session: requests.Session,
+    max_workers: int = MAX_BODY_WORKERS,
+) -> Dict[str, Optional[str]]:
+    """Parallel-fetch body texts for a list of externe_identifiers."""
+    results: Dict[str, Optional[str]] = {}
+    with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=max_workers) as pool:
+        future_to_ext = {
+            pool.submit(_fetch_body_text, ext_id, session): ext_id for ext_id in ext_ids
+        }
+        done = 0
+        total = len(future_to_ext)
+        for future in as_completed(future_to_ext):
+            ext_id = future_to_ext[future]
+            try:
+                results[ext_id] = future.result()
+            except Exception as exc:
+                _logger.warning("Body text future failed for %s: %s", ext_id, exc)
+                results[ext_id] = None
+            done += 1
+            if done % 500 == 0:
+                _logger.info("  body text: %d/%d fetched", done, total)
+    return results
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# DB helpers
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def _load_besluit_ids(db_path: str) -> Dict[str, int]:
+    """Return {besluit_id: motion_id} for all motions with a besluit_id."""
+    conn = duckdb.connect(db_path, read_only=True)
+    try:
+        # Check whether the motions table actually has a besluit_id column
+        cols = conn.execute("PRAGMA table_info('motions')").fetchall()
+        col_names = [c[1] for c in cols]
+        if "besluit_id" in col_names:
+            rows = conn.execute(
+                "SELECT besluit_id, id FROM motions WHERE besluit_id IS NOT NULL"
+            ).fetchall()
+            return {r[0]: r[1] for r in rows}
+
+        # Fallback: many databases store the besluit id in the URL (last path segment).
+        # Try to extract it from the motions.url column.
+        rows = conn.execute(
+            "SELECT id, url FROM motions WHERE url IS NOT NULL"
+        ).fetchall()
+        import re
+
+        out: Dict[str, int] = {}
+        for mid, url in rows:
+            if not url:
+                continue
+            # naive extraction: last path segment
+            try:
+                seg = url.rstrip("/").split("/")[-1]
+            except Exception:
+                seg = None
+            if not seg:
+                continue
+            # accept UUID-like segments (contain a dash) or reasonably long ids
+            if ("-" in seg and len(seg) >= 8) or re.match(r"^[0-9a-fA-F]{8,}$", seg):
+                out[seg] = int(mid)
+        return out
+    finally:
+        conn.close()
+
+
+def _update_motions(
+    db_path: str,
+    updates: List[Tuple[int, Optional[str], Optional[str], Optional[str]]],
+) -> int:
+    """Batch-update motions with (motion_id, title, body_text, externe_identifier).
+
+    Returns number of rows updated.
+    """
+    if not updates:
+        return 0
+    conn = duckdb.connect(db_path)
+    try:
+        updated = 0
+        for motion_id, title, body_text, ext_id in updates:
+            parts = []
+            params: List = []
+            if title is not None:
+                parts.append("title = ?")
+                params.append(title)
+            if body_text is not None:
+                parts.append("body_text = ?")
+                params.append(body_text)
+            if ext_id is not None:
+                parts.append("externe_identifier = ?")
+                params.append(ext_id)
+            if not parts:
+                continue
+            params.append(motion_id)
+            conn.execute(f"UPDATE motions SET {', '.join(parts)} WHERE id = ?", params)
+            updated += 1
+        conn.commit()
+        return updated
+    finally:
+        conn.close()
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Main sync routine
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def sync_motion_content(db_path: str, skip_body_text: bool = False) -> Dict:
+    """Full sync: walk feeds, join, fetch body texts, update DB.
+
+    Returns summary dict with counts.
+    """
+    _logger.info("Loading motion besluit_ids from %s ...", db_path)
+    besluit_to_motion = _load_besluit_ids(db_path)
+    target_besluit_ids = set(besluit_to_motion.keys())
+    _logger.info("Found %d motions with besluit_id", len(target_besluit_ids))
+
+    session = requests.Session()
+    session.headers["Accept"] = "application/xml"
+    # Configure HTTPAdapter with a pool sized to MAX_BODY_WORKERS. Allows
+    # controlling concurrency for body text fetches via --max-body-workers.
+    try:
+        from requests.adapters import HTTPAdapter
+
+        adapter = HTTPAdapter(
+            pool_connections=MAX_BODY_WORKERS, pool_maxsize=MAX_BODY_WORKERS
+        )
+        session.mount("https://", adapter)
+        session.mount("http://", adapter)
+    except Exception:
+        _logger.debug("Could not mount HTTPAdapter for connection pooling")
+
+    # -- Walk Besluit feed (only keep those we care about) --
+    _logger.info("Walking Besluit feed ...")
+    besluit_index: Dict[str, Dict] = {}
+    for elem in walk_syncfeed("Besluit", session):
+        b = parse_besluit(elem)
+        if b["id"] and b["id"] in target_besluit_ids and not b["verwijderd"]:
+            besluit_index[b["id"]] = b
+    _logger.info("Collected %d relevant Besluit records", len(besluit_index))
+
+    # Collect all zaak_ids we need
+    needed_zaak_ids: set = set()
+    for b in besluit_index.values():
+        needed_zaak_ids.update(b["zaak_refs"])
+
+    # -- Walk Zaak feed --
+    _logger.info("Walking Zaak feed ...")
+    zaak_index: Dict[str, Dict] = {}
+    for elem in walk_syncfeed("Zaak", session):
+        z = parse_zaak(elem)
+        if z["id"] and z["id"] in needed_zaak_ids and not z["verwijderd"]:
+            zaak_index[z["id"]] = z
+    _logger.info("Collected %d Zaak records", len(zaak_index))
+
+    # -- Walk Document feed --
+    _logger.info("Walking Document feed ...")
+    doc_index: Dict[str, Dict] = {}
+    for elem in walk_syncfeed("Document", session):
+        d = parse_document(elem)
+        if d["id"] and not d["verwijderd"]:
+            if any(zid in needed_zaak_ids for zid in d["zaak_refs"]):
+                doc_index[d["id"]] = d
+    needed_doc_ids = set(doc_index.keys())
+    _logger.info("Collected %d Document records", len(doc_index))
+
+    # -- Walk DocumentVersie feed --
+    _logger.info("Walking DocumentVersie feed ...")
+    docversie_index: Dict[str, Dict] = {}
+    for elem in walk_syncfeed("DocumentVersie", session):
+        dv = parse_documentversie(elem)
+        if (
+            dv["id"]
+            and not dv["verwijderd"]
+            and dv.get("document_id") in needed_doc_ids
+        ):
+            docversie_index[dv["id"]] = dv
+    _logger.info("Collected %d DocumentVersie records", len(docversie_index))
+
+    # -- Build maps --
+    title_map = build_title_map(besluit_index, zaak_index)
+    ext_id_map = build_ext_id_map(besluit_index, zaak_index, doc_index, docversie_index)
+    _logger.info(
+        "title_map: %d entries, ext_id_map: %d entries", len(title_map), len(ext_id_map)
+    )
+
+    # -- Fetch body texts --
+    body_text_map: Dict[str, Optional[str]] = {}
+    if not skip_body_text:
+        ext_ids_to_fetch = list(set(ext_id_map.values()))
+        _logger.info(
+            "Fetching body texts for %d unique ext_ids ...", len(ext_ids_to_fetch)
+        )
+        body_text_map = fetch_body_texts(ext_ids_to_fetch, session)
+        _logger.info("Body text fetch complete")
+
+    # -- Assemble updates --
+    updates: List[Tuple[int, Optional[str], Optional[str], Optional[str]]] = []
+    for besluit_id, motion_id in besluit_to_motion.items():
+        title = title_map.get(besluit_id)
+        ext_id = ext_id_map.get(besluit_id)
+        body_text = body_text_map.get(ext_id) if ext_id else None
+        if title or ext_id or body_text:
+            updates.append((motion_id, title, body_text, ext_id))
+
+    _logger.info("Applying %d motion updates to DB ...", len(updates))
+    updated = _update_motions(db_path, updates)
+    _logger.info("Done. Updated %d motions.", updated)
+
+    return {
+        "motions_with_besluit_id": len(target_besluit_ids),
+        "besluit_records": len(besluit_index),
+        "zaak_records": len(zaak_index),
+        "document_records": len(doc_index),
+        "docversie_records": len(docversie_index),
+        "title_map_entries": len(title_map),
+        "ext_id_map_entries": len(ext_id_map),
+        "body_texts_fetched": sum(1 for v in body_text_map.values() if v),
+        "motions_updated": updated,
+    }
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# CLI
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def _main():
+    logging.basicConfig(
+        level=logging.INFO,
+        format="%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(name)s %(message)s",
+    )
+    # allow overriding MAX_BODY_WORKERS from CLI
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Sync motion content from SyncFeed")
+    parser.add_argument("--db-path", required=True, help="Path to motions.db")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--skip-body-text",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Skip fetching body text from officielebekendmakingen.nl",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--max-body-workers",
+        type=int,
+        default=MAX_BODY_WORKERS,
+        help=f"Maximum concurrent workers for fetching body text (default: {MAX_BODY_WORKERS})",
+    )
+    # Use a local copy for the default to avoid referencing the name after assignment
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    # Set module-level MAX_BODY_WORKERS based on CLI
+    try:
+        MAX_BODY_WORKERS = (
+            int(args.max_body_workers) if args.max_body_workers else MAX_BODY_WORKERS
+        )
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+    summary = sync_motion_content(args.db_path, skip_body_text=args.skip_body_text)
+    for k, v in summary.items():
+        print(f"  {k}: {v}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    _main()
diff --git a/tests/test_qa_similarity.py b/tests/test_qa_similarity.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c8d614
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_qa_similarity.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def test_qa_similarity_creates_ledger(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    # Prepare monkeypatched database.db
+    class DummyDB:
+        def sample_motions(self, sample_size):
+            assert sample_size == 2
+            return [1, 2]
+
+        def get_cached_similarities(self, motion_id, top_k):
+            # return deterministic neighbors
+            return [
+                {"id": motion_id * 10 + i, "score": 1.0 - i * 0.1} for i in range(top_k)
+            ]
+
+    dummy = DummyDB()
+
+    # Monkeypatch the database module to provide .db — use monkeypatch.setitem
+    # so the override is active for this test and auto-reverts after.
+    import types
+
+    fake_db_module = types.SimpleNamespace(db=dummy)
+
+    import sys
+
+    monkeypatch.setitem(sys.modules, "database", fake_db_module)
+
+    # Ensure thoughts/ledgers inside tmp_path
+    base = tmp_path
+    (base / "thoughts" / "ledgers").mkdir(parents=True)
+
+    # Monkeypatch cwd so ledger writes to tmp_path/thoughts
+    monkeypatch.chdir(base)
+
+    from scripts.qa_similarity import main
+
+    summary = main(db_path=":memory:", sample_size=2, top_k=3)
+
+    assert summary["sample_size"] == 2
+    assert summary["top_k"] == 3
+    assert 1 in summary["motions"]
+    assert 2 in summary["motions"]
+
+    ledger_path = Path(summary["ledger_path"])
+    assert ledger_path.exists()
+
+    data = json.loads(ledger_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+    assert "motions" in data
+    assert len(data["motions"]) == 2
diff --git a/tests/test_rerun_embeddings.py b/tests/test_rerun_embeddings.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3872b35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_rerun_embeddings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+"""Tests for scripts/rerun_embeddings.py.
+
+Monkeypatches pipeline functions directly on their bound module references
+inside rerun_embeddings. Import at module level so the real 'database' module
+is in sys.modules before any test-local sys.modules.setdefault calls run.
+"""
+
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+
+import scripts.rerun_embeddings as rer
+
+
+def test_rerun_embeddings_calls_pipeline_steps(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
+    db_file = str(tmp_path / "motions.db")
+    fake_windows = ["2022-Q3", "2023-Q1", "2024-Q2"]
+
+    called = {"ensure": False, "fuse_windows": [], "sim_windows": []}
+
+    # Patch duckdb.connect used in _clear_embeddings and _get_all_windows
+    fake_conn = MagicMock()
+    fake_conn.execute.return_value.rowcount = 0
+    fake_conn.execute.return_value.fetchall.return_value = [(w,) for w in fake_windows]
+    fake_duckdb = MagicMock()
+    fake_duckdb.connect.return_value = fake_conn
+    monkeypatch.setattr(rer, "duckdb", fake_duckdb)
+
+    # ensure_text_embeddings now returns a 5-tuple:
+    # (stored, skipped_existing, skipped_no_text, errors, failed_ids)
+    def fake_ensure(db_path=None, model=None, batch_size=50, **kwargs):
+        called["ensure"] = True
+        return (5, 0, 2, 0, [])
+
+    def fake_fuse(window_id, db_path=None):
+        called["fuse_windows"].append(window_id)
+        return {
+            "inserted": 1,
+            "skipped_missing_text": 0,
+            "skipped_missing_svd": 0,
+            "errors": 0,
+        }
+
+    def fake_sim(vector_type="fused", window_id=None, db_path=None, top_k=10, **kwargs):
+        called["sim_windows"].append(window_id)
+        return 10
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(rer.text_pipeline, "ensure_text_embeddings", fake_ensure)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(rer.fusion_pipeline, "fuse_for_window", fake_fuse)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(rer.similarity_compute, "compute_similarities", fake_sim)
+
+    summary = rer.rerun_embeddings(db_file)
+
+    assert called["ensure"] is True
+    assert called["fuse_windows"] == fake_windows
+    assert called["sim_windows"] == fake_windows
+    assert summary["windows_processed"] == len(fake_windows)
+    assert summary["embeddings_stored"] == 5
+    assert summary["embeddings_skipped_no_text"] == 2
+    assert summary["embeddings_failed_ids"] == []
+
+
+def test_rerun_retries_when_retry_missing_and_failed_ids(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
+    """When retry_missing=True and first pass returns failed_ids, retry is triggered."""
+    db_file = str(tmp_path / "motions.db")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(rer, "_clear_embeddings", lambda db_path: 0)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(rer, "_get_all_windows", lambda db_path: [])
+
+    retry_called = {"ids": None}
+
+    def fake_ensure(db_path=None, model=None, batch_size=50, **kwargs):
+        return (3, 0, 0, 2, [201, 202])
+
+    def fake_retry(db_path=None, ids=None, model=None, batch_size=10, **kwargs):
+        retry_called["ids"] = ids
+        return (2, 0, 0, 0, [])
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(rer.text_pipeline, "ensure_text_embeddings", fake_ensure)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(rer.text_pipeline, "ensure_text_embeddings_for_ids", fake_retry)
+
+    summary = rer.rerun_embeddings(db_file, retry_missing=True)
+
+    assert retry_called["ids"] is not None, "retry was not called"
+    assert set(retry_called["ids"]) == {201, 202}
+    assert summary["embeddings_failed_ids"] == [201, 202]
diff --git a/tests/test_sync_motion_content.py b/tests/test_sync_motion_content.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3c7f35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_sync_motion_content.py
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+"""Tests for scripts/sync_motion_content.py.
+
+Tests retry logic in _fetch_body_text and permanent-failure audit recording.
+"""
+
+import requests
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+
+import scripts.sync_motion_content as s
+
+
+def test_parse_besluit_simple():
+    xml = '<Besluit id="b1' + '">\n<Zaak ref="z1"/>\n</Besluit>'
+    parsed = s.parse_besluit(xml)
+    assert parsed["id"] == "b1"
+
+
+def test_fetch_body_text_retries_on_transient_error(monkeypatch):
+    """_fetch_body_text retries after a ConnectionError and returns text on success."""
+    session = MagicMock()
+    call_count = {"n": 0}
+
+    def fake_get(url, timeout=30):
+        call_count["n"] += 1
+        if call_count["n"] == 1:
+            raise requests.exceptions.ConnectionError("timeout")
+        # Second attempt succeeds
+        resp = MagicMock()
+        resp.status_code = 200
+        resp.text = "<p>body text here</p>"
+        resp.raise_for_status.return_value = None
+        return resp
+
+    session.get.side_effect = fake_get
+
+    # Patch time.sleep to avoid delays in tests
+    monkeypatch.setattr("time.sleep", lambda s: None)
+
+    result = s._fetch_body_text("ext123", session, retries=3)
+
+    assert result is not None
+    assert "body text here" in result
+    assert call_count["n"] == 2  # failed once, succeeded on second
+
+
+def test_fetch_body_text_permanent_failure_records_audit(monkeypatch):
+    """When all retries are exhausted, audit_event is recorded via database.db."""
+    session = MagicMock()
+    session.get.side_effect = requests.exceptions.ConnectionError("always fails")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr("time.sleep", lambda s: None)
+
+    # Capture the audit event call
+    audit_calls = []
+
+    import database
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        database.db,
+        "append_audit_event",
+        lambda actor_id, action, **kwargs: (
+            audit_calls.append({"action": action, **kwargs}) or True
+        ),
+    )
+
+    result = s._fetch_body_text("ext_fail", session, retries=3)
+
+    assert result is None
+    assert len(audit_calls) >= 1
+    assert audit_calls[0]["action"] == "body_fetch_failed"
+    assert audit_calls[0]["target_id"] == "ext_fail"
+
+
+def test_fetch_body_text_retries_on_5xx(monkeypatch):
+    """5xx responses are treated as transient; retried before giving up."""
+    session = MagicMock()
+    call_count = {"n": 0}
+
+    def fake_get(url, timeout=30):
+        call_count["n"] += 1
+        resp = MagicMock()
+        if call_count["n"] < 3:
+            resp.status_code = 503
+            resp.raise_for_status.return_value = None
+        else:
+            resp.status_code = 200
+            resp.text = "clean text"
+            resp.raise_for_status.return_value = None
+        return resp
+
+    session.get.side_effect = fake_get
+    monkeypatch.setattr("time.sleep", lambda s: None)
+
+    result = s._fetch_body_text("ext_5xx", session, retries=3)
+
+    assert result is not None
+    assert call_count["n"] == 3
diff --git a/tests/test_text_pipeline.py b/tests/test_text_pipeline.py
index d701cf9..8229483 100644
--- a/tests/test_text_pipeline.py
+++ b/tests/test_text_pipeline.py
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ def test_ensure_text_embeddings_monkeypatch(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
     # run ensure_text_embeddings
     from pipeline.text_pipeline import ensure_text_embeddings
 
-    stored, skipped_existing, skipped_no_text, errors = ensure_text_embeddings(
-        db_path=db_path, model="test-model"
+    stored, skipped_existing, skipped_no_text, errors, failed_ids = (
+        ensure_text_embeddings(db_path=db_path, model="test-model")
     )
 
     assert stored == 2
diff --git a/tests/test_text_pipeline_retry.py b/tests/test_text_pipeline_retry.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc35b3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_text_pipeline_retry.py
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+"""Tests for pipeline/text_pipeline.py retry behaviour.
+
+Uses monkeypatching to stub get_embeddings_with_retry and store_embedding
+so no real DB or network is needed.
+"""
+
+import pipeline.text_pipeline as tp
+import pipeline.ai_provider_wrapper as ai_wrapper
+
+
+def _make_fake_db(store_results=None):
+    """Return a minimal fake db object for text_pipeline tests."""
+    store_results = store_results or {}
+    call_log = {"stored": []}
+
+    class FakeDB:
+        db_path = ":memory:"
+
+        def store_embedding(self, motion_id, model, vec):
+            call_log["stored"].append(motion_id)
+            return store_results.get(motion_id, 1)
+
+    return FakeDB(), call_log
+
+
+def _stub_select_text(monkeypatch, rows):
+    """Patch _select_text to return predetermined (motion_id, text) rows."""
+    monkeypatch.setattr(tp, "_select_text", lambda db, model: rows)
+
+
+def _stub_counts(monkeypatch, total=10, existing=0):
+    """Patch the duckdb connection used for count queries."""
+    import types
+    from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+
+    fake_conn = MagicMock()
+    # fetchone()[0] is used twice: total_motions and existing count
+    fake_conn.execute.return_value.fetchone.side_effect = [(total,), (existing,)]
+    fake_duckdb = MagicMock()
+    fake_duckdb.connect.return_value = fake_conn
+    monkeypatch.setattr(tp, "duckdb", fake_duckdb)
+
+
+def test_all_embeddings_stored(monkeypatch):
+    """When wrapper returns an embedding for every text, stored count matches."""
+    rows = [(1, "tekst een"), (2, "tekst twee"), (3, "tekst drie")]
+    _stub_select_text(monkeypatch, rows)
+    _stub_counts(monkeypatch, total=3, existing=0)
+
+    fake_db, call_log = _make_fake_db()
+
+    def fake_wrapper(texts, motion_ids=None, model=None, batch_size=50, **kwargs):
+        return [[0.1, 0.2, 0.3] for _ in texts]
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(ai_wrapper, "get_embeddings_with_retry", fake_wrapper)
+
+    stored, skipped_existing, skipped_no_text, errors, failed_ids = (
+        tp.ensure_text_embeddings(db=fake_db, model="test-model")
+    )
+
+    assert stored == 3
+    assert errors == 0
+    assert failed_ids == []
+    assert skipped_no_text == 0
+    assert set(call_log["stored"]) == {1, 2, 3}
+
+
+def test_partial_failure_populates_failed_ids(monkeypatch):
+    """When wrapper returns None for some items, those ids appear in failed_ids."""
+    rows = [(10, "text a"), (11, "text b"), (12, "text c")]
+    _stub_select_text(monkeypatch, rows)
+    _stub_counts(monkeypatch, total=3, existing=0)
+
+    fake_db, call_log = _make_fake_db()
+
+    def fake_wrapper(texts, motion_ids=None, model=None, batch_size=50, **kwargs):
+        # Return embedding for first, None for second, embedding for third
+        return (
+            [[0.1] for _ in range(len(texts))]
+            if len(texts) != 3
+            else [
+                [0.1, 0.2],
+                None,  # motion_id=11 fails
+                [0.3, 0.4],
+            ]
+        )
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(ai_wrapper, "get_embeddings_with_retry", fake_wrapper)
+
+    stored, skipped_existing, skipped_no_text, errors, failed_ids = (
+        tp.ensure_text_embeddings(db=fake_db, model="test-model")
+    )
+
+    assert stored == 2
+    assert errors == 1
+    assert 11 in failed_ids
+    assert 10 not in failed_ids
+    assert 12 not in failed_ids
+
+
+def test_no_text_motions_skipped(monkeypatch):
+    """Motions with empty text are counted as skipped_no_text, not sent to wrapper."""
+    rows = [(20, "has text"), (21, ""), (22, None)]
+    _stub_select_text(monkeypatch, rows)
+    _stub_counts(monkeypatch, total=3, existing=0)
+
+    fake_db, call_log = _make_fake_db()
+    wrapper_calls = {"count": 0}
+
+    def fake_wrapper(texts, motion_ids=None, model=None, batch_size=50, **kwargs):
+        wrapper_calls["count"] += len(texts)
+        return [[0.1] for _ in texts]
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(ai_wrapper, "get_embeddings_with_retry", fake_wrapper)
+
+    stored, _, skipped_no_text, errors, failed_ids = tp.ensure_text_embeddings(
+        db=fake_db, model="test-model"
+    )
+
+    assert skipped_no_text == 2  # motions 21 and 22 have no text
+    assert stored == 1  # only motion 20 was stored
+    assert wrapper_calls["count"] == 1  # wrapper only received 1 text
diff --git a/thoughts/shared/designs/2026-03-23-motion-content-enrichment-next-steps-design.md b/thoughts/shared/designs/2026-03-23-motion-content-enrichment-next-steps-design.md
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+---
+date: 2026-03-23
+topic: "motion content enrichment - next steps"
+status: draft
+---
+
+## Problem Statement
+
+We successfully ingested SyncFeed motion content, fetched body texts, re-embedded motives, ran fusion (SVD-based) and rebuilt the similarity cache. The pipeline ran end-to-end but showed intermittent failures (embedding provider batch failures, connection-pool warnings) and produced a small number of missing body_texts and potential spurious similarity hits.
+
+**Goal:** Stabilize and harden the motion content enrichment + embedding/fusion/similarity pipeline so it runs reliably, is testable, and produces high-quality similarity results for production use.
+
+## Constraints
+
+- **Do not modify** app.py or scheduler.py.
+- Use **DuckDB only** (data/motions.db) and open/close connections per method; avoid long-lived global connections.
+- No print() calls in library modules — use logging.getLogger(__name__).
+- Tests must continue to run under the existing pytest setup and monkeypatching in CI.
+- Avoid YAGNI features: only add monitoring/metrics that are actionable and low-effort.
+
+## Approach (chosen)
+
+I'm leaning toward an **incremental hardening** approach: small, high-impact fixes and QA steps first (low effort, immediate benefit), then follow with a short set of robustness improvements (retries, backoff, audit events) and targeted tests. This minimizes risk and gives quick confidence that the bulk import can be re-run safely.
+
+Alternatives considered:
+- Full rewrite of SyncFeed walker to a resilient state-machine (higher effort; unnecessary today).
+- Push heavy-duty observability (Prometheus + Grafana) immediately (high overhead; defer to specific metrics and logs first).
+
+I chose incremental hardening because it fixes the concrete failures we saw (provider batch errors, connection pool warnings, one 404 body) quickly and keeps the codebase small and testable.
+
+## Architecture
+
+High-level components:
+- **SyncFeed sync script** (scripts/sync_motion_content.py): walk feeds, build title/ext-id maps, fetch body text, update DB.
+- **Text embedding pipeline** (pipeline/text_pipeline.py, scripts/rerun_embeddings.py): convert selected text into embeddings, with provider retry logic.
+- **Fusion/SVD pipeline** (pipeline/fusion.py, pipeline/svd_pipeline.py): fuse embeddings per-window and produce fused vectors.
+- **Similarity compute & lookup** (similarity/compute.py, similarity/lookup.py): compute pairwise similarities and populate cache.
+- **DB layer** (database.py, migrations): motions table (body_text, externe_identifier), fused_embeddings, svd_vectors, similarity_cache and audit events.
+- **Audit & continuity** (thoughts/ledgers/*, audit_events table): record run summaries and per-window results.
+
+Responsibilities are unchanged; we add a small **ai_provider wrapper** and an **operations script** for QA and rerun orchestration.
+
+## Components & Responsibilities
+
+- **sync_motion_content.py**: keep as-is; add more granular logging and a CLI flag to limit to a subset (for QA). Responsible for idempotent updates.
+- **_fetch_body_text / fetch_body_texts**: reduce max_workers or add retry on transient HTTP errors; wrap requests.Session with adapters to control pool size.
+- **text_pipeline.ai_provider**: add a small retry/backoff wrapper that retries failed batches with exponential backoff and a fallback to smaller batch_size.
+- **scripts/rerun_embeddings.py**: expose a `--retry-missing` mode that detects missing embeddings and retries with smaller batches.
+- **similarity.compute**: keep padding logic; add a filter to avoid trivial 1.0 matches for extremely short titles (query/UI should also filter but apply DB-side filter for safety).
+- **migrations**: add audit_events or mark which motions failed fetch/embedding for manual review.
+- **tests**: add deterministic tests for retry behavior and for the QA-sample similarity checks.
+
+## Data Flow
+
+1. Walk SyncFeed (Besluit, Zaak, Document, DocumentVersie) → parse elements.
+2. Build **title_map** and **ext_id_map** in-memory.
+3. Fetch body_texts in parallel (ThreadPoolExecutor) → map ext_id -> body_text.
+4. Update motions table with title, externe_identifier, body_text.
+5. Run text embeddings for motions (COALESCE priority: layman_explanation → body_text → description → title).
+6. Fuse embeddings per-window (svd_vectors) → produce fused_embeddings.
+7. Compute similarity cache per-window and insert rows.
+8. QA checks and audit logs produced for runs.
+
+## Error Handling Strategy
+
+- **HTTP / body fetches:** add per-ext_id retries (3 attempts) with short exponential backoff; capture and store failures in audit_events table for manual follow-up.
+- **Connection pool warnings:** reduce ThreadPoolExecutor concurrency (configurable flag) and attach a requests.adapters HTTPAdapter with a limited pool size to avoid 'Connection pool is full' warnings.
+- **Embedding provider failures:** implement a wrapper which:
+  - retries batches up to N times with exponential backoff,
+  - on persistent failure, retry missing items with a smaller batch_size,
+  - mark failed motion ids in an audit table rather than blocking the entire run.
+- **Similarity anomalies (1.0 scores):** filter out identity matches and very-short-text matches when building similarity cache; record these in diagnostics output.
+
+## Testing Strategy
+
+- Add unit tests for parser functions (already present) to cover edge cases seen in real SyncFeed XML.
+- Add a unit test for the ai_provider retry wrapper that simulates provider failures and verifies fallback to smaller batches.
+- Add an integration QA script (scripts/qa_similarity.py) that:
+  - samples N motions across windows,
+  - runs lookup.similarity and asserts results are within expected ranges (e.g., top-5 not all 1.0 unless identical text),
+  - outputs a short summary JSON saved to thoughts/ledgers/ for each run.
+- CI: run the new provider-retry test and the QA script with a small dataset (mocked provider) to ensure no regressions.
+
+## Actionable Next Steps (prioritized)
+
+1. Quick QA (1 day) — sample 50 motions and inspect similarity quality.
+   - Implement scripts/qa_similarity.py (sample + assert heuristics).
+   - Run locally and record summary in thoughts/ledgers.
+
+2. Small robustness fixes (1–2 days) — low-risk changes with big wins.
+   - Add ai_provider retry/backoff wrapper and unit tests.
+   - Add `--max-body-workers` CLI flag and drop default to 10; add per-request retries.
+   - Add `--retry-missing` mode to rerun_embeddings to retry failed batches with smaller sizes.
+
+3. Observability & audit (1 day) — make failures visible and actionable.
+   - Add audit_events table rows when body_text fetch or embedding fails.
+   - Write an end-of-run JSON summary (already done) and attach per-window stats to ledger.
+
+4. Safety filters & dedupe (0.5 day)
+   - Add a small DB-side filter to skip trivial identical-title matches in similarity cache.
+   - Audit SVD windows for duplication and dedupe if needed.
+
+5. Run full re-run (off-peak) and validate (1 day)
+   - Re-run embeddings, fusion and similarity; run QA script and review ledgers.
+
+Estimated total: 3–5 days of focused work.
+
+## Open Questions
+
+- Do we want to persist per-item failure flags in DuckDB (audit_events) or just in ledgers? I recommend adding an **audit_events** table to speed triage.
+- What SLA / acceptance criteria should we use for similarity quality? E.g., maximum allowed fraction of top-1 exact-title matches for non-identical motions.
+- Are we comfortable reducing body fetch concurrency by default, or should we attempt a more adaptive concurrency strategy?
+
+---
+
+I'm proceeding to create the design doc. Interrupt if you want changes.
diff --git a/thoughts/shared/plans/2026-03-23-motion-content-enrichment-plan.md b/thoughts/shared/plans/2026-03-23-motion-content-enrichment-plan.md
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+# motion content enrichment — implementation plan
+
+Goal: Implement the prioritized incremental hardening from the design (2026-03-23) so the SyncFeed → embedding → fusion → similarity pipeline is more robust, observable, and testable. Break the work into small, independent micro-tasks (one file + its test per task) so many implementers can work in parallel.
+
+Design doc: thoughts/shared/designs/2026-03-23-motion-content-enrichment-next-steps-design.md
+
+Architecture summary (what I'll implement)
+- Add a small audit API on MotionDatabase so code can record per-item failures in a stable place (or fall back to a ledger file if DuckDB is not present).
+- Add a dedicated ai_provider retry/fallback wrapper that:
+  - retries failed batches (exponential backoff),
+  - on persistent failure retries missing items with smaller batch sizes,
+  - returns aligned embedding results (None for failed items),
+  - records persistent failures to audit_events (using MotionDatabase.append_audit_event).
+- Wire text embedding pipeline to use the wrapper and return failed ids (so rerun script can retry them).
+- Add a `--max-body-workers` CLI option to scripts/sync_motion_content.py, reduce default to 10 and add per-request retries.
+- Add `--retry-missing` to scripts/rerun_embeddings.py: rerun missing failed items with smaller batches.
+- Add a DB-side safety filter in similarity.compute to avoid inserting trivial 1.0 matches for very-short identical titles.
+- Add a small QA script scripts/qa_similarity.py that samples windows/motions and writes a short JSON ledger for manual review.
+- Add focused unit tests for the new behaviours (ai retry wrapper, DB audit append, sync body fetch retries, rerun retry mode, similarity filter, QA script).
+
+Decisions / gap filling (why these concrete choices)
+- Audit recording: implement MotionDatabase.append_audit_event that writes to audit_events table if present, else appends to thoughts/ledgers/audit_events.json. Rationale: migration SQL is a commented placeholder; making DB write optional keeps tests and CI safe; writing to ledgers is actionable and durable for triage.
+- ai retry backoff params: default retries=3, initial_backoff=0.5s, jitter ±10%, fallback smaller_batch_size = max(1, batch_size // 2). Rationale: conservative defaults that map to design and are implementable/testable.
+- fetch_body_text retries: 3 attempts per ext_id with small exponential backoff (0.5s). Use requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter(pool_connections=10, pool_maxsize=10) to limit pool size and avoid pool warnings. Default max workers lowered to 10.
+- Interface changes: ensure_text_embeddings will return an extended result with failed_ids as a 5th element: (stored, skipped_existing, skipped_no_text, errors, failed_ids). I will update rerun_embeddings and its tests accordingly. Rationale: rerun needs failed ids; propagating as return value is simplest and testable.
+- All new code uses logging.getLogger(__name__) (no print in library modules) to obey constraints.
+- Tests will use monkeypatching/mocks to avoid network/DB dependencies.
+
+Dependency graph (high level)
+
+Batch 1 (foundation, parallel): tasks 1.1–1.4 (no interdeps except where noted).  
+Batch 2 (core, parallel): tasks 2.1–2.3 (depend on Batch 1).  
+Batch 3 (safety & QA, parallel): task 3.1 (depends on Batch 2 and Batch 1).
+
+```
+Batch 1 (parallel): 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
+Batch 2 (parallel): 2.1, 2.2, 2.3  [depends on Batch 1]
+Batch 3 (parallel): 3.1            [depends on Batch 2]
+```
+
+---
+
+## Batch 1: Foundation (parallel - 4 implementers)
+
+All tasks in this batch have NO (external) dependencies except where noted.
+
+### Task 1.1: MotionDatabase.append_audit_event
+**Owner:** implementer (author)  
+**Estimate:** 2 hours  
+**Depends:** none  
+**Description:** Add an append_audit_event(...) helper to database.MotionDatabase. This method will attempt to INSERT a row into an audit_events table (if the table exists). If DuckDB is not available or the table does not exist, append the event to a JSON file under thoughts/ledgers/audit_events.json. This provides a stable place to record per-item failures without forcing a migration to run during tests/CI.
+
+**File:** `database.py` (modify: add method)  
+**Test:** `tests/test_database_audit.py` (new)
+
+Implementation notes (decisions):
+- Signature: append_audit_event(actor_id: str | None, action: str, target_type: str | None = None, target_id: str | None = None, metadata: dict | None = None) -> bool
+- Behavior:
+  - If duckdb is None: write (append) to thoughts/ledgers/audit_events.json as list of event objects (create file/dir as needed).
+  - If duckdb present: run "INSERT INTO audit_events (... )" wrapped in try/except; if table missing or INSERT fails, fall back to writing to the ledger file.
+  - Do not raise; log at appropriate levels and return True if recorded somewhere, False otherwise.
+- Use uuid.uuid4() for id and UTC timestamp for created_at.
+- Use logging.getLogger(__name__) for messages.
+
+Test (complete list):
+- tests/test_database_audit.py
+  - Case A (duckdb=None emulation): monkeypatch database.duckdb = None, ensure Ledger file created and content contains the event.
+  - Case B (duckdb present but table insertion raises): monkeypatch duckdb.connect to a MagicMock that raises on execute -> verify fallback to ledger file.
+  - Verify method returns True when written to ledger, and that JSON is valid.
+
+Verify:
+- pytest -q tests/test_database_audit.py
+
+Commit message suggestion:
+- feat(db): add append_audit_event helper to MotionDatabase (ledger fallback)
+
+---
+
+### Task 1.2: ai provider retry/fallback wrapper
+**Owner:** implementer  
+**Estimate:** 3 hours  
+**Depends:** 1.1 (uses MotionDatabase.append_audit_event)  
+**Description:** Add a small module that wraps ai_provider.get_embeddings_batch to provide robust retries and fallback to smaller batch sizes. The wrapper returns a list of embeddings aligned with inputs; for items that permanently fail we return None in-place and record an audit event via MotionDatabase.append_audit_event.
+
+**File:** `pipeline/ai_provider_wrapper.py` (new)  
+**Test:** `tests/test_ai_provider_wrapper.py` (new)
+
+Implementation details:
+- Provide function get_embeddings_with_retry(texts: list[str], motion_ids: list[int] | None = None, model: str | None = None, batch_size: int = 50, retries: int = 3) -> list[Optional[list[float]]]
+- Approach:
+  - Iterate inputs in chunks of batch_size.
+  - For each chunk:
+    - Try ai_provider.get_embeddings_batch(chunk, model=model, batch_size=batch_size) up to `retries` with exponential backoff (initial_backoff=0.5s, jitter).
+    - If a chunk continuously fails, split the chunk into subchunks (smaller_batch_size = max(1, batch_size // 2)) and retry the subchunks with the same logic.
+    - If an individual text still fails, mark the corresponding index result as None and record an audit event via MotionDatabase.append_audit_event with action='embedding_failed' and metadata including model, exception message, and attempts.
+  - Return a results list of the same length as inputs (embedding lists or None).
+- Use MotionDatabase(db_path=...) only if a db_path is provided in env/config or via optional parameter — by default use database.db (existing module-level db instance) to call append_audit_event.
+- Keep function pure enough to be unit-tested by monkeypatching ai_provider.get_embeddings_batch and MotionDatabase.append_audit_event.
+
+Test cases:
+- test successful batch returns embeddings aligned to inputs
+- test simulated transient failure where first attempt fails and second succeeds (observed retry)
+- test persistent chunk failure triggers fallback to smaller chunks and eventual audit appended for failing items (verify append_audit_event called with expected metadata)
+- tests use monkeypatch to stub ai_provider.get_embeddings_batch behavior and MotionDatabase.append_audit_event
+
+Verify:
+- pytest -q tests/test_ai_provider_wrapper.py
+
+Commit:
+- feat(pipeline): ai provider retry/fallback wrapper
+
+---
+
+### Task 1.3: QA script — scripts/qa_similarity.py
+**Owner:** implementer  
+**Estimate:** 2 hours  
+**Depends:** none  
+**Description:** Add a small script that samples N motions across windows, runs similarity lookup for each sampled motion, asserts simple heuristics (e.g., top-5 are not all score==1.0 except identical IDs), and writes a JSON summary into thoughts/ledgers/qa_similarity_{timestamp}.json. This script is meant to be run manually/CI for a quick QA check.
+
+**File:** `scripts/qa_similarity.py` (new)  
+**Test:** `tests/test_qa_similarity.py` (new)
+
+Implementation notes:
+- CLI: --db-path, --sample-size (default 50), --top-k (default 5)
+- Implementation uses MotionDatabase to select a small set of motions and similarity.get_cached_similarities (or MotionDatabase.get_cached_similarities) to evaluate neighbors.
+- The script returns a dict summary which is also written to a uniquely named JSON under thoughts/ledgers/.
+- For tests, monkeypatch MotionDatabase to return deterministic samples and similarities; verify the script produces the expected JSON summary and returns reasonable pass/fail flags.
+
+Verify:
+- pytest -q tests/test_qa_similarity.py
+- Run manually: python scripts/qa_similarity.py --db-path data/motions.db --sample-size 10
+
+Commit:
+- feat(scripts): add QA similarity sampling script and ledger writer
+
+---
+
+### Task 1.4: sync_motion_content — reduce concurrency, add per-ext_id retry, add CLI flag
+**Owner:** implementer  
+**Estimate:** 3 hours  
+**Depends:** 1.1 (write failures to audit via MotionDatabase.append_audit_event)  
+**Description:** Harden the body text fetcher:
+- Add CLI flag `--max-body-workers` (default reduce to 10).
+- Use requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter(pool_connections=10, pool_maxsize=10) when creating the requests.Session in sync_motion_content.
+- Implement per-ext_id retry in _fetch_body_text: try up to 3 times with exponential backoff on network errors/5xx/429.
+- When a body_text fetch permanently fails, call MotionDatabase.append_audit_event(action='body_fetch_failed', target_type='document', target_id=ext_id, metadata=...) so failures are recorded.
+
+**File:** `scripts/sync_motion_content.py` (modify)  
+**Test:** `tests/test_sync_motion_content.py` (new)
+
+Implementation details:
+- Add parser.add_argument("--max-body-workers", type=int, default=10, help=...) in CLI
+- When creating session: mount HTTPAdapter with pool_maxsize equal to max_body_workers (requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter(pool_maxsize=...)). Also set session.adapters["https://"] = adapter.
+- Modify _fetch_body_text(ext_id, session) to attempt up to 3 tries and return None on exhaustion; log appropriately; call db.append_audit_event when permanently failing (db from database.db).
+- Update fetch_body_texts to pass max_workers param through as already implemented, but default constant MAX_BODY_WORKERS should be set to 10 at top of file.
+
+Test plan:
+- Test that _fetch_body_text retries: monkeypatch session.get to fail first (raise requests.ConnectionError) and succeed second; verify returned text is successful and that only as many attempts occurred as expected.
+- Test permanent failure case: monkeypatch session.get to always raise and verify MotionDatabase.append_audit_event was called (monkeypatch database.db.append_audit_event).
+- Test fetch_body_texts respects max_workers param by running small set and monkeypatching ThreadPoolExecutor to observe max_workers argument (or call with small size and assert function returns mapped results).
+
+Verify:
+- pytest -q tests/test_sync_motion_content.py
+- Manual run: python scripts/sync_motion_content.py --db-path data/motions.db --max-body-workers 10
+
+Commit:
+- feat(sync): add per-ext_id retries and --max-body-workers flag (defaults to 10), record failures to audit
+
+---
+
+## Batch 2: Core modules (parallel - 3 implementers)
+
+These tasks depend on Batch 1 (ai wrapper and audit method must be present).
+
+### Task 2.1: text_pipeline — use ai wrapper & return failed_ids
+**Owner:** implementer  
+**Estimate:** 3 hours  
+**Depends:** 1.2 (ai_provider_wrapper) and 1.1 (audit)  
+**Description:** Modify pipeline/text_pipeline.py to call the new ai_provider_wrapper.get_embeddings_with_retry instead of ai_provider.get_embeddings_batch. Extend ensure_text_embeddings to collect indexes/ids of motions which failed to get embeddings and return them as a fifth element: (stored, skipped_existing, skipped_no_text, errors, failed_ids). Keep logging behavior similar but include a log line reporting failed_ids for the run.
+
+**File:** `pipeline/text_pipeline.py` (modify)  
+**Test:** `tests/test_text_pipeline_retry.py` (new)
+
+Implementation details:
+- Replace the ai_provider.get_embeddings_batch(batch_texts, ...) call with wrapper.get_embeddings_with_retry(batch_texts, batch_ids, model=model, batch_size=batch_size, retries=3).
+- The wrapper returns list aligned with batch_texts containing either embedding list or None. For each None, increment errors and append motion_id to failed_ids.
+- At the end of ensure_text_embeddings, return stored, skipped_existing, skipped_no_text, errors, failed_ids.
+- Also ensure docstring updated.
+- Keep existing counting and logging; existing callers will be updated in Task 2.2.
+
+Test plan:
+- Unit test that ensure_text_embeddings:
+  - when wrapper returns embeddings for all batch items, stored increments as expected.
+  - when wrapper returns None for some items, those motion_ids included in failed_ids and errors counts reflect them.
+- Use monkeypatch to stub pipeline.ai_provider_wrapper.get_embeddings_with_retry and database.db.store_embedding.
+
+Verify:
+- pytest -q tests/test_text_pipeline_retry.py
+
+Commit:
+- feat(pipeline): use ai_provider wrapper for robust embeddings and return failed ids
+
+---
+
+### Task 2.2: rerun_embeddings — add --retry-missing mode and wire re-run
+**Owner:** implementer  
+**Estimate:** 2.5 hours  
+**Depends:** 2.1 (ensure_text_embeddings new return)  
+**Description:** Add a CLI flag `--retry-missing` to scripts/rerun_embeddings.py. When set, after the main ensure_text_embeddings call, if the returned `failed_ids` list is non-empty, attempt to re-run embedding for just those failed motion ids using smaller batch_size (e.g., half) via a new helper in text_pipeline (call ensure_text_embeddings with an argument to limit to a provided list OR use a new function text_pipeline.embed_given_ids(...)). To keep changes minimal, call ensure_text_embeddings with a temporary limit and the wrapper can accept a `motion_ids` argument. The script should record audit events for items that still fail after retry.
+
+**File:** `scripts/rerun_embeddings.py` (modify)  
+**Test:** `tests/test_rerun_embeddings.py` (modify — existing test)  
+
+Implementation notes:
+- Add parser.add_argument("--retry-missing", action="store_true", help=...).
+- After first ensure_text_embeddings, expect a 5-tuple. If retry_missing and failed_ids exist, call a second short pass: call text_pipeline.get_embeddings_for_ids(db_path=db_path, ids=failed_ids, model=model, batch_size=max(1, batch_size // 2)). Option: reuse ensure_text_embeddings by adding optional parameter to accept a list of motion ids (we added returning failed_ids earlier; modify text_pipeline to accept motion_id list). Implementation choice: add new helper function in text_pipeline called ensure_text_embeddings_for_ids, and use it here.
+- Update tests/test_rerun_embeddings.py to monkeypatch the new text_pipeline helper and simulate that first call returns failed_ids and second call resolves them; assert rerun called accordingly and summary contains expected fields.
+
+Test changes:
+- Update tests/test_rerun_embeddings.py to reflect that text_pipeline.ensure_text_embeddings returns five values and to simulate --retry-missing behavior.
+- Keep the existing expectations in the test (we will extend them to include failed_ids handling).
+
+Verify:
+- pytest -q tests/test_rerun_embeddings.py
+- Manual run: python scripts/rerun_embeddings.py --db-path data/motions.db --retry-missing
+
+Commit:
+- feat(scripts): add --retry-missing to rerun_embeddings and retry failed items with smaller batches
+
+---
+
+### Task 2.3: similarity.compute — DB-side safety filter to avoid trivial 1.0 matches
+**Owner:** implementer  
+**Estimate:** 3 hours  
+**Depends:** none (reads existing DB)  
+**Description:** Add a small DB-side filter before inserting similarity rows that filters out suspicious 1.0 matches between different motions when the titles are extremely short (heuristic: identical titles with length < 12 characters). Add diagnostic logging for filtered pairs.
+
+**File:** `similarity/compute.py` (modify)  
+**Test:** `tests/test_similarity_compute_filter.py` (new)
+
+Implementation details:
+- After building rows_to_insert (list of dicts with source/target ids & score), perform:
+  - If score == 1.0 (or very near 1.0 with tolerance e.g., > 0.999999), fetch titles for the set of involved ids (single query: SELECT id, title FROM motions WHERE id IN (...)).
+  - For each candidate row with perfect/near-perfect score, if motion titles are equal and len(title.strip()) < 12, skip insertion and log debug/info that pair was filtered due to trivial short identical title.
+- The threshold 12 chosen conservatively (document in commit).
+- Keep inserted count and return behavior unchanged.
+- Make sure DB connections are opened/closed per method.
+
+Test plan:
+- Construct a minimal in-memory or duckdb-mocked scenario where two different motion ids have identical short title and their vectors produce 1.0 similarity. Monkeypatch duckdb.connect to return rows such that compute_similarities will produce rows_to_insert including a 1.0. Verify store_similarity_batch is not called for that row (monkeypatch MotionDatabase.store_similarity_batch or spy on db.store_similarity_batch calls).
+
+Verify:
+- pytest -q tests/test_similarity_compute_filter.py
+
+Commit:
+- fix(similarity): filter trivial 1.0 matches for very-short identical titles
+
+---
+
+## Batch 3: Observability / Integration (parallel - 1-2 implementers)
+
+These are small finishing tasks (audit/ledgers, small extras).
+
+### Task 3.1: Tests & CI adjustments, docs, ledger examples
+**Owner:** reviewer (PR reviewer)  
+**Estimate:** 2 hours  
+**Depends:** all tasks above (1.1–2.3)  
+**Description:** After the code is in, run full test suite, fix any flaky tests, add short README note in thoughts/ledgers/ about how to run QA script and how audit_events fallback works. Add a small example ledger created by QA script if helpful.
+
+**Files:** (changes/additions)
+- `thoughts/shared/plans/2026-03-23-motion-content-enrichment-plan.md` (this plan — created)
+- `thoughts/ledgers/README_motion_enrichment.md` (new, optional)
+- No dedicated unit test for this task; it's a reviewer/integration task.
+
+Verification:
+- Run full tests: pytest
+- Run QA script locally: python scripts/qa_similarity.py --db-path data/motions.db --sample-size 10
+- Inspect thoughts/ledgers/qa_similarity_*.json and audit_events ledger file.
+
+Commit:
+- docs(ledgers): document QA and audit fallback behavior
+
+---
+
+## Test / Verification summary (per-task commands)
+
+- Task 1.1
+  - pytest -q tests/test_database_audit.py
+- Task 1.2
+  - pytest -q tests/test_ai_provider_wrapper.py
+- Task 1.3
+  - pytest -q tests/test_qa_similarity.py
+  - python scripts/qa_similarity.py --db-path data/motions.db --sample-size 10
+- Task 1.4
+  - pytest -q tests/test_sync_motion_content.py
+  - python scripts/sync_motion_content.py --db-path data/motions.db --max-body-workers 10 --skip-body-text (dry run)
+- Task 2.1
+  - pytest -q tests/test_text_pipeline_retry.py
+- Task 2.2
+  - pytest -q tests/test_rerun_embeddings.py
+  - python scripts/rerun_embeddings.py --db-path data/motions.db --retry-missing
+- Task 2.3
+  - pytest -q tests/test_similarity_compute_filter.py
+
+Full suite verification:
+- pytest -q
+
+---
+
+If you want I can now:
+- generate the apply_patch to create the files and tests described (one patch containing all files), or
+- create the plan file only (this document was requested) — I have it ready at: thoughts/shared/plans/2026-03-23-motion-content-enrichment-plan.md
+
+Which would you like next?