diff --git a/surfsense_backend/app/indexing_pipeline/exceptions.py b/surfsense_backend/app/indexing_pipeline/exceptions.py
index 14f2df066..ba6b68520 100644
--- a/surfsense_backend/app/indexing_pipeline/exceptions.py
+++ b/surfsense_backend/app/indexing_pipeline/exceptions.py
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ from litellm.exceptions import (
     Timeout,
     UnprocessableEntityError,
 )
-from sqlalchemy.exc import IntegrityError, InvalidRequestError, OperationalError
-from sqlalchemy.orm.exc import DetachedInstanceError
+from sqlalchemy.exc import IntegrityError
 
 # Tuples for use directly in except clauses.
 RETRYABLE_LLM_ERRORS = (
@@ -34,18 +33,6 @@ PERMANENT_LLM_ERRORS = (
     APIResponseValidationError,
 )
 
-TRANSIENT_DB_ERRORS = (
-    OperationalError,
-    IntegrityError,
-)
-
-# Session is broken after these — re-raise instead of attempting further DB calls.
-FATAL_DB_ERRORS = (
-    InvalidRequestError,
-    DetachedInstanceError,
-)
-
-
 # (LiteLLMEmbeddings, CohereEmbeddings, GeminiEmbeddings all normalize to RuntimeError).
 EMBEDDING_ERRORS = (
     RuntimeError,  # local device failure or API backend normalization
diff --git a/surfsense_backend/app/indexing_pipeline/indexing_pipeline_service.py b/surfsense_backend/app/indexing_pipeline/indexing_pipeline_service.py
index 70c25fcfe..23f4022b0 100644
--- a/surfsense_backend/app/indexing_pipeline/indexing_pipeline_service.py
+++ b/surfsense_backend/app/indexing_pipeline/indexing_pipeline_service.py
@@ -12,10 +12,8 @@ from app.indexing_pipeline.document_persistence import attach_chunks_to_document
 from app.indexing_pipeline.document_summarizer import summarize_document
 from app.indexing_pipeline.exceptions import (
     EMBEDDING_ERRORS,
-    FATAL_DB_ERRORS,
     PERMANENT_LLM_ERRORS,
     RETRYABLE_LLM_ERRORS,
-    TRANSIENT_DB_ERRORS,
     IntegrityError,
     PipelineMessages,
     embedding_message,
@@ -25,11 +23,7 @@ from app.indexing_pipeline.exceptions import (
 )
 from app.indexing_pipeline.pipeline_logger import (
     PipelineLogContext,
-    log_batch_aborted,
     log_chunking_overflow,
-    log_db_fatal_error,
-    log_db_transient_error,
-    log_doc_skipped_db,
     log_doc_skipped_unknown,
     log_document_queued,
     log_document_requeued,
@@ -129,15 +123,8 @@ class IndexingPipelineService:
                 documents.append(document)
                 log_document_queued(ctx)
 
-            except FATAL_DB_ERRORS as e:
-                log_batch_aborted(ctx, e)
-                await self.session.rollback()
-                return []
-            except TRANSIENT_DB_ERRORS as e:
-                log_doc_skipped_db(ctx, e)
             except Exception as e:
                 log_doc_skipped_unknown(ctx, e)
-                continue
 
         try:
             await self.session.commit()
@@ -214,14 +201,6 @@ class IndexingPipelineService:
             log_embedding_error(ctx, e)
             await rollback_and_persist_failure(self.session, document, embedding_message(e))
 
-        except FATAL_DB_ERRORS as e:
-            log_db_fatal_error(ctx, e)
-            raise
-
-        except TRANSIENT_DB_ERRORS as e:
-            log_db_transient_error(ctx, e)
-            await rollback_and_persist_failure(self.session, document, PipelineMessages.DB_TRANSIENT)
-
         except Exception as e:
             log_unexpected_error(ctx, e)
             await rollback_and_persist_failure(self.session, document, safe_exception_message(e))
diff --git a/surfsense_backend/app/indexing_pipeline/pipeline_logger.py b/surfsense_backend/app/indexing_pipeline/pipeline_logger.py
index 771b50645..fb1c7e5e0 100644
--- a/surfsense_backend/app/indexing_pipeline/pipeline_logger.py
+++ b/surfsense_backend/app/indexing_pipeline/pipeline_logger.py
@@ -79,18 +79,10 @@ def log_document_requeued(ctx: PipelineLogContext) -> None:
     _safe_log(logger.info, LogMessages.DOCUMENT_REQUEUED, ctx)
 
 
-def log_doc_skipped_db(ctx: PipelineLogContext, exc: Exception) -> None:
-    _safe_log(logger.warning, LogMessages.DOC_SKIPPED_DB, ctx, error=exc)
-
-
 def log_doc_skipped_unknown(ctx: PipelineLogContext, exc: Exception) -> None:
     _safe_log(logger.warning, LogMessages.DOC_SKIPPED_UNKNOWN, ctx, exc_info=exc, error=exc)
 
 
-def log_batch_aborted(ctx: PipelineLogContext, exc: Exception) -> None:
-    _safe_log(logger.critical, LogMessages.BATCH_ABORTED, ctx, exc_info=exc, error=exc)
-
-
 def log_race_condition(ctx: PipelineLogContext) -> None:
     _safe_log(logger.warning, LogMessages.RACE_CONDITION, ctx)
 
@@ -121,13 +113,5 @@ def log_chunking_overflow(ctx: PipelineLogContext, exc: Exception) -> None:
     _safe_log(logger.error, LogMessages.CHUNKING_OVERFLOW, ctx, exc_info=exc, error=exc)
 
 
-def log_db_transient_error(ctx: PipelineLogContext, exc: Exception) -> None:
-    _safe_log(logger.warning, LogMessages.DB_TRANSIENT, ctx, error=exc)
-
-
-def log_db_fatal_error(ctx: PipelineLogContext, exc: Exception) -> None:
-    _safe_log(logger.critical, LogMessages.DB_FATAL, ctx, exc_info=exc, error=exc)
-
-
 def log_unexpected_error(ctx: PipelineLogContext, exc: Exception) -> None:
     _safe_log(logger.error, LogMessages.UNEXPECTED, ctx, exc_info=exc, error=exc)