diff --git a/packages/context/src/ingest/local-bundle-ingest.test.ts b/packages/context/src/ingest/local-bundle-ingest.test.ts
index ce6b3803..f631e6ed 100644
--- a/packages/context/src/ingest/local-bundle-ingest.test.ts
+++ b/packages/context/src/ingest/local-bundle-ingest.test.ts
@@ -403,6 +403,50 @@ describe('canonical local ingest', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it('does not persist noop embedding vectors when local embeddings are disabled', async () => {
+    await writeFile(
+      join(project.projectDir, 'ktx.yaml'),
+      [
+        'project: warehouse',
+        'connections:',
+        '  warehouse:',
+        '    driver: postgres',
+        'ingest:',
+        '  adapters:',
+        '    - fake',
+        '  embeddings:',
+        '    backend: none',
+        '',
+      ].join('\n'),
+      'utf-8',
+    );
+    project = await loadKtxProject({ projectDir: project.projectDir });
+    const sourceDir = join(tempDir, 'source');
+    await mkdir(join(sourceDir, 'orders'), { recursive: true });
+    await writeFile(join(sourceDir, 'orders', 'orders.json'), '{"name":"orders"}\n', 'utf-8');
+    const agentRunner = new WikiWritingAgentRunner();
+
+    const result = await runLocalIngest({
+      project,
+      adapters: [new FakeSourceAdapter()],
+      adapter: 'fake',
+      connectionId: 'warehouse',
+      sourceDir,
+      jobId: 'wiki-local-no-embeddings-1',
+      agentRunner,
+    });
+
+    expect(result.result.failedWorkUnits).toEqual([]);
+    const db = new Database(join(project.projectDir, '.ktx', 'db.sqlite'), { readonly: true });
+    try {
+      expect(db.prepare('SELECT key, summary, embedding_json IS NOT NULL AS has_embedding FROM knowledge_pages ORDER BY key').all()).toEqual([
+        { key: 'orders_context', summary: 'Orders source context', has_embedding: 0 },
+      ]);
+    } finally {
+      db.close();
+    }
+  });
+
   it('uses explicit action raw paths to avoid over-attributing work-unit provenance', async () => {
     const sourceDir = join(tempDir, 'source');
     await mkdir(join(sourceDir, 'orders'), { recursive: true });
diff --git a/packages/context/src/wiki/sqlite-knowledge-index.test.ts b/packages/context/src/wiki/sqlite-knowledge-index.test.ts
index 9bb0e6f0..620702a1 100644
--- a/packages/context/src/wiki/sqlite-knowledge-index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/context/src/wiki/sqlite-knowledge-index.test.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,14 @@ describe('SqliteKnowledgeIndex', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it('does not treat empty embeddings as indexed semantic vectors', () => {
+    const index = new SqliteKnowledgeIndex({ dbPath });
+    index.sync([page({ path: 'knowledge/global/revenue.md', key: 'revenue', embedding: [] })]);
+
+    expect(index.getExistingPages().get('knowledge/global/revenue.md')?.embedding).toBeNull();
+    expect(index.searchSemanticCandidates({ queryEmbedding: [1, 0], limit: 10 })).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
   it('returns semantic lane candidates from stored page embeddings', () => {
     const index = new SqliteKnowledgeIndex({ dbPath });
     index.sync([
diff --git a/packages/context/src/wiki/sqlite-knowledge-index.ts b/packages/context/src/wiki/sqlite-knowledge-index.ts
index acadc02e..7a5ae8fc 100644
--- a/packages/context/src/wiki/sqlite-knowledge-index.ts
+++ b/packages/context/src/wiki/sqlite-knowledge-index.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@ function parseEmbedding(raw: string | null): number[] | null {
   }
   try {
     const embedding = JSON.parse(raw) as unknown;
-    return Array.isArray(embedding) && embedding.every((value) => typeof value === 'number') ? embedding : null;
+    return Array.isArray(embedding) && embedding.length > 0 && embedding.every((value) => typeof value === 'number')
+      ? embedding
+      : null;
   } catch {
     return null;
   }
@@ -170,7 +172,7 @@ export class SqliteKnowledgeIndex {
           content: searchText,
           tags: page.tags.join(' '),
           searchText,
-          embeddingJson: page.embedding ? JSON.stringify(page.embedding) : null,
+          embeddingJson: page.embedding && page.embedding.length > 0 ? JSON.stringify(page.embedding) : null,
         };
         upsertPage.run(row);
         deleteFts.run(row);