diff --git a/harness/tests/test_qdrant_vector_store.py b/harness/tests/test_qdrant_vector_store.py
index a729f611..fe36104d 100644
--- a/harness/tests/test_qdrant_vector_store.py
+++ b/harness/tests/test_qdrant_vector_store.py
@@ -289,11 +289,30 @@ def test_search_filters_by_workspace_and_allowed_record_kinds():
     assert query_call[2]["filter"] == {
         "must": [
             {"key": "workspace_id", "match": {"value": "demo"}},
+            {"key": "kind", "match": {"any": ["memory"]}},
             {"key": "record_kind", "match": {"any": ["memory"]}},
         ]
     }
 
 
+def test_search_excludes_inconsistent_semantic_kind_in_bound_workspace():
+    fake = FakeQdrantHttp()
+    store = _store(fake)
+    store.upsert("memory", [_write_record("memory:1", "memory")])
+    contaminated = next(iter(fake.points.values())).copy()
+    contaminated["id"] = point_id("demo", "evidence", "memory:contaminated")
+    contaminated["payload"] = {
+        **contaminated["payload"],
+        "kind": "evidence",
+        "record_key": "memory:contaminated",
+    }
+    fake.points[contaminated["id"]] = contaminated
+
+    hits = store.search(["memory"], [0.2] * 1024, limit=5, kinds=["memory"])
+
+    assert [hit.id for hit in hits] == ["memory:1"]
+
+
 def test_existing_hashes_health_and_exact_generation_inventory_and_delete():
     fake = FakeQdrantHttp()
     store = _store(fake)
@@ -328,6 +347,46 @@ def test_existing_hashes_health_and_exact_generation_inventory_and_delete():
     assert health.dimension_compatible is True
 
 
+def test_evidence_inventory_and_delete_ignore_inconsistent_semantic_kind():
+    fake = FakeQdrantHttp()
+    store = _store(fake)
+    generation = "gen:" + "1" * 32
+    contaminated_generation = "gen:" + "2" * 32
+    store.upsert("evidence", [
+        _write_record(
+            f"demo:{generation}:chunk:1",
+            "evidence",
+            metadata={
+                "workspace_id": "demo",
+                "vector_generation": generation,
+                "document_id": "doc:1",
+            },
+        ),
+    ])
+    contaminated_delete = next(iter(fake.points.values())).copy()
+    contaminated_delete["id"] = point_id("demo", "memory", "evidence:contaminated-delete")
+    contaminated_delete["payload"] = {
+        **contaminated_delete["payload"],
+        "kind": "memory",
+        "record_key": "evidence:contaminated-delete",
+    }
+    fake.points[contaminated_delete["id"]] = contaminated_delete
+    contaminated_list = next(iter(fake.points.values())).copy()
+    contaminated_list["id"] = point_id("demo", "memory", "evidence:contaminated-list")
+    contaminated_list["payload"] = {
+        **contaminated_list["payload"],
+        "kind": "memory",
+        "record_key": "evidence:contaminated-list",
+        "vector_generation": contaminated_generation,
+    }
+    fake.points[contaminated_list["id"]] = contaminated_list
+
+    assert store.list_evidence_generations("evidence", "demo") == [generation]
+    assert store.delete_generation("evidence", generation, "demo") == 1
+    assert contaminated_delete["id"] in fake.points
+    assert contaminated_list["id"] in fake.points
+
+
 def test_metadata_search_rejects_a_workspace_id_different_from_the_bound_adapter():
     fake = FakeQdrantHttp()
     store = _store(fake)
@@ -444,6 +503,7 @@ def test_delete_kinds_is_workspace_scoped_and_preserves_other_semantic_kinds():
     assert delete_call[2]["filter"] == {
         "must": [
             {"key": "workspace_id", "match": {"value": "demo"}},
+            {"key": "kind", "match": {"any": ["memory"]}},
             {"key": "record_kind", "match": {"any": ["memory"]}},
         ]
     }
@@ -457,6 +517,26 @@ def test_delete_kinds_is_workspace_scoped_and_preserves_other_semantic_kinds():
     }
 
 
+def test_existing_hashes_and_delete_kinds_ignore_inconsistent_semantic_kind():
+    fake = FakeQdrantHttp()
+    store = _store(fake)
+    store.upsert("memory", [_write_record("memory:1", "memory")])
+    contaminated = next(iter(fake.points.values())).copy()
+    contaminated["id"] = point_id("demo", "evidence", "memory:contaminated")
+    contaminated["payload"] = {
+        **contaminated["payload"],
+        "kind": "evidence",
+        "record_key": "memory:contaminated",
+    }
+    fake.points[contaminated["id"]] = contaminated
+
+    assert store.existing_hashes("memory", ["memory"]) == {
+        "memory:1": "sha256:" + "a" * 64,
+    }
+    assert store.delete_kinds("memory", ["memory"]) == 1
+    assert contaminated["id"] in fake.points
+
+
 def test_sanitizes_timeout_and_malformed_responses():
     fake = FakeQdrantHttp()
     store = _store(fake)
diff --git a/harness/tht/adapters/vector/qdrant.py b/harness/tht/adapters/vector/qdrant.py
index d3073f15..f95611f6 100644
--- a/harness/tht/adapters/vector/qdrant.py
+++ b/harness/tht/adapters/vector/qdrant.py
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ class QdrantVectorStore:
         if not allowed_record_kinds:
             return []
         filter_must = self._workspace_filter()
+        filter_must.append(self._semantic_kind_filter(allowed_record_kinds))
         filter_must.append({"key": "record_kind", "match": {"any": allowed_record_kinds}})
         if metadata_filter is not None:
             if set(metadata_filter) != {"vector_generation", "document_ids", "workspace_id"}:
@@ -166,6 +167,7 @@ class QdrantVectorStore:
         points = self._scroll(
             [
                 *self._workspace_filter(),
+                self._semantic_kind_filter(kinds),
                 {"key": "record_kind", "match": {"any": sorted(kinds)}},
             ]
         )
@@ -213,6 +215,7 @@ class QdrantVectorStore:
         validate_collection_kinds(collection, kinds)
         must = [
             *self._workspace_filter(),
+            self._semantic_kind_filter(kinds),
             {"key": "record_kind", "match": {"any": sorted(kinds)}},
         ]
         before = len(self._scroll(must))
@@ -231,6 +234,7 @@ class QdrantVectorStore:
         self._require_bound_workspace(workspace_id)
         must = [
             *self._workspace_filter(),
+            {"key": "kind", "match": {"value": "evidence"}},
             {"key": "record_kind", "match": {"any": ["evidence"]}},
             {"key": "vector_generation", "match": {"value": generation}},
         ]
@@ -253,6 +257,7 @@ class QdrantVectorStore:
         points = self._scroll(
             [
                 *self._workspace_filter(),
+                {"key": "kind", "match": {"value": "evidence"}},
                 {"key": "record_kind", "match": {"any": ["evidence"]}},
             ]
         )
@@ -268,6 +273,10 @@ class QdrantVectorStore:
     def _workspace_filter(self) -> list[dict]:
         return [{"key": "workspace_id", "match": {"value": self._workspace_id}}]
 
+    def _semantic_kind_filter(self, record_kinds: list[str]) -> dict:
+        semantic_kinds = sorted({qdrant_semantic_kind(kind) for kind in record_kinds})
+        return {"key": "kind", "match": {"any": semantic_kinds}}
+
     def _require_bound_workspace(self, workspace_id: str) -> None:
         if workspace_id != self._workspace_id:
             raise VectorStoreError("Evidence workspace namespace does not match bound workspace")
diff --git a/scripts/test-vector-backup-restore-safety.sh b/scripts/test-vector-backup-restore-safety.sh
index d173d224..ead2ec4d 100755
--- a/scripts/test-vector-backup-restore-safety.sh
+++ b/scripts/test-vector-backup-restore-safety.sh
@@ -150,12 +150,28 @@ fi
 if [ "$1" = compose ] && [ "$2" = --project-name ]; then
   case "$4" in
     ps)
-      if [ "${QDRANT_RUNNING:-1}" = 1 ]; then
+      qdrant_state=${QDRANT_RUNNING:-1}
+      if [ -n "${QDRANT_STATE_FILE:-}" ] && [ -f "$QDRANT_STATE_FILE" ]; then
+        qdrant_state=$(cat "$QDRANT_STATE_FILE")
+      fi
+      if [ "$qdrant_state" = 1 ]; then
         printf '%s\n' qdrant-container
       fi
       exit 0
       ;;
-    stop|start)
+    stop)
+      if [ -n "${QDRANT_STATE_FILE:-}" ]; then
+        printf '%s\n' 0 >"$QDRANT_STATE_FILE"
+      fi
+      if [ "${STOP_MARKS_STOPPED_THEN_FAIL:-0}" = 1 ]; then
+        exit 42
+      fi
+      exit 0
+      ;;
+    start)
+      if [ -n "${QDRANT_STATE_FILE:-}" ]; then
+        printf '%s\n' 1 >"$QDRANT_STATE_FILE"
+      fi
       exit 0
       ;;
   esac
@@ -525,4 +541,53 @@ grep -q "compose --project-name $project stop qdrant" "$rollback_log"
 grep -q "compose --project-name $project start qdrant" "$rollback_log"
 test ! -e "$tmp/locks/$lock_name"
 
+assert_ambiguous_stop_reconciled() {
+  operation=$1
+  operation_log="$tmp/$operation-ambiguous-stop.log"
+  operation_state="$tmp/$operation-qdrant-state"
+  foreign_lock="$tmp/locks/foreign-$operation-lock"
+  printf '%s\n' 1 >"$operation_state"
+  mkdir -p "$foreign_lock"
+  printf '%s\n' foreign-owner >"$foreign_lock/owner"
+  printf '%s\n' foreign-volume >"$foreign_lock/volume"
+
+  if [ "$operation" = backup ]; then
+    set -- ./scripts/vector-backup.sh --project-name "$project" \
+      --output "$tmp/ambiguous-stop-backup.tar"
+  else
+    set -- ./scripts/vector-restore.sh --project-name "$project" \
+      --input "$restore_input" --confirm-project "$project"
+  fi
+
+  if PATH="$fakebin:$PATH" DOCKER_LOG="$operation_log" PROJECT_NAME="$project" \
+  VOLUME_ROOT="$volume_root" QDRANT_STATE_FILE="$operation_state" \
+  STOP_MARKS_STOPPED_THEN_FAIL=1 \
+  HELPER_IMAGE="qdrant/qdrant:v1.18.2@sha256:75eab8c4ba42096724fdcfde8b4de0b5713d529dde32f285a1f86fdcb2c9e50c" \
+    "$@" >"$tmp/$operation-ambiguous-stop.out" \
+    2>"$tmp/$operation-ambiguous-stop.err"; then
+    echo "$operation hid an ambiguous qdrant stop failure" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  grep -q "compose --project-name $project stop qdrant" "$operation_log"
+  grep -q "compose --project-name $project start qdrant" "$operation_log"
+  test "$(cat "$operation_state")" = 1
+  test ! -e "$tmp/locks/$lock_name"
+  test "$(cat "$foreign_lock/owner")" = foreign-owner
+  test "$(cat "$foreign_lock/volume")" = foreign-volume
+  if grep -q "rm -f foreign-$operation-lock" "$operation_log"; then
+    echo "$operation removed a foreign operation lock" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  start_line=$(grep -n "compose --project-name $project start qdrant" "$operation_log" | sed -n '1s/:.*//p')
+  release_line=$(grep -n "rm -f $lock_name" "$operation_log" | sed -n '1s/:.*//p')
+  [ "$start_line" -lt "$release_line" ] || {
+    echo "$operation released its lock before qdrant reconciliation" >&2
+    exit 1
+  }
+}
+
+assert_ambiguous_stop_reconciled backup
+assert_ambiguous_stop_reconciled restore
+
 echo "qdrant backup/restore archive validation, scoped helper execution, and rollback safety passed."
diff --git a/scripts/vector-backup.sh b/scripts/vector-backup.sh
index 3efcd18d..19eb0b9a 100755
--- a/scripts/vector-backup.sh
+++ b/scripts/vector-backup.sh
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ validate_volume_metadata "$volume_name"
 running_container=$(docker compose --project-name "$project_name" ps --status running -q qdrant)
 
 if [ -n "$running_container" ]; then
-  docker compose --project-name "$project_name" stop qdrant >/dev/null
   restart_qdrant=1
+  docker compose --project-name "$project_name" stop qdrant >/dev/null
 fi
 
 umask 077
diff --git a/scripts/vector-restore.sh b/scripts/vector-restore.sh
index 5ee3a27b..c29dd014 100755
--- a/scripts/vector-restore.sh
+++ b/scripts/vector-restore.sh
@@ -237,8 +237,8 @@ validate_volume_metadata "$volume_name"
 running_container=$(docker compose --project-name "$project_name" ps --status running -q qdrant)
 
 if [ -n "$running_container" ]; then
-  docker compose --project-name "$project_name" stop qdrant >/dev/null
   restart_qdrant=1
+  docker compose --project-name "$project_name" stop qdrant >/dev/null
 fi
 
 docker run --rm \