diff --git a/php/Services/BrainService.php b/php/Services/BrainService.php
index 5168d9f..f33d41d 100644
--- a/php/Services/BrainService.php
+++ b/php/Services/BrainService.php
@@ -68,43 +68,31 @@ class BrainService
     }
 
     /**
-     * Store a memory in both MariaDB and Qdrant.
+     * Store a memory and queue asynchronous indexing.
      *
-     * Creates the MariaDB record and upserts the Qdrant vector within
-     * a single DB transaction. If the memory supersedes an older one,
-     * the old entry is soft-deleted from MariaDB and removed from Qdrant.
+     * Creates the brain database record within a DB transaction and dispatches
+     * EmbedMemory after commit so embedding, Qdrant, and Elasticsearch
+     * indexing happen on the queue.
      *
      * @param  array<string, mixed>  $attributes  Fillable attributes for BrainMemory
      * @return BrainMemory The created memory
      */
     public function remember(array $attributes): BrainMemory
     {
-        $vector = $this->embed($attributes['content']);
+        $attributes['indexed_at'] = null;
 
-        return DB::connection('brain')->transaction(function () use ($attributes, $vector) {
+        $memory = DB::connection('brain')->transaction(function () use ($attributes) {
             $memory = BrainMemory::create($attributes);
-
-            $payload = $this->buildQdrantPayload($memory->id, [
-                'workspace_id' => $memory->workspace_id,
-                'agent_id' => $memory->agent_id,
-                'type' => $memory->type,
-                'tags' => $memory->tags ?? [],
-                'project' => $memory->project,
-                'confidence' => $memory->confidence,
-                'source' => $memory->source ?? 'manual',
-                'created_at' => $memory->created_at->toIso8601String(),
-            ]);
-            $payload['vector'] = $vector;
-
-            $this->qdrantUpsert([$payload]);
-
             if ($memory->supersedes_id) {
                 BrainMemory::where('id', $memory->supersedes_id)->delete();
-                $this->qdrantDelete([$memory->supersedes_id]);
             }
 
             return $memory;
         });
+
+        \Core\Mod\Agentic\Jobs\EmbedMemory::dispatch($memory->id);
+
+        return $memory;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/php/tests/Feature/Services/BrainServiceRememberTest.php b/php/tests/Feature/Services/BrainServiceRememberTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..898477c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/php/tests/Feature/Services/BrainServiceRememberTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+<?php
+
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: EUPL-1.2
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+use Core\Mod\Agentic\Jobs\EmbedMemory;
+use Core\Mod\Agentic\Models\BrainMemory;
+use Core\Mod\Agentic\Services\BrainService;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Queue;
+
+function rememberBrainService(): BrainService
+{
+    return new class extends BrainService
+    {
+        public bool $qdrantUpsertCalled = false;
+
+        /**
+         * @return array<float>
+         */
+        public function embed(string $text): array
+        {
+            return array_fill(0, 768, 0.125);
+        }
+
+        public function qdrantUpsert(array $points): void
+        {
+            $this->qdrantUpsertCalled = true;
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+function rememberBrainAttributes(array $attributes = []): array
+{
+    return array_merge([
+        'workspace_id' => $attributes['workspace_id'] ?? createWorkspace()->id,
+        'agent_id' => 'virgil',
+        'type' => 'architecture',
+        'content' => 'Brain memories are indexed by queued jobs.',
+        'tags' => ['brain', 'queue'],
+        'project' => 'agent',
+        'confidence' => 0.95,
+        'source' => 'ticket-55',
+    ], $attributes);
+}
+
+test('BrainService_remember_Good_returns_unindexed_memory_and_dispatches_embed_job', function (): void {
+    Queue::fake();
+    $brain = rememberBrainService();
+
+    $memory = $brain->remember(rememberBrainAttributes([
+        'indexed_at' => now(),
+    ]));
+
+    expect($memory->exists)->toBeTrue()
+        ->and($memory->indexed_at)->toBeNull()
+        ->and($memory->fresh()->indexed_at)->toBeNull()
+        ->and($brain->qdrantUpsertCalled)->toBeFalse();
+
+    Queue::assertPushed(EmbedMemory::class, fn (EmbedMemory $job): bool => $job->memoryId === $memory->id);
+});
+
+test('BrainService_remember_Bad_does_not_call_qdrant_upsert_directly', function (): void {
+    Queue::fake();
+    $brain = rememberBrainService();
+
+    $brain->remember(rememberBrainAttributes());
+
+    expect($brain->qdrantUpsertCalled)->toBeFalse();
+
+    Queue::assertPushed(EmbedMemory::class);
+});
+
+test('BrainService_remember_Ugly_soft_deletes_superseded_memory_before_dispatching_job', function (): void {
+    Queue::fake();
+    $brain = rememberBrainService();
+    $workspace = createWorkspace();
+    $oldMemory = BrainMemory::create(rememberBrainAttributes([
+        'workspace_id' => $workspace->id,
+        'content' => 'Old memory version.',
+    ]));
+
+    $memory = $brain->remember(rememberBrainAttributes([
+        'workspace_id' => $workspace->id,
+        'content' => 'New memory version.',
+        'supersedes_id' => $oldMemory->id,
+    ]));
+
+    expect(BrainMemory::find($oldMemory->id))->toBeNull()
+        ->and(BrainMemory::withTrashed()->find($oldMemory->id)?->trashed())->toBeTrue()
+        ->and($memory->indexed_at)->toBeNull()
+        ->and($brain->qdrantUpsertCalled)->toBeFalse();
+
+    Queue::assertPushed(EmbedMemory::class, fn (EmbedMemory $job): bool => $job->memoryId === $memory->id);
+});