diff --git a/Mcp/Tools/Agent/Brain/BrainForget.php b/Mcp/Tools/Agent/Brain/BrainForget.php
index 45fb97d..8cb1d7e 100644
--- a/Mcp/Tools/Agent/Brain/BrainForget.php
+++ b/Mcp/Tools/Agent/Brain/BrainForget.php
@@ -73,19 +73,18 @@ class BrainForget extends AgentTool
         }
 
         $reason = $this->optionalString($args, 'reason', null, 500);
-
-        // Verify memory exists and belongs to this workspace
-        $memory = BrainMemory::where('id', $id)
-            ->where('workspace_id', $workspaceId)
-            ->first();
-
-        if (! $memory) {
-            return $this->error("Memory '{$id}' not found in this workspace");
-        }
-
         $agentId = $context['agent_id'] ?? $context['session_id'] ?? 'anonymous';
 
-        return $this->withCircuitBreaker('brain', function () use ($id, $memory, $reason, $agentId) {
+        return $this->withCircuitBreaker('brain', function () use ($id, $workspaceId, $reason, $agentId) {
+            // Verify memory exists and belongs to this workspace
+            $memory = BrainMemory::where('id', $id)
+                ->where('workspace_id', $workspaceId)
+                ->first();
+
+            if (! $memory) {
+                return $this->error("Memory '{$id}' not found in this workspace");
+            }
+
             Log::info('OpenBrain: memory forgotten', [
                 'id' => $id,
                 'type' => $memory->type,
diff --git a/Migrations/0001_01_01_000008_create_brain_memories_table.php b/Migrations/0001_01_01_000008_create_brain_memories_table.php
index 5cb976f..d134840 100644
--- a/Migrations/0001_01_01_000008_create_brain_memories_table.php
+++ b/Migrations/0001_01_01_000008_create_brain_memories_table.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ return new class extends Migration
                 $table->text('content');
                 $table->json('tags')->nullable();
                 $table->string('project', 128)->nullable()->index();
-                $table->float('confidence')->default(1.0);
+                $table->float('confidence')->default(0.8);
                 $table->uuid('supersedes_id')->nullable();
                 $table->timestamp('expires_at')->nullable();
                 $table->timestamps();
diff --git a/Services/BrainService.php b/Services/BrainService.php
index 0340a01..da27181 100644
--- a/Services/BrainService.php
+++ b/Services/BrainService.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 namespace Core\Mod\Agentic\Services;
 
 use Core\Mod\Agentic\Models\BrainMemory;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
@@ -63,12 +64,14 @@ class BrainService
         ]);
         $payload['vector'] = $vector;
 
-        $this->qdrantUpsert([$payload]);
+        DB::transaction(function () use ($payload, $memory) {
+            $this->qdrantUpsert([$payload]);
 
-        if ($memory->supersedes_id) {
-            $this->qdrantDelete([$memory->supersedes_id]);
-            BrainMemory::where('id', $memory->supersedes_id)->delete();
-        }
+            if ($memory->supersedes_id) {
+                BrainMemory::where('id', $memory->supersedes_id)->delete();
+                $this->qdrantDelete([$memory->supersedes_id]);
+            }
+        });
     }
 
     /**
@@ -139,13 +142,18 @@ class BrainService
             ->get("{$this->qdrantUrl}/collections/{$this->collection}");
 
         if ($response->status() === 404) {
-            Http::timeout(10)
+            $createResponse = Http::timeout(10)
                 ->put("{$this->qdrantUrl}/collections/{$this->collection}", [
                     'vectors' => [
                         'size' => self::VECTOR_DIMENSION,
                         'distance' => 'Cosine',
                     ],
                 ]);
+
+            if (! $createResponse->successful()) {
+                throw new \RuntimeException("Qdrant collection creation failed: {$createResponse->status()}");
+            }
+
             Log::info("OpenBrain: created Qdrant collection '{$this->collection}'");
         }
     }