diff --git a/src/app/api/v1/quotas/route.ts b/src/app/api/v1/quotas/route.ts
index e8d8a0d44c..72e31812b7 100644
--- a/src/app/api/v1/quotas/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/v1/quotas/route.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,11 @@ export async function GET(request: Request) {
             ? conn.providerId
             : "";
       const connectionId =
-        typeof conn.connectionId === "string" ? conn.connectionId : "";
+        typeof conn.id === "string"
+          ? conn.id
+          : typeof conn.connectionId === "string"
+            ? conn.connectionId
+            : "";
       if (!provider || !connectionId) continue;
 
       let saturation = 0;
@@ -69,7 +73,6 @@ export async function GET(request: Request) {
           : typeof conn.name === "string" && conn.name.trim()
             ? conn.name
             : connectionId;
-
       connections.push({
         provider,
         connectionId,
diff --git a/src/lib/memory/retrieval.ts b/src/lib/memory/retrieval.ts
index b5cf1292c4..bbb5e7c3da 100644
--- a/src/lib/memory/retrieval.ts
+++ b/src/lib/memory/retrieval.ts
@@ -78,8 +78,21 @@ function fetchMemoriesByIds(ids: string[]): Memory[] {
   return ids.map((id) => byId.get(id)).filter((m): m is Memory => m !== undefined);
 }
 
-interface FtsColConfig {
-  apiKeyCol: string;
+/**
+ * Sanitize a free-text query into an FTS5 MATCH expression.
+ * Strips FTS5 syntax characters (?, !, ", *, :, parentheses, etc.) and quotes
+ * each whitespace-separated term so natural-language queries with punctuation
+ * don't raise "fts5: syntax error".
+ */
+export function toFts5MatchQuery(query: string): string {
+  const terms = query
+    .split(/\s+/)
+    .map((term) => term.replace(/["*():\[\]{}!?\^~+-]/g, ""))
+    .filter((term) => term.length > 0);
+  return terms.map((term) => `"${term}"`).join(" AND ");
+}
+
+interface FtsColConfig {  apiKeyCol: string;
   expiresCol: string;
   createdCol: string;
   sessionCol: string;
@@ -122,7 +135,7 @@ function buildFtsRows(apiKeyId: string, config: FtsColConfig): MemoryRow[] {
   }
   ftsQueryStr += ` ORDER BY f.rank LIMIT 100`;
 
-  const ftsParams: unknown[] = [q, apiKeyId];
+  const ftsParams: unknown[] = [toFts5MatchQuery(q), apiKeyId];
   if (scope === "session" && sessionId) ftsParams.push(sessionId);
   if (retentionDays && retentionDays > 0) {
     const cutoff = new Date(Date.now() - retentionDays * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000).toISOString();
@@ -918,7 +931,9 @@ export async function retrievePreview(
       const ftsQueryStr = apiKeyId
         ? `SELECT m.* FROM ${tableName} m JOIN memory_fts f ON m.memory_id = f.rowid WHERE f.memory_fts MATCH ? AND m.${apiKeyCol} = ? ORDER BY f.rank LIMIT ?`
         : `SELECT m.* FROM ${tableName} m JOIN memory_fts f ON m.memory_id = f.rowid WHERE f.memory_fts MATCH ? ORDER BY f.rank LIMIT ?`;
-      const ftsP: unknown[] = apiKeyId ? [query, apiKeyId, limit] : [query, limit];
+      const ftsP: unknown[] = apiKeyId
+        ? [toFts5MatchQuery(query), apiKeyId, limit]
+        : [toFts5MatchQuery(query), limit];
       try {
         ftsRows = db.prepare(ftsQueryStr).all(...ftsP) as MemoryRow[];
       } catch {
diff --git a/tests/unit/memory/fts5-query-sanitize.test.ts b/tests/unit/memory/fts5-query-sanitize.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca8ee46a46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/memory/fts5-query-sanitize.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { describe, it } from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+import { toFts5MatchQuery } from "../../../src/lib/memory/retrieval";
+
+describe("memory retrieval toFts5MatchQuery", () => {
+  it("keeps plain terms and joins with AND", () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(toFts5MatchQuery("hello world"), '"hello" AND "world"');
+  });
+
+  it("strips FTS5 syntax characters", () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(
+      toFts5MatchQuery("Чем занимается пользователь?"),
+      '"Чем" AND "занимается" AND "пользователь"'
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("strips quotes, colons, parentheses and dashes", () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(
+      toFts5MatchQuery('model "gpt-4o": (fast) OR NOT [x]'),
+      '"model" AND "gpt4o" AND "fast" AND "OR" AND "NOT" AND "x"'
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("keeps punctuation-only input as a single quoted term", () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(toFts5MatchQuery("???! ..."), '"..."');
+  });
+
+  it("returns empty string for empty input", () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(toFts5MatchQuery(""), "");
+  });
+});