diff --git a/internal/ingestion/component/chunker/title.go b/internal/ingestion/component/chunker/title.go
index 40662c341f..7484925a5f 100644
--- a/internal/ingestion/component/chunker/title.go
+++ b/internal/ingestion/component/chunker/title.go
@@ -37,15 +37,21 @@
 //     a non-regex text record whose layout flags it as a
 //     section/title/head and whose text passes not_title is promoted to
 //     fallback_level = len(selected_group) + 1. Strategy (1) —
-//     PDF-outline detection — still requires deepdoc/parser binary
-//     access and remains the only parity gap.
+//     PDF-outline detection — is also ported: newLevelContext
+//     (title.go) reads the Parser-supplied file.outline via
+//     outlineFromInputs / resolveOutlineLevels / outlineSimilarity
+//     (port of common.py:_outline_similarity) before falling back to
+//     the regex/layout branch, wired into group.go / hierarchy.go
+//     (Chunker omission 1.5, Gap C closed).
 //
-//   - The Go port has NO hardcoded BULLET_PATTERN fallback. Heading
-//     detection relies entirely on the user-supplied `levels` param
-//     (which templates carry as comprehensive regex families) paired
-//     with the layout-hint fallback. A PDF without matching levels
-//     produces BODY_LEVEL-only records — Python's BULLET_PATTERN-based
-//     tree_merge / hierarchical_merge would still find structure.
+//   - The Go port SHIPS a hardcoded BULLET_PATTERN fallback
+//     (Chunker omission 1.7, Gap C closed): when the regex/layout
+//     branch yields BODY_LEVEL-only records, resolveTitleLevels
+//     (title.go) calls bulletsCategory over bulletPatterns (title.go,
+//     mirroring Python BULLET_PATTERN at rag/nlp/__init__.py:258) to
+//     recover structure from numbered/bulleted list entries, before
+//     the layout-title fallback. It never overrides an existing level
+//     assignment.
 //
 //   - GROUP-TITLE and HIERARCHY-TITLE are separate Go files
 //     (`group.go`, `hierarchy.go`); they share the resolve_levels
diff --git a/internal/ingestion/component/tokenizer.go b/internal/ingestion/component/tokenizer.go
index cf7c5644cc..8e8318b796 100644
--- a/internal/ingestion/component/tokenizer.go
+++ b/internal/ingestion/component/tokenizer.go
@@ -403,13 +403,14 @@ func (c *TokenizerComponent) embedChunks(ctx context.Context, tenantID, kbID, em
 	texts := make([]string, 0, len(chunks))
 	pairs := make([]int, 0, len(chunks))
 	for i, ck := range chunks {
-		txt := concatFields(ck, c.param.Fields)
-		txt = htmlTableRE.ReplaceAllString(txt, " ")
+		raw := concatFields(ck, c.param.Fields)
+		txt := htmlTableRE.ReplaceAllString(raw, " ")
 		txt = strings.TrimSpace(txt)
+		trunc := truncateForEmbedding(txt, embedder.MaxTokens())
 		if txt == "" {
 			continue
 		}
-		texts = append(texts, truncateForEmbedding(txt, embedder.MaxTokens()))
+		texts = append(texts, trunc)
 		pairs = append(pairs, i)
 	}
 	if len(texts) == 0 {
@@ -476,15 +477,35 @@ func (c *TokenizerComponent) embedChunks(ctx context.Context, tenantID, kbID, em
 	return chunks, tokenCount, nil
 }
 
-// truncateForEmbedding truncates text to fit within maxTokens,
-// reserving 10 tokens for special/model overhead. Mirrors Python
-// tokenizer.py truncation: when maxTokens <= 10, the text is
-// truncated to empty
+// defaultEmbeddingTokenLimit is the safe fallback used when an embedder reports
+// no token limit (maxTokens <= 0). It both prevents empty embedding inputs and
+// keeps truncation active for every path instead of passing the full text through.
+const defaultEmbeddingTokenLimit = 8192
+
+// truncateForEmbedding keeps the first maxTokens tokens of text so it fits the
+// embedding model's limit.
+//
+// For a positive maxTokens it mirrors Python common/token_utils.py:183-185
+// `truncate(string, max_len)` (keep the first max_len tokens).
+//
+// An unconfigured embedder reports maxTokens <= 0. Rather than mirror Python's
+// behaviour of returning "" (which would make the embeddings API reject the whole
+// batch with "inputs cannot be empty"), Go clamps the limit to a safe default
+// (defaultEmbeddingTokenLimit = 8192). This both prevents empty inputs AND keeps
+// truncation active for every path (Builtin and generic) instead of silently
+// passing the full, untruncated text when no limit is configured.
 func truncateForEmbedding(text string, maxTokens int) string {
-	if maxTokens <= 10 {
-		return ""
+	if maxTokens <= 0 {
+		maxTokens = defaultEmbeddingTokenLimit
 	}
-	return tokenizer.TrimContentToTokenLimit(text, maxTokens-10)
+	// Keep a 10-token safety margin, mirroring Python's embedding path
+	// (rag/svr/task_executor.py uses `mdl.max_length - 10`). Only apply it
+	// when the limit is large enough; for small limits (<=10) keep the full
+	// value so the result stays non-empty instead of collapsing to "".
+	if maxTokens > 10 {
+		maxTokens -= 10
+	}
+	return tokenizer.TrimContentToTokenLimit(text, maxTokens)
 }
 
 func mergeEmbeddingVectors(titleVec, contentVec []float64, titleWeight float64) ([]float64, error) {
diff --git a/internal/ingestion/component/tokenizer_unit_test.go b/internal/ingestion/component/tokenizer_unit_test.go
index 9e3bdcd65b..25dcc1f5f7 100644
--- a/internal/ingestion/component/tokenizer_unit_test.go
+++ b/internal/ingestion/component/tokenizer_unit_test.go
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ func (s *stubEmbedder) Encode(ctx context.Context, texts []string) ([]EmbeddingR
 }
 
 // newStubEmbedder returns a stub embedder for instance-level resolver injection.
-// maxTokens defaults to 2048 so truncateForEmbedding (Diff 14: maxTokens <= 10 -> "")
-// does not empty the content text; tests that exercise truncation set maxTokens explicitly.
+// maxTokens defaults to 2048 so truncateForEmbedding truncates to the first
+// 2048 tokens; tests that exercise truncation set maxTokens explicitly.
 func newStubEmbedder(dim int) *stubEmbedder {
 	return &stubEmbedder{dim: dim, maxTokens: 2048}
 }
@@ -376,21 +376,58 @@ func TestIsPhantomChunk(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// TestTruncateForEmbedding_SmallMaxTokens covers Tokenizer Diff-14: when
-// maxTokens <= 10, Go must truncate to empty, matching Python's
-// truncation-to-empty behaviour (common/token_utils.py:183-185).
+// TestTruncateForEmbedding_SmallMaxTokens covers Tokenizer Diff-14. For any
+// positive maxTokens, truncateForEmbedding keeps the first maxTokens tokens
+// (non-empty) and the result is strictly shorter than the input.
+//
+// The unconfigured case (maxTokens <= 0) is covered separately by
+// TestTruncateForEmbedding_UnconfiguredClampsToDefault: rather than mirroring
+// Python's `truncate` (which returns "" for max_len <= 0 and would make the
+// embeddings API reject the batch), Go clamps the limit to a safe default so
+// every path still truncates instead of passing the full text through.
 func TestTruncateForEmbedding_SmallMaxTokens(t *testing.T) {
-	long := strings.Repeat("a", 100)
-	if got := truncateForEmbedding(long, 5); got != "" {
-		t.Errorf("truncateForEmbedding(maxTokens=5) = %q, want %q", got, "")
+	// Long enough to produce well over 50 tokens, so 5/10/50 are all clearly
+	// below the total and truncation is observable.
+	long := strings.Repeat("a", 2000)
+	if got := truncateForEmbedding(long, 5); got == "" {
+		t.Error("truncateForEmbedding(maxTokens=5) returned empty, want first 5 tokens")
 	}
-	if got := truncateForEmbedding(long, 10); got != "" {
-		t.Errorf("truncateForEmbedding(maxTokens=10) = %q, want %q", got, "")
+	if got := truncateForEmbedding(long, 10); got == "" {
+		t.Error("truncateForEmbedding(maxTokens=10) returned empty, want first 10 tokens")
 	}
 	// Normal path: maxTokens > 10 should truncate (not return empty).
 	if got := truncateForEmbedding(long, 50); got == "" {
 		t.Error("truncateForEmbedding(maxTokens=50) returned empty, want truncated text")
 	}
+	if got := truncateForEmbedding(long, 50); len(got) >= len(long) {
+		t.Errorf("truncateForEmbedding(maxTokens=50) len = %d, want strictly shorter than %d", len(got), len(long))
+	}
+}
+
+// TestTruncateForEmbedding_UnconfiguredClampsToDefault is the regression gate
+// for the root cause behind embedding truncation: an embedder that reports no
+// token limit (maxTokens <= 0) must NOT be passed through verbatim. Before the
+// central clamp, the generic model_service branch left maxTokens = 0, which
+// silently disabled truncation for the whole generic path. The fix clamps
+// maxTokens <= 0 to defaultEmbeddingTokenLimit (8192) inside
+// truncateForEmbedding itself, so every caller — Builtin and generic alike —
+// keeps truncation active.
+//
+// For a clearly-over-limit input and maxTokens = 0, the result must be non-empty
+// AND strictly shorter than the input: proof that it was truncated to the
+// default, not returned verbatim.
+func TestTruncateForEmbedding_UnconfiguredClampsToDefault(t *testing.T) {
+	// ~10000+ CL100K tokens, comfortably above the 8192 default so truncation
+	// is observable.
+	long := strings.Repeat("hello world ", 5000)
+	got := truncateForEmbedding(long, 0)
+	if got == "" {
+		t.Fatal("truncateForEmbedding(maxTokens=0) returned empty; clamp must keep truncation active")
+	}
+	if len(got) >= len(long) {
+		t.Errorf("truncateForEmbedding(maxTokens=0) len = %d, want strictly shorter than %d; clamp to default must truncate",
+			len(got), len(long))
+	}
 }
 
 // TestEmbeddingBatchSizeEnvVar covers Tokenizer Omission-3: the batch size