diff --git a/plugins/search-postgres/server/PostgresSearchProvider.ts b/plugins/search-postgres/server/PostgresSearchProvider.ts
index b82c6c20a1..ede107fca9 100644
--- a/plugins/search-postgres/server/PostgresSearchProvider.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-postgres/server/PostgresSearchProvider.ts
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ export default class PostgresSearchProvider extends BaseSearchProvider {
 
     const filter = options.filter;
 
-    // Visibility predicate for User contexts. A row is visible if any of:
+    // A document is visible if any of:
     //
     //   - direct membership on the document
     //   - group membership on the document
@@ -663,12 +663,6 @@ export default class PostgresSearchProvider extends BaseSearchProvider {
     //   - the user is the creator AND the doc has no collection (unplaced
     //     drafts that no membership/collection check can reach)
     //
-    // This is load-bearing for authorization. Do not derive the collection
-    // arm from the filter's collectionId leaves — that's the OR-bypass that
-    // broke `documents.list`. Authorization for any collectionId referenced
-    // in the filter has already been enforced by `authorizeFilterFields` in
-    // the route handler; this clause is the safety net.
-    //
     // For Team contexts (share-based search), the caller is privileged and
     // has done its own authorization — narrow to the filter's collectionId
     // if specified, otherwise to the team's publicly-permissioned set.
diff --git a/server/models/helpers/Filters.ts b/server/models/helpers/Filters.ts
index b4a4581d82..f86f606b1a 100644
--- a/server/models/helpers/Filters.ts
+++ b/server/models/helpers/Filters.ts
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ const COMPARISON_OPERATORS = new Set<ComparisonOperator>([
  * relative-past durations (`-P7D` → `now() - 7 days`) and relative-future
  * durations (`P7D` → `now() + 7 days`).
  *
- * The duration is regex-validated to contain only `P`, `T`, digits, and the
- * unit letters `YMWDHS`, so the literal interpolation is safe by construction.
- *
  * @param duration an ISO 8601 duration, optionally signed with a leading `-`.
  * @returns a Sequelize literal that resolves to `now() ± interval '<duration>'`.
  * @throws if the input is not a valid ISO 8601 duration.
diff --git a/server/routes/api/documents/documents.ts b/server/routes/api/documents/documents.ts
index 1b40343e54..96675e4673 100644
--- a/server/routes/api/documents/documents.ts
+++ b/server/routes/api/documents/documents.ts
@@ -225,9 +225,9 @@ router.post(
 
     // Exclude archived docs by default. Suppressed when the caller targets a
     // specific status, or when their filter already references archivedAt.
-    const filterMentionsArchivedAt =
+    const filterIncludesArchivedAt =
       filter !== undefined && hasFieldInFilter(filter, "archivedAt");
-    if (!statusFilter && !filterMentionsArchivedAt) {
+    if (!statusFilter && !filterIncludesArchivedAt) {
       where[Op.and].push({ archivedAt: { [Op.eq]: null } });
     }
 
@@ -259,14 +259,6 @@ router.post(
       where[Op.and].push(buildWhere<Document>(mapped));
     }
 
-    // Visibility predicate: a row is visible to the user if it lives in a
-    // collection they can access, or if it is one of their own unplaced
-    // drafts (collectionId is null). This is load-bearing for authorization
-    // — do not skip it based on what the filter "looks like", because under
-    // OR semantics any apparent narrowing collapses. The only exceptions are
-    // the backlink lookup (which scopes by `id` to relationship-derived
-    // documents) and the parent-doc membership escape (which intentionally
-    // surfaces children of an accessible parent across collection boundaries).
     if (!backlinkDocumentId && !collectionScopeDropped) {
       const collectionIds = await user.collectionIds();
       where[Op.and].push({