diff --git a/tidal/src/storage/vector/usearch_index.rs b/tidal/src/storage/vector/usearch_index.rs
index 9ababe7..227f3d3 100644
--- a/tidal/src/storage/vector/usearch_index.rs
+++ b/tidal/src/storage/vector/usearch_index.rs
@@ -116,6 +116,15 @@ pub struct UsearchIndex {
 }
 
 impl UsearchIndex {
+    /// Minimum number of extra vector slots to reserve when the HNSW graph hits
+    /// its capacity during an insert.
+    ///
+    /// `reserve` reallocates, so growth is amortized: `insert` grows by
+    /// `max(size / 8, MIN_CAPACITY_GROWTH)`. This floor is what covers a small
+    /// or freshly built index, where an eighth of the current size rounds down
+    /// to nothing and the index would otherwise reallocate on every insert.
+    const MIN_CAPACITY_GROWTH: usize = 1024;
+
     /// Create a new, empty `USearch` HNSW index with the given configuration.
     ///
     /// # Errors
@@ -276,9 +285,32 @@ impl VectorIndex for UsearchIndex {
         if !is_new {
             // `remove` lazily tombstones the old slot; the subsequent `add`
             // re-inserts under the same key (the freed key is no longer a dup).
+            // This path needs no capacity: `size()` excludes the tombstone, so
+            // the re-`add` lands in the slot just freed. That is why a re-embed
+            // of an existing entity kept working even with the graph full.
             self.inner
                 .remove(id)
                 .map_err(|e| VectorError::Backend(format!("USearch upsert remove failed: {e}")))?;
+        } else if self.inner.size() >= self.inner.capacity() {
+            // USearch's `add` CANNOT grow the graph. At capacity it fails with
+            // "Reserve capacity ahead of insertions!", and nothing else on the
+            // write path reserves — build_slot_index reserves the rebuild's
+            // expected count once and its comment claimed "the write path grows
+            // it further as needed", which was not true. The consequence in
+            // production (measured 2026-08-30 on the RF3 cluster): every NEW
+            // embedding returned HTTP 500 while items, signals, searches and
+            // re-embeds of existing entities all succeeded, so the store had
+            // silently become read/update-only for vectors with nothing alerting.
+            //
+            // Grow in amortized chunks rather than per-insert: `reserve`
+            // reallocates the graph, so growing by a fraction of the current
+            // size keeps insert O(1) amortized. The floor covers small indexes
+            // where size/8 rounds to nothing.
+            let size = self.inner.size();
+            let growth = core::cmp::max(size / 8, Self::MIN_CAPACITY_GROWTH);
+            self.inner.reserve(size + growth).map_err(|e| {
+                VectorError::Backend(format!("USearch grow to {} failed: {e}", size + growth))
+            })?;
         }
 
         self.inner
@@ -481,6 +513,60 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    /// A full HNSW graph must keep accepting NEW keys.
+    ///
+    /// Regression for the production defect measured 2026-08-30 on the RF3
+    /// cluster: `add` cannot grow the graph, and nothing on the write path
+    /// reserved, so once `size()` reached the reserved capacity every new
+    /// embedding failed with "Reserve capacity ahead of insertions!" and
+    /// returned HTTP 500. Items, signals, searches and re-embeds of EXISTING
+    /// entities all still worked, so the store had silently become
+    /// read/update-only for vectors. This asserts inserts continue past the
+    /// reservation, and that the vectors are actually retrievable afterwards.
+    #[test]
+    fn usearch_insert_grows_past_reserved_capacity() {
+        let index = UsearchIndex::new(default_config(4)).unwrap();
+        index.reserve(4).unwrap();
+        // Drive off the REPORTED capacity, not the requested one: USearch rounds a
+        // reservation up (reserve(4) reported 64 here), so a hardcoded insert count
+        // can sit entirely inside the reservation and never exercise growth at all.
+        let reserved = index.inner.capacity();
+        let target = reserved + 100;
+
+        for i in 0..target as u64 {
+            let f = i as f32;
+            index
+                .insert(i, &[f, f + 1.0, f + 2.0, f + 3.0])
+                .unwrap_or_else(|e| {
+                    panic!("insert {i} failed past reserved capacity {reserved}: {e}")
+                });
+        }
+        assert_eq!(index.len_live(), target, "every new key must be indexed");
+        assert!(
+            index.inner.capacity() > reserved,
+            "capacity should have grown beyond the original {reserved}"
+        );
+
+        // The grown graph must still answer, not merely accept writes.
+        let hits = index.search(&[10.0, 11.0, 12.0, 13.0], 3, 0).unwrap();
+        assert!(
+            !hits.is_empty(),
+            "search over the grown index returned nothing"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            hits[0].id, 10,
+            "nearest neighbour should be the exact match"
+        );
+
+        // Re-embedding an existing key must still work after growth.
+        index.insert(10, &[0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0]).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            index.len_live(),
+            target,
+            "upsert must not change the live count"
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn usearch_new_is_empty() {
         let index = UsearchIndex::new(default_config(128)).unwrap();