diff --git a/services/discord-gateway/src/modules/ai-moderation/qdrantClient.ts b/services/discord-gateway/src/modules/ai-moderation/qdrantClient.ts
index 018b7de7..7a8dda0b 100644
--- a/services/discord-gateway/src/modules/ai-moderation/qdrantClient.ts
+++ b/services/discord-gateway/src/modules/ai-moderation/qdrantClient.ts
@@ -50,10 +50,7 @@ export interface QdrantVerdictPayload {
 }
 
 function baseUrl(): string {
-  return (config.QDRANT_URL ?? "http://100.121.180.82:6333").replace(
-    /\/+$/,
-    "",
-  );
+  return (config.QDRANT_URL ?? "http://127.0.0.1:6333").replace(/\/+$/, "");
 }
 
 function collectionName(): string {
@@ -166,6 +163,11 @@ export async function ensureQdrantCollection(
         },
         "Failed to ensure Qdrant collection",
       );
+      // The memoised promise is permanently sticky: once it rejects (e.g. a
+      // recreate aborted mid-way — DELETE done, PUT failed), every later call
+      // returns the same rejected promise and the collection is never
+      // re-created until process restart. Reset so the next call retries.
+      ensureCollectionPromise = null;
       return false;
     }
   })();
diff --git a/services/discord-gateway/src/shared/config/index.ts b/services/discord-gateway/src/shared/config/index.ts
index 74eac44f..dd820db1 100644
--- a/services/discord-gateway/src/shared/config/index.ts
+++ b/services/discord-gateway/src/shared/config/index.ts
@@ -151,10 +151,7 @@ export const configSchema = z
       .transform((v) => v === "true")
       .default(false),
     AI_LLM_API_KEY: z.string().optional(),
-    AI_LLM_BASE_URL: z
-      .string()
-      .url()
-      .default("http://100.121.180.82:20128/api/v1"),
+    AI_LLM_BASE_URL: z.string().url().default("http://127.0.0.1:4014/v1"),
     AI_LLM_MODEL: z.string().default("text"),
     // Vision uses the SAME router/base URL as text moderation
     // (AI_LLM_BASE_URL) but a different model alias. The dedicated NVIDIA
diff --git a/services/discord-gateway/tests/qdrantEnsure.test.ts b/services/discord-gateway/tests/qdrantEnsure.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..808435f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/discord-gateway/tests/qdrantEnsure.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+
+// The qdrant client reads config at import time — we only need the
+// reset-on-failure behavior, so mock global fetch and import fresh.
+import {
+  ensureQdrantCollection,
+  resetQdrantCollectionCache,
+} from "../src/modules/ai-moderation/qdrantClient.js";
+
+function jsonResponse(body: unknown, ok = true, status = 200): Response {
+  return {
+    ok,
+    status,
+    text: async () => JSON.stringify(body),
+  } as unknown as Response;
+}
+
+describe("ensureQdrantCollection retry-on-failure", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    resetQdrantCollectionCache();
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    resetQdrantCollectionCache();
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it("returns false on failure and does NOT get stuck — retries on next call", async () => {
+    // First call: GET collection fails hard (not a 404) → ensure rejects.
+    const fetchMock = vi
+      .spyOn(globalThis, "fetch")
+      .mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("network down"))
+      // Second call: GET returns a matching-size collection → success.
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(
+        jsonResponse({
+          result: { config: { params: { vectors: { size: 3072 } } } },
+        }),
+      );
+
+    const first = await ensureQdrantCollection(3072);
+    expect(first).toBe(false);
+
+    // Without the fix, the second call returns the memoised rejected promise
+    // and fetch is never called again. With the fix, it retries.
+    const second = await ensureQdrantCollection(3072);
+    expect(second).toBe(true);
+    expect(fetchMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+  });
+
+  it("recreates collection when vector size changes (DELETE + PUT)", async () => {
+    const fetchMock = vi
+      .spyOn(globalThis, "fetch")
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(
+        jsonResponse({
+          result: { config: { params: { vectors: { size: 2048 } } } },
+        }),
+      ) // GET old size
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(jsonResponse({ result: true })) // DELETE
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(jsonResponse({ result: true })); // PUT
+
+    const ok = await ensureQdrantCollection(3072);
+    expect(ok).toBe(true);
+
+    const methods = fetchMock.mock.calls.map(
+      (c) => (c[1] as RequestInit).method,
+    );
+    expect(methods).toEqual(["GET", "DELETE", "PUT"]);
+  });
+
+  it("is idempotent when the collection already matches", async () => {
+    const fetchMock = vi.spyOn(globalThis, "fetch").mockResolvedValueOnce(
+      jsonResponse({
+        result: { config: { params: { vectors: { size: 3072 } } } },
+      }),
+    );
+
+    const ok = await ensureQdrantCollection(3072);
+    expect(ok).toBe(true);
+    expect(fetchMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+});