diff --git a/api/services/kb/admin_sources.py b/api/services/kb/admin_sources.py
index d088318..a2132ab 100644
--- a/api/services/kb/admin_sources.py
+++ b/api/services/kb/admin_sources.py
@@ -307,6 +307,12 @@ async def start_reingest(
         "reingest": True,
     }
     batch_id = _uuid.uuid4().hex
+    # Use the actual filename (with extension) — NOT the source title.
+    # parse_first_pages dispatches by extension (.pdf/.docx/.txt); a
+    # title like "החלטה" without an extension makes the parser bail
+    # and return empty text, which then makes the classifier return {}.
+    # See incident 2026-04-28: source 141 (title="החלטה") had every
+    # re-ingest classify as empty until this was fixed.
     pool = await get_pool()
     async with pool.acquire() as conn:
         row = await conn.fetchrow(
@@ -318,7 +324,7 @@ async def start_reingest(
             RETURNING id
             """,
             source_id,
-            src.get("title") or _filename_from_key(key),
+            _filename_from_key(key),
             key,
             src["kind"],
             src["topic_id"],
diff --git a/api/services/kb/ingest_jobs.py b/api/services/kb/ingest_jobs.py
index 1688981..42d1b50 100644
--- a/api/services/kb/ingest_jobs.py
+++ b/api/services/kb/ingest_jobs.py
@@ -537,11 +537,22 @@ async def discard_job(job_id: int, requested_by: str | None) -> dict:
     if job["status"] in ("done",):
         raise ValueError(f"job {job_id} already done — cannot discard")
 
-    # Best-effort S3 cleanup; the row stays as audit trail.
-    try:
-        kb_s3._client().delete_object(Bucket=kb_s3._bucket(), Key=job["s3_key"])
-    except Exception as e:
-        logger.warning("[discard] S3 delete failed for %s: %s", job["s3_key"], e)
+    # Best-effort S3 cleanup — but ONLY for fresh uploads (source_id IS
+    # NULL). For re-ingest jobs (source_id set), the s3_key points to
+    # the existing source's file in kb_source.original_path; deleting
+    # it would orphan the source and break any future re-process.
+    # See incident 2026-04-28: source 141 lost its PDF when a discarded
+    # re-ingest deleted the underlying file.
+    if job.get("source_id") is None:
+        try:
+            kb_s3._client().delete_object(Bucket=kb_s3._bucket(), Key=job["s3_key"])
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning("[discard] S3 delete failed for %s: %s", job["s3_key"], e)
+    else:
+        logger.info(
+            "[discard] keeping S3 file for re-ingest job %s (source_id=%s)",
+            job_id, job["source_id"],
+        )
 
     reason = f"discarded by {requested_by or 'user'}"
     async with pool.acquire() as conn: