diff --git a/src/routes/idaa/(idaa)/recovery_meetings/+page.svelte b/src/routes/idaa/(idaa)/recovery_meetings/+page.svelte
index 9f727171..e07365c5 100644
--- a/src/routes/idaa/(idaa)/recovery_meetings/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/idaa/(idaa)/recovery_meetings/+page.svelte
@@ -301,8 +301,16 @@ async function handle_search_refresh(qry_key: string) {
         if (current_search_id === last_search_id) {
             let api_results = results || [];
 
-            // SECONDARY FILTER: Ensure API results respect exact UI filters (handles backend broadness)
-            api_results = api_results.filter((ev: any) => {
+            // SECONDARY FILTER: Re-apply structured filters the API may handle loosely.
+            // WHY type/physical/virtual: the backend uses AND logic for body filters, so
+            // physical+virtual together would incorrectly exclude either-only meetings —
+            // we pass only one at a time and handle OR logic here.
+            // WHY NOT qry_str: the API already applied exact LIKE search on default_qry_str
+            // (a backend-generated combined index that includes contact name/email). Re-running
+            // text filtering client-side against the response fields silently drops meetings
+            // that matched only via default_qry_str (e.g., by contact name) because that
+            // field may not be present in the response body or may not duplicate the match.
+            api_results = api_results.filter((ev) => {
                 if (qry_type && ev.type !== qry_type) return false;
                 if (qry_physical || qry_virtual) {
                     let match = false;
@@ -310,19 +318,6 @@ async function handle_search_refresh(qry_key: string) {
                     if (qry_virtual && ev.virtual == true) match = true;
                     if (!match) return false;
                 }
-                if (qry_str && qry_str.length >= 3) {
-                    const name = (ev.name ?? '').toLowerCase();
-                    const desc = (ev.description ?? '').toLowerCase();
-                    const loc = (ev.location_text ?? '').toLowerCase();
-                    const dqs = (ev.default_qry_str ?? '').toLowerCase();
-                    if (
-                        !name.includes(qry_str) &&
-                        !desc.includes(qry_str) &&
-                        !loc.includes(qry_str) &&
-                        !dqs.includes(qry_str)
-                    )
-                        return false;
-                }
                 return true;
             });