diff --git a/src/lib/ae_journals/ae_journals__journal.ts b/src/lib/ae_journals/ae_journals__journal.ts
index 3ac9e510..4c2dcce5 100644
--- a/src/lib/ae_journals/ae_journals__journal.ts
+++ b/src/lib/ae_journals/ae_journals__journal.ts
@@ -145,13 +145,18 @@ async function _refresh_journal_id_background({
                     obj_li: [result],
                     log_lvl
                 });
-                await db_save_ae_obj_li__ae_obj({
-                    db_instance: db_journals,
-                    table_name: 'journal',
-                    obj_li: processed,
-                    properties_to_save,
-                    log_lvl
-                });
+                // IDB write is optional caching — quota failures must not discard the API result.
+                try {
+                    await db_save_ae_obj_li__ae_obj({
+                        db_instance: db_journals,
+                        table_name: 'journal',
+                        obj_li: processed,
+                        properties_to_save,
+                        log_lvl
+                    });
+                } catch (save_error) {
+                    console.warn('IDB cache write failed for journal (quota?):', save_error);
+                }
                 // Yield to microtask queue so Dexie liveQuery observers fire before we return
                 await Promise.resolve();
             }
@@ -333,13 +338,18 @@ async function _refresh_journal_li_background({
                     obj_li: results,
                     log_lvl
                 });
-                await db_save_ae_obj_li__ae_obj({
-                    db_instance: db_journals,
-                    table_name: 'journal',
-                    obj_li: processed,
-                    properties_to_save,
-                    log_lvl
-                });
+                // IDB write is optional caching — quota failures must not discard the API result.
+                try {
+                    await db_save_ae_obj_li__ae_obj({
+                        db_instance: db_journals,
+                        table_name: 'journal',
+                        obj_li: processed,
+                        properties_to_save,
+                        log_lvl
+                    });
+                } catch (save_error) {
+                    console.warn('IDB cache write failed for journal (quota?):', save_error);
+                }
                 // Yield to microtask queue so Dexie liveQuery observers fire before we return
                 await Promise.resolve();
             }
@@ -418,14 +428,18 @@ export async function create_ae_obj__journal({
                     if (log_lvl) {
                         console.log('Processed object list:', processed_obj_li);
                     }
-                    // Save the updated results list to the database
-                    await db_save_ae_obj_li__ae_obj({
-                        db_instance: db_journals,
-                        table_name: 'journal',
-                        obj_li: processed_obj_li,
-                        properties_to_save: properties_to_save,
-                        log_lvl: log_lvl
-                    });
+                    // IDB write is optional caching — quota failures must not discard the API result.
+                    try {
+                        await db_save_ae_obj_li__ae_obj({
+                            db_instance: db_journals,
+                            table_name: 'journal',
+                            obj_li: processed_obj_li,
+                            properties_to_save: properties_to_save,
+                            log_lvl: log_lvl
+                        });
+                    } catch (save_error) {
+                        console.warn('IDB cache write failed for journal (quota?):', save_error);
+                    }
                 }
                 return journal_obj_create_result;
             } else {
@@ -531,14 +545,18 @@ export async function update_ae_obj__journal({
             if (log_lvl) {
                 console.log('Processed object list:', processed_obj_li);
             }
-            // Save the updated results list to the database
-            await db_save_ae_obj_li__ae_obj({
-                db_instance: db_journals,
-                table_name: 'journal',
-                obj_li: processed_obj_li,
-                properties_to_save: properties_to_save,
-                log_lvl: log_lvl
-            });
+            // IDB write is optional caching — quota failures must not discard the API result.
+            try {
+                await db_save_ae_obj_li__ae_obj({
+                    db_instance: db_journals,
+                    table_name: 'journal',
+                    obj_li: processed_obj_li,
+                    properties_to_save: properties_to_save,
+                    log_lvl: log_lvl
+                });
+            } catch (save_error) {
+                console.warn('IDB cache write failed for journal (quota?):', save_error);
+            }
         }
         return result;
     } else {
diff --git a/src/lib/ae_journals/ae_journals__journal_entry.ts b/src/lib/ae_journals/ae_journals__journal_entry.ts
index f83b20cd..c86d0064 100644
--- a/src/lib/ae_journals/ae_journals__journal_entry.ts
+++ b/src/lib/ae_journals/ae_journals__journal_entry.ts
@@ -46,14 +46,19 @@ export async function load_ae_obj_id__journal_entry({
                     if (log_lvl) {
                         console.log('Processed object list:', processed_obj_li);
                     }
-                    // Save the updated results list to the database
-                    await db_save_ae_obj_li__ae_obj({
-                        db_instance: db_journals,
-                        table_name: 'journal_entry',
-                        obj_li: processed_obj_li,
-                        properties_to_save: properties_to_save,
-                        log_lvl: log_lvl
-                    });
+                    // Save the updated results list to the database.
+                    // IDB write is optional caching — quota failures must not discard the API result.
+                    try {
+                        await db_save_ae_obj_li__ae_obj({
+                            db_instance: db_journals,
+                            table_name: 'journal_entry',
+                            obj_li: processed_obj_li,
+                            properties_to_save: properties_to_save,
+                            log_lvl: log_lvl
+                        });
+                    } catch (save_error) {
+                        console.warn('IDB cache write failed for journal_entry (quota?):', save_error);
+                    }
                 }
                 return journal_entry_obj_get_result;
             } else {
@@ -153,19 +158,24 @@ export async function load_ae_obj_li__journal_entry({
                     if (log_lvl) {
                         console.log('Processed object list:', processed_obj_li);
                     }
-                    // Save the updated results list to the database
+                    // Save the updated results list to the database.
+                    // IDB write is optional caching — quota failures must not discard the API result.
                     if (log_lvl) {
                         console.log('Saving to DB...');
                     }
-                    await db_save_ae_obj_li__ae_obj({
-                        db_instance: db_journals,
-                        table_name: 'journal_entry',
-                        obj_li: processed_obj_li,
-                        properties_to_save: properties_to_save,
-                        log_lvl: log_lvl
-                    });
-                    if (log_lvl) {
-                        console.log('DB save completed.');
+                    try {
+                        await db_save_ae_obj_li__ae_obj({
+                            db_instance: db_journals,
+                            table_name: 'journal_entry',
+                            obj_li: processed_obj_li,
+                            properties_to_save: properties_to_save,
+                            log_lvl: log_lvl
+                        });
+                        if (log_lvl) {
+                            console.log('DB save completed.');
+                        }
+                    } catch (save_error) {
+                        console.warn('IDB cache write failed for journal_entry (quota?):', save_error);
                     }
                 }
                 return journal_entry_obj_li_get_result;
@@ -237,14 +247,18 @@ export async function create_ae_obj__journal_entry({
                     if (log_lvl) {
                         console.log('Processed object list:', processed_obj_li);
                     }
-                    // Save the updated results list to the database
-                    await db_save_ae_obj_li__ae_obj({
-                        db_instance: db_journals,
-                        table_name: 'journal_entry',
-                        obj_li: processed_obj_li,
-                        properties_to_save: properties_to_save,
-                        log_lvl: log_lvl
-                    });
+                    // IDB write is optional caching — quota failures must not discard the API result.
+                    try {
+                        await db_save_ae_obj_li__ae_obj({
+                            db_instance: db_journals,
+                            table_name: 'journal_entry',
+                            obj_li: processed_obj_li,
+                            properties_to_save: properties_to_save,
+                            log_lvl: log_lvl
+                        });
+                    } catch (save_error) {
+                        console.warn('IDB cache write failed for journal_entry (quota?):', save_error);
+                    }
                 }
                 return journal_entry_obj_create_result;
             } else {
@@ -457,13 +471,18 @@ export async function qry__journal_entry({
                             journal_id,
                             log_lvl
                         });
-                    await db_save_ae_obj_li__ae_obj({
-                        db_instance: db_journals,
-                        table_name: 'journal_entry',
-                        obj_li: processed_obj_li,
-                        properties_to_save,
-                        log_lvl
-                    });
+                    // IDB write is optional caching — quota failures must not discard the API result.
+                    try {
+                        await db_save_ae_obj_li__ae_obj({
+                            db_instance: db_journals,
+                            table_name: 'journal_entry',
+                            obj_li: processed_obj_li,
+                            properties_to_save,
+                            log_lvl
+                        });
+                    } catch (save_error) {
+                        console.warn('IDB cache write failed for journal_entry (quota?):', save_error);
+                    }
                 }
                 return valid_result_li;
             } else {
@@ -588,14 +607,18 @@ export async function update_ae_obj__journal_entry({
             if (log_lvl) {
                 console.log('Processed object list:', processed_obj_li);
             }
-            // Save the updated results list to the database
-            await db_save_ae_obj_li__ae_obj({
-                db_instance: db_journals,
-                table_name: 'journal_entry',
-                obj_li: processed_obj_li,
-                properties_to_save: properties_to_save,
-                log_lvl: log_lvl
-            });
+            // IDB write is optional caching — quota failures must not discard the API result.
+            try {
+                await db_save_ae_obj_li__ae_obj({
+                    db_instance: db_journals,
+                    table_name: 'journal_entry',
+                    obj_li: processed_obj_li,
+                    properties_to_save: properties_to_save,
+                    log_lvl: log_lvl
+                });
+            } catch (save_error) {
+                console.warn('IDB cache write failed for journal_entry (quota?):', save_error);
+            }
         }
         return result;
     } else {
@@ -848,13 +871,13 @@ const properties_to_save = [
     // 'description',
 
     'content',
-    'content_md_html',
+    // content_md_html is computed from content on every load — not stored to save IDB quota
     'content_html',
     'content_json',
     'content_encrypted',
 
     'history',
-    'history_md_html',
+    // history_md_html is computed from history on every load — not stored to save IDB quota
     'history_encrypted',
 
     'passcode_hash',