diff --git a/src/memory/batch-mistral.ts b/src/memory/batch-mistral.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..911f84386
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/memory/batch-mistral.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+import type { MistralEmbeddingClient } from "./embeddings-mistral.js";
+import { hashText } from "./internal.js";
+
+export type MistralBatchRequest = {
+  custom_id: string;
+  text: string;
+};
+
+export type MistralBatchStatus = {
+  id?: string;
+  status?: string;
+  output?: Map<string, number[]>;
+  error?: string;
+};
+
+const MISTRAL_BATCH_MAX_REQUESTS = 100;
+
+function getMistralBaseUrl(mistral: MistralEmbeddingClient): string {
+  return mistral.baseUrl?.replace(/\/$/, "") ?? "";
+}
+
+function getMistralHeaders(mistral: MistralEmbeddingClient): Record<string, string> {
+  const headers = mistral.headers ? { ...mistral.headers } : {};
+  if (!headers["Content-Type"] && !headers["content-type"]) {
+    headers["Content-Type"] = "application/json";
+  }
+  return headers;
+}
+
+function splitMistralBatchRequests(requests: MistralBatchRequest[]): MistralBatchRequest[][] {
+  if (requests.length <= MISTRAL_BATCH_MAX_REQUESTS) return [requests];
+  const groups: MistralBatchRequest[][] = [];
+  for (let i = 0; i < requests.length; i += MISTRAL_BATCH_MAX_REQUESTS) {
+    groups.push(requests.slice(i, i + MISTRAL_BATCH_MAX_REQUESTS));
+  }
+  return groups;
+}
+
+async function submitMistralBatch(params: {
+  mistral: MistralEmbeddingClient;
+  requests: MistralBatchRequest[];
+}): Promise<Map<string, number[]>> {
+  if (params.requests.length === 0) return new Map();
+
+  const baseUrl = getMistralBaseUrl(params.mistral);
+  const url = `${baseUrl}/embeddings`;
+
+  const byCustomId = new Map<string, number[]>();
+
+  // Process all requests in one batch API call
+  const inputTexts = params.requests.map((req) => req.text);
+
+  const res = await fetch(url, {
+    method: "POST",
+    headers: getMistralHeaders(params.mistral),
+    body: JSON.stringify({
+      model: params.mistral.model,
+      input: inputTexts,
+    }),
+  });
+
+  if (!res.ok) {
+    const text = await res.text();
+    throw new Error(`mistral batch failed: ${res.status} ${text}`);
+  }
+
+  const payload = (await res.json()) as {
+    data?: Array<{ embedding?: number[]; index?: number }>;
+    error?: { message?: string };
+  };
+
+  if (payload.error?.message) {
+    throw new Error(`mistral batch failed: ${payload.error.message}`);
+  }
+
+  const data = payload.data ?? [];
+  if (data.length !== params.requests.length) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `mistral batch failed: expected ${params.requests.length} results, got ${data.length}`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  // Map results back to custom IDs
+  for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
+    const result = data[i];
+    const customId = params.requests[i].custom_id;
+    const embedding = result.embedding ?? [];
+    if (embedding.length === 0) {
+      throw new Error(`mistral batch failed: empty embedding for ${customId}`);
+    }
+    byCustomId.set(customId, embedding);
+  }
+
+  return byCustomId;
+}
+
+async function runWithConcurrency<T>(tasks: Array<() => Promise<T>>, limit: number): Promise<T[]> {
+  if (tasks.length === 0) return [];
+  const resolvedLimit = Math.max(1, Math.min(limit, tasks.length));
+  const results: T[] = Array.from({ length: tasks.length });
+  let next = 0;
+  let firstError: unknown = null;
+
+  const workers = Array.from({ length: resolvedLimit }, async () => {
+    while (true) {
+      if (firstError) return;
+      const index = next;
+      next += 1;
+      if (index >= tasks.length) return;
+      try {
+        results[index] = await tasks[index]();
+      } catch (err) {
+        firstError = err;
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
+  await Promise.allSettled(workers);
+  if (firstError) throw firstError;
+  return results;
+}
+
+export async function runMistralEmbeddingBatches(params: {
+  mistral: MistralEmbeddingClient;
+  agentId: string;
+  requests: MistralBatchRequest[];
+  wait: boolean;
+  pollIntervalMs: number;
+  timeoutMs: number;
+  concurrency: number;
+  debug?: (message: string, data?: Record<string, unknown>) => void;
+}): Promise<Map<string, number[]>> {
+  if (params.requests.length === 0) return new Map();
+
+  const groups = splitMistralBatchRequests(params.requests);
+  const byCustomId = new Map<string, number[]>();
+
+  const tasks = groups.map((group, groupIndex) => async () => {
+    params.debug?.("memory embeddings: mistral batch start", {
+      group: groupIndex + 1,
+      groups: groups.length,
+      requests: group.length,
+    });
+
+    const results = await submitMistralBatch({
+      mistral: params.mistral,
+      requests: group,
+    });
+
+    params.debug?.("memory embeddings: mistral batch complete", {
+      group: groupIndex + 1,
+      results: results.size,
+    });
+
+    // Merge results into main map
+    for (const [customId, embedding] of results.entries()) {
+      byCustomId.set(customId, embedding);
+    }
+  });
+
+  params.debug?.("memory embeddings: mistral batch submit", {
+    requests: params.requests.length,
+    groups: groups.length,
+    wait: params.wait,
+    concurrency: params.concurrency,
+    pollIntervalMs: params.pollIntervalMs,
+    timeoutMs: params.timeoutMs,
+  });
+
+  await runWithConcurrency(tasks, params.concurrency);
+  return byCustomId;
+}
diff --git a/src/memory/embeddings-mistral.ts b/src/memory/embeddings-mistral.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3a8ea50d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/memory/embeddings-mistral.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+import { requireApiKey, resolveApiKeyForProvider } from "../agents/model-auth.js";
+import type { EmbeddingProvider, EmbeddingProviderOptions } from "./embeddings.js";
+
+export type MistralEmbeddingClient = {
+  baseUrl: string;
+  headers: Record<string, string>;
+  model: string;
+};
+
+export const DEFAULT_MISTRAL_EMBEDDING_MODEL = "mistral-embed";
+const DEFAULT_MISTRAL_BASE_URL = "https://api.mistral.ai/v1";
+
+export function normalizeMistralModel(model: string): string {
+  const trimmed = model.trim();
+  if (!trimmed) return DEFAULT_MISTRAL_EMBEDDING_MODEL;
+  if (trimmed.startsWith("mistral/")) return trimmed.slice("mistral/".length);
+  return trimmed;
+}
+
+export async function createMistralEmbeddingProvider(
+  options: EmbeddingProviderOptions,
+): Promise<{ provider: EmbeddingProvider; client: MistralEmbeddingClient }> {
+  const client = await resolveMistralEmbeddingClient(options);
+  const url = `${client.baseUrl.replace(/\/$/, "")}/embeddings`;
+
+  const embed = async (input: string[]): Promise<number[][]> => {
+    if (input.length === 0) return [];
+    const res = await fetch(url, {
+      method: "POST",
+      headers: client.headers,
+      body: JSON.stringify({ model: client.model, input }),
+    });
+    if (!res.ok) {
+      const text = await res.text();
+      throw new Error(`mistral embeddings failed: ${res.status} ${text}`);
+    }
+    const payload = (await res.json()) as {
+      data?: Array<{ embedding?: number[] }>;
+      error?: { message?: string };
+    };
+    if (payload.error?.message) {
+      throw new Error(`mistral embeddings failed: ${payload.error.message}`);
+    }
+    const data = payload.data ?? [];
+    return data.map((entry) => entry.embedding ?? []);
+  };
+
+  return {
+    provider: {
+      id: "mistral",
+      model: client.model,
+      embedQuery: async (text) => {
+        const [vec] = await embed([text]);
+        return vec ?? [];
+      },
+      embedBatch: embed,
+    },
+    client,
+  };
+}
+
+export async function resolveMistralEmbeddingClient(
+  options: EmbeddingProviderOptions,
+): Promise<MistralEmbeddingClient> {
+  const remote = options.remote;
+  const remoteApiKey = remote?.apiKey?.trim();
+  const remoteBaseUrl = remote?.baseUrl?.trim();
+
+  const apiKey = remoteApiKey
+    ? remoteApiKey
+    : requireApiKey(
+        await resolveApiKeyForProvider({
+          provider: "mistral",
+          cfg: options.config,
+          agentDir: options.agentDir,
+        }),
+        "mistral",
+      );
+
+  const providerConfig = options.config.models?.providers?.mistral;
+  const baseUrl = remoteBaseUrl || providerConfig?.baseUrl?.trim() || DEFAULT_MISTRAL_BASE_URL;
+  const headerOverrides = Object.assign({}, providerConfig?.headers, remote?.headers);
+  const headers: Record<string, string> = {
+    "Content-Type": "application/json",
+    Authorization: `Bearer ${apiKey}`,
+    ...headerOverrides,
+  };
+  const model = normalizeMistralModel(options.model);
+  return { baseUrl, headers, model };
+}
diff --git a/src/memory/embeddings.test.ts b/src/memory/embeddings.test.ts
index 1809b24b8..570edd23c 100644
--- a/src/memory/embeddings.test.ts
+++ b/src/memory/embeddings.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 
+import { DEFAULT_MISTRAL_EMBEDDING_MODEL } from "./embeddings-mistral.js";
 import { DEFAULT_GEMINI_EMBEDDING_MODEL } from "./embeddings-gemini.js";
 
 vi.mock("../agents/model-auth.js", () => ({
@@ -18,6 +19,109 @@ const createFetchMock = () =>
   })) as unknown as typeof fetch;
 
 describe("embedding provider remote overrides", () => {
+  it("builds Mistral embeddings requests with api key header", async () => {
+    const fetchMock = vi.fn(async () => ({
+      ok: true,
+      status: 200,
+      json: async () => ({ data: [{ embedding: [1, 2, 3] }] }),
+    })) as unknown as typeof fetch;
+    vi.stubGlobal("fetch", fetchMock);
+
+    const { createEmbeddingProvider } = await import("./embeddings.js");
+    const authModule = await import("../agents/model-auth.js");
+    vi.mocked(authModule.resolveApiKeyForProvider).mockResolvedValue({
+      apiKey: "mistral-key",
+      mode: "api-key",
+      source: "test",
+    });
+
+    const cfg = {
+      models: {
+        providers: {
+          mistral: {
+            baseUrl: "https://api.mistral.ai/v1",
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    };
+
+    const result = await createEmbeddingProvider({
+      config: cfg as never,
+      provider: "mistral",
+      remote: {
+        apiKey: "mistral-key",
+      },
+      model: "mistral-embed",
+      fallback: "openai",
+    });
+
+    await result.provider.embedQuery("hello");
+
+    const [url, init] = fetchMock.mock.calls[0] ?? [];
+    expect(url).toBe("https://api.mistral.ai/v1/embeddings");
+    const headers = (init?.headers ?? {}) as Record<string, string>;
+    expect(headers.Authorization).toBe("Bearer mistral-key");
+    expect(headers["Content-Type"]).toBe("application/json");
+  });
+
+  it("uses Mistral remote baseUrl/apiKey and merges headers", async () => {
+    const fetchMock = vi.fn(async () => ({
+      ok: true,
+      status: 200,
+      json: async () => ({ data: [{ embedding: [1, 2, 3] }] }),
+    })) as unknown as typeof fetch;
+    vi.stubGlobal("fetch", fetchMock);
+
+    const { createEmbeddingProvider } = await import("./embeddings.js");
+    const authModule = await import("../agents/model-auth.js");
+    vi.mocked(authModule.resolveApiKeyForProvider).mockResolvedValue({
+      apiKey: "provider-key",
+      mode: "api-key",
+      source: "test",
+    });
+
+    const cfg = {
+      models: {
+        providers: {
+          mistral: {
+            baseUrl: "https://provider.example/v1",
+            headers: {
+              "X-Provider": "p",
+              "X-Shared": "provider",
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    };
+
+    const result = await createEmbeddingProvider({
+      config: cfg as never,
+      provider: "mistral",
+      remote: {
+        baseUrl: "https://remote.example/v1",
+        apiKey: "  remote-key  ",
+        headers: {
+          "X-Shared": "remote",
+          "X-Remote": "r",
+        },
+      },
+      model: "mistral-embed",
+      fallback: "openai",
+    });
+
+    await result.provider.embedQuery("hello");
+
+    expect(authModule.resolveApiKeyForProvider).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    const [url, init] = fetchMock.mock.calls[0] ?? [];
+    expect(url).toBe("https://remote.example/v1/embeddings");
+    const headers = (init?.headers ?? {}) as Record<string, string>;
+    expect(headers.Authorization).toBe("Bearer remote-key");
+    expect(headers["Content-Type"]).toBe("application/json");
+    expect(headers["X-Provider"]).toBe("p");
+    expect(headers["X-Shared"]).toBe("remote");
+    expect(headers["X-Remote"]).toBe("r");
+  });
+
   afterEach(() => {
     vi.resetAllMocks();
     vi.resetModules();
@@ -167,6 +271,27 @@ describe("embedding provider remote overrides", () => {
 });
 
 describe("embedding provider auto selection", () => {
+  it("prefers mistral when a key resolves", async () => {
+    const { createEmbeddingProvider } = await import("./embeddings.js");
+    const authModule = await import("../agents/model-auth.js");
+    vi.mocked(authModule.resolveApiKeyForProvider).mockImplementation(async ({ provider }) => {
+      if (provider === "mistral") {
+        return { apiKey: "mistral-key", source: "env: MISTRAL_API_KEY", mode: "api-key" };
+      }
+      throw new Error(`No API key found for provider "${provider}".`);
+    });
+
+    const result = await createEmbeddingProvider({
+      config: {} as never,
+      provider: "auto",
+      model: "",
+      fallback: "none",
+    });
+
+    expect(result.requestedProvider).toBe("auto");
+    expect(result.provider.id).toBe("mistral");
+  });
+
   afterEach(() => {
     vi.resetAllMocks();
     vi.resetModules();
diff --git a/src/memory/embeddings.ts b/src/memory/embeddings.ts
index 993fe8124..73d1e035c 100644
--- a/src/memory/embeddings.ts
+++ b/src/memory/embeddings.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,15 @@ import type { Llama, LlamaEmbeddingContext, LlamaModel } from "node-llama-cpp";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/config.js";
 import { resolveUserPath } from "../utils.js";
 import { createGeminiEmbeddingProvider, type GeminiEmbeddingClient } from "./embeddings-gemini.js";
+import {
+  createMistralEmbeddingProvider,
+  type MistralEmbeddingClient,
+} from "./embeddings-mistral.js";
 import { createOpenAiEmbeddingProvider, type OpenAiEmbeddingClient } from "./embeddings-openai.js";
 import { importNodeLlamaCpp } from "./node-llama.js";
 
 export type { GeminiEmbeddingClient } from "./embeddings-gemini.js";
+export type { MistralEmbeddingClient } from "./embeddings-mistral.js";
 export type { OpenAiEmbeddingClient } from "./embeddings-openai.js";
 
 export type EmbeddingProvider = {
@@ -19,24 +24,25 @@ export type EmbeddingProvider = {
 
 export type EmbeddingProviderResult = {
   provider: EmbeddingProvider;
-  requestedProvider: "openai" | "local" | "gemini" | "auto";
-  fallbackFrom?: "openai" | "local" | "gemini";
+  requestedProvider: "openai" | "local" | "gemini" | "mistral" | "auto";
+  fallbackFrom?: "openai" | "local" | "gemini" | "mistral";
   fallbackReason?: string;
   openAi?: OpenAiEmbeddingClient;
   gemini?: GeminiEmbeddingClient;
+  mistral?: MistralEmbeddingClient;
 };
 
 export type EmbeddingProviderOptions = {
   config: OpenClawConfig;
   agentDir?: string;
-  provider: "openai" | "local" | "gemini" | "auto";
+  provider: "openai" | "local" | "gemini" | "mistral" | "auto";
   remote?: {
     baseUrl?: string;
     apiKey?: string;
     headers?: Record<string, string>;
   };
   model: string;
-  fallback: "openai" | "gemini" | "local" | "none";
+  fallback: "openai" | "gemini" | "mistral" | "local" | "none";
   local?: {
     modelPath?: string;
     modelCacheDir?: string;
@@ -116,7 +122,7 @@ export async function createEmbeddingProvider(
   const requestedProvider = options.provider;
   const fallback = options.fallback;
 
-  const createProvider = async (id: "openai" | "local" | "gemini") => {
+  const createProvider = async (id: "openai" | "local" | "gemini" | "mistral") => {
     if (id === "local") {
       const provider = await createLocalEmbeddingProvider(options);
       return { provider };
@@ -125,11 +131,15 @@ export async function createEmbeddingProvider(
       const { provider, client } = await createGeminiEmbeddingProvider(options);
       return { provider, gemini: client };
     }
+    if (id === "mistral") {
+      const { provider, client } = await createMistralEmbeddingProvider(options);
+      return { provider, mistral: client };
+    }
     const { provider, client } = await createOpenAiEmbeddingProvider(options);
     return { provider, openAi: client };
   };
 
-  const formatPrimaryError = (err: unknown, provider: "openai" | "local" | "gemini") =>
+  const formatPrimaryError = (err: unknown, provider: "openai" | "local" | "gemini" | "mistral") =>
     provider === "local" ? formatLocalSetupError(err) : formatError(err);
 
   if (requestedProvider === "auto") {
@@ -145,7 +155,7 @@ export async function createEmbeddingProvider(
       }
     }
 
-    for (const provider of ["openai", "gemini"] as const) {
+    for (const provider of ["openai", "gemini", "mistral"] as const) {
       try {
         const result = await createProvider(provider);
         return { ...result, requestedProvider };
@@ -224,3 +234,5 @@ function formatLocalSetupError(err: unknown): string {
     .filter(Boolean)
     .join("\n");
 }
+
+export { createMistralEmbeddingProvider } from "./embeddings-mistral.js";
diff --git a/src/memory/manager.ts b/src/memory/manager.ts
index aa3cb317d..2c8610855 100644
--- a/src/memory/manager.ts
+++ b/src/memory/manager.ts
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ import {
   type EmbeddingProvider,
   type EmbeddingProviderResult,
   type GeminiEmbeddingClient,
+  type MistralEmbeddingClient,
   type OpenAiEmbeddingClient,
 } from "./embeddings.js";
 import { DEFAULT_GEMINI_EMBEDDING_MODEL } from "./embeddings-gemini.js";
+import { DEFAULT_MISTRAL_EMBEDDING_MODEL } from "./embeddings-mistral.js";
 import { DEFAULT_OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL } from "./embeddings-openai.js";
 import {
   OPENAI_BATCH_ENDPOINT,
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ import {
   runOpenAiEmbeddingBatches,
 } from "./batch-openai.js";
 import { runGeminiEmbeddingBatches, type GeminiBatchRequest } from "./batch-gemini.js";
+import { runMistralEmbeddingBatches, type MistralBatchRequest } from "./batch-mistral.js";
 import {
   buildFileEntry,
   chunkMarkdown,
@@ -123,11 +126,12 @@ export class MemoryIndexManager {
   private readonly workspaceDir: string;
   private readonly settings: ResolvedMemorySearchConfig;
   private provider: EmbeddingProvider;
-  private readonly requestedProvider: "openai" | "local" | "gemini" | "auto";
-  private fallbackFrom?: "openai" | "local" | "gemini";
+  private readonly requestedProvider: "openai" | "local" | "gemini" | "mistral" | "auto";
+  private fallbackFrom?: "openai" | "local" | "gemini" | "mistral";
   private fallbackReason?: string;
   private openAi?: OpenAiEmbeddingClient;
   private gemini?: GeminiEmbeddingClient;
+  private mistral?: MistralEmbeddingClient;
   private batch: {
     enabled: boolean;
     wait: boolean;
@@ -224,6 +228,7 @@ export class MemoryIndexManager {
     this.fallbackReason = params.providerResult.fallbackReason;
     this.openAi = params.providerResult.openAi;
     this.gemini = params.providerResult.gemini;
+    this.mistral = params.providerResult.mistral;
     this.sources = new Set(params.settings.sources);
     this.db = this.openDatabase();
     this.providerKey = this.computeProviderKey();
@@ -1303,7 +1308,8 @@ export class MemoryIndexManager {
     const enabled = Boolean(
       batch?.enabled &&
       ((this.openAi && this.provider.id === "openai") ||
-        (this.gemini && this.provider.id === "gemini")),
+        (this.gemini && this.provider.id === "gemini") ||
+        (this.mistral && this.provider.id === "mistral")),
     );
     return {
       enabled,
@@ -1318,14 +1324,16 @@ export class MemoryIndexManager {
     const fallback = this.settings.fallback;
     if (!fallback || fallback === "none" || fallback === this.provider.id) return false;
     if (this.fallbackFrom) return false;
-    const fallbackFrom = this.provider.id as "openai" | "gemini" | "local";
+    const fallbackFrom = this.provider.id as "openai" | "gemini" | "mistral" | "local";
 
     const fallbackModel =
       fallback === "gemini"
         ? DEFAULT_GEMINI_EMBEDDING_MODEL
-        : fallback === "openai"
-          ? DEFAULT_OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL
-          : this.settings.model;
+        : fallback === "mistral"
+          ? DEFAULT_MISTRAL_EMBEDDING_MODEL
+          : fallback === "openai"
+            ? DEFAULT_OPENAI_EMBEDDING_MODEL
+            : this.settings.model;
 
     const fallbackResult = await createEmbeddingProvider({
       config: this.cfg,
@@ -1342,6 +1350,7 @@ export class MemoryIndexManager {
     this.provider = fallbackResult.provider;
     this.openAi = fallbackResult.openAi;
     this.gemini = fallbackResult.gemini;
+    this.mistral = fallbackResult.mistral;
     this.providerKey = this.computeProviderKey();
     this.batch = this.resolveBatchConfig();
     log.warn(`memory embeddings: switched to fallback provider (${fallback})`, { reason });
@@ -1758,6 +1767,20 @@ export class MemoryIndexManager {
         }),
       );
     }
+    if (this.provider.id === "mistral" && this.mistral) {
+      const entries = Object.entries(this.mistral.headers)
+        .filter(([key]) => key.toLowerCase() !== "authorization")
+        .sort(([a], [b]) => a.localeCompare(b))
+        .map(([key, value]) => [key, value]);
+      return hashText(
+        JSON.stringify({
+          provider: "mistral",
+          baseUrl: this.mistral.baseUrl,
+          model: this.mistral.model,
+          headers: entries,
+        }),
+      );
+    }
     return hashText(JSON.stringify({ provider: this.provider.id, model: this.provider.model }));
   }
 
@@ -1772,6 +1795,9 @@ export class MemoryIndexManager {
     if (this.provider.id === "gemini" && this.gemini) {
       return this.embedChunksWithGeminiBatch(chunks, entry, source);
     }
+    if (this.provider.id === "mistral" && this.mistral) {
+      return this.embedChunksWithMistralBatch(chunks, entry, source);
+    }
     return this.embedChunksInBatches(chunks);
   }
 
@@ -1918,6 +1944,75 @@ export class MemoryIndexManager {
     return embeddings;
   }
 
+  private async embedChunksWithMistralBatch(
+    chunks: MemoryChunk[],
+    entry: MemoryFileEntry | SessionFileEntry,
+    source: MemorySource,
+  ): Promise<number[][]> {
+    const mistral = this.mistral;
+    if (!mistral) {
+      return this.embedChunksInBatches(chunks);
+    }
+    if (chunks.length === 0) return [];
+    const cached = this.loadEmbeddingCache(chunks.map((chunk) => chunk.hash));
+    const embeddings: number[][] = Array.from({ length: chunks.length }, () => []);
+    const missing: Array<{ index: number; chunk: MemoryChunk }> = [];
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < chunks.length; i += 1) {
+      const chunk = chunks[i];
+      const hit = chunk?.hash ? cached.get(chunk.hash) : undefined;
+      if (hit && hit.length > 0) {
+        embeddings[i] = hit;
+      } else if (chunk) {
+        missing.push({ index: i, chunk });
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (missing.length === 0) return embeddings;
+
+    const requests: MistralBatchRequest[] = [];
+    const mapping = new Map<string, { index: number; hash: string }>();
+    for (const item of missing) {
+      const chunk = item.chunk;
+      const customId = hashText(
+        `${source}:${entry.path}:${chunk.startLine}:${chunk.endLine}:${chunk.hash}:${item.index}`,
+      );
+      mapping.set(customId, { index: item.index, hash: chunk.hash });
+      requests.push({
+        custom_id: customId,
+        text: chunk.text,
+      });
+    }
+
+    const batchResult = await this.runBatchWithFallback({
+      provider: "mistral",
+      run: async () =>
+        await runMistralEmbeddingBatches({
+          mistral,
+          agentId: this.agentId,
+          requests,
+          wait: this.batch.wait,
+          concurrency: this.batch.concurrency,
+          pollIntervalMs: this.batch.pollIntervalMs,
+          timeoutMs: this.batch.timeoutMs,
+          debug: (message, data) => log.debug(message, { ...data, source, chunks: chunks.length }),
+        }),
+      fallback: async () => await this.embedChunksInBatches(chunks),
+    });
+    if (Array.isArray(batchResult)) return batchResult;
+    const byCustomId = batchResult;
+
+    const toCache: Array<{ hash: string; embedding: number[] }> = [];
+    for (const [customId, embedding] of byCustomId.entries()) {
+      const mapped = mapping.get(customId);
+      if (!mapped) continue;
+      embeddings[mapped.index] = embedding;
+      toCache.push({ hash: mapped.hash, embedding });
+    }
+    this.upsertEmbeddingCache(toCache);
+    return embeddings;
+  }
+
   private async embedBatchWithRetry(texts: string[]): Promise<number[][]> {
     if (texts.length === 0) return [];
     let attempt = 0;