diff --git a/paperforge/plugin/main.js b/paperforge/plugin/main.js
index c809da52..1b14de3a 100644
--- a/paperforge/plugin/main.js
+++ b/paperforge/plugin/main.js
@@ -1766,6 +1766,21 @@ class PaperForgeStatusView extends ItemView {
             const action = ACTIONS.find(a => a.id === 'paperforge-doctor');
             if (action) this._runAction(action, globalDoctorBtn);
         });
+
+        const globalStatusBtn = btnsRow.createEl('button', { cls: 'paperforge-contextual-btn' });
+        globalStatusBtn.createEl('span', { cls: 'paperforge-contextual-btn-icon', text: '\u2139' });
+        globalStatusBtn.createEl('span', { text: 'Refresh Status' });
+        globalStatusBtn.addEventListener('click', () => {
+            this._fetchStats();
+        });
+
+        const globalRepairBtn = btnsRow.createEl('button', { cls: 'paperforge-contextual-btn' });
+        globalRepairBtn.createEl('span', { cls: 'paperforge-contextual-btn-icon', text: '\u21BA' });
+        globalRepairBtn.createEl('span', { text: 'Repair Issues' });
+        globalRepairBtn.addEventListener('click', () => {
+            const action = ACTIONS.find(a => a.id === 'paperforge-repair');
+            if (action) this._runAction(action, globalRepairBtn);
+        });
     }
 
     /* ── System Status Row helper ── */
@@ -4837,7 +4852,9 @@ module.exports = class PaperForgePlugin extends Plugin {
                 const pyResult = resolvePythonExecutable(vaultPath, this.settings);
                 if (!pyResult.path) { this._autoSyncRunning = false; return; }
 
-                const cmd = `"${pyResult.path}" -m paperforge --vault "${vaultPath}" sync --key "${entry.name}"`;
+                // `paperforge sync` has no `--key` selector. Fall back to a full sync
+                // so OCR state changes still propagate into the canonical index.
+                const cmd = `"${pyResult.path}" -m paperforge --vault "${vaultPath}" sync`;
                 exec(cmd, { timeout: 30000, encoding: 'utf-8' }, () => {
                     this._autoSyncRunning = false;
                     this._memoryStatusText = null;
diff --git a/paperforge/services/sync_service.py b/paperforge/services/sync_service.py
index 1f058e28..cdd03058 100644
--- a/paperforge/services/sync_service.py
+++ b/paperforge/services/sync_service.py
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ class SyncService:
         index_count = 0
         orphaned = 0
         flat_cleaned = 0
+        memory_rebuild_error: Exception | None = None
 
         if not selection_only:
             from paperforge.worker._domain import load_domain_config
@@ -297,8 +298,9 @@ class SyncService:
 
                 if get_memory_db_path(self.vault).exists():
                     build_from_index(self.vault)
-            except Exception:
-                pass
+            except Exception as exc:
+                memory_rebuild_error = exc
+                logger.error("Failed to rebuild memory DB after sync: %s", exc)
 
             if not json_output:
                 print(f"index-refresh: {index_count} entries in index")
@@ -306,6 +308,8 @@ class SyncService:
                 print(f"index-refresh: {total} formal note(s) in literature")
 
         all_errors = list(selection_result.get("errors", []))
+        if memory_rebuild_error is not None:
+            all_errors.append(f"memory rebuild failed: {memory_rebuild_error}")
         is_ok = selection_result.get("failed", 0) == 0 and len(all_errors) == 0
 
         result = PFResult(
@@ -321,6 +325,18 @@ class SyncService:
         if _export_code != "ok":
             result.warnings.append(f"BBT exports: {_export_code}")
 
+        if memory_rebuild_error is not None:
+            result.error = PFError(
+                code=ErrorCode.SYNC_FAILED,
+                message=f"Sync completed but memory rebuild failed: {memory_rebuild_error}",
+                details={"phase": "memory_rebuild", "exception_type": type(memory_rebuild_error).__name__},
+                suggestions=["Run paperforge memory build to rebuild the memory DB from the cleaned canonical index."],
+            )
+            result.next_actions.append({
+                "command": "paperforge memory build",
+                "reason": "Rebuild memory DB so it matches the cleaned canonical index",
+            })
+
         return result
 
     # ── Legacy passthrough (backward-compat for commands/sync.py) ──