diff --git a/scripts/ingest_folder.py b/scripts/ingest_folder.py
index 220e7df..09f43a5 100644
--- a/scripts/ingest_folder.py
+++ b/scripts/ingest_folder.py
@@ -28,7 +28,14 @@ def main(path: Path, recursive: bool, force: bool, mode: str) -> None:
     run_id = uuid.uuid4()
     discovered = queued = dups = invalid = 0
 
-    for record in discover_documents(path, recursive=recursive, force=force):
+    # Materialize generator first: scanner's per-document session_scope only
+    # commits when the generator advances past the yield. Inline mode invokes
+    # the pipeline (which opens a fresh session) before that commit happens,
+    # so the document row is invisible. List() drains the generator end to end,
+    # forcing all commits before any processing.
+    records = list(discover_documents(path, recursive=recursive, force=force))
+
+    for record in records:
         discovered += 1
         if record.duplicate and not force:
             dups += 1