diff --git a/gateway/platforms/yuanbao.py b/gateway/platforms/yuanbao.py
index 2e3ed0253b..5c1a02401c 100644
--- a/gateway/platforms/yuanbao.py
+++ b/gateway/platforms/yuanbao.py
@@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@ class RecallGuardMiddleware(InboundMiddleware):
                     if entry.get("role") == "user" and entry.get("content") == recalled_text:
                         entry["content"] = cls._REDACTED
                         try:
-                            store.rewrite_transcript(sid, transcript)
+                            store.rewrite_transcript(sid, transcript, active_only=True)
                             logger.info("[%s] Recall redact: session %s", adapter.name, session_key[:30])
                         except Exception as exc:
                             logger.warning("[%s] Recall redact failed: %s", adapter.name, exc)
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ class RecallGuardMiddleware(InboundMiddleware):
         if target is not None:
             target["content"] = cls._REDACTED
             try:
-                store.rewrite_transcript(sid, transcript)
+                store.rewrite_transcript(sid, transcript, active_only=True)
                 logger.info("[%s] Recall: redacted msg_id=%s (%s)", adapter.name, recalled_id, branch_label)
             except Exception as exc:
                 logger.warning("[%s] Recall: rewrite_transcript failed: %s", adapter.name, exc)
diff --git a/gateway/session.py b/gateway/session.py
index d0e96461d6..fa019133c0 100644
--- a/gateway/session.py
+++ b/gateway/session.py
@@ -3379,8 +3379,7 @@ class SessionStore:
         compaction history that archive_and_compact() keeps on disk
         (#38763). Callers rewriting the live transcript of a session that
         may carry archived rows must pass ``active_only=True`` so only the
-        live rows are replaced; callers that mean to purge (e.g. yuanbao
-        recall redaction) keep the default.
+        live rows are replaced.
 
         Returns ``True`` when the write lands (or there is no DB to write to)
         and ``False`` when the canonical write fails. Most callers can ignore