diff --git a/methods/EverCore/src/core/lifespan/milvus_lifespan.py b/methods/EverCore/src/core/lifespan/milvus_lifespan.py
index 6d6f916d..034569cf 100644
--- a/methods/EverCore/src/core/lifespan/milvus_lifespan.py
+++ b/methods/EverCore/src/core/lifespan/milvus_lifespan.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Milvus lifespan provider implementation
 """
 
+import os
 from collections import defaultdict
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from typing import Any
@@ -41,6 +42,18 @@ async def startup(self, app: FastAPI) -> Any:
         Returns:
             Any: Milvus client information
         """
+        # Symmetric env-gate (mirrors QdrantLifespanProvider): when running with
+        # the Qdrant adapter as the active vector backend, the Milvus lifespan
+        # must be a no-op. Without this gate it always tries to connect to
+        # Milvus and crashes the service when Milvus is offline (e.g. after
+        # cutover or during outage), preventing the Qdrant adapter — which
+        # runs at order=19, AFTER milvus order=18 — from ever starting.
+        if os.getenv("VECTOR_STORE_BACKEND", "milvus").strip().lower() == "qdrant":
+            logger.info(
+                "VECTOR_STORE_BACKEND=qdrant — Milvus lifespan startup no-op"
+            )
+            return None
+
         logger.info("Initializing Milvus connection...")
 
         try:
diff --git a/methods/EverCore/src/core/oxm/milvus/base_repository.py b/methods/EverCore/src/core/oxm/milvus/base_repository.py
index cfa49e67..025e866f 100644
--- a/methods/EverCore/src/core/oxm/milvus/base_repository.py
+++ b/methods/EverCore/src/core/oxm/milvus/base_repository.py
@@ -40,10 +40,23 @@ def __init__(self, model: Type[T]):
         """
         self.model = model
         self.model_name = model.__name__
-        self.collection: Optional[AsyncCollection] = model.async_collection()
+        # Lazy collection resolution: the underlying Milvus collection is only
+        # available once `MilvusLifespanProvider` has run `ensure_loaded()`.
+        # When VECTOR_STORE_BACKEND=qdrant the Milvus lifespan is a no-op, so
+        # eager resolution here would crash the entire app startup at every
+        # repository `__init__`. We defer to first access of `self.collection`
+        # so the app boots and qdrant-mode never touches the Milvus pathway.
+        self._collection_cache: Optional[AsyncCollection] = None
         self.schema = model._SCHEMA
         self.all_output_fields = [field.name for field in self.schema.fields]
 
+    @property
+    def collection(self) -> AsyncCollection:
+        """Lazy accessor for the underlying async Milvus collection."""
+        if self._collection_cache is None:
+            self._collection_cache = self.model.async_collection()
+        return self._collection_cache
+
     # ==================== Basic CRUD Operations ====================
 
     async def insert(self, entity: T, flush: bool = False) -> str:
diff --git a/methods/EverCore/src/core/tenants/tenantize/oxm/qdrant/config_utils.py b/methods/EverCore/src/core/tenants/tenantize/oxm/qdrant/config_utils.py
index 4e857b57..2f806c9f 100644
--- a/methods/EverCore/src/core/tenants/tenantize/oxm/qdrant/config_utils.py
+++ b/methods/EverCore/src/core/tenants/tenantize/oxm/qdrant/config_utils.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def get_tenant_qdrant_config() -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
         oder ``None`` falls kein Tenant aktiv.
     """
     # Lazy import vermeidet Circular-Dependency bei Adapter-Discovery-Time.
-    from core.tenants.tenantize.tenant_context import get_current_tenant
+    from core.tenants.tenant_contextvar import get_current_tenant
 
     # Fail-closed: an unexpected error during tenant resolution must not
     # degrade silently to the shared base-prefix path — that would route a