diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fe83cc081..e7255acae 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ and this project adheres to
 
 - 🔥(backend) remove mirroring feature
 
+### Fixed
+
+- 🐛(backend) fix indexing payload is_active and reach
+
 ## [v0.17.0] - 2026-04-23
 
 ### Added
@@ -37,7 +41,6 @@ and this project adheres to
 - 🐛(backend) fix openapi schema for item access endpoints
 - 🐛(backend) load jwks url when OIDC_RS_PRIVATE_KEY_STR is set
 
-
 ## [v0.16.0] - 2026-04-09
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/src/backend/core/services/search_indexers.py b/src/backend/core/services/search_indexers.py
index 10aef550a..515221f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/core/services/search_indexers.py
+++ b/src/backend/core/services/search_indexers.py
@@ -305,14 +305,14 @@ def serialize_item(self, item, accesses):
 
         # The deleted items are still accessible in Drive (not in Docs !)
         # See in V2 for handling hard deleted ones
-        is_active = True
+        is_active = item.deleted_at is None and item.ancestors_deleted_at is None
 
         # There is no endpoint in Find API for inactive items so we index it
         # again with an empty content.
         if is_active and self.can_serialize_content(item):
             content = self.to_text(item)
 
-        return {
+        payload = {
             "id": str(item.id),
             "title": item.title or "",
             "mimetype": item.mimetype or "",
@@ -325,11 +325,15 @@ def serialize_item(self, item, accesses):
             "updated_at": item.updated_at.isoformat(),
             "users": list(accesses.get(doc_path, {}).get("users", set())),
             "groups": list(accesses.get(doc_path, {}).get("teams", set())),
-            "reach": str(item.link_reach),
             "size": item.size or 0,
             "is_active": is_active,
         }
 
+        if item.link_reach:
+            payload["reach"] = str(item.link_reach)
+
+        return payload
+
     # pylint: disable-next=too-many-arguments,too-many-positional-arguments
     def search(self, text, token, visited=(), nb_results=None):
         """
diff --git a/src/backend/core/tests/test_services_search_indexers.py b/src/backend/core/tests/test_services_search_indexers.py
index 295ef5f86..1d2dabbce 100644
--- a/src/backend/core/tests/test_services_search_indexers.py
+++ b/src/backend/core/tests/test_services_search_indexers.py
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ def test_services_search_indexers_serialize_document_soft_deleted():
     result = indexer.serialize_item(item, {})
 
     # Still accessible through the thrashbin
-    assert result["is_active"] is True
+    assert result["is_active"] is False
     assert result["content"] == "This is a text file content"