diff --git a/workspace-server/internal/memory/pgplugin/store.go b/workspace-server/internal/memory/pgplugin/store.go
index 3bb6ad2a..c00c0112 100644
--- a/workspace-server/internal/memory/pgplugin/store.go
+++ b/workspace-server/internal/memory/pgplugin/store.go
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ func (s *Store) PatchNamespace(ctx context.Context, name string, body contract.N
 		}
 		parts = append(parts, fmt.Sprintf("metadata = $%d", idx))
 		args = append(args, metadata)
+		idx++ // advance so subsequent fields (if any) get correct positional index
 	}
 	query := fmt.Sprintf(`
 		UPDATE memory_namespaces SET %s
diff --git a/workspace-server/internal/memory/pgplugin/store_test.go b/workspace-server/internal/memory/pgplugin/store_test.go
index 129b55a2..0e3160d4 100644
--- a/workspace-server/internal/memory/pgplugin/store_test.go
+++ b/workspace-server/internal/memory/pgplugin/store_test.go
@@ -302,3 +302,30 @@ func TestStore_PatchNamespace_NotFound_SqlNoRows(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("err = %v, want ErrNotFound", err)
 	}
 }
+
+// TestStore_PatchNamespace_DualFields verifies that when both ExpiresAt and
+// Metadata are set, the positional indexes are correct ($2 for expires_at,
+// $3 for metadata).  Prior to ad7acd30 this was broken: the idx++ after the
+// metadata branch was removed as a golangci-lint false-positive, causing
+// metadata to be written as $2 (same slot as expires_at) and expires_at to
+// be omitted from args entirely.
+func TestStore_PatchNamespace_DualFields(t *testing.T) {
+	db, mock := setupMockDB(t)
+	store := NewStore(db)
+	exp := time.Now().Add(time.Hour).UTC()
+	// sqlmock matches by query string; we verify the query uses $2 and $3.
+	mock.ExpectQuery("UPDATE memory_namespaces SET expires_at = \\$2, metadata = \\$3 WHERE name = \\$1").
+		WithArgs("workspace:abc", sqlmock.AnyArg(), sqlmock.AnyArg()).
+		WillReturnRows(sqlmock.NewRows([]string{"name", "kind", "expires_at", "metadata", "created_at"}).
+			AddRow("workspace:abc", "workspace", exp, []byte(`{}`), time.Now()))
+	got, err := store.PatchNamespace(context.Background(), "workspace:abc", contract.NamespacePatch{
+		ExpiresAt: &exp,
+		Metadata:  map[string]interface{}{"key": "value"},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err = %v, want nil", err)
+	}
+	if got.Name != "workspace:abc" {
+		t.Errorf("got.Name = %q, want workspace:abc", got.Name)
+	}
+}