diff --git a/workspace-server/cmd/memory-plugin-postgres/migrations/000_schema_bootstrap.down.sql b/workspace-server/cmd/memory-plugin-postgres/migrations/000_schema_bootstrap.down.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e4f3282c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/workspace-server/cmd/memory-plugin-postgres/migrations/000_schema_bootstrap.down.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+-- Reverse of 000_schema_bootstrap.up.sql.
+--
+-- Drops the dedicated schema and every plugin object inside it. Operator
+-- runs this only when intentionally tearing down the v2 plugin store on
+-- a shared tenant Postgres. Down migrations are NOT auto-applied by the
+-- plugin (cmd/memory-plugin-postgres/main.go:runMigrations comment) —
+-- this file is for manual operator-driven cleanup.
+
+DROP SCHEMA IF EXISTS memory_plugin CASCADE;
diff --git a/workspace-server/cmd/memory-plugin-postgres/migrations/000_schema_bootstrap.up.sql b/workspace-server/cmd/memory-plugin-postgres/migrations/000_schema_bootstrap.up.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9c60588c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/workspace-server/cmd/memory-plugin-postgres/migrations/000_schema_bootstrap.up.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+-- Create the dedicated schema this plugin owns when it shares a Postgres
+-- with the tenant platform (the default deployment shape — see
+-- entrypoint-tenant.sh which appends `search_path=memory_plugin,public`
+-- to DATABASE_URL when the operator hasn't set MEMORY_PLUGIN_DATABASE_URL
+-- explicitly).
+--
+-- The schema name `memory_plugin` matches the search_path injected by
+-- the entrypoint; sql.Open's URL controls *where* subsequent CREATE
+-- TABLE lands (search_path) but does NOT auto-create the target schema,
+-- so the plugin has to do it itself before 001_memory_v2 runs.
+--
+-- About the `,public` fallback in search_path: pgvector ships as an
+-- extension that lives in one schema. On fresh tenants 001_memory_v2's
+-- `CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS vector` installs it into the first
+-- writable schema in search_path (memory_plugin — SSOT preserved). On
+-- tenants where pgvector was already installed into `public` by a
+-- prior boot, the IF NOT EXISTS is a no-op and the extension stays in
+-- public; the `vector(1536)` type reference in 001 then resolves via
+-- the public fallback. Without that fallback, 001 would die with
+-- "type vector does not exist" on every pre-existing tenant (#1742
+-- review finding).
+--
+-- Operators who point the plugin at a dedicated database (no shared
+-- tenant tables) can leave this no-op: CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS is
+-- idempotent and a fresh DB happily owns a `memory_plugin` schema.
+--
+-- Migration files are sorted alphabetically (cmd/memory-plugin-postgres/
+-- main.go:runMigrationsFromEmbed → sort.Strings), so 000_ runs before
+-- 001_memory_v2 which assumes the schema already exists in search_path.
+
+CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS memory_plugin;
diff --git a/workspace-server/cmd/memory-plugin-postgres/migrations_embed_test.go b/workspace-server/cmd/memory-plugin-postgres/migrations_embed_test.go
index f2f0b785..341e694e 100644
--- a/workspace-server/cmd/memory-plugin-postgres/migrations_embed_test.go
+++ b/workspace-server/cmd/memory-plugin-postgres/migrations_embed_test.go
@@ -34,13 +34,49 @@ func TestMigrationsEmbedded_ContainsCreateTable(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("read embedded %q: %v", e.Name(), err)
 			continue
 		}
-		if !strings.Contains(string(data), "CREATE TABLE") {
-			t.Errorf("embedded %q has no CREATE TABLE — wrong file embedded?", e.Name())
+		// Each file must contain at least one DDL statement we expect to see
+		// — guards against truncated / empty files that would silently embed.
+		if !containsAnyDDL(string(data)) {
+			t.Errorf("embedded %q contains no recognized DDL (CREATE TABLE/SCHEMA/EXTENSION/INDEX) — wrong or truncated file?", e.Name())
 		}
 	}
 	if !seenUp {
 		t.Fatal("no *.up.sql in embedded migrations — runtime would have no schema to apply")
 	}
+
+	// Per-file invariants (issue #1742 review finding). The previous global
+	// "at least one file has CREATE TABLE somewhere" check let a future
+	// rewrite of 001_memory_v2.up.sql silently regress to schema-only as
+	// long as any other file declared a table. Pin the load-bearing DDL
+	// per filename so a wrong-or-truncated 001 fails this test loudly.
+	assertFileContains(t, "000_schema_bootstrap.up.sql", "CREATE SCHEMA")
+	assertFileContains(t, "001_memory_v2.up.sql", "CREATE TABLE")
+	assertFileContains(t, "001_memory_v2.up.sql", "memory_records")
+	assertFileContains(t, "001_memory_v2.up.sql", "memory_namespaces")
+}
+
+// assertFileContains fails the test if the embedded migration `name`
+// either can't be read or doesn't contain `needle`. Pulled out so each
+// per-file pin reads as one line.
+func assertFileContains(t *testing.T, name, needle string) {
+	t.Helper()
+	data, err := migrationsFS.ReadFile("migrations/" + name)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("required migration %q not embedded: %v", name, err)
+		return
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(string(data), needle) {
+		t.Errorf("migration %q must contain %q — wrong or truncated file?", name, needle)
+	}
+}
+
+func containsAnyDDL(sql string) bool {
+	for _, kw := range []string{"CREATE TABLE", "CREATE SCHEMA", "CREATE EXTENSION", "CREATE INDEX", "CREATE OR REPLACE", "ALTER TABLE"} {
+		if strings.Contains(sql, kw) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
 }
 
 // TestRunMigrationsFromEmbed_OrderingIsAlphabetic pins that we apply
diff --git a/workspace-server/entrypoint-tenant.sh b/workspace-server/entrypoint-tenant.sh
index 0f2d6dde..5b6087e9 100644
--- a/workspace-server/entrypoint-tenant.sh
+++ b/workspace-server/entrypoint-tenant.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,33 @@ if [ "$MEMORY_V2_CUTOVER" = "true" ] || [ -n "$MEMORY_PLUGIN_URL" ]; then
   memory_plugin_wanted=1
 fi
 if [ -z "$MEMORY_PLUGIN_DISABLE" ] && [ -n "$memory_plugin_wanted" ] && [ -n "$DATABASE_URL" ]; then
-  : "${MEMORY_PLUGIN_DATABASE_URL:=$DATABASE_URL}"
+  # Schema isolation (issue #1733): when defaulting from the tenant
+  # DATABASE_URL we co-locate the plugin's tables under a dedicated
+  # `memory_plugin` schema so they never collide with platform-tenant
+  # tables in `public`. The plugin's 000_schema_bootstrap migration
+  # creates the schema; search_path here directs every subsequent CREATE
+  # TABLE / SELECT to land in it.
+  #
+  # The search_path includes `public` as a fallback so the `vector` type
+  # resolves regardless of which schema pgvector was installed into.
+  # Fresh tenants (no prior `CREATE EXTENSION vector`) install the
+  # extension into `memory_plugin` (first writable schema in the path),
+  # keeping the SSOT intent. Tenants where pgvector was already
+  # installed into `public` by a prior boot or operator action keep the
+  # extension where it is and resolve `vector(1536)` via the public
+  # fallback — without this fallback those tenants would crash the
+  # plugin boot with "type vector does not exist" once the migrations
+  # try to create memory_records (#1742 review finding).
+  #
+  # Operators who explicitly set MEMORY_PLUGIN_DATABASE_URL (separate DB
+  # entirely) keep full control — search_path is only injected when we
+  # default from DATABASE_URL.
+  if [ -z "$MEMORY_PLUGIN_DATABASE_URL" ]; then
+    case "$DATABASE_URL" in
+      *\?*) MEMORY_PLUGIN_DATABASE_URL="${DATABASE_URL}&search_path=memory_plugin,public" ;;
+      *)    MEMORY_PLUGIN_DATABASE_URL="${DATABASE_URL}?search_path=memory_plugin,public" ;;
+    esac
+  fi
   : "${MEMORY_PLUGIN_LISTEN_ADDR:=:9100}"
   export MEMORY_PLUGIN_DATABASE_URL MEMORY_PLUGIN_LISTEN_ADDR
   echo "memory-plugin: starting sidecar on $MEMORY_PLUGIN_LISTEN_ADDR" >&2