diff --git a/servers/unraid/supermemory-poc/README.md b/servers/unraid/supermemory-poc/README.md
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@@ -77,6 +77,18 @@ Run `poc.py smoke` before importing any sampled production material. It checks
 the v3 document path plus the v4 search, profile, and conversation endpoints
 used by Hermes.
 
+### Current local-embedding blocker
+
+On the unRaid POC host, `server-v0.0.8` remains healthy but its local embedding
+worker returns `unknown certificate verification error` when first loading
+`Xenova/bge-m3`. Supplying a Mozilla CA bundle through `SSL_CERT_FILE`,
+`SSL_CERT_DIR`, `NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS`, and Debian's standard CA path did not
+change the error; TLS verification was never disabled. Do not import sampled
+Hindsight or document data until either a remote OpenAI-compatible embedding
+endpoint or a separately approved local embedding sidecar passes the smoke
+test. The server also returns HTTP 409 when deleting documents stuck in the
+`embedding` state, so failed smoke rows may require a fresh POC data directory.
+
 ## Evaluation guardrails
 
 - Score raw Supermemory API retrieval separately from the Hermes answer. In