diff --git a/app/api/realtime/notifications/route.ts b/app/api/realtime/notifications/route.ts
index 7a6befa..4fad600 100644
--- a/app/api/realtime/notifications/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/realtime/notifications/route.ts
@@ -132,7 +132,9 @@ export async function GET(request: NextRequest) {
           status: 'open',
           expires_at: { gt: new Date() },
           product_id: { in: products.map((p) => p.id) },
-          story_id: { not: null },
+          // Skip idea-questions (story_id NULL) — story-questions only here.
+          // Narrowing happens in the flatMap below — Prisma 7 rejects
+          // `story_id: { not: null }` at runtime.
         },
         orderBy: { created_at: 'desc' },
         take: 100,
diff --git a/components/notifications/notifications-bridge.tsx b/components/notifications/notifications-bridge.tsx
index ef7a9fe..e600838 100644
--- a/components/notifications/notifications-bridge.tsx
+++ b/components/notifications/notifications-bridge.tsx
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ export async function NotificationsBridge({ userId }: NotificationsBridgeProps)
             status: 'open',
             expires_at: { gt: new Date() },
             product_id: { in: productIds },
-            story_id: { not: null },
+            // Skip idea-questions (story_id NULL): they have a separate
+            // realtime channel and aren't shown in this product-scoped bell.
+            // Narrowing happens in the flatMap below — Prisma 7 rejects
+            // `story_id: { not: null }` at runtime.
           },
           orderBy: { created_at: 'desc' },
           take: 100,
diff --git a/lib/insights/verify-stats.ts b/lib/insights/verify-stats.ts
index c09806b..0de209f 100644
--- a/lib/insights/verify-stats.ts
+++ b/lib/insights/verify-stats.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ export async function getVerifyResultStats(
     status: 'DONE' as const,
     verify_result: { not: null as null },
     finished_at: { gt: cutoff },
-    task_id: { not: null },
+    // Note: task_id can now be NULL on idea-jobs (M12). The toTopJob mapper
+    // filters them out via .filter(Boolean). Keeping a where-side filter
+    // (`task_id: { not: null }`) is rejected by Prisma 7 runtime.
   }
 
   const [grouped, rawEmpty, rawDivergent] = await Promise.all([