diff --git a/tests/test_index_helpers.py b/tests/test_index_helpers.py
index 7809487..1bb2590 100644
--- a/tests/test_index_helpers.py
+++ b/tests/test_index_helpers.py
@@ -288,3 +288,26 @@ class FakeIndex:
     manifest = json.loads((tmp_path / "manifest.json").read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
     assert manifest["default:active.txt"] == new_state["default:active.txt"]
     assert manifest["other:foreign.txt"] == {"unverified": True}
+
+
+def test_only_the_file_name_and_path_are_embedded_with_a_chunk() -> None:
+    from llama_index.core.schema import MetadataMode, TextNode
+
+    from trinaxai.indexing.indexer import _embed_excluded_keys
+
+    metadata = {
+        "rel_path": "pkg/git_tool.py",
+        "file_name": "git_tool.py",
+        "source_id": "code-1234",
+        "source_root": "/home/u/proj",
+        "pipeline_version": "abc",
+    }
+    assert _embed_excluded_keys(metadata) == ["pipeline_version", "source_id", "source_root"]
+    node = TextNode(
+        text="def run(): ...", metadata=metadata, excluded_embed_metadata_keys=_embed_excluded_keys(metadata)
+    )
+    embedded = node.get_content(metadata_mode=MetadataMode.EMBED)
+    assert "rel_path: pkg/git_tool.py" in embedded and "file_name: git_tool.py" in embedded
+    assert "source_id" not in embedded and "/home/u/proj" not in embedded and "pipeline_version" not in embedded
+    # The metadata is still stored on the node for filtering and citations.
+    assert node.metadata["source_id"] == "code-1234"
diff --git a/trinaxai/indexing/indexer.py b/trinaxai/indexing/indexer.py
index b530032..94be7b7 100644
--- a/trinaxai/indexing/indexer.py
+++ b/trinaxai/indexing/indexer.py
@@ -210,6 +210,15 @@ def _load_file_documents_result(path: str) -> tuple[str, list[Document], Excepti
         return path, [], exc
 
 
+# Only the file's name and path say something about its content. The rest (ids, absolute root, collection,
+# pipeline version) is the same boilerplate on every chunk, so embedding it only blurs short chunks.
+_EMBED_METADATA_KEYS = frozenset({"rel_path", "file_name"})
+
+
+def _embed_excluded_keys(metadata: dict[str, Any]) -> list[str]:
+    return sorted(key for key in metadata if key not in _EMBED_METADATA_KEYS)
+
+
 def _pipeline_version() -> str:
     """Stable version of every setting that changes generated chunks/vectors."""
     inputs = {
@@ -221,7 +230,7 @@ def _pipeline_version() -> str:
         "code_chunk_lines": config.CODE_CHUNK_LINES,
         "code_chunk_overlap": config.CODE_CHUNK_LINES_OVERLAP,
         "code_max_chars": config.CODE_MAX_CHARS,
-        "extractor_version": 2,
+        "extractor_version": 3,
     }
     payload = json.dumps(inputs, sort_keys=True, separators=(",", ":")).encode("utf-8")
     return hashlib.sha256(payload).hexdigest()[:20]
@@ -457,7 +466,7 @@ def load_docs_with_status(
                         }
                     )
                     d.metadata = metadata
-                    d.excluded_embed_metadata_keys = []
+                    d.excluded_embed_metadata_keys = _embed_excluded_keys(metadata)
                     d.excluded_llm_metadata_keys = []
                     result.documents.append(d)
                 result.loaded_paths.add(fp)
@@ -503,7 +512,13 @@ def build_nodes(documents: list[Document]) -> list[BaseNode]:
             doc_nodes = _sentence_splitter().get_nodes_from_documents([doc]) or []
             prose_count += 1
         if not doc_nodes and str(doc.text or "").strip():
-            doc_nodes = [TextNode(text=str(doc.text).strip(), metadata=dict(doc.metadata or {}))]
+            doc_nodes = [
+                TextNode(
+                    text=str(doc.text).strip(),
+                    metadata=dict(doc.metadata or {}),
+                    excluded_embed_metadata_keys=list(getattr(doc, "excluded_embed_metadata_keys", None) or []),
+                )
+            ]
             fallback += 1
         nodes.extend(doc_nodes)