diff --git a/docs/known-issues.md b/docs/known-issues.md
index 9e9d869..3f61971 100644
--- a/docs/known-issues.md
+++ b/docs/known-issues.md
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ returns them. On a fresh install, or after a damaged file, they show in the Inbo
 the file directly and is not affected. Fix: return `[]` instead of seeding (and drop
 the samples). Revisit: P3.11 or any item that touches notifications.
 
-## fact_extract writes a fixed user_id (2026-10-06)
+## fact_extract writes a fixed user_id (2026-10-06) — FIXED 2026-10-07 (default user id; the 13 existing rows on the Mac were moved to it after a backup of memory.db)
 
 `skills/fact_extract.py`'s `_save` stores each learned fact's conversation row with `user_id="mickael"`, a
 personal name in the public repo, while every other memory path uses the default user id. Found while fixing its
diff --git a/skills/.manifest.json b/skills/.manifest.json
index bd06a34..598e080 100644
--- a/skills/.manifest.json
+++ b/skills/.manifest.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     "daily_kickoff.py": "c649a0597265f284a876512c5689c2b210eb894ffddbd8da6b95f5e36a8cedab",
     "delegate.py": "90f4720b474fd0391bee6e23afda68220ffd31d1710772ffb8079f7bb184c3ac",
     "email_triage.py": "d7b9032b81179f58c5aff660c34f9b8edf212a8ce7651d307306e4757a8daaf2",
-    "fact_extract.py": "4a8d81c2c5c79d007d0e161575d4a95a91fbb8f758b8311b807b1b1cc4f0206f",
+    "fact_extract.py": "904f6519a1d8237656b466735b9bc454a3f83055c4c1b212adb8f9c2b78575e3",
     "file_ops.py": "890f581c891a2c89dbd51177cf7b8152dba224a590a7f526737e9003f9046dce",
     "file_search.py": "422274fb2386a1e3606a9f5539b3be6a381ebb4c0d968957b14150299a25eb34",
     "file_write.py": "7bfffb3b55580e8b5abc1fbdef43402233068267ad1d28fdc9bafd53d84430d2",
diff --git a/skills/fact_extract.py b/skills/fact_extract.py
index 29e7801..f39d9c8 100644
--- a/skills/fact_extract.py
+++ b/skills/fact_extract.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def _save(fact: str) -> bool:
     try:
         from codec_memory import CodecMemory
         mem = CodecMemory()
-        mem.save(session_id="fact_extract", role="fact", content=fact, user_id="mickael")
+        mem.save(session_id="fact_extract", role="fact", content=fact)  # the default user id, like every other memory write
         # The structured copy Settings > Learning lists, edits and forgets (UI P3.12). This used to
         # call CodecMemory.store_fact, which does not exist, so no learned fact reached the facts table.
         # The key comes from the text: the same fact learned twice is one fact.
diff --git a/tests/test_learning.py b/tests/test_learning.py
index 697c043..cf02e5b 100644
--- a/tests/test_learning.py
+++ b/tests/test_learning.py
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ def fake_store(key, value, **kw):
     assert stored == [(key, "Juan is launching NovaPay in Q3", {"fact_type": "learned", "source": "fact_extract"})], \
         "one structured fact for the same text"
     assert [s["role"] for s in saved] == ["fact", "fact"], "the conversation row is still written, as before"
+    assert all("user_id" not in s for s in saved), "the default user id, no personal name"
 
 
 def test_review_then_approve_go_through_the_existing_gates(tmp_path, monkeypatch):