diff --git a/backend/schema-snapshots/get-_api_v1_transactions.json b/backend/schema-snapshots/get-_api_v1_transactions.json
index 632fb780..21034640 100644
--- a/backend/schema-snapshots/get-_api_v1_transactions.json
+++ b/backend/schema-snapshots/get-_api_v1_transactions.json
@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@
           "type": "number"
         },
         "nextCursor": {
-          "type": "string",
-          "nullable": true
+          "type": "string"
         },
         "prevCursor": {
           "type": "string"
diff --git a/backend/src/__tests__/issues711.test.ts b/backend/src/__tests__/issues711.test.ts
index c4817c79..d09f97a9 100644
--- a/backend/src/__tests__/issues711.test.ts
+++ b/backend/src/__tests__/issues711.test.ts
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ import {
   diffSchemaShapes,
   generateSnapshotFor,
   loadSnapshot,
+  snapshotPathFor,
   validateResponseAgainstSchema,
-  writeAllSnapshots,
   zodToJsonShape,
   HealthResponseSchema,
+  JsonSchemaShape,
 } from '../apiContractSnapshots';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
@@ -19,10 +20,6 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 const SNAPSHOT_DIR = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'schema-snapshots');
 
 describe('#711 API contract schema snapshots', () => {
-  beforeAll(() => {
-    writeAllSnapshots();
-  });
-
   it('defines snapshots for all critical public endpoints', () => {
     expect(CRITICAL_ENDPOINTS.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(4);
     for (const endpoint of CRITICAL_ENDPOINTS) {
@@ -53,12 +50,6 @@ describe('#711 API contract schema snapshots', () => {
     const current = zodToJsonShape(HealthResponseSchema);
     const baseline = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(current)) as typeof current;
     // Simulate an older snapshot that is missing the 'indexer' field
-    const current = zodToJsonShape(HealthResponseSchema);
-    const baseline = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(current)) as typeof current;
-    // Simulate an older snapshot that is missing the 'indexer' field, so the
-    // live schema now has a required field the committed snapshot does not know
-    // about. `baseline` is the committed snapshot and `current` is the live
-    // schema, so the deletion has to happen on the baseline.
     delete baseline.properties?.checks?.properties?.indexer;
     baseline.properties!.checks!.required = (baseline.properties!.checks!.required ?? []).filter(
       (k: string) => k !== 'indexer',
@@ -176,4 +167,26 @@ describe('#711 API contract schema snapshots', () => {
     const issues = diffSchemaShapes(baseline, current, 'GET /health');
     expect(issues.some((issue) => issue.message === 'new field added to live schema (snapshot drift)' && issue.path === 'GET /health.newField')).toBe(true);
   });
+
+  // #1378: committed snapshots must be generator output, not hand-edited, and
+  // must carry the indexer check that /health and /ready emit.
+  it('committed snapshots match generator output byte-for-byte', () => {
+    for (const endpoint of CRITICAL_ENDPOINTS) {
+      const committed = fs.readFileSync(snapshotPathFor(endpoint), 'utf8');
+      expect(committed).toBe(JSON.stringify(generateSnapshotFor(endpoint), null, 2) + '\n');
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('health and ready snapshots include the indexer check', () => {
+    const health = loadSnapshot('GET /health');
+    expect(health?.properties?.checks?.properties?.indexer).toEqual({
+      type: 'string',
+      enum: ['up', 'down', 'degraded', 'unknown'],
+    });
+    expect(health?.properties?.checks?.required).toContain('indexer');
+
+    const ready = loadSnapshot('GET /ready');
+    expect(ready?.properties?.dependencies?.properties?.indexer).toEqual({ type: 'boolean' });
+    expect(ready?.properties?.dependencies?.required).toContain('indexer');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/backend/src/apiContractSnapshots.ts b/backend/src/apiContractSnapshots.ts
index 7c1aa8f9..982e3a2e 100644
--- a/backend/src/apiContractSnapshots.ts
+++ b/backend/src/apiContractSnapshots.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ export const ReadyResponseSchema = z
       database: z.boolean(),
       prisma: z.boolean(),
       indexer: z.boolean(),
+      redis: z.object({
+        status: z.enum(['up', 'down']),
+        optional: z.boolean().optional(),
+        latencyMs: z.number().optional(),
+        error: z.string().optional(),
+      }),
     }),
   })
   .strict();
@@ -273,11 +279,7 @@ export function diffSchemaShapes(
     }
 
     for (const key of baselineRequired) {
-      // `in` binds tighter than `??`, so the parentheses are required: without
-      // them this reads as `(key in baseline.properties) ?? {}` and throws a
-      // TypeError whenever a committed snapshot has no `properties` object.
       if (!(key in baselineProps)) {
-      if (!(key in (baseline.properties ?? {}))) {
         issues.push({ path: at(key), message: 'required field missing from snapshot properties (orphaned reference)' });
       }
       if (!(key in currentProps)) {
@@ -288,7 +290,7 @@ export function diffSchemaShapes(
     }
 
     for (const key of currentRequired) {
-      if (!(key in (current.properties ?? {}))) {
+      if (!(key in currentProps)) {
         issues.push({ path: at(key), message: 'required field missing from live schema properties (invalid schema)' });
         continue;
       }