diff --git a/.github/scripts/product_file_line_count_ratchet_baseline/backend-database.json b/.github/scripts/product_file_line_count_ratchet_baseline/backend-database.json
index a31c6d89802..3767e64ff8d 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/product_file_line_count_ratchet_baseline/backend-database.json
+++ b/.github/scripts/product_file_line_count_ratchet_baseline/backend-database.json
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 {
   "files": {
-    "backend/database/conversations.py": 1601,
+    "backend/database/conversations.py": 1616,
     "backend/database/users.py": 1943
   },
   "raise_justifications": {
-    "backend/database/conversations.py": "Public shared-chat uses the existing conversation storage format for bounded, safe transcript decoding; extraction would duplicate crypto/storage invariants. +21 for the #10033 merge-target eligibility predicate and pure closest-match selector beside the query they filter."
+    "backend/database/conversations.py": "Public shared-chat uses the existing conversation storage format for bounded, safe transcript decoding; extraction would duplicate crypto/storage invariants. +15 for the shared is_soft_deleted tombstone-eligibility predicate that eligible_merge_target and the reprocess guard converge on (#10119/#10262)."
   },
   "threshold": 1500
 }
diff --git a/backend/database/conversations.py b/backend/database/conversations.py
index 07809f8af35..cfb797a61e7 100644
--- a/backend/database/conversations.py
+++ b/backend/database/conversations.py
@@ -1524,6 +1524,21 @@ def _store(transaction) -> bool:
 # ********************************
 
 
+def is_soft_deleted(conversation: Optional[dict]) -> bool:
+    """Whether a conversation is a soft-deleted tombstone.
+
+    A tombstone is invisible to the user, so any content operation that reads it
+    and writes derived state — merging its segments, or reprocessing to
+    regenerate structured data, action items, memories and embeddings —
+    resurrects data the user deleted. Such operations must reject a tombstone.
+
+    Shared predicate behind that contract (sync #10119 via `eligible_merge_target`,
+    merge #10262, reprocess). Deliberately distinct from `discarded`, which stays
+    revivable: the merge and reprocess paths intentionally revive a discarded row.
+    """
+    return bool(conversation) and bool(conversation.get('deleted'))
+
+
 def eligible_merge_target(conversation: Optional[dict]) -> bool:
     """Whether synced audio may merge into this conversation (#10033).
 
@@ -1532,7 +1547,7 @@ def eligible_merge_target(conversation: Optional[dict]) -> bool:
     conversation". Discarded rows stay eligible; the merge path reprocesses
     and revives them.
     """
-    return bool(conversation) and not conversation.get('deleted')
+    return bool(conversation) and not is_soft_deleted(conversation)
 
 
 def select_closest_conversation(conversations, start_timestamp: int, end_timestamp: int) -> Optional[dict]:
diff --git a/backend/routers/conversations.py b/backend/routers/conversations.py
index a99fe3dbd17..30304b09370 100644
--- a/backend/routers/conversations.py
+++ b/backend/routers/conversations.py
@@ -318,6 +318,14 @@ def reprocess_conversation(
     :return: The updated conversation after reprocessing.
     """
     conversation = _get_valid_conversation_by_id(uid, conversation_id)
+    # Reprocess force-processes a *discarded* conversation to revive it, but a
+    # soft-deleted tombstone is invisible to the user and must not be reprocessed:
+    # process_conversation would regenerate structured data, action items, memories
+    # and embeddings from content the user deleted, resurrecting it. Same
+    # tombstone-eligibility contract as sync (#10119) and merge (#10262). Checked
+    # on the raw doc because the Conversation model does not carry `deleted`.
+    if conversations_db.is_soft_deleted(conversation):
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Conversation not found")
     conversation = deserialize_conversation(conversation)
     if not language_code:
         language_code = conversation.language or 'en'
diff --git a/backend/tests/unit/test_reprocess_tombstone_guard.py b/backend/tests/unit/test_reprocess_tombstone_guard.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7e83fb7ca64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/tests/unit/test_reprocess_tombstone_guard.py
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+"""Reprocess must reject a soft-deleted conversation.
+
+`POST /v1/conversations/{id}/reprocess` fetches through `_get_valid_conversation_by_id`,
+which does not filter soft-deleted tombstones (`get_conversation` returns them and the
+helper only 404s on a missing doc). Reprocessing runs `process_conversation` with
+`force_process=True`, regenerating structured data, action items, memories and
+embeddings — so reprocessing a tombstone resurrects content the user deleted.
+
+The guard rejects a *deleted* conversation while still allowing a *discarded* one,
+which reprocess intentionally revives — the same tombstone-eligibility contract as
+sync (#10119) and merge (#10262), via the shared `is_soft_deleted` predicate.
+"""
+
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+import pytest
+from fastapi import HTTPException
+
+import routers.conversations as conv_router
+from database.conversations import eligible_merge_target, is_soft_deleted
+
+
+class TestIsSoftDeleted:
+    def test_deleted_is_tombstoned(self):
+        assert is_soft_deleted({'id': 'c1', 'deleted': True}) is True
+
+    def test_discarded_is_not_tombstoned(self):
+        # Discarded stays revivable — reprocess/merge intentionally revive it.
+        assert is_soft_deleted({'id': 'c1', 'discarded': True}) is False
+
+    def test_plain_conversation_is_not_tombstoned(self):
+        assert is_soft_deleted({'id': 'c1'}) is False
+
+    def test_none_is_not_tombstoned(self):
+        assert is_soft_deleted(None) is False
+
+    def test_eligible_merge_target_still_excludes_only_deleted(self):
+        # The refactor onto is_soft_deleted must be behaviour-preserving.
+        assert eligible_merge_target({'id': 'c1', 'deleted': True}) is False
+        assert eligible_merge_target({'id': 'c1', 'discarded': True}) is True
+        assert eligible_merge_target(None) is False
+
+
+class TestReprocessTombstoneGuard:
+    def test_reprocess_rejects_soft_deleted_conversation(self):
+        deleted = {'id': 'c1', 'deleted': True, 'status': 'completed'}
+        with patch.object(conv_router, '_get_valid_conversation_by_id', return_value=deleted), patch.object(
+            conv_router, 'process_conversation'
+        ) as process:
+            with pytest.raises(HTTPException) as exc:
+                conv_router.reprocess_conversation(conversation_id='c1', uid='u1')
+        assert exc.value.status_code == 404
+        process.assert_not_called()  # deleted content never re-enters the pipeline
+
+    def test_reprocess_still_allows_a_discarded_conversation(self):
+        discarded = {'id': 'c1', 'discarded': True, 'status': 'completed'}
+        fake_conv = SimpleNamespace(language='en')
+        with patch.object(conv_router, '_get_valid_conversation_by_id', return_value=discarded), patch.object(
+            conv_router, 'deserialize_conversation', return_value=fake_conv
+        ), patch.object(conv_router, 'process_conversation', return_value=fake_conv) as process:
+            result = conv_router.reprocess_conversation(conversation_id='c1', uid='u1')
+        process.assert_called_once()
+        assert result is fake_conv