diff --git a/server/src/nest/addons/addons.service.ts b/server/src/nest/addons/addons.service.ts
index 4d2793438..827725b09 100644
--- a/server/src/nest/addons/addons.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/nest/addons/addons.service.ts
@@ -174,4 +174,26 @@ export class AddonsService {
   updatePlacesAutocomplete(enabled: boolean) { return this.writeFlag('places_autocomplete_enabled', enabled); }
   getPlacesDetails() { return this.readFlag('places_details_enabled'); }
   updatePlacesDetails(enabled: boolean) { return this.writeFlag('places_details_enabled', enabled); }
+
+  /**
+   * Enrichment reads fail-OPEN, unlike the three switches above.
+   *
+   * Those needed migration 185 to backfill 'true' precisely because they read
+   * `=== 'true'`: without a row, an install that had been happily using the
+   * feature would have lost it on upgrade. This switch is new, so there is no
+   * row to backfill anywhere and no migration worth writing for one boolean —
+   * reading it the other way round gets the same outcome for free.
+   *
+   * It has to agree with PlaceEnrichmentService.enrichDisabled(), which reads
+   * the same key the same way. If these two ever disagree the admin panel shows
+   * "off" while the feature runs, which is worse than either default.
+   */
+  getPlacesEnrich() {
+    const row = this.db.prepare("SELECT value FROM app_settings WHERE key = 'places_enrich_enabled'").get() as
+      | { value: string }
+      | undefined;
+    return { enabled: row?.value !== 'false' };
+  }
+
+  updatePlacesEnrich(enabled: boolean) { return this.writeFlag('places_enrich_enabled', enabled); }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/nest/admin/admin.controller.ts b/server/src/nest/admin/admin.controller.ts
index c4a069377..d8d24af50 100644
--- a/server/src/nest/admin/admin.controller.ts
+++ b/server/src/nest/admin/admin.controller.ts
@@ -214,11 +214,11 @@ export class AdminController {
   }
 
   @Get('places-enrich')
-  getPlacesEnrich() { return this.admin.getPlacesEnrich(); }
+  getPlacesEnrich() { return this.addons.getPlacesEnrich(); }
 
   @Put('places-enrich')
   updatePlacesEnrich(@CurrentUser() user: User, @Body() body: AdminFeatureToggleDto, @Req() req: Request) {
-    const result = this.admin.updatePlacesEnrich(body.enabled);
+    const result = this.addons.updatePlacesEnrich(body.enabled);
     this.audit.writeAudit({ userId: user.id, action: 'admin.places_enrich', ip: getClientIp(req), details: { enabled: result.enabled } });
     return result;
   }
diff --git a/server/tests/unit/nest/addons.service.test.ts b/server/tests/unit/nest/addons.service.test.ts
index b3a4f58ed..81ac0a2b3 100644
--- a/server/tests/unit/nest/addons.service.test.ts
+++ b/server/tests/unit/nest/addons.service.test.ts
@@ -343,3 +343,41 @@ describe('AddonsService places flags', () => {
     }
   });
 });
+
+/**
+ * Enrichment sits beside the three above and reads the opposite way round.
+ *
+ * They are fail-closed because a migration backfilled a row for every install
+ * that predates the change. This one is new: there is nothing to backfill, so
+ * fail-open reaches the same place without a migration for one boolean. What
+ * matters is that it agrees with PlaceEnrichmentService.enrichDisabled(), which
+ * reads the same key — if the two ever diverge the panel shows "off" while the
+ * feature runs.
+ */
+describe('AddonsService places enrichment flag', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it('ADDONS-SVC-083 an unset flag reads as ON', () => {
+    dbMock._stmt.get.mockReturnValueOnce(undefined);
+    expect(svc().getPlacesEnrich()).toEqual({ enabled: true });
+  });
+
+  it('ADDONS-SVC-084 only the literal "false" switches it off', () => {
+    dbMock._stmt.get.mockReturnValueOnce({ value: 'false' });
+    expect(svc().getPlacesEnrich()).toEqual({ enabled: false });
+
+    for (const value of ['true', 'garbage', '']) {
+      dbMock._stmt.get.mockReturnValueOnce({ value });
+      expect(svc().getPlacesEnrich()).toEqual({ enabled: true });
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('ADDONS-SVC-085 the setter persists the literal string and echoes the boolean back', () => {
+    expect(svc().updatePlacesEnrich(false)).toEqual({ enabled: false });
+    expect(dbMock._stmt.run).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith('places_enrich_enabled', 'false');
+    expect(svc().updatePlacesEnrich(true)).toEqual({ enabled: true });
+    expect(dbMock._stmt.run).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith('places_enrich_enabled', 'true');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/server/tests/unit/nest/admin.controller.test.ts b/server/tests/unit/nest/admin.controller.test.ts
index e217162ce..847b13318 100644
--- a/server/tests/unit/nest/admin.controller.test.ts
+++ b/server/tests/unit/nest/admin.controller.test.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ const addonsStub = () => ({
   updatePlacesAutocomplete: vi.fn((enabled: boolean) => ({ enabled })),
   getPlacesDetails: vi.fn(() => ({ enabled: false })),
   updatePlacesDetails: vi.fn((enabled: boolean) => ({ enabled })),
+  // Fail-open, unlike its three neighbours — see AddonsService.getPlacesEnrich.
+  getPlacesEnrich: vi.fn(() => ({ enabled: true })),
+  updatePlacesEnrich: vi.fn((enabled: boolean) => ({ enabled })),
   getCollabFeatures: vi.fn(() => ({ chat: false })),
   updateCollabFeatures: vi.fn(() => ({ features: { chat: true }, changed: true })),
 }) as unknown as AddonsService;
@@ -242,9 +245,16 @@ describe('AdminController feature toggles', () => {
     expect(c.getPlacesPhotos()).toEqual({ enabled: false });
     expect(c.getPlacesAutocomplete()).toEqual({ enabled: false });
     expect(c.getPlacesDetails()).toEqual({ enabled: false });
+    expect(c.getPlacesEnrich()).toEqual({ enabled: true });
     expect(c.getCollabFeatures()).toEqual({ chat: false });
   });
 
+  it('ADMIN-TOGGLE-002b places-enrich updates through the addons domain and is audited', () => {
+    const c = adminCtl(svc());
+    expect(c.updatePlacesEnrich(user, { enabled: false }, req)).toEqual({ enabled: false });
+    expect(writeAudit).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({ action: 'admin.places_enrich' }));
+  });
+
   it('ADMIN-TOGGLE-003 collab-features invalidates MCP sessions only when a flag flipped (#1414)', () => {
     const invalidateMcpSessions = vi.fn();
     const c = adminCtl(svc({ invalidateMcpSessions } as Partial<AdminService>));
diff --git a/server/tests/unit/nest/admin.service.test.ts b/server/tests/unit/nest/admin.service.test.ts
index a4640418c..3a2edcb75 100644
--- a/server/tests/unit/nest/admin.service.test.ts
+++ b/server/tests/unit/nest/admin.service.test.ts
@@ -505,23 +505,6 @@ describe('admin.bridge', () => {
 
 describe('admin quirk fixes (post-fold)', () => {
 
-  it('ADMIN-SVC-071b — places enrichment is fail-OPEN, so no migration is needed for it', () => {
-    // Deliberately the other way round from the three above: unset means on, and
-    // PlaceEnrichmentService reads the same setting the same way. Reading it
-    // fail-closed here would show "off" in the panel while the feature ran.
-    expect(svc.getPlacesEnrich()).toEqual({ enabled: true });
-
-    svc.updatePlacesEnrich(false);
-    expect(svc.getPlacesEnrich()).toEqual({ enabled: false });
-
-    svc.updatePlacesEnrich(true);
-    expect(svc.getPlacesEnrich()).toEqual({ enabled: true });
-
-    // Only the literal 'false' switches it off; anything else stays on.
-    testDb.prepare("INSERT OR REPLACE INTO app_settings (key, value) VALUES ('places_enrich_enabled', 'garbage')").run();
-    expect(svc.getPlacesEnrich()).toEqual({ enabled: true });
-  });
-
   it('ADMIN-SVC-072 — updateUser rejects an empty username/email instead of silently no-opping', () => {
     const { user } = createUser(testDb);
     expect(updateUser(String(user.id), { username: '' }) as any).toMatchObject({ status: 400, error: 'Username cannot be empty' });