diff --git a/client/src/api/client.surface.test.ts b/client/src/api/client.surface.test.ts
index 474845ec1..eebc8f933 100644
--- a/client/src/api/client.surface.test.ts
+++ b/client/src/api/client.surface.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// FE-APISURF-001 to FE-APISURF-054
+// FE-APISURF-001 to FE-APISURF-056
 import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, afterEach, vi } from 'vitest'
 import type { AxiosResponse } from 'axios'
 import { http, HttpResponse } from 'msw'
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   mapsApi, airportsApi, budgetApi, filesApi, reservationsApi, healthApi, weatherApi,
   configApi, helpApi, settingsApi, accommodationsApi, dayNotesApi, collabApi, backupApi,
   shareApi, transitApi, tripInviteApi, notificationsApi, inAppNotificationsApi, memoriesApi,
+  docsyncApi,
 } from './client'
 
 interface Recorded { method: string; url: string; body: unknown }
@@ -665,6 +666,12 @@ describe('client > request payloads', () => {
     expect(rec.method).toBe('DELETE')
     expect(rec.body).toEqual({ password: 'hunter2' })
   })
+
+  it('FE-APISURF-056: docsyncApi.createScope names the connection in the path only', async () => {
+    const rec = await traceOne(() => docsyncApi.createScope(1, 5, 'Norway'))
+    expect(`${rec.method} ${rec.url}`).toBe('POST /api/trips/1/docsync/connections/5/scopes')
+    expect(rec.body).toEqual({ name: 'Norway' })
+  })
 })
 
 describe('client > query parameters', () => {
diff --git a/client/src/api/client.ts b/client/src/api/client.ts
index c0c03e0e7..4e1f6bf64 100644
--- a/client/src/api/client.ts
+++ b/client/src/api/client.ts
@@ -1375,7 +1375,7 @@ export const docsyncApi = {
   listScopes: (tripId: number | string, connectionId: number, q?: string) =>
     apiClient.get(`/trips/${tripId}/docsync/connections/${connectionId}/scopes`, { params: q ? { q } : {} }).then(r => r.data),
   createScope: (tripId: number | string, connectionId: number, name: string) =>
-    apiClient.post(`/trips/${tripId}/docsync/connections/${connectionId}/scopes`, { connectionId, name }).then(r => r.data),
+    apiClient.post(`/trips/${tripId}/docsync/connections/${connectionId}/scopes`, { name }).then(r => r.data),
   listLinks: (tripId: number | string) => apiClient.get(`/trips/${tripId}/docsync/links`).then(r => r.data),
   createLink: (tripId: number | string, data: unknown) => apiClient.post(`/trips/${tripId}/docsync/links`, data).then(r => r.data),
   updateLink: (tripId: number | string, linkId: number, data: unknown) => apiClient.patch(`/trips/${tripId}/docsync/links/${linkId}`, data).then(r => r.data),
diff --git a/server/src/db/document-provider-seed.ts b/server/src/db/document-provider-seed.ts
index 0c0ca45b9..d168b1a75 100644
--- a/server/src/db/document-provider-seed.ts
+++ b/server/src/db/document-provider-seed.ts
@@ -126,26 +126,11 @@ export function seedDocumentProviders(db: Database.Database): void {
 
   const insertField = db.prepare(
     `INSERT OR IGNORE INTO document_provider_fields
-       (provider_id, field_key, label, input_type, placeholder, hint, required, secret, settings_key, payload_key, sort_order)
-     VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)`,
+       (provider_id, field_key, label, input_type, placeholder, hint, required, secret, sort_order)
+     VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)`,
   );
   for (const f of FIELDS) {
-    // settings_key and payload_key both carry the field key: every value lands
-    // in one JSON column here, but the generic client form reads those two and
-    // would need a branch if they were null.
-    insertField.run(
-      f.provider_id,
-      f.field_key,
-      f.label,
-      f.input_type,
-      f.placeholder,
-      f.hint,
-      f.required,
-      f.secret,
-      f.secret === 1 ? null : f.field_key,
-      f.field_key,
-      f.sort_order,
-    );
+    insertField.run(f.provider_id, f.field_key, f.label, f.input_type, f.placeholder, f.hint, f.required, f.secret, f.sort_order);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/server/src/db/migrations.ts b/server/src/db/migrations.ts
index e54fcc8c9..e1dc97a2b 100644
--- a/server/src/db/migrations.ts
+++ b/server/src/db/migrations.ts
@@ -4959,10 +4959,12 @@ function runMigrations(db: Database.Database): void {
      * Journey cascade runs `UPDATE photo_providers SET enabled = 0` with no
      * WHERE clause, and migrations are append-only — reusing those tables would
      * change the behaviour of three existing paths, which is exactly what the
-     * no-breaking-changes rule forbids. The column set is copied verbatim so
-     * the same generic settings form renders both kinds without a special case,
-     * including `settings_key`/`payload_key`, which are redundant here (every
-     * value lands in one JSON column) but keep the client branch-free.
+     * no-breaking-changes rule forbids. The field columns follow
+     * `photo_provider_fields` except for `settings_key` and `payload_key`.
+     * Those map a photo field onto a settings key and a request key; a document
+     * field is stored under its own `field_key` in one JSON column, and the
+     * connect form takes its fields from /docsync/providers rather than from
+     * the generic settings form, so nothing would ever read them.
      */
     () => {
       db.exec(`
@@ -4985,8 +4987,6 @@ function runMigrations(db: Database.Database): void {
           hint TEXT,
           required INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
           secret INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
-          settings_key TEXT,
-          payload_key TEXT,
           sort_order INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
           UNIQUE(provider_id, field_key)
         );
diff --git a/server/src/nest/doc-sync/doc-sync-config.service.ts b/server/src/nest/doc-sync/doc-sync-config.service.ts
index 0d50cf81c..ed11a531f 100644
--- a/server/src/nest/doc-sync/doc-sync-config.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/nest/doc-sync/doc-sync-config.service.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
 import crypto from 'crypto';
-import {
-  DOCSYNC_SECRET_MASK,
-  type DocsyncConnectionInput,
-  type DocsyncLinkInput,
-  type DocsyncScopeOption,
-} from '@trek/shared';
+import { DOCSYNC_SECRET_MASK, type DocsyncConnectionInput, type DocsyncLinkInput } from '@trek/shared';
 import { DatabaseService } from '../database/database.service';
 import { checkSsrf } from '../../utils/ssrfGuard';
 import { DocumentProviderRegistry } from './document-provider.registry';
@@ -315,7 +310,15 @@ export class DocSyncConfigService {
     };
   }
 
-  createLink(tripId: number, userId: number, input: DocsyncLinkInput, scope: DocsyncScopeOption | null): DocResult<LinkRow> {
+  /**
+   * The anchor fields (`remoteRootId`, `remoteRootPath`, `remoteLabel`) are
+   * what the picker was handed by `listScopes` or `createScope` a moment
+   * earlier, sent back by the client. Taking them on trust is fine: only the
+   * trip owner or an instance admin gets here, and an anchor typed in by hand
+   * still goes through the connection's own credential, so it cannot open
+   * anything that credential could not open anyway.
+   */
+  createLink(tripId: number, userId: number, input: DocsyncLinkInput): DocResult<LinkRow> {
     const conn = this.getConnection(input.connectionId);
     if (!conn || conn.trip_id !== tripId) {
       return { success: false, error: { code: 'not_found', detail: 'connection not found for this trip' } };
@@ -343,9 +346,9 @@ export class DocSyncConfigService {
         input.connectionId,
         conn.provider_id,
         input.scopeKey,
-        scope?.remoteRootId ?? input.remoteRootId ?? null,
-        scope?.remoteRootPath ?? input.remoteRootPath ?? null,
-        scope?.label ?? input.remoteLabel ?? '',
+        input.remoteRootId ?? null,
+        input.remoteRootPath ?? null,
+        input.remoteLabel ?? '',
         input.direction,
         input.deletePolicy,
         input.conflictPolicy,
diff --git a/server/src/nest/doc-sync/doc-sync.controller.ts b/server/src/nest/doc-sync/doc-sync.controller.ts
index f14e7b750..750bb58f3 100644
--- a/server/src/nest/doc-sync/doc-sync.controller.ts
+++ b/server/src/nest/doc-sync/doc-sync.controller.ts
@@ -49,8 +49,9 @@ import {
  * needs a field to render rather than an exception. Everything else answers the
  * status the failure deserves.
  *
- * Only the trip owner may change a binding. It hands TREK a credential that
- * usually reaches the owner's entire document archive, so widening this to
+ * Only the trip owner may change a binding (plus an instance admin, who
+ * overrides trip permissions everywhere else too). It hands TREK a credential
+ * that usually reaches the owner's entire document archive, so widening this to
  * every member would let any member point the trip at a folder the owner never
  * meant to share. Reading the status is open to all members — they need to know
  * where their documents are going.
@@ -67,12 +68,16 @@ export class DocSyncController {
   ) {}
 
   /**
-   * Trip ownership, checked here rather than through @RequirePermission: the
+   * The trip owner or an instance admin, the same rule as `canManageDocSync`
+   * on the client. Checked here rather than through @RequirePermission: the
    * permission table has no "manage integrations" action and inventing one
    * would grant it to every trip_member by default, which is the opposite of
    * what a credential this broad needs.
+   *
+   * The 403 still says "owner": an admin never sees it, and to everybody who
+   * does, the owner is the person to ask.
    */
-  private assertOwner(tripId: string, user: User): void {
+  private assertCanManage(tripId: string, user: User): void {
     if (user.role === 'admin') return;
     const trip = this.db.get<{ user_id: number }>('SELECT user_id FROM trips WHERE id = ?', tripId);
     if (!trip) throw new HttpException('Trip not found', 404);
@@ -117,7 +122,7 @@ export class DocSyncController {
     @CurrentUser() user: User,
     @Body() body: DocsyncConnectionDto,
   ) {
-    this.assertOwner(tripId, user);
+    this.assertCanManage(tripId, user);
     if (!this.config.enabledProviderIds().includes(body.providerId)) {
       throw new HttpException(`Provider: "${body.providerId}" is not enabled, contact server administrator`, 400);
     }
@@ -138,7 +143,7 @@ export class DocSyncController {
     @CurrentUser() user: User,
     @Body() body: DocsyncConnectionTestDto,
   ) {
-    this.assertOwner(tripId, user);
+    this.assertCanManage(tripId, user);
     const provider = this.registry.get(body.providerId);
     if (!provider) return { connected: false, error: 'unknown_provider' };
 
@@ -187,7 +192,7 @@ export class DocSyncController {
     @Param('connectionId') connectionId: string,
     @CurrentUser() user: User,
   ) {
-    this.assertOwner(tripId, user);
+    this.assertCanManage(tripId, user);
     const conn = this.config.getConnection(Number(connectionId));
     if (!conn || conn.trip_id !== Number(tripId)) throw new HttpException('Connection not found', 404);
     this.config.deleteConnection(conn.id);
@@ -204,7 +209,7 @@ export class DocSyncController {
     @CurrentUser() user: User,
     @Query('q') q?: string,
   ) {
-    this.assertOwner(tripId, user);
+    this.assertCanManage(tripId, user);
     const conn = this.config.getConnection(Number(connectionId));
     if (!conn || conn.trip_id !== Number(tripId)) throw new HttpException('Connection not found', 404);
     const provider = this.registry.get(conn.provider_id);
@@ -221,7 +226,7 @@ export class DocSyncController {
     @CurrentUser() user: User,
     @Body() body: DocsyncScopeCreateDto,
   ) {
-    this.assertOwner(tripId, user);
+    this.assertCanManage(tripId, user);
     const conn = this.config.getConnection(Number(connectionId));
     if (!conn || conn.trip_id !== Number(tripId)) throw new HttpException('Connection not found', 404);
     const provider = this.registry.get(conn.provider_id);
@@ -247,8 +252,8 @@ export class DocSyncController {
     @Body() body: DocsyncLinkDto,
     @Req() req: Request,
   ) {
-    this.assertOwner(tripId, user);
-    const res = this.config.createLink(Number(tripId), Number(user.id), body, null);
+    this.assertCanManage(tripId, user);
+    const res = this.config.createLink(Number(tripId), Number(user.id), body);
     if (docFailed(res)) throw new HttpException(res.error.detail || res.error.code, 400);
 
     // Subscribe where the provider lets TREK do it itself. A failure here is
@@ -288,7 +293,7 @@ export class DocSyncController {
     @Body() body: DocsyncLinkUpdateDto,
     @Req() req: Request,
   ) {
-    this.assertOwner(tripId, user);
+    this.assertCanManage(tripId, user);
     const link = this.config.getLink(Number(linkId));
     if (!link || link.trip_id !== Number(tripId)) throw new HttpException('Link not found', 404);
     const updated = this.config.updateLink(link.id, body);
@@ -302,7 +307,7 @@ export class DocSyncController {
     @Param('linkId') linkId: string,
     @CurrentUser() user: User,
   ) {
-    this.assertOwner(tripId, user);
+    this.assertCanManage(tripId, user);
     const link = this.config.getLink(Number(linkId));
     if (!link || link.trip_id !== Number(tripId)) throw new HttpException('Link not found', 404);
 
@@ -368,7 +373,7 @@ export class DocSyncController {
     @CurrentUser() user: User,
     @Body() body: DocsyncResolveConflictDto,
   ) {
-    this.assertOwner(tripId, user);
+    this.assertCanManage(tripId, user);
     const ok = await this.sync.resolveConflict(Number(itemId), body.keep, Number(tripId));
     if (!ok) throw new HttpException('Item is not in conflict', 400);
     return { success: true };
diff --git a/server/tests/e2e/doc-sync.e2e.test.ts b/server/tests/e2e/doc-sync.e2e.test.ts
index 454d8f125..19c8c5ae2 100644
--- a/server/tests/e2e/doc-sync.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/server/tests/e2e/doc-sync.e2e.test.ts
@@ -267,6 +267,55 @@ describe('Document sync e2e (real guards + real services + temp SQLite)', () =>
     expect(row.secrets).toMatch(/^enc:v1:/);
   });
 
+  it('creates a folder or tag through the connection the path names', async () => {
+    const conns = await request(server)
+      .get(`/api/trips/${tripId}/docsync/connections`)
+      .set('Cookie', sessionCookie(ownerId))
+      .expect(200);
+    const res = await request(server)
+      .post(`/api/trips/${tripId}/docsync/connections/${conns.body[0].id}/scopes`)
+      .set('Cookie', sessionCookie(ownerId))
+      .send({ name: 'Norway' })
+      .expect(201);
+    expect(res.body).toMatchObject({ scopeKey: 'tag:2', label: 'Norway' });
+  });
+
+  it('still takes a scope request from a client that sends the connection in the body too', async () => {
+    // The body field was dropped in favour of the path. A client from before
+    // that change has it stripped by the contract instead of being refused.
+    const conns = await request(server)
+      .get(`/api/trips/${tripId}/docsync/connections`)
+      .set('Cookie', sessionCookie(ownerId));
+    await request(server)
+      .post(`/api/trips/${tripId}/docsync/connections/${conns.body[0].id}/scopes`)
+      .set('Cookie', sessionCookie(ownerId))
+      .send({ connectionId: conns.body[0].id, name: 'Norway' })
+      .expect(201);
+  });
+
+  it('creates no scope through a connection that belongs to another trip', async () => {
+    const otherTripId = createTrip(db as never, ownerId, { title: 'Elsewhere' }).id;
+    const conns = await request(server)
+      .get(`/api/trips/${tripId}/docsync/connections`)
+      .set('Cookie', sessionCookie(ownerId));
+    await request(server)
+      .post(`/api/trips/${otherTripId}/docsync/connections/${conns.body[0].id}/scopes`)
+      .set('Cookie', sessionCookie(ownerId))
+      .send({ name: 'Norway' })
+      .expect(404);
+  });
+
+  it('does not let a plain member create a folder or tag', async () => {
+    const conns = await request(server)
+      .get(`/api/trips/${tripId}/docsync/connections`)
+      .set('Cookie', sessionCookie(ownerId));
+    await request(server)
+      .post(`/api/trips/${tripId}/docsync/connections/${conns.body[0].id}/scopes`)
+      .set('Cookie', sessionCookie(memberId))
+      .send({ name: 'Norway' })
+      .expect(403);
+  });
+
   it('binds the trip to a scope and reports it to every member', async () => {
     const conns = await request(server)
       .get(`/api/trips/${tripId}/docsync/connections`)
@@ -291,6 +340,34 @@ describe('Document sync e2e (real guards + real services + temp SQLite)', () =>
     expect(asMember.body[0].webhookSecret).toBe('••••••••');
   });
 
+  it('changes only the setting a patch names, through the real contract', async () => {
+    // The unit tests call the handler directly and never see the pipe. Through
+    // it, a schema that fills in defaults turns one switch into a full reset.
+    const links = await request(server)
+      .get(`/api/trips/${tripId}/docsync/links`)
+      .set('Cookie', sessionCookie(ownerId));
+    const linkId = links.body[0].id;
+    await request(server)
+      .patch(`/api/trips/${tripId}/docsync/links/${linkId}`)
+      .set('Cookie', sessionCookie(ownerId))
+      .send({ direction: 'pull', deletePolicy: 'trash' })
+      .expect(200);
+
+    const paused = await request(server)
+      .patch(`/api/trips/${tripId}/docsync/links/${linkId}`)
+      .set('Cookie', sessionCookie(ownerId))
+      .send({ syncEnabled: false })
+      .expect(200);
+
+    expect(paused.body).toMatchObject({
+      syncEnabled: false,
+      direction: 'pull',
+      deletePolicy: 'trash',
+      conflictPolicy: 'manual',
+      remoteLabel: 'Japan 2026',
+    });
+  });
+
   it('refuses a binding whose connection belongs to another trip', async () => {
     const otherTripId = createTrip(db as never, ownerId, { title: 'Other' }).id;
     const conns = await request(server)
diff --git a/server/tests/unit/nest/doc-sync/doc-sync-config.service.test.ts b/server/tests/unit/nest/doc-sync/doc-sync-config.service.test.ts
index 52e76c638..d009fd6b7 100644
--- a/server/tests/unit/nest/doc-sync/doc-sync-config.service.test.ts
+++ b/server/tests/unit/nest/doc-sync/doc-sync-config.service.test.ts
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ function linkInput(connectionId: number, over: Partial<DocsyncLinkInput> = {}):
 }
 
 function link(connectionId: number, over: Partial<DocsyncLinkInput> = {}): LinkRow {
-  const result = svc.createLink(TRIP, OWNER, linkInput(connectionId, over), null);
+  const result = svc.createLink(TRIP, OWNER, linkInput(connectionId, over));
   if (docFailed(result)) throw new Error(`fixture link refused: ${JSON.stringify(result.error)}`);
   return result.data;
 }
@@ -363,12 +363,11 @@ describe('toScopeRef', () => {
     // The adapters take a ref object rather than positional arguments because
     // an id and a path swapped compile cleanly and then read the wrong folder.
     const conn = await connect();
-    const created = svc.createLink(TRIP, OWNER, linkInput(conn.id, { scopeKey: 'fileid:437' }), {
-      scopeKey: 'fileid:437',
-      label: 'Japan 2026',
-      remoteRootId: '437',
-      remoteRootPath: '/TREK/japan',
-    });
+    const created = svc.createLink(
+      TRIP,
+      OWNER,
+      linkInput(conn.id, { scopeKey: 'fileid:437', remoteRootId: '437', remoteRootPath: '/TREK/japan' }),
+    );
     expect(created.success).toBe(true);
     const row = created.success ? created.data : ({} as LinkRow);
     testDb.prepare('UPDATE trip_document_links SET remote_cursor = ? WHERE id = ?').run('etag-9', row.id);
@@ -388,7 +387,7 @@ describe('createLink', () => {
   it('returns the binding that already exists rather than making a second one', async () => {
     const conn = await connect();
     const first = link(conn.id);
-    const again = svc.createLink(TRIP, MEMBER, linkInput(conn.id, { remoteLabel: 'renamed' }), null);
+    const again = svc.createLink(TRIP, MEMBER, linkInput(conn.id, { remoteLabel: 'renamed' }));
     expect(again.success && again.data.id).toBe(first.id);
     expect(svc.listLinks(TRIP)).toHaveLength(1);
   });
@@ -404,32 +403,39 @@ describe('createLink', () => {
   it('refuses a connection that belongs to somebody else\'s trip', async () => {
     const otherTrip = createTrip(testDb, MEMBER, { title: 'Not yours' }).id;
     const conn = await connect();
-    const result = svc.createLink(otherTrip, MEMBER, linkInput(conn.id), null);
+    const result = svc.createLink(otherTrip, MEMBER, linkInput(conn.id));
     expect(result.success).toBe(false);
     expect(result.success === false && result.error.code).toBe('not_found');
     expect(svc.listLinks(otherTrip)).toHaveLength(0);
   });
 
   it('refuses a connection id that does not exist at all', async () => {
-    const result = svc.createLink(TRIP, OWNER, linkInput(9999), null);
+    const result = svc.createLink(TRIP, OWNER, linkInput(9999));
     expect(result.success).toBe(false);
   });
 
-  it('takes the anchor from the scope the user picked, not from what the client sent', async () => {
+  it('stores the anchor the picker sent back with the scope key', async () => {
     const conn = await connect();
     const result = svc.createLink(
       TRIP,
       OWNER,
-      linkInput(conn.id, { remoteRootId: 'stale', remoteRootPath: '/stale', remoteLabel: 'stale' }),
-      { scopeKey: 'tag:1', label: 'Japan 2026', remoteRootId: '17', remoteRootPath: '/TREK/japan' },
+      linkInput(conn.id, { remoteRootId: '17', remoteRootPath: '/TREK/japan', remoteLabel: 'Japan 2026' }),
     );
     expect(result.success && result.data).toMatchObject({
+      remote_scope_key: 'tag:1',
       remote_root_id: '17',
       remote_root_path: '/TREK/japan',
       remote_label: 'Japan 2026',
     });
   });
 
+  it('stores NULL for an anchor field the client left out', async () => {
+    // Synology binds by path alone, so its options carry no root id at all.
+    const conn = await connect();
+    const result = svc.createLink(TRIP, OWNER, linkInput(conn.id));
+    expect(result.success && result.data).toMatchObject({ remote_root_id: null, remote_root_path: null });
+  });
+
   it('gives every binding its own webhook token and keeps the secret out of the public view', async () => {
     // A leaked webhook URL has to identify exactly one binding, so revoking one
     // cannot be used to poke another.
diff --git a/server/tests/unit/nest/doc-sync/doc-sync.controller.test.ts b/server/tests/unit/nest/doc-sync/doc-sync.controller.test.ts
index 5bb5b8028..141600d76 100644
--- a/server/tests/unit/nest/doc-sync/doc-sync.controller.test.ts
+++ b/server/tests/unit/nest/doc-sync/doc-sync.controller.test.ts
@@ -440,14 +440,24 @@ describe('the scope picker', () => {
       data: { scopeKey: 'tag:9', label: 'Norway', remoteRootId: '9', remoteRootPath: '/TREK/norway' },
     } as never);
 
-    await expect(controller.createScope(String(tripId), String(conn.id), owner, { connectionId: conn.id, name: 'Norway' }))
+    await expect(controller.createScope(String(tripId), String(conn.id), owner, { name: 'Norway' }))
       .resolves.toMatchObject({ scopeKey: 'tag:9', label: 'Norway' });
+    expect(paperless.createScope).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({ connectionId: conn.id }), 'Norway');
+  });
+
+  it('creates nothing through a connection that belongs to a different trip', async () => {
+    // The connection comes from the path and nowhere else, so the path is what
+    // has to match the trip the caller was admitted to.
+    const conn = await storedPaperless();
+    const err = await thrown(() => controller.createScope(String(otherTripId), String(conn.id), admin, { name: 'Norway' }));
+    expect(err.getStatus()).toBe(404);
+    expect(paperless.createScope).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
   it('turns a refused creation into a 400 carrying the provider code', async () => {
     const conn = await storedPaperless();
     paperless.createScope.mockResolvedValueOnce({ success: false, error: { code: 'forbidden' } } as never);
-    const err = await thrown(() => controller.createScope(String(tripId), String(conn.id), owner, { connectionId: conn.id, name: 'Norway' }));
+    const err = await thrown(() => controller.createScope(String(tripId), String(conn.id), owner, { name: 'Norway' }));
     expect(err.getStatus()).toBe(400);
     expect(err.message).toBe('forbidden');
   });
@@ -695,9 +705,9 @@ describe('a manual run and the shelved rows', () => {
 /**
  * The trip the route was authorised against is now passed on to the service.
  *
- * `assertOwner` proves the caller owns the trip in the URL and says nothing
- * about whether the item id in the path belongs to that trip — the id is a
- * plain integer, and nothing tied the two together. The check itself lives in
+ * `assertCanManage` proves the caller may manage the trip in the URL and says
+ * nothing about whether the item id in the path belongs to that trip: the id is
+ * a plain integer, and nothing tied the two together. The check itself lives in
  * the service (where the row is), so what belongs here is that the trip reaches
  * it at all.
  */
diff --git a/shared/src/docsync/docsync.schema.spec.ts b/shared/src/docsync/docsync.schema.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d97052538
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/src/docsync/docsync.schema.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import { docsyncLinkInputSchema, docsyncLinkUpdateSchema, docsyncScopeCreateSchema } from './docsync.schema';
+
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+
+describe('docsyncScopeCreateSchema', () => {
+  it('takes only a name, because the connection is in the path', () => {
+    expect(docsyncScopeCreateSchema.parse({ name: '  Norway  ' })).toEqual({ name: 'Norway' });
+  });
+
+  it('strips a connection id sent in the body instead of refusing the request', () => {
+    expect(docsyncScopeCreateSchema.parse({ connectionId: 5, name: 'Norway' })).toEqual({ name: 'Norway' });
+  });
+
+  it('rejects a blank or oversized name', () => {
+    expect(docsyncScopeCreateSchema.safeParse({ name: '   ' }).success).toBe(false);
+    expect(docsyncScopeCreateSchema.safeParse({ name: 'x'.repeat(201) }).success).toBe(false);
+    expect(docsyncScopeCreateSchema.safeParse({}).success).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('docsyncLinkInputSchema', () => {
+  it('needs the connection in the body, since POST /links has no connection in its path', () => {
+    expect(docsyncLinkInputSchema.safeParse({ scopeKey: 'tag:1' }).success).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('fills the safe defaults for everything the picker leaves out', () => {
+    expect(docsyncLinkInputSchema.parse({ connectionId: 3, scopeKey: 'tag:1' })).toEqual({
+      connectionId: 3,
+      scopeKey: 'tag:1',
+      remoteLabel: '',
+      direction: 'both',
+      deletePolicy: 'unlink',
+      conflictPolicy: 'manual',
+      syncEnabled: true,
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+describe('docsyncLinkUpdateSchema', () => {
+  it('passes on only the fields the patch named, with no defaults filled in', () => {
+    // Defaults here would reach updateLink as real values: pausing a pull-only
+    // binding used to switch it to two-way and blank its label.
+    expect(docsyncLinkUpdateSchema.parse({ syncEnabled: false })).toEqual({ syncEnabled: false });
+    expect(docsyncLinkUpdateSchema.parse({})).toEqual({});
+  });
+
+  it('still checks the values it is given', () => {
+    expect(docsyncLinkUpdateSchema.safeParse({ direction: 'sideways' }).success).toBe(false);
+    expect(docsyncLinkUpdateSchema.safeParse({ syncEnabled: 'no' }).success).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('drops the connection and the anchor, which are fixed once a binding exists', () => {
+    const parsed = docsyncLinkUpdateSchema.parse({
+      connectionId: 9,
+      scopeKey: 'tag:2',
+      remoteRootId: '2',
+      remoteRootPath: '/elsewhere',
+      deletePolicy: 'trash',
+    });
+    expect(parsed).toEqual({ deletePolicy: 'trash' });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/shared/src/docsync/docsync.schema.ts b/shared/src/docsync/docsync.schema.ts
index b35dc997d..0ccf74eeb 100644
--- a/shared/src/docsync/docsync.schema.ts
+++ b/shared/src/docsync/docsync.schema.ts
@@ -105,9 +105,13 @@ export type DocsyncScopeOption = z.infer<typeof docsyncScopeOptionSchema>;
  * Creating a scope rather than picking one. Only providers with a container
  * concept accept this (a WebDAV folder, an OpenCloud space, a Paperless tag,
  * a Papra tag); the adapter reports whether it can.
+ *
+ * The connection comes from the path (`connections/:connectionId/scopes`) and
+ * is not repeated here. A copy in the body was never read and only let one
+ * request name two different connections; a client that still sends it has
+ * the key stripped rather than refused.
  */
 export const docsyncScopeCreateSchema = z.object({
-  connectionId: idSchema,
   /** Name for the new folder, tag or space. */
   name: z.string().trim().min(1).max(200),
 });
@@ -155,9 +159,22 @@ export type DocsyncLinkInput = z.infer<typeof docsyncLinkInputSchema>;
  * it would leave them all pointing somewhere else. The root fields are left out
  * rather than ignored — they were accepted and silently dropped, so a client
  * sending one was told the move had happened.
+ *
+ * Spelled out instead of derived from the input schema with `.partial()`. In
+ * Zod 4 a `.default()` still fires inside an optional field, so the derived
+ * version filled in every default the patch left out: `{ syncEnabled: false }`
+ * arrived as a full set of settings and reset direction, both policies and the
+ * label with it. A pull-only binding turned two-way the moment somebody paused
+ * it.
  */
-export const docsyncLinkUpdateSchema = docsyncLinkInputSchema
-  .omit({ connectionId: true, scopeKey: true, remoteRootId: true, remoteRootPath: true })
+export const docsyncLinkUpdateSchema = z
+  .object({
+    remoteLabel: z.string().max(512),
+    direction: docsyncDirectionSchema,
+    deletePolicy: docsyncDeletePolicySchema,
+    conflictPolicy: docsyncConflictPolicySchema,
+    syncEnabled: z.boolean(),
+  })
   .partial();
 
 // ── Sync state ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────