diff --git a/apps/docs/ingestion/batch-ingest-historical-data.mdx b/apps/docs/ingestion/batch-ingest-historical-data.mdx
index 534ab6c6..7bea599f 100644
--- a/apps/docs/ingestion/batch-ingest-historical-data.mdx
+++ b/apps/docs/ingestion/batch-ingest-historical-data.mdx
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ Batch results preserve input order. Inspect `success`, `failed`, and every item
 
 **Endpoint:** [`GET /ns/{namespace}/document/{id}`](/api-reference/documents/get-document)
 
-The batch endpoint returns after accepting the documents. If a later step depends on the documents being indexed, poll the returned document IDs until `system.status` is `done`. If that later step also needs the extracted memories, send the batch with `dreaming: "instant"`; under the default `dynamic` mode memory extraction is batched and can lag `done` by minutes.
+The batch endpoint returns after accepting the documents. If a later step depends on the documents being indexed, poll the returned document IDs until `system.status` is `done`. If that later step also needs the extracted memories, send the batch with `dreaming: "instant"`; under the default `dynamic` mode memory extraction is batched and can lag `done` by minutes. Each document reports `system.dreamingStatus: "done"` once its memories are ready.
 
 <CodeGroup>
 
diff --git a/apps/docs/ingestion/document-operations.mdx b/apps/docs/ingestion/document-operations.mdx
index 5c648f57..8234b900 100644
--- a/apps/docs/ingestion/document-operations.mdx
+++ b/apps/docs/ingestion/document-operations.mdx
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ Retrieve paginated documents with filtering. One `list` call serves documents, c
       "metadata": { "source": "slack" },
       "system": {
         "status": "done",
+        "dreamingStatus": "done",
         "createdAt": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z",
         "updatedAt": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z"
       }
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ Get a specific document with its processing status. Pass `include` to include it
     });
 
     console.log(doc.system.status);  // "queued" | "processing" | "done" | "failed"
+    console.log(doc.system.dreamingStatus);  // "dreaming" | "done"
     console.log(doc.content);
     ```
   </Tab>
@@ -145,6 +147,7 @@ Get a specific document with its processing status. Pass `include` to include it
     )
 
     print(doc.system.status)  # "queued" | "processing" | "done" | "failed"
+    print(doc.system.dreaming_status)  # "dreaming" | "done"
     print(doc.content)
     ```
   </Tab>
@@ -169,6 +172,17 @@ The `id` may be the Supermemory document ID or the `id` you supplied at ingestio
 | `done` | Ready for search |
 | `failed` | Processing failed |
 
+### Memory generation status
+
+`system.dreamingStatus` tracks memory generation separately from `system.status`.
+
+| Status | Description |
+|--------|-------------|
+| `dreaming` | Memories for the latest content are queued, being generated, or waiting for a retry |
+| `done` | Memories are generated, or the document needed none |
+
+With the default `dreaming: "dynamic"`, Supermemory batches related documents before forming memories, so `status` can be `done` minutes before `dreamingStatus` is. If your next step reads memories or profiles, wait for `dreamingStatus` to be `done` too.
+
 <Accordion title="Poll for completion">
   ```typescript
   async function waitForProcessing(namespace: string, id: string) {
@@ -287,7 +301,7 @@ Deletes are permanent — no recovery.
 
 ## Processing queue
 
-There is no separate processing endpoint. List documents and read `system.status` on each item.
+There is no separate processing endpoint. List documents and read `system.status` and `system.dreamingStatus` on each item.
 
 <Tabs>
   <Tab title="TypeScript">
@@ -296,14 +310,16 @@ There is no separate processing endpoint. List documents and read `system.status
       limit: 100,
     });
     const processing = documents.filter(d => d.system.status !== "done" && d.system.status !== "failed");
-    console.log(`${processing.length} documents processing`);
+    const dreaming = documents.filter(d => d.system.dreamingStatus === "dreaming");
+    console.log(`${processing.length} documents processing, ${dreaming.length} forming memories`);
     ```
   </Tab>
   <Tab title="Python">
     ```python
     page = client.list("user_123", "documents", limit=100)
     processing = [d for d in page.documents if d.system.status not in ("done", "failed")]
-    print(f"{len(processing)} documents processing")
+    dreaming = [d for d in page.documents if d.system.dreaming_status == "dreaming"]
+    print(f"{len(processing)} documents processing, {len(dreaming)} forming memories")
     ```
   </Tab>
   <Tab title="cURL">
diff --git a/apps/docs/quickstart.mdx b/apps/docs/quickstart.mdx
index d3943eac..9d528c3a 100644
--- a/apps/docs/quickstart.mdx
+++ b/apps/docs/quickstart.mdx
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ curl "https://api.supermemory.ai/ns/user_4f8a/document/DOC_ID" \
 ```
 </CodeGroup>
 
-Short text with instant dreaming usually finishes in a few seconds. Larger PDFs take longer. If you omit `dreaming` (default `"dynamic"`), document RAG can work after `done` while memory extraction may still be batching — use `"instant"` when the next step is memory search or profiles.
+Short text with instant dreaming usually finishes in a few seconds. Larger PDFs take longer. If you omit `dreaming` (default `"dynamic"`), document RAG can work after `done` while memory extraction may still be batching — use `"instant"` when the next step is memory search or profiles. `system.dreamingStatus` turns `done` once a document's memories are ready.
 
 ## 4. Three ways to get context back
 
diff --git a/apps/docs/snippets/api-v5-content-management.mdx b/apps/docs/snippets/api-v5-content-management.mdx
index 86bc253d..ecbf6dc0 100644
--- a/apps/docs/snippets/api-v5-content-management.mdx
+++ b/apps/docs/snippets/api-v5-content-management.mdx
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@ GET /ns/{namespace}/document/{id}?include=chunks,memories
 Pass `include` as a comma-separated list to return chunks, memories, or both. Keys you omit are absent; requested keys with no results are empty arrays. Lifecycle fields move under `system`:
 
 ```json
-{"system":{"status":"done","createdAt":"...","updatedAt":"..."}}
+{"system":{"status":"done","dreamingStatus":"dreaming","createdAt":"...","updatedAt":"..."}}
 ```
 
 `system.status` is one of `unknown`, `queued`, `extracting`, `chunking`, `embedding`, `indexing`, `done`, or `failed`.
 
+`system.dreamingStatus` tracks memory generation separately. It is `dreaming` while memories for the latest content are queued, being generated, or waiting for a retry, and `done` once they are generated or when the document needed none. Under the default `dreaming: "dynamic"`, `status` can reach `done` minutes before `dreamingStatus` does, so wait on `dreamingStatus` when the next step reads memories or profiles. Legacy `GET /v3/documents/{id}` returned it as a top-level `dreamingStatus`; v5 nests it under `system` on document reads and on document list items.
+
 ### Retrieve a memory and its history
 
 ```bash v5
@@ -98,7 +100,7 @@ const { count, errors } = await supermemory.documents.delete("user_1", {
 ```
 </CodeGroup>
 
-There is no separate processing list. Read `system.status` on each item returned by `supermemory.list(namespace, "documents")`. Chunks come from `supermemory.list(namespace, "chunks")` or `documents.get` with `include: ["chunks"]`.
+There is no separate processing list. Read `system.status` and `system.dreamingStatus` on each item returned by `supermemory.list(namespace, "documents")`. Chunks come from `supermemory.list(namespace, "chunks")` or `documents.get` with `include: ["chunks"]`.
 
 ### Forget memories
 
@@ -114,6 +116,7 @@ See [memory forgetting](/migration/api-v5-memory-forgetting) for the complete dr
 ### Verification
 
 - Assert requested empty includes are `[]`, while omitted includes are absent.
+- Move readers of the legacy top-level `dreamingStatus` to `system.dreamingStatus`, and gate memory or profile reads on it rather than on `system.status`.
 - Paginate each resource type until `currentPage >= totalPages`; unselected arrays stay empty.
 - Verify chunk rows contain their parent `documentId`.
 - Exercise partial document-delete failures and semantic dry runs.
diff --git a/apps/docs/snippets/api-v5-sdks.mdx b/apps/docs/snippets/api-v5-sdks.mdx
index a22cfec3..1a2ae281 100644
--- a/apps/docs/snippets/api-v5-sdks.mdx
+++ b/apps/docs/snippets/api-v5-sdks.mdx
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Some v4 methods are gone from the v5 SDK. Most have a v5 way to do the same thin
 | `memories.updateMemory(...)` | Update the source document with `client.documents.update(namespace, id, { content })`. |
 | `documents.search(...)` | `client.search(namespace, { query, searchMode: "chunks" })` |
 | `documents.chunks(id)` | `client.documents.get(namespace, id, { include: ["chunks"] })` |
-| `documents.listProcessing()` | `client.list(namespace, "documents")` and read `system.status` on each item |
+| `documents.listProcessing()` | `client.list(namespace, "documents")` and read `system.status` and `system.dreamingStatus` on each item |
 | `containerTags.merge(...)`, `mergeStatus(...)` | `client.namespaces.delete(source, { moveTo: target })`. One source per call; the response carries an `operationId`. |
 | `memories.forget({ content })` | `client.memories.forgetMatching(namespace, { query, dryRun: true })` to preview, then `memories.forget(namespace, { ids })` |