diff --git a/migrations/010_chunk_config.sql b/migrations/010_chunk_config.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..952df7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/010_chunk_config.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+-- Migration 010: Chunk config tracking + adaptive dedup support
+-- Schema version: 10
+
+ALTER TABLE embedding_metadata ADD COLUMN chunk_max_bytes INTEGER;
+ALTER TABLE embedding_metadata ADD COLUMN chunk_count INTEGER;
+
+-- Partial index: accelerates drift detection and adaptive dedup queries on sentinel rows
+CREATE INDEX idx_embedding_metadata_sentinel
+  ON embedding_metadata(document_id, chunk_index)
+  WHERE chunk_index = 0;
+
+INSERT INTO schema_version (version, applied_at, description)
+VALUES (10, strftime('%s', 'now') * 1000,
+  'Add chunk_max_bytes and chunk_count to embedding_metadata');
diff --git a/src/core/db.rs b/src/core/db.rs
index a95ccf8..ad39bdf 100644
--- a/src/core/db.rs
+++ b/src/core/db.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ use tracing::{debug, info};
 
 use super::error::{LoreError, Result};
 
+/// Latest schema version, derived from the embedded migrations count.
+/// Used by the health check to verify databases are up-to-date.
+pub const LATEST_SCHEMA_VERSION: i32 = MIGRATIONS.len() as i32;
+
 /// Embedded migrations - compiled into the binary.
 const MIGRATIONS: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
     ("001", include_str!("../../migrations/001_initial.sql")),
@@ -39,6 +43,10 @@ const MIGRATIONS: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
         "009",
         include_str!("../../migrations/009_embeddings.sql"),
     ),
+    (
+        "010",
+        include_str!("../../migrations/010_chunk_config.sql"),
+    ),
 ];
 
 /// Create a database connection with production-grade pragmas.