diff --git a/apps/server/src/collaboration/extensions/persistence-store.spec.ts b/apps/server/src/collaboration/extensions/persistence-store.spec.ts
index c8ac68b9..8cf5fd0d 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/collaboration/extensions/persistence-store.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/collaboration/extensions/persistence-store.spec.ts
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ describe('PersistenceExtension.onStoreDocument — Approach-A boundary snapshot'
   // but not the STORE path, so an empty doc (a client/agent glitch, a bad
   // merge, an emptying transclusion) was written straight over the page and the
   // content was wiped silently. The store-side empty-guard now skips the write
-  // when the incoming doc is empty and the stored page is non-empty, unless an
-  // explicit intentional-clear signal is present.
+  // when the incoming doc is empty and the stored page is non-empty. A real
+  // intentional-clear UX is tracked separately in issue #251.
   it('does NOT overwrite non-empty content with a momentarily-empty live doc (persist-6)', async () => {
     const emptyDoc = { type: 'doc', content: [{ type: 'paragraph' }] };
     const document = ydocFor(emptyDoc);
@@ -229,29 +229,6 @@ describe('PersistenceExtension.onStoreDocument — Approach-A boundary snapshot'
     expect(historyQueue.add).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
-  // persist-6 — a legitimate clear is NOT broken: with the explicit
-  // intentional-clear signal, emptying a non-empty page still persists.
-  it('persists an intentional clear of a non-empty page (persist-6 escape hatch)', async () => {
-    const emptyDoc = { type: 'doc', content: [{ type: 'paragraph' }] };
-    const document = ydocFor(emptyDoc);
-    pageRepo.findById.mockResolvedValue({
-      ...persistedHumanPage('IGNORED'),
-      content: doc('IMPORTANT RICH CONTENT'),
-    });
-
-    await ext.onStoreDocument({
-      documentName: `page.${PAGE_ID}`,
-      document,
-      context: {
-        user: { id: USER_ID, name: 'Alice' },
-        actor: 'user',
-        intentionalClear: true,
-      },
-    } as any);
-
-    expect(pageRepo.updatePage).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-  });
-
   // persist-6 — a brand-new / already-empty page is unaffected: an empty store
   // over empty stored content is not blocked (it short-circuits as unchanged).
   it('does not block an empty store over an already-empty page (persist-6)', async () => {
diff --git a/apps/server/src/collaboration/extensions/persistence.extension.ts b/apps/server/src/collaboration/extensions/persistence.extension.ts
index 47fadf8f..0739a8c6 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/collaboration/extensions/persistence.extension.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/collaboration/extensions/persistence.extension.ts
@@ -217,21 +217,23 @@ export class PersistenceExtension implements Extension {
           // when the live doc isEmpty); the STORE path did not, so an empty
           // serialization was written straight over the page, wiping it
           // silently. Skip the write when the incoming doc is an empty
-          // paragraph doc AND the stored page is non-empty — unless the writer
-          // sends an explicit intentional-clear signal (a deliberate
-          // select-all + delete), the one case where emptying is the user's
-          // intent. New/empty pages are unaffected (stored content is already
-          // empty), and an unchanged doc was already short-circuited above.
-          const intentionalClear = context?.intentionalClear === true;
+          // paragraph doc AND the stored page is non-empty. New/empty pages are
+          // unaffected (stored content is already empty), and an unchanged doc
+          // was already short-circuited above.
+          //
+          // This unconditionally blocks empty-over-non-empty: a deliberate
+          // select-all + delete is currently indistinguishable from a glitch at
+          // this layer, so data-loss prevention wins. A real intentional-clear
+          // UX (a distinct signal threaded from the client) is tracked in issue
+          // #251; do not re-add an escape hatch here without that signal.
           if (
-            !intentionalClear &&
             isEmptyParagraphDoc(tiptapJson as any) &&
             page.content &&
             !isEmptyParagraphDoc(page.content as any)
           ) {
             this.logger.warn(
               `Skipping store for ${pageId}: empty live doc would overwrite ` +
-                `non-empty persisted content (no intentional-clear signal)`,
+                `non-empty persisted content`,
             );
             page = null;
             return;