diff --git a/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/engines/index/index.ts b/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/engines/index/index.ts
index 7327a92f4..201b18464 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/engines/index/index.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/scraper/scrapeURL/engines/index/index.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ export async function sendDocumentToIndex(meta: Meta, document: Document) {
     return document;
   }
 
+  // Generate indexId synchronously and set it on document immediately
+  // so it's available to other transformers (e.g., search index)
+  const indexId = crypto.randomUUID();
+  document.metadata.indexId = indexId;
+
   (async () => {
     try {
       const normalizedURL = normalizeURLForIndex(meta.url);
@@ -60,8 +65,6 @@ export async function sendDocumentToIndex(meta: Meta, document: Document) {
       const domainSplits = generateDomainSplits(hostname, fakeDomain);
       const domainSplitsHash = domainSplits.map(split => hashURL(split));
 
-      const indexId = crypto.randomUUID();
-
       try {
         await saveIndexToGCS(indexId, {
           url:
@@ -84,9 +87,6 @@ export async function sendDocumentToIndex(meta: Meta, document: Document) {
           contentType: document.metadata.contentType,
           postprocessorsUsed: document.metadata.postprocessorsUsed,
         });
-        
-        // Store the indexId in document metadata so it can be used by other transformers (e.g., search index)
-        document.metadata.indexId = indexId;
       } catch (error) {
         meta.logger.error("Failed to save document to index", {
           error,