diff --git a/server/internal/mcp/tools_fleet.go b/server/internal/mcp/tools_fleet.go
index dc83d0b..e513bb3 100644
--- a/server/internal/mcp/tools_fleet.go
+++ b/server/internal/mcp/tools_fleet.go
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ type serverSummary struct {
 }
 
 // models.Server has no Online bool: it stores Status as one of "pending",
-// "online" or "offline" (see internal/services/servers.go). Online here
+// "active" or "offline" (see internal/services/servers.go). Online here
 // mirrors that string the same way the REST layer treats it.
 func summariseServer(s models.Server) serverSummary {
 	return serverSummary{
 		ID:       s.ServerID,
 		Hostname: s.Hostname,
 		OS:       s.OSInfo,
-		Online:   s.Status == "online",
+		Online:   s.Status == "active",
 		Tags:     s.Tags,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/server/internal/mcp/tools_test.go b/server/internal/mcp/tools_test.go
index c18f32d..b22a97a 100644
--- a/server/internal/mcp/tools_test.go
+++ b/server/internal/mcp/tools_test.go
@@ -58,3 +58,21 @@ func TestServerSummaryStaysSmall(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("30 servers serialise to %d bytes, want at most 8000", len(out))
 	}
 }
+
+// The real status vocabulary is "pending" / "active" / "offline" (see
+// internal/services/servers.go) — "online" is never assigned anywhere. A
+// server carrying the live status ("active") must project as Online: true,
+// or list_servers/get_server misreport the entire fleet as down.
+func TestSummariseServerReportsActiveAsOnline(t *testing.T) {
+	active := summariseServer(models.Server{ServerID: "srv-active", Status: "active"})
+	if !active.Online {
+		t.Errorf("server with status %q should be online, got Online=false", "active")
+	}
+
+	for _, status := range []string{"pending", "offline"} {
+		s := summariseServer(models.Server{ServerID: "srv-" + status, Status: status})
+		if s.Online {
+			t.Errorf("server with status %q should not be online, got Online=true", status)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/server/internal/mcp/tools_work.go b/server/internal/mcp/tools_work.go
index 575a26d..0507181 100644
--- a/server/internal/mcp/tools_work.go
+++ b/server/internal/mcp/tools_work.go
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ type auditEventSummary struct {
 
 type listAuditResult struct {
 	Events []auditEventSummary `json:"events"`
-	Total  int                 `json:"shown"`
+	Total  int64               `json:"total"`
+	Shown  int                 `json:"shown"`
 }
 
 // ---- secrets ----
@@ -433,14 +434,22 @@ func init() {
 		Name:  "search_fleet",
 		Scope: "vulns:read",
 		Description: "Search every server's installed packages by name across the whole fleet — " +
-			"answers questions like \"which hosts still run OpenSSL 1.1\". Pass version_below to " +
-			"further narrow to versions that sort earlier than the given string.",
+			"answers questions like \"which hosts still run OpenSSL 1.1\". version_below is not " +
+			"currently supported: filtering package versions correctly requires knowing each " +
+			"distribution's own version-ordering scheme (dpkg/rpm/apk), which this tool cannot " +
+			"determine, so it refuses rather than guess with a lexicographic comparison. Every " +
+			"matching install is returned; compare versions yourself.",
 		Handler: func(ctx context.Context, c Caller, args map[string]any) (any, error) {
 			name := stringArg(args, "name")
 			if name == "" {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("name is required")
 			}
-			versionBelow := stringArg(args, "version_below")
+			if stringArg(args, "version_below") != "" {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("version_below is not supported: correct version ordering " +
+					"depends on each host's distribution (dpkg/rpm/apk each order differently), " +
+					"which this tool cannot resolve here — omit version_below and every matching " +
+					"install is returned instead")
+			}
 
 			hits, err := services.SearchPackages(c.InstanceID, name)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -453,9 +462,6 @@ func init() {
 				if len(out) == limit {
 					break
 				}
-				if versionBelow != "" && h.Version >= versionBelow {
-					continue
-				}
 				// A hit's server must be resolved through the token's own
 				// scope: SearchPackages runs unscoped across the instance,
 				// so a server outside the token's tag restriction is
@@ -477,7 +483,7 @@ func init() {
 			"Filter by event_type prefix (e.g. \"workflow\", \"key\", \"server\").",
 		Handler: func(ctx context.Context, c Caller, args map[string]any) (any, error) {
 			limit := int64(pageLimit(args))
-			events, _, err := services.ListAuditEvents(c.InstanceID, services.AuditFilter{
+			events, total, err := services.ListAuditEvents(c.InstanceID, services.AuditFilter{
 				Category: stringArg(args, "event_type"),
 				Limit:    limit,
 			})
@@ -488,7 +494,7 @@ func init() {
 			for _, e := range events {
 				out = append(out, auditEventSummary{At: e.CreatedAt, Type: e.EventType, Actor: e.Actor, Detail: e.Details})
 			}
-			return listAuditResult{Events: out, Total: len(out)}, nil
+			return listAuditResult{Events: out, Total: total, Shown: len(out)}, nil
 		},
 	})