diff --git a/pocketbase/pb_migrations/1757500001_create_articles.js b/pocketbase/pb_migrations/1757500001_create_articles.js
index 096f875..d3ae57e 100644
--- a/pocketbase/pb_migrations/1757500001_create_articles.js
+++ b/pocketbase/pb_migrations/1757500001_create_articles.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ migrate((app) => {
     fields: [
       { type: 'text', name: 'title', required: true, max: 160 },
       { type: 'text', name: 'slug', required: true, max: 160, pattern: '^[a-z0-9]+(-[a-z0-9]+)*$' },
-      { type: 'text', name: 'content', required: true },
+      { type: 'text', name: 'content', required: true, max: 10000 },
       {
         type: 'file',
         name: 'cover',
diff --git a/tests/integration/articles-schema.test.ts b/tests/integration/articles-schema.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d504a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/articles-schema.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { afterAll, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { startTestPocketbase } from '../support/pocketbase'
+
+// Exercises the PocketBase collection schema directly (pb_migrations), not the
+// Nitro /content/* endpoints — this is about what the CMS itself accepts.
+const pb = await startTestPocketbase()
+
+afterAll(async () => {
+  await pb.stop()
+})
+
+async function createArticle(content: string) {
+  return fetch(`${pb.url}/api/collections/articles/records`, {
+    method: 'POST',
+    headers: { Authorization: pb.token, 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+    body: JSON.stringify({
+      title: 'Vincolo lunghezza contenuto',
+      slug: 'vincolo-lunghezza-contenuto',
+      content,
+      publishedAt: '2025-01-01 00:00:00',
+    }),
+  })
+}
+
+describe('articles.content max length', () => {
+  it('accepts content up to 10000 characters', async () => {
+    const response = await createArticle('a'.repeat(10000))
+    expect(response.status).toBe(200)
+  })
+
+  it('rejects content over 10000 characters', async () => {
+    const response = await createArticle('a'.repeat(10001))
+    expect(response.status).toBe(400)
+    const body = await response.json()
+    expect(body.data.content.code).toBe('validation_max_text_constraint')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/tests/support/pocketbase.ts b/tests/support/pocketbase.ts
index 088a947..5aebf52 100644
--- a/tests/support/pocketbase.ts
+++ b/tests/support/pocketbase.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ export interface TestCategory {
 
 export interface TestPocketbase {
   url: string
+  /** Superuser auth token, for tests that need to create/inspect records beyond the seeded fixtures. */
+  token: string
   categories: TestCategory[]
   articles: TestArticle[]
   stop(): Promise<void>
@@ -155,6 +157,7 @@ export async function startTestPocketbase(options: StartOptions = {}): Promise<T
 
   return {
     url,
+    token,
     categories,
     articles,
     async stop() {