diff --git a/apps/cli/package.json b/apps/cli/package.json
index 545af81..ec23045 100644
--- a/apps/cli/package.json
+++ b/apps/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@profullstack/nichedb",
-  "version": "0.21.1",
+  "version": "0.21.2",
   "description": "CLI and MCP bridge for NicheDB: browse collections, manage sources and feeds, search items, from any deployment",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "src/index.js",
diff --git a/apps/cli/src/index.js b/apps/cli/src/index.js
index fd171d2..453253c 100644
--- a/apps/cli/src/index.js
+++ b/apps/cli/src/index.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { homedir, tmpdir } from 'node:os';
 import { join } from 'node:path';
 import { createInterface } from 'node:readline';
 
-export const VERSION = '0.21.1';
+export const VERSION = '0.21.2';
 const DEFAULT_API = process.env.NICHEDB_API ?? 'https://nichedb.dev';
 const CONFIG_DIR = join(process.env.XDG_CONFIG_HOME ?? join(homedir(), '.config'), 'nichedb');
 const CONFIG_FILE = join(CONFIG_DIR, 'config.json');
diff --git a/apps/web/package.json b/apps/web/package.json
index 22fe258..c352b7e 100644
--- a/apps/web/package.json
+++ b/apps/web/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@nichedb/web",
-  "version": "0.21.1",
+  "version": "0.21.2",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/apps/worker/package.json b/apps/worker/package.json
index e9c5d4c..e3ad659 100644
--- a/apps/worker/package.json
+++ b/apps/worker/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@nichedb/worker",
-  "version": "0.21.1",
+  "version": "0.21.2",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4ebe304..219f0ec 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "niche-db",
-  "version": "0.21.1",
+  "version": "0.21.2",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "description": "An open platform for large, ever-growing databases of real-time data: sources in, feeds out. Web, API, CLI and MCP on one Postgres.",
diff --git a/packages/adapters/package.json b/packages/adapters/package.json
index 508600a..c27e387 100644
--- a/packages/adapters/package.json
+++ b/packages/adapters/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@nichedb/adapters",
-  "version": "0.21.1",
+  "version": "0.21.2",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "exports": {
diff --git a/packages/auth/package.json b/packages/auth/package.json
index 8a2b328..24f2aab 100644
--- a/packages/auth/package.json
+++ b/packages/auth/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@nichedb/auth",
-  "version": "0.21.1",
+  "version": "0.21.2",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "exports": {
diff --git a/packages/config/package.json b/packages/config/package.json
index 3ecd936..9a2ddbc 100644
--- a/packages/config/package.json
+++ b/packages/config/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@nichedb/config",
-  "version": "0.21.1",
+  "version": "0.21.2",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "exports": {
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 2ba8792..e3c5c42 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@nichedb/core",
-  "version": "0.21.1",
+  "version": "0.21.2",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "exports": {
diff --git a/packages/db/package.json b/packages/db/package.json
index 154c819..497122a 100644
--- a/packages/db/package.json
+++ b/packages/db/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@nichedb/db",
-  "version": "0.21.1",
+  "version": "0.21.2",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "exports": {
diff --git a/packages/db/src/queries.js b/packages/db/src/queries.js
index ea19877..539c35c 100644
--- a/packages/db/src/queries.js
+++ b/packages/db/src/queries.js
@@ -481,13 +481,26 @@ export async function listRuns(sourceId, { limit = 20 } = {}) {
   `;
 }
 
-/** Runs that never finished: a container that died mid-fetch. Marked so the UI is honest. */
+/**
+ * Runs that never finished: a container that died mid-fetch. Marked so the
+ * UI is honest, and the source asked to run again now: startRun had pushed
+ * its next run a whole cadence out, which for a bulk list of ten thousand
+ * pages read a month apart meant a redeploy in the wrong minute parked the
+ * list for a month with nothing to show. A killed run is not a run.
+ */
 export async function reapStaleRuns({ minutes = 30 } = {}) {
   const rows = await sql`
     update runs set status = 'error', finished_at = now(), error = 'abandoned (process exited)'
     where status = 'running' and started_at < now() - (${`${minutes} minutes`})::interval
-    returning id
+    returning id, source_id
   `;
+  const sources = [...new Set(rows.map((r) => r.source_id))];
+  if (sources.length > 0) {
+    await sql`
+      update sources set next_run_at = now(), updated_at = now()
+      where id = any(${pgArray(sources)}::int[]) and enabled
+    `;
+  }
   return rows.length;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/enrichers/package.json b/packages/enrichers/package.json
index c7ed92c..c6fd989 100644
--- a/packages/enrichers/package.json
+++ b/packages/enrichers/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@nichedb/enrichers",
-  "version": "0.21.1",
+  "version": "0.21.2",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "exports": {
diff --git a/packages/knowledge/package.json b/packages/knowledge/package.json
index 99ba820..29cff50 100644
--- a/packages/knowledge/package.json
+++ b/packages/knowledge/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@nichedb/knowledge",
-  "version": "0.21.1",
+  "version": "0.21.2",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "exports": {
diff --git a/packages/notify/package.json b/packages/notify/package.json
index 36cc403..d7c471b 100644
--- a/packages/notify/package.json
+++ b/packages/notify/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@nichedb/notify",
-  "version": "0.21.1",
+  "version": "0.21.2",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "exports": {
diff --git a/packages/payments/package.json b/packages/payments/package.json
index 81c54ad..20c80c1 100644
--- a/packages/payments/package.json
+++ b/packages/payments/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@nichedb/payments",
-  "version": "0.21.1",
+  "version": "0.21.2",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "exports": {
diff --git a/packages/premium/package.json b/packages/premium/package.json
index 1c22132..ed6353f 100644
--- a/packages/premium/package.json
+++ b/packages/premium/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@nichedb/premium",
-  "version": "0.21.1",
+  "version": "0.21.2",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "exports": {
diff --git a/packages/queue/package.json b/packages/queue/package.json
index a44ced6..dc41129 100644
--- a/packages/queue/package.json
+++ b/packages/queue/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@nichedb/queue",
-  "version": "0.21.1",
+  "version": "0.21.2",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "exports": {
diff --git a/test/rollout-recovery.test.js b/test/rollout-recovery.test.js
index 6e00599..9ee2f7b 100644
--- a/test/rollout-recovery.test.js
+++ b/test/rollout-recovery.test.js
@@ -164,3 +164,68 @@ describe('the slot a failed lookup costs', () => {
     expect(Number(retry.mins)).toBeLessThan(3);
   });
 });
+
+/**
+ * The statements `reapStaleRuns` runs, kept identical to the query: a run
+ * abandoned by a container that died is marked, and its source is asked to
+ * run again now rather than a whole cadence later.
+ */
+const REAP = `
+  update runs set status = 'error', finished_at = now(), error = 'abandoned (process exited)'
+  where status = 'running' and started_at < now() - ($1)::interval
+  returning id, source_id`;
+const REQUEUE = `
+  update sources set next_run_at = now(), updated_at = now()
+  where id = any($1::int[]) and enabled`;
+
+describe('a run killed by a redeploy does not park its source for a cadence', () => {
+  test('the abandoned run is marked and the source is due again now', async () => {
+    // A bulk list: read once a month, and its first run began two hours ago.
+    const id = await source({ adapter: 'opensite', minutesOut: 43_200, cadence: 43_200 });
+    await one(
+      `insert into runs (source_id, started_at) values ($1, now() - interval '2 hours') returning id`,
+      [id],
+    );
+    const before = await one(
+      `select next_run_at > now() + interval '29 days' as parked from sources where id = $1`,
+      [id],
+    );
+    expect(before.parked).toBe(true);
+    const reaped = await rows(REAP, ['40 minutes']);
+    expect(reaped.map((r) => r.source_id)).toContain(id);
+    await rows(REQUEUE, [[...new Set(reaped.map((r) => r.source_id))]]);
+    const run = await one(`select status, error from runs where source_id = $1`, [id]);
+    expect(run.status).toBe('error');
+    expect(run.error).toBe('abandoned (process exited)');
+    const after = await one(`select next_run_at <= now() as due from sources where id = $1`, [id]);
+    expect(after.due).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  test('a run still inside its window, and a paused source, are left alone', async () => {
+    const fresh = await source({ adapter: 'opensite', minutesOut: 43_200, cadence: 43_200 });
+    await one(
+      `insert into runs (source_id, started_at) values ($1, now() - interval '5 minutes') returning id`,
+      [fresh],
+    );
+    const paused = await source({
+      adapter: 'opensite',
+      minutesOut: 43_200,
+      cadence: 43_200,
+      enabled: false,
+    });
+    await one(
+      `insert into runs (source_id, started_at) values ($1, now() - interval '2 hours') returning id`,
+      [paused],
+    );
+    const reaped = await rows(REAP, ['40 minutes']);
+    expect(reaped.map((r) => r.source_id)).not.toContain(fresh);
+    expect(reaped.map((r) => r.source_id)).toContain(paused);
+    await rows(REQUEUE, [[...new Set(reaped.map((r) => r.source_id))]]);
+    expect(
+      (await one(`select next_run_at > now() as later from sources where id = $1`, [fresh])).later,
+    ).toBe(true);
+    expect(
+      (await one(`select next_run_at > now() as later from sources where id = $1`, [paused])).later,
+    ).toBe(true);
+  });
+});