diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index afef8c8..af0012c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.5.13] - 2026-06-15
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **`execute_jobs` output-dir OSError now skips the job instead of aborting the run**: `shutil.rmtree` and `os.makedirs` were not wrapped in any error handler — an `OSError` or `PermissionError` (e.g. read-only filesystem, lingering lock) propagated out of the `for job in jobs` loop, abandoning `job_task` in the Rich progress display and silently dropping all remaining jobs. Both calls are now wrapped in `try/except OSError`; on failure the error is logged, the progress task is removed, and the loop continues to the next job.
+
+- **Embedding cache writes are now atomic**: `cache.py` previously called `np.save(path, embedding)` directly to the final `.npy` path. A process kill or container stop mid-write left a truncated file that `np.load` would subsequently raise on. Because `get()` catches the exception and returns `None`, the slot appeared empty on every future run — the corrupted file was never cleaned up and the embedding was silently recomputed forever. The write now goes to a `.tmp` sibling and is renamed into place with `os.replace` (atomic on POSIX); the tmp file is removed on any write failure.
+
+- **`filter_recent_assets` guards against non-string `fileCreatedAt`**: the previous `if not created_at_str` guard passed truthy non-string values (e.g. a Unix-epoch integer returned by some Immich API versions), after which `created_at_str.replace("Z", "+00:00")` raised `AttributeError`. That exception was not caught by the surrounding `except ValueError`, so a single non-string timestamp aborted the entire filtering pass for the person being processed. The guard is now `if not isinstance(created_at_str, str) or not created_at_str`.
+
+- **SQLite connection timeout raised to 30 s**: `sqlite3.connect` defaulted to a 5-second busy timeout. Under concurrent access (scheduled and manual runs overlapping), 5 s was often insufficient, causing `OperationalError: database is locked` that propagated through `upload_to_frigate` and dropped upload-tracking records — assets would then be re-uploaded on the next run. The timeout is now 30 s, matching the typical upload cycle length.
+
 ## [0.5.12] - 2026-06-15
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9e6fda2..8941941 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "winnow"
-version = "0.5.12"
+version = "0.5.13"
 description = "Selects diverse, high-quality photos from Immich as training data for Frigate face recognition."
 license = "AGPL-3.0-or-later"
 requires-python = ">=3.13"
diff --git a/winnow/cache.py b/winnow/cache.py
index b34501e..512b854 100644
--- a/winnow/cache.py
+++ b/winnow/cache.py
@@ -82,10 +82,17 @@ class EmbeddingCache:
     def put(self, asset_id: str, embedding: np.ndarray, model: str = "insightface") -> None:
         """Store an embedding in the cache."""
         self._ensure_dir()
+        final = self._path(asset_id, model)
+        tmp = final + ".tmp"
         try:
-            np.save(self._path(asset_id, model), embedding)
+            np.save(tmp, embedding)
+            os.replace(tmp, final)
         except Exception as e:
             logger.debug("Cache write failed for %s: %s", asset_id, e)
+            try:
+                os.remove(tmp)
+            except OSError:
+                pass
 
     def clear(self) -> None:
         """Delete all cached embeddings."""
diff --git a/winnow/executor.py b/winnow/executor.py
index 07cabd4..50db79c 100644
--- a/winnow/executor.py
+++ b/winnow/executor.py
@@ -114,9 +114,14 @@ def execute_jobs(jobs: list[dict]) -> None:
                 logger.error("person_dir %s became a symlink after path check — skipping job", person_dir)
                 progress.remove_task(job_task)
                 continue
-            if os.path.isdir(person_dir):
-                shutil.rmtree(person_dir)
-            os.makedirs(person_dir, exist_ok=True)
+            try:
+                if os.path.isdir(person_dir):
+                    shutil.rmtree(person_dir)
+                os.makedirs(person_dir, exist_ok=True)
+            except OSError as e:
+                logger.error("Failed to prepare output dir for %s: %s", name, e)
+                progress.remove_task(job_task)
+                continue
 
             # Track filename → asset_id, filename → confidence score, filename → crop dims
             asset_map: dict[str, str] = {}
diff --git a/winnow/immich_api.py b/winnow/immich_api.py
index 0e1517c..5f537d8 100644
--- a/winnow/immich_api.py
+++ b/winnow/immich_api.py
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ def filter_recent_assets(assets: list[dict], years: int | None = None) -> list[d
     recent, skipped = [], 0
     for asset in assets:
         created_at_str = asset.get("fileCreatedAt")
-        if not created_at_str:
+        if not isinstance(created_at_str, str) or not created_at_str:
             continue
 
         try:
diff --git a/winnow/upload_tracker.py b/winnow/upload_tracker.py
index d10b464..be22cd5 100644
--- a/winnow/upload_tracker.py
+++ b/winnow/upload_tracker.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def _get_conn() -> sqlite3.Connection:
 
     if _conn is None:
         Path(data_dir).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-        _conn = sqlite3.connect(db_path, check_same_thread=False)
+        _conn = sqlite3.connect(db_path, check_same_thread=False, timeout=30)
         _conn.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
         _conn.execute("PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL")
         _conn.execute("PRAGMA foreign_keys=ON")