diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3329866..afef8c8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.5.12] - 2026-06-15
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **Progress task leak on skipped jobs**: `progress.add_task()` is called unconditionally at the top of the job loop, but both early-exit `continue` paths — the `ValueError` skip from `_safe_person_dir` and the symlink-TOCTOU skip added in v0.5.11 — bypassed `progress.remove_task()`, leaving orphaned 0% rows in the terminal display for the rest of the run. Both `continue` paths now call `progress.remove_task(job_task)` before continuing.
+
 ## [0.5.11] - 2026-06-15
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b7ffd2a..9e6fda2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "winnow"
-version = "0.5.11"
+version = "0.5.12"
 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/executor.py b/winnow/executor.py
index 6d58aa3..07cabd4 100644
--- a/winnow/executor.py
+++ b/winnow/executor.py
@@ -105,12 +105,14 @@ def execute_jobs(jobs: list[dict]) -> None:
                 person_dir = _safe_person_dir(Config.OUTPUT_DIR, name)
             except ValueError as e:
                 logger.error(str(e))
+                progress.remove_task(job_task)
                 continue
             # Face crops are transient (uploaded then discarded); wipe before each run.
             # A symlink could appear here via a TOCTOU race after _safe_person_dir
             # returned — writing through it would land crops outside output_dir.
             if os.path.islink(person_dir):
                 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)