diff --git a/app/scheduler/jobs.py b/app/scheduler/jobs.py
index 8c3fff9..811e9db 100644
--- a/app/scheduler/jobs.py
+++ b/app/scheduler/jobs.py
@@ -46,31 +46,65 @@ log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 INTERVAL_ANCHOR = datetime(2026, 1, 1, 5, 0, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
 
 
+# Hard-timeout dla jobów robiących zewnętrzne HTTP (tpdb/stashdb/performer-driven).
+# Bez tego zawis connectora bez własnego timeoutu blokował job na wiele godzin, a
+# `max_instances=1` blokował KOLEJNE fire'y do restartu workera (incident 2026-06-02:
+# 6 runów wisiało 8.7h od wspólnego anchora 05:00). Po timeoucie job WRACA (slot się
+# zwalnia → następny fire leci); osierocony wątek dożywa do restartu (jak movie-ingest),
+# a jego 'running' DB-row sprząta periodic reaper (_job_reap_stuck).
+_JOB_TIMEOUT_SEC = 1800  # 30 min — healthy tpdb/stashdb delta to minuty (po SQL-phash), performer-driven top-N ~10-20 min.
+
+
+def _run_with_timeout(fn, *, label: str, timeout_sec: int = _JOB_TIMEOUT_SEC) -> None:
+    from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
+    from concurrent.futures import TimeoutError as FutureTimeout
+
+    ex = ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=1)
+    try:
+        fut = ex.submit(fn)
+        try:
+            fut.result(timeout=timeout_sec)
+        except FutureTimeout:
+            log.error(
+                "[scheduler] %s HUNG > %ds — zwalniam slot, orphan thread dożyje do restartu",
+                label, timeout_sec,
+            )
+        except Exception:
+            log.exception("[scheduler] %s job failed", label)
+    finally:
+        ex.shutdown(wait=False)
+
+
 def _job_tpdb() -> None:
     log.info("[scheduler] tpdb delta starting")
-    try:
-        ingest_from_connector(TPDBConnector(), use_delta=True)
-    except Exception:
-        log.exception("[scheduler] tpdb job failed")
+    _run_with_timeout(lambda: ingest_from_connector(TPDBConnector(), use_delta=True), label="tpdb")
 
 
 def _job_stashdb() -> None:
     log.info("[scheduler] stashdb delta starting")
-    try:
-        ingest_from_connector(StashDBConnector(), use_delta=True)
-    except Exception:
-        log.exception("[scheduler] stashdb job failed")
+    _run_with_timeout(lambda: ingest_from_connector(StashDBConnector(), use_delta=True), label="stashdb")
 
 
 def _job_performer_driven(top_n: int) -> None:
     log.info("[scheduler] performer-driven top-%d starting", top_n)
+    _run_with_timeout(
+        lambda: run_performer_driven(top_n=top_n, per_performer_limit=50),
+        label="performer-driven",
+    )
+
+
+def _job_reap_stuck() -> None:
+    """Periodic reaper — czyści ingest_runs wiszące w 'running' >2h (zombie po zawisach
+    connectorów / kill mid-run). Startup-only reaper nie łapał ich gdy worker długo żył
+    (incident 2026-06-02: zombie wisiały 8.7h). Delayed import — unika cyklu z worker.py."""
     try:
-        run_performer_driven(
-            top_n=top_n,
-            per_performer_limit=50,
-        )
+        from app.scheduler.worker import reap_stuck_ingest_runs
+
+        reaped = reap_stuck_ingest_runs()
+        if reaped:
+            log.warning("[scheduler] periodic reaper: %d stuck ingest_runs", reaped)
     except Exception:
-        log.exception("[scheduler] performer-driven job failed")
+        log.exception("[scheduler] periodic reaper failed")
 
 
 def _job_browse_latest(max_pages: int) -> None:
@@ -300,6 +334,20 @@ def build_scheduler(cfg: dict[str, Any]) -> BlockingScheduler:
             seconds, refresh_days,
         )
 
+    # Periodic reaper — czyści zombie 'running' runy co godzinę. Domyślnie ZAWSZE on
+    # (cfg.get(...,1)), bo startup-only reaper nie łapie zawisów gdy worker długo żyje.
+    reap_hours = cfg.get("reap_stuck_hours", 1)
+    if reap_hours:
+        sched.add_job(
+            _job_reap_stuck,
+            IntervalTrigger(hours=reap_hours, start_date=INTERVAL_ANCHOR),
+            id="reap_stuck",
+            replace_existing=True,
+            max_instances=1,
+            coalesce=True,
+        )
+        log.info("scheduler: reap-stuck every %dh", reap_hours)
+
     return sched
 
 
@@ -327,4 +375,6 @@ DEFAULT_CONFIG: dict[str, Any] = {
     # Taxonomy scene_count refresh — denormalizacja liczników dla /tags|/performers|
     # /studios|/favorites. Co 3h: counts do tego stale, dla sortu "popular" bez znaczenia.
     "taxonomy_counts_hours": 3,
+    # Periodic reaper zombie 'running' runów — co 1h (próg 'running'>2h w funkcji).
+    "reap_stuck_hours": 1,
 }