diff --git a/.agents/skills/lib_py/atomic_yaml.py b/.agents/skills/lib_py/atomic_yaml.py
index 8e891ad..1233b03 100644
--- a/.agents/skills/lib_py/atomic_yaml.py
+++ b/.agents/skills/lib_py/atomic_yaml.py
@@ -124,6 +124,17 @@ def atomic_dump_yaml_main():
         if from_version < registry_format.CURRENT:
             d, migrated_rows = registry_format.migrate(d)
             force_yaml = True
+        elif row:
+            # The DB is current; its YAML copy may not be (a migration whose
+            # YAML rewrite failed after the DB commit). Then rewrite it.
+            y = None
+            if os.path.exists(yaml_path):
+                try:
+                    with open(yaml_path) as f:
+                        y = yaml.safe_load(f)
+                except Exception:
+                    y = None
+            force_yaml = registry_format.stored_version(y) < registry_format.CURRENT
 
         old_sessions = get_all_sessions_status(d)
         # a mutation that replaces a row the monitor registered for a pane it