diff --git a/scripts/drain_digests.py b/scripts/drain_digests.py
index 5c3e479..c824a98 100644
--- a/scripts/drain_digests.py
+++ b/scripts/drain_digests.py
@@ -36,6 +36,20 @@ CONCURRENCY = int(os.environ.get("DIGEST_DRAIN_CONCURRENCY", "3"))
 
 async def main() -> int:
     pool = await db.get_pool()
+    # Self-heal: an enrich that failed mid-LLM (e.g. the local claude
+    # subscription window was exhausted) can leave a row 'completed' with no
+    # concept_tag AND no underlying_citation — a real digest always extracts at
+    # least a citation, so "both empty" means the extraction never landed. Reset
+    # those to 'pending' so the next run retries (idempotent auto-resume). Safe:
+    # successfully-enriched rows always have a concept_tag or citation.
+    healed = await pool.execute(
+        "UPDATE digests SET extraction_status = 'pending' "
+        "WHERE extraction_status = 'completed' "
+        "AND coalesce(concept_tag,'') = '' AND coalesce(underlying_citation,'') = '' "
+        "AND coalesce(analysis_text,'') <> ''"
+    )
+    if healed and healed != "UPDATE 0":
+        print(f"self-heal: reset failed-empty digests → pending ({healed})", flush=True)
     rows = await pool.fetch(
         "SELECT id FROM digests WHERE extraction_status = 'pending' ORDER BY created_at"
     )