diff --git a/app/db/migrations/004_staging_tracking.sql b/app/db/migrations/004_staging_tracking.sql
index 8090203..9a3aa0d 100644
--- a/app/db/migrations/004_staging_tracking.sql
+++ b/app/db/migrations/004_staging_tracking.sql
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 -- Staging DB: persistent listing tracking across searches.
 -- Adds temporal metadata to listings so we can detect stale/repriced/recurring items.
 
--- first_seen_at already defined in 001_init.sql CREATE TABLE; skip to avoid duplicate column error on fresh installs
-ALTER TABLE listings ADD COLUMN last_seen_at  TEXT;
-ALTER TABLE listings ADD COLUMN times_seen    INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1;
-ALTER TABLE listings ADD COLUMN price_at_first_seen REAL;
+-- IF NOT EXISTS (SQLite 3.35+, Python 3.11 ships 3.39+) makes this safe to re-run
+-- in any state: fresh install, partial-failure recovery, or already-applied.
+ALTER TABLE listings ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS first_seen_at       TEXT;
+ALTER TABLE listings ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS last_seen_at        TEXT;
+ALTER TABLE listings ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS times_seen          INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1;
+ALTER TABLE listings ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS price_at_first_seen REAL;
 
 -- Backfill existing rows so columns are non-null where we have data
 UPDATE listings SET
diff --git a/app/db/migrations/005_listing_category.sql b/app/db/migrations/005_listing_category.sql
index 2d0ca4c..fc5e1cc 100644
--- a/app/db/migrations/005_listing_category.sql
+++ b/app/db/migrations/005_listing_category.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 -- Add per-listing category name, extracted from eBay API response.
 -- Used to derive seller category_history_json without _ssn scraping.
-ALTER TABLE listings ADD COLUMN category_name TEXT;
+ALTER TABLE listings ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS category_name TEXT;