diff --git a/projects/ops-desk/api/app/agents/runner.py b/projects/ops-desk/api/app/agents/runner.py
index 5b63b95..8e26980 100644
--- a/projects/ops-desk/api/app/agents/runner.py
+++ b/projects/ops-desk/api/app/agents/runner.py
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ def run_scenario(conn, scenario_id, *, trigger="cron"):
     status = "ok" if not raw else "degraded"
     store.finish_run(conn, run_id, status=status, summary=f"{len(raw)} finding(s)" if raw else "healthy")
     store.log_event(conn, event_type="run.finish", message=status, run_id=run_id, agent_id=agent_id)
+    conn.commit()
     return {"ok": True, "run_id": run_id, "scenario_id": scenario_id, "status": status, "findings_count": len(raw), "finding_ids": fids}
 
 def run_all_enabled(conn, trigger="cron"):
diff --git a/projects/ops-desk/api/app/agents/store.py b/projects/ops-desk/api/app/agents/store.py
index ec5e9d2..d44c09c 100644
--- a/projects/ops-desk/api/app/agents/store.py
+++ b/projects/ops-desk/api/app/agents/store.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """Persistence Agentic Ops."""
 from __future__ import annotations
-import json, sqlite3
+import json, sqlite3, time
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from typing import Any
 
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ from app.agents.messages import init_messages_schema
 def _now():
     return datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat()
 
+def _exec_retry(conn, sql, params=(), *, attempts=8):
+    for attempt in range(attempts):
+        try:
+            return conn.execute(sql, params)
+        except sqlite3.OperationalError as exc:
+            if "locked" not in str(exc).lower() or attempt >= attempts - 1:
+                raise
+            time.sleep(0.25 * (attempt + 1))
+
 def init_agent_schema(conn):
     init_messages_schema(conn)
     conn.executescript("""
@@ -90,11 +99,12 @@ def list_action_log(conn, limit=100):
     return [dict(r) for r in conn.execute("SELECT * FROM agent_action_log ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT ?", (limit,))]
 
 def index_kb_file(conn, source_path, text):
-    conn.execute("DELETE FROM agent_kb_chunks WHERE source_path=?", (source_path,))
+    _exec_retry(conn, "DELETE FROM agent_kb_chunks WHERE source_path=?", (source_path,))
     now = _now()
     for i in range(0, len(text), 1200):
-        conn.execute("INSERT INTO agent_kb_chunks (source_path,chunk_text,indexed_at) VALUES (?,?,?)",
+        _exec_retry(conn, "INSERT INTO agent_kb_chunks (source_path,chunk_text,indexed_at) VALUES (?,?,?)",
             (source_path, text[i:i+1200], now))
+    conn.commit()
 
 def search_kb(conn, query, limit=8):
     terms = [t.strip().lower() for t in query.split() if len(t.strip()) > 2]
diff --git a/projects/ops-desk/api/app/main.py b/projects/ops-desk/api/app/main.py
index c64b6d9..836e037 100644
--- a/projects/ops-desk/api/app/main.py
+++ b/projects/ops-desk/api/app/main.py
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ def startup():
 @app.get("/api/health")
 def health():
     redis.from_url(REDIS_URL).ping()
-    return {"status": "ok", "service": "ligbox-ops-api", "version": "0.9.6-spec019-023"}
+    return {"status": "ok", "service": "ligbox-ops-api", "version": app.version}
 
 
 @app.get("/api/v1/integrations")