diff --git a/scripts/seed-bundle-resilience.mjs b/scripts/seed-bundle-resilience.mjs
index b7ae59b3e..c7bfb3f47 100644
--- a/scripts/seed-bundle-resilience.mjs
+++ b/scripts/seed-bundle-resilience.mjs
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 import { runBundle, HOUR, DAY } from './_bundle-runner.mjs';
 
+// intervalMs note: the bundle runner skips sections whose seed-meta is newer
+// than `intervalMs * 0.8`. The Resilience-Scores section must run more often
+// than the ranking/score TTL (12h / 6h) so refreshRankingAggregate() can keep
+// the ranking alive between Railway cron fires. A 2h interval → 96min skip
+// window, so hourly Railway fires run this ~every 2h. The seeder is cheap on
+// warm runs (~5-10s: intervals recompute + one /refresh=1 HTTP + 2 verify
+// GETs); the expensive warm path only runs when scores are actually missing.
 await runBundle('resilience', [
-  { label: 'Resilience-Scores', script: 'seed-resilience-scores.mjs', seedMetaKey: 'resilience:intervals', intervalMs: 6 * HOUR, timeoutMs: 600_000 },
+  { label: 'Resilience-Scores', script: 'seed-resilience-scores.mjs', seedMetaKey: 'resilience:intervals', intervalMs: 2 * HOUR, timeoutMs: 600_000 },
   { label: 'Resilience-Static', script: 'seed-resilience-static.mjs', seedMetaKey: 'resilience:static', intervalMs: 90 * DAY, timeoutMs: 900_000 },
 ]);
diff --git a/tests/resilience-scores-seed.test.mjs b/tests/resilience-scores-seed.test.mjs
index 2cb1051cc..523e95e5e 100644
--- a/tests/resilience-scores-seed.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/resilience-scores-seed.test.mjs
@@ -217,6 +217,33 @@ describe('ensures ranking aggregate is present every cron, with truthful meta',
   });
 });
 
+describe('seed-bundle-resilience section interval keeps refresh alive', () => {
+  // The bundle runner skips a section when its seed-meta is younger than
+  // intervalMs * 0.8. If intervalMs is too long (e.g. 6h), most Railway cron
+  // fires hit the skip branch → refreshRankingAggregate() never runs →
+  // ranking can expire between actual runs and create EMPTY_ON_DEMAND gaps.
+  // 2h is the tested trade-off: frequent enough for the 12h ranking TTL to
+  // stay well-refreshed, cheap enough per warm-path run (~5-10s).
+  it('Resilience-Scores section has intervalMs ≤ 2 hours', async () => {
+    const { readFileSync } = await import('node:fs');
+    const { fileURLToPath } = await import('node:url');
+    const { dirname, join } = await import('node:path');
+    const dir = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+    const src = readFileSync(
+      join(dir, '..', 'scripts', 'seed-bundle-resilience.mjs'),
+      'utf8',
+    );
+    // Match the label + section line, then extract the intervalMs value.
+    const m = src.match(/label:\s*'Resilience-Scores'[\s\S]{0,400}?intervalMs:\s*(\d+)\s*\*\s*HOUR/);
+    assert.ok(m, 'Resilience-Scores section must set intervalMs in HOUR units');
+    const hours = Number(m[1]);
+    assert.ok(
+      hours > 0 && hours <= 2,
+      `intervalMs must be ≤ 2 hours (found ${hours}) so refreshRankingAggregate runs frequently enough to keep the ranking key alive before its 12h TTL`,
+    );
+  });
+});
+
 describe('handler warm pipeline is chunked', () => {
   // The 222-country pipeline SET payload (~600KB) exceeds the 5s pipeline
   // timeout on Vercel Edge → handler reports 0 persisted, ranking skipped.