diff --git a/scripts/seed-resilience-static.mjs b/scripts/seed-resilience-static.mjs
index bffd4aaef..6396e151f 100644
--- a/scripts/seed-resilience-static.mjs
+++ b/scripts/seed-resilience-static.mjs
@@ -777,6 +777,51 @@ async function fetchAllDatasetMaps() {
   return { datasetMaps, failedDatasets };
 }
 
+// Exported for testing. When a dataset fetch fails, reads the prior Redis snapshot and
+// injects the existing per-country values for that field back into datasetMaps so the
+// new publish does not overwrite good data with null.
+// Throws if the Redis recovery reads themselves fail — the caller must then call
+// preservePreviousSnapshotOnFailure and abort, rather than publishing corrupt data.
+export async function recoverFailedDatasets(datasetMaps, failedDatasets, { readIndex, readPipeline }) {
+  if (failedDatasets.length === 0) return;
+
+  let existingIndex;
+  try {
+    existingIndex = await readIndex();
+  } catch (err) {
+    throw new Error(`Dataset(s) (${failedDatasets.join(', ')}) failed and Redis index read also failed: ${err.message}`);
+  }
+
+  const existingCountries = existingIndex?.countries ?? [];
+  if (existingCountries.length === 0) {
+    console.warn(`  [fallback] dataset(s) failed (${failedDatasets.join(', ')}) — no prior snapshot to recover from`);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  let pipelineResults;
+  try {
+    pipelineResults = await readPipeline(existingCountries.map((iso2) => ['GET', countryRedisKey(iso2)]));
+  } catch (err) {
+    throw new Error(`Dataset(s) (${failedDatasets.join(', ')}) failed and Redis pipeline read also failed: ${err.message}`);
+  }
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < existingCountries.length; i++) {
+    const iso2 = existingCountries[i];
+    let existing = null;
+    try { existing = JSON.parse(pipelineResults[i]?.result ?? 'null'); } catch { /* skip */ }
+    if (!existing) continue;
+    for (const key of failedDatasets) {
+      if (existing[key] != null && datasetMaps[key] instanceof Map && !datasetMaps[key].has(iso2)) {
+        datasetMaps[key].set(iso2, existing[key]);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  for (const key of failedDatasets) {
+    console.warn(`  [fallback] dataset '${key}' failed — preserved ${datasetMaps[key].size} existing Redis records from prior snapshot`);
+  }
+}
+
 export async function seedResilienceStatic() {
   const seedYear = nowSeedYear();
   const existingMeta = await readJsonKey(RESILIENCE_STATIC_META_KEY).catch(() => null);
@@ -790,6 +835,23 @@ export async function seedResilienceStatic() {
   }
 
   const { datasetMaps, failedDatasets } = await fetchAllDatasetMaps();
+
+  try {
+    await recoverFailedDatasets(datasetMaps, failedDatasets, {
+      readIndex: () => readJsonKey(RESILIENCE_STATIC_INDEX_KEY),
+      readPipeline: redisPipeline,
+    });
+  } catch (recoveryErr) {
+    const failure = await preservePreviousSnapshotOnFailure(
+      failedDatasets,
+      seedYear,
+      recoveryErr.message,
+    );
+    const error = new Error(recoveryErr.message);
+    error.failure = failure;
+    throw error;
+  }
+
   const seededAt = new Date().toISOString();
   const countryPayloads = finalizeCountryPayloads(datasetMaps, seedYear, seededAt);
   const manifest = buildManifest(countryPayloads, failedDatasets, seedYear, seededAt);
diff --git a/tests/resilience-static-seed.test.mjs b/tests/resilience-static-seed.test.mjs
index 314ae4afb..c068a5c87 100644
--- a/tests/resilience-static-seed.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/resilience-static-seed.test.mjs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   finalizeCountryPayloads,
   parseEurostatEnergyDataset,
   parseRsfRanking,
+  recoverFailedDatasets,
   resolveIso2,
   shouldSkipSeedYear,
 } from '../scripts/seed-resilience-static.mjs';
@@ -178,6 +179,73 @@ describe('resilience static seed payload assembly', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('recoverFailedDatasets', () => {
+  const existingFao = { source: 'hdx-ipc', year: 2025, phase3plus: 4_500_000, phase4: 1_200_000, phase5: 300_000 };
+  const existingSo = { source: 'hdx-ipc', year: 2025, phase3plus: 3_000_000, phase4: null, phase5: null };
+
+  function makeDatasetMaps(faoOverride = new Map()) {
+    return {
+      wgi: new Map([['YE', { source: 'worldbank-wgi' }]]),
+      infrastructure: new Map(), gpi: new Map(), rsf: new Map(),
+      who: new Map(), fao: faoOverride, aquastat: new Map(), iea: new Map(),
+    };
+  }
+
+  it('injects prior fao values when FSIN fails and a prior snapshot exists', async () => {
+    const maps = makeDatasetMaps();
+    await recoverFailedDatasets(maps, ['fao'], {
+      readIndex: async () => ({ countries: ['YE', 'SO'] }),
+      readPipeline: async () => [
+        { result: JSON.stringify({ fao: existingFao, wgi: { source: 'worldbank-wgi' } }) },
+        { result: JSON.stringify({ fao: existingSo, wgi: null }) },
+      ],
+    });
+    assert.deepEqual(maps.fao.get('YE'), existingFao, 'YE fao should be recovered');
+    assert.deepEqual(maps.fao.get('SO'), existingSo, 'SO fao should be recovered');
+  });
+
+  it('does not overwrite a partial fao success with prior data', async () => {
+    const freshFao = { source: 'hdx-ipc', year: 2026, phase3plus: 5_000_000, phase4: null, phase5: null };
+    const maps = makeDatasetMaps(new Map([['YE', freshFao]]));
+    await recoverFailedDatasets(maps, ['fao'], {
+      readIndex: async () => ({ countries: ['YE'] }),
+      readPipeline: async () => [{ result: JSON.stringify({ fao: existingFao }) }],
+    });
+    assert.deepEqual(maps.fao.get('YE'), freshFao, 'fresh partial data should not be replaced');
+  });
+
+  it('warns but does not throw when no prior snapshot exists (first-run tolerance)', async () => {
+    const maps = makeDatasetMaps();
+    await assert.doesNotReject(() => recoverFailedDatasets(maps, ['fao'], {
+      readIndex: async () => null,
+      readPipeline: async () => [],
+    }));
+    assert.equal(maps.fao.size, 0, 'fao stays empty — no prior data to recover');
+  });
+
+  it('throws when Redis index read fails, so caller blocks publish', async () => {
+    const maps = makeDatasetMaps();
+    await assert.rejects(
+      () => recoverFailedDatasets(maps, ['fao'], {
+        readIndex: async () => { throw new Error('ECONNRESET'); },
+        readPipeline: async () => [],
+      }),
+      /Redis index read also failed.*ECONNRESET/,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('throws when Redis pipeline read fails, so caller blocks publish', async () => {
+    const maps = makeDatasetMaps();
+    await assert.rejects(
+      () => recoverFailedDatasets(maps, ['fao'], {
+        readIndex: async () => ({ countries: ['YE'] }),
+        readPipeline: async () => { throw new Error('timeout'); },
+      }),
+      /Redis pipeline read also failed.*timeout/,
+    );
+  });
+});
+
 describe('resilience static health registrations', () => {
   const healthSrc = readFileSync(join(root, 'api', 'health.js'), 'utf8');
   const seedHealthSrc = readFileSync(join(root, 'api', 'seed-health.js'), 'utf8');