diff --git a/services/api/src/__tests__/intents.test.ts b/services/api/src/__tests__/intents.test.ts
index 9e920a1..568c574 100644
--- a/services/api/src/__tests__/intents.test.ts
+++ b/services/api/src/__tests__/intents.test.ts
@@ -236,6 +236,39 @@ describe("sweepPendingIntents", () => {
     expect(second).toEqual({ settled: 1, failed: 0, expired: 0, errors: 0 });
   });
 
+  it("rolls the expiry claim back when the book update fails, so a later sweep retries it", async () => {
+    const stale = intent({ createdAt: new Date(Date.now() - INTENT_EXPIRY_MS - 1000) });
+    const { db, updated } = makeDb(new Map([[schema.txIntent, [stale]]]));
+    const update = db.update as any;
+    let linesDown = true;
+    db.update = ((table: unknown) => {
+      if (table === schema.creditLine && linesDown) throw new Error("DB connection lost during line update");
+      return update(table);
+    }) as any;
+    // Discard what a throwing transaction wrote, as Postgres would.
+    (db as any).transaction = async (cb: (trx: any) => Promise<any>) => {
+      const before = updated.length;
+      try {
+        return await cb(db);
+      } catch (err) {
+        updated.length = before;
+        throw err;
+      }
+    };
+    const chain = chainWith({ status: "NOT_FOUND" });
+
+    const first = await sweepPendingIntents(db, chain, noContracts);
+
+    expect(first).toEqual({ settled: 0, failed: 0, expired: 0, errors: 1 });
+    expect(updated.some((u) => u.table === schema.txIntent && u.set.status === "expired")).toBe(false);
+
+    linesDown = false;
+    const second = await sweepPendingIntents(db, chain, noContracts);
+
+    expect(second).toEqual({ settled: 0, failed: 0, expired: 1, errors: 0 });
+    expect(updated).toContainEqual({ table: schema.creditLine, set: { status: "failed" } });
+  });
+
   it("leaves a recent unsubmitted transaction pending", async () => {
     const { db, updated } = makeDb(new Map([[schema.txIntent, [intent()]]]));
 
diff --git a/services/api/src/intents.ts b/services/api/src/intents.ts
index 9013760..88f3099 100644
--- a/services/api/src/intents.ts
+++ b/services/api/src/intents.ts
@@ -397,14 +397,28 @@ export async function sweepPendingIntents(
     if (status === "settled") tally.settled++;
     else if (status === "failed") tally.failed++;
     else if (notFound && now - intent.createdAt.getTime() > INTENT_EXPIRY_MS) {
-      const claimed = await db
-        .update(schema.txIntent)
-        .set({ status: "expired", settledAt: new Date(now) })
-        .where(and(eq(schema.txIntent.txHash, intent.txHash), eq(schema.txIntent.status, "pending")))
-        .returning();
-      if (claimed.length > 0) {
-        await applyFailure(db, intent);
-        tally.expired++;
+      // The claim and the book update share a transaction, as in `settle`: a crash between them
+      // would otherwise leave the intent `expired` with its line or pledge still `pending`, and
+      // no later sweep would revisit it.
+      const expire = async (txDb: Database): Promise<boolean> => {
+        const claimed = await txDb
+          .update(schema.txIntent)
+          .set({ status: "expired", settledAt: new Date(now) })
+          .where(and(eq(schema.txIntent.txHash, intent.txHash), eq(schema.txIntent.status, "pending")))
+          .returning();
+        if (claimed.length === 0) return false;
+        await applyFailure(txDb, intent);
+        return true;
+      };
+      try {
+        const wroteOff =
+          typeof db.transaction === "function"
+            ? await db.transaction(async (trx) => expire(trx as unknown as Database))
+            : await expire(db);
+        if (wroteOff) tally.expired++;
+      } catch {
+        // Rolled back: the intent is still pending and the next sweep tries again.
+        tally.errors++;
       }
     }
   }