diff --git a/helpers/render.py b/helpers/render.py
index 0d02cffa..0c5e87b9 100644
--- a/helpers/render.py
+++ b/helpers/render.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import re
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import tempfile
 from pathlib import Path
 
 try:
@@ -267,8 +268,17 @@ def extract_all_segments(
 def concat_segments(segment_paths: list[Path], out_path: Path, edit_dir: Path) -> None:
     """Lossless concat via the concat demuxer. No re-encode."""
     out_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-    concat_list = edit_dir / "_concat.txt"
-    concat_list.write_text("".join(f"file '{p.resolve()}'\n" for p in segment_paths))
+    edit_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(
+        "w",
+        encoding="utf-8",
+        dir=edit_dir,
+        prefix="_concat_",
+        suffix=".txt",
+        delete=False,
+    ) as fh:
+        fh.write("".join(f"file '{p.resolve()}'\n" for p in segment_paths))
+        concat_list = Path(fh.name)
 
     cmd = [
         "ffmpeg", "-y",
@@ -279,8 +289,10 @@ def concat_segments(segment_paths: list[Path], out_path: Path, edit_dir: Path) -
         str(out_path),
     ]
     print(f"concat → {out_path.name}")
-    subprocess.run(cmd, check=True, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
-    concat_list.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+    try:
+        subprocess.run(cmd, check=True, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    finally:
+        concat_list.unlink(missing_ok=True)
 
 
 # -------- Master SRT (Rule 5) ------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/tests/test_render_concat.py b/tests/test_render_concat.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..37a2c702
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_render_concat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import unittest
+from contextlib import redirect_stdout
+from io import StringIO
+from pathlib import Path
+from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]))
+
+from helpers.render import concat_segments  # noqa: E402
+
+
+class ConcatSegmentsTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_concat_list_is_unique_and_cleaned_up(self):
+        with TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            edit_dir = Path(tmp)
+            segment_paths = [edit_dir / "seg_01.mp4", edit_dir / "seg_02.mp4"]
+            for segment_path in segment_paths:
+                segment_path.write_bytes(b"")
+
+            concat_lists: list[Path] = []
+
+            def fake_run(cmd, check, stdout, stderr):
+                concat_list = Path(cmd[cmd.index("-i") + 1])
+                self.assertTrue(concat_list.exists())
+                self.assertEqual(concat_list.parent, edit_dir)
+                self.assertTrue(concat_list.name.startswith("_concat_"))
+                self.assertNotEqual(concat_list.name, "_concat.txt")
+                self.assertEqual(
+                    concat_list.read_text(encoding="utf-8"),
+                    "".join(f"file '{p.resolve()}'\n" for p in segment_paths),
+                )
+                concat_lists.append(concat_list)
+                return subprocess.CompletedProcess(cmd, 0)
+
+            with patch("helpers.render.subprocess.run", fake_run):
+                with redirect_stdout(StringIO()):
+                    concat_segments(segment_paths, edit_dir / "out_1.mp4", edit_dir)
+                    concat_segments(segment_paths, edit_dir / "out_2.mp4", edit_dir)
+
+            self.assertEqual(len(concat_lists), 2)
+            self.assertEqual(len(set(concat_lists)), 2)
+            self.assertFalse((edit_dir / "_concat.txt").exists())
+            for concat_list in concat_lists:
+                self.assertFalse(concat_list.exists())
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()