diff --git a/tests/test_judge_storage.py b/tests/test_judge_storage.py
index ff6f58b5..a333e392 100644
--- a/tests/test_judge_storage.py
+++ b/tests/test_judge_storage.py
@@ -287,6 +287,40 @@ class TestIntentVerdictBulkInsert:
         assert v1["risk_level"] == "low" and v1["tier"] == "heuristic"
         assert v2["risk_level"] == "high" and v2["tier"] == "llm"
 
+    def test_bulk_insert_pk_collision_skips_only_colliding_row(self, db):
+        """Regression: the async judge daemon can UPSERT a fallback row —
+        reusing a heuristic verdict_id from the incoming batch — BEFORE
+        ``approve_tools`` runs the bulk write.  The bulk insert must skip
+        just that row (keeping the daemon's tier upgrade) instead of
+        aborting the whole statement and silently losing every sibling
+        row in the batch."""
+        # Daemon won the race: fallback row already sits on b2's PK.
+        db.upsert_intent_verdict(
+            **_make_verdict_kwargs(
+                verdict_id="b2",
+                call_id="c2",
+                tier="llm_fallback",
+                judge_model="judge-model",
+            )
+        )
+        db.create_intent_verdicts_bulk(
+            [
+                _make_verdict_kwargs(verdict_id="b1", call_id="c1"),
+                _make_verdict_kwargs(verdict_id="b2", call_id="c2"),  # collides
+                _make_verdict_kwargs(verdict_id="b3", call_id="c3"),
+            ]
+        )
+        # Siblings landed despite the mid-batch collision.
+        for vid in ("b1", "b3"):
+            v = db.get_intent_verdict(vid)
+            assert v is not None, f"sibling row {vid} lost to the collision"
+            assert v["tier"] == "heuristic"
+        # The colliding row kept the daemon's upgrade, not the bulk stamp.
+        v2 = db.get_intent_verdict("b2")
+        assert v2 is not None
+        assert v2["tier"] == "llm_fallback"
+        assert v2["judge_model"] == "judge-model"
+
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # List queries
diff --git a/turnstone/core/session_ui_base.py b/turnstone/core/session_ui_base.py
index 14f305ba..72ae2c91 100644
--- a/turnstone/core/session_ui_base.py
+++ b/turnstone/core/session_ui_base.py
@@ -1480,25 +1480,22 @@ class SessionUIBase:
                 }
                 for v in verdicts
             ]
-            # Plain INSERT (not UPSERT) at the bulk site.  The race
-            # where a daemon-judge verdict lands BEFORE this bulk
-            # write IS reachable today: ``_evaluate_intent``
-            # (session.py) spawns the daemon thread before
-            # ``approve_tools`` is called, and the daemon's first
-            # emission (heuristic-only short batch, fast LLM response,
-            # or cancel-event ``_deliver_fallbacks`` from judge.py)
-            # can fire ``_persist_intent_verdict`` before this bulk
-            # INSERT runs.  Outcome of that race is unchanged by the
-            # per-row UPSERT switch: the bulk INSERT statement aborts
-            # on PK collision regardless of whether the colliding row
-            # was planted by INSERT or UPSERT, and the wrapping
-            # ``try/except`` swallows it.  Race A (daemon fires AFTER
-            # bulk) IS improved by the fix: heuristic→llm_fallback
-            # upgrade-in-place now lands.  Future bulk-side hardening
-            # (``ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING``) would preserve the OTHER
-            # rows in the batch when one collides, but would keep the
-            # daemon's ``tier`` ("llm"/"llm_fallback") for the
-            # colliding row instead of the bulk's heuristic stamp.
+            # The daemon-judge race where a verdict lands BEFORE this
+            # bulk write IS reachable: ``_evaluate_intent`` (session.py)
+            # spawns the daemon thread before ``approve_tools`` is
+            # called, and the daemon's first emission (heuristic-only
+            # short batch, fast LLM response, or cancel-event
+            # ``_deliver_fallbacks`` from judge.py) can fire
+            # ``_persist_intent_verdict`` first — a fallback UPSERT
+            # plants the very ``verdict_id`` this batch is about to
+            # INSERT.  The bulk site inserts ``ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING``
+            # so that one collision skips only its own row: the rest of
+            # the batch still lands, and the colliding row keeps the
+            # daemon's ``llm_fallback`` tier upgrade instead of being
+            # regressed to the heuristic stamp.  (Plain INSERT here used
+            # to abort the entire statement — and the ``try/except``
+            # below swallowed it — discarding the whole batch's
+            # heuristic rows.)
             storage.create_intent_verdicts_bulk(rows)
         except Exception:
             log.debug("Failed to bulk-persist intent verdicts", exc_info=True)
diff --git a/turnstone/core/storage/_postgresql.py b/turnstone/core/storage/_postgresql.py
index d766239f..8a6f46fe 100644
--- a/turnstone/core/storage/_postgresql.py
+++ b/turnstone/core/storage/_postgresql.py
@@ -3642,6 +3642,16 @@ class PostgreSQLBackend:
             conn.commit()
 
     def create_intent_verdicts_bulk(self, verdicts: list[dict[str, Any]]) -> None:
+        # ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING per row: the async judge daemon can land
+        # an UPSERT (which INSERTs the heuristic verdict_id it reuses)
+        # before this bulk write runs.  A plain INSERT would abort the
+        # whole statement on that one collision — silently discarding
+        # every OTHER row in the batch (the caller swallows storage
+        # errors).  Skipping just the colliding row also keeps the
+        # daemon's tier upgrade ("llm_fallback") instead of regressing
+        # it to the bulk's heuristic stamp.
+        from sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql import insert as pg_insert
+
         if not verdicts:
             return
         now = datetime.now(UTC).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S")
@@ -3667,7 +3677,10 @@ class PostgreSQLBackend:
             for v in verdicts
         ]
         with self._conn() as conn:
-            conn.execute(sa.insert(intent_verdicts), rows)
+            conn.execute(
+                pg_insert(intent_verdicts).on_conflict_do_nothing(index_elements=["verdict_id"]),
+                rows,
+            )
             conn.commit()
 
     def get_intent_verdict(self, verdict_id: str) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
diff --git a/turnstone/core/storage/_protocol.py b/turnstone/core/storage/_protocol.py
index 86edda74..7b054dd8 100644
--- a/turnstone/core/storage/_protocol.py
+++ b/turnstone/core/storage/_protocol.py
@@ -1736,8 +1736,10 @@ class StorageBackend(Protocol):
 
         Used by :meth:`SessionUIBase._persist_intent_verdict` for every
         async LLM-tier delivery; the synchronous heuristic-bulk path
-        (:meth:`create_intent_verdicts_bulk`) stays as plain INSERT
-        since each heuristic UUID is freshly generated per turn.
+        (:meth:`create_intent_verdicts_bulk`) inserts with per-row
+        ``ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING`` instead — its UUIDs are freshly
+        generated per turn, but the daemon can race a fallback UPSERT
+        of one of those same IDs in ahead of the bulk write.
         """
         ...
 
@@ -1754,6 +1756,15 @@ class StorageBackend(Protocol):
         vocabulary. Used by the synchronous heuristic-verdict
         persistence loop in ``approve_tools`` so a tool-heavy turn
         doesn't pay N×commit latency before the approval prompt renders.
+
+        Inserts ``ON CONFLICT (verdict_id) DO NOTHING``: the async judge
+        daemon's first delivery can UPSERT a fallback row — which reuses
+        a heuristic ``verdict_id`` from this very batch — before the
+        bulk write runs.  Aborting the whole statement on that collision
+        (plain-INSERT behavior) silently discarded every other row in
+        the batch; skipping just the colliding row keeps the rest AND
+        preserves the daemon's ``llm_fallback`` tier upgrade rather
+        than regressing it to the heuristic stamp.
         """
         ...
 
diff --git a/turnstone/core/storage/_sqlite.py b/turnstone/core/storage/_sqlite.py
index e2b6472a..335ea449 100644
--- a/turnstone/core/storage/_sqlite.py
+++ b/turnstone/core/storage/_sqlite.py
@@ -3815,6 +3815,16 @@ class SQLiteBackend:
             conn.commit()
 
     def create_intent_verdicts_bulk(self, verdicts: list[dict[str, Any]]) -> None:
+        # ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING per row: the async judge daemon can land
+        # an UPSERT (which INSERTs the heuristic verdict_id it reuses)
+        # before this bulk write runs.  A plain INSERT would abort the
+        # whole statement on that one collision — silently discarding
+        # every OTHER row in the batch (the caller swallows storage
+        # errors).  Skipping just the colliding row also keeps the
+        # daemon's tier upgrade ("llm_fallback") instead of regressing
+        # it to the bulk's heuristic stamp.
+        from sqlalchemy.dialects.sqlite import insert as sqlite_insert
+
         if not verdicts:
             return
         now = datetime.now(UTC).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S")
@@ -3840,7 +3850,12 @@ class SQLiteBackend:
             for v in verdicts
         ]
         with self._conn() as conn:
-            conn.execute(sa.insert(intent_verdicts), rows)
+            conn.execute(
+                sqlite_insert(intent_verdicts).on_conflict_do_nothing(
+                    index_elements=["verdict_id"]
+                ),
+                rows,
+            )
             conn.commit()
 
     def get_intent_verdict(self, verdict_id: str) -> dict[str, Any] | None: