diff --git a/src/cerbero_bite/runtime/orchestrator.py b/src/cerbero_bite/runtime/orchestrator.py
index 35b5d84..976f9bc 100644
--- a/src/cerbero_bite/runtime/orchestrator.py
+++ b/src/cerbero_bite/runtime/orchestrator.py
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ from cerbero_bite.runtime.option_chain_snapshot_cycle import (
 from cerbero_bite.runtime.monitor_cycle import MonitorCycleResult, run_monitor_cycle
 from cerbero_bite.runtime.recovery import recover_state
 from cerbero_bite.runtime.scheduler import JobSpec, build_scheduler
+from cerbero_bite.safety.audit_log import tail_continues_from
 from cerbero_bite.state import connect as connect_state
+from cerbero_bite.state import transaction
 
 __all__ = ["Orchestrator"]
 
@@ -50,8 +52,8 @@ _log = logging.getLogger("cerbero_bite.runtime.orchestrator")
 Environment = Literal["testnet", "mainnet"]
 
 # Default cron schedule (matches docs/06-operational-flow.md table).
-_CRON_ENTRY = "0 14 * * *"  # crypto 24/7: candidatura giornaliera; i gate decidono se entrare
-_CRON_MONITOR = "0 2,14 * * *"
+_CRON_ENTRY = "0 */2 * * *"  # crypto 24/7: valutazione ogni 2h; i gate decidono se entrare
+_CRON_MONITOR = "0 * * * *"  # stop/take-profit check ogni ora
 _CRON_HEALTH = "*/5 * * * *"
 _CRON_BACKUP = "0 * * * *"
 _CRON_MANUAL_ACTIONS = "*/1 * * * *"
@@ -158,16 +160,39 @@ class Orchestrator:
         if state is None or state.last_audit_hash is None:
             return  # first boot, nothing to compare against
         actual_tail = self._ctx.audit_log.last_hash
-        if actual_tail != state.last_audit_hash:
-            await self._ctx.alert_manager.critical(
-                source="orchestrator.boot",
-                message=(
-                    f"audit log anchor mismatch: anchor="
-                    f"{state.last_audit_hash[:12]}…, file tail="
-                    f"{actual_tail[:12]}… — possible tampering or truncation"
-                ),
-                component="safety.audit_log",
+        if actual_tail == state.last_audit_hash:
+            return
+        # The anchor is persisted best-effort (see build_runtime): under
+        # SQLite write contention the mirror can fall behind the log while
+        # the log itself keeps growing forward, intact. Treat that benign
+        # lag — anchor is a valid ancestor of the current tail — as a
+        # re-sync, not tampering. Only a missing anchor or a broken
+        # post-anchor chain (truncation/tampering) arms the kill switch.
+        if tail_continues_from(self._ctx.audit_log.path, state.last_audit_hash):
+            conn = connect_state(self._ctx.db_path)
+            try:
+                with transaction(conn):
+                    self._ctx.repository.set_last_audit_hash(
+                        conn, hex_hash=actual_tail
+                    )
+            finally:
+                conn.close()
+            _log.warning(
+                "audit anchor lagged behind tail; re-synced "
+                "(anchor=%s…, tail=%s…)",
+                state.last_audit_hash[:12],
+                actual_tail[:12],
             )
+            return
+        await self._ctx.alert_manager.critical(
+            source="orchestrator.boot",
+            message=(
+                f"audit log anchor mismatch: anchor="
+                f"{state.last_audit_hash[:12]}…, file tail="
+                f"{actual_tail[:12]}… — possible tampering or truncation"
+            ),
+            component="safety.audit_log",
+        )
 
     async def run_entry(
         self, *, now: datetime | None = None
diff --git a/src/cerbero_bite/safety/audit_log.py b/src/cerbero_bite/safety/audit_log.py
index 5e914b6..8629760 100644
--- a/src/cerbero_bite/safety/audit_log.py
+++ b/src/cerbero_bite/safety/audit_log.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ __all__ = [
     "AuditChainError",
     "AuditEntry",
     "AuditLog",
+    "tail_continues_from",
     "verify_chain",
 ]
 
@@ -157,6 +158,55 @@ def verify_chain(path: str | Path) -> int:
     return count
 
 
+def tail_continues_from(path: str | Path, anchor_hash: str) -> bool:
+    """Return ``True`` when *anchor_hash* is a genuine ancestor of the tail.
+
+    That is: *anchor_hash* is the ``hash`` of some line in the log AND every
+    line after it forms a valid forward chain to EOF. This distinguishes a
+    **benign anchor lag** — the best-effort anchor persisted in
+    :func:`cerbero_bite.runtime.dependencies.build_runtime` fell behind the
+    file under SQLite write contention, yet the log grew forward
+    legitimately — from real **truncation/tampering** (anchor absent, or the
+    post-anchor chain broken).
+
+    Returns ``False`` if the file is missing/empty, the anchor is not found,
+    or the chain from the anchor to the tail does not verify. The single-
+    writer invariant of :class:`AuditLog` still holds; this only makes the
+    boot-time anchor check tolerant of the durability gap it documents.
+    """
+    p = Path(path)
+    if not p.exists() or p.stat().st_size == 0:
+        return False
+    seen = False
+    expected_prev = ""
+    with p.open("r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
+        for line in fh:
+            if not line.strip():
+                continue
+            try:
+                entry = _parse_line(line)
+            except AuditChainError:
+                if seen:
+                    return False
+                continue
+            if seen:
+                if entry.prev_hash != expected_prev:
+                    return False
+                recomputed = _compute_hash(
+                    entry.timestamp.isoformat(),
+                    entry.event,
+                    _canonical_payload(entry.payload),
+                    entry.prev_hash,
+                )
+                if recomputed != entry.hash:
+                    return False
+                expected_prev = entry.hash
+            elif entry.hash == anchor_hash:
+                seen = True
+                expected_prev = entry.hash
+    return seen
+
+
 def iter_entries(path: str | Path) -> Iterator[AuditEntry]:
     """Yield each :class:`AuditEntry` from *path* without verifying."""
     p = Path(path)