diff --git a/kubernetes/seed/influxdb/seed-job.yaml b/kubernetes/seed/influxdb/seed-job.yaml
index babb04db..ea02cbe9 100644
--- a/kubernetes/seed/influxdb/seed-job.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/seed/influxdb/seed-job.yaml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ spec:
               log() { printf '[%s] %s\n' "$(date -u +%H:%M:%S)" "$*"; }
 
               # Stream legacy bucket → local bucket through the v2 HTTP
-              # API in per-year chunks. Annotated-CSV is the wire format
+              # API in per-month chunks. Annotated-CSV is the wire format
               # on both ends, but `influx query` emits LONG format (one
               # row per _time/_measurement/_field/_value tuple) while
               # `influx write --format csv` requires WIDE format (one row
@@ -105,35 +105,37 @@ spec:
               # columns; `drop()` strips the _start/_stop range columns
               # that `influx write` rejects.
               #
-              # Why chunked: pivoting the entire bucket at once
-              # materialises the full result set in legacy's memory
-              # before flushing — for a multi-year HA-metrics bucket
-              # that exceeds available memory and the connection drops
-              # mid-stream (`Post .../query: EOF`). One year at a time
-              # keeps each pivot under a few hundred MB.
+              # Why chunked, and why monthly: pivoting in-memory in
+              # legacy means the whole result set has to fit before it
+              # flushes. The previous per-year shape EOF'd on the
+              # current year (full year of HA telemetry won't pivot in
+              # legacy's RAM). Per-month windows keep each pivot to
+              # tens of MB regardless of year, so legacy never OOMs.
+              # Empty months are no-ops (~1 s each).
               #
-              # No script-side idempotency check: InfluxDB writes are
-              # upserts on (timestamp,measurement,tagset,field), so
-              # re-running this Job re-applies the same data without
-              # corrupting it. The K8s Job's `Complete` state is the
-              # post-success guard against re-runs — Flux reconcile
-              # sees Complete and leaves the Job alone.
+              # No script-side idempotency: InfluxDB writes are upserts
+              # on (timestamp,measurement,tagset,field), so a retry
+              # after partial-failure just re-asserts the same points.
+              # The K8s Job's `Complete` state is the post-success guard
+              # — Flux reconcile sees Complete and leaves the Job alone.
               #
-              # `pipefail` is on so an `influx query` EOF mid-pipe
-              # propagates a non-zero exit code (without it, `influx
-              # write` swallows the empty stream and returns 0,
-              # producing a silent partial-success).
-              START_YEAR=2018
-              END_YEAR=$(date -u +%Y)
-              for YEAR in $(seq "$START_YEAR" "$END_YEAR"); do
-                NEXT=$((YEAR + 1))
-                log "Streaming $YEAR-01-01 → ${NEXT}-01-01 ..."
+              # `pipefail` (bash-only, hence the `command: bash` above):
+              # an `influx query` EOF inside the pipe propagates a non-
+              # zero exit, the loop aborts, the Job retries.
+              START="2018-01-01T00:00:00Z"
+              # Stop at the start of the month AFTER current → covers
+              # the in-progress month inclusively.
+              END=$(date -u -d "$(date -u +%Y-%m-01) +1 month" +%Y-%m-%dT00:00:00Z)
+              CUR="$START"
+              while [[ "$CUR" < "$END" ]]; do
+                NEXT=$(date -u -d "$CUR +1 month" +%Y-%m-%dT00:00:00Z)
+                log "Streaming $CUR → $NEXT ..."
                 influx query --raw \
                     --host "$LEGACY_HOST" \
                     --token "$LEGACY_TOKEN" \
                     --org "$LEGACY_ORG" \
                     "from(bucket: \"$LEGACY_BUCKET\")
-                       |> range(start: ${YEAR}-01-01T00:00:00Z, stop: ${NEXT}-01-01T00:00:00Z)
+                       |> range(start: $CUR, stop: $NEXT)
                        |> pivot(rowKey: [\"_time\"], columnKey: [\"_field\"], valueColumn: \"_value\")
                        |> drop(columns: [\"_start\", \"_stop\"])" \
                   | influx write \
@@ -142,6 +144,7 @@ spec:
                       --org "$INFLUX_ORG" \
                       --bucket "$INFLUX_BUCKET" \
                       --format csv
+                CUR="$NEXT"
               done
 
               log "Seed complete."