diff --git a/kubernetes/seed/influxdb/seed-job.yaml b/kubernetes/seed/influxdb/seed-job.yaml
index 0bc0dcaa..25689498 100644
--- a/kubernetes/seed/influxdb/seed-job.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/seed/influxdb/seed-job.yaml
@@ -124,30 +124,49 @@ spec:
               # `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.
+              # Resume from the last completed day if a sentinel exists in
+              # the staging PVC. Without this, kubelet's OnFailure restart
+              # would replay from 2018 every time — 30+ min of retraced
+              # empty days per retry — and the same bad chunk would burn
+              # the backoffLimit before reaching new ground.
+              SENTINEL=/staging/last-completed-day
               START="2018-01-01T00:00:00Z"
-              # Stop at tomorrow → covers today inclusively.
               END=$(date -u -d "tomorrow" +%Y-%m-%dT00:00:00Z)
-              CUR="$START"
+              if [[ -f "$SENTINEL" ]]; then
+                CUR=$(cat "$SENTINEL")
+                log "Resuming from $CUR (sentinel)"
+              else
+                CUR="$START"
+                log "Starting fresh from $CUR"
+              fi
+
               while [[ "$CUR" < "$END" ]]; do
                 NEXT=$(date -u -d "$CUR +1 day" +%Y-%m-%dT00:00:00Z)
                 log "Streaming $CUR → $NEXT ..."
-                # Filter out the `_field == "source"` rows: HA writes
-                # `source` as both a tag (which integration emitted the
-                # point) AND a field (some entity attributes) on the
-                # same measurement. pivot() cannot materialise a field-
-                # derived column whose name collides with an existing
-                # tag column, so it errors out at the first row that
-                # has _field=source. Dropping that one field keeps the
-                # `source` tag intact (the more useful of the two) at
-                # the cost of losing the entity-attribute field, which
-                # is rarely populated and unique per entity.
+                # Filters in front of pivot, ordered by issue:
+                #
+                # 1. `_field == "source"`: HA writes `source` as both a
+                #    tag (integration emitter, e.g. "Home Assistant") AND
+                #    a field (some entity attributes). pivot() can't
+                #    materialise a field-derived column with the same
+                #    name as an existing tag column. Drop the field, keep
+                #    the tag (more useful — drives Grafana datasource
+                #    filters).
+                #
+                # 2. `domain == "update"`: HA's update domain entities
+                #    carry markdown release notes in `release_summary_str`
+                #    with embedded newlines. `influx write --format csv`
+                #    can't parse multi-line quoted strings and rejects
+                #    the entire line. Update entries are state-toggle
+                #    metadata (update available y/n + version strings),
+                #    not useful time-series — safe to drop wholesale.
                 influx query --raw \
                     --host "$LEGACY_HOST" \
                     --token "$LEGACY_TOKEN" \
                     --org "$LEGACY_ORG" \
                     "from(bucket: \"$LEGACY_BUCKET\")
                        |> range(start: $CUR, stop: $NEXT)
-                       |> filter(fn: (r) => r._field != \"source\")
+                       |> filter(fn: (r) => r._field != \"source\" and r.domain != \"update\")
                        |> pivot(rowKey: [\"_time\"], columnKey: [\"_field\"], valueColumn: \"_value\")
                        |> drop(columns: [\"_start\", \"_stop\"])" \
                   | influx write \
@@ -156,6 +175,9 @@ spec:
                       --org "$INFLUX_ORG" \
                       --bucket "$INFLUX_BUCKET" \
                       --format csv
+                # Day complete — checkpoint so a kubelet OnFailure restart
+                # picks up here instead of replaying from 2018.
+                echo "$NEXT" > "$SENTINEL"
                 CUR="$NEXT"
               done