diff --git a/services/scheduler/app.py b/services/scheduler/app.py
index 63c485b..2181f1e 100644
--- a/services/scheduler/app.py
+++ b/services/scheduler/app.py
@@ -534,6 +534,7 @@ async def recover_stale_documents(pool: asyncpg.Pool, rds: aioredis.Redis) -> in
         return 0
 
     enqueued = 0
+    doc_ids = []
     for row in rows:
         doc_type = row["document_type"]
         if doc_type == "macro_event":
@@ -545,8 +546,16 @@ async def recover_stale_documents(pool: asyncpg.Pool, rds: aioredis.Redis) -> in
             "document_id": str(row["id"]),
             "ticker": row["ticker"] or "",
         }))
+        doc_ids.append(row["id"])
         enqueued += 1
 
+    # Touch updated_at so these docs won't be re-enqueued until the threshold passes again
+    if doc_ids:
+        await pool.execute(
+            "UPDATE documents SET updated_at = NOW() WHERE id = ANY($1::uuid[])",
+            doc_ids,
+        )
+
     logger.info("Recovered %d stale parsed documents for extraction", enqueued)
     return enqueued