diff --git a/commands/FilesMoveDetails.ts b/commands/FilesMoveDetails.ts
index 1b95d58..729c03d 100644
--- a/commands/FilesMoveDetails.ts
+++ b/commands/FilesMoveDetails.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { BaseCommand } from '@adonisjs/core/ace'
 import { CommandOptions } from '@adonisjs/core/types/ace'
 import db from '@adonisjs/lucid/services/db'
 
+const BATCH = 50_000
+
 /**
  * One-off (LOG.md 2026-10-08 (14)): copies the content types and archive
  * listings still on `files` into file_details, a partition at a time.
@@ -23,13 +25,31 @@ export default class FilesMoveDetails extends BaseCommand {
     let total = 0
     for (const { relname } of partitions) {
       const started = Date.now()
-      const result = await db.rawQuery(
-        `INSERT INTO file_details (file_id, content_type, archive)
-         SELECT id, content_type, archive FROM ${relname} WHERE content_type IS NOT NULL OR archive IS NOT NULL
-         ON CONFLICT (file_id) DO NOTHING`
-      )
-      total += result.rowCount ?? 0
-      this.logger.info(`${relname}: ${result.rowCount} copied in ${Math.round((Date.now() - started) / 1000)} s.`)
+      const { rows } = await db.rawQuery(`SELECT min(id) AS lo, max(id) AS hi FROM ${relname}`)
+      if (rows[0].lo === null) continue
+      let copied = 0
+      // Short statements in id order: one statement over a whole partition took 30 minutes, and the
+      // garbage filter deleted files meanwhile, which failed the foreign key (LOG.md 2026-10-08 (15)).
+      for (let lo = Number(rows[0].lo); lo <= Number(rows[0].hi); lo += BATCH) {
+        for (let attempt = 1; ; attempt++) {
+          try {
+            const result = await db.rawQuery(
+              `INSERT INTO file_details (file_id, content_type, archive)
+               SELECT id, content_type, archive FROM ${relname}
+               WHERE id >= ? AND id < ? AND (content_type IS NOT NULL OR archive IS NOT NULL)
+               ON CONFLICT (file_id) DO NOTHING`,
+              [lo, lo + BATCH]
+            )
+            copied += result.rowCount ?? 0
+            break
+          } catch (error: any) {
+            // A file deleted while this batch ran: the batch again, without it.
+            if (error.code !== '23503' || attempt >= 5) throw error
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      total += copied
+      this.logger.info(`${relname}: ${copied} copied in ${Math.round((Date.now() - started) / 1000)} s.`)
     }
     this.logger.info(`${total} files' details copied.`)
   }