diff --git a/stacks/news-digest/templates/archive.html.j2 b/stacks/news-digest/templates/archive.html.j2
index c57fd03..31d876d 100644
--- a/stacks/news-digest/templates/archive.html.j2
+++ b/stacks/news-digest/templates/archive.html.j2
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1" />
   <title>Daily Digest · Archive</title>
   <link rel="icon" type="image/svg+xml" href="favicon.svg" />
-  <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
+  <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css?v={{ generated_at.strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S') }}" />
 </head>
 <body>
   <header class="masthead" role="banner">
diff --git a/stacks/news-digest/templates/digest.html.j2 b/stacks/news-digest/templates/digest.html.j2
index 330a1c2..3aa6958 100644
--- a/stacks/news-digest/templates/digest.html.j2
+++ b/stacks/news-digest/templates/digest.html.j2
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1" />
   <title>Daily Digest · {{ date_long }} · {{ edition_short }}</title>
   <link rel="icon" type="image/svg+xml" href="favicon.svg" />
-  <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
+  {# Cache-bust on every digest run so frontend asset updates land
+     immediately — browsers were serving stale app.js / style.css after
+     rebuilds, which was hiding headline desks (old JS treated them as
+     empty because it only counted .item, not .headline). #}
+  <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css?v={{ generated_at.strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S') }}" />
 </head>
 <body>
   {# ────── header ────── #}
@@ -282,6 +286,6 @@
       </div>
     </div>
   </footer>
-  <script src="app.js" defer></script>
+  <script src="app.js?v={{ generated_at.strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S') }}" defer></script>
 </body>
 </html>
