diff --git a/rust/prop_grid_rs/src/hrrr_points.rs b/rust/prop_grid_rs/src/hrrr_points.rs
index 65036f2f..ba0fc57e 100644
--- a/rust/prop_grid_rs/src/hrrr_points.rs
+++ b/rust/prop_grid_rs/src/hrrr_points.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use uuid::Uuid;
 
 use crate::decoder::{self, CellValues};
 use crate::fetcher::{self, HrrrClient, Product};
-use crate::grid::wgrib2_grid_spec;
+use crate::grid::{wgrib2_grid_spec, STEP};
 
 // wgrib2 filter patterns are derived from static SURFACE_MESSAGES /
 // GRID_PRESSURE_LEVELS tables and never change at runtime. Building
@@ -104,11 +104,16 @@ pub async fn process_batch(
     }
 
     // For each requested point, pull the merged cell and build an
-    // hrrr_profiles row. Skip the point silently if extract_grid
-    // produced nothing for its snapped key (e.g. off-CONUS).
+    // hrrr_profiles row. Elixir snaps points to 0.01° (see
+    // `Weather.round_to_hrrr_grid/2`), but wgrib2 resamples to the 0.125°
+    // CONUS prop grid — so we must re-snap before keying into `sfc_grid`
+    // or the lookup misses and the task completes with zero inserts.
+    // Store the profile at the original requested (lat, lon) so
+    // `Weather.has_hrrr_profile?/3` (0.07° window) finds it on the
+    // next backfill tick and flips the contact to `:complete`.
     let mut inserted = 0u32;
     for &(lat, lon) in points {
-        let key = ((lat * 1000.0).round() as i32, (lon * 1000.0).round() as i32);
+        let key = snap_key(lat, lon);
         let mut cell: CellValues = sfc_grid.get(&key).cloned().unwrap_or_default();
         if let Some(prs) = prs_grid.get(&key) {
             cell.extend(prs.iter().map(|(k, v)| (k.clone(), *v)));
@@ -210,7 +215,43 @@ async fn upsert_profile(
     Ok(())
 }
 
+/// Snap a requested (lat, lon) to the nearest 0.125° grid cell and
+/// return its integer-millidegree key. The wgrib2 subprocess resamples
+/// HRRR to that grid (see `wgrib2_grid_spec()`), so a request on the
+/// HRRR native ~3 km grid (e.g. 44.94, -91.63 after
+/// `Weather.round_to_hrrr_grid/2`, which rounds to 0.01°) never matches
+/// a 0.125° cell key exactly and the point is silently dropped —
+/// producing the "task done with 0 profiles inserted" pattern that
+/// wedged 13k+ contacts at `hrrr_status = :queued`.
+fn snap_key(lat: f64, lon: f64) -> (i32, i32) {
+    let snap_lat = (lat / STEP).round() * STEP;
+    let snap_lon = (lon / STEP).round() * STEP;
+    (
+        (snap_lat * 1000.0).round() as i32,
+        (snap_lon * 1000.0).round() as i32,
+    )
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn snap_key_on_grid_is_identity() {
+        assert_eq!(snap_key(45.0, -91.625), (45_000, -91_625));
+        assert_eq!(snap_key(25.0, -125.0), (25_000, -125_000));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn snap_key_rounds_to_nearest_0_125_cell() {
+        // 44.94 → 45.0 (0.06 away vs 44.875 which is 0.065 away)
+        assert_eq!(snap_key(44.94, -91.63), (45_000, -91_625));
+        // 44.83 → 44.875 (0.045 vs 44.75 which is 0.08)
+        assert_eq!(snap_key(44.83, -91.5), (44_875, -91_500));
+        // 44.73 → 44.75 (0.02 vs 44.625 which is 0.105)
+        assert_eq!(snap_key(44.73, -91.38), (44_750, -91_375));
+    }
+}
+
 // Integration tests for process_batch + upsert_profile live in
-// tests/hrrr_points_live.rs (network + DB gated). No unit tests here
-// — the two public functions are thin glue over fetcher/decoder which
-// carry their own test coverage.
+// tests/hrrr_points_live.rs (network + DB gated).