diff --git a/DouYinSparkFlow/core/tasks.py b/DouYinSparkFlow/core/tasks.py
index a6288e0..379c550 100644
--- a/DouYinSparkFlow/core/tasks.py
+++ b/DouYinSparkFlow/core/tasks.py
@@ -794,10 +794,44 @@ def task_run_lock():
     lock_path = Path("logs/task.run.lock")
     lock_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
-    try:
-        handle = lock_path.open("x", encoding="utf-8")
-    except FileExistsError as exc:
-        raise RuntimeError("another task run is already in progress") from exc
+    def _lock_owner_is_alive(pid):
+        try:
+            os.kill(pid, 0)
+        except ProcessLookupError:
+            return False
+        except PermissionError:
+            return True
+        return True
+
+    while True:
+        try:
+            handle = lock_path.open("x", encoding="utf-8")
+            break
+        except FileExistsError as exc:
+            raw_pid = lock_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8", errors="ignore").strip()
+            stale_pid = None
+            try:
+                stale_pid = int(raw_pid)
+            except (TypeError, ValueError):
+                stale_pid = None
+
+            if stale_pid is not None and not _lock_owner_is_alive(stale_pid):
+                logger.warning("Removing stale task lock owned by missing pid=%s", stale_pid)
+                try:
+                    lock_path.unlink()
+                except FileNotFoundError:
+                    pass
+                continue
+
+            if stale_pid is None:
+                logger.warning("Removing unreadable stale task lock with contents=%r", raw_pid)
+                try:
+                    lock_path.unlink()
+                except FileNotFoundError:
+                    pass
+                continue
+
+            raise RuntimeError("another task run is already in progress") from exc
 
     try:
         handle.write(f"{os.getpid()}\n")