diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0900239..98fe2b2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -55,8 +55,13 @@ RUN curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash -s ${CLAUDE_CODE_VERSION} \
 # niet om te builden. Pin via build-arg; default = main.
 ARG MCP_GIT_REPO=https://github.com/madhura68/scrum4me-mcp.git
 ARG MCP_GIT_REF=main
+# Cache-bust voor de clone-laag: hetzelfde MCP_GIT_REF kan tussen rebuilds
+# een ander commit aanwijzen (bv. main na een merge). Geef als build-arg
+# `--build-arg MCP_CACHE_BUST=$(date +%s)` mee om deze laag te invalidaten.
+ARG MCP_CACHE_BUST=1
 
-RUN git clone --branch ${MCP_GIT_REF} --depth 1 \
+RUN echo "cache-bust=${MCP_CACHE_BUST}" \
+    && git clone --branch ${MCP_GIT_REF} --depth 1 \
         ${MCP_GIT_REPO} /opt/scrum4me-mcp \
     && cd /opt/scrum4me-mcp \
     && npm ci --omit=dev --omit=optional || npm install --omit=dev \
@@ -112,7 +117,8 @@ ENV PATH=/opt/agent/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:
     AGENT_REPO_CACHE=/var/cache/repos \
     AGENT_JOB_ROOT=/tmp \
     AGENT_HEALTH_PORT=8080 \
-    SCRUM4ME_MCP_DIR=/opt/scrum4me-mcp
+    SCRUM4ME_MCP_DIR=/opt/scrum4me-mcp \
+    NODE_PATH=/opt/scrum4me-mcp/node_modules
 
 EXPOSE 8080
 
diff --git a/bin/run-one-job.ts b/bin/run-one-job.ts
index 2aaa50c..cc1ce0b 100644
--- a/bin/run-one-job.ts
+++ b/bin/run-one-job.ts
@@ -60,24 +60,28 @@ const TOKEN_EXPIRY_PATTERNS: RegExp[] = [
 ]
 
 // ----- quota probe ----------------------------------------------------
+// Soft-fail: als de probe geen rate-limit-headers krijgt (sommige Anthropic
+// endpoints retourneren ze niet) of een transient netwerkfout heeft, log
+// een warning en ga door. Alleen bij gemeten quota-overschrijding sleepen.
+// Dit spiegelt het gedrag van CLAUDE.md stap 0.4 ("anders: ga door").
 async function quotaProbe(userId: string): Promise<void> {
   const probe = spawnSync(QUOTA_PROBE_PATH, [], { encoding: 'utf8' })
   if (probe.status !== 0) {
-    logError(
-      `quota probe failed: status=${probe.status} stderr=${(probe.stderr ?? '').trim()}`,
+    log(
+      `quota probe non-zero status=${probe.status} stdout=${probe.stdout.slice(0, 200).trim()} — continuing without gate`,
     )
-    throw new Error('quota probe failed')
+    return
   }
-  let parsed: { pct?: number; limit?: number; remaining?: number; reset_at_iso?: string }
+  let parsed: { pct?: number; limit?: number; remaining?: number; reset_at_iso?: string; error?: string }
   try {
     parsed = JSON.parse(probe.stdout)
   } catch {
-    logError(`quota probe stdout not JSON: ${probe.stdout.slice(0, 200)}`)
-    throw new Error('quota probe stdout invalid')
+    log(`quota probe stdout not JSON (continuing): ${probe.stdout.slice(0, 200)}`)
+    return
   }
   if (parsed.pct === undefined) {
-    logError(`quota probe missing pct field: ${probe.stdout.slice(0, 200)}`)
-    throw new Error('quota probe missing pct')
+    log(`quota probe no pct (continuing): error=${parsed.error ?? '-'}`)
+    return
   }
 
   const user = await prisma.user.findUnique({