diff --git a/aiws.py b/aiws.py
index 57a1c7e..00a5007 100644
--- a/aiws.py
+++ b/aiws.py
@@ -120,6 +120,17 @@ assets_router.message.middleware(AuthMiddleware(repo=users_repo, admin_id=ADMIN_
 gen_router.message.middleware(AlbumMiddleware(latency=0.8))
 
 
+async def start_scheduler(service: GenerationService):
+    while True:
+        try:
+            logger.info("Running scheduler for stacked generation killing")
+            await service.cleanup_stale_generations()
+        except asyncio.CancelledError:
+             break
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error(f"Scheduler error: {e}")
+        await asyncio.sleep(300) # Check every 5 minutes
+
 # --- LIFESPAN (Запуск FastAPI + Bot) ---
 @asynccontextmanager
 async def lifespan(app: FastAPI):
@@ -151,17 +162,28 @@ async def lifespan(app: FastAPI):
     # )
     # print("🤖 Bot polling started")
 
+    # 3. ЗАПУСК ШЕДУЛЕРА
+    scheduler_task = asyncio.create_task(start_scheduler(generation_service))
+    print("⏰ Scheduler started")
+
     yield
 
     # --- SHUTDOWN ---
     print("🛑 Shutting down...")
-
-    # 3. Остановка бота
-    polling_task.cancel()
+    
+    # 4. Остановка шедулера
+    scheduler_task.cancel()
     try:
-        await polling_task
+        await scheduler_task
     except asyncio.CancelledError:
-        print("🤖 Bot polling stopped")
+        print("⏰ Scheduler stopped")
+    
+    # 3. Остановка бота
+    # polling_task.cancel()
+    # try:
+    #     await polling_task
+    # except asyncio.CancelledError:
+    #     print("🤖 Bot polling stopped")
 
     # 4. Отключение БД
     # Обычно Motor закрывать не обязательно при выходе, но хорошим тоном считается
diff --git a/api/service/__pycache__/generation_service.cpython-313.pyc b/api/service/__pycache__/generation_service.cpython-313.pyc
index 1970192..a0f1879 100644
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diff --git a/api/service/generation_service.py b/api/service/generation_service.py
index 74a388a..d729d83 100644
--- a/api/service/generation_service.py
+++ b/api/service/generation_service.py
@@ -460,4 +460,15 @@ class GenerationService:
             return True
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"Error deleting generation {generation_id}: {e}")
-            return False
\ No newline at end of file
+            return False
+
+    async def cleanup_stale_generations(self):
+        """
+        Cancels generations that have been running for more than 1 hour.
+        """
+        try:
+            count = await self.dao.generations.cancel_stale_generations(timeout_minutes=60)
+            if count > 0:
+                logger.info(f"Cleaned up {count} stale generations (timeout)")
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error(f"Error cleaning up stale generations: {e}")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/repos/__pycache__/generation_repo.cpython-313.pyc b/repos/__pycache__/generation_repo.cpython-313.pyc
index 34fb78e..a36ef06 100644
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diff --git a/repos/generation_repo.py b/repos/generation_repo.py
index b561548..5f2d38e 100644
--- a/repos/generation_repo.py
+++ b/repos/generation_repo.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from typing import Optional, List
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, UTC
 
 from PIL.ImageChops import offset
 from bson import ObjectId
@@ -85,3 +86,20 @@ class GenerationRepo:
             generation["id"] = str(generation.pop("_id"))
             generations.append(Generation(**generation))
         return generations
+
+    async def cancel_stale_generations(self, timeout_minutes: int = 60) -> int:
+        cutoff_time = datetime.now(UTC) - timedelta(minutes=timeout_minutes)
+        res = await self.collection.update_many(
+            {
+                "status": GenerationStatus.RUNNING,
+                "created_at": {"$lt": cutoff_time}
+            },
+            {
+                "$set": {
+                    "status": GenerationStatus.FAILED,
+                    "failed_reason": "Timeout: Execution time limit exceeded",
+                    "updated_at": datetime.now(UTC)
+                }
+            }
+        )
+        return res.modified_count
diff --git a/tests/test_scheduler.py b/tests/test_scheduler.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95376ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_scheduler.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import asyncio
+import os
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, UTC
+from motor.motor_asyncio import AsyncIOMotorClient
+from models.Generation import Generation, GenerationStatus
+from repos.generation_repo import GenerationRepo
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
+load_dotenv()
+
+# Mock configs if not present in env
+MONGO_HOST = os.getenv("MONGO_HOST", "mongodb://localhost:27017")
+DB_NAME = os.getenv("DB_NAME", "bot_db")
+
+print(f"Connecting to MongoDB: {MONGO_HOST}, DB: {DB_NAME}")
+
+async def test_scheduler():
+    client = AsyncIOMotorClient(MONGO_HOST)
+    repo = GenerationRepo(client, db_name=DB_NAME)
+    
+    # 1. Create a "stale" generation (2 hours ago)
+    stale_gen = Generation(
+        prompt="stale test",
+        status=GenerationStatus.RUNNING,
+        created_at=datetime.now(UTC) - timedelta(minutes=120),
+        assets_list=[],
+        aspect_ratio="NINESIXTEEN",
+        quality="ONEK"
+    )
+    gen_id = await repo.create_generation(stale_gen)
+    print(f"Created stale generation: {gen_id}")
+    
+    # 2. Run cleanup
+    print("Running cleanup...")
+    count = await repo.cancel_stale_generations(timeout_minutes=60)
+    print(f"Cleaned up {count} generations")
+    
+    # 3. Verify status
+    updated_gen = await repo.get_generation(gen_id)
+    print(f"Generation status: {updated_gen.status}")
+    print(f"Failed reason: {updated_gen.failed_reason}")
+    
+    if updated_gen.status == GenerationStatus.FAILED:
+        print("✅ SUCCESS: Generation marked as FAILED")
+    else:
+        print("❌ FAILURE: Generation status not updated")
+
+    # Cleanup
+    await repo.collection.delete_one({"_id": updated_gen.id}) # Remove test data
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(test_scheduler())