diff --git a/src/ingestion/reconcile-connectors/python/render_cronworkflow.py b/src/ingestion/reconcile-connectors/python/render_cronworkflow.py
index 7265c135f..03cb40db6 100644
--- a/src/ingestion/reconcile-connectors/python/render_cronworkflow.py
+++ b/src/ingestion/reconcile-connectors/python/render_cronworkflow.py
@@ -49,7 +49,15 @@ def main() -> int:
     # operators can see what the workflow is for in Argo UI; only
     # `jira` triggers the enriched branch.
     data_source = args.connector
-    dbt_select_staging = "tag:jira-staging" if args.connector == "jira" else ""
+    # Intersection of the `staging` and `jira` tags = exactly the jira staging
+    # models (jira__changelog_items, jira__issue_field_snapshot). The old
+    # "tag:jira-staging" matched NO model (no such tag exists — they are tagged
+    # ['staging', 'jira']), so the nightly staging step ran zero models and the
+    # enrich/silver steps ran on empty/stale staging (jira_issue_field_snapshot
+    # stayed at 0 rows, changelog_items frozen). Manual run-sync.sh uses
+    # "tag:jira", which is why local runs worked but reconcile-rendered crons
+    # did not.
+    dbt_select_staging = "tag:staging,tag:jira" if args.connector == "jira" else ""
 
     env = {
         "CONNECTOR": args.connector,
diff --git a/src/ingestion/reconcile-connectors/python/render_sync_trigger.py b/src/ingestion/reconcile-connectors/python/render_sync_trigger.py
index fd5a020ff..d47941084 100644
--- a/src/ingestion/reconcile-connectors/python/render_sync_trigger.py
+++ b/src/ingestion/reconcile-connectors/python/render_sync_trigger.py
@@ -48,7 +48,15 @@ def main() -> int:
     args = p.parse_args()
 
     data_source = args.connector
-    dbt_select_staging = "tag:jira-staging" if args.connector == "jira" else ""
+    # Intersection of the `staging` and `jira` tags = exactly the jira staging
+    # models (jira__changelog_items, jira__issue_field_snapshot). The old
+    # "tag:jira-staging" matched NO model (no such tag exists — they are tagged
+    # ['staging', 'jira']), so the nightly staging step ran zero models and the
+    # enrich/silver steps ran on empty/stale staging (jira_issue_field_snapshot
+    # stayed at 0 rows, changelog_items frozen). Manual run-sync.sh uses
+    # "tag:jira", which is why local runs worked but reconcile-rendered crons
+    # did not.
+    dbt_select_staging = "tag:staging,tag:jira" if args.connector == "jira" else ""
     dbt_full_refresh = "true" if args.bump_kind == "major" else "false"
 
     env = {