diff --git a/skills/kvb-org-organize/scripts/watch.py b/skills/kvb-org-organize/scripts/watch.py
index b308673..caee087 100755
--- a/skills/kvb-org-organize/scripts/watch.py
+++ b/skills/kvb-org-organize/scripts/watch.py
@@ -1047,16 +1047,19 @@ def cache_files(dirs: list[str]) -> list[tuple[float, int, str, str]]:
     files = []
     seen: set[tuple[int, int]] = set()
     for root in map(os.path.expanduser, dirs):
-        for base, _, names, fd in os.fwalk(root, follow_symlinks=False):
-            for name in names:
-                try:
-                    st = os.stat(name, dir_fd=fd, follow_symlinks=False)
-                except OSError:
-                    continue
-                if (st.st_dev, st.st_ino) in seen:
-                    continue
-                seen.add((st.st_dev, st.st_ino))
-                files.append((st.st_atime, st.st_blocks * 512, os.path.join(base, name), root))
+        try:
+            for base, _, names, fd in os.fwalk(root, follow_symlinks=False):
+                for name in names:
+                    try:
+                        st = os.stat(name, dir_fd=fd, follow_symlinks=False)
+                    except OSError:
+                        continue
+                    if (st.st_dev, st.st_ino) in seen:
+                        continue
+                    seen.add((st.st_dev, st.st_ino))
+                    files.append((st.st_atime, st.st_blocks * 512, os.path.join(base, name), root))
+        except OSError:
+            continue
     return files
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_watch.py b/tests/test_watch.py
index d75f636..136a58d 100644
--- a/tests/test_watch.py
+++ b/tests/test_watch.py
@@ -637,6 +637,16 @@ class TestWatchCommands(unittest.TestCase):
         kept = self.base / ".local" / "state" / "agents-council" / "queue-history.jsonl"
         self.assertNotIn("outside", kept.read_text(encoding="utf-8") if kept.exists() else "")
 
+    def test_cache_trim_skips_a_missing_cache_root_and_trims_the_others(self):
+        watch = _load()
+        old = self.cache / "old"
+        old.write_bytes(b"x" * 4096)
+        os.utime(old, (0, 0))
+        self.cfg["cache_dirs"] = [str(self.base / "missing"), str(old), str(self.cache)]
+        self.cfg["cache_budget_percent"] = 0
+        watch.trim_caches(self.cfg)
+        self.assertFalse(old.exists())
+
     def test_cache_trim_counts_the_blocks_a_sparse_file_holds(self):
         watch = _load()
         with (self.cache / "sparse").open("wb") as handle: